Wolf Time-Blood of the Rushing Wolf

A large army, predominantly green and blue in color, surged toward the somewhat dilapidated River Gate defense line.

A sudden gust of wind rose, and the black White Wolf Banner fluttered in the wind.

"Pull-"

Randyll Tarly's archers drew their bows in unison, the bowstrings making a teeth-grinding squeaking sound.

"Put!!!"

Two or three thousand arrows rained down on the city wall. The soldiers behind the battlements curled up as much as possible while carefully observing the situation outside.

The relentless rain of arrows from the Reach army provided cover for the soldiers charging the city walls.

Faced with such a large siege force, Martin, who was responsible for defending the River Gate, was somewhat apprehensive.

He was still young and had never seen anything like it before. Not to mention him, even his uncle, Earl Raymun, probably had never seen anything like it.

Even in the Battle of the Trident River back then, the number of participants on both sides was not necessarily more than it is today.

Seeing that the enemy's siege ladders were already in place, he quickly ordered his soldiers to throw rolling stones and fire to block them.

But this first wave of attack was so fierce that the North soldiers on the city walls were struggling to breathe.

"Hold on to the death!"

Martin stood up and shouted to the soldiers around him, an arrow flying just past his shoulder.

Just then, a general with an unusually conspicuous appearance suddenly arrived with a large army.

His armor was gleaming, and he was also wearing a black cloak.

But that's not all; the general also planted four flags behind him!

Black White Wolf Banner, black flag with white sun, red flag with farmer, gray flag with Direwolf.

The four flags fluttering behind him made him the most eye-catching figure on the River Gate defense line.

Moreover, he was followed by a large group of heavily armored soldiers.

Closest to him was a soldier holding a large black banner with White Wolf, on which hung the nearly dried-out head of the Mountain.

"My lord!" Martin's eyes widened as he saw Jon holding a powerful bow and firing at the enemy troops below the city.

Everyone could spot Jon running back and forth on the city wall at a glance; his appearance even seemed to lower the surrounding shouts of battle.

In particular, his ability to move with the agility and swiftness of a cheetah despite being clad in heavy armor greatly surprised many knights and nobles with battlefield experience.

A long, drawn-out wolf howl attracted the attention of even more enemy troops.

Such conspicuous, almost offensive behavior immediately attracted even more criticism.

"Grab him! The one with the flag on his back is Jon Snow!" a Reach knight exclaimed excitedly.

Although I know about Jon's feat of slaying the Mountain, the current situation is 100,000 against 10,000, giving me the advantage!

Capturing or killing Jon at this moment would be a great achievement.

But just as he was climbing the ladder, he suddenly felt someone swing his neck hard with a stick.

A terrifying cracking sound rang in my head, and the scene before my eyes rapidly went black.

The strength in his body vanished like melting ice and snow, and then he collapsed to the ground.

Jon's act of killing a nobleman with an arrow clearly boosted morale.

The counterattack from the city walls became more advantageous.

"Kill him! Kill this bastard! I'll double his fiefdom!" On the command platform not far away, Mace was still furious.

He is the Lord of Highgarden, the Warden of the Reach! Tyrell will not tolerate such slander, and especially cannot accept such insults directed at his own children.

However, as more elite knights tried to approach Jon, arrows accurately shot them down one by one.

Moreover, Jon only killed nobles and those who were clearly well-armored, which greatly hindered the Reach army's offensive.

The knightly class was not only an important part of the nobility, but also front-line commanders on the battlefield.

If they die, their retinue of soldiers will lose command and can only retreat in despair, awaiting reorganization.

Jon hadn't expected to provoke Mace with a barrage of insults; he was just trying it out.

If Mace holds back, then Wildfire can be brought in to share the offensive burden.

He had been guarding against Tywin at Lion Gate, but his provocation worked, so he led his men to Martin's side.

Seeing that the attack was stalled, Jon ordered Martin, "I'm going to Haken. Take two-fifths of your men and come with me to support you!"

Martin glanced down at the city. Although the Reach's offensive had weakened considerably, the attack had not stopped.

He wasn't sure if it was feasible for Jon to redeploy his men.

But after a moment's hesitation, he chose to believe.

So Jon led his heavy armored troops, along with men transferred from Martin's forces, a total of one thousand men, to reinforce the Iron Gate of Haken.

At this moment, the Iron Gate was directly facing the bombardment of the catapults.

Stones the size of human heads pounded against the city wall, producing a chilling thud.

Haken suffered heavy losses; they had never witnessed the power of a trebuchet.

To them, these wooden monsters wielding their powerful arms were truly terrifying.

Some soldiers from the Reach even stormed the city walls.

"Rise! Follow me and kill! Kill!!!"

Haken, his eyes bloodshot, urged his soldiers on.

But a flying shard of stone bit off half of his ear.

Blood stained half his face, mixed with dirt and dust, making him look extremely disheveled.

As more and more Reach soldiers stormed the city walls, Haken forgot about the need to request reinforcements.

Jon certainly wouldn't entrust an entire defensive line to Haken; with his prenatal education background, it was hard to trust him.

Jon also assigned ten House Darry knights to help Haken defend his side. Haken's main strength lay in his personal combat prowess and his ability to unite the Mountain Clans.

Haken picked up the scattered spears and prepared to attack a Reach nobleman who had stormed the city walls.

But an arrow grazed his shoulder and pierced the noble knight's chest.

Haken looked back and saw Jon arriving with reinforcements almost as many as the garrison.

The arrival of the heavily armored soldiers, in particular, was like the piston of a syringe, driving the enemy troops who had already stormed the city walls away with overwhelming force.

Having averted the crisis at the Iron Gate, Jon left a few House Darry knights and a hundred heavily armored soldiers to assist him in the defense, and led the rest of his men toward the gate where Beric Dondarrion was located.

Beric Dondarrion is quite capable; his defense here is relatively solid, and the first wave of attack has almost been repelled.

Jon's arrival accelerated this process.

After defeating the Reach soldiers, he transferred more than 500 men from Beric Dondarrion Lion Gate, where Tywin was launching a concentrated attack.

At this point, Tywin had only just begun his attack.

Tywin remained unaffected, proceeding entirely at his own pace, but his face immediately darkened when he saw that the number of soldiers on the city walls had almost doubled.

Especially when he saw the huge black White Wolf Banner bearing the head of the Mountain, and the snow-white figure leaping on the city wall, he had even less confidence.

But since the order to attack has been given, it must be carried out; otherwise, the impact on morale will be far greater than that of a failed attack.

Tywin believed that with their massive army of 100,000, Jon would eventually reveal a weakness. However, the battle continued until nightfall, and the Lion-and-Flower Coalition had not achieved any significant results.

The black flag with White Wolf Banner still flutters atop the city wall.

Because the offensive rhythms of the Reach and the Westerlands were not synchronized, Jon was always able to more flexibly deploy his troops to repel them.

Randyll Tarly, in particular, even concluded that Jon had nearly 30,000 troops at his disposal.

If that's the case, then they have little chance of winning an attack on King's Landing.

After dark, the Lion-and-Flower Coalition's offensive finally ceased.

The consequences of Jon using one person to do the work of two are also becoming apparent.

Dozens of soldiers lay down to rest and never got up again.

"Haken, you don't need to defend the city tomorrow. I have other tasks for you." Jon began to adjust the defensive deployment based on the day's attack and defense situation.

Haken knew he hadn't played well, so he nodded in agreement.

The so-called "other tasks" were actually just to save face for him.

During this time, Jon continuously adjusted the defensive line and replenished the soldiers' arrows. Fortunately, King's Landing had a very good stockpile of weapons and equipment, especially the Gold Cloaks and mercenaries, whose equipment was also quite good. Jon simply took off their armor and put it on his own soldiers.

When Jon took control of King's Landing, the Gold Cloaks and soldiers who had been organized by Tyrion were imprisoned.

Sandor Clegane, the Mountain's brother, the Hound was frightened away by the Wildfire, was also imprisoned here.

When he was found, he was huddled among a pile of wooden crates, shivering.

But after a day or two of calm, they finally calmed down.

When he learned that the one who was attacking King's Landing was Jon, who had killed the Mountain, he repeatedly asked to see Jon.

The reason was that he wanted to serve Jon Snow.

"Don't bother. Jon killed the Mountain, and you're the Mountain brother. You want to see him now? How could he possibly want to see you?" The mercenary Bronn tried to persuade Sandor to abandon this unrealistic idea.

"Because he killed my brother, I must serve him!"

"Ah?"

Bronn, who was also captured, was locked up with Sandor the Hound. He couldn't stand the incessantly chattering fellow, so he spoke up to dissuade him.

Bronn is in a very bad situation right now.

I had invested so much in Tyrion.

Now, forget about any reward; Tyrion is gone, and he's a prisoner.

They had just received news that Jon had actually withstood the Allied forces' attack.

This shattered his last hope.

As a seasoned mercenary, Bronn knew that the most crucial part of a siege was the first wave.

Especially the allied forces of Tyrell and Lannister.

The first wave of attack failed, and as the siege progressed, they began to blame each other. In his view, these allied forces were no different from their mercenaries.

Just as the prisoners were worrying about their future fate, several soldiers with Riverlands accents came up to them.

Bronn noticed a distinctly wildness in the leader.

There were fresh scars on the exposed skin at the collar.

"Today, under Lord Jon's leadership, we repelled the Lannisters and Tyrells. Soon, Lord Robb in the North will arrive with the armies of the North and the Riverlands to reinforce us. His Majesty Stannis will also arrive with the armies of Dragonstone and the Stormlands. Those of you who are willing to help Lord Jon defend the city will be pardoned, and those who perform meritorious service will be rewarded. Those who wish to help Lord Jon, step forward now!"

"I! I do!"

Sandor the Hound was almost the first to stand up.

After some thought, several of the bolder mercenaries also concluded that the crisis outside would soon be over.

So I also chose to register.

Bronn thought for a moment, then spat on the ground.

He's already lost everything, so why would he let this opportunity to sit at the table pass him by?

Soon, Jon had raised an army of over three thousand men from among these prisoners.

Of course, they were all assigned to the least important positions, such as helping to move supplies, so that Jon could free up more troops to defend the city.

In addition to mobilizing surrendered troops, Jon also attempted to mobilize the civilians within King's Landing.

Although the bishop of the Great Sept had fled, spare robes could still be found at his residence.

Jon found an elderly monk and had him don the High Septon's robes and preach that only by helping Jon defend the city could one receive blessings and the protection of the Seven.

Previously, King's Landing had experienced a famine, which was caused by Stannis blocking the sea routes. Therefore, Stannis's name was not used against Jon.

Surprisingly, a group of people claiming to be "Stag Men" emerged from the wealthy area near the Old Gate.

They also wanted to enthrone Stannis and oppose the Lannister.

These people had money and food, but they dared not show their faces after being suppressed by Tyrion once before. Now that they saw that Jon seemed capable of succeeding, they brought food, weapons, and even their own armed forces to come and support him.