章 443: Chapter 443: Ambush
The secret talks between Tyrion and Cersei lasted a long time.
Cersei was like a cornered beast, tightly holding King's Landing in her grasp, tying the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens to her own.
She was a woman, lacking the prowess of men on the battlefield, and her self-proclaimed astute political maneuvers were not particularly clever.
But she stubbornly believed in one thing: Viserys absolutely did not want a King's Landing littered with corpses and ruins.
Otherwise, the soldiers of the Golden Company, bearing the banner of 'Fire Dragon Above, Gold Below,' would have begun the siege from the first day they arrived.
This was the modified military flag of the Golden Company after joining the Targaryen camp. On a yellow flag, the emblem of the three-headed fire dragon representing the Targaryen family was above, and the golden skull symbol of the Golden Company was below.
This symbolized the Golden Company's submission to the Targaryen family, but they still wanted to maintain a certain degree of integrity.
This was a bit of caution from the commanders of the Golden Company. They were afraid that after joining the Targaryen camp, they would be torn apart and slaughtered.
This was also one of the conditions for the Golden Company to join the Targaryen family for free.
"The Unsullied and the Golden Company are strong, but it won't be easy to break through King's Landing."
Under the candlelight swaying gently with the wind, Cersei bit her teeth slightly and spoke.
"Viserys... He will only agree to my terms, not to kill Joffrey, Myrcella, and Jaime, then I will hand over King's Landing to him intact."
Being able to protect the lives of her children and brother was her bottom line. She could not give up the lives of Joffrey, Myrcella, and Jaime.
In fact, as early as when 'Littlefinger' Petyr Baelish returned from Pentos, he brought good news.
She didn't know the specific negotiation process between Petyr and Viserys, because this matter could not be publicized.
But Littlefinger Petyr Baelish swore to the beautiful queen that Viserys had accepted her proposal.
Littlefinger claimed that Viserys agreed as soon as he heard Cersei's name, even salivating, eager to take her to bed.
Because he had heard of the beautiful and virtuous Queen Cersei across the Narrow Sea, known as the first beauty of the Seven Kingdoms, and the gap between Lyanna Stark and her was like the difference between the light of a torch and the rising sun.
But when Cersei first heard Littlefinger's words, she was happy but didn't fully believe it, and was somewhat skeptical.
Because it is well known among the nobles of King's Landing that Petyr is a habitual liar.
"The words of the spider and Littlefinger in King's Landing are the least credible."
And he didn't bring back any tokens that could corroborate his words, and since then, the Targaryen family has not actively contacted her.
Therefore, when the army from Dragonstone was pressing the border, Cersei chose to close the door and wait for the wind and clouds to change.
Because she ordered the assassination of Hand of the King Jon Arryn due to the exposure of her incestuous relationship with her brother, her other path had already been blocked. Now the last path left for Cersei is to believe in Petyr Baelish's words.
And now Tyrion's arrival is like a lifesaver.
The noble and beautiful queen seemed calm on the surface, as if everything was under her control, but she secretly hid from her brother Jaime, hastily summoning Tyrion to the Red Keep for a secret meeting, because she knew that Jaime would definitely not want to surrender.
The secret talks between Tyrion and his sister Cersei continued until midnight, and no one knew the specific negotiation results.
Then, the commander of the city defense team, Janos Slynt, led more than fifty gold cloaks in a surprise attack on Jaime Lannister, who had just finished patrolling and came down from the city wall, and his other sworn brother, Arys Oakheart, as well as their Red Keep guards.
King's Landing was not quiet this night, the drizzle overhead, splashing water on the ground.
Two men, wearing white armor without a family crest and covered in raincoats, were chatting while walking down the steps from the city wall.
Jaime and Arys had a decent private relationship, mainly because Jaime simply despised Meryn Trant, Boros Blount, Preston Greenfield, and Mandon Moore. He believed that these four had no knightly qualities and should not be called knights but killers.
Although Arys and the other four were all promoted by Cersei as five Kingsguard members, Arys was... better.
Facing some dishonorable actions such as slapping girls, at least Arys would protest first, then execute, while the other four would do it without hesitation, regardless of good or bad.
Jaime had just inspected the walls of King's Landing, found some loopholes and problems in the city defense, and ordered the soldiers to correct them.
Yesterday he received a reply from the Eyrie, Duke Arryn said he was aware of the siege of King's Landing and was willing to send some reinforcements to support King's Landing.
With the help of reinforcements, Jaime felt much more relaxed, at least the pressure was not so great.
But for some reason, he couldn't help but think of what Tyrion had said during the day.
"Even the most loyal dog will bite its master when it's about to starve."
What does Tyrion's sentence mean?
Could it be that Janos Slynt, the commander of the city defense team, has secretly betrayed the Lannister family?
How did Tyrion know?
Has Janos Slynt made contact with the Targaryen family? Should he take him down in advance?
But if he cripples himself because of a word from Tyrion, without any evidence, it would be too easy for the Targaryen family to deal with them.
Jaime, with one hand on the hilt of his sword, slowly walked down from the city wall, the armor on his body making a sound, his thoughts were a bit drifting, he didn't hear what Arys had just said.
At this time, on the main road under the Gate of the Gods that runs through King's Landing, a group of city defense team soldiers in the distance were holding torches, stepping on the rainwater. They were wearing thick wool dyed gold, their armor, helmets, and weapons reflecting light, walking in this direction.
Jaime saw these people with one hand still on the hilt of his sword, but he stopped slightly, the smile on his face slowly disappearing.
Because he saw that the leader of these gold cloaks was Janos Slynt, whom he had just been thinking about.
What does he want to do with so many people here?
"Damn it."
For some reason, Jaime suddenly had a strong bad feeling in his heart, and then he suddenly drew his sword and shouted loudly.
"Run!"
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