Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 156
half an hour later

"Is there no problem with the intelligence?" Hillier asked seriously.

At this time, four people were surrounding a wooden table, and a map was spread out on it, on which the topography of this area was drawn.

The lords of the other three families did not react too much after hearing the information Stannis had obtained, because if they faced an enemy whose number was far smaller than their own, they would also take the initiative to attack.

Stannis nodded affirmatively, "There is absolutely no problem. My people detected about 700 people rushing towards us. Based on the current speed calculation, I judge that the two armies will meet here."

His hand points on the map, where an unnamed valley is drawn.

And these battle-hardened young knights of course know what it means, the valley is usually accompanied by traps or ambushes.

"This is a good place to ambush." ​​Baro rubbed his chin. Contrary to his usual dullness, the current Da Niu is full of war wisdom.

"But it also means we're easily ambushed here." Unlike his peers, Randall is a pessimist through and through.

"In short, we have to take the first step and occupy the valley first, whether it's for ambush or to check for traps." In the end, Hillier said the most important sentence
Stannis thought the same way, "I just told my subordinates that the distance from the valley to the enemy and us is about the same. According to the normal marching speed, we will arrive there at the same time in a day. But I want to give those water bandits A little surprise as a meeting gift."

Hillier nodded in admiration, "Sure enough, you have thought of everything, but you must have something that we can help you with."

Stannis smiled embarrassingly, "My archer can't reach the ambush site in time with only two legs, so I want to borrow a horse from you. How can a four-hoofed one be faster than two!"

"Borrow a horse?" Randall was displeased when he heard it, "The famous dragon-thrower actually wants to borrow a horse!"

This made Stannis even more embarrassed, "Is there anything poor can do? I know that your knights have three horses, one war horse, one riding horse, and one pack horse. I just need to borrow the pack horse. Don't worry, it's just as As a tool, my archers will still dismount and act as foot archers when they arrive at the location.”

Baro showed embarrassment, because those knights regarded their horses as treasures, and they were even more unwilling to persuade them to hand them over and lend them to low-level soldiers like archers.

But Hillier didn't hesitate, "These are all for war. If you want the horse, just take it. War horses are not suitable for long-distance raids, and the speed of the poor horse is too slow. You take the horse for transportation. I have a problem with the knight." Come out and solve it."

Stannis was overjoyed. He didn't expect this guy to be so understanding. Soon, ten horses were ridden by archers, and they galloped towards the valley with Jabotai.

Different from the endless black forest in Zivigny's territory, the Hoss family's territory is a vast prairie. Except for a few hills that occasionally protrude, the rest is as flat as the steel plate on some women's chests. prairie.

And this large grassland also produced the best horses in the entire Principality of Tanis - Kawahara horses, excellent thoroughbred horses specially used as war horses. Begging and trying to buy a few war horses, but the selling price of hundreds of gold coins at every turn made Stannis discouraged, and Zivigni's cavalry army was nowhere in sight.

At the same time, the flat grassland also brought an advantage, that is, the bonus of marching speed. The destination that was originally expected to arrive in the afternoon, the coalition forces had already arrived in the morning.

When the coalition forces entered the Unnamed Valley, they did not see any traces of the water bandits. It seemed that the harassment team sent by Stannis was very effective, successfully slowing down the enemy's marching speed.

Soon, Stannis commanded his army to start building fortifications, and he could finally use the treacherous tactics from the east.

At the same time, he didn't let his allies idle. He knew that he was short of troops, and even with the Dragon Roar, he couldn't stop the attack of hundreds of people, so he used the classic tactics learned from Luo Guanshui's famous book, the Three Kingdoms Middle School. .

"There are so many thieves and I am few, you must send out a surprise army to win. The three of you each lead a soldier to ambush in the valley, and when I am in the middle and pretend to be out of support and retreat, you only need to hear the sound of a cannon, and then fight out together! Attacking from three directions, how can the bandits be invincible?"

Stannis clasped his hands behind his back, speaking in front of his allies.

But apparently, his allies were confused.

"Cannon, what is a cannon?"

Stannis frowned, why don't these Westlanders know how to adapt! "Go to the sides of the valley to ambush, and then hear my dragon roar and kill out of the head office!"

The three lords understood what he meant, and quickly led their troops towards the mountain, setting up an ambush.

Stannis rubbed his hands together excitedly. Now would be his time to truly claim his military genius.

In the afternoon, after a good rest, Zivini's army began to line up, because this time there were ambushes on the left and right sides, he didn't need to bother to surround the enemy, but put the most elite armored soldiers in the middle, trying to resist the enemy as much as possible and serve as an ally The pincers buy time.

A group of soldiers on horseback appeared on the skyline, but Stannis was not nervous, because he saw that the leader was a familiar oriental man, Jabot and the others seemed to have successfully completed the harassment task, and each of them no loss.

However, their appearance also meant that the enemy was coming, and the archers stood up one after another. Although they hadn't fired their arrows yet, the tense atmosphere permeated the entire grassland.

"They're coming!" Zhe Botai got off his horse and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"You guys did a good job. You bought me half a day. Not bad, not bad. Go back and set up a statue for you to promote." Stannis was still immersed in classical novels and couldn't extricate himself.

"Where, where! As long as the statue is built as tall as Mochu Khan, so that the eagles on the grassland can see it everywhere!" Zhe Botai was not polite.

But Stannis saw blood splattered all over his body.

The lord frowned, "Didn't I tell you to harass with bows and arrows from a distance, don't you still use knives?"

Zhe Botai laughed loudly, he patted his bone-evisculating scimitar and boasted, "How can a brave giant bear refuse the provocation of wild dogs? It's not that I took the initiative to fight melee, but those water bandits can't bear our harassment. They even sent a few cavalry to chase us, but those guys who smell like fish are no match for the warriors of the Helie tribe on horseback! I killed them all one by one!"

(End of this chapter)