Chapter 41 Island Camp

Author: Sai Longhu

Chapter 41 Island Camp

Ed stood on the beach of Skagos Island. The soldiers of the Dreadfort with the Skinned Man engraved on their breastplates were arriving on the beach one after another in small boats. Before that, the Vol clan, the Filint clan, and the Riddle clan of the northern mountain clans

Two thousand soldiers from the mountain clan and other mountain clans had already walked across the beach to drive away nearby enemies.

The scouts led by Felan and Robert Glover have captured a rocky hill on the beach. The direwolf emblem of House Stark was raised, and some soldiers began to set up tents on the hillside.

It all went so smoothly that Ed was once worried that the pirate longships would outflank the northern army from the sea when they were trying to land on the beach. Most of the miscellaneous fleet coming from White Harbor were merchant ships and fishing boats, with only ships from the Three Sisters Islands.

Along with the Pentos mercenary ship, the Summer Islands swan ship has good naval combat capabilities.

When the miscellaneous fleet landed on the beach, the pirates did attack from both wings of the miscellaneous fleet, but the pirate ships shot arrows from a distance and did not charge towards the miscellaneous fleet. When the cavalry from the north dispersed the rock archers on the beach

Finally, the pirates who attacked at sea seemed to feel that the situation was over, so they simply set sail and fled, disappearing into the sky of the ocean.

Lord Maege Severn's soldiers from Severn City, Countess Meggie Mormont's soldiers from Bear Island, and Rickard Karstark's soldiers from Cahor City all got off the boat one after another, and were in the mud covered in blood.

walking on the beach.

Xion held a bow and arrow in one hand and said proudly: "Lord Ed, we easily completed the beach landing. It is estimated that those barbarian rock species have fled into the mountains and are trembling! This war has not started against us.

Already won."

Ed said calmly: "This is just a small victory, the real battle has just begun."

The heir to the Dreadfort, Domeric Bolton, nodded in agreement, "Victory in one battle cannot determine the direction of the war, but it is a good start after all. We will definitely be able to capture the King of Rock, and maybe even see the legendary One Horn."

Where is the beast!"

Legend has it that the rock warriors on Skagos Island fight on unicorns. Ed doesn't know what kind of animal it is, but he has informed all the vassals to let their warriors and cavalry prepare for battle.

Preparation for unicorn battle.

Greatjon Umber's plate armor is full of arrows, and he looks like a hedgehog. His son Littlejon and several Umber family soldiers are helping Greatjon pull out the arrows. Greatjon takes Umber with him

One hundred warriors of the Amber family were the first to land on the beach. Facing the blockade of the Yanzhong crossbowmen, one-third of the one hundred warriors of the Amber family were killed and one-third were injured.

Jory Kelso led a group of Winterfell soldiers and piled together the fallen soldiers of the Amber family. Eddard saw that the soldiers of the Amber family were all tall people, some were strong men, and some were old men.

, and some are still childish children.

Jon Snow looked at the corpse and frowned, "Lord Eddard, look at these warriors of the Amber family. They are so big. Rock species are usually tall and strong. Is it true?

As some maesters claim, both the Amber family and Rockseed have giant blood?"

Greatjon spat, "Snow, stop talking nonsense. How can we, the Amber family, have the same bloodline as Rockseed? Rockseed is humble and doesn't understand honor, but the Amber family is different."

An Iban captain spoke in lingua franca with a strong Iban accent, "Actually, the rock species on Skagos Island may have a common ancestor with us Iban people. We Iban people all know that the Iban people in those days

The ancestors of humans came out of the Shivering Sea and established many colonies in the North and north of the Great Wall. Skagos Island is an Iban outpost, so Rock Species has Iban blood."

The Captain Iban in front of me has thick body hair and a strong smell of sweat. This is very similar to Iban. However, Captain Iban is short and fat, which is obviously different from the tall Iban.

Eddard walked up to Greatjon and asked, "Are you hurt?"

The Great Jon pulled out an arrow stuck in his armor with disdain, "No, the rock seed's arrows can't hurt my exquisite armor. My armor is the best quality made in the last Hearth City."

The White Harbor merchant ship "Harvest" began to unload the small boat. Some soldiers of the Dustin family began to carry grain to the small boat under the command of Delon Dustin. Some horse drawn carriages and ox carts were also unloaded from the large ship. Passed

The small boat of food and baggage will go around the reef and arrive at Skagos Island.

Since there are reefs all around Skagos Island, the waterway is very dangerous, and Ed doesn’t know how many pirate longships are ambushing nearby. If the miscellaneous fleet stretches too long, the Pantos mercenary ship and the sister men’s ship will not be able to attack the two wings.

It provided sufficient protection, so Ed did not dare to take risks. He only brought one-third of the provisions and baggage this time, and most of them were placed on the Harvest.

The remaining two-thirds of the food and baggage were led by Sir Herman Taoha, Wyman Mandler and Wendell Mandler with more than 2,000 people, guarding the coastal area of ​​​​the Amber family on the other side. In Ed

In his plan, once the northern army established a foothold on Skagos Island, it could send ships to meet Herman Tauha's food and supplies ships to cross the sea.

Ed felt much more at ease when he saw the provisions and baggage on the Harvest being transported to the beach bit by bit, heading towards the camp just set up by the Northerners.

Today, the number of soldiers from major families in the North, sister mercenaries, and Pantos mercenaries who have crossed Seal Bay and landed on Skagos Island exceeds 9,000. Such a huge army, without food and grass, will be destroyed in the North.

The army will be unable to move forward on this foggy island.

Roose Bolton, Earl of the Dreadfort, looked at the hills and undulating mountains in the distance with his dirty ice eyes, "It seems that the rock species have fled into the mountains. No matter where they hide, we have such

If we have many warriors, we can surely wipe them all out."

The male captain of the sisters, Greybeard Casselon, smiled and said: "Lord Luce, don't be overly optimistic! Often people who run boats here will tell you that this island is not that big. Bichon Island and the Three Sisters Islands combined

All big."

Countess Meggie Mormont was a little surprised, "It's bigger than Bear Island, is it true?"

Graybeard Casselon said: "It is estimated to be four or five times the size of Bear Island! Skagos Island is the largest island in the North. Just like your North, it is vast and sparsely populated. There is another island to the east.

It’s not much different from Bear Island. There are countless small islands between East Island and Skagos Island.”

For such a large piece of land, it has been autonomous for hundreds or even thousands of years, yet it refuses to pay tribute to Winterfell. Eddard wondered how much money this would cost.

Graybeard Casselon whispered: "Don't forget, there is also Skane Island in the north!"

Domeric Bolton's eyes widened, "The feast of Skane. It is said that the rock species of the Skagos plundered the island of Skane. They kidnapped the women and children on the island.

A cannibalistic feast took place on the island, and there has been no human being on Skeane since then.”

Meggie Mormont said disdainfully: "It's just Old Nan's bedtime story, used to scare children."

Graybeard Casselon said: "Madam, when my ship passes by Skane Island at night, I don't dare to stop. I heard that the sound of ghosts crying and howling is always heard there."

Jon Snow said: "Is there no one on Skane Island yet?"

Graybeard Casselon shrugged, "It has been a no-man's land for many years. Who knows now? Under the rule of King Rockseed, there may be worse things living on Skane Island."
Chapter completed!