Facing the anger of the Northerners, the Great Jon exaggerated his hands and said, "Don't worry, let's attend Lord Edmure's wedding first. His Majesty has used his own means to win over a group of Westerners, and they are also very opposed to Tywin.
The tyranny of..."
The Earl of the Last Hearth has always been known for his straightforwardness and forthrightness.
This word is used as a complimentary term for some people, but for Greatjon, it should be a derogatory term.
Like pouring beans through a bamboo tube, he expressed some of Robb's ideas, including the possibility of marrying the daughter of a great nobleman in the West to win the support of the locals.
This attracted the attention of the Freys.
Several higher-ranking members of the Frey family approached the Greatjon and asked what was going on.
If there weren't so many Northerners, Greatjon might really be able to talk to Aenys, Hosteen and others. But the Yankee circle has always looked down on the Frey family, so in front of his own people, Greatjon expressed it very arrogantly.
He showed contempt and indifference towards the Freys.
This statement won the cheers and applause of many Yankees.
After moving south, the wealth of the nobles of the Riverlands made them feel inferior to the poor. The armor of many small nobles in the north was not as good as that of the high-ranking sworn knights of the Riverlands.
But Robb also became the King of the Three Rivers, so the Yankees couldn't express their disdain for the river people openly.
As a result, the Frey family, which was ridiculed by the public, became the target of ridicule by the Yankees.
And if it wasn't for the purpose of crossing the river, Robb's marriage partner must be the daughter of a certain earl-level noble in the north.
At this point, the Frey family once again moved the interests of the Yankees.
Therefore, they looked down upon the descendants of Old Walder even more, even though Stevron, Black Walder, Aenys, Bloody Aegon and others fought bravely.
Marquis Walder Frey's behavior of sitting on the fence in the early stage also made some river people despise him, so no river princes came out to fight against the injustice of the Frey family.
The mockery from the Great Jon, the mockery from the northern nobles, and the cold looks of the river princes made the scene suddenly awkward.
If Edmure was here, it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
But unfortunately the eldest son of the Tully family was still lying in bed.
"Okay, okay." Arthur stood up hurriedly, stepped forward, and used his superior arm strength to separate the Great Jon and the Freys.
"Give me Arthur some respect and stop arguing. His Majesty Robb is not really married to some noble girl from the West."
Rona Stowe, who was sitting in a corner somewhere, said loudly and strangely: "What if His Majesty marries a noble girl from the West? Does the Frey family still want to go to heaven?"
This person was a subordinate of Meech Severn. It was not a secret that the late Lord Severn wanted to marry his daughter to Robb, so Stowe took the opportunity to ridicule him.
Originally, Great Jon and Frey were pulled apart by Arthur.
But being aroused by these words, Earl Amber immediately echoed his own: "We are just a weasel family, are we worthy of joining the noble Stark family?"
After saying that, he spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm and spit it on Hosteen's leather boots.
This move undoubtedly made the sixth son of the Frey family go berserk, and Arthur had to pick him up to prevent him from rushing over and slashing the Great Jon with his sword.
Although Commander Aenys looked extremely ugly, he actually restrained himself. He even stopped his son "Bloody Aegon" with a crooked mouth and a ferocious expression.
Greatjon knew that he had gone too far, so he stopped provoking and sat obediently on the wooden chair nearby.
The Freys also felt that they were losing face and did not participate in military discussions, so they left directly.
Hostin, who was let go by Arthur, even took off his leather boots on the spot and walked out of the castle hall barefoot.
The most dangerous "Aegon the Blood" tilted his tongue, glanced at the people in the North with a half-smile, and then followed his father Aenys out.
After the Freys left, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed.
The Greatjon began to improve some of Robb's instructions, including specific marching routes, logistical supplies and other important matters.
According to Luo Bao's idea, after more than 8,000 people from two groups enter the Western Territory, all the Fish and Wolf Alliance soldiers along the Red Fork River will gather near Riverrun City to ensure that there are always troops between the Western Rivers to deal with the enemy's actions.
Apart from some riverside nobles, the only people left behind in Riverrun were Robert Glover and Herman Tallhar and their vassal minor nobles.
The castles of these two families happened to be captured by the brothers Asha Greyjoy and Theon Greyjoy.
After these two people learned about the arrangement of the King in the North, they gathered next to Sansa and came up with a perfect excuse to go north:
Send Eddard's body back to Winterfell.
According to the thousand-year tradition of the Stark family, most of the corpses of members of the Stark family will be buried under the huge godswood in Winterfell.
People who were once Lords of Winterfell often had to erect a stone statue in an underground stone cellar, and then seal their soul with an iron sword.
As far as Arthur knew, these two points were most likely related to magic.
The godswood in Winterfell is the largest existing piece of land in the entire world, so it is also where the power of the old gods is strongest.
The remains of the Stark members nourished the source of power of the Old Gods, so the Wolf family was also cared for by the Old Gods.
The proportion of aliens in his family is so high. In addition to the influence of the godswood in Winterfell, the gods' favor is also a very important factor.
The Old Gods believed in by the Children of the Forest and the Cold God of the Far North are obviously from the camp of nature and cold, and the god of Valyria, Lohra, the Lord of Light, is obviously from the camp of blood and fire.
The old gods advocated natural harmony, but the Valyrian gods allowed the blood witchcraft to spread. The cold gods loved freezing, but the Lord of Light wanted to fill the world with fire and light.
More than five thousand years ago, "Liberator" Brandon Stark and King Beyond the Wall Jorman teamed up to defeat the Night King at that time, and the White Walkers withdrew from the stage of history.
The power of the natural ice camp began to decline, and the blood and fire camp in the east began to rise: the Valyrian Free Fortress began to dominate the entire continent of Essos.
Even though the natural disasters more than 300 years ago greatly reduced the number of dragons, the Targaryen line still survived. But since the dragon family was assassinated by Hightower and the Citadel, the dragons representing the blood and fire camp have temporarily stopped.
Disappear for a while.
So the White Walkers reappeared, and the direwolves that had disappeared south of the Great Wall began to move south.
In other words, the two major god camps have begun a new round of balance.
With the Three-Eyed Raven's ability to travel through time and space, and even the ability to whisper in Aerys II's ears to drive him crazy, Westeros as a whole can still be in such chaos. It's hard to say that there aren't other gods causing trouble.
Back to business.
Robert and Heman dared to do this because Robb did not blame Sansa for changing coaches.
According to the appointment of the Young Wolf Lord, he already knows that Roose Bolton is not favored by some people. Among the people nominated by Sansa, the two who were stolen from their hometown are not suitable to lead an army, and Manderly is not a person.
A family famous for its wars.
Therefore, we can only let Arthur, whom he has never met, command one army, and let Roose Bolton command the other army.
Sansa also knew what these two people were thinking, "My lords, maybe we can wait until the battle in the west is over, and then go north with my brother to regain your castle. Or we can let Dustin and Manderly send two factions.
A group of people go over."
If her father's body was carried north, she would have to follow him to Winterfell.
And according to the tradition of the Lang family, it is likely that they will never go south in the future.
In other words, the chance of seeing Arthur in the future is basically gone.
So Miss Stark doesn't want to go north now.
Robert Glover and Herman Talha were still begging Sansa for permission, but Lord Jason Mallister suddenly found Arthur.
"I think the Frey family seems to have a good relationship with you. How about we go and appease them? After all, Hosteen's reputation is not very good. Tomorrow is Lord Edmure's wedding. If there is a quarrel with the Frey family, who can
I can’t even get off stage.”
Hosteen is known as the most capable Frey, but his emotional intelligence is not high. As long as he is provoked, he will get angry no matter what the situation.
Therefore, he is also called "Sir Fool".
Arthur felt that there was nothing major going on in the castle hall, "Let's go right away. The Frey family soldiers are also the main force in my expedition to the West. I will handle the relationship with them well."
The two then left the hall, and then, led by their instructor Desmond, found the Freys.
There are two major sources of Freys, one is Aenys and other commanders from the Eastern Front, and the other is the escorting team from Twins City.
Aenys and others, like Roose Bolton, live in military camps, which shows the level of military command.
There are nearly 10,000 troops outside Riverrun City. All nobles with qualified command skills stay with their soldiers, but there are also many northern nobles who live in the castle and enjoy the comfort.
The procession sending off the bride lived in a tower near the Watergate, led by Old Walder's seventh son Simon Frey and his twelfth son Lothor Frey.
When Arthur and Jason walked into the small hall of the tower, several Freys who were seeing off their relatives were comforting their brothers and nephews.
"When we get married, they won't dare to bully us like this."
"I don't think so. My second brother is married to a Lannister, but who would think as highly of us for this?"
"That's because we have no help to the Lion family. Now after marrying us, the Tully family will be able to secure its position as the guardian of the river, and our status will also rise."
The situation in the Riverlands and the Reach is similar. There are many sub-top nobles, and there are many families with the strength to challenge the guardian position.
The Rose family's solution is to marry into the Hightowers and Redwynes to consolidate their status.
It is a pity that Duke Horst has his eyes high and looks down on these nobles in the Riverlands. He married his two daughters to the Wolf family and the Eagle family of equal status. His son also did not get married, waiting to marry a noble who protects the family.
female.
Barefooted Hosteen sat on a bench, sipping wine and listening to his brothers chattering in his ears.
The Freys knew about Arthur and Jason's visit, so the decent Inis came out to entertain them on behalf of his family.
"We'll be fine. We'll be fine after the wedding tomorrow."
Jason Mallister said: "Actually, we also dislike the behavior of the Yankees. They..."
A great way to get closer is to make common enemies.
The Earl of Haijiang City is obviously able to use this trick skillfully.
After he expressed his dissatisfaction with the northerners many times, the Freys began to agree.
Arthur observed these people carefully.
It is said that the twelfth-year-old "Cripple Rosso" has also come.
In the original plot, the cripple Rosso was Frey's "think tank" who brought the Lion family and the Bolton family together and planned all the details of the Red Wedding.
After searching around, Rosso Frey with obvious features came into Arthur's sight.
This man has eyes as small as a mouse, a wisp of beard under his chin, and a very conspicuous black mole on his left cheek.
Compared to his brothers, Rosso is much smaller.
After being stared at by Arthur for a few times, he asked: "Master Bracken, is there something wrong?"
Rosso's biological mother's name is Alyssa Blackwood, who belongs to the master's family in Raventree City.
It was well known that Bracken and Blackwood would quarrel whenever they met.
Earl Jason suddenly thought of Rosso's biological mother, so he hurriedly rushed to Arthur and said:
"We are here to congratulate the Frey family, not to quarrel, right?"
Arthur chuckled, "Of course I remember why I came here. I just saw this person who caught my eye and wanted to get to know him."
He had already thought of how to cure the lame Rosso.
"I'm just a cripple, so I don't have to worry about Lord Bracken." Old Walder's twelve sons replied.
"According to the order of the King of Three Rivers, your Frey family must go with me to fight in the West." Arthur first moved out Robb's big flag.
Robb has not officially broken his engagement, and the Fish-Wolf Alliance is still in good shape. The Freys do not want to, and do not dare to betray.
"Since I think it suits my needs, then you can be my consultant."
Keep this person with you, and if there are any signs of betrayal in the Frey family, find a way to trick him.
Inis, Simon and others looked at each other in confusion. Although they didn't know what the rising noble in the river had in mind, they agreed.
Rosso himself had no objections and joined the army after agreeing to the wedding, letting Arthur do whatever he wanted.
In order to strengthen the relationship, Arthur also asked several Freys who were in charge of troops to learn about their military systems.
Like most first- and second-tier nobles with thousands of troops, the Frey family also uses a two-level military system of Centurions and Two Hundreds.
A centurion usually has a captain, two deputy captains, and one deputy captain manages about fifty soldiers.
In addition to between ninety-five and one hundred armored soldiers, a centurion usually has three or four auxiliaries, a few servants, and of course one or two cooks.
The difference between auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers is that auxiliary soldiers are trained reserve soldiers, but they are not equipped with armor or assigned weapons.
If there are casualties among the soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers in the Centurion will take over their weapons and armor and join the combat team.
The two hundred-man squadrons together form a two-hundred-man squadron.
Further up, you are directly under the command of members of the Frey family.
It is worth mentioning that the fifty people Duke Eddard brought to King's Landing were half of a hundred men. When Robert was alive, the Lion soldiers around Queen Cersei were a full team of two hundred men.
"We families with only a few thousand soldiers do this. As far as I know, the Lannister, Hightower, Tyrell and other families have higher-level military systems. For example, the Lion family's thousand-man army, the Tilly family, etc.
Your family’s 400-man team, 800-man team, etc.”
Affected by the illiteracy of soldiers, in the cold weapon era, it was either "twenty-two", "five-five", or "ten-ten", because these were the numbers of fingers and arms, and soldiers could tell them clearly.
The division of three squads and one platoon, and three platoons and one company is not very suitable for soldiers with peasant origins, and it has no special advantages in combat.
After taking these factors into consideration, Arthur decided to take the time to abolish the squad and platoon levels of the new army and directly build the company as a basic unit.
Of course, there is no need to change the battalion level. The division of five companies and one battalion is still suitable for cold weapon warfare.
After chatting with the Freys for a long time, the two of them left.
On the way to the hall, Arthur explained to Lord Jason that he asked Patrick to go to the Reach to get some food back.
"No problem, he is still a child, and he is at the right age to train with a strong general like you."
The owner of Haijiang City generously allowed Arthur to use his son as much as he wanted.
In front of the hall door, Arthur, who was about to discuss with Rhona Stowe and others, was stopped by a steward of the Tully family.
"Lord Edmure has something to do with you."
So Arthur said goodbye to Earl Jason and followed the steward to the main castle, where Edmure's bedroom was.
He also wanted to know how the eldest son of the Tully family was injured.
After following the steward around several small buildings and stairs, we finally arrived at the third floor of the main castle.
Then, Arthur was taken to Edmure's bedroom.
This is a large room in the style of Riverrun, even the balcony is triangular.
The smell of herbs and decay and moldy smell filled the entire bedroom. On the big feather bed in the center, Edmure was lying flat on his back with his chest, legs, and arms wrapped.
Two middle-aged maids and four male servants who looked very strong were waiting on the side.
Arthur walked over and let the wounded man on the bed see him.
"Well, you're here."
Edmure's speech movements were difficult.
Seeing him like this, Arthur hurriedly said: "It's not easy for you to say something just once. Say what you want me to do at once, don't use polite words."
Edmure said slowly: "Then I'm sorry, Adam Malbrandt captured many river princes, including Karel Vance, Claremont Piper, Tristan Legg, etc...
…Ahem…”
As he spoke, he suddenly started coughing, and two maids hurriedly came forward to take care of him.
Arthur took a closer look and saw that he was coughing up blood.
The steward understood the master's intention and said: "These earls are now imprisoned in Golden Teeth City. If you can find a way to get them back, the Tully family will fully support you in inheriting Stonehedge City."
[Mission: Recapture the three earls and many minor nobles]
Edmure coughed for a long time, regained his breath, and stretched out a trembling finger.
The steward once again understood the master's intention and said to Arthur: "And Amory Lodge. This man has robbed many castles on the south bank and obtained no less than ten thousand golden dragons. The master hopes that you can kill this man.
And get back the golden dragon he stole and compensate the little nobles on the south bank."
The reason why the Tully family recruited far fewer troops for the second time than for the first time was that the nobles on the south coast were afraid that their territory would be robbed by notorious wild dogs like Lodge.
Although Edmure tried his best to protect the people on the river, the south bank was still plundered.
This severely damaged the reputation of the Tully family.
So he wanted to save it.
[Mission: Kill Amory Lodge and take back the gold from the river nobles]
The second mission also appears on the blue light screen.
Arthur nodded, "No problem at all. After your wedding is over, I will take people along the River Road to the West. When passing by the Golden Tooth City, I will first kill Rocky, and then rescue the river nobles. Then I will
Rocky's head as a wedding gift to you."
Rocky also robbed Wag Hot's money, and Wag, in addition to the commission he deserved, also robbed Mrs. He'an of two to three thousand gold dragons.
Arthur has been thinking about settling this account for a long time.
This time, Arthur, who has gained experience, will never let Rocky's head stink and rot.
He would let Qyburn handle the head and ensure that all the nobles and commoners on the South Bank would see Rocky's head.
"Then please." Edmure was furious.
Arthur quickly let him rest.
Then, he was called by people sent by Duke Horst.
Although the Duke was lethargic, he was much more energetic than his son.
Master Tully first praised Arthur for his various actions, and then made similar demands to his own son.
It's just that the Duke's conditions are more kind than his son's.
"You will gain the friendship of the Tully and Stark families, and Robb will also give you the title of Marquis. As long as you can help us Tully regain the support of the nobles on the south bank, I can guarantee that Bracken will be the most popular in the riverlands."
