The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

The largest and thickest castle in the Seven Kingdoms is Herrenborg in the Riverland.

Will stood under the gate of Herrenborg and looked up at the trebuchet on the top of the tower. The trebuchet was as small as a dragonfly.

The Lannister army in Herrenborg had long since escaped. The city gate was wide open, but there was still smoke in the castle.

When the Lannister army fled three days ago, they lit everything that could be lighted in the castle. After a few days and nights, the fire was finally extinguished, and now only a few strands of smoke remained.

The night attack on the Trident River, although not the main force of the Lannister army, was also a big victory. The army that launched the attack was not the main force of the valley army, but only more than 300 cavalry from a vanguard of Jiuxing City.

After the victory, Ed Stark sent back the farmers, hunters, fishermen, and mountain people who had been forced to make up the count, and ordered three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people in the valley to stay there. He was handling a series of affairs himself. Later, with Will and his party, Hei Yu's blood door light cavalry, and a thousand elite soldiers of Pioneer Simon Templeton, let out the wind to attack Herrenborg not far to the south.

After the news was released, the Lannister garrison in Harrenburg immediately fled overnight.

And Ed Stark led more than a thousand elites slowly.

It is Ed Stark's way of using soldiers to release the news, start the enemy away, and then take Hellenberg without a single soldier.

Will, Ed Stark, Blackfish, Arya, and Simon Templeton walked in the forefront side by side.

Followed by Darjeel, Angel, Tyrion, Bolong, North Guard Captain Jory Kelso, Erin, Halwin, dance teacher Silio, and others; in the back are the North Guard and Simon Templeton's guard.

Will became more and more surprised as he walked. The wall was thicker than he had imagined. Walking through twelve pairs of killing holes one after another, it was like passing through a section of underground tunnels of the Great Wall of Impasse.

The thickness of this city wall is at least as thick as the total of six winter city walls.

If you want to forcibly attack such a castle, you won't even be able to break through the killing hole without paying several times the price.

After seeing the thickness of the city walls of Herrenborg and the arrow hole mechanism in the murder hole, the brave and well-fighting Simon Templeton put away his little contempt for Ed Stark.

His strategy of "Soldiers Without Fighting" is undoubtedly very good!

After passing through the city wall, the inner courtyard was also very wide. More than a thousand troops all entered Herrenborg and settled in the courtyard, but occupied a quarter of the open space. Even if three thousand people come in, there will be surplus in the yard. In addition to the yard, there are five very huge towers, which can hold thousands of people.

"The ground area of ​​Herrenborg is three times that of Winterfell. The area of ​​the tower is more, at least ten times. In Westeros, there is no castle comparable to Herrenborg. It's just that we just walked. The gate tower passed by is as big as the main fort of Winterfell." Ed Stark said to Will.

The two dismounted, Ed Stark led Will into the King Burning Tower. The height of the hall made everyone amazed. After entering the room, surprises came again and again. Darjeely looked intently as she walked all the way. Here, I saw the real castle of the Seven Kingdoms, and the size of this castle once again made her unbelievable. Even a giant can live in this castle and live in these unbelievable rooms.

Arya also saw her eyes widened, and two wolves circled around her feet.

The Burning King Tower is the main fort of Hellenburg.

The top of the tower was already skewed so badly that it seemed to collapse at any time. The huge rock was twisted like a fluid, which was caused by Aegon the Conqueror riding his dragon.

The guards and army began to put out the remaining dark fires, and the logistics soldiers began to clean the kitchen, armory and storage room. A large group of people were released. They hid before the Lannister army withdrew and avoided a catastrophe, but most of them were taken away forcibly, and those who resisted were killed.

"Father, does this tower have a name?" Arya asked.

Ed Stark said: "Aaliyah, the original names of these five towers are now unknown. They have been replaced by new tower names. The main fort we are now in is called King Burning Tower."

"Burning King Tower? What a terrible name!" Arya said with a grin. She was talking scary, but her words didn't seem to be scary.

"Herron, the original owner of Herrenborg, was the king of the Iron Islands and the riverlands. He ruled this fertile land. It took him forty years to build this huge castle. Thousands of people died building this huge castle. After the completion of the castle, it was boasted as an unbreakable plain castle on the continent of Westeros. His words were correct until Aegon rode his dragon."

"Dragon Flame burned King Herron, who was hiding under the rocks of the main fort across the wall, to death, so the main fort of Herrenburg got the title of King Burning Tower. Did you see the bridge? It burned. The king tower is connected to another tower, and that tower is called the Widow Tower."

"Why is it called the Widow Tower?"

"All the male masters who lived in this tower have died unfortunately. Only the widows are left. The widows live in that tower. The tower behind the main fort is called the Ghost Tower. Legend has it that there are King Heron and the city masters of the past. Ghost."

"Is it true?" Arya undoubtedly believed it.

Everyone could not help laughing.

"Perhaps it is true. All the families that lived in Herrenborg were annihilated. The last riverbank family was left with the He'an woman living in the Widow Tower. Now she was also killed by Lannister. Alas! The Riverbank family has no heirs anymore." Ed Stark sighed.

He remembered that in 281 years of the Aegon calendar, the prominent and powerful He'an family held the far-reaching Herrenborg competition here. Here, the fifteen-year-old James Lannister was appointed by Iris Targaryen as the Royal Forest Guard. He is also the youngest in history but with extraordinary martial arts. When he put on a white robe and was ready to participate in the competition. , Iris ordered him to return to King’s Landing alone to guard Mei Ge Lou, and he was not allowed to say one more word.

It was also here that Prince Rega Targaryen defeated all his opponents and won the championship of the Pike Tournament. He bypassed his wife, Princess Ilia of Dorne, and offered Lyanna Stark love and beauty. The laurel crown has since sowed the seeds of the usurper's war.

Soon after, Rega and Leanna eloped. Ed's brother was strangled to death by the Mad King with a rope, and his father was burned to death by the Mad King. The Mad King asked the lord of the valley Jon Aylin to send Robert and Ed's heads. The rebellion finally broke out. The vassals and knights of the He'an family chose to be loyal to the royal family. They were defeated by Robert, Ed and Jon's coalition forces. Almost all the males of the Hean family died in battle, and the family plummeted since then.

This is a castle full of ominous legends.

Any noble family who got the castle suffered an unfortunate fate. It is said that the castle was cursed and haunted due to Herron's reign of terror. Legend has it that Herron mixed human blood and mud to build the city.

After Herron, the former Harlowe family, Strong family, Rothstein family, and He'an family all perished.

Ed Stark passed through the various past of Herrenborg in his heart, and suddenly felt uneasy. Now that Herrenborg is taken by me, will my Stark family also suffer misfortune?

Ed Stark will wait here for the Vale army from the waterway, and then join forces to rescue King's Landing.

"Report!" Heiyu's guard came in with the bachelor. The bachelor held two letters in his hands, his expression was excited, his fingers were trembling slightly.