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Chapter 118 Ed's corpse

According to Officer Stark, when the coalition forces found out that the fire had started, there were not many casualties, but Lord Bolton sent a lot of people to rescue the rations and logistics, and the King's Landing defenders attacked again.

Therefore, under the order of Lord Bolton, [-] Stark soldiers, more than [-] soldiers from various families in the river, and more than [-] soldiers from the northern brook, the White Knife, the Hornwood family, and the Seven family, etc. Soldiers from smaller families formed an interception line and sniped at the enemy, whose number was about [-].

Another part of Kohor's mercenaries withdrew directly because they did not receive the order from Arthur himself, and did not follow Bolton's order to participate in the interception.

When Arthur arrived, there were only more than 120 people left on the interception line, including more than [-] Stark soldiers, more than [-] soldiers from various families in the river, and more than [-] soldiers from small northern families.

Fortunately, most of the golden robes were newly recruited civilians, so the northerners killed [-] enemies at the cost of more than [-] dead, and their performance was not bad.

But the bad thing is that the nobles responsible for participating in the interception basically all died in battle, such as Raymond Darry in the riverland, Earl Meggie Seven and Earl Harris Horwood in the northern border, and the nobles in Kahuo City. Harion Karstark was captured on the spot.

In the case that the family soldiers are very loyal to the lord, the death of these nobles can seriously affect the soldiers' position.

For example, in the original book, after Earl Karstark was beheaded, the soldiers of Kahuo City on the western front dispersed on the spot, and the infantrymen of Kahuo City on the eastern front directly defected to Roose Bolton after the news came.

"Where's Patrick in Sea Front?" he asked.

"The young master was called away by Mr. Bolton, saying that he had something important to do." A sea frontier soldier replied.

"This old thing!" Arthur yelled.

It seemed that he also knew that the chances of survival for those who stopped the enemy's attack were low, so he called Patrick away and sold face to the Mallister family.

After most of the earldoms on the south bank of the Red Fork River were scorned by people from the western border, the status of Haijiang City in the riverlands rose sharply, which is why Bolton made such a move.

Roose Bolton was to blame for the way the battle went tonight.

Master Leech may not have secretly communicated with King's Landing about the song, but he must have the intention to consume the power of the wolf family and the pro-wolf family.

Originally, the fish-wolf alliance got off to a smooth start. If the Eastern Front took King’s Landing in one fell swoop, and Robb on the western front attacked the Western Territory, then if Robb had no intention of taking the Iron Throne, the war between the Fish-wolf and the Lions would basically be over. it's over.

All that's left is for Stannis and Renly of the Lion House and the Hart House to fight for the Iron Throne.

But in tonight's battle, Lord Leech sent a wave of kills to King's Landing, which caused a bit of a loss to the Eastern Front Allied Forces.

According to Roose Bolton's approach, even if the coalition forces have the strength to take King's Landing City, he can send a wave of heads and flee.

To reduce the advantage of the Fish-Wolf Alliance and take the opportunity to preserve its own strength is what Lord Leech wants to do most now.

If the war started normally, Arthur could still influence Roose Bolton's decision-making through Sansa, but in this sudden situation, he was helpless.

After all, he is not the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, nor is he from the north.

It is to catch a certain mistake of Lord Leech, and then let Sansa join forces with the great nobles of the northern border to abolish Roose Bolton's commander-in-chief, and the new commander-in-chief must be a nobleman of the northern border.

And the nobles in the north on the eastern front are generally not as smart as the Great Jon on the western front.

"Take the wounded who can still move, and let's go find the big troops."

After the soldiers rested for a while, Arthur gave the order.

After walking westward along the Blackwater River for almost two leagues, it was almost after dawn that they arrived at the temporary camp of the coalition forces.

Most of the soldiers lost their tents and could only lie on the flat ground to rest. Dozens of monks and bachelors accompanying the army were bandaging the burned soldiers.

Fortunately, dozens of ox carts carrying military rations were brought out, so there was no food crisis for the time being.

Arthur asked the soldiers he brought to rest by themselves, and let the Qorhor mercenaries who retreated first protect Joffrey, who was still unconscious, before walking straight to the tent area.

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"Arthur, you came just in time." Robert Glover immediately spotted Bracken covered in blood, "We are discussing where to go next."

"We lost 5000 men in this battle, and nearly [-] soldiers were burned. We can't take King's Landing, but fortunately we have captured the little devil and Robert's illegitimate son Gendry. We can consider Use these two in exchange for Lord Ed's remains and his family's Wagang Sword Hanbing, and then we will lead our troops to Xihejian, or go north to take Dusk Valley City."

Robert introduced the initial idea of ​​the northerners to Arthur.

Arthur glanced at Tyrion lying in the corner of the tent. His face was wrapped in a bandage, and he looked wounded and unconscious.

"It's funny, when we found him, he was being hunted down by Ser Mandon Moore, the Kingsguard, and we were his saviors." Lord Herman Tallhart added.

He didn't say what happened to Moore, but he presumably went to see the Seven Gods.

The fat man Willis Mandalay chuckled and said, "It looks like his nephew or his elder sister wants him to die."

The little devil is not the focus of Arthur's attention for the time being, he asked in confusion: "Why do you know that Gendry is Robert's illegitimate son?"

"Master Bolton said." Patrick, who was still alive, replied.

He was the only river noble left in the coalition besides the Freys and Arthur.

Arthur looked at Bolton, who said slowly, "You made such a big fuss looking for Gendry, I naturally want to check his identity. According to the memories of the royal civilians outside the city, when Gendry fled King's Landing Around one o'clock, Joffrey sent the Gold Robe to kill many children, suspected to be the bastard children of the late King Robert. So Gendry's identity is obvious."

"But Gendry is my man." Arthur searched around but couldn't find him, "I won't agree with you to trade him for ice, not to mention that the ice should have been sent to Tywin at this moment, and he isn't there King's Landing."

The Lannister family originally had a tile-steel sword "Guang Xiao", but it was lost by a king of Kaiyan later, so the Lion family did not have the tile-steel sword.

And Tai Wen, who is devoted to revitalizing the family, has always wanted to get a tile steel sword, but no one sold it.

Because it is a sign of a long family history and ancient lineage.

Moreover, the Wagang sword also has a characteristic, that is, it can only be divided, and cannot be reconciled, so it also cut off the way of melting a few small Wagang daggers into a large sword.

So getting a Valyrian steel sword became one of Lord Tywin's worries.

After the coup in King's Landing, Cersei, who knew her father's mind well, would naturally send the ice she got to Tywin.

Lord Bolton nodded, "Since Hanbing may not be in King's Landing, we don't have to be so cruel. After all, Joffrey will kill him after sending him back."

"But you must not stop the little devil. Lord Ed's corpse is two reasons why we came to King's Landing, and the other is the two Miss Starks. Since Miss Sansa is very sure that Miss Arya escaped from King's Landing , then as long as we take away the remains, we can make a mission to His Majesty Robb."

Lord Bolton saw that Arthur's complexion was not very good, so he talked for a long time, just to get this amazing Bracken to agree to this.

Arthur looked at the little devil who was still awake, and suddenly remembered his intention to escape last night.

When James was still the Kingsguard, Tyrion was the first heir to Casterly Rock City and the next Guardian of the West.

And James and his uncle Kevan and other Lannisters are actually pretty good to Tyrion, so the little devil still has his heart for the Lion family.

It wasn't until Tyrion was completely dispirited by his sister and father that he might actually run away from home.

"Okay, I agree to exchange Tyrion for Lord Ed's body."

If there is no accident, Arthur has to take Joffrey to the south to find Yule and the dragon eggs recently, and prepare to hatch the dragon.

When the time comes to head north from the imperial forest, we will find a way to get the little devil out.

Zhuge Liang had to capture and attack Menghuo seven times. Arthur thought he didn't have the charm of Zhuge Liang, so he didn't rush to tie the little devil to his chariot.

At this moment, a Bolton officer broke in, walked quickly to his lord, and whispered something in his ear.

Master Leech's face changed slightly after hearing the news.

"You tied Joffrey?"

Bracken admitted frankly, "That's right. Since he violated the rules and ordered Lord Ed to be killed, then if I want to avenge Duke Stark, I can only tie him up first."

According to the customs of the Seven Kingdoms, even the heinous people have the right to choose to wear black clothes and serve as night watchmen on the Great Wall, let alone Duke Stark who failed the coup.

So Joffrey really has a way to die.

When the northerners heard this, they immediately became excited.

Several low-status northern nobles, such as Rona Stout, yelled on the spot that they would kill Joffrey and avenge Duke Eddard.

The rest of the people, such as Willis Mandalay and Robert Glover, leaned closer to Arthur and praised him for a good job.

Although these people didn't say it clearly, they seemed to be planning to go out and stab Joffrey a few times.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Arthur said loudly, "Don't rush to kill him, he is still useful to me."

Bolton also poured a layer of cold water at the right time, "That's right, we haven't exchanged Lord Eddard's body yet, there is no need to have a death feud with Cersei first."

It is not a secret that Cersei loves her three children, and many nobles know it.

Given that Cersei is actually in charge of King's Landing, after she learns of Joffrey's death, she will inevitably fight with the Fish and Wolf Alliance.

And Robb's appeal is not to compete with the Lion family for the Iron Throne, so Roose Bolton feels that he is not good at dealing with Joffrey. He has to correspond with Robb and listen to the king's orders.

Many northern nobles began to calm down under the comfort of the two, but there were still many people who wanted to kill Joffrey.

"In this case, we can exchange the little devil for the corpse first, and then take Joffrey to the north calmly, and let His Majesty Robb deal with him." Lord Leech suggested.

After all, Joffrey was captured by Arthur, and Bolton would not dare to make a decision without his consent.

"Exchange the corpse first." Arthur waved his hand, "Joffrey has other uses for me."

So Earl Herman Talhar took the little devil and a hundred soldiers to the outside of King's Landing, preparing to exchange for the remains of their lord.

The rest of the people continued to discuss the next step.

Arthur took the opportunity to sneak out and found Sansa.

"Do you know Ali's whereabouts?"

In everyday conversations, he keeps referring to Arya as "Ally" so as not to give any clues.

Sansa was in her tent, sewing a piece of clothing, when suddenly she saw Arthur, covered in blood, rushing in.

She first asked with concern: "How did you get so much blood? Are you injured?"

Then I answered Arthur's question, "I don't know the whereabouts of Arya either. Ever since the fire broke out and the rivermen were sent to intercept the gold robes, your camp has been in chaos. I'll send someone to find her." tried, but not found."

"I'm not injured, it's the blood of the enemy." Arthur thought for a while, "Gendry should know something about Ali, I'll ask him first."

So he came out again, and saw Gendry tied up where Bolton soldiers gathered.

"Let him go."

Arthur ordered to the Bolton soldiers.

An officer in chain mail stood up and said, "This is not acceptable. We only obey the orders of my lord."

Arthur gave him a cold look, and the man immediately confessed.

"Leave it alone, since Lord Arthur said it, then rounding up is equal to my master's order."

Leaving aside Arthur's blood, the sledgehammer in his hand was enough to deter these soldiers.

After being untied from the rope, Gendry stretched his muscles, and then walked up to Arthur to thank him.

"My lord, thank you so much."

Arthur took him back to the place where the mercenaries gathered, and asked as he walked, "Do you remember which direction Ali went after the fire broke out last night?"

Gendry obviously remembered it clearly, and immediately replied: "After the fire started, your soldiers were sent by Lord Bolton to intercept the enemy, and there was chaos in the camp. After I got dressed, I wanted to find Ali and Hot Pie to escape from the flames. It's just that the direwolf was still in the cage, so Ali ran to save the brute, and Hot Pie and I were scared of him, and the fire started again, so we left first."

"Then I heard wolves howling from the north, so Ali and the wolf must have gone north along the King's Row."

Arthur nodded, indicating that he understood.

Since you're heading north along King's Row, don't worry.

During the march of the Eastern Front Allied Forces, they wiped out the royal nobles along the way, and then left some people to garrison those small castles.

So the vicinity of this road is within the control of the coalition forces, and Arya and the direwolf will be safe.

At this moment, Arya, who was worried about by Arthur, was finishing her hand, but suddenly caught a glimpse of her own Nymeria running northward.

"I know you're in a hurry to go back to meet your wolf cub, but don't be in such a hurry."

Arya, who was chasing after her, muttered.

The natural talent of the wolf bloodline is the wolf spirit.

That is, in the dream, sneak into the wolf's sight, and even control the wolf's actions.

When Arya was in King's Landing, she dreamed that this she-wolf had a private meeting with a certain gray wolf from the Riverlands and gave birth to a litter of wolf cubs.

So she knew Nymeria's little secret, but didn't tell anyone.

In the grove behind Arya, a rider in plate armor and a dog-shaped helmet appeared quietly.

It was Sandor Clegane.

(End of this chapter)