章 188: Young aunt
Western border, Crake Forest.
This is a huge primeval forest, covering an area as large as two counties. It stretches from the Corn City territory in the east, to the Red Lake Territory and the Ancient Oak City territory in the south, to the Sunset Sea in the west, and is crossed by the coastal road. in.
As one of the gateways to the Western Territory, the defense level of the Crake Forest is not as good as that of mountainous areas such as Golden Tooth City or Deep Cave City. However, as long as the coastal road is blocked, the enemy troops will wander around in the forest like headless flies until the soldiers are lost. The confidence to invade the Western Territory.
At this moment, deep in the forest, at a certain intersection of Honghu Road, a small military camp was rapidly taking shape.
Twenty peasant soldiers wearing worn-out mail armor and pointed helmets were making fences out of chopped wood to intercept enemies riding past. The remaining nearly thirty people were building tents, stoves, and simple stables. He even took the time to make a toilet to make the leading knight look more decent.
The farrier accompanying the army was repairing the knight's horse's hooves. A young man wearing a black manticore coat of arms on a white background was staring at the farrier.
"Why does trimming your horse's hooves make you feel better?"
Young Weems' uncle, the knight Laurent Lodge asked.
He is the patriarch of the Lodge family of landed knights. After being recruited by the Lord's family, he brought with him the nine adult men in the village under his jurisdiction, as well as his nephew Weems Lodge, plus forty gifts from the Kreher family. A newly recruited armed peasants came to guard this intersection.
Their mission is to monitor this intersection, intercept a few or a dozen scout teams, and report to the Yangji Hall the possible arrival of large groups of people.
"I don't know, maybe it's clearing out useless clutter that makes me feel like the world is still salvageable." Weems replied.
He is a very melancholy man, and the recent situation has made him even more anxious.
The 20,000-strong army of the Dragon Holders has already advanced to the vicinity of Silver Mountain City in the eastern part of the West. There is also an army of the River Reach gathering in the Red Lake to the south. If nothing unexpected happens, the people of the West and the Lannister family will fight in the next month or two. Encountered the most humiliating moment in three hundred years.
To make matters worse, the Arryns of the Vale, allies of the Westerlands, stood still, the Boltons of the north were unable and did not want to go south to lend a helping hand, and the Golden Company of the Stormlands was out of reach.
Wilmes was very confused. The situation had collapsed to such an extent. Why didn't the adults of Casterly Rock City, especially Lord Kevan, who was in charge of the Lord's family, surrender?
Although he was not very clear about history, he vaguely knew that as long as the nobles surrendered, the king would generally not be in trouble. At most, he would send the culprits to the Great Wall or be exiled to the Eastern Continent.
After the farrier put the red-hot horseshoe on the neatly trimmed horse's hoof, Weems suddenly lost interest in this activity.
He straightened up and turned to his uncle, "Tell me, why is Lord Kevan still insisting? Is it possible that we have really made a turn for the better? Or is it that the nobles firmly believe that the enemy cannot reach the depths of the Western Territory?"
The short but extremely strong Laurent looked at his nephew's depressed face for a while before he replied:
"We, the Rocky family, are just warriors raised by nobles. We will do whatever the masters ask us to do. Besides, do you still want to understand Lord Kevan's thoughts? Do you have the brains?"
The farrier who finished trimming a horse's hoof expressed his thoughts to the strange knight uncle and nephew.
"Sir, I think this is the truth: when killing pigs in the village, one knife is used, because the pigs are already raised in the pig pens, but when killing free-range dogs, you need to give them some benefits to induce them to come over. Then try to tie up the dog. If you can't trick him, there's nothing you can do."
"In the current situation, if we surrender directly, we will be like pigs in a pigsty, letting the king and the people of the Reach slaughter us. But if we resist for a while, maybe we can actually find a way to survive."
The dark-skinned farrier smiled, showing his yellow teeth, and then continued the work at hand.
After listening for a while, Laurent immediately raised the riding crop in his hand and whipped it on the farrier assigned to him by the Kreher family.
"You understand, right? I am a knight, and I still need you to reason with me?"
He struck so quickly that the farrier had no time to react and was whipped hard.
But when Lorente raised his whip again, he found that he could no longer whip it.
"Uncle, what I said makes sense. Can you stop being so barbaric?"
Wilms stretched out his hand to stop Laurent's movement, and then said to himself:
"Since the result is still surrender, why don't both sides just show their strength and recruit tens of thousands of troops, and then negotiate after a trial?"
Laurent, who looked down on the common people, did not embarrass his nephew. He groaned and said: "Why are you thinking so much? After the horses' hooves are repaired, we will go to the east and have a look. I heard that the pioneer troops of the River Bend people have moved north from Red Lake. We Not only to intercept, but also to understand the movements of nearby troops."
As a knight, he had the right idea to do his duty, but it was never too late to implement it.
At least three hundred elite Hebang cavalry with horsemen and armor suddenly sprang out from near the path on the southeast side. Regardless of the obstruction of the woods, they launched an attack on the small camp.
"It came so fast!" Laurent was shocked and angry. His horseshoes hadn't been tightened yet, so it was not convenient for him to run away.
He asked angrily: "Are the shoes on?"
"Okay, okay." The farrier who had just been whipped replied repeatedly. Although only one nail was driven into the last shoe, he still lied that it was finished.
"Great, nephew, you take the soldiers to hold the camp, I will go to report to the Crake Hall."
After saying that, Laurent didn't care about his subordinates who were already in chaos, and directly jumped on the horse and galloped towards the west.
Wims didn't want to hold on. He looked at the cavalry group that was only a few dozen steps away from the camp, knelt on the spot, and shouted to the peasant soldiers behind him:
"Kneel down, let the masters in the south have a good time."
Seeing that a knight had already escaped, and their legs couldn't run faster than the cavalry's warhorses, most of the peasant soldiers knelt on the spot, and the remaining few hesitant people also knelt in front of the River Bay Cavalry for the sake of the iron spear head.
Gallan Tyrell lifted his visor, looked at the West Border Knight who had already fled far away, and ordered:
"Hanwei, you take ten cavalrymen to chase him, and you must kill that man and prevent the news from leaking out."
The Tyrell cavalry officer who was called out was doubtful whether he could catch up, but he still executed the order.
Garlan himself dismounted and began to ask Wims Lodge in detail about the defense of the Westerlands.
Such scenes were still being played out in various places in the Crake Forest. What the Westerlands could not have imagined was that Garlan solved the invasion of the Ironmen much faster than they had imagined.
…
King's Landing, the Red Castle, Maegor's Holdfast.
This was the master bedroom on the fourth floor. It was originally the room of Queen Mother Cersei, and was given to his wife Sansa by King Arthur I.
Of course, Cersei's skirts and clothes that filled an entire utility room, as well as boxes of gold and silver jewelry, were also inherited by Queen Sansa.
Although Sansa thought this was not very decent, like picking up garbage.
At this moment, the pregnant queen was lying on the couch, looking at the scene outside the balcony from afar.
Two weeks ago, her husband Arthur I had gone to the Westerlands to quell the rebellious Lannister and his vassal families, leaving her alone with a large group of servants in Maegor's Holdfast.
Thumps, thumps!
Footsteps sounded, and Brienne of Tarth walked in. "Your Majesty, chef Hannibal asked if you would like a piece of lemon cake for dinner? He can prepare it in advance."
Hannibal is a chef in King's Landing. He was discovered by the king because he is good at making pastries and cakes. He was hired as a pastry chef at Maegor's House to make lemon cakes for Queen Sansa.
"Come on, the days of pregnancy are so boring, and the new Grand Maester Gorman doesn't let me go out for exercise..."
Compared to a few months ago, Sansa's face is now much rounder and looks a lot fuller.
She suddenly remembered something and turned to ask one of her personal guards:
"By the way, at what age are you going to get married? Women always want to find a reliable husband, and it's better to settle down."
She felt that the best thing she had done since she went south was to find a capable husband.
Although Arthur's marriage made her very dissatisfied, she was relieved when she thought that she had become the hostess of the Red Castle and King's Landing, and even the queen of the entire Seven Kingdoms.
At least there is Margaery who is as embarrassed as me. Isn't she also sharing her husband with others? Queen Sansa comforted herself in this way.
Brienne bowed gracefully and replied: "Your Majesty, some women's battlefields are marriage and childbirth, while some women's battlefields are riding and slashing. I think I am the second kind of woman."
The last armor of this lady of Tarth had become tattered, so Queen Sansa, who had a little money in her hand, ordered someone to make a black iron armor for her.
Now when Brienne takes off the armor, I am afraid no one will regard her as a weak woman.
Among the existing Kingsguards, Loras Tyrell is known to be defeated by Brienne. Although Sandor Clegane said that he could beat her, judging from his behavior of not daring to fight with Brienne, the Hound is probably not able to beat her.
In addition, Balon Swann can't beat Loras, and Alex Oakheart is not as good as Balon Swann. Brienne is vaguely the first guard of Maegor's Holdfast.
With such guards, and Sandor there, Sansa was sure that no one could use force against her in this building except her husband Arthur.
"You have the same hobbies as my sister Arya..."
Sansa smiled and was about to chat for a while, but suddenly saw her female guard's face change drastically.
"What's wrong, did someone fly in from the balcony?" The queen asked with a smile.
She thought Brienne was joking with her.
But a heavy breathing sound dispelled her thoughts.
Queen Sansa, who just thought she was safe enough in Maegor's Tower, slowly turned around and saw one of the biggest threats in her life.
The black dragon head emerged from the balcony, the dragon's eyes were black in the red, and the dark red light it emitted was shocking.
It looked more ferocious than her husband's Alduin, Sansa thought secretly.
Then, the dragon flew low, showing the female rider on its back in front of the queen and Brienne.
This is a girl who is so beautiful that it cannot be described in words.
Cunning but gentle eyes flowed in the purple pupils, the dust on her face could not hide her white skin, and against the backdrop of the black dragon, the girl seemed to have a faint glow around her.
"Is this square fortress Maegor's Holdfast?" Daenerys asked the two people in the room.
She was also observing the two people in the room. The beauty on the soft couch was a noble lady at first glance, and the tall woman next to her was wearing iron armor, and seemed to be a female guard.
It should be one of the wives of the eldest nephew! The clever Dany guessed the truth.
Sansa, who is considered one of the most beautiful women in the North, is still jealous of the girl's beauty, but Brienne beside her has already reacted.
She quickly walked to the queen's couch to protect it, and then replied: "Yes? Is there anything I can do for you?"
"That's good!" Dany threw her small package onto the balcony, then slowly bent her body and jumped into the room on the faucet.
"This is also my home. You are Sansa, right? According to seniority, I am your aunt."
The Dragon Queen walked to the round table with a swagger, picked up the cup, poured herself a cup of liquid from the pot, and then raised her head to drink it.
"Aunt?" Sansa, who was sitting up, looked surprised. She now learned from the noble ladies in the south and tied her hair up anytime and anywhere.
"You don't look older than me!"
As the beautiful girl walked, Queen Sansa had already estimated the height of the girl.
It was about the tip of her nose.
"Why is it sour plum juice?" Dany complained in a low voice, and then looked at Sansa who was still sitting on the couch.
"Are you talking about age or seniority? I am older than both of them. I am your aunt who has come from thousands of miles away to see you, and you are still sitting there? At least you should make me a hot meal!"
The more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong, so she looked directly at Queen Sansa's belly.
"Are you pregnant?" As a person who has been through this, Dany is already very experienced.
Only pregnant women with strange temperaments will always have sour or spicy drinks and food.
Sansa and Brienne looked at this beautiful girl who was so familiar with her, and they didn't know what to say.
After a moment of shock, the queen noticed the appearance of the silver-haired and purple-eyed girl.
"Are you Daenerys Stormborn?"
The Dragon Queen said dissatisfiedly: "You just realized it. Auntie, I am angry. Go and ask the kitchen to make a meal for me first, and then call my eldest nephew over. I want to discuss important matters with him."
"The first thing is fine, but my husband is not in the Red Castle now. He is not even nearby, but in the far west."
Sansa rang the bell to summon the maid and ordered her to make a meal for the distinguished guest, which was not sure whether it was lunch or dinner.
...
Westerly, River Road.
The king, who had already handled the second wedding, was leading his army to the city of Sarsfield.
The western section of the Golden Road was already full of traps set by the Lion Army, which was not suitable for a large army to attack, so the army made another detour, first entering the riverland from the river valley near the city of Horn Valley, then crossing the shallows of the upper reaches of the Red Fork River to the west, and then entering the Westerly from the Golden Tooth City.
Beside the king, Prince Oberyn, Maester Qyburn, Little Devil and several others were discussing the affairs of the gods.
This is the topic brought up by Arthur I. Although people don't understand why the king likes to talk about this, many people welcome him.
"My personal opinion is that there are no gods in this world. The so-called old gods are just a general term for all the weirwoods. As for the Seven Gods, they are just gods made up by the Andal people to stabilize their rule. The other gods, such as the Weeping Lady of Lys, the Rhoynar River Rhoyne, the Black Goat of Qohor, and the Thousand-Faced God of Braavos, are similar to this."
Qyben, who advocates atheism, said this.
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