Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 152 Who would line up to fight?

The overall strength of the valley has always been ranked third among the seven realms. If a normal feudal lord calls for war, he can easily mobilize 30,000 troops. If he mobilizes to the extreme, he can mobilize a lot more.

In the Hundred Furnaces Hall, except for those who have already led their troops away, all the nobles and wealthy knights who led troops gathered together to discuss how to fight this powerful enemy.

On a large wooden table, a military map with the distribution of enemy and our forces has been laid out, and some nobles with ideas are actively expressing their opinions.

"According to the intelligence collected by Sir Hosteen, Bronze Jon said that he would never fight for the Lannisters, and he refused to lead the troops in this battle. So the enemy's main general is likely to be Sir Lyn Corbray, who is the younger brother of Earl Lyonel Corbray. He cannot inherit the family territory, so he wants to use military merit to earn territory and castles." Tristan Legg said.

Ser Lynn is the owner of the family sword of the Corbray family, "Lady of the Empty", and he was given this Valyrian steel sword by his father after he killed Prince Lewyn Martell of the Royal Party during the War of the Usurper.

The clean-faced and beardless Matus pointed to Saltpan Town and the northeast side of the Green Fork River, "If they act quickly, we should meet them in this area, and then it will depend on how many soldiers the Vale people have."

This made many nobles nod in agreement. In their opinion, the battlefield should be placed on a flat area, with the infantry forming an immovable line of resistance, and the knights and the cavalry of the big families forming a charging offensive phalanx.

Arthur stared at the Eyrie and the Valley Avenue and asked, "What kind of reward did King's Landing offer to make Littlefinger and Lady Lysa agree to send troops?"

Lysa Arryn is the well-deserved mistress of the Vale, and she holds Little Robin, the only male of the Arryn family, in her hands, so most of the Vale family heads are willing to listen to Lady Lysa.

Previously, she refused to help even her own sister and nephew Robb because of Littlefinger's order, but now she is acting in a contrary manner.

A middle-aged knight of the Oakheart family, Aigilon, guessed:

"The problem is the territory. The second and youngest sons of many families cannot obtain territory. If Cersei is ruthless and gives three or four earldoms in the riverlands as rewards, it will be enough to drive the nobles of the small valley with small territories crazy. Earl Yohn Royce no longer has to worry about the territory of his second son, so he refuses to fight. Other families are very concerned about the territory. For example, the Templeton family of Nine Stars has been the strongest knights in the seven realms for more than a hundred years. The family has thousands of non-wealthy soldiers, which is stronger than most viscounts, but the title is only a knight, the same level as the infamous Mountain."

Bronze Yohn has three sons. The eldest son Andar is sure to inherit the family. The second son Robert joined Renly's side in order to get his own territory and became a red guard, one of the seven guards of the rainbow. He has been killed by Loras, the Knight of Flowers.

The youngest son, Wilmar, was one of the three Night's Watchmen at the beginning of the Game of Thrones story, and was also the first noble to die in the entire original story.

"That's what I said, but I always feel it's not right." Arthur looked at the map, "Is there a possibility that some of the families that went to the battle this time are likely to be firmly opposed to Littlefinger's forces, so Baelish asked Lysa to agree to send troops to consume the strength of the enemy family."

He vaguely remembered that Lynn Corbray was Littlefinger's man, so he made this guess.

Matus pointed to the north of Saltpan Town, "But the battle still has to be fought, Your Majesty. The soldiers of the Frey family have set off in advance. I suggest that we also go north immediately and wait for the arrival of the enemy after arriving at the battlefield."

Most of the river nobles such as Kalil, Tristan, and Lyman Darry also hold this view.

Arthur shook his right index finger, "Who would line up to fight? I decided to place the battlefield in the mountains on the south side of the Moon Mountains."

Under the noble fiefdom system of Westeros, the honor-based knight tactics became the mainstream, and fighting and fighting had to follow certain habits.

But this habit was not suitable for Arthur, who had a small family and a small business.

Guerrilla warfare, camp raiding, and burning granaries were the tactics he should take to catch the enemy by surprise.

Carel Vance advised: "Your Majesty, the Moon Mountains are high and tree-lined, with many rocks and deep forests, and the ground is slippery and steep, which is extremely unsuitable for soldiers wearing armor to fight..."

Arthur stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, "This terrain is also not suitable for our enemies. Now it is late autumn, the grass and trees are beginning to wither and turn yellow, and we can defeat them with only a small number of troops."

He thought of a way to defeat this valley army, but for safety reasons, he did not tell this group of people.

The two battles near Stone Town and Harvard City established a certain authority for the King of Hejian, so no one objected.

"Active defense is not enough. Since I became king, I have been trying to resist attacks from various families, so the war always burned in the territories loyal to me. Now it's time to let them have a taste of this."

The King of Hejian placed his right hand near the Silver Mountain City and Deep Cave City in the western border on the map.

"Please see, the area south of Stone Hall Town and north of Golden Tree City is no longer heavily guarded. Moreover, the nobles of these two places died in battle or were captured, and there are no powerful people in charge of major events in the territory. If an army can take this area, then the Golden Tree City, Steadfast Tower, Ancient Oak City and other river bay territories can be connected with the riverland, and it will be much easier to attack and defend in the future."

The owner of the Steadfast Tower is the Osgrey family, loyal to the Rowan family, and now has also surrendered to Arthur.

After hearing this, Matus Rowan's eyes suddenly became hot, "Yes, Silver Mountain City and Deep Cave City have responded to Tywin's call, so there are not many people in the territory. Only four to five thousand troops are needed. If you can take down these castles one by one and leave hundreds of defenders behind, you can go to my territory to repair a circle, and then attack north along the coastal road. You can take down places such as Racker Hall and Corn City, and even Lannisterport is not impossible."

The protruding part of the mountains in the West is surrounded by the southern part of the Riverlands and the northern part of the Reach, where Deep Cave City and Silver Mountain City are located.

It is worth mentioning that after a certain King of Casterly Rock died, his son-in-law Lydon changed his surname and inherited Casterly Rock City and the Kingdom of Westerland, so Tywin Lannister can also be called Tywin Lydon.

Therefore, Deep Cave City has always been loyal to the Lannister family. In the early days of the War of the Five Kings, Lord Lins Leighton sent all his soldiers to fight for the lord, resulting in the territory now being empty.

"This plan is very feasible. Your Majesty, I will lead the troops south and capture these rebel castles for you."

Matus's plan coincided with that of the River King.

But Arthur was not prepared to let the Reachers return south.

If the war between the River Kingdom and the Valley does not go well, I am afraid that these newly surrendered River Bend families will be shaken again.

"The knight culture in the southern region is extremely prosperous, so your soldiers are more elite than those in the riverlands, and they are just used to fight against the knights of the valley."

Arthur glanced at Matus, who still had some ideas, and didn't say anything more, but looked at Dickon.

"I have decided to appoint Ser Dickon Tarly as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition. He will lead five thousand riverside soldiers to seize the Western Territories such as Deep Cave City and Silver Mountain City, and then station them there. At the same time, he will cut off the Golden Road and allow the king to lead The connection with the West is completely severed. Several families in the River Bend will send a few knights to follow this army. After Sir Dickon has opened up the riverlands and the North Reach, your territory will provide food for this army. "

There are fields in Corn City, Crake Hall and other places in the Western Region, and the castles in the mountains don't have much surplus food. If the food purchased from Maiden Spring is transported to nearby areas, there will be a lot of losses on the light road, so Arthur issued this An order.

Matus Rowan had no choice but to agree.

Arthur issued several more orders, asking Karel Vance, Tristan Legg and others to follow Dickon.

By the time all the details were finalized, it was almost lunch time.

In order to seize the opportunity to attack first, King Hejian ordered the armies to start mobilizing after dinner.

After the leading nobles left, Arthur recruited Sansa, Hailey, mercenary leader Bill, Harrenhal steward Richard and others.

"Some people say that chanting scriptures and chanting prayers can eliminate the curse of Harrenhal and dissipate the weeping souls of injustice. You go and gather the group of sparrow monks together and recite prayers for several days throughout the castle. By the way, Go secretly to collect a large amount of sesame oil, dry cotton and other flammable materials, which will be used by the army. "

The second request was easily complied with by several people, but the first order was not.

"That group of monks left here when the war in the river gradually subsided. They should be in the king's territory and other places now." Haili, who became more and more capable, replied.

"Not here when it's time to use it!" Arthur was a little dissatisfied. The High Sparrow left at the wrong time.

"Does anyone know some devout old monks who have been chanting prayers for decades? Please ask them to come to Harrenhal to remove the curse."

Mrs. Hean can no longer get out of bed, so this matter needs to be done urgently.

Sansa, Hailey and others looked at each other. They really didn't know any old monk who met this condition.

Richard, the steward who had always had no sense of presence, stood up and said, "I recommend an old monk who has been reading scriptures for forty years, Meribald. This is a truly devout believer who has spent his whole life giving to poor people. Host weddings and funerals. He has come to our Harrenhal many times to ask for some food and money to distribute to those who really need them. Our He An family has a good relationship with him, and he should come to do this. Call the equally pious monks.”

This guy sounds like a perfect fit for Arthur.

He asked: "Where is Brother Meribald now? Isn't it convenient to call him?"

Richard replied: "Roughly between the East River, maybe in the south, or maybe near Maiden Spring. He is more honest than the High Sparrow monk, and he has left his footprints throughout the riverlands."

The King of Hejian nodded, "Then let Richard lead people to find this monk, and also call more devout monks to rest the dead souls. The small church and weaving workshop in Heron Town must also quickly When the weather gets colder, the civilians need to wear thick clothes. I want to lead the army to fight, and Sansa has to worry about these important matters of people's livelihood. "

Miss Stark, who tied her waist-length hair back, agreed.

When the River King waved everyone to go out for lunch, Sansa approached Arthur and asked in a low voice:

"When will our wedding be held? Can it be held in Riverrun?"

Ever since Arthur promised her to be the queen, she has been very interested in getting married. She took the initiative to arrange weddings twice, but they failed because Arthur had to go out to fight.

The King of Hejian thought for a while, "After I have convinced the people of the valley and let them calm down for a while, I will come back to marry you. The location will be at Harrenhal, no, in Harren Town, so that all people can witness it." A combination of you and me. The other parts of the banquet can be reduced, but there must be enough food for all the commoners who can participate."

For most weddings, what the guests remember is not how beautiful the bride and groom's wedding clothes were, or how lavish the wedding was, but how delicious the food was.

When the wedding day was set, Sansa immediately became happy.

She screamed at Arthur: "It's enough trouble for you to ask me to be responsible for feeding tens of thousands of people, but you actually want these tens of thousands of people to have a meal of meat. It's really embarrassing for me."

"On your wedding night you will know what it means to make things difficult for you."

Taking advantage of the lack of people, Arthur took a bite of her.

This made Miss Stark's pretty face as red as her hair.

Podrick watched all this silently. He lowered his head smartly and at the same time moved his steps lightly to prevent the two men from noticing him behind him.

"I hate it." She covered the place where she was kissed with the back of her hand, "Oh, by the way, my sister Arya came here some time ago and said she was going to Braavos to learn Valar Morghulis so that she could help her brother, father and mother. Revenge with my brothers. I asked her to stay here, but she apparently agreed and slipped away from the sewer at night. Can you send some people to find her?

Although Sansa used to dislike this lively and active sister, now she misses her more and more and worries about whether she has food to eat and whether she has thick clothes to wear when the weather gets cold.

"Didn't you ask Knight Brienne of Tarth to find her? Then let Knight Brienne go find her. After I resolve the issues in the valley and the south, I will send a large number of people to find Arya. "

Now that she has gone to Braavos, Arthur's worries are much less.

Sansa was obviously a little unhappy, but she nodded in agreement.

At this time, Gendry, who was responsible for feeding the dragon, suddenly hurried to Arthur's side.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Alduin ate the corpse of the witch and then began to shed its skin."

This was the first time he had seen such a situation, so he reported it to the real owner of the dragon.

Arthur was also so shocked that he didn't even bother to have lunch, so he followed Gendry to see Alduin outside the city.

Sansa and a few guards followed.

Still next to the weirwood, Alduin looked quite ferocious. Beside it, there was a circle of black skin scattered on the ground.

Surprisingly, the dragon had grown much larger at this time. When Adachi stood on the ground, the dragon's head was already at the same level as Arthur's chin, and it was visually estimated that the dragon's length had reached about two meters.

"Is this how the body of the child of the forest is replenished?"

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