A tributary of the Green Fork River of the Trident River.

Tyrion Lannister, the most famous dwarf of the Seven Kingdoms, led hundreds of warriors from the Alpine clan to find the army of his father, Duke Tywin.

After the Red Bull Crest of House Priest, the Earl of Craich's Spotted Boar, the Burning Tree of House Marbran, and the Badger Banner of House Layton, Tyrion finally saw the headquarters with the golden lion banner.

An inn converted into a headquarters.

A gallows was erected in front of the headquarters, and the shriveled corpses that hung on it swayed back and forth in the wind, and their bodies were covered with crows.

"It was my father who did it, hanged everyone who disobeyed, and never collected the corpses. Tyrion sighed as he passed by the corpse.

When he entered the lobby of the inn, Duke Tywin was drinking a bottle of ale with his last remaining sibling, Sir Kevon Lannister.

Uncle was a little fat, his head was bald, his chin was full of flesh, and as for his father, the war had made him more energetic, Tyrion thought.

"Tyrion?" said Kevon in surprise when he saw him first.

"Uncle," Tyrion bowed, though he didn't bow the same way, "Father. It's good to see you guys. ”

Duke Tywin didn't get up, but only looked at his dwarf son meaningfully.

"It seems that the rumors that you are dead have been debunked. ”

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Father. Tyrion exaggeratedly said, "Don't jump up and hug me, I don't want you to twist your waist." ”

Then he walked across the room and walked straight to the table.

The dwarf's small short legs are swaying and are particularly eye-catching.

"Thank you very much for sending troops to fight for me. With that, he scrambled into a chair and picked up Tywin's bottle and poured it for himself.

The little dwarf is an alcoholic, and he will not stop drinking whenever he has the chance.

"Come on, you started the chaos. Lord Tywin replied, "In the case of your brother Jaime, he would never succumb to the hands of a woman." ”

The chaos did originate from the little dwarf, and when Lady Catlyn captured him, the Westside used it as an excuse to send troops.

"That's one of the differences between Jaime and me. He's taller than me, if you notice. ”

Tywin ignored his quips. "It's about the honor of the family, I have no choice but to send troops!"

Tyrion tried to swallow the ale, it was brown, full of fermentation, very strong, almost chewy, but very mellow.

It's a pity that my father hanged the proprietress to death.

"How's your war going?" he asked with a grin.

"That's what sets your brother apart from you," replied Lord Tywin, "and your brother wins one battle after another. He first routed the armies of Count Vance and Count Piper outside the Golden Tooth, and then fought a decisive battle with the main forces of the Tully under Riverrun. In that battle, the whole river was crushed by him, and Edmure Tully and his men were taken prisoner. ”

But then, Duke Tywin's heart became extremely cold, "If it weren't for the disruption of a little guy from the North, Riverrun would be in your brother's hands by now. ”

"That guy also captured your cousin," added Kevon, "and your brother wants to exchange prisoners with him, but that guy hasn't been seen since he hid in Riverrun, and he's as stubborn as a stone outside the Plug." ”

"Who is this man?" asked Tyrion in surprise. When King Robert went north to Winterfell before, he also followed him all the way, and then Tyrion even followed Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of Duke Eddard, to the Great Wall of Desperation, so he also had a lot of contact with people in the north.

Duke Tywin suddenly showed a sarcastic expression and said like a hymn, "It's the son of the Amber family, the champion of the Northern Tournament, the captain of the cavalry commando, the nemesis of the Cregan, the inheritor of the school, and the black knight Jones Amber. ”

After saying that, Kai Feng, who was still angry just now, couldn't help but laugh on the side.

"You know, when Jaime got the news out of me, I went out of my way to investigate him. ”

"The son of the Amber family, a second son with no right of inheritance. Cregan's nemesis, he only forced the Demon Mountain back once, and when the Demon Mountain heard this, he vowed to screw his head off. The inheritor of the school city, the school city sent a raven to reply that it was driven out. The Black Knight, according to the information he got from Riverland, is not a knight yet. ”

"I'd like to meet this guy and talk to him about bragging. Tyrion, who often referred to himself as the Golden Lion in front of the prostitutes, took another sip of ale and burped comfortably.

"There will be a chance, Clegane has recovered from his injuries, and the head of the braggart will be brought back. ”

......

Riverrun.

Jones was so busy during this time that he didn't even talk about the Blackwood brothers not being captured by the monarchicides.

I don't know if the Earl of Blackwood realized something before, and when he went out of the city to fight, he left his two sons in the city. Ever since the two brothers heard the news that the king-killer was going to exchange prisoners, they kept watch over Jones every day, asking him to exchange their father back.

"We've fought together!" were the brothers' words.

"yes, the kind that loses as soon as you play. Jones grumbled in his heart.

Of course, it wasn't that he was unwilling to exchange prisoners, the red-robed monk ran away with William Lannister, and Jones didn't know where he could find someone to exchange with the kingkiller.

Of course, it wasn't just the Blackwood brothers who were bothering him.

The Kingkiller had been besieging the city outside, and the cavalry from the north, with a group of newly recruited militiamen, had to drive ducks to the shelves to defend the city.

It can also be said that the people in the city are panicking, I heard that even Lord Tuli has been arrested, and now the head of Rushing City is actually a northerner, although everyone knows this northerner.

Therefore, some people in Riverrun City are not only anxious and worried, but people who are willing to join the enemy have begun to emerge.

Eventually, Jones decided to meet an old man tonight.

......

Riverrun is triangular.

The study of the Duke of Horst Tully was also triangular in shape, with a protruding stone balcony on the east side, resembling the bow of a huge sandstone ship.

From there, the Duke had a panoramic view of his ramparts, fortresses, and the junction of the river opposite.

Of course, Lord Duke now spends most of his time on poppy milk to relieve his pain, so naturally he doesn't have the strength to look at these things.

Had it not been for Jones's order to reduce the amount of poppy milk to-day, the Duke would still be asleep.

......

Duke Tully seemed to have his muscles melted into the bones, his skin was loosely covered with bones, his face was shriveled, and his hair and beard had turned snow-white.

Hearing Jones' voice, he opened his eyes.

"Amoud captured?" his voice was small, full of pain.

Jones looked at the legendary old man who was about to come to an end, and replied in a low voice, "Yes, not only Lord Amud, but also many earls have been captured. ”

"What's your problem now?" asked the old man directly, having learned a lot from the servant when he first woke up.

"Lord Amud is in the hands of the Kingkillers, and there are more and more people in the city who want to turn to the Lannisters, and I am only an outsider, so I can't really do anything with them. ”

The old man coughed heavily, and his breath seemed to become weaker.

The servant hurried forward, massaging the old man's chest, and at the same time looked at Jones reproachfully.

"No...... The Tully family will not surrender to the Lannisters, even if I die...... Even if my son dies, the Tully family will not surrender, the Lannisters are not real dragons, they are just things crawling on the ground......"

Although the old man spoke intermittently, his meaning was very resolute.

The true dragon refers to the Targaryens, to whom Tully had surrendered, but of course it was far more than the Tully family who had surrendered to the Targaryens.

And King Robert Baratheon, to be precise, only received the help of the Tully family, which was obtained by Jon Arryne, the Duke of Eagle's Nest, the Guardian of the Canyon, and the adoptive father of Robert and Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell.

"Tomorrow...... You call all the people of the city to the bottom of the inner fort, and I have something to say. ”

"But your body?" Jones said in surprise.

The old man waved his hand, closed his eyes, and had no intention of speaking again, and Jones could only retreat silently.

......

At noon the next day, a large number of residents of the city flocked to the bottom of the inner fort, and the squares, streets, and all the open spaces were crowded, and the old people, children, women, and men, were all black.

There was anxiety on people's faces, worry or trepidation, and so on.

Seeing that the Duke of Tully was carried by two servants to the balcony, everyone raised their heads almost at the same time.

The old man whispered, "The Tully family will never open the gates to the enemy. ”

After saying that, the two servants next to him repeated loudly, "The Tully family will never open the gates of the city to the enemy!", over and over again.

Gradually, the crowd below also shouted, and finally the voice became louder and louder, reaching into the sky.

"Don't open the door to the enemy," Jones read, and not far away, he saw that the faces of the people had gradually changed from panic to resoluteness and excitement, and he could not help muttering, "is this the public opinion of the Tullys?" ”