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Chapter 170 The Chaotic World Situation

Harrenhal, Hall of the Hundred Hearths.

Previously, the Hejian Army had captured 4000 Riverbend servants and more than [-] soldiers near Harvard City. These people were left to repair the castle and city walls.

After the people of the River Bend supported Arthur I, soldiers of Tyrell and his loyal family were released, but the servants continued to repair the castle. style.

Under the "encouragement" of the soldiers with whips, the handymen in Hewan did a good job. The stone slabs in the Hundred Furnace Hall can already reflect light. When the nobles gather, all the more than 30 fireplaces can all work, making the firewood crackle and burn. .

All the nobles who stayed at Harrenhal for Arthur I's first wedding gathered together to watch Duke of Metz's passionate speech.

"...After sixteen years of chaos, House Targaryen has finally arrived in his faithful King's Landing..."

Originally, Arthur planned to go south to King's Landing immediately, hold a wedding quickly, and then take the Westlands and Stormlands, but Mace insisted on using the captives from Gold Tooth City and Riverrun City in exchange for the nobles of the River Bend in the hands of "One-Armed Adam" .

The reason was that when his daughter Margaret got married, she couldn't live without the witnesses of these vassals.

And Mace was going to hold a grand coronation ceremony for the king's son-in-law before the wedding, and wanted Alduin to fly around the capital a few times, so that all the distinguished guests and commoners knew that the orthodox Targaryen had returned.

Originally, Arthur refused. The royal family didn't have much money. Although he had saved tens of thousands of golden dragons in High Court, he wanted to use them to arm the royal family's standing army.

But in order to get the legitimacy of Arthur I recognized by the world, Mace is determined to hold a big event, and promises that High Court and the nobles of the River Bend will share most of the costs of the coronation ceremony and wedding.

Anyway, instead of paying all the money himself, the king reluctantly agreed.

At this moment, Arthur was sitting on the throne on the high platform, discussing Duke Mace's behavior in a low voice with Sansa who was sitting on a chair beside him.

"According to Lord Tyrell's idea, your second wedding is too extravagant and wasteful!" Sansa sighed from the bottom of her heart.

After Mrs. Stone Heart enlightened her for one night, Miss Stark no longer resisted her husband's second marriage.

Although Sansa may show her unhappy side in private, she still pretends to be intimate with her husband in such a crowded public place.

According to what Miss Stark said when they were fighting with Arthur, she is the Countess of Harrenhal, and will be the Duchess of Riverrun in the future, and may even be the Duchess of Winterfell. in the eyes.

At Arthur's first wedding, Brynden Tully, the black fish, didn't make it in time to attend, but he made it later and presented Sansa with an expensive jeweled tiara, but not Arthur .

Arthur had already left at that time, so Heiyu quietly confessed to his grandniece: his nephew Edmure could not survive this winter, and after Edmure's death, the nominal owner of Riverrun was the widowed Lady Roslin , and after Roslin, Sansa or Sansa's heirs will inherit Riverrun.

Regarding the order of succession, Sir Blackfish promised that the sworn knights and soldiers of the Tully family would only accept his arrangement, and the Frey family would not be able to intervene at all.

The relationship between Sansa and her husband was closer than Heiyu thought, and she picked the right time to tell Arthur about this.

Because there is a land and a castle under her name, Sansa feels that she is taller than Margaery, and treats this marriage with a normal heart, and sometimes even finds it funny that the Rose family is going to make a big fuss.

Miss Stark looked at Duke Mace, who was spitting and scum flying all over the place, and said contemptuously again: "His family doesn't seem to have ever had a queen. He wants the Seven Kingdoms to know about the wedding. I don't know how much food can be bought with this wasted money. Let how many children wear new clothes!"

After being in charge of Harrenhal affairs for a period of time, she has a very clear understanding of money, food, linen and clothing and other civilian items, so she despises such behavior of throwing money.

"This is really the first queen born in their family." Arthur began to tell Sansa about the background of the Rose family.

Tyrell was the hereditary steward of the House of the Gardeners of the Reach King, and after the War of Conquest, Aegon I granted Highgarden to Harlan Tyrell and made the family Lords of the Reach.

For nearly 200 years after this, Rose's housekeeping order did not leave High Court, and the people of the River Bend respected Hightower. Around 200 years after the conquest, the Tyrells began to have an impact on the River Bend, until Olenna Redwyne married into Highgarden and forged an alliance of Hightower, Redwyne, and Tyrell.

"In the past 300 years, there are not many families that have produced queens. Letting a daughter become a queen can be regarded as one of Metz's heart problems." Arthur concluded.

While the Queen of Thorns' ambitions are far greater than that, with the Lannisters leading the way, they could make a big fuss about the next king's succession.

But Arthur has a way to counter the enemy to avoid this from happening:
Since it is the Dragon King family, the crown prince must at least tame a giant dragon!

Therefore, he doesn't worry too much about establishing a reserve in the future, and let the Rose family be happy (being taken advantage of) for more than ten years.

"...so Arthur I Targaryen is the rightful owner of the Iron Throne, the Guardian of the Realms and the King of the First Men, the Rhoynar and the Andals~"

"My daughter, Margaery Targaryen, is his legal wife, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms~"

The Duke of Metz almost yelled out these two paragraphs.

He had changed his daughter's surname to Targaryen, even before marrying.

Arthur was convinced he was rehearsing, and Lord Tyrell would have to do it again at the coronation.

In front of all the governors of Hewan who were present.

While the nobles were enjoying the Duke of Metz's performance, Earl William Mooton walked quickly towards the high platform.

"Your Majesty, some bad news has come from our co-governor in Pentos."

After bowing down to salute, he handed the note in his hand to Podrick Payne who came down.

The latter presented his hands to the king.

Arthur opened the note, and Sansa put her face close to read it with her husband.

"...the Imp's ransom...the election of Volantis...the appeal of Myr...the wavering of Pentos..."

After reading the short lingua franca on the note, Arthur complained in a low voice: "What a terrible thing this is!"

With a wave of his hand, he asked Earl Mooton, who already knew about it, to tell his vassals all four pieces of news.

William Mooton first bent down to salute, and then turned to tell the group of nobles these few things.

The first thing, of course, was the news of the little devil, who was acquired by the governor of Pentos, Narnia Jaskis, who demanded fifty thousand old gold dragon coins from the Western Continent to serve as Tyrion Lan Nestor's protection expenses and room and board expenses.

Narnia will return the famous dwarf after the lords of Westeros pay the price.

"This Narnia has got it wrong, we're at war with the Lannisters."

"How can the king pay ransom for traitors and rebels?"

Many nobles expressed their opinions one after another. These people are mainly Hejian nobles. It is too late to kill the members of the Lion family. How could they agree to pay the "ransom" to the little devil.

"Quiet!" Arthur stopped the vassal's discussion first, and then expressed his thoughts.

"The decree of the false king asking Kingsguard Jaime to take off his white robe is against the laws of the kingdom, so I am going to send Jaime Lannister to the Great Wall as a night watchman. Then Tyrion is the legal heir of Casterly Rock, Kevan Although the people in the western region rebelled, but Tyrion has not made a statement yet, we can listen to his opinion first. As for the [-] gold dragons, the Tyrell family will temporarily pay them in advance. When we capture the western region, we will take them out of Casterly Rock. Equivalents and reasonable interest shall be returned together."

The Kingsguard is a Targaryen tradition. Arthur is prepared to follow the rules of nearly 300 years. The king cannot order the white knights or night watchmen to leave their identities.

As for Tyrion, he's a smart guy and knows what to choose.

Arthur kept him, firstly because of his management ability, and secondly to prepare for the capture of Casterly Rock City.

The rock castle hidden among boulders and gold mines claims to never fall, and its prestige even spread to Blue Star in Arthur's previous life.

For example, there is a well-known user with the ID "Caerial Rock Never Falls" on XX, because he can often find all kinds of wonderful comments from netizens, so "Kaidian" is also called the director of the toilet of XX.

In his previous life, Arthur often had fun with the director's news, and he said "go to the office to do business" when he fed him.

Closer to home.

After the two armies attacked, Kaifeng and other Western Territory troops are likely to stick to Casterly Rock City. At this time, it is necessary for Tyrion's cutie to play his role.

The little devil once presided over the improvement of the sewage system of Casterly Rock City, and was able to find a path to bring soldiers into the city.

"Yes, I will let the lions who have debts pay enough interest." After the king's son-in-law spoke, the Duke of Mace was very happy to do this.

The first thing just passed.

Earl William Mooton continued to announce the second matter: "According to reliable information, Volantis is about to hold an election for consuls. The situation of two elephants and one tiger is likely to be broken. Among the current consuls, there is only one. Pannymeen did not express his attitude. The other two consuls have already declared their malice towards Daenerys, the Dragon King. Prince Dany of Slaver's Bay."

Lord Mooton, the representative of the Dragon Party family, has already called Daenerys Stormborn Prince.

The second thing is much trickier.

Volantis was said to be the eldest son of the Valyrian Freehold, Queen of the Rhone, and Master of the Summer Sea.Its port is the most prosperous in the known world, and the center of the world's maritime trade is here. Trade commodities such as silk from Yidi, spices from Qarth, and female slaves from the Slave Bay can only be sold to the West through here.

This city-state is a free trade city-state with the most powerful army. Even in peacetime, there will always be [-] slave soldiers--outsiders call it the Tiger Robe Army.

Having said that, I have to introduce the comparison between the military power of the Free Trade City-State and Westeros.

In the entire known world, all armies can be divided into four tiers (not combat capability rankings) according to morale and organization.

The first gear is the famous Unsullied, which is equivalent to light infantry, equipped with breastplates, shields, spears, and spiked helmets.

This group of slave soldiers was born in Astapor. They were cut with fried dough sticks and eggs since childhood, and then took special medicine to make their bodies grow normally.

They don't know pain and fear, and they obey orders absolutely.

The reason why the Unsullied are in the first tier is because they can accept 90.00% nine combat attrition.

That is to say, in a field battle, even after a hundred Unsullied fight to one, they can still continue to fight for their master.

The most glorious record known to the Unsullied is that three thousand Unsullied blocked the attack of more than 5 Sraki.

The only morale that can match it is the army of ghouls commanded by the White Walkers.

The Ironmen of the Iron Islands are all slightly inferior.

The second tier is the main full-time army of the first and second tier families in Westeros, usually heavily armed heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, commanded by nobles and sworn knights.

Their equipment may be top-notch in the world, but they cannot ignore the pain and death of their companions.

In field battles, as long as the generals are not killed and the lords are not killed or captured, the main army of the first- and second-tier families can accept a [-]% to [-]% reduction in combat personnel. Soldiers from individual wealthy families can do better and can fight to the end. In the end, dozens of people fled.

After the lord is captured or the general is killed, the army of this level can only accept up to 50.00% of the battle attrition, and then it is time to surrender and flee.

The third rank is the miscellaneous troops of the first and second-tier families in the Western Continent (mainly recruited and trained farmers), as well as soldiers from the third-, fourth- and fifth-tier families and most of the property knights. Their equipment is not as good as that of the second-tier soldiers. The degree of proficiency in combat is also far inferior.

In a single battle, after the general is killed, only [-] to [-] percent of his comrades are seriously injured or killed, and the soldiers will break up and flee.

The Northern Territory and Dorne Territory are not included in this list. Regardless of the size of their families, whether they are well-equipped or not, the morale of their soldiers is very high.

The fourth gear is the Tiger Robe Army of Volantis.

As slaves, quite a few of them were cut with fried dough sticks.

In terms of equipment, the upper limit of the Tiger Robe Army is the heavy cavalry of Westeros, and the lower limit is the roaring warriors of Dothraki. They have only one weapon, no armor, and no horses.

Morale is also far inferior. In field battles, as long as 5.00% to [-]% of soldiers are seriously injured or killed in battle, the entire army will be defeated.

But the annoying thing is that these slave soldiers have been indoctrinated since childhood to think that they cannot live without their masters. Therefore, after the defeat, most of the slave soldiers can return to the officers who are the free people of Volantis, organize again, and carry out the next battle. fight.

It's the same as Xiaoqiang who can't be beaten to death.

Of course, the complexity of arms in this world is far beyond this, and the above divisions are only valid in field battles, and special situations such as naval battles such as boarding battles and siege battles are not included.

Although the morale of the slave soldiers in Volantis is not good, and their combat ability is not outstanding, they are superior in having a large number of soldiers.

There are usually three consuls in the city-state: two elephants and one tiger. Among them, the elephant party advocates conquering the world by trade, and the tiger party advocates conquering the world by force.

After Daenerys publicly stated that she would abolish slavery and take action against cities such as Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen, the free people of Volantis are preparing to elect the Tiger Party, which is tough on foreign affairs.

At that time, the entire Volantis may pull out 30 to [-] slave soldiers to attack the free trade city-states such as Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh, and actively participate in the slave hunting operations of the Golden Corps. Kai, Xin Jisi and other forces colluded together and sent troops to attack Daenerys who was stationed in Meereen.

"If there is no accident, Illyrio may have gone to Volantis to seek an alliance. We must be ready to fight them."

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