(Wishing you all a Happy New Year and Happy New Year's Day)

Rushing City was built on the delta where the Tengshi River and the Red Fork River meet, and according to the topography, Rushing City was also built into a triangular castle.

The castle faces the river on the north and south sides, and on the west side is a man-made moat that connects the Tengshi River to the Red Fork River. On both sides of the moat were huge iron sluices, which were opened, and the water on both sides poured in, filling the entire trench, turning the castle into an island, surrounded on three sides by water, impregnable.

Riverrunner is a huge rock wall built directly from the water, with battlements with pheasant moats and arrow holes, and the archers on the towers and trebuchets on the walls cover the opposite bank. Under normal circumstances, Riverrun's supplies can sustain men and horses for up to two years. And most of the time, more than 00 guards are redundant for Riverrun.

Therefore, in peacetime, there are very few soldiers in charge of patrolling and guarding Riverrun, especially in the middle of the night, and there is not a single soldier patrolling the streets. Except for the twelve soldiers guarding the gates on three sides, the rest of the garrison slept in the barracks. Most of the garrisons in the city were taken outside by Edmure this time, intercepting the Magic Mountain at the knees-to-knee stack, and they have not returned.

The Mountain and his brothers passed through Riverrun and crossed the Red Fork River before the sun went down, and Edmure's scouts completed their surveillance mission and went back to the Kneeling Stack to report to Edmure. On the west bank of the Red Fork River, Moshan and other people used high-quality warlike horses to 'exchange' weapons with the villagers in the village: kitchen knives for chopping vegetables, wood knives for chopping wood, rusty long swords, machetes with broken blades, and some very blunt daggers, and in the fishermen's village by the river, they exchanged war horses for a few tattered boats, and in the middle of the night, everyone rowed to the south gate of Riverrun, Bernie's ventriloquist was unparalleled in the world, and Edmu's voice was flawless, and he deceived the city gate, and Moshan led his brothers to kill it.

The group was silent under the leadership of the Magic Mountain and went straight to the inner city.

The city is divided into two cities, the inner and outer cities, and a fortress that is stronger than the outer city wall blocks the connection between the inside and the outside, and the magic mountain and the others need to break through the only military fortress in the city to kill the inner city to capture Edmuthully's father, Duke Horsttuli.

The military fortress was very strong, the walls were tens of meters thick, and it was only accessible through an arched gate hole. It is impossible to climb the city wall without going through the arched doorway, and with the manpower of Moshan and others, there is no siege machinery to break the door.

However, the Magic Mountain had a vision, and when he was recruiting troops in his father-in-law's Rock City, he found Bernie, who had an unparalleled talent for ventriloquism, and he knew that he had picked up a treasure.

Bernie's ability can outweigh the role of an army at a critical moment.

So, in the shadow of the silence of the night and the shaking of the torch of the city wall, the voice of the young city lord Edmutuli sounded: "Quickly open the gate and let me in."

There were eight soldiers guarding the fortress, six of whom slept in the temporary barracks dormitory next to it, and only two slept in the doorway. The two soldiers were awakened by the knock on the door and the angry roar of the young city lord, and hurriedly opened the door, and two big hands grabbed them in the chest, gently lifted them up, and smashed them against the thick boulder wall, and the two soldiers' brains burst.

The brothers stormed the makeshift barracks dormitory next to the doorway and killed six soldiers inside.

As a result, the brothers of the Magic Mountain got eight more good swords, eight short knives, and eight daggers.

Entering the fortress, the brothers made a beeline for Duke Khorst's main castle: a tall triangular stone tower. As soon as the four guards guarding the gate of the stone tower reacted, they were hacked to death by the brothers of the Demon Mountain.

The Demon Mountain rushed into the main fortress, and thirty-one people were like evil spirits released from hell, killing them layer by layer. The servants, nurses, and guards in the main castle were basically hacked to death in their sleep.

They slaughtered all the way to the top room of the castle.

Moshan kicked the door open and broke into the warm bedroom with a charcoal fire, and the group came to the bed with a bloody breath, their chests rising and falling sharply.

In the light of the big red candles, on the bed, 'a head facing the wall' had snow-white hair.

The old man was apparently awake. Many elderly people wake up in the middle of the night and can no longer sleep.

"Edmure, are you fighting with someone again?" the old man's angry voice said, "Did you kill someone this time?"

"I'm the Magic Mountain of the West, Duke Horst, and you're now my captive!" Magic Mountain said.

The old man's body shook and slammed into the middle. Then, the head full of white hair slowly turned, and the old man's body also turned.

Moshan saw the old man's eyes sunken into his sockets, his cheekbones bulging out, his skin covered with bones, and his skin was as white as his hair and beard.

An old man who looks very sick.

Magic Mountain and the others looked at each other.

The Duke of Horsttuli whom they were going to capture alive turned out to be such a seriously ill old man?

Although the Magic Mountain was mentally prepared, he knew that Duke Hosttuli was a sick person in his memories that he had traveled over, but he did not expect that the old man's illness was so serious, and the old man looked very thin and small, as if he was a severely shrunken version of the duke.

"Duke Horsttury, I am the Magic Mountain, and you are now my captive!" the Magic Mountain once again identified himself, hoping that the old man would understand his current situation.

"Ah, I know your name, can I ask you to give me a glass of water?" said Horsttually, his voice hoarse and his body trembling.

The old man looked shocked! His body trembled a little. This worries the Magic Mountain, he came to arrest the Duke of Horsttuli in the hope that the Duke can be alive, only the Duke who has a living in his hands can squeeze the maximum profit, if the Duke of Horsttuli dies, it will be difficult for them to get out of Riverrun City alive.

The whole city will fight with them, and even if they can kill them, the whole Riverlands will be their enemies.

As long as the duke is alive, he can act arbitrarily, ask for a sky-high price, and do whatever he wants!

To control Duke Horsttuli is to control Edmure, to control Riverrun, and even to control Riverlands.

Magic Mountain said to Bernie: "Take twenty men to the Bachelor's Tower, ten men to guard the entrance of the tower, ten men to go up and arrest the Bachelor, and kill the apprentices and servants! Be careful all the way, maybe someone will soon find the slain city gate guards, and then the garrison will come soon." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Bernie immediately led his twenty brothers.

"Blackstone, you take the rest of the brothers to guard the gate and close the gate. ”

"Yes, my lord!" Kuroishi led his nine brothers.

All that was left in the bedroom were the Magic Mountain and the Duke of Horsttury.

The Magic Mountain poured a cup of hot water for Duke Horsttury.

The old man tried to sit up from the bed, seeing that he was struggling, Moshan stretched out his hand and gently lifted the old man's shoulder, the old man was as light as a feather, Moshan helped the old man sit up, and then supported the velvet pillow on the old man's back, so that he could sit more comfortably.

Knowing that Horst was tall and liked to travel the world when he was young, he married Minissa Hown of the Harrenhal family and gave birth to two daughters and a son: the eldest daughter Caitlin (the Duke's Lady of the North), the second daughter Lysa (the Duke's Lady of the Vale), and the youngest son Edmure; Since then, Duke Horst has never been able to recover from the pain of his deceased wife.

In the 35th year of Aegon's calendar, Horst Tully was born, and this year, he is already 63 years old. If nothing else, in next year's Battle of the Five Kings, Duke Horst will die of illness.

"Lord Duke, how long have you been sick?"

"It's been three years, Sir Gregor!"

"Call me Magic Mountain!"

"You are majestic, sir!" said Duke Horst, "I have a lot of pain all over, can you help me get poppy milk?"

"I'd love to!"

The Magic Mountain is deeply affected by poppy milk, but poppy milk is a panacea in this world to help people sleep and relieve their pain.

Moshan poured a cup of poppy milk for the old man, and he served the old man to drink a bowl, and the old man really felt much better.

"You have conquered my Riverrun?" said the old man, "has the war begun?"

"No, I'm here to ask you for a small favor!" Demon Mountain didn't want the Duke to die as soon as he got excited. The Duke can die, but not now.

"Sir Gregor, you speak too kindly to a captive!" said Duke Horst, "and I need not hide anything about my illness now. ”

"Oh, why should the Duke hide his illness?"

"I don't want my subordinates to see how weak I am, and I don't want the people in the west to know that this will help stabilize the border. Well, it's mainly just in case Lord Gregor doesn't wantonly loot the borderlands of our Riverlands. ”

Moshan said politely: "I am a good person, Lord Duke. I've come to see you specifically for something, Duke, can you do me a little favor?"

Horst looked at the Magic Mountain with strange eyes: "Sir Gregor, you talk and laugh with a knife hidden in it, like a poisonous snake smeared with honey, you are really Sir Gregor?"

"Yes!"

"You are not the same as the rumored Magic Mountain, I can feel it!"

"Rumors are always exaggerated and apocryphal with more elements, like praise, and the vast majority of praise is false!"

Duke Horst looked at the Magic Mountain with strange eyes: "I agree, Sir Gregor, have you studied with the Bachelor?"

"No, but I'm learning to read. ”

Duke Horst was stunned again, and he looked at the face of the Magic Mountain very carefully: "Sir Gregor, are you learning to read now?"

"Yes, Lord Duke. ”

Duke Horst was silent for a long time, as if thinking about some incomprehensible problem, and after a long time, he said, "Sir Gregor, say, what is your purpose in breaking Riverrun?"

"Lord Duke, I'll tell you when your bachelor comes!"

"Why?"

"I don't want these little things to make you angry. ”

"Something to do with Edmure?"

"Yes, Duke Horst. ”

"Come on, I've just had a bowl of poppy milk and there's never been a better time to feel than I do now. ”

Moshan looked at the duke's expression carefully and said, "Okay, duke, since you insist on listening, I'll tell you." ”

Duke Horst looked at the Magic Mountain with a stern expression.

Magic Mountain said: "Lord Duke, I am ordered by Duke Tywin to take thirty Cregan cavalry from the western border, pass through the Duke's Riverrun, and go to the town of Earl Harroway to meet His Majesty the King. ”

"Well, I got a letter from Duke Tywin!"

"Lord Duke, on my way back, I passed through the Kneeling Lodge and was stopped by Sir Edmuthully with more than six hundred archers, more than four hundred cavalry, and a dozen noble knights, who stole our saddles, armor, swords, money, food, and wine, and even the horseshoe under the horse's hooves was knocked out by the soldiers ordered by Ser Edmu. We had been driven away from the knees, and with nowhere to stay, we had no choice but to come to Riverrun and ask the Duke to administer justice to me. ”

Duke Horst looked at the Magic Mountain and said, "Sir Gregor, Edmure did something wrong in this matter, and I apologize to you for him first. I beg your pardon for the recklessness and ignorance of the dogs, and Riverrun will double the compensation for the damage suffered by Jazz. ”

"No, Lord Duke, I only accept Sir Edmu's apology!" Demon Mountain said lightly, his tone resolute, "Lord Duke's apology, the brothers of Demon Mountain cannot accept it. As for our losses, Riverrun must show sincerity to compensate!"