"Breakthrough from the southwest side!"
Seeing that the Westerlands coalition suffered heavy losses, Jaime led the remaining troops to avoid the frontal attack of the cavalry unit led by Gary, and broke through the the North infantry on the southwest side.
Six thousand the North infantrymen could not hold back more than 10,000 Westerlands coalition troops and were easily broken through.
The Riverlands coalition forces that had taken refuge in Lannister failed to break out in time with Jaime's large forces and faced Gary's cavalry troops, indirectly covering the retreat of the Westerlands coalition forces.
Gary stood on the back of the mammoth, looking down from a high position, and saw the figure of Jaime from a distance.
He nocked an arrow and pointed it at Jaime's back, and then remembered Tyrion's request to spare Jaime's life.
Gary then shot the arrow elsewhere, "Want to run? It depends on whether you can pass Melisandre."
Westerlands Allied forces would break out from the southwest, which Gary and others had long expected. That was the direction to return to Westerlands, anyone with a discerning eye could take it into consideration.
It's just that the North's army is too small in number, with only 16 thousand men and horses, it is almost impossible to wipe out the 30,000 enemy troops.
The successful breakout of the Westerlands coalition forces is reasonable.
Southwest of Riverrun, one league, the lower half of River Road.
The road was cut off by a circle of dry firewood piles, which extended into the valleys on both sides of the road, and the road for half a league in front and back was covered with kerosene.
These firewood and kerosene can assist Melisandre's Fire Magic to form a perfect fire killing place to burn all the Westerlands coalition forces that want to retreat.
In the valley on the east side of the road, there are more than a hundred the North soldiers ambushed. Their mission is to follow Melisandre and Xiaolu, intercept and kill the defeated Westerlands army, and capture Jaime·Lannister alive.
A fat Raven hovered over the the North ambush, making a rhythmic chirp.
This is a signal that the enemy is coming.
Podrick walked quietly to Melisandre, "Master Priest, Master Xiaolu sent back a signal, did you... hear it?"
He saw Melisandre in a daze, so he came over to remind him.
Melisandre came to his senses and said, "Well, I'll be there right away."
She came to one end of the firewood pile, hugged the end of a firewood with both hands, and prayed softly.
As long as the Westerlands coalition forces enter the range of kerosene, she will borrow the help of the firewood pile and kerosene to quickly launch a large-scale Fire Magic.
This attack method is faster and spreads over a wider area than her direct use of Fire Magic.
At this time, from the corner of the road not far away, there was the sound of tens of thousands of people stamping on them, indicating that the enemy troops had arrived.
According to the plan, Melisandre was to launch Fire Magic before the enemy discovered the kerosene and firewood, without giving the enemy time to react.
Podrick saw that the enemy troops were getting closer and closer, but Melisandre was still reciting the prayer silently, without any sparks appearing, and he couldn't help but become anxious.
"Priest-sama..."
Melisandre fell into confusion, perhaps because she knew too many secrets of Gary, which made her faith shaken. When she was not pious enough, Supreme God stopped responding to her.
Westerlands The coalition forces fled here. Jaime finally saw the wood pile in front, and the smell of kerosene on the ground was very strong. He immediately realized that something was wrong, "Disperse! Someone is ambushing here!"
The little deer in the sky couldn't wait any longer. She swooped down and landed next to Jaime. Well, the golden right hand, the blond man, is Jaime·Lannister, that's right!
She hovered in mid-air, changed from Raven to Direwolf, and pounced on Jaime on horseback.
Jaime witnessed the whole process of the deer's transformation, and was slightly stunned. Seeing that the opponent's target was him, he immediately swung his sword to fight back.
The sharp sword blade cut into the deer's belly. She endured the pain and threw Jaime off the horse. Then she bit off Jaime's left hand holding the sword and dragged him back to the roadside.
When the surrounding Lannister soldiers saw this scene, they all raised their spears and swords to kill the deer off their horses.
At this moment, Podrick and more than a hundred the North soldiers rushed out. They used torches to light the Flame and piles of dead wood on the road, and successfully drove back the Westerlands coalition forces.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Under the orders of other House Lannister members, the Westerlands coalition forces bypassed the fire road and fled to Westerlands along another mountain path.
By the time Gary led his army to come over for support, the Westerlands coalition forces had already left. The only result of the the North ambush was Jaime·Lannister, which Xiaolu fought hard to capture.
Gary knew that Melisandre was the one who broke the chain, but it was not convenient for him to accuse him in public.
He used the cure Magic to save the dying deer, "Don't be so desperate next time. If I weren't by your side, you would really be dead."
After the deer's wound healed, it jumped up and down with vigor, pulling Gary to Jaime, "Look, there is a reason why I work so hard. I caught the blond man you want!"
Jaime's left hand was also bitten off by a deer. Now he has no hands and is really a disabled person. He forced out an ugly smile and greeted Gary: "Long time no see, old friend."
Gary assigned a few soldiers to keep an eye on Jaime and waved everyone to follow him back to the camp.
Riverrun Red Fork side, the North coalition camp.
After the war, there were matters such as cleaning the battlefield, counting casualties, and dealing with prisoners. By the time Tyrion finished handling these matters and arrived at Gary's camp, it was already late at night.
Gary has just sent away Edmure Tully, and has made an appointment with him to enter Riverrun tomorrow to attend the celebration dinner and discuss how to deal with thousands of the Reach prisoners.
Tyrion walked to the desk and reported the results of the battle, "Your Majesty, we have wiped out more than 10,000 enemy troops and captured two thousand Westerlands soldiers and 3,000 Riverlands soldiers. In addition, more than 10,000 enemy troops broke through from the southwest and fled back to Westerlands."
"As for the casualties on our side... the cavalry suffered the smallest casualties, with more than 200 killed and more than 1,800 injured. The infantry suffered heavy casualties, especially the 6,000 infantrymen in the southwest who suffered more than half of their casualties. The 12,000 infantry had more than 2,000 killed and more than 4,000 injured..."
Gary couldn't help but raise his forehead, "The casualties are so huge? Let five thousand prisoners be added."
Tyrion comforted, "Your Majesty, war is like this. We recovered the entire Riverlands in just one battle. We defeated many with less. This is a feat worthy of being recorded in history."
But Gary couldn't laugh, "Feat? We have the help of Giants and Dragon, but we still have such heavy casualties. What kind of victory is this?"
Tyrion was silent for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the number of enemy cavalry is twice that of ours, and the number of infantry is far more than ours. It is because of the existence of Dragon and Giants, and the strategy of surprise attack, that we can eliminate more than 10,000 enemy troops at the cost of more than 2,000 people."
Gary looked at the simple map on the table, "In short, we must expand our army, we cannot stop here. The purpose of this expedition is to capture Iron Throne of King's Landing."
Tyrion said slightly awkwardly, "Your Majesty, those five thousand prisoners... I'm afraid they cannot be expanded into our coalition forces."
"Why?" Gary looked up and asked in confusion.
Tyrion sat on the wooden chair next to the military tent, "Your Majesty, Riverlands needs to leave troops to guard Riverlands, otherwise when we continue to move south, we will be cut off from our retreat. Therefore, when the Riverlands princes surrender to Your Majesty, the three thousand Riverlands coalition forces must stay behind Riverlands."
"There are two thousand Westerlands soldiers, which is even more troublesome. Your Majesty, Westerlands is richer than the North. These Westerlands soldiers will not sincerely serve us. I think they will sneak away on the battlefield and then return to Westerlands."