9 The battle of trident

What is promised is due, but I tried a new way of writing in the personal fight, I hope you like it.

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Barristan Selmy ''Rhaegar fought valiantly, Rhaegar fought nobly, Rhaegar fought honorably. But I could only watch helplessly as that monster took my prince's life.''

Friedrich Wilhelm POV

a moon had passed since we left our position in The reach, we had let the dorne forces pass and meet the army led by prince Rhaegar, managing to gather a formidable force of almost 50000 men, while the rebel force has around 38000 men, when the battle starts we will arrive and look for the weakest flank to charge, our position is unknown to any of the factions, so my arrival will be seen as almost miraculous

in this case, there is no meeting of the Prussian high command there will be no special tactics, we will only form up with our kopias and charge according to what my spies sent me in king's landing the royalist forces do not have pikes only spears, so our charge must be more than devastating, since with our 6-meter-long spears we should destroy any resistance without problems.

I had left blackfish with my forces at Goldroad to intercept the Lanisters if they were quicker than me returning from this battle, but I don't think the battle will last long, the vast majority of the enemy are newly recruited soldiers with very little battlefield experience the moment we shatter a flank their total collapse should occur.

''my king are you sure you don't want to participate in front of the charge'', asked Charles

''no, I will stay in the middle of the formation, I will only be leading from the rear, I leave the massacre among the enemies to you'' I said with a serious tone.

currently, some of my assistants were putting on my armor and checking that no weak point of my armor was visible.

''Charles I charge you to find and eliminate the enemy commanders, I need you to eliminate them as fast as you can, show them no mercy and forget about the code of honor, today I need the soldier, not the knight'' I said looking him in the eyes.

''Remember that the knight code of conduct only applies to Christians'' I reminded him.

Charles nodded ''I will seek out and slay your enemies, my king there will be no enemy left who does not fear the martial prowess of the Teutonic order'' the Teuton asserted with a serious tone.

Charles may be the personification of patience and tranquility, but when he is under orders he becomes someone who cannot be stopped, he becomes a monster that no one can stop, my monster.

Finally, a rider returns

''my king, the forces of the rebels and the royalists are fighting at the river crossing are about to make contact'' reported the rider.

''you heard, we will charge the most exposed flank of the enemy, I don't want them to show mercy, this will be the day that everyone will know what the protestant knights are made of, they will test our steel and our iron temper'' I said shouting to be heard by as many as possible.

We mounted the horses and rode to the battlefield, it took us about 20 minutes to arrive and the combat was just beginning, the right flank of the royalists had already crossed the river, while the left flank remained behind, that would be our objective.

We got into a wedge position and began to gallop, the enemy forces became aware of our presence, but it was too late, my men were already charged against their formation.

The left flank of the royalist army tried to turn their formation to be able to receive the cavalry charge as well as possible, but it is obvious that they have never faced the Polish lances, our charge destroyed the enemy ranks even before the horses collided, when our lances made contact they exploded causing many fragments of wood to fly everywhere, When our tight formation of knights collided with the royalist infantry their formation broke up and the carnage began, my knights began to divide around their captains, before I stopped following the formation I saw how Charles had dismounted and entered the center of the enemy formation looking for his commanders accompanied by his best knights.

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Charles of Orleans Pov

I must find and eliminate the enemies of my king, I will show no mercy, there will be no clemency, no fair combat, only the bloody and deadly battle between sworn enemies.

I entered the formation of my enemies, many were fleeing from our fearsome charge, but some were coming to do battle.

My first opponent, he tries to strike a high blow with his sword, I quickly interfere his sword movement with my forearm and lower his sword to my thighs, I quickly stab him with my dagger through his visor, he is dead

I look to my right, I see 2 lightly armed enemies, I throw my dagger, it sticks in the throat of one of my opponents, my second enemy uses his two hands with his sword making a cut from the bottom up, I dodge it with a quick movement to the left, I hit him in the abdomen with my mace, when he shrinks in pain I hit him with all my strength in the back of his skull, I approach my enemy with the dagger in his neck and I crush his skull with my foot, I pick up my dagger, I continue looking for opponents.

I locate 3 enemy knights try to surround me, but I quickly pounce against one of the group, grabbing him by the arm, I quickly dislocate his arm and push him against his closest companion, they both fall, I approach against the third knight who is still standing, he tries to thrust me in my visor with his sword, I move my neck and avoid the blow, I use my right hand to catch his sword, instantly I approach and hit him in the knee, I could hear his bones break.

AAHHH AHHHH AHHHH the knight scream

he falls to his knees quickly, I take a step back and hit him with a mace in the face, I turn and return to the knights who are still trying to stand up after having collided, I give a brutal stomp to one in the ankle, while to the other knight I stab my dagger in the armpit, finally I finish the third with a powerful blow on the right side of the head, I recover my dagger and continue my search for opponents.

I look to my left a group of 5 poorly armed soldiers try to get in the way of my mission, I quickly charge at them, their spears bounce or break against my armor, I hit one of the soldiers hard in the chest, while I stab another one in his leg with my dagger, I quickly make a 180° turn and hit a third one in the skull with the inertia of the turn, I grab the fourth one with my free hand and throw him to the ground while the fifth one escapes, using the dagger stuck in the leg of the third soldier I quickly slit his throat and smash the skull of the one I threw to the ground with my foot.

I continue advancing until I find 2 other knights in front of me, they quickly surround me, my men grab and kill the one behind me, I concentrate against my now only opponent, he tries to give a powerful blow using all the power of his body, I move back two steps letting the sword pass without finding resistance, I quickly tackle him, and I stab him with my dagger in his visor.

We had reached the middle of the river and I finally found someone with heraldry to fight with, they wore a sun pierced by a spear with orange background, he was accompanied by several of his men with medium armor.

My men and I charged quickly, I faced three of the soldiers, one gave me a blow in the shoulder with his scimitar, but this bounced, I quickly rotate around my opponent and stuck my dagger in his face, pushing him against his companions, throwing one into the river, the third I gave him a powerful blow in the shoulder to finish it with a blow with my knee in the face, the third I crushed his skull with my foot.

My men made their way towards the man with heraldry, they eliminated all the soldiers who impeded my combat against him.

I didn't stop, I just charged, the knight tried to stop me with his sword, but I just ignored it and I knocked him down making him fall on the river bank, without any mercy, I didn't let him get up and I hit him repeatedly with my mace on his back until he stopped moving.

Blood already covered my whole body, but I still had to fulfill my mission, I must finish with all the enemy commanders for the glory of my king, I felt how anger consumed my body, I was losing my concentration, I only wanted to kill, nothing mattered anymore.

When I finally saw him, a rider in black armor with the heraldry of a red three-headed dragon on a black background, I no longer wanted to fight with a cold head, I only charged, many men tried to stop me, but their blows did not hurt me, I hit, pushed and stabbed, I do not know how many I killed, I only had my eyes on the Targaryen.

I finally killed his 4 bodyguards, they didn't give any resistance, I hit as hard as I could his horse making him fall, I kicked him hard in the helmet, so hard that the neck strap broke leaving his white hair and his eyes full of fear, it didn't allow him to fight, even when he only saw me with his eyes full of fear trying to cover himself with his hands from the terrible end that awaited him, when I realized I had no weapons in my hands my mace was broken and my dagger stuck somewhere, then I started to hit him with my fists until I turned his beautiful face into a pulp of flesh full of blood, I did not stop hitting him until his skull exploded, when I finally got tired of hitting him I took his sword and continued looking for enemies to kill.

Friedrich Wilhelm POV

the enemies were beginning to disperse probably Charles completed his mission, now the problem is to make him stop when the anger takes him, it is very difficult to make him calm down, so much anger that monk is repressing is dangerous.

I sent the rest of my riders to chase the survivors, and I headed with my knights bodyguards towards the rebel camp to see if I could help in anything else before riding towards king's landing.

After an hour, I found Lord Arryn's camp.

As I entered his tent I saw the faces of Lord Hoster Tully, Lord Jon Arryn and Lord Eddard Stark, with a contented face.

''my lords how are you'', I said as I entered the tent

''we are well Lord Hohenzollern, you arrived just in time with your cavalry to change the fate of the battle, we were debating what to do now, taking advantage that Robert is wounded, and he decided to send his maester to heal the wounds of Barristan Selmy, by the way, Robert is angry because your men killed Prince Rhaegar, well, that man'' said Jon Arryn.

''so far Lord Eddard Stark will take the troops and head for the capital to lay siege to it or would you prefer to propose something Lord Hohenzollern'' said Hoster Tully

''much of my army is at the Goldroad with siege machinery, I will take my men and raise siege to the capital they are likely to surrender when they see the trebuchets armed, I will leave you my physicians, so you can help your wounded men'' I said with a calm tone

''That would be ideal, I will accompany you with my bannermen'' said Eddard Stark

''I would be delighted Lord Eddard, but would you have a moment to speak with me alone afterwards?'' I said in a questioning tone.

''There should be no problem Lord Hohenzollern, when we finish this meeting we can talk privately in my tent'' declared Eddard Stark.

Well, you are my only option if I want to get land in the seven kingdoms, I doubt they will give me the lordship of the reach because of my ''problem'' with the faith of the seven, I hope I can convince you that having me as a bannerman is a good idea.

After three hours of debate, I and Lord Eddard Stark went to his tent for a private conversation.

''Tell me Lord Hohenzollern what you wish to discuss with me'' he asked me in a cold tone

''you see Lord Stark in my campaign in The reach my men committed acts against my orders and caused a very great conflict with the faith of the seven, it is very likely that your friend Lord Robert must break his word with me about the possession of the castles if he wants to keep the support of the faith in his government'' I told him with a worried tone

''I don't think Robert will break his word'' Lord Stark said dryly

''I would like to think so myself, but this is politics, Robert will be seen by all as a usurper of the rightful rulers and if he does not have the support of the faith Robert's rule will be very unstable and the High Septon is likely to condition his support for the new king on my contract with him being invalid, here is the question, I wish to ask if it is possible that you can grant me land in your domain and help me with your word to buy land from your bannermen so that I may have enough land to provide for my tired men? I said in a humble tone.

Lord Eddard did not answer, he thought for a while''I can offer you Sea dragon point, a desolate and unpopulated territory, but with your men and resources it shouldn't be a problem ''he said in a cold way.

''thank you, Lord Eddard, this means a lot to us, I did not want to be a stone in your friend's shoe'' I said with a friendly tone

''we owe you a lot lord Hohenzollern, your men helped my bannermen in this battle, so do not consider that I am doing you a favor you fought for those lands, and you should keep them, but if it is as you say that decision could endanger the kingdom, I am also willing to make sacrifices'' he said in a friendly tone

''thank you, lord Stark, I'll be leaving now, I must rest a bit before leaving for the capital'' I said, leaving the tent.