Chapter 95: Occupy the Wall(1/2)
It consists of seven islands in Ironman Bay, located to the west of Westeros. It has been recorded in history since the Age of Heroes, the Iron Islands.
Before the Dragon King Aegon conquered Westeros, he was an independent country, and the supreme ruler was the "King of the Iron Islands" and also known as the "Iron King".
The subjects of the Iron Kingdom and the Iron People are used to calling themselves "iron seeds".
Because the Iron Islands have harsh natural conditions and barren land, they cannot be self-sufficient at all, so the Iron Group has always made a living by plundering and is proud of it. They call this lifestyle "ancient road", which is equivalent to the Nordic Viking Pirates in the Middle Ages.
This survival rule with a strong pirate color is most obvious in the Greyjoy family's tribal language - "Strong wins hard than hard work".
Overall, the Iron Islands, which worship the ocean, practiced a primitive and cruel lifestyle, and like all marine peoples, they had an extraordinary desire for freedom, which was also the deep-seated reason for the frequent rebellions of the Iron Islands.
Accustomed to the vast power of nature in the sea, Iron Seed has a very poetic understanding of life and death.
Just like now,
After the city gate collapsed, Lin En's extremely brave army launched an attack as soon as possible, but was still blocked outside the west gate of Twin City.
The fortress built by the iron-minded soldiers with their flesh and blood immediately prevented the light cavalry from entering the city first.
Since you are rushing into the city wall first, hand-to-hand combat in the narrow space is the only choice.
In half an hour, the corpses were stacked layer by layer as high as a hill.
The soldiers on both sides could only step on the pile of corpses from both ends and continue to pile up.
The crossbowmen of the Tiger Ben Group kept climbing to the highest point along the pile of corpses, shooting randomly at the densely packed iron-minded soldiers below, and then quickly retreated.
The gap is too small, and there are too many people on both sides.
There was no way to climb up to more people at once.
The spearmen and snatchers on both sides held back the gap, and a stalemate formed on both sides.
This is still the relatively wide west gate of Twin City.
At the collapsed mouth that was smashed by a catapult not far away, the battle was even more stalemate and tragic.
After the war was at this point, there was no tactics at all. Both sides carried out their masterpieces of life and death with their strong will and determination to die.
Lynn had more troops and more advanced weapons, but the Iron Islanders were on the defensive side and had certain geographical advantages. They also captured many Twin City residents to take the blame. At first, these people were just laborers and hard laborers, and were driven to block the gap with gravel and sandbags and build defense lines.
However, Lynn's light cavalry came too quickly, and swords and shields on the city walls attacked the iron archers. Before they could carry more gravel, they were pushed to the front of the defense line by Greyjoy's soldiers and used them as a line of flesh and blood.
The bodies blocked at the bottom of the city gate and the gap were actually mostly innocent civilians.
The enemy's tenacity was beyond Lynn's expectations. There were few deserters in this world. If so, the generals of the army would be the first to announce their retreat or surrender. The soldiers had no right to raise the white flag on their own initiative.
Because this detracts from glory, in most battles in history, those who become prisoners usually have no good ending.
Therefore, the end of the battle is often very tragic.
Finally, a voice rang in Lin Neng's ears.
"Sir, look, the sword and shield soldiers have taken down the city wall!"
Lin En raised his eyes and looked at him after hearing this. After a moment, his expression relaxed. As long as he could completely control the city wall, it would be easy.
Rodat's command under the city wall could not crowd into the city gate corpse mountain, shouting: "Boundists and archers both climbed from the ladder to the city wall, hurry up!"
As long as you occupy the city wall, all the enemies are piled up together. As long as you can control the city wall, your crossbowman can directly shoot the opponent's backup from a high point.
Then the soldiers opposite to resist the gap will not be able to make up for the defense smoothly.
The dawn of victory is coming, Lynn thinks so.
...
The Ironman Knights and infantry gathered behind the gates, saw their commander, Victory Greyjoy, retreating from the wall.
Located to the west of the continent of Westeros, this is composed of seven islands located in Iron Bay. It has been recorded in history since the period of the heroic era. Before the Dragon King Aegon conquered Westeros, the Iron Islands were an independent country, and the supreme ruler was the "King of the Iron Islands", also known as the "Iron King" Iron Islands.
The residents of the Iron Islands called themselves "iron species", which was equivalent to the medieval Nordic Vikings.
Because the Iron Islands have poor natural conditions and poor land, they cannot be self-sufficient at all, so the Iron Islands have always made a living by looting and are proud of it. They call this lifestyle "ancient road". Women in the Iron Islands can also loot like men, or even become captains.
This survival rule with a strong pirate color is most obvious in the Greyjoy family's tribal language - "Strong wins hard than hard work".
Overall, the Iron Islands, which worship the ocean, practice a primitive and cruel lifestyle. At the same time, like all marine nations, they have an extraordinary desire for freedom, which is also the deep-seated reason for the frequent rebellions of the Iron Islands. They are used to the vast power of nature of the sea, and the Iron Sea has a very poetic understanding of life and death.
Tiemin does have a deep understanding of life and death. For example, now, Lin En's extremely brave army is blocked outside the west gate of Twin City. The fortress built by the iron soldiers with their flesh and blood is piled up as high as a hill.
The corpses were piled up layer by layer, and people at both ends stepped on the pile of corpses and continued to flock upwards.
The crossbowmen of the Tiger Ben Group kept climbing to the highest point along the pile of corpses, shooting randomly at the densely packed iron-minded soldiers below, and then quickly retreated.
The gap is too small, and there are too many people on both sides.
The spearmen and snatchers on both sides held back the gap, and a stalemate formed on both sides.
This is still the relatively wide west gate of Twin City. It was a collapsed mouth smashed by a catapult not far away, and the battle was even more stalemate and tragic.
After the war was at this point, there was no tactics at all. Both sides fought close-range battles with one breath and the determination to die.
Lynn had more troops and more advanced weapons, but the Iron Islanders were on the defensive side and had certain geographical advantages. They also captured many Twin City residents to take the blame. At first, these people were just laborers and hard laborers, and were driven to block the gap with gravel and sandbags and build defense lines.
However, Lynn's light cavalry came too quickly, and swords and shields on the city walls attacked the iron archers. Before they could transport more gravel, Viktalion used them as a line of defense for blood and blood.
The bodies blocked at the bottom of the city gate and the gap were actually mostly innocent civilians.
The enemy's tenacity was beyond Lynn's expectations. There were few deserters in this world. If so, the generals of the army would be the first to announce their retreat or surrender. The soldiers had no right to raise the white flag on their own initiative, because this would damage glory, and even if they became prisoners, they would often have no good ending.
Therefore, the end of the battle is often very tragic.
Finally, a voice rang in Lin Neng's ears.
"Sir, look, the sword and shield soldiers have taken down the city wall!"
Lin En's expression relaxed, as long as he could completely control the city wall, it would be easy.
Rodat's command under the city wall could not crowd into the city gate corpse mountain, shouting: "Boundists and archers both climbed from the ladder to the city wall, hurry up!"
As long as you occupy the city wall, all the enemies are piled up together. As long as you can control the city wall, your crossbowman can directly shoot the opponent's backup from a high point.
Then the soldiers opposite to resist the gap will not be able to make up for the defense smoothly.
The dawn of victory has come, Lynn thinks so.
...
The Ironman Knights and infantry gathered behind the gates, saw their commander, Victory Greyjoy, retreating from the wall.
In order to protect him, the messenger of Viktalion was stabbed to death on the spot by a team of swords and shield soldiers on the wall.
He could only run down the wall himself to convey his orders.
Viktalion appeared before the soldiers and shouted in anger.
"Damn it, why are you still standing here? The cavalry all came down from the horse and went to the city wall."
Several nearby teams heard the command of commander Viktalion. Although they did not understand why they did this, they still ran up the winding stone steps.
More people were still gathered behind friendly troops at the city gate, and were affected by the roaring sounds in front of them.
Except for the tragic howling of enemies or friendly forces when they die, they can't hear anything clearly and have no time to look at them.
Under the protection of his companion, Victalion struggled to push away the Iron Man soldiers crowded in the narrow space.
The soldiers were crowded together, and it was really difficult to move forward in the crowd.
He pulled out an old long-handed sword and danced into a wide arc.
A dent was staring blankly at the front, with a focused team's breastplate being knocked out by a sword, and the roar of commander Viktalion came from his ears, "Get out of the way, damn it, get out of here!"
The young Iron Mining Captain was shocked when he saw Viktalion rushing towards him.
He reacted and clumsyly gave to one side.
The battle did not last long, and the losses of one thousand soldiers in Viktalion were not very serious. About 200 people were killed in battle. Now the bodies blocked the path of the large-scale influx of Lynn's army.
Therefore, fewer and fewer people need to sacrifice.
Viktalion believes that there is no need for such infantry to squeeze here.
On the walls, one hundred and five archers were forced to stalemate with Lin Neng's Tiger Ben Sword and Shield Soldiers.
If the city wall is completely lost and is attacked by front and back, his army will not be able to defend the city gate defense line, which is the real disaster.
Viktalion knocked away several of his men with his shoulders and climbed up on a stone sculpture platform at the central intersection on the inside of the West City Gate.
The head of the stone sculpture has been lost, and it is impossible to see which sage was worshipped by the residents of Twin City before.
However, the stone pier is still intact, and standing on it will be a good place to issue orders or speeches.
His back row soldiers could see Victorian who was one day taller in the team.
Viktalion looked down at the iron-ministered army below, his eyes swept across the crowd, then raised his finger to the captains of the infantry around him, and shouted at them: "Don't block here, you all come to the city wall, damn... Don't you know how to look up?"
City wall? What city wall?
Why do infantry go to the city wall? Are there still enemy troops there?
The iron-minister soldier heard the commander's roar and order and subconsciously looked up at the city wall above.
On the city wall,
To be continued...