Five days after the Battle of Crow's Nest, Linn defeated Stonehelm City, the most powerful city in the rainforest.
Thirteen days later, news came from Goss that Wulin City was recovered.
Seventeen days later, news came from Barry that Rainhouse City had been recovered.
At this point, all the cities in the Rainforest Peninsula have been recovered!
Coupled with the gradually stabilized Wende River Plain area, the two largest territories in the entire Stormlands are integrated into one, just like the two wings of Storm's End!
Linn, the Duke of Storm's End, is truly worthy of his name!
He was not in a hurry to return to Storm's End and stationed himself at the nearby Eagle's Nest Castle. First, it was to stabilize the situation in the rainforest and ensure the smooth implementation of his policies. Second, King's Landing's response came faster than he imagined!
The Royal Council did not raise any objection to Linn's behavior in the Stormlands, but they made a decision to release the Stormlands nobles who were detained during the Battle of King's Landing!
These noble families have existed in the Stormlands for hundreds or thousands of years and are deeply rooted.
And now, they all have a big hatred against Lin En to destroy their family and clan!
These people come back,
Those who are less brainy will go directly back to the fiefdom and try to raise their voices, hoping that the responders will gather, but Lin En is sure that they will be reported by the local civilians!
The smarter ones might try to assassinate Linn with swords and poisons! They will try whenever possible!
Of course, Lynn hopes to catch them, eat the poison in front of them, and tell him how it tastes!
The smartest people will lurk and use people who are still loyal to their family to quietly cause trouble everywhere.
This is the most annoying!
And what is certain is that they will also receive financial or human support from King's Landing!
Lin En looked at the letter with a faint look. He was not afraid of these conspiracies. As long as this autumn passed and the food in the land was in the hands of the common people, the support of all the common people in the storm land would become more and more unwavering for him.
As long as he has the support of these people, he will have a steady supply of troops and talents!
He focused his attention on the map of the Stormlands.
Judging from the map, the core area of the Stormlands has been completely recovered, leaving only four cities, two of which are islands, namely Tas Island, known as the Sapphire, and the family of King Robert's mother, the Island of Ysma
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There has been no movement on the two islands so far. Ismen Island can be ignored in terms of geographical location and area, but it has strong political connotations. After all, Lin En can be said to be his uncle's home! Even they are not here.
It doesn't sound good if you admit what you said, but that's all!
Compared with Ismen Island, Tas Island is much more important!
It is just outside Shipbreaker Bay, with an important location and a huge area!
Linn called Ronald and asked him about Tas Island.
"Sir, this Tas Island has a tradition of rebellion since ancient times, and it is almost extinct!" Ronald introduced.
Tas Island was once an independent kingdom. After surrendering to the Stormlands, it rebelled three times in just a few decades! The Earl of Tas Island had three women and one man.
Two of the daughters died in infancy, and the only son died of drowning when he was eight years old!
Only one daughter has grown up and truly "grew up".
She is the famous ugly and huge "Brenne the Beauty!"
He once defeated Loras, the Knight of Flowers, and became Renly's Rainbow Guard. Renly disappeared after being assassinated!
"Lord Tarth may be busy breeding offspring!"
"After all, this is the top priority for him!"
Lin En curled his lips and threw it aside. He didn't even have a few ships now, and the navy was nowhere to be seen. As long as you are safe and sound, it's all good to you and me. Hello everyone, wait until I develop.
You've got it all in one pot!
"Tell us about the other two cities that have not yet been recovered!"
Ronald was already prepared, "Sir, you are talking about Blackport City and Night Song City, right?"
"To talk about these two cities, we have to say Dorne. They are the only territories among the Seven Kingdoms that have retained their titles of prince and princess after being loyal to the Iron Throne!"
Lin En nodded and said: "I'm also wondering why the other six of the Seven Kingdoms can only be called Dukes after surrendering to the Iron Throne, but Dorne can become Prince!"
"That's because they've never been truly defeated!"
It started when the Dragon King Aegon landed at King's Landing on Dragonstone and invaded Westeros. In the war of conquest he launched, all the kings of Westeros surrendered one after another. Only Dorne successfully stopped the Dragon King.
The Dornish people refused to confront Aegon head-on, preventing his dragons from taking full advantage. Moreover, the Dornish people gave full play to their guerrilla spirit. They ran away when the dragons came and disturbed them when they left. They actually attacked as if they were lucky.
Killed a dragon!
The invincible conqueror Aegon had no choice but to give up his conquest of Dorne, and Dorne was able to maintain its independence.
Until the second "Dornish War".
At this time, the Targaryen family no longer had dragons, but Daeron I found another way and used a powerful naval fleet as the main force to control the "Green Blood River", the lifeblood of Dorne! He successfully conquered Dorne.
However, a rebellion broke out in Dorne almost immediately. In the resulting conflict, the Iron Throne lost 40,000 warriors, and the Targaryens had no choice but to withdraw from Dorne.
"It wasn't until later that Targaryen adopted the method of peace, forcing the exhausted Dorne to merge with the Seven Kingdoms!"
"Whether it's the First Dorne War or the Second Dorne War, there are only two ways to attack Dorne from land."
"One is the Prince's Pass and the other is the Bone Road. Both roads are located on the Crimson Mountains, the largest mountain range in Westeros, and the important towns guarding these two roads are Nightsong City and Blackport City!"
Linn frowned as he looked at the two cities on the map. They were too remote for the Storm Land. They were just like a stone stick sticking out from the Storm Land. They wanted no land, no people, and no one.
And most importantly,
Linn pointed at Nightsong City on the map, "If Dorne breaks through Nightsong City from Prince's Pass, will it directly enter the river bend area of Highgarden?"
Ronald nodded, "Yes! That's it!"
Lin En's face twitched! "So I provide money and people, but I guard the gate of High Court?"
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"That seems to be true!"
Historically, when the Dornish people were strong, they once sent troops out of the Prince's Pass and captured Highgarden! And because Dornish is a relatively barren desert, if there is a disaster or something, they will secretly cross the mountains and go to the Reach.
Go and fight the autumn wind, the two countries can be said to be feuding!
But since when did defending Nightsong City become a matter of Storm Land?
Cunning people of Highgarden!
Lin En can't take care of Yege City for the time being, but Blackport City can't ignore it!
The Bone Road connects Storm's End and Dorne, and Darkport is the only important town on the Stormlands side of the Bone Road!
