Chapter 117: Huo Qubing, Cao Cao, Zhou Yu and Guan Erye
Let's talk about Lannister.
The Westerly + the Crownland (part) are almost hostile to all the other six kingdoms.
Even if we put aside the ambiguous attitude of the Arryn Valley, it is a situation of "wolf + fish + deer + rose" vs. "lion".
Dorne is also eyeing the lion.
If one of Er Lu and Robb has an IQ online, the Lion family will be finished.
Er Lu didn't even shoot down the goose, but he started shouting "I will eat the roasted goose alone, you have no share", which is a bit stupid.
Because his father and grandfather died in King's Landing, Robb had an idea that "it's not our fault that the northerners have no political IQ, but the southerners are too cunning."
He wants to break the unity of the seven kingdoms and declare the independence of the North and the Riverlands. He considers himself the King of the North - what's wrong with us northerners being stupid? I don't want to play with you!
If he only declares the independence of the North, no one will pay attention to him.
The bitter cold in the North not only makes no contribution to the Seven Kingdoms, but is also a huge burden. When winter comes, the northerners cannot survive and will go south to ask for food.
The key lies in the Riverlands. The vast plains in the Trident River Basin are the center of Westeros, and together with the Reach next door, they are known as the "granary of the Seven Kingdoms". No king who wins the Iron Throne will allow the Riverlands to be independent.
Renly, the third deer, is still somewhat rational. Faced with such a request, he only said, "Let's take down King's Landing first. The bottom line is to allow the North to be independent, and the issue of the Riverlands will be postponed for discussion." However, Renly, the second deer, directly declared Robb a traitor and gave him a "great curse".
Even though Robb and Renly were stupid and started fighting before the enemy was eliminated, the situation of the Lion family was still not good.
Renly has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Robb is a natural general. The author of "A Song of Ice and Fire" wrote him Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing also had an awesome uncle who taught him. Robb was born with the "aura of a god of war" - his father, Eddard Stark, was not a famous general, nor a fierce general, and no one taught him.
Huo Qubing practiced in the army for several years, and only soared to the sky when he was 17 years old; Robb had been practicing swordsmanship with a martial arts coach for 13 years before, and he had not yet graduated. At the age of 14, he was so brilliant that even the famous general Tywin and the fierce general Jaime were defeated by his sword.
How did Robb cheat?
Because Tywin took the initiative. As soon as his son Tyrion was kidnapped by Catelyn, he divided his troops into two groups: one group led by Jaime, 12,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, went out of the Golden Tooth City, took the River Road, and directly attacked the capital of the River "Riverrun" Robb's grandfather was the Duke of Riverrun one group led by Duke Tywin himself, about 20,000 people, took the Golden Road, borrowed the road to the king's territory, and went around a long circle to attack the "back" of the Riverland.
At the beginning of the war, due to the pincer attack, the riverlands were almost destroyed, and the "fish" was taken by the "lion". Not only was Riverrun besieged by Jaime, but even Robb's uncle and the only heir of the "fish", Edmure, was not captured.
Tywin's army ate the riverlands and completely destroyed the noble rule and industrial and agricultural production in the riverlands.
Tywin hired a mercenary group from the continent of Essos, the Bloody Mummers, who were specifically used to do dirty work. The Bloody Mummers can be called the world's most notorious mercenary team in "A Song of Ice and Fire", and the riverlands were almost reduced to purgatory.
Then Robb, who had just entered the battlefield, led 13,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry south.
At that time, Tywin had already waited for the opportunity to tire himself out, and his troops were stationed on the King's Road on the east bank of the Green Fork River - the "only" way to King's Landing in the south.
If Robb went south directly, he would encounter Tywin's army occupying a favorable terrain.
And Tywin did prepare a trump card for the young wolf: let Tyrion's high mountain clan troops + the old, weak and sick led by the Mountain stand at the Green Fork River.
Because the Mountain and Tyrion led the team, Robb's side would definitely think they were the main force.
When Robb put the main force in, Tywin's real main force would rush out from the east and drive the team fighting at the river into the river together-including his own people.
But Robb grew up listening to the legendary stories of Duke Tywin, and deep in his heart he was actually afraid of fighting him head-on. At the same time, Robb's war god plug-in "spiritual perception" also reminded him that this battle was dangerous.
Then he really started to cheat.
There was also a split of troops, letting the most cautious Roose Bolton lead 13,000 infantry to confront Duke Tywin, and he himself led 5,000 cavalry to the west to help Riverrun.
But in addition to taking the King's Road, there was only one way to cross the Green Fork River, which was to go to Riverrun.
Marquis Frey, who only had a "shallow" family background of 600 years, built a bridge over the Green Fork River.
In order to cross the river, Robb signed a sacred contract with Walder Frey: Frey paid tribute to the King of the North, not only allowing Robb's army to cross the river, but the Frey family also sent thousands of soldiers to join Robb's team.
In return, 1. Robb will marry a woman from the Frey family; 2. "Arya" Arya will marry into the Frey family; 3. Catelyn will adopt two legitimate sons of the Frey family as adopted sons.
To be honest, Marquis Frey did not take advantage of the fire, and the efforts and rewards of both parties were almost equal.
After all, Robb was rebelling, and allowing him to cross the river was only secondary. Frey also provided a large number of troops and supplies-among Robb's vassals, except for his uncle, the Frey family was the one who contributed the most, with about four to five thousand soldiers.
Robb's own 5,000 cavalry plus Frey's thousands of men, led by the local snake "Blackfish", sneak attacked and captured Jaime Lannister in the Whispering Wood.
Blackfish, Brynden Tully, Robb's second uncle, became famous in the Battle of the Nine Copper Kings and participated in the "War of the Usurper" to overthrow the Targaryen Dynasty. He is an experienced and famous general.
Robb's talent + Blackfish's experience = invincible in a hundred battles .
After taking down Jaime and sweeping away the 15,000 "Lion's Army" besieging Riverrun, the situation on the river battlefield immediately reversed.
Tywin was pinned down by Roose Bolton's northern infantry on the front battlefield. On the flank, Robb integrated the armies of the river lords to form huge military pressure.
In the rear, King's Landing was not only unable to provide support, but also faced the siege of the "Deer" family army.
It can be said that at that time, the survival of Lannister depended on Robb's idea - as long as Robb was not so smart and fought to the death, even if Tywin could escape, he could only escape to King's Landing alone.
Unfortunately, Robb was too smart.
It's not derogatory. He had already considered the post-war situation: the two deer did not allow him to be independent and were also his enemies. If the "wolf" and the "lion" fought fiercely, even if he could win, he would kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of his own, and finally let the two deer clean up the mess.
Of course, Lannister is different from the two deer after all. The two deer only opposed the independence of the North, but Lannister chopped off his father's head.
Therefore, Robb would not let Tywin go.
Since he can't fight hard, then he will use his wits.
Anyway, I am a natural god of war!
Therefore, Robb not only did not encircle Tywin to the east, but went west and brought the war into the territory of Lannister.
He made a different version of the "drag knife trick". If Tywin followed, he would find a favorable place to ambush him - Blackfish and Robb even found the ambush location.
If Tywin did not pursue, the Westerlands would be ravaged by the Wolf family - the Lannister family had many gold and silver mines, and Robb and his men robbed a lot of them. Once Casterly Rock was captured, the Lannister family would be finished.
It must be said that Robb's plan was very detailed. In order not to reveal his own strategy, even his uncle Edmure and Roose Bolton, who led the northern infantry, did not know about his "drag knife trick".
In fact, in order to make it more realistic, Robb deliberately left Edmure in Riverrun to "resist" Tywin's return to the west.
Robb knew that his uncle was not good at fighting and would not be able to stop Tywin's return to the west. If Edmure, the bait, failed, Tywin would not suspect that it was a trick.
Throughout the process, Robb could be said to be calculating others and himself, and used tactical skills to the extreme.
According to his idea, even if the two deer easily captured King's Landing - King's Landing had only 3,000 miscellaneous soldiers, and the "Wolf" family suffered heavy losses in the battle with the "Lion" family, he could also get reinforcements in the West - Jaime had been captured by him, and if he captured Duke Tywin, Casterly Rock would probably surrender.
It can be said that Robb had done everything he could on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, Tywin was not led by him.
From the beginning, not only did Robb want to defeat Tywin "without loss", Tywin also wanted to send the young boy to see his dead father with the lowest loss.
When Tywin found that Robb was not as weak as he had thought before, he completely gave up the idea of winning on the battlefield - Lannister had many enemies, and he had no energy to waste on the "hard-headed and square-headed" northerners.
War is just to serve politics. Tywin not only knows how to fight, but he is also proficient in the "Game of Thrones".
When Robb was still lying on the map, thinking hard about the "drag knife plan", Tywin had already started writing letters.
Tywin's classic quote: Some victories are won with swords and spears, while others are won with paper, pen and crows.
He sends and receives more than 100 ravens every day. Robb's battlefields are in the river and the westerlies, and his battlefields are all over Westeros.
Did Frey and Bolton, who betrayed Robb in the future, receive his ravens?
They must have received them.
Roose Bolton, who was recognized by the northerners as "cautious and mature", did a big "stupid thing" while stationed at Harrenhal. The already tight infantry was divided again.
The original 13,000 infantry were eliminated by Tywin at the Green Fork, leaving only about 8,000. Then Roose Bolton divided half of them to go south to King's Landing.
At that time, Robb was in the Crag, while about one-third of the infantry in the North were attacking Duskendale.
The Crag is more than 2,000 kilometers away from Duskendale.
Even Roose Bolton's station, Harrenhal, is more than 600 kilometers away from Duskendale.
This is the Middle Ages, where people march on muddy roads and rely on their own legs.
There is no doubt that the army that attacked Duskendale was completely wiped out.
Well, it must be explained here that Robb's army was composed of many vassal families, and Roose Bolton also brought a group of soldiers from his own territory.
And those he sent to Duskendale to die were all die-hards of the Stark family, and his own people stayed well in Harrenhal.
After two battles at the Green Fork and Duskendale, only one-third of the northerners' infantry remained, or only the Boltons were left.
This is one of Tywin's methods.
In addition to disintegrating the enemy from within, Tywin is also secretly developing new allies-the "Golden Rose" who became a wild state because of the death of the three deer.
Tywin facilitated the marriage of Joffrey and Margaery, the little rose. The lion is the king and the rose is the queen.
In terms of the strength of a country, the "Rose" of Highgarden is the strongest among the seven countries. It not only has one-third of the navy in Westeros, but also has the largest number of cavalry.
For example, Robb, the King of the North, has only 5,000 cavalry, and the Westerlands have a little more. The cavalry under Tywin and Jaime combined is estimated to be 7,000.
But the Reach has more than 20,000 cavalry prepared for the three deer, and more than 50,000 infantry. Even if Khal Drogo is not dead, his khals are no match for the Highgarden family.
As long as the seven kingdoms are united, unless the Valyrian Empire is reborn, no one can conquer Westeros by force - even Dany with three dragons can't do it, and 10,000 Unsullied can only make a splash. Let's get back to the point.
The old lion who secretly allied with the rose did not reveal this trump card. He deliberately followed Robb's wishes and "hurriedly" returned to the west, but deliberately was not Edmure's opponent. He suddenly went south and joined forces with the "rose" who was heading east, and headed straight for King's Landing.
Well, he ignored Robb.
Because Robb had already made a big mistake at this time and was no longer a threat.
Remember the first generation of divorced men "Prince Dragonfly"?
Because of Jeyne of Stone, he betrayed his sacred engagement with Princess Baratheon; because of Jeyne of Rock, the third generation of resigned engagement man Robb betrayed his oath with the Frey family.
Well, history repeats itself at this moment, another gentle and beautiful Jeyne, another passionate and handsome young king.
When attacking Rock, Robb was injured by a stray arrow, and then he was carefully taken care of by Jeyne Westerling, the daughter of Earl Gawen Westerling of Rock. Why did the eldest daughter of the Earl take care of him personally?
What about the servants and maids?
It is very likely that Jeyne's mother Sybelle deliberately arranged it. At that time, her situation was very bad. Her husband was captured by Robb and her own city was occupied by the Northmen.
It is not sure how much role Duke Tywin played in it. Anyway, it didn't take long for Robb to roll with Jeyne.
In order to protect Jeyne's honor, and because he was a novice and more impulsive, Robb did not take Jeyne as a lover. Instead, he announced his marriage to her in public the next day after holding hands.
Jeyne's mother Sybelle has always been in contact with Tywin, and she secretly feeds her daughter Moon Tea, the contraceptive in the world of Ice and Fire.
After Robb died at the Red Wedding, Sybelle received a lot of benefits from the Lannisters: her brother was promoted to the Earl of Castamere a rich territory with gold mines, "the rain of Castamere" her son married a Lannister, and both daughters were arranged to marry, including Robb's wife Jeyne.
Robb, the man who broke off the engagement, inexplicably went from a big player in the Game of Thrones to an eliminated player, and then it was the two deer Lannisters.
The two deer sent the red-robed woman to kill the three deer with blood magic, and after seizing her brother's Phoenix Rest with similar means, they advanced by sea and wanted to take down King's Landing in one fell swoop. King's
Landing had only 6,000 gold robes at the time, of which 4,000 were newly recruited street thugs who were not even qualified to be cannon fodder.
The naval force was far from being a match for the Dragonstone Navy, and the control of the sea was firmly controlled by the two deer.
If nothing unexpected happened, the two deer could easily take down King's Landing.
But Tyrion the Imp is a big hit, and as one of the main characters, he is also a cheater.
To be honest, Daenerys' experience of hatching dragons and subduing the Unsullied is already considered a cheat, but it is still a long way behind Tyrion.
Facing Erlu, who had an absolute advantage in military strength, Tyrion was possessed by "Zhou Yu + Guan Yu" and beat Erlu into Cao Boss in the Battle of Red Cliffs.
The battle was like this.
King's Landing is located on the north bank of the Blackwater River, and the east of King's Landing is Blackwater Bay, while Erlu's army came from the Storm Territory in the south.
Tyrion burned the docks and docks along the Blackwater River in advance, and any buildings that were conducive to landing, such as the docks, docks, etc., and the outside of the King's Landing walls were completely cleared.
If he wanted to attack King's Landing, Erlu had to build a floating bridge on the Blackwater River.
Therefore, Erlu's fleet had to enter the Blackwater River from the sea, or transport troops by ship, or connect ships to each other, and then put on a springboard to assemble a crude "wooden bridge".
Tyrion built two capstan towers at the mouth of the Blackwater River. There was an iron chain between the stone towers. When Erlu's fleet entered the river, the iron chain sank to the bottom of the river. When most of the enemy fleet entered the Blackwater River, he twisted the lock plate to straighten the iron chain, so that the river was blocked by an iron chain.
This is nothing. If it were in the ancient naval battle in the normal world, even if the retreat was blocked, I had a strong force and didn't need to retreat.
And my ships were not locked together like Cao Cao's. If you set fire to the ship from upstream, I could hide or push the fire ship away with a pole.
The problem is that this is a fantasy world. Bachelors have been developing for thousands of years and have not been able to come up with something called "science", but pyromancers have long been able to produce strange wildfires on an assembly line.
Tyrion was indeed possessed by Zhou Yu and set fire to the ship from upstream, but the cabin was not filled with kerosene but wildfire.
Wildfire = (incendiary bomb + Amaterasu)/2
The green flames burned the lower half of the Blackwater River into hell.
After setting fire to the warships, Tyrion transformed into Guan Erye again. With a dwarf figure of just over one meter, he fought his way in and out of the enemy army.
If Cersei (?) hadn't sent someone to shoot him, the little devil could have passed the hell-level level of "Two Deer Soldiers Besieging King's Landing" almost unscathed.
Well, Duke Tywin was also ruthless. He had been hiding aside and forbearing, waiting for the army of Two Deer to lose its momentum under the city of King's Landing, and then he came out to reap the fruits of his son's victory.
In this way, in the Battle of the Four Kings, Three Deer, Two Deer, and Robb retired one after another, and Joffrey had the last laugh. Well, at least he was not dead at this time.
The first wave of the battle for supremacy in Westeros came to an end.
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