Chapter 133 Take the initiative to join

"You said you want to join me?" Outside the camp, Nymeria and Linde, who had already put on armor, were preparing to fight, but they were confused by the words of the wildling leaders in front of them.

You must know that the nobles and savage tribes in the border areas have been fighting for thousands of years. There is no precedent for both sides to surrender before the war begins. There is no example of an entire tribe taking the initiative to surrender, let alone more than a dozen tribes coming together.

After Linde knew that his fiefdom would be a frontier land, he had already made plans to fight and conquer these savage tribes with force. But now his army has not arrived yet, and he is just taking some people to patrol. There were so many savage tribes coming to seek refuge in his own territory, and he suddenly had an unreal feeling.

"Yes, Lord Earl." One of the savage tribe leaders who was quite proficient in using common language nodded on behalf of everyone.

"Why?" Nymeria glanced at these savage tribe leaders and asked.

The leader of the savage tribe explained: "You and Lord Linde, the God's Chosen One, are both powerful. There is no way we can defeat you. When you send people to attack us, we will either be wiped out by you, or we will have to move to other places. It's just that if you move to other places, you will be annexed by other tribes and attacked by other nobles from outside the mountains. In this case, why not just join you?"

Nymeria frowned and asked again: "Is it just because I am strong?"

"Not entirely." The leader of the savage tribe continued: "It's because after you and Mr. Linde incorporated the tribe in Tengshi Town, you didn't suppress them into slaves, nor did you disband their tribe, but gave them and the people outside the mountain The same treatment, this kind of treatment is something we have never received before. Some people say that is a lie, but I have seen it and it is not a lie." As he said, he pointed to the other savage tribe leaders behind him and said: "They There are also some tribesmen who were inadvertently incorporated by you, and they also sent us letters to tell us what happened there. "

An old tribal leader said in a common language that he was not very proficient in: "Since we can't defeat them, we can get good treatment after taking refuge, and the tribe will not be dismantled. We are not fools, and we naturally know how to choose."

Nymeria said seriously: "You have only seen the benefits of joining those tribes, but you have not seen the obligations they need to fulfill. You need to pay taxes, you need to act in accordance with the regulations I set, and you need to send them when I need them. Young men join my army and fight for me.”

"Isn't this what we should do? Our tribe is doing the same thing now, it's just paying taxes to the Savage King." the young tribal leader asked.

Lind, who was silent on the side, looked at these tribal leaders speechlessly. The conditions he and Nymeria offered to the savage tribes were not really good. Except for the Gravel Tribe, the treatment offered by other tribes was compared to Ordinary people are worse.

Although those tribes were not broken up, they were restricted to one place and were not allowed to move. The people who recruited the tribes were only required to do things like coolies, which was definitely not a good treatment.

However, this kind of treatment turned out to be very good treatment in the eyes of the leaders of these savage tribes, which made Lind very curious about how bad the surrender conditions given by the lords in the past were to these savage tribes.

However, even though these tribal leaders gave very good reasons for joining Nymeria, he still felt that these tribal leaders had real reasons that they did not reveal.

So, Lind took a step forward and asked directly without beating around the bush: "Count Nymeria and I both want to hear the truth. We don't like people lying to us. Although the reasons you just mentioned sound reasonable, , but I feel that you are still hiding your true reasons. I hope to hear you tell me the true reasons why you took the initiative to join me."

When the leaders of the savage tribe heard Linde's words, they murmured quietly and discussed quickly.

Finally, the oldest tribal leader stood up and said: "Sir, the extreme cold disaster caused heavy losses to our tribe and depleted our tribe's food reserves. Hamill summoned the tribe's warriors as the Savage King. , intends to go out to plunder, but we know very well that he wants to use our people as pawns to consume other people's combat power. In the end, even if we win, the people of our tribe will suffer heavy casualties, so joining the Earl is our only way out. ”

After listening to the old man's narration, Lind and Nymeria looked at each other and exchanged their thoughts.

Nymeria said to the nervous tribal leaders: "I agree to your surrender. After you swear an oath to us, I will allocate a batch of food to help you tide over the difficulties. As for the specific matters after surrender, , we will send special personnel to deal with these matters.”

All the tribal leaders breathed a sigh of relief and saluted Nymeria and Linde one after another. They spoke some unintelligible language, but judging from their expressions, they should be compliments.

Later, Nymeria and Lind built a temporary altar, and asked Rossos to capture a prey for sacrifice, and then sacrificed to the Seven Gods and the Old Gods in front of the altar according to ancient rituals. Next, each tribal leader swore an oath of loyalty in the name of the gods they believed in.

Although this surrender ceremony seemed very simple, it still had its effect. The last trace of tension on the faces of the tribal leaders completely disappeared after Nymeria and Lind issued the corresponding lord oaths.

A somewhat ugly smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the old tribe leader, and he couldn't wait to say: "When we return to the tribe, we will sort out our belongings. As long as we hear your instructions, we can migrate immediately."

"Migrate? No, you don't need to migrate." Nymeria shook her head and said.

"Ah? Don't we need to move to Tengshi Town?" The tribal leaders who understand Common Language all looked confused.

"No need." Nymeria shook her head, pointed at Linde and said, "Not long ago, Lord Linde was made Earl of Summer Hall by King Robert, and the surrounding area of ​​Summer Hall is his fief. In addition, Duke Mace Tyrell also granted him the borderlands north of the Weir River and west of the Redguard River, which means that from now on, he is your lord and the person you should be loyal to. "

After hearing Nymeria's words, the tribal leaders suddenly realized that they were a little confused just now as to why their loyalty oaths were made to Nymeria and Linde, and it was the two of them who responded to the Lord's oath.

"It is our honor to be the subjects of God's Chosen One." The tribal leaders saluted Linde one after another. There was no displeasure on their faces. On the contrary, they were all extremely happy.

In the hearts of these savage tribe leaders, being able to take refuge in a legendary figure with powerful combat power is far more in line with their wishes than taking refuge in a female lord.

Linde led these tribal chiefs into the camp and asked his servants to serve them wine and food.

At this time, Glory, who was wandering outside, discovered several savages sneaking around the camp. Judging from the equipment and behavior of these savages, they should not be in the same group as the leaders of the savage tribes in front of them.

"How many of you know that you are here to find us?" Linde asked the tribal leaders.

The tribal leaders looked at each other, and the elder replied, "There are many."

"How much is a lot?" Linde asked in a more serious tone.

"All the tribal elders." The elder replied again.

Linde continued to ask: "Then how many people know that you plan to join us?"

"All the elders." The elder gave the same answer.

"Can they keep the secret?" Linde asked again, but this time he didn't need to answer. He could also guess the answer from the stunned expressions of these tribal chiefs.

Linde said seriously: "The fact that you came to me should have been known to other tribes. There are people snooping outside my camp. Those people must not have been arranged by you, right?"

The expressions of the tribal leaders changed and they shook their heads repeatedly, indicating that they definitely did not arrange for anyone to spy outside the camp.

Linde signaled them to quiet down, and then directly ordered Glory to attack those people, leaving one alive and bring them back to the camp.

Not long after, I saw Glory entering the camp with a bloody tribal savage in his mouth, getting into the tent, then throwing the man on the ground, turning around and running out of the tent to play outside.

Seeing the appearance of Glory, even though the tribal leaders had heard about Glory's reputation, they still felt inexplicably flustered. The panic expression had not faded from their faces until Glory left.

Lind ignored the emotions of the tribal leaders and motioned to Jon who was standing aside. Jon stepped forward to check the man's condition and said, "There are no fatal injuries, he just fainted from shock."

"Does anyone know which tribe he comes from?" Linde asked other tribal leaders.

Someone soon answered: "He is from the Stone Mountain Tribe of the Savage King. The pattern tattooed on his face is the Red Flame Totem of the Savage King."

Linde immediately ordered: "You and my people go down and torture him. I want to know the purpose of his tracking and the situation of the Savage King tribe."

Jon immediately led the people to take the tribal savage out, and the tribal leader did not dare to neglect and quickly followed him.

Linde said to the others: "Now tell us about the situation of this Savage King."

The other tribal leaders immediately told everything they knew about the Savage King, and also talked about the situation of each tribe in their Redguard clan.

The areas on both sides of the Redguard River are called the Redguard region. The wildling tribes here come from the ancestors who were unwilling to surrender to the Andals, including those from Dorne, the Reach, and the Riverlands. Eventually they all merged together to form the current Redguard clan.

It is precisely because of the diverse bloodlines of the clan itself that the Redguard clan is more open-minded than other savage tribes, so it also has a tradition of capturing some men and women from outside to supplement the diversity of bloodlines of its own clan.

The mother of the Savage King Hamil was a spearwoman of the Stone Mountain Tribe. When she and the tribesmen went down the mountain to plunder, she caught a man and gave birth to the Savage King with that man. She and the man later left the tribe and arrived. After living outside the mountains for more than ten years, the Savage King returned to his tribe, gradually formed his own power in the tribe, and then grew stronger, eventually becoming the leader of the tribe.

After that, he annexed and formed alliances with some barbarian tribes through various methods, making the Stone Mountain tribe the largest tribe in the Redguard clan. Finally, a few years ago, around the time of the Usurper War, he became the barbarian king of the Redguard clan.

What's interesting is that after Hamill became the Wildling King, he tried to lead the entire Redguard clan to attack Storm's End and the Stormlands, but he had to give up due to opposition from various tribal leaders.

However, Hamill still led the people of the Stonehill Tribe to try to attack Storm's End Castle, but they were regarded as enemies by the Tyrell army that besieged Storm's End Castle and were defeated.

In addition, there is also a rumor among the savage tribes that the savage king Hamil has an unusual bloodline. His father is actually the current lord of Vail City, Wylan Vail, so Hamil always has some problems in the process of becoming the savage king. He is supported by a large amount of resources, such as iron weapons that are difficult for other tribes to obtain. Almost every warrior of the Stone Mountain Tribe has one. If it were not for the support of the big nobles, Hamill would never be so generous.

"Vell City?" Lind hesitated for a moment. He did not expect that the savage king of a savage clan in his territory would actually involve Well City. You must know that Wer City was not among the targets of Lind's territory inspection this time.

In Linde's plan, he planned to deal with several lords in the Stormlands first, and after he had no worries, he would then specifically deal with the lords of Dorne.

The Dornish man's character has already determined that he and Wer City are very likely to take action. When the time comes, the whole body will be affected by one move, and the enemy he faces may not be the only Wer City.

Because from his chat with the Red Viper, he knew that with Yronwood City as the center, the frontier lords along the Dorne Bone Road had an offensive and defensive covenant. Once a castle was attacked, other lords would also provide support.

By then, he may have to face the siege of several Dornish lords, so he must remain stable in the rear.

However, the appearance of the savage king Hamil now gave Lind an opportunity to attack the city of Weir in a legitimate and legitimate manner, and the other Dornish lords would not send troops to support him.

However, the premise here is that he must have conclusive evidence to prove that Wylan Weir, the lord of Weir City, is really the father of the Savage King, and he really secretly provided various materials to support the Savage King and attack the Storm Land.

Jon and the tribal leader returned to the tent at this time and told Lind the results of the interrogation.

That spy was indeed a spy sent by the Savage King Hamil, but they didn’t know that these tribal leaders came to Linde to join him. They just thought that these tribal leaders wanted to make a deal with Linde, and from Linde Buy weapons and equipment from Germany to deal with the Stone Mountain tribe.

After hearing the results of the interrogation, Lind also had a plan in his mind, so he began to arrange what these tribal leaders should do, and then directly wrote to Earl Ewood of Green Valley City to lend him a batch of food and weapons. , transported to Shengxia Hall.