Chapter 107 In my name, you are sentenced to death

The sun finally shines on the eastern castle of Twin River City. No matter what, the sun is never late.

The resistance of the Frey family has ended. In the melee last night, three thousand Frey regiments who were resting in the army camp were suddenly attacked without armor or horses.

Therefore, after paying the lives of more than a hundred people, the northern cavalry had conquered them. Three thousand people were completely disarmed and were still arranged in the camp in Twin River City.

The remaining 1,000 defenders scattered in all directions were not so lucky. Almost all of the more than 300 soldiers guarding the east gate last night fell under the sword of the North.

It's not about their strong will to fight, but it's not an easy thing to surrender in such a chaotic situation.

Even Commander Frey of the Stevron line who was guarding the city was cut in half by Lord Jon Amber who charged into the battle on horseback.

On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, no matter whether you are a noble or not, here, there are only comrades or enemies.

The cavalry team charged very quickly, and the Mandalay family cavalry who led the charge rushed in before the River Guard Tower could react.

After quickly resolving the battle, the remaining cavalrymen handed the sword of the North to their throats in the confusion of the western castle. Since the attack was too fast, these people were not injured at all, so they just knelt on the ground and surrendered.

After all the Frey flags in the Twins were chopped to the ground and the flags of the northern nobles were flying everywhere above the Twins, the Twins formally surrendered.

With his cowhide boots stepping on the scorched earth, Roose Bolton came to the main keep, which was once the core of power of the Frey family and was now in ruins.

The fire broke out in the warehouse next to the main castle and the room on the top. It is only now that the raging flames are about to be extinguished.

For some reason, the charred ruins of the tower in front of him reminded him of Harrenhal, which was equally suffocating.

The Frey soldiers who were driven to surrender went in to check, and corpses burned to char were carried out. These were the unlucky ones who had not escaped.

The bodies of Lord Walder Frey and Ser Aenys Frey were also found. The fire started from them, so they looked the most miserable.

However, after the well-informed Northern Dukes inspected the two corpses, they discovered that they were not burned to death, but died of sharp injuries before the fire broke out.

At the scene, the dagger that was pressed under Aenys Frey was well preserved.

The only murder weapon at the crime scene was quickly recognized by the surrendered Freys.

This is Steveron Frey's dagger, his beloved one.

This also means that Steveron has committed a crime of parricide that is not tolerated by the gods. As the current owner of Twins City, Robb Stark must make a judgment on this.

As for who set the fire, all the princes in the north had some guesses, but at this juncture, they all remained silent and blamed all the evil deeds of killing relatives and setting fires to cover up the evidence on Steve Lun. Frey's head.

As for Steveron Frey himself, because he was busy with a woman when the fire broke out last night, he was so frightened that when he ran down from the tower of the main castle, he might have inhaled a little too much smoke. I knelt on the ground for a while, unable to say anything.

No one from Robb Stark or the Lords of the North is looking for Clay Manderly openly.

Although every one of them knew that in this battle, without Clay Mandler venturing into the city to launch a surprise attack, the Twin River City would not have fallen so quickly.

But to be honest, it is not convenient to talk about stealing a house in the middle of the night. Besides, doing so is also protecting the reputation of Clay Mandler and the Mandalay family.

Everyone has an idea as to who caused this melee, but the Freys don't know.

A thick wooden stake was placed on the ground, which was a temporary execution platform.

All the adults in the North have gathered here. The war has ended here, so now they have to watch Robb Stark make a judgment on behalf of the North.

Two big and thick Stark soldiers escorted the tied-up Steveron Frey over and knelt down in front of the execution platform.

At this time, Steveron Frey's confused head finally came to his senses.

With his cloudy eyes, he looked at Robb Stark, who was standing in front of the stake with his sword in his hand, and seemed to understand what was going to happen.

Fear made him tremble all over, and his face and lips were bloodless.

This is a very picturesque scene. Steveron, with his white hair, except for himself, all the things that represent the Frey family in Twin River City, including the flag and family crest, are gone.

In front of him, the new owner of the Twins, Robb Stark, stood in front of a huge direwolf flag, his young face expressionless, staring at him coldly.

He still doesn't know what happened last night. In the middle of the night, while he was working hard, he suddenly smelled a strong burning smell, followed by screams.

As soon as he opened the door without even putting on his clothes, a strong puff of black smoke rushed into his face, almost suffocating him in an instant.

Later, when he tried to rush out of the fire, he was felled to the ground by black smoke.

As soon as they were dragged out by the Frey family soldiers who came to the rescue, the Mandalay cavalry wielding long swords came over from behind and killed the Frey soldiers.

When he regained consciousness again, he had become a prisoner of the Stark family. He could not even see the Twin Towers flag of the Frey family in the Twins City that he missed so much.

All the flags have been changed, the direwolf flag of the Stark family, the steel-framed iron fist flag of the Glover family, the battle ax flag of the Severn family, the winter sun flag of the Karstark family, and not long ago The mermaid flag of the Mandalay family that only appeared in the Twins City.

Steveron Frey was confused, his mind was in chaos, and he was already wondering how long he had been asleep.

In the dreamlike memory, the woman's body, the bursting fire, the suffocating black smoke, and then, the sharp sword placed on his neck in front of him.

It seemed like he was dreaming. He closed his eyes and opened them again countless times. Stevelon Frey wanted to escape from this terrible nightmare as soon as possible.

However, everything is in vain.

Because, after looking at him coldly for a long time, the current owner of the North finally asked a question:

"Ser Stevron Frey, do you admit your parricide?"

Although it was a question, Robb Stark's tone seemed to be stating a fact.

Steveron Frey's mind became even more confused.

Parricide? Who, me? Who did I kill?

Several questions popped up in his mind one after another, completely turning his newly awake mind into a mess.

Robb Stark waited for a long time, and Steveron Frey was kneeling on the ground unable to say a word.

Sighing in his heart, he waved his hands to the two soldiers holding down Steveron Frey, indicating that he should be pushed down on the wooden stake.

"In the name of my father, the Lord of Winterfell and the Warden of the North, I, Robb of House Stark, sentence you and Stevron Frey to death for parricide."

Robb Stark finished speaking this sentence loudly, unsheathed the long sword that was on the ground, and raised the sword high above his head.

It wasn't until death was about to come knocking on his doorstep that Steveron Frey had just reacted and was about to open his mouth to defend himself.

A ray of cold light fell, the sword fell to the ground, and half a second later, the head with gray hair also fell to the ground with vigorous blood.

Even after his head fell to the ground, Steven Frey's mouth still opened and closed a few times. He wanted to say something so much, but unfortunately, it was destined to be something no one could hear.

Among the princes in the north, Clay watched all this silently, watching the execution with an expressionless face.

The nobles who noticed him around him no longer had the contempt in their eyes. Each of them knew that the young man in front of them single-handedly directed the situation in front of them.

In their view, although the owner of the Frey family, Walder Frey and his third son Aenys Frey, did not die in the hands of Clay Manderly who was standing beside them.

But deep down, who can deny that the three fires that almost destroyed the Frey family had nothing to do with the young man who led the team into the Twins?

Moreover, when the city was broken, the Mandalay family's cavalry also charged forward. Half of the casualties among the Frey soldiers in the city were related to this cavalry who rushed into the city first.

After the execution, with the death of Steveron Frey, this blood-stained drama finally came to an end. Now, it was time to clean up the battlefield and sort out the losses.

…

"Master, we lost eleven of the five hundred cavalry that entered the city, and the remaining three were seriously injured, which will affect our operations."

Coming to Clay, who had changed out of his bloodstained armor, Sir Malone whispered.

Although he already attached great importance to Clay in his heart, when Clay really led a few guards to open the city gate, and all his beards and tails were safe and sound, Sir Malone, who had experienced countless wars, had to sigh with emotion at the bravery of his heir. .

"Well, they are all warriors. Let's bury them properly. Don't spread the news back yet. When the war is over, we can go home together."

Clay nodded. This loss was within the range he could bear. In fact, if the White Harbor cavalry did not have the full armor that Count Wyman spent a lot of money to get, the loss this time might be tripled.

At this time, a Stark soldier wearing a direwolf-style robe quickly came to the two of them and whispered in a somewhat reserved voice:

"Sir, Lord Robert invites you to Weihe Tower."

"What?"

Sir Malone asked.

"I...I don't know, sir."

The soldier shook his head, and Clay waved his hand to indicate that he could leave. He smiled and said:

"It's okay. My Mandalay family took the city. No matter how good Rob Stark is, he must seek my opinion on how to deal with this city and the Frey family."

"Well...then have you thought about these things?"

Sir Malone admitted that Clay was right. This was a real battlefield achievement. Except for the Mandalay family's cavalry, the remaining 17,000 people in the north actually fought in this war. soy sauce.

Clay suddenly smiled mysteriously at Sir Malone, and then said something in an extremely weird tone:

"Sir, what do you think of the Mandalay family in Twins City? It seems like a good choice to bring the entire north shore of Bite Bay and most of the west shore under the same flag."

Suddenly startled, Sir Malone stared at Clay. What is his young master going to do? Is he going to eat the entire Twins City?

Clay left, leaving him alone.

He didn't know why. Although he knew that the young master's words were mostly a joke, he always felt that he could inadvertently smell a smell called ambition in the young master.

He had smelled this smell on a person on the battlefield of the Usurper. That person's name was Robert Baratheon.

…

Since the buildings on the east bank of Twin River City had been damaged to varying degrees, the northern nobles moved the place where they discussed matters to the Weihe Tower in the center of Twin River City.

This solitary tower is the best location to monitor the entire north-south flow of the Green Fork River.

Nourished by enough water vapor, layers of moss covered every brick of the tower, and there were more or less dark green ferns in every stone gap.

This Weihe Tower looks much older than the Twin River City itself.

Clay came to the door, and a huge running wolf flag was hung directly above the door, declaring the Stark family's authority here.

The guards didn't check Clay, they all knew who Clay was.

In the hall, many northern nobles were discussing in low voices. When they saw Clay arriving, Robb Stark, who was sitting at the end of the hall, pointed to the empty seat.

"Sit down first and wait for Lord Karstark."

Nodding, it seems that he is not the last one to arrive.

I found my seat. Next to me was Harris Horwood, Earl of Horwood City. Their family's fiefdom was just north of White Harbor and they were considered neighbors.

The earl looked very happy. His leather-gloved fingers were tapping back and forth on the table. The beard at the corner of his mouth was curled up. He was obviously in a very good mood.

"Master Clay, you did a great job!"

He started talking first, and then continued:

"After taking down Twin River City, once we accept these 3,000 more Frei troops, our total strength will reach 21,000. Now our chances of winning will be even greater!"

It can be seen that this earl is a very optimistic person, especially about the war situation at hand.

Clay didn't want to disturb his interest, so he didn't point out the objective fact that the Lannister army had at least 30,000 well-equipped troops waiting for them in the south.

After a few words of agreement from the Earl of Hornwood City, Clay changed the topic:

"My lord, what did Lord Karstark do?"

"He is going to lead some people to deal with some disobedient Frey soldiers. After all, these people were disarmed just after they woke up. There are always a few who are not clear-headed and want to cause trouble."

Clay understood that Karstark had led his people to suppress the rebellion. Well, it was not quite accurate to say it was a rebellion. They were all disarmed and carrying two sticks. Calling them a rebellion was really a compliment to them.

Not long after, Count Karstark appeared in front of everyone.

Obviously, the disobedient ones have been punished. As for whether their heads are chopped off or hung on stakes to dry, that is beyond Clay's control.

Besides, he didn't want to care.

When everyone arrived, Robb Stark coughed.

"My lords, first of all, we have to consider the issue of the Frey family. We have just finished the statistics and found that many members of the Frey family died in this war. The current heir is a retarded man named Aegon Frey."

"So, what will happen to the Frey family? What do you all think?"