Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 109 Black Fish, Divide the Troops

Although at this point in time, Robb Stark hadn't won enough battlefield honors, but the decisive decision before capturing the Twins City allowed him to gradually secure his position as the master of the Northern Legion.

Now, the three kings of Westeros stand side by side. Whether Rob Stark can pick up the crown of the king of the north that has been dusty for hundreds of years is not about him, but about his father Ed Stark.

As the Duke of the North who is convinced by everyone in the North, Ed Stark has unparalleled popularity. Unlike another timeline, he was imprisoned in King's Landing and was finally beheaded by Emperor Joe.

Although it doesn't sound good, this is the reason. After the old man is gone, Robb Stark logically calls himself the King of the North.

But now, there is no news that Ed Stark is dead, so in any case, Rob Stark cannot skip Ed Stark and become king himself.

There is no such thing as an overlord here, because Robb Stark inherited the throne of the King of the North, legally came from the ancestor of his own Stark family, the surrendered King Toren who knelt down to Aegon the Conqueror at the Kneeling Stack Stark.

Therefore, if he inherits the crown, the crown will be worn on Ed Stark's head. However, Ed Stark does not know where he is now. If Rob Stark becomes king now, someday Ed Stark will When Stark came back, how did the two meet?

But Clay, who knows the princes of the North, knows that in fact, the land of the North has always been the largest gathering place of separatist forces in Westeros.

One south and one north with Dorne, relying on natural dangers, the people in the north are not interested in the turmoil in the south at all, what they want is to live their lives as kings behind closed doors.

People in the north kneel down to the dragon. This is sincerely convinced. They submit to the Targaryen family that has the dragon.

Now that both Stannis and Renly are kings, the battle is even more interesting.

"It's not a good thing, none of us recognize it, what kind of bullshit king."

Jon Amber cursed, which caused everyone in the hall to laugh, which reflected their mentality.

"Yes, we don't recognize any southern kings, unless they can help us beat that brat in King's Landing and Lord Tywin out of shit!"

Someone yelled that the language was extremely vulgar, but it was very effective in front of this group of northern gentlemen, and immediately got a lot of people's support.

Clay's eyes have been looking at these nobles, he is very clear that Roose Bolton is looking at himself, besides him, there are also Robb Stark mother and son, and a woman in a suit sitting next to Madam Catelyn An old man in black fish scale armor.

This was one of the few people in the hall who wasn't smiling.

Clay knew who the old man was. He was Horst Tully's younger brother and Catelyn's uncle, Sir Brynden Tully, known as "The Black Fish".

The Knight of the Blood Gate in the Vale of Arryn immediately resigned from his position as a Knight of the Blood Gate after learning that Rob Stark sent troops to the south, and the Eagle's Nest City rejected Rob Stark's call. He joined the northern army with a small force.

Clay knew the old man's wisdom, but at that time he was busy capturing the Twins, so he didn't have the chance to deal with the "Black Fish" lord.

Now that I think about it, I actually captured the castle of his brother's vassal, tsk, if the Frey family is still considered the vassal of the Tully family.

However, from today's point of view, the old knight has no opinion on his behavior, and seems to be very dissatisfied with Walder Frey's refusal to lead his troops to rescue Riverrun and stop the northern army from outside the city.

"Everyone, listen to me!"

The old jazz with weather-beaten face and gray-white hair knocked on the table, making a thumping sound, which quickly quieted the entire hall.

These older northern nobles all know this old man, and the northern nobles are still willing to listen to what he has to say.

On the face of the old jazz, two bushy eyebrows were tightly knit together, his blue pupils scanned the audience, and he said in a deep voice:
"Everyone, I know that my elder brother, Walder Frey's betrayal, and finally brought the Frey family to such an end, he deserved it."

He first defined the Frey family's refusal to call and block the northern border as rebellion, which gave the siege a very reasonable step.

"As for Lord Clay Manderly, I agree that you have some power over the Twin Rivers, but my child, I have to be honest, with your strength in White Harbor, you can't take over such a large Twin Rivers territory. .”

"Instead of arguing here, I personally have a suggestion. The land near Twin River City and the east bank of the Green Fork River belongs to your Mandalay family, but the land of the Frey family on the west bank and south can be used for war. Rewards for the meritorious officers and soldiers."

In fact, normally speaking, if a noble wants to invade another noble's land and title, usually it is through marriage or talking about blood.

In other words, the connection between a nobleman and the land actually has nothing to do with what the nobleman is called, but with his blood.

But this situation is not applicable to the Frey family this time, because firstly, the Frey family is now that the grandma does not love the uncle, and the two big families whose lords still occupy their own castles are not left behind. excuse me.

Moreover, it is obvious that Frey's heir is mentally handicapped, which northern noble would marry his daughter?

To put it bluntly, if the daughter married from the North stripped off and threw herself on the bed, it was a question of whether Aegon Frey could stand up.

And the most deadly question is, Aegon Frey's mental retardation is congenital, what about heredity?
A mentally handicapped family in the Twins?Would that nobleman stand such ridicule?How is it possible that the masters of Twin River City have been mentally handicapped for generations?

Therefore, under the premise of excluding disrupting the sacred inheritance law of Westeros, directly taking over the Twins City by a family of nobles is the only option.

However, this piece of fatty meat from Twin River City is so delicious that if anyone eats it all in one mouthful, everyone else will get pink eye disease.

Therefore, Sir "Blackfish" came up with a compromise plan, carve out half of the Frey family's land, and take half of it to the Twin River City to Clay, who made great contributions to the capture of the castle in the first battle. and his Mandalay family.

And the other half, in the current situation where everyone has not achieved an inch of merit, first draw a big cake and put it there, making it clear that whoever has made merit will be rewarded.

What rewards are given to meritorious soldiers?There will only be generals but not soldiers.

At the extreme point, whoever can rescue Eddard Stark, or kill Lord Tywin directly on the battlefield, as long as the merits are unquestionable, that large piece of land will be his.

There is no problem at all in establishing a brand new earldom.

This is the same as setting up a reward, whoever has the ability will get it.

Don't think that these northern nobles only care about their own one-third of an acre of land in the north. If they can expand south of the neck, they will be very enthusiastic.

Seeing that everyone didn't make a sound, after waiting for 2 minutes, Rob Stark, as the master of the Northern Legion, made a decision:

"In the name of the gods, in the name of my father, I now give the Mandalay family the land of the Twin River City and its east bank, and the land west and south of the Twin River City will be witnessed by the gods , after the war is over, reward the heroes who brought us victory!"

As soon as these words came out, it was a conclusion.

All eyes were on Clay. He stood up and drew out his long sword, left his seat, put the sword on the ground, and performed a vassal courtesy to Rob Stark.

Looking at Clay's expressionless young face, some northern nobles thought that this kid was angry because half of his territory was cut off out of thin air. How could they know that Clay was smiling.

The only person who understands Clay's intentions is probably Roose Bolton. In his opinion, as long as Clay wins the Twins and the land on the east coast, then the Mandalay family's land along the Bite Bay will be destroyed. The land is connected into pieces.

It can be said that as long as it is well managed, White Harbor's rule over Bite Bay will be monolithic.

To some extent, Roose Bolton's thoughts have already touched the tip of the iceberg of Clay's plan, but Roose Bolton, who grew up in the depths of the land, his thinking will always be trapped in the land, unable to break through the final a part of.

After finishing solving the Twin Rivers, as for the Frey family, the fate of the losers, the remaining ten or so direct males were handed over to Sir Brynden for handling.

Lords in the north are unwilling to get this blood on their hands and clean up the rebellion in the riverland. Sir Brynden has no worries.

"Okay, my lords, we have reached a consensus on things here, but the war is still going on."

Robb Stark's words brought the meeting back to the battlefield from the feast of dividing up Frey's inheritance.

"Now, the Twin River City is ours, and now we have to think about how to fight this first battle with Lord Tywin."

Robb Stark ordered someone to spread out the map. He pointed to the Green Fork River from south to north, and expressed his thoughts:
"It's still the previous plan. Lord Clay took all our cavalry, as well as the more than [-] cavalry who surrendered from the Frey family, and quickly headed south into Riverrun."

Robb Stark's leather-gloved finger traced a long line across the map.

"Next, among the remaining troops, we will leave [-] archers and swordsmen to garrison the Twin River City, and at the same time protect our rear grain transportation."

"Next, I will lead my lords to go south along the king's road and face Lord Tywin head-on."

Robb Stark stood up, the sword drawn from his waist.

"In the name of Stark and the ancient surnames of the northern border, we must win this battle. We must let Lord Tywin feel how powerful we are from the northern border, and tell him that winter is coming!"

Everyone in the hall stood up, and suddenly, there was a buzzing sound of sharp knives being unsheathed.

The shout of victory echoed on the towering Wei River Tower, floated on the Green Fork River, and finally dissolved in the rolling river water, bringing the declaration of the northern border to the south.

After this battle, no one will compete with Clay for the position of commander of the cavalry along this route, and the distribution of Twin Rivers City gave everyone a psychological hint:
Wherever my northern army goes, if they don't surrender, the day they break through the city is the beginning of the loss of everything for the nobles in the city.

This kind of temptation will further enhance the combat effectiveness of the Northern Legion. Land will always be the most attractive thing.

……

The meeting was over, and Clay took Earl Glover, Earl Severn, Earl Blackwood and some other northern nobles, together with [-] northern cavalry, to form a mobile army.

Before leaving, Clay told his old man in White Harbor through the raven that he had taken the Twin River City and gained control of the Twin River City and the land on the east coast.

As for how the old man would react, Clay knew very well.

Originally, such a large piece of land was created out of thin air, and with his cautious character, he might hesitate to accept it, but now, with the power of the demon hunter and the dragon, the old man's waist is not as hard as usual, and he is quite courageous .

What, the grandson robbed a castle in the south, so why ask?Putting the flag on is my Mandalay!It is estimated that from the moment he receives the letter, the old man will consider who to send to take over the Twin River City.

The division of troops has already begun, and each family has brought their own cavalry troops to the castle on the west bank of the Twin River City. In addition to a group of northern nobles, Sir "Blackfish" Brynden, a native of the Riverland, is also here. In the army.

He will command [-] cavalry as vanguards and scouts, responsible for planning marching routes and detecting the enemy's situation.

This is not an easy task. The scouts don't mean that they can go back to pay a job after just looking at it from a distance.

How many enemies are there? Where are they?

These have to be judged by the scouts, and there is a high probability that the scouts will have a small-scale frontal confrontation with the enemy soldiers.

Although it is not as good as fighting with a large army of thousands of people, this kind of fighting between scouts is often more cruel and bloody.

Because as the eyes of the army, if you let the opponent's scouts go back, it is tantamount to exposing your own news. This is an unbearable loss and risk on the battlefield.

Therefore, in the fight between scouts, often only one side can survive.

Sir Brynden, with a black trout drawn on his chest, found Clay, the commander of the cavalry regiment, in a fort on the west bank.

He looked at this young, outrageous Mandalay kid, and for some reason, he thought of his nephew Edmure.

Both are heirs, but the performance of the two on the battlefield is very different.

When he followed Robb Stark into the Twin River City, he saw Clay who had just stopped killing and was resting on the city wall.

The gray-bearded old man remembered very clearly what he looked like at that time.

The young man in the armor seemed to be soaked in blood, and the scarlet blood dripped down from the armor like a little snake.

Beside him, layers upon layers of corpses of Frey soldiers were piled up into a hill. Ser Brynden, who had been through battle, only took a few glances and knew that this was an extremely efficient killing.

Clay Mandalay hardly made useless attacks anywhere, and every sword stab was a fatal attack.

What surprised him even more was the calmness in Clay Manderly's eyes when he was among the corpses after the killing.

This is really blood, and he is very clear that he will kill so many people, and he is not afraid at all.

That was why Ser Bryndon supported him at the council and followed him south to Riverrun.

On the battlefield, the most fearful thing is that the commander will not be calm, but Sir Brynden believes that this young Mandalay will definitely give him even greater surprises in the next battle.

And him, wait and see!
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The Frey family handled it like this, even though there is a reason for the protagonist, but more, I personally understand the reason for the marriage, and it is to suppress the backlash of this territory and the surrounding nobles.

The Bolton family swallowed Winterfell, and if they didn't set up a fake Erya there, then all the heads of the entire northern region would not have a step to bow down to Bolton.

But the Frey family is different. They cut themselves off from the entire riverland and the north. In other words, no one sympathizes or opposes taking them down.

How did Tywin handle the monsoons in Kasmet?The method is much more cruel than this.

Although the lord handles the vassals, the reason is the same. How did the Mandalay family escape from the Reach to the North?

If you lose, the land and the castle must be disposed of by the winner. I marry you because you are worth a little, but if I don't want to hear your name here at all, then...

Expulsion is benevolent, and extermination is the basic operation.

(End of this chapter)