Chapter 255 Those Who Stab Others in the Back Will Be Stabbed in the Back

Roose Bolton actually didn't want to fight this battle.

He wanted to delay it until deep winter, until the White Walkers promoted by King Targaryen threatened the Great Wall, or even went south. He wanted to buy enough time to threaten, force, bribe, and kill all the princes in the North, and formally bring the entire North under Bolton's command before his Targaryen dragon came to the North.

In this way, Roose Bolton felt that even if King Viserys rode a dragon and came in person, Bolton could rely on dragging out the situation to solidify his reputation as the Guardian of the North.

In fact, Luce has been planning according to his thoughts since he returned to the north.

Let Ramsay marry "Arya Stark", first win over Ryswell and Dustin, and then use Frey's hostage and the power he has formed to coerce Mandalay and the Amber family, and bribe the Cardiff family. The Stark family, once they have secured a few big nobles in the north, and everything is ready, they can use thunderous means to kill a group of those who are sitting on the fence, and use land grants and titles to win over a group of weak ones.

However, the situation was changing much faster than Roose Bolton imagined, and it was too late to start planning. The "Arya" sent by Lannister in King's Landing was found to be fake, and Roose hoped that the war with Targaryen would reach a stalemate. He thought that Lannister West, which he thought could last at least one to two years, actually died in just a few months. was breached.

Too fast.

Now, within the few months that Targaryen and Stark had been sitting in Roose Bolton's position as guardian of the North, they had completely disrupted his planned plan for the North, and even the Boltons had to rely on The three alliances of Bolton, Dustin, and Lathwell, which are the cornerstones, are all facing threats.

The meeting with the Targaryen representatives came a year earlier than expected.

Choosing to take over the position of Guardian of the North means that the Bolton family can only advance, not retreat, and cannot retreat. If you take even half a step back, you will be in an abyss, and there will be no recovery.

Therefore, under the pressure of the current situation, Bolton's mind quickly changed.

He needs to be faster, harder, and sharper.

In order to eliminate the threat to Dustin and Ryswell as soon as possible, the intrusive Aegon Targaryen formed an anti-Bolton alliance and quickly defeated it, and then coerced troops and horses to directly carry out a large-scale purge in the western part of the Northern Territory. In the real The Targaryen King before his actions. Eliminate the second person besides yourself who can speak to the Targaryen King on behalf of the North. It is necessary to use cruel and cold blood and the human skin of opponents to make the North have only one voice before the arrival of Targaryen.

The Bolton family's rule in the Dreadfort relies not on tenderness, but on terror and cruelty. These days, Luce is thinking about "packaging power with etiquette to maximize its effectiveness." However, it is obvious that today's situation must rely on the Bolton family's consistent cruelty to make people fearful in order to obtain "a harmonious land and tranquility." people".

Roose Bolton knew very well that his future and the future of the Bolton family depended on this next battle.

Although this is a situation that Aegon's coalition achieved through trickery and tricks, the final winner will ultimately fall to the winner on the battlefield.

Roose Bolton has already found out the composition of Aegon's coalition, including mercenaries, valley soldiers, small northern princes, and even ironmen. Although it is such a "rabble", Roose did not underestimate it. He believed that he had cut off After reaching the coalition supply line, they wanted to wait for Mandalay to move north to join forces and form a superior force. However, Dustin and Laiswell were in a hurry, especially after the news came that Lacewell was defeated on the other side of the Relang River.

In the final analysis, Luce's own family does not have enough troops and has not established prestige in the north, so the voices of allies will force him to make some necessary decisions.

In a sense, Luce's current situation is somewhat similar to that of Robb Stark, who had just summoned the northern princes. In this situation, he must use a battlefield victory to show that he is the guardian of the northern territory. political value.

Dong dong dong——

Wuwuwu——

The roaring sound of drums and horns resounded throughout the wilderness of the ancestors' graves.

Roose Bolton rode a tall horse to the observation deck of the Chinese army. He was not the typical tall and strong knight in the north that people stereotyped. He had no beard and pale skin. What was noteworthy was his pale eyes. Strange eyes, as cold as cold lake water. Because he usually sucks blood with leeches, coupled with his eyes as cold as ice, he looks like an inhuman being without emotions.

"Push out the flag-sacrifice items," he said.

Luce always spoke softly and never raised his voice, but the listener had to pay attention.

Everyone is afraid of him.

More than sixty fresh corpses, skinned alive, pierced by spear points and hung on the board of an arrow-shielding carriage, and even dripping blood, were pushed out of Luce's headquarters and placed at the head of the infantry array. Row.

These skinless corpses exude an unpleasant smell of blood and look horrific in shape.

Two thousand men from Luce's headquarters came this time, and a thousand cavalry were arrayed around Luce's central army. It was as quiet as death, and even the horses did not breathe.

On his left wing were a thousand pike infantry of his own. Together with half of the infantry brought to Winterfell by Ryswell, they formed a large shield and spear array. Together with some of Ryswell's cavalry, they formed a semi-motorized cavalry mixed force to resist the attackers. The Knights of the Vale are a great threat. His right wing is provided by the Dustin family and some nobles around Winterfell who have nominally taken refuge with the Bolton family, such as the Severn family and the Konton family.

Roose Bolton didn't trust these people, so he put them at the front. Behind them are five hundred soldiers of House Frey who oversee the army and kill everyone who retreats.

The 500 cavalrymen of the Karstark family and the 500 cavalrymen of Roose were the vanguards of the central army. Roose and the remaining 500 cavalrymen served as the reserve and the commander of the central army, waiting for an opportunity to move.

This was a seemingly evenly matched field battle.

There was a light snowfall last night on the battlefield where the two sides fought. Now the field full of soldiers had not been trampled by people and horses. The white snow covered the yellow dry grass, like fine salt.

The troops of both sides were still some distance away, marching in an orderly formation, walking very slowly.

In order to compete for the position before reaching the archery distance, the front range-finding troops were galloping on horses.

"Stop!"

When the two sides were only 500 steps away, the two armies stopped tacitly.

For a moment, the cold wind became murderous.

"Arrow!"

The most powerful archer shot an arrow, and the arrow fell in the center of the battlefield.

"Advance!"

Then again, the troops continued to approach each other slowly and suppressedly.

This was a field battle where both sides put their entire armies into action. Although both sides had only four or five thousand men, not ten thousand men, the array was very long. At least it was not a distance where a loud voice could shout from the array and both wings could easily hear and respond immediately.

A battle array of this size required knights and flag bearers who were responsible for delivering messages, and the horns and drums were the signals for the entire army to attack.

"All troops, get ready!"

The signal from the center was conveyed by the riders and flag bearers. The drummers and trumpeters of each unit responded and prepared immediately.

The frontline commanders, centurions, and decurions who heard the horns and drums began to command their men with loud voices: "All troops, get ready!"

Both sides had already trash-talked each other when they made the appointment.

When the main array attacked, what should be said had already been said before the troops were dispatched, and the detailed adjustments and arrangements during the approach process were also adjusted and prepared as they approached the enemy step by step.

So next.

Only the battlefield can decide the victory.

Aegon, Sir Jon, and his confidants were in the formation, and they could even see the flayed men pushed out from Roose's army.

But he was not afraid, but was excited by the tranquility before the battle.

Four hundred steps.

The heavy cavalry began to speed up, the infantry hit the shield with swords, and the archers put arrows on the bowstrings.

If someone looked from a high altitude at this moment, they could see that the long marching formation gradually formed a bulge in the long line formation as the central vanguard cavalry formation accelerated, like a bow that was gradually drawn. And as the bulge gradually took shape, the drawn bow turned into a sharp arrow, a sword tip, and a spear head.

Three hundred steps.

This is the distance that the Duke of Bloodraven led the Raven Guard to shoot Daemon Blackfyre on the battlefield. But no one in the modern era can replicate the longbow troops of the Duke of Bloodraven. Here, the archers' farthest attack distance can only be estimated to be 150 steps.

As the distance gets closer and closer.

The sound of the heavy cavalry's hooves was like thunder, and the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked.

The war drums beat violently, the horns sounded through the sky, and the heavy cavalry was determined to move forward.

If Viserys were to fight this battle, without dragons, Viserys might use the heavy cavalry as a penetration force, letting the infantry fight hand-to-hand on the battlefield first. Because when the heavy cavalry joins the battle formation, they can sweep across with the force of thunder, play a local advantage, and then expand the advantage by mobility.

But this kind of tactics often requires one's own troops to be obedient, tenacious, and willing to act as bait for the heavy cavalry.

But the fact is that the coalition forces put together by Aegon are not worthy of trust. They lack mutual trust and have not been run-in. It is very difficult to play an effective cooperation and let the heavy cavalry play a normal role.

So at this time, it was undoubtedly relatively correct for Aegon to use his cavalry as a spearhead, because as long as he and his troops could achieve results on the front, the morale of his own side would continue to rise, and he might even be able to defeat the enemy with one blow.

Roose certainly saw the charge of the heavy cavalry, but at this time he was still following the familiar way of fighting, mobilizing the shield soldiers, crossbowmen, and spearmen who were normally facing the enemy to quickly fill the first array, letting them use their lives to block the first wave of the heavy cavalry's charge, and then strike back and use his own cavalry to attack the enemy's array that had slowed down.

It should be said that Roose's response was very upright and stable.

Unfortunately, Roose missed a point. He didn't expect the other party to fight for his life. The other party's tactics were the same as those of Rhaegar and Robert, that is, relying on personal courage, leading the fearless death soldiers to directly penetrate the enemy's center, and directly fighting the enemy chief with kings and generals to the death.

This tactic was the simplest, most dangerous, but also the most profitable in the cold weapon era.

Robert relied on this trick to unite the rebel alliance that had just assembled with different ideas. Think about it, when Robert failed at Storm's End, he only brought a small group of dead soldiers to the north to find the Stark and Tully coalition alone. How could he become a real leader in a short time instead of being framed by the princes and becoming a banner and decoration?

Just risking his life.

Two hundred steps.

The cavalry has formed. What Aegon needs to do next is the simplest and most difficult tactic in the cold weapon era, the commander leads his troops to charge.

One hundred and fifty steps.

The rain of arrows flew out of the enemy formation, thrown, and hit the formation like hail.

The men and horses were all in armor, and the longbowmen's attacks could not stop the cavalry that had already formed.

Although some people were unlucky, they were shot by the horse's hoof, fell off the horse, and were trampled into meat paste by friendly troops.

One hundred steps.

The enemy's second salvo arrived.

Aegon's helmet and visor covered most of his vision, but he could already see the shield wall of the Bolton army in front of him through the gaps between the knights and horses that surrounded and protected him.

The heavy cavalry charging the shield wall was destined to be a head-on collision between a hammer and anvil.

Even the heavy knights might suffer heavy casualties.

However, beyond this shield wall and the infantry phalanx, there was Roose Bolton's center army, the banner of the Bolton family, and Roose Bolton himself!

Fifty steps.

Another round of volleys fell into the cavalry formation.

Aegon heard the wind and raised his hand to block it.

With a ding, a feather arrow pierced the thick wool coat outside his arm armor. The North was cold, and the knights had to wear three layers inside and outside, a silk wool lining, a chain mail, a plate armor, a wool coat outside, and a shawl.

The feather arrow pierced the wool coat without piercing the flesh, but it could not be removed.

This is the battlefield!

Aegon could already smell the murderous aura and blood in the air.

Aegon's ears were briefly silent. He saw Casper, his standard bearer, holding high the Targaryen flag with a red dragon on a black background. The red and black battle flag fluttered in the wind, as if three dragons were dancing beside him; he saw Sir Jon and Franklyn on his other side, holding up their swords, and breathing white mist through their visors; and Tristan Rivers and the Peake brothers not far away.

They were descendants of the exiles of the Golden Company. They followed Aegon to restore the family honor and return to Westeros.

No one looked back.

No one would look back.

"For Targaryen!"

Finally, the battle began.

Steel and flesh collided blindly, and the heavy cavalry swarmed up, like a huge battering ram, hitting Bolton's shield wall hard.

The spears tore, and some people were pulled off their horses by the hooks extended from the shield wall, and some people's horses were pierced by the spears on their unarmored front feet, and they fell to the ground with the horses.

Blood and mud instantly dyed the snow-covered grass, turning it bloody and covered with mud.

The heavy knights in the first row quickly tore a hole. Aegon saw a brave cavalryman pierce the chests of two enemies wearing studded leather armor with a spear, and lifted the two people off the ground and raised them high, and then the spear shaft broke immediately. The knight let out a shocking howl, like a demon.

Another person raised a long-handled battle axe, and with the inertia of the horse, he swung the axe and chopped a shield soldier, and actually split the man directly from the head.

The blood and cruelty of the battlefield was like this. In just a moment, everything he saw became hell.

Aegon was in the second array, in the middle of the tip of the wedge-shaped cavalry array.

The bravest warriors of the Golden Group opened the way for him, and the bravest warriors of the Golden Group walked with him.

The spearhead formation of the wedge-shaped cavalry continued to move forward, and Aegon could feel that his horse was stepping on something that was not real.

It was a person, a corpse.

The enemy's shield formation was torn apart in an instant.

As Aegon passed by, a pale old Bolton soldier wanted to escape, and he swung the greatsword in his hand. Taking advantage of the horse's momentum, the greatsword hit the man's head. In an instant, the man's head and body were separated, and hot blood spurted out of his broken neck, but his footsteps did not stop, and he still ran three or four steps before falling down.

This was not a pure swing of strength. The impact of the collision caused his shoulders to tighten for a while, and he was a little numb.

But he still had enough strength, and he quickly adjusted and continued to slash at another person.

The collision of steel and steel made a long and piercing scream, the rolling hooves and sharp sword blades merged into fire, the axes and hammers flew, and the broken limbs and blood plasma were everywhere. Aegon even saw his standard bearer Casper pierce the chests of several people with the spear head of the red dragon flag.

They continued to advance while hacking and killing.

As they hacked and killed, Aegon felt that his horse was gradually slowing down, and the shield phalanx that was torn into a gap was still far away.

A short spear was suddenly thrown from the side and hit Aegon's horse.

Fortunately, the armor that fell on the horse did not cause any damage to the horse.

Jon and Franklyn galloped past him, hacking at the passing enemies one after another.

They created a space for Aegon to continue to drive the horse. Aegon squeezed his feet hard on the horse's belly, and the spurs on his feet kicked the horse's butt. The horse under him started again.

He could feel that the horse's hooves would trip on the corpses from time to time, and the hooves would slip, but he squeezed the horse's belly and drove the horse to continue charging regardless.

Their team's spears, swords, and horses must rest temporarily in the open space after piercing the enemy's formation.

The knights behind have caught up, and their horses have not slowed down. They passed Aegon and continued to act as the sharp chisel head of this wedge.

This "battery ram" will not stop until the last cavalryman dies!

Aegon continued to ride his horse to catch up and join the battle. When he came into contact with the enemy again, he rode his horse to knock down an archer and cut off the man's arm from shoulder to armpit. Then a knight behind him pierced the man's visor with a spear, giving him a quick death.

Killing the archer meant that the first formation used by Bolton to block the cavalry had been penetrated.

At this time, Aegon heard the increasingly loud rumble of horse hooves from the front.

Bolton seemed to have realized that this cavalry came with the purpose of beheading, and he reacted quickly, urging the cavalry to start the attack.

However, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops led by Aegon and the defeat of the shield formation clearly exceeded Bolton's expectations. The shield formation did not stop the heavy cavalry as expected, and Aegon, Jon, and Fulton Franklin can be considered to have successfully completed the first phase of the combat mission. They successfully penetrated the enemy's formation and opened a passage directly to Bolton's central army.

The reason why the wedge array has become the most commonly used array for cavalry is that the warriors responsible for serving as spearheads do not charge as spearheads all the way through the battle. They can rely on the maneuverability and impact of the heavy cavalry to create short-term formations after penetrating the enemy formation. Complete the conditions for alternating charge at the exchange of formation points within the time limit.

"Roose Bolton's banner is there!"

"Charge the whole army there!"

Aegon followed the team of Ser Jon and Franklin, who had been separated from him due to an accident.

There was no time to say even one more word, and he immediately charged towards Roose Bolton's location.

He put his legs under the horse's belly and ran forward quickly. This was a battle to the death, and there was no time to talk nonsense. He would either catch up immediately or be left behind.

Jon walked alongside him this time.

Because in this round of charge, the opponent is obviously also the main force, unlike the phalanx of shield soldiers just now. Heavy armored cavalry will not be easily injured by infantry unless they fall off their horses, and Jon knows that Aegon has learned some kind of "witchcraft" from the king to identify positions by listening to sounds and maintain physical strength, so Aegon accidentally got out of touch just now, and Jon Don't worry at all and don't care.

But this time is different. This is a collision between the main cavalry forces, and the battle will be more intense and dangerous.

This battle was fair. In front of the wilderness of the Ancestors Tomb, neither side fell into a horse trap. It was a real head-to-head confrontation, with sharp knives against sharp knives and armor against armor.

The rumble of horses' hooves, and the faint sound of bugles and war drums in the distance are invigorating.

Being in the battlefield, Aegon Wuxia had no way of knowing what the other battlefields were like. He only knew that under the tactics he deployed, the decisive victory was only with him. As long as he won, even if other places were defeated, he would be defeated. Turn the situation around instantly.

He didn't have time to think carefully. The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, dong dong dong. As if in response to the heartbeat.

In an instant, through the gap in the cavalry array, he saw that the enemy had appeared in front, and they charged on horseback in unison.

The bloody banners of House Bolton can be seen everywhere, the banners fluttering in the wind and flying on long poles.

Soon, Aegon saw the largest and most exquisite flag in the battle formation. Bolton's cavalry flag-bearer held it high and let it fly in the wind.

His heart became excited, and a breath of white breath came out of his visor. He shouted: "Wherever the Bolton flag is, bring blood and fire, kill!"

"Ho-ho!"

There was a blood-curdling collision, and the front army had joined the enemy. Franklin yelled and rushed forward from Aegon, with five masters following him. Not to be outdone, Aegon galloped his horse to follow, and more riders followed suit.

The snowflakes raised by the horse's hooves are filled with blood foam and blood.

Directly ahead, Targaryen riders and Bolton riders were seen fighting in a melee. The heavy cavalry on both sides engaged in battle, and half of the horses in the first column fell in the collision. Some of the riders who fell off their horses ran rampant, and were driven out of their chests by the powerful inertia of the spear points, and died on the spot. Some of them continued to get up and fought wantonly in the battlefield that had become a river of blood.

Amidst the shouts of killing, not only the people, but also the horses went crazy. The frantic war horses jumped into the enemy formation, and the riders on the horses fought in a melee.

This is not how cavalry is really used on the battlefield, but because of Aegon's decapitation tactics, Bolton had to step up. What else could he do, run away? At this time, only flags can be seen on the battlefield. The flag representing Bolton does not move forward. As long as it retreats, it will cause unimaginable consequences.

Aegon's mount was stabbed in the hind leg by a fallen Bolton rider. Its speed stopped, and it stood up, kicking back with its shoed hind feet.

One of Bolton's heavily armored knights groaned and fell to the ground instantly. Someone from behind immediately stepped on Aegon's sword, trampling it with horse hooves and trampling the knight to death.

"There!"

Aegon saw Bolton's flag. He ignored everything around him and continued to tighten his grip on the horse's belly. His spurs pierced the horse's butt and charged towards the Bolton flag.

This is the most correct approach in a beheading battle. King against king, against general. Aegon's flag bearer waving the military flag is undoubtedly warning the chaotic battlefield where he is.

Countless enemy soldiers and horses rushed over, and countless own soldiers and horses stepped forward to clear the way for Aegon, opening a gap for charging.

Aegon knew he couldn't stop.

Jon Connington and Franklin's most elite riders responded quickly, forming a group with Aegon as the center.

The friendly forces continued to push out, creating a space for them to charge directly to the enemy chief.

Aegon rushed straight in the direction of Bolton's banner.

As he charges into the enemy formation, the space for charging becomes smaller and smaller, and the battlefield quickly shrinks to a few feet around the mount. Several riders wearing the Karstark family's emblem armor rushed towards the decapitated cavalry with lances, trying to resist. Aegon shouted and used all his strength to attack.

A fierce cold wind blew up for no reason on the battlefield, making the flags rustle. A large amount of blood stains, fine snow, and mud were blown up by this strange cold wind towards the Kas who were trying to resist this fierce team of riders. Stark rider's visor, horse.

The cold wind brought all kinds of flying little things into the eyes of their men and horses.

This made them unable to open their eyes to fight the enemy for a moment, and in this short moment, the team carrying Aegon passed by, carrying horses, swords, and long axes, and instantly killed several people.

And Aegon and this elite continued to move forward in the same way.

The changes here quickly attracted the attention of the chaotic battlefield.

People could not see clearly what happened. They could only see that the cavalry with Aegon's flag was like a no-man's land on the battlefield, killing people and killing Buddhas. There was no cavalry team in Bolton's army that could stop their attack.

Roose Bolton was not the kind of general who would lead the charge, so when he saw the terrifying cavalry team holding the Targaryen flag getting closer and closer to him, the Lord Roose of the North felt afraid.

"Shoot!"

He ordered.

There were horse archers in his guards. Although the dozen arrows did not form a rain of arrows, the distance was not far, and the heavy bow still played a role, and a Targaryen rider fell off his horse.

But these cavalrymen who were going to execute the beheading were still charging towards Roose, and no one cared about the knight who fell off his horse.

At this moment, Roose thought of Robert Baratheon.

Having fought with Robert, Roose Bolton had witnessed this life-threatening fighting method on the battlefield.

But why?

Roose couldn't understand.

He looked at the Targaryen flag. What deep hatred did he, Roose Bolton, have with the Targaryens? Since Aegon was the son of Rhaegar, he should be so ruthless to Baratheon, Stark, and Lannister that he was willing to sacrifice his life. Why did Roose Bolton have to bear this pressure?

"My Lord Duke!" Finally, someone whispered, "The enemy is coming and is unstoppable. What should we do?"

Roose looked at the knight who asked the question. He was one of his guards. Facing the enemy's terrible offensive and momentum, Roose saw fear in his eyes.

This fear even overwhelmed the fear of Roose.

"Roose Bolton, surrender and you won't be killed!"

At this moment, Roose could even hear the enemy's shouts clearly.

A knight sat high on an armored warhorse, and both the man and the horse looked like a behemoth. He swung his long-handled axe wildly in circles.

"If you don't surrender, you will die!" The knight announced loudly, and the long-handled axe turned faster and faster.

And then, a young and crisp voice shouted: "Roose Bolton, do you dare to fight?"

The flag bearer of the huge Targaryen flag was next to the armored rider who spoke. It was undoubtedly "Son of Rhaegar", Aegon Targaryen.

For a moment, Roose felt numbness in his hands and blurred vision.

Roose's heart was shaken by the calmness that had always been maintained by leeches sucking too much blood. His heart fell, and the armor wrapped in the woolen coat seemed to become cold. A chill pressed against his skin.

Watching, the enemy was getting closer and closer. Fifty steps, forty steps

Although the horses were losing momentum, no one on his side could stop them from approaching.

The bloody smell of the fight was already close to Roose's nose.

He tightened the reins of the horse.

He squeezed the horse's belly unconsciously.

The horse neighed shrilly and jumped up on its front legs.

Roose came to his senses, and his head in the mask was numb. He wanted to charge, but his hands and feet were cold, and his throat was so tight that he could hardly speak.

"Retreat!" He managed to squeeze out a sound.

"What?" The people around him couldn't hear his soft voice and came closer.

"Retreat." Roose said the second time, and his breath was full of pain.

The subordinates who finally heard it immediately shouted: "Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

With the retreat.

Roose turned his horse's head and ran back without looking back.

In an instant, the riders who were still trying to resist the footsteps of Aegon and his men were shocked, and those who reacted had already started to run away.

In the era of cold weapons, it is not an exaggeration to say that the army was defeated like a mountain. As Roose's banner retreated, the stalemate on the cavalry battlefield collapsed instantly, and the soldiers of the Bolton army almost threw away their armor and fled.

Those who still had horses hurriedly urged their horses to chase the direction of Bolton's flag. Those who had no horses either seized horses or abandoned their weapons and fled in the chaotic battle.

If Bolton's flag could continue to be maintained there, even if the flag did not move, it could stabilize the stalemate.

However, under the blatant fight of Aegon and the elite of the Golden Group, and the weird and unstoppable deterrence, Roose failed to maintain the situation.

This is what war in the era of cold weapons is like. It seems that it is just that the Targaryen flag is approaching and the Bolton flag is retreating.

Maybe someone will ask? Then retreat, avoid the sharp edge temporarily, and change the command to another place? What is the impact?

The reason why beheading the general and seizing the flag is the first merit is that most people on the battlefield can only see the flag.

As the commander's flag, any action is related to the overall situation.

Now the commander's flag is approached and retreated by the enemy general. What else can it mean except that the commander of the central army was defeated in the confrontation?

The only thing to be thankful for is that the commander's flag was not captured, and the flag still guides the direction of retreat.

As for whether he can keep up, it depends on his ability.

Seeing Roose Bolton retreating, Aegon, who was already approaching, wanted to beat the fallen dog and pursue him.

But Jon Clinton, a veteran on the battlefield, called Aegon: "Although Bolton has retreated, you can see that his bannermen and knights are still chasing him. This shows that although Bolton did not dare to face the sharp edge of our army and was defeated, his deterrent power is still enough to make his riders follow. We can chase, but don't chase too deep, and don't chase to the point where our troops are out of touch."

Having said that, Aegon is now at the forefront of the battle, and the situation is actually out of control.

With Jon Clinton's mature words, Aegon can only restrain the hundreds of riders on his side.

A little further away from the battlefield, there are even farther left and right wings, which are already in chaos. The defeated Roose coalition ran around in a hurry, and the pursuing Aegon coalition chased in a hurry.

Especially the troops in the valley, they have more cavalry, and they are dealing with the mixed cavalry and infantry of the Bolton army. Seeing the opponent's defeat, they were more lazy before, but when they saw the opportunity to beat the drowning dog, they immediately roared and chased and intercepted the defeated Bolton army.

Generally speaking, in the era of cold weapons, the time when the most achievements can be made is when chasing the defeated soldiers.

Aegon actually could not control the situation. Even if he was sitting in the central camp at this time, he could not control it.

So in this frontal battle, the actual frontal contact only lasted about half an hour, and the pursuit lasted for a whole morning.

It was not until the Vale cavalry was out of touch and chased too deep that they were ambushed by the retreating troops that Roose Bolton had reassembled at some point five miles away from the battlefield. The pursuit troops in the Vale gathered together to guard against possible counterattacks from the enemy.

And Aegon's main force was heavy cavalry, and they only chased two leagues away, and they were no longer able to pursue on a large scale.

They could only change their equipment on the spot and follow Bolton's main force far behind in a light cavalry manner to ensure that they would not turn the tables or turn to counter-encircle the pursuers on both wings.

The Tomb of the First Men is a field that can be seen far away.

Just as the pursuit was about to turn into watching Bolton return, a dense mass of soldiers and horses suddenly emerged from the top of the hills in the distance.

Woo woo woo——

Bolton's gradually forming rout was blowing trumpets.

The trumpeters of Aegon's coalition were also blowing trumpets.

This was undoubtedly an unexpected enemy.

It was speculated that it should be the reinforcements from Winterfell, or the army of the Manderly family heading north.

As this unexpected army appeared in the field of vision.

Both the fleeing Bolton army and the pursuing Aegon's coalition stopped at the same time.

Aegon urged the trumpeters and signalmen to quickly assemble the pursuit troops. It was estimated that the enemy was still far away, and they needed to assemble quickly. Whether the other side was an enemy or a friend, whether they retreated or fought, there was still room for maneuver.

He still had Greyjoy's reserve troops on his side that had never been put into the battle, and he had to contact Asha Greyjoy quickly to prevent any accidents.

Just as Aegon was worried and hurriedly gathering his troops.

An unexpected person found Aegon in the chaos.

No one expected that it was the messenger that Aegon had sent to unite the Manderly family, who was said to have been imprisoned and sent to Winterfell.

And as soon as he saw the messenger and the Manderly knights he brought back.

It was unnecessary to say who the army in the distance was and what their purpose was.

This meant that Roose Bolton would face the fatal backstab of the Manderly family.

No matter how smart Roose Bolton was, he was destined not to return to Winterfell.

I just don't know if Roose at this moment would remember the night when he backstabbed Robb Stark.