Ruby Beach is the only shoal on the north bank of the Trident River that can be crossed south from the upper reaches of the Green Fork River to the confluence of the three rivers.
The pale-skinned, balding Marquis Roose Bolton stood at the only ferry crossing, looking at the town in the south.
He is the current lord of the Dreadfort, a great noble in the north, and the Marquis of the House of Bolton, the Skinned Man.
In his life of more than 40 years, apart from being scheming, cunning and cruel, the most popular thing is that he regularly sucked the "dirty blood" from his body with leeches.
Therefore he was called "Master Leech".
Of course, some rumors cannot cover up his ability as the second-largest noble family governor in the North. Compared with many great smart people in the North such as "Great Jon Amber", Marquis Bolton is simply the perfect Northern Governor of the Eastern Front.
Commander-in-Chief of the Border Alliance Army.
If the two Earls Rickard Karstark and Greatjon Umber were allowed to lead the Northern Army on the eastern front, Robb and his mother would be able to reunite with their sisters and their family in King's Landing in less than a month.
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While being held captive.
Therefore, even though Robb did not completely trust Lord Leech, he allowed him to lead his army south.
"Sir, all the boats have been assembled. About three thousand people can cross south each time. The town's ferry is still in the hands of the Hejian people. They fought fiercely all afternoon and all night yesterday and are waiting for us.
reinforcements." A Bolton officer reported.
Aenys Frey stood beside the Marquis of Bolton. As the commander of the Frey family's 2,800 infantry, he had rich combat experience.
Therefore, he requested the commander of the Northern-River East Allied Forces: "Lord Bolton, please give the order to cross the river! The south may not be able to hold on."
Roose Bolton, who had dull eyes, glanced coldly at the third son of the Frey family, "This is exactly the order I want to give."
Then he turned to a group of senior coalition officers behind him and said loudly: "To the south, the Lannister army is fighting our friends. I want you to cross this river and defeat Tywin's minions."
"In order for the Stark family to gain the glory of the first battle on the Eastern Front, I ordered three thousand Stark infantry to cross the river first to meet the Lannister army."
After the Marquis of Bolton finished speaking, the Stark officers, who were already screaming in panic, naturally gave the order and turned around to reorganize the army and prepare to cross the river by boat to fight.
Then, Mr. Leech arranged the order of crossing the river in batches.
The northern nobles and the Frey family present were basically satisfied with the arrangement of Marquis Bolton, so under their command, the remaining 12,000 people formed a dozen small square formations according to their respective families, and waited in order.
In front of the pier.
The first batch of Stark infantrymen had already boarded fifty or sixty ships, large and small, and went to fight the Western Army.
Two hours later, the Marquis of Bolton, who was the last to cross south, finally landed on the south bank. After riding a big black horse, he and his soldiers headed towards the battlefield slightly south.
Even though he was hundreds of steps away, Mr. Leech could still smell the strong smell of blood, which made him, who loved bloodletting, feel a little happy.
After all, bleeding other people's blood is also bleeding.
"It seems that these young men in Hejian are playing well." He said to the many northern nobles who came to greet them.
After the first two waves of Northern infantry arrived on the battlefield, the Riverside-Northern coalition forces began a counterattack. After the third wave of reinforcements of more than 3,000 men arrived, the Lannister cavalry retreated directly.
Thousands of corpses and hundreds of seriously injured soldiers who were unable to escape on their own were left behind.
"Indeed." Earl Meech Severn pointed at Arthur and others who were still resting on the hill. "This Mr. Bracken is as brave as I have ever seen in my life. From what I saw, he alone can do this."
Let a large group of Western soldiers avoid his golden sword."
This statement is true. After fighting for a night and a half, all the Shi soldiers who came to attack were avoiding the Hejian War God who took away a comrade with a knife.
This gave Arthur a lot of free time, so he had to chase the lion soldiers to start the film.
Aenys Frey proudly said to many northern nobles: "Arthur is a two-time champion in the tournament. With his fighting power, I think even my sixth brother is no match for him."
The nobles in the north ignored the third son of the Frey family and started chatting with people they knew well.
"It is rumored that he also has an amazing giant hammer, which is much more powerful than this sword."
"I still think the sword is powerful. I heard that outside the Golden Tooth City, he split open the regicide's tall horse with one sword and frightened tens of thousands of Western soldiers."
Everyone was talking about Arthur's deeds and debating which weapon was more lethal.
Roose Bolton did not participate in this group of muscular northern nobles who only advocated force. He rode into the battlefield on horseback, and then began to comfort the soldiers sitting on the ground resting one by one.
For the first wave of reinforcements of Stark soldiers, he was not stingy with his compliments at all.
Lord Robb will be proud of your achievements, this is what he always says.
When he encountered an injured northern soldier, he would ask the bachelors who were following him to come forward to treat him, although it was of little use.
After all, you can't die from minor injuries, but you don't need to save serious injuries.
After Master Leech asked his soldiers who were not involved in the battle to clean up the battlefield, he summoned all the nobles in Hejian and the North to discuss the next move.
In the hall of the circular bunker of the Root family, these twenty or thirty people began to express their opinions.
"I think we should go directly south along the King's Road, break into King's Landing, and rescue the Starks."
The speaker's tone was bold, but anyone with a discerning eye could hear the underlying meaning behind his words.
After all, King's Landing is much richer than the Northern Territory, and a robbery can double the wealth of all the Northern Territory nobles present.
Lord Meech Severn had a different view. "It is better to go west along the river road, join forces with Lord Robb first, and then plan to completely defeat Tywin's main force in the west."
This statement does have some merit. Even if all the troops between Riverrun and the West River are included, Robb's Western Front Alliance Army only has about 10,000 people. Compared with the main force of the Lion Family near the Lake of the God's Eye and Harrenhal, it is still
A bit of a disadvantage.
If we add this large army on the eastern front, at least in terms of numbers, the Northern-Hejian coalition has already formed a considerable advantage.
Roose Bolton glanced around and found Arthur who was communicating with several people from the Frey family, and asked: "I wonder what the opinions of the people in the river are, this Mr. Bracken or a certain Mr. Frey come out and say something.
"
The Frey family and Arthur's Riverside soldiers combined totaled more than 4,000 people, and they were also a force that could not be ignored on the Eastern Front. Therefore, Marquis Bolton still asked the Riverside people for their opinions.
Arthur glanced at the third and sixth sons of the Frey family, confirmed that they supported him and said:
"My opinion is to attack King's Landing directly. The families of the royal family have always been weak. They can't even gather five thousand troops. And Tywin also has to consider Robb and his friends who are attacking the west, so they can't free up their hands to fight us.
"
After a series of small battles in Shili City, Heron Town, Ferry Defense and the Hedong area, Tywin's main force in the West was only about 14,000 strong, and it was no longer possible to divide the troops into two fronts.
The king's territory and his hometown in the west can only be protected by one.
As for the Western Territory, which has a population of more than three million, and King's Landing, which has a population of one million, plus the royal territory, Duke Tywin can still weigh it.
Master Leech glanced at Arthur and immediately felt that this person was pleasing to his eyes.
It is in line with his wishes to let Robb lead the troops to fight Tywin in a decisive battle, and to lead the Eastern Front Allied Forces to King's Landing to take away the fruits of victory.
But this will make some northerners object, after all, they are the ones who came south to fight against Tywin and the Westerners.
He stood up and looked at the map on the long table for a long time before he said: "Otherwise, let's go slowly south along the King's Road and wait for the movements of the main force in the West and Lord Robb before making a decision.
Here, military rations and the like are also a big problem."
He didn't say it clearly in front of the people in Hejian, but everyone in the north knew how the military rations came from.
The Eastern Front is not like the West River with Robb there. No big nobles are willing to use their own grain as military ration, so they can only requisition food on the spot.
So most of the northern nobles agreed to the strategy of slowly going south.
It was now morning. After studying the map, Marquis Bolton determined that the entire army would set off after lunch, arrive at a village in the evening, and camp nearby.
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Five days later, the Chinese army's tent was at the Allied Forces Camp in Hejian in the north.
This army of more than 16,000 men has marched more than 120 leagues south.
Happily, this trip only encountered some obstruction from small groups of troops.
And this is what makes some northern nobles unhappy.
Because Tywin's main force in the West should go to the Western Front to fight his Lord Robb.
Oh no, he should be called King Robb now.
The news that the Young Wolf Lord was proclaimed king by "Greatjon Umber" and other northern nobles in Riverrun has spread to the northern border of the Eastern Front - the Allied Forces between the Rivers.
Many nobles were called together by Roose Bolton to discuss the next move.
"Luo...His Majesty the King's order is for us to help restore the territories of many river nobles to the west of Divine Eye Lake and south of the Red Fork River. After all, this is now the jurisdiction of his kingdom."
Among the rivermen present, Raymond's city of Darui was on the south bank, but it was not attacked by the Western Army's devastating attack.
As for Patrick, the Frey family's territories are all north of the Red Fork River, so there is no need to worry about the territory.
The rest of Ma Ke, Hendry and others were left at Harrenhal by Arthur, and they could not speak.
In addition to the willingness to fight with the Lion Army, the people in the Northern Territory are also eager to go to the wealthy Western Territory and the Royal Territory to make up for their own losses.
After all, most of the northern farmers who hurriedly responded to the call went to Winterfell to assemble without harvesting their own wheat.
Therefore, Meech Severn, Robert Glover, Lord Harris Horwood, and Harion Karstark all remained silent on this order.
The Stark family has three thousand infantrymen here. Since there are no important family members, the officers attending the meeting just looked at the commander silently.
They will faithfully carry out orders.
Arthur, who was surrounded by the river people, thought about the plot of the original book. If there were no accidents, Duke Tywin had indeed led his army back to the West to aid.
However, Edmure and his men, who suddenly showed great courage, were stopped at the Red Fork River and could not march westward to fight Robb's army.
But now, the seriously injured Edmure is obviously unable to show his highlight moments.
Therefore, the main force of the Western Region will have a deadly conflict with the more than 10,000 people led by Robb in the area where Riverrun is located.
Considering that the Young Wolf Lord has already won two games, it’s hard to say whether this battle will be won or lost.
"I support going all the way south and taking King's Landing directly. This may attract some of Tywin's troops and reduce the pressure on the Western Front." Arthur said loudly.
These words catered to the wishes of He Bolton and several great northern nobles.
After someone took the lead, more people began to speak.
"That's right, Lord Arthur is right. When we go south to take King's Landing, Tywin will definitely send some soldiers over. By then, your Majesty will be able to defeat the remaining Western Army."
"I heard that Tywin summoned Adam Marbrand and others who were fighting in the area east of the river. Therefore, there are not many western soldiers left in Pink City, Stone Hall Town, Acorn Hall and other places, and the people of the river can recover it by themselves."
"It would be a great achievement if we captured King's Landing and brought back the two ladies Sansa and Arya, the remains of Lord Eddard, and the Stark family heirloom sword Ice, and the King in the North wouldn't
It will make things difficult for us."
Everyone talked about their own reasons, but it was not their companions who were persuaded, but themselves.
Lord Leech saw that Arthur, the leader of Hejian, and all the nobles in the north had the same idea. After pursing his lips, he made up his mind.
"Then we will fight all the way south to the Blackwater River and King's Landing to avenge Duke Eddard."
Lord Bolton stood up suddenly and encouraged loudly.
On their way south from the Twins, word had spread that Joffrey had beheaded Lord Eddard, which made many northern nobles filled with indignation.
Revenge for their old lord became the best reason for this group of people to rebel against the new King of the North.
"Avenge the lord I swore to protect."
"Enter King's Landing and capture Joffrey alive."
"I present the great gift of the Iron Throne to the birth of the King of the North."
Everyone shouted in confusion, each showing his loyalty.
After the battle strategy of going south was determined, the speed of the entire army suddenly increased.
In just one day, they drove more than thirty leagues and approached the east side of God's Eye Lake, arriving roughly halfway between Earl Harroway's town and Sow Point.
Sow's Corner is the boundary between the Riverlands and the King's Domain near the King's Road.
Only after arriving there will the coalition forces encounter decent resistance and fighting.
Of course, Arthur, who brought more than a thousand people with him, did not forget one important matter.
Arya Stark, the second daughter of Duke Eddard, who escaped from King's Landing, should also be on the riverbank east of the Lake of the God's Eye.
According to the original plot, Arya was taken out of King's Landing by the Night's Watcher Yoren, but Yoren himself did not want the gold cloaks to find Arya and was brutally killed. After that, Arya, the daughter of the late King Robert
The bastard Gendry, the bread boy Hot Pie and others went north and were captured in the riverlands and taken to Harrenhal.
So while the coalition forces were moving south, he also sent out more than forty small forces of about three to five men, composed of river cavalry and Qohor mercenaries, to search for Arya, Gendry, Hot Pie and others.
Of course, Arthur's explanation to the Frey family and many northern nobles was to wipe out the scouts and small groups of troops in the west.
After all, the Westlanders are still harassing the Riverlands. Although this reason is far-fetched, it makes sense.
On the seventh night heading south from the ferry, in Roose Bolton's tent.
An extremely mediocre-looking northern soldier whispered to Marquis Bolton:
"I have found out the reason why Arthur sent a large number of people to search the surrounding areas. According to a certain Qohor mercenary, the person Arthur is looking for is named Gendry, who is the apprentice of a certain Qohor blacksmith named Tob.
I'm looking for him to make weapons, after all, his golden sword looks like a sawtooth."
This man was telling the truth. When Arthur told his men, he told them to find Gendry.
Because if you find Gendry, you can find Arya together, and the short Arya doesn't attract much attention.
Then the person added: "In addition, Tyrion doesn't have much restraint in his camp. Can we secretly get it out and send it to Lord Tywin as a favor?"
After hearing this, Lord Leech roared: "Idiot, a blacksmith needs to make such a big noise and let two or three hundred people find him? This Gendry must have other identities, go check it out quickly, and Tilly
Don't worry about Ang's affairs, I will seize the opportunity."
The man was ordered to retreat and continue to explore the truth behind Arthur's search for someone.
