After Marco's Valerian Imperial Army was reorganized and divided, it was stationed in a small valley near Lonely Mountain, because there was a small road that could directly reach Dreadfort.
Dreadfort was located on the banks of the Weeping Water, and Marco was now positioned just upstream of the Weeping Water, because the scouts of the Wolf Spirit had detected some situations here, and also learned that a large amount of wildfire had been buried under the Weeping Water Bridge, so Marco readjusted the plan.
Since the last time they were attacked by wildfire, Marco had ordered the members of the Wolf Spirits to conduct a carpet-style search of the Bolton family's garrison, trying to find some of the enemy's arrangements and backhands.
But as a large amount of information came in, Marco discovered that the Bolton family seemed to be protected by some mysterious power, which caused the shapeshifters to be unable to go too deep and did not get too much useful information.
So after thinking it over again and again, Marco decided to combine the previous intelligence and encircle and suppress the army in Lonely Mountain.
After that, a large number of swift eagles and ravens were released into Lonely Mountain. Their purpose was to find the army left in Lonely Mountain by the Bolton family. Marco was not clear about the situation of this army, but since he had already discovered the clues, he could not let them affect the battle situation.
Marco left the siege troops and some of the soldiers near the Weeping River Bridge, and built a line of defense to confuse the enemy, while he led the cavalry and some of the system troops here, ready to eliminate the garrison in Lonely Mountain.
According to the intelligence, the soldiers here seemed to be a unit of Unsullied, with a number of about 2,000 people. Under the search of a large number of shapeshifters and the investigation of forest wolves, Marco finally found the residence of these guys near the source of the White Blade River.
These guys were armed and equipped like the Unsullied, but they all retained the features of normal men, and seemed to have nothing to do with the Unsullied.
However, these guys all seem to have a crescent moon mark on their armor. It seems that these guys are all members of the Moonlight Group, according to the information described by Gold.
The Moonshadows, a mercenary company from Braavos, have risen to prominence in recent years. They have been active in the hills near Norvos. The company is made up of wandering knights, assassins, thieves, and exiled nobles from the lower classes of Braavos. They are a very professional and disciplined mercenary company.
Some say they are the private army of the Moon Singers, others that they are the armed forces of the Sea Lord, and there are even rumors that they are the henchmen of the international flowers of Braavos, specializing in dealing with some of the things that beautiful women can't see.
At this time, in Marco's marching camp, Brynden Bloodraven and a few others were deducing the attack on these guys. At this time, Brynden put the wooden statue representing the wolf pack in the position of the enemy camp and said:
"These guys should be related to those half-human, half-fish monsters. I think we should use the wolf pack and white tiger troops to launch a sneak attack on them first, and then our army will attack after the troops are in chaos."
At this time, the hemp rope Dan Magna also interjected: "Your Majesty! Our troops can attack them from the west. Since it is in the upper reaches of the White Blade River, I think it should be possible for Queen Nymph and the others to come out and set up traps directly in the river to prevent them from escaping."
Aegon Targaryen then interjected, "Jon Burley, the head of the Burley clan in Lonely Hills, is my friend. Their clan has always been oppressed by the Bolton family. I can personally persuade them to help us encircle and suppress the remaining remnants. Perhaps they will be willing to attack Dreadfort for us."
Marco was a little surprised when he heard this and said, "Yin Geng! Do you know him? Could it be that you two have some kind of relationship?"
Yin Geng then replied with some embarrassment:
"The current chief of their clan is a bastard like I once was, his father and brother both died in the Battle of the Whispering Wood, and he took over the chieftainship after the Red Wedding, he once stayed in Winterfell for a period of time as the adopted son of my second uncle.
When I went to the Isle of Skye, he came to see me off. His father and brother were both good people, and they never looked down on me. A few days ago, when I was in Winterfell, I received a raven from his family and established contact with him."
Marco nodded in agreement, then ordered the crowd:
"Then let's proceed according to this plan! Strive to eliminate them all before this evening, and then we will go south to attack Dreadfort. It's time to eliminate the scourge of the Bolton family. The force behind this guy, Roose Bolton, is definitely a disaster. I don't want all my people to become fish-headed monsters."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
About two hours later, at the source of the White Blade River, the Moonlight Group's base
Ral was the Bolton's guide to the Moonshine Men, who were stationed here to wait for the Valyrian Imperial Army and ambush them when they attacked the Dreadfort.
This morning, they had already received a raven from the Dreadfort, and Roose Bolton had issued an order for them to prepare to ambush the rear when the Valyrian Imperial Army attacked the Dreadfort.
Looking at the Moonlight Company mercenaries who even prayed before eating, Rahl curled his lips in disdain. In his eyes, whether it was the people of Essos or the Andals in the south, the gods they believed in were not true gods.
Recently, the news about the return of the gods has been circulating in the territory of the Dreadfort. Merchants and peddlers have been preaching the miracles of Winterfell. Although the Bolton family has been blocking the news, more and more people have felt the revival of the gods as time goes by.
Moreover, rumors of the Bolton family's oath-breaking and master-killing have been circulating in the territory recently, which has also made many loyal believers of the old gods believe that it was the Bolton family's blasphemy against the gods that caused them to fail repeatedly and attracted enemies from the north.
In the early propaganda of the Bolton family, Dominic Bolton was the son of God chosen by God. It was because of his magical magic that many people in the two river plains believed that the Bolton family's control of the northern border was the destiny.
But as they failed and miracles appeared, more and more people saw the failure. At first, they thot that Marco was a king of the outside world who led the savages to the south. Many civilians hated the Valyrian Empire very much, but as time went on and rumors spread, more and more people regarded Marco as the real son of God.
The Boltons had proclaimed that the wildling army had burned Winterfell to the ground, but in just over a month, Winterfell had become a super-prosperous city, even larger than the castle during the Stark family's rule.
After a long time, not to mention the common people, even ordinary militiamen like Lal had a strong distrust of the Bolton family, not to mention that now the entire Dreadfort territory is full of mercenaries from the continent of Essos.
The people near Dreadfort were very distrustful of these mercenaries from the Eastern Continent, and there were even rumors that they would eat people. In addition, some young girls and teenagers had disappeared in the forests near Dreadfort recently.
"May the gods send down punishment and destroy that man-eating mermaid queen. We don't need these monsters from the East Continent to save us. Perhaps we never needed them to come and save us."
Seeing the pagans around him praying, Lall also habitually went to a heart tree to pray. There were three huge heart trees near their camp, and Lall could get into the tree hole of one of them.
Perhaps hearing the prayers of Rahl, the three huge heart trees also swayed in the wind, the budding red leaves gently swaying, as if responding to Rahl's prayers.
At this time, a Moonlight Corps warrior who was just about to eat his black bread discovered the abnormality in the depths of the forest in front of him. His ears seemed to hear the sound of branches being broken.
Just as he drew the sword from his waist and was about to check, a huge strange wolf with scales pounced on him.
The dire wolf's terrible jaws bit thru the soldier's throat in one bite, and the soldier died on the ground in convulsions before he could even scream.
"Aowu..."
With the howling of the dire wolves, more and more roars of fierce beasts appeared near the camp, and then a large number of bloodthirsty beasts rushed into the camp.
They first attacked the warhorses resting in the stables, driving them to trample the camp, leaving many Moonlight Group soldiers who were still cooking and eating with no time to react.
Although the officers in charge felt strange, they still tried their best to summon the soldiers to gather and tried to form a defensive formation.
"Woo.."
As the charge horn sounded, a huge six-headed monster snake rushed out of the river, followed by a huge tree man, a lion-headed man, and a giant holding a strange battle ax. For a time, the entire garrison was full of chaotic animals and soldiers.
A Moonlight Corps soldier had just hacked a forest wolf to death when he was trampled to death by a frightened warhorse. The horse's gray-black hoofs crushed the soldier's head.
Finally, some officers realized the disadvantage of their team, and then a tall officer took out a bottle of glass test tube containing the potion from his arms, and he drank the milky white liquid.
The body began to change violently, as if something was squirming under the skin, followed by pieces of gray-green scales, followed by the fin spines on the back, and the webs connected to the hands and feet.
Then the guy turned into a huge fishman of about 2 meters, similar to the one Marco met last time, but bigger.
The light green vertical pupils were filled with terrifying killing intent, and strands of dark blue energy surrounded its body, seemingly providing it with a constant stream of power.
"Aang.."
A terrible sound, as if it had substance, expanded outwards, and the sound seemed to contain terrible magic, as it was transmitted with its cry.
Some of the Moonbeam soldiers also began to shout in imitation, and then these people also underwent a mutation, and then, one after another tall murloc appeared on the battlefield.
A wave of dark blue energy spread across the entire battlefield, and even the air seemed to freeze. The cold energy brought up a layer of light mist, making everything around it hazy.
"Woo.."
With the sound of a long horn, a huge angel phantom appeared on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Maintainers held up their shields and waved their swords to the battlefield, colliding with the murlocs.
Rope Dan wielded his huge mace, and with just one strike, he smashed a murloc into mincemeat. Now that he had reached level 6, his strength had increased by leaps and bounds, and ordinary murlocs were no match for him at all.
The Abyssal Hydra, on the other hand, relied on its powerful body to rampage across the battlefield, crushing, biting, and eating the murlocs one by one.
The more murlocs there were, the more the abyssal hydra ran toward them. In a short while, its body was covered with murlocs, just like a lion climbing onto the body of a water buffalo.
The Rakshasa King's four blades were swung at high speed, just like a metal storm on the battlefield. The fishmen were basically in a state of instant death upon contact and injury upon touch.
Seeing that the body of the Abyss Hydra was covered with these monsters, the Rakshasa King jumped onto the wide back of the Abyss Hydra with a few flashes. The fishmen were quickly swept away, and the remaining ones jumped down directly.
The Fire Lord and the Ancient Treant also supported each other, constantly charging on the battlefield. Under the joint action of the three forces, the murloc monsters of the Moonlight Group suffered heavy losses.
Soon, under the command of some tall murlocs, the murlocs were ready to retreat, and some of the murlocs closer to the water in front jumped directly into the water.
But soon, they were all scrambling out of the water, their dark green blood flowing everyplace, polluting the water.
A tall fishman didn't believe in the evil and jumped directly into the water. Before long, it struggled to escape, with a thorn full of barbs wrapped around its body, and dark green blood flowed out of it.
"You dead fish, Lord Blood Raven had long expected you to do this, haha, wait for death! Trash! Kill..."
"Kill..."
The Valyrian Empire soldiers shouted and rushed to the fishmen who were completely in a mess. These fishmen were now truly in a situation where there was no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.
Dreadfort, Great Keep, Great Hall
Dominic Bolton was looking at his father with a face full of sadness, and he said with some disbelief:
"Father! Don't you believe me? That woman of unknown origin is a monster. If we stay with her for a long time, we will become monsters. I sensed this from her maid, and I also saw her true form, Father..."
"My lord! The enemy has reached the outside of Dreadfort, what should we do now!"
Before Dominic could finish speaking, a soldier burst thru the door and shouted at the two of them.
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