Chapter 1 Surprise
Lynn is skeptical about the news from traveler Alibaba, not because he doubts the old man's loyalty, but as a latecomer, it is difficult for him to believe that a big thing that did not exist at all would happen suddenly.
Many visions have come to the continent of Esos, and perhaps it is not necessarily natural disasters caused by geological changes. In the era when people's wisdom is not yet blooming, ignorant people will regard a flower blooming in the cold winter as a divine object, and meteorites falling from the sky as a curse of gods.
Lynn had just walked out of the tent and planned to ride a Gripen beast to go to the east coast to investigate the situation and confirm how many Ethos people came over the other end of the narrow sea.
There was a sound of horse hooves at the entrance of the camp, and several whistles and figures rushed into the camp, and were soon stopped by the soldiers of the guards guarding near the camp tent.
One of the sentry cavalry seemed to see where Lin Neng was from a distance, so he rushed over. The sentry cavalry, covered in red and black leather armor, knelt on one knee and saluted: "I have seen Lord Lord, I have important information."
Lynn frowned and did not rush to ask about the information.
He first looked at the whistle cavalry and found that the man was covered in rain and dew, but there was no trace of turbid mud on his leather boots. He asked, "Where are you responsible for patrolling the whistle cavalry?"
The whistle cavalry seemed to be in a hurry to go back to the camp, and their faces were flushed. As a cavalry, this phenomenon only occurs after a long-distance sprint.
When the whistle cavalry heard Lin En's inquiry, they were stunned for a moment, and then quickly responded respectfully: "Report to the lord, the third echelon of the whistle cavalry camp of the Xiaoqin regiment was patrolling Luo, responsible for the surveillance tasks along Yanchang Town and Nuquanshui City."
That was the direction of the Trident's estuary. Lin Neng felt something was wrong, so he nodded and signaled that the sentry could report his situation.
"Well, let's talk, what important information have you found?"
The whistle cavalry breathed evenly and said quickly: "Nine-centre city ports are docked with nearly a hundred warships, many of which are still slowly heading north. Maybe they will arrive in the Trident River Basin in a short time."
Lynn narrowed his eyes and said, "Does the warship from the mouth of Crab Bay? Where did it come from? The valley to the north or the river to the south? See clearly which family's flag is flying?"
The thin monkey saw the worry on Lin En's face, and whispered in a more stressed tone, "Soldiers, say more, when did you see a hundred warships entering from the entrance of the Trident River?"
"Uh, yes." The sentry gently wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, recalled it hard for a moment before saying, "Lord, we were the Side Cavalry team crossing the river in the middle of the night yesterday. At that time, the war in the town had come to an end. The Side Cavalry Battalion received an order from Commander Duncan to patrol the radius of a hundred miles around the Earl Harrowway town and upstream and downstream along the river.
The main thing is to inspect whether Lannister reinforcements appear nearby.
At that time, the third echelon of the Shouqi Camp where I was located set out from the ferry and quickly passed through Yanchang Town ten miles south. After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the town, we arrived at a hill three miles away in the north of Nuquan City in the morning. At that time, we found that Nuquan City several miles away had been burning, as if it had been looted by pirates and bandits. In order to collect more accurate information, we quietly arrived near Nuquan City before dawn and found that the harbor of the small town was filled with dense warships, but because the distance was a bit far and the sky was dark, we couldn't see the appearance of the flying flags clearly.
but……"
"But what?" The thin monkey realized something was wrong at this moment and hurriedly asked.
"However, we found that the arson in the city that thought it was Nuquan City was attacked by pirates, which was actually a huge misunderstanding. At that time, it looked like a fire in the city in the distance. It was not a city that was set on fire, but a bonfire ignited by temporary high-wood stoves built one after another."
"Stove?"
"Yes, it's like the fire and rebellion caused by our army during the camping period, but those stoves were built very huge. The fires were everywhere in the distance, and in the distance they looked like the scene of a city burning."
The skinny monkey frowned and said, "Then what happened to you when you say there is a warship heading north to the Trident River?"
"When my subordinates discovered the situation and were about to lead the team back, the sky was getting brighter. At that time, they happened to find dozens of warships docked outside the bay of Nuquancheng Port, setting sail with sails, and the direction of the bow was exactly the upper reaches of the estuary."
After listening to the complete narrative of the whistle cavalry, the thin monkey looked at Lynn in surprise and whispered: "Sir, see... can the navy in the valley join forces with the Lannisters to support the town of Count Harrowway?"
Lin En's eyes had long returned to calm, and in the eyes of his starry, they were as calm as water.
At this time, Lin En had already roughly known what was going on.
Those warships cannot be from the Valley people. If the Valley people intend to attack the Gripen Legion, the most effective method is not to use the navy to pour into the Trident River to land. There is a steep pass in the hills of Ailin Valley called Blood Gate. There is a highway outside the Blood Gate, connecting the Valley Basin and the King's Avenue to the west. If Eagle Nest City wants to attack the Gripen Legion, they only need to send their Valley cavalry to get out of the Valley from the Blood Gate. Why use the Navy to make a big circle?
"If I'm not mistaken, those should be warships from Ursus." Lynn gave his own judgment lightly.
The thin monkey's face was full of question marks when he heard this.
Seeing this, Lynn chuckled and told him the shocking news brought back by Alibaba.
The thin monkey immediately took a deep breath, opened his mouth, and after a while he sighed, "These Esos are so fast."
It seems that the plan of a nobleman who is familiar with the geography of the Westeros from the Trident River is that it is the plan of a nobleman from the Westeros who is familiar with the geography of the Westeros. However, the river land in the Trident River basin has now been successfully successful with the success of the crossing of Lynn, and it is almost the treasure of the Gripen Legion. Lynn can't allow anyone to peek at the food in his bowl.
"It seems that we have to speed up the acquisition of the Earl of Harrowway and the Twin City. The river land is not in a hurry to annex, but these two only ferries must be under our control."
The thin monkey nodded heavily, then said with some concern: "Sir, then we have to deal with a lot of pressure on the coastline in the north. I think Baigang City and Fishing Village Port are also inevitably concerned by the Esos who fled."
Lynn sighed, "This is exactly what I am worried about. I must go back to the northern border in person. You should inform Duncan immediately and let him quickly deploy and take down the town of Harrowway. The original follow-up mission of the first main force will be cancelled. All the troops will be nailed to death here. Don't let an Ethos warship go north. No matter how big the Ethos fights with other lords of the Westeros continent, we just need to temporarily defend the three fronts of Hejian, Neck Swamp, and North Frontier without losing their way."
The original follow-up task of the first main force refers to the combat mission of the main force leaving some people to garrison after the ferry was originally planned to take over, while the other troops swept across the hinterland of Hejiandi along the south of Hejiandi.
Chapter completed!