In the southern district of Lannisport, thousands of cavalrymen, bearing the banner of the 'Black and White Striped Wild Boar' family emblem, rode into the city at a normal riding speed.
"Sir Davon, it seems that after more than ten days of plundering, the northern army has really retreated.
They have plundered the entire Lannisport and Casterly Rock this time, and they should be very satisfied when they return to the north."
A knight with a strong build and tough appearance spoke to Davon beside him.
"Ser Tybalt, you are right. Just the richness of Lannisport and the Lannister wealth in Casterly Rock must have made these poor people in the north have their sleeves full of silver deer.
Moreover, as far as I know, the food stored in Lannisport alone to survive the long winter is enough to feed their entire northern territory for more than ten years!
Alas, these barbarians from the north have really been given an advantage!"
Davon nodded and agreed with the knight's opinion. Knowing the situation in Lannisport, he not only expressed some regretful admiration.
The knight beside Davon is named Tybalt Kreher, the Lord of Crake Hall, the eldest son and heir of Roland Kreher.
His uncle Burton Krayher and his second brother Li'l Krayher the Strong Boar led most of the cavalry of the Krayher family and followed Tywin into the war.
Burton Kraiher was the strong man who died together with Berry. Because the Mountain has been deliberately suppressing the news, they still don't know that Burton Kraiher has been killed in battle.
A few days ago, when Davon came to the Crake Hall to ask for help, Count Crach immediately began to summon the last thousand cavalry of the Crake Hall.
Since Davon truthfully reported the situation of the troops in the north, Count Crach ordered Tybert to accompany Davon to come with him, just to conduct some reconnaissance, and to conduct appropriate harassment.
Who knows, when they came to Lannisport for reconnaissance, they found that there were no Northern soldiers patrolling the outside of the town. As they went deeper into the town, they were now sure that the Northern army had withdrawn.
"Yes! This long summer has allowed us to store a lot of food, and we have already prepared for the long winter.
Unexpectedly, this group of northern barbarians would team up with the Ironborn to come from the sea to plunder. Many people in the Western Territory will starve to death this winter.
However, things are not yet settled!
This time they cunningly avoided Lord Tywin's army and carried out a sneak attack. But we can't always rely on these tricks in a war.
I believe Lord Tywin will definitely defeat them and take back what belongs to us in the West!"
Hearing Davon's regret, Talbot turned to him and said some words of comfort to him.
"Of course, when Lord Tywin became the hand of the 'Mad King', his reputation spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.
Not to mention the little wolf cub Robb Stark, his father Eddard Stark is just a kid playing in the mud."
Davon nodded in response. Only then did he realize that the entire Lannisport was unusually quiet, so he ordered several members of the garrison around him,
"Those northern barbarians have left. Let the residents hiding in their homes come out!"
"yes!"
Several members of the garrison behind him nodded in agreement, then dismounted and walked towards the surrounding houses.
But a few minutes later, they came back one after another to report that there was no civilian in the area, and that most of the things that could be moved away from the homes had been swept away.
Something big happened!
When Davon and Tybert heard their report, they looked at each other and instantly understood that these residents must have been kidnapped by the northern army.
"Go to Casterly Rock!"
Kevan hurriedly said something to Tybalt, then rode towards Casterly Rock City.
When they arrived at Casterly Rock City, there was also no movement in Casterly Rock City, and on the top of the tower in Casterly Rock City, the direwolf flag was fluttering in the sea breeze.
Most importantly, the originally simple and beautiful outer walls of Casterly Rock are covered with newly carved direwolf carvings.
Some of these carvings are quite good and the direwolves are lifelike, but most of the rest are very rough and crooked, more like dogs than wolves.
In a word, the direwolf carvings that basically cover the entire outer wall of the castle make the image of Casterly Rock very funny, well... very festive!
These were the captains of the Iron Fleet, and when transporting supplies and people with the captive rowing warships, Theon, who was bored, let the more than a thousand captured Lannister soldiers and the craftsmen in the castle do it.
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His explanation to Robb was to consume the energy and physical strength of these captives to prevent them from causing trouble.
The second is to let everyone know that they have captured Casterly Rock and undermined the prestige of the Lannister family.
Third, I just want to disgust Tywin Lannister!
When the carvings were all completed, Theon stood at the gate of Casterly Rock and asked the painters in Casterly Rock to paint his portrait as a souvenir.
There are also no mobile phones in this world, otherwise Theon would definitely take a photo and post it on WeChat Moments, and @Tywin?Lannister!
During this time, Robb was thinking about his future tactical plan and planning for future development. Seeing that what Theon said seemed to make sense, he didn't delay the business, so he let him go.
Xion was quite pleased with his ordeal. At this moment, Davon and Tybert's expressions were as gloomy as water.
This wall full of direwolf carvings is just a slap in the face to the entire Western Territory!
Casterly Rock, which had never fallen, not only fell into the hands of the Stark family, but they also had their family crest carved on the walls!
Boom!
Just as Davon was preparing to arrange manpower to destroy all the direwolf carvings that had brought humiliation to the entire Western Territory, a thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the north.
The northern army has not left? Is it ambushing us?
When Da Feng heard the sound, he immediately turned around in panic and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the direction of the River Avenue, a large number of cavalry, obviously wearing Lannister family armor and flying red lion flags, were galloping towards Casterly Rock from the north.
This large number of Lannister cavalry is the return force led by Adam Malbrand.
They started from Moat Cailin, took the King's Road through the Trident, turned to the River Road, and then returned to Casterly Rock via the Golden Tooth.
This journey to return reinforcements would take about a month under normal circumstances. Adam has been urging the army to return reinforcements as quickly as possible.
But who would have thought that Casterly Rock didn't even last for half a month. When he passed Riverrun, Kevan told him the bad news that Casterly Rock had fallen.
However, even though Casterly Rock had fallen, Adam still led the tens of thousands of cavalry to continue their reinforcements.
Because even if they stay in Riverrun, they cannot contribute to Kevan's siege. Moreover, behind them, Tywin's infantry army is rushing towards Riverrun.
A short while later, Adam, who received the report from the scout cavalry, took the lead in arriving at Casterly Rock City with his own bodyguards.
When he first saw Casterly Rock, his expression was similar to that of Davon. As a servant in Casterly Rock since childhood, Adam had a strong sense of belonging and honor to Casterly Rock.
Now looking at this city that had never fallen, being so insulted, he suddenly became angry and ordered the guards around him: "Quickly gather people and erase all these ugly family emblems."
"yes!"
Watching Adam's personal guards take the order and leave, Davon said: "It's a pity that these barbarians have escaped back to the north. Otherwise, Sir Adam, you will definitely give them a lesson."
Hearing Da Feng's words, Adam was about to speak, but suddenly a thought flashed across his mind, and he murmured in a low voice: "Have they really returned to the North? If not, then...where will they be now?"
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In fact, as early as when Adam's large cavalry force, which could not be hidden, set off from the Golden Teeth City, Robatha's scouting cavalry already knew their movements.
Otherwise, how could the northern army just evacuate before they arrive?
At this time, Robb and Theon were sailing in Ironborn Bay on a large rowing warship from the original Lannister fleet.
These captured Lannister galleys were repaired by the Lannisport shipwrights who were "friendly" invited by the northern soldiers, and they have long been used for transportation work.
Moreover, the sails of every galley warship have been repainted with the emblem of the Raging Lion family to look like the emblem of the Direwolf family.
As this large rowing warship rode the wind and waves on the sea, a seaside town built around the castle appeared in the sight of Robb and others.
Of course, they also entered the sight of the town guards.
There is a towering tower in this town. On this tower is not only a watchtower for guards, but also a huge bronze bell.
"Quickly inform Lord Patrick Mallister that a large rowing warship under the flag of the Stark family is heading towards Seaside City."
The guard captain at the observation tower turned to one of his subordinates and ordered.
Yes, this castle surrounded by a town is the Maritime City of the Mallister family.
Its geographical location is special. Seaside City is located on the western coast of the Riverlands and at the eastern end of the southern coastline of Eagle Point.
Eagle Point is a piece of land that protrudes from the continent of Westeros southwestward into Ironborn Bay and points to the Iron Islands.
Therefore, the location of Seaside City is exactly where Ironborn Bay connects with the continent of Westeros, and at the same time, it is also close to the source of the Blue Fork River inland.
It can be said that if Seaside City is occupied by the Ironborn, the Ironborn can invade the entire Three Forks River Basin from the Sunset Sea at any time and plunder the entire Riverlands.
It is precisely for this reason that when Seaside City was first established, it was built to resist the plundering of the Ironborn.
The tower with the huge bronze bell is the very famous Hong Bell Tower.
Its function is that as long as the watchtower guards observe the longship appearing on the Sunset Sea in the west, the guards will sound the alarm and call the village residents and farmers in the fields to quickly enter the castle for refuge.
In the past three hundred years, the only time the huge bronze bell of the Hong Clock Tower was rung was because of Greyjoy's first rebellion.
At that time, Patrick's father, Jason Mallister, the Earl of Seaside City, had rich combat experience because he had fought against the Ironborn for a long time.
Under his outstanding command, the soldiers of House Mallister fought bravely against the invading Ironborn.
When the heroic Earl Jason personally killed King Balon's eldest son, Rodrik Greyjoy, the invading Ironborn army was directly defeated and driven back into the sea.
After receiving the report from the guards, Patrick led hundreds of Mallister family soldiers to wait for the large rowing warship at the dock of Seaside City.
Ouch!
As soon as the warship docked, Xue Feng quickly jumped from the warship to the dock, stepped on the solid ground, and let out a short whistle in excitement.
This scared the soldiers of the Mallister family to death. They had never seen such a giant wolf before. After a brief period of fear, some soldiers dared to attack.
Patrick, who often received letters from ravens and had long heard of the giant wolf, the symbol of the King in the North, immediately stopped the reckless behavior of his soldiers.
"Dear Lord Robb, I am Patrick Mallister.
Welcome to Haijiang City, please enter the castle and let our Mallister family entertain you!"
Seeing Robb, whose appearance matched the rumors, take the lead to get off the warship through the gangplank, Patrick bent down and saluted, his mouth full of compliments.
"Sir Patrick, you don't have to be so polite. I am here to discuss some important matters with Earl Jason. Please take me to see him."
Robb looked at this man with brown hair and an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were wild and he nodded and answered.
"certainly……"
Patrick was agreeing with a smile, but when he glanced at Xion who was getting off the boat, his face immediately changed and he shouted sternly,
"Youyu, get out of Haijiang City! You are not welcome here!"
Theon, who was clearly dressed as an Ironborn, looked very ugly at Patrick's shouting.
If Robb hadn't emphasized the importance of this trip to Seaside City on the ship, his temper would have exploded long ago.
"Balon Greyjoy is dead. This is my brother, Theon Greyjoy! The new King of the Iron Islands.
He led the ironborn and my northern army to capture Lannisport and Casterly Rock.
Although he is also an Ironborn, he is completely different from the Ironborn you know!
If you tell him to get out, then there is no need for me to go ashore."
Upon hearing this, Robb frowned and explained Theon's identity to Patrick, and stated his position.
In fact, the relationship between the Ironborn and the Northern Army is not pleasant. This is a blood feud left behind by generations of ancestors. Although Robb can suppress it for a short time, over time, it will definitely affect the overall combat effectiveness of Robb's army.
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Robb has also been thinking about solutions, but it is still relatively rare for people to be as fiercely anti-Ironborn as Seaside City.
"Welcome, welcome to His Majesty Robb, and King Theon Patrick. Please apologize for your reckless words and deeds!"
During the stiff confrontation at the dock of Haijiang City, a middle-aged man with brown hair, blue-grey eyes, many silver threads on his temples, and an angular face came up from behind Patrick and spoke loudly at the same time.
"Father!"
"I said, apologize!"
Seeing that his father's expression was very serious, Patrick curled his lips secretly and reluctantly said to Xion: "I'm sorry, I was reckless!"
"It's okay, I understand!"
At this moment, Theon, who was silently moved by Robb's words and deeds, just took this opportunity to help Robb get off the stairs.
"Your Majesty Robb, King Theon, please come into our castle and talk."
Seeing Patrick's apology, the atmosphere had eased, and Earl Jason smiled and made an invitation gesture.
"Thank you for the invitation, then we will disturb you in the next two days!"
Robb also had a smile on his face, said politely to Earl Jason, and took the lead towards the castle. Bloodwind's huge body quickly bypassed the people on the dock and followed behind him.
"excuse me!"
Theon nodded to Earl Jason and followed suit.
"Phew, this giant wolf is full of murderous intent and has such a strong sense of oppression. I really don't know how many people it has killed!"
Earl Jason looked at their backs, whispered something, then turned to teach his son a lesson,
"Patrick, I want to train you to be a fearless warrior.
But being fearless does not mean being reckless, you must be able to see the situation clearly."
"I understand, father!"
"Let's go. Remember to listen carefully to what we are talking about later and analyze the meaning."
Seeing that his son accepted the advice humbly, Earl Jason nodded and continued to train Patrick in his own way.
In the castle of Haijiang City, in the Earl's study.
"Earl Jason, first of all I want to ask if the Mallister family is still loyal to my grandfather, Lord Horst Tully!"
After the door of the study room was closed, uu read www.uukanshu.com Robb took the lead and went directly to the topic, asking Earl Jason.
"Of course, our Mallister family's oath of allegiance will not change in any way until the sunset sea dries up!"
Upon hearing this, Earl Jason replied in a positive tone without hesitation.
"Well, before we left Casterly Rock, tens of thousands of Lannister cavalry were returning from the Golden Teeth to support us. Do you know the movements of Tywin's infantry army?"
After hearing his decisive answer, Robb nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.
When Count Jason heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he answered directly: "I happen to know this question. A few days ago, after Tywin's army rested in Twins City, they headed towards Riverrun City from the front of our Seaside City.
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If you prepare a surprise attack on Tywin's army besieging Riverrun, I will personally take the soldiers of Seaside City to join the battle."
"Very good, but they are not my target.
Before this war started, I notified my uncle to gather enough troops and reserve a large amount of various supplies.
Moreover, the geographical location of Riverrun is special. Even if Tywin's entire army besieges Riverrun, it will be able to hold on for a long time.
The Freys betrayed their oath and joined the Lannister family. They will pay the price for their betrayal.
Now, I need your help to attack Twin River City!"
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