King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 191 Frontline
In the hall of Sarsfield, the "Northern Route Army" of this lion war "—The princes of the North, Riverlands, and Vale are gathered around a long table full of maps, having their last combat meeting before marching on Lanisport.

Robb Stark is standing at the head of the table, smiling and complacent, as if he were the moderator of the meeting.

He is qualified to be proud. As the youngest nobleman present, he is commanding the strongest branch of the lion slaying armies in the north, middle and south routes. Dressed in the glory of breaking through Bloody Gate and Golden Tooth, the gates of Vale and the Westerlands, or one of the few noble heirs of the Seven Kingdoms who has truly chosen a desirable spouse - you know, even kings, few can go with their sweethearts Luck together.

Relying on more than ten times the strength of the defenders, the experience accumulated by observing Robert's attack on Bloody Gate, and the brave North Suicide Squad, the North Suicide Squad wrote to father Ed from Robb to "guarantee three The fourth day of winning the Golden Tooth" broke the barrier on the River Road. Although it seems to take an extra day, the real combat time is indeed three days... After this level, the northeast direction of the Westerlands opened wide, and it took a few more days for the Northern Route Army to capture the Sarsfield family's Castle.

Excluding the remaining troops arranged along the way, there are still more than 30,000 soldiers of the Northern Road Army. Now, between them to Casterly Rock City and Lanisport, only the slightly undulating but extremely smooth River Road and sporadic Villages and towns, there is no more fortified city.

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"What is there to discuss, eat, drink, sleep, and refresh yourself, go straight to Casterly Rock City, and take the old lion and his chaotic pair off. If you have time, you might have the opportunity to go into the hole and dig a mine in person. How much you dig is all oneself, just go down with a hoe and come out. It's all the taste of gold, you can't experience it in North!"

Galbart Glover gave Umber a blank look: "If you want to dig for you, the gold mine is all yours, no one will rob you, I As long as it's in the vault."

The conversation between the two caused laughter from the princes in the meeting, but there were still people present who remained calm: "Castile Rock has never been captured." Brynden Blackfish indifferently Said that, once a Knight of the Gate, his status soared after the end of Vale's counter-insurgency, and now that a large number of important Vale families have been convicted, he has now become a spokesperson for the Vale army: "The safest way to do now, That is, the soldiers were stationed in the east of Lanisport, a safe distance from the city wall. After the other two troops arrived, they took Lanisport in a spurt of energy, and then disbanded the peasants and soldiers, leaving only the elite to besiege Casterly Rock City until Tywin surrendered. ."

"We have more than 30,000 people here, and we still can't win Lanisport?" Rickard Karstark snorted: "Wait for the other two! When the time comes, the gold in the city is broken and they will be divided with them. !"

"According to the investigation, Lanisport has gathered the most elite 20,000 soldiers of House Lannister and is still training new troops." Roose Bolton, the lord of the Dreadfort, said softly, although the volume was low, but no one dared to fight. break. "The odds of winning a city guarded by 20,000 people with more than 30,000 men are low. Even more how the Lanisport Guard is the most well-trained garrison in the Seven Kingdoms? Even if we can win it, we will pay a heavy price."

"Everyone in the North can fight ten with one, and trifling 20,000 defenders... hum."

"I was born in the North, but I don't think oneself can fight ten." Roose Bolton continued without wavering: "Assuming this sentence means 'one North soldier can deal with ten ordinary persons', there are hundreds of thousands of permanent residents in the city wall of Lanisport. Flocking in, maybe even more at the moment. Including the city wall, the northerners who are one to ten won't take advantage. Of course, I admit that if you don't care, you can break through, but... North Riverlands and Vale are only afraid From now on, there will be a bunch of widows, and everyone here is afraid that you don't know how many will be killed. When the time comes, you died heroically and was written into the ballad by Bard. When you turn around, others inherit your castle and go to your bitch to beat you. My child, is this happy?"

"Lord Bolton is right." Edmure Tully cautiously expressed his support, although he was the heir of Riverrun and the nominal leader of the Riverlands army, he had been in front of him before. His poor record against the Westerlands team made him even more vocal, and his weight was not as strong as that of oneself's nephew Robb: "But our army is short of food and grass, and this trip to the west is faced with Tywin's scorched earth tactics. A lot of food and grass have not been replenished... If you sit and wait for help, I'm afraid you will soon starve..."

Bolton had a plan for a long time: "Go west for a while, take Oxcross and build it up. The defense line, leaving the main force to contain the Westerlands army in Lanisport, dividing the troops to the north and south, attacking other small castles and villages and towns, fighting to support the war, and waiting for the other two army to destroy the lions.”

A flawless plan, But someone soon asked a new question: "Where are the other two armies now? The Golden Tooth line is the most difficult to break through the three barriers in the Westerlands, but we are the first to approach Casterly Rock City, and we have to wait for them in turn. What's this called!"

"The Crownlands army has already arrived outside Deep Den, but the number is small and the battle strength is average, so attack for a long time without Any success, I plan to wait for the Stormlands army to arrive before trying..." Robb frowned and explained: "As for the Reach army on the south road, the last time I got the news two days ago, they had already crossed the Golden Tooth line. It should be already not far. I will send a scout to contact me and make plans when I have news. ”

This is obviously going to be done according to a prudent plan. The successive victories did not make Young Wolf inflated, and the many leaders of Riverlands Vale pay their respects... If there is no accident, the next step is to allocate The mission is: who will stay behind the camp to contain the Lanisport defenders, and who will lead their soldiers to scatter to raid the Westerlands... Under the situation of crushing, wantonly attacking the city and conquering the most prosperous area of the Seven Kingdoms, this is the dream of the leader. For the beautiful job, everyone is staring at Robb, gearing up.

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Just as the princes of the three regions of the Northern Army looked at each other and were about to compete for this good thing, outside the door Suddenly a soldier came in.

"My lords, a scout calling himself a Dorne came from outside the city and said there was urgent news to report! "

"Dorne? "It's strange why it wasn't from Reach, but Robb was nodded: "Let him in." ”

At the prompt of Brynden Blackfish, they built a map on the table full of battle plans. After a while, a strangely dressed man with very dark clothes and skin walked into the tent .

"Which adult are you sent by? "House Head of the Umber family asked loudly.

"On the order of Lord Oberyn Martell, I came to report the letter. Which Lord here is in charge? "

"This is a combat meeting, and we call the shots together." "Robb said: "If you have any news, just tell it in public. "

The Dorne soldiers in yellow cloth didn't hesitate much, and nodded spoke directly: "Two days ago, my Dorne army passed Crakehall, continued north along Ocean Road and joined the coalition forces to besiege Lanisport and Casterly Rock City, but reached When we were about fifty leagues away from our destination, we encountered the obstruction of the Reach army. The other party did not offer any explanation. They only set up their positions and unreasonably prevented my Dorne army from continuing to advance. Several colleagues and I were ordered to set out at night and secretly wear them. After crossing the Reach army blockade, we arrived here. "

"Reach's army blocking Dorne's army? No wonder the other two armies were delayed in place, and the battle meeting scene immediately exploded. Robb took a lot of effort to calm everyone down: "Do you know the reason? Has there been a conflict? ”

“The Reach Army has not given any explanation. Since they are twice as strong as me and have not launched an attack on their own initiative, they are still in a stalemate.” "

"It won't be the Reach people who see the gold everywhere in the Westerlands and want to take it for themselves and not share it with outsiders, hahaha..." Karstark was the first to make a guess, which soon aroused many voices of approval and approval.

"Anything else? "

"His Royal Highness Prince asked me to speak, and let you all be careful to avoid sneak attack." "

"Understood, it's been hard work all the way, someone... take this Dorne friend down, let's have a good rest."

Wait until the Dorne people left the hall. The big Jon Umber laughed: "The southerners are bad at eating, and before they won Lanisport, they began to fight over the spoils." "

"Fortunately, the three Wolf Ospreys have always been advancing and retreating together, so we don't have this trouble." But you have to hurry up and get a little bit more. ”

There was a lot of noise in the house, most people were amused by the news of the infighting between the two friendly armies, but some people realized that something was wrong, Roose Bolton approached Robb with a serious look, so as not to be noisy by other princes Influence: "Reach is as rich as the Westerlands, even if someone will make a scandal for the uneven distribution of spoils in this battle, it shouldn't be their richest first mover, is there any news from King's Landing, will it be? Crownlands change? "

Brynden Blackfish was also disturbed, and approached oneself's grand-nephew: "Send someone to the crow's house to see if there is a letter from King's Landing... If not, count the number of ravens." increasing. "

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There was a commotion in the hall, and the princes of the Three Kingdoms of the Wolf Osprey, who always claimed to be "one family", laughed at the infighting between Rose and Sun. In the chaos, the two A soldier named House Stark quietly led the order out of the hall. After a while, Maester, who was dragging Sarsfield, returned here and pressed him to his knees: "My lord, this guy said he didn't receive any letters from King's Landing, but we After the inventory, it was confirmed that there were two more ravens, and after asking him again, he admitted that King's Landing had a letter yesterday, but he forgot to give it to the adults in the pile of letters. "

Robb raised his eyebrows, secretly said in one's heart, "What about the letter?" "

"Here. "

Roose Bolton took the letter, handed it to Robb, and stared at the man who was pressed to the ground by the two soldiers with his strangely pale pupils: "Maester's allegiance." It's this castle, no matter who its owner is, I'm not mistaken. "

Maester was terrified at the moment, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately: "My lord, my lord, I really forgot... my age... I am old, and my brain is not good!" Not next time! "

Umber's eyes widened: "Hide the military plane and don't report it, just drag it out and hang it to death, what nonsense!" ”

This proposal is reasonable, but there is only one Maester in a castle. If it is really hanged, even Raven will not be managed. Roose Bolton stares coldly at the old man who is kowtowing until his forehead is red. The man looked at it for a while, then said, "I will send you to eat and live with you to ensure that your memory will no longer be a problem. If this happens next time...I'll turn you into my crest and ask Citadel for someone who loves oneself skin more, get it? "

Maester stared at House Bolton's Skinner coat of arms, and thought of all the rumors about this northern bloodthirsty family, he shuddered, and quickly agreed.

" Take it out. "After all, the battle meeting is not over yet, and an outsider cannot be allowed to stay.

After the local Maester left, everyone's attention refocused on Robb. The young Young Wolf's complexion greatly changed at this moment. The contents of the letter were startling.

"What, did King Robert die? "

"The letter doesn't mention this, just another thing. Robb put away his surprised expression and said with a sullen face: "According to the reports of the Riverlands lords along the Goldroad, they should have rushed to the Deep Den to join the Crownlands army. After capturing the city, they continued westward to join our army at Lanisport. The Stormlands army, two A few days ago, there was an abnormal movement and began to return eastward along the original road... This letter was written three days ago. It is estimated that the Stormlands army is only two or three days away from King's Landing at this moment. ”

Everyone was in an uproar. The three-way army marched in unison, and it was close to destroying House Lannister’s tailwind battle. How could the wind change drastically in the blink of an eye? Can't go on?

"This is Renly's army, if it wasn't for King's Landing changing his army to return to fight for Iron Throne, this kid would never be bold enough to march openly to the Seven Kingdoms capital! Brynden Blackfish was the first to react: "Does the letter give us any instructions to return to King Qin immediately?" "

"No, my father said, he will transfer back the army of Crownlands and Lord Stannis, and replenish new recruits in King's Landing local, Stormlands army is only more than 10,000, should not pose a threat to King's Landing... In the letter Just let us be more careful and watch out for the Westerlands army to counterattack with less support all the way. "

"Is it really less 'all the way'? Roose Bolton said solemnly: "Lord Ed didn't know what was going on on Ocean Road when he wrote the letter - just now we were talking about why the Reach Army stopped the Dorne Army for no reason. Now, we know that it is not for the gold. . "

"Reach supports Renly in their fight for Iron Throne!" Brynden Blackfish lived in his fifties and couldn't see the key: "They stopped Dorne from joining us in our attack on Lanisport to keep the West from losing too quickly and to contain us - allowing Renly to take Under King's Landing. Damn, if this guess is true, then King's Landing is about to face, not only the 'more than 10,000 Stormlands troops' thought by the Prime Minister, but also Renly's supporters. With the strength of the Tyrell family and the population of Reach, from the east near the Crownlands, another 30,000 to 50,000 troops came out to support Renly, no problem! "

"Write a letter to King's Landing immediately!" "Robb clapped the table, and was just about to discuss how to divide the spoils. Who wants to turn the situation around in the next moment: "Then withdraw immediately and defend King's Landing!" "

"It's too late, we've gone too deep into the Westerlands, from here to return to King's Landing, even if it is pure cavalry, it will take nearly ten days for one person and two horses to travel day and night, even more how, House Lannister will let us leave calmly ? An army composed of a large number of peasants and soldiers can easily turn into a rout once they are pursued on the way to retreat..." Roose Bolton said with a gloomy face: "There is another problem, since we have all entered, if we can't give the Westerlands enough After the destruction, they withdrew their troops, and waited for Tywin to come back to his senses. With the financial strength of the Westerlands, no matter which side they helped, they would win. In case he waits for the other six of us to fight a great injury before sending troops to retaliate..."

"Fuck, if this happens, what should we do now? "

"King's Landing is unlikely to be guaranteed, so I wrote to Lord Ed, so that he could not bear it and prepare to abandon the city and return to North." "Bolton's expression is grim: "My suggestion is to go south first, and join Dorne to defeat the Reach army. Then, with Oberyn Martell, loot and destroy all Westerlands towns and villages except Casterly Rock, and kill less! Dorne and Lannister have a grudge, so they must be working hard... In this way, it can not only weaken the military power of Reach, but also destroy the material base for the Westerlands to return in a swirl of dust and reap profits... And after such a dozen, Dorne is absolutely impossible to fight with Reach again. Form an alliance to support Renly's superior. After this one is done, exit the Westerlands calmly with a large amount of loot... Both fatten oneself and weaken the opponent, when you return to the Riverlands, you will be invincible! ”

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[Those who are interested must have noticed that there have been a lot of updates every day since May. I plan to go on a trip at the end of this month. I will not make up in those days.]

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