Chapter 0570 - Griffin Siege
(1 more first, 2 more soon)
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The family stationed in Golden Tooth City is the Lyford family, a nobleman from the West, and the family is wealthy, because the gold mines in Golden Tooth City are endless, which is why the Lannisters are the richest families on the continent of Westeros.
Most of the gold mines in the Leverd's family are owned by the Lannisters.
After the Battle of the West, Kevon Lannister dared to make another secret comeback, thanks to the continuous exploitation of gold mines. The abundant gold mines in the ground are grain, iron, furs, silk, and armies.
The banner of the vanguard Herwald Frey was hit by an arrow at the flagpole, which immediately angered the brave Herwald. However, before Hevard could blow the horn of the siege, the patriarch of the Frey family, Stevren Frey, and his eldest grandson, Edwin Frey, both rushed forward and stopped Havard's attack.
Stevren Freymar came to the city: "Leo Lyford, I am Stevren Frey, good brother, we are not here to attack the city and plunder, but to gather men to fight the Wraiths in the north on the orders of His Majesty Shireen and Eddard Stark, the Hand of the Eternal King. Good brother, lower the drawbridge, open the gates, and let us push the ghoul prisoner cart in for you to see. ”
Count Stevren calls Count Leo a good brother because Leo's sister is married to Stevren's brother Rosso Frey, and the two families are related. Usually, Steffren and Leo have a good relationship.
The Frey family and many families in the western part of the Riverlands intermarried, and the descendants of the elder Wald Frey were more than 100 people, and the sons were to marry their wives, and the daughters were to marry their husbands.
This is a nobleman of the Riverlands that cannot be ignored, and it is also a reason why the old Wald Frey often did not listen to the call of the lord Duke Tully during his lifetime, he has the confidence and capital. Two of the most warlike nobles in the Riverlands, the Brecon and the Blywoods, are married to the Freys.
Count Leo said at the gates, "Count Stevren, I have received orders from Lord Kevon Lannister not to open the gates for any nobles who are not from the West, nor to send troops after anyone but the lord. Earl Steffron, it's not that I refuse to open the gates, it's not that I don't want to go north to fight the ghosts, it's really the Duke's order, and his ministers have to obey it. ”
Stevren shouted, "Brother Leo, even if Duke Kevon is here, he will not dare to disobey the king's order not to open the city gates. ”
Havard said angrily: "Sir Leo, if you don't open the city gates, you are resisting the king's order, do you want to rebel?"
Edwin also said: "Uncle Leo, Her Majesty Shireen and Lord Stark have a royal decree, any nobleman in the Seven Kingdoms must send troops and food to accompany Lord Will to the north to fight against the strangers, and now all the nobles in the north and the Riverlands have received the order, in order to prove the real existence of the stranger ghouls, our ghoul prison car is under the city, don't you want to see what the unkillable ghouls look like?"
Count Leo hesitated.
When the soldiers on the city wall heard that the ghoul was under the city, they were silent, and everyone was curious, and they really wanted to see what the ghoul really looked like.
"Edwin nephew, can you push the ghoul cart to the moat? It's not that I won't open the door, it's true that my family has been loyal to the Lannisters for generations, and now Duke Kevon Lannister has ordered me not to open the door, I really can't disobey the order to open the door. ”
Edwin smiled, "Uncle Leo, I won't push the ghoul prisoner cart to the river, it's in our commander's army." Then I can shoot an ghoul's hand into the city with an arrow, and you will see that the ghoul is still alive though it has been cut off. ”
"Good!" Count Leo was also itching in his heart, no one had ever seen a ghoul that had been said for thousands of years!
Is the severed hand still alive? Ghouls can't be killed? Are these legends true?
"Uncle Leo, if this ghoul's hand proves that the ghoul does exist, you can open the door and lower the drawbridge to the army, and we promise not to hurt you. Our purpose now is to advertise that the ghouls will come to attack us in the winter, and when the propaganda is achieved, we are gone. Edwin said politely.
Leo doesn't believe in Edwin's character, but he trusts Stevren, who is a rare man of integrity in the Frey family.
"Earl Stevron, can you guarantee that I will return safely when I come down to see the ghouls?" called Leo to Sir Stevron.
"I promise!" exclaimed Stevren.
He raised his voice so that the soldiers on both sides could hear it, which was done on purpose, so that Sir Leo could get out of town with confidence.
Zheng Zheng Zheng!
In the sky, the sound of gold and iron clashing came overhead, and as he spoke, Will rode a flaming griffin to the sky above Golden Tooth City. The griffon's chirping made the legs of the Golden Tooth City's horses soften and scream in unison, and the horses in the stables just wanted to break free from their reins and flee as quickly as possible. Although the horses under the city have been with the griffins for a long time, they are still frightened, and trample on the ground uneasily, and if it were not for the control of the reins, the horses would just want to slip away.
The soldiers in the Golden Tooth City were all frightened, and everyone's faces changed color.
Call!
A boulder of more than 100 catties fell from the sky, accurately smashed on the winch of the suspension bridge, with a loud click, the winch shattered, sawdust and stone particles flew one after another, and the winch hands fell to the ground one after another.
The drawbridge clicked and fell, smashing against the moat, groaning as it fell apart.
The griffon's eyesight is acute, and ants can be seen clearly in the sky at a height of more than 30 meters. It is so easy to hit the winch behind the city wall with a boulder of more than 100 catties, it is too easy.
Whew!
Two more boulders fell from the sky, and this time instead of smashing the winch of the city gate, they smashed into the banner on the wall, from which the flagpole of the Lannisters and the flagpole of the Lydfords were broken, and the guards guarding the flagpole fled one after another, and everyone was terrified.
Will and his griffons flew so high that even if Leo ordered them to shoot arrows, they couldn't hurt a griffin with ordinary arrows, and they had to use a crossbow, which was a powerful mechanical force.
In the whole West, there is not a single bed crossbow.
Stevren hurriedly shouted to the sky, "Lord Will, don't hurt Sir Leo, he has promised to go out of the city to see the ghouls and help us spread the news of the ghouls in the West." ”
Stevren was a benevolent man, and Sir Leo was a relative of his, and the two had a good relationship in private. In order to protect Leo from being stoned, he shouted wishful thinking. Leo didn't promise to spread the word of ghouls in the West.
Stevren was reluctant to go to war with Leo as a last resort.
However, the shouting did not stop, and the azurite griffon swooped down in the sound of clanging, its wings flapping, as fast as lightning, and in the shot of a few sparse arrows, the azurite hovered to avoid the arrows, and the movements were graceful and stretched, incredibly fast. She landed on the city wall with a roar, flapped her wings, and shot down a dozen soldiers like projectiles under the city, and when she flew up with the whistling, she grabbed a soldier with one claw, like an eagle grabbing a chicken, and in the exclamation of the soldiers on both sides, the blue crystal rose to the sky, and with a release of her claws, she threw the two soldiers from the sky.