Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 206 Attack three times a day, then pull reinforcements
On this point, the old man is right. Strictly speaking, he is not completely right. Clay does need to make a gesture of rescuing Rob Stark, and some actions are required, but the specific effect is not necessarily the case.

Clay understands very well that the current strength of the Manderly family is still too small, and the two or 3000 people who went south with Rob Stark must be finished, although most of them are soldiers from the Twin Rivers.

But this is a major weakening of the strength of the Mandalay family. At least one point, if these two 3000 people are still there, Clay doesn't need to change his cavalry into infantry to stay in the city.

Cavalry can only be deterrent when they move, and they may not be as good as infantry when they dismount.

……

Before Clay's raven flew to Riverrun, the raven over there came first.

Taking the letter that had just arrived from the old man, Clay unfolded it with a trembling hand, and he wanted to see what Edmure Tully was going to tell him.

"Lord Clay Manderly, I learned that you went south later than His Majesty Robb Stark. I guess you have arrived at the Twin River City."

"Presumably you have heard the news of Your Majesty's defeat. Now, my army of [-] in Riverrun is in Riverrun, ready to rescue Your Majesty, but just like the day I wrote to you, the cavalry from the Valley attacked our town of Shitang one after another. , Acorn Hall and Stone Hedge."

"Although they were repelled by our defenders, the farmlands in the remaining villages were all burned, and the losses were huge."

"Therefore, I invite Lord Clay Manderly to Riverrun City to discuss the current battle situation together. I hope Lord Clay Manderly will not refuse to delay and see that the letter will arrive at Riverrun City as soon as possible."

It was signed with Edmure Tully's signature, and the trout emblem of House Tully.

When the father and father saw the letter, they looked at each other silently. Then, they opened the map and carefully drew the attack route of the valley cavalry.

"What do the people of the Valley want to do? This one crashes into the east gate of Riverrun, and uses cavalry to gnaw the city wall?"

The old man rubbed his chin, but he didn't understand the logic behind the valley cavalry's choice of attack. The cavalry had a lot of tanks, and there was no way they could take the city walls. If they wanted to attack the city, they had to dismount and become infantry.

But whose cavalry can be so luxurious that they can be used as infantry to attack the city?Shouldn't this thing be baby bumps?No matter how arrogant you are in the valley, there are only ten thousand cavalry. If they are defeated, they will be gone. What are these people thinking?
Clay also finds it strange that Littlefinger has never been on the battlefield. It would be understandable if he commanded this war alone, but the problem is that the Valley is not without capable people, such as Bronze Jon and Jon Royce Also on the battlefield ah.

"Two possibilities. First, Edmure Tully is exaggerating the seriousness of the matter. The Valley Cavalry actually just plundered the villages of these three cities, and did not launch an attack on the castle."

"The second possibility is that they really sent people to chew on the city walls, but the purpose was not to capture these three cities, but to put pressure on Riverrun City to let Edmure Tully send troops."

"Edmure Tully has no prestige. If he can't protect the vassal's territory with a heavy army, it will be a huge damage to his ruling power."

Clay tends to the second explanation, because his opponent is also a guy who is good at using tricks, or in other words, only believes in tricks. He must be very aware of the state of the riverland, so he will do this.

"Well...if that's the case, then what are they looking for you for? I don't quite believe that Edmure Tully would be kind enough to invite you over and give you the army he has worked so hard to raise."

Clay can't give an affirmative answer to this question right now, and he's not in Riverrun, so he doesn't know the situation there.

"I think, otherwise Edmure Tully wants me to go and take responsibility. He doesn't want to send troops, but he has no excuses. If I want to go there and say that I don't agree to send troops, then everything will become my responsibility."

"Otherwise, the old nobles of other riverlands put pressure on Edmure Tully. After all, I had been to Riverrun at that time, and these people knew exactly what Edmure Tully's military capabilities were like. Ask me to be a staff officer in the past."

"It's both. It's hard to judge what Riverrun City is thinking now. You have to go to find out."

The old man nodded. The current situation is passive for his side. After all, nearly 4 people from the valley cavalry and Tywin's army are pressing on the southern line.

"Grandpa, send a letter to Winterfell, asking Bran Stark, in the name of the guardian of Winterfell, to appeal to the major families in the north again, and ask them to transfer the remaining soldiers to me. There are definitely not enough people here."

Both Clay and the old man knew that when everyone went south this time, they must have left some troops for the family, and it was impossible to take out all the coffins.

This is also an old tradition. No noble will use all the power in his territory for the sake of the lord.
But the situation is different now. The lords and lords of each family either died in the chaos, or followed Robb Stark in Harrenhal and surrounded them layer by layer.

It's not good to hide it at this time... In case the lords come back later, isn't it, it's not easy to explain?

Clay reckoned that it would be no problem to squeeze out [-] more people, but the quality is definitely not good, and the equipment is also in a state that will explode if you look at it too much.

But it doesn't matter, what Clay wants is the number of people, and the so-called recruits or garbage soldiers, who have survived a battle, will become veterans, and their survivability and combat ability will increase linearly.

As for how to get more people to survive the first battle, that was something Clay Mandler needed to worry about.

"Okay, I'll send a letter to Winterfell now."

"Oh, by the way, Grandpa, send a letter to Uncle too, telling him to divide up the savages and women I brought back immediately, and I will ask for a soldier for each of them. Also, to the remaining male captives, tell him If they want to live, they will come and fight for me, if they live, they will be given land to live well, if they disagree, then they will die."

"...Clay, what does this mean? Can it work with wildlings?"

"It's okay, grandpa, you can just write like this. Uncle knows what I mean. Besides, I killed their king outside the Great Wall. They have already knelt down to me once as prisoners, so they won't kneel down for a second time just to live." Second-rate."

"Besides, this group of men will definitely not be able to integrate into Bai Harbor in a short time. This is a factor of instability. I don't have time to deal with them now. It's better to let them come to the front line."

"I don't count on their fighting power. I think it's worth it if five people kill one."

What he said seemed casual, but the old man understood, but he was planning to bring these thousands of savage men here as cannon fodder, and he had no intention of letting them go back alive at all.

Seemingly understanding what his old man was thinking, Clay said softly:
"Exchanging their lives for the power of those women to live a new life, I think it is very reasonable. After all, everything has a price, and I don't want to show kindness for them."

This is the fate of the loser, and no one will feel sorry.

"Grandpa, let's do this. On your side, first transfer some of our troops from Baigang. As for the villages in Twin River City, let's leave it to the people of the valley to grab it."

"I set off for Riverrun first, and Edmure Tully gave me a hard time. It's not my style to turn around and run."

Clay said.

(End of this chapter)