The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 127 The Mad Iron Islands
The exquisite vase was smashed to pieces on Euron Greyjoy's head, but the villain who had already begun to gain fame in the sea just continued to kneel on one knee, even if the blood flowed from his forehead. like a statue.

Because in front of him was a furious Robert Baratheon.

For everyone who followed Robert Baratheon, this was the first time they had seen the king so angry. Now he had almost lost his mind, such as hitting Euron with a vase. The previous king was No matter what, it won't be done.

The king's anger made everyone present feel unprecedented pressure. Therefore, even if the king did something extremely irrational, no one dared to speak, and now only the Kingsguard dared to approach the king out of duty, because Robert The low pressure emitted was really terrifying.

"That thief! That disgusting trash! How dare he do this! Didn't I protect the interests of the Iron Islands? I even sent a fortune to Pyke Island, but that bastard directly killed all the envoys I sent. He also said that if they want something, they will pay the iron money directly. Damn it, the iron people really have brain problems and they should kill them all!"

The king roared at Euron, and the voice made everyone here tremble. Robert's anger made everyone present feel scared, and Euron Greyjoy, who was directly under the pressure, maintained his figure. Difficulty, Euron was very uncomfortable under Robert's overwhelming pressure.

There is a reason for Robert's anger. The Iron Islands did this to force him to return to Westeros, and returning to Westeros meant giving up all sunk costs. During the three years he was here, It was completely thrown away and completely sank into the water.

Robert didn't want to do this, but he had to. Now, most of the elites in Westeros have followed him to the east. If he doesn't care about the Ironborn, these bastards can cause extremely serious damage on the continent. However, the more direct reason is that once the news is released, it is enough to alienate the army here, and the war goes from pretending to continue to going on completely.

Yes, Robert has always known that this war is being carried out in a pretentious manner below, and he has always known it.

After Robert said all this, he sat down on his seat as if he had exhausted all his strength. Ed Stark stood up from the crowd and wanted to say something, but Robert raised his hand. Stopped.

Robert ordered the formation of a bayou army, which was a standing army, and asked them to cooperate with the local slaves to suppress Volantis. Such an important place must of course be led by an experienced general.

Barristan initially shied away from this, pointing out that the mission of the Kingsguard was to protect the king, but after Robert gave the order again, he could only obey.

After thinking about this, Robert looked up, with infinite regret in his eyes. After today's decision, God knows how many years it will take for him to return to his feet again - and he may never come back.

The Volantis did not dare to stop Robert from leaving, nor did they dare to pursue him. For Volantis, sending this great god away was the most important thing at hand. If he was offended, let him stay and die. Knock, then they might really be consumed to death.

"Withdraw the troops, and take Lord Euron to treat the wounds immediately."

Robert chose Ballister Selmy, captain of the Kingsguard.

After an internal meeting of the Lannister family, Duke Tywin decided to invest a huge amount of resources in the east to create an overseas land for the Lannister family for the excess people to live. With the huge financial resources of the Lion of the West, a large number of Manpower and materials flowed to the Golden Fields. This abandoned grain-producing land of Rhoynar revived at an extremely rapid speed. The power of Lannister also surpassed that of Martell who lived along the Rhoyne River.

The news of the end of the three-year siege of Volantis was like a whirlwind, quickly sweeping through the entire military camp and then spreading to the entire continent. Countless people's eyes once again focused on Volantis. They saw Weiss. The Tello army was indeed packing up and leaving the place where they had been for three full years.

Of course, if Robert chooses to let the Martell family be the leader, it won't be a big problem, but since his in-laws are all there, why would he choose Martell, who is like a smelly stone in the pit?

Then, Robert spoke the order that he was extremely reluctant to say, but had to say.

Robert's order made everyone feel relieved. They had all been looking forward to this order for a long time. Euron was finally liberated and was helped to bandage his wounds. When leaving, Euron's eyes finally flashed with a dangerous light. However, this light was not directed at the king.

Barristan has experienced countless wars, and no one can question his war experience. As a member of the Kingsguard, Robert can give him complete trust to command the Iron Throne's largest overseas military standing force.

Although he was forced to return to Westeros, Robert had no intention of letting go of Volantis or losing the land he occupied, so the great territory of Lower Lorne was established. Robert wanted to die inside the Black Wall. bastard.

Upper Lorne is the middle reaches of the River Lorne and the Golden Fields. The governor is served by Tygett Lannister. As for why it is Lannister and not Martell, because in the past few years, the Lannister family has been in the Golden Fields. A huge amount of resources were spent.

Around the River Lorne, Robert established two new large territories, called Upper Lorne and Lower Lorne.

The king watched Euron leave with a little apology in his eyes. As his mood eased, he also understood that he had done something wrong that he shouldn't have done, but it had already happened, and all he could do was make up for it as much as possible.

As for Lower Lorne, this large territory is much smaller. In fact, this territory only consists of a small part of the mouth of the River Lorne. The purpose of this territory's existence is very obvious, which is to suppress Volantis.

In this way, the siege of Volantis, which was launched with great fanfare, ended calmly and slightly embarrassingly, but the dispute between the east and the west did not end with it.

The leadership of the Three Daughters Kingdom has also been adjusted. In Tyrosh, Stannis's onion knight Davos Seaworth became the acting commander of Tyrosh, responsible for fully managing Tyrosh when Stannis is away. As for Lys , Randyll Tarly was appointed acting commander by the king, managing Lys in the absence of Lord Inflatable Fish.

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While Robert's army was returning to Westeros, the Ironborn were advancing unstoppably across the land. The huge war centered on the siege of Volantis has attracted the elite forces of the entire Westeros. This has left the land of Westeros in a situation where the castles and people are full of wealth, but there is no defensive force. strange sight.

The ironmen have been coveting this for a long time, so when the signal of winter came, the ironmen came out in full force to plunder the green land they talked about. The number of longships dispatched has reached thousands. , although the quality of these longships was of varying quality, they were still thousands of ships, and the rivers, westlands, river bends, and even Dorne were all attacked.

This situation is closely related to the unique social ecology of the Iron Islands.

The "Old Way" has always had a wide influence among the Ironmen. To put it bluntly, the "Old Way" means that the Ironmen burned, killed and looted under the banner of the Drowned God they believed in, and used swords to obtain wealth and slaves from the weak green land. ——For this they call it iron money.

The Ironborn once achieved extremely powerful power. The Ironborn's territory spread all over the west coast of Westeros. The lords on the mainland had to look up to them. The Ironborn even fought their way out of the archipelago and established a great nation on the mainland.

But with the unification of the continent, every time the Iron People plundered, they were beaten to death. Even if the continent's civil war ensued and a large number of looting results were achieved, they would be wildly retaliated by the mainland who had freed their hands. The mainland Troops have marched onto the Iron Islands and massacred the Ironborn - something the Ironborn have always been ashamed of.

Although suppressed by the mainland, the "ancient way" still lingers. From time to time, lords and kings who believe in the ancient way will lead the iron people to fight against the mainland again.

This is exactly the case this time. Although due to the existence of the Eastern Expedition, many ironborn with a pro-mainland attitude have joined the plundering, there are still many ironborn who hold on to the pride of the iron race and remain immobile on the island. .

The most powerful among them is the Greyjoy of Pyke Island. The reason why their family did not participate in the expedition is simple. On the one hand, they disdain to mix with the mainlanders, and on the other hand, because of Euron Greyjoy, he was killed by Ba Duke Long hated the banished.

Moreover, this kind of people generally have an idea, that is, why they want to go to the far east? Don’t the people in the green land help them bring their wealth back? Just start grabbing it.

When Westeros prospered due to huge profits, those on the Iron Islands who had not gained wealth from it became tighter and tighter. In order to plunder the huge wealth on the mainland, they were also secretly preparing for war.

With the signal of winter coming, the best reason for the entire Iron Islands to mobilize also came. As the Iron Islands Gathering was held, the Ironborn lords unanimously decided to launch a raid.

As for those lords who participated in the Eastern Expedition, they were either dazzled by the more and better wealth and awakened their yearning for the ancient road, or they were forced to join due to the general trend.

In this way, the iron types came out in full force, almost all the iron types joined in the robbery, and many women were among them.

The first wave of attacks was in the Riverlands, a place where Ironmen have traditionally raided the most frequently. The Ironborn first broke through the panic of Seaside City. Balon's eldest son Rodrik killed the Earl of Seaside City in the battle. His son hung his head on the city gate.

Then, a large number of ironborn entered the rivers of the Riverlands, and a madness began.

After finally recovering from the wealth in the east, the once more prosperous Riverlands were completely under the plunder of the Ironborn. The rivers that the Riverlands people once relied on for their livelihood have now become their nightmares, and every village has been destroyed. Burnt down, the towers were broken, and countless wealth and supplies were loaded onto the ironborn's longships. And in order to better plunder, the ironmen even had the audacity to go ashore.

The scope of the Ironborn's activities was so large that longships came to King's Landing along the Blackwater River to plunder. Although they were quickly expelled by the army organized by Old Arryn, they also caused extremely widespread panic in King's Landing.

Some castles fell in the sudden attack of the Ironborn, and their wealth was robbed by the Ironborn. However, most city-states still stood firm. For example, the Twins defeated the invading Ironborn under the command of Old Frey. The Ironborn of Riverrun also hit a wall. He and the two also began to organize the remaining river princes to resist, but they were defeated repeatedly in front of Rodrik Greyjoy and could only hold their positions.

After the river, there is the Westerland. As the closest place to the Iron Islands, the wealthy Westerland has always been coveted by the Ironborn. The one who plundered the Westerland this time was Balon's brother Victarion Greyjoy. This iron tower-like man defeated the remaining navy and army in the Western Territory, and was completely defeated. Then the Fairy Island and a series of coastal castles in the Western Territory were occupied. From this, the Ironborn began to collect wealth.

After completing all this, Victarion led the main force south and captured the Shield Islands in the river bend. However, the ironmen did not go deep along the river. Only a small number of longships entered it on their own. They would cause great panic, and The ironborn fleet focuses on plundering the coast, but even plundering the coast allows the ironborn to make a lot of money.

As a result, both Oldtown and the Arbor were attacked by the Ironborn, but the Ironborn were defeated by the brave defenders here.

The Ironborn also launched attacks on Dorne and the North, but the attack on the former was more to create confusing news, while the attack on the latter was to snatch wood and prepare for the next war.

Balon understood that even though they were enjoying the victory now, they would still have a tough battle when the Westeros army came back. Although he had confidence in the Ironborn, he had to be prepared for war.

So far, the Ironborn's looting has achieved extremely exaggerated results. The Ironborn have not had such exaggerated achievements for many years. Balon's reputation has also reached its peak. The Ironborn all say that Balon is the best in the past hundred years. The greatest King of Pyke, Balon was also very satisfied. He regarded everything as the Drowned God's will and offered a large number of sacrifices to the Drowned God.

And just when the Iron Islands are immersed in enthusiasm and joy, the knowledgeable people of the Iron Islands, those lords who advocate that the Iron Islands learn from the mainland and integrate into the mainland, are lamenting, can't the Ironborn escape the curse of the ancient road after all? The tragedy that happened in the past is about to happen again.

Then, many of them began to make calculations. They could not be liquidated by the mainland together with these idiots. It was time to use their brains. In the past, they did not dare to do it because they could not leave the Iron Islands. Now with the Many people obtained the land in the East, and their courage became bolder...

(End of this chapter)