Chapter 522
2021-01-06
Chapter 522 SubmissionFixed target, 40 meters away, no hostile fire harassment...
There is no reason to miss such an ideal artillery shot. After 0.2 seconds of the gun being fired, the sound of it hitting the target echoed back to the ears of everyone in the arsenal. After the smoke cleared, Igor, who was looking for the impact point, was a little surprised to find that despite the low charge, the projectile shot through the door without any suspense and shot into the main castle, not only piercing the hole, but also carrying a bullet. The long cracks along the direction of the wood grain - I don't know whether it is because the door sloppy-work is a tofu slag project, or the cross-generational thermal weapon is such a terrible crushing destructive power.
I wish no one was standing behind the door - thought Igor. Without thinking much, he nodded the order: "Go ahead, fire three more rounds."
The artillery was reset, cleaned, and reloaded... Igor didn't plan to attack the main fort, and naturally had no requirements for the rate of fire , not only in no hurry, but even slower to give people in the main fort time to react - to better appreciate the fear of encountering artillery strikes and the vulnerability of old-time fortresses to such weapons. Within ten minutes, the artillerymen completed a total of four shots in an orderly manner like a demonstration teaching. Once, again, again... The roar of artillery fire echoed between Winterfell's buildings and walls, and the whole between Heaven and Earth fell silent, as if only this voice was left.
Not long after the fourth round, the person Igor wanted was also brought to the second layer of the arsenal.
Maester Luwin has a bruise on one side of his cheek - he was still flying Raven when the army soldier broke into the Maester tower last night, so he was beaten hard, if it wasn't for Igor to kill him Ten Golden Dragon's bounty for live capture may not be able to survive from those gangsters full of muscles.
"Lord Igor!" Maester walked quickly to Night's Watch as soon as he entered the door, and pleaded eagerly and sincerely: "You have already taken Winterfell, there is no need to hurt more people, please let me come forward. Persuading to surrender will surely convince Lady Catelyn to give up the main castle!"
"That's why I called you here." Igor was kind and pointed to the pile of objects behind him: "Sound you have already Hearing it, I won't show it again - I can smash the gate of the main fort and even raze the whole fort to the ground, the ceasefire is because I don't want to hurt anyone inside, please master Luwin tell Lady this and ask her to do it Make a wise choice."
Old Maester agreed, rushing out through the door leading to the main castle, as if afraid that Igor might change his mind if he was too late. He raised his hands so that the shooters in the fort could see oneself clearly, approached the gate step by step, and after reaching the entrance of the main fort, he negotiated with the defenders behind the gate through the hole made by the projectile in the door panel. This conversation took a while, and while everyone was waiting, they could vaguely hear the quarrel between the guards at the gate and Maester who persuaded him to surrender.
Igor neither urged nor raised his ears to listen. He had already shown his strength, and the negotiators he dispatched were also the most rational and reliable candidates in the city. If so, the people in the main castle would still be determined to be broken. , then Igor can only...
Well, not so much if, Maester Luwin, who negotiated with the defenders for a long time in the cold wind about an hour after the fourth cannon sound dissipated Finally shut up and took a step back to the side. Behind him, the gate of the main fort, which had suffered four shells, was half-opened with difficulty, and a group of people lined up to come out.
Headed by a few armoured soldiers, they walked in the front empty-handed to show that the main fort had given up resistance, even fewer than Igor had guessed - the first attacked last night. The land-grant troops in the city executed the tactics of the bombing of the arsenal so well that there was no time for the defenders to withdraw into the main castle; at the end were a large group of stewards or servants who were responsible for various affairs in the castle. At Igor's request to "empty the main castle", they followed the master and descended... and sandwiched between these two groups were the members of House Stark.
The first one was young Rickon. Because Bran joined Night's Watch and Robb was comatose and captured, he was only eight years old and became the oldest Stark male in the main castle. Acted as a temporary House Head and became a representative of surrender.
Then Lady Catelyn, she put her hand on Rickon's shoulder half step behind her younger son, she seemed to be pushing the boy forward, although she was second, everyone knew it ——At least temporarily, this mother is the real master of House Stark.
The third is Robb's wife, Roslin Frey Stark, a beautiful woman who was born in a weasel den but grew into a white swan. She holds her daughter Lyanna, who has just been born for a few months, in her arms. It has the same name as a woman who eloped with someone in order to escape from marriage and indirectly caused the downfall of the Targaryen Dynasty 20 years ago. Obviously, Robb got the name in honor of the oneself aunt who has never been masked.
Further back, it is House Stark's Eldest Young Lady Sansa, Second Young Lady Arya and "Third Young Lady" Myrcella. It is worth mentioning that Maester Luwin, who has completed the persuasion mission, is in the surrender team. Joined halfway through, following Arya, grabbing Arya's arm and talking nervously. This old man who has served Winterfell for decades knows the temperament and character of every living Stark well, and knows that the two most troublesome people in this group are the two bear children, Rickon and Arya. Since the former has her mother watching, then Oneself, of course, has to keep an eye on the latter one.
"Lord Commander." House Stark's makeshift patriarch pouted and reluctantly began to read as mother taught, "I surrender to you on behalf of House Stark, Winterfell is yours ."
Igor waved with a smile, and one group of soldiers stepped forward to take the foul-mouthed unrelated captives out of the arsenal, while another group strayed with the Starks into the main fort. Check to see if anyone else is hiding in it... Then, the surrendered slowly walked up to the row of Starks with a friendly expression, and slowly scanned the crowd.
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Catelyn was expressionless, Rickon was upset, Roslin hugged the swaddle tightly as if worried that Igor was going to take the baby girl, Sansa stared nervously at her toes, trembling slightly , Myrcella blinked at him with a suspicious look, then lowered her head, and even Arya turned her head away at the moment the man's eyes moved.
Everyone acted normal except Arya...Igor was worried that she would yell at oneself to embarrass oneself or goug out oneself with murderous eyes, who would have thought that she would say nothing and even look at oneself. Contact is unwilling to give oneself one, and I don't know what to do.
Before he could think about it, he retracted his eyes and said, "Everyone, it's a pity to have to come into the city in such a rude way to meet you, and I'm here to ask for your forgiveness. But Bolton count has officially sworn an oath to Queen Daenerys. Allegiance, on the way to this place at the moment, as a friend of House Stark, I have to take over the castle before he arrives and eliminate the chance of others harming you in any way..."
Actually Igor hasn't He got the exact information, but of course he couldn't tell the group of people in front of Winterfell that oneself attacked because of a conjecture. He has always hated this kind of shitty plot: the two gangs have no old grudges, and even people who were close once had misunderstandings due to lack of communication, and eventually turned into enemies and even irreconcilable... In order to prevent this from happening to oneself, he The way to do it is: straight to the point, and explain to the Stark the purpose and reason of oneself's move.
Speaking clearly first, even if only to make the listener be suspicious, is far better than outright hostility to oneself.
"Where's Shaggydog?" Rickon, not interested in Igor's explanation, suddenly asked about the whereabouts of oneself Direwolf.
This question stumped Igor for a while. As far as he knew, the land-grant soldiers who entered the city last night were attacked by "a big dog" when they searched Godswood. After being bitten, many people succeeded in killing the giant dog. I think it was Rickon's wolf. But...how should I tell him the news?
Your dog died? Of course not.
That wolf fought bravely and went heroically? God knows if a little child can understand the gesture of affection in this euphemistic description!
If this kid gets into a riot on the spot after hearing the news, how will oneself end?
"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Igor." Lady Catelyn intervened in a timely manner to change the subject. She knew Shaggydog bode ill rather than well from the hesitation of Night's Watch, but at this time of crisis, human beings are better than beasts. More importantly, "We will cooperate with all your requests and proposals, and please don't hurt innocent residents for the sake of your past friendship."
"Lady is serious, North is a friend of the land grant. , you are not prisoners, you will continue to live in the main castle until Lady Stark——” Igor suddenly recalled that there were two Lady Starks in front of him, so he had to change his words: “Until Lady Catelyn or Robb negotiates with the next that it is feasible I will leave on my own and let life return to normal here."
"Where is Robb?" Hearing what Igor said, Catelyn's stagnant expression rippled. .
"It's in the next room, you can see it for yourself." Igor tilted his head and instructed his subordinates, "Invite the Young Masters and Lady back to the bedroom, except for Lady Roslin and her. There is a room for each of my children, so I can take good care of them." Then he reached out and invited: "Lady Catelyn, please come with me."
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(end of this chapter)
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