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Chapter 113 The Secret Passage to the Red Fort
To the Queen Mother Cersei's relief, her son Xiao Qiao was not as impulsive as expected.

He is only verbally brave, and has no intention of leading troops out of the city to fight a fierce battle with the Northern Border-Hejian coalition forces.

This made her heave a sigh of relief.

After finishing the affairs in the Throne Hall, Joffrey I, the Imperial Council, the Regent Queen Mother and others moved to the next chamber, where they began to discuss how to resist the "rebels" outside the city.

Joffrey yawned after hearing all the trivial news from Intelligence Director Varys, stood up and announced:

"As king, I have other important matters to deal with, and the bandits outside the city will be left to you. When they are defeated, I will order salt to be sprinkled on the crops in the riverlands and the north, as a punishment for these two. The reward for the land's rebellion."

Then he left with the Hound and the six Kingsguard.

Cersei looked at her son with relief, "He is really a wise king."

As long as Little Joe doesn't mess around or meddle in military and political affairs, Queen Cersei thinks her son is the best.

Varys watched the young king leave greasyly and vigilantly. He learned about the king's new hobby from his intelligence officer Little Bird:

Arrange some animal heads in the room.

Animals, birds, fresh, not fresh, as long as they can be noticed by the king, there are basically all kinds of animals.

This is not a good sign.

Even the mad king Aerys II doesn't have such a perverted habit.

Varys, who kept his hands in his sleeves all the time, turned his head, only to find Baelish the Chancellor of the Exchequer staring at him with a smile.

Cersei also withdrew her gaze, but saw the two important ministers at the imperial meeting "eyebrowing", so she coughed lightly.

"Four adults, let's begin."

According to the usual practice, seven people including the Hand of the King, the Captain of the Kingsguard, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Sea, the Chief of Intelligence, and the Grand Master usually participate in the Imperial Council.

But since the new Hand of the King, Tywin and the new Captain Jaime of the Kingsguard are still fighting against the "rebels" in the West River, the Minister of Justice, Renly, and the Minister of the Sea, Stannis, have proclaimed themselves kings successively, so there should only be three Courtiers and the Queen Regent attended.

But considering the enemy forces outside the city, the Queen Mother ordered Sterling, the commander of the King's Landing Garrison, to also participate in the imperial meeting.

It was the first time for the bald-headed Sterling to participate in such a high-level meeting, so he seemed quite hasty.

Under the signal of Queen Mother Cersei, he began to report on the defense situation in the city.

"By the time the rebels had completely surrounded the Gods Gate, Steel Gate and the Old City Gate, a total of 450 Royal Family soldiers had arrived. And the number of King's Landing Guards had also exceeded 8000. It is increasing rapidly, and it is expected to reach [-] people in about ten days."

After learning that the coalition forces on the eastern front had entered the king's territory from the King's Road, Cersei sent an order to the nearby royal nobles in the name of Joffrey I.

Earl Gales Rosby of Rosby City, the Bookwell Family of Buckhorn Castle, and the Staunton Family of Raven's Rest all sent some soldiers, but only more than 400 people arrived.

This made Cersei very angry, but she was trapped in the city of King's Landing, and she had nothing to do with the half-obsessed royal nobles.

Fortunately, there are more than [-] civilians in King's Landing City, and there is still no shortage of adult men who can hold weapons, so there are barely enough manpower to guard the city.

Varys reported another thing, "There are more than 1 rebels outside the city, and [-] people from the northern border. Stark, Bolton, Karstark, and Amber There are more than [-] Hejian people, mainly [-] infantry from the Frey family. It is worth mentioning that His Majesty's younger brother, Lord Tyrion, is also in the Hejian army."

Cersei is also known as "Your Majesty" due to her title of Queen Regent.

"Could it be that you want me to send someone to rescue him? We don't have enough people to defend the city." The queen mother clearly expressed her point of view.

"Your Majesty." Earl Baelish changed the subject in a timely manner, "We have to consider the people in the city. In order to gain more profits, the grain merchants began to sell wheat, pumpkins and potatoes at ten times the price. Nobles They also started complaining that they couldn’t buy wine to drink.”

Due to the incomparably chaotic drainage system of Junlin City and the undrinkable water of the Blackwater River, commoners and nobles with a little money all drink alcohol with low alcohol content as their daily drinks.

Unable to buy alcohol means that the nobles have to drink the foul-smelling dirty water in the gutter just like the common people.

"There is no need to discuss such trivial matters here." Cersei clasped her fingers together and rested her elbows on the long table, "You just need to ensure the food supply for the guard soldiers."

Obviously, the problem of food for the citizens in the city did not attract the attention of the Queen Mother.

Next, the five discussed the details of the defense in detail until Cersei was satisfied.

At the end of the meeting, the queen mother uncharacteristically sat down to the end, and then walked out of the meeting hall with the grand maester Pacell who pretended to be an old man.

No one knew what they were whispering about.

……

Outside the city, the large tent of the coalition army.

Herman Tauha, the lord of Torren Square City, finally explained the general situation on the western front.

After Robb went south to Riverrun, Kevan led more than 4000 remnants of the Western Territory division to retreat to the Golden Tooth City. Then Kevan asked James to lead troops to guard the pass leading to the Western Territory, and he took his people to Lannister Port to take over the history. The new army formed by Dave.

The main force of the Western Territory east of the Red Fork River is approaching the West River. Due to Tywin's injury, they are not moving fast.

This gave Robb a sense of opportunity.

So he sent Cleo Frey to pretend to make peace, and at the same time sent his mother, Mrs. Stark, to Bitterbridge in the south to seek an alliance with Renly.

The King of the North himself took [-] cavalry and [-] Hejian soldiers to attack the Golden Tooth City south, trying to kill Jaime's troops first, and then fight against Tywin who crossed the Red Fork River in the West River. One game to win the final victory.

But after Robb left, Edmure, who was recovering from his injuries, suddenly felt that the decisive battle could not be held in the West River, so he summoned all the troops that could respond to Riverrun's call, trying to stop the main force of the Western Territory in the area of ​​Travel's Rest .

Earl Tallhart, who was stationed in the Twin River City to monitor the Frey family, also responded to the order of the young wolf lord uncle and led 600 people southward.

Then, he was sent to send a message to the coalition forces on the Eastern Front.

"We are the army of the King of the North, and we are not under the command of the heir to Riverrun." Roose Bolton flatly and clearly rejected the order to return to Xihejian.

According to Mr. Leech's understanding of Mrs. Stark and Lord Young Wolf, if he can take King's Landing and save the two Miss Starks this time, it will not be a problem for him to violate the orders of the King of the North and Edmure successively. .

Earl Taoha nodded, "Since that's the case, then I don't need to go back and report back. I will also stay and attack the city."

The Marquess of Bolton agreed to this, and then continued to assign intense siege and siege preparation tasks.

The more elite Stark soldiers were responsible for blocking the three gates of Linhe Gate, King's Gate, and Iron Gate, while all the soldiers in Hejian were sent to block the remaining gates of the Gods Gate, Old City Gate, Dragon Gate, and Lion Gate. The four city gates below.

Soldiers from Deepwood Castle and Karstark were tasked with cutting down trees and collecting wood. Many of them had worked with wood all year round.

The remaining [-] people are responsible for making large-scale ordnance for siege and defending against possible enemies on land.

"If there are no accidents, within two weeks, we will take King's Landing City, and news of the great victory on the western front will also come. That will be the most glorious moment for us northerners." Roose Bolton said loudly, uncharacteristically.

It can be seen that his spirit is very good.

Inspired by him, the morale of the northern nobles in the big tent was high, and many people screamed and prepared to rush into the Red Castle to avenge the late Lord Ed Stark.

But Arthur clearly felt something was wrong. The more than [-] members of the Bolton family had always been regarded as a reserve team, and any frontal combat had nothing to do with them.

After assigning tasks, everyone left the big tent and began to perform military affairs.

Arthur was about to walk with a few nobles in the river, but he saw Aenys Frey beside him sneaking towards the Marquess of Bolton.

It happened that Robert Glover, who was holding his head high, passed by and saw Arthur tilting his head, so he also looked back and sneered.

"Why, do you know the inside story?" Arthur asked in a low voice, leaning towards Robert.

"What else can there be? Lord Bolton's wife has passed away, and the Frey family has a lot of unmarried ladies. This is not right." Robert also whispered gossip.

Arthur nodded, indicating that he understood.

Although I don't know if the Scarlet Wedding can happen in the current time and space, but Herman Tall's departure from the Twins and the marriage between the Bolton and Frey families are all bad omens.

After walking out of the tent, the nobles in Hejian found that Earl Tao Ha was waiting for them.

"I forgot to tell you something. When I passed by Harrenhal, I also passed Lord Edmure's orders to Sir Marco Piper there. As his injury gradually recovered, he decided to lead troops to respond to the lord's family on the spot. He led more than [-] soldiers from various families to the West River, and the heirs of the Earl of Bracken were also taken away by Sir Piper. The peasant army formed by Lord Arthur is still there."

After Herman Tallha finished speaking, he turned and left.

This news made Arthur uncomfortable for a long time.

Marco Piper had a good relationship with Edmure, so it was reasonable to go to Xihejian.

But according to Edmure's soft heart, I'm afraid he can't bear Tywin's army crossing the Red Fork River and yelling at his own people, so each ferry must be the focus of the two sides' contention.

Few of the nobles and soldiers summoned by Riverrun this time survived.

Arthur has a good impression of the straightforward Ma Ke, but he can't change the situation hundreds of leagues away.

He could only wish good luck to Ma Ke who was still injured.

Back at their small camp, Arya is feeding the giant wolf apples.

After recapturing Nymeria, the big, scary direwolf was kept in a cage, but Arya was able to calm her down without causing any trouble.

Most of Arthur's mercenaries in Quhor, the soldiers of the Hejian family, and the Gaoshan clan were amazed that "Ali" could deal with the giant wolf, because normal people would be yelled at when they walked to the cage where the giant wolf was locked. But this little boy can get along well with wolves.

Seeing Arya, he suddenly remembered something.

According to the plot of the original book, this Miss Stark should have run out of King's Landing from a certain cellar in the Prime Minister's Tower of the Red Castle.

Since you can come out, you can probably go in too.

This is very important.

If Arthur could bring top fighters like Hostyn Frey, Raymond Darry, and Harris Horwood, he would be able to defeat the Red Castle and King's Landing City in one fell swoop.

You must know that the Red Fort itself is also a huge fortress. With only 6000 people, if you take down King's Landing City, you may not be able to take down the Red Fort.

Thinking of this, Arthur walked up to Arya and greeted her: "Ali, come here, I have something to tell you."

He didn't want to go near the direwolves.Because Nymeria was caught by him, she hated Arthur very much, and when she smelled his scent, she began to bark her teeth and growl.

The attitude is far worse than her master.

Arya, who was called, stuffed half an apple that the giant wolf would not eat into her trouser pocket, then turned and walked towards this handsome noble from the river.

Because of her father Ed's education since she was a child and the fact that she was starved in King's Landing, she cherishes food very much.

"What's the matter, my lord?"

Arthur pressed Arya's shoulders, "It's not convenient here, go to my tent and talk."

The two walked to Arthur's tent, Bracken ordered the mercenaries and servant Meydan standing guard to stay away, and then went in.

Arthur asked in a very low voice: "You once slipped out of the crypt somewhere in the Prime Minister's Tower or the Red Castle. Can you recall this route?"

A look of puzzlement flashed across the face of the round-faced and honest Arya, and then she immediately returned to normal.

"My lord, what are you talking about? Ali can't understand!"

Seeing that the little girl was still pretending, Arthur thought for a while and said, "Your sister, Sansa, is a scheming Miss from the North, and according to Joffrey's character, she must be having a bad life, maybe every day It was frightening, if you recall the route, I can lead people to rescue her."

He knew that although Arya didn't like her vain and nympho sister very much, she still valued her family very much.

Using the name of saving his sister is enough for her to say this route.

Mentioning her sister, Arya was stunned for a few seconds, then stared at Arthur, as if making up her mind.

After counting breaths, she whispered: "I, Ali, am just an ordinary person, and I happen to know a small road leading to the Red Castle. What about my sister, it's all nonsense, my lord."

Seeing that Arya continued to pretend, Arthur didn't poke it, "Yes, you are my bartender Ali, can you tell me the path now?"

After the two tacitly reached an agreement, Arya probably told the path hidden in the sea cliff of Aegon High Hill.

The Red Keep was located on Aegon's High Hill, one of the three major hills in King's Landing, and was surrounded by the sea on three sides, so it was extremely difficult to take down.

With this trail, it is possible to break through from inside the Red Keep.

Of course, Arya, who was not sure where the trail was, suggested that she could take Arthur to look for it at night to determine the exact location.

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(End of this chapter)