Chapter 71, The First Battle in the North
"Westeros, your Emperor is back!"
The boat rode the wind and waves, stopped at a beach somewhere in the riverland, landed in a small boat, and set foot on the soil of his own country, and Robert cheered loudly.
When all the soldiers and horses came ashore, Eddard, who was thinking about his family, immediately proposed, "Let's go to Riverrun and join the Tully family." ”
"Alright, I can't wait to gather my troops and kill all those traitors!" Turning over and riding the Dothraki horse brought back from Essos, Robert raised his warhammer, "The whole army obeys the order and marches towards Riverrun!"
There are war horses captured by defeating the Dothrakis, and after spending money and patchwork before getting on the ship, a thousand mercenaries and more than 100 soldiers of the First Infantry Corps all have mounts, and they can ride horses and follow the emperor to Riverrun!
The green hills and green trees in the riverland are very suitable for a slow down outing.
Arrive at Riverrun, which is surrounded by water on three sides.
Everyone found that this triangular castle, which is not particularly huge, seems to have just held a funeral!
"I'm Eddard Stark, who's guarding the gate on the walls?"
The Grand Duke of the North on horseback stopped in front of the water gate of Riverrun, shouting to the guards above.
Looking at the northern men with thousands of troops, the self-proclaimed Duke Stark, the guards looked at each other and quickly called their commander.
Stark and Tully are in-laws.
At the time of Eddard's wedding to Catherine, most of the vassals of the House of Tully had met the Lord of Winterfell.
"It's Duke Eddard!"
Confirm his identity, and the fat man next to him seems to be the emperor, and immediately open the door and invite him into Riverrun City.
"I heard that Duke Horst is ill, so where is Edmure Tully, and why didn't he come out to meet us?" asked Robert.
"Duke Horst has died, and after the old duke's funeral, Duke Edmure and the King of the North have gone to the Twin Rivers to marry the daughter of the Frey family. ”
"What?"
Hearing the death of Duke Horst Tully, Edmure and the young wolf lord went to Twin Rivers City, where a bloody wedding was about to be held, Arthur hurriedly said to Robert and Ed: "We must go to Twin Cities immediately to stop the wedding!"
It was rude for someone else's family to say that they wanted to stop the wedding, and the people of the Tuli family frowned when they heard this.
Heinlikai coughed lightly: "The wedding is a good thing, why are you so nervous?"
Ed frowned, "You think something is wrong with the wedding?"
It's all a pot with a mouth that is too fast!
In the past few months, whether in Essos or at sea, how can you explain that you know that there is a conspiracy for the wedding?
Arthur immediately changed the subject and asked, "How could Duke Edmure marry the daughter of the Frey family as his wife?"
"You mean there's something weird here?" Robert raised an eyebrow, knowing that the deceased Duke Horst Tully had always wanted to marry his son a wife worthy of his status.
"Uh... Be... Northern... It's Duke Robb, no, it's Lady Catherine who negotiated a marriage with the Freys, but Duke Robb broke the contract and married Jenny Westerling, so let the Duke go and complete the marriage contract with the Freys......"
When Robert heard this, he couldn't help but laugh at his friend Prime Minister, who had always been of noble character: "Ed, your son can play." ”
His son actually broke the contract and repented of his marriage, and when he heard the ridicule of his friend the emperor, Ed's silent wolf felt that his face was gloomy.
And history proves that repentance often leads to war!
"Then we'll head to Twin Rivers right away. ”
Thinking to himself: I can finally watch your excitement for a while, Robert patted his friend on the shoulder and said, "No one can do anything without a sage." So he got on his horse and led his soldiers to accompany him to Frey's house for the wedding.
"I'll stay, and by the way, I'll help you contact Liana. ”
Back in Westeros, there is no danger in Riverrun, as a noblewoman, Maria fled with the Emperor all the way, but she really didn't want to run anymore.
Robert agreed to Maria's request, and it was okay to flee, but it was too unreasonable to take his mistress to war.
As soon as they got off the boat, they rushed to Riverrun, and they didn't even give time to rest, and they came in and said a few words before they were about to leave, and the mercenaries were very tired, but they still obeyed the order and set off.
Heinly Kay already knows Arthur well.
For no reason, the boy didn't talk nonsense, everyone stayed away from Westeros, they didn't know the news here, and when they heard the big reaction to the wedding, everyone raised their vigilance.
Anne asked, "Will Duke Edmu's wedding be a problem?"
Arthur wouldn't hide it from her, and nodded directly: "Yes." ”
From the Lannister's rebellion to Cersei's direct rebellion, his reminders have never been wrong.
Hearing this, Ryan immediately realized the seriousness of the matter: "The northern army is in Twin River City, if there is any danger, it will be bad, let's hurry up!"
The soldiers of the 1st Infantry Corps were accustomed to all sorts of hurries and haste marches.
However, the poorly disciplined mercenaries soon complained, and the exhausted army could not cope with the battle, so everyone had to stop and rest after a long journey.
"Your Majesty, I want to take Lord Eddard to Twin Cities first. ”
Arthur is afraid that he will be like Arya, just in time for the wedding, but tragedy has already happened, so he has to take the first step.
Robert looked at his friend, and when Ed nodded, he instructed Varian, "You should also bring thirty good men with you." ”
"Yes. Varian quickly picked out the battle-hardened soldiers of the First Legion in the Dothrak Sea, and rushed to Frey's house with Arthur and Eddard, without taking Anne and Heinlikai with them.
Not wanting to spend all his time on the road, Varian asked curiously, "Is there any way you can increase our speed?"
Arthur nodded: "Yes, yes, but it is impossible for us to run to the Twin Cities all at once." ”
"You've been researching on the ship, aren't you going to try it?" Feeling the gain from the aura of power, Varian enjoyed his blessed support skills.
"Alright then, get ready to listen to the howling wind!"
As Arthur cast a blessing on the speed developed during the voyage on the sea, the horse immediately threw off its hooves and galloped, twice as fast as the usual full speed gallop.
It's almost coming.
But war horses are animals, not machines, and they will also get tired and slow down after a long run.
However, Ed and Varian were very happy with the speed.
If you use it suddenly during a battle or charge, the effect should not be too pretty!
In addition to developing the Blessing of Speed, Arthur has also researched the Blessing of Endurance!
One by one, buffs were applied to the horses, and everyone soon ran through the headwaters of the Blue Fork River, and then continued to run wild through the town of Seven Springs and the Witch Swamp.
"How far do we go?"
He didn't know the way, and while the war horse was tired of running and resting, Arthur asked Eddard.
Ed: "One night at most, we'll see the Twin Cities." ”
Varian: "How about we rest for the night?"
The continuous rush made the horses too tired to run, and the people were also tired, and they had to rest.
Hearing that the wedding is tomorrow, Ed, who can arrive, is not in a hurry at this time: "Okay." ”
Arthur, who was nibbling on dry food, thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I think we should be prepared, after all, it is the territory of the Frey family. ”
"If there's a real danger, we do. ”
In his heart, Ed actually hoped that they had made a trip for nothing, and arrived in Twin Cities just to catch up with his brother-in-law's wedding.
"Let's recharge our batteries first. "We'll talk about it tomorrow on the road." ”
...... To be continued......