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Chapter 131 Robb's Will

For people in the north, tonight may be the most desperate moment since they went south.

The first surprise came from the failure of the night attack.

After being educated by the northerners and direwolves many times, and Tywin himself also had the painful lesson of being seriously injured by a night attack, the people of the western border are very well prepared in this regard.

The night attack did not have the expected effect. In the extremely neat and beautiful camp set up by the Lion's family, most of the infantry were ready to fight.

Now that the enemy was prepared, there was little point in attacking at night, so Robb ordered a retreat.

The second surprise came from the heavy cavalry regiment behind.

A total of [-] lion heavy cavalry in horse armor attacked from behind the fish wolf coalition army, which directly caused chaos for the coalition army.

Fortunately, there are many brave fighters among the people in the north, coupled with the diehards attracted by the unique personality charm of the Young Wolf Lord, the rear front did not become a one-sided massacre.

But the situation is not optimistic. The lion's infantry has already begun to encircle from both sides by relying on their strength. If they don't kill a bloody way, I'm afraid that more than 1 people will confess here.

Roose Bolton, who served as the commander of the reserve army, sent someone to ask for troops to break through.

Lord Young Wolf made a decisive decision and ordered Bolton, who had a stable command system and was not entangled in the chaos, to break through to the east, and at the same time his own soldiers also evacuated to the east. .

And so the third accident happened.

The three sent by Bolton turned out to be assassins, and they cut down several guards and leading nobles surrounding Robb.

And these people are the noble children of the northern border and the riverlands, including Daisy Mormont, Wendell Mandler, Lucas Blackwood and others.

Fortunately, the direwolf Graywind killed one assassin, and the remaining two were also besieged and killed by everyone.

The situation on the battlefield became even worse. Bolton's army turned against them and began to attack soldiers who were still loyal to the King in the North.

So the encirclement in the three directions of north, south and east began to form, and to the west was Casterly Rock City, a huge rock castle.

In an emergency, Maggie Mormont, Owen Norrie, Robin Flint and other northern nobles urged His Majesty Robb to lead people out from the northeast first.

There was the boundary between the Lion Family Heavy Cavalry Legion and the Bolton Army. Since the two armies were not very familiar with each other, a little space was left to prevent accidental injury to friendly troops.

"I'm a king, how can I ignore my soldiers?" The young wolf lord shouted at his vassals.

He ordered the crowd to lead the soldiers to break through first, and cut off the rear with [-] Stark cavalry.

Even though the time to be king is relatively short, Robb still established his prestige, so everyone reluctantly led the soldiers to retreat first.

The fighting in the night continued, and the Stark cavalry who were broken were seriously injured.

Fortunately, Robb has many loyal people who can fight, and they keep the front line stable, including his uncle Bullinden Tully, the legendary knight Blackfish.

The guardian of the river, Horst, and the black fish have always been at odds. During a quarrel, the Duke of Tully accused his younger brother of being "the black sheep of the Tully family". And the flag was changed to a black fish pattern.

After the Usurper War, Heiyu followed his niece to the Valley and was appointed as a Knight of the Bloodgate by Jon Arryn. Fifteen years later, after Lysa refused to send troops to fight for her loved ones, Blackfish accompanied Catelyn Stark north to White Harbor, where he joined Robb's army, commanding scouts and scouting riders for him.

After learning that he hadn't detected the real movement of the lion cavalry, Heiyu, who already loved his relatives, felt even more ashamed of Robb, so he led more than 100 people under him to rush in to rescue his nephew and grandson.

After some leading nobles withdrew their soldiers from the encirclement, they rushed in with their fast-moving riders to fight against their king.

It's just that the reputation of the lion's heavy cavalry is not blown out.

They charged several times and clung to the coalition's front, causing heavy losses to the coalition's cavalry.

And the command centers such as Robb are the focus of their attention. The way to distinguish the heavy cavalry is through the huge gray wolf.

Where the wolf is, there will be the "false king".

Duke Tywin has ordered that the person who cut off Robb's head will be rewarded with [-] golden dragons, and the person who cut off the head of a direwolf will be rewarded with [-] golden dragons, and the Iron Throne will also bestow corresponding noble titles.

This greatly boosted the morale of all the soldiers in the western region. For the soldiers who were born as civilians, such a large sum of gold dragons meant that they had a family property that could be passed down from generation to generation, and the title of nobility could make them ascend to the sky in one step.

During the fierce battle, Gray Wind was hit by several iron spikes of the lance, and fell to the ground whimpering.

The injury of the direwolf made Robb, whose spirit was closely connected with it, uneasy.

In order to take his partner away, Lord Young Wolf got off his horse, trying to make the giant wolf stand up by itself.

The enemy seized the fleeting opportunity, and a Lion Centurion slapped the false king's helmeted head with a mace.

This made Robb unable to stand, and Blackfish and other knights immediately dismounted and surrounded the young wolf lord.

The lion cavalry who attacked again swarmed up and stabbed the plate chain armor and small buckler of this group of people with random guns.

The soldiers of the coalition forces suffered many casualties as a result, and the speed of evacuation also dropped sharply.

Coupled with the darkness of the night, the scene was once extremely chaotic.

It was at this time that Arthur, Jon and Jon, Rona Stout and others arrived on the battlefield.

Although this army was small in number, they inserted into the western infantry from behind, which caused some western soldiers to start rioting.

Arthur and others were able to kill through the entire Lion's camp, and then found the Lion's family surrounded by cavalry Robb and others.

This kind of crowded battlefield is the strength of the giant hammer. With one swing of the hammer, Arthur can make a heavy cavalry man's armor crack and his flesh fly.

Not long after, he had led someone to kill him.

"Get on the horse and run away, my red rabbit is big enough, and I will take the direwolf away."

Heiyu picked up his nephew and nephew, and Arthur carried the huge Gray Wind onto the giant red horse, and the group retreated.

Dozens of able-bodied nobles opened the way, and the remaining Stark cavalry followed and killed them from the encircled northeast.

Most of the infantry's Bolton and the red robes on the south side were easy to get rid of, but the mobile enough lion cavalry chased after them. The battle lasted until dawn.

Most of the coalition infantry who escaped first were also killed by the lion cavalry. When they completely left the battlefield, there were only about 2000 soldiers surrounding Robb.

Heiyu and other generals advocated retreating along the river road, but was stopped by Robb, who was not in good condition.

The King of the North and the Three Rivers called most of the nobles to him, and said slowly: "Under the witness of the gods in the sky and all the lords, I make Jon Stark my successor, and I will inherit the North and the Three Rivers in the future." The king's title, as well as Winterfell and the territory directly under the Starks...ahem..."

This legislation is easy to understand, now is the troubled times, Sansa and Arya are inconvenient to be lords, Bran is disabled, Rickon is still young, only the "adult" Jon is suitable to run the Stark family.

While this was unlikely under the prevailing laws of succession, the king had the prerogative to legalize illegitimate children and to appoint his own heir.

After the Young Wolf Lord coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, he began to tell his subordinates again: "Joffrey's life is worth my father's life, Tywin's serious injury is replaced by my uncle Edmure's serious injury, and we are even with the Lion family. The losses in this battle are too heavy, you all need to return to the riverland and defend your own territory, don't fight the lions again."

His helmet was deformed, showing that he was seriously injured.

"Who is Arthur Bracken?" Robb asked softly again.

Arthur who was called stepped forward.

"Yes, you look very dignified. I heard that you killed Joffrey and avenged my father. Stonehedge is yours, Lord Bracken."

This statement is actually a bit problematic, how can the hatred of relatives be faked to others?
But considering that the enemy Joffrey is indeed dead, and the wolf family is no longer able to attack the lion family, this revenge can only be regarded as revenge.

"I think I am good to Roose Bolton. His betrayal makes me angry. My life will be charged to his account. Whoever kills him for me will be considered revenge for me."

Bolton's betrayal filled many northerners with righteous indignation, and the young wolf lord's death intensified this hatred.

Many belligerent northern nobles spoke out one after another, expressing their discord with the Skinners.

After probably explaining the funeral, Robb ordered to retreat.

The army of more than [-] people retreated back to the Golden Tooth City along the river road. Halfway through the journey, Robb, who was seriously injured, went to see his father in the sky, and the direwolf Gray Wind also left.

This greatly lowered the morale of the entire army.

But the problem of morale is not the point, and the situation on the entire continent has become confusing again.

Word comes from the east that Stannis has captured King's Landing.

Thanks to the coalition forces on the eastern front that consumed part of the wildfire stock and reduced the number of defenders in King's Landing to 5000, Stannis, who had learned his lesson, attacked the city violently during the day and took down the iron he wanted in one go. throne.

But Cersei and the others knew that they were invincible, so they first sent a large number of civilians out of the city to disrupt the attacking rhythm of the Erlu army.

Although the two deer are merciless and ungrateful, they will not attack civilians, so Cersei took her two children and courtiers, under the guard of more than 2000 golden robes, rushed out of the besieged King's Landing City in the chaos, and headed towards go north.

If there is no accident, Tommen, Cersei and others are avoiding the battle in Duskendale City.

The news from the south also made the people in Hejian and the people in the north unhappy.

As expected, the Riverbend bet on the combination of Lannister and the Royal Lands, which had a great chance of winning.

The plot is slightly different from the original novel. After the battle without Tywin’s supervisor, the Duke of Mace, who regained military power, led [-] soldiers and [-] servants, merchants, circus and other members to the east, and went to surround the wind loyal to Stannis. Rest Castle - After Stannis killed the deputy castellan Penrose with shadow magic, the city surrendered to Erlu.

Interestingly, after learning that the Ironborn went north to capture the northern territory, part of the Redwyne fleet defending the coast of the Reach, under the leadership of Earl Paxter Redwyne, crossed the Sea of ​​Summer and joined the long remaining fleet. The ships converged and began to lay siege to Storm's End.

As the aunt and brother-in-law of the Duke of Mace, Paxter had already besieged Storm's End with Mace 16 years ago.

Lord Inflatable Fish and Lord Redwyne are very similar in some respects. They both believe that they can force the defenders to surrender by means of long-term siege, digging tunnels, and piercing through the city walls——they did this 16 years ago, and the result was only public funds to eat and drink More than half a year -- in exchange for a victory with less bloodshed.

"It is rumored that [-] carts of grain are transported from the Reach to Storm's End every day. The size of the town there is already larger than ordinary towns. It seems that the Duke of Mace is ready for a long-term battle."

In the main hall of the Golden Tooth Castle, Karel Vance said to everyone.

After he was rescued, he stayed in Golden Tooth City, so he learned a lot of rumors.

"Is there any movement from Donne?" Arthur asked the well-informed person.

Dorne and the River Bend have been enemies for generations, and the Martell family has enmity with the Lion family. For the Dorne people, the Lion Flower Alliance can be said to be full of hatred.

"There is no news from Dorne, and there is no movement in the valley." Carlisle said.

Now that Robb is dead, the greatest bond of existence of the Fish-Wolf Alliance has disappeared.

The unbreakable union has begun to crumble from head to toe.

The atmosphere in the main castle hall suddenly fell silent, and most of the people were thinking about how to go next.

After a long time, the reckless and rude Greatjon first spoke on behalf of the northerners: "Since Lord Rickard Stark listened to that damned bachelor and carried out the plan to go south, the whole northern border has not received much favor, Stark The family has already lost two pairs of father and son, and I can't afford to die. Therefore, I think people from the northern border should go home, and the villagers in Hejian can figure it out for themselves!"

Rickard Stark is Ed's father. After his generation of Starks experienced a pack of wolves, Rickard was the only one left.

Without the help of his brother, Rickard began to trust the bachelor of Winterfell, Willis Flowers, who proposed a southward strategy to actively expand the influence of the wolf family in the south of the Neck, so Duke Rickard began to negotiate with the family in the south. Married, Lyanna was betrothed to Robert Baratheon, the heir of the Stormlands.

Driven by fate, Lyanna became the fuse of the usurper's war, and Duke Rickard and his eldest son Brandon were killed in King's Landing.

As if in a reincarnation, 16 years later, Ed also died in front of the Baelor Cathedral in King's Landing, and his eldest son also died in the south.

This statement was supported by the overwhelming majority of the nobles in the northern border. Rona Stout and others even said that they wanted to kill Olifa, the Frey.

Fortunately, Little Jon and Olifa are quite familiar with each other, which prevents the impulse of the Eastern Front companions.

Moreover, a lot of gold that has not been made into dragon coins was snatched in Golden Tooth City. It is roughly estimated that it is worth nearly [-] gold dragon coins.

This is enough to satisfy the northern nobles.

With Calim Bay and White Harbor locked, the North is really an independent kingdom, and because White Harbor is opposite Braavos, the people of the North don't really need land trade.

The Hejian people were silent, and the northern nobles and soldiers wanted to go home, so naturally they couldn't stop them.

But once the allies left, the Hejian people alone might not be able to defeat the merged Lion and Flower Alliance.

Even the magnanimous Robert once reduced the old earl Darry's family in the East River to viscounts, and Tywin was much tougher than Robert.

Not to mention Stannis who now occupies King's Landing.

This well-known merciless man in the Seven Kingdoms can even chop off the fingers of his most capable subordinate, the Onion Knight. If he treats the "traitor" who once supported Robb, he will either behead his head or send him to the Great Wall as a night watchman. people.

The pampered nobles shudder at the thought of being brothers to murderers, oath breakers, strong criminals, etc., and maybe even write the book "Those Years I Was a Ghoul on the Great Wall" after death.

Everyone began to think about retreating.

It's just that it will take time to make a decision, so the meeting for the day ended hastily.

At night, Lord Tristan Rigg of Willow City slipped into the room of Lord Claremont Piper.

The latter was lying on a plank bed, staring at the roof in a daze, and after glancing at who was coming, he continued his previous actions.

"Why don't you want to join the new forces?" Tristan slipped to the bed and asked in a low voice.

"Tomen and Stannis, choose whatever you want, and don't go with the Tullys anyway." Claremont was still mourning his son's death, and had no time to think about these things.

"One is Tywin's ruling, you and I are afraid that only the viscount and baron's territory will be left, and the other is directly deadly, so you can't have snacks?" Tristan hated the iron.

"Then do you think there is any better choice?" Claremont still looked indifferent.

"How about Dragon King Arthur?" Laige suggested.

After hearing this unfamiliar vocabulary, Claremont sat up slowly, "Is that Arthur Bracken? I heard that he has a dragon, why is he called the Dragon King?"

"Let's not pretend to be confused." Tristan moved over a wooden stool, sat down and said, "Except Targaryen, who can bring the dragon back to the world?"

Claremont pondered for a moment, "Then he is... Rhaegar's illegitimate son?"

After the fall of Valyrian civilization, only Targaryen and his illegitimate sons can control dragons, and only those with the blood of the dragon family can get close to dragons.

Now that a dragon appeared in Harrenhal openly, it is already certain that its master is Targaryen.

And the mad king Aerys II stayed in the Red Castle, and only Prince Rhaegar could leave an illegitimate child in other places.

"You have finally grasped the point." Tristan moved the wooden stool close to the bed, and whispered: "Arthur is about 22 now, that is, he was born around 277, that is, his mother conceived around 276, and Rhaegar The prince was born in 259, he was about [-] or [-] years old at that time, so it matches."

Claremont shook his head, "Age doesn't mean anything, does the whereabouts match?"

Raig said confidently: "Naturally, in the 276th year of the Conquest, Lannister Port held a grand tournament to celebrate the birth of Prince Viserys. Rhaegar should have passed through the Riverlands at that time. ?"

Although Claremont felt that this was far-fetched, the appearance of the dragon also made him believe it.

"Okay, let's consider him a dragon family with a dragon, but will there be enough people to support him? Will he be besieged by several major forces because of the dragon?"

Earl Leger counted with his fingers: "Counting from the east, the Mooton house in Maidenpool City, the Dragon Party; the Darry House, the Dragon Party; City, Dragon Party; Shili City, in his hands; there are only three earls left on the south bank of the Riverland."

Due to the 300-year management of the Targaryen family, the big nobles in the entire Donghejian are basically loyal to the Long family, and there is not much problem for the small nobles to follow the big nobles.

Claremont took over the conversation, "Karel Vance in Travel Rest City was saved by him, and he will probably support him. Vance in Alan City is a relative of Karel, and he probably will follow. The territory of Hongfen City, the whole Nanhejian will be united together."

Tristan said: "Raventree City and Tully's family have been very close recently, and I probably won't follow him. Sea Frontier City has Patrick as a factor, which is already very certain. As for the Frey family, they will definitely vote for the Lion's family. But they are on the north side, there is still a big river across, so don't worry about him."

The two looked at each other, and both felt that this road would work.

"Not to mention that the Dragon King's conduct is very good. It is said that he treats the people like friends. He is called the righteous Arthur and the brave Arthur. I think he can get along with us very happily." Earl Legg said.

After getting to know Arthur in depth, he found that he was a replica of the real dragon Rhaegar.

Claremont nodded, "Even if the troops are not enough, each family can still pull out one or two thousand peasant soldiers, and the total is ten to twenty thousand, which is more than ten times more than when Aegon conquered. When his dragon grows Big, isn't that..."

"The Dragon family will return to the Iron Throne. At that time, we will also be able to enter the court and become guests of the Red Castle." Tristan has already begun to look forward to the future.

Although the Tully family made the right bet in the usurper war, apart from marrying off two daughters and wounding the governor Horst, the Trout family did not get any real benefits.

The treatment of nobles in the whole river land is not as good as before the war.

At least a few earls in Donghejian were regarded as confidantes of the Long family at that time, but during the Baratheon dynasty, there was not a single nobleman in Hejian land who was regarded as a confidant of the Lu family.

The two became interested and began to plan how to persuade the Dragon King to stand on his own.

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