For people in the north, tonight may be the most desperate moment since going south.
The first surprise came from the failure of the night attack.
After being taught many times by the Northlanders and direwolves, and Tywin himself had a painful experience of being seriously injured by a night attack, the people of the Westerlands were well prepared in this regard.
The night attack did not have the expected effect. In the extremely neat and beautiful camp set up by the Lion family, the vast majority of the infantry were ready for battle.
Now that the enemy was prepared, there was little point in attacking at night, so Robb ordered a retreat.
The second surprise came from the heavy cavalry regiment behind.
A total of four thousand heavy cavalrymen of the Lion family, equipped with horse armor, attacked from behind the fish and wolf coalition forces, causing chaos in the coalition's position.
Fortunately, there were many brave and brave warriors among the people in the north, and the young wolf master's unique personality attracted die-hard loyalists, so the front line at the rear did not turn into a one-sided massacre.
However, the situation is not optimistic. The Shi family infantry has begun to encircle from both sides by relying on their superior strength. If they don't fight a bloody way out, I am afraid that more than 10,000 people will end up here.
Roose Bolton, who acted as the commander of the reserve army, sent someone to ask for troops to break out.
The Young Wolf Lord made a prompt decision and ordered the command system to be stabilized. Bolton's troops, who were not entangled in the chaos, broke out to the east. At the same time, his own soldiers also evacuated to the east.
This is where the third accident happened.
The three men sent by Bolton turned out to be assassins. They chopped down several guards and leading nobles surrounding Robb.
These people are all noble children from the North and the Riverlands, including Daisy Mormont, Wendell Manderly, Lucas Blackwood and others.
Fortunately, the direwolf Gray Wind killed one assassin, and the remaining two were also surrounded and killed by the crowd.
The situation on the battlefield became even worse. The Bolton army rebelled and began to attack the soldiers who were still loyal to the King in the North.
So an encirclement in three directions, north, south and east began to form. To the west was Casterly Rock, a huge rock castle.
At the critical moment, Maege Mormont, Owain Nori, Robin Flint and other northern nobles urged His Majesty Robb to lead his people out from the northeast.
That was the dividing line between the Lion's Heavy Cavalry Corps and the Bolton Army. Since the two armies were not very familiar with each other, a little open space was left to prevent accidental damage to friendly forces.
"I am a king, how can I abandon my soldiers and ignore them?" Lord Young Wolf shouted at his vassals.
He ordered everyone to lead the soldiers to break out first, and he and the fifteen hundred Stark cavalry were separated from the rear.
Even though his time as king was short, Robb still established his prestige, so everyone reluctantly led the soldiers to retreat first.
The fighting continued in the dark night, and the Stark cavalry behind them suffered serious casualties.
Fortunately, Robb had many loyal people who could fight, and they kept the battle line stable, including his uncle Lyndon Tully and the legendary knight Blackfish.
River Guardian Hoster and Blackfish have always been at odds with each other. During a quarrel, Duke Tully accused his brother of being "the black sheep of the Tully family". Ser Brynden smiled and said that it should be Blackfish, so he changed his coat of arms to
and the flag was changed to a black fish pattern.
After the Usurper's War, Blackfish followed his niece to the valley and was appointed as a Knight of the Blood Gate by Jon Arryn. Fifteen years later, after Lysa refused to send troops to fight for her relatives, Blackfish accompanied Caitlin Smith.
Tucker traveled north to White Harbor and joined Robb's army there, commanding his scouts and scout riders.
After learning that he had not detected the true movements of the Lion Cavalry, Blackfish, who already loved his relatives, felt even more ashamed of Robb, so he led more than a hundred of his men and rushed in frantically to rescue his nephew.
After some of the leading nobles withdrew their soldiers from the encirclement, they rushed in with their fast-moving horsemen to fight against their king.
It's just that the reputation of the Lion family's heavy cavalry is not just blown away.
They launched several charges and pressed hard against the coalition's front, causing heavy losses to the coalition's cavalry.
Robb and other command centers were their focus, and the way the heavy cavalry identified them was through the huge gray wolf.
Wherever the wolf is, there is the "false king".
Duke Tywin has ordered that anyone who beheads Robb will be rewarded with ten thousand gold dragons, and anyone who beheads a direwolf will be rewarded with five thousand gold dragons. The Iron Throne will also grant corresponding noble titles.
This greatly boosted the morale of all the soldiers in the Western Region. For the soldiers who were born as civilians, such a large sum of gold dragons meant that they had a family property that could be passed down from generation to generation, and the title of nobility could make people reach the sky in one step.
In the fierce battle, Gray Feng was stabbed by several lance iron points and fell to the ground whimpering.
The direwolf's injury made Robb, who had a close spiritual connection with it, uneasy.
In order to take away his companion, the young wolf master dismounted and tried to let the giant wolf stand up on its own.
The enemy seized the fleeting opportunity, and a captain of the Lion Centurion used a mace to hit the "false king"'s iron-helmeted head.
This made Robb unable to stand. Blackfish and other knights immediately dismounted and surrounded the Young Wolf Lord.
The Lion cavalry who attacked again swarmed forward, stabbing the group's chainmail and bucklers with random spears.
As a result, the coalition soldiers suffered many casualties, and the speed of evacuation also dropped sharply.
Coupled with the darkness of night, the scene became extremely chaotic.
It was at this time that Arthur, Big and Little Jon, Rhona Stowe and others arrived at the battlefield.
Although this army was small in number, it penetrated the Western Infantry from behind, which caused some of the Western Infantry to start rioting.
Arthur and others were able to kill through the entire Lion's camp, and then found the Lion's family, where the cavalry surrounded Robb and others.
This kind of crowded battlefield is where the giant hammer is most effective. With one swing of Arthur's hammer, he can make a heavy cavalryman's armor crack and his flesh and blood fly everywhere.
Not long after, he had led people in to kill him.
"Hurry up and run away. My red rabbit is big enough, and I will be responsible for taking away the direwolf."
Blackfish picked up his nephew, Arthur carried the huge Gray Wind onto the giant red horse, and the group of people retreated.
Dozens of nobles who could fight opened the way, and the remaining Stark cavalry followed and fought their way out from the northeast of the encirclement.
The Bolton tribe and the red robes on the south side, which were mostly infantry, were easy to get rid of, but the lion cavalry, which was sufficiently mobile, pursued them closely. The battle continued until dawn.
Most of the coalition infantry who escaped first were killed by the Lion cavalry. By the time they were completely out of the battlefield, there were only about 2,000 soldiers still surrounding Robb.
Blackfish and other generals advocated retreating along the river road, but were stopped by Robb, who was not in good condition.
The King of the North and the Three Rivers called most of the nobles to him and said slowly: "With the witness of the gods in heaven and all your lords, I appoint Jon Stark as my successor, who will inherit the North and the Three Rivers in the future.
The royal title of the King, as well as the direct territories of Winterfell and Stark...ahem..."
This legislation is easy to understand. These are troubled times. Sansa and Arya are not suitable to be lords. Bran is disabled, Rickon is still young, and only the "adult" Jon is suitable to take charge of the Stark family.
Although it is unlikely to do so under current inheritance law, the king has the prerogative to legalize illegitimate children and designate his own heirs.
After the Young Wolf Master coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, he began to tell his subordinates: "Joffrey's life is worth my father's life, and Tywin's serious injury is worth my uncle Edmure's serious injury. We and the Lion family are even."
The losses in this battle are too heavy. You just need to retreat to the Riverlands and defend your territory. Don't start another war with the lions."
His helmet was deformed, showing that he was seriously injured.
"Who is Arthur Bracken?" Robb asked softly.
Arthur, who was called, stepped forward.
"Yes, he looks very noble. I heard that you killed Joffrey, and you avenged my father for me. Stonehedge is yours, Earl Bracken."
There is actually something wrong with this statement. How can the hatred of family members be transferred to others?
But considering that the enemy Joffrey is indeed dead, and the Wolf family is no longer able to attack the Lion family in a large scale, this revenge can only be regarded as revenge.
"I consider myself good to Roose Bolton. His betrayal makes me angry. My life is on his account. Whoever kills him for me will be considered as avenging me."
Bolton's betrayal made many people in the North feel indignant, and the Young Wolf Lord's death only strengthened this hatred.
Many bellicose northern nobles have spoken out, expressing their sworn opposition to the Skinners.
After probably explaining the aftermath, Robb ordered the retreat.
The army of more than two thousand men returned to the Golden Teeth along the River Road. Halfway through the journey, the seriously injured Robb went to see his father in heaven, and the direwolf Gray Wind also left.
This greatly reduced the morale of the entire army.
But the issue of morale is not the focus yet. The situation on the entire continent has begun to become confusing again.
News came from the east that Stannis had captured King's Landing.
Thanks to the fact that the fish and wolf coalition forces on the eastern front consumed part of the wildfire stock and reduced the number of King's Landing defenders to three to five thousand, Stannis, who learned his lesson, violently attacked the city during the day and captured what he wanted in one go.
The Iron Throne.
Cersei and others knew they were outmatched, so they first sent a large number of civilians out of the city to disrupt the offensive rhythm of Erlu's army.
Although Erlu was ruthless and ungrateful, he would not attack civilians, so Cersei took her two children and courtiers, guarded by more than two thousand gold robes, and took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the besieged King's Landing City and court.
Heading towards the north.
If nothing unexpected happens, Tommen, Cersei and others are avoiding the battle in Duskendale.
The news from the south also made the people in the rivers and the north unhappy.
As expected, the Reach bet on the Lannister and Crown Alliance, which had a good chance of winning.
It is slightly different from the original plot. Without Tywin's supervision, the Duke of Mace, who regained military power, marched eastward with 60,000 soldiers and 20,000 slaves, merchants, circus and other members, and surrounded the winds loyal to Stannis.
The Castle - After Stannis used shadow magic to kill the acting lord Penros, the city surrendered to Erlu.
What’s interesting is that after learning that the Ironborn went north to capture the North, part of the Redwyne fleet that defended the coast of the Reach, led by Lord Paxter Redwyne, crossed the Summer Sea and reunited with the remaining Long Island fleet.
The ships reunited and began the siege of Storm's End.
As the cousin and brother-in-law of the Duke of Mace, Paxter had already besieged Storm's End with Mace sixteen years ago.
Lord Inflatable Fish and Earl Redwin are very similar in some respects. Both of them believed that they could force the defenders to surrender by means of long-term siege, digging tunnels, and drilling through city walls. This was what they did sixteen years ago, and the result was only public funds.
Eat and drink for more than half a year - in exchange for a victory with less bloodshed.
"It is said that twenty carts of food are transported from the Reach to the outside of Storm's End every day. It is already larger than an ordinary town. It seems that the Duke of Mace is ready for a long-term war."
In the main hall of the Golden Teeth City, Karel Vance said to everyone.
After he was rescued, he stayed in Golden Tooth City and learned a lot of rumors.
"Is there any movement in Dorne?" Arthur asked the well-informed person.
Dorne and the Reach have been enemies for generations, and the Martell family has a feud with the Lion family. The Lion Alliance is full of hatred for the Dornish people.
"There is no news from Dorne, and there is no movement in the valley." Kalel said.
Now that Robb is dead, the biggest link to the existence of the Fish-Wolf Alliance has disappeared.
The unbreakable alliance has begun to crumble from head to toe.
The atmosphere in the main castle hall suddenly fell silent, and most of the people were thinking about the next way forward.
For a long time, the rude and rude Great Jon first spoke on behalf of the people of the North: "Since Lord Rickard Stark listened to that damn maester and implemented the plan to go south, the entire North has not received much good. Stark
We have lost two pairs of father and son, and we cannot afford to die. Therefore, I think the people in the north should go home, and the people in the rivers and lakes can decide for themselves!"
Rickard Stark is Eddard's father. After his generation of Starks experienced the conflict between the wolves, Rickard was the only one left.
Without the help of his brothers, Rickard began to trust Willis Flowers, the maester of Winterfell. The latter proposed a southward strategy to actively expand the influence of the Wolf family south of the Neck, so Duke Rickard began to negotiate with the families to the south.
In marriage, Lyanna was betrothed to Robert Baratheon, the heir to the Stormlands.
Driven by fate, Lyanna became the trigger of the Usurper's War, and Duke Rickard and his eldest son Brandon were killed in King's Landing.
As if in a reincarnation, sixteen years later, Eddard also died in front of the Great Sept of Baelor in King's Landing, and his eldest son also died in the south.
This statement was supported by the vast majority of the northern nobles, and Rona Stau and others even expressed their desire to kill Olivier Frey.
Fortunately, Little Jon and Olifa were relatively familiar with each other and stopped the impulse of his companions on the Eastern Front.
Moreover, a lot of gold that has not yet been made into the form of dragon coins was snatched from the Golden Teeth City. It is roughly estimated that it is worth nearly 100,000 gold dragon coins.
This was enough to satisfy the northern nobles.
By locking the Gulf of Karin and White Harbor, the North is really an independent kingdom, and because White Harbor is opposite Braavos, the people of the North don't need much land trade.
The people in Hejian were silent. The northern nobles and soldiers wanted to go home, so naturally they couldn't stop them.
But once the allies leave, the Hejian people alone may not be able to defeat the Lion Flower Alliance that has merged.
Even the generous Robert once reduced the old Earl Darry family in the East River to a viscount, but Tywin was much tougher than Robert.
Not to mention Stannis who now occupies King's Landing.
This ruthless and ungrateful man who is famous in the Seven Kingdoms can even cut off the fingers of his most capable subordinate, the Onion Knight. For the "traitors" who supported Robb, he is afraid that he will either behead him or send him to serve as a vigil on the Great Wall.
people.
These pampered nobles shuddered at the thought of being brothers with murderers, oathbreakers, strong criminals, etc., and maybe writing a book "My Years as a Ghoul on the Great Wall" after death.
Everyone began to think about a way out.
It just took time to make a decision, so the day's meeting ended hastily.
At night, Count Tristan Legg of Willow City quietly sneaked into Count Claremont Piper's room.
The latter was lying on the wooden bed, looking at the roof in a daze. After glancing at who the person was, he continued his previous actions.
"Why don't you want to join the new forces?" Tristan sneaked to the bed and asked in a low voice.
"Tommen and Stannis, take your pick, but you won't go with the Tullys anyway." Clement was still grieving over his son's death and had no time to think about these things.
"One is Tywin's ruler. I'm afraid we will only be left with the territory of the viscount and baron. The other is directly at risk of death. Can't you get some snacks?" Tristan hates the fact that iron cannot make steel.
"Then do you think there is any better choice?" Clemont still looked indifferent.
"What about Dragon King Arthur?" Legge suggested.
After hearing this unfamiliar vocabulary, Clemont slowly sat up and asked, "Is it Arthur Bracken? I heard that he has a dragon. Why is he called the Dragon King?"
"Let's not pretend to be confused." Tristan moved a wooden stool over, sat down and said: "Who can make the dragon reappear in the world except Targaryen?"
Clemont pondered for a moment, "Then he is... Rhaegar's illegitimate son?"
After the destruction of the Valyrian civilization, only Targaryens and their bastards could control dragons, and only those with the blood of the dragon family could get close to dragons.
Now that a dragon appears openly in Harrenhal, it is certain that its owner is a Targaryen.
As the Mad King Aerys II stayed in the Red Keep and refused to leave, only Prince Rhaegar could leave an illegitimate child somewhere else.
"You finally grasped the point." Tristan moved the wooden stool close to the bed and whispered: "Arthur is now about twenty-two, that is, he was born around 277, that is, his mother was pregnant around 276, and
Prince Rhaegar was born in 259, and was about sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, so he was worthy."
Clemont shook his head, "Age doesn't mean anything. Does the whereabouts match up?"
Legge said confidently: "Of course, in the year 276 of the Conquest Calendar, in order to celebrate the birth of Prince Viserys, Lannister Port held a grand tournament. Rhaegar should have passed through the Riverlands at that time. Isn't this right?
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Although Clemont thought this was far-fetched, the appearance of the dragon convinced him.
"Okay, let's assume that he is a dragon family member with a dragon, but will there be enough people to support him? Will he be besieged by several major forces just because he has a dragon?"
Counting from the east, Lord Legg counted on his fingers: "Counting from the east, the Mouton family of Maidenpool, the Dragon Party; the Darry family, the Dragon Party; the He'an family of Harrenhal, the Dragon Party. He himself is still the manager of Harrenhal; we Liu Mu
The city is owned by the Dragon Party; Stonewall City is in his hands; there are only three earls left on the south bank of the Riverlands."
Due to the three hundred years of operation of the Targaryen family, the big nobles in the entire East River are basically loyal to the Long family, and the small nobles follow the big nobles without many problems.
Clemont took over the conversation, "Kalel Vance from Travelers Rest was saved by him, and most likely will support him. Vance from Alan City is a relative of Kalel, and will probably follow him, plus me.
The territory of Pink City, then the entire Nanhejian will be united."
Tristan said: "Crowtree City and the Tully family have been very close recently, so they probably won't follow him. With Patrick as the factor in Seaside City, it's pretty certain. As for the Frey family, they will definitely go to the Lion family.
But they are in the north, separated by a big river, so don't worry about them."
The two looked at each other and both felt that this road could work.
"Not to mention that the Dragon King's conduct is very good. It is said that he treats his subjects like friends. He is called the Just Arthur and the Brave Arthur. I think he and we can get along very happily." Earl Legg said.
After getting to know Arthur in depth, he discovered that this man was simply a replica of the true dragon Rhaegar.
Clemont nodded, "Even if the troops are insufficient now, each family can still pull out one or two thousand peasant soldiers, which adds up to ten or twenty thousand. This is more than ten times more than when Aegon conquered. When his dragons grow,
Big, wouldn’t that be..."
"The Dragon family has returned to the Iron Throne, and when the time comes, we can also enter the palace and become guests of the Red Castle." Tristan has already begun to look forward to the future.
Although the Tully family made the right bet during the Usurper's War, apart from marrying off their two daughters and leaving Lord Hoster injured, the Trout family reaped no tangible benefits.
The treatment of nobles in the entire Riverlands is worse than before the war.
At least the several earls in the East River were regarded as confidants of the Long family, but during the Baratheon dynasty, there was not a single big noble in the Riverlands who was regarded as a confidant by the Lu family.
The two became interested and began to plan how to persuade the Dragon King to stand on his own feet.
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