Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 92
"Two thousand and five hundred people, the Earl of Bracken only brought these people here this time? If you give them all to Arthur, wouldn't that mean that no one from your family will come to defend Riverrun? My master is only seriously ill, but he hasn't... ...Then what, don't forget the oath you made." Desmond, the head of Riverrun City, said.

Although he had a close relationship with Arthur, the Tully family was the object of his oath, and he knew who he should speak to when most of the princes in the river were present.

"That's right, it's impossible for none of your family to come to defend Riverrun. You must keep some of the 500 people in your hand." Edmure also expressed his thoughts.

The Earl of Bracken is Arthur's relative. If he insists on dividing the army, Edmure can't restrain him, but at least he can keep some people.

"Who said I'm going to give all the people here to my nephew?" Janos was there, and he even took a sip of his ale leisurely.

"There are still 1000 people in Stonewall City in Hendry's hands. I will let these people and the 500 people in Riverrun City follow Arthur. There are another 1000 people who follow me and stay here to guard my lord. "

Originally, there were 500 people in Bracken's main family. More than [-] people were killed in the conflict in Arthur's Raventree City nearly three months ago, but they were replenished quickly.

When Tywin assembled the army, Earl Janos was already gathering the strong peasants in his territory, so Shili City now has [-] peasant troops who are stepping up their training.

Because some of Edmure's actions didn't suit Earl Bracken's wishes, so he didn't tell Tully all about his family's situation.

"There is only one condition. With these two thousand and five hundred people in hand, Arthur, you have to help me defend Stone Ledge City." Genos turned his old face to his nephew.

"Farmers in the territory are like crops. Once they are harvested, they can grow several crops in the next long summer. They can do whatever they want to do to them. However, there is only one Shili City, and our ancestors passed it on to me. It was destroyed in my hands, so you have to help me keep Shili City."

"I will send a letter to Hendry. After you appear in Shili City, you will replace him as the acting city lord."

Genos nagged for a long time, and Arthur finally figured out what he meant.

It turned out that his condition for borrowing troops was that Arthur should keep Shili City.

【Mission: Defend Shili City】

Anyway, Tywin is still attacking Luxi City. When he knows that his two sons have been captured, he will calm down for a while to consider the next move.

The situation in Shili City is not very dangerous yet.

"Okay, there is no problem at all." Arthur likes the powerful distant uncle. "The 1000 or 500 people in the Red Pink City and the [-] people in the Shili City are enough. If there are some cavalry, I can Lead troops to fight in front of Taiwen's tent, let the proud guardians of the western region see the vigor of our Hejian people."

"That won't work, you can't take away all the troops of Pink City." Edmure still insisted on his point of view of defending Riverrun first.

He insisted on asking Hongfen City to keep some soldiers, otherwise he would tell his father what the Paibo family had done, so that the real Hejian lord could take care of the disobedient princes.

Earl Claremont had no choice but to leave 600 people in Riverrun, and only let Arthur take away 600 people.

Arthur was very angry at Edmure's actions, but after all, he was the only man in the middle of the Hejian lord Tully's family, so he couldn't go back hard.

Regarding the issue of cavalry, the Mallister family in Haijiang City and the Vance family in Alan City who had a good relationship with Genos are willing to provide their cavalry to Arthur.

It was just that Edmure objected again.

His reason was that there were so few cavalry in the Riverlands that it was impossible for Arthur to take some of them away.

And according to his point of view, only infantry is needed to defend Harrenhal, not cavalry.

Arthur and him had obvious disagreements on this issue again, and there were many nobles on both sides to help, but every time Edmure took out his father to control the place, the voices supporting Arthur became much less.

After arguing for a long time, the problem was still not resolved, but we waited until the meal time.

So everyone agreed to have dinner first, and then talk in the afternoon.

Tully's lunch is worthy of his family's status as a royal family. The rare foie gras is a small plate per person. The staple food is grilled tender steak with fried golden fish, which is enough to whet the appetite .

It's just that Arthur was pushed out of the castle hall by Patrick and others from Haijiang City before dinner, and was taken to a certain bathroom to take a shower.

Because he really stinks.

The contents of Jaime's mount's belly were all on his plate armor and body, but after the battle, he only had time to wash it briefly. The blood in the crevices had fermented for a few days, and it had become sour and smelly.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone's focus was not on the taste during the morning meeting on the strategy, Arthur would have been rushed to take a bath by the clean-loving nobles.

After washing up and wearing the linen robe given to someone by the servant, Arthur walked into the hall to have lunch with everyone.

"Where's the head of the Magic Mountain?" Genos asked next to him.

"It's hanging on my saddle, and it should be smelly by now." After taking a shower, Arthur realized how bad he was before, so he didn't want to mention the stinky and rotten head of the Devil's Mountain.

"You shouldn't be so careless." Genos reminded in a low voice.

"You should pickle the head of the Devil's Mountain early in the morning, and then hang it in a conspicuous place on the horse. When discussing in the morning, you should also show it to this group of people first, so that the nobles on the south bank of the Red Fork River who were invaded by the Devil's Mountain Most of them will support you."

He called his nephew.

Arthur thought about it, too.

The princes of Hedong all hated Moshan so much, he killed Moshan, and already had a group of allies invisibly.

After thanking Genos in a low voice, Arthur drank two mouthfuls of food and went out to instruct the servants of Riverrun to pickle the head of the mountain.

……

In the afternoon, the Mountain's head really worked.

The Vance family of Aran City clearly wanted to lend their cavalry to Arthur.

A relative of his family, Kaliel, Governor of Vance, also made the same decision.

Although the combined cavalry of the two families is only 400, their attitude is enough to influence some people.

Under the influence of the two families and the instigation of his son Patrick, Earl Jason Mallister of Sea Front City also lent [-] cavalry.

This made Edmure very dissatisfied, and anyone could see that the heir to Riverrun was going to bring out his father again.

Arthur knew how to accept as soon as he saw it, and [-] infantry and [-] cavalry were enough.

There are still more than 7000 people left in Riverrun City. Although the military strength is [-]-[-] that of Golden Tooth City's western border, considering the bonus of geographical advantage, the battle situation on the western front of Hejian Land should be very stable.

As long as Edmure doesn't come to micromanage, he doesn't command blindly.

"There is another problem. Since you are going to fight with the Western Region's partial division in the Riverrun City first, there will be no one to command the two large lands around the River East area and Shenyan Lake. I recommend myself to take up this role until you are free. Come, lead the army across the Red Fork River." Arthur recommended himself.

The Red Fork River originates from the Golden Tooth Mountains, flows northward for half of its length, and then flows eastward until it joins the Trident River.

Therefore, places such as Hongfen City, Lvxi City, Shitang Town, and Shili City on the east side of the upper reaches of the Hongcha River can be described as the Hedong region.

And the surrounding area of ​​God's Eye Lake from south to north, Alan City, Willow City, Harrenhal, Darry City, Sow's Corner, etc., is the area around the lake.

As for Maiden Spring City and the coast of Crab Bay to the east, it is a bit far away, and it is impossible for Tywin to reach there in the early days.

Right now, except for Mrs. He'an, the five earls from the Hedong region and the Huzhou region are all in Riverrun, and it is inconvenient for them to leave without Edmure's permission.

Therefore, there are no powerful figures in charge of the battle in the two places, and there are no heavy troops guarding the castles.

"That's not a problem." Edmure didn't think about fighting with Tywin's main force of the lion family in the Hedong area in the early stage, so he readily agreed.

"I asked all the South Bank nobles present to send letter crows to their castles, and their citizens and soldiers on the territory will cooperate with you in fighting."

The matter is so decided.

Then, Arthur and some people prepare to leave Riverrun.

Everyone in the King's Landing law enforcement team has become a wanted criminal, so Lord Berry the Stormlander, Thoros the Myrishman, and the Wolf Guards from the North decided to go to the east of the river to protect the farmers from the soldiers of the West.

Marco Piper and Raymond Darry followed Arthur to the east.

Patrick, the eldest son of Haijiang City, also yelled to go, so he also joined the team defending Harrenhal.

In order to catch up with time, going east must take the waterway.

It's just that adding up all the larger ships around Riverrun City is enough to send 500 people eastward.

Considering that Tywin's cavalry advance army has already passed Stonewall City, and there is still some distance between the Red Fork River and Harrenhal.

So Arthur decided to set off with the cavalry first, marching quickly to rescue Mrs. He'an and her family castle.

There is a shortage of horses in Hejian, so the cavalry have no auxiliary horses to assist camels in marching and fighting, so there are only [-] army horses.

"Let all the army horses board the big boat. It doesn't matter if they are crowded a little bit. The horses will sleep standing up. You just need to bring enough fodder."

"Soldiers get into small boats first, and go down the river to find larger boats before changing."

Arthur ordered.

As a result, the nearby farmers who were requisitioned were easy to find, and all the canoes that could only carry two or three people were found, and they finally found all the needed transportation.

When everything was ready, Edmure and the river princes who stayed in Riverrun came out to see them off. At the ferry, they watched Arthur go down the river with 800 men and [-] horses on hundreds of boats and boats. .

As for the [-] infantry in Riverrun, the ships that would return later were taken by the lower reaches of the Red Fork.

Edmure would not object to what had been agreed upon.

……

A day and a half later, Moulin Rouge quay village ferry.

"Show the head of the Devil's Mountain to all the farmers on the south bank." Arthur ordered to the manager Amber.

Passing by his own territory, he led someone to send this smelly giant who had been pickled.

This will make many landless farmers return to Arthur.

"Of order." Amber immediately went to arrange the matter.

"My lord, a total of one thousand and one hundred people have been selected to form the new army..." Dickon Tully reported on the training of the soldiers.

From his mouth, Arthur learned that there were more than 5000 refugees in his territory.

Of course, there are many more people in the noble territory on the north bank of the Red Fork River, and a large number of refugees are heading north, rushing to the peaceful north bank continuously.

"Okay, you continue your training. These ships will bring you to Harrenhal in a few days. At that time, I will rebuild the entire army system. For different arms, you will use new training methods."

Dickon nodded, then realized something was wrong.

"Go to Harrenhal, isn't that the next goal of Duke Tywin? Isn't it dangerous for recruits to train near there?"

Arthur smiled, "Do you know how big Harrenhal is? The Hundred Hearth Hall of the castle is enough for these people to train, and it's very safe there."

Regardless of the somewhat confused Dickon, Arthur gave another warning to everyone, and then re-boarded the boat and followed the large group of troops down the river.

They had to reach Harrenhal ahead of the cavalry in the west.

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(End of this chapter)