Lu carried Arthur through a doorway that was at least ten meters long and entered the King's Burning Tower in Harrenhal.
The Burning King's Tower is one of the five towers in Harrenhal and is also the location of the Lord's Chamber.
Although the He'an family has declined, their hospitality still maintains the standard of the Earl family.
Several stable boys hurried over and held the reins of the guests.
"I want to see Mrs. He'an." Arthur handed the parchment with trout prints to a steward, and then stated his request.
"No problem, the countess is bored because she has no visitors!"
The steward was very smart, he just glanced at the Tully family logo and handed it back to Arthur with both hands.
As for what was written on it, he did not study it in detail.
The steward hurriedly left to inform the master and asked two male servants to take the guests to a suitable place.
When he arrived at his destination, Arthur realized that it was still the same hall he came to last time. Although it was a large room that could accommodate about a hundred people, it was not yet the castle hall.
The real castle hall - the Hundred Furnaces Hall - will not be open to people like Arthur.
That is a huge room that can accommodate two to three thousand people. The current He'an family may not even be able to find enough people to clean the Bailu Hall.
After a while, the manager, Richard, helped Mrs. He'an, who was in her sixties, and walked into the room.
"It's you, the young man who helped me. Do you have anything to do with me?"
Arthur suspected that Mrs. Hean could no longer remember her name. After all, she was very old.
After thinking about it, he decided to start with the current situation.
"What do you think of the situation where Lord Tywin sends two armies?"
Mrs. He'an sat down at the main seat, then asked Arthur and the guests to sit on the chairs nearby, and then said slowly:
"I'm a bad old woman, what should I do? If Tywin leads his army to attack, I can just run away."
The chair was placed against the wall. Arthur felt that it was not very comfortable to talk to the owner like this, so he took the chair a few steps forward, then turned it ninety degrees, facing Mrs. He'an.
The Dornishmen, members of the Blood Troupe, and the Riverland Cavalry didn't know why Arthur was doing this, so they also did the same thing.
Then Mrs. He'an and the manager Richard stared at the thirty-three people in front of them.
But Arthur did not have this embarrassment, he said calmly:
"But once you escape, there will be no dangerous pass in the entire Riverlands south of the Red Fork River and north of the Blackwater River that can stop Tywin's 20,000-strong army."
"Do you want me, an old woman, to wait here to die?" Mrs. He'an asked doubtfully.
Arthur started his persuasion plan: "That's it, I'm chasing the Magic Mountain, and now he's heading west. When the time comes, I will go to Riverrun, Stonehedge and my own territory to bring some people with you.
Let’s defend Harrenhal together.”
"You also know that this huge castle can be said to be the strongest city in the Riverlands. As long as there are three to four thousand people, it is enough to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of troops. And as long as Harrenhal is in the hands of us Riverlanders, we
If we also implement the strategy of clearing the country and fortifying the walls, Tywin will no longer be able to lead his army to roam the vast land around the Lake of the God's Eye, because we can attack his food line at any time."
"But according to rumors, Tywin has an army of 20,000 in Kakudani City. How many people do you have? Just these thirty people or fifty? Forgive the old woman in front of you, she can't count now." He An
The lady chuckled.
She no longer cares much about these external matters, as long as she lives.
"Tywin has Tywin's army, and I, Arthur, also have Arthur's friends. If I go to hunt down the Mountain, I will borrow a team of men. When the time comes, I will personally lead my troops and help my lady hold Harrenhal." Arthur.
replied.
Mrs. He'an shook her head and said no more.
Richard, the relatively young middle-aged manager next to her, questioned:
"Forgive me, it's about the master's life, I have to ask clearly. If you can't borrow the army, will we still wait for you in this dilapidated castle?"
"I have a thousand people myself." Arthur felt that with his current reputation, a thousand farmers could still be summoned. "Whether we can borrow an army or not, I will definitely be there in person within three weeks.
"
The He'an family doesn't take Harrenhal seriously, but Arthur is a treasure.
"The young man is a responsible person." For some reason, Mrs. He'an found Arthur very pleasing to her eyes.
"I will listen to you and wait for you here for two or three weeks. We have dozens of guards, plus the manpower of Heron Town, thousands of people still can't break through this place. No matter how many enemies come, I will have to
Escaped."
She made the final decision.
Heron Town is a nearby town with the largest dock in Divine Eye Lake and a permanent population of several thousand. It is also the only place where they collect taxes.
After all, there is only one noble and her servants living in Harrenhal, and the tax revenue of a town is enough.
"Excellent." Arthur stood up and praised, "When historians write a biography of Harrenhal in the future, you will become the smartest owner in the past."
"Maybe. Do you want to stay for dinner?"
Arthur waved his hand and rejected the proposal, "No. In order to get here, we deviated a little from the trail of the Magic Mountain, and we have to catch up with them as soon as possible."
After saying that, he turned around and left with his men.
The manager, Richard, watched the group of people walk out of the room and asked:
"Do you really want to wait for them? I think it's better to be prepared."
Mrs. He'an said a little tiredly: "What can I do if I believe him once? Tywin's army is not all cavalry. Even if they arrive at Heron Town, we will have time to escape."
…
In the town of Heron, Arthur used Hoster's parchment warrant to recruit twenty-one soldiers from various families in the Riverlands who were passing by.
Originally, these people were going to Riverrun to gather, but as they were civilians, they had no choice but to rest in Heron Town.
Now including Arthur, they have a total of fifty-four people. They already have a strength advantage against the more than thirty people on the Magic Mountain.
The lord of Moulin Rouge wasted no time and ordered to set out to pursue Clegane and the Westerners along the Red Fork River.
Three and a half days later, Mo Shanfang was overtaken by them again.
This time, because there were more people, the results were quite fruitful.
Magic Mountain was dragged by Arthur, and they fought with him for a long time, but they were still scraping.
"Seven Gods, is it possible that you won't get tired?" Clegane lost his patience due to Arthur's struggle and shouted angrily.
"Even if I am exhausted, I still have to kill you. Because I have sentenced you to death." Arthur swung the hammer again and hammered the Demon Mountain's thigh armor with all his strength.
There, it has been deformed by continuous impact hammers.
"I won't fight anymore, retreat, retreat." Magic Mountain shouted.
In the past seven or eight days, due to Arthur's pursuit day and night, retreat has almost become his mantra.
As usual, he turned around and ran, and then waited for his faster subordinates to fetch him his big horse.
But this time, he couldn't wait for his loyal and reliable subordinates to lead his horse, because there were only seven or eight people left out of more than thirty people.
Notepad has been killed, and Sweet-tongued Raph himself has been injured.
Arthur's attack came again, and Moshan had no choice but to turn around, violently push down the enemy, and run towards his mount.
On the Hejian side, there are still twenty-eight people left.
Looking at the scattered Western soldiers, Arthur stood up, gathered the remaining people, and then ordered to go to the Red Fork River to find a boat.
"Get ready to cross the river."
A cavalryman from Pink City asked: "Sir, are you no longer pursuing the Magic Mountain?"
"He only has a few people now, so he can't burn down the village. And as you can see, my little hammer can't break through the three layers of armor of the Magic Mountain."
"This place is not far from my territory. There is a giant hammer there, which is enough to break the defense. Only by taking that guy with him can I kill the magic mountain."
Arthur explained.
Now that we're here, we have to go back and take a look at the territory.
There are a lot of people in the Moulin Rouge now. Amber, the manager, is an honest person, but she may not be able to control the people who come after her. Arthur has to go back and set the rules.
Big boats are hard to find, but small boats can be easily found.
A farmer who was transporting fish he caught saw them first, and then said that he could call two more such boats, which would be enough to transport Arthur and others to the other side.
The Lord of Moulin Rouge left ten men to guard the horses, and then led the men across the river.
After seeing Master Tully's parchment, these farmers worked hard to send Arthur halfway upstream, allowing them to land at the small ferry in Riverside Village.
Due to the rumors of war, the ferry was already under surveillance. When they saw their lord returning with his people, many people came out not far away to greet him.
Of course, some people also went to the village to spread the news.
Soon, Arthur met the village chief Jace and others who were coming over.
"Master, you are finally back. Let me tell you, there are so many foreigners here now that it's hard for me to manage them."
Arthur ignored him and ordered several bullock carts to be found.
The soldiers who followed him were very tired and could not let them walk to the family fort.
Jess quickly carried out this order.
After about an hour of walking, Arthur saw the stronghold he had built.
Although it was considered sufficient when it was built, it is still a bit small now.
A circle of tents was set up outside the village, housing farmers who had taken refuge from the south bank of the Red Fork River.
Since they could reach here by boat after reaching the Trident River and its tributaries northward, they arrived earlier than Arthur.
It is estimated that the number of farmers who have arrived is already several thousand, and there are more on the way.
Although after the war broke out, the north bank of the Red Fork River was relatively peaceful, and there was no forced requisition of military supplies by the soldiers from the west and the north.
But with such a large number of people, some defensive measures must be taken.
But before Arthur could think about it, a large number of people came over.
"It's the righteous Lord Bracken."
"He must have killed the Mountain. Where is the beast's head?"
"Can we go home now?"
These are all victims of the evil deeds of the Magic Mountain. At this moment, they are looking at Arthur sitting on the bullock cart, expecting him to give a satisfactory answer.
Crowds began to gather and the bullock cart could not move forward at all.
Arthur had no choice but to stand up and press his hands to calm the group of people.
Then, he considered the words and said: "I have killed more than 120 members of Magic Mountain. He escaped with a few people. It was my mistake not to kill him."
"But don't worry, Clegane won't be able to bounce around for a few more days. I will bring a more powerful weapon and smash his head flat with a hammer, so that the injustice and suffering you have suffered will get the justice you deserve."
People began to cheer quietly, but they were drowned out by Arthur's voice.
"But you can't go home yet. Tywin's army is watching eagerly. It's not safe south of the Red Fork River. It may be more difficult to live on the north bank, but you can save your life."
After saying this, Arthur motioned to the crowd to get out of the way so that he could pass.
After appeasing the farmers, no one blocked the way, and Arthur was able to enter Dazhai and then the family fort.
Hearing that Arthur had returned home, a dozen distinguished people gathered in the hall.
Steward Amber, several village elders, Dickon Tully, Angay, the leader of the Blood Troupe, Vag Hoot, the leader of the King's Landing mercenaries, Bill, the leader of the mercenaries in the River Bend, Carey, etc., are all here.
Coming.
This makes a small room look crowded.
Chief Steward Amber first reported on the situation in the territory.
After the completion of the Dazhai, Benji, the bachelor of Aram City, had left, and the one hundred elite soldiers who assisted in the defense of Shili City were also taken to Riverrun by Count Janos.
There are now about 6,000 people in the territory. Except for the original 2,000 people, the rest are landless farmers on the south bank.
Fortunately, most of them have food and daily necessities with them, so there is no problem with materials for the time being.
Amber had previously selected two hundred stronger adult men for training, and stopped after Havel and the visiting soldiers from Shili City left.
"Leave it to Dickon and Bill to recruit new soldiers from farmers and train them. You two must do a good job in this."
One of these two people has received professional military training, and the other is a well-known mercenary with rich experience. The combination of the two is enough to train new recruits.
"Okay, Mr. Arthur."
"As you wish."
The two of them replied.
Now Arthur has more than 800 sets of armor, enough to arm an army.
The supply of troops is sufficient. As the second largest grain-producing area in the Seven Kingdoms, the Riverland also has the second largest population among the Seven Kingdoms.
"Amber is responsible for asking the farmers to hand over the farm tools they carry, and then make them into round helmets and spear points. The recruits who are not assigned to full armor are equipped with spears and iron helmets, so that they can practice spear and shield formations."
"Yes." Amber accepted the order.
After admonishing for a long time, Arthur finally had someone carry his giant hammer and leave.
The giant horse Red Rabbit was transported to the south bank by the steward Amber. Dressed in a golden vest, it was so huge that it could even move Arthur's giant hammer.
A lot of members of the Blood Troupe gathered together, and Arthur took twenty of them to the Devil's Mountain.
Wagg also followed. He had no objection to Arthur consuming his men, and he had no moral burden.
Anyway, for every member of the Blood Troupe who died, he would get fifteen golden dragons.
After the nearly 200 gold dragons that were missing before were filled, Wagg felt that this financial owner was capable, and he could get the gold by working hard for him.
…
Eight days later, in the Pink City territory, Actor's Beach.
"There is a battle ahead. The two armies led by the Magic Mountain and Amory Lodge have already engaged Earl Berry's men."
A horseman from Traveling Rest replied.
He is one of the fifty-three people that Ma Ke and Raymond lent to Arthur more than twenty days ago. After more than a dozen battles, now there are only a few of his companions left.
Because they were familiar with the nearby terrain, Arthur sent them to investigate and finally found the whereabouts of the Western Soldiers.
At the same time, it was also discovered that the soldiers of the West March were at war with the King's Landing law enforcement team led by Lord Beric Dondarrion from the Stormlands.
The situation was not very optimistic. After Magic Mountain returned to Tywin's army near Kakudani City, he received another 150-man team.
Moreover, another group of about a hundred soldiers from the West, led by Ser Amory Lodge, was also sent to snipe Lord Berry.
There are only about 120 members of the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team, and the situation is precarious.
"Ange raids the formation, the rest of the people follow me." Arthur shouted.
He led forty-six men and launched a charge.
The battle that has already begun is taking place in front of the small town of Xizitan.
Without an opponent of the same weight as Arthur, no one can stop Magic Mountain's sword.
The big sword covered in black and red blood flew up and down, sending a member of the law enforcement team to see the Seven Gods in one fell swoop.
Considering that there are still twenty Duke Eddard's guards in the law enforcement team, they may be meeting the old gods.
The members of this group of law enforcement teams come from all over the world, including people from the Stormlands, soldiers from the north, people from King's Landing, people from the river, and people from Myr.
They may not have known each other before, but just to punish a group of demons who had done the most evil things in the world, they got together under Duke Ed's order, and then chased them all the way to the upper reaches of the Red Fork River.
At present, only about half of the members of the law enforcement team are standing, and the rest have died in the battle.
What made them despair was not the giant sword of the Magic Mountain - dying under the sword of the Magic Mountain actually fulfilled their honor - but the countless Western soldiers around them.
Why are there so many Western soldiers in the Riverlands?
What are the river armies doing at Riverrun?
The leader, Lord Berry, Raymond Darry, the red-robed monk Thoros and others were huddled together back to back.
"Resign yourself to your fate!" Young Berry sighed.
The dense crimson robe makes people despair.
This time, Lord Tywin's soldiers didn't even bother to disguise themselves.
Just then, a loud shout came:
"Brother Darry, brother Marco, hold on, I'm here, Arthur."
The owner of the voice used a blinding golden sword to split a Western Soldier into two pieces with one vertical slash.
Then, under the eyes of everyone on the law enforcement team, Arthur spurred his horse and rushed towards the invincible Magic Mountain.
Although the speed was slow, due to Red Rabbit's huge size, it was able to knock back the Demon Mountain several steps after it had finished beheading the man.
Arthur placed the Guandao behind his back, turned over and dismounted, and then he swung the giant hammer and hit Magic Mountain hard, who had no time to react.
It hit Clegane's left foot.
"Ah!" Magic Mountain shouted angrily, the pain made him extremely angry, so the giant sword slashed towards Arthur who was bending down.
Arthur ignored the sword, continued to swing the giant hammer, and smashed the mountain's left leg with all his strength.
Magic Mountain was in pain and hurriedly retreated.
But this made his center of gravity unstable, and he staggered back several steps.
Arthur chased after him, only staring at the Magic Mountain's calves and feet.
In terms of height, he was half a head shorter than the Magic Mountain, so he would suffer a lot when playing normally, but when Arthur bent over and smashed his foot, the Magic Mountain suffered a bit.
After all, he is too tall and his behavior is slow.
After seven or eight blows to the Mountain's thick iron boots and shin armor, Clegane finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to his knees.
And Arthur only paid the price of having seven or eight dents cut out of his plate armor.
With the blessing of the giant hammer, the two finally no longer need to scrape.
There was no one around the Mountain to restrain Arthur, so Arthur moved behind the Mountain in two steps and started smashing his giant square helmet.
Although the square giant helmet is large, compared with the solid giant hammer, it is still a bit indestructible.
Just in the two or three breaths that Magic Mountain tried to stand up, a large piece of it was already dented.
"Hoo, ho, ho!"
After being hit on the head five or six times, Clegane finally did not stand up.
The continuous heavy blows to his brain made him almost lose control of his body.
He muttered a roar, but was unable to fight back and slowly fell down.
Arthur learned his lesson and gave the Magic Mountain's square helmet a dozen more blows, flattening the giant square helmet and bleeding out pale brain matter and red blood.
After confirming that he was really dead, the Lord of the Moulin Rouge ended the battle with the Magic Mountain and turned to support the members of the law enforcement team.
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