Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 156 The Strange Captive
Mud Gate, also known as Linhe Gate, is facing the mouth of the Blackwater River and is the closest gate to Aegon High Hill and the Red Keep.

"Okay. I will send someone to contact the defenders of Mud Gate and King's Gate in the past two days to see if I can attract some officers."

Garland took down his grandmother's instructions, and at the same time prepared to extract some information from the lower-level lion soldiers.

The Queen of Thorns who was sitting on the chair remembered another thing, "You asked Loras to find a few noble knights who often go around King's Landing, and they will stay by my side that day, and let me carefully identify whether it is like the rumors. Man was given to..."

The Queen of Thorns lived in Highgarden in the Reach, and like her granddaughter Margaery and grandson Garland, she had never seen the eight-year-old Tommen before.

Loras stayed in King's Landing for more than half a year and participated in two tournaments, but he spent a lot of time disturbing Renly. Except for the public occasions where many nobles attended, the number of times he met Tommen was not counted. too much.

"Well. But grandma, don't worry too much. Even if Lord Randyll Tarly took away 1 people, we still have more than 3 soldiers outside the city. As long as Cersei is in her right mind, she won't treat us at all No respect."

With the army in hand, Garland is still very confident.

For the Reach, which was almost united, it was their choice who would become King of the Seven Realms.

……

Casterly Rock City, Seven Star Temple.

Unlike the Casterly Rock City buildings that most people imagined, the Seven Stars Temple occupies almost the same area as the church in a normal castle.

At this moment, Tywin's body, which had been handled by the bachelor, was parked in the middle of the base of the seven-pointed star in the sanctuary. Big colored stone eyes covered Tywin's eyes, making the body look a little weird.

Gina Lannister, Emmon Frey, Damion, Lucian and other members of the Lannister family,
Along with Mrs. Alexa Redford, Titus Brax, Lynce Leighton, Taber Craneher, Harris Swyfer and dozens of remaining nobles of the Western Regions in Kyrgyzstan Led by Sir Feng, they walked to Fengjun's body one by one to mourn.

The whole ceremony was carried out very slowly. After the last nobleman finished commemorating the feudal lord, all the nobles and powerful property knights were called to the castle hall by Kevan to discuss the next move.

"The kingdom of His Majesty Tommen has been challenged like never before. The dragon bearers, the rebels of the Stormlands, the rebels of the north... especially the threat from the riverlands. An army of thousands of people has bypassed the mountains south of the town of Stone Hall. , into the territory of Deep Cavern Castle..."

Kefeng briefly summarized the current situation, and then ordered each family to mobilize their territories again to prepare for the attack from the Riverlands.

On behalf of the nobles, loyal Lannister house governors such as the Earl of Lins Leighton and Harris Swyfer stated that it could be done.

But this made other nobles dissatisfied.

Alysanne Redford said something: "My family has lost even its territory. What can I use to recruit new soldiers?"

Her husband, Count Leo Radford, died in the Red Fork River blocking battle led by Edmure Tully. It is said that all the remaining Radford members died in the war, and her family's Golden Tooth City was lost by the people of the river. Take control.

The Radford family has a special status in the western region, and Kefeng didn't dare to ignore Mrs. Alysanne's opinion, so he could only comfort him repeatedly.

Seeing someone leading the way, some other nobles 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 it back?" cried Titus Brax.

He is the eldest son of Count Andros.

"And my lord, Lord Damon Marbrand, Ser Adam died for Lannister, and his father you must not leave alone."

Said a property knight who was loyal to Brand City.

Kefeng quickly stated: "My mother is also from the Marbrand family, and I will definitely not let my cousin Damon stay in the water prison for a long time."

There were even Lannister offshoots who offered Kevan back in exchange for Stafford and Davon, who are currently imprisoned in the Golden Tooth.

The aristocratic captives in the Western Territory were concentrated in Riverrun and Golden Tooth City. Right now, these two places still belong to two factions, and the nobles' request for a prisoner exchange made Kevan feel dizzy.

In the hands of the Westerners, there are no prisoners of the same level to exchange.

Fortunately, the alliance between Lannister and the Reach was strong enough. After coaxing and deceiving for a long time, Kevan finally got the group of nobles to start obeying orders.

However, the situation in the western region itself is not much better than that of the Riverlands. The northern cities such as Brand City and Cliff City were once ruined by Robb and the northern army, and the southern regions such as Corn City and Crake Hall were extremely mobilized.

With all the calculations, the entire Western Territory can only gather 4000 people now. This is the total number that can only be obtained by adding the elite guards from Port Lannister and the defenders of Casterly Rock City.

Before it was over, two news from the bachelor made Kefeng feel even more troublesome:

The guardian of the north, Roose Bolton, asked the Iron Throne to send 2000 reinforcements; his nephew Tyrion was assassinated by the killer left by Stannis, and even the body was not found.

When Sir Kevan traveled thousands of miles to the funeral, in order to delay the inheritance dispute between James and Tyrion, he deliberately did not bring Tyrion back to the West.

Unexpectedly, this little scheming actually cost his nephew his life.

"Alas! Maester Cralen, you send the stonemasons to build a statue of Tyrion, as tall as possible, and bury him in the Hall of Heroes, and order him a suit of gilded armor to put on the statue. His Life is full of indignities, let him be decent after death."

Kevan ordered.

The Hall of Heroes is a unique building in Casterly Rock City. All the Lannister family and close relatives, the warriors who died for the family can be buried there. James and Tyrion often went there to play when they were young.

The maester took down Ser Kevan's orders.

After careful consideration of the situation, Kevan felt that the people in the western region would not be able to defend Deep Cave City and Silver Mountain City. The lords of these two earldoms, Leiden and Shalliott, were more important, so they couldn't just sit idly by.

"Go and send ravens to King's Landing, and let the people of Hewan send an army to rescue the western region. The number of soldiers should be tens of thousands." He ordered the bachelor again.

As for the Duke of Bolton in the north asking for help, there was nothing he could do for the time being.

There are two ways for thousands of troops to enter the northern border, the land route goes north from Carlin Bay, and the sea route lands 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 riverland, no matter how brainy Kevan and the westerners are, they still can't think of how to send troops into the northern border .

After completing all the remedial measures, Kevan appointed his cousin Meonda Lannister as the new acting city lord of Casterly Rock City, and as for the guardian of the western border, he will temporarily take over the role.

After Kevan ordered most of the nobles to return to the territory to recruit peasant soldiers, the gathering of the lords of the western region ended hastily.

……

King's Landing, near Duskendale City.

A large barracks are neatly arranged along the coast, and the soldiers are orderly, doing what they should do.The infantry on the watchtower glanced around with piercing eyes. Within a league outside the camp, there were light cavalry patrolling back and forth with the banner of the strong-footed hunter.

With their hands tied, Brienne Tass and Madam Stoneheart rode into the river bend barracks under the "escort" of a group of Tully cavalry, and were then taken to the main tent by the officers.

After the female knight was captured by the mercenaries led by Locke Holt, she set off from the river king's barracks alone, and returned to the northern part of the kingdom again, preparing to seek the trace of Mrs. Stark.

Unexpectedly, she was found, but she was captured by the Brotherhood Without Banners, and she was almost hanged on a tree by the enchanted Madam Shixin.

Fortunately, the Riverbend soldiers arrived in time and defeated the Brotherhood Without Banners detachment, making Mrs. Stone Heart a prisoner of war with her hands tied, just like her.

"We found a small number of members of Brotherhood Without Banners, wiped out most of them, and got two strange captives. These two have special status. 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-in-chief, Lord Randyll Tarly.

Ran Dao, who was considering the marching route, raised his head, waved the officer and attendants out, and stared at the big scar on the neck of "Madame Stark" in surprise.

"Is ma'am all right?"

Madam Stoneheart made a "ho ho" sound, and Brienne Tass on the side answered for her:
"Madam can still move. Your people killed her interpreter. Madam Shi Xin has a leak in her throat and can't speak for the time being."

Madam Stoneheart, whose eyes were all black, stared at Brienne with a ferocious and resentful expression.

Randall looked at "Mrs. Stark" several times in surprise before turning to another acquaintance.

"Miss Tas, may I ask which king do you serve now?"

Because Brienne joined Renly's Seven Rainbow Guards, Randyll was very familiar with the only daughter of the great nobleman of the Stormlands.

He had been the one who told Brienne about the soldiers' silly bets, and the two had a pretty good relationship.

"Please call me Sir Brienne." Miss Tars corrected Earl Tarly's mistake, "Since His Majesty Renly was killed by the shadow, I have not served a certain king, but to Miss Sansa Stark Allegiance."

On this evening, Lando Tarly, who thought he was well-informed, was shocked again: "Shadow, was His Majesty Renly killed by a shadow? Can you explain in detail?"

Mrs. Stark, who was clearly a dead body, shocked Randall once, and another breaking news reached his ears.

"That's right, it was a shadow that looked like Stannis that killed His Majesty Renly." Brienne also wanted to find a sensible old nobleman to tell what she had seen with her own eyes, so that the world would know that she did not betray His Majesty Renly .

So the female knight started with Renly leading [-] troops and her ally Mrs. Stark to confront her brother outside Storm's End, until she was attacked and killed by the shadow, and then they were killed by the red guard Robert Roy. let go.

"After that we headed north, preparing to return to Riverrun, but a Lannister cavalry attacked us on the way, and I... I failed to protect the lady, and then..."

Seeing that Randall Tarly was still interested in listening, Brienne told the Earl of Horn Hill all about the events of the next few months.

After listening, the serious Earl Tully couldn't help being amazed.

"This world has changed. The previous oaths and order built by knights began to collapse, and magic, kinslayers, and oath breakers began to run amok."

He remembered the magic he had done for his eldest son Samwell, and wondered why those two wizards failed, but shadow magic and necromancy succeeded.

Sir Brienne also echoed: "Yeah, I am the only real knight left. The oath is cast aside casually, the royal family can kill even their relatives, and the imperial meeting of the Iron Throne is even more fooled by stupid queens, eunuchs, conspiracy Controlled by home and butchers."

Brienne didn't speak ill of Grand Maester Pycelle because of his decent public image.

After fiddling with her voice for a long time, Mrs. Shi Xin finally said her first words in the tent:

"Are you working for the lion's family? I'm going to kill you sooner or later."

The resurrection did not make Mrs. Stoneheart cherish the new life, but it infinitely solidified her hatred for the Lannister family.

Randall Tarly shook his head, "I'm working for Tyrell, the guardian family of the Reach. Whether it's Renly or the current Tommen, it's my lord who pledged his allegiance first, and then I follow the lord's allegiance. .”

Although he was robbed of Brightwater City, which he had always wanted, the Earl, who still insisted on the style of an old-fashioned character, still had some loyalty to the Tyrells, at least on the surface.

"What's the difference? Aren't you killing the lions?" Mrs. Stoneheart's object of resentment was replaced by Lando Tarly, "I'm going to kill you sooner or later."

Her black pupils made Earl Tully feel creepy, so he called his attendants to arrange the two strange women properly.

No matter what "Madame Stark" said, Landau decided to obey Kevan's order first, and led the River Bend Army to attack northward until Maidenquan City and other places were captured.

……

On the south side of the Mingyue Mountains, the Hejian Military Camp.

The tall Hosting proudly walked into the military camp hidden in the dense forest. Behind him, several Valley prisoners were being pressed away by the Frey family's chain mail sword and shield soldiers.

"I have captured another important prisoner. This time, His Majesty will reward me with a piece of territory."

Hosting said this after meeting an Alan city knight.

Hugo Vance glanced at the prisoner behind Foyle in surprise.

"Seven Gods, I think this prisoner is worth a baron."

As the commander of the scouts, he naturally recognized that the important prisoner Hosting mentioned was Simon Templeton, the owner of Nine Star City and the strongest property knight in the Seven Kingdoms.

The two then went to find their king with Lord Temperton.

In the big tent, after listening to Hugo Vance's introduction, Arthur hurriedly asked Podrick to remove the rag from Sir Simon Templeton's mouth so that the old knight could speak.

"My people are being rude."

The King of Hejian first expressed his apologies to the old knight, and then sent Hosting: "Your territory will be near Shitang Town. The specific scope depends on your future achievements, but at least the title will be a Viscount. You should leave now." .”

Hosting was very satisfied with the king's arrangement, and after bowing and saluting, he 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 Earl Roma Royce married a certain Miss Stark, and then gave birth to three noble daughters who married into the three big families of Waywood, Corbray, and Tampaton successively. The wolf family has many distant relatives in the valley.

Since it's no secret that Sansa is going to marry the River King, Arthur tries to win over the old knight.

"Sir Simon, I'm Miss Sansa Stark's fiancé, and you and I are still relatives!"

Arthur moved a chair for the old knight himself, and let him sit down and talk.

"Don't talk about anything else, I was ordered to contact you to kill Lynn Corbray."

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(End of this chapter)