Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 84
Early the next morning, Arthur followed one of the stewards of the Rose family to the arsenal to pick out the weapons and armor promised by the Duke of Metz.

Mr. Inflatable Fish said last night that he was very domineering, he could pick whatever he wanted, but his subordinates were very fussy.

He only let Arthur choose fifty suits of plate armor, and the remaining 250 suits were chain mail.

This may be because Hades is easy to see, but little ghosts are hard to deal with!
The lord of the Moulin Rouge didn't bother with him. After choosing the armor and weapons, they were all a combination of a half-handed sword and a one-handed buckler.

After the selection, the steward asked someone to load it on a bullock cart and sent it to the town of Ferry Crossing.

This still satisfies Arthur.

The price is also affordable, with 250 sets of plate armor, 460 sets of chain mail, and [-] sets of weapons, a total of [-] five golden dragons.

When reconciling the account with the Duke of Metz, he waved his hand and wiped off 65 golden dragon zeros.

The [-] gold dragons from Qingting Island have already been settled by the rose family and Earl Paxter's steward.

In terms of money, the Duke of Mace was still very reliable and did not embarrass Arthur at all.

Now Arthur has [-] gold dragons in Rose's house. After thinking about the situation, he decided to take out [-] gold dragons and keep the rest in High Court.

Anyway, with Gaoting's strength and the alliance with Hightower and Redwyne, no one in the entire continent has touched them, and their existence here is very safe and reliable.

The reliability of the iron vault is second only to the Eastern Essos continent.

Moreover, during the War of the Five Kings, there is no need to pay for major events, but rely on the strength of the troops in hand.The trivial matter depends on Arthur's mood, just give some money to the subordinates who are able to do things well.

In the afternoon, he went to Ferry Town and the head of the blood troupe, Wag and Angai, to select the mercenaries who arrived one after another.

Today is much better. According to visual estimation, 80 to [-] people were organized by the mayor in the center of the town, waiting for Arthur, the benefactor, to come.

"Master chooses me, chooses me, chooses me."

"I can kill the Devil's Mountain by myself, the Sir is sure to choose me."

"The Devil Mountain is right to kill you. This man is full of flirty words, and he looks like a bastard. Master, I am different. I will do whatever you ask me to do."

"This group of people can't do it, and they can't go to the battlefield. Your lord, you should find someone like me who brings his own bow and arrow armor."

Before Arthur walked in, the mercenaries had already started to sell themselves.

The stuttering leader Wag is very skilled in this situation. He asked a backbone of the blood troupe to come forward and shout twice, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Arthur knew that he had no experience in picking mercenaries, so he asked Wag and Anguy to take charge of the matter, and he himself sat on the chair brought by the mayor to urge them to work.

Nearly two hours passed in a flash, and there were still mercenaries arriving one after another during the period.

Varger and Anguy ended up picking 63.

Most of them bring their own armor, mainly chain mail and plate armor, and their weapons are mainly bows and half-handed swords.

There are actually very few mercenaries who use long spears like the Dornishmen.

The salary is mostly between fifteen and twenty gold dragons.

The price Wage negotiated for his entire mercenary group was only [-] gold dragons per person. It was impossible for him to let this group of stragglers get more than his own.

Those who were not selected also received two silver stags. In the process, Wag put in a lot of effort, and he drove out the people who fished in troubled waters.

[63 Riverbend infantry joined your team]

After paying the deposit, the blue light curtain indicated their joining.

……

The morning before departure was almost the same as yesterday.

It may be that the news spread, and the mercenaries arrived a little more than yesterday.

In the center of Ferry Town, after nearly three hours of selection, 87 available candidates were finally selected.

According to An Gai, apart from being unable to face the Magic Mountain, this group of people can fight in the battlefield, burn villages and collect taxes, etc., just like family soldiers.

After all, Westeros has been at peace for nearly ten years, and mercenary work is very rare, so this business is still relatively complicated.

Those who can be picked are available people.

[87 Riverbend infantry joined your team]

The convoy that the mayor was looking for was also ready. Six hundred sets of armor and weapons were placed on more than two dozen ox carts, and the rest of the carts were filled with food.

It takes two to three weeks to go north to the riverland, and it is impossible not to prepare enough food.

After everyone had eaten lunch, Arthur gave the order to go.

This time I came to Gaoting, besides the urgently needed armor and weapons, I also found 160 mercenaries with combat experience, which was very cost-effective.

Six days later, by the Bridge of Bitterness.

"My lord Arthur, I have come as promised." Dickon, wearing silver plate armor, led two entourages to catch up with Arthur and the others who were waiting here.

Arthur noticed that the two attendants were wearing chain mail, with bows on their backs, half swords hanging from their waists, and wearing the robes of Tully's striding hunters.

Rumor has it that the family motto of the Jiaoling family is "Be the first on the battlefield." From these two followers, it can be seen that this family is really martial and warlike.

When the two sides approached, Dickon's serious face actually showed a trace of liveliness.

"Where's your caravan?" asked Dickon, who had reined in his horse.

Arthur didn't waste any time, and after signaling him and his two followers to continue on their way, he said, "Let's go first."

In fact, since the mercenaries in the River Bend were all infantry, and the speed of the ox cart convoy was extremely slow, it took much longer than Arthur expected.

It took them six days on the Avenue of the Roses to reach Bitter Bridge.

Afterwards, Arthur let the convoy go first, and led Angai and the others to wait for Dickon.

Half a day later, the Tully boy showed up for an appointment.

After arriving at the Bitter Bridge, they only walked one-third of the way northward. Next, they had to go straight north to the Golden Road, and then cross the Blackwater River before entering the riverland.

At that time, Arthur will be able to know the movements of King's Landing City, the army of the Western Territory, and the small army of the Magic Mountain from the passers-by on the Golden Avenue.

"Look, what am I holding?" Dickon was a little excited, rode up to Arthur, and held out his sword to him.

Arthur took it, weighed it twice, and felt that the big sword was unexpectedly light.

"This is the tile steel sword, it's the one from your house..."

"Broken Heart." Dickon exclaimed excitedly, "It's called Broken Heart. I stole my father's sword, which was also the sword of every generation of our Tully family governors. From now on, it will accompany me in the Continental adventure."

"Hey, this is really..." Arthur shook his head with a smile, but couldn't think of an adjective to accurately describe this behavior.

According to the plot of the original book, after Dickon's elder brother Sam returned to his home, he also stole the "broken heart" and left home.

The two brothers are in the same line.

I just don’t know what treasure Sam, who is still vigilant at the Great Wall of Impassable, will go home and steal from his father in the future.

After throwing the broken heart back to Dickon, Arthur didn't speak anymore, and led the crowd to rush on the road.

Seven days later, a convoy of nearly 300 people arrived at the junction of the Golden Avenue and the Blackwater River.

Here, Arthur finally got timely information.

As expected, the little devil Tyrion Lannister had been captured and taken away by Catelyn Stark. It was rumored that Duke Tywin was furious. After receiving the information, he decided to summon his vassals and troops on the spot to give Lady Stark and her Give some color to my relatives and see.

And the Tully family in the river land did not want to be slaughtered. In the name of his father, Edmure summoned a large number of vassals and their troops, and gathered near Riverrun and Tenshi River on the upper reaches of the Red Fork River.

The two families are at war, and they are ready to start.

PS: I went to see a doctor today, I was delayed a bit, and this chapter was published a little later, everyone forgive me.

(End of this chapter)