Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord - Chapter 201

c201 The Spark That Sets the Fields on Fire

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

Kyle took a deep breath and finally issued the order to attack the city after seeing that the preparations were almost complete.

Several simple trebuchets were pushed to the front of the formation, and huge stones were placed in the magazines of the trebuchets. 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 stones hit the walls fiercely, wood chips flew, and the walls trembled slightly.

The slave soldiers guarding the city were frightened by the sudden attack and panicked.

Faced with the powerful power of the trebuchets and the dark crowds under the city, the floating hearts of the people were like the lake water ruffled by the wind, with waves ups and downs.

Damozni heard the noise and hurried to the wall. Looking at the chaotic soldiers, a surge of 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 dreams, and the catapults in Linhe Town began to work, and the stones flew towards the rebels outside the city.

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

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

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 the 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 ramming car arrived at the city gate and began to hit the city gate continuously.

“Boom. Boom.”

The huge impact sound echoed at the city gate like thunder, making the people standing on the city wall terrified.

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

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

The rebel soldiers were engulfed by the fire and screamed.

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

Just as Damozni was rejoicing that he had just burned the ramming car, the flames at the city gate became more and more violent, and even 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’ ladder car was successfully pushed under the city wall. Countless rebel soldiers took the opportunity to rush to the city wall. The slave soldiers guarding the city immediately met them. As soon as the two sides fought, the untrained disadvantage of the rebels was revealed. Due to the narrow space on the city wall, they could not play the advantage of numbers. After paying a large number of casualties, they were still unable to occupy the city wall and were even pushed back.

At this time, several slave soldiers came with kerosene, poured it on the ladder, and then fired rockets in the horrified eyes of the rebel soldiers.

In a moment, the ladder was ignited by the flames, and the rebel soldiers in it were also burned by the high temperature, and there were constant wailing and screaming.

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. Both sides understood that tomorrow would determine the ownership of this town.

The next day, the sky just turned pale, and the sun had not risen yet. Kyle couldn’t wait to command the catapult to attack, and then commanded the rebel soldiers to line up, preparing to take Linhe Town today.

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

After being burned by flames and bombarded by huge stones, this section of the wooden wall finally couldn’t bear the weight.

The moment the wall collapsed, dust flew up, and the slave soldiers panicked and fled everywhere.

Damozni saw this, and his heart sank. He killed several deserters and barely suppressed the situation. Then he shouted loudly: “Follow me!” and called the soldiers to follow him to the gap.

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

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

Damozni staggered and instinctively wanted to draw his sword to fight back, but before he touched the sword, he was stabbed by more sharp blades. In the end, he spit blood and fell down. Before he died, he heard the screams of the rebels charging outside the city.

Astapor

Jalal hurried into the room, came to Gavin who was sitting in the 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 Linhe Town spread, slaves in nearby villages rebelled and joined the rebels. Now, the rebels have 20,000 troops and are still increasing. The scope of the rebellion is also gradually expanding, and it has even affected the northern region of Astapor, which has been relatively stable before. At present, those good masters have already planned to use the Unsullied, but they have been arguing over the issue of the whip bearer, and they have not been able to make a decision after several days of meetings.”

Gavin tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair and asked in a low voice: “Where is Morizdan’s rebellion army?”

Jalal immediately replied: “Your Majesty, the counter-rebellion army has now crossed the Worm River. Just two days after Kyle captured Linhe Town, Morizdan led the counter-rebellion army to the west bank of the Worm River. But they were on the west bank. They set up camp and were not in a hurry to cross the river. It was not until yesterday that the good masters supported three thousand slave soldiers that they crossed the river. After the other party crossed the river, Lord Carlos led the Blood Dragon Guard to attack all the wood immediately. All the bridges have been demolished. Kyle should have been engaged in a battle with Morizdan. The specific situation of the battle is not known yet, but I have quickly spread the news that the counter-rebellion army was trapped on the east bank of the Worm River. I think the good masters will be there in the next two days. A decision will be made”

There was a brief silence in the room. The situation was a bit unexpected. Gavin thought that the counter-rebellion army would need to be wiped out before Shan could be forced to take the initiative to use the Unsullied. Unexpectedly, after Kyle captured Linhe Town, a chain reaction started. Regardless of whether Morizdan succeeds in suppressing the rebellion, given the current situation in Astapor, the Good Lords will use the Unsullied as a defense. Gavin’s goal has actually been achieved.

Gavin looked at Jalal with a gratified smile on his face, and encouraged him: “Jalal, you did a good job on this matter! Don’t worry about the Worm River from now on, focus on the good Lord with all your strength. Please 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.”

When Jalal heard this, he was very excited, with a fiery light in his eyes, and said: “It is an honor for me to serve His Majesty. I will go and deliver a message to Lord Kairos right now.”