Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 4 Are you worthy of being called Arthur?

Everything went according to plan.

After arriving at the riverside village, Jules and Amber each led their men to track the bandits in the east and north directions.

Village chief Jace gathered the young and strong men among the villagers and asked Lord Arthur to select them directly.

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[Fifteen Riverland peasant soldiers joined your team. ]

A blue light screen appeared, reminding Arthur of the changes in his troops.

After rectifying the military discipline, Arthur determined the preliminary battle plan according to his own understanding.

It is already noon now. It may take until midnight or even tomorrow to find the bandits and chase them.

At that time, the wife of village chief Jace will really be the "overnight wife", and the abducted peasant daughter may also be defiled.

So they had to act quickly.

After arriving at the bandits' hiding place, twenty Riverland soldiers armed with chain mail and round shields charged in front, and twenty-one Riverland peasant soldiers followed behind.

Ten soldiers were equipped with crossbows, and eight peasant soldiers were armed with hunting bows, both of which could be used as fire suppression during the charge.

Together with Jules and Amber, there were a total of seven people riding horses, encircling the bandits' retreat and preventing them from escaping.

After the group had lunch organized by the village chief Jess in the riverside village, Jules brought his people back.

Not even a rabbit could be found along the Red Fork River, this was his original words.

Soon, Amber, who was heading north, rode back on horseback, saying that he had found the fleeing bandits and left one person to monitor them from a distance.

Although he didn't quite understand why the bandits didn't escape far, Arthur immediately ordered to set off, and the whole team trotted forward to catch up with the bandits fleeing north.

Jules, Amber and others naturally had lunch on the way.

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"Do you think that Arthur Bracken will take the bait?"

In the "bandit" team that Arthur and his group were trying hard to catch up with, a young man on horseback asked the middle-aged man next to him.

Although the young man was wearing coarse cloth and his face was deliberately covered with mud, it was still possible to see that his skin was delicate and shiny.

The middle-aged man looked much darker, but he was strong and muscular, not comparable to the skinny bandits with malnutrition.

Just looking at the skin, these two people were definitely not bandits.

Not to mention the fine armor exposed at their collars and cuffs.

"Arthur has a good reputation on weekdays. He will definitely catch up for the property of the people and these two women."

"It's not that we deliberately walked so slowly in order to let the Bracken family catch up, otherwise according to the original plan, we would have run back to Sweetwater Springs in the afternoon." The middle-aged man replied.

"Roger, there is no problem with this plan, right? Will we be punished by the king if we are discovered?" The young man may be a little unconfident, and there is a tremor in his tone.

"No problem at all. This time, I must kill Arthur Bracken and take over the nine villages of Moulin Rouge."

The middle-aged man said with full energy.

The reason why he planned to kill Arthur was very simple. First, he considered his own territory, and second, the Brackens and Blackwoods were feuds.

That's right, the middle-aged man was Roger of the Blackwood family in Raventree City, and the young man was Brynden, the eldest son of Earl Tytos, the head of the Blackwood family. The two were distant cousins.

The Blackwoods and Brackens had been fighting in the riverlands for thousands of years, and their grievances can be traced back to the Age of Heroes.

From the construction of Harrenhal by Harren the Blackheart to the Dance of the Dragons, and then to the Blackfyre Rebellion, whenever there was a major turmoil, the two families would always fight.

Generally speaking, the Blackwoods' territory was on the north bank of the Red Fork River, with Raventree City as the center, and the Brackens' territory was on the south bank of the Red Fork River, with the head of the family in Stonehedge City.

But there are exceptions, such as the Brackens of Red Mill, where the main family of Brackens divided the territory and ruled it separately a long time ago in order to make their own villages on the north bank of the Red Fork River have a strong claim.

This is equivalent to setting up a stronghold at the doorstep of Blackwood's home.

The so-called thorn in the eye and thorn in the flesh.

So in the past hundred years, Blackwood on the north bank of the Red Fork River has been looking for trouble whenever he has the chance, making the Brackens of the Red Mill uneasy.

But with the help of the main family of Brackens on the south bank, Blackwood refused to take over this small territory.

There has been no major events in recent times, so Roger Blackwood has set his sights on these villages.

Because he is just a propertyless knight and has no inheritance rights, he has to plan for the territory early.

According to the territorial customs of Westeros, if the Blackwood family robbed this land and then gave it to Roger, he would be a property-owning knight.

If he makes some merits, he can advance to small nobles such as knights and barons.

And Roger recently relied on his swordsmanship to climb up the relationship with Brynden, the eldest son of the Blackwood family.

Brynden was the most beloved son of Earl Tytos, the head of the family. If Roger and Brynden got these villages, and Brynden said a few good words to his father, then Roger would have no problem getting this land.

And the young Brynden Blackwood also supported his cousin's idea of ​​taking over Arthur Bracken's territory.

He also wanted to do something to get the approval of his doting father, so he took ten personal soldiers to disguise as bandits to rob the riverside village.

In order to capture Arthur Bracken's troops in one fell swoop, 150 fully armed Blackwood soldiers were waiting near the Sweetwater Spring to kill Arthur who left the castle to protect the people.

After Arthur was killed, they claimed that Arthur entered the Blackwood family's territory in the name of catching bandits to plot evil.

Then they confiscated the nine villages and created a fait accompli.

The incident happened suddenly, and the main family of Bracken on the south bank probably couldn't react, and they couldn't fight with the Blackwood family of equal strength for the life of a small lord of a branch family.

They could only go to Riverrun to sue the Tully family.

Hoster, the head of the Tully family, was seriously ill again, and the affairs of the riverland were in charge of the eldest son Edmure.

Edmure was also a well-known good guy who would not offend both sides, so the matter was shelved.

So the core of the whole plan was to kill Arthur Bracken in the chaos, and then occupy the nine villages as quickly as possible.

"Are the two people behind still monitoring?" Roger asked the "bandit" behind him.

"Just now, they were still there, maybe they went to report." The Blackwood soldier who was wearing chain mail but deliberately covered with a tattered robe replied.

"It seems they haven't caught up yet. We're not far from the Sweet Water Spring. Let's slow down so that those guys can catch up." Roger ordered.

Brynden acquiesced to his cousin's behavior, and the soldiers disguised as bandits continued to slow down after receiving the order.

But the situation was not quite what Roger wanted. In front of them, a sound of horse hooves sounded, and Arthur and seven others appeared in their sight.

"'So that those guys can catch up', who are you?" Arthur asked, slowly pulling out his ancestral two-handed sword.

The younger Brynden Blackwood's expression changed. He didn't expect Arthur Bracken to rush up first with a few mounted soldiers.

Roger, who looked around, laughed, knowing that Arthur's large army was still behind.

The knight, who had just turned 40, knew that his chance to perform in front of the future head of the family had come.

Whether it was the ratio of 12 to 7 in terms of numbers or the comparison of high-end combat power, the opponent was at a disadvantage.

According to rumors, Arthur's fighting ability was not outstanding.

"It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is that you are already dead!" Roger also drew his sword and rode forward.

He pointed his sword forward and shouted:

"Are you worthy of being called Arthur? Are you worthy of being named after the Sword of the Dawn?"

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