Twin Cities.

At night, a crescent moon floats on the water.

The northern cavalry crossed the river, and countless horses' hooves made a loud noise as they stepped across the drawbridge.

The remaining more than 10,000 infantry in the north were left on the east bank under the command of Lord Luce Bolton of the Terror, including Daisy and her 1,000 infantry.

The two columns of cavalry formed like a huge steel serpent, winding into the city of the East River, rounding the square, passing through the inner city, onto the arched bridge, passing through the same terrain again, and finally leaving the castle on the west bank.

Lady Caitlyn rode at the head of the procession, accompanied by her son Robb, her uncle Sir Brinden, the Earls of the North, and Stevren Frey, son of the Marquis of Walder. Behind them were ninety percent of their cavalry, including knights, lancers, free riders, archers, and so on.

Caitlin looked back, and she saw the blazing gaze of Marquis de Valde Frey on the Tower of the Guard. He sat on a stretcher, looking down from the slender iron bars of the killing hole, and watched them leave.

......

"You can rest assured that you can speed up your march if you need to, your mother and I, like most daughters of nobles, have been learning to ride horses since I was a child, and I have traveled from Winterfell to King's Landing and from King's Landing to the North, and I have ridden no less horses. ”

Although she was on a boat between White Harbor and King's Landing, Caitlin was relieved to see the anxiety on her son's face.

She herself was so anxious that her brother Amud had been taken away, and her father was bedridden, and she was even more frightened by the news that her father had been asleep most of the time.

The dependencies in my life fell one after another, first my husband, then my father, how cruel it was.

Although her heart was in great pain, she would not cry like a little woman, and at this time, all she wanted was not to interfere with her son's march.

"Even if we are in a hurry, we still have to wait, and it won't be long before Mellister of Haijiang City will join us. Robb explains, "Now with every extra strength, we have a little better chance of winning." ”

"Seven gods bless, I hope Amber can hold on. Caitlyn replied.

Jones Amber she knew, it turned out that when she was studying in Winterfell and Maester Lewyn, she had always thought that the child was not well-behaved like an Amber family. Unexpectedly, the little guy who was almost the same age as his son not only brought back the news of Arya, but now he has also become a leader in his own right.

"Jones is okay," Robb said firmly, as if to cheer for himself and for Jones.

"You should trust Jones, Jon Jon, Harrion, Daisy, the nobles of the North, not Theon Greyjoy. Caitlyn whispered.

All those born in the Riverlands hate the Iron People.

The Iron People have a dark tradition of plundering the Riverlands, and Baron Greyjoy rebelled nine years ago and set himself up as king, hoping to lead the Iron People back to the glory of the Ancient Way, that is, to enslave the people of the Riverlands, help them mine, help them plant, and help them livestock......

Theon Greyjoy is also Baron's son, and after the failure of King Baron's rebellion, Theon was brought back by Duke Eddard Stark as an adopted son, and he was also a proton.

"Theon is a brother I grew up with. Robb whispered back with some anger.

Theon was a few years older than him, and in Robb's heart, Theon had always regarded Theon as his brother, "And Theon also saved Bran some time ago, mother, what you said was unfair to Theon." ”

Theon's archery skills are superb, and not long ago, when the wildlings kidnapped Bran, it was only with Theon's crucial arrow that Bran was saved.

Caitlin shook her head helplessly after hearing this, she had a conflict with Ned (Duke Eddard's nickname) on the issue of Jon Snow, and she had a conflict with her son on the issue of Theon.

Even after spending so much time in the North, she sometimes felt like she couldn't be a Northerner.

Now, though, she's finally going home, the place where she grew up.

......

Riverrun.

After the Duke of Tully came out to say that, the undercurrent rolling in the city was calm again.

After that, Jones, it was much easier for them to recruit militia and ask for supplies.

Rona Stau's delicacy also played a role at this time, keeping the logistics in order and the distribution of food on the right track. In fact, there was no need to worry too much, the food stored in Rushing City was enough for the people in the city to eat for more than a year, and the ancestors of the Tully family had actually anticipated many countermeasures for the war.

Sir Carter was a very reliable man, and took on the heavy responsibility of guarding the city every day.

And the bald Percy began to train new soldiers, although there were no extra horses in Rushing City, and the cavalry could not be replenished, but the defending infantry could still recruit a lot, and the condition was only to provide something to fill the stomach every day.

Everyone found the right place, even Ti Mei and Jones helped him find a well-timed task.

With the help of a few of them, Jones also had time to do some of his own things, such as writing with Dr. Malween and corresponding with Robb Stark.

Communication is done with the help of the ravens of Riverrun, and the management of the ravens itself is a very complicated matter, so it is generally the responsibility of the bachelors of each castle, and it is very limited, for example, the transmission of the ravens can basically only be between two fixed castles.

As for sending people to deliver letters, it would be too slow, especially when this war had already begun.

Therefore, the flow speed and accuracy of information in this world are very low, and often only the nobles at the top can know some of it, and the truth of the matter has become unrecognizable by the time it reaches the mouths of the common people.

......

In front of Riverrun.

The night had fallen, staining all the flags black.

A large number of crows hovered over the barracks, and wild dogs and rats also sniffed and snuck over.

There were so many dead people that even though they dealt with a lot every day, the soldiers of the Western Frontier still couldn't stop the corpses from decomposing.

Now the soldiers of the western border almost cover their noses, collecting arrows and other weapons.

In the middle of the barracks, all the captured earls of the Riverlands were kept like sheep in a wooden fence, or tied to a stake, or locked with a collar.

Treat captives well? These days, the wind and rain are light, and the lack of water and being beaten are the most painful things.

Dressed in golden armor and draped in a red cloak, Jaime made his way to the fence that smelled of and urine, and was so noble compared to the clay-figurinned Riverlands Counts.

That's exactly what a winner should look like.

However, the expression on his face was a little helpless at this time.

"None of you are familiar with that Jones Amber?"

After so many days of siege, he didn't even see that guy once. The knights he sent to Riverrun shook their heads in frustration when they returned, saying that they could only see one one-eyed man at a time.

Moreover, this one-eyed man has a very bad personality, as long as he says one more word, he will draw his sword against him, and it seems that he can't reason with him at all.

"When I was drinking with Jones, I said we were friends. "The eldest boy, Earl Lynman Dary, cried, "you will let me go back and persuade him." ”

"You think I'm so good at cheating?"

"No, I didn't, you asked us. ”

"Since you are friends, why don't I cut off your head and give it to him?"

"No, it's always me who unilaterally said that he was my friend, and it's useless for you to cut off my head. Earl Lynman Darey said hurriedly, with tears in his voice.

"Bah, shame!" said Earl Lewood, who had been tied up and thrown on the ground.

The bald earl also said weakly, "It's useless, we don't have much friendship with that kid, and I have had a fight with him." ”

Jaime's face turned grim when he heard this, the army in the west had been besieging the city for a long time, and the men and horses were scarce, and supplies were very difficult.

"Maybe it's time to retreat, and to go back to the west to replenish the new troops. Jaime thought to himself.

......

While the air was still drizzling, the defenders of Riverrun noticed that the Westerners were beginning to collect their tents, and then the horses carried bundles of supplies on their backs, and were driven out of the barracks by a few soldiers.

They were followed by almost all shield men and spearmen, and unlike when they had attacked, their shields were as straight as walls and their spears were as dense as woods, and the heavy infantry was a little tired and disorganized.

The military camp in the west, like the scorch marks on the city wall, gradually disappeared with the drizzle, and was taken away into the distance like a corpse in the river.

......

Although the momentum of the westerners' siege of the city has been getting smaller and smaller these days, when the defenders of Riverrun City saw that they had really retreated, they still couldn't help but cheer as if they had won the battle.

"Long live Riverrun!"

"Long live Tully!"

"Long live Amber!"

Soon, cheers rang out from all over the city, louder than in front of the Inner Fort.

And there is also the name of a northern family in it, not Stark, but Amber.