Chapter 118 Exercise

Author: Leaning on the railing and letting the wind blow

Chapter 118 Exercise

Noise and sweat, flags flying.

Three thousand soldiers formed a huge phalanx that was constantly changing.

The center army consists of infantry armed with spears and swords, and in front are spear throwers and archers.

The cavalry was scattered on both wings, with five hundred on each side.

As Cole's flag waved, five trumpeters on each side began to blow the first horn, which was short and rapid.

Countless arrows and spears shot out, and the auxiliary archers fired arrows wildly from their waists, one after another, until another horn sounded.

The horn sounded twice in succession, and the archers quickly threw their weapons and retreated to the rear.

The shield soldiers gathered up the retreating archers, forming a shield wall with huge square shields, and propped up twelve-foot-long iron spears in the gaps.

One person holds a shield and the other holds a spear, and behind him are light and heavy infantry walking forward, always waiting to charge.

The horn sounded three times in a row, and the cavalry marched off. Smoke billowed. Looking from a high place, two cavalrymen shot out like sharp arrows. In an instant, they were far away from the square. The two sides crossed each other and penetrated the enemy's side.

A long horn sounded, which was the order to charge.

The shield wall fell down instantly, the Chinese army shouted to kill Zhentian, and the infantry attacked and killed them.

The scarecrow and the wooden stake fell in pieces.

After some confusion, a formation of trumpets sounded.

Cole looked at the soldiers formed in formation. After training, they had been able to perform their tasks well in simulated battles, but the enemies were nothing more than haystacks and wooden piles.

They still need to go through the baptism of war, and then only those who can stay can be regarded as qualified soldiers.

"Sir, there are no errors in all the formations this time." Camilo reported to him.

What they trained was the most basic battle formation, with infantry as the main force, archers as the supplement, and cavalry as the odd force. Cole led the reserves to provide support.

This is the best time to conquer the Stormlands. You must know that not everyone has defected to King's Landing. Cole can raise such a large army so quickly. There are already many families from the Stormlands helping.

After Cole defeated Highgarden, some people regained hope. Their families suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Blackwater, and the castle was given to others by Joffrey. How could they be reconciled?

Cole ordered them to assemble in the Summer Hall. Now a team of more than 2,000 people has been assembled. He directly told the nobles of the Stormland through his actions that I am going to use troops against you, so you must be prepared.

Storm's End and Dragonstone are not enough to supply the logistics of the war, and now only three thousand soldiers have already put heavy pressure on Storm's End.

The war drill took a total of five days from preparation to holding. In the nearly half a month after receiving the news that the Qingting Island fleet was destroyed, he had been actively recruiting and training new recruits.

Five thousand people are completely enough to stabilize the situation in the Stormlands, if there are no accidents and reinforcements.

During the Battle of the Blackwater River, no one suffered more heavy losses than the Stormlands.

Even the remaining forces were all transferred to the Riverlands to fight the Northerners because they were concerned that they might return to Storm's End.

At this time, the internal defenses of the Stormlands are empty, and even if they gather an army, they will be nothing more than a mob.

Korfi is a man who is proficient in the art of war and military training.

These military formation training methods are the product of a combination of what he learned from the castle books and the discipline training in his previous life.

He also experienced the military formations of Westeros on the battlefield, and he could only say that they were extremely chaotic.

Although they managed to gain momentum when forming a formation, once they started fighting, they had no idea who was who.

He can only barely recognize people by relying on his armor.

Sometimes when a battle breaks out and people ride on horseback to kill, they don't even know whether the person dying in their hands is an enemy or a friend.

A heavy cavalry attack often requires a large number of people and horses to prepare the ground, and infantry and light cavalry to provide cover in the front to allow the equipment to charge forward.

The armored heavy cavalry can only be a real killing weapon when charged.

It is difficult for cavalry to restrain themselves in this era, so the common practice is to use cavalry to defeat cavalry.

It's a pity that Cole's men have less than a hundred heavy cavalry, to be precise, there should be only eighty-six men.

The Qingqi was equipped with a thousand men, and the horses were all sent from High Court.

It was already dark after the exercise, and Cole led a group of knights back to the castle.

Ser Jafari Dondarrion of Blackport, their family emblem is a forked purple lightning bolt and several twinkling four-pointed stars on a black background. Lord Dondarrion is a handsome man, but his cousin Jafari does not seem to have

Inheriting the good genes from his family, he is not tall, has a thin face, but has bright eyes.

Lord Heywood Fell of Fallwood.

Lord Hugh Granderson of All Seeing City, known as "Greybeard".

These people are now gathered under his command.

Of course, there is also Sir Roland Storm of Nightsong City. He is the illegitimate son of the Cullen family and the only remaining brother of Earl Bryce Cullen of Nightsong City. The Cullen family's coat of arms is a piece of yellow background.

Black Nightingale. This Storm Lord believed in "warriors" very much and was as warlike as a warrior. He challenged Cole as soon as he arrived at Storm's End.

He led the rear army at the Battle of the Blackwater and covered Stannis' retreat. Now he was arranged by Cole to lead the two thousand new troops in Summerhall.

"Sir, this army is definitely considered elite." Lord Hugh Granderson was riding beside him. He was an old man. It was really difficult for him to lead the army in person.

"It's all in vain. Only a real battlefield can test the strength of an army." Cole said.

Gilbert led the servants and stable boy to greet him at the school yard. Cole dismounted sideways and handed the rope to his stable boy. This stable boy's younger brother was called Watson, a simple and honest boy.

"Sir Cole." Gilbert walked straight through the crowd and walked to him.

The servants were helping him remove his armor, and Cole raised his arms to let them help him untie the knot. "What's wrong?"

"There is a coming bird." He handed over a letter.

The rope buckles of the iron ring cape and armor were all untied, and they came out from the head. Before doing this, they first untied the cape.

"King's Landing?" Cole asked. What is Lord Tywin trying to do?

He had been outside the city for the past five days, and usually the messenger was responsible for delivering the news for him, but for most matters, Cole left full authority to Gilbert.

"What did the letter say?" Cole asked him, taking off his hand guards and wrist guards at the same time.

"This is an invitation, my lord. Tyrion Lannister invites you as a friend to attend his wedding in King's Landing."

Cole couldn't help laughing, "Does Lannister think we are fools?" Suddenly his expression froze and he quickly asked: "Who did Tyrion Lannister marry?"

"Sansa Stark seems to be the eldest daughter of Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell."

His eyebrows furrowed, "This is not good news."

Looking north, I don't know how Duke Eddard will react when he hears the news.
Chapter completed!