Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade
#98 - Confrontation
Chapter 98 Confrontation
Ten days later, Harrenhal, at the base of Widow's Tower, one of the five towers.
A few torches were the only source of light in this huge cell. Even during the day, it was as dark as late at night.
Due to the decline of the He'an family, no new customers have come to this place where prisoners are held for several years.
But now, there are more than 40 Western soldiers who are unwilling to surrender and a dozen Lion spies pretending to be civilians trying to sneak in.
"Tell me, what are Tywin's army doing in Heron Town?" Patrick shouted fiercely.
The voice is quite vicious, but the temperament is a bit lacking.
In front of the young master of Seaside City were four Lannister spies wearing only loincloths.
Their hands and feet were tied and they squatted on the ground.
This question has been asked countless times, and even this time there was no satisfactory answer to Patrick.
But without any recreational activities, he could only have fun by intimidating the captured spies.
Arthur, who was wearing a linen robe, sat in front of these people and let them see his face.
"Do you think I look like a duke or a rich man?"
Although his vision was dim, he could clearly see Arthur's handsome face and tall figure.
"Based on your noble face, I think you must be a Duke." The prisoner being questioned said with a smile.
Although he himself also knew that the person in front of him was Arthur Bracken, the little baron who had recently become famous throughout the riverlands.
Behind the two nobles, there were seven or eight soldiers from various river houses, who were discussing their actions in low voices.
"Why does Lord Arthur like to ask the lion family members who enter here to show him their faces?" a Bracken soldier asked.
"Who knows? I also can't understand your Lord's move to name this cell the Nishihyoko Grand Hotel."
"But speaking of appearance, Lord Arthur does look very noble. He has a full forehead and handsome eyebrows. He is more handsome than Prince Joffrey and Duke Renly." A Darry City soldier said.
Although Joffrey and Renly had already put on their crowns and declared themselves kings, since it had only been a few weeks, the customary names among the people had not changed.
Several others were disapproving of this, "When have you seen these two great men? They are people from heaven."
"That's right, I know you admire Lord Arthur, but before you brag, you should first check who you are. Can a mud-legged guy who has never been out of the Riverlands meet Prince Joffrey and Duke Renly?"
Several soldiers shook their heads, disapproving of their companions' words.
Another Darry City soldier present said: "Hey, we have actually met these two people. They are the legendary Kingslayer Jaime, the fearless Barristan and Lord Eddard of the Stark family. , We have all seen that the late king stayed in our city of Darui for many days before when he went south."
When the late King Robert I welcomed Duke Eddard to the south, he stayed in Darry City for four or five days because Eddard's daughter Arya Stark ran away. Therefore, what these two Darry City soldiers said was true.
"Tell you two, what does a regicide look like?" someone asked.
In the past few days, they had been tired of hearing about Arthur riding alone in the midst of thousands of troops to capture Duke Tywin's eldest son, but they had never seen the true appearance of the regicide, so it was time to get curious.
"I forgot." said the Darry City soldier who had previously discussed Arthur's appearance.
Another Darry City soldier exposed his lie, "At that time, he was only looking at the sweet Queen Cersei, Princess Myrcella and others, and he was so excited that he couldn't put his eyes on the face of the Kingslayer."
Several people burst into laughter, which made Patrick turn his head and glare.
At this time, a voice came from outside:
"Come Arthur, we have captured four more Lannister spies."
It was Ma Ke, standing in front of the corridor of the cell, waving for Arthur to pass.
After letting the prisoners read their faces, the God of War in Hejian ordered the soldiers behind him:
"Keep them locked up until someone is willing to surrender, then take them to the armory and blow the bellows for the blacksmiths."
There are dozens of blacksmiths in the armory reforging weapons and armor, and strong labor is now needed.
Then Arthur took Patrick and others out of the corridor with Ma Ke and went to the main entrance to deal with the Lion spies according to the procedures.
Ten days ago, Arthur led the remaining riverside army from Stonehedge City, first along the waterway to the Ruby Ford Ferry of the Trident River, and then led the army south to Harrenhal.
Hendry, the nephew of Earl Janos, actually came with him. He said that his uncle gave the soldiers to him to guard Stone Fence City. After being taken away by Arthur, he was worried and had to keep an eye on them.
Anyway, the governor of Bracken had clearly given the command to Arthur, and Hendry couldn't do anything wrong, so the River God of War allowed him to follow him to Harrenhal.
As soon as Hendry and all the veterans left, Genos's five daughters also had to follow their cousin Hendry, so they also packed several carts of daily necessities and followed them to Hendry with a dozen maids and old ladies. Lemberg.
In Shili City, the coach serves as the acting city lord, assisted by several sworn knights and mercenary knights like Hans Darry, and more than 500 recruits watch over the defense of the city.
Five days ago, Arthur returned to Harrenhal with a team of more than a thousand people. One day later, the mayor of Harren Town reported the appearance of the Western Army.
So Arthur asked all the civilians near the town of Harren to take refuge in Harrenhal with food and daily necessities.
Soon, Tywin personally led the main force of the Lion family to settle in Heron Town.
After confirming that there were thousands of defenders in Harrenhal, the Lion family army organized two small-scale siege attempts. One time, they used battering rams to hit the main gate and the east gate for two hours, but they didn't even deform the thick iron door. Another time, they used ladders to climb up the battlements of the city wall, but the normal ladders could only reach half of the wall of Harrenhal, so the siege soldiers had to give up.
After that, there was a confrontation for three or four days. Before the extended ladders were built, the Lion family soldiers could not launch another attack.
However, since Arthur ordered a crack to be opened from the smaller east gate to receive the refugee river farmers, some Lion family spies tried to disguise themselves as civilians to get through.
However, the Westerland soldiers were tall and strong, with full muscles and tight skin, which was obviously different from the farmers who were tanned and thin in the fields and had families, so it was easy to distinguish between the two.
Ma Ke, who had nothing to do, was sent to supervise the gatekeepers at the east gate to identify the disguised spies.
After being caught, the Lion's spies will first be tied to a cross and then erected on the wall above the main gate. This will let the Lion's scouts who are constantly monitoring outside the castle know that this route is not feasible, and it is also the first punishment for these spies.
After being tied to the cross for a whole day, most of the Lion's spies will choose to surrender, and then be sent to the armory to help the blacksmiths, or sent to repair the superstructure of Harrenhal with civilians.
The spies who refused to surrender were locked up in the West Ice House Hotel on the bottom floor of the Widow's Tower, allowing this group of people to enjoy five-star prison services.
After passing the stone bridge connected to the Widow's Tower, the group crossed the Burning King Tower and reached the wall above the main gate.
The sun was abundant and the sky was cloudless, which was a good time to expose the spies.
If these people were not all excellent coolies, Arthur really wanted to try what he would get if he was exposed to the sun for 180 days.
The four people were stripped down to their underwear and tied to the flat cross in the posture of Jesus' crucifixion.
Arthur approached, exerted force from the middle of the cross, and erected the cross with the person tied to it, and then lifted it to the battlement.
Ma Ke and four or five Hejian soldiers hurriedly took the rope, and after working for a long time, the first spy was fixed on the top of the city wall.
Originally, ordinary soldiers could do this job, but because Harrenhal was too big, more than a thousand Hejian soldiers could only be scattered in various places to take turns to watch and stand guard, and the new army was stepping up training, so it could only be done by a few idle nobles and bodyguards.
In the distance, a mounted Westerland scout saw this scene and turned away.
After repeating this three times, the work was completed.
During this period, the four Westerland soldiers kept shouting and cursing, but after being fixed on the city wall, they were much more honest.
After all, under such a sun, spit residue seemed precious.
After finishing the work, several people stood on the city wall and chatted.
"There are more refugee civilians these days. It seems that Lord Tywin is collecting food on the spot again."
The increase in civilians means that his identification work has become more difficult.
"Isn't it the same? Which army will bring their own food after entering the river?" Patrick asked back.
Since the Westeros continent is long and narrow, the river in the middle has naturally become the main battlefield of the Seven Kingdoms War. In addition, it is a grain-producing area, so solving the military food problem on the spot has become the most cost-effective way for the army entering the river.
Even the friendly Stark army will forcibly collect food from the farmers in the river.
Tens of thousands of troops eat horse feed, and a normal earldom cannot supply it at all.
So the farmers who were robbed of food can only starve to death, and the passing army will continue to cause trouble in the next area.
"The farmers in the river are really the most miserable civilians." Arthur felt sorry for them.
He had a thought of saving them.
"You are here, it took me a long time to find you." Raymond Darry appeared from the stairs, "Lord Beric and the red monk Thoros are here, bringing some very bad news."
Arthur was shocked, "What news?"
Raymond shook his head and said, "They didn't say, Thoros asked for food to fill his stomach first, and Lord Beric said to wait until we are all here to discuss it."
The few of them no longer had the energy to chat just now, and hurriedly followed Raymond to meet the members of the Brotherhood Without Banners.
...
Most of the river nobles in Harrenhal were called together to listen to the latest news brought by Lord Beric.
About ten days ago, Kevan Lannister took over the western detachment and led his army north to attack Riverrun.
However, Edmure and more than 17,000 river troops held the fortified city, making it impossible for the western detachment to attack in a short time.
After several days of siege, Kevan used a large number of civilians as bait. Edmure, who had always treated civilians well, could not stand it and led part of his troops out of the city to protect the civilians in the river.
However, the Westerlands were well prepared, and the Riverlands were defeated, losing four to five thousand men.
What is even more touching is that Kevan ordered the shooting of the Riverlands civilians, so Edmure and his personal soldiers protected the civilians.
The only heir of the duke was seriously injured by the Westerlands crossbowmen.
Fortunately, the rest of the Riverlands troops in the city were led by Tytus Blackwood, Jason Mallister and other Riverlands nobles to rescue and rescue the seriously injured Edmure.
This news made Arthur angry and sad.
He was angry that Kevan of the Lannister family was so despicable that he used innocent civilians as bait; he was sad that the kind-hearted Edmure did not end well.
The two Tully men were seriously injured and too sick to take charge.
The Hedong area was invaded by war, so the five earls on the south bank of the Red Fork River left at the same time with their troops to defend their territories.
What is even more unexpected is that, taking advantage of the chaos, Lord Janos Bracken led his men to kidnap Jaime the Kingslayer, and then gave him to Kevan in the West.
"It is said that when the regicide poops, there are three hundred fully armed soldiers from the West watching, many of whom are nobles wearing plate armor." Thoros took a bite of the chicken leg and said what he heard of gossip.
Lightning King Lord Beric shook his head, "Don't talk about these gossips. After the river nobles on the south bank left with their troops, the strength of Riverrun's troops dropped to about five thousand, and it was no longer a serious problem for Kevan. So he led his army to cross The ford of Tengshi River, marching towards the north."
The Tengshi River is a tributary of the Red Fork River, and the two rivers converge at Riverrun City.
Going north across the Tengshi River means that Arthur's territory, Seaside City, Crowtree City, Beauty Market and other river lands are no longer safe.
Patrick shouted: "They must be heading towards my home city of Haijiang. I don't know if my father can hold it."
Seaside City is located at the source of the Lancha River and close to the west coast. It is the first fortress in the Riverlands to defend against the invasion of the Ironborn of the Iron Islands. The coastal defense has a high strategic position, but the land battle is just an ordinary earldom-level castle that is insignificant. .
"Idiot, the North has gathered troops to move south to the Gulf of Cailin. Kevan's army is targeting the Twins." The red-robed monk Thoros was amused by Patrick's simple remarks and reminded him.
Arthur also thought of this section, and as a result, the entire war situation on the Western Front completely collapsed.
Although Robb, the eldest son of Duke Eddard in the north, had already led his army to the Gulf of Cailin at this time, he had not yet won the support of the Frey family, which had more than 4,000 troops.
If Kevan leads his army to the Twins, and due to the marriage relationship between the local lords Frey and Lannister, Lord Walder Frey will immediately stop riding on the fence and turn to the Lion family.
At that time, the northern soldiers will not have to go south.
Because there are only two choices: either fight with the Kevan-Frey family coalition forces of equal strength in the Twins City, and they may not win.
Either go south along the King's Road, and then be blocked by the Kevan Frey coalition in the narrow strip between the Green Fork River and the Moon Mountains.
If Tywin's Eastern Front Lion Army could also cross the Ruby Bank and head north, the nearly 20,000 Northern Army troops would be directly blocked from both ends, and Young Wolf Lord Robb would be defeated without a fight.
"So we rushed here to deliver this series of news to you." Earl Berry said.
The steady Raymond held his chin in thought for a moment and then said: "In this case, the only chance of a comeback on the Western Front is for the Northern Army to quickly move south, and then the Starks use heavy profits to lure the Frey family and bring his family to the Fish and Wolf Alliance. Then join forces and attack Kevan's western division with Seaside City, Riverrun City and others."
Lord Beric nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's not necessarily a win. Robb is only a teenager, so he is too young."
Arthur is not worried about Robb's fighting ability. With famous generals such as Robb and Lord Roose Bolton, who are extremely talented in fighting, there is a high probability that the actions in the north will be as Raymond said.
There's just another problem. In this case, all the Wolf soldiers will go to fight on the western front in the Riverlands.
Arthur and the others, who were stuck at Harrenhal, did not get any support.
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