The same is Lord Dornish Marches.
Compared to the aggressive Randyll·Tarly, Lord Mace obviously appreciates the respectful Titus·Peake.
Before departure.
The Duke had a private meeting with Titus Earl, who he considered to be a promising person. After some superficial probing, he even talked about "quietly holding back" the annoying Tarly.
Holding back? I'm very good at this.
No need to "quietly" at all!
To such a request, Starpike Earl agreed with a face full of joy, and his straightforwardness earned Lord of Highgarden's appreciation once again.
This newly formed vanguard force set off from Highgarden in advance before the Reach princes gathered, and marched eastward along the Zhouyi River that bifurcated toward the southeast from the Mander River.
Until the source of Zhouyi River-Cider Hall.
The Reach vanguard troops stopped for final rest and recuperation.
Randyll·Tarly made up his mind and prepared to attack the storm army heading westward head-on here.
Eight thousand versus sixteen thousand, Horn Hill Earl is very confident.
Cider Hall, located at the end of Zhouyi River, is the territory of the Cuy family.
The famous "Cider Hall Tournament" once took place here. At that time, King Aegon V still called himself "Ego", also known as Eggy, and was the bald little attendant who followed "tall" Duncan around the continent.
It has to be said that the territory of the Cuy family is huge, and it mainly includes three parts: Cider Hall Fort,
Cider Hall town and Cider Hall pasture.
The former is the clan fortress of the Cuy family, a triangular stone fortress with a strange shape but extremely strong.
At the vertex of each of the three branches is a round bunker thirty feet high, connected to each other by thick pheasant wall walkways.
The town of the Cider Hall is located just outside this triangular fortress. The outsides of the houses in the town are painted white. At first glance, it is easy to mistake them. It looks like the overall style of Whitegrove or Whitewalls, which is neat and bright.
The grassland of the Cider Hall is further south on the other side of the Zhouyi River. There is a continuous white forest along the west edge of the grassland. This is actually the origin of "Cider Hall".
Seventy years ago, the venue for the "Cider Hall Martial Arts Competition" was right here.
"The Anvil" Maekar·Targaryen stood up for his second son "Bright Flame" Ilion·Targaryen, and targeted the mercenary knight "Tall" Duncan who followed his younger son. E, and in Trial of Seven, accidentally killed the heir of Iron Throne and his eldest brother "Spearbreaker" Baelor, who was a very wise king at the time.
Maekar, Maekar, the fate between him and Peake is so deep.
The lord of the Cider Hall, Alyn·Cuy Earl, obviously does not want to become a miserable footnote in a famous battle like the miserable Tumbleton, who destroyed his town because of the battle of an outsider.
Therefore, he welcomed the arrival of the army very much and acted very cooperatively. Not only did he take the initiative to give up the place so that the army could be stationed, he also provided a large amount of food and even meat to reward the soldiers generously.
Their family is very wealthy, but they have no idea about the upcoming war.
Just like most the Reach princes.
Compared with the war, the golden dragon and silver moon are closer to them.
Alyn·Cuy had a good communication experience with Titus·Peake before, so he did not go to the Chief Pioneer Officer Randyll·Tarly who seemed difficult to get along with.
Instead, he found Starpike Earl privately and said that he did not understand military affairs, but he would definitely use his full strength to support the Pioneer Army's response plan. Later, he actively asked Titus if he would consider providing 3,000 soldiers from the Cuy family to supplement the strength of the Pioneer Army?
After all, if there are less than 10,000 people, Alyn Earl doesn't think it's safe. There are more than 10,000 people there at Stormlands, which is a huge area.
Indeed, there are tens of thousands of people covering the mountains and plains.
The Reach A common problem among nobles is that they only know how to do arithmetic problems.
However, marching to fight, doing business, and counting golden dragons are not the same thing.
Looking at Alyn·Cuy Earl's particularly powerful appearance, Titus was a little bit dumbfounded by the military naivety of the Reach nobles, and could not help but secretly sigh again at how powerful the Reach princes were.
When the number of people reaches a certain level, coupled with the blessing of equipment, it can really change the situation of the battle.
Without explaining too much about the number of troops to Alyn Earl, Titus declined his idea, saying that the number of the vanguard army was sufficient now, and there were also elite Dornish Marches as support, so he didn't have to worry about this.
Later, relying on Alyn·Cuy's worried mentality, he unilaterally acquired a lot of grain and material reserves.
For this reason, Titus made his promise. Once the war goes bad, the Peake family will help the Cuy family to guard the town of the Cider Hall.
Then what else is there to say!
Alyn·Cuy Earl is now afraid that no matter how much money he has, he won't be able to spend it, so he crazily lavishes benefits on Starpike's Peake Army for fear that they won't want them.
And Titus's real idea is that there will be no possibility of defeat or retreat. Maybe, when the time comes, he will ask the other party to "handle" Starpike one horse----
Tarly·Randyll organized several pre-war combat meetings. Titus behaved quite well. During the period, he had a quarrel with Sir Fred White, who didn't know how to pretend to understand.
Sir Fred was completely defeated in the debate between the two sides, and almost lost face. In the end, it was only thanks to the step forward of a hook-nosed knight named "Dirk" that he was able to withstand the pressure of Starpike Earl.
Due to Sir Dirk's outstanding performance of not fearing power, he was exempted from Starpike Earl's verbal bullying of him.
After that, Fred promoted Knight Dirk, who was not very outstanding among the knights of Whitegrove, to be his personal cavalry captain.
From that moment on, Dirk Knight knew that he had chosen the right side this time----
Although Randyll·Tarly has a strong character and conduct, he is really very good at marching and formation.
He acted fairly and had no intention of preserving his own strength. Instead, he used himself as an example and offered to push his three thousand men to the front line to deal with the powerful enemy.
He also planned to rely on two veteran knights, Laurence Roxton and Aigon Leavell, to protect the two wings of the military formation.
Then two thousand people from the Peake Army and one thousand people from Whitegrove White will act as a back-up mobile force, or attack quickly at the critical moment that determines victory or defeat.
In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to suppress Fred White who expressed dissatisfaction with this arrangement.
From the previous discussions on preparations for war, it can be seen that the young Starpike Earl obviously understands the gist of the battle between the two armies better. House Peake is indeed not a vegetarian and has done a very good job in educating the next generation.
Horn Hill Earl, who has always regarded himself as a peer of his predecessor Starpike Earl, thought that when he gave birth to a son in the future, he would educate him well in this way and make him an excellent warrior and a qualified lord----
After listening to the combat plan put forward by Randyll Earl who was preparing to "hunt deer", Titus can only say that he couldn't be more satisfied.
This is all thanks to his secret guidance and the help and cooperation of Alyn·Cuy Earl.
The latter has been following Titus's teachings and flattering Randyll Earl's selflessness and the unique temperament of Horn Hill's army.
Under the current situation.
If Titus is just a little tempted, he might be able to imprison the "false king" Robert·Baila Theon from the east----
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