Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 190 Divide the Western Territory

The horses' hooves moved slowly, and the Lannister heavy cavalry pressed forward to a flat area a hundred yards away from the enemy.

Unlike the hollow lances used in lance competitions, the lances used by the Lion's heavy cavalry are all hard lances that can withstand repeated use.

In order to avoid harm to themselves, before colliding with the enemy, the riders would take off their weapons and then use a long rope tied to the gun barrel to retrieve the weapon.

As for the nobles and wealthy knights, they use lances that are easier to break. Of course, the lances used on the battlefield are much tougher than those used in competitions.

A large number of attendants were responsible for handing new lances to the knights who had completed the charge.

The fully equipped Lion Army was lining up, and the Hejian Army on the opposite side was naturally not idle either.

"Stay back and form an array behind Juma."

In order to deal with the cavalry regiments in the west, the king once ordered the production of a batch of simple resistance horses.

This is a kind of wooden ordnance. Wooden pillars are cross-fixed to form a frame, and the frame is inlaid with blades and thorns. It can be used to block doors to prevent pedestrians from passing through; in combat, to prevent and delay enemy troops and horses, etc.

After the king's order came down, several river nobles loudly conveyed the instruction.

Faced with this kind of heavy cavalry charge with hard bridges and hard horses, according to the experience of the king and several core nobles, they could only use the horses to stop the charging cavalry, and then the infantry surrounded them and fought hard.

Considering that riders in the second row and beyond cannot stop quickly after starting a charge, this plan is actually very feasible.

As long as the first row hits the Juma, most of the momentum of the entire Lion Heavy Cavalry Corps will be contained.

The situation was as expected by Arthur and others. Shortly after the enemy started a hundred-yard charge, the Hejian Army successfully retreated a few meters back, allowing dozens of simple horse-fighting vehicles to line up in front of the military formation.

The distance between the two sides was so close that the people in the river could even see clearly the small movements of the Western nobles trying to slow down their mounts.

"What is that?" Kevan, the old knight who also charged with the army, asked in confusion.

He guessed the purpose of this wooden ordnance, but it was too late to stop the already accelerating cavalry.

One-armed Adam, who was specifically in charge of the heavy cavalry regiment, had more opportunities. With only one arm, he shouted: "Go around both sides, and speed up if you can't avoid the middle."

Although the temporary change cannot change the situation of the cavalry in the middle row of the first row facing death, the cavalry in the following rows will feel much better after smashing the wooden ordnance.

A hundred yards, that is, a distance of three hundred feet, passed in an instant. Only a dozen cavalrymen on both sides carried out Sir Adam's order. Many horses in the middle directly collided with the sharp spikes of the horses, and then threw the riders on their backs. Fall in front of the Hejian army.

Fortunately, some of the resisting horses were dashed away, giving the following Lannister cavalry a few ways to survive.

The fighting began. In addition to King Arthur I, who was wearing golden armor and a gold cloak, Prince Oberyn, who went to the battlefield wearing only cloth armor, also attracted the attention of some people who had the energy to observe the occupation.

The Prince of Dorne didn't even wear an iron helmet, and with only a wooden gun in his hand, he fought against the Lannister heavy cavalry that had been restrained.

The flexibility of his posture, the strangeness of his spear thrust, and his agility of movement all stunned the people around him.

Of course, King Arthur I, who was completely unconcerned, was equally astonishing. The golden sword flew up and down, as smooth and smooth as a fish entering water or an eagle flying into the sky.

In the battlefield of nearly 8,000 people from the two Chinese armies, there were only two touches of yellow that made others dodge.

At the same time, Garland Tyrell, who led the army, also ordered his cavalry to join the battlefield on the south side.

The first charge of 5,000 cavalry that had not participated in the battle opened a gap. The Western infantry had been fighting with the soldiers of the Tyrell, Bisbury and other families for a long time, and they were already exhausted. The cavalry in the Riverbend After arriving, the battlefield on the south side immediately changed dramatically.

Some of the centurions who could still hold down their men began to gather their soldiers and tried to retreat toward the military camp to the west. Most of the soldiers who could still move either surrendered or fled.

The battlefield on the north side.

"It is indeed the Riverbend Cavalry. Their infantry is running slowly, so they are probably still on the road."

Bald Inis' confidence increased greatly, and he ordered all the remaining 1,000 elite infantrymen to press forward on the spot.

"Give it to me, give it to me. If we take down the left army in the Western Region, our brothers will have their territories and titles."

Marquis Frey shouted.

He reached an agreement with the lame Rosso, his twelfth brother, to be loyal to the Dragon Holder, but he had to use extra rewards to win over other relatives, especially several powerful brothers and nephews who were not from the same mother's line as them.

Of course, Inis himself is a little cautious.

The Frey family alone resisted the left army in the West. If some of their nephews died in the battle, they could exchange their deserved territory and castle for something else.

Take Riverkeeper for example.

The current City of Riverrun has not yet pledged allegiance to the Iron Throne!

Blackfish Brynden Tully even claimed the title Lord of the North and Three Rivers.

After the last strength of the Frey family joined the war, the battle situation on the north side also began to change, and the balance of victory slowly tilted towards Arthur I.

…

The fighting continued into the afternoon. After the loss of Casterly Rock, the arrival of the Reach Infantry, and the capture of Commander Kevan, a considerable number of Western soldiers began to surrender.

The king's center position was actually the place where the battle ended.

Only after the golden robe was dyed dark red by blood did Arthur I realize that he had won.

The first to come to the king's side were Podrick Payne and several other attendants, followed by the nobles and knights.

Everyone spoke as loudly as possible and squeezed in front of the king so that the traces of battle on their bodies would enter Arthur I's sight.

"I cut down six heavy cavalrymen from the West."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm exhausted after killing four enemies. Who else can kill more than five enemies except His Majesty?"

"Why, you ignored Prince Oberyn's record? He stabbed more than a dozen people..."

Some nobles began to pull down the nobles around them while praising themselves.

As for the king, he wanted to see Kevan.

"Where is our biggest prisoner?"

Arthur I asked loudly.

There were too many noble knights around him who wanted to impress him. He had to speak as loudly as possible so that his orders could be heard by useful people.

Lord Carlell Vance, Lord of the City of Travelers, answered the king's doubts.

"Your Majesty, Ser Kevan is knighting Will, his captor. This Lannister insists that civilians cannot capture him, so lucky Will is about to become a knight."

Everyone burst into laughter. This may be Kevan's only chance to save face.

"You move aside first and bring him here."

Arthur ordered.

It is not uncommon to capture and knight the victor. In the Rose War of Blue Star in the previous life, such absurd actions often occurred.

So the nobles who were crowded in front of the king moved aside, and Kevan, who was tied up, appeared in front of Arthur I.

"I can't figure out how you captured Casterly Rock?"

Although he was covered in dust and had some minor injuries, Kevan still stood up with his head held high.

"You have to ask your nephew Tyrion. He personally designed the sewage system of Casterly Rock."

Kevan was a little surprised. "Tyrion is not the killer left by Stannis..."

He had ordered people to build a death statue for Tyrion, but he didn't expect his nephew to be still alive.

"Don't you know who your niece Cersei is? Do you dare to believe her words?"

Arthur smiled, and then asked: "Has he completed the canonization of Will?"

Any knight can canonize a squire as a knight and apply holy oil at the same time, but in an emergency, non-squires can also be canonized as knights, and they don't even need to go to the Temple of the Seven Gods to apply holy oil.

This is how the knighthood of Jorah Mormont, the Earl of Bear Island in the North, came.

The honest and reliable Podrick replied: "Your Majesty, it's done."

He was a little envious of Will. He was still a squire, but his subordinates became knights.

"That's fine, take him down and lock him up. We'll go see Garlan first." Arthur said with full energy.

...

A day later, in the camp of the Westerlands Army, in the commander's tent.

Since Casterly Rock was the home castle of the Lannister family for 8,000 years, even if it was taken down by his own people, the king did not dare to live in it, and only rested in the camp outside the city.

At present, all the nobles of Riverland, Riverbend, Dorne, influential knights, and even the captured nobles of the Westerlands all attended this expanded meeting.

There is only one theme: how to divide the Westerlands.

"In view of the poor performance in the War of the Usurper and the two rounds of the War of the Five Kings, the Lannisters and the major families in the Westerlands must be severely punished!"

The king first set the tone for the meeting.

Although he is a fake Targaryen, the legal basis of the throne comes from the Dragon Family, and most of the nobles who support him also see the "dragon" as the reason.

So Arthur I still has to settle accounts with the rebels during the War of the Usurper.

The Westerlands were punished, and the beneficiaries were naturally the Riverland Family who first supported the king and the Riverbend Family who contributed the most.

Therefore, the nobles of these two places spoke out to rebuke the Westerlands.

"No shame, no morality."

"No noble with a sense of shame would kill children and women."

"After repeated rebellions, he must be demoted and reduced."

Duke Tywin's speculation in the two wars was only to ensure the greatest interests of his family. The nobles in the two places of the River Bend could not blame him for this, so they focused their firepower on killing Rhaegar's wife Elia and two innocent children.

Such remarks quickly spread throughout the tent, not only the captured Westerlands, but even the meritorious Tyrion felt ashamed.

"Quiet!" the king shouted.

Seeing that the nobles of the two realms and Prince Oberyn all supported severe punishment of the Westerlands, Arthur I slowly put forward his conditions.

"The property knights of the Loch family will be deprived of their fiefdoms, and Sandor Clegane Castle will inherit it."

This is a punishment for the murderer.

But some people raised doubts.

Garlan Tyrell asked, "I remember Sandor is a member of the Kingsguard, how can he inherit the fief of a wealthy knight?"

The king, sitting on the throne, replied, "The establishment of the Kingsguard is a tradition of generations, and there is no precedent for dismissal. Sandor is a replacement for Ser Barristan Selmy, so it should not count, so he is just an ordinary guard."

Garlan nodded and saluted, and followed the king's arrangement.

After ordering Podrick to pour a glass of wine for himself and taking a sip to moisten his throat, Arthur I continued to announce in the eyes of hundreds of expectant eyes:

"As for the families in the West, Crakehall of Crake Hall will be demoted to a viscount family. In addition to paying 20 villages to the Oakheart family, the remaining territory will be divided into five parts. Crakehall will keep one part, and the rest will be given to the River Reach family."

Generally speaking, the fief of a wealthy knight usually has only one village, so it is not called a lord.

A barony basically has seven or eight to a dozen villages, with a population ranging from one or two thousand to five or six thousand.

As for a viscount, it is about five times larger than a barony, starting with forty or fifty villages, and a population ranging from 10,000 to 70,000.

A larger earldom can be called a great noble. In the densely populated riverlands, the smallest earldom has a population of about 100,000. For example, the entire Harrenhal territory may have 200,000 to 300,000 people.

As for a big family like Frey who can challenge the position of a feudal lord, the number of people in the territory is estimated to be 300,000.

The territory of the Crakehall family is mostly in the forest, and the population should be far less than that of the river earl, but it can be at least 70,000 to 80,000.

Divided into five, the people in the territory are almost the entry level of the viscount family, but the land is even more.

"Golden Tooth City will be removed from the West Territory and governed by the Lord of the Riverlands."

"The Leyton family and the Marbrand family will be demoted to viscounts, and the Deep Cave City and the Brand City owned by these two families will be divided into four parts. In addition to the one they retain, the rest will be awarded to the meritorious officials of the two territories."

"As for the other earl families in the West Territory, they will not be demoted, but if necessary, they will be reduced. Silver Mountain City, Corn City, Cliff City, Horn Valley City, Feast Fire City, and Sarsfield City must at least give up one viscount territory to the meritorious officials I designate."

The demotion and reduction of these earl-level families are related to the vital interests of the nobles in the two territories of the Riverlands and the River Bay, so Arthur announced these items first.

Sure enough, when the nobles of the two territories heard that there were so many viscount territories to be awarded, their eyes were straight.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"The disloyal West Territory families must be severely punished."

"We absolutely support the order of the Iron Throne!"

Seeing that his ideas were supported by quite a few nobles, the king became bolder.

"Finally, it is a punishment for the Lannister family. All gold mines belonging to the Lannister family, except for Casterly Rock, must be handed over to the Iron Throne and become the private property of the royal family, including the mines in the Golden Tooth and Castamere."

Gold mines are the lifeblood of the Lion family. If the gold mines are taken away, the power of the Lannisters will be far less than before.

"In view of the huge number of iron, copper, and lead mines in the Westerlands, the original Westerlands families must also implement a punishment, which is to provide the royal family with a batch of fine iron armor. The specific style and number will be determined after I discuss with the Royal Council."

Arthur I said.

This is the key to forming a royal standing army. The iron forging technology of the Westerlands is not low, and it is just right to take the opportunity to make a batch of fine armor.

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