Chapter 139 Turbulent Situation (2)
"Loras and my queen, where are they?"
Water. There is water. I am dying of thirst. Who has water?
Allister Florent stared at Renly Baratheon, who was lying in bed and mumbling, feeling like he was trapped in a rainforest swamp, struggling in his heart.
He saved Florent's cavalry and retreated westward with Renly.
When passing through Summer Hall, I received news that Oberon, Prince of Dorne, had captured Horn Hill.
He didn't know how many troops Dorne had sent, but this force was rapidly approaching the Tyrell's Highgarden.
Renly's more than 10,000 cavalry fled in all directions. They were so affected by the poisonous water that they had almost no strength to resist. They were rushed by Stannis's cavalry and fled in all directions, showing no discipline.
Nearly four thousand Stormland cavalry chose to surrender directly. As Baratheon's subjects, they did not have any psychological burden. Most of these cavalry were knights or retainers. There were many heirs of the Stormland nobles, including King Stannis. Wise, this move is equivalent to taking control of most of the Storm Land.
People survive and lose land, but both humans and land survive.
Under this situation, I am afraid that everyone would think that the Florentine family would choose to surrender to King Stannis. After all, the Florentine family is the queen of King Stannis, but Allister did not choose this way. He protected Lan Li, fled westward, ignoring all the Reach cavalry who were stranded in the hills of the Stormlands and were unfamiliar with the terrain.
Brightwater City is too close to Highgarden, Oldtown, and Hornhill. Being in the core circle of the Reach nobility, Allister did not dare to choose to abandon his status as a Southern nobility at the most difficult time in the Reach. Honor, otherwise, unless Stannis really ascends the Iron Throne and gives the Florent family great power and benefits, the Florent family is destined to have a hard time living in the Reach.
At that time, I am afraid that the nobles of the Reach will not leave any face to Florentine.
Allister took a deep breath, looking at Renly who was unconscious, and the anxiety of dealing with difficult matters came to his heart.
If Renly died at this time, most of the nobles of the Reach would probably think that Florentine had committed regicide and betrayed Highgarden; if he did not die and returned to Highgarden, he would probably reward the Florentine family heavily. By that time, the strategy that Liangshui City had always pursued to make both ends meet and act at the right time was no longer true.
The embarrassing situation of the Florent family made it difficult for Allister to make a decision, and he sighed helplessly.
Alister Florent thought of the Queen of Thorns in Highgarden. The reason why he was timid was not just because of the position of the Reach, but also because he was afraid of this troublesome woman's skills.
The dazzling red and gold fox emblem was printed on Alken Florent's arm armor. He wiped the sword in his hand, and there were blood stains at the corners of his eyes, like scarlet tears.
After he heard the news that a Lannister division was marching along the Golden Road to the West, he decisively moved his military camp forward without any cover-up or any move to guard against the scouts, intending to let Tywin Lannis Special found his trace.
As expected, this partial division heading towards the Deep Cave Keep along the Golden Road should be a more important step in Lannister's deployment.
Thousands of Western Cavalry attacked their forward-deployed military camp at night. The direct vassals of Highgarden and Hornhill were nakedly exposed to the Lannister lion's mouth, causing countless casualties (Chapter 134).
He also let some Florentine knights mix in to avoid appearing too rough. He even used them as bait to personally lead thousands of infantry to support the front camp where the war was basically over, killing more than a dozen lone soldiers. of the Western Cavalry.
Aleken chopped down several of them with his own hands.
The Florens are foxes, and foxes tend to know everything.
Renly defeated the Stormlands, and tens of thousands of cavalry were scattered. Only Randyll Tarly's eight thousand cavalry remained intact. This news was no longer enough to shock the Reach army at Bitterbridge. Dorne's raid is an important reason for the panic in the military camp today. The nobles of the Tully family, especially the heir of the Tully family, Dickon Tarly, who has been clamoring to be the vanguard, are now silent about his relationship with Lannis. He was worried about the special war, but worried about Jiaoling's mother and sister all day long.
After a defeat that he carefully designed, Garland Tyrell's ability to maintain order in the army has shown his outstanding ability.
It's a pity that his brother Willas is not here, otherwise his little tricks would not be hidden from the Tyrell family.
Willas and Garland are both thoughtful Roses of Highgarden, but unfortunately, compared to the former, Garland Tyrell is more upright and less tactful, which noble officers prefer.
Every day, knights fled south with their attendants and levies from their respective territories. As the commander of the infantry, Alecian Florent could only command less than 20,000 troops, and they were all closely related to Liangshui City. The troops were controlled by nobles who were near or far away from Jiaoling.
He didn't know what news the second son of the Tyrell family had received. He actually stood still at Bitterbridge and sent himself as a vanguard to harass the Lannister army along the Golden Road.
Alken Florent often heard Thaddeus Rowan secretly cursing their king Renly, complaining that his father was missing, and complaining that Renly's endless banquets in Golden Tree had used up the Rowan family's winter supplies. Food, complaining that the Luowan family’s proud cavalry was wasted in the hills.
It was only then that Aleken realized that his father was also missing in the hills.
Willas Tyrell stood on the wall of Highgarden, leaning on crutches and lame.
This is the outermost wall of the High Court. Like the next two walls, it is made of white marble stones.
The elegant and slender round tower finally revealed its original function, the huge trebuchet turned slowly, and the soldiers of Highgarden were working hard to assemble the defenses on the city wall, working day and night.
Outside the city walls of High Court, there are endless green fields and neatly planned stone steps. Villages and towns are located on both sides of the winding road.
Even in the current tense situation, there is no trace of war in Gaoting in the long summer. There are only gurgling streams irrigating the fields and art sculptures arranged inside. After its own management, it is a beautiful and prosperous existence, but it is poisonous snakes. The Dornishmen burst out of the sand and were destroyed.
The pain in my knees from falling off the horse has long gone, but now there is a dull pain, as if telling myself that a poisonous snake is a poisonous snake, and to forgive the poisonous snake is to lay the foundation for disaster.
Oberon Martelvilas murmured that he would not make an enemy of his friend, but he never showed the Dornishman the sword of Highgarden, and the Dornishman thrust his spear first. Own.
"My lord!" exclaimed the knight, pointing in the distance.
The fire became more intense, almost burning half of the sky red.
The farmland run by the people of the Reach was entangled in the devil's flames, unable to break free, and the green fields became a sea of fire.
"Prepare to meet the enemy," Villas said softly.
The soldiers in Highgarden looked solemnly at the flames in the distance until they gradually turned black, the fire became smaller and extinguished
Willas frowned tightly and stared into the distance, but did not find a single Dornish figure.
"Are they just here to set a fire?" Willas Tyrell said to himself uncertainly, clenching his fists.
(End of chapter)