Chapter 20: The Peasants and the Aristocrats
Along the Green Fork River, horses' hooves roared.
The people of the villages along the coast, when they saw so many cavalry, immediately hid like turtles with shrunken heads, and they didn't even have the courage to look at them a few more times.
Jones was looking around as he hurried, and so far he hadn't seen a boat on the river.
This means that the Green Fork River is under martial law, and the control point should be at the confluence of the Trident River (Green Fork, Blue Fork, and Red Fork).
The farther south they went, the closer the Green Fork River was to the King's Road, and the more they encountered the village, indicating that they were closer to danger.
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"Sir Carter, you take fifty men to scout around the village, and you must be back in an hour. Jones ordered to the middle-aged knight not far away.
"Yes, sir. ”
Jones turned to another young man in bright armor and said, "Sir Clive, you take fifty men to the village to buy some cooked food for your brothers, be careful to buy it, not rob it." ”
"The others, dismounted, rested. ”
There are no hills near the Green Fork River, they are all plains, which has the advantage of being able to see the enemy at a glance, and the same is true of the disadvantage.
Jones divided the five hundred men into five squads for easy command, and Carter, Clive, who had just been called, were also captains.
The other three are Rona Stone, Percy, and Leonard, all of whom have the title of knight and have a small reputation.
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"My lord, today's old fellow is too much. During the break, Rona was the first to complain to Jones.
"The Lannisters are enough for us to deal with in the north, and now is not the time to erect an enemy casually, and your lordship is right. "Leonard is a middle-aged knight with a calm personality, but the most impressive thing is that he and his hair are tied together in a thick beard, like a lion's head.
"Percy, what do you think?" Jones asked on his own initiative, seeing that Percy didn't speak.
"My lord, I gave up thinking about anything complicated a long time ago, no matter how smart my head is, I will still rot if I hit it with a hammer. ”
Percy said as he touched his bare head, in stark contrast to Leonard next to him.
"Haha, you're right. ”
Jones went on to say his opinion, "There are actually not many people like Wade, who will be on the side of the winner when the victory is clear. This was the case with the Lannisters when Robert overthrew the Mad King, and in fact the Freys did the same, and they did not appear until the end of the Trident War. ”
"My lord, I don't understand why this kind of treacherous fellow, who does not have the slightest aristocratic glory, has not been cut off, and has even become more and more powerful. Rona asked aloud.
Jones thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't understand either, but as Percy said, whoever is our enemy will smash his dog's head." ”
After a while, Clive returned with a bag of cooked meat and a few skinned sheep.
"My lord, I have brought an iron bucket, firewood, and water from the inn, and the brothers can drink some mutton soup later. ”
"Hurry up, we're going to cross the Green Fork by tonight. ”
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Nearly an hour later.
Sir Carter rode his horse at a gallop, and on his horse was a dirty little boy of about ten years of age.
"My lord, I caught a suspicious child. So saying, Carter jumped off his horse and took the little boy down.
The little boy looked at Jones, who was covered in black armor, his legs trembling nervously, and his mouth trembling all the time.
"What's suspicious about this kid?" Jones asked, puzzled, with a typical peasant boy in front of him.
"When he saw us, he ran for his life in frenzy, and I thought his reaction was abnormal, so I took him back. Carter explained.
"Kid, you're ......," Jones smiled with what he thought was kind.
The child was so frightened that he cried and crouched on the ground, crying and crying, "Don't kill me, don't kill me." ”
Joneston was embarrassed, he always felt that he was usually a gentle and good person, and he was a little crazy when he fought with people.
After glancing around, the one-eyed Ti Mei, Leonard the lion, and Percy the bald head, these don't look like good people, and finally they had to say to Rona Stone, "You take him aside, don't let him see us, be patient and coax, and ask him where he came from and what happened." ”
"Leave it to me. Rhona Stone nodded.
After a while, Rona rushed back, "My lord, the child said that a group of cavalry had rushed into the village, and then he had started to kill, and he was so frightened that he ran upstream, and was caught by Sir Carter. ”
Everyone stood up nervously after hearing this.
"How many cavalry, whose people?"
"The child doesn't know where the cavalry came from, and the cavalry didn't carry the flag, and as for the number, the child said that it was about the same number as the number of people we were sitting on, and I estimated that it was about eighty people. ”
"Everyone, get on the horse!" Jones yelled, "get ready to fight." ”
"My lord, do you want me to investigate? Carter asked anxiously.
"No, I know what to expect. I've heard that the Lannisters are burning and looting in the Riverlands, and maybe they're about to move, so let's just get ready for battle. ”
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In the village, people were headed down and feet up, even the old people and children were not spared, and there were corpses everywhere, and the blood seeped into the mud and could be seen clearly.
Next to the corpse, the son of a nobleman with curly blond hair was boasting loudly about how brave he had just been.
"I cut off the farmer's head at once. He laughed and said, "He just holds a ridiculous hoe, seven hells, how can such a foolish man think that he can defeat .....me with that rag?
"Earl Quantum Bamvert will surely be proud of his bravery. The knight said flatteringly.
"Of course my father would be proud of me, but it wasn't enough, I wanted to be recognized by Lord Lannister. Eddie Bamvert said wistfully.
"A group of cavalry is coming in the distance!" shouted a warrior outside the village.
"Is it my father?" asked Eddie Bamford, as he rushed out.
"It doesn't seem to be coming in the right direction, no, they have flags, and it's white, it's not our people. The warrior screamed.
"Call everyone out and tell them to stop women, quick, quick. ”
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"Carter, you take a team to the left side of the village, Leonard, you take a team to the right side, don't let anyone go. Jones shouted, "The others will charge with me."
"Long live Winterfell!"
When Jones arrived on horseback, he saw a young man with curly blond hair and ornate jewels in his armor, and the number of enemies was less than eighty, and many of them were hurrying to climb onto their horses.
It wasn't until Jones could see the curly-haired blond-haired man's face clearly that he shouted, "Rush!"
Jones had already turned on the 'rage', wielding a heavy sword of more than two meters, with a "ding", he hit the spear that was stabbed by the oncoming cavalry, and then with a swing, the heavy sword passed through the opponent's waist, and the cavalry had been cut in half.
Then the curly-haired blond man swung his sword at him, and Jones slapped his heavy sword in one hand, and the man flew out of his horse.
Next, Jones never stopped, all the oncoming cavalry were not one of their enemies, the lucky ones were only picked off by the arms, and then the heads were cut off by the scorching guards beside Jones, and the unlucky ones were cut in half horizontally.
One charge down, and there is no longer a single intact enemy to be found on horseback.
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"I surrender, I surrender!" shouted the curly-haired man who was slapped away.
"Lao Tzu hasn't killed anyone yet. Percy grinned, and as he spoke, she slammed the hammer into his head.
"Stop!"
When Percy heard Jones's voice, he quickly tilted the hammer to one side, smashing it on the ground and splashing a large amount of mud.
"You take a group of people to the village, and if it's the enemy, you kill it on the spot. Although it was unlikely that there was anyone inside, Jones asked Percy to search it for the sake of safety.
"Yes, sir!" Percy said in a deep voice.
"You also heard, my subordinates are going crazy when they want to kill people, if you have anything to say, just say it. Jones drove forward and looked at the aristocratic man sitting in the mud.
Of course, the other party's current appearance has nothing to do with the nobles, and his whole body looks like it has been doused with muddy water.
"I am Eddie Banford, son of Earl Quantum Bamford, and you can take me captive, whether you want a ransom or a prisoner. ”
"You are a nobleman, and you do have this qualification. ”
"Yes, our Banfert family is very wealthy...... Eddie Bamvert said quickly.
"Now, I ask, you answer, do you hear?"
"Good, good. Because he couldn't see the expression under Jones's mask, he only saw a cavalryman in black armor, and he was very worried in his heart, and he didn't know if the person in front of him was a nobleman, and whether he would follow the rules of the nobles.
"What are you doing in this village?"
"Uh... uh..."
"Say!"
"Yes, we are on the orders of Lord Tywin Lannister, and we are plundering the riches here. ”
"How many of you are there, don't tell me there are only these eighty. ”
"No, my father led a total of eight hundred cavalry up the Green Fork River. ”
"So where are they now? Why aren't you with him?"
"He's still downstream, we're divided into small teams, and we only need a few dozen people per village. ”
"Your father is a genius," Jones laughed, "didn't you think you'd meet the enemy when you separated?"
"There were no castles in the vicinity, and we did not meet any strong resistance along the way, even though the largest manor was taken by only fifty cavalrymen. "Eddie Bamvert has all the questions to answer and does his best for his own life.
"How far is your father from here?"
Eddie Bamvert was overjoyed when he heard this, and it seemed that this man wanted to find his father, who would surely defeat him and save him.
His father was a member of the 'Usurper Wars'.
"Not far, not far, just an hour's journey from here, in a town below. ”
"How many troops are there in the town?"
"Five or six hundred cavalry, and some of the rest are in nearby villages like me. ”
"When did you agree to go back?"
"Tonight. ”
"You're very cooperative, I'm done asking all the questions I have to ask. As he spoke, Jones raised his sword.
"No, my lord, no!" the curly-haired blond man screamed, "I've said everything I need to say, you can trade me for many, many golden dragons." As he spoke, the man vigorously wiped the mud off his armor and exposed the gem. "Look, my family is very rich!"
"Don't worry, I won't kill you, after all, you're still useful. "Jones actually just put the epee away.
"Yes, yes, I'm noble, I'm useful. Eddie was busy.
Jones ignored him and turned to Timei on the same side and whispered, "You go and interrogate him again to make sure he didn't lie, but don't really hurt him, I'll keep it for some use." ”