Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 41 The Island Camp
Ed was standing on the beach of Skagos Island, and the Dreadfort soldiers with skinned men engraved on their breastplates were arriving on the beach one after another in small boats.Before this, two thousand soldiers from the northern mountain clans of the Wall clan, Flint clan, Riddle clan and other mountain clans had already walked across the beach to drive away the nearby enemies.

Scouts led by Phelan and Robert Glover had captured a rocky hill in Father Beach, the direwolf arms of House Stark were raised, and some soldiers had begun to pitch tents on the hillside.

Everything went so smoothly. Ed was once worried that the pirate longship would turn around and outflank the sea when the northern army rushed to land on the beach. Most of the miscellaneous fleet from White Harbor were merchant ships and fishing boats, and only ships from the Three Sisters Islands And the Pentos mercenary ship, the Midsummer Islands swan ship has good naval combat capabilities.

When the No-name fleet landed on the beach, the pirates did attack from the two wings of the No-name fleet, but the captain of the pirates shot arrows from a distance and did not charge towards the No-name fleet.When the northern cavalry dispersed the rock-species archers on the beach, the pirates attacking at sea seemed to feel that the situation was over, so they simply set sail and fled, disappearing into the sky of the ocean.

Lord Meggie Seven's Seven City soldiers, Countess Meggie Mormont's Bear Island soldiers, and Rickard Karstark's Cahoe City soldiers got off the small boat one after another, in the muddy and blood-stained walked on the beach.

Holding the bow and arrow in one hand, Theon said triumphantly: "Master Ed, we have easily completed the landing on the beach. It is estimated that those barbarian rock species have already fled into the mountains, trembling! This war has not started yet. Already won."

Ed said indifferently: "This is just a small victory, the real battle has just begun."

Domilik Bolton, the heir of the Dreadfort, nodded in agreement, "The victory of a battle cannot determine the direction of the war, but after all, we have made a good start. We will definitely be able to catch the King of Rocks, and maybe we will see the legendary unicorn What about the beast!"

Legend has it that the rock warriors on Skagos Island rode unicorns to fight. Ed didn't know what kind of animal it was, but he had already informed all the vassals to let their warriors and cavalry be ready with each other. The unicorns are ready for battle.

Greatjon Umber's plate armor was full of arrows. He was like a hedgehog. His son Little Jon and several Umber soldiers were helping Greatjon pull out the arrows.Greatjon led a hundred warriors of the Umber family to land on the beach first. Facing the blockade of the rock species archers, one-third of the one hundred warriors of the Umber family were killed and one-third were injured.

Jory Cassel led a group of Winterfell soldiers and piled up the fallen soldiers of the Umber family.Ed saw that the soldiers of Amber's family were all tall people, some were strong men, some were old people, and some were still young children.

Jon Snow looked at the corpse and frowned, "Lord Ed, look at these warriors of the Amber family. They are so big, and rock species are usually tall and strong. Is it true? As some maesters claim, both the Umbers and the Rockborn have giant blood?"

Greatjon spat, "Snow, stop talking nonsense, how can we Amber family members have the same blood as the rock species? The rock species are humble and don't know honor, and the Amber family is different."

An Iban captain spoke the lingua franca with a strong Iban accent, "In fact, the rock species on Skagos Island may have a common ancestor with us Iban people. We Iban people all know that when Iban The ancestors of people came out of the Shivering Sea, and established many colonies in the north and north of the Great Wall, and Skagos Island is the outpost of Iban, so the rock species has Iban blood."

The Captain Iban in front of him has thick body hair and exudes a strong smell of sweat, which is very similar to the rock species, but Captain Iban is short and fat, which is obviously different from the tall rock species.

Ed walked up to Greatjon, "Are you hurt?"

Greatjon pulled out an arrow stuck in the armor with disdain, "No, the arrows of the rock species can't hit my exquisite armor, and my armor is the first-class product made in the city of the last hearth."

The White Harbor merchant ship "Harvest" began to lower the boat. Under the command of Deron Dustin, some soldiers of the Dustin family began to move grain to the boat. Some carriages and ox carts were also unloaded from the big boat.Food and supplies by boat will bypass the reef and arrive at Skagos Island.

Since Skagos Island is surrounded by hidden reefs, the waterway is very dangerous, and Ed does not know how many pirate longships are ambushing nearby. Adequate protection was provided, so Ed did not dare to take risks. This time, he only brought one-third of the food and supplies, most of which were placed on the Harvest.

The remaining two-thirds of the food and grass supplies were led by Sir Herman Talha, Wyman Mandler and Wendell Mandler with more than 2000 people, guarding the coastal area of ​​Amber's house on the opposite bank.In Ed's plan, once the northern army gained a firm foothold on Skagos Island, they could send ships to pick up Herman Tall's supplies and food ships to cross the sea.

Seeing the grain and grass on the Harvest being transported to the beach bit by bit, and walking towards the camp that the northerners had just built, Ed felt much relieved.

Today, the number of soldiers from the major northern families, sisters and male mercenaries, and Pentos mercenaries who have crossed Seal Bay and landed on Skagos Island exceeds 9000. With such a huge army, if there is no food and grass, the northern army will It will be difficult to move on this foggy island.

Roose Bolton, Earl of the Dreadfort, looked at the hills and undulating mountains in the distance with his dirty ice-like eyes, "It seems that the rock species have escaped to the deep mountains, no matter where they hide, we have such If you have many warriors, you will definitely be able to wipe them all out."

The captain of the sisters, the gray-bearded Casselen, smiled and said, "Lord Luce, don't be overly optimistic! People who often run boats here will tell you that this island is not ordinary. Both are big."

Countess Maggie Mormont was a little surprised, "It's bigger than Bear Island, is it true?"

Greybeard Casselen said: "It's probably four to five times the size of Bear Island! Skagos Island is the largest island in the north, just like your north, with a vast land and few people. There is another island in the east. It's not much different from Bear Island, and there are countless small islands between East Island and Skagos Island."

Such a large piece of land has hundreds or even thousands of years of self-government, and refuses to pay tribute to Winterfell. Ed wonders how much money this must be.

Graybeard Casselen said in a low voice: "Don't forget, there is Skaine Island to the north!"

Domilik Bolton's eyes widened, "Skaine's feast. It is rumored that the rock species of the Skaggs plundered the island of Skaine. They took the women and children on the island. There was a cannibal feast on the island, and Skaine has been deserted since."

Maggie Mormont said disdainfully: "It's just Old Nan's bedtime story, used to scare children."

Casselen the gray beard said: "Madam, when my boat passes by Skaine Island at night, I dare not stop. I heard that there are always ghosts and wolves howling."

Jon Snow said: "Is there no one on Skaine until now?"

Greybeard Casselen shrugged. "It's been a no-man's land for many years. Now who knows? Under the king of rock species, there may be worse things living on the island of Skaine."

(End of this chapter)