Theon Greyjoy fled long before the invisible threat in the darkness vanished.

He reined in his horse, and the horse was relieved of his uneasiness.

In the air, tension is eliminated.

Theon Greyjoy's eyes widened, the surroundings were not quiet, and at night in the forest, there were always all kinds of birds, beasts, and insects, far or near.

Suddenly, a horse appeared not far from Theon, and as soon as Theon bent his bow and arrow, two horses appeared on the left and right sides at the same time, and three more on the front.

Theon's bow and arrow were slowly lowered, he didn't feel the threat of death, and the other party didn't have any murderous aura to force him.

"Theon, are you alone?" was Asha's voice.

The number of frontal riders separated, and out of the middle came Asha.

"There is an ambush ahead. Theon said.

"How many?"

"I don't know. ”

"Where's your scout?"

Theon Greyjoy sneered in his heart, the six cavalrymen were just six dogs of his uncle, but the six dogs didn't regard him as a real scout captain, they all disdained Theon, and liked to call him Little Theon with a grin.

"I don't know. ”

Asha walked up to Theon, "What did you find out with six scouts?"

"There is an ambush in the forest ahead. Theon said stiffly.

He could feel the mortal danger invisibly, the breath of death like substance. Theon was terrified!

"Are they all dead?" Asha asked, her voice muffled but angry.

"I don't know. Anger rose in Theon's heart, and he raised his voice slightly, "If you go, I think you probably won't be able to come back." ”

"Even if there is an ambush, I am not afraid. Asha said lightly, "Are you scared?"

Asha's words made the knights around him laugh.

It made Theon's face burn.

The laughter was contagious, more people laughed, and in the darkness, out of the darkness came a group of cavalry and more infantry, and they advanced steadily, their swords unsheathed.

"You're planning a night attack?" Theon said in surprise.

"Yes, Deeplinburg already knew we were coming, anyway, and his men were ready to eat our scouts. But even if they had five hundred guards or more, they wouldn't be our match. We are outnumbered and have an absolute advantage, so why dodge. Asha clapped her hands, and the team began to light up the torches.

Theon was dumbfounded.

"You attacked in the dark of night and lit torches, because you were afraid that the enemy would not know that we were attacking at night?" said Theon.

"Brother, when you went to bed in the afternoon, we had a meeting and decided to attack at night. We lit our torches and told Glover that we were here because we had eaten him. Asha laughed, "Brother, if you're scared to pee your pants, you can see how we kill people at the back of the line." ”

The knights around Asha burst into laughter.

"Light the torches, and we're going to kill all the men of the Glover family and arrest all the women. I only want Robert Glover's wife, and I heard that she is in good shape, and the rest of the women will be rewarded to you. Asha laughed.

The beasts around him said yes!

As the Iron Warrior passed by Theon Greyjoy, Asha said, "Go, brother, your magic arrows should come in handy, let the Iron Breeders see how powerful you are, or they will look down on you for the rest of their lives." ”

Theon snorted coldly and turned his horse's head: "I don't need to prove my archery skills to any iron class, I almost won the archery championship of the Seven Nations at the tournament in King's Landing." ”

"Yes, we all know you're representing the Stark of the North. One of the knights scoffed.

The knight's words caused another burst of laughter.

Theon Greyjoy's face was burning again.

"Asha, since our forces are far superior to those of the Deep Forest, why should we attack at night? Wouldn't it be safer for us to march in line early tomorrow morning? In the dark night, in the forest, the knights and soldiers of the Glover family are more familiar with this place than we are. ”

Asha stared at Theon with contemptuous eyes, and under the light of the torch, Asha's face had an unbeatable brilliance: "Theon, are you really not the iron seed anymore? Because we are the iron seed, and the iron seed is fearless, we attack at night, we don't have to wait for dawn, we can take the deep forest fort." Tonight, these warriors of mine will sleep with the women of the Glover family in their arms until dawn. ”

Ho ho ho ho!

The knights and soldiers around Asha shouted.

More shouts rang out, more torches were lit, and in a few moments the forest around Theon was full of torches, shining the night as brightly as day.

"Brother, the soldiers of the Glover family have been so frightened that they have peed their pants and run away when they see us so powerful? Asha laughed.

She is determined to win, full of confidence!

"You're wrong, Asha, there are only Northerners who died in battle, not Northerners who fled. The bones of the people of the North are hard, like the rocks of the North and the frozen ground under the snow and ice. ”

"It's not that the Northerners are hard-boned, it's that our little Theon's bones are too soft. An iron knight laughed unscrupulously.

Theon's face suddenly turned red: "Bethel, let's compare who killed more enemies in the battle first, and count them by ear." ”

"No problem, little Theon. Bethel raised the giant axe in his hand and said fiercely.

"When the battle is over, I will fight you in a duel, and I will knock you down, and cut off your tongue, and of course you can kneel down and beg me for mercy. Theon said through gritted teeth.

Bethel said, "Theon, I'm not going to cut off your tongue, I'm just going to take off your pants and let everyone see if you're a man." ”

Asha and her gang of lackeys laughed again.

Theon's face turned pale, and his legs clamped the war horse, and the war horse ran out, and soon rushed to the front. He took off his bow and arrows, bit his lip, and his eyes fixed on the front.

*

At the same time, in the swampy waterways of the neck, Victarion, dressed in heavy armor, closely followed the frogeaters and mud men leading the way, and the three fortresses of Kalin Bay were not far ahead, Victarion raised his battle axe, and the warriors around him also showed their weapons, and the cold light of the blades of swords and axes flickered.

Dense seashell boats meet end to end, silently approaching Carlin Bay in the night.

Carlin Bay is a castle at the northern end of the two hundred miles of marshland, stuck in the only causeway that allows the army to pass safely through the Neck.

Kalim Bay was built 10,000 years ago. At that time, Carlin Bay was a huge fortress with twenty towers and basalt walls as tall as Winterfell. It was the key to the defense of the north, and it wiped out countless attacks by the Andals.

Today, however, the walls have completely disappeared, the wooden fort has rotted and decayed thousands of years ago, and only three of the twenty towers remain:

- The Tower of the Children of the Forest, tall, thin, and slender, with half the spire missing. Here, the Children of the Forest called on the Old Gods to send a great wave to the neck.

- The gate tower looks fairly intact, with a few feet of vine-covered and moss-covered walls on the left and right.

- The Drunkard Tower gets its name from the angle it tilts, because it has fallen into disrepair, and the tower has tilted so badly that it looks like a drunkard who is about to fall down at any moment.