The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Joyce's left wing was trapped, and Jako Locke led his troops to the rescue on the right. The wedge formation was like a whirlwind, sweeping into the Crow's Eye's central army. It was an unparalleled sharp knife, with the most elite Peninsula cavalry warriors as the tip. The packhorses beside them were also incorporated into the wedge formation, without any disorder. Wherever they went, the Ironborn and pirates who were only wearing leather could not resist.

In just a short while, Jako Locke pierced through the right wing of the Crow's Eye's central army and reached the Crow's Eye's central army banner. With Jako's charge and rescue, the pressure on Joyce Follard and others on the left wing was immediately reduced. Joyce scattered the enemy flag bearers, drew his short knife, and chopped continuously, and with a loud crack, the Crow's Eye's tall central army banner crashed down.

The Crow's Eye's golden kraken banner fell, and the generals and soldiers in the front, rear, and central armies of the Crow's Eye saw it, and their morale plummeted.

Seeing this, Jako Locke immediately shouted, "Euron Crow's Eye is dead, lay down your weapons and surrender!" In the chaotic army, Jako's messengers understood and immediately shouted, "Euron is dead, surrender quickly!"

Most of the Peninsula cavalry in the wedge formation did not know the truth. When they heard that Crow's Eye had been killed, they were all excited and亢奋. Thousands of people shouted together, "Euron is dead, surrender quickly!"

The generals and soldiers in the front, central, and rear armies of the Crow's Eye saw that the tall golden kraken banner in the central army had fallen, and they were all shocked, and their morale plummeted. The soldiers of Blacktyde, who were not very loyal, immediately shouted, "The Great King is dead, everyone run!"

Crow's Eye killed Baylor Blacktyde, a famous Blacktyde strongman among the Ironborn. Baylor was the lord of Blacktyde and had a very high reputation among the Ironborn. He was loyal and righteous, and only because he was loyal to Asha Greyjoy, even if Asha escaped and Crow's Eye was elected as the Great King and sat on the Seastone Chair, Baylor still refused to submit. Crow's Eye chopped Baylor into seven pieces to offer as a sacrifice to the banner, and this act of violence made the tribal leaders who were loyal to Asha even more obedient on the surface, but their secret dissatisfaction became even more serious. Sacrificing Baylor to the banner also made the Ironborn warriors dissatisfied with Crow's Eye.

When Crow's Eye's banner was cut down by Joyce at the cost of his life, Jako Locke took the opportunity to spread rumors, shouting that Crow's Eye had been killed. The Ironborn who did not know the truth and had 'Balon as their old master' immediately fled without hesitation. The hesitant centurions and leaders could not see the banner of the central army, which made everyone selfish, choosing to disperse and preserve their own military strength, unwilling to fight the Clegane cavalry.

Once back at sea, whoever has the stronger military force will be respected and able to protect their territory. Once their military strength is severely damaged, after returning to the Iron Islands, if there is no authority of the Great King to manage them, their territory will be taken away by other leaders.

Crow's Eye was protected by the generals and guards, and he could not speak. He took a heavy hammer to the back, and although he dodged in time, he was seriously injured. He also heard the shouts that Great King Crow's Eye had been killed, and he quickly ordered the soldiers around him to shout back.

However, the fleeing soldiers could no longer be stopped. The nobles and soldiers on Pyke had long been the main force of 'Great King Balon and Asha's direct line'. Seeing the banner being cut down, hearing that Crow's Eye had been killed, and seeing the huge triangle of the enemy cavalry wherever they went, just like a hammer breaking glass, no army could stop it, so the nobles on Pyke led their own soldiers to flee...

In just a short while, one-third of the Ironborn soldiers chose to flee, unwilling to fight to the death for Crow's Eye.

Jako Locke's military whistle was sharp and high-pitched, piercing through any shouts. The left-wing cavalry, trained in military whistles, rushed to the sound of the whistle to join forces. Jako Locke quickly gathered the left-wing cavalry. After a brief count, there were still more than four hundred riders left. Fortunately, the main generals were still alive, but everyone was injured. Almost half of the centurions on the left wing were killed in battle, and the rest were all injured. And the left wing's thousand precious packhorses also suffered heavy losses.

Every packhorse is also a warhorse. It is not easy to train a warhorse, and the cavalry's warhorses are more precious than the lives of soldiers.

Jako Locke blew the military whistle and incorporated all the left-wing cavalry into the wedge formation on the right wing. The two armies joined together, and their morale was greatly boosted. Joyce Follard rolled up the cut golden kraken banner as a trophy. He was wounded in many places and bleeding profusely. Now he had time to do some simple bandaging.

The left-wing leaders were incorporated into the wedge formation by Jako Locke to rest, and they only needed to follow the army.

The wedge formation is a triangular sharp knife formation, always facing the enemy on three sides. The cavalry in the center will not come into contact with the enemy at all. They can preserve the best physical strength and replenish the fallen comrades at any time, ensuring that the formation will not be defeated.

The left and right-wing cavalry joined together and advanced to the left, quickly breaking through the entire central army of Crow's Eye. Thousands of Crow's Eye's 50,000 troops were killed, thousands were trampled and fell, and tens of thousands fled in all directions - in a battle of tens of thousands of people, not many people are trampled to death, but as long as it exceeds a battle of hundreds of thousands of troops, the people who actually die from swords are still in the minority. More people just fall and can't stand up again. The number of people who are pushed down and trampled to death is higher than the number of people killed in battle. In ancient legion warfare, formation training was the most important thing, in order to ensure that the team was not chaotic, so as to avoid pushing down and trampling injuries and deaths. Once hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in a melee, the soldiers collapse, and no one can stop them. The number of people who are pushed down and trampled to death will be countless.

Jako Locke led the cavalry to break through the central army of Crow's Eye. Seeing Crow's Eye's army fleeing in all directions, he knew that the opportunity was once in a lifetime. At this time, if there was a main force to cover up the attack, they would win a great victory. However, there was no real main force here, only their cavalry. The main force was in front of Clegane's village, waiting for Crow's Eye's army to fight to the death.

When the enemy army collapsed, the well-trained packhorses ran back to find their masters. More than a thousand packhorses were all well-trained purebred warhorses. Warhorses have human nature, and soon four or five hundred came back.

The attack power of warhorses is no worse than that of ordinary soldiers, and they have an absolute advantage: speed!

The purebred warhorses of Crab Claw Peninsula are very fierce and not afraid of beasts in battle.

Jako Locke raised his long sword high and blew the military whistle. The wedge formation suddenly turned around and attacked the already collapsing central army again. This time, the cavalry roared, javelins flew, long swords flashed and slashed, heavy axes chopped fiercely, and iron hammers smashed wildly. More than fifteen hundred cavalry were like dragons, passing through the center with a bang, from the left to the right, almost without encountering any powerful resistance.

Crow's Eye's 50,000 troops were cut off in the middle, and the 20,000 central army completely collapsed. Ironborn and pirates were fleeing madly in the front and rear armies, and the centurions' shouts were to no avail.

The banner has fallen, Crow's Eye is dead! The speed of rumors is always the fastest, and it is easily believed by people.

Although Crow's Eye appeared, only a few could see him in the chaotic army. Many soldiers who saw with their own eyes that Crow's Eye was not dead also chose to escape. They were either soldiers of Blacktyde or soldiers of Pyke. Their hearts were not with Crow's Eye. It was okay to follow Crow's Eye to make a fortune and kill people, but when they encountered tough opponents and their lives were in danger, it was better to escape first.

The Clegane main force had not yet appeared, and only more than two thousand cavalry had defeated the central army personally led by Crow's Eye. The panic and disappointment that this huge defeat brought to the Ironborn and pirates was like a tide of the sea. The high morale accumulated in the Battle of Lannisport was completely defeated by the Clegane heavy cavalry and elite cavalry.

Joyce violated the Mountain's military order and launched the battle, but it was Jako Locke's wedge formation that finally made the contribution.

There are not many Ironborn who are truly loyal to Crow's Eye! His military morale cannot be compared with the Clegane army established by the Mountain. One is cheese military morale, and the other is iron barrel discipline!

Woo woo woo!

Woo woo woo woo!

The horns of Crow's Eye's navy sounded, which was a military order to gather the lords.

The sound of the horn can still overwhelm all the noise. The naval warriors have a habit of obeying the military orders of the horn.

Maron Volmark of the front army blew the horn: Woo woo woo! Woo woo woo woo! More than 8,000 people in the front army began to gather under his banner.

The soldiers who collapsed in the central army also began to gather at the sound of Crow's Eye's horn in the central army.

Only more than 10,000 of the 20,000 troops in the rear army gathered at the sound of the horn of the rear army leader.

Jako Locke did not intend to stop. The team pulled out an arc, unstoppable, to attack a legion standing in the distance.

When Jako Locke detoured to the rear army position, he saw a gray sea king flag in the distance.

Only on Great Wyk is there a gray sea king flag. The pattern in the center of the flag is the driftwood chair of the Seastone Chair, which is the family emblem of House Drumm, the lord of the island.

Jako Locke broke through Crow's Eye's central army twice, winning a great victory, killing countless enemies, and causing Crow's Eye's army to flee. After Crow's Eye's front, rear, and central armies sounded the assembly horn, Jako Locke no longer attacked the front, central, and rear armies, but aimed at the Drumm banner in the distance and rushed towards it.

Dunstan Drumm led three thousand soldiers to support Lannisport. The sounds of fighting in the rear attracted him. When deserters appeared in the army, Dunstan stopped. He wanted to see if it was necessary for him to return to the battle.

The power of the Clegane cavalry was unforgettable for Dunstan. Only more than two thousand iron cavalry actually broke through Crow's Eye's central army and cut down the banner. He could not have imagined this before.

The power of the cavalry charge is absolutely impossible to see at sea, and it is an unforgettable life experience for the Earl.

When Jako's manticore banner rushed towards Dunstan's rear, Dunstan's face changed.

It is absolutely impossible for his infantry to outrun the cavalry!

It is also impossible to count on the rear army to come to the rescue!

At the speed of the enemy cavalry, it will be too late for the rear army to gather the scattered soldiers to support them.

Dunstan's face was ashen. He knew that he had encountered the most dangerous battle in his life, and his heart was full of regret. If he had known that the Mountain was so difficult to deal with, he would never have followed Crow's Eye to attack the Westerlands. He could have asked to follow Victarion to attack the Shield Islands in the Reach.

After Victarion attacked the Shield Islands, he would raid the coast of the Reach to rob food, and then lead his troops to the other side of the Narrow Sea to find the Dragon Mother Daenerys Targaryen in Slaver's Bay.

Victarion was ordered by Crow's Eye to swear allegiance to the Dragon Mother and discuss alliance cooperation. On the other hand, Crow's Eye cooperated with Kevan Lannister to enter the palace to seize power, hoping to gain the appreciation of the royal family controlled by Cersei Lannister and be reused.

In the end, Crow's Eye will be loyal to Cersei's royal power or to Targaryen Daenerys's royal power, and he will make a choice based on the actual situation.

Dunstan regretted not following Victarion. He chose to follow Crow's Eye because he did not want to leave his Iron Islands homeland: Great Wyk Island. Robbing the Westerlands would make him rich, but sailing across the Narrow Sea had many unknown dangers.

The Earl's thoughts were complicated, but Jako Locke came quickly and would not give him a chance to complain.

Earl Dunstan knew that running away would only be covered and killed by the cavalry, and the three thousand soldiers would die without a burial place.

He drew out his Valyrian steel sword from his waist. This Valyrian steel heirloom sword was called "Red Rain."

"Form up, meet the enemy!" Dunstan shouted.

His three fierce generals, the very famous Drumm family members in the Iron Islands, "Terrible" Dale, "Reaver" Rory, and "Old Daddy" Germund, drew their heavy axes and short axes, held them tightly, and stood at the front of the team.

The Drumm legion has no shields!

They are facing the charge of well-trained elite cavalry in full armor like a primitive group of bandits wearing light leather.

Dunstan's eldest son, Dennis Drumm, is very brave and good at fighting. The second son, Donnel Drumm, is also a very outstanding sea warrior among the Ironborn.

They have almost no decent rectangular shields that can withstand the impact of cavalry. They also have no spearmen who specialize in restraining cavalry. The most weapons in the hands of the three thousand-man legions are axes: long-handled heavy axes and short-handled throwing axes.

This will be a bloody and tragic massacre!

Jako Locke's military whistle made a high-low-high sound, and the wedge formation changed, turning into a fan-shaped formation that kept extending to both sides.

On the left is Joyce Follard, and on the right are Semer Lefford and Soros Cuy.

The legion in the center is Jako Locke himself.

The speed on both wings is slightly faster, and the speed of the cavalry in the middle is slightly slower, forming a huge fan-shaped pocket with a concave middle, like a giant mouth, to devour all three thousand Drumm soldiers.

Dunstan Drumm saw this formation for the first time. The wedge formation like a sharp knife instantly turned into a pocket unfolded on the great plain. The cavalry were extremely skilled in changing from a wedge formation to a fan-shaped formation. Obviously, these formations had been tempered thousands of times.

After following the Mountain, Jako Locke has shown his military talent.

Following excellent people, you will inevitably become more excellent yourself!

Although the Ironborn on Great Wyk Island are good at fighting, and the pirates are brave, they all changed color.

The cavalry rushing like a whirlwind shouted loudly, and their voices shook the sky and the earth. The hooves of the horses pounded the plain, the ground trembled, and the rumbling sound was like thunder.

Such momentum, surrounded on three sides.

The three thousand soldiers gathered together have twice as many troops as the cavalry. However, light infantry is really vulnerable to the charge of elite heavy cavalry.

"Throw javelins!" Joyce shouted.

The young general was wounded many times, and the bandages binding the wounds were already red with blood, but his speed was still the fastest! The blood of war made him forget all injuries and pain.

"Javelin preparation!" Only thirty riders remained of Joyce's hundred guards. The thirty people shouted in unison, and the four hundred cavalry behind them took down their javelins in their hands.

"Throw javelins!" Jako Locke blew the military whistle and issued the order.

Javelin throwing wasn't invented by the Mountain's legion, but it was one of their primary combat methods. Against infantry, the Mountain's cavalry had trained a spiral javelin tactic, with the cavalry advancing in waves to hurl their spears. After throwing, the front ranks would turn right, and the cavalry behind would continue to advance and throw, one after another. They would all turn right after throwing, return to the rear to retrieve their javelins, and continue forward, forming a continuous javelin attack against the stationary infantry.

Archers excelled at long-range attacks. The Ironborn's throwing axes were deadly in close combat, while javelins were used to devastate enemies at a medium range.

On the other side, Soro and Chief Sen shouted, "Javelins ready!"

More than fifteen hundred cavalry spread out in a fan shape, a huge concave fan charging towards the Drumm legion.

Behind them, the Crow's Eye rearguard watched in fear, with no general rushing out to rescue them, nor anyone offering support.

The cavalry's speed was simply too fast, the dust they kicked up forming a gray fog!

Boom!

Within the Drumm legion, the pirates were the first to flee, a fatal signal. The Drum soldiers who were timid, disloyal, or unwilling to die for their lord followed suit.

"Hold, hold!" Dunstan shouted, riding his small palfrey and waving the Valyrian steel sword Red Rain, cutting down several men to barely hold back the crumbling legion. But the pirate warriors fled without hesitation, with soldiers deserting the ranks in all three thousand-man units.

Swish, swish, swish!

Joys's cavalry was the first to arrive, not engaging in close combat, but within javelin range, hundreds of javelins whistling through the air...

Puff, puff, puff! Puff, puff, puff! Puff, puff, puff!

The densely packed soldiers without enough shields or plate armor to defend themselves fell one after another.

Joys shouted, "Kill!" He didn't bother with maneuvering to repeatedly kill with javelins, but directly charged forward with his lance.

Boom!

The enemy's flank immediately collapsed. Dunstan's eldest son, Dennis Drumm, killed several men with his heavy axe, but was unable to stop the rout of the troops.

The flanks of the Drumm legion scattered like disturbed ants, the soldiers desperately fleeing, abandoning all thoughts of duty and honor.

The center and the other flank also collapsed.

In just the first volley of javelins, over a thousand spears rained down on the enemy ranks, instantly killing hundreds. The three-thousand-strong infantry formation was instantly shattered by the javelins.

The cavalry was as fast as a tornado, encircling from three sides, ambushing and killing. The Drumm family, invincible at sea, was vulnerable. Under the howling charge of heavy and elite cavalry, the soldiers' so-called formations shattered like parchment.

Pirates are best at being formidable at sea; Ironborn are best at fighting on warships. On land, naval armor, formation coordination, and specialized troop matchups cannot rely solely on numbers to win.

In large-scale battles, the team's overall combat power is crucial!

As if in an instant, more than fifteen hundred iron cavalry surrounded the three thousand infantry, slaughtering them in front of Crow's Eye and tens of thousands of his soldiers.

The cavalry was like an iron plow, rumbling through Dunstan's position, leaving a scene of devastation, bodies everywhere, and collapsing soldiers fleeing in all directions, the cavalry pursuing and killing them with ease!

Crow's Eye returned to his carriage in the center army, watching as the Drumm legion was slaughtered.

Jekko Locke blew the military whistle, and the cavalry returned to the ranks, forming a square formation right behind Crow's Eye's troops, maintaining a distance that infantry could not approach.

Crow's Eye's face was pale. The Mountain's main legion hadn't even moved out, and yet just over two thousand iron cavalry had pierced through his center army twice, and slaughtered the Great Wyk Drumm legion like a storm sweeping away leaves...

Fear arose in the hearts of all the generals. The Ironborn wanted to return to the Iron Islands, the pirates wanted to return to the sea, and no one wanted to stay on this land any longer.

Approximately fifteen hundred cavalry on the Claw Peninsula gave a triumphant cheer.

The three thousand Drumm legion, except for a few escaped individuals, was completely annihilated. The speed was unbelievable.

Jekko Locke obtained Earl Dunstan's Valyrian steel sword: Red Rain!

The Mountain's fifty thousand strong legion, had nearly ten thousand killed by Jekko Locke and Royce, fighting as one against ten. Countless more were injured by being pushed, trampled and falling, causing a mass rout of ten thousand. Crow's Eye gathered the front, middle, and rear armies, leaving him with just over thirty thousand men.

Compared to the Mountain's main legion, this force no longer possessed an overwhelming advantage in numbers.

The Mountain's legion of over twenty thousand had a full complement of troops: sword and shield men; archers; spearmen; elite cavalry; heavy cavalry; horse archers; mixed cavalry and infantry legions; the dragon-slaying ballista, a great weapon, was deployed in the middle of the main infantry, waiting to be suddenly pushed out to crush the enemy's center army, demoralize them when the armies clashed, then the heavy cavalry, horse archers, and elite cavalry would together ambush and kill, with the infantry coordinating to achieve total victory.

But Joys suddenly raided Crow's Eye's center army during the detour. In a moment of crisis, Jekko Locke led his troops to rescue them, piercing through the enemy formation, and together they killed thousands; they also raided the isolated three thousand Drumm legion, annihilating them. The cavalry's saddles were covered with the heads of pirates and Ironborn.

Crow's Eye blew the horn to gather the three armies. Jekko Locke also blew the military whistle to gather in place.

A short while later, Crow's Eye's center army blew the horn to continue advancing, so Jekko Locke and the cavalry began to implement the Mountain's tactics: following at a moderate distance and pace.

This trick was very vicious, causing the Crow's Eye's legion in front to worry about the cavalry suddenly attacking again. The legion's soldiers, anxiously guarding against the crazy cavalry in the rear, had their morale plummet.

The cavalry was fast, and the cavalry scouts were close to Crow's Eye's rearguard. Although Crow's Eye's infantry was numerous, they were helpless. Whether to fight or not, small-scale harassment or slow following, the initiative was entirely in Jekko Locke's hands.

Absolute speed, a powerful guarantee of all initiative!