Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 3 Where did you come from?
Like most aristocratic castles on high places, the small castle of Arthur's family is located on a small hill. In addition to the residences of servants and soldiers, there is also a training ground nearby.

It was therefore convenient to summon the thirty-five soldiers of the Brackens.

Adding Arthur, Yule, Amber the Gray Robe, and six villagers from He'an Village, there were 43 fighters in total.

If you pass through the villages under Bracken on the road, you can call in some peasant soldiers.

These troops are enough to deal with a dozen unarmored bandits.

After discussion and coordination, Arthur left eight soldiers to stay in the castle, and then he led the remaining 34 people towards the river bank village.

Riverside Village is on the east side of Breckenburg. If you want to track down the bandits, you have to go to Riverside Village first.

The bandits didn't all ride horses, so the speed of travel must be slow.

It was the top of the sun at this moment, and the bandits hadn't gone far, so there was still time to pursue them.

Yule, who changed into chain mail, also wanted to stay to defend the castle, but was firmly taken away by Arthur.

There were seven horses in the whole team, but only Arthur rode on horseback, and the rest of the horses were led by their masters.

A group of people walked along the path, and not long after they set off, the humid and hot climate in the riverland made Arthur break out in fine sweat.

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"My lord, what are our plans?"

The young man named Darren from He'an Village saw that the lord Arthur was not very strict, so he ran over excitedly and asked.

"The plan is... well, play it by ear," Arthur replied casually.

He was researching the unit interface, but he didn't expect that someone would disturb him.

"Don't you have those detailed battle plans, the idea of ​​who is in charge of scouting, who will lead a few people to outflank, and who is responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat?"

Darren's eyes were shining, obviously looking forward to it.

It's not his fault, which man didn't like these when he was young?
Arthur thought about it, he really hadn't planned it this way.

He didn't even think about how to track down the bandits, but he set off with 34 people on a whim.

If he walked along the banks of the Red Fork River like this, he might not find the bandits until he reached the confluence of the three tributaries of the Trident River.

Even if they found the bandit's lair, some bandits might slip away with silver deer and other valuables.

Looks like I need to plan.

"Yule, Amber, the village chief Jess, you guys come here."

After several people called by Arthur approached one after another, the young lord asked:

"What do you guys think about hunting down bandits?"

Several people looked at each other, and the village head replied first: "After passing He'an Village, chase down the Red Fork River and you'll find those damned bandits."

Amber is the chief steward, and he is very familiar with the small territory of the Bracken family. After hearing what the village chief said, he said disapprovingly:
"There are few trees along the Red Fork River, and it's all farmland, with a wide view. It's impossible for bandits to move around the river bank during the day. If you look along the river bank, you will definitely not find them."

Darren thought for a while, and echoed Amber's opinion: "God's Eye Lake is on the south bank of the Red Fork River, and we are on the north bank of the Red Fork River. The further east you go, the denser the population, and it's impossible for bandits to live there."

Arthur nodded, agreeing to the opinions of the two:
"I also think it's very possible that the bandits went north. They went southeast of God's Eye Lake just to confuse us. Uncle Yule, what do you think?"

Yu Le sneered, "What can I think? When your grandfather was alive, there were not a few bandits in the whole river. How come there are bandits now, and they dare to rob a village."

The period of Grandpa Arthur mentioned by Yule should be the period of Targaryen's Mad King.

In the early days of the reign of the mad king Elis II, Tywin Lannister, who was kind to his father and filial to his son, acted as the hand of the king, and he governed the entire Seven Kingdoms.

It can be called ruling the world!

Although it experienced the usurper war later, the situation quickly stabilized after Robert became king and Jon Arryn came to power.

The Red Fork River is the hinterland of the river, with flat terrain, numerous rivers, dense population, and extremely developed agriculture and handicrafts.

In other words, there is no environment for bandits to grow up.

The bandits who robbed He'an Village of more than a dozen people are already a large team.

According to the memory of the original owner, no bandits have appeared in recent years.

Nor did they receive notice from the nobles in Riverrun and nearby to guard against bandits.

Where did these bandits come from?
Arthur expressed his doubts: "Could it be that this group of desperadoes jumped out of the stone?"

"Maybe it came from the mountains of the Vale of Arryn." Darren guessed.

The village chief saw that Darren, who was jumping around in front of the lord, was not pleasing to the eye, so he replied: "Let's not say that from the Vale of Arryn to the north bank of the Red Fork River, we have to pass through the territories of so many gentlemen, just ask you, they How to cross the Green Fork River and Blue Fork River?"

The Green Fork, Blue Fork, and Red Fork are the three major tributaries of the Trident River, distributed from north to south.

Since the Green Fork River is not generally wide, the Frey family's Twin River City is the only passage from the Twin River City to the confluence of the Three Forks.

This is also the reason why Robb Stark must pass through Frey's Twin River City after he raised his troops.

And if you want to run from the high mountains of the Vale of Arryn to the north bank of the Red Fork River, you have to first run from the bloody gate in the valley to the King's Road, then cross the Ruby Beach to the south bank of the Trident River, and then cross the Red Fork River to the north bank of the Red Fork River. north shore.

As for the Blood Pass and Ruby Beach Ferry, there are heavy guards, and it is impossible for a dozen adult men with weapons to pass through.

Darren was at a loss for words. He was a farmer, and his education was to write his own name. He couldn't even read a map, let alone these geographical knowledge.

Amber said to himself: "It didn't come from the east, could it be that it came from the north? That's even more impossible. The north is Blackwood, a great nobleman!"

When Arthur heard this, he also felt that it was impossible for the bandits to come from the north.

Because the north is the Blackwood family, the family strength is enough to rank in the top five in Hejian, and there are 3000 to [-] full-time soldiers who are usually supported.

You must know that the stronger the nobles are, the stronger their control over the territory, and the fewer bandits will be in the territory.

"This is really strange. Why did bandits come to rob my nephew as soon as he became the house governor?" Yule, who was well-informed, expressed his doubts and did not forget to mock Arthur. .

From what he said, it seemed that there were bandits because of Arthur.

The lord also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

This is the continent of Westeros. Under the attack of lords, lords, kings, armed churches and other forces, there are almost no bandits.

"Forget about that for now," Arthur said loudly, "When you arrive at He'an Village, go north to Amber and east to Jules, and each of you will take two people on horseback to track down the bandits."

"Chairman Jess summoned some villagers who can shoot arrows and use big axes."

"Let's get rid of these hateful bandits!"

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