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Even in late autumn, the night in Bai Harbor was unreasonably cold.

The continuous sea breeze carried a bone-deep chill to the large crowd at the port, and the pile of flames, which were taller than the longest lance, was extremely fragile in front of the sea breeze.

There were no screams in the fire, and it seemed that the Lord of Light had taken away the gifts from the mortals.

Fortunately, the ceremony would be over soon, "Bronze Jon" wrapped the thickened cloak around him tightly, and then looked at the Lord of White Harbor and the red-robed witch Melisandre in front of him.

"You betrayed me and the oath you made when you became a White Harbor Maester... By the Seven Gods, may the Stranger take you away, a shameless traitor."

Wyman Manderly, the lord of White Harbor, yelled at his own maester, Theomer, who was tied to the long wooden pole in the middle of the flames, but the object of the scolding could not refute.

This bachelor was from the Lannister family in Lannisport. The lord of White Harbor firmly believed that Theomo had revealed some movements of the Mandalay family for the Lannister family during the War of the Five Kings and the subsequent war. Came out as a sacrifice to keep the troop carriers north up the Wall from the storm.

The still glamorous Melisandre stood closest to the fire, chanting prayers to the Lord of Light while staring at the image in the flames.

The white-haired and bearded Earl Jon Royce was fed up with the hypocrisy of the Governor of Mandalay, he turned his head to his retainers, and Samwell Stone, the coach of Runestone City, said in a low voice:
"If it wasn't for the complete defeat of the Lannister family and the little devil being taken to King's Landing as a hostage, this disciple of the Seven Gods would never dare to throw a Lannister into the flames as a traitor."

Although Jon Royce looked down on the little devil and even rejected Duke Tywin's marriage proposal for Tyrion, he had to admit that the power of the Lannister family was second only to the royal family in the past. The family is even.

Therefore, in the eyes of House Governor Royce, Wyman Manderly's move has an immoral meaning of beating a dog in the water.

Samwell Stone did not dare to speak ill of another great nobleman like his own lord, but he would not oppose Lord Royce openly, so he had to prevaricate a few words at will.

"Yeah, the sea breeze tonight makes me dizzy."

The coach of Runestone City is telling the truth. The cold wind from the Shivering Sea blows hundreds of ships that have anchored back and forth. The inner harbor of White Harbor seems not so safe anymore, not to mention that it is not so peaceful at ordinary times. outport.

Any captain who lived on the Narrow Sea would not choose to enter the Shivering Sea at the turn of autumn and winter, but there was no way. If he wanted to go north quickly, he could only march by sea.

The only advantage of the cold wind is that it can blow out the flame quickly. In the expectant eyes of many servants and soldiers, the flame shook a few times, then lowered its high head like a defeated loser, and then disappeared completely.

"Perfect ceremony." Earl Wyman Manderly, who believes in the seven gods, praised the red-robed female monk of the Lord of Light, and then greeted the only few non-believers of the Lord of Light who were willing to watch the sacrificial ceremony. Enter the castle ladder above the wolf's lair with their squire servants.

This wide white stone staircase that goes up connects Wolf's Lair outside White Harbor to New Castle on the hill inside the city, which is also the home of the Manderly family.

Under the urging of the cold wind, a group of people quickly climbed the castle ladder and entered the hall of the new castle - the Mermaid Palace.

In this hall made entirely of wood, it was packed with noble knights from the valley and some lords from the north.

The eight long tables that were temporarily moved in were neatly placed on the floor of the Mermaid Palace. The people sitting around the long tables seemed to have their own opinions. Some people advocated leading an army to defeat the Bolton family's army and go northward to the Impassable Great Wall. .

"I think adults all know that the autumn and winter storms in the Shivering Sea can easily tear apart a flat-bottomed boat, but the soldiers on board have no ability to resist. On land, a boat of soldiers can at least kill the same number of savages .”

This is the lord of the Longbow Hall, Jerwood Hunter. He has just inherited the title not long ago, so he is very active in the noble assembly, and it seems that this can be recognized by other nobles.

Jon Royce partly agreed with the man, but the wildlings would not wait for reinforcements from the Vale to arrive before attacking Castle Black or Eastwatch.

To refute this point of view, it is not necessary for a nobleman of Royce's level to speak. A young northern nobleman, Robin Flint, expressed the thoughts of another group of people.

"Lord Hunter, do you know how long it will take to march from White Harbor to Winterfell with an army of more than 2 people, and how long it will take to go north along the King's Road from Winterfell?"

Jerwood Hunter who was questioned was silent, he really didn't understand this aspect.

Robin Flint asked himself and answered: "At least three months, and the letter from Castle Black has been sent three times in a row, and the furthest one was a few months ago. Wait until we take Winterfell , if they go north to defend against the wildlings, the Night Watchman Legion may have become rotten meat in the belly of the wildlings beyond the Great Wall."

This is also an idiot who doesn't understand military affairs, Earl Royce made his own judgment.

The most important thing for the army in the valley to go north along the land route was not the lack of time, but the lack of food and grass.

It was too late to let the wildlings take down the Great Wall. Jon Royce was also confident to lead the army of the valley to defeat the wildlings and regain Castle Black, but there was no way to fill the more than 2 mouths along the way.

Even if they eat war horses, they can't beat Castle Black.

Earl Wyman Manderly, who sat on the main seat on the high platform of the Mermaid Palace, turned his fat neck with difficulty, and asked the opinion of "Bronze Jon" beside him:

"You are the commander-in-chief of the Valley people, what do you think of the choice of the route going north?"

To be honest, he didn't really believe what the red-robed monk said. How could burning a traitor make the storm disappear?

The movement of the superior lord was always easily noticed by the subordinate lord. The conversation between the most important two people on the high platform made the crowd who had been arguing for a long time gradually quiet down.

After everyone's eyes turned to him, Jon Royce said:
"The Bolton family's army is stationed not far from the mouth of the White Knife River. The barge fleet of White Harbor cannot go deep into the northern border, so the war with the Bolton family can be carried out immediately. The family that agreed to recover Winterfell previously reorganized their soldiers. Let the knights repair their swords and armor, and we will go up the White Sword River tomorrow."

It may be that someone leaked the news of the troops dispatched in the valley. The Bolton family sent people to build a river lock under the White Knife River very early on, which made the original plan to use the barge fleet to transport troops fell through.

And Lord Leech Roose Bolton obviously wouldn't wait for the enemy to attack in Winterfell. An army with the banner of the Flayed Man and the Black Crown of the Longaxe was approaching White Harbor.

In other words, the soldiers of Bolton's army mainly come from the Dreadfort and the Blight Hall.

The supply of military rations in White Harbor was fairly timely, so Earl Yohn Royce was going to go up the White Knife River to destroy the iron locks on the Bolton family and ensure that there was no problem with the supply of military rations.

"As for the families who are supposed to go to the Great Wall according to the agreement, you and the fleet will stay in White Harbor, wait until the weather clears up and the storm subsides, and then go north along the northern coastline. You can go later, but you must ensure that Safety on the march."

……

Stormland, on the south side of Tongmen City.

A large continuous military camp stands on the north side of the Bukele Mountains. At the main gate of the military camp, dozens of flags are flying above the heads of the flag officers.

The royal bannerman Will Witt, who was holding a red three-headed dragon flag on a black background, took the lead and entered the range of the barracks trebuchet.

After capturing Kevan Lannister in the Westlands, the lucky man became a true knight, so he can also have his own surname: Werther.

Then this lucky guy was appointed as his bannerman by Arthur I, and he was able to hold the banner representing the king.

"Back~City~" The Hewan officer guarding the gate had already received the order from the king that he was about to arrive. After seeing the red dragon flag on the black background and the golden saber-horse flag after that, he immediately ordered to open the gate.

Under the courtesy gaze of nearly a hundred soldiers guarding the gate, Arthur, who was riding a huge red horse, slowly entered the barracks of the River Bend Army.

"Aren't you only 1 people? How did you build the camp so big?"

After dismounting, the king asked Matus Rowan who was leading the nobles to greet him.

"This is to make the enemy unclear about the strength of our army." Matus replied with a clean face.

The main force of this army is the soldiers of the families in the south of the Reach, such as Bandarenburg, Blackcrown City, Highland City, Three Towers Castle, and Sunflower Hall. The soldiers are not here, so it is not easy for Matus to directly lead the army south to attack Storm's End.

In order to prevent the commander of the Golden Regiment from knowing the strength of this army, Earl Rowan chose to overhaul the camp and let the scout cavalry count. There are at least 2 tents for soldiers here.

"Call the leading nobles and knights of the major families, and I will announce the military order."

After the king gave the order, he took his guards and strode towards the largest tent in the barracks.

The Dornishmen have entered the territory of Black Harbor, the Stormland, from the Bone Road, and the army conscripted by the Knights of Hundred Flowers has also passed through Green Valley City, and is about to enter the actual control area of ​​the Golden Corps. The army in the north also has to act as soon as possible.

The river bend knights who had been resting for a long time actively responded to the king's call. After dozens of people unarmed, they entered the main account to discuss military affairs.

In order to express their eagerness to go south, many knights even appeared in front of the king wearing full armor and holding helmets.

Matus Rowan played his role as a bridge very well. Before the formal discussion began, he introduced most of the important nobles to the king.

"This is Viscount Brandon Cue, Lord of Sunflower Hall."

"The fat man next to him is Martin Mullendall, the Viscount of Highland City."

"As for this tall, middle-aged knight, it is Sir Leo Brebar, Earl of Bundalenburg."

……

"Sir George Grafford, Lord of St. Hall and nephew of Countess Alice Grafford."

"The friendly Sir Bruce Buckler is from Copper Gate City. He is Earl Ralph's cousin. The Buckler family has provided us with a total of 100 soldiers and some food. .”

The seven leading nobles whose families had more than 800 troops were introduced to the king by Matus, and the rest of the small families did not have this treatment.

"Very good." Arthur I waved his hand, "We won't come here in vain, you tell me the situation on the northern line, and we will immediately decide whether to go south."

It was only noon now, and if we acted quickly, the camp could be moved a few leagues south in one afternoon.

The king's enthusiasm seemed to have infected the vassals in the tent, and everyone chattered about describing the current situation south of Bronze Gate City and north of Storm's End.

After receiving the remnants of Stannis trapped by Florent's soldiers and the slave catchers from Pentos, the strength of young Aegon's men has grown considerably.

"About [-] to [-], the cavalry and archers are quite elite, and the elephant soldiers are also very difficult to deal with."

Matus Rowan gave his own evaluation.

This is a fact. The cavalry system of the Golden Regiment was inherited from Westeros, and it is still the same set of knights and servants.

However, during nearly a hundred years of hard work, this mercenary group abandoned the pedantic wedge-shaped cavalry charge of the Western Continent, and changed it to use long pole weapons to smash the enemy's phalanx from the side.

As for the archers, the mercenary group is far ahead of the Westeros.

The strongest archers in the known world should be archers from the Midsummer Islands. They use double-curved golden heart wood longbows, which are said to be able to shoot arrows four hundred yards away.

You must know that the distance at which the cavalry spread their horseshoes and charge is only a hundred yards, which means that when the cavalry approaches this kind of archer, there is a distance of nearly [-] yards that is a living target.

The good news is that the more than a thousand archers of the Golden Regiment are not all archers from the Midsummer Islands. The bad news is that these thousand elite archers, from the officers to the instructors, are all from the Midsummer Islands.

"Their arrows go farther than the curved bows of the Dothraki, and our archers are far worse than the Dothraki."

Bruce Buckler said so.

Angai Bracken, who was beside the king, said disdainfully: "Even their archer commander, Hei Baqu, can only shoot far. In terms of shooting accuracy, we Dornish people are much better than the Midsummer Islanders."

What he is most proud of is his archery skills, so he looks down on the officers bragging about the archers of the Golden Regiment.

"Archers are not a big problem, we have big crossbows to suppress them."

Arthur once ordered the artisans of King's Landing to develop a powerful crossbow. When he went south, he had several improved products, and it shouldn't be a problem to deal with the Golden Group.

The king waved his hand, indicating that the people in Hewan would continue to introduce other matters.

"Little Aegon is currently in Storm's End, and the main force, captain, and several deputy captains of the Golden Regiment are also there, but there are quite a few officers stationed at the Bronze Gate City leading to the King of Storm's End with a hundred-man army. On the avenue. As for the downed castles in the south, there should not be many garrisons."

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