"Two thousand five hundred people, Earl Bracken only brought these people this time, right? If they are all given to Arthur, doesn't it mean that no one in your family will defend Riverrun? My master is only seriously ill, but he is not yet
...What about that? Don’t forget the oath you swore." Desmond, the leader of Riverrun City, said.
Although he had a close relationship with Arthur, the Tully family was the one he swore to. In such an occasion where most of the river princes were present, he still knew who to speak to.
"That is, it is impossible for no one from your family to defend Riverrun. Some of the 2,500 people in your hands must be left behind." Edmure also expressed his thoughts.
Earl Bracken is a relative of Arthur. If he insists on dividing his troops, Edmure cannot restrain him, but at least he can keep some people.
"Who said I want to give everyone here to my nephew?" Old God Genos was there, and he even had the time to take a sip of ale.
"There are still a thousand people in Stonehedge in Hendry's hands. I will let these people and the fifteen hundred people in Riverrun follow Arthur. There are also a thousand people who will follow me and stay here to guard my
Confess the king."
Originally, the Bracken family had 3,500 people. More than 300 people were killed in the conflict in Arthur's Crowtree City nearly three months ago, but they were quickly replaced.
When Tywin was gathering his army, Lord Janos was already gathering the strong peasants in his territory, so there are still 800 peasant troops in Stonehedge City who are intensifying their training.
Because some of Edmure's actions were not in line with Lord Bracken's wishes, he did not tell Tully all about his family's situation.
"There's just one condition. With these two thousand and five hundred men in hand, Arthur, you have to help me defend Stone Fence City." Genos turned his old face to his nephew.
"The farmers in the territory are like crops. Once they cut one crop, they can grow several crops in the next long summer. No matter how the soldiers from the west can harm them. But there is only one Shili City. Our ancestors passed it on to me. It cannot be used here.
It was destroyed in my hands, so you have to help me save Shili City."
"I will send a letter to Hendry. After you appear in Shili City, you will replace him as the acting city lord."
Genos kept nagging for a long time, and Arthur finally understood what he meant.
It turned out that the condition of his borrowing troops was that Arthur should keep Shili City.
[Mission: Defend Shili City]
Anyway, Tywin is still attacking Traveling Rest. When he knows that his two sons have been captured, he will calm down for a while to consider his next move.
The situation in Shili City is not very dangerous yet.
"Okay, there is no problem." Arthur likes his distant uncle who is very capable. "One thousand two hundred people in Pink City and two thousand five hundred people in Shili City are enough. It would be great if there are some cavalry. I
We can lead the troops to fight in front of Tywin's tent, and let the proud guardians of the West see the ferocity of us river people."
"This won't work. You can't take away all the Pink City's troops." Edmure still insisted on defending Riverrun first.
He insisted on leaving some soldiers in Pink City, otherwise he would tell his father what the Piper family was doing, so that the real Lord of the River could control the disobedient princes.
Earl Clermont had no choice but to leave 600 people in Riverrun, and only let Arthur take away 600 people.
Arthur was very angry at Edmure's actions, but after all, this man was the only strong man in the Tully family of the Lord of the River, so it was not easy for him to fight back.
Regarding the issue of cavalry, the Mallister family in Seaside City and the Vance family in Alan City, which is friendly with Janos, are willing to provide their cavalry to Arthur.
But Edmure objected again.
His reason was that there were so few cavalry in the Riverlands that it was impossible for Arthur to take away some of them.
And according to his point of view, defending Harrenhal only requires infantry, not cavalry.
Arthur and he had obvious differences on this issue. There were many nobles on both sides who supported him. However, every time Edmure brought up his father to calm the situation, the voices supporting Arthur became much less.
After arguing for a long time, the problem was still not solved, but it was time for dinner.
So everyone agreed to eat first and continue talking in the afternoon.
The lunch of the Tully family is still worthy of the status of his lord family. The rare foie gras is a small plate per person. The main dish is grilled tender steak, paired with fried golden fish, which is enough to whet your appetite.
.
But before the meal started, Arthur was squeezed out of the castle hall by Patrick and others from Haijiang City, and was then taken to a bathroom to take a bath.
Because he really stinks.
All the contents of James's mount's belly poured onto his plate armor and body. After the battle, he only had time to wash it off briefly. The blood in the gaps fermented for several days and became sour and smelly.
If not for the fact that everyone's focus was not on the smell during the military strategy meeting in the morning, Arthur would have been rushed to take a shower by the clean-loving nobles.
After washing up and wearing an unknown linen robe given by the servant, Arthur walked into the hall to have lunch with everyone.
"Where is the head of the Mountain?" Genos asked next to him.
"It's hanging on my saddle. It should be smelly now." After Arthur finished taking a bath, he realized how bad he smelled before, so he didn't want to mention the stinking and rotting head of the Magic Mountain.
"You shouldn't be so careless." Genos reminded him in a low voice.
"You should pickle the head of the Magic Mountain early in the morning, and then hang it in a conspicuous place on the horse. When discussing in the morning, you should also show it to this group of people first, so that the nobles on the south bank of the Red Fork River who have been invaded by the Magic Mountain can
Most of them will support you.”
He reminded his nephew.
Arthur thought about it, and it was the same.
All the princes in the east of Hedong hate Mo Shan with all their teeth. By killing Mo Shan, he has already gained a group of allies invisibly.
After thanking Janos in a low voice, Arthur took two mouthfuls of rice and walked out to instruct the servants in Riverrun to pickle the Mountain's head.
…
In the afternoon, Magic Mountain's head really worked.
The Vance family of Aram City clearly wanted to lend its cavalry to Arthur.
His relative, Carlier, the governor of the Vance family in Travelers' Rest, also made the same decision.
Although the two families have only 400 cavalry in total, their attitudes are enough to influence some people.
Count Jason Mallister of Seaside City also lent four hundred cavalry under the influence of the two families and the instigation of his son Patrick.
This made Edmure very dissatisfied. Anyone could see that the heir of Riverrun was planning to bring out his father again.
Arthur knew how to give up when he was ready, and 3,100 infantry and 800 cavalry were enough.
There are more than 17,000 people left in Riverrun City. Although their strength is about 50-50 with the Western Front Division of Golden Teeth City, taking into account the favorable geographical location, the war situation on the western front of the Riverlands should be very stable.
As long as Edmure doesn't micromanage or give blind orders.
"There is another question. Since you are going to fight with the Western Division in Riverrun City first, there will be no one to command the two large areas around Hedong area and Shenyan Lake. I recommend myself to take up this role until you are free.
Come and lead the army across the Red Fork River." Arthur recommended himself.
The Red Fork River originates from the Golden Teeth Mountains, first flows north through half of it, and then flows east until it joins the Trident River.
Therefore, Hongpin City, Lvxi City, Shitang Town, Shili City and other places on the east side of the upper reaches of the Red Fork River can be described as the Hedong area.
The area surrounding the Lake of God's Eye, from south to north, includes Aram City, Willow City, Harrenhal, Darui City, Sow's Corner and other places.
As for Maiden Spring further east, along the coast of Crab Bay, it is a bit far away, and it is impossible for Tywin to reach there in the early stages.
At present, except for Lady He'an, the five earls from the Hedong region and the Lakeside region are all in Riverrun. It is inconvenient for them to leave without Edmure's permission.
Therefore, there are no powerful figures in both places to preside over the battle, and there are no heavy troops to guard the castles.
"That's no problem." Edmure didn't want to fight Tywin's main force of the Lion family in the Hedong area in the early stage, so he readily agreed.
"I asked all the nobles on the south coast present to send messenger crows to their castles. Their people and soldiers in their territories will cooperate with you in the battle."
That's how it was decided.
Then, Arthur and some people prepared to leave Riverrun.
The members of the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team have become wanted criminals, so Lord Beric from the Stormlanders, Thoros from Myr, and the Wolf Guards from the North decided to go to the east of the river to protect the farmers from the soldiers from the West.
Marco Piper, Raymond Darry and others followed Arthur eastward.
Patrick, the eldest son of Seaside City, also shouted to go, so he also joined the team to defend Harrenhal.
In order to rush for time, we must take the waterway when going east.
Only all the larger ships around Riverrun combined could barely transport fifteen hundred people eastward.
Considering that Tywin's cavalry advance army has already passed Stonehedge City, and there is still some distance from the Red Fork River to Harrenhal.
So Arthur decided to set off with the cavalry troops first and march quickly to rescue Mrs. Hean and her family castle.
There is a shortage of horses in the Riverlands, so the cavalry has no auxiliary horses to assist the camels in marching and fighting, so there are only 800 army horses.
"Let all the military horses get on the big ship. It doesn't matter if it's a little crowded. The horses will sleep standing up. You just need to bring enough fodder."
"The soldiers got into the small boat first, then went down the river to find a larger boat and then changed."
Arthur ordered this.
So the nearby farmers who were requisitioned were once again easy to find. Canoes that could only carry two or three people were found, and finally all the necessary transportation tools were found.
When everything was ready, Edmure and the river princes who stayed in Riverrun came out to see each other off. At the ferry, they watched Arthur, with 800 people and 800 horses, packed into hundreds of large boats and small boats, and went down the river.
Down.
As for the 2,100 infantrymen at Riverrun, the ships that would return later were taken down the Red Fork.
Edmure would not object to what had been agreed upon.
…
A day and a half later, the Moulin Rouge Riverside Village ferry crossing.
"Send the head of the Magic Mountain to all the farmers on the south coast." Arthur ordered the steward Amber.
Passing by his own territory, he led someone to deliver the smelly giant that had been pickled.
This will make many landless farmers return to Arthur.
"As ordered." Amber immediately went to arrange the matter.
"Sir, a total of 1,100 people have been selected to form the new army..." Dickon Tully reported on the training of the soldiers.
From his mouth, Arthur learned that there were more than 25,000 refugees in his territory.
Of course, there are many more people in the noble territories on the entire north bank of the Red Fork River, and there are also a large number of refugees heading north, continuously heading towards the peaceful north bank.
"Okay, you continue training. These ships will take you to Harrenhal in a few days. At that time, I will rebuild the entire army system. You will use new training methods for different arms."
Dickon nodded, then realized something was wrong.
"Go to Harrenhal. Isn't that Lord Tywin's next target? Wouldn't it be dangerous for new recruits to train near there?"
Arthur smiled, "Do you know how big Harrenhal is? The castle hall, the Hundred Furnaces Hall, is enough for these people to train. It is very safe there."
Ignoring the confused Dickon, Arthur gave everyone another warning before reboarding the boat and following the large group down the river.
They had to reach Harrenhal before the cavalry troops in the west.
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