What Titus·Peake said makes sense.
Hale Hunter, who had not spoken, turned pale.
He glanced at Alyn Hunter, and then at Randyll Earl's "peaceful" face.
I don't want to be like that.
Sir Haier's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and under his cousin's disbelieving eyes, he spoke for the first time, "If we - if we surrender, can you really guarantee that you will not harm us - and our soldiers, and allow us to continue to lead them?"
"Look what you said, I am also the lord of Dornish Marches. It's not like I don't know that Horn Hill's troops have always had their own customary command method. Especially your archers, or should I call them the Hunter regiment?
Haha, I admire them very much! If you are willing to bring them to surrender, I can promise that you will still be their leader!"
Before Randyll's original adjutant could argue with Horn Hill's archery commander, Titus dropped another bombshell. "Moreover, Robert I His Majesty the King has awarded me the Horn Hill of Dornish Marches tonight. It is just and legitimate for you to switch to my command. No one will say anything about you.
Think about it, even Ringlet and Rivendale City, which are directly under Highgarden, have abandoned Rose" and are rushing to surrender to me - who has a greater chance of winning, isn't it obvious?"
Titus put his hands on the sword and put away his smile.
"To be honest, what I want are elites, not stubborn idiots. I must not make some choices that I think are loyal and stubborn, but are actually stupid. That will make me unhappy."
The two brothers didn't care to argue, they were both stunned.
The news of Horn Hill changing owners was something they had never thought of before. This was a bit inconsistent with the aristocratic rules of Westeros.
But the current situation is an uprising against the king, so it seems that it is not a bad idea----
Titus held his sword in both hands and continued to put pressure on Sir Alyn Hunter, who had no intention of surrendering so far. "Not only Horn Hill, but also Whitegrove and Dunstonbury are already in my possession. Peake has regained what was lost in the past.
As I have more castles, it will be very troublesome to take care of them. I always think--if I can have a few capable and reliable subordinates to help me, it will definitely be easier--
I think both of them are very suitable for this role."
He continued to increase the pressure, "As long as you come under my command, fight for me, and make contributions--just think about it, that's...
City, city, lord——How many knights can have such a coveted opportunity? How many knights can meet a lord as generous as me? You two, such an opportunity does not come often."
Seeing the previously resolute Alyn Hunter's expression change dramatically, Titus said to himself:
He believed it, he really believed it, he believed it all! Ha, Sir, I am done.
Titus had a smile on his face and nodded with satisfaction.
I looked around and thought, where is the captain of the guard who is as big as me? Wenda Where did this little girl go?
Because the captain of the guard was trying to catch fish, he could only personally get two daggers from another guard and threw them to the two men in the military tent. "Very good, I believe you two have made the right decision. I believe that in the future you will feel lucky for your wise choice tonight."
Go back and kill the talkative knight in your account - it will be considered as proof of your sincerity, and it will also show me Hunter's sincerity."
He asked the two of them to free themselves from the bondage, and at the same time gave generous conditions and specific contents of the letter of surrender.
With the idea of becoming "Horn Hill City Lord" in their minds, the two men each held a cold dagger.
From the moment he stepped into the military tent to the moment he walked out of the military tent, he no longer had the thought of picking up the dagger, fighting Starpike Earl and avenging Horn Hill Earl.
Dejected and somewhat excited, the Hunter brothers returned all the way to the tent where the Horn Hill knight was imprisoned.
Seeing that they had returned without any incident, the young Knight Quen breathed a sigh of relief and was about to ask.
Commander Hale Hunter had already swooped over and stabbed his chest with the dagger in his hand.
The eyes of Sir Quen, who was just twenty years old, were filled with astonishment. He looked straight at his commander, blood flowing from the corners of his mouth.
Before he could ask questions blankly, Lieutenant Alyn Hunter was approached once, twice, three times, like a rag doll, stabbed several times on his body, and finally collapsed to the ground helplessly.
People who talk too much have no right to leave any last words.
Hale Hunter was busy wiping the blood on the dagger - he might have to pay it back later.
Alyn Hunter walked to the other side of the young knight whose eyes had lost the luster of life, and said secretly:
Don't blame me, Quinn. If you want to blame it, blame it on Starpike Earl. The conditions offered by Earl are too tempting.
The other knights in the tent shrank in fear. They didn't understand why the two brothers had taken the wrong medicine and why they seemed to be different people when they came back. The tragedy of Quen happened right in front of their eyes, and no one dared to ask questions anymore.
Hale Hunter and Alyn Hunter stood next to the corpse for a while, the candlelight flickering, reflecting their humiliated and excited faces. They personally cut off the last loyalty to Tarly.
The blood on the latter's dagger dripped onto the ground, making a slight ticking sound, and a few more drops were mixed with the blood stains on his armor.
The smell of blood in the tent became even stronger----
Titus is very satisfied.
Recovering the Hunter brothers means basically capturing the remaining troops of Horn Hill.
Especially the thousand mature archers who have been trained for a long time, which he covets. They may be one of his biggest gains after this battle.
A lot of Horn Hill's people also died. This is because Randyll·Tarly set an example and specifically put them in the front. The original size of three thousand people has now been cut in half, with only one thousand most important archers and five hundred ordinary soldiers who survived.
Titus kept his promise and packaged the one thousand archers under the management of two hunters.
The remaining 500 people will be replenished to the troops of Ringlet and Glen City that were previously lost.
In this way, Whitegrove's Dirk Novis has one thousand people, Laurence Roxton has one thousand people, Aigon Villers has just over one thousand people, and Horn Hill's Alyn Hunter also has one thousand people.
The four heavenly kings are in place, and everyone's military strength is about the same.
Dirk's status is due to the support of Peake, and he has the highest degree of cooperation;
Laurence and Aigon experienced a night of education, and their loyalty has been greatly improved.
In actual combat, Hunter is the strongest, and there is bait hanging in front of him, so there is no need for the two brothers to fail to contribute.
The current structural combination makes it easier for Titus to grasp the balance from top to bottom.
The night the battle took place.
The number of soldiers he could use soared to 6,000, one-third of whom were elite soldiers who could serve as the core.
Most of the remaining people had participated in actual combat and came out of the battlefield alive.
This number and actual combat power are comparable to the six thousand people of Robert.
Unknowingly, Titus·Peake has become a minor figure in this rebel army.
The missing Wenda·Storm came back not long after. Titus guessed that she might have gone to see her father, Fawn Hall's Cavron Earl.
Sensing the obvious gratitude in the other person's eyes, Titus didn't say much about the "grace to save his father" that happened easily, but asked her if she was ready for the next step.
Wenda After handling personal matters, official matters were not left out.
Immediately said:
Tomorrow morning when Cider Hall Earl Alyn·Cuy wakes up, he will find the letter left for him by Master Titus next to his pillow.
On that letter, Titus will give the other party an irresistible condition to panic the war, question the war, understand the war, join the war, end the war----
The next day.
Alyn·Cuy Earl When he woke up, he immediately found the letter next to his head.
Titus·Peake's handwriting is just like his appearance, quite graceful and elegant.
After reading the entire letter with some trepidation, Alyn·Cuy stood in a daze on the edge of his bed for a while, then got up in his pajamas, sat down at the wooden table under the half-closed window, and began to write a letter to Highgarden.
He stated in the letter that he had been deceived by Starpike Earl and was defrauded of a lot of food and supplies. At this time, he was full of resentment and shame, and he would take his three thousand soldiers to Starpike, which had limited manpower, to conquer it.
The words used in the letter seemed to be full of anger, and the emotions expressed were very intense. It seemed that he would kill anyone who tried to rob him first.
Contrary to those short sentences and vocabulary, Alyn·Cuy Earl's face always remained calm, sometimes falling into long exams.
He was thinking, that young Earl really has something.
Highgarden.
Duke Mace·Tyrell, who received the letter from the Cider Hall, looked confused and lost the ability to organize his words for a while.
Ah? I'm just telling you, quietly pull Randyll·Tarly's hind legs to make that annoying boy sober up.
Why did you just cut off his head?
And captured his knight——
And annexed his army----
He also rebelled against Stormlands----
Ah, is this how you "quietly" hold back?
This Duke knows nothing, and that is none of my business!
Lord of Highgarden was stunned and had nothing to say about the operation of Starpike Earl.
Next, Mace·Tyrell agreed to the Cider Hall Earl's request for war and allowed him to take revenge on Starpike.
Especially Starpike!
At least two-thirds of the city wall is made of hard pale stone mountains, and the remaining one-third is the city wall, which is also a high and thick city wall. There are a large number of trebuchets behind it, and it can be defended with very little manpower.
If you are not careful, you may die from Starpike.
The last person who did not believe in evil was Maekar I, who had great military exploits.
After approving Cider Hall's letter, Mace prepared to wait on the spot for the Reach princes to arrive, and then used thunderous momentum to mobilize the weak Stormlands, regardless of whether Robert's main force went north.
Mace, who consciously wields soldiers like a god, believes that Randyll·Tarly is too useless. If he takes action this time, he will definitely be able to lay down Storm's End and destroy the foundation of the rebels!
Maekar I was brought up again to make excuses: