Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 20
When they got to the little ferry at Riverbank, the soldiers lined up to disembark, and Arthur paid the boat owner for the fare.

The owner of the ship charged fifty silver deer as a symbolic shipping fee.

Originally, hiring such a boat was far more than fifty silver deer, but the owner of the boat insisted on charging only this amount, saying that it would take less time, so he charged less.

Both Arthur and Andrew expressed their gratitude, much to the delight of the owner.

His ship sailed the upper reaches of the Red Fork to King's Landing, and a good relationship with the landlord Bracken was necessary.

This time, it only took half a morning to gain the friendship of the senior officer of the Bu family and the little lord, which was worthwhile.

After seeing the Bracken banner on the golden shield horse and Lord Arthur, the farmers in the riverside village ran out and offered some melons and fruits for food.

He also informed Blackwood soldiers about taking away several women and the village head Jace's family.

The soldiers happily accepted the food, while Arthur worried about the captives.

Soldiers are synonymous with bandits in most periods and planes.

I'm afraid nothing good will happen if it falls into their hands.

After a simple meal, the soldiers assembled and lined up, and Arthur led them to set off.

The Jiabao is not far to the east of He'an Village, and it was estimated that it was just noon when we arrived.

How to deal with it, Arthur has no idea yet.

Andrew also said play by ear.

Arthur wanted to discuss countermeasures with him, but Andrew was aroused by Arthur's prophecy, and kept guessing to him which lady had kidnapped Edmure.

And still guessing which three unlucky people died of this incident.

Seeing his slightly hippie smile, Arthur knew he didn't believe it.

But Arthur didn't care, instead encouraging him to tell it as a joke to all the Bracken soldiers he knew.

A few months later, it was no longer a joke, but another example of Arthur's correct prophecy.

The reason why I say "another case" is because Arthur thought of the source of the money.

There are a lot of people in Junlin City who believe this, and it only takes three or four days to ride a horse from here to the capital. Find a chance to go there and pretend to be a magic stick to make money.

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"My lord, a large number of Bracken soldiers are coming from the east, estimated to be thousands of people." A sentinel reported.

Santaga put down his whip, looked at the three corpses in front of him, and a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

He has a hobby of abusing others, but due to his low status, this hobby can only be hidden deeply in his heart.

Never dared to show it.

This time, Brynden was tied up in this small castle, and he released his repressed heart a little bit.

If it weren't for the fact that there were quite a few subordinates around, he would have screamed out excitedly.

This kind of excitement was enough to numb his nerves, so after hearing the report, he took several breaths before he realized what it meant.

"You mean thousands of Bracken soldiers?" He showed doubts on his face. "How is this possible? Not to mention the assembly time, their ships can transport so many people?"

The sentinel knew his lies wouldn't work, but he did see hundreds of soldiers.

Lying only to get the officer to order a retreat.

"Maybe a little less, but there are indeed large forces approaching, should we consider avoiding them?" The sentinel replied cautiously, trying not to make Chief Santaga angry.

The Sentinel's advice didn't work, Santaga was on fire.

"You must have read it wrong. There are not so many people." Santaga shouted, "Call the guards at the other gates. We will meet them and let them know the meaning of Blackwood."

"But Master Brynden is still in the castle." Someone reminded.

Santagar thought of the wayward young master who didn't listen to his own advice, that Brynden who only listened to his distant cousin, let him pay for his waywardness.

"They won't kill the young master, this is the tradition of treating great nobles." Santaga said.

Someone reminded: "If they take the opportunity to escape..."

"Isn't that good? You can't run too far on the plain." Santaga interrupted his subordinates rudely, "Just do what I said, and teach Bracken a lesson."

So no one dared to question it anymore, 150 soldiers quickly assembled and set off, and several hostages were also taken away.

Not far away, the two armies met.

"Damn sentry, why didn't you remind me that they have so many people?" Seeing the array of hundreds of people across the way, Santagar was terrified and frightened, and even a little bit angry.

Angry Sentinels don't tell the truth.

The sentinel didn't dare to run to Santagar at this time, and replied from a distance: "I said so."

Before Santaga could get angry at the sentinel, he saw a man riding forward on the opposite side.

The horse walked slowly, carrying the man closer.

That person has a delicate and handsome demeanor, a straight nose and thin lips, bright eyes and white teeth, and a tall stature. Apart from being a little thin, he has no shortcomings.

If it weren't for the extremely ordinary chain mail, Santagar would definitely think that this is the heir of some top nobleman.

It is too dazzling.

"You are the one who robbed my people?" the man spoke, looking haughty like a king.

Santagar thought for a while before realizing that this was Arthur Bracken.

Just a little nobleman.

"It's me," Santagar replied.

The army of hundreds of people finally made him sober, and he thought about how to leave decently.

Head-on conflict is impossible.

With this little force in his hand, the battle would be over in less than a meal.

At least four against one, and they are all full-time soldiers in armor. How could they possibly beat them?

"How are they?" Arthur asked.

Santaga thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "Because your people don't open the gate of the castle, I killed three of them in order to let them open the gate, and tied the rest behind."

"I will respond to Lord Edmure and Duke Hoster about this matter, and then we will act according to their wishes." Arthur paused, "Now, shall we discuss how to deal with the current situation?"

"You kidnapped Master Brynden of my family, and I will report this to Duke Hoster." Santagar's momentum was unrelenting.

Arthur smiled, "You are an ordinary soldier, can you get in front of the Duke? Talk about the report, are you worthy?"

Santagar didn't want to entangle him on this issue, he just wanted to take people away.

As for Brynden, let Lord Tytos do it himself.

"Yes, I'm not worthy, otherwise, I'll take someone away, and we'll each report the matter to the higher authorities."

Arthur snorted coldly: "Come if you want, leave if you want, do you think the thousand soldiers behind me are vegetarian?"

"There are not a thousand people at all." Santaga corrected, and by his visual inspection, there were only about 500 people.

The lie was broken, and Arthur didn't blush at all, "There are still some on the way. We have so many soldiers that several ships can't hold them at once."

There were only these five hundred soldiers, and each one who died would pay a hundred gold dragons. Arthur felt a little bit like a clever woman who can't live without rice.

"Well, I don't want to embarrass you ordinary soldiers." Arthur duplicity, in fact, he really wanted to cut down these people to gain experience.

"Why don't you send someone out to compete with me, if I win, you surrender, if you win, I will let you go."

When Santagar heard this, she was suddenly a little excited: "Really?"

Why are these nobles always used to being in the limelight?
Did he think that with his thin appearance, he could beat himself, a veteran of more than ten years?
Arthur was also a little happy, finally he didn't have to worry about killing Bracken soldiers.

"really!"

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