The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Roose Bolton was very efficient.

In half a day, he selected twenty ruthless individuals from nearly four thousand Clegane soldiers to form the Mountain's law enforcement team.

Whether the Mountain was holding meetings or training, Roose Bolton stood behind him with a long sword, watching everyone like Ilyn Payne, the King's Justice in the royal court.

He became the Mountain's veritable executioner!

The law enforcement squad was handed over to Fang to lead, patrolling outside, moving between the various arms of the military; the law enforcement team was eerily imposing!

Roose Bolton, as expected of someone who had been the owner of an underground fighting arena, had some brains. In just two days, he designed a black mask with the sigil of three dogs. Usually, when the law enforcement team patrolled, they wore black masks, adding to their grim and awe-inspiring aura.

Not long after the law enforcement team went online, the number of crimes and violations in the entire legion dropped by half. Physical harassment, flirtatious teasing, and violent rape cases against women in the castle were swept away.

The Mountain also announced during a morning training session that the Judgment Box would be sealed unless there was a major crime or an event that was difficult to judge. He would not easily use the sacred Judgment Box.

This made the soldiers secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

From then on, the Judgment Box hung high in the Burning Tower hall of Harrenhal, like a sword of the gods hanging over the heads of all the fierce generals and bandit soldiers.

The Mountain handed over all general violations to Roose Bolton and Fang to punish them according to the regulations on his behalf.

The discipline of Harrenhal's army began to show signs of improvement, and the atmosphere was improving. Scouts also reported that the Northern army had once again received support and assistance from House Frey, and about ten thousand men were coming south again.

The generals had won a great victory in the Battle of the Green Fork, their military achievements were remarkable, and their morale was high. They all asked to fight!

The mountain of grain piled up in Harrenhal was taken away by Ser Steffon Swyft, who, on the orders of Duke Tywin, led five hundred logistics troops and drove thousands of carts and ox carts, carrying away most of the military grain.

With the Mountain stationed at Harrenhal, grain became his biggest problem.

The fields east of the Gods Eye would be ready for harvest in half a month, but the daily grain consumption of nearly four thousand people was huge, not to mention that the Mountain was still thinking about strengthening his military power.

And horse feed for the warhorses also needed to be stockpiled.

The armor and weapons in the armory were piled up like mountains, so the Mountain didn't have to worry.

The Mountain decided to fight Roose Bolton.

If he could once again drive Roose Bolton to flee in disarray, the Mountain could expand his influence again and gain control of the west bank of the Green Fork. There were quite a few villages and fields on the west bank of the Green Fork.

Roose Bolton was a very cunning fellow, more cautious than brave, more treacherous than wise.

What made the Mountain very relieved was that he didn't have to worry about enemies in the Crownlands attacking his rear, nor did he have to worry about the Vale army coming out to reinforce Roose Bolton. The Knights of the Bloody Gate in the Vale would only defend and would not attack, thanks to the stupidity and selfishness of Lysa Tully, who was determined to marry Littlefinger Tyrion.

And on the left side of the army, apart from the Brotherhood Without Banners, which was developing rapidly but was thousands of miles away, the Mountain's legion and Harrenhal would not be threatened by anything else.

With no threat on the left, right, or behind, then head north.

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On the east bank of the Green Fork, Roose Bolton led his army cautiously.

Flags fluttered in the army, led by the direwolf banner, followed by the flayed man banner, the iron gauntlet banner, the twin towers banner, the three sentinel trees banner, the three branches, roots, and trunks banner, the giant iron chain banner, the ten white wolf heads banner...

Before leading the army south again, Roose Bolton had already sent scouts into the Vale to ask the Knights of the Bloody Gate for assistance, but the reply he received was that Lady Lysa Tully, the mother of Duke Robert Arryn, had a military order: guard the Bloody Gate strictly, no one was allowed to fight, and no one was allowed to enter.

After receiving the news, Roose Bolton simply turned the ring on his finger and ordered the army to go south again to bite the tail of Tywin's retreating army in a soft voice.

The Northern lord Herman Tauha, who was responsible for garrisoning the Frey family, received a raven message from Edmure Tully of Riverrun, ordering him to join Roose Bolton's army. Although he didn't know why the order wasn't issued by Robb Stark, Herman Tauha obeyed Edmure's order.

An important force that Robb Stark had placed in the Twins to prevent the Frey family from becoming disloyal left the military strategic location—the Twins.

Once the situation changed, if House Frey betrayed the alliance, Robb's retreat would be gone. Robb's perfect military plan to leave an army in the Twins as a precaution was ended by his uncle Edmure Tully.

Herman Tauha was obviously a brave and loyal general, but he lacked strategy and cunning. After Roose Bolton's Northern army was defeated at the Green Fork, he couldn't sleep or eat, and he was eager to fight.

Lord Walder Frey also supported Herman Tauha's decision, and Old Frey once again sent the family army to join Roose Bolton's remnants.

Before Roose Bolton's battle at the Green Fork had even begun, Old Frey began a round of forced conscription in his territory. He had already made plans in case Roose Bolton was defeated: conscript troops to defend the Twins!

Unlike the last time with his lightly armed and quick march, this time Roose Bolton's advance was unhurried and steady. Scouts were sent out in teams, constantly scouting.

In the morning, noon, and evening, the scout teams that came back and went out were constant, like a chain that was constantly turning. The chain also constantly transmitted the information from the front to Roose Bolton's ears.

In the last defeat, Roose Bolton's own army did not lose a single soldier, and now he maintained an absolute power advantage among the various families.

The army that was the vanguard this time was Sir Herman Tauha, who was eager to fight.

The Northern army came to the Crossroads, which was once Duke Tywin's first base camp. It faced the famous Inn of the Crossroads across the river.

Roose Bolton came to the ferry and stood shoulder to shoulder with Herman Tauha, looking at the opposite bank.

The grass and trees on the opposite bank were lush, and the Inn of the Crossroads by the Kingsroad was still the same, but there was not a single figure.

Herman said, "Lord, Tywin led the main force away, leaving the Mountain alone to guard Harrenhal. Our army is more than twice the size of the Mountain's, and the Mountain is afraid and shrinking back. We can cross the river now and divide our troops into two groups, one feigning an attack on Harrenhal, falsely trapping the Mountain, and the other pursuing Tywin with a large army. Please order our army to cross the river."

Roose Bolton did not answer, but rode his horse up the hill and looked into the distance. Just like the scouts reported, there were indeed no traces of army activity on the opposite bank. But there was a small doubt: two scout teams were missing, and not a single soldier had returned. Of course, this was also easy to explain: they had encountered the other party's scouts, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the Northern scout team was completely annihilated.

The other party had two chief archers, and the most powerful horse archer centurion was Anguy! Scouts who encountered Anguy would die more often than live!

But Roose Bolton didn't think so, he had his own ideas.

The Northern generals were all holding back their anger and rode their horses to the front one after another, requesting Roose Bolton to order them to cross the river.

Roose Bolton said, "Generals, pass down the order, the army will camp on the spot. After exploring the situation on the opposite bank, the army will cross the river."

The generals obeyed the order, all of them were stunned!

Sir Herman Tauha and the noble of the Wolfswood—Sir Robert Glover of Deepwood Motte—were both angry. They questioned Roose Bolton's intention to be so negligent of military affairs. Although the two generals' words were激烈的, Roose Bolton was not moved at all. He said lightly, "If the two generals really want to cross the river, please cross the river, this general will never stop you, but our other army will be stationed on the east bank."

"General, you are stationed on the east bank? How can you pursue Tywin's Westerlands army? Tywin abandoned the wounded and hurried west, which is the best time to pursue."

"Pursuing Tywin's Westerlands army is indeed the best time, but without first taking Harrenhal, we will have a terrible Mountain chasing us from behind." Roose Bolton said lightly, "I will send an envoy across the river to offer a large sum of money to Harrenhal to seek peace with the Mountain, and I can also find out the truth about the Mountain's army, and then make plans."

"If that's the case, General Bolton, my troops will cross the river immediately," said Sir Herman.

"My troops also apply to cross the river and be stationed on the west bank, forming a combined force with Sir Herman's army. With our troops stationed on both the east and west banks, we will firmly control the ferry," said Sir Robert.

Roose Bolton stared at the two young and energetic generals with his unusually pale eyes, and after looking at each other, he nodded lightly.

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ps: I've been stuck these past two days, it feels like giving birth, but I feel like it's about to come out!

Thank you [Jin Xiao Yanei] for the motivation, received, thank you, handshake! You take a bath, I'll hand you the shower gel and soap, no one should squeeze.