The frowning Stannis stood on the balcony of the small conference room, looking at the vast forest on the south bank of the Blackwater River.
For several days, the River Bend troops who passed through the royal forest rushed to the south bank and set up camp. Scouts reported that the number of enemy troops reached 80,000.
The good news is that they have no boats or bridges to cross the river.
The bad news is that one hundred and fifty longships of the Redwyne family have captured Dragonstone, captured Selyse Florent and others who were still there, and quickly rushed to King's Landing Port.
Although the alliance between the royal fleet and the pirates could compete with the Redwin fleet, its strength on land was far less than that of the enemy, only a quarter of the opponent's.
He has not yet fought the enemy, but he has already lost the war.
Footsteps sounded, and the knight Davos Seaworth walked behind his king.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
Stannis threw the rolled-up note in his hand to his Hand, "Look, another king has come out."
Davos, nicknamed the Onion Knight, smiled awkwardly and said: "I don't know the words above, and they don't know me."
The king without a crown glared at the Prime Minister and explained to him: "An armed force from across the Narrow Sea landed in the Stormlands. Their leader claimed to be Rhaegar's eldest son, the true master of the Iron Throne, Aegon Targaryen.
VI. The defenders of Storm's End said that this army is preparing to attack them."
"In front of the large army outside the city, this can only be regarded as an annoyance." Onion Knight pointed to the south, "According to my observation of the enemy camp, there should be only 40,000 to 50,000 Hebang warriors, and there are an unusually large number of unarmored servants.
, it simply doesn’t look like an army.”
"Only! You call 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers only?" Stannis glared at his Prime Minister again, and then turned to the Scarlet Witch Melisandre who walked in, "Why is Tommen not in Duskendale? Didn't you say
Can the false king die suddenly by burning the fat man?"
Melisandre, dressed in red robes, walked gracefully to the king and said softly: "Don't be impatient. I saw Tommen entangled in the flames by several snakes from the desert, and one snake bit him to death."
He, the false king, will go to see his brother soon."
"It's best this way." Stannis put his hands on the table and looked at the map, "Each of you think of a way to defeat the enemy forces outside the city."
Knight Davos said: "The Lannister army is to the north of the Gate of the Gods, and the River Bend army is on the south bank of the Blackwater River. Before the Redwin fleet arrives, we can first defeat the isolated lions, and then fight against the
The Gulf Army goes to war."
"Do you think Kevan is a fool? Wouldn't he lead his army to retreat if he can't be defeated?" Erlu looked at the Scarlet Witch, "What is your plan?"
"Exchange the prisoners in your hands for Edric Storm. The blood of the king contains power that ordinary people cannot imagine. Together with the King of Light, it is enough to kill any enemy you hate."
Edric Storm is the illegitimate son of the late King Robert. He was originally fostered at Storm's End and was later taken to Dragonstone by Stannis. Now he is captured by the Redwin fleet.
The Scarlet Witch stared into Stannis's blue eyes with her penetrating eyes.
The Onion Knight next to him couldn't stand the king's ambiguity with a witch, and reminded him: "That's your blood relative, and those who kill relatives will be cursed by the gods."
"Sir, don't get excited yet. It's not like we want to kill him. We just need a little blood."
Melisandre looked at the Onion Knight the same way she looked at Erlu, which made Davos shyly tilt his head.
"I will never forgive the crimes of traitors Cersei, Varys and others." Stannis looked at the Scarlet Witch and said.
"But their trial can be delayed until His Majesty wins the war. Outside Storm's End, you have seen the power of the King's blood."
The frown on his brow was slightly flatter, and Stannis ordered: "Then let's do it."
…
Shitang Town.
Arthur, who was sweating profusely, suddenly sat up from the bed and carefully recalled the nightmare he had just had.
In the dream, he was getting married to Little Rose Margaery Tyrell. The oath taking and banquet process had been completed, and he carried Little Rose into the wedding room to prepare for the wedding ceremony.
Margery was dressed unusually beautifully. When Arthur was about to kiss her, a bald man with blue eyes crawled out from under the bed and wrapped his hands around his neck. The force was so strong that Arthur almost suffocated.
Fortunately, Alduin emerged from nowhere and sprayed out dragon flames, causing the blue-eyed man to be burned to death on the spot.
There was no trace of the man's remains. Just when Arthur was about to investigate, Alduin stretched out its head. What was shocking was that Alduin had the face of Joffrey.
Emperor Qiao's little face is still so handsome, and his eyes are much clearer, but having a human face on a dragon's head is still very scary.
Then Arthur was awakened.
This is really a terrible nightmare.
He thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that Stannis was most likely preparing to curse someone.
Counting the days, the armies of the Shihua family have surrounded Junlin City. Erlu's soldiers are far less than the enemy, so they will naturally have to use special methods to win.
The self-proclaimed king Arthur must be on his curse list.
The power of the curse should come from Edric Storm, Robert's illegitimate son who possesses both dragon's blood and king's blood.
In addition to the three defenses in daily life: protection against cold arrows, poison and assassins, Arthur must also be prepared to break this curse.
Coincidentally, Coburn, who directed the construction of new residential buildings in Heron Town, had an in-depth study of necromancy.
Arthur had already discussed with him the method of breaking the curse of Harrenhal before, and Qyburn also agreed with the two solutions of transplanting weirwood and burning the Great Tomb. It would not be difficult to find a method that can break the curse of Stannis.
After keeping this in mind, Arthur got out of bed and called Podrick to wash up.
It is already evening outside, and tonight is the time to dig the dam upstream.
After the river water that has accumulated for three days washes down, the Hejian Army, already fully dressed, will be on standby on the hills where Shitang Town is located, preparing to capture the defeated troops and enemy generals.
…
The east side of Shenyan Lake.
The two men and two horses were heading north, and Sandor Clegane was pouring the liquid from the wineskin into his mouth.
Arya looked at the endless lake and asked angrily: "Hound, do you not know the way? We were originally in Stone Hall Town, and we can reach Riverrun by walking west from there. Why did you come back again?"
"I heard that your sister ran away to Harrenhal, so I took you to the north." Sandor shook the empty wine bag and looked at the sunset, "We have to find a place to sleep."
Their mounts carried them up a hill, where they met five uninvited guests.
A lion cavalryman wearing a crimson robe spoke first: "I actually met an acquaintance. Does the girl still remember someone?"
The hunting dog originally thought that the lion cavalry would greet him with obvious features first, but to his surprise, it was the little wolf girl who was recognized.
Arya looked at the man in red robes whom she had never seen before in confusion, "Who are you? Why do you call yourself this person?"
In her mind, there was only one death row prisoner in the night watch team who called himself that.
At that time, the gold robes were chasing a young man, so they attacked the team led by the night watchman Yoren and set off a fire. Three death row prisoners were trapped in the prison car. Unable to bear it, Arya found an ax and gave it to them.
They were never seen again.
"Red Robe" took off his lion-shaped half-helmet, and then touched his face with his free right hand. His originally mediocre facial features suddenly became attractive.
Arya recognized it as the prisoner on death row.
"The girl stole three lives from the Red God, so she has to return three lives to the Red God. You name the three names and someone will send them to see the Red God." After showing others with Arya's familiar face.
, Jia Qun Hegar said.
Arya was stunned for several seconds before she realized what was going on, so she pointed to a man in red robes behind Jia Kun, "That's him."
"This is Rorge and Sharptooth, my companions. You didn't name him, so I can't kill him. The other two Lannister cavalry are called Aidan and Benson." Jia Kun replied.
Arya rolled her eyes and understood that Jia Kun was hinting that he could kill the two Lion cavalry, so she said these two names.
Jia Kun smiled and nodded, then turned to look at the two Lannister cavalry.
The two men were frightened by the conversation and were already turning their horses and preparing to escape.
It's just that the faceless man Jia Kun's hands were faster, and two red feathers came out of his hands and pierced the backs of their necks.
Plop!
The two corpses fell to the ground, and the horse stopped upside down.
Sandor Clegane looked at the red feathers on the back of the corpse's neck in shock. After thinking about his relationship with the wolf girl, he quietly took off the dog-shaped helmet attached to the horse and put it on.
He reached his head, pressed down his mask, and tightened his neck protector.
"Where's the third person's name?"
Arya looked at the death row prisoner who could change his face with his hands, and then at the Lannister cavalry who fell to the ground, and said eagerly: "I don't want you to help me kill people, just teach me this killing method, I can do it myself.
revenge."
The faceless man stretched out his right index finger and shook it, "This is not a person's name."
Arya tried hard to recall this person's name and said: "Jia Kun."
"Then you should tell me something I can do!" The faceless man was immediately relieved.
Arya glanced at Sandor Clegane behind her and thought to herself that if they were allowed to kill the hound, then Jia Qian would have nothing to do with her.
"Then help me get rid of Sandor Clegane and teach me your killing methods. My brother died at the hands of the Lannisters and the traitorous Roose Bolton. I must fight for him and the Northmen.
revenge."
Jia Kun waved his hand to Luo Erjie and the two men behind him to come forward, "You guys find a way to get him to leave the girl."
The hunting dog looked at the mysterious three people, gently pinched the horse's belly and backed away slowly.
Years of combat experience have taught him that he can never leave his behind to such a dangerous opponent.
Rorge and Fang rode to force Sandor Clegane, and the three of them stayed away from Jaqen and Arya.
"Someone must die." After saying this, Jia Kun, the Faceless Man, touched his face again with his hand.
As a result, the charming middle-aged man's face turned into a scarred face. After shaking off his long straight red hair, the faceless man had black curly hair on his head.
"I want to learn skills like this."
Arya looked longingly at the man in front of her.
"Okay, you come with me to Braavos on the other side of the narrow sea." The Faceless Man said.
The little wolf girl thought about her elder sister and Jon Snow, who had put on black clothes and became a member of the Night's Watch.
"But I have to see my relatives first so that they know where I am going."
The Faceless Man took out a strange old coin from his arms, "But I can't go to see your relatives. With this coin, you can give it to anyone in Braavos, and then say r Morghulis,
You can find me."
Arya took the old coin and stroked it curiously.
It is larger and older than the silver deer coin and gold dragon coin, and its texture is similar to that of a copper plate.
After finishing speaking, the stranger wearing Jia Qian's clothes nodded to Arya, turned around and retreated into the darkness, his cloak fluttering and disappearing.
In the distance, there was a roar.
Arya heard clearly the sound of the hound.
After getting rid of the hounds, she ignored the fact that the sun had set and galloped towards the north. Her sister Sansa might be in Harrenhal, just north of the giant lake.
…
The middle section of the Golden Avenue.
The resurrected Caitlin listened to the reports from her Brotherhood members.
Of course, she is no longer Mrs. Stark, and others call her "Mrs. Stoneheart".
"With blond hair, wearing gorgeous porcelain armor, and running wildly with three horses, he looks a lot like the Kingkiller Jaime Lannister."
"It's just because he ran too fast, so the brothers can't be sure, so I'll report it to you and let my wife decide."
Because the wound on her throat could not heal, she had to cover her neck with her hands when she spoke, "It doesn't matter if he comes from the west, he is a lackey of Lannister. My husband, I, and my son all died in their hands."
, anyone who has anything to do with them will die."
She ordered the more than 40 people under her command, "Everyone pack their things, let's go hunt down that knight."
Since the death of Lord Beric, the Lightning Lord, Thoros the Red Priest has left the Brotherhood, leaving Lady Stoneheart in charge of them.
So the members of the Brotherhood who had been lying down stood up again, dragged their exhausted bodies and simply packed their belongings, got on their horses, and followed the leader to chase down the rider who was suspected of being the regicide.
…
Next to a big tree, "Beauty" Brienne Tarth, who had wrapped herself in a cloak, suddenly noticed that the ground was shaking slightly.
A large group of cavalry came, and they came with great force.
So Brienne, who was sleeping with A, stood up, holding the sword in her hand, ready to see the situation first.
"Hey, it looks like a female knight!" Following the light of the torch, the brotherhood member running at the front shouted.
"We are from the Brotherhood Without Banners, you can sleep peacefully." Another member replied.
Brienne looked at the endless stream of riders and confirmed that they were not wearing the standard armor of noble soldiers, then she sat down against the tree.
He must be a member of the Brotherhood. I heard that this organization has a good reputation, so the beauty is relieved.
But the person at the center of the team caught Brienne's attention, "Isn't that Mrs. Stark who was killed by the Lion Cavalry?"
The brotherhood team passed by very quickly. Brienne stared blankly at the back of the figure who had run away, and decided to follow up to ask for more information.
