Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Witte changed his words first: "There will be no major problems with the Tyrosi fleet, and they will support the Gulf of Carlin on time. Now you continue to talk about supporting the north."
Renly also quickly asked Robb: "Sir Robb, your Stark family is the most familiar with the North. You should have specific plans for coming here this time. You might as well tell everyone."
Robb stood up and looked at Edmure on the stage: "The Northerners were divided into three groups and moved south. If the civilians taking the King's Road die, they will turn into corpses and attack the Bay of Cailin. If they are attacked by aliens,
If ghosts are captured alive, they may be transformed into more troublesome white ghosts or vampires. So please Edmure to send the Riverland army to go north as soon as possible, with the cavalry going first, and the infantry must follow as soon as possible."
Edmure was a little puzzled: "Just go with the fast cavalry, why should the infantry follow?"
Robb: "I previously dug three deep trenches in the north of Cailin Bay Fortress, four meters deep and five meters wide, each of which is several kilometers long. The deep trenches are covered with ice and are extremely smooth, making it difficult for White Walkers to jump in.
Come out. There are also a large amount of kerosene and wildfire cans placed near the deep ditch, and the horses operating the wildfire cavalry may be frightened."
Edmure leaned over: "How many infantrymen are suitable?"
Robb: "Go as many as you can! According to my judgment, this White Walkers force following us is the vanguard. The number should not be very large. It would be best if we can use our numbers to scare them away. If we engage in battle,
, the infantry can also rely on deep ditch defense to burn a large number of ghouls."
"Lord Edmure, what do you think?" Renly didn't make a decision himself and threw the question to Edmure.
Edmure looked at the riverland nobles, and they all nodded to him silently.
The nobles came out with their troops, and the knights had to consume military pay, recruit soldiers, and consume food. If you were idle, you might as well go north to rescue people. And I heard from Robb that it might not be possible to start a fight. Once you get to Cailin Bay, you can go out for a run.
Get some credit, why not do it.
Seeing that the vassals agreed, Edmure raised his head and shouted in a high voice: "The warriors of the Riverlands will risk their lives and honor to bring our northern compatriots back to Moat Cailin!"
Renly patted the armrest of the chair: "Okay, then it's settled!"
Edmure shouted to the messenger standing at the side of the hall: "Pass my order to have all the soldiers from the Riverlands assemble at the training ground. Go quickly!"
The messenger ran out quickly.
If things go well, Renly and Edmure can take the lion's share of the credit. Edmure set the goal himself, and he ordered the riverland army to assemble for the expedition. King Renly just patted the back of his chair and said hello.
If things go wrong, Edmure will be the only one to take the blame.
Knights have to put on armor, feed their horses and prepare supplies, and soldiers have to distribute various supplies. An army without standardized logistics would take at least several hours to assemble the soldiers.
Naturally, the nobles wouldn't worry about it. Their subordinates were helping them prepare. Now everyone in the hall was waiting for Witte to talk about the Three Sisters Islands.
Renly: "Witt, there are the Iron Islands in the west and the Three Sisters Islands in the east. Pirates in these two places are a big problem. The Iron Islands have now become the largest recruiting ground for the royal fleet. What did they do in the Three Sisters Islands for you to mobilize?
The fleet is going to clear it?"
Renly's question was also what the nobles of the Riverlands present wanted to ask.
Bite Bay is located between the North and the Vale. It is a bay larger than Blackwater Bay outside King's Landing. In the middle of the sea are three islands, Sweet Sister Island, Long Sister Island and Miss Island. They are ruled by the Sunderland family and have allegiance.
Also related to him are the four small family forces on the island.
There are no resources on the barren island, and they only rely on fishing and crabs for sale. But when there are too many people, there are not enough fish to divide them. Smuggling has become the mainstay here, and a high-end industry that is more profitable than smuggling: robbery is naturally born.
The northern part of the valley is full of towering, barren stone mountains. The Mandalay family in White Harbor in the north has always maintained a large navy. A large part of the reason is to prevent pirates from the Three Sisters Islands.
The Three Sisters Islands were ravaged by the Stark family with fire and sword because of pirates. The history books called this war "The Insult of the Three Sisters". The islanders could not defeat the northerners who were more fierce than them, so they asked the king of the valley, Mathos.
Arryn II surrendered and begged them to send troops to drive out the Northmen, and the Vale was dragged into the war.
In the end, the Arryn family defeated the Stark family, but in the Stark family's book collection, it was written that the Northerners lost interest in the barren Three Sisters Islands and retreated.
So far, the Three Sisters Islands are nominally ruled by House Arryn of the Vale, but privately they refuse to obey anyone, hating both the Northerners and the Valemen who brought them to their knees.
There is only one big city in the north, White Harbor, near Biting Bay, and few ships usually come here. This time the Seven-Nation Allied Forces gathered in Carlin Bay, and a large number of ships wanted to dock for rest, so the Three Sisters Islands in the middle of the bay naturally became the first choice.
The Royal Fleet and the Tyrosh Fleet were parked in every port on the three islands, and the small ports that could only accommodate fishing boats were crowded with "huge" warships.
The ruler of the three islands is Sir Triston Sunderland. Seeing so many navies docked on his territory, he naturally wants to make a profit.
Sir Sunderland found that the people in the Royal Fleet were not easy to mess with. They could guess what you wanted to do if you took a second glance at the cabin. If you said anything wrong, they would attack you with swords and axes. However, the Tyroshi people were polite to ordinary civilians.
It became his target.
He asked the islanders to invite the Tyroshi soldiers to their homes for dinner during the day, and asked the women on the island to serve and entertain them at night.
A few days later, when the Tyrosh fleet was about to leave the port, the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Navy, Orion Velaryon, took his guards and cronies to Ser Sunderland's mansion to settle the bill.
One hundred gold dragons, Sir Sunderland put his legs on the table, called himself the Pirate King, and demanded 50,000 gold dragons before he could let the ship out of the harbor.
Many children who grew up by the sea have a dream of becoming a pirate king. When he was young, Oren also dreamed of being a pirate, and now he has actually met one.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Witte slowly told everyone what he knew above: "It's just a few days of food and drink and no repair of the ship. Oren gave a hundred golden dragons more than enough, but
Sir Sunderland didn't appreciate it."
Jon turned sideways and whispered to Robb: "If we don't buy new equipment, our annual expenditure of three thousand men in gold robes will not be more than fifty thousand!"
Robb explained to him: "The Tyroshi navy operates in the south and eastern continent, and is not very famous in the north. Some say that dozens of their ships besieged a pirate ship, and one was sunk by the pirates. Theirs
Regardless of his military discipline, he does seem easy to bully."
The two of them had lived in Tyrosh for a long time and knew that the Tyrosh navy was created from scratch and emphasized both combat and military discipline. It looked different from all the navies today. If the soldiers who came ashore didn't have dark skin, they would be even more...
Like a group of young masters traveling with nobles.
Renly turned to Werther and asked: "How many people died on the other side of the island?"
He knew Werther's style, and he had been in contact with Oren many times, so he knew that this person was not a good person. What's more, Oren's wife was Asha Greyjoy, the daughter of the true pirate king, so the process was very complicated.
I asked directly about the result without asking.
There are men, women, and children on the three islands, and together they are several times more numerous than Tyrosh's navy, but Renly believes that Orion is not at a disadvantage.
Witte replied in a calm tone: "There are five members of the Sunderland family left, the Bonnell family of Sweet Sister Island still has six people, the Longdorp of Long Sister Island and the Torrent of Miss Island were exterminated. Those who are still alive
They are all the culprits, and Orion will take them to Cailin Bay to behead them in public."
"Genocide!"
"Isn't this a bit too much?"
Many nobles in the Riverlands began to whisper. They had not heard the word genocide for many years.
"The Three Sisters Islands are still vassals of the Arryn family in the valley. They will be destroyed without a single greeting. We must do it in peacetime.
"Edmure said it stopped here, and everyone knew that the two sides were going to war.
Witte: "The king has already ordered the assembly of the armies of the seven countries, and the entire continent has entered a state of war. The Tyroshi army was extorted while resting, so the daily laws of the kingdom do not apply, and only military law can be used to deal with it."
"Martial law?" Renly lowered his voice: "Is there really no problem? The people of the valley stay in the mountains every day, but they are very stubborn. Do I need to come forward in this matter?"
"A few bad pirates have to be dealt with by your king, so why don't you die from exhaustion?"
Witte raised his voice in front of everyone: "I will personally talk to Duke Dennis Alleyn about the Three Sisters Islands when he arrives at Cailin Bay."
Denis became Duke of the Valley, Witte, who helped a lot. The Three Sisters Islands were also a hot potato in the valley, and Witte took care of it this time. Maybe Dennis has to thank Witte.
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A few days later, Werther's bodyguards arrived at the Fortress of Cailin Bay. Some naval officers also came here. The army from the valley also arrived. Sir Sunderland, the "Pirate King", moved into the single room arranged by Werther.
"Witt, you have to die!"
The shouting continued all night, until the sound changed from a strong voice to a hoarse voice.
After the army went out, a large number of blacksmiths who accompanied the army remained here. Seeing that their workload was not saturated, Witt ordered them to make an iron cage half a man high, specially customized for Lord Sunderland.
The iron cage is ventilated on six sides, and people can only sit inside. Their legs and hands must be exposed outside the iron cage. Sir Sunderland was stripped naked and stuffed inside. Several strong soldiers pushed the iron cage into the cage.
into the cell.
"Sir Sunderland's price is just too high. You can negotiate, but killing is not an option!" a valley noble shouted with a red face.
"Where is the pirate orthodoxy? In my house! If I say he is a pirate, he is a pirate!"
Oren slapped the table, raised his hand and pulled off his headband, stood up and shouted at him, his platinum hair spread like a lion, not giving in to anyone.
In the large conference room, Asha and her brother Theon didn't like meetings and deliberately sat in the back row together. She couldn't help but laugh when she thought about her husband Orion being robbed by pirates.
"It's shameful that I can't afford to eat!" Another old nobleman from the valley spoke.
Garland Tyrell took out a solid gold pocket watch studded with gems and placed it on the table. He opened the watch case with a snap and looked up at the old nobleman in the valley opposite: "How much money do we Tyroshi people lack?"
As the leaders of two private factions, he and Oren fought a lot openly and secretly with Witte's acquiescence, but at this time they must be unanimous in dealing with the outside world.
In the absence of the two Dukes Werther and Denis, Tyrosh and the nobles of the valley expressed their opinions and quarreled endlessly about the Three Sisters Islands.
"Why don't you see Jon?" Theon straightened his body and looked around.
Asha thought for a while: "I heard from Duke Werther this morning that Jon was being taken to the north by Robb. They should return to Cailin Bay at noon, but it is already afternoon, and I am worried that something will happen."
Theon: "Can't you think of something better?"
"Every time I have a meeting, I feel sleepy if I don't think about it." Asha kept closing her eyes, then opened them with her fingers, and the loud quarrels on the conference table seemed like a lullaby.
People in front of the table were quarreling, and people in the back row were dozing off and chatting. Everyone knew that as long as the two principals, Werther and Dennis, reached an agreement, the two parties now quarreling might sit down and drink together.
boom!
The door to the conference room was violently knocked open, and everyone who was still arguing immediately fell silent and looked at the door.
The person who came was wearing pale golden plate armor, tall and majestic with a majestic face. He was Werther's personal guard captain Baron.
"Urgent military order, everyone gather and prepare for battle!"
"Have the White Walkers already invaded the Bay of Cailin?" Garland quickly put away the valuable pocket watch on the table.
Balon, who was wearing a helmet, spoke in a booming voice: "A large number of corpses are chasing the Northern Army. The two sides are already fighting head-on. We don't need to leave the city. We all go to the city wall to defend and help the Northerners enter the city."
In the conference room, all Tyrosh officers stood up, arranged their armor and weapons and walked out.
"You are the captain of Werther's personal guard, and we are Duke Arryn's people!" What the people of the valley said is also true. The two places have a equal relationship. Unless there is a special order from the king, Werther cannot command the people of the valley now.
Balon turned around. He heard the quarrel inside before he entered the door: "The Tyroshi people never mess with military orders. Valley people, please raise your ears and listen, three, two, one."
In the confused eyes of the valley nobles, Baron had just finished counting down.
Woo~~~ A loud horn sound spread throughout the entire fortress.
"It's really a call!"
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"You can see the Cailin Bay Fortress after turning this corner. We don't need any supplies. People go first!" Robb shouted to the knights beside him.
The chaotic civilians were surrounded by soldiers. After hearing Robb's order, they abandoned their goods and ran wildly on the frozen King's Road.
A purple shadow quickly shuttled through the running crowd and stopped next to Robb.
"Robb, where is Eddard?"
"Father is taking his army to the west to resist the attack!" Robb shouted.
"West!" Jon looked to the west and left here in a flash.
The cavalry led by Robb escorted the civilians all the way. When they approached the Bay of Cailin, perhaps the White Walkers finally discovered their intentions and began to order the controlled wights to attack the Northerners.
The team that stretched for more than ten kilometers encountered ghouls in the south, north, east and west directions. The number of ghouls in the east was smaller, and Jon and the mages won the victory after the soldiers suffered a small number of casualties.
In the north and west, corpses all over the mountains and plains are flooding into the crowd like a tide.
"Get ready for fire, oil and wildfire!" Ed shouted with his sword.
The wildfire poured to the ground, and the rows of green flames could not stop the crazy ghoul. The body of the ghoul would be burned to ashes in less than ten seconds by the wildfire, but these ten seconds were enough for a group of ghouls to step on his back.
Rushing through the sea of fire.
"Raise your shields and get your spearmen in position!"
The obsidian dagger was temporarily tied to the spear, and it was the only weapon that could have an immediate effect against the ghouls.
Ordinary humans do not have terrain advantages, so it is really difficult to face the attack of the ghouls on the plains.
Golden-red flames sprayed from the sky into the distance. Ed looked at the four crisscrossing dragons in the sky: "It seems that the White Walkers want to trade lives for lives. Warriors of the North, as long as we survive this round of attacks, we will win!"