After everyone walked out of the camp, Catelyn sat down on the seat that originally belonged to her son with relief. There were ale and cheese in front of Robb's table, and she did not mind that the horn cup had been used by him.

After taking a brief sip, he raised his head and looked at his son carefully.

"I still remember the first time Maester Luwin gave you to me, and now I see you leading an army into the battlefield." Catelyn sighed, "Robb, can you understand my current worries?

"

Robb's eyes became stubborn: "There is no one else but me."

"No one else?" Caitlin tried not to sound like a question, "Then tell me, who are those people I just met?"

"Roose Bolton, Rickard Karstark...and the Greatjon and Herman Tauhar, you can hand over the command of the Northern Army to any one of them. Even if

It was you who gave the army to Theon Ducheng, although I don't trust him very much, he is the son of Greyjoy in the Iron Islands..."

"But none of them are Starks." Robb interrupted his mother's questioning.

"They are both battle-hardened veterans, Robb!" Catelyn told her son sternly, "And before I left Winterfell, you were still practicing with a wooden sword under Ser Rodrik's guidance. You didn't even

Jon Snow can't even beat him."

"Jon has the strongest swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms to teach him swordsmanship, but when I asked you to let Lord Gofar teach me swordsmanship, you refused on the grounds that you should not get too close to the bastard." Robb's blue eyes

Anger flashed in his eyes, but the anger was fleeting, and in the blink of an eye he turned back to the big boy she once was, "If you think you can send me back to Winterfell... then you are totally wrong...

.”

"If I could send you back, I would have sent you back a long time ago, but now I don't dare to do it. There is no turning back, and you have no way out at this moment." Caitlin sighed, "One day, you will become these

Lord of the vassals, if I send you back to Winterfell like this now, you will be disgraced in front of these vassals."

"They will remember this day forever and continue to laugh at you behind your back. Whether now or in the future, you will need their respect and even their fear. I will not give them the opportunity to laugh at my son.

, just like Ned wouldn't let them laugh at him."

"Thank you, mother!" Robb's polite expression of relief could not be hidden from Catelyn's eyes.

"I'm not sure if you know about my father. I have a letter here."

"Of course I know that." The news of Robert's sudden death and Ned's imprisonment frightened Catelyn more than anything else, but she couldn't let her son discover her fear. "The same letter was also sent to the Eyrie,

Lord Gao Yuan specially asked someone to show me the letter, and it was the content of the letter that prompted me to come to you."

"The content of the letter was written by Sansa, and Arya was not mentioned in it." Robb's tone changed from the initial anger to sadness. He was angry that the queen took his sister as a hostage. What was sad was that Sansa was there.

The letter said nothing about her sister Arya.

"This is a letter written by Cersei, not your sister." Caitlin did not take the letter from Robb. She already knew the content of the letter. "The real meaning of this letter is that Sansa did not write it."

The part that came out. The Lannister family took great care of her... This actually wants to tell us that Sansa was used as a hostage and bargaining chip by them."

"As for Arya, you don't have to worry about her." A rare smile appeared on Caitlin's face, "Lord Gao Yuan has found her for us. She is now in a very safe situation. It is impossible for the Lannister family to find her.

she."

"Where is Arya now?" Robb asked excitedly. This was the only good news he had received recently.

"She is still in King's Landing..." Caitlin said, "Lord Gao Yuan promised me that when the time is right, he will find a way to rescue her, and then send her to reunite with us."

"But Sansa and my father are still in their hands. I originally hoped... if the little devil is still in your hands, we can exchange hostages..." He rubbed Sansa's letter sadly.

It was so mushy, Caitlin could tell that this was not the first time he had rubbed it.

"You just came back from the Eyrie. Does the Lord Keeper of the East have any news for you to bring to us?" Robb came to his mother, picked up the horn cup she had just drank, and drank the ale in it.

And then, "I have written to the Eagle's Nest City before, asking the Valley to send troops to assist."

"Has he summoned his vassals? Will the Knights of the Rift join us to fight against the Lannisters?"

"You should respect that guardian as Lord Gao Yuan. He is almost equal to your father. And for a long time in the past, Lord Gao Yuan not only gave your father a lot of help, but now he has also found Arya for us.

." Caitlin lectured, "Master Gao Yuan is a respectable person, I hope you respect him as you respect your father."

Robb retorted: "I heard that his men put Aunt Lysha on trial...and he did not respond to our call for help, but sent Ser Brynden and a thousand of his followers.

Elite soldiers."

"She deserved it! She and Littlefinger killed her husband, and your father would have tried her." Caitlin reprimanded loudly, "And he did not attend the trial. I personally

Attended that trial meeting, the process and results of the trial were all completed by Jon Arryn's past followers."

"Also, do you think that without Lord Gao Yuan's consent, my uncle could take away the thousand soldiers of the Blood Sect? And the reason why Lord Gao Yuan did not respond to your request for help is because the letter has always been

In my hands." Caitlin took out the letter for help he sent to the Eyrie City from her arms, "This is also another good news I brought to you."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Now Lord Gao Yuan has summoned all his vassals. There are more than 80,000 valley troops gathered in the Arryn Valley in front of the Gate of the Moon, and he also has a

A brand new fleet."

"In this way, we are sure of victory. This time I brought an army of 30,000 people from the north. If we add Lord Gao Yuan's 80,000 troops from the east, we already have more than 100,000 troops here.

." Robb Stark suddenly became excited, and he seemed to have seen victory right in front of him.

"The kingslayers of the Lannister family and Lord Tywin only have more than 50,000 people under their command. There is absolutely no way they can be our opponents." Robb slapped the table with his hand excitedly.

"Robb, you shouldn't take this lightly!" Seeing Robb getting carried away with excitement, Caitlin couldn't help but think of what Gao Yuan said in the hall of the Gates of the Moon, "I really don't want to do anything for you.

Throw a bucket of cold water on it, but I still have to tell you the truth."

Caitlin told him what she saw and heard in the Arryn Valley: "I attended Lord Gaoyuan's war meeting before. In order to encircle Duke Tywin and his Casterly Rock army in the hinterland of the Riverlands, Lord Gaoyuan requested the northern army.

We must cooperate with their actions, otherwise they will not send out a single soldier for this purpose."

"Furthermore, you need to deal with the Kingslayer army in Riverrun yourself. In his plan, he has no plans to lead an army across the crossing and march to the west bank of the Trident River Basin and Riverrun. Lord Gao Yuan is currently only willing to send a small number of soldiers.

An army of forty thousand."

Caitlin's words immediately calmed Robb down. He was a little confused about Gao Yuan's arrangement: "Mother, didn't you just tell me that Lord Gao Yuan has summoned an 80,000-strong valley army?"

"Why is he only willing to send 40,000 troops now? And how does Master Gao Yuan plan to use the remaining 40,000 troops?"

"I cannot understand Duke Gao Yuan's true thoughts. Every step of Lord Gao Yuan's plan has its own profound meaning. He also has his own unique insights into the current situation of the Seven Kingdoms. This makes it difficult for me to predict what he is thinking."

Catelyn shook her head helplessly, "Now he is completely different from the ranger we saw in Winterfell."

"However, Duke Gaoyuan seems to be guarding against other enemies now. Not only did he get a fleet from Lord Stannis, he also ordered Lord Grafson of Seagull Town to hurry up and build a new warship for him." Kate.

Lin told Robb what she had discovered in the Vale of Arryn, "I also discovered that Duke Gaoyuan is secretly manufacturing something."

"He would often discuss with the illegitimate daughter next to him in the study until early in the morning. Every time I go to Lord Gao Yuan's study to look for him, the illegitimate daughter from the valley will stay there."

"And as time went by, the unknown enemy made Duke Gaoyuan begin to become anxious." Caitlin analyzed, "I guess that the remaining 40,000 valley troops are what he fought to deal with the unknown enemy.

Be prepared."

"Since we can't guess what Lord Gao Yuan is thinking, we don't have to guess any more." Although he said this, Robb still unfolded the map in front of him, intending to guess Duke Gao Yuan's true plan.

Looking at the four important locations marked on the map of Westeros in front of him, Robb Stark couldn't help but frowned. Dragonstone, Stormlands, King's Landing and the West, what is the real goal of Duke Gao Yuan among them?

Which one?

Maybe his real intention is the Iron Throne in King's Landing?

However, Robb quickly rejected his idea, which was not in line with Lord Gaoyuan's strategic arrangement. Robb's northern army had no intention of fighting for the Iron Throne, but only wanted to rescue those imprisoned in the dungeon of the Red Keep.

Eddard and Sansa.

If Lord Gao Yuan intends to seize the throne of the King of the Seven Kingdoms, he should go out in force like Renly over there. However, he is now deliberately conserving his own strength, and has also built a new one in the port.

of warships.

Is it true that, as his mother said, Lord Gao Yuan is guarding against enemies that they still don't know yet, but where do those enemies come from? Robb couldn't help but ask himself.

The only clue he could think of was that those enemies might be related to the sea, because Duke Gaoyuan was manufacturing a large number of new warships. If those enemies were from the continent of Essos across the strait, then all this would make sense.

.

But are there really any enemies of Duke Gaoyuan on the other side of the strait? If there are, who are those enemies?

Robb shook his confused head. Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. The most important thing for him now was to focus on the enemies in front of him and make his own strategic arrangements based on the current situation. The Kingslayer and the

The Western Army led by Lord Tywin is currently divided into two groups and wreaking havoc on both sides of the Trident River.

He was hesitating now, wondering whether he should go to relieve the siege of Riverrun first, or whether he should cooperate with Lord Gao Yuan's Eastern Army to encircle and suppress Duke Tywin in the Riverlands.

"How do you plan to advance?"

Caitlin looked at her son in front of her, as if she had seen Ned going off to war after his wedding. But this time it was her and Ned's son who led the army on the southern expedition. Just this thought made Caitlin's hair stand on end.

How could a fifteen-year-old boy like him compete with experienced battlefield veterans like Jaime or Tywin Lannister?

Although they also received support from the Vale and the Riverlands this time, Caitlin could not help but feel a little worried. Lord Gao Yuan's plan was obviously more reliable, but she could not just watch the Kingslayer destroy the princes of the Riverlands.

The castles were gradually captured one by one, until Riverrun was finally left alone and helpless.

There was her seriously ill father present in Riverrun, and her captured brother in the Kingslayer's camp. She really didn't want to see her family in danger, but the reality was that Robb had to do something about it.

She had to choose between rescuing her family members who were in danger, or achieving a major victory on the battlefield.

"We naturally need to march. Judging from the current situation, we have gained an advantage in the number of personnel and allies." Robb Stark replied, "But we must first know where to march, before Riverrun City.

The siege is imminent, but if we go there, we will miss the best opportunity to encircle Lord Tywin."

Caitlin reminded: "But we don't know how long Riverrun can last. Every time we delay, your grandfather and uncle will face more dangers."
To be continued...