The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 298 The Silent Golden Lion

Before everyone knew that the war was coming, sending caravans out of the Blood Gate to the western region and the river bend to buy up the autumn harvest was the first step of Gao Yuan's strategic plan for the upcoming war.

Whether it is to meet the coming of the war, or to cope with the challenges brought to them by the long night and the harsh winter, food is undoubtedly the most urgent problem for him, the guardian of the east.

Especially after the end of the War of the Five Kings, what the lords and people of the Seven Kingdoms will face is their homes turned into a piece of scorched earth, and they don't know how long it will take to resume the food planting and harvesting before the war.Moreover, the arrival of severe winter and long night will also make the ground no longer grow food.

At least in the original book, until the night king's army of white ghosts came along with the long night and the cold winter, the continent of Westeros was still full of disputes and wars.At the same time, Daenerys Targaryen also came across the sea from the continent on the other side of the strait with her three dragons and her army.

When the cold winter and the long night come together, a high and mighty lord like them may still be able to hide in the castle to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing.And those common people and little lords at the bottom can only rely on the grain harvested in the past to survive the long night and the harsh winter season.

It is for this reason that Gao Yuan attaches so much importance to the food issue.Now, someone wants to sabotage his plan to hoard food, which Gao Yuan cannot tolerate. He thinks this is a provocation or a declaration of war by the other party.

"Sir Nestor, since this matter has attracted your attention and you have decided to report it to me, it must be that the other party's attack on our caravan is no longer as simple as once or twice." Gao Yuan tapped lightly with his fingers Desktop, "The other party must have come here specifically for our caravan. I want to hear what you think about it."

"Lord Gao Yuan, I'm sure they are not ordinary bandits and thieves!" Sir Nestor's face gradually became ferocious, and the birthmark on his face became distorted due to anger, "Because they are not here to steal things at all , Every time they attack our caravan, they will burn the food and other goods transported by the caravan."

"And the bandits don't all ride horses and wear armor." Sir Nestor replied calmly, "They also have stainless steel spears and swords in their hands, as well as the battle axes they used to slaughter caravan members. It was carefully forged by a skilled blacksmith."

"How many people are there in that group of 'robbers'?" Gao Yuan nodded in agreement.

"There are at least 200 of them, because we have a caravan of up to 300 people, and they were attacked on the way back to the valley." Sir Nestor replied solemnly, "According to your lord's order before you go to King's Landing , We have arranged a considerable number of valley soldiers in disguise to protect each caravan."

"In that attack, all fifty of our brothers who disguised themselves in the caravan were slaughtered. There were more than [-] people in the caravan, and only one coachman survived."

"Did the coachman who survived tell you which family banner they were flying and what kind of armor they wore? Did he notice the patterns and decorations on it, or the family coat of arms on the shield and helmet?"

"Unfortunately, Lord Gao Yuan!" Sir Nestor shook his head helplessly, "It would be great if they had these conspicuous features, and we could take revenge against their families and forces, but the clothes they wore The armor styles are very common."

"The leading coachman must have seen it with his own eyes!"

"The coachman said the leader was a short, fat man with a pale pig's face and a small pig-like eye," recalled Sir Nestor. It was like a man, but the coachman said he remembered the features of the man very well, for he had never seen such an ugly man."

Gao Yuan snapped his fingers excitedly: "Very good, we now know where the group of 'bandits' who attacked our caravan came from!"

"My lord, you have already guessed who sent those people to attack our caravan?" Sir Nestor obviously still didn't understand.

"Hmph, is there a need to ask? The man who led the attack on our caravan must be Sir Amory of the Rocky family." Gao Yuan sneered, "Everyone in the Rocky family has worked for Lanzhou for generations. A lackey of the Nestors, it must have been a good thing the old lion of the Lannisters ordered him to do."

During the Battle of King's Landing during the Usurper's War, Ser Amory Lodge and Ser Gregor the Mountain sacked the Red Keep.He was seen as a cruel and narrow-minded man who personally murdered Prince Rhaegar's four-year-old daughter, Princess Rhaenys, in the Red Keep.

The screaming girl was dragged out of her father Rhaegar Targaryen's bed, and he repeatedly stabbed her dozens of times with a dagger until the girl completely lost her breath.

Ser Gregor Clegane of the Mountain should have been the one who plundered the riverlands at the behest of Tywin Lannister.But now the Magic Mountain has been beheaded on the way far above the king's road, so the person who performs this task now becomes Sir Lodge.

"Lord Gaoyuan, I don't mean to disrespect you. But we can't confirm that the gangsters are Sir Rocky. There are many people in the Seven Kingdoms who look like Sir Rocky, and why do you conclude that this is the old lion? What do you mean?" Ser Nestor asked suspiciously, "and they don't wear red cloaks or bear banners like lions."

"The old lion Tywin is not so stupid as to let people plunder the riverland under the banner of his own family. This will only cause dissatisfaction with King's Landing and Riverrun City for himself, and lead to a joint crusade by the two." Gao Yuan continued, "The fact that we assisted Mrs. Caitlin in kidnapping the dwarf on the King's Road must have made the old lion Tywin very angry, so he sent these people to attack our caravan."

"If my predictions are correct, Sir Rocky is leading his team to plunder around the riverland right now?"

"As you expected, Mr. Gaoyuan, that team is indeed looting among the villages in the riverland." Sir Nestor said respectfully, "Because we are organizing forces to encircle and suppress the mountain clans in the Bright Moon Mountain Range The valley leading from the riverland to the Blood Gate is full of cavalry from the valley, so they dare not bring people into the valley, and now they are just wandering in the riverland near the outside of the valley."

"Although the Lannisters cannot threaten the Vale of Arryn right now, we cannot simply let them go, my lord!" Ser Nestor tried to suppress the anger in his heart, "During this period of time, death in Los Angeles Sir Qi and the others have more than 500 Valley people, I hope you will allow me to send a team to encircle and suppress them."

"Sir Brynden Tully, who was stationed at the Blood Gate before, where is he now?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Brynden the Blackfish has just completed the staged task of encircling and suppressing the mountain clans, and he must be leading the team back to the Blood Gate to rest." Sir Nestor replied.

"You pass my order to Ser Brynden, in the name of the Guardian of the East and the Duke of the Eagle's Nest City, ordering him to immediately raise high the banner of my Evening Star Golden Dragon, and lead the team to the Trident River that was infested by Sir Loki." Basin, punish the hypocritical knight Amory Lodge, and all his accomplices."

"Yes, my lord!" Ser Nestor bowed his hand in respect.

Sir Brynden Tully of the Blackfish was born in Riverrun, as a member of the Tully family who ruled the riverlands and the younger brother of the Duke of Hoster.He is obviously more familiar with the Riverland than other people in the valley, so it is undoubtedly the best choice to send him to lead a team to the Riverland to encircle Sir Loki and his accomplices.

Ser Brynden the Blackfish was more easily accepted by the nobles and commoners of the Riverlands, so that Edmure Tully in Riverrun would not be misunderstood.As for whether the Duke of Hoster would be dissatisfied because of this, it would have to wait until he got out of the hospital bed in Riverrun, and what did the misunderstanding between the black fish Brynden and Duke Hoster have to do with him?

Moreover, even if Gao Yuan did not give this order, the black fish Brynden would resign from his position as the Knight of the Blood Gate, and take his own people to the riverlands to hunt down and kill Sir Rocky and his accomplices.

Brynden can also be regarded as one of the few good people in the original book. He would never want to see the people of the river land being attacked and robbed by the lackeys of the Lannister family.

The Riverland is under the jurisdiction and protection of the Tully family, and it should have been the responsibility of the Tully family to encircle and suppress Sir Loki and his accomplices.But right now, the Lannister family is accumulating troops on the border between the two places. Riverrun City's eyes are all drawn to the Golden Tooth City on the border, and they have no time to take care of this team that is looting in their hinterland.

Edmure convened all the vassals in Riverrun City, and prepared to move the Golden Tooth City to fight against the Lannister army, which caused a gap in the internal defense of the Riverlands.This is why Sir Lodge and his accomplices were able to slaughter and plunder wantonly in the hinterland of the riverland, and no one could resist and sanction them.

"Sir Loki and his lackeys are wandering in the riverland like this, killing and looting wantonly, did Lord Edmure of Riverrun not react?" Gao Yuan asked curiously.

"My lord, Edmure sent a small party led by Sir Raymond Darry to search for survivors nearby, and then Sir Darry took them to King's Landing to meet the king," said Sir Nestor. "By the time Sir Darry led his troops back to the fief, Loki and his lackeys had disappeared. It is said that they had crossed the Red Fork River and returned to Lannister's hills."

"Now Sir Edmure has sent troops to garrison all the villages, towns and manors within a day's ride from the border." Sir Nestor guessed, "It's just that I suspect that Rocky and the others did not leave the riverland, but hid in near God's Eye in Harrenhal."

Gao Yuan nodded indifferently, this is probably the purpose of the old lion Tywin.Gao Yuan knew very well in his heart that he wanted to use this to squeeze the power of Riverrun City and lure the young Edmure to disperse his forces on the long western border, so as to achieve his goal of defeating them one by one.

This Ser Edmure was still too young. He thought he would be invincible with all the troops in the riverlands.But I didn't expect that the old lion was even more superior. Just sending a team of 200 people turned his rear upside down, making him suspicious and fearful.

How should I evaluate this Sir Edmure? Gao Yuan can only say that he is more than brave, but lacks the wisdom of strategy and war.He vowed to do his best to defend every inch of land and protect every man, woman and child attached to his name.

A shrewd and experienced person like Tywin Lannister naturally would not choose to head-to-head with the opponent's main force.The old lion Tywin probably wanted to make a fool of himself, and deployed suspicious soldiers on the frontal battlefield to confront the army of the Riverlands, mainly for the purpose of bluffing and confusing the enemy.

Secretly, he led the main force of the western region to sneak around the enemy's main force, went around to the enemy's rear, and went straight to Huanglong.Now the army in the hinterland of the river is empty, which has been verified by Sir Rocky and his actions.

As long as his old lion led his troops to capture a few important castles and areas in the riverlands, such as Pink City, Acorn Hall, and Harrenhal, he could easily cut off the supply line and retreat route of the army in the riverlands, and send the Tully family in the riverlands. The territory of the middle land was surrounded.

Most of the troops in Pink City and Acorn Hall were used by Edmure to pursue and guard against the small troops of Rocky and others.The remaining defensive forces will only be defeated in one blow against Tywin Lannister's main force.And Mrs. He'an of Harrenhal would have to sacrifice the city and surrender because she didn't have any troops to defend.

In this way, Tywin Lannister is not so much a lion as an old fox.If he really just wanted to send Sir Lodge to kill and set fire. Depending on the cunning of the other party, the old lion would have specially instructed Amory Lodge to be careful, to act at night, without fanfare, and to pretend to be an ordinary robber.

But it's clear that his purpose is not just that. Sir Rocky's small team is just a flag used by the old lion to test the opponent. His real purpose is to start a full-scale war against the riverlands.

The Lannister's golden lion has opened his mouth without sound, and the trout in the riverlands still doesn't know it.It was only now that Gao Yuan suddenly realized that the war had already begun from the moment Caitlin took the dwarf away, but he kept emphasizing that the war was about to break out.

Now that the war has begun, how should the East and the Valley respond and break the situation?
Regardless of Sir Nestor's strange eyes in front of him, Gao Yuan began to search around in the room until he found a huge map.Gao Yuan flattened this huge map on the desktop, and what was depicted on it was the whole picture of Westeros.

(End of this chapter)