In Riverrun City, Earl Tytos looked at Duke Hoster and the two men who were rescued by the family soldiers, and suddenly felt the big stone in his heart was lifted.
He glanced at the guards and servants who were constantly climbing down from the left and right sides of the main castle, and immediately ordered the family soldiers around him: "You guys quickly send the Duke to Lord Brynden's room in the deputy castle. Others.
People rescue the survivors in the main castle and carry the food and belongings inside!"
In order to facilitate the defense of the west and south city walls, generals such as Brynden and Earl Tytos all lived in the auxiliary castle near the southern city wall. The meeting hall and dungeon were also in this auxiliary castle.
"yes!"
Several family soldiers carried Duke Hoster towards the auxiliary fort, and the manservant who rescued Duke Hoster followed closely behind them. While nearly two hundred other family soldiers spread out to rescue and carry supplies and belongings.
There will definitely be a heavy reward for the manservant who rescued Duke Hoster. After all, this is an important factor in maintaining the loyalty of his subordinates. But Tytos can't care about so much at the moment, because he can see the man running from the west wall from a long distance.
The messenger.
"Did the Western Army take the opportunity to attack the city?"
Count Tytos, who had some expectations in his mind, immediately asked when the messenger came to him.
"No, Lord Tytos. Phew, part of their army began to evacuate, and another part actually dug holes on the river road to the west."
The messenger who hurried over was breathing rapidly and loudly reported to Count Tytos the unusual movements of the Western Army.
"Evacuate? Dig a hole?"
After hearing the messenger's report, Count Tytos, who had a surprised expression on his face, frowned and thought for a moment, then said directly to him,
"Let's go back to the city wall. They won't attack the city, nor will they continue to blow up the main castle wall. I want to see what tricks they are playing!"
…
The morning after the main castle of Riverrun collapsed, the 13,000-strong Northern Army led by Robb was marching in order on the River Road.
The reconnaissance cavalry who were sent out by Robb in advance were constantly investigating various intelligences with the northern army as the center.
After completely leaving the Tengshi Mountains and less than a day's riding away from Riverrun, the scout cavalry ahead sent Robb information about the front.
Marco Piper led a thousand new soldiers from the Riverlands and fled in a hurry towards the northern army. The western cavalry behind them had stopped pursuing after seeing the northern cavalry.
"Oh, I don't know if it's because I'm too young, or because he is too narcissistic!
Tsk tsk, until now, Lord Tywin, the famous lion in the Seven Kingdoms, has not treated me on an equal footing.
Even though Patrick and Tomad did not come to report to me the news of Marco Piper's rebellion.
But you abandoned your master and fled alone, and you also led a thousand new soldiers to break out of the siege without being pursued by the enemy cavalry. How could I believe that?"
Robb, who was riding on Bloodwind, chuckled to himself, and then said to the messenger cavalry sent back by Little Jon,
"Let Little Jon disarm them, and then invite Marco Piper over. Well, be polite!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Watching the messenger cavalry leave, Gendry, who had just heard Robb's words, said, "Your Majesty, do you need me to call Captain Patrick to come over?"
"Of course, how can we let him miss this good show! However, when the time comes, you should hide in the military formation and don't come out in a hurry. I want to get some information from this traitor."
Seeing that Gendry was becoming more and more aware of his thoughts, Robb nodded directly and answered.
After a while, Gendry took Patrick, who knew that Ser Mac was coming, and hid in the military formation behind Robb.
Gendry looked at Patrick's gnashing of teeth and thought that he should pay close attention to his actions later, lest he be too impulsive and ruin His Majesty Robb's plan.
After another ten minutes, Little Jon personally brought Sir Marko to the front of Robb.
After Sir Mark reined in his horse, he immediately dismounted and took a few steps to kneel down in front of Robb.
There was an anxious look on his face, and he said loudly and sadly: "Your Majesty, Tywin Lannister is leading an army of 15,000 people from the West to attack Riverrun. The northern wall has been blown down by wildfire.
Although they had exhausted their wildfire, Riverrun was about to fall because the northern wall could not be defended.
Lord Edmure and us wanted to attack at night, but who knew that Patrick Mallister had already defected to Tywin. We were ambushed by the army of the West, and Lord Edmure was captured by Patrick in a sneak attack.
I originally wanted to fight to the death, but in the end I decided to take advantage of the chaos and lead my troops to break out, because I wanted to come to Golden Teeth City to report the military situation to you, lest you fall into their ambush."
While Sir Mark was speaking, he raised his head to observe Robb sitting on the terrifying giant wolf. He saw Robb frowning and listening, his crystal clear eyes full of thinking.
Huh? Before, the eyes of the King of the North looked like this?
When Ser Malko was observing Robb, Robb was also observing him from the corner of his eye.
He was covered in dried blood, and his armor was full of marks from long sword cuts. His left hand seemed to be injured, and was tied with layers of blood-stained bandages. He looked like he had gone through a hard battle.
Robb praised his dedicated performance in his heart, and then immediately asked eagerly: "What is the situation in Riverrun now? Are my uncle and great-uncle still alive?"
"Well, Riverrun was still holding on when I left, and Edmure and Lord Brynden should have been imprisoned by Tywin.
Your Majesty Robb, my goal of breaking out of the encirclement has been achieved. I would like to ask you to fight. I will lead an army to attack the Western Army camp at night tonight and rescue the two adults."
Hearing Robb's question, Sir Marko tilted his head slightly before answering. At the same time, he excitedly asked him for a night attack.
"Well, good! Riverrun has not fallen yet, and they are all still alive.
To be honest, Marco Piper, you are the best actor I have ever seen in my life!
I have been observing you carefully. Not only do you express your eyes and expressions well, your breathing rhythm changes according to your emotions, but you also don't make any unnecessary small movements.
The most important thing is that when I asked you a quick question, you could still make a slightly recalling expression without blurting it out directly."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid and not understanding what you meant."
Seeing Robb's eager expression suddenly change just now, he said these words with a smile on his lips. Sir Mark's heart skipped a beat, but he still had a puzzled expression on his face.
"Patrick, come out!"
Patrick has been listening to Sir Mark's nonsense and slandered himself as a traitor.
After hearing Robb's call, he could no longer hold himself back. He pulled out the sharp ax stuck in his waist and rushed out of the military formation, intending to step forward and chop Sir Mark into pieces.
"No, calm down! Patrick!"
Gendry, who had been prepared for a long time, followed closely and stopped the excited Patrick.
"Patrick, I know you want to kill him. But if you still want to save my uncle and great-uncle, calm down immediately!"
Robb looked sideways at Patrick and Gendry and spoke calmly.
After hearing his words, the figures of his close friends Edmure and Brynden emerged in Patrick's mind. His excitement gradually calmed down, and Gendry immediately let him go when he saw this.
When Patrick, who he said had captured Edmure, appeared, Sir Mark immediately put away his performance and calmly accepted the outcome that he had considered when betraying him.
Who knew, after hearing the meaning of Robb's words, he didn't seem to want to execute himself immediately. So he said half sincerely and half flatteringly: "Your Majesty Robb, your magnanimity is also the broadest I have ever seen in my life. Including Tywin...
Everyone, including the Lannister, wanted to execute the traitor and his family immediately.
In fact, I don't want to betray you and the Tully family, but my father...
Forget it, I won’t explain any more. May I ask, Your Majesty Robb, what do you want me to do?”
"You go back and tell Tywin Lannister that since he was sincere in exchanging prisoners last time, I will also express my sincerity this time!
I propose that all the nobles in the entire Westerlands be exchanged with him for Brynden Tully, Edmure Tully, and, by the way, the head of poor Lyns Lydon."
The lofty Robb looked down at the calm-looking Sir Mark, and expressed his proposal to exchange prisoners.
"Huh? So, it seems that the Golden Teeth City is already in your hands? No wonder the Golden Teeth City did not cooperate with Kevan Lannister to attack. It turns out that the Golden Teeth City has really fallen.
However, I don’t think anyone would believe that Your Majesty would trade the entire Western nobility for you!”
After hearing Robb's words, Sir Marko immediately thought of the reason for Kevan's defeat. However, he certainly would not believe that Robb had occupied the entire Western Territory in a short period of time.
"Oh? Are you doubting what I said? Then let me tell you, Golden Tooth City, Deep Cave City, and Crake Hall are all under my control.
Now, am I qualified to use the entire Western Region nobles in exchange?"
When Robb heard the doubt in Sir Mark's words, he immediately frowned and spoke in a bad tone.
As if sensing the unkindness in Robb's tone, Xue Feng, who had been standing there with his eyes closed and dozing, suddenly opened its bright eyes like ice crystals, staring closely at the short human in front of him.
"Gulu, Your Majesty, I shouldn't question your terms of exchange. Now, I will return to Riverrun to help you deliver the message."
Sir Marko, who had always been calm and composed, suddenly felt chills all over his body after being stared at by Bloodwind, and cold sweat broke out on his back. After swallowing nervously, he quickly spoke to Robb.
"We will almost arrive at Riverrun tomorrow morning. Let Tywin Lannister reply to me within this time. Go!"
"yes!"
Upon hearing this, Sir Marco turned around and left quickly as if he had been granted amnesty. Ever since he was stared at by Xue Feng just now, the sense of danger of being targeted by an apex predator had been reminding him to escape.
"Your Majesty, you let this beast go so easily? He cut off Lord Edmure's three fingers with his own hands."
Patrick stared at Sir Mark's back with an unwilling face and spoke to Robb.
"Don't worry, just because we let him go. After the prisoner exchange tomorrow, we will definitely meet him again on the battlefield. By then..."
Robb's bright eyes were also staring at Sir Mark's back. After answering Patrick, he turned to Gendry and ordered,
"Gendry, the previous scouting cavalry reported that many fishing villages in the upper reaches of the Red Fork River have not been harassed by the Western Army. You let them go..."
…
"Everyone except Kevan, get out of here!"
Sir Mark quickly returned to the army camp in the west alone, and reported Robb's words to Tywin exactly. Tywin immediately became furious.
Bang, bang!
After Sir Mark and others left the commander's tent, there was immediately a loud banging sound. Upon hearing this, the smooth nobles immediately greased their feet and quickly left the commander's tent.
"Hey, Kevan, you go out and tell Piper later that I agree to exchange prisoners. Then, after the prisoner exchange tomorrow, I will let him act as a vanguard to lead Robb Stark into the trap.
Keep an eye on him today and don't let him take the opportunity to do anything!"
After venting his anger, Tywin quickly regained his composure and immediately gave orders to his younger brother.
"Lord Tywin, do we just believe Robb Stark's words? Also, since you suspect that there is something wrong with Piper, why don't I just kill him?"
After hearing Tywin's order, Kevan, who didn't think very clearly, immediately spoke back and asked.
"I had some bad guesses about Golden Tooth City before, but I didn't expect that it had actually fallen.
The Leiden family in Deep Cave City has betrayed us, needless to say. If I guessed correctly, the Crake Hall should have been captured by the squids who have disappeared for a long time.
There is no need to consider whether to believe his words now, just see if there are any prisoners from the Lefford family tomorrow.
As for Piper, he can betray once and betray a second time. The sudden change in the situation now makes me a little suspicious of him. But it would be a pity to kill such a good bait."
"Well, I understand, let's do it now!"
…
Early the next morning, when the warm sun shone on the earth, a 6,000-strong northern infantry phalanx, including recruits from the Riverlands, came to the west of Riverrun City in a mighty manner.
And Tywin led 15,000 men outside the Western Army camp, also waiting for them in formation.
"Hey, Piper, didn't you say there are about thirteen thousand of them? Why are there only these five or six thousand now?"
Looking at the approaching northern army, Kevan let out a sigh and asked Sir Marko beside him.
"When I conveyed Lord Tywin's message last night, I made a special trip to have my men calculate it carefully. It is indeed about thirteen thousand people.
Look at the smoke and dust rising behind them. The remaining cavalry should be waiting for an opportunity behind them, ready to use the same tactics that defeated you a few days ago."
Sir Marko heard Kevan's unceremonious questioning, and he very simply opened the scars of Kevan's defeat a few days ago.
"snort!"
When Kevan heard this, he snorted coldly with an ashen complexion and stopped talking.
Tywin, who was riding on his war horse, never spoke, but quietly observed the northern army.
On the west wall of Riverrun, Count Tytos was looking anxiously at the approaching northern army.
He knew that the Western Army had ambushed at least 12,000 people in the woods far behind, and had dug traps with a high probability of setting wildfires along the path that the Northern Army must pass through.
However, since Riverrun had already been blocked, he could not convey the news at all.
"Ada, let all the men in Riverrun who can bear arms gather at the school grounds at the west gate. The time has come to be loyal to His Majesty Robb and the Tully family!"
Tytos bit his lower lip hard and gave orders to the deputies beside him.
"yes!"
When the Northern Army came closer to the Western Army, Bloodwind, who was walking at the front, twitched his nose a few times, and then Robb immediately waved his hand to stop the march.
"Patrick, take the prisoners from the Western Region for exchange."
Following Robb's order, Patrick escorted Countess Alexa's mother and son, and the nobles and generals of the Stormlands headed towards the Western Army.
Among this group of prisoners, Aura Ismon of Greenstone Castle glanced vaguely at Robb above him when he passed by Bloodwind.
Robb's eyes happened to meet his, and he gave him a slight nod.
In the army of the Western Region, Tywin saw Count O's wife and son in the Golden Tooth City being prisoners. He sighed heavily and waved gently to Sir Marko.
Immediately, he held a wooden box and escorted the listless Edmure and Brynden, who was also in bad condition, towards the front.
"Lord Edmure, Lord Brynden! How are you?"
Between the two armies in the North and West, the prisoners from both sides met, and Patrick immediately asked.
"It's not dead yet, let's exchange it quickly!"
Brynden responded first and urged a quick exchange of prisoners.
Subsequently, the two sides exchanged prisoners without any dishonorable tricks.
"Marco Piper, please don't die soon. I came to find you myself!"
Patrick took the wooden box from Sir Mark's hand, said a harsh word, and quickly walked towards his army with Brynden and the others.
Ta-ta-ta!
Sir Mark had just returned to the Western Army camp with the prisoners, and the remaining five thousand surrendered Riverland soldiers were driven out of the Western Army.
"Piper, take them to lure Robb Stark to the trap to fight. Don't worry, I will notify you in advance so that you have enough time to escape."
"Yes, Lord Tywin!"
Looking at the nearly 10,000 Western soldiers who were preparing to draw their swords and bows at the rear, Sir Marko could only nod in agreement with a pale face.
Wow!
At this moment, the west gate of Riverrun was suddenly lowered. Count Tytos and the soldiers of Riverrun rushed out of the gate, while shouting in unison: "There is a trap!"
At the front of the northern infantry phalanx, Robb looked at the Riverrun soldiers who were risking their lives to fight out of the city. His bright eyes flashed with light, and he spat out a mouthful of white mist and said to Xue Feng: "Xue Feng, show our strength to the enemy.
Power, let them be afraid of it!"
Ouch!
The bloody wind that began to surround the whole body with white mist roared upwards and carried Robb quickly towards the enemy in front.
Behind Robb and Bloodwind, all the soldiers in the northern infantry phalanx looked at this man and a wolf charging alone towards tens of thousands of Western troops. Their hearts were completely shocked and filled with shock.
"Damn it! If I had known better, I would have killed all these bastards first!"
Tywin looked at the soldiers rushing out from Riverrun and listened to the deafening shouts of thousands of them. He couldn't help but curse these bastards who ruined his plan.
"Lord Tywin! Robb Stark and his wolf are coming alone!"
Just as Tywin turned to look at Riverrun, Kevan's exclamation sounded in his ears.
Tywin immediately turned his head, and sure enough he saw Robb riding a huge white wolf and stepping into the wide-ranging wildfire trap between the two sides.
"Hurry up and release the arrow. It can shatter the symbol of faith gathered by the enemies in the north. We will definitely be the winner in the subsequent war!"
Tywin had no time to think about why Robb charged alone, but he would not let go of this opportunity and immediately shouted at Kevan beside him.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Oops!
Dozens of flaming rockets were shot out from the Western Army, igniting the wildfire they had poured on the ground in advance.
Dozens of green fire snakes snaked forward, along the wooden pipe passage reserved in advance, and ignited many wildfire barrels buried in the soil in the middle of the battlefield.
Boom, boom, boom!
An unprecedented wildfire explosion scene appeared on the west side of Riverrun, and the sky was filled with green mushroom clouds of flames.
The entire Riverrun battlefield was shocked by the explosion scene that no one had ever seen. Whether it was the soldiers of the northern infantry phalanx, the soldiers of the Western Army, or the soldiers of Riverrun who were looking up or preparing to fight, they were all froze in place.
.
"Hahaha!"
Feeling the heat wave set off by the explosion, Tywin laughed like never before. It was obvious that he was indeed very happy this time.
Click, click, click!
Approaching the direction of the Western Army, a discordant white ice crystal suddenly appeared in the blazing green flames.
Then, this white ice crystal spread quickly like the previous wildfire, forming a circular channel condensed by bright ice crystals in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh!
Bang!
A meter-long ice crystal spear shot out from the circular channel, instantly piercing Sir Marco's horse at the front, causing him to fall directly to the ground.
Thump, thump, thump!
There was a crisp and loud sound of footsteps, and Xue Feng, who was covered in layers of ice crystal scales, stepped out of the circular passage in an elegant manner.
On top of its head, Robb was covered in ice crystal armor that looked like an ice sculpture. The white ice mist in his right hand was constantly twisting and twisting, eventually condensing into a meter-long ice crystal spear.
This is the first blood contract skill obtained when the blood wind magic attribute exceeds 50 points, [Connection]!
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