The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 216: The Iron Throne Goes East

"This must be the work of my stupid niece. Burn it and send the crow to deal with it. I have never seen this thing before!"

Gillian, wearing the uniform of the Lord Admiral and with an exquisite anchor emblem on his chest, handed the "order from the Iron Throne" in his hand to his confidants with disgust and asked them to deal with it.

Because the content here is just too stupid.

The letter asked him to immediately besiege Lys after dealing with Stannis and hang Robert's prostitute and illegitimate daughter. Seeing this, Gillian didn't have to think about it, he could be sure that this was the masterpiece of his stupid niece. Only she would care about these trivial matters regardless of time, place and occasion.

As for the rest of the letter, it was Cersei's request to search for and execute other illegitimate children of Robert who might have fled to the East. She even asked the expeditionary army to allocate precious manpower to search around the New Seven Kingdoms. This request made Gillian frown.

Jillian didn't dare to think about the impact that would be caused if the contents of this letter were leaked.

Putting aside the attitude of Reese, the person involved, Reese's predecessor was a Riverbend man, and his fleet also had close ties with Riverbend. Even though the archipelago watched from the sidelines in the previous war and is now wavering between the major forces, its hostile actions against Reese are still tantamount to being hostile to Riverbend in disguise. If this news leaks out, the Riverbend people, who account for a considerable weight in the inland navy of the expeditionary army, will probably immediately give up and demand an explanation, and this southward expedition will probably be stillborn.

The next war will need the Lyseni, and even more so the Rivermen. Gillian thought. Cersei, this guy, obviously has already won a great victory, but she still focuses on these trivial and even negative things, and is so persistent in hunting down Robert's illegitimate children; what's more, Robert has few illegitimate children who survived the war. Except for the few who were protected by the nobles, almost all of them were hung on the walls of the Red Keep. If there are any survivors left, they would rather give up this opportunity to change their fate as masters and hide their identities to save their lives. And Cersei actually thinks that such people can still threaten her son's throne?

As expected, she should have been married off earlier, Gillian thought gloomily. He did not have the habit of using people as pawns like Tywin, but his niece's series of performances made Gillian really want to send her away as far as possible to give the Red Castle and the Royal Court a peaceful time.

It seems that the struggle in King's Landing has become fierce again. I don't know what trouble Cersei has caused Kevan. I hope Kevan won't be disgusted by her.

"Lord Gillian, Mill wants you to sign some documents."

The shouting made Gillian put aside the annoying matter and walked towards the Myr official who came to sign. It was a young new face, and Gillian was a little uncomfortable with it, but he could only accept it - Petyr had taken away almost all of Myr's original officials, so Myr only had these newcomers to work.

Gillian's task now is to transport all kinds of supplies prepared for the army to the shore through the port of Mill. Beside him, Mill's sophisticated lifting equipment is working, helping the workers to transport boxes of supplies from the ship. It is a very pleasing scene. The only bad thing is that those new officials can only give orders and are too clumsy.

In the past, Gillian had never realized how well-trained the team built by Littlefinger was. But now, facing these horrible bureaucrats, he completely understood it. He could only say that Petyr had the ability to climb to such a high position.

However, although the fleet can transport supplies in Myr, the army cannot land in Myr. Myr directly rejected the request to allow the Iron Throne army to enter the city, on the grounds that Myr is now in an unstable state and the entry of a large army will easily lead to further panic - everyone knows that this reason is misleading, but everyone has to accept it.

He was able to unload the goods in Myr thanks to the face of the Eastern Lannisters.

This was also expected by the fleet. Hugo's attitude of separatism in the East would not give the Iron Throne a chance to enter Myr again. Therefore, the army disembarked outside the walls of Myr. Without the sophisticated dock facilities of Myr, the transportation there was horrible, and Gillian could not bear to watch it.

Fortunately, he does not need to be responsible there, so he can let Mace Tyrell and Randyll Tarly go. Fortunately, no matter how chaotic the situation is, this place is within Hugo's sphere of influence, so there is no need to worry about Stannis's army suddenly rushing out to kill everyone. Moreover, some warlords in disputed areas have already surrendered.

Yes, Mace Tyrell himself was here, thanks to Cersei, one of the few good things his foolish niece had done - albeit at their request.

Cersei flattered Mace Tyrell in King's Landing and successfully convinced the Lord of the Inflatable Fish to come to the East to "show his prowess again" and, by the way, wash away the stigma of the River Reach abandoning Lys.

Keeping Mace Tyrell away from Westeros was a brilliant political move. No matter how capable the Queen of Thorns and Margaery Tyrell were, it was men who ultimately dominated the political situation in Westeros. At least during the time when Lord Inflatable Fish was in the East, the Lannisters were able to do a lot of things in King's Landing - but the Queen of Thorns would probably be furious if she knew her son was making a fool of himself again.

As for whether they can defeat Stannis, Gillian's attitude is to wait and see. Besides, he also has to deal with Stannis's navy, so he has no complete confidence in this battle.

For them, the Lannisters, it would be best if Mace Tyrell could "unfortunately" die on the battlefield.

The inflatable fish is the key to the River Bay marriage system. If he dies, the River Bay system created by the Queen of Thorns through marriage will not collapse directly, but it will be in chaos for a while, and this is Lannister's opportunity.

Now a new round of war has begun in the North. As they expected, Roose Bolton ignored the peace order of the Iron Throne and launched a war against Bran Stark, Lord of Winterfell. Most of the Northern lords chose to sit on the fence and wait and see. Only the Dustin family and the Manderly family openly expressed their support for Bolton and Stark respectively. It seems that the war in the North will take a long time.

The Riverlands have become the world of the Freys, Tully is lingering in Riverrun under the protection of the Lannister army, and the Vale is firmly controlled by Littlefinger, who has kidnapped almost all the lords of the Vale. His loyalty to the Iron Throne has never wavered - at least for now.

In the south, apart from the River Bend as an ally, there are the Dornish who remain neutral. Of course, for everyone in the Imperial Council, the Dornish are more likely to be waiting for the return of the last Targaryen descendants in the east. However, it seems that it will still take some time for the queen to set out to the west. The slave owners are doing their best to block her and surround the remaining territory. Now, the decaying city of Volantis has become a gathering place for the surviving slave owners, and the surviving city-states in the east are working hard to strengthen their defenses. The troops and fleets that were previously invested in the war in the west are also being transferred to the east as much as possible, trying to stop the Dragon Queen's pace - it seems that the Dragon Queen has to solve the current problem before she can move further west.

But then again, the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy. If the slave owners and the Targaryens can suffer heavy losses in the East, the Iron Throne will have to thank Daenerys secretly in its heart.

As for Stannis, regardless of whether this expedition was successful or not, after having experienced several wars, Stannis would certainly not be able to cross the Narrow Sea again, at least not within a few years.

Therefore, the River Reach is the main "enemy" that the Iron Throne has to deal with at present. While maintaining the alliance, they must also restrict the River Reach as much as possible to prevent their allies from becoming the masters and the Red Castle from becoming the court of the River Reach people.

After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Gillian also thought of his local master, Hugo Tollett. The news of the fall of Braavos had already arrived, and he was very curious about what action his old friend would take next. Gillian totally didn't believe that he didn't covet the legacy of the Conqueror King: otherwise, why was the Duke of Andas so concerned about controlling the East?
Based on his understanding of Hugo, he had a vague feeling that Hugo was waiting for something, but Jillian couldn't tell what it was.

(End of this chapter)