Chapter 507

Chapter 507

2021-01-06

Chapter 507 Countermeasures Plan
Leaning on the railing on the second floor of the guest room, Arya looked down and was busy Winterfell.

She had hoped it was a nightmare, but she woke up still surrounded by this.

The gates were opened and the residents who took refuge poured in. Soldiers wearing various armors hurriedly ran and arranged their defenses. In the open space where the castle standing army normally practiced, countless men, women and children had already Under the command, unload luggage in a certain order and distribution, set up tents to settle down...

It is winter, and there are tens of thousands of children living in the winter shelter outside the city wall. civil. When the news of the land-grant rebels coming south suddenly came, everyone's first reaction was to squeeze into the castle to take refuge, but House Stark's residence could not accommodate so many people, so the defenders made different arrangements for the residents after asking the lord for instructions. : Most of those who can walk will be evacuated in the direction of Castle Cerwyn and Torrhen's Square, and the two families will find another way to arrange it; while those who are not suitable for long distance travel or the young and skilled workers who can contribute to the city's defense , was led into the castle to live temporarily.

In order to allow as many residents as possible to enter the city to escape the war, the guards made the best use of every inch of the castle, and even the Young Master and Lady of House Stark were at the request of their elder brother Robb. Temporarily gave up the private bedroom, and instead squeezed into a room with the brothers...

However, compared to the irritability and distress of being forced to share a bed with Sansa, Second Young Lady is now belly. What's more, is indescribable anger and humiliation.

When I heard in Queenscrown a few weeks ago that Igor had bowed his knees to the Mad King's daughter, she had sworn she would never speak to that liar again in her life. But the momentary anger came and went quickly, and after returning to Winterfell safely, after a few days of calm and boredom, Arya quickly defended the other party in oneself's mind: maybe oneself misunderstood the master, he was trying to deceive King's An oath of allegiance played by Daughter's son riding a dragon against the dead. When the war is over, he will do exactly what he promised to oneself: kick the mad King's Daughter away with one kick, and continue to be his Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the faithful doorman of the Seven Kingdoms, and the reliable friend of House Stark.

In that little girl's peculiar mind, she had even thought about it in advance - how the oneself would pretend to accept Igor's apology and explanation reluctantly when the two met next time, and finally chose Forgive him and reunite with him. As a price, must tell him to immediately find a way to help oneself break the engagement, and make oneself the first female Night's Watch... Well, I have to add oneself to travel around the world!

......

Arya never thought of it, she didn't wait for any of the scenarios she imagined to come true, but waited until Igor led the wildling army to announce a rebellion and went straight to Winterfell. news!
Unlike Robb or Winterfell Instructor, Clay Seven...these men think differently, she doesn't think about "how to keep Winterfell", "how to deal with the dragon that may appear" , "How to put down the Night's Watch rebellion" and so on. The first thought that jumped into Arya's mind was: Igor, the kindness, protection, and companionship of oneself over the years...is it all hypocrisy, all faked by him to get to where he is today?

Is oneself really annoying, just because she is Miss Stark, is she qualified to be deceived by the people around her? So when a woman with a higher status and greater use value appears, will oneself become the one who is really kicked away?
Margaery Tyrell, a friend she made in King's Landing, eventually poisoned to death oneself's father; now, the closest man in oneself's life besides father and brother, also set off a rebellion against House Stark. Could it be that...oneself was born destined to bring disaster to oneself's family?
Arya, who is full of crazy thoughts, feels that oneself has been abandoned from beginning to end and bearer of bad luck, the more she thinks about it, the more aggrieved, a warm liquid can't help coming out of her eyes.

Blinking hard, Arya determined to hold back. She is Miss Stark, one of the finest female Swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms...and fights back with weapons, not tears, to anyone who dares to deceive and hurt oneself. Next time I see that guy, must let him know how sharp the "Needle" is!
After taking another breath, she saw Maester Luwin hurried from the tower where he lived, past the school grounds towards the main castle.

is it possible that what's new?

Igor is still far away from several dozen li, although she can't wait to stab him dozens of times with a stabbing sword, but in fact she has nothing to do right now... After thinking about it, Arya left the railing dong dong He ran downstairs in a hurry, and Sayazi ran for dozens of meters, catching up with Maester.

"Master Luwin, any news from the north?"

How she wished Maester had told her the previous alert was a misunderstanding, and that Igor was still Wall obediently and honestly In front of his Lord Commander, but the old man looked back at her and shook his head: "Not from the north, but from the east."

"What is it?"

Master Luwin shook his head: "Arya, at this time, a good child should go back to the room and stay well, instead of running around. There are many people in the castle at the moment, and it is not very safe."

"I want to help!"

The old man shook his head and stopped lecturing with the girl, but buried his head and climbed the steps into the main castle, and walked to the guards.

Old Maester has served Winterfell for more than 20 years, and every youngster in this castle has grown up with him, so although the two guards reached out to stop him, they still explained in a friendly tone. : "Master Luwin, several adults are discussing the war in the hall, and ordered not to disturb."

"I have important news from the Dreadfort, which is related to the war."

In charge Maester of Winterfell Raven said that there was important news, it must be really important information, the guard did not have any doubts, turned around and clenched his fists and knocked on the door: "Master Robb, Maester Luwin asked to see, saying that there is important news from the Dreadfort. !"

Robb's permission to enter came quickly from behind the door, the guards pushed the door open for Maester, and Arya nimbly squeezed Luwin's arm and got in.

"Arya, what are you doing here?"

"I... come over and hear what you guys have to say, and promise not to interrupt."

Robb frowned. I looked at the little sister, but had no intention of pursuing her untimely appearance, and directly turned her attention back to Maester. After greeting him nodded, she asked directly: "Good news or bad news?"

"Lord Bolton wrote to say that the patrols he sent had also detected the land-gender movement... In addition to this, he also confirmed that the Queen and her two dragons were still in the last Hearth did not move their nests, and the horror Fort's dragon hunting crossbow is nearly complete and will be ready for combat in a few days, please allow him to attack Hearth after preparations are complete, killing the Queen and her dragons in one fell swoop."

! ! !

Everyone at the map table straightened their backs and stared at Luwin with wide eyes.

Robb also took the note from Maester in disbelief, reread it for himself, and all the agony he had been unable to do just a few moments earlier was swept away: "Bolton says he will be amassing 3,000 soldiers in a few days. , bring four or five dragon hunting crossbows north to surprise the last Hearth, and eradicate Mad King's daughter in one fell swoop!"

"Really?"

"No way?"

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Two voices of surprise came, and Roderick Ser, who was in charge of supervising the manufacturing progress of the Winterfell Dragon Hunting Crossbow, was the first in disbelief: "The blueprint has only arrived a few days ago, how could it be created?"

"Perhaps the Dreadfort originally had ballistas, and modifying the base and sights to give them anti-air capabilities would be much faster than starting from scratch, I don't doubt that." Clay Seven shook his head. , disagreed: "If Terror Fort can quickly gather 3,000 elite soldiers and a few dragon-hunting crossbows, and bring them to Winterfell to defend Fengjun, it is not a business, why take the risk to deal with Mad King's daughter?"

" I think so too." Maester Luwin agreed with Ser Cerwyn and turned to the City Lord: "Should I write to Lord Bolton now and order him to join the Karstark family and come to Winterfell?"

Robb After reading the letter over and over again to confirm that he had read it correctly, he handed it to Clay Seven for him to look at. Both hands crossed near chest carefully considered it for a while, then shook his head.

"My lord, my father once taught me that being a lord is like being a father, and that every subject should be treated as a child." He said slowly with respect and reminiscence in his eyes, "whether it is in the fields The peasants who farm the fields, the servants who serve in the castle, or the soldiers who fight for me by my side, I have to do everything I can to protect them like a child of oneself."

"Compared to defeating the rebels, destroying As soon as the traitor relieves the resentment and anger of the betrayal, I am more willing to think about - how can I better protect my people?" After a short circle, Robb returned to the topic, "And now, everyone- —If the Dreadfort can really produce the Dragon Hunting Crossbow in a short period of time, he will go to deal with the crazy King's Daughter and his dragons, which is the way to fundamentally solve the problem." He pointed to the location of Winterfell on the map: "The rebels have just won two big victories, and it is the time when morale and battle strength are at their peak. If all the armies gather here to save the siege, even if they win, they will have to fight hard and bleed. Even if the rebels are eliminated, there will still be a Queen. And her dragon will come to avenge his subordinates."

He swiped his finger across the map to point to the last location of Hearth: "And directly destroying the rebels' allegiance is the end of the war!"

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"That's two dragons and hundreds of Unsullied, and there's also a castle to rely on. How can you say that a surprise attack can be successful?" Robb's big argument did not convince everyone, Clay ·Sevin disagreed with this, "North is still at war with the Iron Islands. The forces of Glover, Flint and Dustin are contained on the west coast and cannot be moved without authorization. The spare force available is only more than ten thousand. The three thousand elites of House Bolton have been destroyed under the dragon flames, and behind us... will even face difficulties in building an army that can defeat the rebels head-on!"

North people like to claim that they can use one Enemy Ten... This arrogance is based on the fact that the North army really often beats more armies than oneself. But this time, in the face of the land-grant army led by Igor, no one in the house dared to mention it again-they agreed that to defeat 5,000 enemies from farther north, more than this number of elites must be needed. army.

Rodrik also seriously nodded: "Yes, if Bolton's surprise attack on the last Hearth did not succeed, so what?"

This question can be asked to the point at once, Robb Stark looked at Arya, who was staring at oneself with wide eyes, and at the other three loyal subordinates with serious faces. After a long silence, he spoke again: "Mr. Bolton is not gregarious, but he has always been reliable. I believe...he must be confident enough to come up with this plan. However, if his risky attempt fails unfortunately, then, considering the overall interests of North and the safety of millions of people, I seem to only To emulate the ancestor Torrhen Stark - bowing her head to reality and the Queen, acknowledging that she is the rightful ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, and that the Night's Watch belongs to her."

The room fell silent and participated in the Long ride at Daenerys After the Battle of Lake, North's resistance to Targaryen's identity has been reduced a lot. The reason why Robb is not willing to directly admit its orthodoxy is that it is not in his own interests to stand for Iron Throne for him. Part of the reason is that she didn't come to negotiate directly with oneself, but secretly wooed Igor, who was supposed to be North's gatekeeper, and made him very unable to step down.

However, if it turns out that resistance has no way out, then, following the existing precedent to surrender to the Queen who saved North and Seven Kingdoms does not seem to be completely unacceptable.

Speaking of which, Clay Seven, Roderick Ser and Maester Luwin have no more objections. Robb's decision is actually a major concession, a declaration of "he is willing to put the interests of bannermen above his own face". In essence, this plan also passed on the losses and risks that Winterfell could not deal with in the surprise attack to House Bolton. If Old Flayer succeeded in the surprise attack on Queen, then Igor would lose the reason and confidence to fight; but it was Bolton who died. This unpleasant guy's soldier, North's second "submission king" will also have Robb Stark to carry the pot...

People are all selfish, for the North princes, this way There is no good thing that can be lost either sideways or vertically, where else can I find it?
"If that's the case, then our response plan has to change drastically." Seven Clay was loyal to House Stark and sacrificed his life to defend Winterfell, but the two years of fighting It's already enough, and the hawkish view has long lost its soil: "We still have to be prepared to defend the castle, but when the land-grant army comes to the city, you can send someone to negotiate with Igor every day, delaying the time for Bolton. Your lord’s plan creates an opportunity. Anyway, no matter if it’s good news or bad news, the negotiation will definitely come to fruition!”

Arya blinked beside her, although she didn’t understand why several adults It seemed that everything was negotiated in a few words, but at least I understood a little: the crazy King's Daughter that oneself didn't kill, now there is a more powerful guy like Bolton count to lead the army to encircle and suppress; that damn guy Igor, aggressive He came to surprise Winterfell, and this time he was going to run into big trouble.

"Robb, if Mr. Bolton succeeded in killing Queen, what would you do with my teacher... Igor?" Queen is dead, but for the other person who oneself just wanted to stab to death , but she asked one more question.

"He." Robb breathes deeply, replied with gnashing teeth, "When Daenerys is dead, if he is willing to take the initiative to lower the flag of rebellion, disband the army and surrender to us, without causing unnecessary bloodshed, I am still We can leave him a way out and exile him from Westeros. But if he dares to attack the castle and causes casualties..." He looked at the younger sister deeply for a moment and shook his head: "Even if only one person is here in the castle Death, someone must pay for it."

"Look what I'm doing, I'm not begging for him! This bastard ... deserves to be hanged." Arya muttered bitterly , On second thought, wouldn't that curse someone in this city to die? I figured out the causal relationship, but even oneself didn't know what kind of ending he wanted, so he stomped his feet, turned around and ran out of the hall.

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(end of this chapter)