章 151: All are fake kings
Royce of Runestone has always been the most powerful lord under the Arryn family of the Vale. At the end of the reign of Jaehaerys I, the then head of the Arryn family, Jeyne, was too young, so Earl Jobert Royce was regent of the Vale, which shows the relationship between the two sides.
The contemporary head of the Royce family, Bronze Yohn, is most famous for his loyalty to Arryn, in addition to his enthusiasm for participating in various tournaments.
Even though Eddard Stark has a very close relationship with him, Bronze Yohn did not bring his own soldiers to join the Young Wolf's team without Lady Lysa's permission.
"How close is the relationship between Black Walder and the Royce family?"
Arthur asked in the dim candlelight.
Royce is also a large family, and the more famous branches are Runestone and Moon Gate. As the former lord of the river crossing, the status of the first wife of old Walder cannot be too low, at least she is from these two branches.
Lame Rosso stroked his mustache and thought for a long time before saying, "Black Walder's grandfather, my eldest brother Stevron and Bronze Jon are cousins. But Lord Jon always looked down on my eldest brother, so they didn't have frequent contact. He might not even remember that he had this relative."
Arthur thought about it and thought it should be like this.
Lord Jon Royce was very proud of himself. Duke Tywin had proposed to the family on behalf of his son Tyrion, but was rejected by Bronze Jon.
You know, Tyrion the Imp was the legitimate heir of Casterly Rock at the time and the next Lord of the West. Such a status was still looked down upon by the Lord of Runestone.
"Then do you think Lord Royce could send troops to retake the Twins for his younger relative?" Arthur was still unsure about the relationship between the Freys, so he asked.
It is said that his family is looked down upon. They are related to one-third of the nobles in the Seven Realms. Some of the married Frey women have a high status. There are three or four earl-level family heads and heir wives, and there are also top nobles like Genna Lannister who are married in.
But they are indeed at the bottom of the noble contempt chain. Families with a history of a few hundred years don't have much contact with his family.
"That's impossible. It is already a great mercy of Earl Yorn that Black Walder can ask for a warm meal in Runestone City. Besides, my nephew Arwood's wife, Rheyana Royce, is also a relative of Yorn. He can't be good to one and bad to another relative!" Rosso's tone was quite affirmative.
Arwood Frey is Hosteen's only son. He is as tall as his father, but his military strength is slightly inferior.
One of the secret agreements between Arthur and the Frey family is that after the Freys have made great military achievements, the King of the Riverlands must give them matching territories and castles.
This is very tempting for Frey like Hosteen, who can't get any territory from the Twins. He is very concerned about several battles, hoping to earn enough military merit for himself and his son in exchange for a family fortune that will be passed down for generations.
"That's what I said, but Black Walder and the Vale must be on guard. Send Sir Hosteen with a team of 200 people to the southern part of the Moon Mountains, focusing on the movements near the Bloody Gate. Once the Vale sends troops, send someone to send a letter immediately."
It is no secret that the riverlands are short of food, so if the Vale sends a large army, it must bring its own food.
It is difficult for outsiders to break in through the Bloody Gate, and it is also difficult for the Vale to break out. Not to mention how a narrow path can guarantee the supply of food for tens of thousands of people, the natives of the Moon Mountains are enough for the Vale Knights to eat a pot.
Since Duke Jon Arryn took office as the King's Hand, the entire Vale has not organized an action to clear out the mountain clans, which has caused the population of the natives wearing fur robes to rise rapidly, and they have the strength to threaten the passage in and out of the Vale.
After the little devil walked out of the bloody gate, he subdued three mountain clans, the Burning Man Tribe, the Black Ear Tribe, and the Stone Crow Tribe. These three tribes joined the Hejian coalition in the town of Earl Harroway, but suffered heavy losses. Outside King's Landing, after the gold cloaks burned the coalition's barracks, these mountain clans took the opportunity to flee and disappeared.
But these three tribes are only a small part of the mountain clans. There are five or six other clans, such as the Painted Dog Tribe, the Moon Man Tribe, the Milk Snake Tribe, and the Crow Gathering Tribe, which are still active on the south side of the Moon Mountains.
"As for Crow Tree City, after the battle in King's Landing is over, Rosso will immediately take people to take over. Don't make it the same as Stone Hedge City." The King of Hejian ordered.
Arthur once sent his uncle Jules with a team of 500 people to take over Stone Hedge City and the territory, but because Jules himself was not capable enough, he couldn't play the entire earldom at all, and even couldn't fully control the castle and couldn't provide assistance.
So even if the King of the Riverlands ordered the troops to gather in Stonetown, he would not dare to let these 500 people go south.
"I understand, I understand." Lothar nodded.
After discussing the situation with Dickon and Lothar, and asking Hosteen to lead his men to go north overnight, Arthur sent away all the vassals and prepared to discuss Dorne's military deployment with Arianne in depth.
"I can let go of the fact that Prince Oberyn detained Lord Jason. You must send a Sand Snake back to Sunspear City, first to let the prince release the Lord of Sealand, and second to urge him to send troops to attack the Reach. Tell the prince that my promise to Nightsong City is still valid."
The Dorne princess lying on the table turned her head and smiled sweetly at her lover:
"My father is the one in power. He wants my brother Quentyn to marry Daenerys Stormborn. Now Quentyn should have set off for Slaver's Bay. I guess he will not send anyone to attack the Reach and Stormlands before Daenerys lands in Westeros."
Arthur asked himself to move more slowly, "That's what I say, but how do you know if you don't try? Now Aegon VI has conquered Crow's Nest City, Eagle's Nest Castle, Rainhouse City and other places in the southern part of the Stormlands, Storm's End Castle Also in danger, plus the Lion Flower Alliance and Stannis are still fighting for King's Landing, and Tommen is gone again. The situation of the entire Dragon family is very good. Prince Doran, no matter how prudent he is, should show some signs of it. At least send some troops to the vicinity of Prince's Pass to disturb the nobles of the Reach. Military spirit."
The Princess of Dorne snorted and said: "Okay, after this time I will go find my cousin Oberya. She is fascinated by the mercenary Bronn and wants to marry him, but she can't talk to Uncle Oberyn. , I will write two letters to my uncle to bring them together, and secondly, I will do what you said."
While in the town of Lord Harroway, Bronn was captured by the Fish and Wolf Alliance and was tied to King's Landing. However, after the camp was burned down, the little devil untied Bronn's rope and the two took the opportunity to escape.
The little devil with a knife in his nose was caught, but the lucky mercenary escaped. After Tyrion returned to King's Landing in exchange for Eddard's body, Bronn appeared by his side again until he was sent to protect Tommen who escaped secretly in Duskendale City.
After the Dornish people killed Cersei's last son, Bronn, knowing that he could never be forgiven by the Lannisters, surrendered, and then quickly became close to Obara, the sand snake who likes mature uncles, and became inseparable.
In just a few days, the two of them reached the stage of discussing marriage.
Although Dorne did not value the family background and blood of the person he was marrying, the Red Viper was very fond of his illegitimate daughter. It was still a bit difficult for Bronn, a very low-status and old mercenary, to marry Obaya.
Arthur patted the Princess of Dorne's butt to show that he understood, "I remember that a certain cousin of yours is very good at using poison. Who is she? Remember to stay and go with me when I take people to the Great Tomb in the North. "
"It's Tyene, she has the best relationship with me." Arianne tidied her hair, "Why did you keep her?"
"You'll find out when you get to the north."
After that, the King of Hejian did not speak again and concentrated on his work.
…
Three days later.
The results of the battle at King's Landing have been spread to the Riverside Army.
The result was pretty much what Arthur expected.
After Stannis defended for one round, he lost several gates such as the Gate of the Gods, the Iron Gate, and the Old City Gate. After realizing that they could not hold on, Erlu, who had outstanding military capabilities, directly sent the remaining troops to the south bank of the Blackwater River in a longship commanded by Davos.
"It is said that he re-elected an archbishop, which made several great nobles in the Stormlands make a sacred oath to follow them to death. After the fall of King's Landing, Stannis prepared to take people back to the Stormlands, Tarth Island, and Hay Hall , Tongmen City, Harvest Hall, Green Valley City and other places are still in the hands of the people from the storm."
Dickon introduced this to the river nobles.
The Duke of Mace, Matus Rowan and other people from the River, as well as Arianne, Tyene and other Dornish people also participated in this meeting. Of course, Lord Inflatable Fish was forced to participate.
The remaining River Bend prisoners, such as Warren Bisbury and others, were not treated like this. They were tied up and locked in another small tent.
"How many soldiers does Stannis have? What is the loss of the Lion and Flower Alliance? Are there any differences between the two families after Tommen's death?" Arthur asked what he was most concerned about.
Dickon said: "Stannis should have withdrawn about 10,000 of the infantry and soldiers on the long ship. Because Kevan ordered the servants and servants of the Riverbend people to rush to the city to fight first, which consumed Stannis's defense resources. This greatly reduced the loss of the coalition's soldiers, with only six or seven thousand people killed. I heard that Tommen returned to Queen Cersei, so their alliance seems to be very stable. But Lord Tyrell is on our side. So the Reachers refused to go north to attack... us."
Dickon was from Horn Hill in the Reach, and thus had an awkward relationship with the Duke of Mace.
Moreover, when Arthur recruited him before, he didn't ask him to lead troops in the war. He also wanted to go to the Great Wall to meet his brother Samwell. It was just because the King of the River didn't mention it for a long time, and Dickon himself was not thick-skinned. So I delayed it until now.
After hearing "Tommen" appear again, Arianne, Nymeria, Tyene and other Dornish people said in succession:
"Impossible, that Tommen must be a fake."
"Real Tommen is dead, and his body has been on display in the ruins of Duskendale City for how many days."
"A detachment of the Brotherhood Without Banners is occupying that place, and they can also prove the death of the Lannister bastard."
Most people in the river believed in Tommen's death, but the Duke of Metz was different.
"I knew you were lying to me. How could a good king die just because he wanted to? You must have created rumors to destabilize the morale of my army and take the opportunity to defeat us."
After learning that "Tommen" had returned to the Queen Mother, the inflatable fish in a gorgeous brocade robe instantly became energetic.
As long as the Lion Flower Alliance can still be maintained, his previous choice was not wrong.
Moreover, the Hebang army still has strength, and no one dares to do anything to him.
"Creating a fake Tommen is something a little devil can do. Of the five kings, except for me, the remaining four are all fake. It's really an old lady who got under the covers and made me laugh."
Euron, King of the Iron Islands, Asha Greyjoy and Theon Greyjoy were not present during the King Selection, and the process was wrong, so he was considered a self-reliant false king; the false Tommen was directly replaced by someone else, and he was a false king; Aegon VI , most likely the illegitimate son of Illyrio, the governor of Pentos, a standard false king.
As for Stannis, after he sacrificed his shadow to the Lord of Light, he lost his fertility and shadow, and was no longer considered a human.
A human king must first be a human, so Erlu is also a fake king.
"Tommen is not a fake king." Duke Mace muttered in a low voice.
He still tried very hard to protect his future son-in-law, but he only dared to say this.
No one else in the tent paid attention to the words of the most honorable captive.
"Your Majesty, what are our next moves?" asked Aenys, Marquis of the Twins.
The battle three days ago brought the number of soldiers in this army to about 15,000, with about 5,000 servants and more than 4,000 prisoners.
Such military strength is not enough to fight the Lion and Flower Alliance, but it is enough to retreat to the vicinity of Harrenhal for self-protection.
Servants and prisoners are both excellent laborers, and are most suitable for renovating the castle.
"With Lord Mace and Jaime here, the Lion and Flower Alliance will not be able to fight us in a short time." Arthur stared at the military map showing the distribution of troops.
In fact, the northern part of Stormland is much closer to King's Landing than Sow's Corner is to King's Landing.
The Deer still retains some strength and has the support of most of Stormland, so King's Landing is not very safe yet, and the Lion Flower Alliance must leave enough troops to defend the capital.
The River Bay people are afraid to attack the Riverland, so it is only possible that the remaining troops of the main force of the Lion Family go north, and the River Bay soldiers stay in King's Landing.
In the West, after the extreme mobilization, there should be no field soldiers.
The only force that may threaten the Riverland in the short term is the Valley, which has been gathering strength.
"Then we will go north. Some soldiers will cross the wide Trident River to prepare to defend the valley. The rest of us will go to Harrenhal to renovate and reinforce the castle and observe the situation. Lord Mace, you will also come with us to meet my dragon in Harrenhal. I think you will reconsider the alliance."
The inflatable fish looked aggrieved, "You can send someone to communicate with my son Garlan, Loras and others first. They will definitely be willing to take tens of thousands of gold dragons to redeem me."
The King of Hejian waved his hand, "We can also talk in Harrenhal. This is it. Everyone go out and mobilize your own people. We will march and evacuate overnight."
The situation seems to be stable for a while. Arthur is ready to take this opportunity to go to the North to break the curse.
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