Chapter 33: The Tall and the Short Woman
"It looks like the village ahead is burning," shouted the tall Ike, who was almost standing on horseback, a hand that everyone admired.
And he is also willing to show off his skills, such a strong war horse, it must be fun.
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Not long ago, when Jones's men went out of the city, they saw patches of farmland, the sun shining, and the barley, wheat, and corn in the fields were fruitful, but there was no one resting under the trees, and no one was harvesting with a sickle.
There wasn't even a dog barking, all they saw were empty towns and villages, and all the people nearby had fled to Riverrun.
Further afield, large crows could be seen hovering over villages and towns, and below were charred ruins, wisps of white smoke rising from the ashes, and wild dogs eating dead bodies.
The recruits, seeing such a scene, either reddened their eyes or gritted their teeth, almost all of them came from the Riverlands.
Several recruits couldn't help but tighten their longbows and shoot at the wild dogs and crows that were tearing at the dead bodies, and the crows scattered and flew to the ruins, screaming hoarsely at everyone, while the wild dogs hid in a corner of the ruins, looking coldly with red eyes.
"Every one of your arrows is valuable, and they need to go to the Lannisters, understand?" Jones yelled.
"Yes, my lord!" Because Jones rarely took off his armor, the newcomers always saw the black-armored knight with the angry mask, so they were grateful to Jones for giving him horses and weapons, but they were also very in awe of him.
In addition to the tall one,
"Damn, the monarch killer really doesn't have any knightly honor. Tall Ike shouted resentfully, "I'm going to teach him a lesson sooner or later." ”
Sir Carter looked at his lieutenant, a little speechless at his naivety.
His father was the richest Duke of Tywin in Westeros, his sister Cersei was the Queen Regent, and he himself was the commander of tens of thousands of armies.
As soon as the tall Ike entered the team, he did two famous things, the first was because the cavalry of 800 people was divided into four teams, and each captain chose a deputy, and the tall Ike stood out with his superb riding skills.
But the second thing is more famous, when he approached Jones and asked if he could take off the black armor and let him try it, as the two of them were very similar in size.
All the soldiers present looked at him with a look of horror and admiration, Jones rarely took off his armor, which was known to all, let alone for a man.
Jones also thought that this guy was provoking himself, but after a few words with him, Jones decided that tall was a simple nerve.
Unlike Percy or Big Jon's rudeness, Tall Ike may be really mindless.
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"Someone's coming!" shouted the skinny crooked mouth as he ran.
Seeing that his companions still didn't react much, he quickly added with a crooked mouth, "It's a group of cavalry under black pressure." ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a crackling sound, and more than a dozen soldiers in shabby armor hurriedly picked up the looted things and ran in the opposite direction.
Before they had run far, the cavalry surrounded them, and when they saw the ice wolf and trout flags in front of them, their faces instantly turned like ashes.
The soldiers who were surrounded trembled and raised their swords to the unkind faces of the cavalrymen in front of them.
The black-armored cavalry led by him said, "One of you can live, and that is the first person to tell me what I want." ”
The soldiers who were surrounded looked at each other, and while they were still thinking about what the black-armored cavalry meant, the thin crooked mouth hurriedly shouted, "I say, I say, the Lannister army is in that direction." As he spoke, he pointed in the right direction.
"How can you ......," exclaimed a fair-faced companion in surprise.
But before he could finish his words, an arrow pierced his eye socket.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the others prepared to break through, but unfortunately, in a few blinks of an eye, they were pierced by the arrows shooting from the surrounding hedgehog.
The recruits in the Riverlands have endured it for too long.
Holding his head with his mouth crooked, he curled up and shivered, for fear of being accidentally shot.
"Show us the way where you burn and loot are located. Jones said to him.
With that, the guy was picked up by Percy and put on horseback.
"Give good directions, don't play tricks. Percy patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't dare, don't dare. ”
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Next, Jones and the others did succeed in finding a few groups of people with the same means, but the efficiency was surprisingly low, 800 people went around for most of the day, and even 180 enemies were not found, and the only benefit was to let the recruits practice.
"My lord, why don't we divide our troops," Percy said impatiently, "and it won't be effective to look for them like this." ”
"Like the Bamford family we met that day? I was boasting that the dead Earl of Bamford was a genius. ”
"It can't be that coincidental," Percy muttered knowing what Jones meant.
"But as soon as a large number of enemy troops appeared, we were going to kill ourselves by dividing our forces. ”
"Okay, I see. Percy said reluctantly.
"Why do I think Sir Percy is right? Tall Ike asked Carter, puzzled.
"Because you're as simple as he is. ”
"What does this mean, sir?"
"You think for yourself. Carter ignored him and rode his horse to lead the team into action.
"The old man always said that my skull was thicker than the city walls, and I couldn't think about it. Tall Ike shouted.
"Then don't use your brain in the future, just listen to orders. ”
Tall Ike was silent for a long time before he said, "Seems like this is a good idea." ”
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The night slowly fell.
Not far away, a hill appeared in front of the cavalry team, like a creeping monster, looking coldly at the earth.
Approaching the hill, the speed of the crowd began to drop.
"Let's rest on the top of the hill tonight, so that the enemy will not be able to detect it if he is near. ”
The hill was not high, and the people were picking up dry branches and feeding the horses, and in a short time they approached the top of the hill.
"Fish Beam!" Rona called out in disbelief, and there was a Fish Beam in his house's territory.
Of course, not only his family, many nobles in the north have fish beams and wood in their homes.
The reason for this surprise is that the fish beam wood is considered a symbol of the old gods and generally only appears in the north.
Its bark is as white as bone, its leaves are deep red, like the palms of a thousand bloodstained hands, and its trunk is carved with the face of an old man.
What's even more surprising is that there is not just one fish beam here, but a whole circle, around the top of the hill.
"You shouldn't bother here. An old voice came, "unless you have some gift for me." ”
I saw a small pale figure slowly walking out of Yuliang Muxia.
When they got closer, they saw that it was an old woman with white hair, her skin was wrinkled, very pale, and she had red eyes.
Not only was she very short and hunched, she was holding a lumpy black cane with great difficulty.
"Who are you?" the tall Ike asked first, and his voice trembled slightly, it seemed that even the most nervous people had something to fear.