The Mud Gate, also known as the Riverside Gate, faces the outlet of the Blackwater River and is the closest city gate to Aegon's Hill and the Red Keep.
"Okay. I'll send someone to contact the defenders at Mud Gate and King's Gate in the next two days to see if I can win over some officers."
Garland wrote down his grandmother's instructions, and at the same time prepared to get some information from the low-level Lion family soldiers.
The Queen of Thorns, who was sitting on the chair, thought of another thing, "You asked Loras to find a few noble knights who often hang out in King's Landing. They stayed with me that day and helped me carefully identify whether it was like the rumors.
Man was given to someone in Duskdale City..."
The Queen of Thorns lives in Highgarden in the Reach. Like her granddaughter Margaery and grandson Garland, she has never met eight-year-old Tommen before.
Loras stayed in King's Landing for more than half a year and participated in two tourneys, but he spent a lot of time bothering Renly. Apart from public occasions attended by many nobles, the number of meetings with Tommen did not count.
too much.
"Yeah. But don't worry too much, grandma. Even if Lord Randyll Tarly takes away 10,000 people, we still have more than 30,000 soldiers outside the city. As long as Cersei is in her right mind, she won't have any trouble with us.
Disrespectful.”
With the army in hand, Garland is still very confident.
For the Reach, which is almost united, it is the person they choose who can become the King of the Seven Realms.
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Casterly Rock, Cathedral of the Seven Stars.
Unlike most people's imagination of the buildings in Casterly Rock, the Temple of the Seven Stars covers an area almost the same as a temple in a normal castle.
At this moment, Tywin's body, which had been processed by the maester, was resting in the middle of the base of the seven-pointed star in the temple. The large colored stone eyes covered Tywin's eyes, making the body look a bit weird.
Gina Lannister, Emmon Frey, Damion, Lucian and other members of the Lannister family,
As well as dozens of remaining Western nobles such as Lady Alexa Redford, Tytus Brax, Lince Layton, Tybalt Craher, Harris Swyver, etc.
Under the leadership of Sir Feng, they walked to the body of Feng Jun one by one to pay their respects.
The whole ceremony went very slowly. After the last nobleman finished commemorating his lord, all the noblemen and the stronger wealthy knights were called to the castle hall by Kevan and began to discuss the next move.
"His Majesty Tommen's kingdom has been challenged by unprecedented challenges, including the dragon warriors, the Stormlands rebels, the northern rebels...especially threats from the Riverlands. An army of thousands of people has bypassed the mountains south of Stone Hall Town.
, Entering the territory of Deep Cave Castle..."
Kevan briefly summarized the current situation, and then ordered each family to mobilize their territories again to prepare for the attack from the Riverlands.
Loyal Lannister Housemasters such as Lord Linse Lydon and Harris Swyver expressed their stance on behalf of the nobles, saying that it could be done.
But this made other nobles dissatisfied.
Mrs. Alexa Redford pointed out: "My family has even lost its territory, how can we recruit new soldiers?"
Her husband, Lord Leo Redford, died in the Battle of the Red Fork led by Edmure Tully. It is said that all the remaining Redford members died in the war, and her family's Golden Tooth City was destroyed by the river people.
Control is in hand.
The Ledford family had a rather special status in the Western Territories. Kevan did not dare to ignore Lady Alexa's opinions, so he had to comfort him repeatedly.
When other nobles saw someone taking the lead, they also expressed their demands.
"My father, Andros Brax is still in Riverrun. Should His Majesty Tommen and the Queen Mother find a way to get him back?" Tytus Brax shouted.
He is the eldest son of Count Andros.
"And my lord, Lord Damon Malbrand, Ser Adam has lived and died for Lannister. You cannot leave his father alone."
A wealthy knight loyal to Brand City said.
Kevan quickly expressed his position: "My mother also comes from the Malbrand family. I will definitely not let my cousin Damon stay in the water prison for a long time."
Some members of the Lannister branch even asked Kevan to exchange for Stafford and Davon. The two father and son are currently imprisoned in the Golden Tooth City.
The noble captives in the Western Region are concentrated in Riverrun and Golden Teeth. Now, these two places still belong to two powers. The nobles' request for prisoner exchange makes Kevan feel very worried.
There are no prisoners of the same level in the hands of the Westerners to exchange.
Fortunately, the alliance between the Lannister and the Reach was strong enough. After coaxing and deceiving for a long time, Kevan finally got these nobles to start obeying his orders.
But the situation in the West itself is not much better than that in the Riverlands. Places such as Brand City and Crag City in the north were once ruined by Robb and the Northern Army, and places such as Corn City and Crake Hall in the south were mobilized to the maximum extent.
After all calculations, the entire Western Territory can only muster three to four thousand people now. This is the total number that can only be obtained by adding the elite guard at Lannister Port and the defenders of Casterly Rock.
Before it was over, two pieces of news came from the maester, which made Kevan feel even more troubled:
Roose Bolton, the Warden of the North, asked the Iron Throne to send 2,000 reinforcements; his nephew Tyrion was assassinated by the assassin left by Stannis, and even his body was not found.
When Sir Kevan traveled thousands of miles to mourn, he deliberately did not take Tyrion back to the West in order to postpone the dispute over Jaime and Tyrion's inheritance.
Unexpectedly, this little scheming actually cost my nephew his life.
"Alas! Maester Krelen, ask the stonemasons to build a stone statue of Tyrion as tall as possible, and then bury him in the Hall of Heroes. Then order him a set of gold-plated armor and put it on the stone statue. His
Life is full of disgrace, let him be more dignified after death."
Kevan ordered.
The Hall of Heroes is a unique building in Casterly Rock. All Lannister families and close relatives, warriors who died for the family can be buried there. Jaime and Tyrion often played there when they were children.
The maester took note of Ser Kevan's orders.
After carefully considering the situation, Kevan felt that the few people in the Western Region could not defend Deep Cave City and Silver Mountain City. The lords of these two counties, Leiden and Saliot, were relatively important and could not just sit idly by.
"Go and send ravens to King's Landing, and ask the people of the Reach to send an army to rescue the West. The number of soldiers will be tens of thousands." He ordered the maester again.
As for Duke Bolton's request for help in the north, he was unable to do anything for the time being.
There are only two ways for thousands of troops to enter the northern border, the land route going north from Carlin Bay, and the sea route landing near White Harbor.
But these two lands are still in the hands of the Northerners who are loyal to the Stark family, and there are rebels in the Riverlands. No matter how clever Kevan and the Westerners are, they can't figure out how to send troops into the Northern Territory.
.
After taking all the remedial measures, Kevan appointed his cousin Myonda Lannister as the new Acting Lord of Casterly Rock. As for the Guardian of the West, he temporarily assumed the role of guardian of the West.
After Kevan ordered most of the nobles to return to their territories to recruit peasant soldiers, this gathering of the lords of the West ended hastily.
…
King's Territory, near Dusk Valley City.
A large military camp was neatly arranged on the coast, and the soldiers were doing what they were supposed to do in an orderly manner. The infantrymen on the watchtower scanned the four directions with bright eyes. Within a league outside the camp, there were light soldiers with the flag of the walking hunter.
The cavalry was patrolling back and forth.
With their hands tied, Brienne Tarth and Lady Stoneheart were "escorted" by a group of Tully cavalry, and rode into the riverside military camp, and were then taken to the main tent by the officers.
After the female knight was captured once by the mercenaries led by Locke Holt, she set off from the River King's military camp alone and returned to the northern part of the king's territory again, preparing to find traces of Mrs. Stark.
Unexpectedly, she was found, but she was captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, and then almost hanged from a tree by the possessed Madam Stoneheart.
Fortunately, the River Bend soldiers arrived in time and defeated the Brotherhood Without Banners detachment, making Mrs. Stoneheart a prisoner of war with her hands tied like her.
"We discovered a few members of the Brotherhood Without Banners, annihilated most of them, and obtained two strange prisoners. These two have a special status and we dare not kill them, so we will bring them back for your disposal."
The officer briefly explained the cause and effect to the commander Lord Randyll Tarly.
Landao, who was considering the marching route, raised his head, waved the officers and attendants out, and stared at the big scar on "Mrs. Stark's" neck in surprise.
"How are you, madam?"
Lady Stoneheart made a "ho-ho" sound, and Brienne Tarth on the side answered for her:
"Madam can still move. Your people killed her translator. Madam Shixin's throat leaked and she was unable to speak for the time being."
Lady Stoneheart, whose eyes were all black, stared at Brienne with a ferocious and resentful expression.
Randyll looked at "Mrs. Stark" several times in surprise before turning to another acquaintance.
"Miss Tas, which king are you loyal to now?"
Because Brienne had joined Renly's Rainbow Seven before, Landau was very familiar with the only daughter of a great noble in the Stormlands.
It was he who told Brienne about the soldiers' boring bet before, and the two had a good relationship.
"Please call me Ser Brienne." Miss Tarth corrected Lord Tully's mistake, "Since His Majesty Renly was killed by the shadow, I have not loyal to a certain king, but to Miss Sansa Stark.
Allegiance."
On this evening, Randyll Tarly, who thought he was well-informed, was shocked again: "Shadow, His Majesty Renly was killed by Shadow? Can you elaborate?"
The apparent corpse of Mrs. Stark shocked Landau once more, and another breaking news reached his ears.
"Yes, it was a shadow that looked like Stannis that attacked and killed His Majesty Renly." Brienne also wanted to find a sensible old nobleman to tell what she saw with her own eyes, so that the world would know that she did not betray His Majesty Renly.
.
So the female knight started talking about Renly taking 20,000 troops and his ally Lady Stark to confront her brother outside Storm's End, until she was attacked and killed by the shadows, and then they were killed by the Red Guard Robert Roy.
Si let go.
"After that, we headed north, preparing to return to Riverrun, but a Lannister cavalry attacked us on the way. I...I failed to protect the lady, and then..."
Seeing that Randyll Tarly was still interested in listening, Brienne told Earl of Horn Hill everything that happened in the next few months.
After hearing this, the serious Earl Tully couldn't help but marveled.
"The world has changed. The order established by the previous oaths and knights began to collapse, and magic, parricide, and oathbreakers began to run rampant."
He thought of the magic he had done for his eldest son Samwell before, and wondered why the two wizards failed, but shadow magic and necromancy could succeed.
Sir Brienne also echoed: "Yes, I am the only real knight left. The oath was cast aside casually. The royal family can even kill their relatives. The royal council of the Iron Throne was even more fooled by stupid queens, eunuchs, and conspiracies."
Home, controlled by the butcher."
Since Grand Maester Pycelle's public image is quite decent, Brienne did not say anything bad about him.
After fiddling with her voice for a long time, Mrs. Shi Xin finally said her first words in the tent:
"Are you doing things for the Lion family? I will kill you sooner or later."
The resurrection did not make Lady Stoneheart cherish her new life, but solidified her hatred towards the Lannister family infinitely.
Randyll Tarly shook his head, "I am working for the Tyrells, the guardian family of the Reach. Whether it is Renly or now Tommen, it was my lord who first pledged his allegiance to me, and then I followed my lord.
.”
Although he was robbed of his beloved city of Brightwater, this Earl who still adhered to the old-school style of character still had some loyalty to the Tyrells, at least on the surface.
"What's the difference? Aren't you killing people for the lions?" The target of Lady Stoneheart's resentment was changed to Randyll Tarly. "I will kill you sooner or later."
Her completely black eyes made Earl Tully feel perplexed, so he called his attendants to place the two strange women properly.
No matter what "Mrs. Stark" said, Randyll decided to obey Kevan's order first and lead the Riverbend army to attack north until he captured Maidenpool and other places.
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On the south side of Mingyue Mountains, Hejian Military Camp.
The tall Hosteen walked proudly into the military camp hidden in the dense forest. Behind him, several valley prisoners were being pressed away by the Frey family's mail sword and shield soldiers.
"I have captured another important prisoner. This time, your Majesty can reward me with a piece of territory."
After meeting a knight from Alan City, Hosteen said this.
Hugo Vance glanced at the captive behind Frey in surprise.
"Seven gods, I think this prisoner is worth a barony."
As the scout commander, he naturally recognized that the important prisoner Hosteen mentioned was none other than Simon Temperton, the owner of Nine Star City and the strongest wealthy knight in the Seven Kingdoms.
So they took Sir Temperton and went to find their king.
In the large tent, after Arthur listened to Hugo Vance's introduction, he hurriedly asked Podrick to remove the rag from Sir Simon Temperton's mouth so that the old knight could speak.
"My people were rude."
The King of Hejian first expressed his apology to the old knight, and then sent Hosting: "Your territory will be near Shitang Town. The specific scope will depend on your future achievements, but at least the title will be Viscount. Now you leave first
.”
Hosteen was very satisfied with the king's arrangement, bowed and walked away proudly.
According to Arthur's previous chat with Sansa, he learned that the owner of Nine Star City has some relatives with the Stark family.
In fact, the youngest son of Lord Rome Royce married a certain Miss Stark, and then gave birth to three noble daughters who successively married into the three great valley families of Waywood, Corbray, and Templeton. This made
The Wolf family has many distant relatives in the valley.
Since it was no secret that Sansa was about to marry the River King, Arthur tried to win over the old knight.
"Ser Simon, I am the fiancé of Miss Sansa Stark. As far as we are concerned, we are still relatives!"
Arthur personally brought a chair to the old knight and asked him to sit down and talk.
"No need to talk about anything else, I was just ordered to contact you to kill Lynn Corbray."
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