King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 100 army gathers
Of course, Igor oneself is also clear that saying that a certain king is "swelling" "Fatty in the face" is a comment made by oneself with strong subjective emotions. Robert Baratheon is now a genuine fatty not to mention, more importantly: he was born a patriarch son, and his education from childhood was completely different from Ed. If Ed's character is "receiving", then Robert is "attacking" - then again, if the two have strong personalities, they are unlikely to be close friends.

The supreme ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, this time he has assembled his troops to come to Vale this time, said that he wanted to act cool, but from a political-political point of view, he wanted to take this opportunity to let the bannermen perform It's been a long time since I've fulfilled my obligations. Fortunately, in this less peaceful era, I need to clarify the relationship between the monarch and the ministers, and by the way, consider everyone's loyalty... Just stabilize the rule.

It's time for you nobles to live comfortably for so long.

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In the social structure of feudal lords, the relationship between the feudal lord and the bannermen can be explained simply by a set of mutual obligations.

Feng Jun has an obligation to protect and maintain bannermen - the so-called "protection", it is easy to understand that Robert called the army to come to the bottom of the valley to quell the rebellion this time to fulfill this obligation. Lysa Tully was rescued from the siege of several counts, and she had to be fair (if there was one); and "maintenance" actually means giving the bannermen a big enough Fiefdom and enough subordinate people, so that they can pass the grain collection. Taxes to feed oneself.

What about bannermen to Fengjun? To sum up, there are also two:
1. Bannermen must not damage the interests of the monarch - life, honor, property... interests in all meanings, there is no room for word games here, unless you just and honorable persuade face to face , otherwise it is illegal to speak ill of Feng Jun;

Second, bannermen must actively respond when Feng Jun encounters difficulties or dangers, thus issuing appointments and recruiting, and Ed accepts the appointment to go King's Landing became the prime minister, and the princes responded to the mobilization order and assembled armies to counter the rebellion, all of which were fulfilling their obligations.

It's easy to generalize, but it's impossible to write a book about how to implement it. In this set of rules, there is a crucial point, and it is also the reason why Robert dared to launch this large-scale counter-insurgency even when the treasury was empty: when the princes responded to the military call to lead troops to participate in the assembly, they had to respond to the troops they called by oneself. Weapons, equipment and provisions are responsible.

In other words - Robert only needs to bear the cost of bringing the army from King's Landing by oneself for the time being. The remaining 30,000 people, and more armies who will come soon, who will bring the army? Who comes to feed! It doesn't matter if the king's oneself has no money, as long as his bannermen have money and are willing to answer the call.

This is not a rogue, this is how the society of feudal lords works. As a noble patriarch who has been educated since childhood, Robert Baratheon is quite aware of the legitimate rights that a feudal lord has - he is qualified to do so. Do. Even if the problem can be solved by means other than war, as long as oneself chooses to fight, no matter how dissatisfied the bannermen are in their hearts, they must obey the call obediently. Whoever ignores the order will commit the big crime of disobedience to the emperor. After solving Vale's problem The guy on the side can go back to the other side to ask for guilt.

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Interestingly, several nobles of Lords Declarant launched the mutiny this time under the banner of "protecting the emperor". In the speeches of the alliance founders, They only recognize Jon Arryn's son Robert Arryn as the emperor, and now Fengjun is staying with the mother who suspected murdered his husband by oneself. He is in danger and needs rescue. It seems to make sense. The point of conflict between the mutiny and the rebellion is that : Robert Baratheon believes that Lysa Tully, as the mother and guardian of the young Vale Duke, belongs to the "bannermen" who need to be protected by oneself; while Yohn · Royce and other Vale nobles refuse to admit that the woman hiding in Eyrie has "the equivalent of a monarch" "identity of.

The phenomenon of the public saying that the public is reasonable and the mother saying that the mother is reasonable can be seen everywhere in life... Who is right and who is wrong, the debate will be very exciting, but since one side chooses war, then the matter will be Getting violent is easy again - whoever wins is right.

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The Riverlands -Crownlands army was stationed at the mouth of the Vale of Arryn. Both armies camped within their own line of sight, felled trees to clear the field of view, and were not crowded It prevents the possibility of surprise attacks or the burning of the company's camp, and ensures that they can take care of each other when the rebels are out of the valley to harass - provided the other party dares.

Apart from this, Robert also arranged the hoarding of food, grass and supplies near the crossroads of several dozen li at the rear of the battlefield, and divided thousands of troops for protection. At critical moments, this army can still be used as a reserve team. use.

No matter how much I despise Robert, the green hat king, but this guy who was born of Storm's End Duke and commander has a good sense of all kinds of basic strategic and tactical arrangements, at least Igor can't pick anything wrong, of course, this It is also the reason why oneself was not a military hobby before crossing.

As soon as the army gained a firm foothold, it began to send out scout messengers. On the one hand, they reconnaissance the battlefield and issued an order instructing Lords Declarant to surrender obediently to avoid being attacked by swordsmen. On the other hand, they ordered the rest of the Vale family who did not participate in the mutiny. Send troops to rescue Fengjun. Many families responded to the call, but Robert did not let them come to join the coalition, but ordered them to go to the territory of the core members of the Lords Declarant family to surround and attack these town fortresses belonging to the rebels.

Although he did not directly participate in the "betrayal", the relationship between a bunch of nobles in Vale has always been tangled and complicated. Just leave it far away... At this point, the beautiful arrangement of the green hat king made Igor impressed again. How could such an excellent general lead the army become the king, another good part that was misplaced by fate!

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Although the Six Kingdoms have only arrived in the two countries, Igor has already resolutely started a plan to visit many nobles in the Crownlands and Riverlands. Most of the nobles have nothing to do with the Chief Logistics Officer of Night's Watch. No interest, just because Robert was in the army, God-Emperor didn't want to be too arrogant, so he insisted to meet him politely, and after a few chats, he began to euphemistically place the Expulsion Order. After a few days, only a few nobles were willing to learn more about the Night's Watch industry described by Igor, and verbally agreed to "have the opportunity" to visit King's Landing in the future.

Igor feels oneself like a salesman hitting a wall, but he's not discouraged - it's certainly impossible to hit the ground running and quickly develop a deep bond with a bunch of aristocrats. As long as people are willing to see oneself in the special identity of "Night's Watch with the army" and chat a few words, and see him again in the future, the prototype of this "personal network" will be initially established. At this point, oneself actually has many advantages: for example, oneself is likely to be the first Night's Watch that most nobles have seen in their lives, such as oneself has an Asian appearance that is significantly different from First Men, Andals and Rhoynar, For example, the rarely seen plant fiber printed books in oneself's hands, as well as a lot of new vocabulary and new concepts in their mouths.

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The third force to join the coalition came from the north, numbering close to ten thousand, led by Robb Stark. The vast and sparsely populated North can quickly gather 10,000 people for a small counter-insurgency and come all the way. The loyalty can be seen. Robert personally rode out a few miles to meet his friend's son. Then there is the Westerlands army, led by Kevan Lannister, the second-in-command of the Lion Family. Although the strength is also only 10,000, it dwarfs the rest of the army in terms of well-equipped and bright armor, and Igor heard that - this Among the ten thousand people, there are more than one third soldier who are not recruited temporarily, but the reserve army that is normally trained in Lanisport, which is a bit amazing.

Followed by the king's own family, Stormlands Baratheon's 10,000 army, the commander is theoretically Renly Baratheon, but as the king's younger brother, one of the royal ministers, he always accompanies his brother, the army is called, etc. The work is all done consciously by the bannermen, so there is no need to repeat them.

5,000 people came from Reach - as the only feudal country in the Seven Kingdoms with a population of over 10 million, it is obviously disrespectful to have such a few people, but fortunately these 5,000 are all genuine cavalry. , and Randyll Tarly, who led the troops, also explained that not sending too many people was out of consideration for the long distance, and he also took the initiative to promise to provide all the follow-up food and grass for the coalition forces. Robert finally accepted this statement... As for Dorne is a place to hang, they are willing to send Prince Oberyn Martell to bring thousands of lance soldiers, which is already very face-saving, you know, even Aegon did not conquer others when he rode a dragon!
Iron Islands sent hundreds of large and small ships, plus more than 1,000 sailors, Igor only vaguely heard that the leader was a woman - after thinking about it, it could only be that madman Balon in mind Heir to his daughter Yara Grejoy. Soldiers who have seen her around say she's a very attractive woman...but it doesn't matter to Night's Watch, the only interesting thing is that the Iron Islands ships pass Dorne with the thousands of lancers, Let Dorne's army arrive before the Reach's cavalry even if they are not fully equipped.

Including the Dragonstone fleet and the army of the Narrow Sea princes, led by Stannis Baratheon himself, who had already arrived at the Bay of Crabs, took control of Seagull Town and surrounded Runestone... Nearly a month later after Igor left King's Landing , the Seven Kingdoms army and nobles are basically the same. Now, the entire Vale has been surrounded by the navy and army troops loyal to Robert, and the bloody Gate, the entrance of Vale of Arryn, is even more army. More than 80,000 princes and soldiers are camping outside the valley, and the flags are flying like a colorful forest. The demonstration of the king's dominance and the frontal attack against the dangers that have not been broken through the ages are finally about to officially begin.

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