Game of Thrones: Attack on the North Wolf

Chapter 161 Dark Chess (6200 chapters)

Clap, Clap!
The heavily armed Western Territory army lined up like a long snake, marching swaggeringly on the river road not far from Riverrun City.

These soldiers from the western region also carried a few marching pots on their backs, and when they moved around, they made a loud collision sound, which was extremely eye-catching.

"My lord Brynden, I just received the report from the scouts. The number of the Western Territory army led by Davon Lannister is around [-]. Judging from the direction they are going, they should want to support the Golden Tooth City. "

On the west wall of Riverrun, Lord Tytos leaned forward and whispered to Brynden, who was watching the enemy.

"The army of the Western Territory just passed by in front of us in such a loose manner, it seems that they are very sure that our city of Riverrun does not have the strength to fight outside the city.

Supporting the Golden Tooth City... Is there any news from His Majesty Robb?Also, is there any news about the other three cities? "

Brynden still had that emotionless expression, but his eyes were full of thought.After pondering for a while, he turned his head and asked about Earl Tytos.

"There is no news from His Majesty Robb. Raventree City sent a letter to report that everything is normal. Darry City has investigated the crossroads, and there are still [-] Western Territory troops stationed.

As for Stonewall City... still no news. "

Earl Tytos answered directly when he heard the question, but his voice gradually weakened at the end, as if guessing that the situation in Shili City was not very good.

Before the start of the second round of war, under the operation of the northern border intelligence organization, the information flow was relatively timely and comprehensive.But after the war really starts, the delay and asymmetry of various information will have a crucial impact on the battle situation.

"There has been no news of the [-] army led by Jaime Lannister, and they should be besieging Stonewall City right now.

However, Shili City has more than 6000 soldiers defending the city, and they can hold on for a long time.

The current battle situation is to see which side can open up the situation faster and take the initiative! "

Based on the known information, Brynden speculated on the situation of Xiashili City, and finally summed up the key points of the northern and western battlefields in one sentence.

……

Edmure arrived at Shili City with an army of nearly eleven thousand. At this moment, Shili City was completely different from what he remembered, it had already turned into a pile of charred ruins.

The walls of Shili City collapsed in large areas, and the original mud-red outer walls were scorched black at this moment, and some wall bricks were in a state of melting.

Following the crotch horse into the former school grounds of Shili City.In the center of the ruins here, a large area of ​​charred corpses is shocking.

These scorched corpses burned by the fire have long been beyond recognition and cannot be identified.Most of the charred corpses are in a stiff posture, while a few of them are curled up.

In fact, it is a bit cruel to say that the scorched corpses in a frozen state indicate that they were burned by fire after death.And those who instinctively put on a curled up posture due to the high temperature were burned to death.

Ugh!
Looking at the many scorched corpses still emitting a strange smell in the school grounds, Edmure showed a look of unbearable expression on his face, and heaved a heavy sigh.

"Wow! Mel, Paul, captain..."

In the ranks of soldiers behind him, a young soldier looked at the charred corpse in front of him, and cried out heartbroken.

"Lord Edmure, when we broke out of Stonewall, Jaime Lannister was injured and unconscious. Since they didn't stay here to recuperate, they should have returned to Harrenhal.

Besides, we were going to Riverrun.But who knew that when they met the Western Territory army led by Kevan Lannister, they had a huge number of soldiers. Judging from the direction of travel, they were probably going to attack Riverrun. "

In the team behind Edmure, Earl Lins of Deep Cave City stepped forward and said to him.

The nearly 1000 extra people in Edmund's army were Earl Lins who fled from Shili City with some soldiers from the northern border while James was in a coma.

On their way to Riverrun, they were blocked by Kevan's [-] troops from the West.The west is blocked, the north is Shili City, and the east is the intersection where troops are still stationed.

Finally, under the suggestion of a commander in the north, Earl Lins led them south to Acorn Hall to join Edmure's army.

But they didn't reach Acorn Hall. On the way, they encountered Edmure's army who had received the news that Stonewall City was besieged and came to support them.

In fact, when Edmure saw their 'brown and green white badger' banner, he immediately wanted to attack.Fortunately, he was stopped by Patrick who was following him.

Back then in Harrenhal, Earl Lince did express his goodwill to Patrick that he wanted to join the King of the North.And he has a lot of appetite, what he asked Robb for is the position of the future guardian of the western border.

Later, Robb agreed through a secret letter sent to Patrick by the Northern Intelligence Organization.After all, he was the first western nobleman to surrender, so he was like buying a horse bone with a lot of money.

And for Earl Lins, the risks he suffered were directly proportional to the benefits he gained.

During the intermission of the war, Earl Lins kept sending Robb the movement and specific information of the army in the west through the intelligence organization in the north.

Of course, Robb would not directly trust Earl Lince, but with the continuous investigation and verification by the intelligence organization in the north, it was confirmed that the information was true and effective.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second round of war, Robb launched a targeted strategic layout for the western border.However, judging from the current situation, Tywin also has a very clear grasp of the movements of the northern army.

"Lord Edmure, I believe in the judgment of Earl Lince, we must hurry back to Riverrun City!"

Patrick took a step forward and suggested to Edmure who was thinking.

"Patrick is right. We should return to Riverrun. However, Lord Edmure. Please let me take the cavalry to get you the specific information."

Sir Marco also supported returning to Riverrun, and at the same time, he took the initiative to ask Edmure to investigate first.

Edmure pondered for a while, then looked up at the tragic situation of Stone Ledge City, and said resolutely: "I have decided to return to Riverrun City! I will never allow Riverrun City to become the tragedy of Stone Ledge City!

The enemy army has 2 people.The 1000 of us attacked from the rear unexpectedly, and the [-] defenders of Riverrun will definitely send troops to attack.

If both sides are attacked at the same time, the enemy's army will definitely be in chaos, and our winning rate will be very high!

Sir Marq, you lead a thousand cavalry to scout first.We return to Riverrun! "

"Yes!"

……

Riverrun, the third day of Daven's army's transit.

"The whole army was ordered to set up camp, and the fortifications were arranged in advance, and the logistics personnel began to make siege ladders."

As soon as he arrived at Riverrun with the vanguard of the five thousand Westlands, Lord Swyfer gave his orders to the messengers.

After receiving the order, these western soldiers immediately set up camp and made siege equipment.They didn't pay attention to the soldiers guarding the city of Riverrun who were staring at them.

"Lord Brynden, the 2 troops from the Western Territory a few days ago must have deliberately pretended to go to the Golden Tooth City, but they were actually hiding somewhere we couldn't see. Therefore, these 5000 people should be the bait to lure us out of the city!"

On the city wall of Riverrun, Earl Tytos gently stroked the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and said to Brynden next to him.

"Hmph, don't care if they are bait or not! Anyway, we will never take the initiative to go out of the city to fight before receiving the order of His Majesty Robb.

Tywin failed to capture Riverrun with tens of thousands of people before. Now, do we still need to be afraid of these thousands of people? "

When Brynden heard the words, he let out a cold snort.After saying this, he turned and left from the walls of Riverrun.

In the next two days, Brynden and the others worked normally in Riverrun, completely ignoring the thousands of soldiers from the Western Territory outside the city.Of course, it was impossible for these western soldiers to attack the city, and the two sides faced each other peacefully.

Boom boom boom!
At noon on the fifth day, Brynden, who was taking a nap, was suddenly awakened by a hasty knock on the door.He quickly put on his fish scale armor, and opened the door.

"Phew, Lord Brynden, Lord Tytos asked me to report to you that Lord Edmure's troops are fighting the army of the Western Territory outside the city."

Seeing Brynden open the door, a panting orderly explained the reason for waking him up.

"go!"

Hearing this, Brynden led the messengers and headed quickly towards the west wall of Riverrun.

"Kill!"

"Stop them!"

"Wow!"

As soon as Brynden stepped up the city wall, he heard a loud shout of killing, and then he saw the brutal fighting going on in the camp of the Western Territory army outside the city of Runflow.

Edmure's troops of nearly [-] people are crazily attacking the army camp in the western region.Thanks to the fortifications built by the Western Territory Army in the past two days, Edmure's troops could not all spread out and attack at the same time.

The hundreds of people who only had frontal contact on both sides were engaged in close combat, and the rest of the soldiers drew bows and shot, and some threw guns and spears.Anyway, watching the scene is very intense and bloody.

"Are you sure it's Edmure's army?"

Brynden, who has always been more cautious, glanced around the battle ahead, walked a few steps to Earl Tytos who was watching intently, and asked.

"Yes! I saw Lord Edmure. He didn't participate in the battle himself, but was commanding the battle from the rear. Look, he is on the familiar white horse."

Earl Tytos heard Brynden's inquiry, turned his head and replied very positively.

"Well. Through this period of time, it can be seen that Edmure's scouting cavalry is quite capable. Therefore, after he knew that the army from the west was coming towards Riverrun, it was completely reasonable for him to bring his troops back to help.

However, in my opinion, Edmure's return behavior is too reckless, even a little stupid.

If Davon's 2 people are ambushing nearby, now should be the best time to enter.This [-]-strong army that can eat Edmure in one fell swoop. "

Following the direction Earl Tytos pointed, Brynden also saw a familiar figure riding a white horse in the distance.Then he spoke while scanning the left and right sides of the battlefield.

Earl Tytos also looked around grimly after hearing Brynden's analysis.

Those on the walls of Riverrun watched, while the fierce battle below Riverrun began to rage.

Although the number of Edmure troops who raided was twice as large as that of the soldiers in the western border.But the outcome of a war has never been determined by numbers alone.

The battle situation under the city wall is changing.The soldiers in the western region who were raided were all veterans of the battlefield. After the early raids, they gradually stabilized their positions and began to have a tendency to counterattack the enemy outside the camp.

"No, most of Lord Edmure's troops are recruits. It would be fine if this raid successfully collapsed the enemy's formation. But now that they are in a stalemate, their morale has plummeted, and their casualty rate is obviously higher than that of the enemy."

The experienced Earl Tytos saw the problem at a glance, and asked Brynden anxiously,
"Lord Brynden, let me lead the soldiers of Riverrun to rush out! The enemy army has no defense against our side, and under the attack from both sides, they will undoubtedly be defeated."

"It seems that Dafeng's 2 troops are not in ambush nearby. So these [-] soldiers from the Western Region are really just trying to scare us and prevent us from leaving the city?
Now, the other side has no defense against us, we just need to go out of the city to attack, and they will definitely fail.

I don't feel right..."

Brynden did not agree to Earl Tytos' request to fight, but fell into deep thought.

"Lord Brynden, are you worried that Lord Edmure will betray us and play with the soldiers of the Western Territory?
But the two sides fought fiercely, and they were indeed fighting with their lives! "

Earl Tytos heard the meaning of Brynden's words, he turned his head and glanced at the battlefield full of corpses and blood, and replied.

"No, Edmure is indeed not smart enough, and he is very arrogant. But he is not stupid enough to take refuge in Tywin, which is of no benefit to him.

Forget it, the battle situation in the city is tense, if there is any further delay, Edmure's troops may collapse.Lord Tytos, you will lead 3000 men to guard Riverrun, and I will lead 3000 men out of the city to attack. "

Brynden didn't continue to think about it, and directly issued his order to Earl Tytos.

"Yes!"

Whoa, whoa!

Bang!
The iron chains on the gate of Riverrun made a series of noises, and the thick iron-skinned oak gate quickly fell down.

"Kill!"

As soon as the door opened, Brynden held a long sword and rushed towards the enemy directly in front of him.

Since all the horses in Riverrun were buried by Edmure a few months ago, Brynden and the 3000 men could only charge on foot.

Woo! ~~
Just as Brynden and the soldiers of Riverrun rushed to the front of the army camp in the west, a loud horn sounded from the camp in the west.

The moment the horn sounded, Brynden's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the soldiers of Riverrun behind him who hadn't fully come out of Riverrun, and immediately shouted loudly: "Close the gate, close the gate!"

Da da da!
At the end of the battlefield where the battle was still going on, more than 1000 cavalry troops belonging to Edmure no longer paid attention to the enemies in the camp of the Western Territory Army.

They quickly divided into two columns to bypass the camp of the Western Territory Army, and came straight to Brynden's troops from the left and right sides of the moat that had been filled up during the previous siege.

"Enemy cavalry, quickly form a defensive formation to protect the city gate!"

Following Brynden's loud order, the nearly 2000 soldiers of Riverrun at the gate of Riverrun, after a commotion, barely formed two defensive phalanxes on the left and right sides of the gate.

If there were only more than 1000 cavalry, Brynden's troops would definitely be able to hold them back and let the gate of Riverrun be closed smoothly.But thousands of western troops turned around and charged towards them.

Huh, huh, huh!
The archers in the camp of the Western Territory Army no longer aimed at Edmure's troops, but began to shoot at Brynden's troops.

Ah!
The soldiers of Riverrun who lined up on the left and right sides of the city gate kept falling to the ground with arrows.Loopholes continue to appear in the defensive phalanx, which is already relatively reluctant in battle.

Bang, bang, bang!
After two rounds of salvo, more than 600 enemy cavalry rushed from the left and right sides of the moat, directly rushed into the phalanx of soldiers in Riverrun, which was full of loopholes, and cut through the formation in an instant.

Oh!

Brynden squatted down sharply to avoid a slash from an enemy cavalry, and took advantage of the opportunity to chop off the hind legs of his horse with a sword.

Sierra!

The enemy cavalry fell to the ground from the screaming horse. Before he could get up, he was stabbed through the throat by a Hejian soldier.

Whoa, whoa!

Behind the soldiers of the Riverland who could no longer serve as a defensive phalanx, the iron-skinned oak gate of Riverrun City was constantly being hoisted by chains.

Tear!

A large group of soldiers from the Western Region joined the chaotic battle at the gate of Riverrun City. The soldiers of Riverrun City, who were barely holding on in front of the enemy cavalry, fell into a disadvantage in an instant, and were suppressed by their offensive and kept retreating.

pat!

Some soldiers from the Western Territory who cut down the enemy in front of them saw the hanging door that was closing upwards, jumped very simply, and lay down on the edge of the hanging door, trying to prevent it from closing with their own weight.

Whoa, whoa!

The behavior of these soldiers in the western border was not in vain, after adding these weights.The closing speed of the hanging door dropped significantly, and the sound from the hanging door chain became louder and louder.

Oh!

Bang!
Brynden turned back and stabbed a Western soldier lying on the hanging door with his sword in the back, and then pulled him off with all his might.

He glanced at the increasing number of enemies around the hanging door, then looked up at the city wall.

Coincidentally, Brynden's eyes met the anxious Lord Tytos on the city wall of Riverrun.Then Brynden smiled and nodded at him.

call!
Earl Tytos on the city wall instantly understood what Brynden meant. He took a deep breath, and then ordered the soldiers around him decisively: "The enemy at the target city gate, shoot arrows and throw stones!"

Huh, huh, huh!
Whoo, whoo, whoo!
A large number of arrows and head-sized stones fell from the sky, and the soldiers on both sides at the gate of Riverrun City suffered heavy casualties.Those western soldiers lying on the hanging door were the most important targets.

Whoa, whoa!

Bang!
Under the cover of the attack on the city wall of Riverrun, the hanging door was successfully pulled up to ninety degrees by the iron chain, and closed heavily.

At the same time, Earl Tytos, who saw that the city was successfully closed, immediately stopped the attack on the city wall.

Shusuo!

In the pile of corpses under the city wall of Riverrun, Brynden, with an arrow stuck in his left shoulder, used his right hand to push away the corpses pressing on him, and struggled to get up.

But as soon as he stood up, he was captured by several western soldiers with shields, and they were roughly dragged towards the western army camp.

Seeing that the walls of Riverrun City were no longer attacking, these Western soldiers carried all the wounded allies back to the camp of the Western Army, and captured all the surviving Hejian soldiers.

"'Blackfish' Brynden Tully!"

In the army camp in the west, Earl Swyfer recognized the very famous Brynden at a glance.Although he failed to take Riverrun City directly this time, capturing the enemy's well-known general is also a great contribution.

"Pooh!"

Brynden didn't even look at Earl Swyfer, and spit bloody saliva to the side.

blah blah blah!
On the other side of the Western Territory army camp where the fighting had long ceased, Edmure, with his hands behind his back, led Sir Marco, Earl Piper and others slowly to Brynden.

Looking at Edmure who seemed to be approaching the victor, Brynden couldn't help but cursed: "You idiot who betrayed the monarch and the family, you bastard. We shouldn't have agreed to exchange prisoners and rescue you back!
When I asked you what Tywin told you, you didn't want to say it!Sure enough, you betrayed us back in Harrenhal, didn't you? "

"Tywin said at the time, 'I will not persuade you to betray your family and dedicate Riverrun to me. You are not a fool without a brain. But I will agree to this exchange of prisoners and let you go back. And, the days after you It will get better and better!'”

Hearing Brynden's scolding, Edmure showed a sad look on his face. He first said what Tywin had said to him, then nodded and continued,

"Uncle, you are right! I am indeed an idiot. You have reminded me that there is something wrong with my victory during this period. But I was blinded by those honors and prestige, and I didn't see the people around me clearly.

However, I will never betray you! "

As soon as Edmure finished speaking, he turned around and showed Brynden his hands that had been behind his back.

I saw that his hands were tightly bound by a thick rope, and at the same time, his left hand was wrapped with layers of blood-stained gauze. Except for the thumb and index finger, the other three fingers disappeared.

"Haha, Brynden, Edmure. At the beginning, you two deprived me of my honor and locked me in a dungeon. I didn't expect this to happen!
Let me tell you!You have come to this end, I planned it all by myself! "

Lord Piper came out laughing behind Edmure.Seeing the miserable state of the two of Brynden, he said with a successful revenge expression on his face,
"At the beginning, after my son heard about me, he came back to visit me in the dungeon of Riverrun City, so I asked him to join Lord Tywin and become Lord Tywin's dark chess piece!

Edmure, do you really think you are a military genius, winning consecutive battles?Hmph, that's not the military exploits Lord Tywin sent you through my son!
And our careful and cautious Lord Brynden really questioned you because of these things, and the two of you have created a gap like this.

Then, you, Edmure, can only come to consult me ​​or my son, and follow our train of thought step by step. "

Hearing what Earl Piper said, Brynden and Edmure looked at each other, as if they could see the guilt in each other's eyes.

Indeed, if the two uncles and nephews could sit down and communicate calmly and eliminate the gap between them, they wouldn't fall into other people's schemes so foolishly.

"Okay, father. It's useless to talk too much. I made a mistake if I didn't take Riverrun City in time today. Before Lord Tywin arrives, let's take Riverrun City first."

Sir Mark, who has been standing quietly by the side, expressionless.It seemed that he couldn't understand his father's face, so he interrupted him directly, then turned his head and said to Earl Swift,
"Master Swyfer, Lord Tywin thinks that I am more familiar with Riverrun. So, let me be the commander-in-chief of this siege, do you have any opinions?"

"Of course, follow Master Ma Ke's orders."

"Well, let those recruits and prisoners serve as cannon fodder to attack the city first..."

In the camp of the Great Army in the Western Territory, when Sir Mark began to arrange the attack on Riverrun.In the woods not far from them, Patrick, who still had dried blood on his face, and Tomad, a recruit from the north, quietly observed the situation.

"Oops, Lord Patrick, we're still late. What should we do?"

"Go to the Golden Tooth City, His Majesty Robb is there!"

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