When Catherine first proposed the idea of marrying Arya and Ivey, Robb was strongly opposed.

After all, he used to have the idea of attacking Ivey, and now he suddenly wants to marry his sister to him and form an alliance, which is really unacceptable.

However, Catherine persuaded him for three days in a row, explaining the stakes, and his generals agreed very much with the proposal, so in the end, although he was still a little emotionally reluctant, he accepted it.

Because there are too many enemies of the Stark family now, the Lannisters, the Iron Islands, the Arryn family, and if you add the Flagless family, it is really a little unbearable.

Robb himself is also self-aware, if he is in the north, he is naturally not afraid of anyone, but the opponents of other territories, and even if he wants to crusade against the Lannisters now, he has to borrow from Li Lingyi, because Twin River City no longer belongs to him now.

So, after consulting his sister, Robb finally agreed, and this time Catherine stepped forward to send a message.

Robb has also been a little embarrassed since he had a fight with Li Lingyi last time, not to mention that his personality is too straightforward, and if he doesn't make trouble, it will make the relationship worse, so it is better to let Catherine come forward.

At this time in Harrenhal, Li Ling also fell into a hesitation as soon as he heard Berry's words.

As he says, he really needs a stable north, not a wolf that could bite him from behind at any moment.

If it is in alliance with Stark, then the Arryn family will be directly surrounded by the two families, and the Tully family will definitely join the alliance by the way, and the Arryn family will have no choice at that time.

Surrounded on three sides by the same alliance of families, the Eagle's Nest City has only two options, one is to confront, and the other is to join this alliance. However, choosing the former also means that if Li Lingyi wants to make a move, then I am afraid that Eagle's Nest City will immediately fall into a bitter battle.

In short, choosing to ally with the Stark family is equivalent to turning the central and northern parts into a monolith, which is used to fight against the alliance organized by the Lannister and Rose families in the south.

It's just that......

Li Ling thought of Arya's little face, the latter was too small, although he liked the little girl very much, but it had not risen to the level of love.

And if you accept it rashly, I don't know what Arya thinks.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Lingyi decided to discuss the matter in person with Stark's people, which was impossible to figure out in writing, and he also had to meet with Arya in person to make sure that Robb did not force the little girl to do it.

After talking to Berry, the latter smiled, "Catherine has already left, and she thinks you definitely want to meet, so she went to Twin Cities, hoping to meet there." ”

“…… She. Li Ling nodded, this woman is still relatively smart, it is better to talk to her than to talk to Robb.

"Oh well. Li Lingyi: "Then you stay in Harrenhal to deal with affairs, and I will go to Twin River City." ”

"Good. ”

Without further ado, Li Ling set off as soon as he made his decision, and now that the Riverland has been governed quite well by him, he finally wants to place a lot of sentry posts, so there is no need to worry about what the Lannisters will do to raid. So he didn't need to bring many soldiers, and he rushed to Twin River City with dozens of cavalry.

Along the way, he also met many nearby villagers, because Li Lingyi often entered the village to "inspect" and was close to the people, so the civilians also knew him and greeted him one after another.

And Li Lingyi also responded, he was not worried that someone would plot to use a bow or crossbow to harm him, on the one hand, he was wearing soft armor at all times, and on the other hand, these villagers were also his "eyeliner". As long as there is a stranger infiltrating it, it will definitely be discovered, reported, and then dealt with by the special department of the Flagless Army.

This special department was naturally set up by Li Lingyi, named the "Eagle Eye Group", which is an independent special intelligence organization, and at the same time only has one-line contact with Li Lingyi, and ordinary soldiers do not know the existence of this organization at all.

And their daily job is to investigate spies, and at the same time, they also send spies to various families to collect intelligence. And carry out some "gray" work that is not put on the bright side.

During this time, they also gained a lot from their work, and only more than 40 spies were caught, and they also collected a lot of intelligence, which can definitely cover the entire continent over time.

When I came to Twin River City, the city gate suddenly opened.

Since Li Lingyi's occupation, the Twin Cities have also been renovated, and like Harrenhal, a large number of useless buildings have been demolished in favor of many defenses and shelters.

And the garrison in the city now has fifteen thousand, not to mention that it is much stronger than before. Now if others want to attack this city, they will definitely not be able to attack it without an army of 50,000 or 60,000.

When he entered the city, he learned that Lady Catherine had not yet arrived, so he went directly to Soros, checked the situation in the city, and also checked the training of the soldiers, and was very satisfied.

As long as he continues to be in this state, it is not impossible to defeat the Lannisters in the frontal battle in the future.

In the afternoon, Stark and his party arrived.

There were probably more than 300 soldiers entering the city, and the eyes that looked at the flagless soldiers were obviously not good, after all, this city originally belonged to Stark, but it was taken by the Erin family and given to Li Lingyi, and his heart was naturally uncomfortable.

But he didn't dare to say anything just by sweeping his eyes, and in the face of so many bright swords, it was really the most important thing to save his life.

In addition to the guards, only Catherine and Arya, in fact, the latter is now very powerful, and the most powerful warrior in the north can't hold a few moves in her hands, it can be said that she has mastered the essence of the swordsmanship of Silio and Li Lingyi, and it will become stronger and stronger in the future.

The two entered the inner fort, and Li Lingyi immediately greeted them.

"Ma'am. He said to Catherine, "Long time no see." After speaking, he looked at Arya again and said with a smile: "You too, I heard that your swordsmanship is invincible in the north, and it seems that you have not neglected to practice." ”

"En......"

Normally, Arya would be happy to run to him when she saw Li Lingyi, but this time she stood behind Catherine with a red face, a little afraid to look at him.

"Long time no see. Seeing this, Catherine smiled slightly and complimented: "I haven't seen you for this time, Patriarch Ivy is already the most famous person in the entire continent." ”

"It's alright, come, come in and say. ”

Li Lingyi brought the two into the room, poured a cup of tea respectively, and then took the lead in saying to Catherine with apologies: "Madam, I'm sorry for the previous incident in Eagle's Nest City. However, please understand that I also had to do it as a last resort. ”