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Chapter 139 The tacit understanding between Stark and Manderly
"Rob, you made the decision to entrust the Twin River City to Clay Manderly."

Leaning on the carriage, he watched the huge castle on the Green Fork River from afar, which still had traces of war. He didn't see any twin tower flags on it, because the Frey family was under the fierce attack of the northern army. , has become history.

Now, the mermaid banners representing the Manderly family are hung in every corner of the Twin Rivers. However, they still know who the owner of the northern border is. On the gates of the two castles in the east and west, Stark’s The Benlang flag is fluttering.

After Ed Stark knew that his son had actually assigned the Twins to the Manderly family where Clay belonged, he suddenly became worried.

In Ed Stark's life before he went south, he didn't see a few decent plots at all. As a lord, he was completely able to handle it.

However, after being crushed by King's Landing's power field, and later, he thought he was sure of everything, but was easily overthrown in the end, which made his understanding of conspiracy slip to another extreme.

As the Duke of the North for so many years, he knew the size of the Mandalay family and the financial power behind White Harbor, the largest port in the North.

Originally, the large area in the southeast of the northern border was where the Bolton family and the Mandalay family wrestled. Because of the history of the Bolton family, they were generally in a strong position in the competition.

In order to achieve a balance, the Stark family has adopted a policy of supporting the Mandalay family for hundreds of years, so as to prevent the Mandalay family from being overly weakened by Bolton, resulting in the reappearance of the "Red King" in history. world.

But what kind of place is the Twins?You can't give it to anyone, why should you give it to the Mandalay family, which has a huge influence in the Bite Bay area.

Eddard Stark now feels that there is a conspiracy in everything, which is the result of his own overcorrection.

"Rob, if you follow this order, do you know how much this will expand the power of the Mandalay family?"

Ed Stark panted heavily with a flushed face, the air was getting colder and colder, but he felt more and more intimate and peaceful. In his heart, he just wanted to stay away from the south as much as possible.

"My lord, I know this will increase the strength of the Manderly family, but Clay deserves it. He personally broke the Twin River City. The Frey family has no qualified heirs. We need a stable rear. Under the circumstances, I had to give the Twins to Clay."

Rob didn't think this matter was serious. In his opinion, the Manderly family has always been the most staunch supporter of the Stark family. At the same time, Clay Manderly, the real heir, is still his good friend. Nothing to worry about.

Hearing what the eldest son said, Eddard Stark was silent, not because he had nothing to say, but because the matter had come to this point, and he had no reason to take this land from Clay.

I hope this Clay Mandalay can be your good friend for life. If so, it will be your greatest luck, but the descendants of the Stark family will not have this blessing.

Clay Mandler's age was no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was escorted by that old slippery Wyman Mandler. He was given 20 years to fully integrate the two lands.

Ed Stark is convinced that the Manderly family will become a huge family that can pull out nearly troops at any time. This family has a golden dragon, a fleet, and a young leader who sweeps the battlefield. Incredible power.

The Stark family has ruled the northern border for thousands of years. At its peak, it was able to send 1 troops alone. Now, this time going south, the Stark family sent only 8000 troops.

In addition to the title of co-lord of the North, the Stark family actually has little advantage over the Mandalay family. If you count the uncertain human factor of Clay Mandalay, the Mandalay family Really have other thoughts, what should Stark do?
Just like now, most of the cavalry in the northern border are still firmly in the hands of Clay Mandalay. The infantry don't know, but with the cavalry, Clay Mandalay's commanding ability is already at an absolute level. high position.

When the war really starts, the Stark family summons the vassals. Will these vassals be attacked by the cavalry unit commanded by Clay Manderly on the way?
He used 5000 people to eat 1 people from Lannister. Even if his strength was weakened when he returned to White Harbor, it was still more than enough to pick up the scattered noble reinforcements.

How long can the isolated and helpless Winterfell survive in the face of the fierce Mandalay cavalry?

Ed Stark could no longer think about it anymore, because Earl Wyman had already come out of the city to pick him up, and a burly figure had appeared on the avenue not far from him, with two young girls beside him.

He had seen one of them, the smaller one, which was Willa Manderly, Lord Wyman's granddaughter, and it was clear who the other was.

"Master Ai De, gods above, you are back!"

No matter what I think in my heart, on the bright side, Wyman Manderly's loyalty to his Stark family is not a bit watery.

Eddard Stark thought to himself, a smile appeared on his red face, and after waiting for the other party to salute, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Wyman, as I told you at Winterfell, you have a wonderful grandson."

Regarding this, the well-aged Earl Wyman still doesn't know what it means to be a king, but what can he say?Clay didn't discuss it with him when he did it, and only sent the news to his unprepared self after the Twin Rivers City was acquired.

When he got the news, he brought his family members and came here immediately without saying a word. After the Frey family left, the entire area of ​​the Twin River City fell into a huge power vacuum.

The northern army stationed here can only maintain the rule of the city and a small piece of land around it, and the large piece of land sealed to the Mandalay family is actually an empty state.

Therefore, Earl Wyman understood exactly this point. He took his two granddaughters and a thousand troops left behind in White Harbor, and took a boat directly across the Bite Bay, which was already the inner sea of ​​the Mandalay family. Speed ​​has taken over the Twins.

The land allocated to the Mandalay family is not just a palm-sized place like the Twin River City, but also the territory of countless manors attached to this city. Although the knight lords on it are the smallest nobles, they also have different values ​​in the local area. little influence.

These people were originally die-hard supporters of the Frey family. Now, the Frey family was sent to see the Seven Gods by Clay, so what should they do?
They may become a factor of instability at any time, so the old man had to bring 1000 people here. Among other things, law and order is a big problem.

"My lord, the Twin River City is yours. The Manderly family is loyal to the Stark family. This has not changed."

Earl Wyman bowed and said that he couldn't figure out what happened to his original lord after going south after so many troubles, so the old man chose the most conservative and humble attitude.

What the Mandalay family needs now is to keep a low profile and become a big fat man after eating in one go. They must sit on the ground and try to digest the food in their stomachs. After the digestion is over, they will have the strength to deal with enemies with red eyes all around them. them.

Originally, when Ed Stark returned to Winterfell and went north along the King's Road, the Twin Rivers City was not the only way to go, but he still came here, the purpose is to see his number one big vassal.

There is another purpose, his eldest daughter Sansa Stark has been brought back, but the problem is that the younger daughter Arya is still missing.

When they were dispersed, the guards that Ed Stark assigned to Arya, he later asked Rob to look for them, and none of them came back.

He thought that he might have missed it. If he went further north, Arya might pass by the Twin River City. After all, the land east of the Twin River City, including the King's Road, was theoretically owned by the Mandalay family.

"I understand, Wyman, we don't need to talk about this, let me ask you, have you met my little daughter Arya?"

Ed Stark's question stunned Earl Wyman, Arya, Lord Ed's youngest daughter?

Earl Wyman is sure that he has never heard similar news. He has just received the new territory, and things are complicated and complicated, but if it is this kind of news about members of the Stark family, Earl Wyman will definitely remember it. .

He carefully searched his memory many times, and after confirming that he had never heard any relevant news, he frowned and shook his head, and answered Ed's question seriously:

"My lord, I'm sure. I haven't heard any news about Miss Arya. Although I'm old, I can't remember wrongly about this kind of thing."

The Stark father and son looked at each other. Earl Wyman's expression was not fake, and he had no reason to lie, so it's strange, didn't Arya appear in the Twin River City?

Is he still on the battlefield of Harrenhal?This shouldn’t be the case. I forced Tywin Lannister back, plus the subsequent negotiations, and the slow march of this army to the north. For such a long time, if Arya was still near Harrenhal, she would definitely Will come to rendezvous with myself.

And now, Earl Wyman, who controls the Twin Rivers and radiates power for a long stretch of the King's Road northward, has no news of Arya. What's going on?
It is impossible to be captured by Lannister. If the two sides are still in a state of war, then Lannister can take Arya as a hostage to threaten the Stark family, but now that the two sides have negotiated peace, this possibility does not exist.

Also, there are still a dozen or so aristocratic lords from the western border in the northern border. Even if Arya's surname is Stark, in terms of inheritance rights, she is the last of the Stark family, so she is of little value at all.

If she really fell into the hands of Duke Tywin, why didn't the old lion exchange Arya for these captured western nobles? Anyway, they have already started negotiations.

Rob Stark felt a chill behind his back. He faintly felt that Arya might be in trouble. She was neither in the Twins nor in Harrenhal, so where could she be?

……

Arya Stark wrapped herself in a thin fur blanket, but there was no way, the wind blowing in from the stone fence was too fierce.

She looked at a big bird fluttering under her feet in boredom. The little girl didn't know the species of the bird. Anyway, in the north, he had never seen such a big bird.

The sound of footsteps came, and a small dinner plate was handed into the room where Arya Stark was in by a thick black hand. Arya turned her back and didn't mean to look back.

She doesn't know where she is, she just knows that she is in a very high place, because she is not so much on earth as she is in heaven.

Just like what the little girl saw just now, the birds flew past her feet, and there was a vast forest below. If she fell from here, she would definitely die an ugly death.

Arya didn't know how she got here. Originally, the guards her father arranged for her carefully avoided the Lannister army's tracking along the way.

After finally breaking through Lannister's blockade, he heard that his brother Rob led an army and was stationed in the town of Earl Harroway. Along the way, she cleverly played the role of a good girl, and finally released her nature. Hopping to find his brother.

However, they were not happy for long. On the way to Rob's camp, a group of mysterious cavalry attacked them in a poorly lit dusk.

Arya Stark clearly remembered that her guard captain, the experienced middle-aged man, shouted that he was Duke Ed's subordinate, and at the same time sent someone to escort Arya to escape immediately.

But these were definitely not Lannister's cavalry, they completely ignored the guard captain's statement, and still rushed towards him. The guard captain knew that these people were coming with bad intentions, so he drew his sword to resist.

However, when the little girl turned her head, what she saw was the head flying into the air and the sprinkling of crimson blood.

Afterwards, they were overtaken, and all but Arya died.

There were no coats of arms on these people's armor, obviously they didn't want others to know their identities, and their goal was very clear, it was for themselves.

After holding up the bloody long sword to resist unsuccessfully, Arya was knocked unconscious. When she woke up again, her hands were tightly wrapped with ropes, and her eyes were tightly covered.

She was pulled by someone and brought to a place where she heard a slightly familiar man's voice, but she couldn't remember whose voice it was. She had heard this voice in King's Landing before:

"My lord, this is Arya Stark."

"Well, I know, it's hard work, go down, this time, you know what to do."

"understand……"

The person who brought him left, and the owner with a somewhat frivolous voice circled around him several times, as if he was observing something.

"Miss Stark, I believe that your disappearance will add a heavy weight to the fragile balance between the northern border and the western border in the direction of disintegration."

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in you, because unfortunately, you are nothing like your mother."

Although she couldn't see it, Arya could feel the man's narrow smile.

Damn it!Why can't I remember who he is!

Arya thought angrily, blaming herself for being too playful.

"Okay, you're tired, Miss Stark, it's time to go back to your own room, don't die, live well..."

These were the last words Arya Stark heard before being locked up.

(End of this chapter)