Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 101 Three News

Monk is an ordinary male cleric of the Church of the Seven Gods.

The Seven Gods are the Father, the Virgin, the Warrior, the Girl, the Blacksmith, the Old Woman and the Stranger. They are also said to be the seven incarnations of one god.

The Church of the Seven Gods is the most mature religious system in Westeros. It has a "sacred church" which is a place dedicated to religious ceremonies. The famous ones include the "Cathedral of Stars" in Old Town and the "Cathedral of Baelor" in King's Landing. There is a strict hierarchy from monks to archbishops to archbishops, and there are also the largest number of religious people.

The old gods in the north do not have complicated religious rituals, and their restrictions on believers only exist at a moral level such as opposing incest and parricide. They are more like traditions and customs than religion;

R'hllor, the Lord of Light served by the red monk Thoros, is an outsider in Westeros. The only believers are Stannis and his followers. Even Stannis's most capable subordinate, the Onion Knight Davos, does not believe it. Lord of Light;

The only followers of the Drowned God in the Iron Islands are the ironmen, and the only religious activities are "drowned" that are held on the seaside. They are also similar to the old gods, with similar customs and traditions.

With these three useless snacks accompanying them, the Church of the Seven Gods is almost invincible. From the rural villages in the Riverlands, to the weapon workshops in the West, to the streets and alleys of King's Landing, monks can be seen everywhere.

Among the many monks of the Seven Gods, the "High Sparrow" in the original work is undoubtedly the strongest in terms of power struggle, resourcefulness, and piety of faith.

In the original book, after the death of powerful figures such as Tywin, this person suddenly appeared in King's Landing and was elected as the new archbishop by fanatical believers. He then sold the crowns and belongings of the bishops and exchanged them for food for the working people; later with Queen Cersei negotiated and regained the power to form the church's armed forces at the cost of exempting the Iron Throne's debt of 900,000 gold dragons to the church and lifting the king's promise to protect civilians.

Overall, he is a good monk who is dedicated to serving the people.

Except for being too dogmatic.

"People do call me the High Sparrow, Lord Arthur." The man said with a smile.

Arthur clicked his tongue, "How did you get here?"

This great god actually appeared in Harrenhal, and the Lord of Moulin Rouge was not sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

He liked the High Sparrow's actions for the common people, but he didn't like his appearance in his territory.

"I usually run back and forth among dozens of poor villages that cannot afford to build churches, naming their children, absolving the guilty from their sins, and curing and blessing the sick. But Lord Tywin's army destroyed In some villages, most of the farmers ran away to seek refuge. I heard that you were taking in poor people, so I thought I could help, so I came here."

The High Sparrow explained the reason in an orderly manner.

Then he turned around and prepared to help bandage An Gai's wound.

"Don't worry, let your colleagues help." Arthur reached out to pull back his shoulder, "Let's talk?"

Although the High Sparrow didn't know why, he still smiled and agreed to Arthur's request.

This is Ma Ke's residence. The monks are busy treating illnesses, and it is already a bit crowded. Arthur picked up a candle and took him to his residence on the fourth floor of King Burning Tower.

The lower three floors are the residences of Mrs. He'an and her servants and guards. After Arthur led the troops, most of the soldiers lived in the Wailing Tower, which is close to the Flowstone Courtyard and is convenient for the soldiers to practice martial arts and wear armor.

The more than 20,000 refugees who entered the castle lived in the Widow's Tower and the Ghost Tower, and some refugees with tents were also arranged to live in the Castle Hall Hundred Furnaces Hall. However, the entire Harrenhal still seemed empty.

Thousands of refugees were arranged to go to the upper floors of the five towers to clean out the rooms that had not been occupied for a long time. Except for the top that was burned into disgrace by the dragon fire of Balerion, the legendary dragon of Aegon I, the entire castle had Lots of space.

Arthur estimated that Harrenhal's ultimate capacity was at least 50,000 people.

After entering the room, he lit two candles in his room with a candle lantern, and then asked the "High Sparrow" to sit on the wicker chair beside the table.

"How long do you plan to stay here?" Arthur directly asked what he was most concerned about.

This great god's plan must be understood clearly. If he wants to stay for a long time, then Arthur must be careful about him.

After all, the High Sparrow can use his charm to attract a large number of war victims who have no faith, and use these victims to directly skip the "archbishop" level and become the archbishop.

There's no way Arthur could beat him to death and all the civilians he protected would become loyal followers of the High Sparrow, right?

"The mission given to me by the Seven Gods is to save his believers, so when they no longer need my help, I will leave." He replied.

Arthur sat on the wicker chair next to him, thought for a while and said: "There were originally four to five million residents in King's Landing. Now because of the war, there are only hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring in from the King's Road. Why don't you To help them?"

If this person could be led to King's Landing and fight for several rounds with Emperor Joffrey who was still on the throne and the members of the Royal Council who only discussed trivial matters, it would be really exciting.

At least Arthur wanted to know how the High Sparrow dealt with the relationship between the monks and Joffrey, who loved his people like a son.

"The people of King's Landing need me, and the people of the Riverlands who are suffering from war need me even more. I will stay in the Riverlands for a long time until the war is basically over."

Arthur was stunned and asked, "But monks like you basically have no force to protect themselves. What if you are killed by stragglers? Although King's Landing is a bit crowded, it is still very safe compared to the Riverlands."

The High Sparrow still had that mysterious optimistic smile, "If I am killed by evil people in the process of rescuing civilians, then this is the fate arranged by the Seven Gods for me! My mission is to save all the suffering beings."

Arthur blinked, feeling that he could not persuade this very pious monk, so he brought up another topic.

"What do you think of my various behaviors?" He had to know the impression of the future Archbishop on him.

If he gets along better, maybe he will be a help in the future?

After all, this is a person who can step from an ordinary monk to the Archbishop in one step.

In Arthur's memory, only the one in the beer hall can be compared with the High Sparrow.

"From the perspective of your obstruction of the evil deeds of Gregor Clegane and others, and your measures to shelter and protect civilians, you are a very good noble."

The High Sparrow said slowly, paused for a few seconds, and added another sentence.

"But you have killed too many people, the Virgin Mary will not forgive you. If you can convert and serve the Seven Gods devoutly, you may have a peaceful old age. In short, may you live long."

The Virgin Mary is one of the Seven Gods and the most useless god.

Arthur thought about it. He killed the Western Territory soldiers on the battlefield. He kept the lives of those who surrendered.

The Western Territory army invaded Hejian, causing hundreds of thousands of civilians to be displaced. The looted food indirectly caused many civilians to starve to death. They deserved to be killed.

"Your reason is too far-fetched, I..." Arthur was about to refute him, but he heard someone reporting outside the door.

"My lord, the leader of the Warriors, Wag Hoth, brought three people to the east gate. They are all dressed in the Warriors. Should we let them in?"

The Warriors are the bloody troupe. In formal occasions, others call them more formally.

Arthur was arguing with the High Sparrow and had no intention of paying attention to Wag. "Confirm their identities and ask them how they escaped before letting them in."

"As you command." The soldier outside the door turned and left.

After the footsteps gradually disappeared, Arthur explained to the High Sparrow the reason for his killing.

But the monk insisted that killing was a sin, and the two of them fought back and forth on this topic for several rounds.

Until a small shout came from outside the door, and then it became louder and louder.

"Lord Arthur, the people of the Warriors robbed the gold of He An's family and ran towards the east gate." Someone hurriedly ran out of the door and reported loudly.

"What?"

Without caring about discussing with the High Sparrow, Arthur asked the monk to stay in a safe place, rushed out of the door, and slipped downstairs.

The soldier who reported the news held a torch and illuminated the stairs and passages.

When he ran to Mrs. He An's residence on the second floor, he saw that the butler Richard and Mrs. He An were alive and well, and Arthur was relieved.

"What's going on?" he asked.

Richard swallowed his saliva and answered with lingering fear: "Wag ran to my room with his living brother and tried to steal the key of my warehouse. I rushed to protect the master and dropped the key on the road. The group of people let us go and went directly to the basement to steal the gold dragon and ran away."

The butler said briefly, but Arthur heard a lot of information.

In order to save his life, Richard deliberately dropped the key on the road, and then the bloody troupe stole the gold and ran away.

"You stay here, I'll go to the east gate to take a look."

After instructing the night watch soldiers who gathered around to guard the several staircases of the Burning King Tower, Arthur strode towards the east gate on the ground floor.

After walking a long way, he saw the seven or eight torches held by the soldiers guarding the east gate.

"What's the situation?"

The night watch soldier replied: "Captain Wager and others said that they had your order and led people out of the east gate."

Arthur asked again: "How long has it been, how many people have gone out?"

"About a dozen people, they have been gone for almost ten minutes, you see, we just closed the iron gate."

Arthur thought that this number of people were all the members of the Blood Drama Troupe who were still alive.

It seems that they have been used hard in these battles, and Mrs. He An's act of leaking money has made these people have evil intentions.

Fortunately, Arthur was in the Burning King Tower, and Wager did not dare to kill him.

"Call some people to go to the Warriors' Residence in the Wailing Tower for a thorough inspection, but if there are any members of the Blood Drama Troupe, tie them up immediately and send them to the West Ice House Hotel under the Widow's Tower."

The West Ice House Hotel is the Harrenhal dungeon under the Widow's Tower.

Arthur gave the order, and he found his Guandao from the east gate and returned to the Burning King Tower.

After a long time of chaos, the whole picture of the whole thing was finally understood.

After Wager came back, he took the members of the Blood Opera Troupe who were not selected to rob the camp, ran to the first floor of the Burning King Tower, and found Richard, ready to rob the gold of the He An family.

Richard was also a smart man. He "accidentally" lost the key, and then Wager, who somehow knew where the He An family hid the gold, took all the gold dragons and ran away from the east gate.

Although the He An family declined, the foundation was still there, and the family savings were still several thousand gold dragons, which were all robbed now.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mrs. He An waved her hand, "It's okay as long as people are alive."

She didn't care much about money.

This incident taught Arthur a lesson. In the future, he had to use passwords to restrain everyone in the castle.

After all, the people in Harrenhal were very mixed.

...

Two days later, the barracks hall.

"Arthur, two good news and one bad news." Patrick shouted from a distance.

He walked in from the door of the hall with a few followers.

Arthur was supervising Dickon and Bill's military training. When he heard this, he turned to Patrick who was walking over.

“Let’s talk about the bad first.”

Patrick glanced at the team of new recruits and lowered his voice: "The soldiers from the Western Region will launch a tentative siege within a day or two. Using the latest ladders and enlarged trebuchets, a large number of captured civilians may Take the lead."

Arthur's expression changed, this was really bad news.

The civilians were innocent, but they were captured by the Western Border soldiers and attacked the city.

After calming down, Arthur asked: "What's the good news?"

Patrick's voice was much more normal this time, "First, Varg and the members of the Blood Troupe have been killed by the Western soldiers led by Amory Lodge. Their heads were inserted into javelins and stood outside the main entrance."

Arthur nodded, saying nothing.

"The second one is much more exciting." Patrick looked at Arthur with eyes full of stars.

"Speak quickly," urged the Lord of the Moulin Rouge.

Patrick pursed his lips and said loudly: "Tywin was hit in the lower back by your sword. Now he can no longer get up to take charge."

Arthur said in surprise: "Seriously?"

This is great news.

Many recruits in the hall were training. After hearing this, they also stopped and listened.

Lord Tywin's army had displaced them, and they naturally hated the Warden of the West and his soldiers.

Dickon and Bill also came over.

"Of course it's true," Patrick said.

"They captured thousands of civilians, which caused a lot of chaos in their camp. Some farmers escaped and took refuge in the castle."

"A few farmers made it clear that the soldiers of the Western Region were also overwhelmed by the serious injuries of Lord Fengjun. The Lion Army is currently in charge of one of Lord Tywin's nephews or one of his nephews."

"This man was determined to accomplish a great feat first to subdue the many generals of the Lion family and the sworn knights, so he captured a lot of civilians and prepared to attack Harrenhal."

Arthur asked curiously: "Is this person a nephew or a nephew? These two do not have the same surname."

If a person with a foreign surname were in charge of the Lannister army, there would be a gap to exploit.

You know, the main force of the Western March army led by Tywin is composed of elite soldiers of the Lannister family and a small number of soldiers from various vassal families.

The remaining vassal family soldiers and ordinary Lannister soldiers formed a partial division on the western front, and are now being led by Kevan Lannister to kill the Twins of the Frey family.

"Probably a nephew." Dickon added, "Duke Tywin married his cousin Joanna, and Joanna's brother Stafford became prominent. I guess only Stafford's son Davon Lannister Only then can we control the Lion family's army without Tywin's brother."

Dickon himself is also the heir to a large nobleman, so he naturally knows something about the relatives of these top nobles in the mainland.

Davon? Arthur suddenly remembered that on the night of the siege of the camp, he seemed to be the first person to prepare the army to welcome Tywin.

"Then it's probably him." Arthur waved his hand vigorously. "Everyone in the castle has been mobilized. The stone movers have moved the stones, and the trebuchets have been adjusted. Hot oil and spiked logs are all ready."

"Tywin is seriously injured, let's have some fun with his nephew."

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