Royce of Runestone City has always been the most powerful prince under the Arryn family of the Vale Lord. At the end of the reign of Jaehaerys I, the then Arryn family governor Jeyne was too young, so she was replaced by Earl Jobert Royce.
In Regent Valley, the relationship between the two parties is evident.
The contemporary Governor of House Royce, Bronze Yohn, besides being keen on participating in various tournaments, is most famous for his loyalty to Arryn.
Even though Eddard Stark had an extremely close relationship with him, Bronze Jon did not bring his own soldiers to join the Young Wolf Lord's team without Lady Lysa's permission.
"How close is Black Wald to the Royce family?"
In the dim candlelight, Arthur asked.
The Royce family is also considered a big family. The more famous branches include the Runestone City and the Gates of the Moon. As the former lord of the river crossing, the status of Old Ward's first wife cannot be too low. The worst is this.
Two origins.
The cripple Rosso stroked his mustache and thought for a long time before saying: "Grandpa of Black Walder, my eldest brother Steve Lun and Bronze Yohn are cousins. But Earl Yohn has always looked down on my eldest brother, so they keep going back and forth.
Not often, he might not even remember that he has such a relative."
Arthur thought for a while, it should be like this.
Lord Yohn Royce was very proud. Duke Tywin once proposed marriage to the family on behalf of his son Tyrion, but Bronze Yohn rejected it.
You must know that the little devil Tyrion was the serious heir to Casterly Rock and the next Lord of the West. Such a status was still looked down upon by the lords of Runestone City.
"Then do you think it is possible for Lord Royce to send troops to recapture the Twins for his junior relative?" Arthur was still unsure about the Frey family's kinship, so he asked.
It can be said that his family is looked down upon by others. He is related to one-third of the nobles of the Seventh Realm. Some of the married Frey women have a high status. There are three or four earl-level governors and heir wives, and some of them are married into the family.
A top noble like Gina Lannister.
But they are indeed at the bottom of the despised chain of nobles. Families with a history of several hundred years rarely have any contact with his family.
"That's impossible. Black Wald can beg for a warm meal in Runestone City, which is already considered a great mercy of Earl Yorn. Besides, my nephew Arwood's wife Leiana Royce is also a relative of Yorn.
It's impossible for him to be nice to one relative and not nice to another relative!" Rosso's tone was quite certain.
Arwood Frey is Hosteen's only son. He is as tall as his father, but slightly less powerful.
One of the secret agreements between Arthur and the Frey family is that after Frey has made great military exploits, the King of the River will give them matching territory and castles.
This was very tempting to Frey, who could not get any territory from the Twins like Hosteen. He was very interested in fighting in several battles, hoping to earn enough military merits for himself and his son in exchange for a family property that would be passed down for generations.
"That's what I said, but Black Walder and the Valley had to defend themselves, so I sent Sir Hosteen with a team of 200 people to the south of the Bright Moon Mountains, focusing on the movements near the Blood Gate. Once the Valley sent troops, he immediately sent troops
Someone sent a letter."
It is no secret that the Riverlands are short of food, so if the Valley sends out a large army, it must bring its own food.
It is difficult for outsiders to get in through the blood gate, and it is also difficult to get out of the valley. Not to mention how a sheep intestine trail can ensure the supply of rations for tens of thousands of people, the aborigines of the Mingyue Mountains are enough to feed the knights of the valley.
Since Lord Jon Arryn took office as Hand of the King, no action has been organized to clear out the mountain clans in the entire valley. This has allowed the population of the indigenous people wearing fur robes to increase rapidly, and they have become a threat to the passage in and out of the valley.
After the little devil walked out of the Blood Gate, he surrendered three mountain clans: the Burning Man, the Black Ear, and the Stone Crow. These three tribes joined the River Alliance in Earl Harroway's town, but suffered heavy losses. In King's Landing
Outside the city, after the golden robes burned the allied army camp, these mountain clans took the opportunity to flee in all directions without knowing where they were going.
But these three tribes are only a small part of the Gaoshan clan. There are five or six other clans, including the Painted Dog Tribe, the Moon Man Tribe, the Milk Snake Tribe, and the Yaji Tribe, which are still active on the south side of the Mingyue Mountains.
"As for Crowtree City, after the war in King's Landing is over, Rosso will immediately lead his people to take over. Don't make it the same as Stonehedge City." King Hejian ordered.
Arthur once sent his uncle Jüle to lead a team of 500 people to take over Shili City and the territory. However, due to his own lack of ability, Jüle could not control the entire earldom, and even the castle could not fully control it.
, unable to provide assistance.
Therefore, even if King Hejian ordered to assemble troops in Shitang Town, he would not dare to let these five hundred people go south.
"I understand, I understand." Rosso nodded.
After discussing the situation with Dickon and Rosso, and asking Hosteen to lead his people north overnight, Arthur sent away all the vassals and prepared to have in-depth discussions with Arianne about sending troops to Dorne.
"I don't need to pursue the case of Prince Oberyn detaining Lord Jason. You must send a Sand Snake back to Sunspear, first to ask the prince to release the lord of Seaside City, and secondly to urge him to send troops to attack the Reach. Tell the prince
, my commitment to Night Song City has always been valid."
Princess Dorne, who was lying on the table, turned around, smiled sweetly at her lover and said:
"My father is the one in charge. He wants my brother Quentin to marry Daenerys Stormborn. Now Quentin should have set off for Slaver's Bay. I guess before Daenerys lands in Westeros,
It is impossible for him to send troops to attack the Reach and Stormlands."
Arthur allowed 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 south of the Stormlands, Storm's End Castle
It is also in danger. In addition, the Lion Alliance and Stannis are still fighting for King's Landing. 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 and at least send some troops to the prince.
Near the pass, it disturbs the military morale of the nobles in the river bend."
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, firstly to bring them together, and secondly to do what you said."
While in the town of Lord Harroway, Bronn was captured by the Fish and Wolf Alliance, and was tied up until the castle gates of 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 captured, 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 in Duskendale.
Sent to protect Tommen who escaped secretly.
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 liked 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 a mercenary with a very low status and an old age like Bronn 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 know when you get to the north."
After that, the King of Hejian did not speak again and concentrated on his work.
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Three days later.
The results of the battle at King's Landing have been spread to the Hejian Army.
The result was pretty much what Arthur expected.
After Stannis defended for a round, he lost several city gates such as the Gate of the Gods, the Iron Gate, and the Old City Gate. After realizing that he could not hold on, Erlu, who had outstanding military ability, directly used the remaining troops with Dai.
The longship commanded by Forth arrived at the south bank of the Blackwater River.
"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 Stormlands."
Dickon introduced this to the river nobles.
The Duke of Mace, Matus Rowan and other River Bend people, 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 the soldiers on the long ship. Because Kevan ordered the servants and servants of the Riverbenders to rush to the city to fight first, which consumed Stannis's defense resources.
This greatly reduced the losses of the coalition soldiers, with only six to seven thousand people killed. I heard that Tommen has returned to Queen Cersei, so their alliance seems to be very stable. But Lord Tyrell is on our side.
So the Reachers refuse to go north to attack... us."
Dickon was from Horn Hill in the Reach, so his relationship with the Duke of Mace was awkward.
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, but 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 have delayed it until now.
After hearing "Tommen" appeared again, Arianne, Nymeria, Tyene and other Dornish people said in succession:
"Impossible, that Tommen must be a fake."
"The 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 can a good king die just because he wants 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 was 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; Tommen was a fake, he was directly replaced by someone else, and he was a false king; Aegon VI
, he is probably the illegitimate son of Illyrio, the governor of Pentos, and 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 human.
The king of mankind must first be a human being, so Erlu is also considered a false king.
"Tommen is not a false king." The Duke of Metz muttered softly.
He still worked very hard to protect his future son-in-law, but he only dared to say this.
Everyone else in the tent ignored the words of this most noble prisoner.
"Your Majesty, what will be our next move?" asked Inis, Marquis of Twins City.
The battle three days ago brought the number of soldiers in this army to about 15,000, as well as about 5,000 servants and more than 4,000 prisoners.
This kind of military strength is not enough to fight against the Lion and Flower Alliance, but it is enough to retreat to the vicinity of Harrenhal and protect themselves.
Servants and prisoners are excellent labor force, and are most suitable for renovating the castle.
"With Lord Mace and James here, it is impossible for the Lion Flower Alliance to fight with us in a short time." Arthur stared at the military map showing the distribution of troops.
Speaking of which, the northern part of the Stormlands is much closer to King's Landing than Sow's Corner.
Erlu still retains some strength, and has the support of half of the Stormlands, so King's Landing is not very safe yet, and the Lion Flower Alliance must leave enough troops to defend the capital.
The people of the Reach were afraid of going north to attack the Riverlands again, so it was possible that the remnants of the main army of the Lion family went north, and the soldiers of the Reach stayed behind to guard King's Landing.
In the Western Region, after the extreme mobilization, there should be no field soldiers left.
The forces that may threaten Hejian in a short period of time can only keep recharging their strength in the valley.
"Then let's go north. Some of the soldiers will cross the wide Trident River and prepare to defend the valley. The rest will go to Harrenhal to renovate and strengthen the castle and wait and see the situation. Lord Mace, you also come with us.
, go to Harrenhal and meet my dragon, I think you will reconsider the alliance."
The inflatable fish looked aggrieved, "You can first send someone to communicate with my son Garland, Loras and others. They will definitely be willing to pay tens of thousands of gold dragons to redeem me."
The King of the River waved his hand, "We can discuss it even at Harrenhal. This matter is settled. Everyone goes out to mobilize their own people, and we march overnight to evacuate."
The situation seems to be stable for a while, and Arthur plans to take advantage of this gap to go to the north to break the curse.
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