Chapter Eighty-Five: The Vulture

Brienne, the beauty, led her pure black horse to Duncan, the tall man in the Knights of the Gripen.

The Knights will soon have a mission.

Beauty expresses her thoughts.

"I want to join. ”

Duncan turned his face, glanced at her, nodded indifferently and said, "You are suitable to play the vanguard, the first row charge." ”

The beauty did not hesitate, "No problem." ”

Duncan put the knight's helmet on, turned over on his horse, and looked down at the ankles of the beauty's black warhorse.

"It's important to wrap your horse in a vest. ”

Stone arch bridge head.

The infantry team of the Tiger Regiment, hooked the shield-wielding infantry all the way into the narrow passage of the wooden cart, and after completing the task of luring the enemy, they did not hesitate any longer, and quickly broke away from the entanglement state with the shield-wielding soldiers of Twin River City.

Meanwhile.

The enemy's shield-bearers also received orders from the rear urging them to retreat.

They stopped and continued to pursue the Tiger Infantry and began to turn and retreat backwards.

However, the wooden carts, which were covered with hay on either side of them, suddenly trembled.

The soldiers of Twin River City were surprised to find that the hay was thrown out of the car, and then from the wooden carts on the left and right, a small but very strong soldier with a cold hook gun in his hand and a green face came out.

It's Ze people.

Born at the confluence of the Neck River and the Riverland, the people of Twin River City quickly recognized the origin of these people.

The Ze people were generally short in stature, and five or six Ze soldiers could be crowded into each wooden cart at the same time, and they suddenly killed them when the shield-wielding soldiers turned to withdraw.

Catch the enemy off guard.

Having lived in the swamps with harsh environments for generations, the Ze people have always been heroic.

At this time, the Zeren soldiers rolled over and got out of the haystack of the wooden cart, they stepped on the railing of the wooden cart with quick steps, and with a slight leap, they pounced on the shield-holding soldiers of Twin River City who were set up in the middle.

Quite a few Ze people even rode on top of the enemy's heads.

The Ze people are adept at finding the enemy's weak spots, and they use a sharp blade with a hook to pierce the gap between the enemy's steel armor helmet and armor.

There is the fragile back of the neck.

As long as you are pierced by a hook and thorn, there is no possibility of survival.

The sudden killing of the Zeren warriors was beyond the expectations of everyone on the other side, but the hoplites of Twin River City, who had the absolute defense of armor and had the advantage of numbers, still reacted from the short-term chaos.

They used their shields to block the Zeren's hooks, and then drew the short blade they carried around their waists, constantly stabbing at the Zeren who were fighting in close quarters.

Although the short blade was not fatal, the Zeren soldiers who were hit by it fell to the ground one after another.

He was quickly hacked to death or stoned to death by the heavy weapons of the infantry.

The miserable howl of the clansmen from the bridgehead made the Zeren knights beside Lynn look extremely embarrassed.

He couldn't help but complain, "Lord Lynn, why haven't your cavalry been dispatched yet?"

Lynn looked at the battlefield, "Pull the enemy back, it's too narrow, and my cavalry targets aren't just the hoplites, but the Twin City crossbowmen hiding behind." ”

Shi Fu also spoke, "My soldiers have completed the lure of the enemy, do your people only want to pursue on the battlefield?"

"But Your Excellency obviously has so many troops under your command, even if you send another reinforcement army......

The Zeren knight wanted to persuade him to say something.

Lynn interrupted impatiently, "If you want to truly defeat the Frey family, you should hope that the warship led by Holland Reed will arrive sooner, and before that, I will not risk pressing the entire army under my command." ”

The meeting hall of the Buddhist family.

Although the Marquis of Wald had a long life, his body was already troubled by gout, and he curled up in the high position of black oak.

A soft leather cushion was placed under the buttocks, and a mink robe was placed over the knees. His chair was so large that the old man sitting in it looked like a grotesque child.

Dani was not brought into the cave after all, and she was taken to the conference hall by Frey's servants, still standing beside Walder Frey.

A Frey squire watched her from behind.

The scouts of the Frey family identified the army that attacked the East Twin Cities, from the Rothschilds in the north.

Truth be told, Old Frey had never spoken of the family before.

However, he now knew that Dani had been a steward in the Lord's Mansion for a while in the family before her kidnapping.

Wald Frey considers himself to have no grudges against Lynn.

If anything, it could only be Dani, but for the sake of a housekeeper, the other party actually blocked the entire army and attacked his own fort.

But is it worth it?

Maybe the young lord had already gotten Dany, from soul to body.

Thinking of this, Old Frey felt extremely bored.

The two cavalry he sent to try to attack, but both met with harsh resistance from the other side.

From the current intelligence analysis, the Rothschild soldiers in the north of Dongcheng seem to intend to hold the stone arch bridge in Dongcheng.

There was no intention of taking the initiative to attack the west city of Twin River City.

If it was only Lynn's 1,000 troops occupying East Twin River City, he didn't need to gather all his vassals, as long as he strictly ordered his command to stick to the castle in the West City, the real center of Twin River City, the other party would have nothing to do with him.

When the Lannister reinforcements from Harrenhal arrive, or the expeditionary Northern Army, because there are not enough supplies, they will naturally retreat.

However, this morning, his scouts also spotted an army of nearly 1,000 men, suspected to be the banner of the Greyjoy family of the Iron Islands, outside West City.

Old Frey could no longer remain calm.

Thinking of Lynn's army, the attitude of only defending and not attacking, he knew that being trapped in defense would only put him in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

Taking the initiative to defeat one of the flanking armies is the clear choice

Old Frey looked a bit like a vulture and more like a weasel at this time.

The crown of his bald head is covered with age spots, his long pink neck is long on his skinny shoulders, his thin chin is loose, and his toothless mouth is constantly grinding and sucking air, like a baby sucking on a pacifier.

Old Frey stared vacantly at Dany, whose hands had been untied, but not struggling, with large, small, dark, suspicious eyes.

"So, that little Rothschild bastard is here for you?"

Dani also learns about the Gripen flag flying in East Twin River City.

There was a hint of emotion, a hint of surprise, and a hint of doubt in her heart.

Lord Lynn was indeed a lord who couldn't have been better, a thousand better than the beast-faced nobles he had ever seen, no...... 10,000 times.

However, Dani doesn't think she has the charm that Lynn takes seriously and needs to lead an army to attack Twin Rivers.

Dani shook her head hesitantly.

After staying up all night, her spirit was already very weak.

The blood on his lips was almost gone.

The whole face was pale.

Wald Frey could no longer see a glimmer of beauty in the young girl, and he stopped looking at Dani and turned his gaze to the hall.

Frey's vassals, generals, and squire knights filled the hall, all waiting for the old man to speak.

Of course, the old skinning of the lord of the Horror Castle has nowhere to go, and his figure is among them.

"I know what some of you think, I wonder if I, an old man with useless legs, have the ability to continue to bring the Frey family to continue to continue to be brilliant, some people think that I killed Stark out of a moment of anger, which led to the current northerners killing the city, but don't worry, your patriarch is not old and confused, the Lannister army will soon arrive, now, I must tell you the news in advance. ”

He looked at the bronze crown that had been removed from the dead Robb's crown on the table, and smiled with his toothless mouth.

"A shabby king with a bronze crown, kill and kill, the Lannisters will let the Frey family continue, and Amud, Duke of Tully, is my son-in-law, and if you defeat the people of the North, my generous Tully son-in-law will reward everyone here with the fief of the Riverlands. ”

He slowly stood up and repeated in a loud voice, "I swear in the name of the Frey family that everything in the Riverlands will belong to you, and you only need to retake the East Twin River City and solve the current predicament." ”

Someone shouted, "Take back the East City!"

In the face of the huge interests of dividing up the Riverlands, the vassals of the Frey family shouted excitedly one by one.

"Take back the East City and swear to protect Lord Frey to the death!"

"Kill the Northerners!"

The old Peellus Bolton, who was also from the North, heard the shouts of the Frey vassals and remained unmoved.

He took the initiative to step forward and said to the old Frey on the high platform: "I hope that Lord Wade, give me an army, your vassals will defeat the northern defenders of the eastern city in the front, and I will guard the western gate for you." ”

Wald Frey's dim eyes stared at Bolton for a long time.

Finally, he said, "Let Count Lucos Valpin and his son-in-law, Sir Jon Wild, accompany you." ”

Lukos's noble family in the Riverlands, the patriarch of the Valpins, has always belonged to the loyal faction among the many vassals of the Frey.

The family emblem is a black frog on a white water lily leaf on a green background.

"Of course, it would be more solid to have Count Lucos at the West Gate," Bolton said, frowning and accentuating, "as solid as a jewel." ”

Lord Walder Frey continues to appoint his men in the Hall, sending them to be the commander of every army.

Count Lucos, who defended the western city, and his son Sir Damon were arranged to stay in the lord's mansion as a central army.

And the commander of the army responsible for attacking Lynn in the eastern city was the father and son of the Hay family, who were most trusted by Old Frey.

Sir Leslyn Hay was the general, while his sons, Sir Harris Hay and Sir Donald Hay, served in the front and rear armies.

Soon, the Freys' war council ended.

The 2,000 troops and attendants assembled in the west city of Twin Rivers were all mobilized.

Sir Hay took 1,200 men with him to support the Breakthrough Army, which attacked at dawn in the direction of the Stone Arch Bridge in the East City.

Count Lucos and Bolton took the last 800 men to defend the West Gate.

However, as a fortress built on the Green Fork River, Old Frey forgot to arrange for any army to defend the river.