Chapter 460 Deserters

  At this time, Junlin City seemed to be in the middle of the night, except for the brief light brought by the lightning across the sky from time to time, it was almost invisible.

  The roaring thunder made people's eardrums ache, but what made people even more worried was the deep and depressing sound of the horn.

   That is a signal representing the enemy's attack, a signal of preparation for battle.

  But O'Mate didn't understand at all, who is his enemy?

   Could it be the Southern Army?

   But didn’t the news just come that the lords in the city had reached an agreement and were ready to surrender to Caesar?

  As a soldier under the Raffles family in Golden Tooth City in the western region, Omat actually didn't want to fight for a long time.

  The southern army came across the river, unstoppable, but the northern coalition army was defeated again and again, so they had to retreat to King's Landing.

  Even Lord Tywin Lannister was assassinated.

  In the minds of people in the western region, Tywin is comparable to the existence of gods, a symbol of victory and power.

  Although Tywin was clearly at a disadvantage in the head-on confrontation with Caesar the Storm King, as long as the lion of Casterly Rock is still there, the people of the Western Region will not be in despair.

   But now, Tywin is dead, which is tantamount to the collapse of the sky for the people of the western region.

  Omat is like this. Now he just wants to escape back to Golden Tooth City, put down his sword, pick up a hoe, and go to take care of the fields. After all, autumn is coming to an end. If we don’t store more food, I’m afraid it will be difficult to survive the coming winter.

   As for whether Tommen Baratheon or Samwell Caesar sits on the Iron Throne, for these low-level soldiers, there is not much difference.

   So Omat almost jumped for joy when he learned that King Tommen had agreed to surrender.

  The comrades-in-arms were obviously also relieved, with uncontrollable joy on their faces, and the whole camp revealed a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

  Even if the storm came, the storm overturned countless tents, and made the soldiers all drowned, but when they thought of ending this war, their hearts were still full of enthusiasm.

   Until the piercing sound of the horn is heard.

  Omat's first reaction was that Caesar rejected the surrender of the northern nobles and ordered the storming of King's Landing.

   This should also be what most northern soldiers think.

   Panic and anger spread in the army, and although the soldiers had to take up arms and prepare for battle, they kept cursing in their mouths.

   Nobody wants to fight another war, and it's a lost one.

   "Let's run!" A voice suddenly came out of the storm.

  O'Mate didn't see who said it, but the words obviously pierced his heart.

   "How to run? The southerners are surrounded by King's Landing, we can't escape!"

   "The southerners only surrounded the west and north sides."

   "The south of King's Landing is the Blackwater River, and the east is the Blackwater Bay. Now that there is such a big storm, are we courting death when we go out?"

   "We didn't let you go into the sea, so we hid in Port King's Landing, or on the shallows. Anyway, as long as we survive the melee in the city, we can survive."

   There is some truth to this statement. The twelve soldiers in this team exchanged a round of glances with each other, and they were all moved.

   It happened that the nobles were not there at this time, and the storm intensified the chaos. Even if they ran away, no one would care about them.

  As for after the war, no one will come to hold them accountable for running away.

run!

  After making up their minds, the team immediately started to act.

  O'Mate followed suit.

  In fact, they were definitely not the only soldiers in the city who wanted to escape at this time.

  The Northern Coalition Army had already lost their fighting spirit in a series of defeats, and the death of Tywin made them even more disheartened. Now that they heard the battle horn, their first reaction was not to resist, but how to escape.

  The southern army surrounded the west and north sides of King's Landing, so most of the soldiers in the city wanted to escape through the southeast gate.

   Even if there are rivers and seas blocking the southeast, and there are storms raging, it is still stronger than facing the sword of the Southern Army.

   As a result, groups of deserters began to spontaneously gather in the southeast direction.

  At this time, the knights of the Northern Allied Forces rushed back one after another, but found that most of their soldiers had disappeared.

  In this kind of ghostly weather, it is very difficult to pass orders. The northern knights had no choice but to gather the remnants of the army and tell them that the southern army had not broken their promises and there was no need to panic, but there might be enemies at sea.

  The soldiers were relieved by these words, but confused again.

  They can't understand how there are enemies at sea.

  The knights didn't understand it either, but since the Storm King had given the order, they could only follow the order and lead their soldiers to the southeast two city walls.

   The deserters such as Omat who took the first step had already arrived at Mud Gate.

  At first, they were still worrying about how to open the gate, but they didn't expect that the city gate had already been opened, and it seemed that the soldiers guarding the gate had already run away.

  Omat and others were naturally rejoiced, and hurried out of the city, heading south.

   To the south of Mud Gate is King's Landing Port, but in this horrible weather, obviously no one dared to leave by boat.

  Omat and others just want to hide in the port for a while, and wait for the storm to end before finding a boat to escape.

  At this time, the storm was at its most intense, and the sky and the earth were pitch black, and it was almost impossible to see anything.

  Clatter—

  Following the sound of the waves, Omat and others came to the water's edge in the dark.

   "There seems to be something in the water!" a voice exclaimed.

   "Maybe it's the crew who fell into the water." O'Mate said indifferently.

  But in the next second, terrified screams suddenly sounded.

   "What's going on?" O'Mate immediately drew his sword, vigilant in his heart.

   But no one can answer that question.

   Immediately afterwards, screams sounded one after another, and at the same time there was the sound of swords slashing.

   "There are enemies in the water!"

   Someone yelled.

  Omat was so frightened that he took several steps back, trying to stay away from the water.

   But there was the Mud Gate behind him, and in his mind, there was a more terrible battle there.

   Just when Omat was at a loss, a thick lightning flashed across the sky. With this brief light, the deserters finally saw the situation on the pier clearly.

   Maybe they'd rather not see it.

  Because a large group of things who don’t know whether they are humans or ghosts are crawling out of the sea. Their skin is white and rotten. Some even have a large piece of flesh and blood that has rotted and fallen off. You can clearly see the skeleton frame.

   "What the **** is this!" O'Mate saw a monster with only half of his body gnawing on a corpse on the ground, and he was terrified in his heart.

   "Kill them!" A soldier yelled and slashed at them with his sword.

   The traces of lightning faded from the sky, and the world was once again shrouded in darkness.

  Omat couldn't see the battle between the two sides, but he could clearly hear his companion's screaming, which turned into screams, and then turned into tooth-piercing, terrifying chewing sounds.

   "Run!" Someone yelled.

  O'Mate turned around and ran back.

  In their hearts at this moment, the swords of the Southern Army are not as terrifying as monsters crawling out of the water.

   There is one more chapter to wait

  

  

  (end of this chapter)