Chapter 41: James and Jones

Riverrun, in front of the city gates.

This time it was the turn of the soldiers from the West to retreat.

They had just rushed after the cavalry desperately, thinking that they could take Riverrun by the way.

However, when the drawbridge was pulled up again, the cavalry from the north slain them and retreated.

At this moment, they have also become isolated and helpless, just like the soldiers of the Riverlands just now.

Many soldiers from the western border, without even untying their leather armor and ring armor, jumped into the river desperately, and then they were horrified to find that the armor that had originally protected them was like the hand of death, and they were noisily pulling them into the water.

After a while, coupled with the corpses of the soldiers of the Western Frontier who had been left behind during the siege of the city, the clear river was completely black and oppressive, and there were white, swollen, and twisted corpses floating.

The battles on both sides of the river ended almost simultaneously.

The circle of shield soldiers on the other side had shrunk to the minimum, and the people in the riverland could not even fight the trapped beasts, and in despair, they could only watch as one companion after another was pierced by the merciless spear tip.

In the end, only Amud and a few of the Counts of the Riverlands were left captive, and the Riverlands were wiped out.

......

Jaime drove his horse to the river, and looked blankly at the black-armored knight who was leading the way on the other side, a man he had been following for a long time.

Jones also came to the shore, and looked across the side, and everywhere he could see was the corpses, the people of the river, the people of the west, the people of the north, and the horses, and the great battlefield was dyed black, and countless weapons of shields, swords, spears, and spears were stuck in the ground.

The western frontier also suffered heavy losses, but they still had at least 6,000 soldiers left.

Jones saw a guy on the other side of the river riding a tall white horse with long flowing blond hair, which was very conspicuous.

I don't know if it's his own delusion, but Jones feels that this guy always has a sarcastic smile on his face when he looks at him.

"Who are you?" came the cold voice of the long-haired blond-haired guy.

"Who are you?" Jones asked, thinking it was nonsense. Who else could this guy be, it must be the famous monarch killer - Jaime Lannister.

But he thought about it and thought that it was good to reply like this, at least he didn't lose in momentum.

Jaime suddenly laughed, "Who am I? I am the son of Tywin, the heir of the Lannisters, the younger brother of the Queen Regent, the youngest Kingsguard, the leader of the Western Army, and Jaime the Kingkiller. ”

"Oh, I've heard of you. Jones replied lightly, but thought in his heart, this guy should be the top person in this world, not only is he handsome, but his title is so long, he can't overpower him at all.

However, the loser can't lose, Jones's tone of reply was very indifferent.

"Heard of?" Jaime had a bladed smile on his face, "Who are you?"

"I am the son of the Amber family, the champion of the Northern Tournament, the captain of the cavalry commando, the nemesis of the Cregon, the inheritor of the school, and the black knight Jones Amber. Jones finished speaking in one breath, and found that it was still not as long as the other party's title, and each title was either watery or inferior to him, and finally even the nickname of the Black Knight that had been circulated recently was used.

"I haven't heard of it," replied the Kingkiller, "but if you sacrifice Riverrun, I will not only ask the King to pardon you Amber, but I will also grant you the title of the North, so that you can replace the Stark House as the new guardian of the North." ”

Jones wanted to roll his eyes, but he wouldn't.

This guy can really blow, Robb's army is still there, and the cake is painted.

As for what northern guards, who loves to protect and who guards, he has no interest.

Seeing that Jones didn't speak, Jaime thought he was still hesitating, and then said, "I can also give you the golden dragon, woman, whatever you want, I Lannister has it." ”

"I want Cersei from the Lannisters, what do you think?" Jones replied.

Actually, it's not that Jones has any thoughts about the Queen Regent, it's just that Cersei is the most famous woman in Westeros today, and he just said it casually.

Jaime's face on the other side turned blue in an instant.

Jones saw that the army on the other side of the west was already secretly regrouping, so he stopped talking nonsense with Jaime and shouted with his men, "Go back to the city!"

"You can't go!" Jaime said coldly.

Jones looked at him in bewilderment.

After a while, a soldier was seen carrying Amud Tully to the shore.

Amud Tully was now very embarrassed, his armor was covered in black blood, and the man seemed to be deflated, and he was pushed by the soldiers, not at all like the aristocratic appearance of Jones when he saw him before.

"I'll kill him if you go!" Jaime said with his sword pointing at Amud, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Whatever, I'm loyal to House Stark, not House Tully. Jones replied calmly.

"And it's better for you to kill him, I'm so angry with this guy that I asked you not to go out of the city, and I personally promised me 'it should be so', and I still got out of the city. Jones complained loudly, not knowing if it was true or not.

After hearing this, Amud raised his head suddenly, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said hoarsely, "I did nothing wrong, I did what a true lord should do, even if I die, you can't insult me like this." ”

"Lord Amud, I don't know what a lord should do, I only know that the city is broken, Riverrun will be burned to the ground, and Lord Tully, who is lying on the bed, will also see with his own eyes that Riverrun, which has been passed down for thousands of years, into ruins. Jones retorted.

"But what's the use of talking about that now? He continued.

"I ...... I," Amud said a few 'I' in succession, his voice narrowing down, and his eyes turning to dead ash again.

"Let's go!" Jones said, turning around, the remaining three hundred cavalry under his command who was really responsible for him.

"You can't go, Amud, you tell him to stop, quick. Jaime threatened as he placed his sword on Amoud's neck.

However, Amud's mood at this time said that it was not too much to beg for death, and no matter how much Jaime threatened, he collapsed there, like a dead man, motionless.

......

The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the blood-stained cavalry led the war horses and slowly moved forward under the complicated eyes of the guards guarding the city.

"Take over the city," Jones whispered to Sir Carter, who was beside him.

This is actually a critical question.

Although they are true allies to Riverrun, the people in Riverrun are loyal to the Tullys, and if Jaime threatens the Riverrun guards to open the gates with Amud, he may be able to succeed.

So as soon as Jones entered the city, he had to replace the city defense with his own people.

Fortunately, when Amud left the city, he had already made up his mind to fight to the death, and there were only about two dozen guards left.

Although there was a little contradiction during the handover, the guards looked at the group of cavalrymen who were covered in blood and had cold eyes, and had just crawled out of the pile of dead people, and finally wisely shut their mouths.

Perhaps, as the Earl of Riverlands privately argued, there was a difference between the goals of the Northlanders and the Riverlanders. The goal of the Northlanders is to ensure the victory of Robb, the Young Wolf Lord, and the life or death of the Riverlands is not so important in the eyes of the Northerners.