Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 110 Finding Arya

Ruby Beach is the only shoal that can be crossed southward on the north bank of the Trident River after the upper reaches of the Green Fork River and the confluence of the three rivers.

The pale, bald and beardless Marquis Roose Bolton stood at the only ferry, looking at the small town to the south.

He is the current Lord of the Dreadfort, a great nobleman in the north, and the Marquis Housekeeper of the Bolton House of the Skinner.

In his life in his 40s, apart from being scheming, cunning and ruthless, the most popular thing was that he regularly sucked his own "dirty blood" with leeches.

Therefore, it is called "Master Leech".

Of course, some rumors cannot conceal his ability as the second largest noble family governor in the northern border. Compared with many great smarts in the northern border such as "Greatjon Amber", Marquis Bolton is simply the perfect northern leader on the eastern front. Commander of the Allied Forces.

If the two Earls Rickard Karstark and Greatjon Umber were to lead the Northern Army on the Eastern Front, Robb and his mother would be able to reunite with their sisters and their families in King's Landing in less than a month. .

in the case of captivity.

So even though Robb didn't trust Lord Leech completely, let him lead the army south.

"My lord, all the boats have been assembled. About 3000 people can cross south each time. The ferry of the town is still in the hands of the Hejian people. They fought fiercely yesterday afternoon and all night, and are waiting for us. Reinforcement." A Bolton family officer reported.

Aenys Frey stood beside Lord Bolton. As the commander of the [-] foot soldiers of the Frey family, he had rich combat experience.

Therefore, he appealed to the commander of the Northland-Hejian Eastern Coalition Army: "Master Bolton, please order to cross the river! The south may not be able to hold on."

Roose Bolton stared coldly at the youngest of the Frey family, "This is exactly the order I want to give."

Then he turned to a group of senior coalition officers behind him, and said loudly: "To the south, the Lannister army is fighting our friends. I want you to cross this river and defeat Tywin's soldiers."

"In order for the Stark family to win the glory of the first battle on the Eastern Front, I ordered three thousand Stark infantry to cross the river first and meet the Lannister army."

After the Marquis of Bolton finished speaking, the Stark officers who had already been screaming in anxiety naturally ordered, turned around and went to rectify the army, preparing to cross the river by boat to fight.

Then, Mr. Leech arranged the order of crossing the river in batches.

The northern nobles and the Frey family present were basically satisfied with the arrangement of Marquis Bolton, so under their command, the remaining 1 people formed a dozen small squares according to their families, and waited in order. In front of the pier.

And the first batch of Stark infantry had already boarded fifty or sixty ships of various sizes, and went to fight the Western Territory Army.

Two hours later, the Marquis of Bolton, who was the last to cross to the south, finally landed on the south bank. After riding a big black horse, he and his own soldiers headed towards the battlefield slightly south.

Even with a distance of hundreds of steps, Lord Leech still smelled a strong smell of blood, which made him, who loves bloodletting, feel a little bit of pleasure.

After all, shedding other people's blood is also shedding.

"It seems that the group of young men in Hejian played well." He said to the many nobles from the northern border who came over.

After the first two waves of northern infantry arrived on the battlefield, the Hejian-Northern Allied Forces launched a counterattack. After the third wave of reinforcements arrived, the Lannister cavalry retreated directly.

Thousands of dead bodies and hundreds of seriously wounded soldiers who could not escape by themselves were left behind.

"Indeed." Earl Mitch Seven pointed to Arthur and the others who were still resting on the hill, "This Mr. Bracken's bravery is what I have seen in my life. From what I saw, he alone can Let a large group of soldiers from the Western Region avoid his golden sword."

This statement is true, after fighting for a long time all night, all the soldiers of the Lion Family who came to attack desperately avoided the Hejian God of War who took away a comrade in arms with a single knife.

This left Arthur a lot of free time, so he had to chase the lion soldiers to start the film.

Aenys Frey proudly said to many northern nobles: "Arthur is the two champions in the tournament. As far as his combat power is concerned, I don't think my sixth brother is an opponent."

The nobles in the northern border ignored the youngest of the Frey family and chatted with people they knew well.

"It is rumored that he also has an amazing giant hammer, which is much stronger than this big knife."

"I still feel that the sword is fierce. I heard that he split the kingslayer's tall horse with a single sword outside the Golden Tooth City, scaring tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Region."

Everyone talked about Arthur's deeds, and debated which weapon was more lethal.

Roose Bolton did not participate in this group of muscular northern nobles who only advocated force. He rode into the battlefield, and then began to comfort the soldiers sitting on the ground one by one.

For the first wave of reinforcements from the Stark family soldiers, he was not stingy at all with his compliments.

Lord Robb will be proud of your achievements, this is what he kept saying.

When encountering injured northern soldiers, he would also let the bachelors who followed him come forward to treat them, although it didn't help much.

After all, you can't die from a minor injury, and you don't need to save a serious injury.

After Mr. Leech asked his own soldiers who had not participated in the battle to clean up the battlefield, he called all the nobles in Hejian and the Northern Territory to discuss the next move.

In the great hall of Root's rotunda, the two or thirty began to deliver their opinions.

"I think, go straight south along the king's road, break into King's Landing City, and rescue the Starks."

The speaker's tone is bold and unconstrained, but anyone with a discerning eye can understand the meaning behind his words.

After all, King's Landing City is much richer than the northern border, and a meal is enough to double the wealth of all the northern nobles present.

Earl Mitch Seven has a different opinion, "It's better to go west along the river road, join forces with Lord Robb first, and then try to completely defeat Tywin's main force in the west."

There is merit in this statement. Even with the addition of all the troops between Riverrun and the West River, Robb's Western Front Army is only about 1 people. Compared with the main force of the Lions near God's Eye Lake and Harrenhal, it is still the same. It's a bit of a disadvantage.

If the army on the eastern front is added, at least in terms of numbers, the Northern Territory-Hejian coalition forces have already formed a considerable advantage.

Roose Bolton glanced around, found Arthur who was communicating with several members of the Frey family, and asked, "I don't know what the people in the river think, this Mr. Bracken or a certain Mr. Frey came out to speak. "

The Frey family and the Hejian soldiers under Arthur's combined totaled more than [-] people, and they were also a force that could not be ignored on the Eastern Front. Therefore, Marquis Bolton still asked the Hejian people for their opinions.

Arthur glanced at the third and sixth children of the Frey family, confirmed that they supported him, and said:
"My opinion is to attack King's Landing City directly. The families of the king's land have always been weak. They can't even gather an army of [-]. And Tywin has to consider Robb and the others who are attacking the west. They can't spare a hand to fight us. "

After Shili City, Heron Town, the defense of the ferry, and a series of small battles in the Hedong area, Tai Wen's main force in the western region was only in the early 4000s, and it was no longer possible to divide the troops to fight on two fronts.

Only one of the king's collar and the hometown of the western region can be kept.

As for the western region with a population of more than 300 million, and the city of King's Landing and the royal territory with a population of 100 million, Duke Tywin can still weigh it clearly.

Lord Leech glanced at Arthur, and immediately felt that he was pleasing to the eye.

Let Robb lead the troops to fight Tywin, and take the Eastern Allied Forces to King's Landing City to take the fruits of victory, which is exactly in line with his wishes.

But this will make some northerners object. After all, they came south to serve as Taiwen and Western soldiers.

He stood up, looked at the map on the long table for a long time, and then said: "How about this, let's go south slowly along the King's Road, wait for the main force of the western region and Lord Robb's respective movements, and then make a decision. Wait Here, military rations are also a big problem.”

In front of the Hejian people, he didn't say it clearly, but everyone in the northern border knew how the military rations came from.

The Eastern Front is not like Xihejian where Robb is there, and no nobles are willing to use their own grain as military rations, so they can only collect grain on the spot.

So most of the northern nobles agreed to Xu Xu's strategy of going south.

It was now morning. After studying the map, the Marquess of Bolton determined that the whole army set off after lunch, arrived at a village in the evening, and camped nearby.

……

Five days later, the camp of the coalition army in Hejian in the north, the large tent of the Chinese army.

This army of more than 120 people has marched southward for more than [-] leagues.

Happily, the trip was only met with obstruction by a small group of troops.

And this is what makes some northern nobles unhappy.

Because Tywin's main force in the western region should go to the western front to fight his lord Robb.

Oh no, it should be King Robb now.

The news that the Lord Young Wolf was proclaimed king by "Greatjon Umber" and other northern nobles in Riverrun City has spread to the northern border of the Eastern Front - the Allied Forces of the River.

Many nobles were called together again by Roose Bolton to discuss the next move.

"Luo... His Majesty the King's order is for us to help restore the territories of many nobles in the river to the west of God's Eye Lake and south of the Red Fork River. After all, this is now also under the jurisdiction of his kingdom."

Among the Hejian people present, Raymond's Darry City was on the south bank, but it was not attacked by the Western Territory Army.

But Patrick and Frey's territory are all north of the Red Fork River, so they don't need to worry about the territory.

The rest of Marco, Hendry and others were left in Harrenhal by Arthur, and they couldn't speak.

In addition to their willingness to fight the lion soldiers, the people in the northern border also eagerly want to go to the wealthy western border and royal lands to make up for their own losses.

After all, most of the northern farmers who hastily responded to the call went to Winterfell to gather without cutting their own wheat.

So Mitch Seven, Robert Glover, Lord Harris Horwood, and Harion Karstark were all silent about this order.

The Stark family has 3000 foot soldiers here, because there are no important family members, so the officers attending the meeting just looked at the commander silently.

They will faithfully carry out orders.

Arthur, who was surrounded by the people in the river, thought about the plot of the original book. If there is no accident, Duke Tywin has indeed led his army back to aid the Western Territory.

It's just that Edmure, who was suddenly brave, led people to stop him at the Red Fork River, and he couldn't go west to fight Robb's army.

And now, Edmure, who was seriously injured, obviously couldn't show his highlight moment.

Therefore, the main force of the Western Territory will face off against the more than 1 people led by Robb in the area where Riverrun City is located.

Considering that the young wolf lord has already won two victories, the outcome of this battle is hard to say.

"I support going all the way south and taking King's Landing directly. This may attract part of Tywin's troops and reduce the pressure on the western front." Arthur said loudly.

These words catered to He Bolton and several great northern nobles.

After someone took the lead, more people began to speak.

"That's right, Sir Arthur is right. We will go south to King's Landing, and Tywin will definitely send some soldiers over. By then, His Majesty will be able to defeat the remaining Western Territory Army."

"I heard that Tywin summoned Adam Marbrand and others who fought in the Hedong region, so there are not many western soldiers left in Pink City, Stone Hall, Acorn Hall and other places, and the Hejian people can recover by themselves."

"If we take down King's Landing, welcome back Miss Sansa and Arya and the remains of Duke Ed, as well as the tile-steel sword Hanbing handed down by Stark's family, it will be a great achievement. will embarrass us."

Everyone talked about their reasons, but it wasn't their companions who convinced them, but themselves.

Mr. Leech saw that Arthur, the leader of Hejian, and all the great nobles in the north had the same idea, and after pursing his lips, he made up his mind.

"Then we will fight all the way south, to the Blackwater River and King's Landing City, to avenge Duke Ed."

Lord Bolton stood up suddenly, loudly encouraged.

On their way south from the Twin River City, the news that Joffrey beheaded Duke Eddard had spread, which made many northern nobles outraged.

Avenging their old lord became the best reason for this group of people to disobey the new king of the North.

"Avenge the prince I swore to protect."

"Break into King's Landing and capture Joffrey alive."

"The great gift of the Iron Throne for the birth of the King in the North."

Everyone shouted in confusion, each showing their loyalty.

After the combat strategy of going south was determined, the speed of the entire army suddenly increased.

In just one day, they drove more than 30 leagues, approaching the east side of God's Eye Lake, and roughly reached the middle point between Earl Harroway's town and Sow's Corner.

The sow's corner is the boundary between the riverland and the king's land near the king's road.

Once there, the coalition forces will encounter decent resistance and fighting.

Of course, Arthur, who led more than 1000 people, did not forget a business.

And Arya Stark, the second daughter of Duke Eddard, who escaped from King's Landing City, should also be on the river land on the east side of God's Eye Lake.

According to the original plot, Arya was taken out of King's Landing by the night watchman Yoren, and Yoren himself refused to let the gold robes find Arya and was brutally killed.After that, Arya, King Robert's illegitimate son Gendry the Bull, Hot Pie the Bread Boy and others went north and were caught in Harrenhal in the Riverlands.

So while the coalition forces were going south, he also sent out more than 40 small groups of about three to five people, composed of river cavalry and Qohol mercenaries, to search for Arya, Gendry, Hot Pie and others.

Of course, for the Frey family and many nobles in the north, Arthur's explanation was to wipe out the scouts and small groups of troops in the west.

After all, the people from the western region are still harassing the Hejian land. Although this reason is far-fetched, it makes sense.

On the seventh night of going south from the ferry, in Roose Bolton's tent.

An extremely mediocre northern soldier whispered to the Marquis of Bolton:
"I've already found out the reason why Arthur sent people to search the surrounding area. According to a Quhor mercenary, the person Arthur wanted to find was Gendry, who was the apprentice of a certain Qorhor blacksmith named Tob. I came to him to make weapons, after all his golden broadsword looks like a sawtooth."

This person was telling the truth. When Arthur explained to his subordinates, he asked them to find Gendry.

Because if you find Gendry, you can find Arya together, and the short Arya is not very noticeable.

Then the person added: "In addition, Tyrion doesn't have much restraint in his camp. Can we secretly get it out and send it to Lord Tywin as a favor?"

After Mr. Leech heard this, he roared in a low voice: "Idiot, a blacksmith needs to make such a big noise, so that two or three hundred people can find it? This Gendry must have other identities, go and find out, and Tyrion You don't need to worry about the matter, I will seize the opportunity."

This person was ordered to step back and continue to investigate the truth about Arthur's search.

(End of this chapter)