In the original War of the Five Kings, after Robert learned that his father was imprisoned, he immediately summoned his vassals and went south to attack the Lannister.

The enemy Robb faced in the first battle was Jaime Lannister. He first sent Roose Bolton to confront Tywin's 20,000 troops. Although the Battle of the Green Fork ended in Tywin's victory, it was only

One of Rob's strategies.

Robb's real intention was to rescue the siege of Riverrun. He led his main force to capture Jaime Lannister and many generals of the Lion House in the Whispering Forest.

The little kid won the first battle, but this was just the beginning. After stabilizing the situation in the Riverlands, he led his army to sweep across the West. The victory at Oxford was a great morale booster.

Since his debut, Robb Stark has won all the battles, big and small, and his opponents are not weak, but why did he lose the entire war in the end?

One is not listening to others’ advice.

Robb has done many wrong things, such as letting Theon Greyjoy go. As a result, Theon, the chameleon, turned around and destroyed Robb's home base of Winterfell.

When Theon was let go, his mother Catelyn tried her best to dissuade him, but Robb refused to listen.

Even if Robb didn't listen to his mother's advice, he also didn't listen to his subordinate Roose Bolton.

Roose Bolton then rebelled. He used the name of war to eliminate a large number of the main soldiers in the North, and then killed Robb himself at the Red Wedding.

Second, break your oath.

The princes and nobles in the Game of Thrones world cannot have their own love, and their love must be used as a political marriage.

When leading his army south, Robb passed by the Twins. In order to cross the Green Fork River as quickly as possible, Caitlin negotiated with Walder Frey. The result of the negotiation was that Robb wanted to marry one of Walder Frey's daughters.

Rob agreed and took away the Frey family's army.

As a result, Rob met the little medical girl during the war and refused to let go. He broke his vow and married the little medical girl.

As a result, Robb lost the support of the Frey family, and Karstark also predicted:

"I think you lost the whole war from the day you married her."

Third, the personal halo is too strong

Rob is domineering in success and domineering in defeat.

At first, when Robb summoned the vassals of the North, some people were still unconvinced. For example, the Great Jon was not convinced. After Robb let his direwolf bite off the Great Jon's finger, the Great Jon became more submissive.

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This was Rob's domineering power. Later, he won many battles and his military talent was overwhelming, which intensified his domineering power.

The aura of the coach was too dazzling, and some of the generals next to him seemed a bit dim, so he stopped listening to their advice, and he no longer paid attention to the talents under his command.

Rob is very much like Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu. He played a good chess game due to his personal ability at the beginning, but also because his personal strength was too strong. Later, Han Xin and Chen Ping went to Liu Bang.

Roose Bolton, one of Robb's men, saw this man as unreliable, and Karstark was unhappy with him. One of them defected to Lannister, and after the other was killed, his men returned home one after another.

Because his personal aura was too strong, Rob eventually couldn't even control his own vassals and became a loner.

Fourth, inherited Ned’s “political black hole”

What makes the editor puzzled is that after Robb broke his engagement and the situation was already very unfavorable to him after Lannister defeated Stannis, he still wanted to kill Karstark.

Karstark had resentment in his heart because his heir was killed by Jaime, and he killed two Lannister children despite everyone's obstruction.

Yes, Karstark is wrong, but he cannot move. If he is killed, his men will definitely stop working. Half of the army was already gone because they betrayed their engagement, and now if they kill Karstark,

Rob has no one left.

This is a typical symbol of lack of political wisdom. As the coach, he must take care of the emotions of his subordinates.

Otherwise, are you trying to suppress Karstark's pain of losing his son with your personal charm?

Although this was partly caused by Caitlin (letting James go), it was Robb who finally made the decision. He made a very stupid decision and killed an extremely key figure.

At this time, the proud Rob was doomed to tragedy. This war-god-like figure ended up ruining his life because he did not understand politics and people's hearts and betrayed his oath.

Fortunately, in this life, he was lucky enough to have a brother named Gao Bin, so some mistakes could be avoided.

After chatting with Little Rose for a long time, Gao Bin felt that this woman was actually quite pathetic.

If a girl has been burdened with the fate of her family's rise since she was born, then she has already bet on her life's happiness.

The Tyrell family is the guardian of the Southern Territory of the Seven Kingdoms, and is also the one with the weakest presence among the major families.

Because the Tyrell family was originally the steward of the Gardener family, they were despised by other major families in terms of lineage and status. They believed that the Tyrell family was an upstart, not a noble with a noble bloodline.

Although the wealth of the Tyrell family is second only to that of the Lannister family.

Therefore, it is the mission of the Tyrell family to obtain recognition of the identity and status of the major families.

An effective way to improve one's status is through marriage. If a family wants to rise, there must be a queen in the family.

Highgarden's little Rose Margaery has been raised according to the standards of a queen since birth.

Understand people's hearts, stop plotting, know how to use beauty to capture men, know how to use charity to win over common people, and win a good reputation.

Living like this is actually very tiring.

After chatting for a long time, Margery, who had been on the road, was also tired. Gao Bin arranged for her to rest in a separate tent, right next to his big tent, so that she could meet and take care of her at any time.

As soon as she left, Snow came up to her.

"Gao, according to your instructions, the soldiers of the Karstark and Bolton families have already set off and are about to pass through the Neck area."

"I know, how many people did they bring?"

"The Karstark family has 3,000 infantry and 500 cavalry. According to our understanding, it is almost 70% of the strength of Kahor City."

"Well, where is the Bolton family?"

"Roose Bolton personally led the army, with no cavalry, only 2,500 infantry, plus 3,000 infantry and 200 cavalry from the Manderly family, 1,000 infantry from the Dustin family, and a total of 5,000 infantry from other families. This time the vassal

A total of more than 15,000 troops were sent, including 700 cavalry."

Following Snow's report, Gao Bin narrowed his eyes.

"More than 15,000 people are not enough!"

This time when going south, he must ensure the stability of the rear area, so consuming their troops is also part of Gao Bin's planning meeting.

But except for the die-hard Karstark family, everyone else didn’t work hard.

The Mandalay family is okay. After all, White Harbor is currently working with Gao Bin, and they know the consequences of not listening to the call, so they don't hide it this time. 3,000 infantry is a lot.

Snow is suspicious:

"Have plans changed?"

"No, it hasn't changed. I'll give you these more than 15,000 people, and I'll give you another 5,000 troops directly under Winter City, so we can gather 20,000 people to attack Golden Teeth City!"

Snow nodded:

"But if we can attack Golden Tooth City with just this few people, I'm afraid..."

"Snow, remember, the purpose of this battle is to consume, consume the enemy, and consume yourself." Gao Bin looked directly into Snow's eyes.

This illegitimate son was a little soft-hearted. Gao Bin knew that he felt compassion for him, but he had no choice but to do so.

Gao Bin strongly agrees with this saying that before fighting against the outside world, one must first secure the inside. If the rear area is not stable, he will not be able to advance forward.

Sometimes, you must first learn to be ruthless to yourself before you can be ruthless to your enemies.

Snow didn't dare to disobey Gao Bin's order, so he gritted his teeth and complied.

But he was right about one thing. Golden Tooth City was difficult to defeat, but it was the only way to enter Xijing. If it was not opened, it would be difficult to form an encirclement with Gao Bin who landed on the coast.

Speaking of which, the terrain of Westeros is really suitable for fighting all kinds of wars.

For example, the North is the largest of the Seven Kingdoms, accounting for more than one-third of Westeros south of the Great Wall.

However, the population here ranks second to last among the seven countries, which is inseparable from its northernmost geographical location.

While the fruits and melons are still fragrant south of Jingze, summer snow has already fallen in the north;

When the ice and snow in the six southern countries thaw, spring in the north is still far away.

The short summer means that the time available for working in the north is far less than that of the six southern countries, and the cold climate makes it difficult to increase the yield of crops on this land.

Without enough food, we cannot feed a larger population, and without enough population, we cannot create a prosperous economy.

However, this sparsely populated and economically backward country is not a ham on the chopping block. On the contrary, the North is one of the most difficult kingdoms to invade among the Seven Kingdoms.

For thousands of years, countless Andal princes from the south have tried to enter the north to expand their territories, but all of them were defeated miserably by the arrows of the Gulf of Cailin.

This dilapidated ruin is located in the mud of the Neck, guarding the only access to the north from the land from three directions. Only two hundred archers can block all enemies heading north.

In addition to the Andal princes' attempts on land, the pirates of the Three Sisters Islands have also invaded the North from the sea many times.

They went up against the current of the White Blade River, plundered the villages along the bank, and tried to enter the hinterland of the North through the river.

In the end, the Stark family repelled every invasion and built the Wolf's Den at the mouth of the White Blade River to defend the country.

The completion of Wolf's Lair greatly weakened the threat of pirates. Although they and the army of the Vale were still able to occasionally break through its defenses, when the Manderlys came to the north and built White Harbor at the mouth of the White Knives, no invaders could anymore.

One step into the Bairen River.

In addition to invaders from the south, Stark and the northerners under their rule also need to face the invasion of the ironborn from the southwest and the wildlings from the north.

These enemies are different from the southern invaders, who came to occupy land, while they only came to plunder.
To be continued...