Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Puzzle

  "Kill!"

  A Dornish soldier, rushing towards the front, had just slipped into a deep and wide trench when he noticed a Reach man behind the wooden fence throwing a barrel at him.

  barrel?

  The Dornish soldier froze for a moment, then turned sideways, and deftly avoided the barrel.

  But the barrel was so weak that it smashed to pieces on the ground, and the liquid inside splashed all over him.

  He panicked for a moment, thinking it was some kind of poison, but after waiting for a while, he didn't find any physical discomfort.

  Instead, there was a strong aroma of wine.

  At the same time, he also noticed that not only him, but others also received the same treatment - barrel attack.

  But what can that do - kill?

  The strange scene made the Dornish people a little dazed.

  Of course, they quickly came to their senses and attacked the crude fortification in front of them while avoiding the barrels that were thrown at them.

  The trench was a little deeper than a normal person's height, and the inclination of the slope was not too big. Since it was urgently made, protruding rocks can be seen everywhere on the slope, so it was not difficult to climb.

  Just pay attention to avid the barrels - but it's also not a big deal to get hit.

  Soon, Dornish warriors climbed out of the trench.

  But at this time, they encountered strong resistance.

  Behind the wooden fence stood a row of soldiers holding long spears. Among them were reach folk's and dark-skinned savages, abd amid the sound of unified orders, they stabbed out their long spears one after another.

  For a moment, it was as if a forest of iron and steel rushed towards them.

  The Dornish soldiers who reacted quickly either rolled to dodge or raised their shields to block, but there were also those who reacted slowly, or those who did not believe in evil and wanted to fight recklessly with their knives. Basically, there were a few blood holes left in their bodies.

  The dense array of spears did not intimidate the Dornishmen. They were not savages, and their fighting abilities were superior. Skillfully dodging the long spears, they rushed forward to climb the wooden fence while the enemy was retracting their spears..

  After a few rounds of stabbing, only few Dornishmen were stabbed. On the contrary, several Dornishmen jumped over the wooden fence and entered the spear formation of the Reach people.

  Of course, the few Dornishmen could not cause damage to the formation of the Reach people.

  However, the Dornishmen did not give up.

  They were still attacking, and as more and more Dornishmen climbed over the wooden fence, the formation of Reach folk's was already showing signs of instability.

  But at this moment, the Reach soldiers actually chose to retreat and gave up the first line of defense extremely decisively.

  A Dornish knight wearing a dark yellow cloak climbed over the fence and chopped down a Reach soldier, but seeing the Reach Soldiers retreating in an orderly manner, he still didn't take the risk of chasing .

  Behind him, more and more Dornish soldiers jumped over the wooden fence one after another, completely occupying this line of defense.

  "My lord, do we chase ?"

  The knight looked at the two similar fences ahead and the half-built castle in the innermost, shook his head, and said,

  "Stay where you are, go and tell Sir Urik about the situation here ."

  "Yes."

  Urik in the rear was a little confused when he heard the report from the front line.

  This was probably the weirdest battle he had ever fought in his combat career.

  It was weird from the start.

  He didn't know whether it was the Sir Caesar on the opposite side who didn't understand military affairs and messed up, or the enemy had some conspiracy.

  Urik felt that the latter possibility was the most likely.

  After all, that Sir Caesar was able to gain a firm foothold in places like the Red Mountains, and could make tens of thousands of savages surrender, so he didn't look like a fool.

  "Where's the wooden barrel they threw? Show me one." Urik decided to be more cautious.

  "Yes."

  Soon, the soldier came back with a wooden barrel.

  This was what Reach soldiers abandoned behind the first line of defense as they didn't have the time to throw.

  Urik took a closer look and found that it was an ordinary oak barrel, but the iron hoops around the barrel were deliberately damaged, so the whole barrel would fall apart whenever it was bumped.

  He carefully uncorked the wooden barrel again, and then he smelled the rich aroma of wine.

  It's brandy.

  Of course, Urik was very impressed with this wine. Originally, he planned to cooperate with that Sir Caesar to sell this wine.

  But why did the other party throw all the wine out?

  This thing can't kill people.

  Due to technical reasons, the nobles of Westeros know very little about high-concentration spirits, let alone that alcohol can be ignited when the concentration is high.

  Therefore, Urik couldn't associate wine with fire.

  Is it poisonous?

  This is the only possibility Urik can think of.

  He was startled, quickly put down the barrel, and said to the soldiers:

  "Instruct the soldiers not to touch the wine. Order them to cover their mouth and nose , and ensure that the wine does not enter their bodies."

  "Yes."

  Then, Urik asked the vanguard

to rest at the first line of defense, and a second batch of 300 soldiers was replaced to attack the second line of defense of the Reach soldiers .

  The offensive and defensive battles of the second line of defense were lackluster, almost a replica of the offensive and defensive battles of the first line of defense.

  The hastily dug trenches, the inexplicable wooden barrels, and the only threats being the wooden fence and spear formations behind it made the defense seem lacklustre . However, due to the long length of the defense line and insufficient manpower on Eagle Island, the Dornishmen found it easy to locate a gap and overturn the defenses.

  However, it was the same this time. More and more Dornishmen climbed over the fence in front of them.

  The Dornishmen did not pursue rashly, but methodically occupied the second line of defense, and then continued to attack the third line.

  Still the same script.

  However, with previous experience, this time the Dornishmen took over the third line of defense without even paying many casualties.

  At this time, in front of them, there was only the last line of defense -

  the unfinished castle.

  At this time, even the most cautious Dornish fighters could not help but feel complacent.

  "Haha, when did the Reach soldiers become so timid? They don't even date to confront head on " "

  "Yes. However, the formation is quite neat."

  "It's especially neat when retreating! Hahaha..."

  The battlefield was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and the Dornish warriors talked and laughed relaxedly, as if they were on an outing.

  Urik frowned hearing this . He personally came to the last line of defense and looked at the half-finished castle.

  Compared with the previous three shoddy wooden fences, the castle wall was decent. The outer wall was very smooth, with almost no footholds making it very difficult to climb without tools. There were only two layers inside and outside, and as they had no large siege equipment , it was impossible to forcibly destroy it.

  But it's a pity that the city wall has not yet been completely built, and it is only a dozen feet high, so it is not difficult to attack it by force.

  If the people in the Reach were still as cowardly as before, Urik even thought he could have dinner in this unfinished castle.

  So, he decided to try it out first.

  "Knight Aris, take three hundred people and capture this so-called castle for me!"

  "Yes, my lord!"

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