#65Chapter 65 Night Harassment
It took the Iron Islands a full half day just to assemble.
Even so, they could only barely ensure that the main force could move in a certain direction. As for the rest, they could not ask for more.
The team slowly drove away from the Heat Wave River and headed towards the nearby Moat Cailin.
Behind the hills on both sides, the Northern Army remained motionless.
The Iron Islands did not send any scouts to investigate the news. They could only deal with the task of capturing the Moat Cailin.
In the military camp, the red monk Thoros was responsible for collecting the news passed by the spies: "The main force on the Heat Wave River is about 18,000 people, plus the teams from the Stone Coast and Deepwood Motte, they have almost mobilized all their forces."
Robb felt a little sorry: "We can't eat so many in one breath."
The red monk also sighed: "I didn't expect that old Balon would dare to rebel. Robert and I attacked Pike before, and I was the first to climb the top of the city. At that time, Balon was scared."
When the red monk Thoros first came to Westeros, he could not perform the miracle of the Lord of Light, but he was a brave warrior and participated in many battles with Robert.
Robb smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, you will have a chance to climb Pike again."
Thoros' heart moved, and he glanced at the young king.
He seemed to see the shadow of Robert, but he was better than Robert.
Thoros saluted respectfully: "I am looking forward to this day."
For a whole day, Robb's army remained motionless, and the scouts sent out were constantly collecting intelligence about the enemy.
"They left two thousand people to guard these ships. If we want to seize the ships, they will quickly drive the ships away."
"Balon's brother has arrived at the Bay of Cailin and asked us on the south bank whether we should attack."
"They are slow to build siege equipment and are estimated to approach the castle tomorrow."
"They dispersed some people to rob the surrounding villages and obtain food supplies."
Robb sat in the tent and listened to the intelligence from his men.
The role of the commander is like this. Through the intelligence passed by his men, combined with the situation on the battlefield, he can distinguish the enemy's movements and make reasonable military judgments.
This is very different from the role Robb played on the battlefield before.
The red monk Thoros and several centurions sat quietly around Robb, waiting for Robb's decision.
They knew that the key to this battle was not to defeat the enemy.
None of them doubted the outcome of this battle.
We should wait for the enemy to tire out, and we should be on the defensive.
Most importantly, our commander is the invincible King Robb.
They have no reason to lose.
The key to this battle is how to capture the enemy's ships.
This is what King Robb wants most, and it is also the most difficult part.
Once they show their heads on the hill, they will immediately alert the soldiers who stayed behind. As long as they sail, the people in the North will not be able to catch up with these pirates.
Everyone looked at Robb, waiting for his order.
After thinking for a long time, Robb finally spoke slowly: "Let a thousand-man team on the south bank stop the ironmen who are looting the village first. Be careful not to let others know the details and try to wipe out the enemy.
The remaining two thousand people will harass the ironmen team at night, but don't get entangled with the enemy. The team in Cailin Bay should cooperate.
Thros, you take some people to pretend to be shepherds and drive a group of livestock to show up on the hills. Try to attract some ironmen guarding the ships."
Everyone received the order and they immediately acted according to Robb's instructions.
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At night, the camp of the Iron Islands.
Victarion Greyjoy slept contentedly in the military tent. According to his observation today, there were only two or three thousand defenders in Cailin Bay.
He is Balon Greyjoy's younger brother and the commander of this army.
Caillin Bay is the throat of the North and other regions. As long as Cailin Bay is captured, Robb's army will not be able to return to the North.
According to the intelligence of his nephew Theon Greyjoy, the North is now more empty than ever before.
Except for a few places where there are still thousands of troops, the rest of the lords have been taken to the riverlands by Robb!
By defending the Moat Cailin, the Ironmen can burn, kill and loot in the North, and severely retaliate against the shame that the Stark family brought to the Iron Islands.
"White Harbor, Severn City, and finally Winterfell, the North is already a golden dragon in our pocket!"
Just when Victarion Greyjoy was imagining how to rape and plunder in the North, there was a commotion outside the tent.
"The enemy is coming!"
"Quick! Find weapons!"
"Where are the torches?!"
"Drowned God! How many people are there?!"
Victarion Greyjoy's heart tightened, and he ran out of the tent quickly.
Beyond the light of the camp, a long dragon of torches appeared on the hill outside. Although it was far away, it looked like a lot of them.
Victarion Greyjoy shouted: "Damn it, the enemy is coming, wake everyone up and be alert!"
The Iron Islands camp immediately became chaotic. Many soldiers were busy all day and were pulled out of bed.
They were groping for their weapons and preparing for the next battle.
However, they waited and waited, but no enemy attacked. The long string of torches did not move at all. After a while, it actually retreated and slowly disappeared.
Victarion Greyjoy was furious when he saw this, not knowing what his opponent was up to.
He shouted loudly: "Where are the spies? Where are the spies?"
Victarion Greyjoy gave orders and sent all the spies out to check the situation nearby.
At the same time, he began to doubt whether his nephew was lying.
There was no movement in the Bay of Cailin just now. Where did this team come from?
Are there still troops in the North staying near the Bay of Cailin?
The character of robbers is generally weak when they meet the strong and strong when they meet the weak. Now that he was frightened, Victarion Greyjoy instantly thought of escaping.
He ordered the army to be ready and ready to evacuate at any time.
The night passed quickly. The soldiers in the barracks had not slept all night. They were already tired, and now they were so sleepy that their eyelids were fighting.
At dawn, the news from the spies came back: there were only a thousand people on the other side, and they deliberately held torches to scare people. According to the number of people, it might be the remaining thousand people in the Neck Swamp.
"How despicable!" Victarion Greyjoy was furious.
He was actually frightened by such a small number of people.
He continued to order the soldiers to speed up the construction of siege equipment, preparing to quickly capture Moat Cailin and complete the task assigned to him by Balon.
Until noon, the soldiers of the Iron Islands were busy.
Victarion Greyjoy frowned and supervised the progress of the soldiers' work, and suddenly his ears moved.
"There seems to be a little movement in the Heat Wave River. Is it thundering?"
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