Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 3 Where did it come from?

Like most noble castles on high ground, Arthur's small castle is located on a hill. In addition to the residences of servants and soldiers, there is also a training ground nearby.

Therefore, it is very convenient to gather the thirty-five soldiers of the Bracken family.

Including Arthur, Yule, Gray Robe Amber, and six villagers from Riverside Village, there were a total of forty-three combatants.

If you pass through the villages under Bracken on the way, you can also recruit some more peasant soldiers.

These troops are enough to deal with a dozen unarmored bandits.

After discussion and coordination, Arthur left eight soldiers to guard the castle, and then he led the remaining thirty-four people towards the riverside village.

Riverside Village is to the east of Breckenburg. If you want to track the bandits, you must first go to Riverside Village.

If the bandits are not all on horseback, they must not be moving fast.

It was just the beginning of the day. It seemed that the bandits had not gone far, and it was still too late to pursue them.

Jules, who had changed into chain mail, also wanted to stay and defend the castle, but was firmly taken away by Arthur.

There were seven horses in the entire team, but only Arthur was riding a horse. The rest of the horses were led by their owners.

The group of people moved forward along the trail. Not long after setting off, the humid and hot climate of the Riverlands made Arthur break out in a thin sweat.

[Arthur Bracken (100%), Yule (80%), Amber (100%), Riverland Sergeant (27), Riverland Farmer (6)]

"My lord, what are our plans?"

The young man named Darren from Riverside Village saw that Lord Arthur was not very strict, so he ran over excitedly and asked.

"The plan is to...well, act according to circumstances." Arthur replied casually.

He was studying this army interface, but he didn't expect that someone would disturb him.

"Don't you have those detailed battle plans, that is, the idea of ​​​​who is responsible for detecting the sentry, who is responsible for leading a few people to outflank, and who is responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat?"

Darren's eyes were bright, obviously looking forward to it.

It’s not his fault. What man didn’t like these when he was young?

Arthur thought for a while, he really had never planned this.

He didn't even think about how to track the bandits. He just set off with thirty-four people on a whim.

If we just walked along the banks of the Red Fork River, we might not find any bandits until we reach the confluence of the three tributaries of the Trident River.

Even if you find the bandit's nest, you may still let some bandits escape with valuable things such as silver deer.

It looks like we need to plan a little bit.

"Yule, Amber, village chief Jace, you guys come here."

After several people called by Arthur approached one after another, the young lord asked:

"Do you have any ideas about hunting down bandits?"

Several people looked at each other, and the village chief replied first: "After passing the Riverside Village, follow the Red Fork River and you will find those damn bandits."

Amber is the chief steward and is very familiar with the small territory of the Bracken family. After hearing what the village chief said, he said disapprovingly:

"There are few trees along the Red Fork River. It is all farmland and the view is wide. It is impossible for bandits to operate along the river bank during the day. If you look along the river bank, you will definitely not find them."

Darren thought for a while and agreed with Amber's opinion: "God's Eye Lake is on the south bank of the Red Fork River, and we are on the north bank of the Red Fork River. And the farther east, the more densely populated it becomes, so bandits cannot live there."

Arthur nodded and acknowledged the two people's opinions:

"I also think the bandits are more likely to go north, to the southeast of Shenyan Lake just to confuse us. Uncle Yule, what do you think?"

Yu Le sneered, "What can I say? When your grandfather was alive, there were not many bandits in the whole river land. How come now, there are actually bandits and they dare to rob a village."

The period of Grandpa Arthur mentioned by Yule should be the period of Targaryen’s Mad King.

In the early days of the reign of Mad King Aerys II, Tywin Lannister, a kind father and filial son, served as the king's hand and governed the entire Seven Kingdoms.

It can be called ruling the world!

Although it later experienced the Usurper's War, the situation quickly stabilized after Robert became king and Jon Arryn came to power.

The coast of the Red Fork River is the hinterland of the river, with flat terrain, numerous rivers, dense population, and extremely developed agriculture and handicraft industries.

In other words, there is no environment for bandits to grow.

The bandits who robbed the riverside village of more than a dozen people were already a large team.

According to the memory of the original owner, no bandits have appeared in recent years.

There was no notice from the nobles in Riverrun and nearby areas to guard against bandits.

So where did this group of bandits come from?

Arthur expressed his doubts: "Did these desperadoes pop out of the stone?"

"Maybe they came from the mountains of Erin Valley." Darren guessed.

The village chief saw Darren jumping around in front of the lord and was displeased, so he replied: "Not to mention that from the Erin Valley to the north bank of the Red Fork River, you have to pass through the territories of so many gentlemen. Let me ask you, they How to cross the Green Fork River and the Blue Fork River?”

The Green Fork River, Blue Fork River and Red Fork River are the three major tributaries of the Trident River, distributed from north to south.

Since the Green Fork River is not generally wide, the Frey's Twin River City is the only passage from Twin River City to the confluence of the three forked rivers.

This is also the reason why Robb Stark must pass through the Frey Twins after he raises his army.

If you want to run from the high mountains of the Vale of Arryn to the north bank of the Red Fork, you must first run from the Bloody Gate, the important pass of the Vale, to the Kings Road, then cross the Ruby Shoals to the south bank of the Trident, and then cross the Red Fork to the north bank.

The Bloody Gate and the Ruby Shoals ferry are both heavily guarded, and it is unlikely that a dozen adult men with weapons can pass through.

Darren was speechless. He was a farmer. He was only educated to write his own name. He couldn't even read a map, let alone these geographical knowledge.

Amber said to himself: "If it's not from the east, could it be from the north? That's even more impossible. The north is Blackwood, a great noble!"

Arthur heard this and felt that it was impossible for the bandits to come from the north.

Because the north is the Blackwood family, the family strength is enough to rank among the top five in the riverlands, and the family usually supports two to three thousand full-time soldiers.

You know, the stronger the nobles are, the stronger their control over the territory, and the fewer bandits there are in the territory.

"This is really strange. How come bandits come to rob as soon as my eldest nephew becomes the head of the family?" The well-informed Jules expressed his doubts and did not forget to mock Arthur.

From what he said, it seems that there are bandits because of Arthur.

The lord also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

This is the continent of Westeros. Under the attack of lords, feudal lords, kings, armed churches and other forces, bandits can be said to be almost non-existent.

"Don't worry about it for now." Arthur said loudly, "When we get to the riverside village, Amber goes north and Jules goes east. You each take two people on horseback to track the bandits' tracks."

"Village Chief Jace gathers some villagers who can shoot arrows and use axes."

"Let's go and beat these hateful bandits!"

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