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#181 - Chapter 27 Collision (Part 2)

In small-scale battles like this, an indomitable spirit is even more important. Among blunt weapons, whips and maces have an advantage over chain whips and nail hammers. Whips and maces have a pointed head and a relatively uniform mass distribution, with the center of gravity further back, making it easy to deliver continuous critical damage in a short period of time.

Comparable to a berserker's furious output, a burst of hammering directly inflicted psychological trauma on the black-clad thugs. Rafford personally witnessed one of his men being struck in the face by the enemy's bludgeon, with blood and saliva mixed with broken teeth splattering all over him. Before he could wipe it off, a dark shadow came towards his head. Rafford ducked his head in panic, "Bang!" His head throbbed, and his expression was dazed for a moment. When he reacted, the arc-shaped half-helmet he had been wearing was gone. Then another attack landed on him, and the long spear shaft he had been holding was broken, heavily striking his chest.

Luckily, Rafford was not trampled by the galloping hooves. When he stood up, propping himself up with the broken spear, he sadly discovered that all of his men were lying down, most of them struggling in pain. Only a few could get up like him, and some were lying motionless on the ground, not knowing if they were dead.

The blood on his forehead flowed down, and he couldn't even bother to wipe it away. A blue-armored cavalryman was already grinning and charging towards him, and the most crucial thing was that the iron bar in his hand was raised high.

Rafford knelt down with a thud, holding up the short spear with both hands and shouting, "Don't hit me, I surrender!" The wind whistled past, and he found that he was not dead. "Bang!" He was kicked to the side. "Bastard! What are you doing standing here? Take off your clothes and get out of here."

Under the officer's command, many cavalrymen had dismounted to round up the prisoners. They were familiar with this task! If they encountered someone who was disobedient, they would swing their whips and maces. If they didn't submit, they would hit them again.

A cavalryman shouted loudly, "Platoon leader! There are a few guys here who are too seriously injured. I don't think they can be saved."

The officer said in annoyance, "Then there's no need to bother. Do I need to teach you what to do?"

"Hehehe~" The cavalryman chuckled, and his actions were unambiguous. He swung his weapon and smashed the seriously injured man, causing his brains to splatter. The people in front of him followed suit.

Rafford and his surrendered men were terrified. Each of them endured the pain and said that they were fine, very well.

"Clang~ Clang~" The tower door was smashed open from the inside, and Knight Harren rushed out with his men, shouting, "Damn bastards! How dare you attack my territory! Give me your lives!"

When he came out, he saw that the battle outside was over, and the Thorn City patrol was cleaning up the battlefield. The scene became very quiet for a while.

"Hahaha~" Finally, someone couldn't help but laugh. A short, fat knight laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up, and kept patting his saddle. "Hahaha~ I'm dying of laughter, Harren. You're running out to show off now. Where were you earlier!"

Harren immediately turned his spear: "Marwin, you bastard. The door you sold me was a defective product. It was broken in a few hits. Pay me back!"

Knight Marwin: "I..." Then came a series of friendly greetings. We won't mention their war of words for now.

Liu Yuan's cavalry units had roughly the same organization. The basic tactical unit was a cavalry battalion of more than five hundred men, with a battalion headquarters and three cavalry companies; each cavalry company had about one hundred and fifty men, with a company headquarters and nine cavalry squads divided into three cavalry platoons.

This young officer was named Jon, from the Skaggs clan. He was a lieutenant platoon leader, the most basic level. Like many of his peers, he was a new-style officer cultivated from a young age in Liu Yuan's forces, and his loyalty to Liu Yuan was extremely high.

Jon knew his mission. He sent people to interrogate the prisoners. Rafford had brought a total of thirty-three men, and now, including him, there were only ten left. These prisoners were very sensible and quickly revealed everything they knew.

Rafford was an officer under the Mountain. This man was good at flattery, so he was known as Sweet-Mouth Raff. He was originally a mercenary, and after being subdued by the Mountain, he had followed him ever since. Although he always smiled, he was ruthless. According to the prisoners, during previous sweeps, this man had covered children in pine oil and burned them alive.

This time, Gregor received orders from Casterly Rock to lead his own men, and also allocated five hundred cavalrymen to be under his command. They were dispersed into a dozen small units of dozens of people to harass the southern Riverlands, looting and undermining the authority of House Tully. The area south of the Red Fork to the Gods Eye used to be the main battlefield of the War of the Usurper, and there were no strong lords here. The Mountain's team was like in no man's land, and under arrogance, they were about to enter the Crownlands.

This news quickly spread back to Thorn City, and Liu Yuan decided to gather the lords of the Trade Alliance to send troops together to combat the Mountain's bandits. Liu Yuan sent two cavalry companies across the river and assumed responsibility for the defense of the east bank of the Yuni River. The seven lords on the east bank sent their most elite men to support the west bank, patrolling the territory of the nine lords on the west bank, and could launch attacks across the border when necessary.

Under this dragnet search, there were indeed many gains, and another eight Westerlands raiding teams were blocked. More than a hundred prisoners were also captured, and the other people were unlucky and didn't make it. Unfortunately, the Mountain was not among them. When he reacted to gather his team, there were only a little over two hundred people left. Gregor panicked and withdrew his team to the vicinity of Stone Hedge.

As a result, he ran into Earl Beric Dondarrion, who had been looking for him. One hundred well-equipped Crownlands cavalrymen and twenty knight squires who volunteered to join charged towards the Mountain's team. The Westerlands riders were not much worse equipped, and were even more sturdy.

That battle was fought fiercely, and finally ended with Gregor's pyrrhic victory in the Westerlands. Beric Dondarrion was pierced through the chest by Gregor's spear, leaving a fatal wound, and fell into the moat. In the end, only a few people were able to escape. Gregor's combat power was indeed powerful. He alone slashed fifteen knight squires, and even Thoros of Myr didn't last five moves before being knocked away.

After the battle, he only had forty or so men left. Compared to before departure, it can be said that only one out of ten survived. Even if he was unwilling, he could only lead the team back to the Westerlands in despair.

North of Golden Tooth, in a large area of hills, there was actually a huge camp hidden. It was already a dark red ocean, all soldiers of House Lannister of the Westerlands.

After receiving the news, Tywin was also a little helpless. His original plan was to transfer Eddard out of King's Landing, and then ambush the Riverlands and Vale armies he might gather. Unexpectedly, Eddard injured his leg by Jaime, and the Mountain, who went fishing, was severely damaged and almost wiped out.

Helpless, Duke Tywin had to temporarily change his plan!