Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 187 Raiding the Valley, Melisandre, and the Alpine Clan

Chapter 187 Raiding the Valley, Melisandre, and the Alpine Clan
In the study of the Wailing Tower at Harrenhal, Eddard called Ser Waymar Royce.

Ser Waymar Royce was handsome and handsome, and adored by the maids of Harrenhal, even Sansa.

When Ed first adopted Sir Waymar Royce as his adopted son, Waymar Royce was flamboyant and arrogant, but beside Ed, Waymar and Domilik were responsible for feeding the direwolf every day, cleaning the armor and history. Tucker's family sword "Ice".

Waymar Royce fights with the outstanding warrior Baron Sven of the Winter Wolf Army, Sir Dermot of the Rainforest, the Lightning King, Phelan and other masters every day. He loses badly every time, and his personality begins to become calm , a lot of humility.

Ed waved to Sir Waymar and sat opposite him, "Wymar, I want to write a letter to your father, Bronze Jon, and hope that he will summon the princes of the valley and prepare to march on the Eagle's Nest City."

Ser Waymar was taken aback. "A march on the Eyrie? Why?"

Ed lowered his voice, "When I was in King's Landing, I discovered a secret. Lysa had been having an affair with Littlefinger, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Jon Arryn was killed by Littlefinger. Robin is Jon Arryn Your only flesh and blood cannot be controlled by a slut like Lysa."

"Bronze" Jon Royce is the Earl of Runestone City, one of the most powerful nobles in the valley, and Ed's important ally in the valley.

Earl Jon Royce has always had a close relationship with the Stark family in the north. This is because the ancient and proud Royce family used to call the Valley of the Kings in the time of the First Men. They were the valley before the Andals invaded. The king, and also the strongest opponent the Ayrin family encountered when they unified the valley.

The Royce family devoutly believed in the old gods in ancient times. The famous bronze armor of the Royce family was engraved with the runes of the ancestors, not the seven-star coat of arms of the Andals.

However, because the valley was the first area to fall in the wave of Andal invasion, the Royce family had to accept the fate of being assimilated by the Andals in the following thousands of years. Having acquired the belief of the Seven Gods, Bronze Jon himself and his four sons are all knights in Bronze Jon's generation.

But deep down, the Royce family still did not give up their belief in the old gods.

The family language of the Royce family is "we remember", just like the bronze armor worn by the Royce family and passed down for thousands of years, the Royce family has not forgotten the weirwood heart tree, nor the old gods.The Royce family is more like knights in the north. Although they became knights, they are not so devout to the seven gods and prefer to pray to the old gods.

Ed wrote the letter with Waymar Royce, handed it to Maester Norman, and set the raven free.

Canyon knights and nobles, support Lysa Arryn simply because she is the widow of Jon Arryn and the mother of Robin Arryn.

Littlefinger wanted to use Lysa and Robin to take control of the Vale and watch the Lannister lion and the Stark direwolf fight, but his plot was useless once the sun came out.

If Bronze Yon knew about Lysa's adulterous relationship with Littlefinger, and that Lysa's adulterer Littlefinger killed Jon Arryn, who was deeply loved by the people and nobles of the Vale, he would definitely unite with the nobles of the Vale and complain to Lysa. Xingshi asked the crime.Lysa may have supporters in the valley, and she is strong enough to resist the princes of the valley in the Eyrie, but the hearts of the people in the valley will be shaken.

With the cooperation of the Dai Rui family and the Root family, the Winter Wolf Army has completely controlled the ferry of Ruby Beach. One hundred Winter Wolf Army and seven hundred soldiers recruited from the riverland are stationed in Ruby Beach.

Eddard has taken the initiative to show weakness to Renly, Joffrey and Stannis.In order to win the support of the northern border and the riverlands, it is estimated that the Duke of Renly, no, His Majesty Renly, will soon march into the western border.

The tens of thousands of Reach Knights, the Rose of Highgarden, is no joke.If the Lannisters continue to attack the Riverlands, they may face the risk of the western base camp falling.

If Lannister agrees to a truce with the riverlands, withdraws from the riverlands, and turns around to deal with Renly's army in the riverlands, after Ed's northern army arrives in the riverlands, they can directly enter the valley and incorporate the valley into the ice sheet Under the banner of the wolf.

Let Renly, Stannis, and Joffrey fight each other for a crown!Eddard will cement the alliance between the Riverlands, the Vale and the North.

The sun was shining on Riverrun, and Duke Hoster Tully stood on the balcony of the bedroom in the castle, looking out at the army camp in the west.

After taking the medicine of Ed's bachelor Norman, Duke Hoster's health improved significantly.

Before the enemy arrived, the Duke of Horst received Ed's warning. He ordered that all the residents of the territory west of Riverrun be moved to the east of the Red Fork River. Lannister killed the city, and Edmure wanted to leave the city. To face the battle, Horst ordered the gates to be opened, and the moat, together with the Tengshi River and the Red Fork River, made Riverrun City an isolated island in the water.

Looking at Riverrun, Duke Tywin was at a loss, so he had to lead the main force to attack the territory of the Vance family and the Piper family, leaving a large army to guard outside Riverrun.

Outside the moat, there are camps of the Western Territory Army everywhere, and the flags are flying. Duke Horst saw the spotted boar coat of arms of the Kreher family, the burning tree coat of arms of the Marbrand family, and the hood of the Bamford family The man sigil, the sun shining on the gold stake of House Lefford, the purple unicorn of House Brax, the bantam cock of House Swifford, etc.

The most common is the roaring lion emblem of the Lannister family.

Edmure, the heir to Riverrun, said angrily, "Father, Lannister and the enemies of the West are ravaging our land. When will we go out of the city to fight?"

Horst said: "Going out of the city to fight, but fell into Lannister's trick. Our troops are not enough, we just need to defend Riverrun."

Edmure was very anxious, "But the Piper family, the territory of the Vance family, is under attack."

Marco Pepper and Karel Vance are close friends of Edmure, and Edmure misses the people and friends of the Riverlands.Edmure said excitedly: "Father, you should have recruited the princes of the river, the army of the river is assembled together, and Duke Tywin can be defeated in one battle."

Horst said: "Edmure, you are not young, why are you still so impulsive? A direct confrontation between the rivers can't beat Duke Tywin. In this way, the other castles in Hejian must be defenseless, and Duke Tywin only needs to defeat us in one battle, and then he can destroy the other castles one by one."

"The longer the time drags on, the better for us. Lannister killed Lysa's husband, Jon Arryn, and I have sent the raven to the Eyrie, asking Lysa to summon the Knights of the Canyon to fight in the riverlands. No If anything goes wrong, your uncle Blackfish Brynden will also come. Ed is guarding Harrenhal, and as soon as the northern army reaches the riverlands, we can counterattack across the board and drive Lannister out of the riverlands."

Cersei and Tyrion stood on the walls of Lion's Gate in King's Landing, inspecting the three thousand new recruits of the City Watch.

Inside the city of Xiongshimen, the streets outside the city were crowded with people watching.

Relying on Lannister's gold, the newly recruited city guards, all the recruits have brand new gold robes, new swords, new boots, and even new short clubs.

Queen Cersei wore a pure black dress. As a widow who had just lost her husband, she was still mourning for King Robert, but the smile on Cersei's face was as bright as that of a married bride.Obviously, my sister is very satisfied with the new recruits.

Thanks to Cersei, the number of guards in the capital has risen from 8000 to [-]. With the newly recruited Golden Robes today, the number of Golden Robes has reached [-].

Cersei said: "Whether it's Ed, Stannis or Renly, they can't easily capture King's Landing. The city defense team is strong."

Tyrion was obviously not as confident as Cersei, he said gloomyly: "Damn, a person is like a dog. How many of them are useful in a real war? In my opinion, more than half of them are words." A hairless brat, I'm afraid he won't even know how to stab someone with a sword."

Cersei proudly said: "The kid can at least grow up. When recruiting people, I specifically told Commander Janos Slynt not to have those old men with white hair and lost teeth. Don't worry, let Jay Lord North Slynt train the gold cloaks for a while, and they will be well trained."

Tyrion said disdainfully: "Janos Slynt has nothing but corruption and flattery. I suggest that Sir Alan Santagar, the instructor of the Red Castle, take over the training of the golden robe." In fact, Barristan Sir Selmy is the best candidate to train recruits, but unfortunately, because of Lannister's assassination of Robert, Sir Barristan left King's Landing and joined Eddard instead.

Cersei said: "Sir Alan Santagar is the coach of the Red Castle. He needs to train the noble children of the Red Castle. He has his work to do. Let Lord Janos Slynt do it! He Always obey my orders."

Janos Slynt, Commander of the Capital Guard, looked like a bald frog. He was riding majesticly on a tall horse, majestic, who knew that the horse suddenly started kicking, and the horseman stood up. Janos Slyn Te was so frightened that he hugged the horse's neck tightly, but he still fell off the horse and caught a dog eating shit.

The onlookers, even the soldiers in gold robes, burst into laughter.Cersei, can't you really see what this Janos is?
Lancel came forward, his armor was painted gold and yellow, and the breastplate was the roaring lion of House Lannister.As the eldest son of Kevan Lannister, Lancel has been Robert's sidekick for many years, serving as Lannister's eyes and ears to monitor the king. At the same time, Lancel will also comfort James and Robert when they are busy. Bed lonely Cersei.

Lancel has sandy brown hair and light green eyes. As Cersei's favorite boy, Lancel has always been very arrogant in front of Tyrion.

However, after Robert's death, James left King's Landing to fight in the riverlands, and Lancel was a little unhappy.After Sir Barristan left King's Landing, there was a vacancy in the Kingsguard. He originally wanted to be a knight and become the Kingsguard directly, but Cersei replaced him with Flame Nulustu.

Now, the person who accompanied Cersei at night was either Flame Nulustu, or another strong man, the Black King Tabit from the Midsummer Islands. Lancell's chances of contacting Cersei were obviously less, so he began to patronize brothels.I remember Cersei said that Rustu and Tabit are fighters from the Arena of Meereen. I think they are bed slaves trained by Yunkai.

Tyrion was curious, if Jaime knew that Cersei was behind his back and was messing with other men, would he just kill him with a sword.

Lancel walked up to Cersei, "Queen, I am eager to be knighted. This is the Lion's Gate, and I am the Lion of Lannister. What else is more suitable to be knighted than here?"

Cersei smiled sweetly, "There are many knights in the Red Castle, even the knights of the Kingsguard can ennoble you."

Tyrion said viciously: "Why don't you let Flame Nulustu canonize you!"

Lancel was taken aback, and stared at Rustu in the distance with a look of disgust, "He was born as a slave, and he just became the Kingsguard, let's forget it! The person who canonize me must be a famous knight."

At this time, Magic Mountain Gregor Clegane, with his group of mad dogs Dunson, Polliver, old Chiswick, "Sweet mouth" Raff and others, came over.

The shadow of the Mountain looms over Cersei and Tyrion.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, Duke Tywin has summoned me to return to the Western Territory. I have come to bid farewell to Her Majesty the Queen Mother."

Cersei frowned and said, "Sir Gregor, I order you to stay in King's Landing. King's Landing may be attacked by the enemy at any time. Ed is at Harrenhal, Stannis is at Dragonstone, and Renly's army is just beyond the Blackwater River." In the stormlands to the south, King's Landing needs warriors like you."

The Mountain said: "Your Majesty, I also want to stay in King's Landing. However, Renly's army from the Reach is gathering around the ancient Oak City. They may attack the western region at any time. I must leave."

Obviously, the Queen Mother's order did not work without Lord Tywin, and the Mountain was Lord Tywin's mad dog, not Cersei's.

The Mountain turned to leave. Tyrion said, "Ser Gregor, Lancel wants to be a knight. He wants to be a famous knight. Who else is more qualified than you? You can make him." Famous, but not famous, but notorious.

Then Ser Gregor drew the hideous two-handed greatsword, and Lancel looked dumbfounded at the sight.Lancel was obviously unwilling to let the Magic Mountain be canonized, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he knelt down on the ground like a docile little puppy.

The Mountain patted Lancel on the shoulder left and right, omitting even the prayers.

During these days in King's Landing, none of the prostitutes that the Devil Mountain patronized survived, and he was still killing many innocent civilians in the flea nest.Tyrion would be happy to see the mad dog leave King's Landing, and staying here would only add to the disrepute of the Lannisters.

Ser Gregor rode away from Lion's Gate with his pack of mad dogs on their steeds.

Cersei stood at the top of Lionsgate, looked at Sir Gregor's back, and said angrily, "I originally planned to send Sir Gregor to Harrenhal to deal with Ed."

Tyrion said: "Sister, it would be too unwise to continue fighting against Ed. Ed has already apologized in the letter for the eagle hurting Joffrey. He hopes to cease the war."

Cersei said sharply: "But Ed didn't swear allegiance. Varys also said that the northern army continued to go south along the king's road, and the northern fleet from White Harbor, full of soldiers from the northern border, was already out to bite people." Bay, passing through the waters east of the Five Fingers Peninsula. It would be fine if the Northern Fleet went to the Riverlands, but what if they come to King’s Landing?"

Tyrion sighed, "Everyone can see that Ed is delaying time on purpose. He wants us to attack Stannis and Renly. I am sure that in Ed's letter to Renly and Stannis, he also Lower your profile, and beg Brother Baratheon, to destroy the Lannisters."

"If the army of the Western Territory continues to fight in the Riverlands, and the coalition forces of the Riverlands and the Northern Territory, no matter how useless Renly is, he can take over the defenseless Western Territory. Sufficient food and soldiers."

Cersei said, "I have the Redwynes twins in my hands. The Redwynes are not in Renly's tent. I hear the Hightowers are standing still."

Tyrion said: "But the army in the Reach is still larger than that in the West, and this is not counting the army that Renly left in the Stormlands. I believe our father, Lord Tywin, has also foreseen the threat of the Reach. , James and Gregor will soon come in handy in the war against the Reach."

"From the moment you decided to strangle Robert with your Hercules pet, Lannister was doomed to face Stannis, Renly, Eddard's siege, in addition, Dorne's viper, the Iron Islands The sea monsters are ready to move, and once they smell the weakness of the lion, they will join in the feast of hunting Lannister."

Cersei suppressed her anger, "That little slut, Margaery, married Renly. I guess Margaery was already in love with Robert when she was in King's Landing. Renly didn't mind Robert's leftovers. I thought Renly only loved the Knight of Flowers."

Tyrion shrugged, "He likes rum, but what does it matter, give Renly a beer and he'll drink it. Renly is the biggest threat now, but I'm not afraid of Renly, I'm more afraid of Stannis .Who knows what conspiracy Stannis is scheming at Dragonstone?"

Dragonstone Island, Dragonstone Castle, Hall of the Chart Table, flickering candles.

The candles were ordinary tallow candles, not scented candles, and Stannis had always been a modest man.

On the huge map table, the topography of all parts of Westeros, castles, rivers, forests, towns, and ferries are engraved. Stannis sits on the throne, which is just a large part of the map, overlooking the entire Wes On the mainland of Tero, the throne is exactly at the location of Dragonstone Island on the map.

Melisandre the Red, the Onion Knight and Maester Cressen, and Queen Selyse Florent stood before King Stannis.

Melisandre, a red-robed woman from Assia, has fiery red hair, and a blood-red robe, against her snow-white skin, heart-shaped face, red eyes, perfect waist and hips, making any man thump Heartbroken.

In contrast, Queen Selyse's appearance is much inferior.Queen Selyse had the protruding ears that characterized many members of the Florentine family, and was thin and plain-looking, with a beard.No wonder Stannis snubbed the Queen, spending every night with Melisandre.

Melisandre said softly, "Your Majesty, it was from this room that Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters started their great conquest of Westeros."

Stannis' face was gloomy and tense, "Woman, are you mocking me? I have summoned all the vassals of Dragonstone, and the number of my troops is less than five thousand."

Melisandre said: "When Aegon the Conqueror went out, he brought fewer troops than you."

Stannis snorted. "Aegon and his sisters have three dragons. I don't."

Melisandre showed a sweet smile, "Your Majesty is the hero chosen by R'hllor, the Lord of Light. Azor Ahai is reborn. It is destined that you will hold the Lightbringer and save all mankind."

Stannis got up and stepped down from the throne, coquettishly said: "I can't even save myself, save the world? I am Robert's legal heir, but Joffrey the Bastard stole my Iron Throne, Renly stole it My Storm's End. Melisandre, if the Lord of Light is so powerful, get rid of Renly and Joffrey at once."

Melisandre's eyes were burning with flames.

"Your Majesty, Joffrey, Renly and others who usurp the king will surely bring their own destruction. The real threat is Eddard Stark."

The Onion Knight was taken aback, "Your Majesty, Wolf King Ed is the only great nobleman who wrote a letter to celebrate His Majesty wearing the crown."

The gray-haired Maester Cresson said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Eddard the Wolf King said in his letter that the North, the Riverlands and the Dales all consider Stannis to be His Majesty's legitimate heir and are willing to help His Majesty." , kill Joffrey and Lannister."

"Wolf King Ed, can bring His Majesty the support of the Riverlands, the North and the Valley, and is an ally of Dragonstone Island. As long as Your Majesty joins forces with Wolf King Ed and Duke Renly, Lannister will definitely be wiped out."

Stannis gritted his teeth, "Old man, are you confused? Duke Renly has been crowned king long ago, and he has all the troops of Highgarden and Storm's End in his hands. Anyway, I will never cooperate with Renly, on the contrary , I am considering going to the Stormlands to win the support of the princes of the Stormlands."

The Onion Knight said: "Your Majesty, the Lannister who killed King Robert occupies King's Landing. It would be unwise for you to fight Renly. You should attack King's Landing directly."

Stannis said seriously: "The population of King's Landing is too large, and the Lannisters have hidden too many mercenaries in this city. I may be able to capture King's Landing, but my army will suffer heavy casualties. I only have [-] soldiers in total. Can't stand a siege."

The Onion Knight said: "Wolf King Ed has already suggested in the letter that our army can use Crab Island as a springboard to attack the Crab Claw Peninsula. Most of the ships of the Royal Fleet followed His Majesty back to Dragonstone Island. Both have some ships, the navy is our advantage, and we can easily occupy the Crab Claw Peninsula."

"Now the wolf king Ed is stationed at Harrenhal. He can help us to occupy the king's land. Once our army occupies most of the king's land, we can attack King's Landing from the north and the sea from two directions, and we can take King's Landing. King's Landing has 50 With a population of [-], His Majesty relies on the kingship, which is enough to attack Lannister and Renly."

Stannis snorted softly, "Ed's calculation was shrewd. He clearly wanted me to block King's Landing's attack after I occupied the king's land. However, it seems that I have no other choice. The king's land can provide food and grass , war horses and soldiers, these are all lacking on the islands in the Narrow Sea.”

Melisandre said: "I support Your Majesty and march towards the king's land. The closer we get to Harrenhal, the better."

The Onion Knight, Queen Selyse, and Maester Cressen exited the Hall of Drawing Tables.In the picture table hall, only Melisandre and Stannis were left.

Stannis frowned and said, "Melisandre, you seemed hesitant to speak just now. Why, do you think Ed is a bigger threat? At least, he didn't pretend to be king."

The great ruby ​​in Melisandre's throat, drinking the light.

"There is no lie in the sacred fire. I saw in the flames a man with the head of a wolf sitting on a weirwood throne, with direwolves, falcons and trout by his side, dragons on his shoulders, lions , the stag, the rose, all bleeding and weeping before the weirwood throne."

"Ed is the only one who hatched a dragon. The Stark family believes in the old gods. There is no doubt that the wolf-headed man is Ed. We must kill him, otherwise, this person will be His Majesty Unifying Wess." Tello, the greatest threat."

Stannis said disdainfully: "Ed sits in Harrenhal, and he has some elite soldiers under his command. If you want to kill him, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Melisandre took Stannis's hand, pulled Stannis's hand over her belly, and Stannis felt a burst of warmth.

"As long as His Majesty's army approaches Harrenhal and brings me under the castle, I can kill the Wolf King with just a single shadow! However, breeding shadows requires your Majesty's cultivation and sowing."

"Your Majesty, please sow the seeds and kill the wolf king Ed!"

In Harrenhal, Ed was on the school grounds, watching Sir Barristan practice the recruits. In the blacksmith shop beside him, Lucan, the weapon master, led more than 50 blacksmiths and apprentices to forge long swords, weapons and armor. Gendry was one of them. one.

Ed summoned many blacksmiths from the town of Harrenhal, the town of Earl Harroway, and other places to Harrenhal, together with the chef group, the blacksmiths of the colorful group, and now, the number of blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices in Harrenhal Very plentiful.

The side gate of Harrenhal was opened, and the captain of the guard, Jory Cassel, led more than 20 cavalrymen. "Blackfish" Brynden Tully.

Brynden Tully is Catelyn's uncle, and the younger brother of the governor of Riverrun, Lord Horst Tully, nicknamed "Blackfish".

Back then, the Duke of Horst appointed Brynden Tully for a marriage and ordered him to marry Bethany Redwyne of the Redwyne family, but was rejected by Brynden. Horst was furious and accused Brynden of being a Tully The black sheep of the family, Brynden replied. The coat of arms of the Tully family is a trout, and he can only be the black fish of the black sheep. From then on, Brynden Tully used the black trout as his personal coat of arms.

Brynden was one of the most famous knights in the riverlands, though his fame came not from tourneys but from his performances in battle.

Brynden Tully is good at commanding cavalry and is considered to be one of the best commanders in Westeros. Whether he is attacking the city, defending the city or commanding scouts, he has excellent performance.As early as during the "Battle of the Nine Copper Kings", Brynden Tully gained fame for his military exploits, and then during the Robert Rebellion, Brynden Tully was the most outstanding general among the nobles in the riverland one.

After Robert's Uprising ended, Lysa married Jon Arryn of the Vale of Arryn. Blackfish Brynden, whose relationship with the Duke of Horst had deteriorated for many years, chose to work for Jon Arryn and served as a Knight of the Blood Gate in the Vale for many years .

Blackfish Brynden has gray hair, blue eyes, and bushy eyebrows. Ed was shocked when he saw bloodstains on Blackfish's silver-gray armor and sky-blue cloak, "Sir Brynden, are you injured?"

Brynden smiled wearily, "Don't be nervous, Ed, this is just the blood of the enemy. However, many of my men are injured and they need treatment."

Ed immediately called Morona the White Mask, Sister Mordane, to wash and bandage the wounds of these soldiers.

As soon as Caitlin heard that the black fish Brynden was coming, she immediately brought her daughter Arya, Sansa, to the black fish Brynden.Caitlin hugged Heiyu, "Uncle Brynden, it's great to see you."

Blackfish Brynden stroked Caitlin's hair, "Little Kate, at least you still know how to fight for the riverlands, Lysa will only hold her six-year-old child in the Eagle's Nest City to nurse."

Caitlin asked in surprise, "What happened to Lysa?"

Blackfish Brynden spat, "Not long after Lysa returned to the Eyrie, King Robert and Jon Arryn both died in King's Landing, and some areas of Riverrun and the Riverlands were attacked by Lannisters. I ask Lysa to recruit the Canyon Knights, and I will lead the Canyon Knights to fight in the riverlands."

"In the end, do you know what Lysa said?" Uncle Brynden, the Lannisters may attack the Vale, and the Knights of the Canyon must stay in the Vale to keep Robin safe. You are a Knight of the Blood Gate, and you must stay at the Blood Gate, where No one is allowed to go.’ I don’t understand why she is so hard-hearted as the daughter of Riverrun? Seeing her homeland being attacked, but not taking a hair out of it, it seems that Jon Arryn died at the hands of Lannister, which made Lysa even more angry. Nervous."

Ed sneered, "Ser Bryndon, Jon Arryn didn't die at the hands of Lannister, but at the hands of Littlefinger Petyr Baelish."

Blackfish Brynden was taken aback, "Littlefinger? This is impossible. When Littlefinger was a child, he grew up in Riverrun. I watched him grow up with the Tully family's children. That child is clever, and it was Jon Arryn. Why did he kill Jon Arryn?"

Ed said: "Littlefinger has always had an affair with Lysa. It is not surprising that he killed Jon Arryn."

Caitlin said sadly: "When my father was in Riverrun, he also confirmed that when Littlefinger defiled Lysa, Lysa was forced to drink tansy and moon tea to have an abortion."

Blackfish Brynden recalled the past in Riverrun and Lysa's marriage to the Eagle's Nest. He suddenly realized that it was true that Littlefinger had an affair with Lysa. He sighed, "No wonder Lysa has been with her all these years. Horst seems to be in harmony with the outside world. In this way, it is understandable that Lysa refuses to send troops to rescue Riverrun."

"Looking at Lysa's refusal to send troops, I resigned my position as a Knight of the Blood Gate and left Eagle's Nest City in a fit of anger. Some soldiers who had followed me at the Blood Gate all the year round chose to leave with me. There are more than 50 of us in total. However, walking on the mountain road in the Vale of Arryn, we encountered the damned Alpine Clan, the Stone Crows, the Moonmen, and the Black Ears, who took turns to intercept us, and we were blocked in the valley for more than a month, losing too many good men."

The mountain clan tribes, like the savages, rock species, and Starks, are descendants of the ancestors. Their living customs are very similar to the northern mountain clans and savages.

When Andal invaded Westeros back then, the first stop was the valley. After many kingdoms of the ancestors were destroyed, the ancestors fled into the mountains. They were unyielding and refused to assimilate the Andals. Their descendants were the mountain clans.The Gaoshan clans were fighting each other endlessly. They wore fishy-smelling animal skins to fight and were poorly equipped. They robbed passers-by on the mountain roads all the year round, and often robbed villages in the valleys, taking away women and children.

Sometimes, the mountain clans would also come to the riverlands to plunder.Every time the Canyon Knights went out, the Gaoshan clan would escape into the deep mountains and valleys. When the Canyon Knights withdrew, the Gaoshan clan resumed their daily life of robbery and murder.

Even Jon Arryn failed to solve the problem of the Alpine Clan. Now that the Valley is ruled by Lysa Arryn, it is estimated that the Alpine Clan will be a huge hidden danger.

Ed said: "Sir Brynden, it is a blessing in misfortune that you were able to break out of the siege of so many high mountain clans."

Brynden pointed to a warrior in a fur cloak beside him, who had his right ear cut off and a goatee beard.

"This is Muen. He is a member of the Lunar Department, and he is my friend. The year before last, I led the Canyon Knights and defeated Qila from the Black Ear Department and rescued him. He was Qila's captive at that time. Black Ear There is a custom of cutting off the ears of captives, and Moon's ears were cut off at that time."

"This time I took the mountain road and brought more than 50 subordinates. I thought there were a lot of people. Who knows, the Gaoshan clan has more people. There are hundreds of people in each attack, both infantry and cavalry. We were attacked by the enemy in turn. Trapped in a valley shrouded in mist, thanks to Mu En as a guide, I escaped from the valley, Mu En is very familiar with the big and small valleys in the Mingyue Mountains."

Ed pondered for a while, "Sir Brynden, I think that after the death of Jon Arryn, the Alpine clan and tribe will be a big hidden danger for Lysa and the Vale of Arryn. I decided to send troops to the Vale of Arryn to help Lysa and the valley. Knights, conquer these mountain clans."

Caitlin was taken aback, "Ed, what do you think? We are at war with Lannister, Riverrun is under siege, Harrenhal may be attacked by the enemy at any time, you are in the mood to conquer the barbaric tribes of the mountain clans People? They have been in the valley for thousands of years, what do you do with the barbarians?"

Ed smiled, "I want the warriors of the Alpine clan to fight for the direwolves."

Duke Tywin was dressed in plate armor made of pure gold, riding on a golden saddle. His stirrups, spurs, and helmet were all made of gold, and his cloak was sewn with gold thread.

The army of the Western Territory captured the Rest City of the Vance family and the Pink City of the Piper family. Karel Vance and Marco Piper, with their remnants, fled to the forest and mountains.

Kingslayer James rode to Tywin's side, "Father, the enemy will be defeated at the first touch, and it is not our opponent at all. The army of the West has won great victories one after another."

Duke Tywin said: "This kind of victory is not worthy of praise at all. Neither Pink City nor Travel's Rest City has any strategic value. The only thing I want in the riverland is Harrenhal. It's a pity that Ed first brought The Winter Wolves have taken that mighty castle."

James said: "Ed has taken the initiative to show weakness to us, and he seems to have the intention of begging for mercy."

Duke Tywin snorted, "James, you are a good fighter, but unfortunately you don't know anything about tactics. Ed showed weakness to the King's Landing royal family and said a lot of good things, but he didn't swear allegiance. Ed's army from the north is still heading south, there is no doubt that he will unite with the valley, the riverlands and the army from the north to fight against us."

"Jon Arryn is dead, and the Duke of Hoster is in poor health, but the alliance they created in those days still exists. There is no doubt that Ed is also a lot of obedient to Stannis and Renly who usurped the king , so as to provoke Stannis, Renly and Lannister to fight each other, but he sits in Harrenhal and the North."

James said, "Then why don't you cross the river and head east with a large army? Take advantage of Ed's lack of troops and attack Harrenhal quickly, before it's too late."

Duke Tywin sighed, "Continue to the east, and you will encounter resistance from the Blackwood and Bracken families, and the enemies of Riverrun may come out to steal our way. I am more worried about the enemies in the Reach. .”

"Chen Bing, the army of the River Bend, goes north along the Binhai Road to the ancient Oak City. From there, he can fight to the west in three days. Although I left enough troops in the Crake Hall to defend, the Crake Forest can also slow down the river for us. The attack speed of the cavalry in the bay, but if there are too many troops in the bay, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the forest and crake hall to block the torrent of steel in the bay."

"If there is a protracted war in the Riverlands, and the Reach takes the opportunity to attack the Western Territory, the loss will be too great, and it will shake the morale of the Lannister vassals. Renly is no threat on the battlefield, but the name of the Reach It's a lot, and he can assign one of Matus Rowan and Randyll Tarly at will, enough for us to drink a pot."

James frowned, "With the support of Highgarden, Renly's army strength is now close to 10. The strength of the Reach Land is really terrible. Renly is a huge threat."

Duke Tywin said contemptuously: "I'm glad that Highgarden fell to Renly. Renly is not as threatening as Stannis, and Stannis is less threatening than Ed. Ed is very ambitious."

James disapproved, "No way? Renly, Stannis, not Eddard is the one who usurped the throne! Even if his territory in the New North is larger than the six southern kingdoms combined, even if Eddard won the river With the support of the middle land and the valley land, Ed did not become king."

Tai Wen said coldly: "If Ed becomes king, it will be more beneficial to us, because he will be regarded as rebellious by the southerners, but now he is hypocritically showing weakness, which provides us with a difficult problem."

"At the Wolf King Ceremony, when I met Ed in King's Landing, I saw the porcelain he gave to King Robert, the briar wood pipe, wood carvings, and glass panes. I hoped that Ed would get lost in the prosperous palace of King's Landing , so happy that I forgot about the North.”

"At the beginning, Lannister abolished Robert with drunken money, and abolished Ed, why not? Unfortunately, Ed is a pragmatic person. He not only likes gold, he also likes food, bread, armor, farmland and Castle. Ed is in the north, forming the Winter Wolf Army, building a fleet, building a wolf castle, promoting the household registration system, domesticating dragons, and skinchangers. I suspect that Ed's ambition is greater than Aegon the Conqueror."

James stroked the sword belt, "So, what does your lord father mean, Ed's ambition is to destroy Lannister?"

Murderous intent flashed across Tywin's golden eyes, "The Wolf King has wrists, giant dragons, and ambitions. I suspect that the Wolf King has the ambition to annex the entire Westeros. The rise of the North destroyed Westeros. The balance of the situation in Los Angeles, the direwolf and the lion, this time it's a life-or-death relationship."

Three hundred cavalry of the Winter Wolf Army, led by Brynden the Blackfish and Munn, the guide of the Moonmen, entered the valley.

Blackfish Brynden has officially joined the Winter Wolf Army and has become a member of the Winter Wolf Army. Blackfish Brynden is very good at fighting in the mountains, cavalry or on the river. The most important thing is that because Caitlin His uncle, Blackfish Brynden, was loyal to the family.Ai De's men have added another titan.

The mountains rose from the ground, providing a natural barrier for the valley. On the eastern coast of the Vale of Arryn, there was a coast full of strange rocks and hidden reefs everywhere, making it difficult for the enemy to rely on warships to attack the valley.

To attack on the mountain road, the enemy must attack the blood gate, and the blood gate has never been captured by the enemy from the west since ancient times, and countless invaders have been beaten to the blood gate.

The valley is fertile and rich in products, surrounded by high mountains as a barrier, it is the real land of abundance in Westeros.Back then, after the Andals occupied the valley, the king of the valley expanded to the riverland many times, and every time he encountered a disadvantageous battle, he calmly retreated back to the valley.

Ed rode on the direwolf night walk, the eagle king McCain followed on horseback, and the air, owls, falcons and falcons were in charge of scouting.Michu, the giant eagle prince, hovered over the distant mountains.

Bear King Byers was riding on a four-meter-high brown bear, Ed's black and white two bears followed, and the lady, Nymeria was in charge of the guard.

Blackfish Brynden looked at the skin-changer at the side and was amazed. He said: "Your Highness Wolf, I have fought all my life, and this is the first time I have seen a wolf spirit and a skin-changer. I always thought that the so-called skin-changer , but a legend."

Ed said: "Sir Brynden, let me tell you, I have seen ghouls outside the Great Wall, and a dragon hatched in the godswood of Winterfell. The spiritual energy has been revived, and the ancient power has awakened. In such a place In times, legends and stories are often true.”

The guide Mu En suddenly reined in his horse, and he said, "Your Highness Wolf, if you want to find the mountain tribe's village, you have to go north. Continue walking along the mountain road, and you will go directly to the Blood Gate, the fortress in the Vale of Arryn."

Ed frowned, "I thought the warriors of the Gaoshan clan would directly attack us!"

Sir Waymar Royce approached, and he said angrily, "Your Highness Wolf, those barbarians from the mountain tribes are all cowards and cowards. Every time they see the knights in full armor, they escape into the deep mountains. They only dare to attack single or small passers-by, our Winter Wolf Army has 300 people, the cowards of the mountain tribe, they dare not provoke them!"

Ser Waymar Royce, once held captive by Shagar of the Stonecrows, milked cows and goats in the Stonecrow villages for two years before being paid for by his father, Yon the Bronze Redeemed, therefore, was Ser Waymar Royce, who had a deep hatred for the Mountain Tribes.

The sun set earlier in the valley, and after dark, under the bright moonlight, Ed led the Winter Wolf Army on the narrow mountain road.

The scouts of the mountain tribes, hiding behind the rocks and watching secretly, hundreds of ragged warriors, walking along the mountain road, or riding skinny mountain horses, holding stone weapons, mallets, pitted and rusty long Swords and shields made of wicker appeared in all directions on the mountain road, and surrounded the 300-man team of the Winter Wolf Army.

The leading man is Xia Ga from the Stone Crow Department. He is as thick as a little giant, with a thick copper-colored beard, wearing a lynx fur coat, and a horn helmet. Sha Ga brandished two stone axes and roared: "Who are you? ? Actually swaggering into the territory of the mountain tribe?"

Waymar Royce recognized Shagga, and he said, "Lord Ed, it was this barbarian who captured me."

Beside her was Zira of the Black Ears, a short, strong woman with a long necklace of braided ears around her neck.

"You guys are really impatient. Even the Knights of the Canyon don't dare to swagger and go deep into the Mingyue Mountains at night."

Timett's son, Timett of the Burning Men, had a terrible burn wound in one eye, and with the good eye, Timett was sizing up Eddard as he rode the direwolf.

"Look, they are people from the circus, riding direwolves and bears. What's the big deal? The Burning Man Department can use fire to burn these animals to death."

The red-robed monk Soros smiled and said, "Flame? I will too."

Soros stroked the long sword, and the long sword burst into flames instantly. Some people in the Burning People trembled with fright, thinking they saw a god, and began to kowtow to Soros.

But there are more mountain tribe warriors ready to move. Greenwood of the Shuzi tribe, dressed in clothes made of leaves, said: "Kill them all, the armor and weapons are ours, and the burning sword is also ours. I want that wolf pelt and kill them."

Angai, Feilan, and Laresa all drew their bows and arrows. Ed said: "Warriors of the mountain tribe, if you insist on fighting, you will die a miserable death. Feilan, show them a hand!"

Under the moonlight, Ferran picked up the keel longbow, aimed at Xia Ga, and hit the horn on the horned helmet with an arrow. The leaders of the mountain tribe and the warriors were all shocked.

Qi La was shocked: "Can you shoot from such a distance?"

Ed said: "I am the wolf king Ed of Winterfell in the north. My warriors all use keelbone longbows! Unlike your mountain tribes, the bows and arrows used by archers have the same range as slingshots. My warriors, riding Fighting mammoths, bears, direwolves, shadow lynxes, and giant eagles."

Xia Ga looked around, "I only saw a bear and a direwolf, where is the giant eagle?"

Mi Chu, the giant eagle prince, swooped down from the sky on a giant eagle, and one of them followed closely. The warriors of the Gaoshan clan were amazed.

Morona, wearing a weirwood mask, said: "Warriors of the Mountain Clan, I am Morona from the Wildling Tribe Beyond the Wall, a Stark in the North, the same as the Wildlings, Rockborn, and your Mountain Clan. Believers of the old gods, we are all descendants of the ancestors."

"Wolf King Ed, in the eyes of the people in the northern border, is the father of life, because he moved to Winterfell with more than [-] savages. life. Today, the children of the savages are well fed and clothed, the elderly can retire in a warm fireplace, and everyone is allocated fields."

The guide Mu En said: "I am a member of the Moon People. Many of you know me. If the warriors of the mountain tribe, like the savages, serve the wolf king Ed, every mountain clan can live a new life. We The child can be fed and clothed, and the child's mother can be taken care of by the bachelor in the castle, instead of starving in the valley."

Zira, Gunthor, Shagga, Greenwood, Timet and others, discuss it.Greenwood said: "If we fight for the wolf king, what good is it?"

Ed stroked the direwolf, "plenty of food, exquisite armor, weapons. You ask for money, you can give money, ask for things, give things. I will help you, raise your children, your children, and even have the opportunity Literate and live in a real castle. I swear in the name of the old gods, these are the beasts blessed by the old gods, the warriors of the mountain tribes, follow the banner of the direwolf, I will let you become a member of the winter wolf army , a group of people welcome the favor of the old gods."

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