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Just after finishing these things and lying down for a few minutes, Kirk heard the deafening alarm bells from the clock tower of Winterfell. In such a dark snowy night, the dull bells traveled very far and seemed even more urgent.

Melodious.

According to the regulations of the Honor Guard, after hearing the warning bell, you must immediately report to the school grounds with full armor and weapons. Kirk jumped up, managed himself quickly with a few strokes, and rushed down the stairs of the guard tower.

Sir Roderick yelled on the school grounds, ordering all the Glory Guards to assemble quickly and send out troops in an urgent manner.

In the stables, the grooms quickly pulled out the horses one by one for the knights to set off.

In just 10 minutes, three-quarters of the knights and soldiers in Winterfell, led by Duke Stark, walked out of Winterfell in a mighty manner. The torrent of steel surged rapidly in the darkness and snow.

Descend the hill and gallop onto the King's Road.

Eddard Stark rode a tall war horse, holding the "Ice" sword, and rushed ahead. Judging from his haggard expression and deep frown, he had already obtained the king's victory less than half a day away from Winterfell.

The sad news of the assassination in Icewind Dale.

This is really bad news!

If he cannot go to King Qin as soon as possible and give a reasonable explanation, Eddard will not dare to think about it anymore due to His Majesty Robert's fiery temper.

Although Robert and he grew up together, conquered the world together, and played with women together, they have been separated for 15 years. Now Robert is becoming more and more favored, and his temper has become even more irritable. Catherine has repeatedly

Warned him.

You must never regard His Majesty, the King of the Seven Kingdoms, as your childhood playmate or battlefield comrade.

Why did such a big mistake occur at this juncture?

Ed complained about the arrangements of the Seven Gods while thinking hard about the solution.

The soldiers in the North were all mounted warriors, so the team moved very fast. On the ice-covered King's Road, the little torches formed a fiery dragon-like advance.

When Eddard walked to Icewind Dale at dawn, he couldn't believe his eyes!

The Kingsroad ends abruptly in Icewind Dale, buried under thousands of boulders.

Icewind Valley, which he has walked countless times, has become a hill with a height of 100 meters!

The King's Road was completely blocked, and the connection between the northern land and the exterior scenes was interrupted!

At this time, Ed was really anxious.

It was not that he had never thought about his current embarrassing situation, but he had always had full confidence in Robert's friendship. It was not until he saw that the King's Road was interrupted and blocked that he truly realized the seriousness of the problem.

Last night, he suddenly received a report from the scouts, saying that fierce battles and landslides occurred in Icewind Valley. Since the scouts were not sure that one of the parties was the king's motorcade, he deduced that it was probably the result, because in the dark night of ice and snow, the caravan was

Will it discredit the journey?

For such a huge assassination operation, as the Lord of the North and the Duke of Winterfell, he can definitely bear the blame!

The best outcome is due to lax management and oversight. You can't escape by lowering your title, exploiting your territory, or sternly reprimanding you.

The worst outcome would be to plot evil, assassinate the king, rebel against the traitors, conquer the princes, and betray their relatives. Ed didn't dare to think too much about it.

But, after all, he is the proud head of the Stark family.

He called Ser Roger and his eldest son Robb. Although Catherine insisted that Robb was only a 14-year-old child, Eddard let him participate in this operation to exercise his abilities.

First of all, Duke Stark's order was to find a road across the mountains immediately and contact the king's motorcade as soon as possible. He wanted to go there in person to explain the situation.

Secondly, he ordered the Northern Territory to start searching for suspicious persons throughout the territory, and at the same time, he searched for clues left by the assassins in the current extremity.

After 2 hours of searching, Sir Rogster reported to Ed that there was a centuries-old path on the eastern front that could lead to the south. It was the road before the King's Road was built when the Targaryen family ruled the continent.

But it is very rugged and circuitous, and it takes a lot of time.

Ed immediately received a letter from his wife Catherine, reporting him the latest news.

According to the news from his sister, Lady Sasha, King Robert was assassinated in Icewind Dale. Relying on the protection of the Seven Gods and the support of the wizard Ashai Yunkong, he finally escaped. He is currently temporarily stationed in the southern part of Snakeneck Swamp, setting up camp.

According to rumors, the king was seriously injured. In the early hours of last night, he summoned Queen Cersei, Prince Joffrey, and Ser Jaime Lannister several times to discuss important matters.

Kirk secretly laughed in his heart. This stupid king even summoned the adulterer and adulteress of the Lannister family. If it weren't for the protection of Yashai's Yunkong Mage, the man and woman would have killed him by now, and put the blame on the assassin.

With Lord Stark.

However, King Robert did have a lot of good things, maybe because he had many cards, so Cersei had been wary and didn't dare to take action.

At noon, bad news came again. Queen Cersei issued an order in the name of the king and queen, asking the second largest power in the North, the Bolton family of the Dreadfort, to bring troops to serve the king.

According to the reply from the spies monitoring the Bolton family in the Dreadfort, the Bolton family moved very quickly. After receiving the king's order, Duke Roose Bolton had led his son, knights, about 2,000 people, southward along the eastern coastline.

, entered the king's camp and guarded the king.

At the same time, the same order was sent to the Frey family, the vassals of the Tully family. The lord of the river crossing, Walder Frey, the Marquis of the Twins, led 2,000 knights across the river without hesitation and was crossing the Snake Neck Swamp to the north.

King Qin.

Eddard Stark frowned even more. The Bolton family is the only force in the north that dares to confront him, and the Frey family is also a powerful group that never takes the lord Tully family seriously. Cersei said these two

The orders were all issued in the name of the king and queen. If she really represents Robert's wishes, it means that Robert no longer trusts the neighboring Stark and Tully families.

This is the result he least wants to see, that is, the king does not give himself a chance to explain. He has raised the status of the second power in the two countries in disguise, thereby dismantling and shaking the foundation of the rule of the Stark family and the Tully family.

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In the evening, Sir Roger Rogers, who went to explore the road, finally came back. He thought that the rugged path was passable, but the risk was not small.

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Ed had already given the order and passed through this path overnight to go to the king's camp to meet Robert I.

His orders were quickly carried out.

Kirk shook his head. This Stark was really loyal and stubborn.

According to his guess, under the slander of Queen Cersei and the adulterer Jaime Lannister, King Robert had to retreat at dawn.

However, it turns out that Kirk is not a strategist. His predictions were not accurate at all.

After dawn, the Winterfell army, which had been trekking through the mountains all night, finally saw King Robert's black crowned stag banner!

The king's camp has arrived.

When passing through Lord Bolton's outer defensive camp at the Dreadfort, Winterfell's army was blocked.

Duke Bolton stood on horseback in front of the military camp, with rows of crossbowmen aiming at Eddard Stark, the King of the North and Duke of Winterfell.

Several of Stark's retainers couldn't stand it anymore. From a top-down perspective, although Bolton was a duke, he was first and foremost a subordinate of the King of the North. When he saw the arrival of the family master, he should have dismounted to welcome him, but he actually dared to point his weapon at him.

Master, can you rebel?

When Bolton saw Ed, he smiled but said: "Duke Stark, please forgive me for not being able to dismount and salute this time, because I have a royal mandate, and my obligations to the lord have to be placed behind my loyalty to the royal family."

Ed stopped Robb's impulse. He smiled slightly and said, "Duke Bolton, why did you stop in front of my horse?"

Bolton pointed with his hand: "Duke Stark, according to the orders of my king and queen, the troops of Winterfell are not allowed to enter the king's camp and must be stationed outside. You can only bring two servants in."

Robb shouted: "My father is here to serve the king! Is this order the king's order or the will of Queen Cersei!"

Bolton's face was stern: "Is the future owner of Winterfell such a brat with no sense of honor? Whether it is the king's order or the queen's will, you can't question it! Get out of here!"

Ed stopped everyone from shouting and took a deep look at Bolton. Duke Bolton felt as if he was being stared at by the ferocious and wild eyes of a direwolf and took two steps back. He was wearing a wolf fur coat.

As if it wasn't warm enough, he couldn't help but grab his cloak and cover his body more tightly.

He immediately felt annoyed that Eddard Stark, who was usually rigid and serious, did not become angry and threatened him, but forced him back with his eyes.

Just before he tried to fight back again, Ed had already dismounted and came over: "Take me to the king."

Kirk and the other Honor Guards were going to stay outside, which was exactly what he wanted. They fought to the death with the King's Guards in the dark last night. Many people had seen them up close. Although they might not be recognized, they

It would be best not to see them.

But things always happen by chance.

Eddard chose Ser Rodrigo as his servant, and then asked him to choose someone from the Honor Guard. Robb scrambled to go, but Eddard grabbed him and whispered: "The Stark family

The patriarch and the next patriarch cannot go into danger at the same time! If I cannot come back, you must fight out immediately, return to Winterfell, and shoulder the responsibilities of the Lord of Winterfell and the Stark family. You must take good care of your mother and younger brothers and sisters!"

Robb became quiet for a moment, suddenly realizing the huge responsibility he had on him. Previously, these responsibilities were Eddard's.

He nodded: "Father, you have to be more careful. The king's actions seem to be very detrimental to us. I heard that Cersei and other Lannisters have always been very hostile to us."

Ed rubbed his hair: "It seems that my son has grown up a lot. Don't worry, I will act by ear."
Chapter completed!