Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 282 The Great Smash in Westeros

Long Lake in the North
When was the last time I ran away in such a mess?
Tyrion doesn't remember anymore, but if you think about it, it never seems to have been.

Even when I was exiled to the Great Wall by Robert because of my brother and sister's mess, at least I still had a horse, and after being robbed by these savages, I was treated even better, not only got a thick fur coat , and drink.

But this time. Tyrion glanced at the end of the forest from a distance, and after finding that there were no pursuers, he reluctantly hid under a huge oak tree, panting heavily.

Long-distance running has always been an unpopular sport for gnomes, and even less so if pursued by enemies.

Fortunately, it seemed that Roose Bolton's cavalry didn't notice him.

Tyrion staggered to the edge of a stream, leaned over, scooped up some water in both hands, and took a sip.

Although it was located south of the Great Wall, it wasn't that far south. The icy water entered his throat, which made Tyrion shiver.

Where are you going next?Back under the tree again, Tyrion began to think.

From here to Castle Black, there are your own wildlings routing everywhere, yes, your own. At least that's what the new king beyond the wall said. If there are not nearly a thousand northern cavalry chasing them, go gather the two teams Crushing the army might be a good choice.

Not north, Tyrion thought silently.

Even though his two nephews are still in Castle Black, but if he goes to Castle Black now, he will die completely.

But where can I go?How can a dwarf get out of this huge northern border?

Good thing that guy is a skinchanger, maybe he can find me with his eagle, but... so what if he does?If there is no accident, he may not be able to protect himself now.

Even if Marvin (Player A) did not die in that battle and fled back to Castle Black, he might not be able to get the support of the remaining wildlings.
After all, the savage chose Marvin as king because of his promise to lead the savages south to occupy the northern border, and this fiasco will destroy his prestige... all the prestige he has accumulated in previous victories.

Because this time, the elite he had carefully selected in the past few months and armed with equipment from the Lannister family, together with the other [-] free people, were wiped out by Ed Stark.

To be honest, Tyrion still doesn't know how he failed in this battle. After all, Marvin has demonstrated his ability as a skinchanger more than once. In every previous battle, he has also successfully defeated him before the battle. Know all the movements of the enemy and make the most appropriate tactical deployment.

Whether it was the weak Night Watchman or the coalition forces from Last Hearth City and Cahoe City who came first to try to eliminate the wildlings, they were all defeated by Malvern.If it weren't for the lack of cavalry, he even nearly wiped out the Umber family's army and captured the 'crow eater' Morse Umber.

But this time, just when Marvin laid his pockets, led the main force of the northern border led by Ed Stark into his trap, and successfully launched an ambush to the opponent, and when he was about to win, Roose Bolton The northern cavalry commanded by the earl appeared behind the savage army without warning.

Tyrion didn't know how Marvin made such a mistake, and he had no way of knowing, because at that time Marvin was commanding the most elite right wing of the army to storm the left wing of the northern alliance led by Rickard Karstark. After tearing apart the opponent's formation, he stabbed obliquely at Ed Stark's central army like a dagger.

Ed's center was caught on two sides at one point, and it would have been a resounding victory if Roose Bolton hadn't shown up.

But as Tyrion once said, these wildlings have no courage to fight against cavalry.

When the horn of the northern cavalry charge sounded, Tyrion found that the Chinese army around him began to waver.And when the enemy army started to attack and rushed to the front of the formation for more than a hundred steps, these savages who had no formation in the first place became a mess in an instant. They pushed each other and rushed to escape.

In fact, the terrain that Malvern deliberately chose as an ambush point was not very suitable for cavalry operations. There were three continuous undulating highlands, surrounded by woods and a large number of natural boulders.

If the savages standing here were not wildlings but a regular southern standing army, or if they had more bows and crossbows, Tyrion firmly believed that Bolton's cavalry would never even try to charge to the second high ground, and their charge would be interrupted. And was surrounded by infantry and dragged into the dogfight.

But now, Tyrion could only watch the wildlings crumble.

What?Why didn't I try to cheer them up?
Of course it's because I ran earlier than all of them, and I was already running away when I saw the flayed man's flag appear on the horizon
After all, these savages are unwilling to accept a dwarf as a command. Tyrion is only a guest in the Chinese army to watch the battle. He has no prestige among the savages, so naturally he doesn't expect to inspire these savages.

Fortunately, for the same reason, no one noticed that a dwarf was missing from the team when the enemy suddenly appeared.
In this way, Roose Bolton's cavalry pierced through the center of the wildlings from the rear with a single charge, forcing them to flee to the sides into the woods.

Then Luce's cavalry quickly turned around and rushed towards the elite savages where Marvin was.

At this time, Tyrion, who had fled to a certain high ground on the edge of the battlefield, happened to witness this scene, and the legion under Marvin, armed with Lannister armor, miraculously survived.

After they gave up the assault on Ed's central army, they quickly formed a dense formation and began to prepare to resist the impact of the cavalry.

Tyrion didn't know how Marvin had brainwashed the wildlings to keep their morale up.

It's a pity that their persistence is futile after all when the left wing and the central army have completely collapsed.

After the arrival of reinforcements, Rickard Karstark regrouped the left flank of the Northern Alliance Army and double-teamed from Malvern's flank again. He and Ed Stark's central army formed the A chopping board firmly attracted Marvin's legion from left to right.

The cavalry led by Roose Bolton first charged towards the oblique corner at the back of Malvern's formation, and then quickly pulled back.Immediately afterwards, the next attack was launched, repeated seven times like a hammer, and finally wiped out Malvin's elite army.

Let's go south, Tyrion made a decision after thinking for a long time.

Marvin's elite is exhausted, and Ed Stark's next step will be to march north to conquer the Great Wall. His two nephews may not end well if they fall into the hands of others.

But thank goodness he's Eddard Stark.

Harrenhal
"Bastards! You really acted?" Renly Baratheon roared loudly and broke into the tent of Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers.

"What happened? Make you so excited?" Loras was a little confused.

"Didn't I warn you not to think about my brother?" Renly grabbed Loras by the collar and growled angrily, "How dare you? How dare you do something like regicide Come?"

"Kingkiller?" Loras' pupils shrank, "What's going on?"

"You want to say you don't know?" Renly's hands were shaking. "Didn't you guys do this?"

"Let go first, my good lord, you're pulling me so hard that I can't breathe," Loras grabbed Renly's wrist, but didn't force it. "Tell me what happened first, please?"

"My brother Robert fell drunk from the steps of the Red Keep and died instantly! Do you think you didn't do it?" Renly said, but he let Loras go.

"I swear to you, after you warned me last time, we gave up our plan to attack the king, you should believe me."

"I really want to believe you, but can you guarantee that your family didn't do it? Will your brother Vilas, or your grandmother Olenna, care about your opinion?"

"They won't care about me, but they will undoubtedly care about your opinion, Renly!" Loras reminded. "We want you to be king, so how can we disobey your instructions? The point is, how can we Choose such a stupid time to do it?
Stannis is holding the military power of the country. He has just won a battle and his reputation is in the sky. If we oppose him at this time, I can't even guarantee how many nobles in the Reach will stand by us!Isn't killing the king at this time the same as handing over the crown to him? "

"Sir Loras, the commander-in-chief called the main generals to the hall to hold an emergency military meeting." Suddenly, a guard outside the door reported.

"Tell the messenger, I'll go as soon as I'm ready." Loras shouted to the account.

"It's over, Stannis has also received the news." Renly whispered, with a hint of despair in his tone, "He wanted to call all the great nobles together first, and then ask everyone present to report to him while announcing Robert's death. Swear allegiance. He is the first in line to the throne and the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army, the nobles have no reason to refuse his request."

According to the tradition of Westeros, the loyalty of nobles has certain flexibility, but not much.

For example, when there is a conflict between the lord and the king, the nobles can choose to stand on the side of the lord or the king. If they lose the battle, they only need to surrender to the other side and re-swear allegiance. Generally, they can be pardoned, but this kind of surrender Can only be done once.

And if two kings are fighting, there is no such fault tolerance rate, unless the king on one side dies, they can re-swear allegiance to the other side, and there is only a chance to be pardoned.Had the king surrendered before he was dead, it would have been a great stain and would bring eternal disgrace to the family.

At this moment, Elton Ismond, Earl of Greenstone Castle, Sheila Ellor, Countess of Hay Hall, Gulion Swann, Earl of Stonehelm City, Selwyn Tath, Earl of Evenfall Hall, and other people from the Stormland Almost all the great nobles, as well as Matus Rowan, Earl of Golden Tree City in the Reach, Leighton Hightower, Earl of Old Town, and Alister Florent, Earl of Brightwater City from his wife's natal family of Stannis. The great nobles are all in Harrenhal.

If all of these people had sworn allegiance to Stannis, the chances of Renly successfully claiming the throne would be greatly reduced.

"We have to keep them from going to Stannis' hall!" Renly said quickly, and it took him just a moment to forget that he had come to punish his elder brother Robert.

"How to stop it?" Loras asked irritably, his mind was a little blank.

If elder brother Vilas or grandmother were here, they should be able to figure out a way, and that gentleman must be able to, but I, Knight of Flowers, had to admit that I was better at using the sword than my brain.

"If you didn't kill Robert, who would it be? Stannis?" Renly thought of something for a moment.

"Stannis? If anyone can associate the name Stannis with murder, he must be crazy. If there are only two people in this world who would not do such a thing, then one of them is Ed. Stark, the other is Stannis Baratheon!"

"Then how did Robert die?"

"Who knows? Maybe he was really drunk and fell down? With his virtue, this is really something he can do."

"Sir Sir." Suddenly, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a soldier from Hewan broke in.

"Who are you? Who let you in?" Loras's speed was so fast that he had already put his sword on the opponent's throat almost at the same time as the soldiers broke in.

"Big, big things are bad, ser," the soldier stammered, and he glanced at Renly next to him, "there are rumors all over Harrenhal that the Tyrells said that to support His Highness Renly, King, and therefore designed to murder His Majesty the King."

"What?" Renly and Loras said in unison.

"And the Commander-in-Chief has already sent people to arrest the two of you." The soldier added eagerly.

"Damn it! Let's leave immediately." Loras opened the tent and glanced outside. "Their people haven't arrived yet, so there's still time to leave now."

"Stannis will investigate the matter impartially. As long as it has nothing to do with us, the charge will not be held against us. And if we just go away like this," Renly hesitated.

"If we leave like this, we will find my second brother Garland near the Red Fork River. He is leading an elite army of 3 men to support Lord Landau Tarly. Support, we can get tens of thousands of the most elite cavalry in the entire kingdom. In this way, no matter who we face, we still have the strength to fight. But if we are captured by Stannis like this, even if he will eventually cleanse us He will immediately ask us to swear an oath of allegiance to him."

Hearing this, Renly finally stopped hesitating and followed Loras to flee.

Until they left the castle, they did not encounter any raids, which made the two feel a little puzzled while secretly rejoicing.

Of course, what none of them noticed was that the soldier who reported to them just now was no longer in their team.

(End of this chapter)