Chapter 328

Three days later

"This is the place my lord." The fisherman said as he pointed at at the river bank in front of them "The place where the river is at it's slowest and the water level is pretty low as well."

He did a subtle magical scan of the area and found that the fisherman was not lying.

Green Fork river had a fast current in most of the places and was 7-8 feet deep if not deeper.

In this section of the river however, the current had slowed down a little bit and the water level was at 4-5 feet.

This was still not enough for his troops but for giants who were 12-13 feet tall, this water level barely deterred them.

"Good job. You showed us the correct place. Here. 20 gold dragons as promised." He said and handed the small pouch filled with gold dragons to the fisherman whose eyes were filled with greed.

The man thanked him repeatedly before finally leaving.

"Letting him leave was foolish. What if the tells the Freys?" Bronn asked.

"Mind your tongue boy." Varko said and Bronn flinched a bit before he quickly controlled himself.

Varko had a great reputation and no one wanted to cross him.

"It's alright Varko." He said and turned to Bronn "The move look stupid because the fisherman might tell the Freys. But the thing is, I've killed all the Ravens in the Twins. So even if the Freys found out about out plan and tried to inform the Lannister, they won't be able to do so."

"What if they had kept some ravens in hiding?" Bronn asked.

"The Northern army is still outside the Twins. They'll shoot down any raven from the air. And so for the scouts they tried to send after us from the other side of the river." He shrugged "You saw what happened to them."

Bronn shivered as he remembered how the Wyverns tore apart and ate the scouts that House Frey sent after them from the other side of the river.

A few examples were enough to deter them from following them anymore.

"What do you plan to do from here on out my lord?" Varko asked "The river current is slow and the water does look shallow but out troops still cannot cross it."

"Now we build a bridge over it and cross to the other side of the river." He said.

There was silence in the room as the faces of his men fell.

"The Twins. You've seen them right?" Bronn asked at last.

"Yes."

"Well… it took the Freys three generation to build it. And now you want us to build a bridge to cross the river." Bronn shook his head "If we do this then we'll stay here for the rest of the war."

He rolled his eyes "We're not going build a stone bridge." He said "We'll build a wooden bridge. And I'll complete it within a week."

Bronn gave him an unimpressed look "Impossible. Even a proper wooden bridge would take months to complete."

"Well, we're not trying to make a proper bridge. Just a temporary one which would be strong enough for your units to cross." He said and pointed at the map.

"And here is how I intend to do it."

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That very day, some of his men created a blockade in the surrounding area while the other went into the forest and started cutting the trees.

Once they'd cut a 10 feet long tree trunk, they sharpened it from the bottom and gave it to the Giants who carried it to the river and plunged the tree trunk into the riverbed before punching it until it was firmly buried and would not move no matter what.

By the end of the day, the 30 giants and the thousands of men had created a series of wooden pillars across the whole river.

At night, he flew on his Flying Broomstick and double checked the wooden pillars. Some of the pairs were uneven so he cut off the top and made them even.

Once he was done, he went back to his tent and slept.

The next day, the process continued in a similar manner. Except that this time, the men didn't sharpen the tree trunks and the giants cut them in half before putting them in between the pillars. But the end of the second day, the pillars were connected to each other and he had two parallel lines running to the other side of the river.

At night, he once again set out to double check the construction.

The giants had done a good job but they were not the smartest people out there and had gotten sloppy at some places.

He corrected their mistakes before going back once again.

On the third day, the humans joined the giants and filled the space between the pillars with wood and set them in place with nails.

This process went on for another day and by the end of the fourth day, the wooden bridge was complete.

On the morning of the fifth day, his army finally crossed the Green Fork and he sent the conjured hawk to Lord Stark to tell him about the success of his plan and that they should guard the Freys for two more days before moving on to the Trident where they'll face Tywin Lannister and his army of 25,000 as well as the Mountain and his 3,000 men.

Since he had taken his own army with him, the Northern host was left with 27,000 men. So both the armies were fairly even. The Lannisters had more horses but thanks to him, the Northern men were better equipped.

But the Lannisters also had the advantage of being on the other side of the river so it he had cautioned Lord Stark to wait until the forces from Vale arrived.

Until then, he and his army had their own task to complete.