Game of Thrones: Lord of Winter

That night, they fought hard, and the enemies came one after another.

A soldier raised a stone and smashed it against the wall. As soon as he stretched his head, he heard a stray arrow breaking through the air. He only heard a whistle and lost consciousness.

The soldiers gathered under the city wall with shields raised and slowly put the long ladder up the city wall. But the people on the city wall would never let them succeed. As soon as the ladder head rose, they pushed it with their hands and hit it with weapons.

The ladder head was made of metal into a row of sharp and heavy iron hooks. Once it got close, it pounced on its prey like the sharp teeth of a tiger.

The people on the city could only avoid it.

When the long ladder fell, they tried to push it again, but it was firmly nailed to the city. The people below held the shield and began to climb up one after another.

When the enemy approached the city wall, countless blades and spears were waiting for them.

Even with the shield raised high, it could not stop the dense attack, or the wrist, waist and legs were hit. Or they were stabbed with holes, and one after another fell from the wall howling.

With a loud bang, countless stones flew into the castle.

The wall was not weak either. With a whoosh of a powerful crossbow, the crossbow arrow as big as a bowl was pointed directly at the dense crowd under the wall, and then there were wails.

There was a sudden roar on the wall, and it seemed that someone rushed up there, and then people climbed up the city one after another.

At this time, the soldiers in the staircase under the city also rushed into the wall, and the flames that the climbers had just started were instantly dispersed by the large crowd.

Cole stood on the giant tower of Storm's End, and the fierce battle below was in his eyes. He didn't expect Renly to have launched such a fierce attack.

This level of siege was full of pressure on both the attackers and defenders.

The moment he returned to Storm's End, Stannis held a great council, and all the knights and nobles were present. Cole naturally followed him without knowing why.

He came back with the Onion Knight, of course, it can also be said that the Onion Knight took a boat to pick him up.

The two rowed all the way from Shipbreaker Bay back to the lower cape of Storm's End, and were taken back to the city by soldiers in a hanging basket.

Stannis clearly remembered that he saw the surprise in Melisandre's eyes. Of course, there was also the surprise of the knights and nobles in the hall.

Of course, all this has to start with a bird.

That day, a big raven flew out of Storm's End, and it was attacked by a white shadow in the sky before it flew far. The terrifying breath instantly made the raven unable to resist.

The raven was picked up by Davos, and then he handed it to Maester Pylos. The maester read the letter, and then Davos came.

Maester Pylos had always wanted to give the letter to the king, but he had never had the chance.

Since the white dragon didn't find the cavalry, Cole had to return to Storm's End first. At the same time, he also told Stannis that Renly was going to transport food by water.

Renly's army could no longer stand on the city. It was already the fourth day, and they couldn't bear such a high-intensity attack.

But his 40,000 people could only stare at the city wall. The wall was too high and too thick. The moat connected to the city gate was difficult to approach. The few places where you could climb down to the foot of the city were also high and thick, and there was nothing you could do.

There were only 4,000 people in the castle, one-tenth of theirs. But a Storm's End instantly made up for the difference in numbers.

Moreover, the sea route could continuously supply Storm's End. Renly had already sent people to the Arbor. The Redwyne family did not respond to his call for this expedition.

Highgarden is located inland, and only the Redwyne family of the Arbor can form a fleet within the Tyrell family's coordination range.

The Redwyne family has always been the marine guarantee of the Reach, and their family fleet is as famous as the Royal Fleet and the Iron Fleet in Westeros.

Moreover, the wine produced in the Arbor is the best wine in Westeros. The family flag of the Redwyne family is a blue grape flag, which is derived from this. Their family is both strong and rich.

However, Renly's reason for raising troops is to attack King's Landing, so Redwyne did not respond. It is speculated that it is probably because his sons are in King's Landing at this time, in the hands of Cersei and Joffrey.

Without the navy of the Arbor, Renly can't do anything to Stannis at sea, and their ships for transporting grain can only be requisitioned fishing boats.

After the siege, Stannis convened a small council.

Cole and Davos came together and happened to meet Maester Pylos at the door.

Although Davos gave him the raven as soon as he picked it up, the Onion Knight did not have a good impression of the maester.

Before the king came, everyone in the small meeting greeted each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Stannis came in accompanied by Melisandre.

The reason for this small meeting was because of the news brought by Cole.

Cole unfolded the map he brought with him, "This is the map I drew when I led the cavalry in battle."

He pointed to the Dorne Mountains, "Here I had an encounter with the enemy's cavalry, and was separated from the team, but I also gained a piece of news."

His finger turned to Highgarden, "After the food was burned, Renly seemed to have gathered food again. This time he didn't seem to plan to come from the Rose Avenue, but to transport the food by water."

The river channels were connected, just enough to reach the Royal Forest not far from the Bronze Gate City.

He continued, "But according to what I found in the Royal Forest, the water of the Wende River seems to be a little dry, and many sections of the river are difficult to sail, so I guess they should transport the food to the upper reaches of the Wende River and then use carriages to transport it."

Cole looked at Stannis at last, "They are transporting by water, which means they are running out of food. If we can stop this batch of food, then the army under the castle will collapse without our help."

Stannis was also staring at the map. His fleet was stationed outside Shipbreaker Bay, responsible for guarding against the fleet of the Arbor. It was also his last retreat. If they failed to defend Storm's End, they could turn back to the sea.

If this army was sent away, the retreat would be cut off, and the only way left was to defend Storm's End.

"But it's too far for the fleet to bypass Dorne and enter the river of Highgarden, isn't it?" said Sir Axell Florent. In his opinion, if they wanted to stop the enemy's fleet, they could only let their fleet go all the way to the Mander River in Highgarden.

Cole did not explain, he just waited quietly, waiting for Stannis's decision. He had done everything he should say and do.

This would be a gamble. Renly would definitely put a lot of effort into transporting the grain this time, and it was very likely that this was fake news.

Kerr turned his gaze to Melisandre, only to see that her belly was slightly bulging.