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

Chapter 301 Shocking News

Due to the existence of the skinchangers, it became very difficult for the army of the valley to destroy the Gaoshan clan hiding in the Bright Moon Mountains.This is not to say that it is absolutely impossible to completely wipe out the Gaoshan clan, but it will inevitably cost a lot of manpower and material resources.

Unless they can capture their skinchangers, ordinary armies will have no way of finding the mountain clan's hideout in the Brightmoon Mountains.

If it were a time of peace, these bandits would have to be completely eradicated even if the cost was high.But seeing the imminent threat of war, he really didn't want to waste a lot of resources on these barbarians.

This is obviously a thing that is not worth the candle. The benefits gained from exterminating the Gaoshan clan are only a drop in the bucket compared to the time and resources they have devoted.

Unless Gao Yuan went off in person and turned into a rune dragon and burned the entire Mingyue Mountain Range. But Gao Yuan obviously would not do this, because the price the valley would pay would be too high.

Therefore, Gao Yuan had no choice but to put the matter on hold for the time being. Anyway, sooner or later they would take the initiative to walk out of that mountain range.Winter is coming, and the long night is coming. The Gaoshan clan, who never raised livestock and did not do farming, could not survive the long winter.

Faced with food shortages, they might be able to go out of the mountains to plunder the valley residents living nearby.But if the dead came, the ancestors of the Gaoshan clan could only take the initiative to stand up and surrender to Eagle's Nest City.

Other than that, they have no other choice!The dead will not accept the surrender of the living, the White Walkers just want to convert them all into their own ghouls.

"Leave the matter of the Gaoshan clan alone!" Gao Yuan signaled Sir Nestor to put away the map in front of him, "Our most important task now is to prepare for the upcoming war, I hope you will send out All the troops have been called back to strengthen the Blood Gate's defense against foreign enemies."

"Except for the thousand Vale soldiers brought to the riverlands by Ser Brynden the Blackfish, how many soldiers are still stationed at the Blood Gate?"

"My lord, there are about [-] soldiers stationed at the Blood Gate." Sir Nestor put the curled scroll on the table, "However, quite a few of them were temporarily transferred from the homes of the lords. knights and squires."

"According to your previous instructions, my lord, they have been performing the task of escorting the caravan. Originally, after Sir Brynden led the team back to the Blood Gate, they would have to rotate with another team, but now it seems I'm afraid there is no need for that."

"It's really not necessary. Unless the war between us and the Lannisters is over, no caravans will pass through the bloody gate in the future." Gao Yuan ordered, "Sir Nestor, you should withdraw all that team into the bloody gate." Assist in defense inside the gate, whether the blood gate's defense is strong or not is related to the safety of the entire valley."

"Now that Sir Brynden Tully has led the army to the Riverlands for support, the position of Knight of the Blood Gate is now vacant. Sir Nestor, do you have any other suitable candidates for the Knight of the Blood Gate?"

"The second son of Countess Anya Waywood of Iron Oak, Sir Donnel Waywood has been serving in the Blood Gate since he became a knight. Although he looks ugly, he treats people very sincerely, except for Sir Brynden. , Sir Donnel is the most beloved knight among the soldiers in the Blood Gate."

"The most important thing is that he is only 20 years old now, but he already has a calmness that is not lost to Sir Brynden, and he has a strong physique and superb swordsmanship." Sir Nestor replied honestly, "except Sir Donnel Besides, I really can't think of anyone who is more suitable than him to be the knight of the Blood Gate."

"I thought you would recommend Sir Albar to me!" Gao Yuan deliberately joked with him. Sir Albar Royce is the eldest son and heir of Nestor Royce, "So it is Sir Donnel, when Ser Barristan and I first arrived at the Gate of Blood, he and Ser Bryndon went out to welcome us!"

"Master Gao Yuan, you really know how to joke. Your incompetent son can't take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the Blood Gate today. Alba has almost no experience in commanding troops and fighting."

"The flowers blooming in the greenhouse can't stand the wind and rain. As the future heir of the Royce family of Gate of the Moon Castle, how can he basically command the army without knowing it!" Gao Yuan smiled slightly, "Since Sir Albar has no leader There is nothing to say about the experience of a soldier, so Sir Nestor, let him go to the Blood Gate to experience it."

"Then it's settled like this!" Without waiting for Sir Nestor to object, Gao Yuan made a decision on the matter, "Let Sir Donnel Waywood succeed Sir Bryndon as the Knight of the Blood Gate, and Ai Sir Albar will go to Blood Gate today to serve as Sir Donnel's adjutant."

"Follow my orders, my lord!"

"Sir Nestor, it's time for the war supplies you ordered the craftsmen to make overnight, and now it's time to send them to the lords, so that the lords can arm the army in advance." Gao Yuan put the scroll of the map on the table back Bookshelf, "Tell Them It's Time to Fulfill Their Oath!"

Sitting in front of the partition table again, Gao Yuan opened the thick ancient book on the table, and took out a scroll from it and handed it to Sir Nestor.

Sir Nestor picked up the scroll in front of him, and saw a cylindrical object outlined by countless lines: "Lord Gao Yuan, this is."

"You just need to know that it is the key to our victory in this war!" Gao Yuan said mysteriously, "You don't need to ask other questions."

"Let those craftsmen who are rushing to make other war supplies stop and give me priority in making this object!"

Sir Nestor nodded incomprehensibly: "I understand, Mr. Gao Yuan! I will stop those craftsmen tomorrow, but I don't know how many objects like this you need to make?"

"Naturally, the more the better!"

"Manufacturing this object requires a large amount of pig iron. I wonder if the iron ore resources in the canyon are still sufficient?"

"My lord, the territory of the Earl of Belmore in Hongsong City has a lot of iron ore, and now a steady stream of iron ore is transported here from there every day." Sir Sturt replied, "At least as of now, we still have a lot of iron ore. There is no need to worry about the iron ore issue."

"That's great!" Gao Yuan nodded in relief, "There's nothing to do here, Sir Nestor, you should go back and rest early!"

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Since returning from King's Landing City, Gao Yuan has moved back to live in Eagle's Nest City, which stands on the top of Mingyue Mountains.Although Sir Nestor persuaded him to stay several times, this still could not change Gao Yuan's decision.

According to what he said: After all, Gate of the Moon Castle is now the castle of the Royce family, and it is really shameful that he, the lord, has been living in the castle of the vassal family.

Maybe some people really believe Gao Yuan's statement, but Caitlin doesn't think so.Because in the recent days, Duke Gaoyuan always stayed alone with the illegitimate daughter in that valley.

At first, Caitlin didn't care much about it.After all, Mr. Gao Yuan has not yet married that lady from the noble family. It is quite normal for an outstanding man like him to attract some butterflies by his side.

It's just that whenever Caitlin saw Duke Gaoyuan playing with that girl, she couldn't help but suddenly think of Ned's illegitimate son who was stationed on the Great Wall. This thought made her feel ashamed and angry.

Stone East is the exclusive surname of the illegitimate son of Aylin Valley, just like Snow Snow in the north and Buddha Flower in Highgarden.According to the customs of Westeros, each of the Seven Kingdoms has a surname specially prepared for illegitimate children.

Caitlin didn't feel bad for the girl herself, but when she saw the girl with Duke Goyuan, she couldn't help feeling a little bit of inexplicable anger.what is this?The unmarried illegitimate daughter is hanging out with the high-ranking Duke of Eagle's Nest City again. Is this planning to have another illegitimate child?

Catelyn's dwelling was on top of a small garden in the shape of a circle surrounded by tall white towers.Blue forget-me-not flowers are planted on the soil and grass in the garden. According to the maid arranged by Duke Gaoyuan for himself, the original intention of the craftsmen was to cultivate the godswood forest.

However, since the Eyrie was built on the solid rock of the mountain, no matter how much fertile soil was brought in from the Vale of Arryn, the weirwood still couldn't take root here.

So the successive dukes replanted lawns and placed statues among the flowering bushes. The forget-me-nots in those gardens were planted by their sister Lysa.

Thinking of her sister Lysa Arryn, Caitlin couldn't help feeling sad.

Not long ago, she went to Runestone City to participate in the trial of her sister by the princes of the Valley.She once asked Duke Gaoyuan to go to the trial meeting with her, but Duke Gaoyuan refused her request on the grounds that he had made an oath not to harm Lysa's mother and child.

There were many people who came to Runestone City to participate in the trial that day. At that time, almost all the nobles of the valley gathered in that hall.Earl Jon Royce, who was the chief judge of that trial conference, was very fair in that trial.

Earl Jon Royce told the lords of the canyon present all the ins and outs of how his sister conspired with Littlefinger to murder Jon Arryn with poison.

Witnessing her sister's trial and conviction, Caitlyn's mind was almost blank. She only felt that there were ten thousand bees flying around her ears.If it wasn't for Sir Rodrik who was with her to help her in time, Caitlin thought that she might faint on the spot in the hall where the trial meeting was held.

The princes at the scene had different opinions on how to punish Lysa Arryn, but in Caitlin's view, no matter what kind of opinion it was.After all, her sister could not escape the end of her fate. Most of the lords at the scene agreed to hang Lysa Tully, while some of them thought that it was too easy to hang her like this.

To put their poor sister to death, they did not think it cruel enough to hang them.Could it be that those ruthless princes have prepared more cruel punishments to deal with this fragile mother?

Caitlin didn't see her sister's children at the trial meeting. Those princes who were loyal to the Arryn family would not want the little duke to see them judge his mother.

She hoped that the child could see the faces of those people when they judged his mother.Those lords who were usually benevolent and kind-hearted were like vicious wolves at that time, and every one of them wanted to tear his sister to pieces on the spot.

She heard that Lord Gaoyuan brought back a little princess from Dragonstone for Robert Arryn.The little girl named Shireen Baratheon is his fiancée and the daughter of Stannis Baratheon, Duke of Dragonstone.

Caitlin knew very well what Gao Yuan's purpose was. He wanted to marry the Valley and Dragonstone Island, so that he would no longer be afraid of the Lannister family.The voices of the North, the Vale, the Riverlands, and Dragonstone Isle may not even be considered carefully by the current king, Robert Baratheon.

Several families united against Lannister, which must have been in the hands of the Duke of Stannis.The Dragonstone Island where he was located was already poor and weak. The younger brother of the king, who had made great contributions to the king during the War of the Reavers, now had no right to speak in the Seven Kingdoms.

If not, how could the Duke of Stannis be willing to give such generous conditions?Sixty nearly new warships, such a generous dowry would make anyone in the Seven Kingdoms salivate.

Caitlin had just finished washing at the moment, and the maid changed her into a cream velvet coat.In order to take care of himself who had just lost his sister, the Duke of Gaoyuan kindly ordered people to put away all the objects related to Lysa Tully in the castle, and the person who bought this coat for her was the private person who disgusted her. give birth to a daughter.

Around her creamy neck was a string of sapphires and moonstones, which Catelyn had asked Lord Highfar to keep for her, for it was the necklace Lysa Tully had worn when she married.

"Ma'am, may I come in now?"

Just when Caitlin was in a daze, there was a hasty knock on the door, and Caitlin recognized that it was Sir Rodrik's voice.

"I've finished grooming, Sir Rodrik, you can come in now." Caitlin arranged the clothes on her body casually, and then asked the maid to open the door for Sir Rodrik.

Just as the door opened, the knight with a large white beard hurried in, and there was still an envelope in his hand.

"Sir Rodrik, what made you so flustered?" Catelyn Stark looked at the sweating Sir Rodrik suspiciously. She glanced at the envelope in his hand, and suddenly felt uneasy.

"Master Stark, Lord Stark, something happened in King's Landing." Sir Rodrik came to her panting, and he held up the letter in his hand and told her, "This letter from King's Landing is .Duke Gaoyuan just ordered someone to bring it to you, and he said that it is necessary to let Madam know about it. "

"What does it say?" Lady Catelyn asked anxiously. "What happened to Ned in King's Landing?"

It's just that the old Sir Rodrik is out of breath at the moment, and he can't speak.Seeing that Sir Rodrik was speechless, the anxious Caitlin had no choice but to snatch the letter from the other party's hand, and anxiously read the contents on it.

But when she saw the terrible news written above, Caitlin felt dizzy for a while.

(End of this chapter)