In order to deal with Ser Cortanai, Stannis's subordinates put forward different suggestions, including threatening to kill Ser Cortanai's father, Lord Penros.
Stannis rejected the proposal and asked Davos Seaworth to lead Melisandre secretly into the walls of Storm's End and let her summon the ghost again.
Ser Cortanai soon fell from the city wall and died, and Lord Ewood Meadow, who took over Storm's End, surrendered the city.
Stannis appointed Ser Gilbert Farrin as acting lord of the castle, with Lord Plume as his deputy, and stayed at Storm's End with 200 soldiers.
At this point, Stannis has obtained the strength of the previous defenders of Storm's End, and obtained as many horses as possible to facilitate the next battle.
Stannis also ordered the godswood of Storm's End to be burned as a sacrifice to R'hllor, the Lord of Light, and then his army of sea and land marched north towards King's Landing.
In fact, the location of the Stormlands is pretty good, at least better than that of the North.
Well, this is nonsense. Westeros is a place better than the North.
The Stormlands are located in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, south of King's Landing, bordered by the River Bend to the west, the Sea of Dorne to the south, and Shipbreaker Bay to the east.
In terms of area, it is a relatively small territory among the Seven Kingdoms. The inland terrain is mostly steep mountains (such as near Summer Hall), the coast is rocky (such as Cape Wrath), and there are vast and dense jungles (represented by
There are royal forests and rainforests in the area).
To the southwest, a narrow area extending from the Crimson Mountains is called the Dorne Marches.
An effective geographical buffer zone is formed here, isolating the three countries that have long been in a state of hostility: the Stormlands, Dorne, and the Reach.
Countless battles took place here in the past few centuries, and the area changed hands several times. It was not until Dorne was included in the Seven Kingdoms that the war gradually calmed down.
In the east, there are some islands off the coast belonging to the Storm Land.
The most famous among them are Tas, known as the Sapphire Island, and the historic Ismon.
Most ships avoid passing through the bay near the storm site, known as Shipwreck Bay.
However, a few miles away, the sea near Tas is surprisingly blue and clear, so it is called the Sapphire Island.
The center of the Stormlands, Storm's End, is one of the strongest castles in the Seven Kingdoms.
The castle is surrounded by a thick outer city wall. The thickest part of the city wall is about 100 feet high and 40 feet thick, and the seaside side is about 80 feet thick.
The wall consists of two layers of rock and a sandwich of sand and gravel.
The wall is in a smooth arc shape, and the stones are so compact that not even a breath of wind can escape. The city wall facing the sea is 150 feet higher than the sea.
The castle itself is a huge tower with strong battlements on the top, making it look like a huge spiked fist rising into the sky from a distance to defy the enemy.
The tower is so huge that the barn, barracks, armory, hall and lord's chambers combined are more than enough.
There are spells woven into the stone of the city wall, so it can resist magic.
Of course, like other castles, the waterside side of Storm's End is built on a cliff overlooking the sea. There is a gate that allows passengers to reach the bottom of the castle from the waterway, which is also a loophole.
If Stannis takes root at Storm's End, it might not be a better choice. At least he can be an independent king here. Storm's End is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at least his family can be guaranteed to be stable for a hundred years.
To a certain extent, Erlu was also tricked by the red-robed witch.
Closer to home, when Gao Bin received the news of Renly's death, he knew it was time to leave.
Stannis will march westward soon, preparing to attack King's Landing and seize the Iron Throne that 'belongs to him'.
At the same time, Tyrion, who was far away in King's Landing, also received the news and was preparing intensively for war.
"Rob, I only leave you 10,000 troops here in Casterly Rock City. That should be enough, right?"
"That's enough. In fact, just leaving 5,000 for me is enough." The Young Wolf Master said confidently.
Now he is so confident that no one can cause trouble to him except Gao Bin.
But the two are brothers, and their relationship has reached its peak. Why would the other party harm him?
"No, you have to beware of Jaime Lannister's counterattack."
"Okay, it's up to you. By the way, father asked us to go back when we have time."
"I know, but as you can see, we are about to leave, and King's Landing is my destination."
"I wish you a triumphant victory!"
"Thanks!"
It is worth mentioning that Rob did not meet the little doctor girl. It seems that his future destiny will also change with the arrival of Gao Bin. Is it a marriage? Or a marriage?
Of course it is a marriage. Gao Bin is going to write a letter to Ned and ask him to arrange a reliable marriage for Rob. In the future war, the North needs more allies!
This time to King's Landing, Gao Bin brought a total of 50,000 troops, including 8,000 people from the Riverlands. This was also a sign of their alignment.
During the Battle of Casterly Rock, the Riverlands completely understood the facts. If Gao Bin didn't seize the opportunity before Gao Bin rose up, and then rewarded according to merit, nothing would happen to the Riverlands.
Of course, with the harvest in Golden Teeth City, even if all the 8,000 people in the River Land die, they will not be able to get rid of their muscles. They typically use the minimum price to obtain the maximum benefit.
Gao Bin can obviously see it clearly and is too lazy to expose it. For him, the more people the better.
He didn't even know how the Battle of Blackwater River would turn out, so it would be better to bring more people to be prepared.
...
Stannis set off and led his troops towards King's Landing without waiting for news from Ser Parmen Crane and Ser Aeron Florent, who he had sent to Bitterbridge to receive Renly's infantry.
With the allegiance of the Lords of the Stormlands, Stannis has more than 20,000 troops under his command, most of whom are knights and free riders, while King's Landing's capital garrison only has a few thousand in number.
At the same time, the south of King's Landing is surrounded by the Blackwater River, which requires a simultaneous advance on land and water.
Stannis's fleet also began sailing towards King's Landing.
Stannis personally commanded the land forces and handed command of the navy to Ser Imry Florent, allowing him to command from his flagship, the Fury.
At the same time, under Tyrion's order, King's Landing is strengthening its defenses, doubling the number of golden robes and hiring nearly 800 mercenaries.
He also completely burned the dock outside Mud Gate, emptied the entire Blackwater River, and sent people to recruit all merchant ships and ferries in King's Landing Harbor to prevent the enemy from using them to cross the river and attack the city.
With the assistance of the Alchemist Guild, Tyrion prepared many ships carrying wildfire and forged an iron chain to block the Blackwater River and cut off the enemy's retreat, in order to destroy Stannis's fleet in one fell swoop.
In addition, Tyrion also sent the mountain clans directly under his command into the Kingswood to attack Stannis' flanks, scouts and supply lines.
He even sent Prince Tommen to Rosby City so that even if King's Landing fell, Stannis would not be able to capture King Joffrey's heir.
Due to the many reefs in the offshore waters and the extremely cold weather, Stannis's fleet lost nearly 12 ships when heading north from Storm's End, and its progress was greatly slowed down.
Stannis' vanguard of 5,000 men, led by Ser Gud Morrigan, arrived on the south bank of the Blackwater River. The few warships in King's Landing continued to patrol the Blackwater River, fighting with the archers on the south bank.
When the fleet arrived at Blackwater Bay, Stannis's army had been harassed by Tyrion's mountain clans and scouts in the Kingswood for several days. They even burned many trees to try to drive the harassing troops out. p>
At the same time in the city, Tyrion continues to make one last effort to secure the capital and eliminate the traitorous "Antlers" from the city.
They attempted to launch an attack when the battle broke out, capture the old city gate, and welcome Stannis' troops into the city. They were eventually exposed by the intelligence chief Varys, and the king asked them to tie trebuchets and throw them to Stannis' army outside the city. p>
Under the leadership of Ser Imry Florent, Stannis's navy concentrated all its strength and sailed into the Blackwater Reach.
Because they knew that King's Landing's naval power was far from being able to compete with Stannis's army, they did not even have a forward expedition force, so they launched a reckless direct attack. Only the hired pirate Salladhor Saan led his large flat-bottomed ship in
Rear defense alert.
The entire fleet formed ten attack lines, each with twenty warships. The first two attack lines were used to destroy King's Landing's defense ships, and the remaining ones would land directly to cooperate with the army to siege King's Landing.
Their reckless rush into Tyrion's trap resulted in a tragic outcome.
When Stannis's fleet engaged the garrison fleet, they discovered that the other's ships were filled with wildfire.
Wildfires burn easily, even on water.
After the front row fleet overturned these ships carrying wildfire, the wildfire spread along the river, and the flames ignited to surround Stannis's fleet. Behind them, there were huge iron chains forged by Tyrion across the river, and the fleet was
The retreat route is completely cut off.
Surrounded by wildfire flames, most of Stannis's warships and a small number of King's Landing defense ships were almost burned to death. Only a few of Stannis's warships escaped the fire.
Eight ships and many infantry successfully reached the north bank, and there were still about forty giant flatland ships on guard at the rear that could bring Stannis's large army to the other side of the river.
At the same time, the remnants of the burned ship were blocked by iron chains and actually formed a bridge - still burning, extremely unstable, and may collapse at any time, but it can still allow some troops to pass.
The guards of King's Landing are only about 6,000 golden robes, as well as some soldiers and knights hired from the palace or surrounding kings.
As Prime Minister, the little devil personally directed this defensive battle.
In order to avoid being caught off guard by the opponent, Tyrion sent his mountain clan and a few knights in the city to harass and spy on the opponent in the Kingswood, which is the only way Stannis must pass.
Led by the Kingsguard Sandor Clegane and Ser Balon Swann, the defenders slightly contained Stannis's offensive, but as the battle began, King's Landing's defense forces suffered heavy casualties.
Damaged battering rams were also used to block the city gates to prevent them from being breached. When wildfires burned violently on the river, Sandor Clegane refused to lead his troops to attack again because of his fear of the flames. This pair of defenders
The morale of the troops was greatly affected.
Tyrion realized that they could not hold the city gate and had to intercept the enemy forces on the river, so he decided to personally lead the remaining troops to attack.
Tyrion used words to stimulate the defending troops, but no one was willing to admit that their courage was not as good as that of a dwarf, so the defenders once again gathered around Tyrion and finally held the river bank at the last moment.
They successfully fought off the attackers and began to lunge at the mud door.
Then the defenders found a large group of Stannis's troops attacking from the temporary bridge formed by the burned-out shipwrecks. Tyrion took the lead and rushed over.
During this battle, Tyrion was seriously injured when he was attempted to assassinate by Ser Mandon Moore, the Kingsguard who promised to protect him.
The uncertainty about the Prime Minister's life and death caused the defenders to lose morale and retreat into the city. Stannis' army took the opportunity to cross the river and begin a frontal attack on King's Landing. The forward was led by Ser Goode Morrigan.
Queen Cersei was worried that the city wall could not be defended and led her son King Joffrey to retreat to the Red Keep. When the defenders saw the king's retreat, their morale collapsed completely.
The defenders began to give up resistance, and hundreds of defenders killed the commanders who tried to maintain order and surrendered. Among those killed was the captain of the garrison, Sir Jacelyn Bywater.
At this time, it seems that King's Landing is almost undefendable.
Originally, at this time, it was Tywin who arrived in time and saved King's Land from the fire and water.
Stannis didn't know that the Lannister and Tyrell had already established a strong alliance, and that Renly's army at Bitterbridge had already marched towards King's Landing, and after meeting up with Tywin Lannister's army, they were quietly in the Kingswood.
Wait for the opportunity.
This huge force included commanders such as Randyll Tarly and others, and Count Tarly himself led the army.
Tyrion's mountain clan intercepted all the scouts sent by Stannis, which caused Stannis's lack of understanding of the situation in the Kingswood and allowed Tywin to divide Stannis's army from the rear and annihilate it.
The vanguard of the Lannister-Tyrell coalition was led by Ser Garlan Tyrell. Littlefinger suggested that Garland wear King Renly's fancy and conspicuous armor in order to confuse Stannis's army, and there was even a rumor that Renly
Resurrected from the dead and led an army of ghosts to fight for Joffrey.
Stannis's army, which was outnumbered by its opponent, was caught off guard and fell apart in an instant.
Many lords who turned their allegiance to Stannis after Renly's death changed their banners directly on the battlefield and switched their allegiance to Joffrey.
The situation could not be reversed, and both Ser Justin Marseille and Hope persuaded Stannis to retreat to Dragonstone. The bastards from Nightsong led the rearguard to fight, leaving only about 2,000 troops who were extremely loyal to Stannis.
Mainly the Florentine family, they followed Stannis aboard the Lys warship that stayed behind to keep watch and escaped.
Although Stannis survived, the battle was still a decisive defeat for him. He only returned to Dragonstone with more than 2,000 people and an empty fleet.
The other Stormlands princes declared their allegiance to the Iron Throne. Through the alliance with Tyrell, Lannister completely controlled the entire South and West, and the armed forces at its disposal far exceeded any other force.
The War of the Five Kings looks to be coming to an end.
After the Battle of Blackwater, a series of chain reactions were triggered, including Roose Bolton secretly turning to the Iron Throne, and the entire war situation was quietly reversing.
But now, Tywin is pissed to death, and the Kingslayer has run away without knowing his whereabouts. Although King's Landing is still under the control of the Lannister family, without the protection of the old lion, the young lion cubs look lifeless,
They all knew they were doomed.
At this time, Tyrion suddenly said to Cersei and Joffrey:
"Actually, we still have reinforcements."
One sentence arouses the hope of mother and son:
"Who? Who else?" Joffrey asked eagerly.
The little devil looked at his sister, then at his nephew, and said calmly:
"The Stark who just killed Lord Lannister!"
"What? Are you crazy?" Cersei's sharp voice almost penetrated the top of the Red Keep!
"Traitor, you are the traitor to the Lannister family." Joffrey shouted mindlessly.
However, Tyrion was unmoved. God knows how happy he was the moment the news of Tywin's death came.
As for why he still supports Cersei and Joffrey after Tywin died?
That was entirely Gao Bin's request.
In this family and this palace, the only one worthy of the little devil's affection is James.
Apart from anything else, Jaime was the one who said in his heart, "I should be the kinkiller, not him", and personally let Tyrion go, but in order to prevent Cersei from being irritated, he personally hunted down Tyrion and let him go.
James the man.
He will always say: Tyrion is my brother, what is the explanation for why a brother loves his brother?
Of course, if we focus on the details, Tyrion himself has expressed his love for Jaime, Cersei, and even their three children more than once - he gave Cersei laxatives.
But when Cersei cried because he arranged for Myrcella to go to Dorne, he tried to comfort Cersei. Later, when Stannis and Renly had an internal conflict, he and Cersei were so happy that they dragged their hands in circles and laughed wildly; p>
He slapped Joffrey, but he forced Joffrey to wear his visor on the battlefield and never lift it up, otherwise an arrow would stick in his eye;
When Myrcella was engaged, he watched from the sidelines and praised his niece for being calm and noble in his heart. "This girl never cries." "She has the blood of Lannister, Cersei and Jaime flowing in her body." There is Lannister
The aura of home;
Cersei proposed sending Tommen away, and he agreed that this was a good idea, and sent someone to protect Tommen;
After the Red Wedding, Kevan stepped into Tyrion's cell and gave a long speech to the wronged children about how difficult it was for Tywin to be young. Tyrion was so shocked that he said, "You love him." Kevan calmly said, "He is my brother."
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Later, Tywin died, and Cersei asked him to stay in King's Landing to help. Kevan replied, "My brother is dead, and I want to send him home." He then led a team to take Tywin's coffin back to Casterly Rock, and would not return until he had to.
King's Landing;
Gina met Jaime in Riverrun. After the two complained about how unreliable Cersei was in doing things, Gina told him about how Tywin had criticized a lot of adults when he was ten years old and didn't want her to marry Frey.
The story of the second son of the family.
He also said, "After going through this, how could I not love him?
Of course, just because I love him doesn't mean that I agree with everything he does, nor does it mean that I appreciate who he becomes.
But every little girl always hopes to be protected by a big brother. Tywin has been a giant since she was a child." Before she offended Tywin, "I am my father's most cherished little princess, and I am also Tywin's little princess"... Tyget and Jillian did not appear, and there are not many direct examples. All we know is that they both love Tyrion, especially Jillian and Tyrion, who have a very good relationship. After going to sea, Tyrion still misses him very much.
Judging from these details, most of the Lannister family still have family affection, and they are not bad to Tyrion.
Only Tywin.
At first, it was almost impossible to accept Tyrion's existence.
Later, he relaxed a little and mainly used Tyrion as a chess piece.
The reason is that his only love Joanna died in childbirth.
Also because he despises the disadvantaged groups (dwarfs).
Tyrion's attitude towards marriage and love is very casual. He either picks up a wife on the street or pays four virgins for a daughter, which is contrary to Tywin's own concept of marriage and love.
In essence, none of the three sons of the Lion family caught Tywin's anger.
Tywin first hates promiscuity, secondly hates promiscuity, and thirdly hates marriage as a trivial matter. As long as he doesn’t poke at these points, even if he has realized what James is doing from Robert’s bastard son’s black hair, he will
I can tolerate it.
At the same time, he can also persuade Jaime to inherit Casterly Rock and decide who he wants to marry.
In contrast, Tyrion poked at all of Tywin's points. This is why in theory, dwarfs get used to it and others don't think it's a big deal. But in fact, Tywin is getting more and more annoyed with Tyrion.
Ang.
It seems that only Tywin can't stand Tyrion at all.
Others, including Cersei, were at least friendly.
As for being unfriendly later, maybe everyone admires Tywin more or less (especially Kevan and Cersei), so we can't expect that there will never be new friendships after coming into contact with each other...
What's more, Cersei believed that it was Tyrion who murdered Joffrey, and it was not just a prophecy. Joffrey kept pointing at Tyrion before he died.
Moreover, during a quarrel between their siblings, Tyrion said, "One day, when you think you are safe and happy, your joy will turn into ashes in your mouth." Cersei always remembers this sentence.
Cersei combined the above points to determine that Tyrion did it.
When she explained it to James, James believed it after hearing the reasons. The resulting psychological activity was "regicide and parricide, Tyrion actually took advantage of both" and "he knew that this child was mine", and because of this
I suspect Tyrion knew about Tessa back then.
Cersei's next sentence was still "for a girl to support a daughter", but James didn't know Shae, nor did he know Alayaya, so he subconsciously corresponded to Tessa.
To a certain extent, Cersei's false accusation is not unreasonable (after all, Kevan almost believed it after hearing the evidence), and it also led to Jaime's later confession of guilt and the release of Tyrion.
To some extent, their fate is unpredictable when they reach this point.
Theoretically speaking, since Tywin is the only one who is particularly unhappy with Tyrion, and Tyrion is not the only relative that Tywin hates, the problem could have been as simple as treating Tywin's personal preferences as birdsong and ignoring him completely. But in fact...
The reason why Tyrion lives in a very painful family is because the growing hatred in Tywin's heart that combines the resentment between father and son and the regrets of the couple will radiate to the entire family as he controls his family's power.
on everyone.
As a result, almost no one in the Lannister family believed Tyrion, and Tyrion felt aggrieved.
Kevan basically believed in Tywin, which made Tyrion extremely aggrieved.
James brought Tyrion out of prison, but he couldn't hold it back in the end. He tried to confirm whether Tyrion had killed Joffrey, which made Tyrion so angry that he burst out and said many angry words casually, but he was ignored.
People take it seriously.
Cersei used to not care, but later she imitated Tywin in order to gain power. In addition, Joffrey was killed, Myrcella married away, and Tywin was killed. Cersei hated Tyrion more and more, and she hated Tyrion's
Her hatred for Robert is almost catching up to the extent that she hates Robert, and this problem cannot be solved.
Think again about Tywin artificially causing the Tysa incident.
James' love is also limited and cannot heal such intense hurt.
But some things cannot be explained reasonably, and Gao Bin is more willing to believe that Cersei hated Tyrion from the beginning.
Because like Tywin, she felt that it was Tyrion's birth that killed her mother, not the Toad Witch's prophecy.
["Cersei unwraps you with her own hands so we can watch carefully," the Prince of Dorne continued.
"You do have an evil eye, black hair on your scalp, and your head is bigger than most newborns...but you have no tail, no beard, no fangs, no lion paws, and only a little pink between your legs.
small protrusions.
After listening to many bizarre legends, it turns out that Lord Tywin’s curse turned out to be just an ugly baby with red eyes and slightly deformed legs and feet!
When Ilia saw you, she screamed like a little girl seeing a cat or puppy. I think you must have heard that even though you are ugly, she still wants to raise you.
I told your sister you were a pathetic monster, and she replied: 'Who said that? This guy killed my mother.'
Then twist your little lifeline hard, as if you want to tear it off.
You screamed, but she turned a deaf ear. Finally, your brother Jaime said: 'Stop! You're hurting him!' Cersei just stopped.
'What does it matter?' she assured us, 'everyone says he won't live long, and he won't grow up anyway.'"]
Tyrion was born in the year 273 of the Conquest, when Cersei was seven years old, and Cersei met the Toad Witch three years later in the year 276 of the Conquest.
The old witch's tent has a high spire and is as dark as night.
She really didn't want to go in, just as she didn't want to go in when she was ten years old, but the girls looked at each other and she had to go in.
If the root of Cersei's hatred of Tyrion is the prophecy, then why did she hate Tyrion at the age of seven because of the prophecy that she only heard when she was ten?
As for James, whether it is the original book or the TV series, the two brothers James and Tyrion have a very good relationship. Apart from the usual project complaints and quarrels between brothers, James rarely cares about Tyrion.
Deformity.
This is completely different from Cersei's dislike of Tyrion since childhood.
First of all, there is not much conflict of interest between the two.
Unlike other noble children, Tyrion completely lost the chance to compete with Jaime for the heir to Casterly Rock due to his physical deformity.
For example, Sam was driven to the Great Wall to work as a night watchman because his father had a more suitable son from his second marriage.
Between Jaime and Tyrion, there is no motive for fighting to the death for inheritance.
Secondly, both of them were under pressure from their father at the same time.
Tywin is definitely a very strong father. As the irrefutable leader of the Lannister family, the pressure Tywin puts on his two sons is understandable.
In a family with many children, it is common for the children to gang up on their parents.
Therefore, the two brothers must still cherish each other privately, and this situation will also bring the two brothers closer.
The more important reason should be James' own character.
Gina once said: "My dear, I watched you drink milk from Joanna's body and grew up little by little.
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You smile like Jillian, fight like Tyrion, and you still have some spirit of Kevan, otherwise you wouldn't be wearing the white robe... But Tyrion is Tywin's son.
Not you."
Jillian, Tigai and Feng Kai are all Tywin's younger brothers. Like James, they all live in Tywin's shadow. They all have their own characteristics, but none of them have political talents.
James was initially nicknamed the "Kingslayer", but he was actually a chivalrous but somewhat arrogant man. Before his hand was cut off, he presented more of a casual attitude.
Sexual images.
But after his hand was severed, he showed more of his sense of detachment and chivalry.
Therefore, despite his father's objections, he rejoined the Kingsguard and gave up his inheritance to Casterly Rock.
Letting Brienne go find the Stark sisters, and taking the initiative to break off the abnormal relationship with Cersei, these seem to be very moral actions, but they are not political moves.
Therefore, from the beginning, James was a character who was not very good at politics. He either did things on impulse or adhered to the spirit of chivalry. He was somewhat smart, but did not have great political wisdom.
For a man with such a character, growing up in such a family, it is not so difficult to understand his friendliness towards his younger brother.
All in all, Cersei has ten thousand reasons to be angry with Tyrion, and even Joffrey looks down on this dwarf uncle.
"Then there's nothing we can do. Apart from Stark, I really can't think of anyone else who can help you, James?"
Tyrion knew that Jaime had escaped and was definitely not dead, so he no longer worried. He believed that with Jaime's personal ability, it was unlikely that he would die.
Cersei's face was gloomy. She wanted to strangle her brother to death with her own hands, but unfortunately she couldn't.
"Stark is willing to help us?" Joffrey was still afraid of death and couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, as long as we give them enough benefits." Tyrion shrugged.
"Mother, let Stark come, I don't want to die!" Joffrey looked at his mother pleadingly.
"Shut up!" Cersei yelled and glared at Tyrion:
"Asking the enemy who killed our father to save us, you can't imagine it. Tyrion, I now suspect that you and the Stark family are collaborating with each other to usurp the Iron Throne!"
When he heard his sister's hating, the little devil laughed instead of getting angry.
"But now the only one that can resist Stannis's army is the North. Or you can try contacting the Tyrell family or the Arryn family?"
Of course it's impossible. The Tyrells failed to side with Renly and have completely defected to the North. Jon Arryn's revenge has not yet been avenged. Do you expect them to join King's Landing? What an international joke!
As for the Riverlands, it's like wearing a pair of pants with the North now.
Calculating this, the situation in Westeros has completely changed, and Joffrey, the king, has completely no support.
Who is left in the Seven Kingdoms?
Dorne?
Prince Doran is not a simple person either.
You must know that in order to calm the conflict between Dorne and the Iron Throne, the old Prime Minister Jon Arryn conducted some arduous negotiations.
This man is a loyal supporter of the Targaryen dynasty.
Do you expect him to come to your rescue? It’s not bad if he doesn’t stab you to death with a sword.
But what's the difference between asking for help from the North and luring a wolf into the house?
Gao Bin: Of course there is a difference, the difference between dying earlier and dying later.
Tyrion has put the choice before the two of them. As for how to choose, they decide for themselves. Tyrion has decided to run away anyway.
He had to find Gao Bin to join him, otherwise he would definitely die if the city was breached. He did not expect Stannis to let him go.
...
At the same time, things north of the Great Wall are not so peaceful either.
Long before the War of the Five Kings, King Beyond the Wall Mance Rayder had gathered his troops to escape the attack of the White Walkers and search for the Horn of Winter.
The Horn of Winter was his backup strategy against the Night's Watch, because according to legend, blowing the horn would cause the Great Wall to collapse.
Many people sneered at this and only regarded the Horn of Winter as a legend, but Mance Rayder was convinced that the Horn of Winter not only existed, but also that this horn must fall into his hands because it was buried in the ice of Frostfang.
Close the bottom of the mountain.
After a group of rangers led by Ser Waymar Royce disappeared, a second group of rangers led by Chief Ranger Benjen Stark went north to search for the missing brothers, only to find that all the wildlings were secretly mobilizing. p>
The second group of rangers disappeared one after another, and the corpses of the rangers brought back to Castle Black were resurrected and killed at night. After the wildlings continued to be discovered, Lord Commander Mormont decided to organize an expedition with a total of 300 people, and personally led the team to garrison north.
An ancient stronghold located east of the Fangs of Frost and Snow, near Fengsheng Gorge, the Fist of the Ancients.
During Lord Commander Mormont's northward march, he sent several teams of scouts out for reconnaissance, one of which was led by Senior Ranger and Shadow Tower Lieutenant Qorin Halfhand.
He set out with six night watchmen, only to find that countless savage troops had gathered in Frostfang.
The team fell into a trap by the wildlings, and the team members were killed or disappeared one after another. Only Colin and one other night watchman survived.
But they were unable to escape for a while, and no one returned alive to report. The commander-in-chief was completely unaware of the number and members of the savages. At this time, the savages had gathered more than 100,000 people.
The only thing the night watchman can rely on is the Great Wall.
It is said that after the Long Night 8,000 years ago, Brandon the Builder built the Great Wall in order to resist wildlings and white ghosts and protect the kingdom.
The approximately 300 miles long and 700 feet high Great Wall is guarded by a team called the Night's Watch, and ancient spells and magic are said to be cast within the walls.
It is speculated that Brandon the Builder laid huge foundation stones wherever possible along the mountains.
Records in some documents imply that the Great Wall was much smaller than it is today.
Later, the builders of the Night's Watch dug out huge blocks of ice from the frozen rivers of the Haunted Forest and dragged them back to the Great Wall.
It took centuries of construction to reach its current scale.
However, the number of night watchmen has been greatly reduced, limiting the daily maintenance of the Great Wall.
There are a total of nineteen fortresses built along the Great Wall, but now only three of them: Shadow Tower, Black Castle and Eastwatch are still stationed by the Night's Watch.
The Great Wall stretches for 300 miles and is nearly 700 feet tall.
It is made of ice, snow and boulders. Depending on the weather conditions, it can be seen gray or blue even from several miles away.
The top of the Great Wall is wide enough for twelve fully armed knights to ride side by side, and the bottom is probably even wider.
According to mythology, ancient spells were woven into the interior of the Great Wall to strengthen it and prevent mysterious species from crossing, such as the White Walkers.
The Great Wall looks like a sword to the east from Black Castle, and a snake to the west.
The Great Wall has no gates, only some tunnels running through it.
These tunnels are blocked by several layers of iron bars locked with heavy chains.
Any tunnel abandoned by the castle or in danger will be permanently blocked with ice, snow, sand and gravel.
The Night's Watch will never allow the forest to extend closer than half a mile north of the Wall.
However, over the past few decades, where the abandoned castle stood, wild woods have quietly grown back.
The top of the Great Wall is inlaid with ballistae and cranes.
Eastwatch's fleet patrols Seal Bay, partly to catch smugglers who pass through the Great Wall by water and sell weapons to the savages.
The mountains and deep river canyons to the west make it impossible for large-scale troops except small-scale invaders to pass.
In the past three hundred years, the number of Night Watchmen has dropped sharply, and most of the castles have been abandoned. Some people jokingly call them "ghost towns".
In the current conflict situation beyond the wall, only three castles are still in use. Chief Ranger Benjen Stark suggested that a large force be sent to one of the abandoned castles every two weeks or one month.
Castle Black, the largest of the three castles, is located at the northern end of the King's Road. There are nearly 600 men of the Night Watch stationed there.
The Shadow Tower is the westernmost castle occupied by the Night's Watch. Two hundred men of the Night's Watch are stationed here.
Eastwatch is a port town belonging to the Night Watch, with only a small fixed number of Night Watchmen here.
The Great Wall of Despair provides a huge tactical advantage for the defender.
It allows a very small number of defenders to stop a huge army.
The defender is basically outside the range of bows, arrows, and ballistas. On the contrary, they can rely on bows, arrows, ballistas, and even throwing debris to stop an attack.
Especially wooden barrels filled with sand and gravel frozen in ice and snow are very effective for large-scale impacts.
The invaders have only two possible tactics.
First, attack one of the unprepared tunnel gates;
Second, organize a small group of troops to climb over the Great Wall and open the tunnel door from the inside.
The gate is carefully designed, including killing holes and means of restricting access, making it difficult to break through by force.
The gate can even be filled with ice, snow and sand, making this tunnel as impenetrable as any other part of the Great Wall.
There are many difficulties in climbing over the Great Wall. A team of determined climbers can reach the top of the Great Wall, but if and only if they are not noticed by the defenders, the defenders can easily throw debris or shoot bows and arrows to shoot them down.
According to legend, blowing the Horn of Winter can cause the Great Wall to collapse.