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Chapter 4 Are You Worthy To Be Called Arthur?

Everything is going according to plan.

After arriving at He'an Village, Yu Le and Amber each led their men to track the bandits east and north.

The village chief, Jess, gathered the young and middle-aged people in the village and let the lord Arthur choose directly.

……

[Fifteen peasant soldiers from Hejian have joined your team. 】

A blue light curtain emerged, reminding Arthur of the changes in his troops.

After rectifying military discipline, Arthur determined a preliminary battle plan according to his own understanding.

It is already noon now, and it may take midnight or even tomorrow until the bandits are found and pursued.

At that time, the wife of the village chief Jess was really "overnight wife", and the farmer's daughter who was taken away may have been defiled.

So act fast.

After arriving at the bandits' hiding place, 21 Hejian soldiers armed with chain mail and round shields charged forward, followed by [-] Hejian peasant soldiers.

The ten sergeants are equipped with crossbows, and the eight peasant soldiers hold hunting bows, both of which can be used as fire suppression when charging.

Including Yule and Amber, there were a total of seven people on horseback, outflanking the bandits' retreat and preventing the bandits from escaping.

After the group had lunch organized by the village chief Jess in He'an Village, Yu Le brought his people back.

There wasn't even a rabbit to be found along the Red Fork, he said.

Soon, Amber rode back to the north, saying that he had found the fleeing bandits, and left one person to watch from a distance.

Although he didn't quite understand why the bandits didn't escape very far, Arthur ordered to set off immediately, and the whole team trotted forward to catch up with the bandits fleeing north.

Naturally, Yule and Amber's lunch was settled on the way.

……

"Tell me, will that Arthur Bracken take the bait?"

Among the "bandits" that Arthur and his party were struggling to chase, a young man on a horse asked the middle-aged man beside him.

Although the young man was wearing coarse clothes and his face was deliberately covered with mud, it could still be seen that his skin was delicate and shiny.

The middle-aged man looks much darker, but his body is strong and muscular, which is not comparable to the skinny bandits who are malnourished.

Just looking at the skin, these two people are definitely not bandits.

Not to mention the excellent armor exposed by the collars and cuffs of the two.

"Arthur's reputation is not bad in normal times. For the sake of Lingmin's property and these two women, he will definitely catch up."

"We didn't walk so slowly on purpose so that the Bracken family could catch up. Otherwise, according to the original plan, we would have run back to Sweetwater Spring in the afternoon." The middle-aged man replied.

"Roger, there's nothing wrong with this plan, right? You won't be punished by the king if you're found out?" The young man might be a little unconfident, with a trembling tone in his tone.

"There is no problem at all. This time, I must kill Arthur Bracken and take down the nine villages of the Moulin Rouge."

The middle-aged man said angrily.

The reason why he planned to kill Arthur was very simple. One was for his own territory, and the other was that the Bracken and Blackwood families were feuds.

That's right, the middle-aged man is Roger of the Blackwood family in Raventree City, and the young man is Brynden, the eldest son of Earl Tytos, Governor of Blackwood, and they are distant cousins.

Blackwood and Bracken have fought in the river for thousands of years, and their grievances can be traced back to the Age of Heroes.

From the construction of Harrenhal by Harren the Black, to the Dance of the Blood Dragons, to the Blackfyre Rebellion, as long as there is a major turmoil, these two families will always fight.

Generally speaking, the territory of the Blackwood family is on the north bank of the Red Fork River, with Raventree City as the center, the territory of the Bracken family is on the south bank of the Red Fork River, and the house governor is in Stonewall City.

But there are exceptions, such as the Bracken of the Moulin Rouge. In order to let the villages on the north bank of the Red Fork River have a strong claim, the main family of Bracken divided the territory long ago and ruled it separately.

This is equivalent to setting up a stronghold in front of Blackwood's house.

The so-called thorn in the side, thorn in the flesh is also.

So over the past hundred years, Blackwood on the north bank of the Red Fork River has picked faults whenever he had the chance, which made the Brackens of the Moulin Rouge restless.

But with the help of the Bracken master's family on the south bank, Blackwood insisted on not taking this little territory.

There have been no major events recently, so Roger Blackwood came up with the idea of ​​these villages.

Because he is just a propertyless knight and has no inheritance rights, he has to plan for the territory early.

According to the customs of Westeros, if the Blackwood family robbed the land and distributed it to Roger, then he would be a property knight.

If you do some meritorious service, you can advance to a small noble such as a jazz or a baron.

And Roger has recently climbed into the relationship with Brynden, the eldest son of the Governor of Blackwood, by virtue of his sword skills.

Brynden is the most beloved son of Lord Tytos, if Roger and Brynden get these villages, and then Brynden says something nice to his father, will Roger get the land? little problem.

And a young Brynden Blackwood also backed his cousin's idea of ​​taking Arthur Bracken's domain.

He also wanted to do something to get his doting father's approval, and that's why he led ten soldiers disguised as bandits to rob He'an Village.

In order to wipe out Arthur Bracken's forces, 150 heavily armed soldiers of the Blackwood family are near the Sweetwater Spring, waiting to kill Arthur who left the castle to protect the people.

After Arthur was killed, they claimed that Arthur had entered the territory of the Blackwood family in the name of catching bandits to conspire.

Then the nine villages were confiscated, creating an established fact.

The incident happened suddenly, and the Bracken family on the south bank probably couldn't react, and couldn't fight the Blackwood family with the same strength for the life of a separated little lord.

I can only go to Riverrun City to find Tully's family to sue.

Horst, the Tully family governor, is seriously ill, and the eldest son Edmure is in charge of the affairs of the riverlands.

Edmure is also known as a bad guy, as long as neither side is offended, this matter will be shelved.

So the core of the whole plan is to take advantage of the chaos to kill Arthur Bracken, and then occupy the nine villages as quickly as possible.

"Are those two behind you still watching?" Roger asked the "bandit" behind him.

"It was still there just now, so I might report it." The soldier of the Blackwood family, who was wearing a chain mail but deliberately covered with a tattered robe, replied.

"It seems that they haven't caught up yet. We're not far from the Sweet Water Spring. Let's slow down so that those guys can catch up." Roger ordered.

Brynden acquiesced to his cousin's behavior, and the soldiers disguised as bandits were ordered to continue to slow down.

But the situation was not quite what Roger wanted.In front of them, a sound of horseshoes sounded, and seven people including Arthur appeared in their field of vision.

"'So that those guys can catch up', who are you?" Arthur asked, who slowly pulled out his ancestral two-handed sword.

The younger Brynden Blackwood's expression changed, he didn't expect Arthur Bracken to charge up first with a few soldiers on horseback.

And Roger, who looked around, laughed, knowing that Arthur's large army was still behind.

The 40-year-old Cavaliers knew that his chance to perform in front of the future Patriarch had come.

Whether it is the ratio of twelve to seven or the comparison of high-end combat power, the opponent is at a disadvantage.

According to rumors, Arthur's fighting ability is not outstanding.

"It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is that you are already dead!" Roger also drew his sword and rode forward.

He pointed his sword forward and shouted:
"According to you, you are also worthy of the name Arthur? Also worthy of the same name as the Sword of Dawn?"

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