Chapter 435: Number of People
"Karen, they haven't come back yet? ”
"Who knows, maybe they're going to go again, haha, I heard that a new brothel has opened in Pink City, do you think they're going there?"
The night in Harrenhal was a bit eerie, and the two soldiers standing guard on the city walls were chatting boringly, they were also from the Clegon family, and had been sent by Tywin to garrison Harrenhal a few days ago.
"I don't know if they'll be able to catch Avina's bastard, he's still a tournament champion after all, let's... The patriarch was also killed by him. The soldier in the helmet was apprehensive and said, "Karen, there are only a few dozen of them, in case they run into ......."
"Don't worry. The other said casually: "There are dozens of people anyway, and that guy can beat dozens of people no matter how much he can fight?" and... Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I read it wrong. He rubbed his eyes.
It's dangerous...
Li Lingyi hid behind the wall, his heartbeat accelerated slightly, this Harrenhal is indeed very difficult to sneak into, just now he chose the darkest position to turn up, but he was still almost discovered. After all, even if his physical fitness is very strong, when his skills are sealed and his attributes are reduced by one-third, no matter how fast he is, it can't be caught by the naked eye.
Turning into the city wall, dressed in black, he quietly looked at the situation in the castle, under the huge vault of the crying tower is the prisoner's quarter, you can see a lot of people in tattered clothes crowded inside, because the space is not large, so people can't even turn over.
These people are basically some unruly mercenaries, or some villagers in the Riverlands, or the defeated army in the north. As for the trio of the original plot, Arya was sent back to Riverrun by Li Lingyi, where Gendry was also there, and Repai followed Yuren to the Great Wall. As for Jia Kun, who believes in the God of Thousand Faces, he disappeared after last time, and because of Li Lingyi's intervention, he didn't have a relationship with Arya.
The prisoners were sleeping in an open cowshed, waiting for them to do nothing but torture, and in the original plot it was only after Tywin arrived that they began to use the value of their work, allowing them to do their best work. But now Li Lingyi has some ideas, there is no doubt that these prisoners hate the soldiers in this castle very much, if there is a suitable opportunity, it is not impossible for them to cooperate with him inside and outside to take this fortress together.
Of course, if you think about it, Li Lingyi still needs to think about the specific details slowly, and the purpose of his infiltration today is not to contact the prisoners, but to explore the terrain.
As the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms, it is certain that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the tall city walls form an irregular circle, and the difficulty of climbing is very high, but the main gate is very small, and it is not easy for the army to rush in. It can be said that as long as there are hundreds or even dozens of people, it is possible to block the attack of thousands of people! This is also the reason why there are not many defenders of Harrenhal.
It took more than three hours for Li Lingyi to explore almost the entire castle, of course, he still didn't dare to enter the internal room, but at least he had recorded important combat information such as the armory, soldiers' residences, and distances in his mind, and once he started to use this information in the future, he would get twice the result with half the effort. After gathering this, he left the city before dawn.
Then he continued to investigate the next day, after all, maybe there was a different patrol system in the castle, and he had to figure out how to patrol every night, find the weakest time, and then attack at that time in the future.
A week passed quietly, and Li Lingyi had gathered all the information he wanted, and then went to the knees according to the meeting and time he had said at the beginning. And when he arrived, he was shocked to see the crowd.
"It's coming!" Berry and Soros walked briskly, their expressions couldn't hide their excitement, "We've counted the number of people before you came, guess how many?!"
“…… Three hundred?" Li Lingyi said a number.
"Flip!" Soros said excitedly.
"Six hundred?!" Li Lingyi said in surprise, although the number of people in front of him was large, but there were not that many, right?
"It's only part of the story. "I was afraid that it would be too conspicuous for them all to come together, so I let about four hundred people go to the cave." ”
"Very good, very good..."Li Ling nodded when he heard this, Berry's decision was still very necessary, if it was really six hundred people gathered here, then I am afraid that it would arouse the vigilance of the surrounding cities, and it would be worth the loss.
However, this is also because Li Lingyi didn't expect to recruit so many people at one time, and he began to think that it would be good to have 200 people. But now it seems that he underestimated the size of the population and the number of people who could not afford to eat.
"Let's go, let's take someone back to the cave first. Li Lingyi was a little big, "There are so many people, I'm afraid the food we stored before can only last a few days, and we must quickly buy another batch, as well as weapons and armor, we also need to buy a large number of them." ”
"Leave this matter to me. Berry said and smiled, "Anyway, I used to be an earl, and I still have some channels in this regard." Of course, the premise is that Lord Ivy is willing to give me a large amount of golden dragons with confidence. ”
"Needless to say. Li Ling smiled and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, I'll give you 20,000 gold dragons, how much can you purchase?"
"According to the soaring prices now, if each person has a set of armor and a long sword, six hundred sets will cost at least about eight thousand gold dragons, and the remaining ten thousand two should be enough for us to eat for three months if we only exchange food. ”
"It's too much. Li Lingyi shook his head, even if he bought three months' food, he had no place to put it, and only after taking the city could he consider storing grain in large quantities, otherwise it would be extremely troublesome to carry and transport it.
"Just buy enough food for a month. Li Ling thought for a while and said, "The rest of the money is all to buy good medicines, and then buy some carriages and pure black cloth products." ”
"Good. Berry nodded.
"Haha! If we recruit another batch, we may be able to break a thousand people, then maybe we really have a chance to take Harrenhal!" Soros was excited, but then shook his head, "But even if we take it, I'm afraid there won't be a few of these people left alive......"
"Don't worry. Seeing this, Li Ling said confidently, "I assure you that if you want to attack Harrenhal, you will definitely not attack by piling up human lives." As for recruitment... Don't use it for the time being, there are too many people we can't control, and it's easy to mess up. ”
The two looked at each other and nodded, it is true that thousands of people are even a small army, it is indeed difficult for them to control, and if there are more people, the consumption of the golden dragon will also increase exponentially, but now except for the expenses that will be spent soon, there are only more than 30,000 golden dragons left, and it is not very prohibited.