Chapter Twenty-Nine: Men's Friendship
Seeing that Han Xing had no weapons, coupled with a tired face, Ed, who practiced chivalry, did not come up to the wheel battle, he stepped forward and patted Han Xing on the shoulder and said, "When your weapon is repaired, let's fight again another day!" Although there was a hint of loss on his face.
For Ed's reasonableness, Han Xing reciprocated with a grateful smile.
As the temperature approached noon, everyone did not want to be exposed to the sun, so they went back to their houses.
At this point, Han Xing and Roy can be regarded as getting along with Robert and Eddard.
The next morning, the sun had just peeked out from behind the mountains in the valley, and the thick fog had not yet been completely dispelled.
The guard on his overnight shift was yawning, looking at the light in the sky, and he knew that he would soon be able to go and be reunited with the bed.
It is no wonder that the ancient night raids are most popular at 3,4 o'clock or 5,6 o'clock in the morning, the former is when people are sleeping and dying, and the latter is the time when people are most relaxed, the sun gives people hope, but also makes people relax and lose their vigilance, after all, the long night has passed, but I don't know that "those who walk a hundred miles are half ninety", I don't know how many people are planted in a place that is only one step away from success.
Under the cover of the thick fog, a sneaky figure passed under the noses of the guards, hiding in the shadows behind the corners, probably because the guards were too lazy to move after a night shift, and had no intention of patrolling around.
The owner of this figure is none other than Han Xing, "Damn Robert Baratheon, didn't you say that you would meet me at the gate at this time today?" He poked his head out and looked around, trying to find Robert's figure, but he didn't know if Robert was hiding too well or didn't come at all, Han Xing never found any trace of him.
Seeing that the guards were so passive and slacking off, Han Xing simply sat down and slowly waited for Robert to appear. It wasn't until Han Xing's buttocks ached, and even the mist in the air was evaporated, and the sunlight was already shining directly on the ground, that he saw the familiar face of Robert Baratheon, perhaps because he was going to meet the opposite sex today, this guy trimmed his beard, sorted out his hair well, and put on a black velvet dress with gold rims, obviously dressed up with his heart.
If I had to describe what he is now, it would be very much like his younger brother Ranley Baratheon, or rather, Ranli should be like him. Of course, Lan Li at this time is just a seven-year-old little hairy child, still chasing dogs and rabbits in Storm's Rest Castle!
What made Han Xing even more angry was that he was still humming a small tune, and walked straight towards the gate, as if he was grinning.
Han Xing immediately grabbed him and pulled him to the shadow in the corner, then looked at the yawning guards in the distance to make sure that they didn't find the two of them, and then turned back to Robert with a confused face and said, "Why are you here now?" It's almost morning! Look, even the fog has evaporated, how are you going to sneak out? ”
Seeing that Han Xingmao was in this corner and pulled himself in, Robert was puzzled: "I said that we will meet here tomorrow morning!" Isn't it morning? ”
Okay! Han Xing's understanding of the morning is obviously not quite the same as Robert's, perhaps because as a person from the Celestial Empire, the morning is usually 6:~8 o'clock, that is, when people go to work and school. As everyone knows, for foreigners, "morning" means the whole morning, and early morning is (early morning), so Han Xing mistakenly understood tomorrow morning's convergence as tomorrow morning's convergence.
That's why Robert was "late", but he wasn't too late at all.
"How are you going to sneak out? Now that the fog has cleared, don't you tell me you're going to let me climb the 'ladder' outside the gate to go down?" As soon as he thought of the last section of the road that was almost vertical and had to be used with both hands and feet, Han Xing suddenly felt a hairy feeling in his heart.
"Who told you I was going to slip out?" As he spoke, Robert shook off Han Xing's hand holding his sleeve, and strode straight towards the guards stationed in the winch room, but Han Xing couldn't hold it.
Seeing Robert coming, the guard immediately raised his head and chested, as if he had just been injected with stimulants, swept away the tiredness that had been yawning just now, and said, "Young Master Robert! ”
"Open the door, prepare the basket for me and my friends to go down." After speaking, he beckoned to Han Xing, who had the cat in the corner, and motioned for him to come over.
"Yes! It is my pleasure to serve you. The guard did as he could, and by his skillful movements, and the expression on which he was accustomed to it, it was evident that this was not the first time he had served Robert.
"And this kind of operation!" Han Xing's heart thundered, "I'm a fool at all, people didn't tell me to sneak out at all, they swaggered out." He thought that Robert was going to take him out, which was one of the reasons why Han Xing understood the morning as early morning, thinking that Robert was going to take him to slip down the mountain under the cover of thick fog.
In fact, if you think about it, Robert has now inherited his father Stephen's title as Duke of Storm's Breath, like a big thick leg, which of these shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Arryn Valley dare not give him face to the old man? As long as he can hug his old man's big thick legs, the little guard may be able to mix up with a jazz, and no matter how bad he is transferred to be his personal guard, it is better than being a janitor!
When he became king, Jaime Lannister, the "Regretor", had to guard the door for him when he was "making eight".
He was even sarcastic: "Doing this job hurts your self-esteem a little, right?" It's said that it is a royal guard, but in fact, it is just a good-sounding gatekeeper. "Therefore, he and Ed are like the little overlords of Arryn Valley.
Looking at Robert, who was walking in front of him, who was obviously as burly as a big black bear but light as a veritable stag, Han Xing calmed his breath and sighed.
"It's no wonder that this guy doesn't get fat if he eats Hesai all day long, the feeling is because he lives in Eagle's Nest City and often needs to climb mountains, this one goes back and forth, it's strange if he can get fat. When he arrived in King's Landing, he sat on a chair all day long, eating and drinking, there was no mountain to climb, and the most intense exercise was probably "making eight", no wonder he couldn't even wear armor when he got fat. Han Xing sneered.
Changing into a mule in Changtian Fort, Han Xing could be regarded as taking a breath, the way down the mountain is far easier than going up the mountain, and it is much faster, but it is even more torment for Han Xing's spirit, after all, when going up the mountain, you don't have to look at the long steps below that you can't see the end, even if you sit on the mule, Han Xing can't help but think: If the mule's feet slip, will he keep rolling up hundreds of steps and then fall into the abyss, maybe the only thing that can make Han Xing feel relieved is that at least this mule will fall down with him.
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, but Robert was full of interest, obviously, going up and down is probably commonplace for him, for him who has been holding back in the Eagle's Nest City, it is obviously a good thing to be able to come out to breathe, and he is enthusiastic to introduce Han Xing to various "scenic spots" along the way.
When passing through the "20 feet long, 3 feet wide, and abyss on both sides", Han Xing couldn't help but slander the Erin family's poor location for building a city.
Eagle's Nest City is indeed dangerous enough, but it is not necessary, just going up and down the mountain will waste nearly half a day, although such a design of "Huashan has been a road since ancient times" is indeed difficult to break, but if you want Han Xing to attack Eagle's Nest City, it is easy.
There is only one road up the mountain in Eagle's Nest City, and the building is built along the mountain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is its advantage, but it is also its disadvantage, because of the trouble of going up and down the mountain, so it is destined that the Eagle's Nest City is at the bottom of the scale of the famous city of the same level, which is the result of generations of repairs by the Arryn family.
In fact, the tower of Eagle's Nest City can only accommodate a maximum of 500 people, let him squeeze 2,000 people, but the more people, the greater the food consumption.
Therefore, Han Xing only needed to send a knight who was good at defense and conscientious to bring up to 1,000 people, and then guard the "20 feet long, 3 feet wide, and the abyss at both ends." Even if you destroy it altogether, the Eagle's Nest City will become a lonely city in an instant, and then he can rest assured that he will attack the valley, unless the people of the Eagle's Nest City can fly, he can only watch dryly, and then sit back and wait for the Erin family to run out of food and rush down by himself or simply surrender.
To be more ruthless, to drive the residents under the mountain to Eagle's Nest City, with the family habit of the Erin family's "high as glory", it is absolutely impossible to sit idly by and ignore them, so that their food consumption is even faster.
In fact, the location of the Eagle's Nest is only suitable for building a watchtower, beacon tower, observatory and the like, and building a city on it is purely thankless! It is worth mentioning that the brain-dead named Roland Arryn I, who drove him to build the Eagle's Nest City was only vanity, and the funny thing is that the Eagle's Nest City was not completed even after his death.
If Han Xing chooses where to build the city, he definitely chooses to build the city by relying on the Blood Gate, and the defense power is beyond doubt, which can be called the "Hangu Pass" of the Westeros continent, in fact, the reason why the Eagle's Nest City can stand is also because of the existence of the Blood Gate. Even if the city is besieged, unless the opposite side can outflank it from behind or its own manpower is insufficient, it will not be a problem to rely on the resources of the entire valley for more than ten years.
As time went on, even Robert's good spirits seemed to be consumed by the long mountain road, and he began to yawn boredly, and when he got out of the snowy mountain castle, he actually began to doze off on the mule.
Han Xing didn't let himself close his eyes, and finally made it to the Dangerous Rock Fort, and the road after that was no longer so exciting, in fact, the mountain road was densely packed with trees on both sides, so that this section of the road was more like a tree-lined path, which made this section of the road no longer as abrasive as before.
When he arrived at Yuemen Fort, Robert seemed to be filled with electricity, and he stood up with a "poof", obviously, he was not exactly dozing, but more like closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, for this guy who was active by nature, he was afraid that he was forced out by this damn way.
Han Xing handed over his elven sword to the blacksmith in Yuemen Fort, and the old blacksmith said that he could get it in the afternoon and asked him to get it then.
"This horse is yours?" Robert looked at the "Dian" and almost his eyes were about to fall out, as the so-called connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was one, compared to the tall and strong Pegasus of "Dian", Robert's pure black mount was dwarfed.
"Yidian" stretched out his head enthusiastically and arched Han Xing's hand, as if he had made a silent answer to Robert's question.
Robert had no choice but to look at Han Xing with a look of regret as "flowers are inserted in cow dung", and then stepped on the black horse, which was also considered strong, to lead the way for Han Xing.
Robert took Han Xing to Seagull Town in the eastern part of the valley, at first Robert's dark horse could still keep up with Han Xing, but after less than half the journey, Robert's dark horse was left to eat dirt behind Han Xing.
This made Robert, who originally thought that Han Xing's horse was tall and strong, and wanted to win Han Xing's endurance due to lack of stamina.
How did he know that the "sweat BMW" is first-class in terms of speed, explosiveness and endurance, and it is also known as "traveling thousands of miles a day". Where is it like the European horse is generally strong and lacks endurance?
"Damn, you're a pretty good horse, where did you get that? I'll have to get one for myself, too. When they arrived at Seagull Town, and the two dismounted, Robert took the opportunity to caress the hair of "Electric", as if caressing his bride. As for his dark horse, he was completely forgotten behind him. (Dark Horse: I like the new and hate the old!) I have no credit and hard work! )
"Across the Narrow Sea." Han Xing said perfunctorily.
Robert was not surprised by this, after all, the Dothraki tribe on the other side of the Narrow Sea was indeed very good at raising horses and herding horses, and it was not surprising that such good horses appeared.
Robert takes Han Xing to a medium-sized tavern, and as soon as he enters, he hears the bard singing a cheerful tune, which is Robert's favorite "The Bear and the Pretty Girl". This is a witty song that has taken the continent of Westeros by storm, telling the story of a hairy bear and a beautiful girl who fantasizes about knights.
The atmosphere in the tavern was lively, and even Robert jumped to the cheerful rhythm and hummed softly. At this time, he looked like a picture of "Mom is not at home today". Today's Robert looks strong and slender, more like a "knight", which is not very funny, but when Han Xing's brain makes up for the future that Robert is too fat to wear armor, he really looks like a hairy bear.
At this time, it was noon, the tavern was full of people, full of beer and the smell of various foods mixed together, frankly it didn't smell good, the owner of the tavern was a fat, greasy woman with blond hair coiled on her head, she seemed to be Robert's old acquaintance, and she greeted Robert enthusiastically, so that Han Xing even doubted Robert's aesthetics a little, but now Robert is still a macho man and a handsome guy, so he doesn't seem to be as old as he has no lower limit, right?
The proprietress took the two of them to a fairly secluded corner, where Han Xing didn't have to worry about any drunkard throwing up on him.
Han Xing could even imagine what Ed's face would be in such a situation, considering that Ed's performance at the banquet was described by his brother Bunyan as "a bear trapped in a trap." Just thinking about it, you could see Ed's face was blue and restless, and his long face was stretched like a horse's face, so it was no wonder that he was reluctant to follow Robert out.
"Try this, the signature food here, and this, a rare good wine, why don't you really want it?" Robert enthusiastically recommended all kinds of food to Han Xing, and Han Xing also tasted it, only the wine Han Xing didn't dare to drink, for fear that he would end up with a "catastrophe" because of the drunk driving "mule", he didn't want to experience the feeling of waking up in mid-air, and then thinking "Who am I?" Where am I? What's underneath? "Such a stupid question when you die.
After a hearty meal, Robert took Han Xing to a special place called "Midsummer Dream", which was obviously the highlight of the day.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two began to rush back with a tired face, and Han Xing brazenly found that his relationship with Robert had reached the 60-point intimacy level, just as the saying goes, the most iron friendship of a good man is not based on "Carrying a gun together, together..." "That's the case!