Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 159 The changed future
In the gate tower of Moat Cailin, Lord Reed frowned slightly as he listened to the fierce shouting and killing sounds below.

Through reports from his officers, he already knew that the sudden appearance of these enemies were Iron Men, and their numbers far outnumbered his own.

Without much hesitation, at the beginning of the battle, he ordered his soldiers to release the special ravens they carried with them to ask for help from Winterfell.

In the legends of the North, the relationship between the Marshlanders of the Neck and the Children of the Forest was once as close as that between the Targaryens and their dragons.

It is said that they have been blessed by the old gods, and very few of them are born with special abilities such as communicating with animals, like the children of the forest.

More than a hundred years later, Jojen Reed even possessed the ability of green vision and guided Brandon Stark all the way to Beyond the Wall in search of the Three-Eyed Raven.

So they don't need a maester, they can also train this special raven that doesn't require a crow's nest.

Given the distance from Moat Cailin to Winterfell, as long as they could hold out for four or five days, they would be able to receive support from the Stark cavalry.

At least in the eyes of Earl Reed, since they occupied three towers and had enough troops and food, it would be easy for them to hold out for four or five days.

But how could he, who was safely staying in the tower, know how fierce the battle downstairs was?
Since most of the Ironborn had already rushed to the bottom of the tower, the archers on the top of the tower had no angle at all to shoot.

They could only lean half of their bodies out from the edge of the tower and shoot downwards, but the Ironborn also had archers.

From time to time, a Gray Water Warrior would be shot by an arrow and fall from the top of the tower with a scream, hitting the ground heavily.

The fighting at the base of the three towers was even more brutal, especially at the gate tower, where Dalton led the attack.

With the suppression of their own archers, the attack frequency of the Gray Water Spearmen in the tower was significantly reduced.

Dalton, who was hiding against the wall in a safe place without any holes, had already asked the messenger to pass on his orders.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he rolled his eyes and immediately raised his arms and shouted, “Brothers, they can’t hold on any longer.

The gate of this tower has long been rotten, chop it down for me! "

The Ironmen holding longswords believed his lies and swarmed forward, trying to break down the door with their swords.

But they seemed to have forgotten that the Gray Water Watch soldiers inside could also hear Dalton's shouting through the hole.

Puff, puff!
As the Ironmen approached the tower gate, dozens of spears like a forest stabbed out from inside.

This group of Iron Men, who were brave but lacked wisdom, were immediately stabbed with bloody holes by the spears.

"It's now!!!"

Dalton, who had been prepared in advance, roared when he saw this, and the veins on his hands holding Ye Lin bulged, and then he chopped down swiftly.

The sharp sword of the steel directly cut off one third of the spear shaft that had pierced into the Iron Man's body.

The Iron Man's body immediately fell to the ground with the iron spear head on his body.

And it was not just Dalton who took the opportunity to launch the attack. There were also axe-wielding Iron Men on the left and right sides of the tower who had received orders from the messengers in advance.

They screamed and swung their axes vigorously, chopping at the sharp spears that they could not retract in a short time.

Click, click!
Accompanied by the sound of wooden poles breaking, the dozens of spears that were sticking out of the tower gate were basically cut off.

Dalton was also a ruthless man, who exchanged the lives of a group of Iron Men for an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

"Oh no! Are there any more spears? Quickly replace the weapons for the soldiers at the gate."

"My Lord, these are all the weapons we have. The convoys transporting the reserve weapons are parked near the Son of the Forest Tower."

“Damn it, give up the holes on the left and right sides.

Defend the main gate with all your strength."

Due to Dalton's actions, the city gate tower was in chaos.

Doo doo doo!
Outside the tower, a group of Iron Men took advantage of this opportunity to raise their axes high and smash them hard on the rotten wooden door of the tower.

As Dalton had said before, these rotten wooden doors could not withstand this level of chopping.

I saw wood chips from the tower's wooden door flying everywhere, and deep and long gaps appeared on the surface of the rotten wooden door.

Basically, you can see the gray water soldiers inside through these gaps.

Puff, puff!
When the wooden door of the tower was about to be breached, the Huishuiwang soldiers inside the tower, who had replaced their spears, stabbed out with their swords again.

With the vision, except for a few iron types who were unable to dodge for various reasons and were stabbed by the spears and had bloody holes in their bodies,
Most of the other Iron Men who were hacking at the wooden doors of the tower dodged in advance.

Boom! ! !

After this last wave of musket attacks, the Iron Men armed with axes surged forward again.

The bottom gate of the city gate tower collapsed under the heavy load, and the Huishuiwang soldiers instantly lost their best geographical advantage.

Go!

Dalton, who was tall and strong, led the charge. The red-eyed Iron Men immediately followed their leader and rushed into the tower.

Everything has its pros and cons. After losing the tower gate, the Huishuiwang archers in the city gate tower suddenly had a shooting angle.

shhhhhh!
They immediately drew their bows and shot, and a powerful rain of arrows flew straight at the Iron Men who were rushing in the front.

Puff, puff!
When Dalton swept towards the enemy archers in the tower, he used his free left hand to grab an Ironborn beside him and block him.

All the arrows shot at him were blocked by this unfortunate iron man.

When the rain of arrows ended, Dalton threw the Iron Man corpse in his hand directly at the Gray Waterwatch soldiers in front of him who were holding spears.

Then he rushed forward with Ye Lin in his hand.

A spearman in front of him lowered his head to avoid the Iron Man corpse, then thrust his spear straight at Dalton who was rushing in front of him.

Snapped!
Dalton's sturdy left hand narrowly avoided the sharp tip of the gun, grabbed the gun barrel, and then pulled it hard in front of him.

This Gray Water Watch spearman had been stimulated many times today, so his strength was no match for Dalton.

He was dragged out of the formation by Dalton.

Click!

Dalton raised the Nighthawk in advance and stabbed it hard into the spearman's left eye.

The spearman's panicked expression froze on his face, and bright red blood flowed down his cheeks.

"Archers provide cover, and the rest of you retreat toward the second-floor tower!"

The commander in the city gate tower had good judgment. He immediately realized that this group of Iron Men was no match for him and began to retreat to preserve his strength.

Seeing the enemy retreating towards the tower corridor area, Dalton, who was both wise and brave, stopped rushing forward with his head down.

Instead, he used Ye Lin to pick out the spearman's eyes in a very bloody way, and pointed at the retreating Huishui Wang soldiers.

Shouted loudly: “Haha, these bitches from the Green Land are scared.

Brothers, rush for me!
The first person to reach the roof will have his gold dragons, slaves, and concubines doubled!"

Ooooooo!!!

Inspired by Dalton's generous reward, these Iron Men once again rushed towards the tower corridor with strange cries as if they were injected with chicken blood.

The Huishuiwang archers inside the tower have reloaded their bows and are preparing to continue suppressing the enemy with a rain of arrows.

But at this time, many Ironborn archers had already rushed to the entrance of the tower, and started shooting at them.

shhhhhh!
what! ! !
In this era of cold weapons, those who can become archers generally have two brushes
The Iron Men and Grey Water Archers were hit by arrows almost at the same time. In an instant, nearly half of the archers fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

The archers on both sides were badly hurt, which was good news for the Ironmen. They rushed to the corridor on the first floor in just a few breaths.

Seeing this, the Greywater Spearmen who had not had time to retreat resolutely gave up the chance to escape upstairs, turned around and used their spears to stab the Iron Men who were rushing towards them.

Wow ya ya!

An iron man holding a one-handed axe jumped high up, stepping on the collapsed wooden door and numerous corpses.

Then, just like a boarding battle at sea, they directly jumped onto the spearmen.

The Ironborn looked mighty, but the Greywater Spearmen in front of him simply pointed their spears at him.
This Iron Man suddenly became like a candied haws, hanging on the spear with blood holes all over his body.

However, the morale of the Ironmen was indeed boosted to the extreme by this brother's boarding method.

One by one, Ironmen began to join the spearmen in the corridor on the first floor from all directions.

This method of killing 800 enemies and losing 1,000 of our own people immediately caused heavy casualties on both sides.

But the number of Huishuiwang's spearmen was not large to begin with, and they were directly overwhelmed by the Iron People. Some spearmen in the rear had already taken the opportunity to escape to the upstairs.

With this escape, the defense line of the Huishuiwang spearmen immediately collapsed.

The remaining Greywater Spearmen were immediately hacked to death in despair by the Iron Men.

After overcoming the obstacles, the Iron Men, who were focused on being the first to reach the tower, did not hesitate at all and rushed directly up the stairs to the second floor.

"Uh, I *your mom..."

The first Iron Man who rushed to the second floor only had time to curse after he saw the surrounding situation clearly.

shhhhhh!
It turned out that the archers on the top of the tower had been waiting here for a long time, shooting at such a close range in the tower.

Arrows shot the dozen or so Iron Men who rushed up into hedgehogs, and made them fly back into the corridor on the first floor.

Frowning at the Ironmen who were suppressed by the firepower and couldn't show their heads, Dalton rolled his eyes and immediately gave an order: "Use these wooden door fragments on the ground."

Upon hearing the sound, the Iron Men immediately bent down to pick up the broken pieces of wooden doors on the ground, and then used them as shields to attack upstairs again.

Duh duh duh!
These rotten wooden doors are the gates of the tower after all. Although they cannot withstand the fierce attack of the axe, they can still withstand the attacks of the arrows.

I saw arrows constantly shooting into the surface of the wooden door fragments, making a series of muffled sounds.

Even if an arrow occasionally penetrated the wooden door fragments, it would at most cause minor injuries to the Iron Men in the rear.

So this group of Iron Men went up to the second floor, carrying the fragments of the wooden door, and began to approach the corridor on the third floor which was filled with gray water and archers.

"Throw!"

Seeing that his own archers could not stop this group of crazy iron men, the commander immediately issued orders.

The spearmen who had fled to the upper floors before had now abandoned their spears, and each of them was holding a gourd-sized pottery jar in his hand.

Upon hearing the commander's order, they immediately threw the pottery jars in their hands with all their might at the Iron Men who were holding up the wooden door fragments.

Clap!

The pottery jar hit the fragments of the wooden door and broke into pieces in an instant. The transparent liquid inside directly stained the fragments of the wooden door and the group of Iron Men who went up to the second floor.

Not only that, some pottery jars were even thrown at the entrance of the corridor on the first floor.

Sniff!

The transparent liquid in the broken pottery jar instantly gave off a strong fragrance, and Dalton subconsciously twitched his nose twice.

Then his face changed drastically and he shouted, "Damn it! It's rum, they're going to use fire!
Run away!!!"

shhhhhh!
As soon as he finished speaking, rockets hit the fragments of the wooden door.

Wow!

what! ! !
The Iron Men on the second floor were immediately set on fire by the rockets, along with their shields, and turned into human torches that fled in all directions.

Their subconscious behavior of escaping caused the fire to spread rapidly.

“Damn it, Archer!
Shoot all the guys with fire on them!"

Dalton was known for his cruelty. He saw those human-shaped torches causing the flames to spread all over the tower.

While fleeing out of the tower, he also gave attack orders to the Ironborn archers at the tower gate.

shhhhhh!
When the Ironborn archers received the order, they immediately drew their bows and shot their comrades without mercy.

Crackling!

The flames on the first and second floors of the tower were blazing over a large amount of wooden fragments and the bodies of both sides.

Outside the tower, Dalton commanded the Iron Men to throw rocks and dirt into the flames, trying to extinguish them quickly.

At the entrance to the third-floor staircase of the tower, the commander directed the remaining spearmen and archers to carry various debris and block the entrance to the staircase.

Behind them were Earl Reed, who had little combat power, and many members of the Reed family's side branches and officers.

But it is fortunate that we have these noble lords, otherwise where would we find so much rum to draw fire and stop the enemy.

But the flames below will eventually go out, and the entrance to the third floor staircase will be their last line of defense.

Before, Lord Reed was quite confident that he could at least hold off these Iron Men for four or five days.

As a result, in less than four or five hours from start to finish, the tower was likely to be breached by the Iron Men.

Seeing that the fire in the city gate tower, fueled by a large amount of rum, could not be extinguished in a short time, Dalton did not just wait here foolishly.

Instead, he took some Ironborn with him to support the other two towers.

They didn't have the means to use rum to start a fire, and Dalton soon broke through one after another.

In order to vent his strength in the city gate tower, Dalton executed all the Greywater Watch soldiers in the two towers without leaving a single person alive.

When the sun rose from the sea level the next day, the fire that had been burning in the city gate tower for half the night finally went out.

But before Dalton, with a look of joy on his face, could lead his men to attack, a light green dragon shadow appeared in the northern sky.

In the Dreadfort, the Black Crow Green Prophet who was touching the fish beam wood suddenly opened his eyes and cursed in a low voice: "These damn humans are so unreliable.

The future has been changed by them again.”

"Great Black Crow Green Prophet, what happened?"

Bohe, who had been guarding by the side, heard this and immediately asked.

"Elmond Tully gave Dalton Greyjoy unnecessary instructions.

Instead, it allowed him to reach Moat Cailin earlier and fight against the Northern army.

When Benilla, who happened to be recuperating her dragon in Winterfell, learned about this, she rode her dragon to Moat Cailin in advance.

But the Drowned God priest is not ready to sacrifice the magic circle yet.

Therefore, the green dragon would not be dragged into the sacrificial magic circle by the Drowned God's followers...

The future has been changed by them.

There is no time to waste, Mint, prepare to head south immediately!"

(End of this chapter)