Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 20 Seriously

After arriving at the small ferry in Riverside Village, the soldiers lined up to disembark, and Arthur paid the boat owner money for the fare.

The ship owner symbolically charged fifty silver deer as freight.

Originally, the cost of hiring such a boat was far more than fifty silver deer, but the owner insisted on charging only this amount, saying that it would take very little time, so he charged less.

Both Arthur and Andrew expressed their gratitude, much to the pleasure of the ship's owner.

His ship regularly runs the route upstream of the Red Fork River to King's Landing, and it is necessary to have a good relationship with the landowner Bracken.

This time, it only took half a morning to gain the friendship of the Bu family's senior officers and young lords, which was well worth it.

After seeing the Bracken flag of the Golden Shield Horse and Lord Arthur, the farmers in the Riverside Village ran out and offered some melons and fruits for food.

He also reported that Blackwood soldiers had taken away several women and the village chief Jace's family.

The soldiers happily accepted the food, while Arthur was worried about the captive citizens.

Soldiers are synonymous with bandits in most periods and planes.

I'm afraid nothing good will happen if it falls into their hands.

After a simple meal, the soldiers assembled and lined up, and Arthur took them off.

Jiabao is not far to the east of He'an Village. It is estimated that it will be noon when we arrive.

How to deal with it, Arthur has no idea yet.

Andrew also said to play it by ear.

Arthur wanted to discuss countermeasures with him, but Andrew was intrigued by Arthur's prophecy and kept guessing which lady had kidnapped Edmure.

And they are still guessing which three unlucky people died in this incident.

Judging by the slightly playful smile on his face, Arthur knew that he didn't believe it.

But Arthur didn't care, instead encouraging him to tell it as a joke to all the Bracken soldiers he knew.

A few months later, it was no longer a joke, but another example of Arthur's correct prophecy.

The reason why I say "another case" is because Arthur thought of the source of the money.

There are a lot of people in King's Landing who believe this. It only takes three or four days to ride a horse from here to the capital. Find an opportunity to go there and pretend to be a magician to make money.

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"Sir, a large number of Bracken soldiers are coming from the east, estimated to be thousands." A sentry reported.

Santaga put down the whip and looked at the three corpses in front of him, a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

He has a hobby of torturing people, but due to his low status, he can only keep this hobby deep in his heart.

Never dare to show it.

This time, with Brynden tied up in this small castle, he was able to release his suppressed heart.

If there weren't quite a few subordinates around, he would have screamed in excitement.

This kind of excitement was enough to paralyze his nerves, so it took him several breaths after hearing the report to realize what it meant.

"You mean thousands of Bracken soldiers?" There was doubt on his face. "How is this possible? Not to mention the assembly time, their ships can transport so many people?"

The sentry knew that his lies would not work, but he really saw hundreds of soldiers.

Lying just to get the commander to order a retreat.

"Maybe a little less, but there is indeed a large force approaching. Should we consider avoiding its edge?" the sentry replied cautiously, trying hard not to make Chief Santaga angry.

The sentry's advice had no effect, and Santaga was getting excited.

"You must have seen it wrong. There are not that many people at all." Santaga shouted loudly, "Call the people guarding the other doors. Let's go meet them and let them know the meaning of Blackwood."

"But Master Brynden is still in the castle." Someone reminded.

Santaga thought of the wayward young master who didn't listen to her advice, that Brynden who only listened to his distant cousin, and let him pay for his willfulness.

"They will not kill the young master. This is the tradition for treating great nobles." Santaga said.

Someone else reminded: "If they take the opportunity to escape..."

"Isn't that right? You can't run too far on the plains." Santaga interrupted his subordinate rudely, "Just do as I say and teach Bracken a lesson."

So no one dared to question anymore, one hundred and fifty soldiers quickly gathered and set off, and several hostages were also taken away.

Not far away, the two armies met.

"Damn sentry, why didn't you remind me there were so many of them?" Seeing the array of hundreds of people on the opposite side, Santaga was frightened, frightened, and even a little angry.

Angry Sentinels don’t tell the truth.

The sentry did not dare to run in front of Santaga at this time, and replied from a distance: "I said it."

Before Santaga could get angry at the sentry, he saw a man on the opposite side galloping forward on horseback.

The horse walked slowly, carrying the man closer.

The man has a delicate and handsome temperament, a straight nose, thin lips, bright eyes and white teeth. He is tall and has no shortcomings except that he is a little thin.

If he weren't wearing an extremely ordinary chainmail, Santaga would definitely think that he was the heir of some top noble family.

It's so dazzling.

"You are the one who robbed my people?" The man spoke, looking arrogant like a king.

Santaga thought for a while before realizing that this was Arthur Bracken.

Just a little nobleman.

"It's me," Santaga replied.

The army of hundreds of people finally made him sober, and he thought about how to leave decently.

Head-on conflict is impossible.

With the few troops he had, the battle could be over in less than a meal.

At least four against one, and they are all full-time soldiers in armor, how can they win?

"How are they?" Arthur asked.

Santaga thought for a moment and answered truthfully: "Since your people did not open the castle door, I killed three of them in order to make them open the door, and tied the rest behind."

"I will report this matter to Lord Edmure and Duke Hoster, and do what they want at that time." Arthur paused, "Now, shall we discuss how to deal with the current situation?"

"You kidnapped my young master Brynden, and I will report this to Duke Hoster." Santaga was in high spirits.

Arthur smiled, "Can you, an ordinary soldier, get in front of the Duke? Are you qualified to talk about reporting?"

Santaga did not want to entangle with him on this issue, he just wanted to take people away.

As for Brynden, let Earl Tytos worry about it himself.

"Yes, I am not worthy. How about this, I will take people away, and we will each report this matter to the higher authorities."

Arthur snorted coldly: "Come as you like, leave as you like, do you think the 1,000 soldiers behind me are vegetarians?"

"There are not 1,000 of them at all." Santaga corrected. He estimated that there were only about 500 people.

The lie was broken, and Arthur's face did not blush at all, "There are still some on the way. We have so many soldiers that several ships can't accommodate them at one time."

There are only these 500 soldiers. If one of them dies, he will have to pay 100 gold dragons. Arthur felt a little bit like a good cook without rice.

"Let's do this. I don't want to embarrass you ordinary soldiers." Arthur said one thing and meant another. In fact, he really wanted to chop down these people to gain experience.

"How about you send one person to compete with me. If I win, you surrender. If you win, I will let you go."

Santaga was suddenly a little excited when he heard this: "Really?"

Why are these nobles always used to showing off?

Does he think that he, with his thin appearance, can beat himself, a veteran of more than ten years?

Arthur was also a little happy, finally he didn't have to worry about the dead Brecon soldiers.

"Really!"

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