Chapter 114 Inside and outside Haijiang City

The Frey family formed an army much faster than Lind had expected. Shortly after his army passed through the Twins and arrived at the south bank, the Frey family's cavalry had been formed, and was composed of the Frey family's cavalry. Ser Stevron Frey, the eldest son and heir, led the troops who joined Lynd's counter-rebellion cavalry.

Although the Frey family formed an army very quickly, the quality of the army itself was not very good. Except for more than 500 horses, which were war horses, the other 2,000 horses were all raccoons, and not all of the soldiers were cavalry. Most of them were cavalry. Most of them are infantry, and they can barely ride on their horses without falling off their horses.

However, the Frey family did send a hundred mercenary knights. These one hundred knights were mainly used to protect the heir of the Frey family, Steveron Frey. And in the eyes of outsiders, the Frey family even had their own knights. The heirs have all been sent out, which shows how loyal the Frey family is.

But in Linde's eyes, Old Walder's move may be because he wants to use his own hands to change an heir. This can also gain a good reputation for sacrificing an heir to fight the rebellion of the Iron Throne. More than ten years later, in the Five Kings That's what he did during the battle.

However, for Linde, this does not matter. He does not expect the Frey family's cavalry to bring him much combat power. All he needs is an attitude from the Frey family.

After the Frey family cavalry joined, Linde did not break up the ragtag Frey family into other teams, because that would weaken the combat effectiveness.

However, he arranged Jon Amber behind the Frey family's army. Once the war begins, if the Frey family dares to slack off in the fight, then Jon Amber will serve as the supervising team and drive the Frey family's cavalry into battle. .

Linde did not leave for Haijiang City immediately. Instead, he sent scouts to learn about the situation in Haijiang City. He rested outside Twin River City for the night before setting off for Haijiang City the next day.

One day later, outside Seaside City, Rodrik Greyjoy looked at a team that had just plundered a nearby village and entered the camp loaded with various looted supplies. His face did not look any better.

For Rodrik, looting the village is just a way to boost the morale of his men. He has promised his men that he will not take any of the proceeds from looting the village, but will share it all with his men. In doing so, he wants to get it as soon as possible. Go to Haijiang City.

Not long ago, he had learned that his uncle Victarion had captured the Gulf of Cailin and successfully blocked the Northern Alliance forces in the north. He had many more troops than his uncle, and even his father. He also secretly sent 3,000 more people to his command. As a result, Haijiang City was still not breached and he was still blocked from the city.

According to the plan, he should have captured Haijiang City at this moment, and based on Haijiang City, he quickly followed the Green Fork River, Blue Fork River and other rivers in the Hejian River south to the depths of the Hejian Land, raided and plundered the Hejian Land, and dragged Troops living in various territories in the Riverlands.

But he is still staying in Haijiang City, and his original plan cannot be implemented at all. This is a complete failure for him.

Strength is better than hard work. This is the motto of the Greyjoy family and the core of the ideology of the Iron People of the Iron Islands. Rodrik knew that even though he was the eldest son of Balon Greyjoy, if he could not lead the Iron People If he obtains enough wealth, even if he is the heir, it is still unknown whether he will eventually be able to sit on the throne of Pyke Island. After all, he is not an only son and has many brothers and sisters.

"Lord Rodrik, a letter from the Iron Islands." Rodrik's guard captain hurried over with a piece of paper.

Rodrik took the piece of paper and looked at it, the expression on his face became even more gloomy.

The content on the paper is very simple, that is, Victarion Greyjoy has been transferred back to the Iron Islands and will participate in the attack on the Arbor Island and the Oldtown fleet in the near future. An uncle, Euron, was sent to the southern reaches of the Reach to plunder the Reach and make the coalition forces in the Reach withdraw from the Iron Throne's recruitment.

There is no doubt that this is definitely bad news for him. Among the Seven Kingdoms, anyone with a little bit of brains can know which one has more wealth, the Reach or the Riverlands. Looting the Reach will definitely Let his two uncles and their men make a lot of money.

When the time comes, the people who follow him to attack Haijiang City will be dissatisfied with him, and then question his ability, shaking his natural position.

And more importantly, the attitude of his father Balon Greyjoy. Although the attitude of his father King Balon is not clearly written on this piece of paper, he alone will be the one who should guard Victar in the Bay of Cailin. The fact that Leon transferred back to the Iron Islands to participate in the next crucial naval battle, but did not transfer his eldest son back to the Iron Islands, was enough for Rodrik to feel that his father should feel sorry for him that he still had not conquered Seaside City at this moment. Disappointment and dissatisfaction.

"No, if I continue, I will be doomed." Rodrik grabbed the note in his hand, crumpled it into a ball, and followed him and ordered the captain of the guard: "Go ahead, we will attack the city tomorrow, and we must be there before Take down Haijiang City tomorrow!”

"Sir, if we do this, we will lose a lot of people." The guard captain reminded: "We have lost more than a thousand people in the previous sieges. If..."

"Shut up!" Rodrik grabbed the guard captain's clothes, pulled him in front of him, and said with a ruthless face: "You just need to give me my order. You don't need to say anything else. Did you hear that? Corwin Pike.”

"Yes, sir." The guard captain's heart trembled, thinking of the fate of Rodrik's previous guard captains, and he responded in a trembling voice.

As Rodrik's orders reached the hands of his noble officers, the dissatisfaction with Rodrik in the camp increased.

Because Rodrik's command of the attack on Haijiang City failed during this period, they more or less lost some of their men. In total, there were more than a thousand people, and they had not seen any treasures that had been promised in advance.

But no matter how dissatisfied they were, they did not dare to disobey Rodrik's orders. After all, Rodrik had 5,000 Ironborn warriors loyal to the Greyjoy family in his hands.

So, they returned to their respective camps, mobilized soldiers, prepared siege equipment, and prepared for tomorrow's siege.

The ironmen did not hide their actions. Standing on the wall of Haijiang City, you could see their every move clearly.

Patrick Mallister, who has been living and eating on the city wall these days, saw the movement in the Ironborn camp for the first time and quickly judged what the Ironborn were going to do.

While allocating garrison positions to the garrison soldiers in Haijiang City, he checked every defensive point on the city wall to avoid any mistakes. At the same time, he also sent people to the refuge to mobilize the citizens of Haijiang City who had entered the city to avoid the iron people, and asked them to pick up Weapons, ready to top the city wall when the garrison strength is insufficient.

When Patrick ordered his men, Tiers Hewen, the captain of the Earl's Guard who was following him, looked at the heir of Seaside City with a look of relief.

Before the Ironborn invasion, the entire Seaside City disliked Patrick. They thought he was a playboy who hung out in brothels and taverns every day, or just went hunting and playing. He was completely unworthy of an heir to an earl. The appearance makes people worry about the future of Haijiang City.

Not long ago, Earl Jason Mallister fell ill in the extreme cold natural disaster. When he had a high fever and fell into a coma, everyone in Haijiang City couldn't help but worry that if the Earl died and Patrick succeeded him, what would happen to Haijiang City? How will the city be defeated by him?

However, what is surprising is that when Patrick handled the affairs of Seaside City on behalf of the seriously ill Count Jason, nothing went wrong, nor did he act out of temper as people imagined. Instead, he acted according to Count Jason's instructions. way to handle the government affairs of Haijiang City.

Although his handling methods are still a bit immature, at least there are some shadows of Earl Jason.

Later, during the Ironborn invasion, this playboy in the eyes of everyone also performed well. He did not escape the battle and hide in the castle. On the contrary, he had been guarding the city wall with the soldiers on the city wall since the war began. share weal and woe.

This may not directly increase the combat power of the warriors or the defense of the castle, but it will greatly improve the morale of the defending warriors. This allows them to defeat the Ironborn one after another when facing the Ironborn's attacks. repel.

"Lord Tiers, do you think there are any flaws in the arrangements I made?" As usual, after making various city defense arrangements, Patrick turned to his father's guard captain and asked.

"There is no problem! Sir, you have done a good job." Tiers replied.

"How is father's health?" Patrick then asked.

"The Earl's health has improved and he can get out of bed and walk around. He wanted to come to the city wall to join the battle, but he was stopped by Bachelor Bert."

Patrick nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "How long can the food in the city last?"

Tiers said with a serious face: "At the current consumption rate, it can still last for at least a month. However, Bachelor Bert suggested slightly reducing the rations of the refugees. This can ensure that the garrison warriors participating in the battle have sufficient rations, and can also Allowing food consumption to last longer.”

"No, since the people of the lord trust our Mallister family and come to the castle to take refuge when they are in danger, our Mallister family must give them the protection and care they deserve. This is the responsibility and obligation of the lord. "Patrick righteously opposed Tiers' suggestion. Then he thought for a moment and said, "If the time comes when food is really insufficient, just kill the horse!"

Tiers frowned and said, "Sir, those Marks are those you specially brought from Dorne..."

Patrick said calmly: "If the territory is gone, what else will I need for horses? Besides, those horses are just some of my little hobbies. They are worthless compared to the stability of the territory."

At this time, Hoss Mallister, the manager of Seaside City, hurried over and handed a piece of letter to Patrick while excitedly saying: "Good news, this is good news!"

It’s no wonder that Hoss Mallister was so excited, because the news he received from the raven during this period was not good news, such as asking Riverrun for help. As a result, Riverrun had to respond to the king’s call, and there was no way to send any extra troops. Many people came to ask for help from Haijiang City.

For another example, when they asked for help from Twins City, Old Walder the Lion opened his mouth. Not only did he want Seaside City to pay a huge aid fee, but he also wanted Patrick to marry a Frey family woman. This is simply After humiliating the ancient Mallister family, the Mallister family also sat on the throne of the Trident River for a period of time, and they more or less have the blood of the king. How could they marry the daughter of a nouveau riche? .

This time, the raven once again sent news. Hoss had given up hope for this news, because not long ago, he had received news that the coalition forces in the Riverlands had already headed to King's Landing, which meant that there was no hope in the Riverlands. Reinforcements may be sent out, so there won't be any good news.

But when he read the content on the letter, he found that it was the best news in a while, so he couldn't wait to send the letter to the city wall, letting Patrick know as soon as possible to boost the reputation of Haijiang City. morale.

"Kalin Bay has been recaptured by God's Chosen Linde, and now God's Chosen Linde is bringing people to support Haijiang City?" Patrick looked at the letter in his hand carefully, with surprise on his face.

He remembered that he had mentioned to his father the capture of Bay of Moat by the Ironborn before. When his father learned that there were more than 3,000 Ironborn people left behind in Moat of Kalin, his father identified Moat of Kalin. Impossible to be breached, let him not consider any support from the north.

In his father's opinion, as long as Carlin Bay Castle guards two thousand people, let alone three thousand people, it is enough to withstand the siege of tens of thousands of people.

However, now that Carlin Bay has been recaptured, Patrick can't help but wonder how it was recaptured and how many people died.

"Could this God's Chosen Lind be the bear hunter Lind who almost killed a hundred people in the tournament in King's Landing more than a year ago?" Patrick asked curiously.

"Yes, that's Lord Linde Terra." Director Hoth nodded.

After hearing what Director Hoth said, Patrick couldn't help but get excited.

After spending a long time in taverns and brothels, he naturally listened to the songs sung by bards, and the Bear Hunter's Song has always been his favorite song, and it has been continuously praised by people over the past year with Linde's achievements. , the song of the bear hunter gradually turned into the song of the chosen one, and he also developed a hint of respect for Lind.

And now the person he admired would lead troops to rescue him, which made Patrick extremely excited. He couldn't wait to see Lind, the Chosen One, as sung in his song, like a stranger. Harvesting the enemy's lives just like the guest's messenger.

"What are we going to do? How are we going to cooperate with Lord Linde?" Patrick asked Director Hoth.

Without waiting for Manager Hoth to reply, Tiers, who was reading the letter, pointed to a paragraph at the end of the letter and said, "It says there is no need to cooperate, as long as we guard the city wall."

"No need?" Patrick was stunned for a moment, then took the letter and looked at it, showing a little disappointment, and then asked: "Do you want to write and ask when Lord Linde's support will come?"

Manager Hoth analyzed: "No need. According to the distance between here and Carlin Bay, counting from the day when the raven was released, we should be able to reach Haijiang City in three or four days."

While the walls of Haijiang City were still discussing when Linde's support would arrive, on a hill not far from Haijiang City, a group of patrolling Ironmen cavalry fell to the ground with their bodies covered with arrows. On the ground, an army stood silently on the hill, looking at the Ironborn camp outside Seaside City below.