In the afternoon of the third day when the Western Army besieged Riverrun City, there was an open space on the upper reaches of the Tengshi River diagonally opposite Riverrun City.
More than 300 soldiers were struggling to carry more than 20 small fishing boats. Tywin, Earl Swyver, and Earl Sallow were watching quietly behind them.
"Lord Tywin, when Count Leo attacked Riverrun last time, he commandeered almost all the nearby fishing boats. I sent people to expand the search area, and it took more than half a day to find more than 20 fishing boats.
However, Sir Mark has already started to supervise the construction of simple boats. I believe that in less than two days we will have hundreds of small rowing boats that are enough to cross the Tengshi River.
Hmm... Please forgive me for talking too much, Ser Mark's attack on the city in the past two days was like acting in conjunction with Riverrun, and there was no result. Lord Tywin, I think he..."
"Piper has proven his loyalty to me!"
Lord Swyver, who was standing behind Tywin, had his eyes flashing, and he was about to open his mouth to give Sir Mark a stumbling block. Tywin, who understood his character, interrupted him directly.
"Of course, I have never doubted Sir Marco's loyalty to you. I just thought that he might be too tired, so he would inevitably be a little negligent when commanding."
Hearing that Sir Marko was so trusted by Tywin, the smooth Earl Swyver immediately responded with a smile, and then immediately changed the subject,
"Lord Tywin, I have already sent people to investigate. After Count Leo's last sneak attack, Riverrun has already sealed the water gate tightly.
So, you want us to attack the city and occupy Riverrun City after they are cleared?"
"Occupy? No, I will destroy Riverrun today and force the enemies inside to surrender!"
Tywin stared at the northern wall of Riverrun not far downstream, shook his head and answered.
"let's start!"
Without waiting for the confused Earl Swiffer to continue asking questions, he turned his head and spoke to Earl Sallot who had been silent.
Upon hearing this, the strong man wearing the armor with the family emblem of the 'peacock in full bloom' immediately waved to the rear. Three transport carriages loaded with goods immediately drove to the Tengshi River.
Squeak!
The cargo compartment of the transport carriage was opened, and it was filled with fine sand. There was a wine barrel sealed with wax in the middle of the sand. At the same time, a pungent smell also wafted out.
"Let's go, let's stay away. By the way, Shallot remember to remind them to be especially careful when handling wildfires."
"Yes! Lord Tywin."
Tywin gave an explanation to Count Sarlot and then rode back. He never liked to put himself in dangerous situations.
On the west wall of Riverrun, Count Tytos, who looked exhausted, was staring closely at the Western Army camp. The huge army of nearly 30,000 people felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
In the past two days, he used 4,000 Riverrun soldiers to secure more than 10,000 Western siege soldiers outside the city wall. Who knows, today the enemy will once again reinforce with at least 15,000 more soldiers.
A few months ago, Riverrun successfully defended against an attack by an enemy force numbering 30,000. But at that time, their defensive strength was more than twice that of now, and there were also famous generals such as Brynden to defend the city.
Earl Tytos knew that if these 30,000 people attacked the west and south walls at the same time, they would lose it if they defended it for too long, and Riverrun would fall soon!
"Boat, be careful, there is a boat on the Tengshi River!"
While Count Tytos was racking his brains to think about how to defend, he suddenly heard a warning sound from a guard on the right side of the west city wall.
When Count Tytos heard the sound, he immediately ran to the right side of the city wall and saw more than 20 small fishing boats and Western soldiers standing on the boats.
The water gate has been blocked for a long time. What do they want to do?
No, we can't just watch, we have to do something!
Watching the boats on the Tengshi River heading towards the northern city wall along the current, thoughts flashed through Earl Tytos's mind:
He immediately turned to his deputy and said: "Yada, leave the defense here to you. I will take two hundred people to Minato to check the situation. If they start to attack the city, call someone to notify me immediately."
"As you command!"
After giving instructions to his deputy, Earl Tytos selected two hundred soldiers from his Blackwood family and hurriedly led them to the Watergate Stairs under the northern city wall.
In Duke Hoster's palace, four tall and strong guards were guarding the inside and outside of the room. A male servant carrying hot water and a towel chatted with the two guards at the door before stepping into the room.
The male servant placed the water basin in the corner of the room and prepared to perform the daily afternoon routine of wiping the body of Lord Hoster.
Boom, boom...
Click, click!
A series of huge explosions sounded, and the entire main castle began to shake violently. Huge cracks like centipedes continued to spread and expand along the wall.
"Hurry and protect the Duke!"
The two guards in the Duke's room were the first to react and immediately shouted loudly and rushed towards the goose down bed in the room.
Wow!
Bang! Bang!
As soon as one of the guards took two steps, the top floor of the Duke's room began to collapse, and a small pile of rocks the size of his head fell down. By coincidence, it hit the guard's head hard, burying him.
At the same time, the top floor at the door of the Duke's room also collapsed, directly blocking the entire door.
"Why are you still standing there? Come and carry the Duke with me. Let's take the spiral staircase to the balcony!"
Another guard rushed to the velvet bed and found that the door was blocked by collapsed stones and other guards could not enter the room. He immediately shouted to the male servants who were still stunned.
The frightened male servant was awakened by his voice, and immediately lifted up the unresponsive Duke Horst on the goose down bed, his eyes dull, and walked towards the balcony of the room.
Bang! Bang!
Just as they were about to reach the balcony on the shaking ground, the entire castle suddenly fell violently, causing them to lose their balance instantly.
The originally shaky but flat floor of the Duke's room suddenly tilted to the left. At the same time, a strip of stone as thick as an adult's thigh collapsed on the top floor, hitting the three Dukes of Horst who were standing unsteadily.
Because Count Tytos selected his family's soldiers, it took a lot of time to walk down the west city wall to the north wall.
Therefore, when he first arrived at the northern city wall where the main castle was located, and before he could go down the stairs to the water gate, he heard a series of huge explosions.
Then, he was shocked to see that this ancient castle, which had stood in the Riverlands for thousands of years, was quickly occupied by countless cracks on its surface. The deepest and largest crack started from the location of the Watergate.
Boom, boom, boom!
Shortly after the explosion stopped, a large number of stone fragments from the main castle began to fall down.
"Go back quickly, the main castle is going to collapse!"
After reacting, Count Tytos immediately waved his hands violently towards the back and shouted loudly to all the family soldiers around him.
Afterwards, Count Tytos and his party immediately ran in panic towards the south city wall.
Bang!
A violent sound came, and a large amount of smoke and dust accompanied by fine gravel enveloped the running Count Tytos and his party.
"Cough, cough!"
After a few minutes, Count Tytos finally ran out of the smoke and coughed violently, spitting out the fine grains of sand that had entered his mouth.
Looking at the main castle that seemed to have collapsed, covered by layers of smoke and dust, Count Tytos only had one sentence left in his mind at this moment, we are finished!
Since Edmure is the only heir to the Duke of Riverrun, if Lord Hoster dies, Edmure will automatically become the new Duke, and at this moment both he and Brynden are in the hands of the Western Army.
If he ordered the Riverrun defenders to open the city gates and surrender, even if Count Tytos wanted to fight to the end, he would be unable to prevent the Riverrun defenders from obeying the Lord's order and surrendering.
"Lord Tytos, the main castle is still there, still there!"
The smoke gradually dissipated, and a family soldier took the lead in seeing the huge main castle behind the smoke from the side, and shouted excitedly to Earl Tytos, who was slumped on the ground with his head bowed in despair.
Hearing his voice, Count Tytos immediately raised his head and stared directly in front of him with wide eyes.
Although the entire main castle did not directly collapse, it was already deformed and distorted and no longer as majestic as it once was.
At this moment, the towers on the left and right sides of the main castle collapsed diagonally towards the middle, and the middle part of the main castle had already broken off and collapsed downward into the water gate, which was originally the underground space.
Therefore, the shape of the main castle that Earl Tytos sees from the front seems to have become a folded castle roughly in the shape of a 'V' that was spliced together by children.
The explosion point of wildfire is at the water gate directly below the middle of the main castle. Since the most important characteristic of wildfire is to burn most materials, its blasting ability is not as powerful as the high explosives in the previous life.
Robb once used wildfire to only blow open the gate of the Dreadfort, not the walls of the Dreadfort. The reason why Tywin was very confident that wildfire could destroy the walls of Riverrun was because he had seen the scene after the explosion of the Mud Gate.
But the actual situation of Riverrun is actually different from the low walls of Mudgate!
The main castle of Riverrun City is made of solid rock mixed with mortar and other materials. Its thick walls and its own weight of defense are far greater than the low walls of Mud Gate.
Therefore, the entire main castle did not explode directly into the sky as Tywin planned, but instead became like it is now about to collapse.
"Quick, go and rescue Duke Hoster now!"
Count Tytos reacted and immediately pointed at the main castle and issued orders to his family's soldiers.
The reason why Earl Tytos rekindled his hope is because the Duke's room of Riverrun was not built in the middle of the main castle, but on the left side of the main castle where he could see both the Tengshi River and the west wall.
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Upon hearing the order, nearly two hundred family soldiers immediately ran towards the left side of the main castle where the spiral staircase was not damaged.
Seeing the rocks above their heads collapse, the male servant subconsciously hugged Duke Hoster in his arms, lowered his head and closed his eyes, waiting for death to come.
"Pfft, take the Duke out quickly. I can't hold on for long!"
A stream of raindrops with a fishy sweetness fell on his face, and then the male servant heard the guard's voice in his ears.
He opened his eyes and saw the tall and strong guard carrying the stone on his shoulders and holding the stone as thick as an adult's thigh with both hands. With blood overflowing from his mouth, he shouted to him: "Go quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the footman immediately turned over and carried Duke Hoster on his back, who was completely unaware of what was happening. He struggled to pull the edge of the balcony that had tilted to the left and headed towards the spiral staircase.
"Lord Horst, I can only guard you until today!"
Looking at the two Dukes of Horst who gradually disappeared from sight, the tall guard felt relieved in his heart. He only felt that the stones on his shoulders were getting heavier and heavier, and his hands were getting weaker and weaker.
Bang!
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"Huh? It wasn't directly destroyed? This is different from what I expected! Riverrun is really strong!
But it doesn’t matter, I brought enough wildfire reserves this time, and I’m ready to do it again a second time!”
Tywin, who was diagonally across the Tengshi River, looked at the main castle of Riverrun Castle that collapsed in the middle. After letting out a rather unexpected sigh, he turned his head and attacked Earl Saliot.
Da da da!
Before Earl Sallot could reply, a Western messenger came in a hurry on horseback from the direction of the Western Army camp.
"Lord Tywin, Lord Kevan was defeated by Robb Stark at the foot of the Golden Tooth Castle yesterday afternoon. Now he has returned to the camp with two thousand cavalry."
"Trash! Although most of them are Stormland soldiers, 20,000 people actually brought back 2,000 people!
Sallow, be prepared first. Wait until I return to camp to listen to Kevan’s explanation before I decide when to destroy Riverrun!”
"Yes, Lord Tywin!"
Sarriot took the order and continued to make preparations here, while Tywin and the others rode back to the Western Army camp.
Returning to the commander's tent where the camp was stationed, when Tywin and all the noble generals sat down, Kevan immediately told the specific details of yesterday's battle under the Golden Teeth City with added detail.
For example, Robb Stark was despicable and had no regard for the dignity of the nobles. He actually let the infantry troops die first, and then took the opportunity to use the cavalry troops.
For example, the direwolves in the North are huge and terrifying, and the soldiers in the North also use fire and ice magic, as well as various other objective factors.
Overall, what Kevan means is that the responsibility for this defeat does not lie with him!
"Let's put aside everything else! Kevan, did you just say that there was no movement in Golden Teeth City from the beginning to the end of this battle?"
Tywin would never directly believe something that he had not confirmed with his own eyes. But he keenly grasped the unusual thing about Kevan's words.
"Yes, Lord Tywin! I dragged Robb Stark's fifteen thousand troops tightly, just because I wanted him to attack from the Golden Tooth City and attack the unsuspecting back of the Northern army.
But he was too afraid to fight. He watched helplessly as I was defeated by the northern army using evil methods in Golden Tooth City. I beg you to severely punish Adam Malbrand!"
Hearing Tywin mention Adam, Kevan immediately became angry. He attributed all the reasons for his failure to Adam.
"Before we set off from Harrenhal, we received a raven letter from Davon. His letter told me that Adam had returned to the Golden Teeth with an army that day.
It doesn't take that long to get from Lannisport to Golden Teeth City. So, either, as you said, Adam is too scared to fight.
Or...Golden Tooth City has fallen!"
Tywin stared closely at the battle map on the long table, tapping the table with his right index finger rhythmically. Then he spoke out his analysis of Golden Teeth City.
"Impossible! Lord Tywin, before fighting the Northern Army, he carefully observed the Golden Teeth City. There was no sign of an siege.
If the northern army forces an attack on the city, no matter how they clean it up in a short period of time, they will definitely leave traces!"
As soon as Tywin finished speaking, Kevan immediately objected with a very firm tone. Of course he wanted to pin the reason for his defeat in the war firmly on Adam's head.
"Well, since Kevan is so sure, then after this battle is over, I will punish Adam severely after I understand the situation in Golden Teeth City.
Next, because you led the army from the direction of Riverrun, Robb Stark will definitely lead the army back to check the situation in Riverrun.
In this case, we can set a trap for him in advance!"
Seeing that Kevan was so sure, Tywin actually felt that it was impossible for the Golden Tooth to fall. He nodded and began to discuss how to deal with Robb next.
"Lord Tywin, Lord Swyver sent troops to block their information as soon as he arrived at Riverrun. Therefore, I don't think Robb Stark knows that I have surrendered to you, and my previous identity can be used again.
I took the new recruits from the Riverlands who surrendered to us, pretending to be the defeated remnants, and led the enemy army into your trap."
Due to the failure of the attack on Riverrun, Lord Marko, who had been waiting for an opportunity, immediately volunteered himself after hearing this, hoping to make military exploits for Tywin.
"Very well, I'll do as you say. Piper, if you can successfully lead Robb Stark into a trap, then Riverrun will be yours!"
"Ah! Thanks to Lord Tywin, our Piper family will swear allegiance to the Lannister family to the death!"
"Well, thank you... Lord Tywin!"
Hearing Tywin's promise of a huge reward in front of everyone, Sir Mark stood up from his seat with excitement and knelt down on one knee to show his loyalty.
Sir Marko's father, Lord Piper, only reacted when he saw his son's actions. He knocked down his chair in excitement and knelt down on one knee towards Tywin.
"Well, both of you, stand up! The Lannister family 'must pay its debts', whether they are kind to us or against us!"
After Tywin nodded to Sir Mark, he looked around at the noble generals in the handsome tent, with a rare smile on his lips, and continued: "Since we want to set a trap for Robb Stark
.Then let’s put the dilapidated City of Riverrun aside for now!
Concentrate all the wildfires here, and I will make a gorgeous tomb for this victorious King of the North that matches his status!"
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