Chapter 266
2021-01-06
Chapter 266 Disarming and returning to the field?The so-called clan people decide how to deal with it, the subtext is of course "he doesn't care, let Igor see it", although more goals have not been achieved, but at least the bottom line and the commitment to Asha have been kept, and it does not count Nothing - of course, even if he breaks his promise, a captive can't help himself.
Looking at Young Wolf's back, Igor suddenly realized: this child, now has a Duke style.
Identity, status, and experiences can quickly change how a person thinks and behaves, as does oneself, and so does Robb Stark.
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It was nearly the night when Moat Cailin surrendered, and the North army stationed at several dozen li south of the fortress naturally did not have time to return to their homeland through the long causeway. On the second day, more than 10,000 North soldiers started their camp at dawn. They spent most of the morning crossing Moat Cailin through the last section of the road in The Neck. After a sumptuous lunch, it was a celebration of victory.
The winter is approaching, but the temperature at The Neck, the north-south junction, is still above freezing, and the North Army staging area a few miles north of Moat Cailin is in a frenzy -- more than ten thousand North soldiers Gathered here, in this familiar and safe place to the north of The Neck, they were exhausted and completely put down their vigilance, enjoyed delicious food, drank wine, and boasted to everyone they saw their experience of oneself following the lord.
These experienced Golden Tooth, Sarsfield, Oxcross, Brand City, Crag, etc., and defeated the veterans of the rose army three times in the field at Crakehall, King's Landing, and Bronzegate. Plundered the mining fields of the Westerlands, enjoyed the honor of defeating the world famous Randyll Tarly, and even plundered some Reach villages and towns on the way back north from Storm's End...
The North is full of people. Gold, forage, and glory came back. Although there were thousands of fewer people than when they set off, everyone who survived was lucky.
In view of the fact that they were actually involved in the war, even the Land Granters led by Igor got their hands dirty: Night's Watch's meddling in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms was rumored to be scandalous, but was confirmed by Robb Stark. After saying that "The Will of Clan in the mountains is willing to go to war", and deliberately not mentioning the fact that half of them are wildlings, the people in North have a real sense of closeness to this ally who came here after granting land. Zhou Qiang couldn't attack, any soldiers and generals who remained sane would not want to continue gnawing at Moat Cailin, a gnawing and fleshless bone. Everyone is relaxed.
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The carnival and celebration lasted from noon to midnight. Igor walked through the camps of the North Army, chatting with countless North soldiers and princes and inquiring about news, from their mouths Got a lot of news. Some of them were unknown to him, and some were not identical to the version he knew.
The death of Hoster Tully Duke, who has been bedridden for several years at his age, is hardly surprising. This means that Robb's uncle Edmure Tully is now the Duke of Riverlands.
"The Last Targaryen", "Mother of Dragons" Daenerys · Targaryen, Slaver's Bay, thousands of miles away, seems to be getting along well, not only did not fall into many difficulties in Meereen as in the original plot, Instead, Astapor and Yunkai are said to have taken control, forming a city-state-like complex with Meereen. The latest news shows that the Dragon Queen is chatting and tossing with several external forces trying to help the big slave-masters retake the city.
And as her three dragons gradually grow, the situation is actually getting clearer day by day without any suspense.
Not only did the Westerlands not deregulate gold after the war, but Tyrion Lannister took advantage of the post-war reconstruction of the ruins to continue his operations on his bank; Barristan Selmy is loyally serving as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard... Daenerys is better off without the help of these two? Could it be that this House Targaryen girl has more political innate talent than the first two! ?
After more in-depth communication with the returning soldiers from the south, Igor knew the reason: that Petyr Baelish, who was driven across the narrow sea by a note from oneself, somehow became Hand of the Queen by Daenerys!
There is no doubt that "Littlefinger" is better than "Imp" and "Barristan the Bold" combined in the mission of assisting an exiled princess to restore her country... But what is it? How did it happen?
The world is really messed up, Igor feels dizzy for a while, and he doesn't know if it's because of the beer or this completely unexpected news. But he soon lost the strength to think about these things: after a few drinks, the enthusiastic northerners became more enthusiastic, while some people with insufficient alcohol tolerance quickly fell into a state of food, food and **.
After finally getting rid of a lot of northern men who called him brothers and sisters, he managed to settle a few people who planned to sneak into the oneself barracks to see the "Daughter of Kraken" and do something else by the way. After Drunk Ser, this lively and chaotic day is over.
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On the second day, the North army set off and continued northward. Along the way, just like a rocket that keeps throwing away its booster after liftoff, there are constantly lords leading their armies back to their oneself homeland: Manderly, Karstark, Locke, Dustin... One by one, one by one The large force, when the team passed the First Men barren mound and approached Castle Cerwyn, the army of grandiose had dispersed most of them. Even with the land-grant army led by Igor, and even including the prisoners, it was less than 10,000.
This phenomenon is far more relevant to Igor than the new Duke of the Riverlands, the Lannister Bank of the Imp, or even Daenerys in Slaver's Bay: South, Stannis Baratheon and the unknowable Aegon Targaryen. The war continues. And Robb Stark disbanded the army in this case, which means that the North Army will not turn south after retaking their homeland and re-enter the war to defend the Iron Throne.
Although Igor believes that it was Varys who poisoned Eddard Stark, at least on the surface, it was the Tyrells who murdered the former North guardian, Robb's father..."Young Wolf" would let go of his father's revenge ? Will other North people agree? You must know that in this era, especially in North, where there are so many people, it is much slower than expected to assemble the army. Even if Robb wants to disband the army, it will be at least a month later!
Without North's participation in the war, Westerlands House Lannister hides behind the mountains and quietly licks his wounds, ignoring the outside world... Even if Riverlands and Vale still support Stannis, the royalists are not strong enough to bring down the Reach and destroy the rebels. And as winter comes, the war is impossible to go on endlessly, and Igor can only intuitively realize without doing detailed deductions: Westeros is irreversibly heading towards the end of splitting into two parts.
Is this a pro or con for oneself's plan? Igor couldn't figure it out for a while, but what he was sure about was that if Robb Stark had not proposed to the Freys on a whim, but had approached and married the Tyrells cautiously and rationally, there would have been no basis for this war. Of course, given that oneself also enjoyed the wine, food, and even the services of the chefs and servants generously provided by the Frey family at the celebratory banquet to celebrate the defeat of the Ironmen invaders, it seems that there is no reason to dismiss the in-laws chosen for others as not being correct.
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With a heavy focus and consideration, Igor led oneself's land grantors to follow Robb Stark's North army, and came to Winterfell again.
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(end of this chapter)