Chapter 204
2021-01-06
Chapter 204 Westerlands VolunteersSending Arya home? Igor didn't want to take on this job at all, and looked towards Robb on the spot to make a solemn protest. But he relented when the latter offered to say that "those hundred soldiers back in the North can be used by Igor for a long time until the wildling and the Others are driven back".
A hundred soldiers with some training, this is quite a boost for Night's Watch Legion, and it's not a loss if you endure the bear child for a few more days.
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Arya and Robb spent the day together. During this period, whether she went to see oneself's "fiancé", Igor does not know, anyway - when he led the logistics team to the north again from Harrenhal on the second day, the hot potato was accompanied by a hundred House Stark's The soldier returned to his hands, which was really helpless.
Those 100 North soldiers were not from Winterfell and could not recognize their own young lady. Arya's identity was still Igor's personal squire, and there was little risk of leaking secrets during this trip. Starting from the noisy Harrenhal assembly area where I don't know how many soldiers and logisticians lived, Igor took another two days to arrive at the town of Harroway count.
Time flies, and Igor still remembers oneself's first visit to the town where River Road and Kingsroad meet. At that time, oneself was on the way south to King's Landing, still a nobody, and only Tyrion knew and admired him outside of Night's Watch Legion - with a determination to "involve as little as possible into the plot", half of his mind was about whether it would go well Arriving at King's Landing, half of the worries were how to solve a bunch of problems that Mormont gave oneself.
On the second time, his identity has become Robert's "Night's Watch with the army", and he is about to go east to the Vale entrance and exit to participate in the suppression of the Lords Declarant by the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. At that time, the Night's Watch industry began to flourish under the management of Tyrion, and history also showed a violent butterfly effect because of his existence as an outsider, and everything began to develop in a completely different direction...
This time, he was named to head west to Golden Tooth - to pick up Duke Tywin's son, the owned Kingslayer, to be Night's Watch. Whether he admits it or not, Igor is now a celebrity with some influence in the entire Westeros, and he has been caught in the historical wave of surging forward with great momentum.
Even... from a bystander to one of the promoters.
Returning with emotion, time cannot be wasted. After staying at the familiar hotel in the town for one night, Igor ordered the truck convoy to stay in place and wait, with most of the soldiers of the logistics department and a hundred North men, Start and head west on River Road.
The fighting was over and the weather was fine, and it took him four days to arrive at Riverrun, leaving Arya waiting at his mother's natal house, and heading for the Westerlands with a group of men.
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The lands that had just emerged from the war were devastated, the Riverlands so much, and the Westerlands even worse. Going west along River Road, the road clearly begins to widen. The rich and imposing Westerlands rulers are obviously not stingy in traffic construction, but the scenery along the way is difficult to make people happy - there are corpses hanging on trees everywhere, New graves made of dirt, scorched fields and looted villages... House Stark is undoubtedly a positive character in the Game of Thrones story, but that doesn't mean it and its allies are The army will be gentler and more qualified than any of the Seven Kingdoms... In addition to sadness and sighs, the accompanying North soldiers told Igor a bit of surprise news: Most of these charred fields are Westerlands Army oneself burnt.
"Fortify the wall and clear the wild", this is a tactic that any ruler in any era will only adopt in the face of a strong enemy and a huge disadvantage. Igor was at King's Landing at the time of the Westerlands war, busy filling the huge management vacuum created by Tyrion's departure, the exact circumstances are not clear, but what a huge existential crisis the family of oneself God teammates and best mates has just come through - and only from this It can be seen on the charred fields. Even if he wasn't the person involved, Igor felt a chill behind his back and was secretly afraid.
More than a hundred soldiers followed, and the road was smooth. Five days after leaving Riverrun, Igor arrived at the heavily fortified Golden Tooth. On the city wall and the gatehouse, the battle marks caused by Robb Stark's breach of the city are still clearly discernible, but the Golden Lion flag has been inserted at the top of the wall. The mental state of the Westerlands soldiers who had just suffered a series of defeats and their entire homeland was almost looted was much better than expected... Let a hundred North soldiers wait outside the city. After Igor announced his identity, he brought the logistics department's The soldiers entered the Golden Tooth fortress.
I thought that Tyrion would be waiting for oneself here, Igor even prepared to chat with him about "land-grant base construction", "Westerlands post-war recovery", "Seven Kingdoms future general trend" and other topics However, the red robe who led the way told him that his dwarf Young Master did not come to Golden Tooth, but was in Lanisport, working day and night for the operation and capital status of Lannister Bank.
The little lion was not seen, but the old lion was already waiting in the hall. Led by a red robe officer, Igor soon meets the legendary Tywin Lannister.
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"Chief Logistics Officer." Tywin sat at one end of the long table, looking blankly at Igor who entered the house: "Even in the far Westerlands, you I have also heard from time to time the experience and heroic deeds of the Legendary. On behalf of House Lannister, I welcome your Excellency, and thank you for coming so quickly—please take a seat.”
“You are very kind. , Lord Duke." As expected of a great and famous iron-blooded character in the Seven Kingdoms, he is so cold when he speaks politely. Fortunately, the current situation is that the other party is asking for oneself. Igor calmly pulls out a chair and sits down: "Thank you for your welcome and hospitality, but I still have official business. Please make a long story short, please come out as soon as possible. Ser Jaime, follow me north to the Wall to finish the deal."
"He'll come with you." Tywin tapped his fingers on the table: "But before that, I'd like to know as much as possible. , the current state of The Wall, and how my son will be treated when he joins the Night's Watch Legion."
"Just ask questions, my lord, and I'll tell you."
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p>It is about the second half of his son's life and the family's future, Tywin is not polite. The question couldn't be stopped at first, and people brought wine and snacks, and the two chatted for a while.
Igor truthfully informed Tywin Wall's condition and oneself's judgment: James Lannister has a high probability of directly becoming a Ranger Great Captain and starting Wall's life as a mid-level officer of Night's Watch... As for life, he also expressed to the other party as the chief logistics officer that at least he would not let James live worse than oneself.
"Do the Rangers need to patrol the city frequently?" Tywin asked with a frown. "Is it a rumor spread by the Night's Watch Legion, or is it true?"
"It's true, because in the past year the Rangers suffered too many casualties, and the wildlings have arrived at the Wall again... In general, the probability of the Rangers going out for patrolling has almost dropped to zero, my lord. There's no need to worry about it."
While well hidden, Igor could feel it: for a proud and powerful figure like Duke of Casterly Rock, being forced to hand-deliver his son into the Night's Watch Legion was a real pain in the ass. He was very upset... and as a father, his words still showed the meaning of "I hope my son can live well in Wall". After understanding the general situation, the old lion asked in a very subtle way the possibility of "using means" to make James take off his black clothed in the future.
It's okay not to mention it. Speaking of this, Igor recalled what Tyrion had said to oneself the day that Tyrion persuaded the executives of Night's Watch to let oneself go south on business.
As early as nearly a year ago, the far-sighted dwarf asserted that if anyone wanted to take Ranger James Lannister away, he would probably sell Casterly Rock and not be able to pay the ransom.
When he said this, Tyrion wanted to make Igor happy that oneself was "worthless". If he knew that oneself had inadvertently become a prophecy, what would he think?
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"There has never been a precedent for Night's Watch to take off its black clothed, and in the current Seven Kingdoms environment, I want to keep all parties like James staring at it. The Night's Watch Legion was fished out safely and without consequence, with almost zero probability." Igor said without concealment, "As for the future...who can predict what will happen in the future?"
Unexpected The negative answer in the middle, Tywin's face did not waver, and he turned to ask another question: "What do you mean by that team of House Stark soldiers outside the city?"
"Robb Stark sent, To make sure Ser Jaime can safely follow the Riverlands and Kingsroad to the Wall."
Tywin was silent for a few seconds, his eyes fixed on Igor, as if to see evidence of him lying in his expression, for a while. Only after the meeting did he reopen: "House Stark that brat... I mean Robb Stark, do you agree with James wearing black clothed?"
"Night's Watch is impartial, Lord Tywin." Igor completely Understanding the old lion's concerns, he raised his head and said resolutely: "If I don't get a definite answer from Robb Stark, I'm absolutely impossible to come here today."
"Can you guarantee that James will arrive at the Wall safely?"
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"No, in this troubled world, I'm not even 100% sure that oneself will be able to reach the Wall safely. But my lord, I can guarantee that there will be no attack on Robb Stark's orders along the way. And Ordinary bandits and bandits, the logistics team is also fully capable of fighting." Igor never finished his words: "If you are really worried, you can keep Ser Jaime by your side until both kings provide written assurances— —But forget me to speak bluntly, once the two deers compete, the winner may change his mind."
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Tywin sighed, shaking Shaking his head, he stood up from the chair: "No wait, this disaster was caused by James' oneself, and the risk on the road of redemption should be borne by his oneself, not the family. If there is anyone who dares to do something to my son, it is James. I won't talk nonsense, I will only prove with practical actions that House Lannister's debts will be repaid."
Seeing the master stand up, Igor had no choice but to leave. He opened his seat, but did not wait for James Lannister to appear, but another news that surprised him: "There are many good young men in the Westerlands who heard about the crisis Wall was facing and volunteered to join the Night's Watch to defend the Seven Kingdoms. Beijiang... Since you are here, take these people back to Wall along the way. "
Volunteers? With the appearance of the ghouls in King's Landing, there are really volunteers, and there are a few in Igor's team... But how do you get Tywin for this kind of thing? This kind of princes came to do it in person?
With doubts, Igor came to the courtyard behind the hall with the master, and Igor was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him: dozens of black soldiers stood in the courtyard, lined up neatly with expressions on their faces. Perseverance, the uniform full-body armor makes Igor, who has been with House Lannister's guards, feel familiar immediately. Assaults the senses - this is clearly House Lannister's unique standard armor.
Looking at the well-trained murderous-looking appearance of this gang, Igor has no doubts: they can beat out a hundred soldiers sent by Robb outside the city to oneself under any circumstances... ...what is this "good young man who volunteered to join", apparently Tywin's bodyguard for his son!
"They will join Night's Watch Legion too? "
"Well, just like James, put on black clothed and swear to become a Night's Watch that is exactly similar to you—genuine, authentic." ”
(It’s really great generosity.)
Igor couldn’t help but sighed in admiration, how much words did oneself spend and how much benefit they promised to recruit a similar number of security soldiers to go north with oneself? And Their identity is still the "foreign aid" of the Night's Watch logistics department. They can withdraw at any time without swearing... And Tywin, with a wave of his hand, the same number of even more elite soldiers will accompany James to the north to the frozen ghost. Here, I made that shitty oath, and I will be fettered for the rest of my life.
In terms of popularity, oneself has already competed with the great nobles...but in terms of layout and actual resources, it is still poor. It's far. I don't know how long it will take to establish the Queenscrown base to have the strength of the old lion in front of me?
"In addition to these young men, I will also donate a small batch to Wall. Weapons, armor, horses, and forage. My logistics officer is doing an inventory. Your Excellency will stay in the city tonight. When you leave tomorrow, James will join you with these volunteers and a convoy full of donated supplies. ”
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(end of this chapter)