Chapter 121: Coincidence
No matter how unwilling you may be to march in the rain, it is unrealistic and impossible to expect God to obey your will and let the rain go away.
That's what Lynn thought, and so did Luce Burton, Earl of Fort Derror.
Therefore, two huge armies of tens of thousands of people are marching from the south and the north to the same destination.
Unexpected encounters are predestined, just like a war drill that has been planned, and everything is so coincidental.
When the night completely covers the earth, and even the lightning and thunder in the sky begin to thin.
The rain began to fall.
At the north and south ends of White Harbor City, the two strongest armies in the north today converged on the north and south ends of White Harbor City like a fire dragon.
The scouts of White Harbor weren't stupid yet.
The inhabitants who lived outside the city constantly gathered under the two gates and prayed to the soldiers inside the city to open the gates.
The scouts received word from the inhabitants and summed up the terrible news that war was coming.
White Harbor City would become the center of the war.
The news was quickly sent to the Earls of White Harbor City.
Wiman Mandalay, Earl of White Harbor, had short gray hair, and he was even paler at the moment.
He was obese and about sixty years old, and he usually laughed loudly, but now he seemed to have lost the courage to speak.
Looking at the Lord of White Harbor City, he sat silently on the high platform.
His vassals, knights, and commanders gathered in the war chamber, and all of them were silent.
No one wants to talk, because no one can come up with a solution.
Now he had received all the news that the army led by Boton of the Terror was heading south and was about to attack the city of White Harbor, intending to capture the weakened city of White Harbor.
And Lynn, the upstart who was rolling the wind and rain in the riverland, also led the army from the direction of Carlin Bay to White Harbor City.
No one knew how many troops he had, but the inhabitants outside the city claimed that the army from the south was so vast that there was no end in sight in the night.
The sound of the hooves of their war horses could be heard from miles away.
How he got through Carlin Bay, and why he had so many troops, no one knew, and no one here wanted to find out.
Sir Marlon Mandalay was Wiman's cousin and commander of the White Harbor garrison.
He wears a silver helmet, and his shin guards and gauntlets are inlaid with black gold, forming the pattern of the fluctuating blades of seaweed. The elbow pads under both arms are the head of the Mermaid King, who wears a mother-of-pearl crown and a pointed beard made of black jade and jade. And his own beard is as gray as the winter sea.
Ser Marlon Mandalay coughed lightly and was the first to break the silence, "We should first send messengers to contact their two armies and find out their intentions. β
"Intent, my Lord Marlon, we are here to attack White Harbor Castle together, and this is a fact that even fools can see. β
As the heir to White Harbor, Sir Willis Mandalay fought back with dissatisfaction.
Sir Marlon Mandalay sneered, "Burton and Lynn are not on the right path, he returned to the north by Lynn from the Riverlands, and there is no way for them to unite." β
"Then who can explain why they marched into White Harbor City at the same time as they were so tacit?"
"Maybe it's a coincidence?"
"Is it a coincidence that you sent an army to attack Lynn's castle?"
When is it still there, arguing about meaningless things, Wiman Mandalay slapped the table with dissatisfaction.
He roared like a bell: "Shut up for me!"
His scholar Siome lowered his eyebrows and looked at the Earl with an angry face on the high platform, "Bolton will definitely not lead his army south for no reason, attacking White Harbor City This is the only explanation, after your lord sent an army to attack the fishing village port, his army will come to the city, this is definitely not a coincidence." β
Someone reacted, "That bitch from Donala Mandalay ran away overnight!"
Wiman Mandalay's pale blue eyes stared at his bachelor, and there was a hint of hope in his eyes, "Does the bachelor mean that Lynn is not here to attack White Harbor City?"
"For his army to return to the territory, it must pass through White Harbor City. Maester Theomer pointed out the key.
Is it just to return to the realm with his army?, Count Wiman Mandalay fell into deep thought.
"However, if he returns to the fort, he will find that our army is attacking it. The Earl of White Harbor raised his head with difficulty, and said with a bitter expression, "Perhaps his territory is now being slaughtered......
Maester Theomer said cautiously, "But Lynn doesn't know all this yet, and using his army to help us resist Bolton's army is the only way we can do it at the moment." β
Sir Marlon Mandalay's eyes lit up when he heard this, and as the commander of the White Harbor garrison, he knew that even though the walls of White Harbor were strong, it could definitely withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of troops of the Bolton family.
The garrison of 3,000 White Harbor City, facing tens of thousands of prepared skinners, and guarding against Lynn's army on the south side, such a battle could not be fought.
In the hall, everyone was thinking about the words of Master Theomer.
Driving the Gripen to bite the skinners, the plan sounds tempting.
The Earl of Mandalay finally asked, "Then Lynn is now an earl, according to the rules, he can no longer be my vassal, maybe he will not obey my call." β
The beard on the corner of Maester Theomer's mouth twitched when he heard this, and the others in the hall turned their faces away when they heard this.
Did this fat earl get into molten iron in his brain today, so that his brain was rusty, and at this time he was embarrassed to mention the matter of vassals and conscriptions?
When you made the decision to let the White Harbor army attack someone else's fort, why didn't you think of this layer?
Fortunately, the Earl of Wiman Mandalay quickly realized that something was wrong, and he coughed and finally clapped, "That's good...... Send cavalry, recall the White Harbor army in Fishing Village Harbor, and let them return to White Harbor City, if Lynn's Territory Fishing Village Harbor has been captured, let our people not slaughter the civilians there, and send messengers to contact Lynn's army, saying that I plan to marry my young daughter Vera Mandale to him, hoping that this time he can help White Harbor City tide over the difficulties. β
This time the people in the hall quickly responded, "Yes, Lord Count!"
If there are more lice, you are not afraid of biting, and the same is true if there are more mosquitoes.
On the march in the wilderness, especially when the heavy rain has just been extinguished, mosquitoes fly everywhere in the wilderness.
Lynn's army lit torches and marched through the night, provoking more mosquitoes.
Being bitten by a mosquito is just a few bags of itchy skin, but if someone stabs you in the back, it will be the end of the skin and flesh.
Lynn's horses stopped at the side of the army, and the cavalry slowly passed by, followed by a neat line of five thousand hoplites and five thousand longbowmen.
Lynn was convinced that his territory was under attack by some family.
Because the system triggered a side quest.
γSide Questβββββ Fight off territory invaders and reward random points exchange cardsγ