Darth Sidious Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 The Riverlands is big and there is a lot of wild country. In other words, plenty of places to hide. I am certain the Stoneheart keeps men on the lookout at all times. Put yourself in Walder's place. How can the Lord of the Crossing stop Stoneheart and her army? Plan a strategy to deal with the Brotherhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Stopping a guerrilla army that has the support of the populace is a huge undertaking. You could kill/drive off any smallfolk that support them but that would further depopulat the Riverlands and hurt your tax-base. During one of the Boer War the british used concentration camps (AFAIK the first use of that term) to temporarily remove the populace supporting the Boer army to starve them. Neither of these seems very viable for a lot of reasons if I'm gonna be honest. So my suggestion is fool them into overcommitting, maybe leave a castle with a skeleton garrison or something like that and the try to smash them when they come out of the woodworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moiraine Sedai Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The sherriff failed to capture Robin of the Hood. I don't know. Set a big reward. Give a generous bounty. Tracking hounds. More men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo of House Cartel Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Hire a priest of the Red God who is good at the whole resurrection thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 89 selfies today Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Mercenaries and big bags of gold to motivate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandrax Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Turn populace against them. Whenever a Frey soldier is hanged, punish peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 21 minutes ago, Kandrax said: Turn populace against them. Whenever a Frey soldier is hanged, punish peasants. That might work, or it could backfire horribly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only 89 selfies today Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ylath's Snout said: That might work, or it could backfire horribly. Give out gold coins to decrease the chances of a backfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ylath's Snout Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Only 89 selfies today said: Give out gold coins to decrease the chances of a backfire. Wouldn't that just result in anyone with a weapon, Frey soldiers, BoB and anyone else around just robbing the peasants blind? The Riverlands have been plundered to hell and back so handing out coins willy nilly is just hanging another target around the smallfolks' necks. Add to that the very high likelihood that anyone with gold dragons would be liable to just peace out and run away to Dorne or something. Sorry to say but the Riverlands is in such a state that this plan would just make things worse for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davjos Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 By now it should be clear the Freys are targeted personally. So as Walder I would let the castle know I’m moving some branches of Frey away to Riverrun with a lot of supplies. Their escort will be very light. As secretly as I can I hide as many loyal, experienced men of arms within the traveling party, the supplies etc. Expecting the BwB under LS to strike at that juicy Frey target, I’d hope to ambush them. If I lose in that battle, ‘Eh, I have enough Freys left’. If I win it is bye bye to most of the military strength of the BwB and the survivors might even lead the Freys to the BwB-hideout or prisoners might talk This would also confirm there are BwB spies in my castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shi Qiang Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 1 hour ago, Ethelarion said: By now it should be clear the Freys are targeted personally. So as Walder I would let the castle know I’m moving some branches of Frey away to Riverrun with a lot of supplies. Their escort will be very light. As secretly as I can I hide as many loyal, experienced men of arms within the traveling party, the supplies etc. Expecting the BwB under LS to strike at that juicy Frey target, I’d hope to ambush them. If I lose in that battle, ‘Eh, I have enough Freys left’. If I win it is bye bye to most of the military strength of the BwB and the survivors might even lead the Freys to the BwB-hideout or prisoners might talk This would also confirm there are BwB spies in my castle. Fine strategy. I like it. The Freys have the numbers to rid themselves of the bwb. Why they haven't done it doesn't make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Yozza Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 9 hours ago, Allardyce said: Fine strategy. I like it. The Freys have the numbers to rid themselves of the bwb. Why they haven't done it doesn't make sense They tried and failed. Why? Because with guerrilla warfare like this the size of your army isn't really important. You could have the biggest army in the world but some skilled guerrilla's with the populace's support could devastate you (*cough*Vietnam*cough). The Lannisters also supposedly had the numbers but they and the Starks were both completely unable to deal with them. Why should the Frey's; with less men and significantly less talented commanders overall and fighting an even more bloodthirsty and motivated Brotherhood; be able to succeed where Tywin and Robb failed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Tully Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 One of the big problems for the Freys may be that the Brotherhood may be getting assistance from some of the other Riverlords . Lords Vance , Blackwood and Piper along with some others have no love for the Freys and may be secretly working with the Borotherhood to bring down them down . Tom of Sevenstreams was at the Siege of Riverrun and there is little doubt that he was there working for the Brotherhood which just highlights how difficult the Freys job will be , how do you fight an enemy when you have no idea who they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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