Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 92 Self-recommendation

"Two thousand five hundred people, Lord Bracken only brought these people this time, right? If you give them all to Arthur, wouldn't it mean that no one from your family will come to defend Riverrun? My master is just seriously ill, but he hasn't... well, don't forget the oath you made." Desmond, the head coach of Riverrun, said.

Although he has a close relationship with Arthur, the Tully family is the one he swore to. In such an occasion where most of the river lords are present, he still knows who to speak to.

"That's right, it's impossible for your family to not come to defend Riverrun. You must leave some of the two thousand five hundred people." Edmure also expressed his thoughts.

Lord Bracken is a relative of Arthur. If he insists on dividing the troops, Edmure can't restrain him, but at least he can make him leave some people.

"Who said I want to give all the people here to my nephew?" Janos was calm and composed, and he even had the leisure to sip ale.

"There are still 1,000 people in Hendry's hands in Stonehedge. I will let these people and the 1,500 people in Riverrun follow Arthur. There are also 1,000 people who will stay here with me to guard my feudal lord."

Originally, the main family of Bracken had 3,500 people. More than 300 people died in the conflict in Arthur's Raventree Castle nearly three months ago, but they were quickly replenished.

When Tywin assembled his army, Earl Janos was already summoning strong peasants in his territory, so there are still 800 peasant soldiers in Stonehedge who are being trained intensively.

Because some of Edmure's actions did not suit Earl Bracken's wishes, he did not tell Tully all about his family's situation.

"But there is another condition. With these 2,500 people in hand, Arthur, you have to help me defend Stonehedge." Janos turned his old face to his nephew.

"The farmers in the territory are like crops. After one crop is harvested, several crops will grow again in the next long summer. The Western Border soldiers can harm them as much as they want. But there is only one Stonehedge. Our ancestors passed it down to me. I can't destroy it in my hands. So, you have to help me keep Stonehedge."

"I will send a letter to Hendry. After you appear in Stonehedge, you will replace him as the acting lord of the city."

Janos nags for a long time, and Arthur finally understands what he means.

It turns out that the condition for him to borrow troops is that Arthur must keep Stonehedge.

[Mission: Defend Stonehedge]

Anyway, Tywin is still attacking Travelers' Rest. When he knows that his two sons have been captured, he will calm down for a while to consider the next move.

The situation of Stonehedge is not very dangerous.

"Okay, no problem at all." Arthur liked his distant uncle who was very powerful. "1,200 people from Pink City and 2,500 people from Stonehedge City, that's enough. If there were some cavalry, I could lead the troops to Tywin's tent and let the proud westerly guardian see the fierceness of us rivermen."

"No, you can't take all the troops from Pink City." Edmure still insisted on defending Riverrun first.

He insisted on leaving some soldiers in Pink City, otherwise he would tell his father about the actions of the Pappers, so that the real riverlords would control the disobedient princes.

Earl Clermont had no choice but to leave 600 people in Riverrun and only let Arthur take 600 people.

Arthur was very angry about Edmure's behavior, but after all, he was the only able-bodied male of the Tully family of the riverlords, so he couldn't just fight back.

Regarding the issue of cavalry, the Mallister family of Sealand and the Vance family of Alan City, who were friendly with Janos, were willing to provide their cavalry to Arthur.

But Edmure opposed it again.

His reason was that the cavalry in the Riverlands was pitifully small, and it was impossible to take some of them away for Arthur.

And according to his point of view, only infantry was needed to defend Harrenhal, not cavalry.

Arthur and he had obvious differences on this issue again. Both sides had many nobles to support them, but every time Edmure brought out his father to calm the situation, the voices supporting Arthur became much less.

After arguing for a long time, the problem was still not solved, but it was time for dinner.

So everyone agreed to eat first and continue the conversation in the afternoon.

The lunch of the Tully family was still worthy of his family's status as a feudal family. The rare foie gras was a small plate for each person, and the staple food was roasted tender steak, accompanied by fried golden fish, which was enough to whet one's appetite.

However, before the meal, Arthur was forced out of the castle hall by Patrick and others from the Sea City, and then taken to a bathroom to take a bath.

Because he was really smelly.

The contents of James's mount were all poured onto his plate armor and body, but he only had time to simply rinse after the battle. The blood in the gaps fermented for a few days and became sour and smelly.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone's attention was not on the smell during the morning meeting, Arthur would have been forced to take a bath by the nobles who loved cleanliness.

After washing, wearing a linen robe given by the servant, Arthur walked into the hall to have lunch with everyone.

"Where is the head of the Demon Mountain?" Genos asked next to him.

"It's hanging on my saddle, and it should be smelly now." After taking a bath, Arthur realized how bad he smelled before, so he didn't want to mention the smelly and rotten head of the Demon Mountain.

"You shouldn't be so careless." Genos reminded in a low voice.

"You should have pickled the Mountain's head early in the morning and hung it in a conspicuous place on the horse. You should also show it to this group of people during the morning discussion. This way, most of the nobles on the south bank of the Red Fork River whose territories were invaded by the Mountain will support you."

He gave his nephew some advice.

Arthur thought about it and agreed.

The princes of Hedong all hated the Mountain to the core. After killing the Mountain, he had already gained a group of allies.

After thanking Janos in a low voice, Arthur ate two mouthfuls of rice and went out to instruct the servants of Riverrun to pickle the Mountain's head.

...

In the afternoon, the Mountain's head really worked.

The Vance family of Alan City clearly wanted to lend their cavalry to Arthur.

His relative, Carel, the head of the Vance family of the City of Travelers, made the same decision.

Although the cavalry of these two families added up to only 400 people, their attitude was enough to influence some people.

Under the influence of the two families and the instigation of his son Patrick, Lord Jason Mallister of Sealand City also lent 400 cavalry.

This made Edmure very dissatisfied. Anyone could see that the heir of Riverrun was ready to bring up his father again.

Arthur knew when to stop, 3,100 infantry and 800 cavalry were enough.

There were still more than 17,000 people left in Riverrun. Although the strength of the Westerland detachment in the Golden Tooth was evenly matched, considering the geographical advantage, the situation on the western front of the river should be very stable.

As long as Edmure did not come to micromanage and command blindly.

"There is another question. Since you are going to fight the Westerland detachment in Riverrun first, there will be no one to command the two major areas of the east of the river and around the God's Eye Lake. I recommend myself to take on this role until you are free to lead the army across the Red Fork River." Arthur volunteered.

The Red Fork River originates from the Golden Tooth Mountains, flows northward for half of the way, and then flows eastward until it merges into the Trident River.

Therefore, the Red Powder City, Travel Rest City, Stone Hall Town, Stone Fence City and other places on the east side of the upper reaches of the Red Fork River can be described as the east of the river.

The areas around the God's Eye Lake, including Arran, Willowwood, Harrenhal, Darry, Sow's Corner, etc. from south to north, are the lakeside areas.

As for Maiden Spring and the coast of Crab Bay further east, they are really far away, and Tywin could not possibly reach them in the early stage.

At present, except for Lady Riveran, the five earls in the east and lakeside areas are all in Riverrun. Without Edmure's permission, they are not convenient to leave.

So there are no powerful people in both places to preside over the battle, and there are no heavy troops guarding the castles.

"That's no problem." Edmure didn't want to fight with Tywin's main force of the Lion Family in the east of the river in the early stage, so he agreed very readily.

"I'll let the South Bank nobles present send ravens to their own castles, and their subjects and soldiers in the territory will cooperate with you in the battle."

This matter was decided.

Then, Arthur and some people prepared to leave Riverrun.

The members of the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team have become wanted criminals, so Lord Beric of Stormland, Thoros of Myr, and the Wolf Guards of the North decided to go to the east of the river to protect the farmers from the westerly soldiers.

Marco Piper, Raymond Darry and others followed Arthur to the east.

Patrick, the eldest son of Sealand, also clamored to go, so he also joined the team to defend Harrenhal.

In order to save time, the east must go by water.

However, all the larger ships around Riverrun were added together, and it was barely enough to send 1,500 people to the east.

Considering that Tywin's cavalry advance troops had passed Stonehedge, and the Red Fork River was still a distance from Harrenhal.

So Arthur decided to take the cavalry troops and march to rescue Lady Riveran and her home castle.

There was a shortage of horses in the riverlands, so the cavalry did not have auxiliary horses to assist in marching and fighting, so there were only 800 military horses.

"Let all the horses get on the big boats. It doesn't matter if they are a little crowded. The horses will sleep standing up. Just bring enough fodder."

"The soldiers get on the small boats first, and then change to larger boats when they go downstream."

Arthur ordered.

So the nearby farmers who were conscripted were found again. All the canoes that could only carry two or three people were found, and finally all the necessary transportation tools were found.

Everything was ready. Edmure and the river lords who stayed in Riverrun came out to see him off. At the ferry, they watched Arthur and 800 people and 800 horses squeezed on hundreds of large and small boats and go downstream.

As for the 2,100 infantrymen in Riverrun, the boats that would return later were taken downstream of the Red Fork River.

Edmure would not object to what had been agreed.

...

A day and a half later, at the ferry of the Red Mill Riverside Village.

"Send the head of the Mountain to all the farmers on the south bank." Arthur ordered the butler Amber.

Passing by his own territory, he led his men to deliver this pickled and smelly giant.

This would make many landless farmers return to Arthur.

"Yes, sir." Amber immediately arranged this matter.

"My lord, a total of 1,100 people have been selected to form a new army..." Dickon Tarly reported the training of the soldiers.

From him, Arthur learned that there were more than 25,000 refugees in his territory.

Of course, there were many more people in the noble territories on the north bank of the Red Fork River, and a large number of refugees were heading north, rushing to the peaceful north bank.

"Okay, you continue to train, and these ships will take you to Harrenhal in a few days. At that time, I will rebuild the entire army system. For different arms, you will use new training methods to train."

Dickon nodded, and then realized something was wrong.

"Go to Harrenhal, isn't that the next target of Duke Tywin? Isn't it dangerous for new recruits to train near there."

Arthur smiled, "Do you know how big Harrenhal is? The castle's main hall, the Hall of the Hundred Hearths, is big enough for these people to train. It's very safe there."

Ignoring the confused Dickon, Arthur gave everyone another warning before getting back on the boat and following the main force downstream.

They had to reach Harrenhal before the cavalry from the Westerlands.

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