Chapter 191
After learning that the boy Roose Bolton had handed over his plan to the messenger, Roose Bolton decided to put some pressure on the Last Hearth.
Finally, Hearth City has four gates. Luce plans to pretend to attack the south gate and then release the east gate.
Once Kaho City writes a letter asking for help, Last Hearth City will definitely go to support from the east gate where the defense is the weakest, and then they can ambush the reinforcements there.
Roose learned these tricks from Robb Stark.
If Jack knew what Roose Bolton was thinking, he would definitely be surprised. I have shown you how to use the strategies of surrounding three sides and leaving one side empty and surrounding a point to attack reinforcements.
However, it must be said that Robb Stark is a military genius, and his combat style completely breaks the rules of war in Westeros and even the world.
He didn't confront Tywin Lannister head-on at all. Tywin naturally hoped that Robb and he would confront each other head-on in the riverlands.
And Roose learned a lot of tactical skills from Robb.
I was worried that Robb would not know how to fight and would give orders blindly, but I didn't expect that I would benefit a lot in the end.
Luce immediately gathered a thousand men and launched an attack on the south gate.
At this time, there were 5,000 defenders in Last Hearth, and 1,000 in Deepwood Motte and Kaho. However, there were a large number of wildlings in both cities. Although they could not be compared with the regular army, they were enough to defend the city.
Tormund personally commanded the defense of the city on the city wall. After watching the Bolton army launch a charge, a look of disdain appeared on his face.
With Varamyr around, the Bolton army is always under their surveillance, and no matter what movements are made, they will be known in advance.
You know, Varamyr has three snow wolves, a snow bear, a shadow cat and an eagle under his command.
When facing war, the first five are of no use, but the Eagle is different.
In Jack's words, an Easy Walker who can control flying creatures is a satellite, and the stronger the Easy Walker's soul power, the more advanced the satellite's technology.
Jack had already started recruiting Easy Walkers, but they were too rare, and only the bloodline of the ancestors could give birth to Easy Walkers.
Therefore, only no more than ten easy walkers have been recruited so far, but they can basically only control some small animals, such as mice and so on.
These people played basically no role in the war, and now Varamyr is still the strongest scout in the army.
"Tormund, we are the only one under attack." Although Varamyr was short and thin, he was very imposing when talking to Tormund.
Tormund's face changed. He had met Roose when Roose had just besieged the city some time ago.
This old guy knew that he was guarding the city himself, but still chose to attack the South Gate. It was obvious that he looked down on him!
Varamyr saw that Tormund looked unhappy, and immediately understood what he was thinking. He reminded him, "Tormund, don't forget the Queen's order. You must not take the initiative to attack before Her Majesty returns."
Due to the large gap in military strength between the two sides, Daenerys ordered her troops to defend the city and wait for Jack to return before making a decision.
"Humph, of course I know." Tormund snorted coldly.
He really wanted to lead his men out of the city and fight against the army of the Bolton family.
Varamyr glanced at Tormund without saying anything. Most of the nobles in the North chose to support the Bolton family, so the equipment of Bolton's army was much better than theirs.
Moreover, they did not have the advantage in numbers. If Tormund had rushed out in a fit of rage, the city would have been in danger of being lost.
"What do you mean by that look? Am I, Tormund, such an impulsive and reckless person?"
Tormund's indignant voice came, but Varamyr was too lazy to pay attention to him and walked straight down the city wall.
"I'll go down first. I can't die."
Varamyr's voice came, and Tormund curled his lips.
He then began to direct the archers to get ready, and at the same time placed the assembled catapults and crossbows on the city walls.
Jack was not idle during this period. He hired a large number of people to make siege and defense equipment.
Although catapults and crossbows are not as advanced as the dragon-shooting crossbows developed by the Citadel, they are still powerful weapons for defending cities in Westeros.
In Westeros, slingshots are not actually used much, and the same goes for crossbows. The people of Westeros prefer riding and sword fighting.
The tradition of both sides preparing for a head-on confrontation has been maintained for thousands of years.
In contrast, catapults and crossbows are more commonly used on the continent of Essos, and are generally installed on warships. Merchant ships are basically not equipped with catapults and crossbows because they need to carry more cargo.
For example, Euron's fleet was equipped with ballistas and catapults, which were very practical in Essos, a continent with prosperous maritime trade.
When building Atlantis, Jack tried to make gunpowder, but for some reason, the energy released after the gunpowder was ignited was far from expected.
However, Jack still did not give up. He invested a lot of money to set up a Thermal Weapons Research Institute to try to find the cause, but unfortunately there was still no progress.
However, although the progress of thermal weapons has not been smooth, there has been great progress in the research on wildfire. Unstable wildfire will solidify after adding fish fat from petroleum fish, and its stability and released energy will be greatly improved.
Roose's tentative attack was easily blocked by Tormund.
Luce was not in a hurry either. He kept sending shield soldiers close to the city wall, and they would quickly withdraw after enduring a few waves of arrows.
The purpose was obvious, which was to consume the defense supplies of Hearth City. Luce felt that Jack had just arrived and had a shallow foundation, and he did not have enough financial and material resources to build enough defense supplies.
Of course, Luce was more trying to create the illusion that he would launch a general attack at any time to cover the capture of Kaho City.
The city of Kokaho is not so easy to capture, especially when it is defended by the fierce Thenns.
If the numbers and equipment of both sides were of the same level, the Senns would have rushed out of the city and massacred Kerby long ago.
But if it is an if after all, although there are many people in the city who can participate in defending the city, especially the wildlings who are all very strong, the number of weapons is limited, which restricts the performance of the Sen tribe.
Saigon personally came to the top of the city to command the defense of the city. The ideas of the savages were different from those of the noble lords.
Noble lords usually choose to command everything from the center rather than take risks at the front lines.
I will only go to the front line when I have no choice or when I am very confident in myself.
Of course, although leading by example can boost morale, most nobles do not have the courage to do so.
For example, Joffrey Baratheon, the "Emperor of the Ages", fled from the battlefield during the Battle of the Blackwater.
If Tyrion hadn't been quick-witted and delivered an inspiring speech, King's Landing might not have survived until the arrival of reinforcements.
But outside the Great Wall, due to the living environment, the law of the jungle is the law of survival.
Therefore, only the strong can be a leader, and a strong leader often leads the charge.
(End of this chapter)