Q: Radish is so weak, it seems that he has done nothing since the battle that captured Jaime Lannister, and only saw him fall in love...
A: The war in the TV series has been downplayed a lot, maybe because of the cost relation. So except for the must-have battles, the episodes can be cut as they can. Radish's raid on Jaime's "The Whispering Forest" is certainly a wonderful stroke, but in the TV series it's just a black shot, and it's over...
Radish is very similar to his dad Ned Stark in many ways. Like his father, his best skill is marching and fighting. In addition to the victory of the "Whispering Forest", he also took advantage of the emptiness of Caster Rock City and used troops to attack the western border. Instead of planning to borrow troops from Frey to attack the western border as said in the TV series (In fact, it would be very stupid to fight the West at this time. The ironman attacked his rear, and the "lost the king of the north" didn't hurry to go back and regain Winterfell. Isn't it a dead end? It can only be said that the screenwriter has hacked the radish. IQ). Radish's original plan was to lure Tywin Lannister back to the West, leaving King's Landing empty, allowing Renly or later Stannis to take advantage of the situation and attack King's Landing. It is a pity that his uncle Edmure sent troops to attack Tywin on his own initiative, which blocked Tywin's return to the west. As a result, Tywin's reinforcements arrived in King's Landing to defeat Stannis in time in the Battle of Blackwater River, and Radish's plan fell short.
The strength of the northern border was not enough to compete with the western border, and the radish could basically achieve no defeat against the old fox Tywin, which was considered a young and promising general. Of course, it is another matter whether there is any political skill.
Q: Isn't Radish very similar to his father, why would he betray his engagement to the Frey family for a nurse in the field?
A: This is actually a bug in the TV series. The marriage partner of Radish was changed to a foreign nurse with an "international humanitarian spirit" -_-
In the original book, Radish was injured while attacking the Western Region and was healed under the careful escort of Jeyne, the daughter of a fallen noble in the Western Region. The bad news came that Theon Greyjoy, whom Radish once regarded as a sibling, betrayed the Stark family, attacked Winterfell and "killed" his two younger brothers, which was a double whammy for Radish. The sick radish fell into pain and depression, but Jeyne fell in love with the young wolf master while caring for the radish, and gently and thoughtfully enlightened and comforted the radish. The two young boys and girls who were just beginning to fall in love were unable to restrain their inner restlessness, and eventually they ate the forbidden fruit and fell in love.
Of course, if it is someone else at this time, it is generally not a problem, and it will be regarded as a romantic debt. After all, there were a lot of illegitimate children in the Seven Kingdoms at that time (all of them were "good examples" made by former King Robert Baratheon), so what's the point of going to bed. But the radish is his father's son, inheriting his father's strong sense of honor and responsibility. In order to protect Jeyne's reputation, Radish announced to marry her. So...
Q: How come Radish and Aunt Cat are almost defenseless against Frey and Bolton's conspiracy?
A: There are a lot of foreshadowings in the book.
1) As seen in the TV series, when Radish and Aunt Cat arrived, Wald Frey, Lord of the River Ferry, gave them salt and bread. This behavior is a kind of tradition in the world of ice and fire. In addition to expressing the host's welcome to the guests, it also means that the law of "guest rights" comes into effect, that is, both the host and the guest must not harm each other. Violation of "guest rights" is considered a very serious act of blasphemy and is punishable by God.
2) Before the Red Wedding, Roose Bolton reported the news of the North to Radish. He said that his bastard son was leading the army to retake the North, and also presented a finger from Theon Greyjoy, which reassured the Radish that the Boltons were really loyal to Stark.
3) As seen in the TV series, Edmure had been worried that Wald Frey would give him the ugliest daughter in order to humiliate the radish, but Frey gave him a "big gift". Edmure was overjoyed by Roslyn's youthful beauty. It was also considered by Radish and Aunt Cat to be the kindness released by the lord of Hedukou.
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2013.06. 28 Update Tip
The purpose of this article is to add the background of the red wedding to the children's shoes who have not read the novel, and does not mention any episodes that have not yet happened but will happen in the TV series (as of the end of the third season).
There are a lot of serious spoilers in the following replies, talking about the second half of the third volume of the original book and even the fourth and fifth volumes. I won't delete any replies, but I want to remind children's shoes who haven't read the novel and don't want to know the content of the next season or even the next season in advance:
don't look down...
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