Chapter 112 A man from the north?

In an open space near the Cailin Bay Swamp in the Ancestral Tombs, hundreds of tents were set up densely. Each tent was full of people sleeping, and many people were sitting around the campfire outside the tents, both inside and outside the camp. , groups of soldiers patrolled back and forth, alert to the surrounding movements.

There are flags set up in the camp. Those who are familiar with flag heraldry will find that these flags represent the famous nobles in the north, such as the Bolton family of the Skinned Man, the Karstark family of the Winter Sun, and Amber the Roaring Giant. Family, Bear Island Mormont family, etc., almost all the great lords with names in the north sent people to join this counter-rebellion battle.

Originally, they should have thought about going south smoothly, joining the Kingdom's army, easily solving the rebellious Iron Islands, and returning home with fame and fortune. However, what they never expected was that tens of thousands of troops were stuck in the Gulf of Cailin, unable to move. , which made them feel aggrieved and helpless.

In the main tent of the camp, the Duke of the North Eddard Stark sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression. Listening to the report from White Harbor, the faces of the surrounding northern lords and nobles were not very good-looking either.

"That is to say, Lord Mandalay can only gather thirty-five ships now." Duke Ed confirmed after listening.

The messenger from White Harbor responded: "Yes."

Ed asked: "Why is it so much less than expected?"

The envoy replied: "Because someone leaked the news in advance that Lord Mandalay wanted to requisition ships, so many merchant ships ran away in advance."

"Leaking the news? Who leaked the news?" Galbert Glover, Lord of Deepwood Castle, asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know yet, but..." The messenger shook his head and said with a troubled face.

"But what?" asked Galbert Glover.

The messenger lowered his head and said, "Those merchant ships left before Lord Ed ordered them to be delivered to White Harbor."

Everyone present immediately understood that the messenger was talking about the news leaked from their side, and their expressions became increasingly ugly.

"Is that eel shirking responsibility? He obviously didn't get enough ships, but he blamed us for leaking the news. This damn old eel really deserves to be..." The grumpy Rickard Karstark endured He kept cursing.

"That's enough, Lord Karstark." Duke Eddard stopped Karstark, who was speaking out loud, and said, "I believe Lord Manderly has tried his best, and there is no chance that the news will be leaked from our side. No."

Rickard Karstark said nothing more, but his anger still did not subside.

Roose Bolton, Lord of the Dreadfort, seemed very calm among the anxious people, and interrupted to ask: "How many people can thirty-five ships transport?"

The messenger answered truthfully: "If all the cabins are filled, a ship can transport about sixty or seventy people. If the deck is added, it should not be a big problem to transport a hundred people."

"Is there only such a small number of people?" Roose Bolton frowned and said, "I heard that some ships can carry hundreds of people without any problem."

The envoy explained: "Lord Bolton, the ships you mentioned are large cargo ships and specialized troop carriers. Most of the ships prepared by Lord Mandalay are the guard warships of White Harbor, which are much smaller than those ships. "

"If one ship can only transport a hundred people at a time, then it will take at least ten trips to transport all our troops to King's Landing, and it will probably take several months." Roose Bolton quickly told After waiting for the time it took to go south through the waterway, he turned to look at Eddard Stark and said, "Lord Eddard, we should still attack the Gulf of Cailin."

Eddard Stark did not give Roose Bolton any response. He seemed to be lost in thought.

"My lord, why don't you let me try!" Jorah Mormont stood up and said, "I can lead a small group of people to sneak into the Castle of Bay Cailin and open the door late at night. At that time, my Lord only needs to lead the people to open the door. Just provide support from outside.”

Gabbert Glover, who has a good relationship with the Mormont family, quickly said: "You are crazy! There are thousands of ironmen in the Bay of Moat. If you break in with a few people, you will only be chopped into pieces. ”

Jorah Mormont hurriedly argued: "I'm sure..."

"Needless to say, Lord Mormont, your proposal is too dangerous, and I cannot allow you to take the risk." Duke Eddard stopped Jorah from talking, and then made a decision, saying: "I will contact Holland, Ask him to help find a way through the swamp. If you don't bring any luggage and travel lightly, you should be able to get through the swamp..."

Just when Duke Eddard said his decision, a raven flew in from outside the tent, accurately landed on the table in front of Duke Eddard, and then placed the note in his mouth on the table. , called twice towards Duke Ed.

Everyone looked at this scene in surprise. A few people realized something and looked at the raven with slight disgust. Although everyone believed in the old gods, they were still very repulsive to those supernatural powers, and even thought that there were some evil elements in them. .

"Holland?" Ed seemed to have guessed the identity of the raven in front of him and confirmed.

The raven nodded, then pecked the note with its beak.

Ed immediately picked up the note, unfolded it and read it. A smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said: "It seems that we don't need to find a way to pass Carlin Bay anymore. Now Carlin Bay has been recaptured."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and their faces all showed joy, and then they picked up the note and looked at it one after another.

"Who is this Chosen One Lynd?" Jon Ampat, Lord of Hearth Castle, couldn't help but wonder after reading the contents on the note.

Not only Jon Ampat has this question, but most of the lords in the north are also very unfamiliar with Lind. They are more concerned about things in their own territories than news from the south.

However, Roose Bolton, who liked to collect southern intelligence, was different. He knew very well about Linde, so he explained Linde's identity and his legendary experience on his behalf.

Everyone looked shocked after hearing this, because this was really incredible to them, especially the record of killing more than 700 Iron Islands pirates with one person in front of the Starry Temple Square. They thought from the bottom of their hearts that this was absolutely impossible.

Roose Bolton explained: "This achievement has been certified by the Church of the Seven Gods. The Church of the Seven Gods publicized that he has received the blessing of the warrior and is the divine choice of the warrior, so he has the title of the Chosen One."

"The Church of the Seven Gods, those corrupt guys can even make you a saint if you give them money." The northern lord who believed in the old gods said with great disdain.

Everyone agreed.

Roose Bolton added: "The city also recognized this achievement and wrote it in the city's chronicles."

The tent instantly became quiet. Although they looked down on the clergy of the Church of the Seven Gods, they had great respect for the bachelors of the city. They also knew that the achievements that could be recorded by the bachelors had been confirmed repeatedly and were more reliable than before. The Church of the Seven Gods is much higher.

"No matter who this God's Chosen One is, it doesn't matter to us. What's important is that Carlin Bay is now open." Duke Ed stood up, interrupted everyone's discussion, and ordered: "Immediately Blow the horns, and the whole army marches to Cailin Bay."

As the Duke of the North's order was issued, the lords of the Northern Alliance forces immediately returned to their respective armies, called the soldiers in the tents, packed their bags, and set off.

At dawn, the northern army entered the swamp and marched along the causeway of the swamp towards Carlin Bay. By almost noon, they had arrived outside the castle at Carlin Bay.

When the Northern Alliance forces arrived outside the castle, the first thing they saw was a large number of Ironborn corpses discarded in the surrounding swamps. These corpses were devoured by countless lizards and lions.

Because the lizard lions focused all their attention on the corpses in the swamp and did not pay any attention to the army on the causeway, the army was walking safely. Only a few bold lizard lions tried to attack the team on the causeway, but they were quickly stopped. The frightened soldiers rushed down the causeway.

Seeing so many Ironborn corpses being casually dumped into the swamp and allowed to be devoured by wild beasts, Ed Stark had a displeased look on his face. In his opinion, this random behavior of dumping corpses was an extremely harmful behavior. For dishonorable acts, even enemies should give their bodies due respect, such as cremating their bodies.

However, for other people in the north, this behavior of feeding the ironmen's corpses to the swamp lizards was very good. They all watched it with great joy, and also discussed the situation around the Bay of Cailin after this war. I am afraid that the lizard lion will become more ferocious and prefer to eat humans. After all, if you eat too much human flesh, you will lose the taste of other meats.

The gate of Carlin Bay Castle was opened early, and the northern army entered directly into the square in the middle of the castle. Linde's army left the castle and returned to the outside of the castle after cleaning up the ironmen's bodies. Rest in the camp and prepare to leave for Haijiang City after the handover of the army in the north.

Only Linde, Nymeria, Holland and Daisy, along with a dozen soldiers, were waiting in the castle for the people from the north to arrive.

After seeing Ed Stark leading the northern lords into the castle square of Cailin Bay and dismounting one after another, Holland led Lind and the others to Ed Stark and others.

"Your Excellency, this is Lord Lynd Terra, the God's Chosen One, and this is Lord Nymeria Fudley of Tengshi Town..." Holland introduced Lind and Name to Ed Stark. Leah.

"Daisy? Why are you here?" At this time, Jorah Mormont, who was standing among the lords, couldn't help but stood up and asked in surprise after seeing Daisy standing next to Lind.

Everyone was immediately attracted by Jorah Mormont's exclamation, and saw Daisy. Several of the lords were no strangers to Daisy. They or their sons were all Daisy's suitors, and they were interested in the South. To people, Daisy is a vulgar woman, but to people in the north, Daisy is definitely a good woman who is most suitable to be a wife.

Unfortunately, Daisy didn't like any of those suitors, and later used her adult travel as an excuse to run south, disappointing many people.

It's just that they didn't expect to see Daisy again under such circumstances, and judging from the exquisite armor she was wearing, she seemed to be doing well now.

"I am now the captain of Lord Linde's 5th Cavalry. In the battle to regain the Gulf of Cailin, I killed eleven ironmen." Daisy looked at everyone with pride and said.

After hearing Daisy's words, everyone came back to their senses and looked at Linde, who was wearing the armor of a lost knight.

Ed Stark's eyes paused on the flying dragon on Linde's helmet, then walked up to Linde, took the initiative to reach out to Linde and said: "Thank you, Sir Linde, for regaining the Gulf of Cailin, otherwise we would have to If we attack Carlin Bay, the losses will be huge."

"I am bound by the king's order." Linde responded politely, shook hands, and then asked: "Shouldn't you take a boat in White Harbor and bypass Carlin Bay? Why do you want to attack Carlin Bay again? "

Duke Eddard was stunned and asked, "How did Lord Linde know that we were going to take a boat trip to White Harbor by detouring from Carlin Bay?"

Lind explained: "Before coming to Cailin Bay, Master Holland and I discussed your next move, Duke Ed, at Graywater Watch."

A look of surprise appeared on Duke Ed's face. At the same time, he also realized that the departure of the merchant ships from White Harbor might not be a leak, but that some smart people had guessed their decision to bypass Carlin Bay, so they left White Harbor early to avoid Conscripted by ships.

While talking, Earl Jon Amber in the North suddenly said to Nymeria without any clue: "Women, women are actually leading the army. Are all the men in the south dead? It's unexpected that a woman is leading the army." Let women lead the troops.”

As Jon Amber's words fell, the lords in the north and the soldiers behind burst into laughter. Ed Stark's face became very ugly. He was about to reprimand the lords under him, but was stopped by Linde stopped.

Lind turned to look at Nymeria, who had an annoyed look on her face, and asked with a smile: "Leave it to you?"

"Okay, leave it to me." Nymeria nodded, then walked to an open space with a giant ax, turned to face the people in the north, and said: "A group of people have been trapped for more than ten days and have no way to go south. Guys, come on! Let me see if you guys from the north can be called men!"

Following Nymeria's provocative move, the faces of the northern lords and knights who were laughed at by the crowd became a little ugly. At the same time, Duke Eddard also provoked Nymeria because he did not stop Lind's actions. Jon Umber stood up and accepted Nymeria's challenge.

However, what surprised everyone was that Jon Umber just drew out his sword and launched an attack on Nymeria, and was then thrown away by Nymeria with her weapon. This was just with a If the ax body had been hit with an ax blade, Jon Umber would have been broken into two pieces by now.

Everyone was stunned by this scene, because they knew very well how strong Jon Amber was in the North. There were not many lords present who could confront Jon Amber head-on, but it was such a powerful one. The northern warriors were unable to survive a single move in the hands of Nymeria, which made all the northern lords and knights find it unbelievable.

"Northern man!" Nymeria glanced at everyone with disdain, then turned back to Lind's side.

Only then did Linde say: "Your Majesty, Duke, I am going to help Seaside City now, but I don't have enough manpower. I may need you to support me with some manpower. The master just now has pretty good skills and can fight in Nymeria." If you haven't been injured in one move, please assign this master to me!"