Riverland, near a high hill in the northwest of God's Eye Lake. There is a path leading to Acorn Hall. Commoners in the surrounding villages used to use this road to go to Acorn Hall, Pink City and other castles.
Now, a simple temporary camp is stationed on both sides of the path. The path is cut off by a fence full of spikes.
Near dozens of shabby-looking military tents, hundreds of soldiers dressed in the Western Region were stumbling around drinking and chatting, looking like they had no military discipline.
"Gulu, this is the camp of those beasts."
On a high hill not far from the Western Soldiers' Camp, Thoros, who was lying on the ground, raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said to Berry and Brienne beside him.
"Humph, I heard from the survivors who narrowly escaped in their hands that these beasts are originally the robber organization of Riverrun City.
Tywin Lannister has been recruiting all kinds of scum and scum into his army in the past two months, and they have taken advantage of the opportunity to join the army of the West at Harrenhal.
I heard that they are still engaging in some kind of massacre competition, and what they did during this period is more bloody and cruel than the Magic Mountain troops!"
Brienne, who was lying on the left side of Thoros, took over his topic and continued talking. It seemed that she had remembered something, and her face was filled with anger at the end.
Berry, who was on the right side of Soros, had been observing the enemy's situation with his one eye from the beginning.
After hearing Brienne's words, a gentle smile appeared on his face full of bulging and twisted blood vessels, and he said softly: "Since they have committed crimes, they are destined to be unable to escape the judgment of our Lord, the Lord of Light."
Brienne, you are a brave and upright good person, you can try to fall into the embrace of our Lord."
"Sorry, I believe in the Seven Gods! And, I want to become a real knight!"
When she heard Berry bring up the subject of asking her to try to believe in the Lord of Light, Brienne refused directly and firmly.
"Hey, I also believed in the Seven Gods before, and I was also a knight."
Brienne's words reminded Berry of his conversation with Thoros in King's Landing, and he couldn't help but smile.
Then, his smile gradually faded, and he continued in a very serious tone: "Brenne, I know that you originally wanted to take revenge, and then find a wise king worthy of loyalty and become an official knight.
Now, you see the civilians in Riverrun being treated like pigs and dogs, and you choose to stand up and help them with us. You are already a true knight who is brave and upright, protecting the weak and innocent.
In fact, you can choose to be loyal to all the weak and innocent people in Westeros and fight for them!"
Gulu!
When Soros heard what Berry said, he agreed very much. He thought these words were worthy of a drink, so he raised his head and took a big sip of wine.
Thoros had this reaction, and Brienne felt that Barry's words touched her heart. She couldn't help but pursed her lips, wondering whether she should continue to aim for revenge for Renly. Or, as Berry said, for
Fight against the weak and innocent.
"There's something going on at the camp over there!"
Suddenly, Thoros made a voice, drawing the attention of Brienne and the two to the direction of the Western Camp.
Rest, rest, rest!
I saw a few Western soldiers who were carelessly guarding the spiked fence, and were killed by arrows directly in front of them.
Nearly a hundred Riverrun infantrymen wearing fish scale armor rushed to the spiked fence while shooting several western guards, and they all used their strength to lift it away.
Ta-ta-ta!
Hundreds of Riverrun cavalry rushed down from the high hill on the other side, heading straight towards this temporary camp.
"Stop drinking! Pick up your weapons quickly, there are enemies!"
After hearing the sound of horse hooves, a Western Army officer with a rosy complexion who had not drunk much stood up and rubbed his eyes to make sure. He immediately grabbed the drunken soldiers around him in a panic.
Rest, rest, rest!
For more sober enemies like the Western Army officers, the hundreds of archers among the Riverrun infantry gave priority to them. An arrow missed the target and hit the Western Army officer's right eye, causing blood to splash everywhere.
When the body of the Western Army officer fell to the ground, the blood he spattered happened to be sprinkled on the mouth of a drunk Western Army soldier who was unconscious.
This Western soldier licked his lips in confusion and swallowed the blood. He may have thought it was some kind of fine wine in his dream.
This group of Western soldiers who had been converted from robbers had very poor fighting qualities. When the Riverrun cavalry passed through the spiked fence, they had not formed a defensive formation at all.
Less than half, nearly 300 people, took up arms to fight nearly a hundred Riverrun infantry. Other ordinary Western soldiers were still sleeping soundly. Faced with such a good enemy, Edmure, who was at the forefront of the Riverrun cavalry,
Naturally, I am very happy.
Tear, ah!
This group of 300 soldiers from the Western Territory were in a difficult fight with the 100 infantrymen of Riverrun who were arrayed in military formations. Not to mention facing the impact of hundreds of cavalry.
The Riverrun cavalry defeated the Western soldiers as easily as tearing a piece of paper. When they charged forward, they cut open the necks and stabbed the chests of at least a hundred enemies.
Seeing this situation, the remaining two hundred soldiers from the Western Region either immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered, or they turned around and ran away without paying any attention to anything.
Under the leadership of Edmure, the Riverrun soldiers killed nearly 200 Western soldiers and captured nearly 400 more while only injuring a dozen people.
Well, of these four hundred people, nearly three hundred were captured in their sleep. In any case, in terms of battle loss ratio, this is definitely a brilliant victory!
"Lord Edmure, under your leadership, we have once again achieved a major victory!"
After the war, Edmure was commanding his soldiers to clean up the battlefield in a decent manner. A young man with red hair wearing the 'Girl with White Ribbon' family crest armor came to him and spoke with compliments.
road.
"Ma Ke, you are the second hero. Your intelligence every time you investigate is very accurate, so we can avoid the main force of the Western Army and conduct sneak attacks."
After hearing the words of his best friend, Edmure took the first step without hesitation, and at the same time smiled and said to Marco Piper, the acting lord of the Pink City.
Yes, this Sir Marko is the eldest son and heir of Earl Piper who escaped during the Battle of Riverrun.
"In more than a month, we have beheaded thousands of people and captured at least two thousand prisoners. I believe that no one in Riverrun can question your qualifications to lead the Riverrun army."
Marco did not follow Edmure's topic of talking about his own merits, but started talking about another topic.
"Hmph, those stubborn old guys refused to let me lead the army just because I was captured last time. It's absolutely disgusting.
Last time, thousands of us were surrounded by tens of thousands of Tywin. Unless there was a giant dragon, no one could escape!"
When Marko mentioned this, Edmure looked sulky and spoke angrily.
"Who says otherwise? This time, they should have nothing to say."
Ma Ke nodded when he heard this and immediately echoed.
"Well, once this place is sorted out, we will return to Riverrun immediately. Make the sound louder during the victory, I want them to have a good look!"
After all, this temporary camp was dilapidated. Apart from some military rations and a large amount of low-quality ale, there was nothing of value. The Riverrun soldiers quickly cleaned up the battlefield and headed towards Riverrun with the enemy's heads and other prisoners.
Seeing that the battle was over soon, Thoros turned to look at Berry, who was frowning and thinking, and asked: "Those beasts have been eliminated by the soldiers of Riverrun. What do you think?"
"This battle... something is wrong! But I can't tell it for a while."
Berry heard Soros's question and answered.
"This battle is too easy! Even though those beasts lack fighting qualities, they are in a state of war after all! How could they drink so much?"
Brienne intervened at the right time to express her views on this battle.
"They are robbers after all! They may think that this location is remote and there are no important resources. So, just take it as casually as usual!"
Thoros didn't think it was that complicated. He turned around and looked at the messy temporary camp and said.
"I remembered something was wrong! We had attacked this defense line set up by Tywin before. When a camp was attacked, the soldiers in the camp sent a signal as quickly as possible to ask other nearby camps to come for support.
But this camp never sent a signal at all. I don’t know if it’s because the attack was too sudden and they forgot about it, or because they didn’t know about it at all.”
After thinking for a long time, Berry finally remembered what he felt was wrong and blurted it out immediately.
"Berry, do you think this camp was abandoned on purpose?"
Brienne heard this and asked Berry with some uncertainty.
"They gave up on purpose? So what was their purpose?
Do you want your people to enter Riverrun and open the gate from inside the city during the siege? Or do you have some other unknown purpose?"