Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 256

On Clay's side, he just killed the Vance family's lord, and the next thing to do is to bring the entire army back.

Tytos Blackwood's placement at the Ferry was useless, but that didn't matter.

The important thing is that the battle in the north has been fought, and the next step is to solve the troubles in the south.

For the current city of Riverrun, the battle situation in the south still looks confusing.

Moreover, everyone is always a little confused about the future.

Because, their current king is still the Robb Stark who was imprisoned by Tywin Lannister in Harrenhal.

But Robb Stark's self-established kingdom only includes the north and the riverlands, and he does not claim to be the guardian of the whole land.

The northern border can block the neck, and no one can break through the neck against the northerners.

But what about the river land?
Sandwiched in the middle, there are bad neighbors in the east, west and south directions, leaving only the relatively weak Hejian land trembling in the middle.

There is no way, what else can I do if I have already boarded the ship of the Northern Territory?

The worst thing is that even if the northern border and the river suddenly cheered up, they went south and cleaned up all the enemies.

The embarrassing thing came, the two families together couldn't come up with a crown that could claim the entire Seven Kingdoms.

People in the northern border hold the title of king of the northern border from their ancestors. From the title of the king, they know that the territory is the traditional place in the northern border.

And the people in the river, or the Tully family, were simply the lackeys raised by the Targaryen family before.

You let Edmure Tully make the claim to King's Landing?
Sorry, there is no such option at all. If you really do this, you will be laughed to death by the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms.

However, without this crown claim, how would you let the North end this war?

Even if all the people in the south are defeated, the battle will not be over.

As far as the broken position of Hejian, sooner or later he will be beaten. Once Hejian is beaten, the leader of the northern border will send troops.

As far as the productivity of the northern border is concerned, even if they continue to win on the battlefield, they will eventually be consumed by the rich locals in the south.

This is an unsolvable strategic impasse.

Clay knew it, Edmure Tully knew it, most of the nobles in the North and the Riverlands knew it.

So they don't want to fight, because the more they fight, the poorer they become, and the less deterrent they will be.

But Robb Stark didn't understand, so he wanted to fight, and then lost the family property in the North.

He had no choice but to ask Clay, the fire captain, to put out the fire for him.

Moreover, Clay still has another consideration, even if the rebellion in the back of his head is getting bigger and bigger day by day, sooner or later he will separate from the North.

But even so, the northern border cannot be overly weakened.

The cold wind outside the Great Wall brought not only the severe cold, but also the piercing murderous intent.

The White Walkers are not so easy to kill. With the ability to transform the dead, there is no cost to pull the team.

After Clay defeated the savages outside the Great Wall, he actually acquiesced in allowing the remaining [-] savages to be devoured by the aliens.

This is impossible, Clay can't spend all his time on the Great Wall.

Therefore, under the circumstances other than what he knew, the White Walker Legion, under the eyes of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, grew stronger day by day.

Guarantee already has a scale of 10 people.

Moreover, Clay has never dealt with the ghosts before, so he doesn't know what level the ghosts are at this time.

Flying across the Great Wall with the dragon rashly, maybe the White Walkers will be given the gold medal of the javelin champion again.

Putting his sword back into its sheath, Clay didn't take another look at the gradually cooling corpse.

Let him expose the dead body in the wilderness. Here, it will take more than a week to reach Riverrun City at the fastest.

If Clay doesn't want a plague to break out in the army, it's better to bury him.

But for Clay, he is not even interested in burying this kind of person who may exhaust thousands of troops.

He got on his horse, took the army that had finished the battle but seemed silent and depressed, and three hundred prisoners of the Valley, and a pair of unlucky Corbray brothers, and set off for the south.

……

"Lord Amber, His Majesty's situation is still the same, and he won't be able to wake up for a while."

In the dark room, there was a vague smell of corruption.

Theon Greyjoy stood at the door, speaking to Jon Umber who had stepped in and glanced into the room.

Finally, the Earl of Hearth City sighed heavily, nodded, and pulled Theon Greyjoy away from here.

Originally, before the Battle of the Camp, Jon Amber would never have talked like this with Theon Greyjoy, an outsider from the North.

But now, in the entire Harrenhal, there are not many great nobles who can talk.

Earl Meggie Seven was trapped in the Eagle's Nest, Rickard Karstark died after the battle, and Roose Bolton had an ambiguous attitude in the Eagle's Nest.

Wyman Manderly was at White Harbor, and the Lord of Deepwood was slain.

It can be said that the upper-level power in the northern border is now extremely empty.

And at this time, Rob Stark, the backbone of the northerners, who brought them here to stand firm, fell.

After being hit by an arrow before, he managed to recover his life with the help of the army doctor.

But immediately, Tywin Lannister's offensive intensified, and the east gate of Harrenhal changed hands many times.

An impatient Robb Stark, ignoring his own wobbly body, headed to the front to boost morale.

But the sudden heavy rain and the cold wind that penetrated into the bone marrow made the king of the North, who commanded the army to repel Lannister, become ill after the war.

The iron-clad body also had to bow to the laws of nature. It was a blessing that the wound was not infected, and then Rob Stark let it see the water.

How should I put it, if Clay knew about this, he would only comment on one sentence:

"This is probably because the brain has gotten into the water!"

After doing this for a while, the wound that was originally fine became infected very cooperatively.

Then, there is suppuration and high fever, just follow the procedure.

There is no antibiotic, and the effect of herbal medicine is mediocre in a hurry.

So, after three days of persistence, Rob Stark finally closed his eyes and passed out from the fever.

This time, the entire northern remnant army was completely paralyzed.

Originally, Robb Stark was there, and the soldiers could see the figure of the King of the North on the top of the city every day.

Coupled with the fact that Harrenhal had enough food in stock, the soldiers still had a mouthful of hot food.

Moreover, the army in the north didn't think that they were inferior in skills. It was the damn valley people who attacked them, and they had the ability to fight head-on!

Therefore, up and down, from the nobles to the soldiers, they all held back their anger, their morale was high, and their desire to fight was strong.

This was the reason why Harrenhal stood firm against Tywin Lannister's [-] onslaughts with a few thousand men.

But now, as soon as Robb Stark fell, the spirit he had managed to maintain might be in danger of dissipating.

And a heartless army couldn't defend such a large Harrenhal.

Coming outside the door, Theon Greyjoy was pulled by Jon Amber to the Burning King's Tower where Robb Stark was, and the Widow's Tower connected by a stone bridge.

Here, almost all the remaining northern nobles were present.

They must know news from the king.

Whether it is good or bad, there must be an explanation.

These days, they are dying of anxiety, but the guards have been preventing them from visiting, so that rumors are spreading in Harrenhal.

And Rob Stark has never shown up, which adds to everyone's tension.

It was even rumored that King Robb Stark had died of illness and returned to the arms of the gods.

You adults really can't wait any longer, that's why we have today's meeting.

Arriving at the Widow's Tower, a very spacious hall that should be frequently used by people, Theon Greyjoy took a look.

Sure enough, they all came.

Lord Harris Hornwood, Ser Herman Tallhart, Howland Reed, brother of the fallen Lord of Deepwood Moore, current head of House Glover, Galbert Glover, and various Some surviving heirs of the family.

Among them, Jon Amber is their leader, because in the end, the Amber family of Hearth City is one of the most important vassals in the North.

Jon Umber, who was once grumpy, slowly disappeared after the battle of the camp.

The reason is simple, now, he doesn't have the capital to support his violent temper.

"Theon, tell everyone, what's going on with His Majesty."

Jon Umber sighed.

Theon sat down beside Jon Amber, and he looked up at the gloomy sky outside the window.

It’s not cold enough here at Harrenhal. On the battlefield hundreds of miles away, Clay Manderly had just wiped out a valley army that was cornered by the snowstorm. In Harrenhal, it was still intermittent. , disturbing rain.

"Your Majesty's heart is still beating, don't worry."

Theon Greyjoy was silent for a while, and under everyone's gaze, he spoke the first sentence.

But these words obviously did not reassure the adults present, and everyone could understand the meaning behind these words.

"The wound... is troublesome, and there is a lack of effective medicine here."

Another sentence, everyone knows who the subject of this sentence is missing.

Everyone has been on the battlefield, and this extremely torturous defense of the city also made them deal with wounded soldiers every day.

That is to say, the weather is turning cold now, otherwise, the survival rate of wounded soldiers will drop by at least half.

Earl Galbert Glover frowned. He stared into Theon Greyjoy's eyes, and his tone was extremely serious, with a seriousness that no one doubted. He asked:
"Theon, tell the truth, His Majesty, can he survive this test?"

The northern nobles present, except for Jon Amber, all stared at this young man with chestnut curly hair, unshaven beard and pale face.

They believed that they were not from the North in theory, because Theon Greyjoy had already proved to everyone that he was a Northman during this period of trials.

Ed Stark raised him for quite a long time, and the days of living in Winterfell made him waver in his own identity, and fighting with Rob Stark helped him fully integrate into the north. Environment this collective.

"Rob... My lords, I don't know medical skills, but I can understand that if His Majesty's wounds can be swollen under the sunshine after this damn rainstorm is over, then His Majesty can still lead We fight together, and if..."

Theon Greyjoy didn't say anything later, and everyone understood.

If the wound still doesn't swell, the high fever will kill Robb Stark too.

No one can last too long under the high temperature of wound infection, they all understand.

It's time to make a decision.

(End of this chapter)