Chapter 45: The battle of SummerHall/ And Aftermath.
The Battle of Summerhall is one of the first battles in this Rebellion that gives us the best reputation. It is actually three battles in a single day, all three won by Robert Baratheon, in the name because he's is the leading commander. But We killed our fair share as well. But our most contribution was eliminating the enemy scouts and providing Intel on the terrain. And that's helped us win the battle faster and safer.
And we won the battle with the best medieval strategy of war. And that was a shock attack with the cavalry. It's quite funny how we attacked each of those contingents when their pants were down.
And we also gained quite a fearsome reputation as well. The White Eagle knight is what they calling me now.
The News spread that Robert hit three independent armies of Targaryen-loyalist Stormlords before they could converge upon him. Lords Grandison, Cafferen, and Fell planned to join their hosts at Summerhall and march on Storm's End, but Robert learned of their plans and struck first from the Connintons, And attacked each army individually. Lord Fell died in the battle and Robert's forces captured his son, Silveraxe. Lords Grandison and Cafferen, both loyalist commanders, went over to Robert after the battle, as did Silveraxe. Robert consolidated his power in the stormlands, winning the support of the rest of the storm lords, which allowed him to march towards the Reach with no enemy forces close in his rear.
The late Lord Fell's son, Silveraxe, Lord Grandison, and Lord Cafferen. Taken to Storm's End as prisoners, the three joined the rebel cause after some time spent in captivity.
It was Both good news and a piece of bad news. The good news is that with this battle Robert has consolidated his banners. And all the lord's will join his cause. And will fight for him.
But on the other hand, It's also raised the threat level for the crown. And they will seriously think about how to stop this Rebellion. And the other kingdoms will think about it seriously as well.
Then came another preparation period in Storms End. Robert feasted daily with his lords, despite our disapproval. Well, mostly Stannis.
And Robert waited for all of his lords to come.
But all the lords that came only brought half of their forces.
Well, for a good reason Of course. Because if Robert died in battle then they will also get punished in the process. But if they still have half of their forces to defend their house they could have a good bargain for a lesser amount of punishment.
Thus we also sent home the young boys that volunteer for the fighting as foot soldiers for all these lords. Because they have the lowest morale. And we need only the elite for this war. And having some useless young lads will only consume war supplies. Because they will die in the first confrontation anyway. And it was my idea to send them away Because I don't want these young men to die.
So we only kept the peasant that is age above 25. And they are all will be equipped with the armor and weapons that we brought from the Vale.
After three months of preparation, Robert held another meeting with his banner Lords.
And meetings begun " All right my Lords, I thank you all for coming this early in the morning. Tomorrow we will march against the Reach. We will easily defeat Those flower boys before they could regroup" Then he raised his wine glass and shouted, " To the future victory and justice ". All lords cheered and joined the toast.
But I know This where everything is going wrong for the Rebels. I have to stop him because he won't win this time. Well, the Reach is not just consisted only flowers, Because There are some damn competent people live there as well.
And the one he will be facing is Randyll Tarly . Well, Robert might defeat any commender Head to Head. But not all commanders lead from the front line that he could kill and end the battle.
And Robert hasn't been faced any ambush attack up until now. So attacking the Reach is a bad idea from the start. So I stood up from my chair and voiced my thoughts to everyone "Well, My Lord what you said might be sounds simple but the outcome might be more different than what we are thinking. We must regroup with our allies at the Riverland first. I believe the revens that arrived with a News that Lord Hoster Tully is agreed to Lord Arryns proposal and joined the Rebellion. And What you said is true that if we managed to defeat the Lord's from the Reach and recruit them to our cause it will greatly help us but we should also consider a possible defeat as well ."
Before I could finish my sentence Lord Swan who arrived a few days ago angrily stood up from his seat and shouted at me " And who do your think you are? that tells us what we should do? "
What's his problem?
Well, it's understandable that the lords that don't like me chose this old strong Lord as their leader to criticizing me. And his voice triggered a chain reaction and all the lords that do not like me joined the marcher lord by having a great opportunity to criticizing me as a foreigner or whatnot.
But before I could reply to any of them, Robert smashed one of his hands on the table, And it broke into two pieces. He stood up from his seat and shouted at all of us " Stooop this madness immediately all of you, or I'll make sure you will !!!!!!"
Then he took a deep breath " And with great respect my lords, I won't hear any bad words about my friend there. He has already done enough contributions for me that can't be compared with all of you combined. So let the man finish what he trying to say ." After that, the room became deadly silent. I was holding my laughs Because these lords' awkwardness is very entertaining.
Then I cleared my throat "Well, My Lords and Sers, I apologize for speaking without permission. But please hear me out first I'm not saying that we shouldn't attack the Reach. But our attacking strategies are cavalry forces Right? And we won't be participating in any siege, So having more barely trained foot soldiers with us will only slow us down and consume foods. And history has been proven that having a large army won't win the battle. And We must also need to defend from the Crownlands forces as well if they decided to come south ."
They all gave their approval After listening to me properly. After hours of discussion, Robert agreed to split his forces. The nine thousand infantry that we gathered will March North to regroup with our allies. And Robert will lead nobles and Six thousand cavalry forces to attack the Reach.
Though Stannis wanted to lead the infantry division, Robert gives him to hold the castle of Storm's End instead. And gave me the command to lead the slow-moving foot soldiers.
I know that I can't stop Robert from attacking the Reach.
One's these Baratheons are made up their mind for something, they won't stop until they finish it. So I decided to minimize the damage instead.
Though none of the Lords vetoed this time because I won't plunder their glory in the Reach. And instead will be leading the undisciplined peasants.
But I know that they are going to get their ass kicked.
So Robert will be advance toward Ashford and I have to take the infantry toward the Riverland.
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