Egger and Earl Bookwell agreed not to continue to talk about Jarman's departure from the Wall, and after a little further walk, they reached the area where the Antlerfors army was stationed, in the middle of dozens of tents with blue and white stripes painted with antlers.

The old earl arranged one of the dozens of tents next to the lord's tent to Egger and his little henchmen, and in a state of war, he was able to occupy a lodging place for himself when he arrived temporarily, which was also quite a good guest treatment.

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The army was marched punctually the next morning, and Robert, the king and commander, was quite competent in terms of "punctuality" and "not sleeping". The king's army, which was as far as the eye could see when they were gathered together in a group, was even more powerful when they lined up in a long line to the north under the dispatch, and the head of the team could not be seen in front of the group, and the tail could not be seen when looking back, and Egger was mixed in with the brightly armored Antlers Castle army, and the black clothes that were known for their low profile looked dazzling. Soon...... Everyone knew that there was a night watchman in the army.

"Wait for the cheap price to buy the captives we captured, so that we can see the Great Wall. ”

The soldiers didn't know that Iger had been completely forced to come, and to make such a joking comment on his existence was a bit of a mascot for the "Night's Watch" - it was the first time in Westeros' thousands of years of history that such a strange creature had appeared.

(If even the neutral Night's Watch "bet on their own victory", the counterinsurgency will be easily won.) Most of the soldiers had this idea in their minds, and no one even mentioned the superstitious saying that "black is generally ominous."

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Egger stayed with the Earl of Barkwell on his march, listening to him tell stories about the events of the Raiders' Wars, and soon remembered many of the families whose support for the Targaryen had forced their core members to wear black.

At first, Iger thought that if he pretended to have a channel to get people out of the Wall for these families, provided that the industry set up by the Night's Watch Logistics Department in King's Landing was well-developed, could he bring in more investment and customers? But soon, he realized that it was unlikely, the war of the retainers had ended for more than ten years, most of the families who were on the wrong side had been relieved from the punishment, and the unlucky man in black had probably been replaced by the brothers, and only the Buckville family had the idea of getting their son out of the Night's Watch because the longhouse had not been able to produce male offspring - this was an exception, and it was not universal.

The idea of starting a "fishing" business fell through, but the plan to befriend the nobles who participated in the war remained unchanged. The king's army marched for about ten days. After passing through several royal villages and towns along the way, including Sow Horn, he met the first Riverland meeting in the town of Earl Harroway.

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Although this ferry town was named the Earl of Harroway, in fact the family has long since perished, when the Harroway family was once in the power of Harrenhal, but unfortunately like the builder of the first castle in Westeros, it did not escape the curse of the "dead family", and successfully became one of the families who "owned Harrenhal and then perished".

A thousand Riverlands troops guarded the crossing in case the Valley rebels came to harass the King's crossing, but they were of no use, and the King's army crossed the Trident River fairly smoothly and began to march towards the Valley, arriving at the famous Crossroads Inn in the Tale of Fire and Ice a day later.

This three-story building is also a legend, as Catelyn and Rodric met and arrested Tyrion returning from the Wall, and the Hound escaped King's Landing and led Arya north where he met and slaughtered several of Gregory Cregan's men......

Due to Egger's active intervention, there is a high probability that these plots will not happen again, but this does not affect the status of the inn Westeros as the "first place of right and wrong" - not because of anyone's bad taste, but because of its special location: the intersection of two important transportation arteries, the north-south King Road and the east-west River Road. Whether you're traveling between Winterfell and King's Landing, or you're planning to travel from Riverrun to the Vale, you're bound to pass through this place.

So, this time, it was once again the meeting place between the king's army and the army of the Riverlands.

The Riverlands joined Robert's army of nearly 20,000 here, led by Edmure Tully, the heir to the Duke of Riverrun and the son of Horst Tully, one of the founders of the Deer, Wolf, Osprey Alliance. Lady Arryn is the daughter of the Tully family and the sister of Edmure, who is besieged in the Eagle's Nest by the rebels of the "Alliance of the Righteous".

The Riverlands and the Riverlands are two of the more special territories in the Seven Kingdoms - although the fiefdoms are the top two in terms of wealth, because the two ruling families were not local kings before Aegon's conquest, although they sit in the position of dukes, they have serious lack of control over their own territories - they are strong on the surface, but in fact they do not have the confidence and cohesion to compete for the Iron Throne or rebel for the king, so they can only find a thigh hug and then stabilize their position through marriage. Fortunately, Robert was still alive, so everyone would give face to the legal feudal lord, so that the Tully family could easily gather such a large army.

Iger noticed that even the Freys, who would later carry out the horrific blood-colored weddings and rely on their strength to keep up with the Tully family, were flying the banner in the Riverlands coalition - Robert Baratheon's intimidation and control over the Seven Kingdoms was only above his previous expectations.

When the two armies converged, the number of coalition forces instantly skyrocketed to more than 30,000 - Iger was in the army, knowing that this was real, and that only the number of combatants was counted, not logistics. In a backward feudal era, this was already an amazing super-army...... And these are only the two closest of the six nations except for the valley.

The royal lord and the allied forces of the Riverlands did not stop here, but continued their march eastward, and Egg, who passed through here for the second time, was no longer able to enjoy the bed of this famous inn.

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Two weeks after the march from King's Landing, the Lord-Riverlands coalition finally entered the valley's territory, marching until the narrow entrance to the Vale of Arryn could be seen with the naked eye, and at Robert's command, it split into two armies, one left and one right, and stationed at the entrance of the valley several miles apart, one south and one north, firmly blocking the passage between Arryn Valley and the outside world, and then settling down.

More than 30,000 troops are fully capable of attacking the Blood Gate, and the siege facilities and equipment have also arrived, but Robert does not plan to do it first - he will not only fight this time, but also wait until all the men and horses of the six countries have arrived: the war of the retainers is a distant past, and the rebellion of Baron Greyjoy has been put down for ten years, and the whole of the Seven Kingdoms seems to have gradually begun to lose their respect for themselves, this time, he wants to remind these people that he is a king, and he is still a very good king.

Iger guessed the king's mind and was amused by it. Prime Minister Eddard Stark stayed in King's Landing to continue to govern the Seven Kingdoms, Robert came out with only four Kingsguards, and the remaining three, including Jaime, stayed in King's Landing to "protect" Queen Cersei and the rest of the royal family.

As the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, his wife is happy to steal people at home, but she is still sitting in front of the blood gate in the valley waiting for the audience to pretend to be a big force - the most ridiculous thing is that most of the money used to pretend to be forced has to be borrowed. This kind of forcible behavior reminded Iger of a certain stick country that was about to hold the Winter Olympics before the crossing, but it was revealed that there was a serious shortage of funds.

Countless facts have long proved that pretending to be forced requires strong strength as the backing, and slapping a swollen face and becoming fat generally does not end well.

Now, the chief logistics officer can only secretly pray that this counterinsurgency war will not be too ugly, at least not to put himself in it.

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