Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 201: Sparks of the Wilderness

It took the rebels half a day to make the siege equipment.

Seeing that everything was almost ready, Kyle took a deep breath and finally gave the order to attack the city.

Several simple trebuchets were pushed to the front of the battle formation, and huge stones were placed in the trebuchets' magazines. As the operators pulled hard, the long arms of the trebuchets swung out violently, and the stones hit the wooden walls like meteors.

There was a loud "boom" and the huge rock hit the city wall hard, wood chips flew everywhere and the city wall trembled slightly.

The slave soldiers guarding the city were frightened by the sudden attack and were filled with panic.

Faced with the powerful force of the catapults and the dark crowds under the city, people's hearts were like the ups and downs of a lake ruffled by the wind.

Damozni heard the noise and hurried to the city wall. Looking at the confused soldiers, anger surged in his heart.

He shouted angrily, "Fight back. Fight back! What are you all standing there for?"

The slave soldiers finally woke up from their dream, and the catapults that were always on hand in Linhe Town began to work, throwing stones whizzing towards the rebels outside the city.

However, before the first round of boulders had fallen, the rebels outside the city launched a full-scale siege.

The rebel soldiers held up simple wooden shields, protected themselves around the ram, and slowly approached the city gate.

Upon seeing this, Damozni immediately ordered the soldiers on the city wall to prepare kerosene, and shouted loudly: "Shoot!" The soldiers drew their bows and shot arrows, and a rain of arrows flew towards the rebels like locusts.

After several rounds of shooting, although some casualties were caused to the rebel soldiers, it did not stop the approach of the ramming car.

Finally, the battering ram arrived at the city gate and began to ram it continuously.

"Dong Dong. Dong."

The huge crash echoed at the city gate like thunder, frightening the people standing on the city wall.

Damozni hurriedly ordered: "Pour kerosene!" The soldiers acted quickly, and the kerosene poured down, pouring heavily on the heads of the rebel soldiers.

Damozni immediately threw down the torch, and a raging fire instantly broke out at the city gate.

The rebel soldiers were engulfed by the fire and screamed in agony.

Many soldiers threw away their burning shields and fled to the rear, but were shot and killed by the defenders on the city walls.

Just as Damozni was celebrating the destruction of the rammed car, the flames at the city gate became more violent and began to ignite the city wall. Seeing this, he ordered the soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire. In the chaos, the rebels' ladders were successfully pushed under the city wall. Countless rebel soldiers took the opportunity to rush up the city wall. The slave soldiers guarding the city immediately rushed up. As soon as the two sides fought, the rebels' untrained disadvantages were revealed. Due to the narrow space on the city wall, they could not take advantage of the number of people. After suffering a large number of casualties, they were still unable to occupy the city wall and were even pushed back.

At this moment, several slave soldiers came with kerosene, poured it on the ladder cart, and then shot rockets at the horrified eyes of the rebel soldiers.

In a moment, the ladder truck was ignited by flames, and the rebel soldiers inside were also burned by the high temperature, and there were constant wailing and screams.

The battle lasted until sunset, and the rebels chose to retreat after suffering more than 800 casualties. The defenders of Linhe Town also suffered nearly half of their casualties, and both sides knew that tomorrow would determine the fate of the town.

The next day, when the sky had just begun to turn pale and the sun had not yet risen, Kyle could not wait to command the catapults to attack, and then commanded the rebel soldiers to form a battle line, preparing to capture Linhe Town today.

Hearing the noise, Damozni immediately called on the slave soldiers to be on high alert. Suddenly, with a loud bang, the west wall collapsed.

After being burned by flames and bombarded by huge rocks, this section of the wooden wall finally collapsed under the weight.

The moment the city wall collapsed, dust flew everywhere and the slave soldiers panicked and fled in all directions.

Damozni felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw this. He killed several deserters before he was able to control the situation. He then shouted, "Follow me!" and called on the soldiers to follow him to the gap.

The slave soldiers hurriedly followed, their faces filled with fear and despair, and even some of them looked at Damozni with increasingly cold eyes. They looked at each other, as if they had made up their minds.

Just as Damozni was about to reach the gap in the city wall, a slave soldier took advantage of his unpreparedness and stabbed him in the waist from behind.

The stabbed Damozni staggered and instinctively wanted to draw his sword to fight back, but before he could touch the sword, he was stabbed by more sharp blades. Finally, he foamed at the mouth and fell down. Before he died, he heard the shouts of the rebels charging outside the city.

Astapor
Jalal walked into the room in a hurry, came to Gavin who was sitting in a chair, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the situation has changed after the rebels captured Linhe Town." Gavin frowned slightly, stared at Jalal, and motioned him to continue.

Jalal straightened up and continued to report: "Your Majesty, the banks of the Worm River are the few fertile lands in Astapor that can be cultivated. There are many villages nearby and the serfs are the most concentrated. As the news of the rebels taking over the river town spread, slaves in nearby villages rebelled and joined the rebels. Now, the rebels have 20,000 soldiers and are still increasing. The scope of the rebellion is also gradually expanding, and has even affected the northern region of Astapor, which has been relatively stable before. At present, the good lords have already planned to use the Unsullied, but they have been arguing over the issue of the whip bearer. After several days of meetings, they have not been able to make a decision."

Gavin tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair and asked in a low voice, "Where is Morizdan's rebellion-suppression army?"

Jalal immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the anti-rebellion army has crossed the Worm River. Just two days after Kyle captured Linhe Town, Morizdan led the anti-rebellion army to the west bank of the Worm River. However, they camped on the west bank and were not in a hurry to cross the river until yesterday, when the good lords supported them with another 3,000 slave soldiers, and they were able to cross the river. After the other party crossed the river, Lord Carlos immediately led the Blood Dragon Guards to dismantle all the wooden bridges. Kyle should have fought with Morizdan at this time, and the specific situation of the battle is not yet known, but I have quickly spread the news that the anti-rebellion army was trapped on the east bank of the Worm River. I believe the good lords will make a decision in the next two days."

The room fell into a brief silence. The situation was somewhat unexpected. Gavin had originally thought that the rebel army would need to be destroyed before the good lords would be forced to mobilize the Unsullied. Unexpectedly, after Kyle captured Linhe Town, a chain reaction was triggered. Regardless of whether Morizdan successfully suppressed the rebellion, given the current situation in Astapor, the good lords would have to mobilize the Unsullied for defense. Gavin's goal had actually been achieved.

Gavin looked at Jalal with a gratified smile on his face, and encouraged him: "Jalal, you did a great job! Don't worry about the Worm River from now on, just focus on the Good Lord and report any news at any time. Also, send a message to Kairos immediately and ask him to take the Blood Dragon Guard back to Astapor."

Jalal was very excited when he heard this, his eyes sparkled with passion, and he said, "It is my honor to serve your majesty. I will send a letter to Lord Kairos now."

(End of this chapter)