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

Chapter 303 Assembling the Valley Army
The newborn sun shines on the valley through the thick clouds and mist. The Moon Tower is the tallest tower in the Moon Gate Castle, so it is also the best view in the castle.Whenever he has nothing to do, Gao Yuan likes to lie on the balcony carved in white stone in his room, overlooking the beautiful valley in front of him.

Under the morning light, emerald green forests, sky blue rivers and golden fields are lazily presented.The golden light shone on the top of the snow-capped Giant's Gun Mountain Range behind him, and the snow-covered mountain peak seemed to be a legendary pyramid.

Looking from the bottom of the valley where the Gate of the Moon Fort was located to the top of the mountain, the Eagle's Nest City standing on the shoulders of the majestic Giant's Spear seemed so small.And when they looked at the bottom of the valley from Eagle's Nest City, the Gate of the Moon Castle they were in was so small.

Outside the castle, the soldiers from the east also came out of their tents.The tents of different colors are closely connected. They are like a long snake extending infinitely from the gate of Moon Gate Castle to the east, almost without end in sight.The soldiers came and went between the tents, like ants densely packed on an anthill.

Little Earl Hunt brought him three thousand cavalry and nearly eight thousand infantry from the Longbow Hall. Under the reflection of the cold light.This is the last batch of troops to arrive, and other lords have already led their troops to arrive.

Ser Nestor Royce was now with Maester Cormont, arranging camp for the new party.He and Gao Yuan's [-] soldiers were stationed in front of Moon Gate Fort, responsible for maintaining order in the canyon.Each of the princes of the six towns who came to respond to Gao Yuan's conquest this time brought him more than [-] elites, plus those lords who came from small families to respond to the call, more than [-] people have gathered in the canyon at this moment Elite soldiers.

After a simple wash, Gao Yuan, accompanied by Mia Shidong, came to the city wall of Moon Gate Fort.The lords who were acquainted with Gao Yuan in front of the castle warmly greeted him on the city wall, and waved to them in response to the enthusiasm of the lords.

Staring at the faces below, Gao Yuan can clearly say the names of each of them:

Beneda Belmore, the Earl of Hongsong City, whose family had previously provided Gao Yuan with a steady stream of iron ore; Sir Simon Templeton, the knight of the Nine Stars City; Earl Holden Redford of the Red Base , his third son, Jon, is a member of his bodyguard; Anya Waywood, Countess of Iron Oak, her second son is currently the Knight of the Blood Gate who is in charge of guarding the gate of the Vale of Arryn.

Jerwood Hunter——people always like to call him "Little Hunter", he is the Earl of Longbow Hall; Earl Eon Royce Gao Yuan is naturally very familiar, he is one of the Lords of the Six Towns The most powerful, the prestigious Earl of Runestone City, is Sir Nestor's cousin and the head of the Royce family.

The lords of these important towns in front of them are Gaoyuan's most staunch supporters. Since Bronze Yonn tried Lysa Tully in his own castle, they all respect and love him now.

Since Gao Yuan summoned them through Bachelor Komon, they came here one after another with their troops without saying a word, and each came to Gao Yuan and vowed to fight for themselves and the valley.

When Gao Yuan told them that the target of his conquest was the Lannister family in the western region and the newly appointed King Joffrey, none of these lords raised any objection.

However, in Gao Yuan's statement to the outside world, he did not mention that King Joffrey at all.He just asked the Lannister family to stop disrupting the government of King's Landing, and unconditionally release the former Prime Minister and his two daughters who were imprisoned and detained by them.

After Gao Yuan released the statement, Cersei Lannister sent someone to send him a letter.Asked if Gollum would recognize Joffrey's rightful rule over the Seven Kingdoms and pledge his allegiance to him if they freed Eddard Stark's two daughters.

Gao Yuan's answer was naturally negative, and he asked the messenger who came to deliver the letter to tell the other party: "I will only recognize the original king, Robert Baratheon's orthodox heir, as the legal owner of the Iron Throne."

The implication is that your son of Cersei Lannister, Joffrey Baratheon, is not eligible to sit on the Iron Throne because he is not the legitimate heir of the late King Robert Baratheon.

It turned out that after the death of the original King Robert, Ed Stark, who was appointed as the regent by him, had already sent a letter to the real heir to the Iron Throne before he was imprisoned.

In his letter, Ed Stark explained to Stannis Baratheon the fact that none of the three children born to Queen Cersei were born to Robert.In the letter, he also asked Stannis Baratheon to go to King's Landing immediately to succeed his brother's throne as the legitimate heir.

And shortly after Stannis received this letter from Eddard Stark, Eddard Stark was taken into custody by the queen in King's Landing.So Stannis had to write this matter in a letter and bring it to every important lord in the Seven Kingdoms through the raven.

Gao Yuan, who is the guardian of the East Territory, naturally also received the King Qin letter brought to him by the raven.At the same time, Gao Yuan is still Stannis's most important "ally" on the surface, so Gao Yuan will not admit that Joffrey is the legal king of the Seven Kingdoms, no matter whether it is emotional or reasonable.

Sir Nestor below quickly found a place to set up camp for this new team, and as the Earl of Little Hunt led his team away, all the forces in the East that were called by Gao Yuan this time were all present.

In order to welcome the arrival of the lords of the Eastern Realm, Gao Yuan will hold a grand dinner in the Moon Gate Castle tonight.At that time, the princes of the Eastern Region will bring their sons, knights and subordinates to the Gate of the Moon Castle for dinner.Even if the hall of Moon Gate Fort was big enough, it couldn't accommodate all of them at the same time, so Gao Yuan decided to banquet his main vassals separately one by one.

After the dinner, Gao Yuan will also hold a battle meeting with the princes.At this battle meeting, Gao Yuan will introduce the current situation to the princes and explain his strategic plan to them.

"How many people have arrived in the Vale of Arryn?" When Bachelor Ke Meng came to Gao Yuan with a thick roster, Gao Yuan turned to ask Bachelor Ke Meng beside him.

"My lord, together with the team led by the Earl of Hunter who just arrived, more than [-] people have gathered in the canyon." Bachelor Ke Meng turned the roster to the last page, "If the lords don't Falsely report the number of soldiers they bring."

"Bachelor, how many people on your roster did not answer my call?"

"The Marquis Triston Sunderland of the Three Sisters Islands did not bring anyone here. I have already sent a letter to the Sister Village, but the Sunderland family doesn't seem to care about this, and they have not responded yet." Ke Meng The bachelor's words seem to be full of dislike for the Sunderland family, "Although the lord of the Sunderland family is loyal to the Arryn family in name, the islanders on those three islands have always been capricious. With their own reputation, even if Lord Jon Arryn was still around, the Eagle's Nest City would not be able to command them at all."

"You don't need to pay attention to the Sunderland family. After the war is over, I will deal with them sooner or later." Gao Yuan said after thinking for a moment, "We can't expect a group of pirates and smugglers to value our honor."

Throughout the ages, the inhabitants of the Three Sisters Islands have relied on trade, smuggling, and maritime plunder to maintain their livelihoods on the islands.For centuries, the Three Sisters have been a haven for smugglers and a lair for pirates.

In addition to selling seafood and goat cheese to the north, the Three Sisters Islands are best at "salvage".They built many lighthouses along the coast of the archipelago to warn ships of the shoals and reefs, but when thick fog or storms hit, they would secretly light false signals to attract careless captains to approach the ships.

The result is that the ship hits a reef and sinks, and the islanders take the opportunity to salvage the cargo on those ships.Sometimes these ships from Braavos carry goods more valuable than gold, especially the finest spices from the Free Cities.

It's just that this kind of behavior was strictly prohibited when Stannis Baratheon was the Lord of the Sea.After that, the troublemakers on the Three Sisters Islands calmed down a little.

"The rest are members of small families from the Five Fingers Peninsula. They didn't mean to ignore your authority, my lord. It's just that these small families really can't find soldiers to respond to your call." Bachelor Komon explained, "In some of these families, only their heirs are left in the family, or only a pair of orphans and widows are left."

"Just like the Baelish family on the Five Fingers Peninsula, Petyr Baelish is the only one left in the family now."

"Bachelor Ke Meng, you should give some good examples in the future!" Gao Yuan frowned and scolded, "Little Finger is now a taboo in the hearts of the princes of the Valley. Fortunately, no one else is present today. I won't blame you."

"But if you mentioned the name of Littlefinger who murdered their lord in front of the grumpy Earl Yorn today, I don't think he will spare you lightly."

"Please forgive me, Lord Gao Yuan!" Bachelor Ke Meng hurriedly apologized, "I will definitely pay more attention next time!"

Speaking of Petyr Baelish, Gao Yuan had to admire this guy's good luck.Since Littlefinger was sentenced to death by King Robert that day, he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Red Keep.

Originally, Littlefinger would be taken to the square in front of the Baelor Cathedral to be executed by Ser Ilyn Payne shortly after the trial.But who would have thought that Ed Stark would suddenly be attacked by the Kingslayer and fall into a coma, because Robert wanted Ed Stark to witness the execution of Littlefinger with his own eyes, so this matter has been delayed down.

However, when Ed Stark woke up from his coma, the king took his brother to the royal forest to hunt again.Therefore, until the sudden death of King Robert, the execution of Littlefinger was still not carried out.The result is that after Ed Stark was detained because of the failure of the political struggle, his little finger was released by the order of Queen Cersei.

When this news was conveyed to Bronze Yon through Gao Yuan, he was almost furious.The news quickly spread among many valley lords. Those lords who once loved Jon Arryn all threatened to take the army of the valley to capture King's Landing City and pull his little finger out of it. Then cut it into pieces.

"Lord Gao Yuan, now that your army has assembled, when do you plan to set off?" Madam Caitlin's voice suddenly came from behind Gao Yuan, "Madam He'an's Harrenhal has already been led by Duke Tywin The Lannister army fell, and the castles of many of the riverland lords were looted and razed to the ground"

"Now that the army in the valley has just been summoned, why are you so anxious, ma'am?" Gao Yuan turned his head and walked towards the castle, "Mrs. Stark, war is no joke!"

"We still have a lot of preparations waiting for us to do before we can actually fight against Tywin Lannister's army!"

"But... Lord Gao Yuan, after Tywin Lannister captured Harrenhal, he will soon march north. I believe that Lannister will occupy the two most important strategic locations in the Riverlands in a short time—— The crossroads area and the ferry at Ruby Beach." Madam Caitlin followed Gao Yuan's footsteps, "Are you really planning to wait until Duke Tywin and his army have formed a battle in the riverland, and then engage in battle with them?" Are you fighting head-on?"

"This is not a duel between knights, but a life-and-death battle!" In desperation, Caitlin grabbed the corner of Gao Yuan's clothes, trying to make him stop and listen to her advice, "My lord, you now There is still time to lead the army across the Blood Gate, and we can defeat Lannister's army in one fell swoop before they completely encircle the valley."

"Your army is much larger than Tywin Lannister and the others. As long as the army of the valley can break out of the encirclement of the Bright Moon Mountains, no one will be your opponent on the battlefield of the entire riverland, even if it is as powerful as Nor an army like the Lannisters."

Gao Yuan, who was caught by the corner of his clothes, stopped helplessly. He turned his head to look at the other party and asked, "Ma'am, when did I say that I was going to face the old lion's Lannister army head-on?"

Caitlin was choked by Gao Yuan's words and was speechless: "But... you have clearly promised to help my son Robb defeat the Lannister army."

"Ma'am, you are right, I did promise to help the Stark family defeat the Lannister army!" Gao Yuan replied impatiently, "But please tell me about the northern army led by your son." Where is Jing Dajun now?"

"Before, I have sent a thousand elite soldiers to you, Ser Brynden of the Tully family, and ordered him to rush to the riverlands that have been devastated by the Lannister army." Gao Yuan's voice gradually became louder, " But I haven't seen a single soldier from the north!"

"My son Robb has now personally led the army from Winterfell, and I believe they will arrive at the Neck along the King's Road soon." Caitlin replied truthfully.

"Then wait until the northern army of the Stark family has crossed the Green Fork River!" Gao Yuan said firmly, "Although the relationship between the northern border and the eastern border is now an alliance, ma'am, don't you want my vassals We stand alone to fight this war for the Starks."

(End of this chapter)