In this way, the coalition led by Robert and the king led by Rhaegar confronted each other at the mouth of the Green Fork River for more than five days.

This also leads to the fact that this battle of the Trident River is completely different from the original play (qíng) except that it still takes place at the mouth of the Green Fork River.

It stands to reason that the two sides will probably continue to face off until new troops join the battlefield to break the deadlock.

After all, Robert didn't dare to act rashly, and Rhaegar was also determined to delay time. After all, for Rhaegar, the longer the time hold, the better it will be for him, and if it drags on for a long time, when reinforcements from the Lannister or High Court arrive, he can immediately "turn the tables".

However, an unexpected incident disrupted all of Rhaeggar's deployments - there was a non-combat attrition in the royal army, in short: there were deserters. In the past few days, people have begun to flee the camp, and the cumulative number has reached 500.

Although 500 people is just a drizzle for an army of 40,000, if they are allowed to go on like this, it will be tantamount to a bad start, once there is the first one, there will be a second, and so on, when there will be a large-scale rout, won't the royal army collapse sooner or later without a fight?

The reason for this is not difficult to understand, because the composition of the 40,000 army led by the king is: 20,000 Jon? Clinton brought back the newly defeated army, 10,000 freshly recruited recruits who had been hastily trained, plus 10,000 elite Dorne troops. And only this 10,000 Dorn troops can be considered a fighting force.

History tells us that we must not immediately pull a newly defeated army into the battlefield again.

Because their negative (qíng) threads will affect the rest of the troops. It's a pity that Westeros doesn't have such a rich and tortuous history of warfare as the Celestial Empire, so no one has told Rhaegar about this, and even if he does, I'm afraid he won't have a choice.

There's no way he's going to take 20,000 people to fight Robert, right?

It turned out to be a stupid but unusually helpless choice.

Rumors spread in the camp of the king's army, and the source was the "survivors" of the battle of 20,000 bells, and Robert's "heroic appearance" left a very deep impression on them, and now that the "old friends" met again, the 20,000 people immediately recalled the fear of being ravaged by the coalition forces during the battle of bells more than two months ago.

Ordinary soldiers did not know the true number of the Robert Army, but even fools could see that the Robert Army was more numerous than their own, and coupled with the experience of the same 40,000 troops being completely crushed by the coalition forces during the Battle of the Bell, the following conversation immediately appeared in the army:

"We're finished!" It was summer, but a survivor of the Battle of Ringing the Bell was wrapped in a thick blanket, and Rao was still shivering.

"Impossible, right? We've got 40,000 of them! "It's a rookie egg.

"Huh! Recruit eggs! Last time Jon? Earl Clinton led an army of 40,000 men, but it was not defeated by the enemy in front of him! At that time, Jon? Earl Clinton thinks the same way as you! Where is he? The veteran sneered and reprimanded.

"He's dead?" The recruit asked in a whispered puzzled voice.

"It was worse than death, he was stripped of his title, swept to the end, and exiled to the other side of the Narrow Sea! It's worse than dead! The veteran said sadly.

Although Jon Clinton is not a commander of the soldiers, he is even annoying. But there is a good saying, "Clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old"! After getting along for so long, it's always a little bit (qíng), isn't it? Anyway, he's a comrade-in-arms! When an old acquaintance ends up like this, normal people will feel embarrassed.

Then he looked at it privately, and then leaned into the recruit's ear and whispered, "I'll tell you," he looked left and right again, as if he was afraid of being heard, "There are 100,000 rebels!" ”

"What? Impossible! ”

"Hmph, how could it be? Look for yourself at the camp on the other side, Baratheon, Tully, Stark, and Arryn, where their flags are planted! ”

"Let me ask you: Do these four families account for half of the Seven Kingdoms? Which of them is not a famous family that has lasted for hundreds of years? To say that they can pull out 100,000 people is less! ”

"You don't want to think about it, our royal territory has a full 40,000 troops, the High Court has 35,000 troops, and Dorne also has more than 25,000 troops, adding up to nearly 100,000 people."

"We're just three kingdoms! On the other side, there is a four-nation alliance, half of the seven countries, is it possible that there is no 100,000? What do you think Jon? How did Earl Clinton lose? ”

"40,000 people also have the strength to fight!"

"Hehe, silly boy! We're 40,000 people, but compared to Jon? What about the 40,000 men under Earl Clinton? Among our 40,000 people, there are 10,000 recruits like you! ”

"We're finished!" The recruits have finally "woken up".

"Clever! So pack your things and run for your life! Come on, do yourself a favor, give a hand! ”

This is the terrible consequence of the rumors, ordinary soldiers do not have the high strategic vision of Rhaegar, they only know that the disparity in power in front of them is huge, 100,000 is greater than 40,000, this math problem can be done even by a little hairy child.

And another "popular figure" among the rumors raging in Wang Lingjun is naturally our Comrade Robert, after all, his dress with the 11 (shēn) logo (xìng) is so eye-catching that rumors about him can be described as a topic of (rè) in Wang Lingjun, and they are spreading widely. It's like using the essay "Robert in My Eyes".

"I've heard of Robert? Shēn is three meters tall, holds a flaming hammer in his hand, has horns on his head, wears blood-soaked armor, likes to moisturize his skin and beard with human blood, and eats people's hearts and livers. A soldier led by a king described Robert in his eyes with pompous description.

The other soldier immediately kicked the soldier away, "Go aside,!" What (shēn) is 3 meters tall? Only three meters? His eyebrows fluttered with body language to describe the Robert in his eyes, "As far as I know, Robert? Baratheon is the reincarnation of the sun god and can reach as high as a mountain! ”

"Nonsense! You say I'm, you're, if it's Robert? Baratheon is really so tall, so why didn't I see Robert Baratheon? The soldier who was interrupted by him immediately asked him with a belly of temperament.

"Didn't I say that? People are the reincarnation of the sun god! It can be big or small! If you don't understand, don't interject! Eventful! The soldier immediately exclaimed. The other soldiers on the side immediately coaxed, "Keep talking, keep talking!" "Human beings just like to make trouble, this is human habit (xìng), who makes us social animals?

"Then I'll continue! I'm telling you, Robert? Baratheon rides the sun under his crotch, and the war hammer in his hand is the moon, and he can summon the sun fire to fall from the sky and burn people with his hand! He immediately danced and gestured, and his mouth was spitting.

"Nonsense, is that still human? You can blow it hard! You won't be a Robert's agent who infiltrated our army! Also the sun god? Also summoning the sun god fire? Bah! A soldier immediately stopped buying it.

This Wang led the army soldier to be a braggart, purely to attract people's attention and enjoy the pleasure of being noticed, so he was immediately asked and fell up.

Suddenly, a soldier joined the conversation, and as soon as he spoke, he said, "Who said Robert wouldn't summon the sun god fire?" At the beginning, I was one of the warriors who pushed the city-breaking hammer cart to attack Shitang Town! The soldier said with a little pride, "I've seen Robert summon the Divine Fire to burn the iron-covered city-breaking hammer to charcoal, and behold, this is the scar left by the Divine Fire!" What's more, I wasn't the only one who witnessed Robert summoning the divine fire at that time! There are hundreds of people! He pulled up his sleeve, revealing an ugly, crumpled, pale burn scar that had apparently healed for a long time.

Seeing this ironclad evidence, the crowd immediately believed seven or eight points, but someone still boiled the duck's beak and said stiffly: "It may not be the divine fire, right?" Maybe it's wildfire! ”

All the soldiers led by the king immediately looked at him, and their eyes seemed to say, "You are a fool, aren't you?" Finally, one person couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Wildfires are green!" Brother, are you colorblind? ”

Just as they were communicating (rè), a lewd little man squeezed in, "Let's let it, borrow, borrow, man, collect your stomach and take a breath, yes!" That's it, take a deep breath ~ eh! Let's let it! "The lewd guy finally managed to squeeze into the center of the crowd with difficulty.

He moved the pì strand to the table and sat down, then took a deep breath and said, "Have you really seen Robert?" Baratheon? I've seen it! Then he looked around with the momentum of the world, of course, if he didn't use the height of the table, he would never have this "difficult action".

Seeing that the eyes of the people around him were focused on him (shēn), he grinned in satisfaction, revealing the teeth that had lost two front teeth, and the people around him were immediately amused by him.

Seeing that the people around him were actually laughing at him, he immediately got angry, jumped on the table a few times and roared, but the leaky teeth made him a little out of voice: "What a laugh!" I'm telling you, it's my Medal of Honor, Robert? What Baratheon looks like, I'm more qualified than you! I've seen him with my own eyes, and lo and behold, these two teeth are broken because of him! ”

"Coward Sherman, you think we don't know you anymore? Have you ever seen Robert for your virtue? Baratheon? Who doesn't know that every time you fight, you shrink back! Not to mention being beaten by Robert? Can Baratheon lose only two teeth with a hammer? It's no wonder if you don't lift your whole jaw! I think most of your front teeth fell out when you went out! Hahahaha! ”

This soldier was the one who shouted, "Rabbit Cub Robert? Baratheon came out to die", not to mention, he had really seen Robert coming.

"That's it, that's it! Have you ever seen Robert for your virtue? Baratheon? Fuck off, don't waste our time! If you are still not interested, you will have to knock your two front teeth for you! Make you symmetrical! ”

"Don't, don't, grandpa spare his life! I'll get out! The coward Sherman was immediately described as "anticlimactic" and immediately planned to turn (shēn) and run.

"Wait, I'd love to hear what he has to say!" One of the soldiers spoke.

"Done! Let's just have a fresh picture and have fun, I want to hear it! Give me back! The coward Sherman had already stepped out of the tent with half a foot, but he was still dragged back, and he looked miserable: "Why am I here, running this trip to the troubled waters!" ”

"The Robert I met? Shēn in sheet metal armor, good fellow, glittering in the sun, I don't know how tall he is, but at first I thought he was a metal wall! Hit it headfirst! Oops! It hurts me! ”

"Go on, go on! That's decent, it's like your coward Sherman's style! The soldier who claimed to be going to "pull teeth" for Sherman urged.

"He has a war hammer in his hand, good fellow, I'm afraid he must weigh thirty or forty pounds, but the tiger wielding it in his hand is vigorous! Then he asked me, 'Do you want me to send you down, or do you want to jump yourself?' I thought, 'If I take a beating, how can I still die?' So I jumped off myself and broke two teeth! He smiled as he spoke, revealing the teeth that were missing two front teeth.

"Robert? What does Baratheon look like? You're serious! ”

"It's about two meters tall, or three meters, I don't know, anyway, I have to look up at him, you can see how tall I am, right?" However, he is also handsome and has no beard, but he looks strong! The coward Sherman thought for a moment before he spoke, tiptoeing and smiling awkwardly.

"Hahaha! It's the funniest joke I've ever heard! Robert? Baratheon has no beard! Hahaha! Also (tǐng) handsome? That's Robert? Baratheon? Keep your eyes open for me! Everyone laughed as if they had heard the funniest joke of the century.

One of the soldiers also took a copy of Robert from the High Court? The portrait of Baratheon was stuffed in front of Sherman's eyes and said, "See? Is this Robert? Baratheon! ”

"But, but he told me he was Robert? Baratheon's ????" Even the coward Sherman himself began to wonder if what he had seen was really Robert.

"You believed him when he said yes?"

"I think he just made up a story to fool us, maybe to cover up the fact that he clumsily knocked out his front teeth! Fix him! Makes you squirt manure all over your mouth! Send him to the manure pit and have an upside-down onion! So saying, they carried the coward Sherman to the pit.

"That is, who can take advantage of Robert? Baratheon survived in his hands? His hammer was made of the moon, and it weighed more than a thousand catties, and it was either dead or crippled if it was hit! Someone chimed in.

"What I said is true! I didn't make up a story to lie to you! Put me down! Put me down! Sherman struggled desperately, but he was already short (shēn), where could he break free from this group of strong men with tigers and bears' waists?

"Ahh What I'm saying is true! It's true! The coward Sherman crawled out of the dung pit with a grieved face, muttering to himself.

It is true that what he says is true, but sometimes the truth is not as pleasant as the lie, so people prefer to believe the lie, and even if they find a loophole, they will try to justify themselves.

Perhaps Rhaegar should not have brought those 20,000 newly defeated troops from the beginning, and their existence only made the morale of the king's army gradually degrade, so that the soldiers led by the king became fewer and fewer, and his mental outlook was declining day by day.

This stalemate can no longer last because of the morale of both sides, and the habit of drama (qíng) is still unavoidable after all!