Chapter 0486: Robb's Command, Theon's Loyalty
The main castle hall.
The captives were taken out of the dungeon, and Theon Greyjoy was at the forefront.
He was untied, dirty, and had messy hair, and looked like he hadn't taken a shower in years.
His face was full of indignation, and he was angry at the northern guard who pushed him, and he spoke disrespectfully.
He is shoved in front of Robb and Will.
Robb looked at Theon Greyjoy with a faint sense of guilt in his heart.
He took advantage of Theon Greyjoy and used him to bring news of the northerners' armies to King Balon, in order to strengthen his determination to raid the north.
Everything went well, Theon did his job well, King Baron sent his army as scheduled, and obediently divided his troops into three ways.
The army attacked the northern border in three ways, which was the best surprise plan for King Balon.
"Robb, you're taking advantage of me!" Theon said in a straight tone, but his heart was uneasy.
When he was captured by Tyron Ash, he was no different from the other captives, and if he was even the slightest disobedient, he would be beaten by the soldiers of the Wall.
Taryn Ash didn't show mercy because he was Robb's brother.
He suspected that this was Robb's intention!
He thought Robb had a brotherly affection for him!
Robb was expressionless and said, "Theon, you didn't persuade your father to go south to attack the Tyrell family, but brought your iron people to raid the north, if it weren't for Lord Will's prophetic prophecy, the north has been taken by you, this is the loyalty you swore in front of me?"
"Kill him, Lord Robb!" shouted one of the Knights of the North.
There were also a large number of officers on the Great Wall, but none of them made any noise. They lined up in a line and kept absolute silence, like sculptures.
This kind of strict military discipline and absolute discipline temperament are completely different from the knight generals of the northern realm who stand casually.
Several knights roared, and some of the northern guards echoed it.
Theon Greyjoy snorted, "Robb, I can't convince my father that it wasn't my intention to surprise the North. I hope you understand that I am your brother. ”
"You're my brother, but you didn't send a raven to inform me. ”
"I don't have a raven. I don't know the housekeepers, the guards, the maids, and the workers in Pike City anymore, and when I return to Pike City, even the maids who serve me can disobey my orders, and I can't do anything about it!" Theon was very uncomfortable to say, he was a man with a heart higher than the sky.
The heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper!
Robb stared at Theon in silence for a long time, then he turned to Will, "Lord Will, what should Theon Greyjoy do? He betrayed us, should we kill him or make him a night watchman?"
Theon Greyjoy was startled, and he knelt down on one knee, he had been proud before: "Robb, I am innocent, I have absolutely no intention of conquering the North, I can't help myself. Robb, I'm your brother, Lord Eddard's adopted son, if Lord Ed were here, he wouldn't do the same as you?Robb, think about what Lord Ed would do with me......"
Eddard Stark was always generous and never killed his captives.
Will said, "Lord Robb, Theon no longer has Pike Island inheritance, and he is indeed your brother, so I don't think he is in a position to rebel anymore, and if he can prove his loyalty, his arrows can become your arrows." ”
"Robb, my arrows have always been yours, they were, they are, and they will be. ”
"The castle of the Iron Islands has been burned to the ground, and the Iron People have all migrated to the ancestral mounds in the north, and the Iron People will no longer exist, so can you give up your faith in the Drowning God?" Robb said lightly.
Theon Greyjoy was stunned: "Lord Robb, Lord Eddard never asked me to change my faith. ”
He finally changed his words and used the honorific language: "My lord!" he was with Robb, and he was used to calling him by his first name, and Robb didn't mind on any occasion. He didn't use honorific words when he met Robb, hoping that it reminded Robb of the close brotherhood between them.
In fact, Theon had almost forgotten the belief in Drowning, and when he returned to Pike City and was questioned by King Balon, he barely remembered the Drowning Oath.
But he still found it difficult to accept that he should give up his faith.
Theon could feel the angry hostility of the Iron Folk captives behind him.
It is even harder to give up the belief in the drowning gods than to kill the iron people. This is also the most malicious humiliation of the Iron People.
Iron People are a very stubborn group of people. On the continent of Westeros, although the people who believe in the seven gods occupy the vast majority, there are no absolutes in faith, and there are other beliefs in each place, although those different beliefs are almost negligible, such as some people believe in black goats, some people believe in horses, some people believe in river fish, and all kinds of things.
Ignoring Theon's feelings, and ignoring the hostility and anger of the Iron Folk captives behind Theon, Robb pondered for a moment and said, "Theon, I'd love to have your place by my fire in the long nights and the harsh winter season, but I need to see your loyalty. You led an army to attack the North, not a loyalty to House Stark. ”
Theon said angrily, "Lord Robb, I will do anything for you except to convert me. ”
"Anything?" Robb looked at him with a cautious look.
He wouldn't have forced Theon Greyjoy to change his faith, and his upbringing and upbringing wouldn't have allowed him to do such a thing, and the beliefs of the people of the North were different from those of the other six nations. He was open-minded and upright, and Robb had been learning from his father, Eddard Stark.
Robb was just playing a little trick.
The best way, and the easiest way to get others to accept your request, is to put forward a more difficult choice to the other party, and when he is embarrassed, take a step back and bring forward what he really asks, and the other party will be easier to accept.
Robb used this method very skillfully, and Theon Greyjoy jumped.
"Lord Robb, anything, anything other than to make me change my belief in drowning. Theon knew that his sister and a large group of Iron Folk warriors had been taken prisoner, and that if he dared to convert, perhaps one night he would have Leo's throat slit.
"Well, your uncle Eren and Splitjaw attacked our city of Torun with a thousand legions, the people of Splitjaw attacked the city first, and were wiped out by the warriors of the north, your uncle Eren escaped with his five hundred monk warriors after getting the news, they are now wandering in the sea of the sunset, can you help me find them and persuade them to surrender?"
Theon Greyjoy immediately felt too much pressure.
Wet-haired Eren is an even more stubborn Iron Folk than his father, King Balon, and he is an absolute loyal Iron Min, a follower of the Drowning God, and a supreme Drowning Priest.
Theon tried to persuade him to surrender, and Eren would have smashed his head with a baton without blinking an eye.
But he just spoke too much, which is also his usual style of speaking.
Robb understands this well.
"How many men are you going to give me, Lord Robb?" said Theon Greyjoy, stiffly.