Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 169

Harrenhal, the castle lord's room.

The candlelight was dim, and Sansa cried while hugging her "mother" whom she hadn't seen for almost a year.

But Mrs. Shi Xin was unmoved, she was struggling to recall things related to her eldest daughter.

Since her resurrection, she can barely remember the past.

Arthur stood beside the two of them, wary of the mother-in-law who was no longer human.

Mrs. Caitlin was known for her generosity and kindness before, and the family language of the Tully family, "Family, Duty, Honor" was engraved in her mind.After she married Duke Ed, she strictly performed her duties as a wife. She threw every letter from Littlefinger into the stove without opening it.

In her eyes, there are only her husband and five children.

But after being resurrected as Mrs. Stone Heart, her temperament changed drastically. Her original generosity became cruel, and she frequently ordered her brotherhood members to attack innocent civilians.

Arthur was not sure of her temperament, so he was always on guard against her doing something strange to his wife.

Sansa cried for a long time, and finally regained her strength. She rubbed her red and swollen eyes, and then gently stroked the big scar on her mother's neck.

"Does it hurt? Can you talk?"

Madam Stoneheart covered her neck with her stiff hand, and said vaguely, "You killed Ned, my husband, your father."

Sansa shook her head like a little girl. "No, no. Damn Joffrey had Father killed."

In retrospect, she only felt that she was wrong to reveal that her father was about to leave King's Landing, but his death was the work of the King's Law Enforcement Officer and Joffrey's order.

"You killed my husband, your father."

Mrs. Shi Xin just repeated these words coldly.

Of course, you can't blame her, she doesn't have body temperature.

Seeing her mother accusing herself like this, Sansa explained again, but Caitlin, who had become a "fire ghost", was not moved at all.

Madam Shi Xin only had hatred in her mind.

The two held each other like this for a long time, until Mrs. Shi Xin couldn't bear the anger, and raised her arms stiffly, ready to slap her daughter.

Fortunately, Arthur, who was ready, held her back.

"Sansa is indeed wrong in this matter, but she is still a child, and she only wants to marry the prince and become the queen. It is completely a silly girl's approach, so let's not criticize her."

The king pulled Lady Stoneheart aside and made her sit in a chair, while motioning for Sansa to stay away.

"Mother, I..." Miss Stark wanted to say something to excuse herself, but when she thought that her father died because of herself, she fell silent.

Until she remembered what was at stake right now.

"Mother, Arthur wants to marry another wife to stabilize the kingdom's rule. I don't want to share my husband with other women... What do you think should be done?"

Sansa tells Madam Stoneheart about her confusion.

She knew that Princess Martell had an abnormal relationship with Arthur, but because the Dornish people were always a bit confused in the relationship between men and women, and Arthur had already sworn to marry her, she pretended not to know.

Arthur looked at the mother and daughter, and didn't talk too much.

Mrs. Stoneheart was an extremely devout believer of the Seven Gods, and Duke Eddard specially built a chapel for her in Winterfell so that his wife could pray.

Sansa also believed in the Seven Gods with her mother when she was a child, and when she was in King's Landing, she began to recall things in the North and tried to convert to the old gods.

"I can't control other people, as long as you only have one husband." Mrs. Shi Xin said coldly.

Sansa was a little dissatisfied with her mother's words, "Do you think it's normal for a husband to have two wives? You can't find such a person in the history of Westeros!"

The candlelight dimmed, and Arthur looked back to see that a candle had been burned to a pool of waxy slime.

So he went over, took out the spare candle, and lit it again.

Then Arthur said to his wife: "There are still some, Aegon I the Conqueror, he has two wives, and those two are still his sisters."

As far as he knew, Sansa was actually not that pedantic, and she was not very devout to the Seven Gods and the Old Gods. She didn't accept that she married Margaery because she felt ashamed.

After all, this Miss Stark is vain.

"Roose Bolton killed my son." As soon as the enemy was mentioned, Madam Stoneheart's tone suddenly became fierce, "As long as you kill all the Boltons, I won't let Sansa embarrass you about these little things .”

She stared intently at her son-in-law who was operating near the candlestick.

Seeing Mrs. Stoneheart's statement, Arthur immediately swore to the gods: "I will kill all the Boltons, including Roose Bolton and his illegitimate son Ramsay Snow."

The population of the Bolton family is smaller than that of the Stark family, and these two are the main branches.

As for the Countess of Hornwood City, Donara Mandler, she had already starved to death by Little Peeling, and Varda Frey was also easy to deal with, as long as she was sent to be the Silent Sister.

"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Shi Xin asked.

Arthur told the two of his ideas that at least [-] troops were needed to pacify the northern border, and a general with outstanding strategy was needed, and Randyll Tarly was just right.

"Is it in time?" Sansa randomly pointed in the direction. She meant the Mingyue Mountains, but she couldn't tell the north from the south. "Even the high mountains near the Blood Gate have started to snow. When you capture the western region, the north should be completely snowed." .”

Autumn will last almost a year, and winter will be longer.

If this time period is missed, the soldiers will either have to brave the wind and snow to march on the vast land of the northern border, or they will have to wait until the next long summer.

And Westeros has just experienced the longest summer. If there is no accident, the next long winter will last at least two or three years.

"I will never allow Bolton to survive this winter safely. You must quickly dispatch Earl Randyll's army."

Madam Shi Xin growled.

She stood up, the dim light of the candle on her pale skin, making her look like a ghost.

"But King's Landing City is not safe, and the Valley hasn't made a clear pledge of allegiance yet."

It is only a matter of time before the Western Territory is pacified, and there is not much trouble in the Stormlands. Prince Doran has been waiting and watching for so long, so it is time for him to send troops.

The only uncertain factor is that the valley is still strong, and they can also threaten the south from the sea.

After wandering around a few times, Madam Stoneheart made up her mind, "I can go to the valley. Lysa must send troops to kill Bolton, or I will kill Littlefinger for her to see."

She lost her husband and didn't care if her sister had a man.

Arthur looked at his mother-in-law and thought that she and Lysa could form an alliance of husband and wife.

"If the valley sends troops to the north, then our progress can be greatly accelerated. You can leave soon, and I will return to King's Landing immediately. When Lady Lysa clearly sends troops, Landau can also go to White Harbor by sea. The army is strong enough to defeat Bolton and Dustin's combined forces."

At present, these two families are the main forces in the Bolton side. Even with the newly recruited peasant soldiers and soldiers from other small families, there are less than 1 people.

In the south of the Stormlands, firstly, there is the Reachman under Balon Swann, and secondly, Dorne can also be recruited. They can also attack the Stormlands. In addition, the Golden Group and Stannis consume each other. Still on Arthur's side.

Mrs. Shi Xin reluctantly agreed to this arrangement, and they discussed in the middle of the night under the candlelight, and finally decided on the order of all actions.

When the sun rises tomorrow, a group of unremarkable soldiers will quietly send Madam Stone Heart to the valley.

The Northmen had left a guard for Sansa before they went home, and a dozen soldiers of them would be singled out for the job.

……

Stormlands, outside Griffin's Roost.

The great fire had been burning for a day and a night, during which time Aegon VI ordered men to add more wood, but still not a dragon was burned.

After the flames had been extinguished for a long time and the soldiers took out the dragon eggs, the senior officers of the Golden Regiment found that the gold and silver dragon eggs were even more beautiful.

"What's going on? Did we ignore some steps?"

"I think His Majesty should be put into the fire and become the father of the dragon, as the rumors say, so that he can hatch out."

"It is said that the condition for the birth of a dragon is the need for pure Targaryen blood, will it..."

Everyone was talking about it, and the failure to hatch the dragon was a big blow to them.

Illyrio had gone to Volantis to sell slaves, Jon Connington had left, and only Harry Strickland was present to preside over the situation.

Seeing that the officers and deputy commanders began to doubt the identity of Aegon VI, the regiment leader shouted loudly, calmed down the scene first, and then slowly explained:

"Everyone knows that Stannis has no shadow. I think it is because of this flaw that our dragon hatching ceremony went wrong."

Almost none of them are proficient in magic, and it is impossible to explain why this is the case.

Seeing everyone nodding their heads in approval, Harry continued: "But exchanging one life for another is a method recognized by all gods. The black goat, the red god, and the ancient gods of Valyria even allow believers to use fire sacrifices in exchange for blessings." .Although the priests called it a blessing from the gods, it was essentially an exchange."

Everyone continued to nod. Although they didn't know what the leader meant, they just followed the majority.

"Stannis can't be replaced, because he has only half life left, and the Lord of Light or other gods don't like it, so he didn't perform a miracle to hatch the dragon in the stone. But we still have other options, Feng There are two people in the castle who also flow the blood of the king, and they have dragon blood on them, enough for us to hatch the next dragon. There is always a shadow of Stannis's daughter, and her life will definitely replace the dragon life."

Because he wanted to stabilize the hearts of the officers, Commander Harry's tone was very affirmative, but he was getting the hang of it.

The key to Stannis' inability to hatch dragons is because of insufficient life fire.

Tristan River, who has become the deputy head, questioned: "How can we take Storm's End? Back then, Stannis used hundreds of people to hold the siege of the 6 army in the Reach for half a year. Do we have [-] people? "

Several people agree with him.

Harry was furious, "According to you, am I as stupid as Mace Tyrell?"

Tristan River bowed his head resentfully and did not answer.

After persuading the new subordinates, Captain Harry expressed his thoughts: "It is definitely impossible to capture Storm's End from the outside, but it is much easier from the inside. In short, I have a complete plan. When Shireen is captured What, we hatch dragons again."

A faceless man is in this team, and Harry has a lot of confidence.

In the following time, the head of the regiment began to dispatch troops, and a large number of soldiers would suspend the capture of slaves and turn to besiege Storm's End.

Of course, the most important thing Harry didn't forget.

"Quinn, Tristan, Alto, you take your own men to protect the dragon egg and His Majesty Aegon VI."

He assigned two deputy commanders and a senior officer to protect the dragon eggs.

In the next hour, the base camp of the Golden Company began to become chaotic, and they wanted to quickly go north to lay siege to Storm's End, which was only a day or two away.

……

Storm's End, Godswood.

A fire mixed with thick smoke soared into the sky. Because of the burning, the face on the weirwood became twisted and twisted, looking very painful.

The released Melisandre was staring at the flames with Queen Selyse Florent, trying to find a hint from the Lord of Light.

Axel Florent with protruding ears stood behind the two women, discussing the future situation in a low voice with Florent members beside him.

Davos the Onion Knight, Andrew Esmond and others were relatively far away from the two waves of people. Anyway, what they were burning was the stuff of the old gods, and the believers of the Seven Gods didn't feel it.

What they were on guard against was Queen Selyse who quietly ordered someone to let the red witch go.

"Soldiers with gold skulls on flagpoles burnt a girl and a youth..."

Melisandre recounted to Selyse what she had seen in a low voice.

Queen Selyse could only see a vague outline, which made her admire the red witch all the more.

"Is there anything else you can see? A hint to the Baratheons and the Florents?"

Selyse asked.

"I'll take another look." Melisandre stared at the flame, hoping that the god she served would give more hints to the devout believers.

"I saw a black-eyed king running at the feet of the gods, who bled the Seven, the Drowned God, the Black Goat, the Night Lion, and the Weeping Woman, but the gods knew nothing of it."

In the flames, Melisandre found several named gods, and many more unnamed gods, who had in common that they were bleeding.

A black-eyed king, his body shrouded in a soot-gray fog, was cutting the god's ankle to bleed it, just as vulgar maesters do.

"What sword is smoky gray? Who is the black-eyed king?" Melisandre whispered to herself.

Selyse replied obsequiously, "The Valyrian steel sword is smoke-gray, and the new owner of King's Landing, the Dragonbearer, has two black eyes."

Melisandre stared at the eerie sight of the flames, wondering what the Lord of Light meant by showing her this.

But she soon had her own judgment.

"It looks like Arthur Targaryen is the real king, and I have to go find him."

It is rumored that the Dragonbearers recently got hold of a Valyrian steel sword, which most closely matches the prophecy in the flames.

"What about us? What about these soldiers?" Selice didn't make a decision, so she had to let the red robe witch decide.

What's more, Davos and other generals may not let Melisandre go smoothly.

The red-robed witch turned her head to look at this stupid follower of the Lord of Light, and whispered: "You can tell them the first prophecy, and then let Davos and Andrew take Shirene and Edric away to a A safe city-state."

The first prophecy of the Lord of Light is clear, and the Golden Company will soon come to capture the two children with the blood of the king.

"Since His Majesty Arthur is the real king, I suggest that the Baratheon and Florent families also surrender to the Iron Throne, and I can serve as an envoy to King's Landing."

Melisandre's idea is obvious, she is going to assist the true king appointed by the Red God.

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(End of this chapter)