Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 42 The Ghost of White Wall City

But history did not favor the Dai Rui family again.

Just to the south of this inn, on the banks of the Green Fork River, the 'Battle of the Trident' broke out to determine the outcome of the Usurper War.

At that time, Robert Baratheon led a large army to the south, where he encountered the royalist army led by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen (Dragon Ma's brother), and a war broke out between the two sides.

During the battle, Robert smashed a hammer into Rhaegar's chest, shattering the ruby ​​three-headed Targaryen dragon on Rhaegar's breastplate and killing him.It was also in this battle that the three brothers of Raymond Darry, the current lord of Darry City, died in battle.

Then the Targaryen dynasty fell, and the Darry family lost most of their fiefs, wealth and power, and even lost the title of earl.

At this point, all the great nobles on both sides of the Northeast of Shenyan Lake are either extinct or half dead, and will soon be wiped out in the Battle of the Five Kings.

(Considering that there is not a single great noble on the southwestern bank of God's Eye Lake, is there a possibility that it is not Harrenhal that is cursed but God's Eye Lake?)

"Well, there is indeed no big lord here," Ian straightened his hair in embarrassment, "so who is this land sealed to now?"

"After the decline of Darry City and Harrenhal, the entire northeastern banks of God's Eye Lake were distributed to nearly 40 families with property knights. Sir Leigh Ward, and our deputy, Sir Harrison Garth, etc., and the smallest holding has a mill."

That is really the same as Littlefinger.

"Raymond Darry, the Earl of Darry City, has completely lost interest in managing this land since he became Sir Raymond, so the biggest forces in this area have become our Black Falcon Mercenary Group and Sir Wilder. League of Knights.

And the emergence of this well-equipped and well-trained bandit regiment, mainly composed of cavalry, undoubtedly broke the balance of power in this land. "

"It is impossible for you to face such a difficult enemy alone, so you chose to ask for help?"

"Oh, you really know everything." Dorian was already prepared for Ian's ability like a prophet, so he didn't seem too surprised, "Yes, we immediately reported to Harrenhal, Dai Ruicheng and Sir Wilder's castle sent ravens to report the matter.

But none of them responded to us, so we naturally cannot face such a powerful enemy alone.Although the known strength of the White Wall City Bandit Group is only those 20 people, and our entire mercenary group has more than 200 people, but we are mercenaries, and we cannot find a group of cavalry for no reason.

In this way, until the second month, the looting on the King's Road became more and more frequent, and our brothers who received escort missions and were on duty also suffered a lot of losses.

When we got here, we could no longer go with the flow, so the foster father called the mercenary captains together for another meeting.

In the end, we decided to shrink the sphere of influence and only hold the existing strongholds. The core force will no longer accept employment missions for the time being... We can only preserve the strength of trusted mercenaries. It is impossible for other vassal teams to manage in this way. They pay wages.

And not long after we made this decision, Sir Wilder, who had not responded before, actually came to the door on his own initiative. "

After Dorian said so much in one breath, his mouth felt dry for a while, so he poured another glass of wine into his glass, and drank it down.

"And this time, he brought a very explosive news. The bandit group that newly appeared in White Wall City is actually related to Blackfyre."

Ian straightened his sitting posture, he knew that the main event was coming.

"Sir Wilde told us about his experience. At that time, he had just finished a tournament in King's Landing and was returning to the fief. When he passed by Doman Village, because it was getting late, he planned to stay there for one night. The next day Continue on your way.

Unexpectedly, that night, Dorman Village was attacked by a group of horse bandits. When Sir Wilder woke up, half of the village had already been engulfed in flames. Without even thinking about it, he immediately picked up his weapon and rushed out of the room
Well, he talked a lot at the time, but I can’t remember all the details. In short, he chased a robber into an earthen room at the end, and fought with the other party inside. Cut open the opponent's burqa, and saw the black three-headed dragon emblem of the Black Fire Clan on the opponent's breastplate.

After discovering that the opponent's upper body was wearing plate armor, he immediately changed his style of attack and concentrated his attack on the joints of his arm. After a while, he successfully chopped off the opponent's right forearm with his superb skills, making him lose his fighting power. .

However, just when he was about to take advantage of the victory to end the opponent, he heard a rush of footsteps outside the house, knowing that the opponent's reinforcements had arrived, so he gave up the idea of ​​killing the opponent and fled there in a hurry. "

"Didn't you say that you don't remember the details? How do you say it as if you were watching?" Ian asked with a smile.

"Only this paragraph impressed me. At that time, Sir Wilder mentioned a move used to attack full-armor enemies, called the 'half-sword attack'. Because I have no experience in fighting full-armor opponents, I especially remember this paragraph. profound."

"Okay, go ahead."

"The news that Sir Wilde brought was so appalling that the foster father and the others didn't quite believe what he saw." Dorian continued.

"After all, Maris Blackfyre, the last descendant of the Blackfyre family, was killed by the 'fearless' Ser Barristan in the Battle of the Nine Copper Kings, and now it is suddenly said that there are remnants of the Blackfyre coming out, no one believes it It's normal." Ian nodded, don't talk about them, I don't believe it.

"Yes! That's what we said at the time, but Sir Wilder swears on his honor that he really saw three black dragons. Sir Wilder's steadfast attitude and the fact that the bandits are haunting Whitewall City really made the This thing seems to be a lot more convincing.

In the end it was agreed to a joint attack, after all, if we can find evidence related to the Blackfyre, we can go to King's Landing to claim credit for the Iron Throne, which is quite a feat. "

"It's enough for many people in the mercenary group to be knighted." Ian agreed.

"This joint operation was launched in the name of Sir Wilde and my adoptive father. We gathered all the scattered mercenary teams that could be found around here. And we once again sent invitations to Harrenhal and Darry City, And wrote in the letter that the enemy may have something to do with Blackfyre.

Mrs. He'an of Harrenhal still did not respond as usual, while Darry City sent a sworn knight, four spearmen and four crossbowmen symbolically, as if they had fulfilled their duty to this area. Land obligations. "

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(End of this chapter)