Chapter 520 The First Battle

woo~

The melodious horn sounded.

The army of the Stormlands set up an ambush in the Kingswood and launched an attack on the vanguard of the Targaryen army, and the two sides launched a fierce battle on the banks of the Wend.

"kill!"

Sir Bruce Buckler of Copper Gate City led the soldiers of Stormland to kill from the woods. He charged into the Targaryen army with a long sword in hand, slashing left and right, as if entering no one's land. .

The rows of archers in the woods also pulled their bowstrings in unison, and then a black rain of arrows fell, causing a large number of casualties.

"Everyone, stabilize the formation!"

"Don't panic!"

The commander of the Targaryen vanguard army was Sir Bened Beilein, who was also not neglected. He was wearing heavy golden plate armor of the Golden Corps and rode on a tall horse. His face was unshaven and his eyes were sharp. .

He did not panic in the face of the sudden attack, he drew out the long sword at his waist, and commanded his commanders loudly to stabilize the formation first, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

"kill!"

clang clang-

There was the sound of metal collisions everywhere, arrows fell on the shield, and the screams of killing from all directions shook the sky.

At this moment, a soldier of the Stormlands rushed towards Ser Bened Berain, and he heard the command from the other side and knew that it was a commander of the Targaryen army.

However, he underestimated the other party. Bened Beileen was originally a mercenary from the Golden Company. His ancestor was a knight family in Westeros. Later, he was forced to flee his hometown because of the Black Fire Rebellion.

Bened Beilein was knighted for his exploits in the First War of Conquest.

puff--

Facing the menacing enemy, he slashed the opponent with one sword.

This was the first battle since the Second War of Conquest, the first encounter between the Targaryen army and the Stormland army.

Outside of the battlefield, as the leader of the Stormlands and even the entire conservative noble camp, if his brother and nephew who were kings hadn't died, Stannis could now be crowned king in the Stormlands.

In this way, it can be more justifiable to rebel against the Iron Throne, instead of being called a rebel as it is now.

Stannis was wearing a cloak, riding a black high-headed horse, riding the horse on a hill not far away, overlooking the entire battlefield.

"Davos, do you think we will win this battle?"

His face was calm, and then he asked abruptly.

As Stannis' most trusted staff, Onion Knight Davos Seaworth has always been the object of his inquiries, and he also followed Stannis's side on a horse.

But this time Davos was slightly stunned when he heard Stannis' question, then turned his head to look at the other party in disbelief.

"certainly."

"Lord Stannis, you."

All the soldiers of the storm land, including the Onion Knight, many of them are full of confidence in this war.

The reason is that, except for the Onion Knights, most of them have not experienced the war between humans and White Walkers, as well as the dragon flame of the dragon behind and the iron hoof of the Dothraki.

The people outside of King's Landing and the king's land, rather than letting them believe in a prince who left the Red Fort in exile in Essos at the age of seven, they are more willing to believe in the lord above them.

This is also one of the disadvantages of the previous political situation in the Seven Kingdoms. They only know the nobles above their heads, and they don't even know which king is ruling the Seven Kingdoms.

Especially in the Targaryen army, there are still many barbarians. For the common people and soldiers of the Stormlands, the Dothraki are just a legend. They firmly believe that Viserys is a tyrant and that he is the righteous party. .

And the confidence of the Onion Knight stemmed from his loyalty and admiration for Stannis, and now hearing Stannis ask this, his heart suddenly panicked.

Because he could hear the lack of self-confidence in Stannis's words, he knew too much about the monarch he swore allegiance to.

And when a commander is not confident in himself, this battle.

"It's nothing, Davos, I just asked casually."

However, Stannis didn't listen to Davos' answer. He interrupted what the other party wanted to say.

Then he turned his horse's head and went down the hill, telling the messenger next to him to prepare to withdraw.

The Onion Knight saw Stannis leave, looked at his back, and turned to look at the battlefield not far ahead.

In the end, he gritted his teeth slightly, turned his horse's head to follow Stannis' footsteps, the cloak on his shoulders fluttered in the wind, and he rode down from the hill.

"withdraw!"

"retreat!"

Stannis ordered a retreat, and the sound of retreat sounded on the battlefield, and the army of Stormland began to retreat slowly like the tide receding, leaving corpses everywhere.

Although this battle was an ambush set up by the Storm Land army in advance, it did not seem to have achieved much advantage.

The soldiers of the Targaryen army are obviously more courageous in battle, because for them, victory means a bright future, and there must be brave men under the reward.

Both sides caused a total of thousands of casualties, and then each retreated, preparing to set up camp.

In fact, the Wende River is not wide enough to be used as a natural danger to stop the Targaryen army. Therefore, about 30,000 troops of the Stormland were stationed on the hills south of the Copper Gate City and camped here.

They were fully prepared for this war. Men, women, old people and children went into battle together to build a large number of giant crossbows.

It was not like Braavos had a large number of giant crossbows in the air, but they were neglected in defense, and the army of Stormland was constantly monitoring the sky day and night.

They vowed to shoot Viserys and his dragon into a sieve if he dared to come alone on a dragon.

…

However, it didn't take long for night to come along with heavy rain.

The Targaryen army stopped temporarily after crossing the Wend, and the large force led by Viserys finally arrived, and the pouring rain from the sky kept pouring down, hindering the advance of the army.

Tread

Viserys rode on a white horse, hoofs on the muddy road, and a flash of lightning flashed above his head, illuminating the handsome profile of the silver-haired youth.

His hair was clinging to the armor, and the rain ran down the bright Valyrian steel armor.

Viserys looked up at the battalion of Stormland's army not far away with bright eyes, and then finally raised his hand.

"stop!"

"Everyone, stop moving!"

The officers shouted orders, and the whole army began to camp here.

"I'm going out, you don't have to look for me."

Then Viserys spoke up.

"His Majesty?"

However, before his guards could react, the silver-haired young man put his legs on the horse's stomach and rode his horse into the vast rain screen, disappearing without a trace.