Not only did the battle establish Robb's reputation as a strong leader, it also destroyed the numerical advantage the Lannisters had held at the outbreak of the war. Previously, Robb was a rebellious provincial, badly outnumbered and without combat experience. Kevan Lannister describes the outcome of the battle as a "catastrophe" when Tyrion says that Robb is winning the war, no one disagrees. Recognizing that the situation is lost, Tywin decides to pull back his army further south in the Riverlands to Harrenhal on the shores of the Gods Eye lake, in order to use that castle as a base of operations for a protracted war. The Starks' victory at the Battle of the Whispering Wood and the following victory over the Lannister forces besieging Riverrun essentially destroy half of the Lannister standing army, removing their second functional army-group within the Riverlands, leaving Tywin with only the 30,000 strong army under his own command further to the east. Robb Stark addresses his troops following the Battle of the Whispering Wood. Jaime challenges Robb to single combat to decide the matter, but Robb refuses. In a decisive battle, Robb's Northmen win a significant victory by defeating the Lannister army and take Jaime himself prisoner. The bulk of Robb's forces descends on Jaime's army and lures him into the Whispering Wood, northwest of Riverrun. In a pitched battle - the Battle of the Green Fork - the Lannisters emerge soundly victorious due to overwhelming superiority of numbers, but quickly realize that they have been deceived.
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Believing this is the full Stark host, based on the information the captured scout returned to him, he prepares to confront it. Tywin receives word that the Starks are moving against him. However, after crossing the river the Stark host splits into two forces: one, of 2,000 men, moves south to confront Tywin, while the other force moves south-west to confront Jaime. Walder grants the passage and even contributes his levies to Robb's army, increasing Robb's numbers, in return for Robb agreeing to marry one of his daughters. Ĭatelyn negotiates with Lord Walder Frey to allow Robb's army safe passage across the Trident at the Twins. Robb tells him to carry a message to Tywin, telling him that twenty thousand Northern warriors are coming to face him.
He tells Robb that he counted roughly 20,000 men in the Stark host. Robb is still undecided when a Lannister scout is taken prisoner. Several lords favor a direct confrontation with Tywin's forces, while Greatjon Umber advocates trying to outflank Tywin, get past him, and then confront Jaime's forces at Riverrun. Robb and his men debate strategy, since they are outnumbered by either Lannister army. Tywin Lannister has split his forces into two armies, each numbering approximately 30,000 men: one force, under the command of Jaime, defeats the Riverlords at the Golden Tooth, then lays siege to Riverrun, the seat of House Tully the other, under Tywin's direct command, marches north, along the west bank of the Green Fork of the Trident River, to prevent the Starks from lifting the siege, and sends scouts to reconnoiter the Stark position. Leading a host of 18,000 Northern soldiers from, Robb Stark means to confront the Westerlands troops in the Riverlands and relieve the forces loyal to his grandfather which have been under attack for some time.
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