Under the pale morning light, the war had completely ended.
Gendry and Anguy, with the jubilant Gold Cloaks, attended to the wounded and recorded the names and deeds of the fallen. War inevitably incurs losses, even with a perfectly executed ambush. This concerned the honor and pensions of the dead and injured soldiers, much like the Kingsguard's white book.
Bronze Yohn, Lord Jason, Lord Jak, and Ser Boros, meanwhile, led their men to tally the Lannister captives, spoils, and dead, respectively. In short, it was a very beautiful victory.
Anguy meticulously noted down the names of the soldiers, while Gendry went to check on the wounded taxi soldiers. Although Gendry, as Commander, could be ruthless, people were not wheat in a field. While casualties were unavoidable, he sought meaningful victories, victories with fewer losses.
Reducing soldier casualties, providing good protection for soldiers, and winning beautiful wars could all be achieved simultaneously.
Ser Barristan highly approved of his approach; those cruel Knights were not true Knights. The true way of a Knight included compassion and care for the weak.
"Wrap it up." Gendry then untied his gold cloak, which had turned dark red from being soaked in blood. Gendry told Anguy to wrap Amory's head; Amory's head was covered in a lot of dirt, and his face showed a panicked expression.
Amory Lorch was a short, fat man with a pale, pig-like face and small, piggish eyes.
Amory was a cruel and narrow-minded man, one of Tywin's two mad dogs, along with the Mountain. Amory, the child-killer, was now cruelly plundering Riverlands estates. When King's Landing fell, Amory personally murdered Rhaegar's three-year-old daughter, Princess Rhaenys. In front of a dozen House Lannister taxi soldiers, he dragged the screaming girl from under her father Rhaegar's bed and stabbed her dozens of times until she died.
"Such a cruel man met a cruel death," Lord Jason sighed.
"Tywin raised so many mad dogs because he himself is a cruel man," Ser Barristan also lamented.
The other Lords of Westeros, more or less, had some humanity, but Tywin, on the other hand, disdained commoners and was cold-blooded, a kind of rational evil.
"It's a pity the Kingslayer escaped," Gendry thought. The Mountain was defeated first, followed by Ser Jaime and Amory. It showed that the future, like the constantly branching tree, would continue to change.
Gendry suddenly thought of the Kingslayer's proud face, his hair like gold. Perhaps, in the unseen, the Kingslayer would still fulfill the prophecy of killing his sister?
"It's already a great victory, a glorious victory," Lord Yohn said.
"Indeed, very impressive," Lord Jason also nodded. The cavalry led by the Kingslayer was almost completely wiped out, and even Amory's reinforcing cavalry suffered heavy casualties.
Gendry had already dispatched a group of Knights to follow the House Lannister cavalry. Even if they couldn't pursue the unconscious Kingslayer, they could ensure these men wouldn't return to the camp below Riverrun, but would have to retreat elsewhere.
"I swear, for every ten House Lannister men who died, only one of ours did. We captured nearly a hundred Knights and a dozen Lords, including Lord Westerling, Lord Banefort, Ser Giles Greenfield, Lord Estermont, Ser Tytos Brax, the Dornishman Mallor... Besides Jaime, who escaped with a severed hand, we also captured three men from House Lannister, all nephews of Lord Tywin; two were his sister's, and one was his deceased younger brother's..." Anguy said excitedly.
"Alright, Anguy," Gendry looked at Anguy, "Our hunt wasn't perfect, a lion escaped. Inform the army, attack the House Lannister encampment immediately."
"Yes."
"Also, collect all the red cloaks soldiers and banners of those House Lannister cavalry." Gendry saw the bright red banners and a new idea sparked in his mind.
After achieving their initial victory, all the soldiers immediately marched south to relieve Riverrun.
The first night of the war belonged to the Forest Valley, but the second night belonged to the area below Riverrun.
The Kingslayer led the elite cavalry of the besieging army, and now that they were annihilated, the armies stationed in three locations around Riverrun would also face utter destruction.
In the overall war, these House Lannister soldiers had a numerical advantage, but in specific areas, Gendry ensured his own numerical superiority.
The army led by Gendry had arrived at Riverrun without delay. Perhaps this was tiring for the soldiers, but victory brought the most influence, and all soldiers maintained their endurance and enthusiasm.
Especially when they saw their tall, handsome, and youthful Commander, at the forefront, irresistible, as if possessing endless vitality and passion.
Gendry put on his helmet, which was made of fine iron. From the top, a red-gold winged dragon and a black leaping stag echoed each other. The black stag's head also bore a crown and a warhammer, and the dragon and stag seemed like two enormous horns extending outwards.
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