Chapter 437

"I have a brother, you know."

"That was decades ago, and many people may have forgotten it."

Genos Bracken's brother, Jeffrey, served Viserys and served as his Hand of the King for several years.

Although Geoffrey Bracken took the initiative to let the sages, he still occupies a high position like the Sea Lord and is the commander of the navy in the Targaryen forces.

But Jeffrey is from the Bracken family. Not many people know this news. Littlefinger is one of them, so is Jon Arryn, but Jon Arryn is dead, and Littlefinger is not everywhere. preach.

As a result, many people today do not know that Genos Bracken's brother is the current Admiral of the Targaryen army.

Genos told all the plans that everyone just conspired, and their group of nobles and knights in the riverlands were also stimulated by the fierce battle during the day.

They believed that the divine might of the giant dragon was unstoppable. Although River River City was sturdy and easy to defend and difficult to attack, it could still deal with ordinary soldiers.

Fearing a repeat of the disaster at Harrenhal, and unwilling to be buried with the Tullys, they decided to revolt tonight.

Kill all the people of the Tully family, capture King Robert Baratheon, who was trapped in Riverrun and recover, and dedicate Riverrun and the false king to Viserys in exchange for his forgiveness and reward.

So these nobles were gathered here, just to start a rebellion, and Genos Bracken invited the Count of Lady Springs to join in, and threatened him with the threat of Viserys that if they did not act and Tully If the family draws a clear line, they will inevitably be buried with Riverrun.

Harrenhal is a lesson from the past. When Aegon the Conqueror asked for the surrender of Blackheart Harren, he was strongly rejected, and Aegon said something like "the blood of the Harren family must be cut off".

The fact is that Aegon rode a dragon to burn Harrenhal, and "Blackheart" Heron was burned alive in the tallest tower, which was later called the "Burning Tower".

It is said that the ghosts of the Harren family are still entangled in this place, cursing every family that later acquired Harrenhal, and they all ended up in ruins without exception. This is called the "Harrenhal Curse".

William Moulton was coaxed and intimidated by Genos Bracken and agreed, and joined the rebel camp together.

However, at this moment, on the other side of Riverrun.

The Tully soldiers who went to the sanctuary to find the old duke did not find Horst Tully, but found his son Edmure Tully.

The young Riverrun heir wasn't a wreck either, and it was his ability to survive several wars with the White Walkers.

Edmure heard about this, and instantly became acutely aware that something was wrong.

At this moment of crisis, when the army is under pressure, Riverrun is besieged, and the vassals under the Tully family are conspiring in the city?

It doesn't look like they are discussing something good, and it even exposes their dissent.

Edmure was furious, and immediately told the soldiers to stop looking for his father, let him rest in peace, and ordered the soldiers to gather all the soldiers loyal to the Tully family in Riverrun.

Edmure's order was passed on. Although there were soldiers brought by other vassals in Riverrun, the soldiers loyal to the Tully family still occupied the majority, and everyone quickly gathered.

However, Edmure was shocked and angry. He mobilized the army and wanted to strike first and eradicate the traitors, but his actions were too big, and the area of ​​Riverrun was not large, which led to the conspiracy of the rebels. noticed the anomaly here.

They found that the plan seemed to have been leaked, and the Tully family had already noticed it, but at this time, the arrow was already on the string, and it was impossible to forgive them by quitting the Tully family now.

Therefore, the rebels who plotted to dedicate the city decisively launched an early attack.

Lord Genos Bracken himself led the rebel army through the halls and attacked Riverrun's main castle, which was the bedroom of Lord Horst Tully, and King Robert Baratheon was also in the main castle. rest.

The main castle of Riverrun, like the city, is triangular in design, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has a balcony that protrudes to the east and can be reached by a spiral staircase.

Edmure went into battle in person, and he looked good. He looked like a general. He led a large number of Tully family soldiers, Wuyang Wuyang, just passing by the main castle.

The soldiers of the Tully family and the rebels collided head-on in front of the main castle. The enemy was very jealous when they met. The two armies collided with each other without saying a word, so both sides immediately roared and drew their swords.

"kill!"

Immediately, a fierce civil war broke out in Riverrun, with the sound of metal colliding everywhere, as well as shouts of killing, the sound of weapons piercing flesh and screams.

The sudden outbreak of civil war in the castle alerted the old Duke Horst Tully, who was resting in his bedroom.

Because of Edmure's special request, the soldiers did not inform the old duke, but followed Lord Edmure to prepare for the rebellion aggressively.

Therefore, the old duke was unaware of the rebellion and was sleeping soundly in the bedroom, when he was startled by the sudden killing sound from under the castle.

He thought that the Dothraki had already entered Riverrun, he hurriedly put on his nightgown and picked up a sword, and went to the balcony to take a look.

But what Horst didn't expect was that as soon as he walked out of the balcony, before he had time to see what was going on, a drain flew over from the darkness and hit him directly in the chest.

puff--

Blood splashes.

The white-haired old duke let out a hoarse scream, the sword in his hand also fell to the ground, the arrow in his chest gurgled blood, and his body lay directly on the balcony.

And the sharp-eyed people in the rebel army below saw at a glance that the guardian of the river, the Duke of Riverrun, Horst Tully, fell on the balcony with an arrow, and immediately shouted excitedly.

"The old dog of the Tully family was shot!"

"Horst Tully is dead!"

The rebels shouted loudly in an attempt to dampen the enemy's morale, and the Tully family's soldiers couldn't help but look up at the balcony on the main fort when they heard them shouting.

Then I saw the old duke with an arrow in the chest lying on the balcony, dying, and then fell to the ground with a soft body.

"Damn traitor!"

"Lord Tully!"

What the rebels didn't expect was that Horst was admired and loved by the Tully family soldiers. When they saw the old Duke being shot by the rebels, all the Tully family soldiers had red eyes and rushed towards the rebels. .

"kill!"

"Vengeance for the Duke!"