This is a huge primeval forest that covers an area as large as two counties. It stretches from the Corn City territory in the east, to the Red Lake Territory and the Ancient Oak City territory in the south, to the Sunset Sea in the west, and is crossed by the Coastal Avenue.
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As one of the gateways to the Western Territory, the defense level of Yangji Forest is not as good as that of mountainous areas such as Golden Tooth City or Deep Cave City. However, as long as the coastal road is blocked, the enemy troops will wander around in the forest like headless flies until the soldiers lose their ability.
The confidence to invade the Western Territory.
At this moment, deep in the forest, at a certain intersection of Honghu Road, a small military camp is rapidly taking shape.
Twenty peasant soldiers wearing worn-out mail and pointed helmets were making fences out of chopped wood to intercept enemies riding past. The remaining nearly thirty people were building tents, stoves, and simple stables.
He even took the time to make a toilet to make the leading knight look more decent.
The farrier accompanying the army was repairing the knight's horseshoes, and a young man wearing a black manticore coat of arms on a white background was staring at the farrier.
“Why does trimming your horse’s hooves make you feel better?”
Young Weems' uncle, the knight Laurent Lodge asked.
He is the patriarch of the Lodge family of landed knights. After being recruited by the Lord's family, he brought with him the nine adult men in the village under his jurisdiction, as well as his nephew Weems Lodge, plus forty gifts from the Kreher family.
A newly recruited armed peasants came to guard this intersection.
Their mission is to monitor this intersection, intercept a few people, a scout team of more than a dozen people, and report to the Yangji Hall the possible arrival of a large group of people.
"I don't know, maybe it's clearing out useless clutter that makes me feel like the world can still be saved." Weems replied.
He is a very melancholy person, and the recent situation has made him even more anxious.
The 20,000-strong army of the Dragon Holders has already reached the vicinity of Silver Mountain City in the eastern part of the West. There is also an army of the River Bend gathering in the Red Lake to the south. If nothing unexpected happens, the people of the West and the Lannister family will fight in the next month or two.
Encountered the most humiliating moment in three hundred years.
To make matters worse, the Arryns of the Vale, allies of the Westerlands, stood still. The Boltons of the north were unable and unwilling to go south to lend a helping hand. The Golden Company of the Stormlands was out of reach.
Wilmes was very confused. The situation had collapsed to such an extent. Why didn't the adults of Casterly Rock, especially Lord Kevan, who was in charge of the Lord's family, surrender?
Although he was not very clear about history, he vaguely knew that as long as the nobles surrendered, the king would generally not be in trouble. At most, he would send the culprits to the Great Wall or be exiled to the Eastern Continent.
After the farrier put the red-hot horseshoe on the neatly trimmed horse's hoof, Weems suddenly lost interest in this activity.
He straightened up and turned to his uncle, "Tell me, why is Lord Kevan still insisting? Is it possible that we have really made a turn for the better? Or is it that the nobles firmly believe that the enemy cannot reach the depths of the Western Territory?"
The short but extremely strong Laurent looked at his nephew's frustrated face for a while before he replied:
"We, the Rocky family, are just warriors raised by nobles. We will do whatever the masters ask us to do. Besides, do you still want to understand Lord Kevan's thoughts? Do you have the brains?"
The farrier who finished trimming a horse's hoof expressed his thoughts to the strange knight uncle and nephew.
"Sir, I think this is the truth: when killing pigs in the village, one knife is used, because the pigs are already raised in the pig pens, but when killing free-range dogs, you need to give them some benefits to induce them to come over.
Later, we will try to tie up the dog. If we can’t lure it, there is nothing we can do.”
"In the current situation, if we surrender directly, we will be like pigs in a pigsty, allowing the king and the people of the River to slaughter us. But if we resist for a while, we might actually be able to find a way to survive."
The dark-skinned farrier smiled, showing his yellow teeth, and then continued the work at hand.
After listening for a while, Laurent immediately raised the riding crop in his hand and whipped it on the farrier assigned to him by the Craher family.
"You understand, right? I am a knight, and I still need you to reason with me?"
He moved so quickly that the farrier had no time to react and was whipped hard.
But when Lorente raised his whip again, he found that he could no longer whip it.
"Uncle, what I said makes sense. Can you stop being so barbaric?"
Wilms stretched out his hand to stop Laurent's movement, and then said to himself:
"Since the result is still surrender, why don't both sides just show their strength and recruit tens of thousands of troops and wait until they have a trial before negotiating?"
Laurent, who looked down on the common people, did not embarrass his nephew. He groaned and said: "Why do you think so much? After the horses' hooves are repaired, we will go to the east and have a look. I heard that the pioneer troops of the River Bend people have moved north from the Red Lake. We
Not only to intercept, but also to understand the movements of nearby troops."
As a knight, his idea of doing his duty was right, but he never had time to implement it.
At least three hundred elite Hebang cavalry with horsemen and armor suddenly sprang out from near the path on the southeast side. Regardless of the obstruction of the woods, they launched an attack on the small camp.
"It's so fast!" Laurent was shocked and angry. His horseshoes were not ready yet, so it was not convenient for him to run away.
He asked angrily: "Are the shoes nailed?"
"Okay, okay." The farrier who had just been whipped replied repeatedly. Although only one nail was driven into the last shoe, he still lied and said it was finished.
"Great, nephew, you lead the soldiers to hold the camp, and I'll go report to the Yangji Hall."
After saying that, Laurent didn't care about his men who were already in chaos, got on his horse and galloped towards the west.
Wilms had no idea of holding on. He glanced at the cavalry group just a few dozen steps away from the camp, knelt down on the spot, and at the same time shouted to the peasant soldiers behind him:
"Kneel down and let the gentlemen in the south count."
Seeing that a knight had run away, and his own legs could not outrun the cavalry horses, most of the peasant soldiers knelt down on the spot. The remaining few who were hesitant also knelt down for the sake of the iron spear head.
In front of the Reach Cavalry.
Garland Tyrell lifted his visor, glanced at the knights of the West who had fled away, and ordered:
"Hanwei, you lead ten cavalry and chase after him. You must kill the man and prevent the news from leaking out."
Although the Tilean cavalry officer who was called was doubtful whether he could catch up, he still carried out the order.
Garland himself dismounted and began to ask Weems Lodge in detail about the defense of the Westlanders.
Scenes like this are still happening everywhere in Crake Forest. What the people of the Westerlands didn't expect was that Garland was able to deal with the Ironborn invasion much faster than they imagined.
…
King's Landing, Maegor's Tower, Red Keep.
This is the master bedroom on the fourth floor. It was originally the room of Queen Cersei, and was assigned to his wife Sansa by King Arthur I.
Of course, Queen Sansa also inherited Cersei's dresses and clothes that filled an entire utility room, as well as boxes full of gold and silver jewelry.
Although Sansa thought it was unseemly, like picking up trash.
At this moment, the pregnant queen was lying on the soft couch, looking at the scene outside the balcony from a distance.
Two weeks ago, her husband Arthur I had gone to the West to pacify the still rebellious Lannisters and their vassal families, leaving him alone in Maegor's Tower with a large group of servants.
Thump thump thump!
Footsteps sounded, and Brienne Tarth walked in, "Your Majesty, Chef Hannibal asked you if you want a piece of lemon cake for dinner? He can prepare it in advance."
Hannibal was a chef in King's Landing. He was discovered by the king because he was good at making pastries and cakes. He was hired as the pastry chef of Maegor's House, specializing in making lemon cakes for Queen Sansa.
"Let's have a piece. Pregnancy days are so boring, and the new Grand Bachelor Geman won't let me go out to exercise..."
Compared with a few months ago, Sansa's face is now much rounder and she looks much plumper.
She suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked one of her personal guards:
"By the way, at what age are you planning to get married? Women always want to find a reliable husband, so it's better to settle down."
She felt that the most correct thing she had done since moving south was to find a capable husband.
Although she was very dissatisfied with the fact that Arthur was marrying a wife, her dissatisfaction was relieved a lot when she thought that she had become the mistress of the Red Keep and King's Landing, and even the queen of the entire Seven Kingdoms.
At least there is Margaery who is as embarrassed as me. Isn’t she also sharing her husband with others? Queen Sansa comforted herself this way.
Brienne bowed gracefully and then replied: "Your Majesty, some women's battlefield is to get married and have children, while some women's battlefield is to ride horses and kill. I think I am the second type of woman."
The last piece of armor worn by the Lady of Tarth had become tattered, so Queen Sansa, who had a little money, ordered someone to forge a pair of black iron armor for her.
Nowadays, when Brienne puts down her visor, no one will think of her as a weak woman.
Among the existing Kingsguards, Loras Tyrell is known to be Brienne's defeated enemy. Although Sandor Clegane claims to be able to defeat her, he has never dared to do so.
Judging from the behavior of fighting with Brienne, most hounds can't beat her.
In addition, Balon Swann cannot defeat Loras, Alys Oakheart is not as good as Balon Swann, and Brienne is vaguely the first guard of Maegor's Tower.
With such guards and Sandor's presence, Sansa was sure that no one except her husband Arthur could use force against her in this building.
"You do have the same hobbies as my sister Arya..."
Sansa smiled and was about to chat, but suddenly she saw her female guard's face change drastically.
"What's wrong? Did someone fly in from the balcony?" the queen asked with a smile.
She thought Brienne was joking with her.
But the sound of heavy breathing gave her away.
Queen Sansa, who just thought she was safe enough in Maegor's Tower, slowly turned around and saw one of the greatest threats in her life.
A black faucet emerges from the balcony. The two eyes of the dragon are red and black, and the dark red light emitted is shocking.
Alduin looks more ferocious than her husband's, Sansa thought to herself.
Then, the dragon flew low, revealing the female rider on its back in front of the queen and Brienne.
This is a girl who is so beautiful that words cannot describe her.
Cunning but gentle eyes flashed in the purple pupils, and the dust on her face could not conceal her skin as white as gelatin. Against the background of the black dragon, a faint brilliance seemed to emerge around the girl's body.
"Is this square fortress Maegor's Tower?" Daenerys asked the two people in the room.
She was also observing the two people in the room. The beautiful woman on the soft couch looked like a noble lady, and the tall woman next to her was wearing iron armor and seemed to be a female guard.
It must be one of the eldest nephew's wives! The clever Dani guessed the fact.
Sansa, who is considered one of the most beautiful women in the North, is still jealous of this woman's appearance, but Brienne on the side has already reacted.
She quickly walked to the queen's soft couch to protect her, and then replied: "Yes? Is there something wrong with you?"
"That's good!" Dani threw her small package onto the balcony, then slowly arched her body, stepped on the faucet and jumped into the room.
"This is also my home. You must be Sansa. According to seniority, I am your aunt."
The Dragon Queen swaggered to the round table, picked up the cup, poured herself a cup of liquid from the pot, and then raised her head to drink.
"Aunt?" Sansa looked surprised when she did it. Now she imitates the ladies of the south and puts her hair up anytime and anywhere.
"You don't look older than me!"
As the beautiful girl moved around, Queen Sansa had already visually assessed her height.
About as far as the tip of your nose.
"Why is it sour plum juice?" Dany complained in a low voice, and then looked at Sansa who was still sitting on the soft couch.
"Are you referring to age or seniority? I'm older than you in both cases. An aunt of mine came to see you from thousands of miles away, and you're still sitting still? At least you need to get me a warm meal.
Rice!”
The more she looked, the more something was wrong, so she looked directly at Queen Sansa's belly.
"Are you pregnant?" As someone who has been through this, Dani is already very experienced.
Only pregnant women with weird temperaments will always keep sour or spicy food in their drinking water.
Sansa and Brienne looked at this beautiful girl they knew so well and didn't know what to say.
After being stunned for a moment, the queen noticed the appearance of the man with silver hair and purple eyes.
"Are you Daenerys Stormborn?"
The Dragon Queen was dissatisfied and said: "You just realized it. I am angry, aunt. Go and ask the kitchen to cook a meal for me first, and then call your eldest nephew over. I want to discuss important matters with him."
"The first thing is fine, but my husband is not at the Red Fort now. He is not even around here, but far to the west."
Sansa rang the bell to summon the maid, and ordered her to prepare a meal for the distinguished guest, which was either lunch or dinner.
…
Western Border, River Road.
The king, who had finished handling the second wedding, was leading his army to Sarsfield City.
The western section of the Golden Road was already full of traps set by the Lion Army, which was not suitable for a large army to attack, so this army made another circle, first entering the Riverlands from the valley near Horned Valley City, and then from the upper reaches of the Red Fork River.
Cross the ford to the west, and then enter the Western Territory from Golden Tooth City.
Beside the king, Prince Oberon, Maester Qyburn, the Little Devil and several others were discussing matters about the gods.
This was a topic raised by Arthur I. Although everyone did not understand why the king liked to talk about these things, many people greeted him.
"My personal point of view is that there are no gods in this world. The so-called old gods are just the general name for all weirwood trees. As for the seven gods, they are just gods made up by the Andas people to stabilize their rule. The other gods, such as Lys,
The Weeping Lady, the Rhoynar's Rhoyne, the Black Goat of Qohor, the Many-Faced God of Braavos, are all similar to this."
Coburn, who advocates atheism, said this.
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