Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 85 Situation

At the intersection of the Blackwater River, which flows from northwest to southeast, and the Golden Road, which stretches from east to west, an inn is operating at full capacity to receive guests.

Here, Arthur got the news he wanted, but was also confused by more rumors.

Combining his understanding of the plot of Game of Thrones with the rumors of mercenaries flocking to the Westerly in the inn, he concluded the general movement of the Riverlands and Tywin's army.

After receiving the news that the little devil was kidnapped, Jaime in King's Landing was eager to protect his brother. He first confronted the Prime Minister, Lord Eddard. During the confrontation, the Lion's soldiers injured Eddard, and Jaime fled back to Casterly Rock.

Duke Tywin directly summoned the army, and then divided the troops into two groups.

One group consisted of Lannister family soldiers and a small number of elite vassal family soldiers, about 20,000 people, directly commanded by Tywin, starting from Casterly Rock, heading east along the Golden Road, and then heading north near Deep Caverns, and stationed troops near Horndale.

Horndale is the home of the Brax family in the Westerlands. It is located between the mountains of the Golden Tooth Mountains and close to the source of the Red Fork River.

If there is a change, Tywin can enter the hinterland of the riverlands from the narrow valley between the south bank of the Red Fork River and the Golden Tooth Mountains, and then attack east to seize Harrenhal.

Another route, consisting of soldiers from the vassal families of the Westerlands, sworn knights, property knights, mercenaries, etc., about 15,000 people, led by Jaime, set out from Casterly Rock, along the river road, through Sarsfield City and other places to the Golden Tooth.

Lady Stark made the first move, but it was the Westerlands that took the lead militarily.

The response of the Riverlands was a bit disorganized.

Edmure first sent 4,000 soldiers from the two earls of the Pyper family in Pink City and the Vance family in the City of Travelers to the vicinity of the Golden Tooth, trying to block the river road and prevent the Westerlands army from entering their own territory from here.

This meant that the riverland between Horndale and Pink City was not heavily guarded, which was equivalent to opening the door for Tywin's main force of the westerlands to come.

Then the young and inexperienced Edmure gathered most of the soldiers of the vassal families and all the troops of his own Tully in Riverrun.

More than 3,000 people from the Blackwood family in Raventree, more than 3,000 people from the main family of Bracken in Stonehedge, more than 1,500 people from the Mallister family in Sealand, more than 1,000 people from the Vance family in Arran, more than 1,000 people from the Ryger family in Willowwood...

All the earls and nobles above the entire riverland, except for the Frey family in Twins who continued to sit on the fence, the Mooton in Maidenpool in the east who did not arrive because the journey was too long, and the Riverrun family who really had no troops, all arrived.

As for the viscounts, barons, property knights, etc., there were countless, and all gathered near Riverrun according to Edmure's orders.

At present, an army of between 25,000 and 30,000 gathered near Riverrun, the western gateway of the Riverlands, leaving the east of the Red Fork basically empty.

So Lord Tywin saw the opportunity and sent the Mountain to lead a small force of more than 100 people to harass and plunder the east of the river, so that these nobles would rush back to their own territory, thereby dispersing the forces of Riverrun.

This made the farmers in the entire Riverlands panic and not know what to do.

In King's Landing, Robert went to the King's Forest to hunt. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be seriously injured by the charge of wild boars and then die according to the procedure.

Lord Eddard was powerless. He only brought 50 people to King's Landing and could not influence the dispute between the Riverlands and the Westerlands at all.

There was not much movement in the rest of the Vale and the Reach, and the great nobles were ready to watch the show.

After receiving a silver deer reward from Arthur, the inn boy said:

"I dare say that the Mountain is near the God's Eye Lake."

The God's Eye Lake is the largest lake in Westeros, and its area is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

According to Arthur's experience, only the legendary Yunmeng Lake in Asia and the Five Great Lakes in North America can be compared with it.

It is a big problem whether the Mountain is on the east or west side of the God's Eye Lake. If you go to the wrong place, a week or so will be wasted.

So Arthur shouted to the diners in the restaurant: "One silver deer for one piece of news, who else knows the accurate news about the Mountain?"

Under the charm of money, many people who are not good at speaking immediately started to talk.

"Sir, I am from the Legg family of Willowwood City. The Mountain appeared in our territory five days ago and burned four or five villages. Hundreds of people, men, women, children, and the elderly were killed by them. All the copper coins were scraped away."

"I am from Alan City. The Mountain looted my village two days ago. My relatives and friends did not escape. I think they have..."

Before he finished speaking, he started crying.

Some people from other places shouted angrily after hearing this: "What are the nobles in the riverlands doing? They have only one responsibility to protect their subjects. Don't they want to fulfill it?"

"This Lord Bracken, I am from Pink City. The Mountain was there nine days ago."

"Damn the Mountain, how did the dispute between the Lannisters and the Starks harm us civilians?"

Everyone began to tell the story, and many of them were victims.

From their words, Arthur gradually described the trajectory of the Mountain's activities.

He set out from Tywin's main army in Horndale City, followed the valley of the Red Fork River into the riverlands, and after killing his way through the territory of Pink City to the north, he went south to wreak havoc on the earldoms of Willowwood City and Alan City.

Then the Mountain bypassed the south side of the God's Eye Lake and headed to the east side of the God's Eye Lake.

After throwing a dozen silver deer to the group, Arthur nodded and said:

"Very good, your information is very useful. I will go hunt down the Mountain now. You can also help me spread the word that Arthur Bracken, the Lord of the Moulin Rouge, will protect all civilians who come to his territory."

Then, he led people out of the inn and summoned all the important people in the caravan.

"Dicken, help lead the caravan straight north to my territory, Red Mill. My servant Meidan will lead the way. The 161 people recruited in the River Bend will be under your jurisdiction. After arriving, train the new recruits at full speed."

"Angai, you also follow Dicken north, with your 13 spearmen. After arriving in my territory, you will be responsible for training archers, and the spearmen will be responsible for training the newly recruited militia to practice spears."

"Wag, you select 30 or 40 elite players from the Blood Troupe. We will go to the east of the God's Eye Lake to do something. The remaining members of the Blood Troupe will form a team of three or four people and go to all the riverside villages north of the Blackwater River and south of the Red Fork River to show them that Arthur of the Red Mill will protect them and let the farmers go north as soon as possible."

Since most members of the Blood Troupe have horses, Arthur sent them to carry out the task of promoting himself.

When the time comes, Arthur will gather more than 100,000 refugees in the east of the river, and his strength will expand greatly.

You know, in 192 AD, Cao Cao took over the ownerless Yanzhou, accepted the surrender of 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and millions of refugees, and then stood out from many warlords and became the hegemon of the Central Plains.

"The war is about to break out, and everyone must follow my orders to the letter. Now, let's get started."

Wag and Dickon had no objection, one was paid to do the job, and the other was immersed in the novelty of running away from home.

Ange and the thirteen Dornish spearmen did move.

They all walked in front of Arthur and knelt on one knee.

"My Lord, the Mountain killed our Dornish Princess Elia Martell and her child. This is a shame for all of us Dornishmen. We beg to follow you to kill the Mountain and avenge the tragic death of the princess and her child."

Fifteen years ago, in the late stage of the War of the Usurper, Tywin led his army to capture King's Landing. In order to give Robert the rebels a token of his loyalty, he asked the Mountain to kill Elia, the wife of Prince Rhaegar and the princess of Dorne.

Arthur had not expected this.

After a moment of silence, he made a decision:

"Then you fourteen people follow me. The Mountain has committed an unforgivable sin. I will definitely give justice to Elia and her children, as well as hundreds of thousands of farmers in the riverlands."

"People do things, and the gods in heaven are watching. I will deliver the retribution of the Mountain to him."

There are no more problems. Dicken led the team north, and the rest of the Bloody Troupe went to recruit refugees for Arthur, while the backbone and the Dornish followed Arthur to the east.

After four days of chasing along the information of burned villages and fleeing refugees, Arthur and his men finally caught up with the Mountain and his men.

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