The enemy surrounding a town uses it as bait to attract reinforcements from the enemy in other places, and its real purpose is to fight the reinforced enemy and achieve the campaign goal of annihilating the enemy, which is a more commonly used tactic---- encirclement point reinforcements.

After recovering White Harbor and Fort Horwood, Li Nan's troops reached 6,000, of course, the main force was still two mercenary groups.

In order to minimize the casualties of his own soldiers, Li Nan adopted a very effective Chinese strategy of encirclement and reinforcement.

The Terror Fort is not far north of Fort Horwood, where it has been the nest of the Bolton family for generations, so there are also six or seven hundred soldiers stationed, although it seems that the number is not large, but with the advantage of the city walls and castle, it can also inflict a lot of damage on the enemy.

At present, Li Nan has hundreds of thousands of gold dragon coins funded by Dorne, and Ashur's casino support in Braavos, so money is not a problem, the number of soldiers is the problem.

The focus of the siege tactics is to send reinforcements, so the focus of troop deployment is the reinforcement force, and the siege is the auxiliary force.

A few days later, Li Nan sent his direct subordinates, soldiers from White Harbor and Fort Horwood, to surround the last Hearthplace Fort, which was separated from the Terror Fortress by the end of the river.

The Bolton family relied on terror and repression to intimidate the nobles of the entire North, so not only was White Harbor monitored by the Bolton family, but eventually there were such people in the Hearthplace.

Seeing the siege of the city, several ravens asking for help immediately appeared in the fireplace fort, and they flew towards the south and east, An Yuyun, who had long been hiding in the east, hurriedly took a team of good archers to shoot down all the ravens that flew here.

An Yuyun took all the ravens back to the last fireplace fort and handed the letter for help on the bird's leg to Li Nan and the others.

After reading the letter, Arya asked with some puzzlement, "The Karstark family in Kahoe City is a branch of our Stark family, and they have always been loyal, why should they help the Burton family?" ”

"Because of hatred."

Li Nan explained to Arya: "Your brother Rob, the young wolf king, because of the fact that Count Rickard killed the captives of the Lannister family privately, he personally cut off the head of the head of the Karstark family, and several of his sons also died on the battlefield before, in the face of such hatred, it is no longer an oath that can be bound, so it is normal for the Karstark family to hate your Stark family." ”

The so-called bystanders are fans of the authorities, and when the War of the Five Kings is over, the tactics and strategies of each king in the battle can now be seen clearly.

Robb, the young wolf king, won many battles in the early stages of the war, not only capturing many members of the Lannister family, but also hitting the west of their lair, besieging Kaiyan City, and capturing a lot of loot.

However, these victories also changed the mentality of the young Rob, who was prone to rashness, and instead of heeding the advice of his mother, Lady Catelyn and Li Nan, he insisted on sending Theon back to the Iron Islands to ask for help, which led to the attack on the Rocky Coast and the capture of Deepenburg and Winterfell.

Rob killed the patriarch of House Karstark with his own hands, causing the most loyal House of Karstark to quit the coalition.

After meeting Jenny, he reneged on the marriage contract of the Frey family, not only lost the Frey family's army, but also completely offended Walder. Marquis Frey, who has incurred the mad revenge of the bloody wedding in the Twin Cities.

Miranda's technique of extorting confessions is better than blue, and she spent the night torturing her lover and former master Rams to an inhuman form, and also got all the information in exchange for a chance to live.

Through this information, Li Nan knew that the current patriarch of the Karstark family, Count Alf, hated the Stark family deeply, so they had already secretly formed an alliance with the Bolton family.

If it weren't for this secret news from Rams himself, Li Nan would have really wanted to go to Kahoe City to collect the people of the Kastark family, but naturally he wouldn't do that at this time.

The ravens that flew to Kahoe City for help were all shot down by An Yuyun and others, leaving only the ravens who flew to the Horror Castle, so soon the reinforcements sent by the Bolton family were completely wiped out by the ambushed Bright Banner Regiment and the Cat Regiment.

After capturing the Fortress of Terror, which was already short of soldiers, the two mercenary groups ambushed the road to Fort Hearthplace and Kahoe City again, and after releasing Ravens for help, this time it was the soldiers of the Stark family who were scheming.

After throwing the heads of Wag, the general of the Terror Castle, and Count Alf, the traitor of Kahoe City, into the last Hearthburg, he knew that there were no reinforcements, so the lord inside immediately opened the gate.

After easily capturing Fort Terror, Fort Last Fireplace, and Cahoe City, plus White Harbor and Fort Horwood, which had been taken earlier, the entire eastern part of the North was in the hands of Li Nan.

After occupying so many cities, the news could not be hidden, and in the flying of ravens, the entire Seven Kingdoms knew about Arya. Stark and her husband Li Nan have retaken the North.

Although Robb killed many nobles and lords in the North, there were many people in this world who were loyal to their oaths and promises, and soon both the Old City and Langmen Fort sent people to the Horror Castle to swear allegiance to Arya and Li Nan.

With the support of the large and small noble lords in the east, Li Nan's army grew to 8,000 men.

Without further ado, Li Nan, with the momentum of victory, led all his troops to Luce. Winterfell occupied by Burton.

There were only about 2,000 people left in his hands. Bolton, faced with three times his own forces, resorted to a defensive battle, but this time Li Nan did not choose to forcibly attack the city.

After besieging Winterfell with 6,000 soldiers, Li Nan and Arya and 2,000 soldiers began to reclaim the castles in the western part of the North.

The cities of Severn, Toruń, Aratsuka, Bear Island, and Carlin Bay, the choke point from the north to the south, have all declared their allegiance to the Stark family again.

More than two months later, the place in the north that belonged to the Bolton family was left with only the lonely Winterfell, and Li Nan's forces increased by thousands again.

Luce. Bolton released all the ravens and asked for help from his allies in the south, the Freys and the Lannisters, but not to mention that Li Nan sent people to shoot the ravens with all his might, even if they received the news and wanted to lead troops to come to the north to rescue, it would be far from quenching their thirst.

Winterfell has been the Stark family's castle for generations, and the person who knows it best is not the current lord of the city, Ruth. Bolton, but Arya and Leenan.

The makeshift catapult was constantly throwing stone projectiles at Winterfell, and the Burton soldiers stationed in the city couldn't even sleep well after months of torture.

Although the food and water in the city are not a problem, the arrows used to defend the city, as well as the state of the soldiers, have become worse and worse, and the morale has dropped to the verge of collapse.

One night, Hattori Hanzo and a group of men infiltrated Winterfell, and soon after the city was set on fire, thinking that the enemy had invaded the city, the soldiers of the Bolton family finally couldn't bear it anymore, and they opened the gates and began to flee for their lives......

Li Nan's army, which had already arranged a tribulus blockade outside the city, did not let anyone escape.

Even the Earl of Luce, who saw that something was bad and desperately broke through under the protection of his personal guards, was no exception, and there were no exceptions for more than 2,000 soldiers and generals of the Bolton family, except for death or being captured alive.

On the high slope of the barren mound of the ancestors, the dark red stakes used by the Stark family to carry out the execution were still there, and Li Nan, who had been proclaimed king of the north by the nobles of the north, pulled out his sword made of Valyrian steel and handed it to Arya, whose face was full of tears.

Arya wiped away her tears, took the sword and walked slowly to Luce, who was kneeling on the ground. Behind him, Bolton whispered with his sword in both hands, "I, Arya of House Stark, in the name of the Queen of the North, sentence you to death!" ”