Capítulo 174: The chaotic world situation
Harrenhal, Hall of One Hundred Furnaces.
Previously, the Riverside Army had captured 5,000 Riverside servants and more than 4,000 soldiers near Harvard City. These people were left to repair the castle and city walls.
After the people of the Reach proclaimed King Arthur I, the soldiers of Tyrell and his loyal house were released, but the servants continued to repair the castle. Their work included restoring the Hall of Hundred Furnaces to the original structure built by Harren the Black. style.
Under the "encouragement" of the soldiers with whips, the servants in the River Bend did a really good job. The stone slabs in the Hundred Furnaces Hall can already reflect light. When the nobles gather, more than thirty fireplaces can all work, making the firewood crackle. combustion.
The nobles who stayed at Harrenhal for Arthur I's first wedding all gathered together to watch the Duke of Mace's passionate speech.
"...After sixteen years of chaos, the Targaryens finally arrived in his loyal home of King's Landing..."
Originally, Arthur was planning to go south to King's Landing immediately, hold a quick wedding, and then take over the West and the Stormlands, but Mace insisted on first exchanging the prisoners of the Golden Teeth and Riverrun for the riverside nobles in the hands of "One-Armed Adam" .
The reason is that when his daughter Margaery gets married, she cannot do without the witness of these vassals.
Moreover, Mace is preparing to hold a grand coronation ceremony for the king's son-in-law before the wedding, and wants Alduin to fly around the capital several times so that all distinguished guests and civilians know that the orthodox Targaryen is back.
Originally Arthur refused. The royal family did not have much money. Although he had saved tens of thousands of gold dragons in the High Court, he wanted to use them to arm the royal family's standing army.
But in order to make the legitimacy of Arthur I recognized by the world, Mace was determined to hold a grand event and promised that Highgarden and the Reach nobles would share most of the costs of the coronation ceremony and wedding.
Since he didn't have to pay all the money himself, the king reluctantly agreed.
At this moment, Arthur was sitting on the throne on the high platform, discussing in a low voice the behavior of Duke Mace with Sansa who was sitting on the chair beside him.
"According to Lord Tyrell's opinion, your second wedding was too extravagant and wasteful!" Sansa sighed from the bottom of her heart.
After Lady Stoneheart enlightened her for a night, Miss Stark no longer resisted her husband's second marriage.
Although Sansa may show an unhappy side in private, she still pretends to be intimate with her husband in such a crowded public place.
According to what Miss Stark said when she was fighting with Arthur, she was the Countess of Harrenhal, and in the future she would be the Duchess of Riverrun, and she might even be the Duchess of Winterfell. How could she put a mere little girl from the river in this place? In eyes.
At Arthur's first wedding, Blackfish Brynden Tully was not able to attend, but he arrived later and gave Sansa an expensive jeweled tiara, but did not give Arthur a gift. .
Arthur had already left at that time, so Blackfish quietly informed his niece and nephew: his nephew Edmure could no longer survive the winter. After Edmure's death, the nominal owner of Riverrun was the widowed Lady Roselyn. , and after Roslin, Sansa or Sansa's descendants will inherit Riverrun.
Regarding the order of succession, Sir Blackfish promised that the sworn knights and soldiers of the Tully family would only accept his arrangements, and the Frey family would not have any involvement at all.
Sansa's relationship with her husband was closer than Blackfish thought, and she chose the right time to tell Arthur this.
Because she had a land and a castle in her name, Sansa felt that she was one step ahead of Margaery, so she looked at the marriage with a normal attitude. Sometimes she even thought it was funny that the Rose family was planning to do something grand.
Miss Stark looked at the scornful Duke of Metz and said with disdain again: "It's as if his family has never had a queen. He holds a wedding and wishes all the seven countries would know about it. I don't know how much food can be bought with this wasted money. Let many children wear new clothes!"
After taking charge of Harrenhal affairs for a period of time, she had a clear understanding of money, food, linen clothing and other civilian items, so she looked down on such behavior of throwing money away.
"This is really the first queen born in their family." Arthur began to tell Sansa about the background of the Rose family.
Tyrell is the hereditary steward of the Gardener family of the Reach King. After the War of Conquest, King Aegon I granted Highgarden to Harlan Tyrell and made the family Lords of the Reach.
For nearly two hundred years after this, the Rose Household Order did not leave Highgarden, and the people of the Reach respected Hightower. Around 200 years of the Conquest Era, the Tyrells began to have influence on the Reach, until Olenna ·Redwyne married into Highgarden and forged an alliance between Hightower, Redwyne, and Tyrell.
"In the past three hundred years, there have not been many families that have given birth to queens. Having a daughter become a queen can be regarded as one of Mace's worries." Arthur concluded.
Although the Queen of Thorns' ambitions go far beyond that, with the Lannister example, they may make a big fuss about the next king's succession.
But Arthur has a way to defeat the enemy to avoid this situation:
Since it is a Dragon King family, the crown prince must at least tame a giant dragon!
Therefore, he is not too worried about establishing a heirloom in the future and making the Rose family happy (being taken advantage of) for more than ten years.
"...So Arthur I Targaryen is the legal owner of the Iron Throne, the Guardian of the Realm and the King of the First Men, Rhoynar and Andals~"
"My daughter, Margaery Targaryen, is his legal wife and the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms~"
The Duke of Metz almost shouted these two paragraphs.
Even before they were married, he had already changed his daughter's surname to Targaryen.
Arthur was convinced that he was rehearsing, and that Lord Tyrell would have to do this again when the coronation ceremony took place.
In front of all the Hewan family governors present.
While the nobles were enjoying the performance of the Duke of Metz, Count William Mouton quickly walked towards the high platform.
"Your Majesty, there is some bad news coming from our cooperating governor in Pentos."
After bending down to salute, he handed the note in his hand to Podrick Payne who came to greet him.
The latter presented it to the king with both hands.
Arthur opened the note, and Sansa leaned over to read it with her husband.
"...The imp's ransom...Volantis's election...Myr's request for help...Pantos's wavering..."
After reading the brief common language on the note, Arthur complained in a low voice: "What a terrible thing is this!"
He waved his hand and asked Earl Mouton, who already knew about it, to tell the vassals all four pieces of news.
William Mouton first bent down to salute, and then turned to relay these events to the group of nobles.
The first thing, of course, was the news about the little devil. He was acquired by Narnia Jaskis, the governor of Pentos. The latter asked the Western Continent to send 50,000 old gold dragon coins to pretend to be Tyrion Lan. Conservation expenses and food and accommodation expenses in Nistel.
Once the lords of Westeros pay the price, Narnia will return the famous dwarf.
"This Narnia is wrong, we are at war with the Lannisters."
"How can a king be asked to pay ransom for traitors and rebels?"
Many nobles expressed their opinions. These people were mainly river nobles. How could they agree to pay a "ransom" to the little devil before it was too late to kill the members of the Lion family.
"Quiet!" Arthur first stopped the vassal's discussion, and then expressed his thoughts.
"The false king's decree to ask Jaime of the Kingsguard to take off his white robe is against the laws of the kingdom, so I am going to send Jaime Lannister to the Wall to serve as the Night's Watch. Then Tyrion is the legal heir to Casterly Rock, Kevan Although waiting for the people from the Western Region Rebel, but Tyrion has not expressed his position yet. We can listen to his opinion first. As for the 50,000 gold dragons, the Tyrell family will temporarily pay them in advance. When we capture the West, we will take out the equivalent from Casterly Rock. Reasonable interest will be paid back together."
The Kingsguard is a Targaryen tradition, and Arthur is prepared to do everything according to the rules of the past three hundred years. The king cannot order the White Knights or Night Watchmen to be separated from their identities.
As for Tyrion, he is a smart man and knows what to choose.
Arthur kept him, firstly for his governance skills, and secondly to prepare for the capture of Casterly Rock.
The rock castle hidden among boulders and gold mines is said to never fall, and its reputation even spread to the Blue Star in Arthur's previous life.
For example, there is a well-known user with the ID "Castle Rock City Will Never Fall" on Ruumou. Because he can often discover all kinds of weird netizens' comments, "Kaidian" is also called the director of the Toilet on Ruyouhu.
In his previous life, Arthur often found fun in the director's activities. He told him to "go to the office to do things."
Back to business.
After the two armies attack, Kevan and the other Westerners are likely to hold on to Casterly Rock. At this time, Tyrion will need to play his role.
The little devil once presided over the improvement of Casterly Rock City's sewage and sewer system, and could find paths to lead soldiers into the city.
"Yes, I will make the lions who must repay their debts pay enough interest." After the king's son-in-law spoke, the Duke of Metz was happy to do this.
The first thing passed just like that.
Earl William Mouton continued to announce the second thing: "According to reliable information, Volantis is about to hold a consul election. The situation of two elephants and one tiger is likely to be broken. Among the current consuls, there is only one Dophas. Panymeen did not express his attitude, and the other two consuls have already declared their malice towards the Dragon Queen Daenerys. If Dofas fails to be re-elected, Volantis is likely to launch another war and attack the Third Daughter Kingdom and the Prince Dany of Slaver's Bay."
Lord Mouton, the representative of the Dragon Party family, has already called Daenerys Stormborn a prince.
The second thing is much trickier.
Volantis is known as the eldest son of the Valyrian Freehold, Queen of the Rhoyne, and Master of the Summer Sea. Its port is the most prosperous in the known world, and the center of world maritime trade is here. Trade goods such as silk from Yidi, spices from Qarth, and female slaves from Slaver's Bay can only be sold to the West through here.
This city-state is a free trade city-state with the most powerful army. Even in peacetime, it always has a hundred thousand slave soldiers - outsiders call it the Tiger Pao Army.
Having said that, I have to introduce the comparison of the military power of the Free Trade Cities and Westeros.
In the entire known world, all armies can be divided into four levels (not combat capability rankings) based on morale and organization.
The first level is the famous Unsullied, who are positioned as light infantry and are equipped with breastplates, shields, spears, and spiked helmets.
This group of slave soldiers gave birth to Astapor. They were cut into fried dough sticks and eggs since they were young, and then took special medicine to allow normal development of the body.
They know no pain or fear and obey orders absolutely.
The reason why the Unsullied are ranked in the first tier is because they can accept 99% combat attrition.
In other words, in a field battle, even after a hundred Unsullied warriors are reduced to one, they can still continue to fight for their master.
The most glorious achievement known to the Unsullied was when 3,000 Unsullied blocked the attack of 50,000 Dothraki.
The only thing that can match it in terms of morale is the army of wights commanded by the White Walkers.
The ironborn of the Iron Islands are a little inferior.
The second tier is the main non-productive army of the first- and second-tier families in Westeros, which are generally fully armed heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, commanded by nobles and sworn knights.
Their equipment may be world-class, but they cannot ignore the pain and death of their companions.
In field battles, if the generals are not killed and the lords are not killed or captured, the main forces of the first- and second-tier families can accept 60 to 70 percent combat casualties. Soldiers from some wealthy families can do better and fight until the last few dozen people flee.
After the lord is captured or the general is killed, this level of army can only accept up to 50 percent combat casualties, and then surrender or flee.
The third tier is the miscellaneous army of the first- and second-tier families in the Western Continent (mainly recruited trained peasants), as well as the soldiers of the third-, fourth- and fifth-tier families and most of the property knights. Their equipment is not as good as the soldiers of the second tier, and their morale and combat proficiency are far inferior.
In a single battle, after the general is killed, only 20 to 30 percent of the companions are seriously injured or killed, and the soldiers will collapse and flee.
The North and Dorne are not included in this list. Regardless of the size of their families and whether their equipment is sophisticated or not, the morale of their soldiers is very high.
The fourth tier is the Tiger Robe Army of Volantis.
As slaves, a considerable number of them were cut into oil sticks.
In terms of equipment, the upper limit of the Tiger Robe Army is the heavy cavalry of Westeros, and the lower limit is the roaring warriors of Dothraki, who only have one weapon, no armor, and no war horses.
In terms of morale, it is far inferior. In the field, as long as 5 to 10 percent of the soldiers are seriously injured or killed, the entire army will collapse.
But the annoying thing is that these slaves have been instilled with the idea that they cannot survive without their masters since childhood. Therefore, after the collapse, most of the slaves can return to the officers served by the free people of Volantis, organize again, and fight the next battle.
Just like the indestructible cockroach.
Of course, the complexity of the military forces in this world is far beyond this. The above division is only valid in field battles, and special situations such as boarding battles and sieges in naval battles are not included.
Although the morale of the slave soldiers in Volantis is not good and their combat capabilities are not outstanding, they have a lot of soldiers.
The city-state usually has three governors: two elephants and one tiger. Among them, the elephant party advocates conquering the world by trade, and the tiger party advocates conquering the world by force.
After Daenerys publicly stated that she would abolish slavery and took action against cities such as Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen, the free people of Volantis were ready to elect the tough-minded Tiger Party to power.
At that time, the entire Volantis might pull out 200,000 to 300,000 slave soldiers to attack free trade city-states such as Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh, and actively participate in the Golden Group's slave-hunting operations. Of course, they will collude with forces such as Yunkai and New Ghis to send troops to attack Daenerys stationed in Meereen.
"If nothing unexpected happens, Illyrio has probably gone to Volantis to seek an alliance. We must be prepared to fight them."
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