Chapter 4 The Armory (Additional)
On the way, the scar man kept his head bored and concentrated on leading the way, and wisely did not ask other things, such as what Ma Shen and Zhou Shijie were talking about.
"How did you guys after that battle?" asked Ma Shen, who was following Scar Man and was admiring the huge building.
"You're talking about the ambush. The scar man palpitated and touched his abdomen, which was still a little tingling, "There were not many people who escaped from that battle, and then they were chased by those pursuers, but fortunately the Knight of Kmund came to the rescue in time, and we survived, and then the people of the Stark family were escorted to the north with the two honorable young ladies, and as for us lowly people, after being casually bandaged by the Bachelor, we were left alone." ”
"Hmm" Ma Shen nodded silently, and didn't say anything, this situation he had expected a long time ago.
There was silence all the way, and the two walked quickly in the empty tower, "My lord, there is the armory in front of you." After crossing a long bridge, Scar Man pointed to a hollow gate in front of him.
Harrenhal is three times the size of Winterfell, and its buildings are so big that nothing compares to it, for example, the stables here can accommodate a thousand horses, the Sacred Wood Forest covers an area of 20 acres, the kitchen is as big as the halls of Winterfell, and the armory is no exception.
Passing through the unguarded doorway, as soon as he walked into this huge armory, Ma Shen's nose moved slightly, and he vaguely smelled a smell of metal, and this time he should not come empty-handed.
The man with the scar next to him consciously stepped forward and lit the lamp in the armory, and in an instant, the armory was bright, Ma Shen squinted, adapted to the light slightly, and took a general look, and found that this armory was the same as he imagined, most of the space was empty, and even the cobwebs could be seen on the eaves.
But luckily, this armory is big, and it is not nothing, Mrs. Ha An still left something, and Ma Shen walked to the boxes piled up on the side, there were about twenty boxes in total.
Hoping that it was what he was expecting, Ma Shen put down the bookcase in his hand, pulled out the sword at his waist, inserted it into the gap of the box, and lifted it hard, and a swarthy spear suddenly appeared in front of Ma Shen's eyes.
These spears were well kept, reaching out and touching the shiny spear body, Ma Shen clapped his hands and stood up, there were about 20 spears in this box, what were in the other boxes.
Summoning the scar man, the two of them were busy, and pried open all the more than 20 boxes, of which 10 boxes were black steel spears, a total of 200, and 3 boxes were filled with two-handed giant swords, a total of 45, to Ma Shen's disappointment, there were weapons in these 13 boxes, and the other boxes were empty and there was nothing.
The weapon rack is also empty, and the ordnance on it should have been taken away by the Harrenhal soldiers, so the last inventory in these boxes should be Herrenhal, Ma Shen frowned, that is to say, he only got some spears and giant swords, no bows and arrows, no crossbows, not even armor and other armor, the weapon reserve is really small, no wonder Mrs. He'an is running away.
Just as he was thinking about what to do, the scar man who had been wandering around hurriedly walked over: "My lord, come and take a look, and see what I found!"
He found something else in the huge armory, and Ma Shen followed Scar Man curiously.
Walking and walking, until he reached the deepest part of the armory, through the torch in the scarred man's hand, Ma Shen vaguely seemed to see something piled up on the ground.
"I promise you'll be surprised, my lord," Scar Man said meaningfully, gently shining the torch on the lamp and candle hanging on the wall, and the light swept in, illuminating the corner that had been unnoticed for many years, in this corner covered with cobwebs, armor, sword blades, spears, axes, bows and arrows, and crossbows were intertwined, filling the entire space, looking at the shocking scene in front of him, Ma Shen's face could not suppress a shocked look.
But soon, Ma Shen retracted his mind, just now he was mainly shocked by the huge number of ordnance, and now he took a closer look, and found that these ordnance on the ground was not in good condition, as if there were more or less problems, squatting down, gently brushing off the dust on a pair of armor under his feet: "This should have been discarded by the master." ”
After checking it, Ma Shen was more sure of his judgment, everything here should be abandoned, such as the sword with a few chips, the bow and arrow with broken strings, and the split bow and crossbow.
Where did so many abandoned weapons come from, is it a place where the He'an family put abandoned ordnance, stroking the scars on the armor, Ma Shen suddenly found that there was a pattern on this armor, which was a little blurry due to its age, and could only vaguely be seen to be a big bat.
"Do you know which nobleman in Harrenhal used bats as their family coat of arms?" asked Ma Shen, turning his head to Scar Man in confusion.
"Bats?" Scar Man said with some uncertainty in his thoughts, "It seems that the coat of arms of the Rothstein family, who ruled Harrenhal hundreds of years ago, was a large black bat. ”
Ma Shen glanced at the scar man in surprise, he just asked casually, and he didn't expect him to answer anything: "How do you know?"
"There was a time before when I read a book about the heraldry of nobility to avoid messing with people who shouldn't be messed with. ”
Nodding, Ma Shen squatted on the ground and looked at the large number of ordnance, "Although I don't know why these things are piled up here, they must have been piled up for a long time, even back to the time of the Conquest War." ”
Maybe it's because the armory is too big to recycle, and the nobles who rule Harrenhal just pile up these tattered armaments in the dark corners, of course, there may be various other reasons, even Mrs. He'an may not be clear, in short, she can make these tattered ordnance see the light again.
Some of them are unusable because they have been too old for a long time and lack of maintenance, and some are too broken to be used, such as the broken greatsword.
Some can still be used reluctantly, such as the armor with the coat of arms of the big bat, but it only breaks a few holes, and the intact one can be used to face the enemy, well, this axe that is about to break can also be used, and it will be the same as new with a different handle.
Ma Shen rummaged through such an abandoned pile of weapons for a while, and roughly judged that the weapons here should be able to arm 500 people.
500 plus 245, that is to say, he can arm 745 people, Ma Shen's heart has been constantly beginning to boil, such a good opportunity, the ruler here Lady He'an has already run away, the Lannister's army may be half a day, or a day later, now the largest and most majestic castle in Westeros is placed in front of him, and there is no one to stop him, not to take it now, let alone when.
Although the soldiers armed with these equipment may be beaten by the well-equipped Lannister soldiers one by one, this is not a problem, and it is not for them to fight the Lannister soldiers head-on, with huge walls in front, as long as there is the strength to fight back.
As for the food and water sources and other problems, they will soon be solved when the young wolf king Robb leads 18,000 northern soldiers south to save his father, and at that time, he will have a chance to breathe, how can Tywin still have time to take care of his little shrimp, especially since the only son he admits has been captured by the young wolf king Robb.