Chapter 333 Leech’s Choice

After leaving Cliff City, Roose Bolton turned to look at the ancient castle behind him, then turned to his deputy and asked: "Who is the noble lady next to Robb?"

"I heard that she seems to be the daughter of Lady Xibel of Cliff City." The deputy whispered: "It is said that she has been taking care of Robb since he fell ill. There seems to be something... between the two of them. It seems that the Frey family Very angry about this.”

After Roose Bolton heard this, he was silent for a long time and then looked back at the castle and said: "Our Young Wolf Lord is invincible in every battle and invincible. He is very similar to Aegon the Conqueror back then. He is both so young and powerful. So proud and so arrogant.”

The adjutant on the side didn't say anything after hearing this.

"How is our guest?" Roose Bolton suddenly asked.

The adjutant said seriously: "He was treated as he should be, but he was not in a very good mood."

Roose Bolton said calmly: "It's normal to feel bad. Anyone who loses a hand will not be in a good mood, let alone losing his right hand to use the sword."

"Are we going to use him?" the adjutant asked.

"Not yet, we still have some things to do." Roose Bolton turned his head and looked in the direction of Riverrun, his eyes far-reaching, and said: "The old lion is too proud, so proud that he even asks for help. Arrogant, although he has the confidence to be arrogant, but I don't like it. The conditions he offered are indeed very tempting, but if we don't show the ability we should have, I'm afraid the old lion will be in trouble. Before we take those benefits, we must take them back." As he said this, he thought about it seriously and asked the adjutant: "How many troops are stationed at Harrenburg now?"

The adjutant thought about it seriously and said: "After Kevan Lannister took some people to garrison Duskendale, there are still four armies left in Harrenhal. Acting Lord Davon Lannister's Casterly Rock Garrison , Clegane's private soldiers from Mountain Clegane, Amory Lodge's private soldiers, and some mercenary groups hired from the Narrow Sea. These mercenary groups are mainly warrior groups, and the total number of people is about There are about 40,000 people, but the Mountain often raids in the Riverlands and rarely stays in Harrenhal."

"There are too many evil people. If Kevan is still here, he may be able to suppress these people. The person who is now the acting city lord is a young man who has just emerged. He has no way to suppress those evil people." Luce... Bolton smiled disdainfully, and then as if something suddenly occurred to him, he asked the adjutant: "The name Warriors sounds familiar. Have we ever..."

The adjutant nodded and said: "Yes, you have hired the Warriors to do things before. The leader of the Warriors, Wag Huot, is an extremely greedy man with no bottom line."

"Very good, people who have no bottom line are very good." Roose Bolton showed a smile on his face and said nothing more.

After a few days, Roose Bolton returned to Riverrun. What surprised him was that during the time he left Riverrun, Edmure Tully quietly crossed the river and launched an attack on the Western Army's camp. The raid was a complete victory, directly burning all the materials used to build bridges in the Western Region, killing and wounding thousands of Western troops, and forcing Duke Tywin to retreat to the Bent Knee Pillar for garrison.

For a long time, in the hearts of Roose Bolton or all the people in the North, Edmure Tully has been synonymous with fools. Even if he is the Duke of Riverrun, he is still not taken seriously by anyone, even if it is Xiao Qiong. A fool like that would make fun of Edmure Tully's stupidity from time to time.

So when he heard the news, Roose Bolton thought about whether the rumor had mistaken the wrong person, and said that the Blackfish Brynden Tully was Edmure Tully. You must know that Roose Bolton The reason why he dared to go to Crag City to investigate Robb's condition during the confrontation with Lord Tywin was because Brynden Tully, the Blackfish, was in charge of Riverrun.

However, after repeated confirmations, Roose Bolton realized that he had heard correctly. It was indeed Duke Tywin who led the attack by Edmure Tully, and this was without Brynden Tully's knowledge.

The specific process is that when Edmure Tully was on a routine inspection on the bank of the Red Fork River, he discovered a loophole in Lord Tywin's camp opposite. He thought this was an opportunity, but he himself also knew very well what he was in the minds of everyone. If he went to discuss the image with Brynden, he might not get approval and the opportunity would be lost, so he took more than a thousand men under his command that night, quietly crossed the river, and attacked Duke Tywin. achieved such amazing results.

However, Edmure's behavior did not seem to be approved by Brynden the Blackfish. Instead, he was severely scolded by him. When Roose Bolton saw him, his face was still gloomy.

"I think Lord Edmure's tactics are very correct. After this battle, Tywin will no longer be able to cross the Red Fork River in a short time. This is undoubtedly of great benefit to us." Roose Bolton He deliberately praised Edmure Tully in front of Blackfish Blind, saying: "I have to say that Lord Edmure will definitely become famous in the Seven Kingdoms in this battle. After all, there is no one in this world who can make the old lion suffer such a big loss. Even our King Robb has no choice but to avoid the sharp edge when facing the old lion."

Hearing Roose Bolton's praise, Edmure Tully's originally depressed mood instantly improved a lot.

When he came back victorious, he originally thought that he should get wine and praise, but in the end, he was scolded by his uncle Blackfish Brynden in front of everyone, including his subordinates, which made him feel aggrieved. To the extreme.

Now Roose Bolton's praise makes him feel like he has found a soulmate. The bad impression he had on Roose Bolton due to various rumors has also weakened a lot. Seeing Roose Bolton ·Boton’s gloomy face also felt much more pleasing to the eye.

"Lord Bolton, please don't say anything to make him get carried away. It's just good luck and it doesn't prove that he really has military talent." Blackfish Brynden looked at Roose Bolton with great dissatisfaction and said: "He was lucky that nothing happened in this battle. If something happened, Riverrun would really be over." As he said that, he looked at Edmure Tully seriously and said in a deep voice: "Edmure, you are Riverrun now." Duke of the City, you are not a charging warrior, your first priority is your own safety, that of Riverrun..."

"That's enough! I know my identity very well, but my uncle, do you know my identity?" Edmure interrupted Heiyu's words and said angrily: "The tone you spoke to me is not like talking to Ben Liu. If you didn’t know the Duke of the City and the patriarch of the Tully family, you’d think you were my uncle.”

Faced with Edmure's anger, Heiyu didn't know what to say for a moment, but just looked at Edmure with a gloomy face.

Seeing the two people getting into a dispute, Roose Bolton's face did not change at all, as if he had not instigated this dispute.

Roose Bolton started to stand up like a good person and eased the atmosphere: "I think we should unite now. Although the crisis has been resolved, the war is not over yet. What we should consider most is how to end this as soon as possible. A war, not a fight."

The tense atmosphere around them also eased due to Roose Bolton's words. The two people who originally looked at each other looked away. Then Blackfish Brynden said: "Although Edmure's sneak attack was successful, Tywin's The army did not suffer any losses, only some supplies were lost. Tywin could have scavenged these supplies in the Riverlands, and after Edmure's lesson, Tywin would only become more vigilant. It is impossible for us to find them. Chance to attack again."

Roose Bolton explained: "Lord Brynden, you misunderstood. I didn't want to take advantage of the victory and attack Tywin's army again. I meant to start from other places."

"Other places?" Brynden looked at Roose Bolton doubtfully and said, "You mean Lady Daisy's place?"

Roose Bolton nodded and said: "There is basically no danger in Riverrun now. If my people continue to stay here, it will just be a waste of manpower and food. I think we should go to Lady Daisy now. See Can you find a chance to capture Harrenhal?"

"Take Harrenhal?" Edmure also came up and asked, "With Lord Bolton's troops, can you match Lady Daisy's forces?"

"No, only my people." Roose Bolton shook his head and said, "Lord Daisy's people cannot be moved. This can prevent me from failing and have enough manpower to maintain the retreat and resist the pursuers. "

"Your people are too few, less than 20,000 people." Edmure shook his head and said.

"Twenty thousand people are barely enough." Roose Bolton said very confidently: "Now Kevan Lannister has led his troops to Duskendale City to guard against Stannis's army on the Crab Claw Peninsula. Now Harrenhal's army The total strength of the army is about 30,000 people. These 30,000 people have different affiliations and are not united. Once a war breaks out, they will definitely not be able to cooperate with each other. We should be able to find an opportunity to defeat them. "

"Even so, 20,000 people are barely enough." Brynden also shook his head, then thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty Robb, let Lord Robert Glover lead 7,000 people to monitor the Golden Tooth City. Now Golden Teeth City no longer has the strength to send troops outside. It is a complete waste to continue to guard there. These 7,000 people can be transferred and used. In addition, Lord Herman Taoha also has 2,000 people stationed outside Twin River City. They are also stationed there. It can be called, so the total number of people will be more than 30,000."

Perhaps because of the good impression brought about by Roose Bolton's words just now, Edmure immediately said: "Robb gave these two groups of troops to my command when he left. I can allocate the troops to you now."

Brynden frowned on the side, but didn't say anything. In fact, he felt in his heart that Tywin would no longer be able to attack Riverrun in a short time. It was a waste to have so many troops here. Roose Bolton suggested Although it is not very clever, it is still a method that can be tried.

The war situation in the Riverlands is changing rapidly. No one knows that one or two small figures may become the key to the outcome of the war. Linde is also paying attention to the changes in the war situation in the Riverlands, but many times there are other things that draw his attention. Moved to other places, for example, the information from Yashai has now shifted his attention to the continent of Eastern Essos.

After almost a month, news finally came from Yaxia. The news was neither good nor bad.

The controllers of Yashai are still those spell casters. They resisted the attack of the monsters in the Shadow Land, and because it was the spell casters led by Jia Ben who resisted the attack of the monsters in the Shadow Land, and Jia Ben also cast Unexpectedly powerful dark magic was unleashed, making Jaben the King of Asshai again.

Unlike the previous so-called King of Asshai by Jaben, who was just a title, this time the King of Asshai was jointly elected by the surviving spellcasters and also had real power.

Because after repelling the monsters in the Land of Shadows, at the suggestion of Quelir, the surviving spellcasters formed an organization similar to the Mage Association to jointly manage Yashai, instead of working independently as in the past. The association is called the Truth Society, which means exploring the truth of magic. Jia Ben naturally became the leader of the Truth Society, and Quellier also became the vice president.

This is a good thing for Linde, that is, he does not need to think of other ways to control Yashai, he only needs to control the Society of Truth, and now the president and vice president are his, What he needs to do next is to continue to add people to the Truth Society. When his people form the majority in the Truth Society, he will complete the dove's nest and completely capture the Truth Society and Yaxia.

However, when good things come first, bad things will naturally follow.

Yashai's spellcasters only repeled the monsters in the Shadow Land, but they did not completely eliminate these monsters. These monsters did not escape back to the Shadow Land, as if there was something in the Shadow Land that made them afraid to come closer. , so these monsters all dispersed to the areas near Yaxia City, harassing Yaxia City from time to time, and many monsters even spread to other areas. For example, a merchant ship discovered that there was a demon community on Thunder Island, and there were more demons in the sea. There are many dangerous monsters, and even signs of monsters have appeared in Yuhai.

All these make it extremely dangerous for ships to sail to Asshai, which will undoubtedly cause great trouble for Linde's plan to expand eastward and southward.

The exploration ships sent by the Miracle Fleet to the Jade Sea were attacked by sea monsters. Four ships were lost and more than a hundred personnel were lost. Although a route from Port Morak through the southern island chain to Yashai was still discovered. route, but the environment of that route is not very good. Not only are monsters inhabiting the island, but there is also a mermaid-like sea monster inhabiting the sea area where the route is located. Unless there is a warship escort every time, otherwise ordinary All merchant ships and cargo ships taking this route are in danger of being attacked by sea monsters.

In this regard, the only way Linde can guide is to transfer the gluttons to the sea near that route to clean up the sea monsters, and to the Stepstone Islands, the sea monster Dagon is transferred back to guard. After all, Euron and Victar Now that Leon is dead, there is no need to guard so many people on the Iron Islands.