Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 256
Returning to the city where he fled again, Stannis felt a lot of emotion, but this time he returned with an army.

After an afternoon of rush repairs, a wooden camp began to take shape. Because it was unknown whether there were any enemies in the city, Stannis and others decided after discussion that it would be safer to camp outside the city.

Fortunately, the coldest season has passed, and the soil began to exude the breath of spring. Without the trouble of blizzard, they were finally able to fight a decisive battle with dignity.

"Hurry up! Try to finish before sunset!"

Korodov's loud voice could still be heard even after a long distance. The knight commander who originally wanted to build only one wooden fence decided to increase the number to three after seeing the scythe's sharp bone knives.

Everyone believed that with the protection of the three-layer fence, even if the monsters were the first to attack, they would have the confidence to defend.

Stannis scoffed at the idea of ​​setting up a flag. This time, as the most important person in the link, he could no longer take the risk of investigating by himself, so he sent Robert to take Barrow and a dozen soldiers into the city to investigate.

But before they came back, he first called everyone into the big tent to arrange the next battle plan.

A topographical map hand-drawn by Bachelor Romon stood in front of everyone, and Stannis pointed at it with his fingers. Originally, he wanted to say some technical terms to show his brilliance as a military enthusiast at the same time, but when he thought of face-to-face That's right, it was a bunch of illiterate knights who didn't even have elementary school education, so he decided to give an overview in a little plain language.

"Our main purpose in this battle is to buy time for reinforcements to arrive."

Of course, Stannis couldn't say that he was the one who destroyed the seal alone, otherwise the gang of guys who didn't trust him very much would have to mutiny.

"Reinforcements? Why didn't I know!" Sure enough, the knight Javier, who led more than 100 soldiers from the Frode family, asked suspiciously. Before he came, he didn't even know what the purpose of the battle was.

Stannis began to speak seriously, "Soldiers are tricky. If you don't even know that there are reinforcements, the enemy will not know even more. This is not a perfect weapon that can surprise the enemy and catch them by surprise." Chance?"

Although they didn't understand very well, most people still nodded speciously to express their understanding.

"We just need to procrastinate enough time until that mysterious reinforcement explodes those monsters' chrysanthemums from behind, haha, then you can let go and take the heads!"

Then he moved his finger to the upper left of the map, where a quarry pattern was drawn. According to the description of the mayor and Kate, they dug the seal of God there, although the mayor once sent someone to transport it to Deep in the forest, but at the moment when the tide of corpses broke out, it was rumored that someone witnessed the divine seal reappearing in the original familiar place, and it seemed that it was nostalgic for it.

"Tomorrow morning, we will line up outside the quarry. The number of enemies is about twice that of ours, so this time we will adopt a defensive position. Don't chase without authorization and try to delay the time. Is there any problem?"

Most people shook their heads, only the head of the Black Dog Mercenary Corps, Tem Healy, stood up, "I said, Lord Earl, don't think I'm talkative, I just want to know if you have considered if you don't defend or reinforce the troops Did not arrive on time, is our retreat route planned?"

The knights at the meeting laughed loudly, that's why they always looked down on the mercenaries, these guys often thought about fleeing before the battle started.

Stannis waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. As a runner, he certainly took this matter into consideration, "Don't worry, Captain Tem, if we lose, you can take your people along the same road Returning, I have arranged for people to respond by the river, those monsters are afraid of water, once you cross the river and smash the ice, they will definitely stop the pursuers."

"It's fine if it's not like this. Everyone makes it clear. We charge money to work harder for you. Everyone is happy." Temu sat down satisfied, although in the eyes of others, this middle-aged man was a bit wordy, He is not like a mercenary, but more like a businessman, but it is precisely because of such prudence that he has been running the Black Dog Group very well, and has pulled a mercenary team with only a few dozen people into its current size. That's why Stannis picked him.

After there were no more questions, Stannis announced the adjournment of the meeting, and everyone prepared to go back for tomorrow's big battle.

But before going out, Stannis called Maester Romond to stop, and the two stayed alone after everyone left.

"What's the matter, Your Excellency?" Although he already knew what the lord was going to say, he still asked as usual, because he was very afraid of telling the unknown thing by himself.

Stannis was also hesitant, but he really had to consider all possibilities, which was also his duty as a lord.

"In case I die in battle..."

"Your Excellency!" Bachelor Romon tremblingly wanted to stop him from speaking.

"I said it was just in case! No matter how you look at this mission, there is little hope of success, so the possibility of me rushing to the street is quite high. If I die unfortunately, you immediately lead people to follow my plan just now Withdraw the army, relying on the natural barrier of the Tiber River, I believe you can guarantee the safety of my territory, don't think about collecting my body for my funeral, the most urgent thing is to succeed the next earl, I know you already have it in your mind There are a lot of candidates, if there are really no one in the end, let Robert be."

Stannis tried to say these words lightly, he didn't want to make them his will.

"Your Excellency..." Bachelor Romon had already started to choke. Although he had only been with this time traveler for half a year, if he really died, he would still cry for him.

"By the way." Stannis remembered another thing, "If you can meet Aya again in the future, her real name is Anya, and I don't know what her surname is, just tell her: No matter what she thinks of me Yes, in short, I like her very much; I also told my fiancée Anne, no matter how much she hates me, I regret that I can't marry her, I hope she can let go of her hatred and find someone worthy of her... I said why did you write it down in the notebook? This is really not a will!"

Bachelor Romon wiped his eyes, and said sincerely: "Your Excellency, you can go at ease, what you have done is worthy of the glory of your red dragon, and you can return to the embrace of your ancestors calmly."

After hearing these words, Stannis became more and more sure that the old man had already started planning his funeral. If he really died this time, he hoped that at least one woman would shed tears for him.

(End of this chapter)