The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

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King's Landing is a place where all kinds of people gather. Countless information is summarized and transmitted here. The alliance between the Iron Throne, the Bay of Rivers, the Vale and Dorne could not be hidden from anyone, and Hugo soon knew it all.

Hugo was not surprised by this. Under the general environment that the invasion of the White Walkers did not cause much damage to Westeros, as the war ended, the forces opposing him would inevitably unite. After expelling the White Walkers, he would inevitably be at the center of the storm. Everyone believed that Hugo's next goal would be the Iron Throne - and in fact, it was indeed the case.

The shadow of the White Walkers has always constrained Hugo's actions, making him dare not act rashly. Even if he took advantage of the chaos in the East to control the East, it was also to prepare for the fight against the White Walkers. He certainly has the ambition to take both sides of the Narrow Sea into his own hands, but the White Walkers have always restricted his thoughts and actions. Now, with the White Walkers being expelled and Westeros devastated by the war, the people of the kingdom urgently need a wise ruler to heal their wounds. All this is very beneficial to him.

Hugo has already laid out the chess game, and he has allies in Westeros. The Riverlands controlled by the Freys will stand on his side without hesitation - old Frey has already guaranteed this. In addition, the Stormlands controlled by Stannis also belong to his side. As for the North and the Iron Islands, they suffered heavy losses in the war and are basically eliminated, and will only remain neutral from now on.

At the same time, many of the princes in the kingship sent envoys to Hugo, expressing their willingness to raise troops to support him. The princes in the kingship are full of Hugo's old comrades from the expedition era, and many of them have created new foundations in the East. In some matters, they have a relationship of prosperity and decline with Hugo. Now, against the backdrop of Cersei's chaotic rule, they are willing to support Hugo - of course, in name, they must support Princess Myrcella.

Once upon a time, Hugo thought that this little girl was just a trouble thrown by the Iron Throne, but with the change of the general situation, this trouble has now become a huge help in the plan to seize power. Referring to the political rules of Westeros, if there was no Myrcella, many princes would probably not support him so decisively. With these allies, Hugo would not have to face the same dilemma as the Black Flames. His offensive would not be limited to the coastline of Westeros. His army could rely on ports and rivers to directly enter the heart of Westeros and implement his own strategy.

As for his enemies, Hugo was not too worried. Although he had suffered major losses in the war against the White Walkers, the united Eastern Territory under his command also allowed him to quickly replenish these losses and invest his strength in a large-scale war again, which was something that the enemies he was facing now did not have.

Among the several enemies in Westeros, the Iron Throne is the one he has the least to worry about. Even without mentioning the secret loyalty of the kingship lords to him, the Lannister family in Westeros itself is full of complaints about Cersei. Now the Queen Mother's wrongdoings have made the Lannisters in the west tired of it. They keep writing letters to Tyget, Gillian and even Genna in the east, hoping that the elders of these families will return to Casterly Rock to seize power and stop Cersei's wrongdoings.

Similarly, during the War Against the White Walkers, Cersei's series of actions, including banning the kingdom and westerly armies from fighting, made the Iron Throne and the Lannisters notorious, which also caused great dissatisfaction among the westerly lords. They would rather support Tyrion Lannister, the son of Duke Tywin, to take the throne than let a madwoman sit on the throne of Casterly Rock - this shows how much the westerlies hate Cersei.

Right now, Hugo has been persuading the Lannisters in the East to wait for the opportunity. After all, such a powerful move must be used at the right time and cannot be used blindly.

As for the Riverbend, the mess in Oldtown is making the Tyrells anxious. Euron has been a great help this time. The chaotic situation spreading from Oldtown to the surrounding areas requires Highgarden to deploy a large number of troops, and a large part of the Tyrell family's energy has to be devoted there.

Moreover, the local situation has deteriorated further in recent times. The Florent family, which had been besieged by the Highgarden army, broke the former's siege of Brightwater City. Then they echoed with the Ironborn entrenched in the Arbor, and almost drove the Highgarden army in Oldtown out of the south. As for the Vale, Petyr's rule is not a big problem in Hugo's eyes. Littlefinger's control over the Vale is based on betrayal. Hugo has always had a strong network of relationships in the Vale. Recently, these networks are showing Hugo that the people and knights of the Vale are increasingly dissatisfied with Littlefinger. They regard Littlefinger as a dictator and usurper.

The valley is now able to remain stable, all thanks to Littlefinger's skillful manipulation. Hugo believes that as long as he pushes the chessboard a little, an uprising will break out in the area, putting Littlefinger in trouble - but Hugo also believes that Littlefinger can see this, so it will depend on who has the better skills.

The only problem was Dorne. In the past few years of the civil war in Westeros, the Martell family had been watching from the sidelines and had not participated in the war. Outsiders did not know what Prince Doran was thinking - of course, Hugo knew it very well. That was why Hugo did not try to win over Dorne during the civil war, because he knew Doran's choice very well.

However, because they did not participate in the civil war, Dorne's strength was well preserved, and they would certainly be a powerful bargaining chip in the upcoming war. At the same time, since Prince Doran chose to come out of his old nest and go to King's Landing to attend the meeting, it could only mean one thing: the Queen in the East was planning her return.

Speaking of Daenerys, this queen inevitably gave Hugo a headache and annoyance. The threat of the three dragons must not be underestimated. Although under his orders, the various city-states have turned out all the equipment that slaughtered the entire dragon king's family, and have also mass-produced and deployed them on the city walls, but no matter what, they are all dragons. Just the mobility and information acquisition capabilities they provide to Daenerys are enough to give people a headache.

However, if Daenerys wants to have a main force decisive battle with him, Hugo will not be afraid. Although the Dragon Queen has the support of the Eastern countries, a large-scale battle also means that Hugo can calmly deploy enough projectile weapons. As long as the dragon appears, they can shoot the last dragon into a sieve.

Hugo had seen these weapons in every free trade city-state. In order to deal with the threat of dragons, each city-state had developed some weapons to target dragons, but as time passed and dragons disappeared, they were out of people's sight. Now, in order to deal with the threat of dragons again, these weapons were dug out. These weapons had killed countless super dragons, not to mention Daenerys's little dragons.

Therefore, Hugo is not afraid of a decisive battle with Daenerys, but he is afraid that this Targaryen princess will take her dragons to carry out guerrilla warfare everywhere. Although important cities are equipped with dragon-shooting crossbows, the craftsmen can only meet the needs of these large cities at present. They cannot estimate the defense of small and medium-sized towns and villages, and the dragon's flames will destroy the defense forces of these places.

In a sense, Hugo also stole the role that the queen should play. According to the original logic of this world, Daenerys should be the hero against the White Walkers, and there might be some trouble in the future because of the fight for the Iron Throne - but these are all impossible things.

(End of this chapter)