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Chapter 130 The Arrival of the Decisive Battle
Golden Avenue, near Deep Cavern Castle.

In the central camp of the Bolton-Karstark coalition, Lord Leech and his spies were exchanging information on a routine basis.

At the beginning, when he heard that Arthur led people to take down the Golden Tooth City, the expression on Marquis Bolton's face was normal, until he heard a piece of unbelievable news.

Roose Bolton stared at his spy with a surprised face, "Say it again!"

The secret agent also sensed that his master's tone was wrong, and he said cautiously: "His Majesty Robb married Jenny Westerling in order to win over a few nobles in the northern part of the Western Territory. The family brought 50 soldiers to His Majesty. , and then one thousand two hundred of the Freys broke away from His Majesty's army."

Master Leech's face was so gloomy that water dripped out.

He added: "When did this happen?"

The spy thought for a while, "It roughly happened after we set off from Riverrun. At that time, His Majesty was injured when attacking the Crag City, and the news that Theon Greyjoy led the ironmen to attack Winterfell City reached him again." side, this dealt a double blow to the King of the North, so..."

Roose Bolton was furious, and growled in a low voice: "So he married a "lady" of the West who could only provide him with fifty soldiers, and let 1000 two hundred, oh no, more than 3000 Frey soldiers leave his army. army."

The spy replied in a low voice: "The two thousand Frey infantry on Arthur Bracken's side haven't expressed their attitude yet!"

"Is there a difference?" Bolton clenched his hands tightly, "I can marry a fat man as his wife for the sake of the family business, and he can treat his most powerful vassal as a monkey for the sake of a beautiful girl. "

The Frey family has always been despised by the mainland nobles, and old Walder has been ridiculed by his own lord, the Duke of Horst, for a lifetime. He finally climbed to the top of the Stark family, but he did not expect to be placed like this.

Frey's army did not join the Western Territory Army on the spot, which is already a great deal of face to the King of the Northern Territory.

After taking a deep breath, he said to himself: "Counting the deeds of the young wolf lord and all the actions before Riverrun, he can be called a wise lord. But he hates Frey by becoming king, letting Sean go, and marrying a woman from the Westland." Three things make me doubt his mind, didn't Duke Ed teach him how to be a good family supervisor?"

"Duke Ed himself has not received such an education. His mind is full of pride, like a knight." The spy followed the master's words.

Eddard Stark is the adopted son of Jon Arryn. He was originally trained as a commander and a warrior, and was influenced by the "high as glory" language of the Arryn family. Tuckers are the complete opposite.

Only in the War of the Usurper, the reputation and influence of Ed, who was undefeated in the first battle, was large enough (the battle of the Tower of Bliss is unknown), so that the entire northern border can be suppressed.

Roose Bolton stood up and walked to the map hanging on the side. The secret agent cleverly held a candle and approached him.

"Bigjon and others urged the king to become king. There were already three kings at that time, and I could bear that. Letting Theon threaten the northern border, but my territory is in the east, and the ironmen have never been able to fight it. I can live with the mistake. But I can't bear to be mean to Foyle, isn't it make or break?"

In the current situation, the Western Frontier Army has a main force of 5000 and a new army of 3000.

Among the 4000 people in Golden Tooth City, 500 were captured, more than [-] were killed in battle, and the rest fled into the mountains and became a rout.

If the Freys hadn't left the Fish-Wolf Alliance, there would have been 4000 young wolf masters. Considering that the new army in the western region didn't have much combat power, the alliance's strength wasn't too small.

Lord Leech looked at the map to the south again, and asked, "How about Storm's End and Bitter Bridge? Are there any major changes?"

The spy swallowed, and replied in a low voice, "Lord Renly was killed outside Storm's End, Stannis took fifteen thousand men over there, and another five thousand horsemen fled to the Reach. Bridge, the army rioted on the spot, Earl Randyll Tarly suppressed it, killed 5000 people to stabilize the situation, and now the 3000 people are still standing still, waiting for the Tyrell family to place a bet."

Although Renly claims to have an army of 2, 8 of them are geisha, circus, servants, etc. who join the army, and only 8 are soldiers with weapons.Among the [-] people, another [-] were brought to Storm's End by him to confront his brother.

Roose Bolton did not speak, so the spy could only continue: "It is rumored that Tywin has sent his younger brother, Ser Kevan, to Highgarden along the coastal road to discuss important matters with the mother of the Duke of Metz."

Although the Duke of Mace is the commander of the Reach Army, his own abilities are mediocre. His military talent can be seen from the fact that he needs Randall Tarly to suppress the mutiny.

Moreover, the real master of the Reach is the Queen of Thorns, the mother of "Inflatable Fish", so it is the right way for the Lions to negotiate with Olenna Tyrell.

"What's going on with Lady Stark and the Vale?"

"After following Renly to Storm's End, Madam Stark disappeared, and there is no news from the valley. It is estimated that she is still standing still as before."

"We lost." Roose Bolton moaned weakly, then walked back to the chair and threw himself into it.

Lord Leech closed his eyes and thought, if there were no 4000 men on my way, then Lord Young Wolf would have at most 7000 men.

What's more, the Hewan Army has not expressed its attitude yet. If these 6 people also stand in the lion's house, then...

Lysa in the Valley doesn't even give face to her own sister. Now the situation of the fish and wolf is unfavorable, and it is impossible to send troops.

"This boat is about to sink, and now the wind and rain are turbulent, I have to change to a bigger, more reliable boat." Lord Leech whispered.

The spy came to the master's ear: "Just in time, there is a relative of yours who wants to see you, and he can show you the direction."

Marquis Bolton was slightly taken aback, not knowing what this confidant meant.

The latter went out quietly, and came in shortly afterwards with a guest in a gray robe and a hood.

The guest lifted his hood and introduced himself: "Lord Bolton, may you live long. I am the second uncle of your new wife, Emmon Frey."

The dowry of the Frey family is silver equal to the weight of the bride. In order to maximize the benefits, the Marquess of Bolton chose the fattest Frey girl, Varda Frey.

This woman is the second daughter of Old Walder's nine sons, Merry, and Ammon, who is in the lion's camp, is her second uncle.

"I am a loyal subject of His Majesty Robb. Are you not afraid that I will skin you when you go to the camp of the northerners?"

The leech was worrying about jumping ship, and Ammon knew why he had come, but he pretended to be loyal to Robb and sold himself for a good price.

Emmon Frey was a little timid in his heart, and he bit the bullet and said his reason for coming:

"After the Frey cavalry left, old Karstark was troubled by the pain of losing his son, and killed several prisoners. Robb had beheaded him on the grounds of military discipline. Seven hundred Cahoe city cavalry also left Yes. The Queen of Thorns has agreed to join hands with our Lannister family, and the false king Robb has betrayed all relatives, so Lord Bolton has no idea?"

Because Ammon lived in Casterly Rock with his wife, Gina Lannister the "Mad Tongue", he often regarded himself as a Lion.

"My loyalty to the Stark family can be seen by the gods." Bolton emphasized his cheap loyalty again, "You can try to set a price, and see if I will be bought by a weak lion."

This remark made Amon's mind determined, as long as the price was raised, no Duke Tywin would be able to afford it.

The richest family in Westeros is not just talk.

"Let's talk about our request first. You have to lead the army to Robb's side, first pretend to gain his trust, and wait until the decisive battle, and then stab the wolf cubs from the back. What I give you, the guardian of the north is the most basic , Winterfell can also be inherited by the ancient Bolton family, how about money ten times the weight of my niece?"

Ammon considered his words and said three conditions.It's just that this is still far from the bottom line given by Duke Tywin.

"There is a large amount of silver near Yinshan City in the south of Deep Cave Castle. I can lead my army to dig it myself, and then return to my northern border."

The main force of the Lion family was still confronting Robb in the middle of the western region. There were very few troops near Deep Cavern Castle, Corner Valley City, and Silver Mountain City. The Marquess of Bolton, who had [-] troops, could indeed come and go freely.

Ammon thought for a while, "Then change it to ten carts of silver. After the false queen is settled, we will attack Riverrun. At that time, Sansa in the city can give it to you. Lady Stark is still in the south, and we will let her go quietly." Died quietly in the countryside. All the northern soldiers who went south, except yours, will die. Are these conditions enough?"

"My loyalty to His Majesty Robb is more than that. The Manderly and other families are still loyal to the Wolf family, and their White Harbor cavalry has not moved."

Of the four major families in the northern border, Dustin only sent a small number of people south, Mandalay sent 500 people, and there are at least 2000 people in the territory.

Coincidentally, one of the two supports the wolf family and the other opposes the wolf family.

Amon made up his mind, and said the bottom line: "When we finish Stannis, there will be 2000 elite Lannister troops going north, following the new guardian of the north to put down the forces that support the false king."

"My loyalty to the Iron Throne is seen by the gods. May His Majesty Tommen I live long." Lord Leech quickly changed his words.

After learning of Joffrey's death, Queen Cersei has ordered Tommen to inherit the throne.

Ammon was very satisfied with the attitude of Lord Bolton, oh no, the Duke.

The two discussed for a long time in the account and finalized all the details.

In the end, they swore to the Seven and the Old Gods, and sealed this alliance with a holy oath.

On the second day, Roose Bolton led his army westward along the Golden Road, and at the same time sent someone to report his marching route to the King in the North.

Then, attracted by the more than [-] Northern Territory Army led by Arthur Bracken, the main force of the Western Territory began to return to Lannister Port for assistance.

Five days later, Bolton's troops joined forces with Robb's troops going south, preparing for a decisive battle with the Western Territory Army in a flat place along the coast.

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Half a league from Lannisterport, Arthur's troops are camping.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Little Jon, Great Jon, Rona Stout and others are staring at each other.

Arthur also looked at the distribution of the enemy and his own forces marked on the map, and felt a little overwhelmed.

The battle of Golden Tooth City was half a month ago. After being stopped by Arthur and others, Dafeng led his people back to the south gate. After the fight, he was squeezed to the western border where he could not even breathe More than [-] soldiers surrendered, and some others took advantage of the chaos to climb the mountain and escape.

The richness of the loot was far beyond the imagination of the coalition soldiers. In order not to provoke a mutiny, Arthur ordered three carts of gold to be distributed on the spot.

Of course, the gold dragon coins of the robbed Hejian nobles were also exchanged, and Arthur was asked to return them to the South Bank nobles on the spot.

It's just that after the gold was distributed, the soldiers no longer had the thought of fighting with their lives for wealth, and most of them began to cherish their lives. This made Arthur stay in the Golden Tooth City for two days to solve the morale problem.

Then, the Frey cavalry led by Ryman Frey arrived at the Golden Tooth City.

Since he stated his neutral position in the war, and the fairly loyal Stevron had died in battle, Arthur didn't dare to let these people enter the city.

But Lame Lothor made sure that he could make the Freys of the eldest son's line obey, and finally let the Frey cavalry pass through the Golden Tooth City and return to the riverlands.

Most of the Frey infantry followed suit.

The agreement between Ines and Rosso was to fight for the Iron Throne for Arthur who owns the dragon, not to follow him to work for other kings.

Moreover, Rosso and the others had to go to Twin River City to deal with Lyman, Heywald and other eldest sons, staying in Golden Tooth City would also delay things.

Fortunately, Roslin's half-brother Olifa was intercepted by Arthur, and he was a bit useful for being loyal to Robb.

After many negotiations, two hundred Frey infantry stayed in Golden Tooth City in the name of protecting Olifa, and at the same time participated in the defense of the city.

Donna Locke of the northern border also stayed behind to defend the city with [-] northern soldiers. Of course, they also had to deal with a large number of captives.

For the convenience of management, all the captives were tied with both hands and feet, and then locked in an abandoned mine outside the city.

Amory Lodge's head had been pickled and sent to Riverrun, and it was put in a big pie just to celebrate.

On the outside of the pie, bacon, cheese, etc. are put into the pie base, mixed with egg liquid mixed with fresh cream and milk prepared in advance, and baked in an oven.

This move was just for fun, but what Arthur didn't expect was that in a few months, Rocky Pie would become a fashionable snack on the south bank of the Red Fork River.

When some Hejian nobles meet, they often greet each other with "Have you eaten Rocky Pie?"

What's even more amazing is that a few months later, the Bolton Pie, which originated in Winterfell, has also become a popular northern food.

Closer to home.

After leaving [-] soldiers to defend the city, Arthur led more than [-] people along the river road and headed straight for Casterly Rock City and Lannister Port.

I thought that this little force would not be able to attract the main force of the Lion family, but Duke Tywin gave Arthur a lot of face. First, he sent [-] new troops to garrison Lannister Port, and then he personally brought [-] of the main force to the south to defend him. own base camp.

This greatly improved the living space of Robb's troops, and they were able to go south to join Bolton's troops, preparing for the decisive battle with the Western Territory Army.

The current situation is that Tywin's army is in Casterly Rock City for a week, and Robb and Bolton's combined army is two leagues north of Casterly Rock City.

Arthur's mini-army is east of Lannister Harbor, which is southwest of Casterly Rock.

Greatjon's son, Littlejon Umber, was sent to deliver orders from the King of the North and the Three Rivers:

"Your troops are too small. In the decisive battle from tomorrow night to the morning after tomorrow, you will not participate in the attack on Tywin's headquarters. Instead, you will be responsible for alerting and harassing the enemy in the direction of the port, and intercepting the scattered deserters."

As usual, the young wolf lord still decided to start with a night attack.

It's just that there are too many soldiers participating in this battle, so the battle may last until the morning of the day after tomorrow.

Arthur nodded, indicating that he understood the order.

Although their own forces are not dominant, with the blessing of the direwolves, night battles have always been the strength of the northern army.

I just don't know if Lord Tywin has summed up his experience in several night raids.

"Qyburn, who is commanding the new army in Port Lannister?" Arthur asked.

He wanted to make sure that there would be no enemies from the port direction joining the battle.

Cobain flipped through his notebook, "Steve Lannister, is a very mediocre lion general."

"Isn't that a coincidence, his son is still in my hands."

Because Dickon introduced the philistine Steve before because his sister married Tywin before he entered the power center of the lion family, so Arthur can still distinguish the relatives of the lions.

"We're going to fight tomorrow night. Tomorrow morning, someone will go outside the port and ask Steve if he'd like to give him a load of gold in exchange for his son."

Arthur said casually.

Little Jon was very dissatisfied, "Why, you want to exchange this prisoner for gold? Without the order of the King in the North, you can never do that."

He didn't know Arthur well, so he looked businesslike.

Greatjon glared at his son, and argued, "Arthur has his reasons for doing so."

"This is a pretense. People in the western region never expected that we will have a decisive battle so soon. As long as we offer to exchange the captives for gold, then before the exchange is for his own son, Stave will never lead troops to attack us."

Arthur explained to everyone.

They only have 800 people here, even if the fighting power of the Lion Family's [-] new troops is poor, if they go together, they still can't bear it.

"Let me go." After hearing the explanation, Little Jon offered to go to the port.

That's it.

The next day, everything went according to plan.

Stafford promised to raise enough gold within two days, and at the same time asked the northerners not to harm his son.

But he didn't wait until he returned to Davon, and the war broke out.

In the middle of the night, Arthur and others, who had already eaten and slept enough, were fully dressed and looked at the northeast direction where the fight had already started.

The sound of fighting there could be heard even a league away.

"I can't take it anymore, let's go there to fight!" The warlike Great Jon was the first to speak out.

Subsequently, Little Jon, Rona Stout and others all expressed their desire to fight for the King of the North.

Arthur glanced at Lannister Port, which had not moved at all, and ordered in a deep voice: "Okay, let's go north and kill the red robes."

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