Chapter 59 Assumption

Clay has always worn the ring set with a blood-red gemstone on his finger, which symbolizes his identity as the commander of the White Sea Guards.

When he comes here in person, he will definitely be seen by the members of the White Sea Guard lurking here, and this ring is the best scepter.

Steward River told Clay before he left that when he arrived at the Twins and needed the support of the White Sea Guards, he only needed to carve a symbol on the outer wall of the Seven Gods Church, the largest church in the Twins. Trident pattern.

When the men of the White Sea Guards in Twins City see this pattern, they will find a way to get close to Clay. The code word is the short phrase "Black Sea and White Waves".

The process seems simple, but to do this kind of thing, the identity verification process is slightly complicated, and it is enough to have certain confidentiality and anti-counterfeiting properties. If too many filtering conditions are added, it will only make the entire chain extremely fragile and greatly reduce the practicality. sex.

When he didn't come to the Twins before, Clay just planned to let them pay attention to the internal situation of the Frey family, and had not yet planned their next mission.

However, based on what he saw and heard in the Twins City in the past two days, as well as the sporadic news he heard from the guards, plus the words of Aenys Frey who just left today, Clay can basically It was determined that the entire Frey family was sitting on a volcano crater.

Marquis Walder Frey himself is too strong and has controlled all kinds of power in the family for decades. At the age of ninety, he still shows no obvious signs of weakness or lack of energy.

This old man who was five or six years older actually married his eighth wife, Joan Susan Enfold, on his ninetieth birthday. You know, this "lady" was only sixteen years old. About the same age as Clay.

The "Emperor" is powerful and has a long life. Although he is getting older every day, there is no hope of giving up power. Steve Lun, who has been the "Prince" for decades, and many other Freys who are "brothers" have long since I am tired of waiting.

While they were looking forward to the old man's early return to the embrace of the Seven Gods, they also competed with each other unscrupulously, doing anything to win the favor of the old Marquis.

Aenys Frey's words today, although the element of deception accounts for a large part, does not necessarily mean to win over the Mandalay family and offer help. Although the law of inheritance is supreme, in the face of the absolute aristocratic authority, sometimes It's full of variables.

Clay began to walk towards the north wall. The south wall was weak enough, but there were not enough flaws. There were many towers, and although the masonry was covered with moss, there were no cracks that could cause collapse.

The guard captain who was following him heard the young master's low voice, which only the two of them could hear.

"If you have 4,000 men, how are you going to capture the Twin River City?"

Hearing this question, the guard captain was suddenly startled. He immediately turned around and looked around. He was slightly relieved when he saw that there was no one on this section of the city wall except for the many White Harbor guards who fell behind him.

He understood that the young master had wanted to ask this question for a long time. He chose a deserted place to ask it.

Asking how to lead troops to conquer the Twins on the territory of the Frey family, is this really something only someone like Master Clay who dares to kill a Lannister can ask, right? Such thoughts flashed through the mind of the guard captain.

At first he thought the young master was joking, but when he took a look at the young master's unsmiling face, he knew that the young master was telling the truth.

"Master, with 4,000 men, I probably wouldn't be able to defeat the Twin River City. Marquis Frey can muster more than 3,000 troops. If it were a siege, the ratio of troops would be close to one to one, and there would be no chance of victory."

He answered his young master's question honestly. As a veteran on the battlefield, such questions were not difficult for him. He looked at the silent young master, and his mind was still filled with turmoil.

What exactly does the young master want to do when he goes south to Twin River City?

As the captain of the guard personally selected by Earl Wyman, he still had a certain status in the White Harbor Guard. Naturally, he knew that his young master had come to the Twins to visit Lord Walder and take a look at his engagement.

But now, he suddenly realized that it seemed that from the beginning, Master Clay had no intention of engaging in a marriage contract at all. His thoughts were not on Frey's woman at all. He was thinking about the entire Frey family, or rather , Twin River City!

Just as he was thinking about it, Clay's next question was thrown in his face:

"I know that the Frey family only has about 500 standing soldiers. You said more than 3,000 people, which means there are still 2,500 temporarily recruited peasant soldiers, right?"

"Yes sir."

"Then let me ask you, if the conditions are met, theoretically we only need to block the gates of Twin River City with up to 1,000 people, so that Marquis Walder's 2,500 peasant soldiers will not be able to enter the city at all?"

"Well... that's true, but Master, Twin River City has two gates. We can block the east gate at most, but the west gate..."

"As far as I know, the main manor houses in Twin River City seem to be on the east bank, and the west side is close to the mountains. There doesn't seem to be a large population."

"...That's it, young master."

He had to admit that his young master's wild ideas made sense. If some interfering factors were eliminated, this could indeed be achieved.

The Riverlands are densely populated, but except for Lord Tully's Riverrun, no one has a standing army of more than 1,000 people. In battles, subordinate knights summon peasant soldiers from their own estates, complete the assembly, change equipment, and then go to the battlefield.

But this requires enough time. If the opponent can be killed before they finish arming the peasants, most of the opponent's combat power will be wasted.

No matter why the young master had such a dangerous idea, judging from the experience of a battlefield veteran, as long as the war starts, the nobles will recruit soldiers to enter the castle or complete the assembly in a certain place.

If this plan had any chance of success, it would be to surprise everyone, lead the troops to hide in the woods on the east bank, fight without declaring, and have the cavalry rush directly to the Twin River City to block the gate.

But the problem is that the Frey family is not a fool. They must have a large number of scouts on their own territory, and it is unlikely that they can completely hide their presence before launching their attack.

"Master, if your uh... "plan" is to succeed, you must knock out the eyes of the Frey family buried in the woods on the east coast. Otherwise, the Frey family will know about it as soon as our White Harbor army arrives nearby."

"Oh, that's not a problem you need to consider." Clay laughed, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to the guard captain who was full of doubts. His voice suddenly became serious and he said:

"For the pattern on this paper, you choose someone who is absolutely trustworthy among the guards and engrave it on the wall of the church. You must not go there yourself. Remember this! Find people who are trustworthy and usually more honest. Do not allow any appearance. Mistakes."

Now, he wanted to see what the eyes of the White Sea Guards lurking in Twin River City had seen.