Chapter 124 Two-way Invasion into the Western Territory
Chapter 124 Two-pronged attack on the Western Territory
Throughout the dinner, Arthur was the focus of attention from all the nobles in Harrenhal.
The nobles were whispering to each other, discussing various rumors about dragons, Arthur, and Targaryen members in low voices.
The ash-blonde color is obviously a little different from the Targaryen blood, but it is not impossible.
Targaryen is one of the forty dragon king families in Valyria, and naturally has the general characteristics of the Valyrian people: violet and beautiful blue eyes, platinum or silver-gold hair color.
This appearance characteristic is common in places such as Volantis in the east, where there are a large number of ordinary Va people descendants. There are also many ordinary Va people families in Westeros, such as the Velaryon family on Tidal Head Island.
Hair color does not fully reflect bloodline. For example, the late King Robert’s grandmother was a pure-blood Targaryen, but Robert’s father and Robert’s three brothers did not have silver hair.
But Robert's second brother, Stannis, inherited Valyria's purple-blue eyes, and the second deer's pupils were blue.
Arthur's black pupils are obviously inherited from the Bracken bloodline.
The owners of Shili City and their branch family members are among the few black-haired and black-eyed nobles on the Western Continent.
As for the facial features, Arthur matches those of the Long family.
With thick eyebrows and deep eyes, a high nose and thin lips, you can feel his extraordinary handsomeness even from a distance.
Sansa, who was sitting next to Arthur, felt this even more.
She was using a fork to pierce a small grilled brown fish, biting it gently with her small mouth, leaving a row of neat teeth marks on the fish.
Of course, she took a bite and looked at it without glancing at Arthur next to her.
Ever since he was presented with flowers at the tourney a few months ago, Sansa has had an inexplicable feeling for this handsome little river noble.
She would never admit that just because of a face, she could be fascinated by him.
After Arthur and Arya brought her out of the Red Keep, this feeling became even stronger.
She could even remember all the details when this man carried her through the sewers of the Red Keep.
Those strong arms, warm and broad chest, and the perfect profile carved by the most outstanding artist made her forget her situation at that time.
What's the point of suffering in the Red Fort when you have such a lovely person to save you?
What's more, he secretly dealt with his father-killing enemy.
Yes, in Sansa's mind, Joffrey's "accidental death" was Arthur's gift to her and the Stark family.
Although Joe was tyrannical and unscrupulous, he was a king after all, and it was not honorable to be killed. The idea of killing him with a wild boar not only allowed the Starks to avenge their father's murder, but also allowed the Baratheon family to retain their
A trace of face.
Thinking of this, Sansa felt a little more fond of the person next to her.
Mrs. He'an looked at Sansa, whose eyes were full of Arthur beside her, and shook her head with a smile.
The serious Hermann Tauhar noticed this, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and asked: "Why is Madam laughing?"
"For some reason, I remembered something happy." Mrs. He'an nodded and replied.
The time for cooking always passed quickly. In Arthur's mind, he only ate one big trout, four or five small fish, ten pieces of bread and twice the ale he got from nowhere. Everyone had already eaten dinner.
Slip away.
Due to the shortage of food in the castle, the diet of the nobles has become closer to wheat, pumpkin and other foods. But fortunately, the huge Divine Eye Lake is on the south side of the castle, so fish has become the only choice for the tricky nobles.
Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Arthur, who was only eighty percent full, was too embarrassed to eat any more, so he wiped his mouth and returned to his bedroom to prepare for bed.
In the next few days, we will have to travel continuously and it will be impossible not to replenish our energy.
I just didn't expect that Miss Stark would also come in.
"Uh, I want to tell you something."
Arthur asked: "What's the matter?"
Then he sent his servant Meidan to leave the room and get some hot water for him to wash his feet.
Sansa's eyes were a little dodgeful. After she sat on the wicker chair, her restless little hands were combing her hair and adjusting her collar. It took her a while to think of a legitimate reason:
"Shall we discuss how to find Arya?"
Arthur saw the reason why the beauty was thinking about entering the room first, but it was indeed a problem.
Arya and her direwolves have disappeared since the burning camp outside King's Landing.
At that time, Arthur thought that she had gone along the King's Road, so he did not send anyone to search carefully. When he returned from hatching the dragon, he found that Arya had not appeared at Harrenhal.
"We issued a reward for anyone who finds my sister to bring her to Harrenhal or Riverrun, but there is no news at all. She seems to have disappeared from the Riverlands."
As soon as Sansa opened up the idea of chatting, she started talking.
She also really likes to talk to Arthur about these inner thoughts.
Several little sisters from the north were either killed by the Golden Robes or detained by the Red Keep, which left her without anyone to talk to for a long time.
Arthur recalled, "Arya should not be in danger, but she was taken away by some people, so the trace disappeared."
In the countryside of the Riverlands, the power of the Brotherhood Without Banners is rapidly expanding. In addition to the Fish and Wolf Alliance and the Lion Army, the civilian force led by Lord Beric is the strongest.
If nothing else happened, Arya should have been found by this group of people.
The key members of the Brotherhood Without Banners are the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team. They act under the orders of Duke Eddard and have no ill intentions towards the Stark family.
"Who took her away? She was the only relative I saw after my father died. I miss my sister very much."
"Earl Berry or the red-robed monk Thoros, both of them have good personalities. Your sister is not in any danger."
Arthur also sat on another wicker chair in the room, and then naturally took Sansa's right hand.
"You don't have to worry about Arya. She also likes adventure. Wandering outside will fulfill her long-cherished wish."
Like the two sisters' aunt Lyanna, Arya's favorite stories were the wandering adventure stories of various famous knights.
"I just miss her a little bit." Sansa said she missed her sister, but she rested her head on Arthur's shoulder honestly.
Night had fallen, and the stone room was shrouded in black. Only a dim candle stood alone against the darkness of the sky.
In such an atmosphere, it is indeed easy for humans to hold each other together and seek comfort and protection from each other.
Arthur was also very smart. His left hand went around Sansa's back and touched her left shoulder.
The ambiguity started from nowhere and quickly spread to the entire room.
This caused their heartbeats to speed up suddenly, and Sansa felt that her face must be very red.
The atmosphere has been heightened to this point, and it would be unreasonable if nothing happened.
So Arthur straightened his head on his shoulder and took a closer look.
This is a beautiful face that has been opened, the indigo pupils are as attractive as the sea, the delicate and high nose is enough to make the fingers slide, and the red lips make people want to find out.
Sansa's normally fair face was now as red as a peach, red and white.
Miss Stark was very cooperative and closed her eyes quietly.
It was just the slightly twitching eyelashes that betrayed her volcano-erupting heart.
Is he going to kiss me?
The atmosphere has reached a climax, and Arthur has no hesitation anymore, and he makes a quick start.
…
Outside the ajar door, two sneaky heads were pressed together.
"Kiss me, kiss me."
Mei Dan, who was holding a basin of hot water, looked extremely excited.
"It's better to say that, I can see it myself." Yule knocked Mei Dan on the head, "I just don't know if I stuck out my tongue."
He poked his head forward again, trying to see clearly what the battle was like.
But the door was impatient with his actions and made a creaking sound.
This made Mei Dan startled, and the hot water basin he was holding fell to the ground.
The two people in the room were suddenly awakened.
After a few breaths, quite formal farewell words came out of the two people's mouths.
"Miss Stark, I am definitely concerned about your sister. I think it won't be difficult to find Arya."
"Then thank you, Lord Arthur. I will definitely remember what happened tonight."
Then, Sansa stepped out with a normal expression and graceful posture and left here.
Mei Dan then picked up the hot water basin and walked in with Yule.
Arthur was angry that his good deeds had been interrupted. He learned his lesson and would lock the door bolt horizontally in the future, no matter what noise was heard outside.
"What are you here for?" he asked Yule.
Yule, who was wearing silver plate armor, blushed, "Didn't you promise to give me a castle before asking me to find a stone? I thought you were already the Earl of Stone Fence City, the manager of Harrenhal, and the Moulin Rouge.
Can you give me the little castle?"
The dim light illuminated Yuler's face full of ravines.
Arthur thought for a while, Yule went to Summer Hall to look for dragon eggs for almost three months. Even if he didn't bring the mercenaries, this uncle could still find them, but it took a little longer.
He was sincere in his work.
"What's that small castle? Do you want a bigger one?"
Arthur just needs someone to take over Stone Hedge City.
Yule was stunned. Although he also wanted a bigger one, he didn't have one in his nephew's name.
Every castle on the continent of Westeros is owned by someone. Seizing one by force is not only against the law, but will also cause riots among the local citizens.
"Which is the bigger castle?" he asked cautiously.
Arthur waved his servant Mei Dan out. He waited until the door was closed and the footsteps disappeared, then he said: "Stone Fence City."
He could swear that after his uncle heard this, his old face full of grooves became relaxed on the spot.
It's like taking sheep placenta supplement.
Yule's happiness was beyond words, but Arthur poured cold water on him: "Genos is in the Golden Tooth City in the West, but he has previously appointed me as the acting city lord, so there is some room for maneuver here. You can use my designated
The acting city lord has settled in Shili City and brought a team of people there to ensure that Shili City will be in the hands of our uncle and nephew in the future."
After Genos rebelled, Stonehedge City was not attacked by the Western Army, so it is one of the few well-preserved earl-level castles.
Under the current situation, Genos, who does not have many troops in his hands, does not dare to return to his territory rashly, otherwise he will be attacked by the northerners.
The troops on the eastern front and the northern frontier who failed to defeat the Autumn Wind in King's Landing were at a time when they were like wolves and tigers. They did not attack Stonehedge just because Arthur was also the nominal master of this castle.
You know, there is a lot of food and materials stored there, and the golden dragon is far beyond the imagination of the people in the north.
Although Yu Le was a little confused, he also understood the difference between acting city lord and city lord.
"I still want the little castle at Moulin Rouge," he said tentatively.
"If you really hold Shili City in your hands, both of them will be yours."
What Arthur wants is food, supplies, golden dragons, and tens of thousands of citizens in the territory. It's just a castle, and he really doesn't like it.
Yule was so excited that he jumped to the roof, "Then it's settled, I will take people to Shili City tomorrow."
Arthur nodded, and then noticed the very beautiful silver plate armor on his uncle.
This was chosen by Yule himself in King's Landing.
Although it is mostly decorated with gimmicks, it is also a serious plate armor and still has some defensive capabilities.
The two have similar body shapes, but they can wear different clothes.
Arthur's plate armor made by Tob Mott was very worn, and it was unclear when it would break.
He told his uncle his thoughts, and Yule readily said that he could give up the plate armor.
This shows that the attraction of the castle to him is still more than the plate armor.
Early the next morning, before the large army heading to Riverrun had set off, Yule led a battalion, plus servants, a total of just over 500 troops to take over Shili City.
…
Six days later, Benliu was outside the city.
Dozens of conscripted merchant ships arrived at their destination carrying the nobles who were going to Riverrun to attend Edmure's wedding.
Following them were more than 2,400 coalition troops.
On the south bank of the Red Fork River, there are already several Fish and Wolf Alliance military camps lined up along the river bank.
Arthur looked into the distance, and after carefully observing the troops camped according to their families, he felt that Roose Bolton was really not just a fake.
The camp where the X-shaped Skinner flags are flying is obviously more strict than other camps.
There are more than a dozen simple watchtowers on the periphery, with two or three people on each tower monitoring the surrounding area.
The inner part is a wooden fence similar to a horse, surrounding the tent area - after the coalition forces returned to the Riverlands, they used various methods to get enough tents. After all, it has entered autumn, and camping in the open air will really freeze to death.
--There is enough open space between the neatly arranged tents to allow the army to move quickly when gathering and withdrawing.
A few horses were tied up by the river not far away, and people and horses were strictly separated.
"Why do you care so much about the Boltons' camp?" Sansa asked beside him.
The relationship between the two grew rapidly after that night, so they often got tired of talking together.
Of course, Arthur didn't forget to taste Sansa's lips.
"Because old Bolton is really talented."
Even though Robb didn't trust Roose Bolton very much, he still handed over the Eastern Front Army to this man, which shows how much Robb recognized Lord Leech's ability to lead the army.
From Dickon's reaction, the military system built by Arthur was not suitable for the new army soldiers recruited from farmers.
It is impossible to select qualified junior officers from thousands of people, so the two-level organization of squad and platoon is basically useless.
So Arthur thought about using Westeros' own military system. After all, it was created by smart people on the entire continent, and it was based on the fighting style of the cold weapon era.
In this case, we have to ask for experience from these experienced military commanders and nobles.
The two chatted, and soon the boat arrived at Riverrun City.
The nobles entered the triangular castle one after another, and then they were told that they were just in time.
"The people sent by His Majesty Robb have just arrived and are discussing military matters with all the lords and knights." said the steward of the Tully family who was responsible for the reception.
There was no knightly culture among the ancestors of the North, so the knights referred to the nobles of the Riverlands.
So everyone who had just landed went directly to the castle hall to listen to the Young Wolf Lord's orders.
The man Robb sent was Lord Jon Umber, who was called the Great Jon because he had the same name as his son.
Jason Mallister of Seaside City, Tatus Blackwood of Raventree City, Aenys Frey, the representative of Twins City, Keir Ward, the owner of Beauty Market, and other riverland nobles, as well as
Lord Roose Bolton, Rhona Stowe and other nobles from the Eastern Front all came.
Everyone sat down in order of status, and Arthur followed Sansa to the front position.
"His Majesty Robb is near Brand City. Tywin's main Western Army and Kevan's new Western Army are both slightly south. The strength of both sides is as follows..."
Following Great Jon's explanation, everyone basically understood the battle situation in the West.
After Robb led his army into the Westerlands, before they had time to attack Lannister Port and Casterly Rock, Tywin's main force of the Westerlands army pursued them to the Golden Teeth.
In order not to be outflanked from both sides, Robb moved his army north and is now stationed near the Earl-level castle of Brand in the West.
The two divisions of the Lion Army are pressing northward on the strategic space of activity of the Fish and Wolf Alliance.
The Western Territory is mountainous, and if they were to be surrounded somewhere, they would basically be annihilated.
So Robb urgently recruits this part of the army from the Riverlands to fight in the west.
"With the Marquis of Bolton as the first commander, he led an army of 4,000 people from the Bolton family, the Karstark family and other northerners to attack the Western Territory from near Horn Valley City."
"With Earl Arthur Bracken as the second commander, he will lead the combined northern and river armies of the Starks, Freys, Severn, Toha and other families to attack the Western Territory from the path near Golden Teeth City."
"After the two armies entered the Western Territory, Lord Arthur's troops went south to rob Crake Hall, Corn City and other places. Marquis Bolton led his men to Lannister Port, and then prepared for a decisive battle with the Westerners."
The Greatjon hurriedly finished the order that Robb had sent him to deliver.
Since the small group of Western troops in the Hedong area and the West River have withdrawn to Golden Teeth City, the frequency of wars along the Red Fork River has been greatly reduced.
This makes the strategic vision much more likely to be realized.
Edmure's wedding has not yet been held, and some warlike Northerners are clamoring to serve the King of the North and fight the Westlanders.
