Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

Chapter 186 Unexpected Disaster (5)

"My dearest love, my wish to always be by your side was abruptly shattered by the continuous rain in the Twins and the thick stone walls of Harrenhal. The pain in my heart is unbearable. I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you very much. I write this letter to express my feelings. "

Artis read the words on the letter silently, and the graceful and elegant handwriting was very eye-catching. In the education of most nobles, due to the obligations and responsibilities of noble women, unmarried ladies naturally have to master the skills of writing before the wedding ceremony. , and the same goes for Roselyn, who obviously has a good handle on it.

Of course, families like the Umber family in the north, and even the Mormont family on Bear Island, have much more requirements for their female relatives in terms of martial arts, but less attention is paid to mastering letter skills.

The edge of the letter surface was inlaid with a platinum coat of arms, and the Frey family's blue twin towers emblem occupied the corners of the paper. Attis sniffed lightly, and the faint smell of ink spread to his nose, and the white paper surface It is not smooth, and some parts of the surface are wrinkled, but it does not affect the overall look and feel.

He put down the souvenir, "Pregnant", and the words "Marquise of Twins City" were quickly captured. Attis did not expect that the original love of fish and water would lead to such a result. The corners of his mouth rose slightly. He was disappointed with this result. Very satisfied.

"Countess. Master of the Twins," Attis murmured, looking out the window thoughtfully.

A map of the Riverlands appeared in his mind. The Twins, Harrenhal and even Riverrun were connected into a line, along with the trunk and tributaries of the Trident River, connecting the entire Riverlands together. .

This connection was very weak. Attis silently opened the small-scale battle reports that the knights had encountered when they took over the Green Fork River territory. The number was so large that it was difficult for him to accept it for a while. The enemies were not only the retainers left by the knight family, but also the retainers left behind by the knight family. Some of the conscripted peasants seemed to have some attachment to the lord, and there were also some free riders who had sworn allegiance to the lord regardless of life or death.

Forced by this kind of counterattack, Attis had to make arrangements at Harrenhal, assigning multiple groups of cavalry to act as patrols, and repeatedly staying in the Green Fork River Basin. This reminded Attis of the time he spent in King's Landing commanding the King. His experience as a robe guard.

But the Green Fork River is not a small King's Landing. It is a river area. The lack of information and the vastness of the space have made these valley cavalry useless and useless. They have even been attacked in complicated and difficult places. .

Attis led the Knights of the Canyon to defeat Tully and the Young Wolf Lord. He would never let his most important elite fall into the security of the Riverlands.

But the trouble is that this counterattack from the Green Fork River landed knights is obviously not disorderly. Artis looked at the battle report submitted by Jon Grafson, frowning, and analyzed the Twin Rivers at that time word by word. The situation facing the city.

What's even more frightening is that I don't know how this kind of organization and information synchronization is achieved.

"Sir Isaac Stone went to the middle reaches of the Green Fork River to receive the knighthood designated by the Duke. He was attacked by the remnants of the Riverlands. The security team acted quickly and rushed there to support each other. The remnants quickly escaped. , repulsed the enemy, and successfully helped Sir Isaac Stone take over the territory. On the King's Road, only a few miles away from the Twins, the remnants of the Riverlands appeared almost at the same time, and attacked Matthew who went to take over the territory. Sir Stone, the security forces are unable to defend themselves, so Sir Matthew rides back to the Twins to escape."

Attis closed the envelope. Both Sirs Isaac Stone and Matthew Stone were members of the heavy cavalry phalanx that finally defeated Robb Stark's army. They were originally members of the army. The best, otherwise it would be impossible to simply blend into the heavy cavalry phalanx composed mostly of nobles from the valley.

He rubbed his temples. His body responded to the uneasiness in his heart, and his temples felt a little swollen and painful.

The knights and nobles who were deprived of their territory in the Green Fork River touched upon the most fundamental point of difference between this generation of valley rulers and their ancestors in Aylin, which was this group of upstart knights in the valley who exchanged military exploits for land.

Compared to this, the conflicts between the Alpine Clan and the Valley Knights in the Mingyue Mountains are insignificant. As long as the Alpine Clan still recognizes itself as the Red God's Chosen One and the red-robed woman remains loyal to him, these conflicts will not become too acute and endanger the people. rule, but the green fork river

The cold arrow in the dark is the hardest to keep an eye on, and a sense of regret surged into his heart. His previous series of actions against the Green Fork River had finally suffered backlash.

"All debts must be paid," he murmured. Inadvertently, the corner of the aristocratic order that has been passed down for thousands of years in Westeros was slightly disturbed by Attis' attack. The Frey family was in a miserable state, and the Green Fork's wealthy nobles were in a desperate situation. These are all things that are familiar to power games. For the nobles, it is an almost unbearable existence.

Attis was silent. He didn't know how many nobles were staring at him in the dark corners of the castle. This threat came from the hearts of the people and from the darkness. It was beyond the strength of the valley today.

He picked up his pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a letter.

"Stark, Tully and other traitors to the Iron Throne have all been wiped out. All the noble families in the Riverlands are innocent of being tempted by Robb Stark, Edmure Tully and others to send troops. I, the Iron Throne Attis, the Minister of Justice, Governor of the Trident, Duke of the Eyrie, Warden of the East, and of House Arryn, held a banquet at Harrenhal and held a feast common to the riverlands and the valley, promoting the union of the two realms. , to maintain the peace of the seven countries."

Attis stopped writing and considered the words carefully. This was not a sudden thought. As early as after taking Riverrun and capturing the Young Wolf Lord, he decided to include some of the riverland nobles who voluntarily surrendered into his decision-making center. To balance the psychology of the riverland nobles who find it difficult to trust themselves under the terrifying shadow of the Green Fork.

This was also the reason why Artis was particularly annoyed by Lynn Corbray's self-assertion. He could indeed see that the heir to the Corbray family was making small moves, but Artis did not expect to go so far. He had to negotiate with Tyrion, or the Iron Throne, in advance, and once again relied on the legal endorsement of the Iron Throne to cover himself with a veil of shame.

This time, he cannot be a chess player in the war, but must return to the chessboard, follow the rules of the aristocratic power game, and close the connection between the valley and the riverlands.

There are very few ways of closeness. They are nothing more than marriage and authorization.

Attis wrote again, "At the same time as the banquet is being held, the Harrenhal Tourney will also be held. We sincerely invite noble women, ladies and ladies to attend, and the knights you like will present a wreath of love and beauty to the queen."

The tip of the pen rubbed the paper, and An Gai could only hear a "rustling" sound.

But then a loud shout made him quickly calm down, "An Gai!"

He pushed open the door and rushed in, "Master?"

"Let the maester copy this letter and send it to the Twins and the Gates of the Moon respectively. Spread the news widely, asking every knight in the city to go to every known village, and summon carpenters and masons to Harrenhal. The news is spreading widely, saying that Duke Arryn is preparing for the greatest tourney in the history of the Seven Kingdoms at Harrenhal, which requires a lot of craftsmen, the more the better."

Attis spoke very fast, and Ange barely remembered it and nodded quickly.

He sat on the soft chair and watched An Gai leave, folding his hands on the table and thinking silently.

There will be tourneys and banquets, friends will come, contenders for interests will come, flatterers will come, knights who will fight for honor will come.

Attis thought of the Knights of the Green Fork and muttered: "The enemies will come too."

Since these cornered knights are hiding in the dark, connected in a way that Attis doesn't know, attacking and trying to undermine their deployment and arrangements on the Green Fork River, then they should regard themselves as Use it as bait to lure enemies who claim to be fish to your door, and actively swim from the dark to the light.

It doesn't matter who is the fish and who is the bait. It has nothing to do with Attis. After all, he is an eagle.

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