#24Chapter 24 Delayed Battle Report
"Father, are you surprised that I'm not dead yet? The dwarves raised a big shield, which gave their archers a headache."
After the battle, Tyrion crawled out of the pile of corpses and blood and found his father, saying irrelevant witticisms.
His father is the current Warden of the West, the head of the Lannister family, Tywin Lannister.
Tywin was dressed in a gorgeous lion costume. Facing his son whose arm was almost cut off, his face showed no emotion. He was busy tasting wine from a jeweled cup and enjoying the joy of victory.
Seeing this, Tyrion pretended to be panicked and said, "Oh, if I am not dead, will it ruin your plan? If so, I deserve to die."
Tywin glanced at him and said, "The wildlings you brought out from the bottom of the Arryn Valley are still useful. I did put you in the unorganized and undisciplined left phalanx. According to my idea, Robb, that young boy, should have pressed the army as soon as he saw the left wing collapse."
"Haha, you threw me into a losing team and put my son's neck on the enemy's blade with your own hands, and you refused to tell me in advance, so that I could be a ghost who knew."
Tywin drank the wine in the cup: "If everyone knew, it would not be a military secret. If you knew that you were going to die, could you still act so realistically?"
Tyrion looked at this so-called father with disgust and said nothing.
Just because he was born a dwarf, the Lord Guardian of the West did not want to let himself die every day.
Because of his pitiful honor, Lord Tywin clearly wanted to die a thousand times, but he still had to maintain his superficial dignity, humiliated all the time, discriminated against everywhere, just to let himself die.
But I don't want to do what he wants!
He wants me to never appear in front of him again, so I want to live uprightly and remind this damn father forever: you still have a dwarf son!
Tywin, who didn't care about the little devil's expression, took off his armor with the help of his servants.
"For Robb Stark's age, he used his troops unexpectedly cautiously, and it was rare that he didn't fall for it. But I am better, and victory is victory. In the end, he is still a young boy with more courage than wisdom."
Tyrion wanted to say something to mock, but now Tywin had just won a battle, and no matter how much he mocked him, it would be useless. Tywin didn't care at all.
At this moment, the two heard an urgent shout: "Lord Tywin!"
Ser Adam Marbrand, one of Tywin's men, rode a fast horse and came. As soon as he got off the horse, the horse started foaming at the mouth and bleeding.
Lord Tywin stood up to greet him, and Ser Adam knelt on one knee in front of him: "Your Excellency, we have captured some enemy leaders, including Earl Cerwyn, Ser Wylis Manderly, and Harion Karstark. We killed Earl Hornwood. But most of them have fled, and they are not very willing to fight."
Lord Tywin did not hear the news he wanted, and asked: "Where is that kid Stark?"
Ser Adam swallowed his saliva: "According to the intelligence of the prisoners, Robb Stark did not go with them, but took 300 heavy cavalry to Riverrun."
"What a young kid, he is more courageous than wise!" Tyrion remembered his father's evaluation just now, and couldn't help laughing.
Tywin was a little angry, but soon calmed down: "He only has 300 people. What can he do even if he goes to Riverrun? Do you think he can defeat Jaime with only 300 people?"
Sir Adam reminded: "There are still 4,000 people in Luanhe City, the number of people in Sea City is unknown, and the number of defenders in Riverrun is also unknown. Moreover, because Riverrun is surrounded by rivers, Lord Jaime will surely disperse his troops in three places. Only in this way can Riverrun be surrounded. If that little devil defeats them one by one..."
Tywin knew that he was tricked by a little devil. He finally understood why the troops of the North scattered as soon as they were touched. There were 20,000 people on his side and 20,000 people on the other side, but it was so easy to win. This was not very reasonable.
It turned out that everything was to cover up Robb.
Unlike the little devil Tyrion, Tywin cared most about his son Jaime, who was his only recognized heir.
"Order the three armies to march to Luanhe City at all costs. All supplies and baggage can be thrown away, and advance as fast as possible!"
"Yes!"
Sir Adam has followed Lord Tywin for many years, but this is the first time he has seen Lord Tywin lose his composure like this.
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The Northern troops had just been defeated by the 20,000 men led by Tywin, and now they were retreating near the Kingsroad to rest.
Great Jon's voice was as loud as thunder: "Why don't you take the initiative?! Let them kill so many of us in vain?"
The person he questioned was naturally the current commander of this team, Roose Bolton.
"We have 20,000 men, and the other side has about the same number. What's wrong with a fight?"
Roose Bolton ignored the Greatjon's nonsense: "We are no match for Tywin. They have more than 6,000 cavalry, and we only have more than 2,000. The equipment of the archers on the other side is also better than ours."
"You are talking nonsense! One of us in the North can beat ten!"
Roose Bolton was too lazy to argue with this reckless man: "I am the commander appointed by Lord Robb. If you have any dissatisfaction, wait until the war is over before complaining to Lord Robb. Now you have to obey my orders!"
Rickard Karstark was also very anxious. His eldest son was captured by Tywin. He couldn't think about the problem calmly: "Then we can't do nothing, our people are captured!"
Roose Bolton comforted: "Some of them have been captured by us! The nobles will not kill each other directly. Just wait for the exchange of prisoners. Your son will appear in front of you intact."
Although the army in the north was defeated, it still retained its effective strength. The team of 20,000 people suffered more than 2,000 losses in the battle.
But they only defeated a group of wildlings and mercenaries tricked by the little devil, and the main force led by Tywin was basically unaffected.
Roose Bolton thought for a while: "Since the other side has captured prisoners, they should already know about the Young Wolf Lord going to Riverrun to support. They must want to support Riverrun. We must adopt guerrilla tactics and harass them. We cannot let them and The regicides are united!"
After appeasing the defeated generals and formulating a new battle plan, Roose Bolton set off with the remaining soldiers in the north.
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The news that Robb defeated Jaime has not yet reached the battlefield on the other side of the river. At this moment, King's Landing knows nothing about the battle situation on the front line. Everyone thinks that the war is about to end and Jaime will sweep across the entire Riverlands. The next one It's the North.
Early in the morning, Emperor Qiao, who loved his people like a son, was excited. He was ready to do the first big thing since he took over.
He wants to put the former prime minister on trial.