Facing the indignation of the Northerners, Greatjon exaggeratedly floated his hands and said, "Don't worry, let's attend Lord Edmure's wedding first. His Majesty has won over a group of Westerlands people with his own means, and they are also opposed to Tywin's tyranny..."
The Earl of the Last Hearth City has always been known for his straightforwardness and generosity.
This word is a compliment when used on some people, but it should be a derogatory word for Greatjon.
He spoke out some of Robb's ideas like a bamboo tube pouring beans, including the possibility of marrying the daughter of a great Westerland noble to win the support of the locals.
This attracted the attention of the Freys.
Several high-ranking Frey family members came up to Greatjon and asked what was going on.
If there were not so many Northerners, Greatjon might really be able to talk to Aenys, Hosteen and others. But the circle of the Northerners has always looked down on the Freys, so in front of his own people, Greatjon expressed his contempt and indifference to the Freys in a very arrogant manner.
This statement won the cheers and applause of many northerners.
Since going south, the wealth of the nobles in the riverlands made them feel inferior. Many small nobles in the north were not as good as the high-ranking sworn knights in the riverlands in armor.
But Robb also became the king of the three rivers, so it was difficult for the northerners to express their contempt for the river people openly.
So the Frey family, who were ridiculed by everyone, became the target of ridicule by the northerners.
And if it was not for crossing the river, Robb's marriage partner must be the daughter of a certain earl-level noble in the north.
In this regard, the Frey family touched the interests of the northerners again.
So they looked down on the descendants of old Walder even more, even though Stevron, Black Walder, Aenys, and Aegon the Bloody fought very bravely.
And the behavior of Lord Walder Frey sitting on the fence in the early stage also made some river people despise him, so no river lords came out to defend the Frey family.
The mockery of the Greatjon, the ridicule of the Northern nobles, and the cold-eyed observation of the river lords made the scene awkward.
If Edmure was here, it wouldn't be so embarrassing.
But unfortunately, the eldest son of the Tully family was still lying in bed.
"Okay, okay." Arthur hurriedly got up, stepped forward, and used his extraordinary arm strength to separate the Greatjon and the Freys.
"Give me Arthur some face, stop arguing, His Majesty Robb is not really married to a Westerly lady."
Sitting in a corner, Rona Stout said loudly and sarcastically: "Even if His Majesty marries a Westerly lady, what can it do? Does the Frey family still want to go to heaven?"
This person is a subordinate of Mage Severn. It is no secret that the late Earl Severn wanted to marry his daughter to Robb, so Stout took the opportunity to mock him.
Originally, the Greatjon and the Freys were pulled apart by Arthur.
But after being provoked by this, Lord Umber immediately echoed his own people: "It's just a weasel family, how can it be worthy of clinging to the noble Stark family?"
After saying this, he spit out a mouthful of old thick phlegm and spit it on Hosting's leather boots.
This action undoubtedly made the sixth child of the Frey family furious, and Arthur had to pick him up to prevent him from rushing over and slashing the Great Jon with a sword.
Although Commander Aenys looked extremely ugly, he restrained himself. He even stopped his son "Blood Aegon" with a crooked mouth and a ferocious expression.
The Great Jon knew that he had gone a little too far, so he stopped provoking and sat down obediently on a wooden chair beside him.
The Freys also felt embarrassed and did not participate in the military discussion and left directly.
Horsting, who was released by Arthur, even took off the leather boots on the spot and walked out of the castle hall barefoot.
The most dangerous "Blood Aegon" twisted his tongue and glanced at the northerners with a smile, and then followed his father Aenys out.
After the Freys left, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly eased.
Greatjon began to complete some of Robb's instructions, including the specific route of the march, logistics and other important matters.
According to Robb's idea, after the two routes of more than 8,000 people entered the Westerly, all the soldiers of the Wolf Alliance along the Red Fork River would gather near Riverrun to ensure that there would always be troops in the Westerly River to deal with the enemy's actions.
The only ones who stayed in Riverrun, except for some river nobles, were Robbert Glover and Herman Tallhart and their vassal nobles.
The castles of these two families happened to be captured by the siblings Asha Greyjoy and Theon Greyjoy.
After learning about the arrangement of the King of the North, the two came to Sansa and proposed a perfect excuse to go north:
Send Eddard's body back to Winterfell.
According to the thousand-year tradition of the Stark family, most of the bodies of all members of the Stark family should be buried under the huge godswood in Winterfell.
For those who were once the Lord of Winterfell, a stone statue is often erected in the underground stone cellar, and then their souls are sealed with iron swords.
As far as Arthur knows, these two points are most likely related to magic.
The Godswood of Winterfell is the largest existing one in the whole world, so it is also the place where the power of the old gods is the strongest.
The remains of the Stark members nourish the source of power of the old gods, so the Wolf family is also taken care of by the old gods.
The proportion of aliens in his family is so high, in addition to the influence of the Godswood of Winterfell, the gods are also a very important factor.
The old gods believed by the children of the forest and the cold gods of the far north are obviously in the camp of nature and ice, and the god of Valyria, the Lord of Light, Lohra, is obviously in the camp of blood and fire.
The old gods advocated natural harmony, but the Valyrian gods allowed blood witchcraft to spread. The cold god loved freezing, but the Lord of Light wanted to fill the world with fire and light.
More than 5,000 years ago, "Liberator" Brandon Stark and King Beyond the Wall Jorman joined forces to defeat the Night King at the time, and the White Walkers withdrew from the stage of history.
The power of the natural ice camp began to decline, and the blood and fire camp in the east began to rise: the Valyrian Freehold began to dominate the entire Essos continent.
Even though the natural disaster more than 300 years ago greatly reduced the number of dragons, the Targaryen lineage still survived. But since the dragon family was lured by Hightower and the Citadel, the dragons representing the blood and fire camp disappeared temporarily for a while.
So the White Walkers reappeared, and the direwolves that disappeared south of the Wall began to develop southward.
In other words, the two major god camps began a new round of balance.
With the ability of the Three-Eyed Raven to travel through time and space, and even whisper in the ear of Aerys II to drive him crazy, the whole of Westeros is still in such a mess. It is hard to say that there are no other gods messing around.
Let's get back to the point.
Robert and Herman dared to do this because Robb did not blame Sansa for changing the commander.
According to the appointment of the Young Wolf, he already knew that Roose Bolton was not liked by some people, and among the people nominated by Sansa, the two whose hometowns were stolen were not suitable to lead an army, and Manderly was not a family famous for fighting.
So Arthur, who had never met, could only be the commander of one army, and Roose Bolton could be the commander of another army.
Sansa also knew what the two meant, "My lords, maybe we can wait until the battle in the West is over, and then go north with my brother to recapture your castle. Or we can let Dustin and Manderly send a team over."
If she carried her father's body north, she would have to go to Winterfell with him.
According to the tradition of the Wolf family, they will probably never go south again.
In other words, there will be basically no chance to see Arthur in the future.
So Miss Stark doesn't want to go north now.
Robert Glover and Herman Tallhart are still begging Sansa for her consent, but Lord Jason Mallister suddenly finds Arthur.
"I think the Freys seem to have a good relationship with you, why don't we go and appease them? After all, Hostin has a bad reputation. Tomorrow is Lord Edmure's wedding. If he breaks up with the Freys, no one will be able to get off the stage."
Hostin is known as the most capable Frey, but his emotional intelligence is not high. As long as he is angered, he will be furious no matter what the occasion.
Therefore, he is also called "Sir Fool".
Arthur felt that there was nothing important in the castle hall, "Let's go now. The Frey soldiers are also the main force of my expedition to the West. I will handle the relationship with them well."
The two left the hall, and then found the Freys under the leadership of the coach Desmond.
There are two major sources of Freys. One is the commanders such as Aenys from the east, and the other is the bride-sent team from the Twins.
Aenys and others, like Roose Bolton, live in the barracks, which shows the level of military command.
There are nearly 10,000 troops outside Riverrun. All the nobles with qualified command ability stay with their soldiers, but there are also many northern nobles who live in the castle to enjoy a comfortable life.
The bride-sent team lives in a tower near the water gate, led by Simon Frey, the seventh son of old Walder, and Lotho Frey, the twelfth son.
When Arthur and Jason walked into the small hall of the tower, several Freys who sent the bride were comforting their brothers and nephews.
"After we get married, they won't dare to bully us like this."
"I don't think so. My second brother married Lannister, but who thinks highly of us for this?"
"That's because we have no help for the Lion family. Now after the marriage with us, the Tully family can secure the position of the guardian of the river, and our status will also rise."
The situation in the Riverlands is similar to that in the Reach. There are many second-class nobles, and there are many families that have the strength to challenge the guardian position.
The solution of the Rose family is to marry with the Hightower and Redwyne families, and consolidate their status by getting closer.
Unfortunately, Duke Hoster is too arrogant and looks down on these nobles in the Riverlands. He married his two daughters to the Wolf and Eagle families of equal status, and his son did not get married, waiting to marry a noblewoman of the guardian family.
Hostin sat barefoot on a bench, gulping down wine and listening to his brothers nagging in his ears.
The Freys knew about the visit of Arthur and Jason, so the decent Aenys came out to entertain them on behalf of his family.
"We'll be fine, we'll be fine after tomorrow's wedding."
Jason Mallister said, "In fact, we also don't like the behavior of the northerners. They..."
A trick to get closer is to establish a common enemy.
The Earl of Sealand City is obviously very skilled in using this trick.
After he expressed his dissatisfaction with the northerners many times, the Freys began to agree.
Arthur carefully observed these people.
It is said that the twelfth "Lame Rosso" is also here.
In the original plot, the lame Rosso is the Frey "brain trust" who connects the Lion family and the Bolton family and plans various details of the bloody wedding.
After searching for a while, Rosso Frey with obvious features came into Arthur's sight.
This man has small eyes like a mouse, a wisp of beard under his chin, and a very conspicuous black mole on his left cheek.
Compared to his brothers, Rosso is much shorter.
After being stared at by Arthur for a few times, he asked: "Master Bracken, is there something wrong?"
Rosso's biological mother's name is Alyssa Blackwood, who belongs to the master's family in Crowtree City.
Bracken and Blackwood were known to quarrel whenever they met.
Earl Jason suddenly thought of Rosso's biological mother, so he hurriedly rushed to Arthur and said:
"We are here to congratulate the Frey family, not to quarrel, right?"
Arthur chuckled, "Of course I remember why I came here. I just saw this person who caught my eye and wanted to get to know him."
He had already figured out how to cure the cripple Rosso.
"I'm just a cripple, so I don't have to worry about Lord Bracken." Old Walder's twelve sons replied.
"According to the order of the King of Three Rivers, your Frey family must go with me to fight in the West." Arthur first moved out Robb's big flag.
Robb has not officially broken his engagement, the Fish-Wolf Alliance is still in good shape, and the Freys do not want to, nor dare to betray.
"Since I think it suits my needs, then you can be my advisor."
Keep this person with you, and if there are any signs of betrayal in the Frey family, find a way to trick him.
Inis, Simon and others looked at each other in confusion. Although they didn't know what the rising noble in the river had in mind, they agreed.
Rosso himself had no objections and joined the army after agreeing to the wedding, letting Arthur do whatever he wanted.
In order to strengthen the relationship, Arthur also asked several Freys who were in charge of troops to learn their military systems.
Like most first- and second-tier nobles with thousands of troops, the Frey family also uses a two-level military system such as the Centurion and the Two Hundred.
A centurion usually has a captain and two deputy captains. One deputy captain manages about fifty soldiers.
In addition to between ninety-five and one hundred armored soldiers, a centurion usually had three or four auxiliaries, a few servants, and of course one or two cooks.
The difference between auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers is that auxiliary soldiers are trained reserve soldiers, but they are not equipped with armor or assigned weapons.
If there are casualties among the soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers in the Centurion will take over their weapons and armor and join the combat team.
The two hundred-man teams together form a two-hundred-man team.
Further up, you are directly under the command of members of the Frey family.
It is worth mentioning that the fifty people Duke Eddard brought to King's Landing were half of a centurion. When Robert was alive, the Lion soldiers around Queen Cersei were a full force of two hundred men.
"We families with only a few thousand soldiers do this. As far as I know, families such as Lannister, Hightower, and Tyrell have higher-level military systems. For example, the Thousand-man Army of the Lion family, and the Tilly family The methods of your family's 400-man team and 800-man team."
Affected by the illiteracy of soldiers, in the cold weapon era, it was either "two-two", "five-five", or "ten-ten", because these were the numbers of fingers and arms, and soldiers could tell them clearly.
The division of three squads and one platoon, and three platoons and one company is not very suitable for soldiers with peasant origins, and it has no special advantages in combat.
After considering these factors, Arthur decided to take the time to abolish the squad and platoon levels of the new army and directly build the company as a grassroots unit.
Of course, there is no need to change the battalion level. The division of five companies and one battalion is still suitable for cold weapon warfare.
After chatting with the Freys for a long time, the two of them left.
On the way to the Great Hall, Arthur explained to Lord Jason that he had asked Patrick to go to the Reach to get some food back.
"No problem, he is still a child, the right age to train with a strong general like you."
The owner of Haijiang City generously allowed Arthur to use his son as much as he wanted.
In front of the hall door, Arthur, who was about to discuss with Rhona Stowe and others, was stopped by a steward of the Tully family.
"Lord Edmure has something to do with you."
So Arthur said goodbye to Earl Jason and followed the steward to the main castle, where Edmure's bedroom was.
He also wanted to know how the eldest son of the Tully family was injured.
After following the steward around several small buildings and stairs, we finally arrived at the third floor of the main castle.
Then, Arthur was taken to Edmure's bedroom.
This is a large room in the style of Riverrun, even the balcony is triangular.
The smell of herbs and decay and mustiness permeated the entire bedroom. On the large feather bed in the center, Edmure was lying flat on his back with his chest, legs, and arms wrapped.
Two middle-aged maids and four male servants who looked very strong were waiting on the side.
Arthur walked over and let the wounded man on the bed see him.
"Well, you're here."
Edmure spoke with difficulty.
Seeing him like this, Arthur hurriedly said: "It's not easy for you to speak even once. Say what you want me to do at once, don't use polite words."
Edmure said slowly: "Then I'm welcome. Adam Marbrand captured many river princes, including Karel Vance, Claremont Piper, Tristan Legg, etc... …Ahem…"
As he spoke, he suddenly coughed, and two maids hurriedly came forward to take care of him.
Arthur took a closer look and saw that he was indeed coughing up blood.
The steward understood the master's intention and said: "These earls are now imprisoned in Golden Teeth City. If you can find a way to get them back, the Tully family will fully support you in inheriting Stone Fence City."
[Mission: Recapture the three earls and many minor nobles]
Edmure coughed for a long time, regained his breath, and stretched out a trembling finger.
The steward understood the master's intention again and said to Arthur: "And Amory Lorch. This man has robbed many castles on the South Bank and got no less than 10,000 gold dragons. The master hopes that you can kill this man and get back the gold dragons he robbed to compensate the small nobles on the South Bank."
The reason why the Tully family recruited far fewer troops the second time than the first time was that the nobles on the South Bank were afraid that their territory would be robbed by a notorious wild dog like Lorch.
Although Edmure also tried his best to protect the people of the river, the South Bank was still looted.
This dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of the Tully family.
So he wanted to save it.
[Task: Kill Amory Lorch and take back the gold of the river nobles]
The second task also appeared on the blue light screen.
Arthur nodded, "No problem at all. After your wedding is over, I will lead people along the River Road to the West. When passing through the Golden Tooth City, I will kill Loki first and then rescue the River Nobles. Then I will give Loki's head as your wedding gift."
Loki also robbed Wag Hoth's money, and Wag, in addition to the commission he deserved, robbed Mrs. River An of two or three thousand gold dragons.
Arthur has been thinking about this account for a long time.
This time, Arthur, who has experience, will never let Loki's head stink and rot.
He will let Coben deal with this head and ensure that all the nobles and civilians on the south bank can see Loki's head.
"Please." Edmure was breathing weakly.
Arthur quickly asked him to rest.
Then, he was called by the people sent by Duke Horst.
Although the Duke was sleepy, his spirit was much stronger than his son.
Master Tully first praised Arthur's various actions, and then made similar requests to his son.
It's just that the Duke's conditions are more generous than his son's.
"You will gain the friendship of the Tully and Stark families, and Robb will also give you a marquisate. As long as you can regain the support of the nobles on the south coast for our Tully, I guarantee that the Brackens will be the most glorious family in the riverlands."