Chapter 713 Assassination
The situation in Junlin is indeed not very good at the moment. I have said before that Junlin City has 600 troops, and the troops in the North and the valleys are still on the way back to Junlin. So Stannis chose this time point very accurately. He also knew that this was the only opportunity. When the troops in the North really arrived, he would have no chance.
Of course, a few days have passed, and the troops on Junlin City have been somewhat expanded. Ye Junwen had asked Varis to recruit soldiers near Wang Ling, and he has already convened 600 troops. Of course, there are more than these troops in all troops, but Wang Ling's range is also very large. There are only these people who come to Junlin, which means that Ye Junwen can use 1,200 troops at present.
On Stannis' side, he had only more than 2,000 troops, but he called Sarado, the big pirate. This guy had more than 200 warships under him. Of course, there were sailors on these warships. These sailors were all pirates and had very strong combat power. At present, it seems that the gap between the enemy and us is still very amazing.
What's even more troublesome is that Junlin City is short of manpower and lack of intelligence. In addition, Stannis launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night. By the time he discovered it, the opponent's fleet had already entered the Blackwater Bay. In other words, when Ye Junwen got up, the opponent's troops had already landed on the city, and Junlin City was hurrying to prepare for defense, which was really too late.
The other party's landing could not be stopped at all. The several docks in front had been captured by Stannis' troops. The current situation was really critical. Varis and Paichel did not understand the military situation at all. Now there is not even a general who can do his job.
In this case, Stannis had basically won, but even Stannis himself felt that it was not that simple. After all... there was a dragon. He was not very clear about the specific situation of the war in the north, but the only thing that could be known was that Ye Junwen's dragon definitely played a key role. Otherwise, how could the troops in the Western Frontier be defeated so quickly? Although there are many troops in the Northern Frontier and the Valley, there are also many troops in the Western Frontier. Tywin is a famous general in the world. If he really wants to lose, he will have to fight for a month. However, the news of Ye Junwen's departure to the Western Frontier retreat came. In just two days, what did you think it was caused?
When he heard the news of the retreat of the Western Front, Stannis was a little panicked. Of course, he had hesitated whether to attack King's Landing City. At this time, a man stood up and said that she had a way to solve the most troublesome problem. This man was Melisandra, a woman in red robe.
Stannis trusted Melisandra quite a bit. When he first saw the other party, Stannis only thought that the other party was a wizard, but soon, Stannis believed Melisandra, after all, he also saw a lot of illusions through the flames.
Stannis has now changed his faith, abandoned the Seven Gods, and returned to the King of Light. As the messenger of the King of Light, he certainly trusted him very much, but Stannis said that he wanted to solve the problems in the war at this time, but Stannis was a little disbelief.
His knights also expressed their suspicion of Melisandra. They didn't like this pagan very much, but Stannis still opposed the public. After all, Melisandra said that they wanted to show the miracle of the King of Light. In fact, there is no need to guess too much. The biggest problem that Melisandra said was Ye Junwen. Without the dragon, Stannis said that he had a great advantage and could not lose at all.
Melisandra did not say how to solve Ye Junwen. Stannis didn't know what the so-called miracle of the King of Light was. However, Melisandra said that if she launched the miracle, there was still a prerequisite, that is, she would enter King's Landing. Stannis finally believed it, so he asked his subordinate knight to approach King's Landing by boat. Although King's Landing was martial law recently and it was difficult to enter, Stannis was also a member of the Baratheon family after all. Robert was the king before, and Stannis also had some connections in King's Landing. Ye Junwen's current control over King's Landing is not so strong. It is very easy for these people to get someone in.
In short, after everything was done, Stannis also set off with a large army and arrived at Junlin City in the middle of the night. He didn't know what was going on with Melisandra, and whether the miracle had become, but no dragon appeared yet, which was a good phenomenon. In short, he didn't know the situation there, but the siege naturally had to continue, so he also commanded the warships to start siege. Originally, Stannis's troops were insufficient, and it was still difficult to siege the city, but these warships were equipped with siege weapons. With the help of these warships, it was not difficult to capture Junlin City. In short, before the soldiers in Junlin City were ready, the siege had begun. For a moment, the soldiers in Junlin City were also a little panicked. So far, they didn't even have a commander, so they didn't know how to fight.
At the same time, Ye Junwen had just gotten up and had just asked Varis and the other party the specific situation. Of course, Ye Junwen was preparing to attack by a dragon, but it was just some ships. What's the problem? But he attacked by a dragon, and the defense battle on the ground here still needs someone to command. Forget about Varis and the other civil servants, he needs a general.
Of course there are still generals in the city. Varis immediately recommended several people, all of whom were Royal Guards. Speaking of Royal Guards, he also explained to Ye Junwen a little. These people were simply the personal bodyguards around the king. Of course, most of these people are knight-born people, all of whom have been on the battlefield and have made military achievements. It is definitely a joke that they don’t know how to command the troops, so at this time, of course they were asked to help command the city guards to defend the city.
However, there are still some problems with the current Imperial Guards. After all, these Imperial Guards were granted the Imperial Guards during the Baratheon Dynasty, and now Ye Junwen is the king of the Targaryen Dynasty. Just let the officials of the previous dynasty protect the current king. Do you need to consider the issue of loyalty?
Varys said that the current Royal Guards, several obviously problematic ones have been controlled first. The most problematic one is the Royal Guard Captain James Lannister, who is Tywin's eldest son. Fortunately, he has been captured now and has been obviously removed from the list. Then the second one is Sandor Crigan, who is Tywin's Knight family, and his brother is Demon Mountain. Of course, people from the Western Frontier must control it, so Sandor Crigan has been arrested and imprisoned. The third one is Marin Tran, who is a loyal fan of Robert. After Robert died, he became Joffrey's personal lackey. This guy has nothing to say, and he just arrested and imprisoned. The fourth one is Preston Greenfield. The reason is that the Greenfield family is a Western Frontier family after all. Although he has no obvious tendency, he will still arrest him.
After these obvious people were dealt with, there were only three people left in the Imperial Guard. Although these three people were not very problematic, they were all from the Robert era. So how loyal do you think there is? But after all, the Imperial Guard cannot be dealt with at once. Varis temporarily put these people aside. He originally planned to study this matter with Ye Junwen in the future, but now there is nothing to do.
Varis also recommended the most stable person, Sir Alex Oghett. This guy can only say that he doesn't have any special tendency. Then the Oghett family is a family in Hewandi. Although the troops in Hewandi are rebelling with Lan Li, they have contacted Ye Junwen and the others after all. After thinking about it, it is probably still useful.
Among the people mentioned, Ye Junwen didn't know anyone except James, so what else could he do? He could only trust Varis's judgment. So Ye Junwen also asked Varis to notify Alex, asking him to temporarily take over the city guard and organize defense.
By the way, the City Guard is the Golden Robe, and there was a captain before. Originally, the City Guard should have been led by the captain, but this Captain Genos Slint, who was a subordinate of the Lannister family, was one of the culprits who betrayed Ed and captured the people in the North. He saw that the situation was wrong before, so he ran away with his people, so the captain of the City Guard is vacant and no one is in command at all.
In short, there are people in the city. Although Ye Junwen has never seen Alex before and doesn't know how capable he has, he basically doesn't have to fight back the enemy or something, just maintain public order in the city. The main output depends on Ye Junwen.
After just making the decision to command, Ye Junwen directly wanted to ride a dragon out. At this moment, something unexpected happened. Varis and Paichel, who were sitting in front of Ye Junwen, suddenly changed their faces and looked behind Ye Junwen with horror, as if they had seen something terrifying. Ye Junwen was a little stunned and turned his head a little strangely to see what they were looking at. However, before he could turn back, he suddenly "splashed" and Ye Junwen suddenly felt that his chest seemed to have been stabbed from the back, and directly penetrated his body.
Looking at his chest, a black blade pierced out from his chest. It seemed that someone was stabbing him. However, Ye Junwen was not very surprised by the assassination. What was surprised was the strength of the person who assassinated him. You must know that his body is very hard now, and this cannot be pierced simply. Ye Junwen thought that the person on this plane was not very strong, but he didn't expect that someone could pierce him with one sword.
"Your Majesty!" Varis screamed and stood up at this time. Pysir next to him was already shocked.
Chapter completed!