iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 456

"At that time, I forced Prime Minister Stark to appoint me as the captain of the Iron Gate Guard (Chapter 159)..."

"In the end, I didn't expect that Miss Sansa was secretly controlled by the Lannisters first (Chapter 163)..."

"That day, if there hadn't been an unexpected riot, it would have been difficult for me to rescue Duke Ned safely with my strength at the time (Chapter 173)..."

"Lady Catelyn told me that it was Petyr who pushed Lady Lysa through the Moon Door (Chapter 229)..."

"It was at the Gates of the Moon, when my guards captured Petyr and Lady Catelyn avenged her sister herself (Chapter 254)..."

"Lord Tywin intended to keep Robert Arryn to contain me, but neither he nor I, or most people, expected that the teenage Joffrey would be the Mad King II (Chapters 329, 389)..."

Candlelight flickers.

After dinner together, Brynden chatted in the study at Green's invitation.

Listening to Green's secrets, Brynden's resolute face showed complex emotions. Before swearing allegiance, he saw Marigold's cruelty, and after that... it was all incomparable kindness.

After hearing the end, he even had to admire the young duke in front of him. A young man from Crab Claw Peninsula who had just arrived in King's Landing actually saved the Stark family right under the nose of the Lannisters...

At this moment, the Black Fish Knight felt extremely ashamed for having questioned Duke Green's honor before.

Brynden stood up and saluted solemnly to the Lord: "Lord Green, the Tully family will always remember your kindness."

Green smiled, motioned Brynden to sit down, and said, "Duke Ned's character is respectable, and Crabbe will never forget it."

Then he rubbed his head and said, "I want to tell you another piece of not-so-good news. Stannis is now at the Wall. As the legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, he is waiting for an audience with Lord Ned."

Hearing this, Brynden could not help but frown: "This... Stannis should want Ned to work for him."

"The answer is obvious."

Green nodded slightly, then sighed and said, "I think it will be difficult for Lord Ned to refuse Stannis's 'proposal'. In this way... Marigold and Stark will most likely meet on the battlefield in the future. This has nothing to do with friendship, but for their own justice."

Brynden frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "Lord Green, did Stannis go to the Wall just for the troops of the North?"

Green picked up the wine glass and took a sip of Trout's wine. He paused and said, "It's the Night's Watch..."

After hearing the intelligence brought by the Night's Watch, Lord Brynden's brows furrowed even more tightly: "White Walkers... Wights... Is this real?"

"I hope it's false, because it means a decisive battle between the living and the dead is about to begin."

Green sighed softly: "As a descendant of the ancestors, I must believe in the honor of the Night's Watch for thousands of years."

After a pause, he continued, "But this is another opportunity. Since Stannis went to the Wall in the name of saving all the living, I can use the same... ...name to 'tie' Stannis's hands and feet, so that he cannot form an alliance with Lord Ned."

Green put down the cup, stood up from his chair, and continued: "I will arrange things over there. We must believe in Ned Stark's sense of honor. I talk to you about this because I hope you can concentrate on conquering the Golden Tooth City."

Brynden also stood up and nodded calmly: "Please leave it to me, Lord Green."

"Very good, let's continue discussing the battle plan for Golden Tooth City."

They moved to the table covered with a map. After a pause, Green extended his finger and passed it near the Golden Tooth City. "Duke Brynden, in addition to conquering the Golden Tooth City, your other task is to prevent the surrounding gold mines from being damaged and to resume normal mining as soon as possible."

The Lannisters' wealth mainly comes from the rich gold and silver mines in the west. The main gold producing areas are Casterly Rock, the Golden Tooth, Nunburg and Pendry Hills.

Brynden leaned on the edge of the table with both hands, stared at the map for a while, then looked up at Green and said, "As far as I know, according to the law set by Tywin Lannister, if the Golden Tooth is invaded, the guards guarding the gold mines will take away all the miners and destroy all the mines." Green nodded, "This is exactly what I'm worried about. The closer our army gets to the Golden Tooth, the easier it will be to be discovered. There are only a few hundred people left in the city, and they are likely to destroy the gold mines first."

Brynden stroked his chin and said, "Perhaps we can use the method you used in the Vale this time."

After looking at each other, Green raised one eyebrow slightly: "Are you referring to Rune Stone City?"

Brynden nodded, and he stretched out a finger, starting from Riverrun on the map, moving along the Golden Road, and finally stopping above the Golden Tooth.

"Thousands of Lannister soldiers are fleeing in the direction of the Golden Tooth. We can use this opportunity to have our soldiers dress up as Lannister soldiers and open the gates of the Golden Tooth, so as to quickly capture the city."

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Before Brynden Tully set out with his carefully selected soldiers, several ravens carrying Grimm's orders flew out of Riverrun, their destinations being King's Landing and the Crabbe Barracks north of Pink City (the "food purchasing" team led by Dick Crabbe and Mason Baker, Chapter 445).

After Brynden set out, Grin began to govern the riverlands between the Tumblestone River, Ironborn Bay and the Blue Fork River, and continued to gather refugees and settle the people.

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When Cersei's messenger sent by Qyburn was about to arrive at Riverrun, Archbishop Zari of Harrenhal walked out of his prayer room under the devout gaze of the believers.

He announced to the believers in Harrenhal that during his seven days and seven nights of prayer, the seven gods in heaven had given guidance to the disciples on earth who were experiencing suffering.

Following the guidance of the Seven Gods, he declared Harrenhal the new holy place of the Church of the Seven and named it the Great Sept of Harren.

According to the oracle of the Seven Gods, in order to expel the evil believers in the Church of the Seven Gods, he declared himself the Archbishop of the Church of the Seven Gods in the seven countries.

Amid the fanatical cheers of the Seven's followers, Archbishop Zari stripped the High Sparrow of his monastic status and declared him the most evil man in the Seven Kingdoms.

At the same time, Archbishop Zari urged the monks of the Seven Kingdoms to discard the axe of sin and confess their sins to the Seven Gods.

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Blackwater Bay, the flagship of the royal fleet, Lord Tywin.

"Get off!"

Bang!

Davos's second son, Arad Seaworth, smiled cruelly as he looked at Oren Weasley, who had been kicked into the cabin by him and was unable to move anymore.

"Damn it, you can't run away anymore!"

Creak—Creak—Arad, holding the axe and sword dripping with blood in his hands, limped down the wooden ladder leading to the cabin.

He panted and cursed: "You are not the commander of the royal fleet, but you want to steal ships and become a pirate, what a fool!"

Compared to pirates, Arad felt that Orred's behavior of taking advantage of Queen Cersei's imprisonment to sneak away with the seven newly built sailing ships was truly despicable.

But Arad had to admit...the illegitimate commander who planned to defect with the fleet was indeed as cunning as a pirate.

If it weren't for his father's caution, the illegitimate commander lying below would have almost succeeded!

Thinking of this, the anger in Arad's heart became even more difficult to contain!
(End of this chapter)