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Chapter 142 The New Five Kings

Shitang town hills.

Four thousand foot soldiers with torches and a thousand Frey cavalry stood guard on the nameless hill.

Another [-] soldiers formed teams of five or ten, scattered all over the place, and arrested the enemy troops climbing to the heights.

For the people of Hejian, this may be the biggest result of the war with the Western Region after repeated failures.The enemy's cries of exclamation, cries for help, and curses came to the ears one after another, which made some noble knights who had their castles and territories plundered feel happy.

Not long after, Hostyn Frey dragged a middle-aged prisoner to the King of the Rivers, Lord Aenys, Lord Lyman Darry and others.

"Steve Lannister is yours, Your Majesty."

The tall and tall Sir Hosting spoke with an unusually excited tone. Even with only the faint light of the torch, it was not difficult for others to see the elated expression on his face.

This was the first achievement of the first battle after the establishment of the Hejian Kingdom.

The captive Stafford wore a linen nightgown, coldly glanced around the nobles in Hejian, and fixed his gaze on the most handsome face.

"My cousin, Duke Tywin, will pay the ransom for me, to your satisfaction."

Arthur didn't look at him, but asked Lothor Frey, "Davon is still in the Golden Tooth City, isn't he?"

Stafford's son has been imprisoned in the abandoned mine in Golden Tooth City since he was captured.

"Yes, my Majesty."

"Dickon sent people to send Stafford to the City of the Golden Tooth, so that their father and son could reunite." Arthur ordered.

The first heavyweight captive had just been sent away, and the second was coming soon.

The second son of the Earl of Arran, Knight Hugo Vance brought Janos Bracken.

The attitude of this uncle of King Hejian is much better.

"My nephew has lost weight recently, but it's because of too much work?" Janos squeezed out a smile, "Although I'm not very capable, I can share your worries."

As for him, Arthur didn't dare to deal with it casually. There are many people who are loyal to Janos in the territory of Shili City.And this person was nice to Arthur before, so there's no need to make too much trouble.

"My lords, how do you think he should be dealt with?" He Jian Wang asked.

When Janos took Jaime away, Robb hadn't become king yet. Joffrey, who owned the Iron Throne at that time, appointed his grandfather as Hand of the King. Under the rules of dual vassals, this behavior was not considered a rebellion. It's just disgusting.

Some of the grumpy ones argued that for treason, it was up to Genos to choose between beheading and being a Night's Watchman.

The sons of the Earl of Alan City advocated to retain Genos's noble status, and the Hejian King would decide on demotion, reduction of title, and change of family castle.

Aenys the Bald and the Freys also thought it would be better to keep their titles of nobility.

"Your reputation for magnanimity is at stake," said Lord Frey.

Arthur took a deep breath, "For the sake of so many people pleading for you, I will retain your noble status, as long as you swear not to rebel. Of course, the territory, the castle, etc., will be settled slowly in the future."

A qualified monarch has to show a little kindness while being tough.

"Your Majesty's decision is really wise!" Genos changed his words quickly.

All night afterward, soldiers took captives.

At noon the next day, the leading generals summarized the number of prisoners and various military supplies.

310 soldiers from all over the Western Territory, 7000 Bracken soldiers under Janos; enough weapons to arm 30 people, mainly with half-handed swords, one-handed small round shields, tower shields, and spears; nearly [-] The second-soaked armor is mainly mail and breastplate; enough food for the enemy for a month, about [-] to [-] catties of wheat, potatoes and pumpkins, most of which were also flooded.

In addition, two to three hundred war horses were collected. Since most of the enemies were newly recruited peasant troops, the proportion of cavalry was surprisingly low. These war horses should be used by the nobles and knights of the western region.

The remaining tents, pots, and tableware were too numerous to count. After they were salvaged, they were handed over to Rosso Frey, who was in charge of the logistics.

The flooded wheat needs to be dried immediately, otherwise it will become moldy and cannot be eaten.

And this He Jian army had to move eastward immediately, firstly to guard against the attack of the Lion and Flower coalition army, and secondly to find Tommen and break up the Rose family and the Lion family, so they couldn't stay.

Therefore, Arthur ordered that the flooded wheat be distributed to dozens of nearby villages, slightly enriching the farmers' food reserves.

As for potatoes, pumpkins, soybeans, etc., they were taken away by the army as rations.

After Genos surrendered, so did the captured Bracken soldiers, bringing Arthur's strength to 100 men.

Many of the remaining Westerners were willing to fight for the King of the River, but Arthur didn't dare to take them to the king's territory to fight, so he sent a team to send [-] Westerners prisoners not far from here. The territory of the far pink city.

The Earl of Claremont is rebuilding his castle, and this group of people will come in handy when manpower is needed.

Without wasting time, after lunch the army marched eastward.

……

During the few days when he stayed in Shitang Town, Arthur sent dozens of cavalry squads to order the lords everywhere, ordering them to appease the people, fight bandits, and restore order in the countryside as soon as possible. Let them rush to the vicinity of Heron Town.

He had previously ordered the establishment of a temporary residence in the north of Heron Town, but after seeing how many refugees lost their houses, he changed his mind.

Harrenhal itself has about 5 refugee peasants, plus the [-] to [-] who rushed over, enough to build a big city.

Therefore, Arthur ordered that a large town be directly built with work in lieu of cash.Of course, the labor-intensive construction of the city wall was not done, and it was mainly built according to the winter market outside the city of Winterfell.

The matter of digging gold from the Golden Tooth City and buying food from Pentos and other places has already begun, and the lords of the Riverlands will also provide some food to Harrenhal, where Sansa Stark is now coordinating and Manage all parties.

Stark is one of the most prestigious families in the mainland. Although before Rickard, he didn't mix with the southern nobles, when it was mentioned, only the Lannisters in the western region and Ayrin in the valley could be compared. .

Coupled with the fact that some Hejian nobles had sworn allegiance to Sansa's brother before, this gave her a high status in the hearts of some house governors, and it was perfect for coordinating all parties to do things.

As the intensity of the war has dropped a lot, a large number of farmers who fled to the Reach and the Royal Lands have returned, which has brought some vitality back to the River Kingdom.

During the few days of marching eastward, from time to time, small lords and property knights led a team of several or a dozen people to join the Hejian army. Vance also brought [-] soldiers each to join the battle, and when Arthur led his army to the Sow's Corner, he already had [-] soldiers.

The current situation on the mainland is different.

King Balon of the Iron Islands died inexplicably in Pike City, and it is said that he fell to his death by mistake.Then the ironmen held a king election meeting, claiming that Euron Greyjoy, who could lead the ironmen to ride a dragon and plunder the whole world, was successfully elected as the new king of the Iron Islands.

A new king also appeared in the Stormlands. He claimed to be Aegon VI, the eldest son of Prince Rhaegar. He had the same title as the missing Tommen and Stannis who occupied King's Landing. A powerful mercenary group support him.

With the addition of Arthur, the king of the river, a new pattern of five kings was born.

As in the previous Game of Thrones game, three of the five kings still claim to be the Iron Throne masters, and the other two kings seem to make up the numbers.

In the countless castles in the Seven Realms, the attitude of the house governors and nobles towards the new five kings has been expressed through military stances, while in the countryside and towns, farmers, carpenters, tailors, bards and other groups have their own opinions.

In places not affected by the war, most of the common people support the two deer kings. Tommen and his nominal uncle Stannis have their own supporters. Some people think that Toman who believes in the seven gods is more suitable.

In the war-torn areas, the common people gave more praise to the two "Dragon Kings".

After all, the most recent Targaryen king was Aerys II, and he kept the Seven Realms peaceful for 21 years until the usurpers went to war.

……

Sow's Corner Tower Fort Hall.

More than a dozen military leaders and nobles crowded into this rather small room, arguing about where to go next.

"Sir Kevan sent [-] people from the River Bend to attack us. According to the report of the scouts, there should be only [-] soldiers wearing armor and carrying weapons. The rest are servants and handymen. They have entered the territory of the Harvard family. A day's ride from us."

Count Karel Vance, who was in charge of scouting cavalry, introduced the situation of the enemy to everyone.

The lord of Sow's Corner is Roger Hogg, and the object of his allegiance is the Harvard family in the king's land.

Most of the family's territories are low mountains and hills, which are not very suitable for cavalry combat, which is very beneficial to the Hejian people who have more infantry and fewer cavalry.

"Who leads the army?" Arthur was very concerned about this question.

A [-] army led by a famous general and a [-] army commanded by a mediocrity are two different concepts.

"Gods bless us, the Lord Lord of the Reach, the lifelong enemy of the famous Storm's End in the Seven Realms, Lord Mace Tyrell, is in charge of the army," Karel joked.

Because the lord of the Riverbend led the army to attack Storm's End twice, they only surrounded but did not attack, which made some people look down on Duke Metz's military command strength.

After all, in the two sieges, the strength of the Hewan Army was more than 1000, while the defenders were less than [-].

"What is the composition of the soldiers? Which families are they from?" Arthur asked.

Some families in the Reach have a bit of a bad relationship with the lord Tyrell's family, and maybe they can start here.

As long as the hoe dances well, you don't have to worry about digging the corner of the wall.

Karel recalled for a while and said: "The scouts said that there are golden roses, burning white towers, three oak leaves on a golden background, a golden tree, and three hornets' nests. It seems that the enemies are from Tyrell, High Tower, and Orcs. Hutt, Rowan, Bisbury and other families."

In the Riverbend Army going north, Tyrell sent 1 people, Hightower and Redwyne each sent 5000 people, and Redwyne had another 5000 people to fight at sea, but Hightower left 5000 of his own to garrison. Territory Old Town, let the Bisbury, Bulwe, Cue and other families under the name lead their troops to the war with all their strength.

Since the [-] enemy soldiers came from so many families, it must be that some of them all came.

"Rowan and Oakheart? These two families have a shortcut to victory."

These two pieces of good news surprised Arthur very much.

Previously, two knights, Aegiron Oakheart and Sarus Rowan, secretly came to observe Arthur's dragon, Alduin.

Although the two middle-aged knights were intimidated by the dragon, they hesitated before leaving and did not discuss the possibility of cooperation further.

Arthur speculated that it might be that Alduin's size hadn't met their expectations, so the two knights who were obviously entrusted by the house governor just watched and observed before slipping away.

But this just makes sense for an article:

Alienation meter!
There are ready-made titles, and I will return gifts to the families to which the two knights belong.

After all, a keel tile steel dagger can be regarded as a great gift, so there is no reason for Arthur to accept this great gift for nothing.

King Hejian took out the dagger tied inside the calf armor and explained its origin to everyone.

Bald Innis asked curiously: "Do you want to send it back? What does this have to do with the situation of the war?"

"Of course not." Arthur explained to the leading nobles, "If I send someone to send letters and gifts to the two great nobles of the River Bend, what will the Duke of Mace think?"

The Duke of Mace is a little smarter, but not much.

According to his thinking, he might really think that his vassals are in collusion with the "Long Family".

After all, during the Usurper's War, the people of Hewan actually besieged Storm's End for Targaryen for half a year, and they truly belonged to Targaryen's loyal ministers.

The Marquis of Innis touched his bald head, "Even if Earl Rowan doesn't have much thought, it's a bit abnormal in the eyes of the Duke of Metz."

The leading nobles discussed with each other and thought this method was too clever.

"Even if what you and Earl Rowan said in the letter is irrelevant, it is enough to make Duke Metz suspicious." Dickon showed surprise on his serious face, "This is the first time I have seen such a thing."

The most important thing about discord is to provoke people's hearts.

As long as Lord Inflatable Fish becomes suspicious, even if Earl Rowan can prove his innocence, the estrangement between the two families will not be eliminated.

And Jinshu City and Ancient Oak City have a total of seven to eight thousand troops. If it is really possible to separate properly, the army of the Duke of Metz will be accounted for here.

Just do it.

On the one hand, Arthur ordered Hosting Frey, Simon Frey, Ronald Vance, Hugo Vance and other six or seven knights with strong force to each lead a team of cavalry to the kingdom. The North hunts for the missing Tommen.

On the other hand, the King of the Rivers sent Earl Tristan Legg to the camp near Harvard City, and sent gifts to the two great nobles, Matus Rowan and Countess Egwen Oakheart, and Two ambiguous letters.

In order to arouse the suspicion of the inflatable fish, Arthur also specially asked Tristan to go there in the middle of the night, but he also wanted to let the Tyrell soldiers notice that some people from the river ran into the tents of Earl Rowan and Lady Egwene.

That night, the two nobles received gifts and letters from King Hejian.

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(End of this chapter)