Chapter 0456: Seven-String Tom and General Straw Bag
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The warhorses of the woods neighed in horror from the threat of the arrival of the Red Smoke Beast. A soldier in the barracks next to him scolded and yelled a few words, but he didn't even come out to take a look. After shouting, there was no more sound.
Naturally, there were horsemen who took care of the war horses, but since the war horses were neighing and in the river, the soldiers of Redwin's barracks were still not alert to an enemy attack.
The marching tents were one after another, and not only were there no scouts in front, but the sentries in front of the barracks were already drunk.
The two Redwin brothers, who led the way, are worthy of being the ones who brew the world's Qingting Island liquor. Magic Mountain knows very well that these are two famous straw bale generals.
The horseman was awakened by the neighing of the war horse, and when he got up, he saw the tall and burly black shadow of the magic mountain, and the cavalry who couldn't see how many people had come.
The horse worker squatted down with his head in his hands, indicating that I am not a soldier, I can't see it, I can't see it, I can't see it!
The Demon Mountain rode the Red Smoke Beast into the camp.
The territory in the east has been taken by Randolph Tully, and Deacon Tully's legion has reached the place of Shitang Town in the west, hundreds of miles beyond Riverrun, where the Redwin brothers are located, and the noble heart is a hundred miles to the east, theoretically speaking, it is indeed very safe.
But the march of the Magic Mountain will never fail to arrange the scouts of the first line and the sentry of the second line, and those who are drunk on duty will be executed, there is no doubt about it.
Although the Demon Mountain has the power to execute the sentinels, the other party is a soldier of the Redwin family, the Riverbend Legion, so it is better to let them continue to sleep.
Rich soldiers have the tradition of rich soldiers. How to describe the wealth of the Redwin family and its soldiers, this family has a fleet that can rival any powerful navy of the Seven Kingdoms. The world's most marketed Qingting wine is a steady stream of mints, the most low-key but very wealthy families on the continent of Westeros. Because of the low profile, no one can know how much money this family has.
The Red Smoke Beast of the Demon Mountain entered the military camp, and outside the big tent, it saw two prisoner carts. In a prison cart is an old man known to the Magic Mountain, Tom Seven Strings. In another prison car, a member of the Brotherhood without Flags, a large black man, was asleep and smelled of alcohol.
Being a captive of the Redwin family is not short of alcohol.
The Magic Mountain Light Cavalry guarded all the exits of the tents on all sides, and inside the tents, there was still the sound of even breathing.
The rich soldiers fought for the first time in 16 years, and their performance was remarkable.
Seven Strings Tom wasn't asleep at all.
The Demon Mountain jumped off the Red Smoke Beast, and saw that there were whip marks on Tom's face, which was shocking, and his arms and body were covered with scaly wounds, all of which were bloodstains from whipping. Clothes and pants were torn and barefoot. His lips were gaping, and his teeth were exposed.
The big black man next to him was dressed completely, his hair was not messy, his hands and feet were clean, and he had boots on his feet.
Who is a traitor, at a glance.
Seven Strings Tom looked at the magic mountain, didn't speak, his eyes were bright.
Magic Mountain said, "Comm Warner. Landon Gahr, go wake up the two Redwings. “
"Yes, sir. ”
Combe Warner and Landon Gall made their way to the largest tent of the Chinese army.
"Lord Magic Mountain, do me a favor. ”
Magic Mountain looked at Tom and didn't speak.
"I'm in pain, kill me, I don't want to be taken to King's Landing for trial. ”
The Magic Mountain still didn't speak, just waited quietly.
Erin, Marwin, Julie, and Angay were all on horseback, and the cavalry were on full alert, and did not relax.
Soon two brothers, Sir Horace Redwin and Sir Horbert Redwin, came over, unarmoured, dressed in splendid clothes, with no sword straps hanging from them, and unguarded.
The twins were chubby and smiling, no wonder Randolph Tully sent these two brothers to Adam to suppress the bandits, so that this legion could fight the nobles of the Riverlands and attack the city and plunder the land, which was indeed enough.
It seems that every world has a rich second generation.
"Lord Magic Mountain, you're here!" a straw bale Redwin walked over quickly, his words polite and his expression humble.
The two brothers are exactly the same, and it is impossible to tell who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother.
"I came from Harrenhal to suppress the bandits on the orders of the Prime Minister, and General Landau said that you have captured two flagless bandits, and one of them is willing to exchange information for wealth, so I came. Sir Erryn, wake up the bandits in black. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
Erin drew his long sword and struck it on the iron bar of the prisoner cart, and with a bang, the man in black suddenly woke up.
Then, he watched the Demon Mountain stand in front of the prisoner cart like a killing god, with many cavalry behind him, holding torches. The man in black was dumbfounded, and all the good wine in his stomach turned into a cold sweat.
Magic Mountain!
Magic Mountain!
"Lord Redwin, who is the brother who wants to exchange information for wealth. ”
"It's this brother in black, Lord Duke. Bayer - This is Lord Gregor Clegane, the Duke of Dragonstone, the Minister of War of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Guardian of the West, you have to exchange information for wealth, and in the end, the highest military commander we report to is Lord Gregor, and now is the time for you to tell the information, Bayer. ”
"Julie!" said Magic Mountain.
Julie immediately dismounted and stood beside the Magic Mountain.
"Give it to him!"
Julie took out a bag of golden dragons and threw them into the prisoner cart, making a loud crack.
"Bayer, let's go!"
Bayer's mouth was stammering, his face full of horror, as if a child had seen a demon, helpless, shocked, frightened, trembling.
"Lord Duke, he's afraid of you. A Sir Redwing said.
"Who isn't afraid of Lord Duke?" the other straw bale knight cleverly replied. He told the truth, now the sentries are all standing guard honestly, and their hearts are uneasy, they have failed in their duties, and I don't know if Lord Demon Mountain will clean them up.
The soldiers in the tent also got up one after another, and when they saw that it was Lord Magic Mountain interrogating the bandits, many soldiers shrank back at the entrance of the tent and continued to sleep.
Lord Magic Mountain came late at night to raid and interrogate the bandits, and it was more affordable to continue sleeping. If you go out, if Lord Demon Mountain doesn't like him, it will be too wrongful to stretch out his finger and poke himself to death.
The prestige of the magic mountain is disregarded among the great nobles, but it is in full swing among the soldiers. The soldiers of the forces that are not close to them are more admiring and fearful of the Magic Mountain.
Magic Mountain glanced at Julie, and Julie took out another bag of golden dragons, snapped, and threw them into the prisoner car.
"Say!" said Moshan softly.
Bayer's face turned pale, his body trembled, and he began to spasm. He looked at the seven-string Tom in the prisoner car next door, and the seven-string Tom looked at Bayer coldly, this traitor is not worthy of being a flagless brother, let alone believing in the red god. Tom of the Seven Strings is arrested and locked up with him, and Tom feels that this is already a great humiliation for him.
Syllable!
Julie threw another bag of golden dragons into the prison cart.
The faces of the two Redwin brothers were a little unsightly, with so much money, why didn't this guy speak.
"Bayer, what do you need to tell the truth? to be knighted, to give a piece of land, or is the golden dragon not enough?" one Redwin shouted.
The two straw bales Redwin were very shrewd to see that the face of the Magic Mountain was not good, the person was caught by them, and the information was sent to Harrenhal by them, if this guy retracted his confession at the end of the matter, didn't the Redwin brothers lie about the military situation?
Bayer's throat squirmed rapidly, he was swallowing, and if he hadn't been hiding in the shadow of the torch, everyone could see his cold sweat and blue lips.
“...... My lord...... Kill the ...... of Duke Tywin and his party It's Hound Dog, Berry Dondelion, Soros. ”
"The Brotherhood Without Banners killed Tywin and his party, robbing them of their money, horses, armor, and weapons?" asked the mountain softly.
"Yes, sir. ”
"Duke Tywin, where's their corpse?"
"The Count of Berry ordered us to steer the ship to the mouth of the Trident River and throw it into the sea. ”
"Destroying corpses?"
"Yes, sir. ”
There is actually a loophole in this, since the corpses are destroyed, why should we leave such obvious evidence as war horses and armor. The wounds of the Ice Sword of the Demon Mountain, and the corpse wounds inflicted by the soldiers of the Crab Claw Peninsula with various heavy axes and hammer weapons, are different from the combat styles of any other legion.
Berry Dondelion is a trustworthy and reliable friend. His character is the same as that of Eddard Stark in the North.
"Where can I find the Hounds, Berry and Soros?"
"They've gone north. My lord!"
North!
When Magic Mountain broke up with Berry, he told him and Soros that if they were surrounded and suppressed, they would have no way out, and the only way to survive was to go north.
They finally went north, just like Melisandre and Princess Shireen Baratheon, and the flames guided them north.
"Then why didn't you go?"
"We are Hejian people and refuse to leave our hometown. The Earl of Berry did not force us either, and gave each of us three bronze stars, and let us disperse and go home to farm. ”
"You didn't come home?"
"We thought about waiting for the news of the chase to pass, and then quietly dispersed and went home. So we came to hide in the noble heart, this is the place we use most often, the mountains are high and dense, it is easy to hide, and you can see the movements of the army that pursues us. ”
There is another reason, these guys must have come to ask for the prophecy of the witches of the forest, to see if they can escape this killing when they go home, the prophecy of the witches of the forest is very accurate, and the magic mountain knows this very well.
"What about your other brothers?"
"It's just the two of us. ”
The Magic Mountain looked at the two Redwins. The two Redwyns laughed together, saying that they had carefully laid out the remnants of the Noble Heart, and that the rest had been killed, leaving only the two bandits.
"Why do you want to keep this old bandit?" said Magic Mountain Finger Seven String Tom.
"Lord Duke, do you know that this old bandit is a singer, and he can play all kinds of pianos, and he will spare his life, and when the brothers are drinking and marching, when they are in a bad mood, they will ask him to sing for fun. "He sings all sorts of songs, Dorne's, Old Town's, Westlands, dragons and griffins." ”
Magic Mountain didn't smile, didn't like it, didn't get angry: "Two lords, the situation has been clarified, the Brotherhood without Banners killed Duke Tywin and his party, committed a heinous crime, and most of the bandits led by the first evil have gone north, two Lord Redwin, I order the two of you to lead your troops north tomorrow to hunt down the hounds, Berry and the red-robed monk Thoros, as well as their henchmen, be sure to arrest and bring them to justice." ”
"Yes, sir. Both Redwings replied at the same time, confident and eager to try.
But the magic mountain knew the true situation of these two straw bag generals, and the reason why they did not go after the Bannerless Brothers and stayed in the rear to wander was because they knew that with their superb swordsmanship, it would be a dead end to run into the Hound and others.
Although the two Redwyns led the troops in a mess, they saw the gap between themselves and their opponents very clearly. Sir Adam ordered them to go on two sides, and they did, but they didn't.
But blind cats can also run into dead mice, and they were very lucky, but just when they were walking in the rear, they bumped into this wave of locals who refused to go north. A thousand soldiers killed more than 100 ragged farmers who were ready to go home to farm, and it was truly invincible and unmatched. The last two straw bale generals left two alive, one is Bayer, who is willing to provide information in exchange for wealth, and the other is Tom Seven, who does not give in to death, but can sing and play the piano to relieve boredom.
Demon Mountain pulled out the ice giant sword with his backhand, and with a flash of cold light, the giant sword slashed down vertically, splitting the prisoner cart and the black man Bayer in the prisoner cart into two pieces together.
The Redwin brothers and their soldiers were dumbfounded!
Julie stepped forward, picked up three bags of bloody golden dragons, and reloaded them into her horse's bag.
With a flick of the Demon Mountain Ice Sword, Seven-String Tom's prisoner cart was split, and the giant sword swept past Seven-String Tom's side, and with a bang, the prisoner cart was split into two halves.
Choke!
Ice sword into the sheath!
"Two Lord Redwin, this old bandit who can sing, I want it. ”
"The Duke also likes to listen to songs to relieve boredom, just take it away. The two Redwyns nodded and laughed.
"Erin!" said the Magic Mountain.
"Yes, sir. Erin dismounted, stepped forward, and helped Tom the seventh.
Tom pushed Erin away, stood up on his own, his body shaking, his face twisted, and walked to the side of the Magic Mountain.
This old guy is very proud, his bones are very hard, and his personality is so strong that he can't do it. The first time Moshan saw Tom Seven Strings at the Cross Inn, this guy was so arrogant that he kept repeating in front of Moshan that he was a member of the Brotherhood without Flags. The Brotherhood Without Flags is the old fellow's badge of honor. It's just that why didn't this old guy follow him north?!
"Old fellow, we will go north to hunt down your leader, can your body and bones that are about to fall apart withstand the wind and cold?"
"I can't stand it!"
Moshan knew in his heart that Tom Seven Strings was a southerner, and he was not young and did not adapt to the cold climate in the north, so although he was the most staunch brotherless brother, he did not go north with Berry, Hound Dog, and Soros.
"Can you ride a horse?"
"I can't fall to death!"
"Erin, give him a horse. ”
"Yes, sir!"
Magic Mountain looked at the two Redwin brothers, the two straw bales were harmless to humans and animals. The Redwin family, with a queen of thorns, may have used up all the luck of shrewdness and cunning.
"Two adults, you said that this old bandit can play the piano, what about the piano?"
"Take it right away, my lord. One Redwin said busily.
Soon, Tom's lyre was back in his hands.
"March!" shouted Demon Mountain.
The Klegane cavalry shouted together: "Ho!"
The sound of horses' hooves sounded intensively, and a group of cavalry, galloping, rushed into the night, and quickly disappeared, as if they had never been.
The two Redwin generals stood in the night for a long time, feeling as if they were in an illusory dream.