King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 593 Endless (Part 2)

People from the Iron Islands?
But isn't Blackwater Bay blocked by Daenerys' fleet of Dragonstone, and how did he get in?
The same doubts flashed in the hearts of the two people in the room at the same time, but they didn't ask aloud for no other reason - Stannis and Davos met because the latter was in Storm's End. The most difficult stage of the siege, driving a black sail boat full of onions and kippers on a dark night, breaking through the blockade of the House Redwyne Arbor fleet, sending urgent supplies to the city, allowing the defenders to hold on until The war is over.

The ocean is so wide that no amount of boats can form an airtight line, as long as the boats used are small and fast enough, and the people who operate the boats are strong enough of execution stems from superb skill, yes It is entirely possible to successfully smuggle through, even more how is a gang of skilled pirates?

"Bring someone to see me!"

The person had already been outside the Red Keep, and not long after the order was given, he was escorted into the conference hall - this was a thin, short, covered man. A middle-aged man with a wretched taste, a sharp-mouthed monkey with boils on his cheeks, and a whole mouth of yellow teeth when he grins, so people don't want to take a second look. Stannis began to wonder if it was Euron or Daenerys who sent nausea. Oneself means too.

Fortunately, what the other party said was quite articulate.

"King of the Iron Islands, say hello to the King of King's Landing and the Stormlands, and may Your Majesty be well."

"scoundrel stuff!" Davos was furious— - Do you still think that the king's mood is not bad enough, even the Corsair King on the little Iron Islands dares to mock the oneself monarch to block him? Prime Minister Onion stalked his neck and took a ferocious step towards the visitor. He was not tall, but he still overwhelmed the little man in front of him. "Your Majesty is the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and the Protector of the Realm, you..."

"Okay, okay."

Stannis shook his head helplessly, waving his hand to interrupt the Prime Minister's defense of oneself's claim and name.

The King's Landing and the King of the Stormlands? The purpose of the other party's intentional use of this word is of course to make oneself unhappy, but in the current form, even this shabby name still elevates oneself - in Seven Kingdoms, the four countries rebelled, the two countries were neutral, and only the remaining The next Stormlands was ravaged by the Golden Corps and was unable to send troops to the King.

Even if this bastard directly calls oneself "King's Landing King", how can oneself refute?

After all, his real control area right now is indeed a King's Landing.

"I don't want to know who your name is, where you're from, what's going on in your stomach, and I'm not interested in playing tricks with you." Stannis' face was as stiff and cold as ice, "Or Hurry up and finish the mission that your master has given you, and then go back and forth from wherever it is while it's still dark."

"As you bid." The little man agreed with a smile, then cleared his throat , his expression suddenly became serious: "King Euron asked me to give you a message - Iron Fleet has approached Blackwater Bay, ready to join the battle from the sea at any time to support Your Majesty in the battle to guard King's Landing. As long as you are willing to publicly announce: House King Euron of Greyjoy is the undisputed rightful ruler of the Iron Islands and North and Riverlands, then King Euron will equally recognize you as King of the East, South and Dorne and Stormlands, the two countries form a permanent alliance, non-aggression , support each other...if necessary, we can also consider marriage, what do you think?"

Stannis's icy face showed no emotional ups and downs, and replied in a calm tone: "Let me Let me explain, what Euron means is: as long as I am willing to cede one third of Seven Kingdoms to your House Head son and rule Westeros with him, the army of Iron Islands will help in the next King's Landing defense battle. I'm guarding the city, aren't I?"

"hehe..." The little man turned back to his original rogue appearance, jokingly with a smile, "Well, Your Majesty is worthy of being a king, summing up his ability It's high, that's right, that's probably what it means."

"humph." Stannis is really not suitable for making a relaxed expression, and even an ordinary sneer has been brought by him. Some hideous meaning. He hummed angrily, and then stared at the other party with a straight and stiff gaze without any fluctuations, until he stared at him until the hairy back in his heart was oozing cold sweat, and then he spoke slowly.

“A rebel who stole our land, how dare he send someone to the Red Keep to negotiate terms with me? Not to mention that the King's Landing defense is still solid at the moment, and there is still room in the arsenal and granary. , even if the Mad King evil remnants have entered the Red Keep and fought my guards just outside the door across the wall, I'll go out and die now, retreat to the top of the tower, jump from the top, and give up Iron Throne and Baratheon's inheritance To the siege, and never make the condition of the integrity and unity of the Seven Kingdoms to talk about an alliance with an anti-thief and a pirate chief! Come on, take this man down for me!"

Door The soldier had just exited and pushed the door open again, rushing up like a wolf from left to right, pinning the little Ironmen to the ground.

"House Greyjoy's snatcher, false king 'Crow's Eye 'Euron, who split the Iron Islands from the Seven Kingdoms, now dares to covet the North Riverlands again, to punish the Ironmen for their ambitions and desires for these three lands. The crime committed, cut off three fingers of this man, and then drive him back to the sea!"

"Yes!"

"Huh?" The little Ironmen hasn't came Back to his senses, he was pressed firmly to the ground, even his face touched the cold slate, he was struggling and begging for mercy, "Your Majesty mercy! The two armies have not yet slashed the messenger, I'm just here for you. King Euron has spread a word, and he has not participated in the bad things he did to divide your land and invade your people!"

The two tall and strong soldiers don't care about this much, one of them cuts the Ironmen right hand behind the back And suppressed his struggle, the other grabbed the palm of his left hand and stepped on the foot to fix it, and pulled out the dagger with a bang, and he was about to be executed.

"Wait!" Stannis shouted again, just when everyone in the room thought he was going to change his mind and let this guy go a yard, he said again, "You came by boat, right? ?"

"Yeah yeah Your Majesty, you cut off my finger and I can't row, it's hard to go back to Iron Fleet to talk back to King Euron and make him understand your resolve, you Be merciful!"

"It makes sense. Drag it out and chop off the toes! This doesn't affect the rowing!"

The guard put away the dagger and cooperated with the Ironmen who were so dumbfounded that they forgot to continue calling Rao The messenger came out of the war room, struggling, screaming and howling sounded outside the door shortly after, and in the background of the voices of disordered and in a mess, Davos immediately questioned Stannis' handling method with shock: " Your Majesty, even if it's true that Euron is a snatcher, you can make a fool of yourself and fool him to the end of the King's Landing offense and defense? We're not going to let the Ironmen into the city to help defend the Red Keep, we just want them to drive The ships are harassing the Targaryen fleet in the Blackwater Bay to prevent the Daenerys from launching a siege at the same time, how can you drive away the reinforcements that come to your door and kill yourself in the Gods?!"

In desperation, Onion Knight Even the tone became a little anxious. The king's behavior just now seemed to be very irrational. If Stannis was mentally ill and could no longer think calmly because things have reached a dead end, then even a loyal loyalist like oneself who was willing to fight to the death with him. I can't help but be shaken, thinking of finding another way out!
"Oh, do you think that Euron Greyjoy, who has come to Blackwater Bay after halfway through Westeros, is really here to negotiate terms with me and help me defend the city?" Stannis said with disdain, "He just came to continue to mess up. Water, I don't want either of me, Daenerys, or Aegon Jr to win or lose too easily and leave the game, it's better to keep this trio of triads in endless confrontation and stalemate forever, so that he can continue at ease Looting the Seven Kingdoms and killing the people!"

"He wants to maintain the balance of the continent, using a very simple and mindless method - whoever has the upper hand will loot, harass and weaken the other, and whoever will lose quickly If I’m at an absolute disadvantage, I’m going to take it personally. With this strategy, as long as I’m at an absolute disadvantage, he’ll have no choice but to help me!” Stannis turned to look at Davos, his eyes flashing with reflexes With a shimmer: "Not to mention a broken toe, even if I cut the messenger into several pieces and send it back to him today, and then bring a letter to humiliate his ancestors for three generations, in the future when Daenerys will join the sea and land and be besieged in a big way. , he still has to lead the fleet into Blackwater Bay obediently, come to fiercely kick the Targaryen fleet's ass, do you believe it or not?"

"So... so! Your Majesty is wise!"

Davos pondered for a while and then suddenly realized that what the king said was indeed the truth. Not only is Stannis still keeping his head cool and thinking fast, but he seems to be starting to feel confident!

He felt right: in Stannis' original city defense arrangement, he had even begun to consider burning and scuttling all Royal Navy ships, and withdrawing all the land crew and fleet sailors from the port into the city. Wall is arranged in the street fighting force - anyway, the Royal Fleet naval battle will definitely lose to the Targaryen fleet, which is several times its own, so why not give up the resistance happily and use the energy in more important places?

However, this move can indeed increase King's Landing's own defense power a little, but it also cedes sea control and water surface to the opponent, so that the enemy's attacking troops no longer need to be afraid. Being attacked by the defenders from both sides of the sea and land, you can safely and boldly attack the Iron Gate facing Blackwater Bay in the east and the Mud Gate facing Blackwater Rush in the south, and truly realize the siege of King's Landing on all sides.

Whether to give up control of the sea or not to give up, this is a dilemma, but now, with Ironmen, a sea reinforcement force that has fallen from the sky to join the battlefield, he no longer has to worry about this, and defend King's Landing. The probability has also suddenly increased from almost nothing at the beginning to the level of single digits. Although it is still pitifully low, it can at least give people hope!
Aside from the fact that the balance of military power is slightly tilted towards one's side, the more important effect of this is that it makes Stannis suddenly feel the excitement of "I will never die".

The third time he was in a desperate situation, there was a turning point!

No matter how bad the situation is still, at least - he can now go to what may be the last battle full of fighting spirit, and accept the final result calmly!
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