Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

Chaos, this is the biggest feeling that Ian feels on the Chinese battlefield, and it is also what medieval wars should be like in most cases.

The River Knights deployed by Bellicio in the center could barely see their formation before launching the charge, but as soon as they started taking action, they fell into complete disarray.

Of course, the Northern Cavalry and Stormland Knights opposite them were not much better.

It is not known whether Eddard Stark was aware of Belicio's intentions. It is not important, because when the Riverbender, who was most likely to be a vulnerability, was placed in the center of the Imperial Legion, Eddard Stark Tucker has no choice in formation deployment. Whether the cavalry is used to attack the central army, or the cavalry is used to attack from the side, the chance of victory of the northern coalition forces is close to zero.

In the end, Eddard chose to concentrate his main force on attacking the Reach people, that is, using cavalry to attack the Reach Knights, instead of attacking the Gith Iron Legion on both sides of the Imperial Army or the Golden Company's mixed phalanx of spears and halberds with a large number of crossbowmen. .

He even personally led the charge, probably hoping to create a miracle through fighting. Just like when the 'fearless' Barristan found the enemy chieftain 'the ferocious' Maris Blackfire among the thousands of soldiers on the Stepstone Islands, and fought him one on one. Kill and completely end the Blackfire Rebellion, or Robert Baratheon kills Rhaegar Targaryen on the banks of the Trident, overturning the situation from a disadvantage and ending the Targaryen dynasty. That way.

But Ed is destined to be disappointed, because whether it is Belicio Valeros, the commander-in-chief of the Westeros Expeditionary Force of the empire, Duke Coru, the governor of Westeros in the empire, or the Duke of Mace of the Tyrell family, Willas, the heir to Highgarden, and even the more important Earl of the River Bend, along with the newly surrendered nobles of the Valley and Iron Islands, were invited by Ian Koru to watch the battle on the high ground where the central army's formation was located.

Even though Eddard Stark was as brave as before, and even though the Valyrian steel sword 'Ice' was indestructible, he could not find even a worthy enemy for him to kill.

Ian invited his 'guests' here, inviting them to witness the defeat of the invincible Northern Alliance, and to witness a war model that was very new to the people of Westeros.

In front of the Chinese army's formation, the cavalry of both sides were almost completely in a melee, and with the sounds of trumpets, drums and cymbals, the left and right wings of the Imperial Army began to advance.

Engels wrote in "On Cavalry": "We found that in many medieval battles, less than 800-1,000 knights participated in the battle. However, as long as they drove the enemy's heavily armored knights from the battlefield, it was usually enough to deal with them. Any number of infantry.”

This vividly describes the status of knights on the medieval battlefield. In Westeros, because there was no black powder, knights did not need to face the threat from muskets. They became completely invincible on the battlefield. This phenomenon has then evolved to its peak.

And this phenomenon further limits the tactical system and industrial development of Westeros.

When knights are less likely to be threatened by other knights on the battlefield, they do not need to study infantry tactics, nor do they need to put a large number of civilian infantry into the battlefield like in the age of muskets, allowing them to become the main force in the war. , let them die.

Not to mention reducing the production cost of various armors or increasing output, which might threaten the untouchables.

After all, for the noble lords, who are armored and invulnerable, they only need to find other knights to fight one-on-one on the battlefield. If they win, they will receive huge honors. Even if they are defeated, there is a high chance that they will not be harmed. Life is threatened and only a ransom can be paid to return to his family. The conscripted infantry are a bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimps. They can only be harvested by the knights like chopping melons and vegetables. Letting them gain military exploits is the 'most ideal and romantic' state of war.

Looking at the history of Westeros, you will find that in most of the important battles, even if it is a big battle involving tens of thousands of people on both sides, the final victory or defeat of the battle is often determined by the legendary knights of both sides one-on-one. Pick the decision.

So when the empire's Gith Iron Legion moved in an orderly manner on the battlefield, they easily smashed the most elite infantry phalanx from Winterfell and the Dreadfort in the north, and then surrounded the central army, chopping melons and vegetables. When the noble lords picked up the horses, the nobles on the highlands were all shocked.

In their traditional thinking, only dragons should be able to defeat knights. Although Ian Darry is the new High Dragon King of Valyria, the emperor did not come to the battlefield in person, nor did he bring his dragon. He dispatched only a tiny fraction of his vast army and easily crushed Eddard Stark's army.

The valley nobles and ironborn leaders present exchanged glances, and they seemed to be able to see these words on each other's faces. Fortunately, we voted early. At the same time, they cast envious glances at the wallflowers in the river next to them.

After this battle, there should be no short-sighted people in Westeros who dare to resist the emperor, and these River Bend people have become the only nobles with military merit among the Westerosi people who surrendered to the empire.

So what if the Dornishmen surrendered early? Haven't you caught up with the war yet?

"According to 'reliable intelligence'," the Ironborn leader, Earl Nunn Gubler of 'Grandstone Castle' looked at the unstoppable Gith Iron Army in the distance, and whispered to his fellow captives next to him, "The great Ian... His Majesty Darry also has about 200,000 such legions."

"How is this possible?" His words caused a burst of exclamation, but they were standing on the edge, and no one paid much attention to them under the noisy battlefield.

"That's not all. In addition, His Majesty also has a hundred thousand Dothraki cavalry. The entire Dothraki Sea surrendered under his command. The horsemen respected him as Khal Tian, ​​the strongest among the horsemen. The three older Khals became his bloodriders."

"Where did you hear this?" asked an Ironborn leader. "I have been to the ports of Volantis and Slaver's Bay. Those centaurs are the most difficult to tame."

"I know this!" Another Ironborn leader immediately took over. "I heard that His Majesty rode his dragon to Vaes Dothrak. His dragon was much bigger than Aegon the Conqueror's. The Black Death is several times bigger, and can swallow a Syrax (Queen Rhaenyra's dragon) with one mouth. When the centaurs saw him, they immediately surrendered as if they were seeing a god."

"Then why didn't he fly directly to Westeros? Didn't we just surrender as soon as he came?"

"Do you think we are worthy?" The third Ironborn leader pointed to the disintegrating Northern Allied Forces below, "They can send any legion at random, and we can't resist it. Do you still expect the emperor to come and surrender us in person?"

"Well" the scene fell into silence for a moment.

"By the way, where did you hear all this news?"

"It's being spread throughout the camp." Earl Nunn Gubler was stunned. "Everyone is saying that you drank too much yesterday and never left the tent, right?"

"Ha" the leader who asked the question was about to say something, but was interrupted by a burst of cheers.

"What happened?"

"Eddard Stark has been captured." (End of chapter)