What is written, of course, is a letter.

The recipient was Edmure Tully.

The latter is now the lord of the Tully family, who controls Riverrun. In the original book, Robb repented of his marriage and instead married the daughter of Old Frey. As a result, the bloody wedding happened, and he was imprisoned.

Of course, the reason why he didn't kill him was only because he was the patriarch of the Tully family, so Jaime later used him to persuade him to surrender, and then took Riverrun without a single soldier.

And now because of Li Lingyi's troubles, the red wedding did not happen, so Edmure Tully was naturally not imprisoned, and he returned to Riverrun City by himself after Robb went to the north and took charge of it again.

Although they had experienced a series of resistance battles against Tywin, the Tully family still had a lot of garrisons in Riverrun, and many of them could not be taken out, but there was still no problem with 10,000 people.

That's why Li Lingyi wrote this letter to him, the purpose is very simple, that is, to seek an opportunity to form an alliance.

Now the Valley Knights and Lannisters are aggressively trying to take Harrenhal in one go, and judging from their numbers, there is indeed a possibility of this. But after taking Harrenhal, there aren't many options for the next target.

It can even be said that there are only two, one is the Eagle's Nest City that was stolen by Li Lingyi, and the other is the Rushing City, the territory of the Tully family.

Regardless, Tully must have been on Stark's side. After all, the two families were originally in-laws, and when Robb led his army south, Riverrun City also provided the city and soldiers to help.

But now Robb has returned to the north, and it seems that he does not have the energy to organize another southward movement in the short term. That would put Riverrun in an extremely dangerous situation, that is, he didn't have an alliance around him.

This also means that once the Lannisters clean up Li Lingyi, the next one will definitely be Riverrun's turn. Stark, who is far north, can't get it for the time being, but Riverrun can still clean it up. I think the Tully family themselves understand this.

It is impossible for Edmure not to understand the truth of his lips and teeth, and he can't understand that the latter is already worried at this time, and this letter may play a role in making him make up his mind. Of course, it was just an attempt, but in fact, Li Lingyi didn't have much hope.

After all, the most lethal point is that the Lysa he imprisoned is herself a member of the Tully family, Catherine's own sister. This also means that the Tully family is even more angry, and maybe not only will they not agree to form an alliance, but they will also send troops to fight Li Lingyi.

In short, it's a no-brainer, but now Li Lingyi can't manage a lot, he now thinks that he can have as much advantage as possible. If you can defeat the Lannister and Arryn forces here, you will be able to survive for a while, otherwise all these days of tossing and turning will be in vain.

After the letter is written and sent out with a crow, it is time to wait.

At noon the next day, the army of the Knights of the Vale of the Arryn family finally arrived, and there were more than 30,000 of them, at least thirty thousand, coming from the west, apparently to form an east-west attack with the Lannisters against Harrenhal.

In fact, it was of little use, after all, the west side of Harrenhal was against a rugged slope, and it was quite dangerous for soldiers to walk there, and Li Ling had buried a lot of nails on the ground there early in the morning, and if the Valley Knights advanced without permission, they would definitely taste this surprise.

Sure enough, according to the scout's report, the Valley Knight stopped in the mountains less than Harrenhal and began to survey the ground, but he did not intend to make a detour, apparently preparing a road to go to the dark.

At the same time, the Lannister camp, which had been silent for several days, began to move, and the army began to draw forward and approach, almost to the limit of the soldiers' bows and arrows on the city walls.

Obviously, he wanted to maintain the psychological pressure on the soldiers in the fort, and in fact it did work, because of the arrival of tens of thousands of knights in the valley, there were also some discordant voices in Harrenhal.

Some of them want to be the first to strike, and some want to negotiate peace. The former is okay, the latter spread the peace, Li Lingyi immediately ordered all of them to be arrested, at this time to publish such remarks, whether it is a spy or not, it must be treated as a spy.

As for Lannister's actions, Li Lingyi also sneered in his heart, and it was not yet the time. At such a close distance, if he took out the catapult that had been hidden deeply, he would have suffered thousands of casualties in a dozen rounds, of course, he couldn't use it now to exert the maximum effect, so it was not time to take it out.

In the evening, the soldiers of both armies began to move towards the north side of Harrenhal, thus forming a three-sided encirclement except for the south.

Shortly after this, Li Lingyi also received a reply from Riverrun.

There is only one short sentence: we will not make an alliance with those who imprison our loved ones.

Li Lingyi tore up the letter directly, which was also the result he expected, and there was nothing to be disappointed about. Gather your emotions and prepare for the upcoming attack.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the first wave of assault by the two armies was launched in the middle of the night. Thousands of soldiers tried to climb the walls, but it was clear that all the ladders they had built would be toppled and cut off in the next moment.

Then the offensive stopped for a while, and about an hour later, the second wave of attacks resumed. However, this time the number of people is smaller, almost only 100 people, and they also climb the ladder side by side, directly showing an attitude.

After another hour, the same thing happened again.

And now Li Lingyi finally understood what the enemy was doing. Quite simply, fatigue tactics.

The nerves of the soldiers in the city are constantly in a state of tension by constantly launching attacks, but because they are numerous, they can change shifts to attack, and the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and they can't lose many people each time.

If this goes on for a long time, it won't take a few days, and the soldiers in the city are estimated to have a nervous breakdown, and then I am afraid that they will be defeated without a fight.

It's not a clever strategy, but it's very practical, and it's also a popular tactic on the battlefield, and it's also a bad trick in old China.

And in the face of this kind of attack, Li Ling came up with a countermeasure in an instant. Of course, this is also thanks to the squad system he has established, and he immediately ordered the squad members to take turns on duty, and everyone else to rest.

However, even if the enemy made a real move and suddenly attacked by an army of tens of thousands, Li Lingyi would not be caught off guard. Because his squad system can have one person on duty at the same time, one is responsible for communication, and the other two are resting. In this way, you can easily crack the tactics of the opposite side.

As for what will happen next, Li Lingyi doesn't know. But it's just a trick. And...... His underground passage was about to be completed, and he would have more options at that time. Don't look at so many people on the other side, but the flagless army may not be able to surprise for a while.