King of The Wall

2021-03-17

Chapter 640 Reach Transcript
The first meeting between the new Master of Coin and the Queen was unremarkable, both No anecdote happened, and can't be called cordial and pleasant. The reason is easy to understand: the two rulers and ministers in this timeline have not had any dealings, so naturally there is no friendship or trust. In the case of only knowing that Igor and Tyrion have a close relationship, Tyrion in Daenerys' perspective has become "Igor's selfish person who has been shoved into the imperial front", a pawn to grab more political interests for the Night's Watch faction...

In this state of mind, she can still resist her instinctive disgust towards a Lannister and treat people as usual, which is already very commendable.

And the reason for accepting this kind of appointment that clearly needs to be divided into a part of authority and influence, in addition to really fancy House Lannister's huge wealth and financial management experience, there are also a large part of the reason, It is out of a compromise on Igor's influence and to make up for his sense of indebtedness.

Although she dreams of breaking the wheel of history, Daenerys' vision and way of thinking are still largely influenced by her feudal background. In her opinion, the premiership is not lifelong, nor hereditary, only this. A title, a job is obviously not worthy of Igor's great contribution and credit for oneself in the war of conquest. In order to alleviate the unbalanced and awkward feeling of "rewarding not merit", Dany hinted to Igor in private: he would like to dissolve Night's Watch Legion as a king, so that Igor can regain his freedom and be granted land and beyond the wall , making him a reasonable and legal "land-grant Duke", ranking among the top lords, sealing his wife and son, and hereditary.

Who would have thought that Igor declined this kind offer on the grounds that "Night's Watch does not marry, Fiefdom, and have no children".

Did the black clothed fascinate the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch's mind, making him really handsome and selfless, or did he have other greater desires and ambitions?

Daenerys doesn't know, but she understands that when the water is clear, there are no fish. In the absence of a more suitable candidate for oneself, Tyrion, as the president of Lannister Bank, the unique financier of Westeros, is indeed the best choice for the current Master of Coin. Even if he and Igor are close friends, and they join forces to use their positions of power to grab some fortune for an individual or family, as long as they don't go too far, she can tolerate it.

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The brief meeting ended, and the summoned princes and generals also happened to gather bits and pieces. It's no coincidence that Igor applied for a new round of combat conferences after hearing that Tyrion could arrive at King's Landing today, in order to combine the two items of "announcement of new imperial appointments" and "decentralized combat planning" It's time and energy to save everyone's already tense time and energy.

In the slightly crowded hall, as the Master of Coin left the midfield and sat in the crowd despite the crowd's eyes of curiosity or hostility, a map of the South of the Seven Kingdoms pinned to the vertical board was removed. The soldier pushed into the center of everyone's field of vision from the side. Igor stepped forward and started the second main play of the day.

"Sad news, everyone: After weeks of difficult communication and negotiation, Queen Your Majesty's efforts to end the war without blood have failed. The Reach and the rebellion it supports Prince Aegon still refuses our sincere truce conditions, and intends to resist to the end." Igor straight to the point, "So, ladies and gentlemen, what we need to do next is to take back the peace that the enemy is unwilling to give, and also Peace to the Seven Kingdoms!"

In the room, a shredded whisper sounded.

The Queen's cronies and the land-grant military groups are excited to continue fighting, but most of them are sighing or snort disdainfully...just because Igor's prestige and Queen also Listening on the sidelines, I dare not show it.

There are no secrets in the aristocratic circle. The so-called "sincere and sincere peace conditions" proposed by the Queen to Reach have long been well known by word of mouth. Reach relatives...hope to lobby Queen's truce for help. Anyone with a bit of brains knows it well: Queen is the one who actually refuses to let go and fight to the end. It's just that everyone didn't make any great contributions in the previous southern expedition, and they never liked the arrogant and exclusive Reach princes, and little Aegon's arrogance was a sin that could not be saved... In addition, the most important— - Most of this Western Expedition will still rely on the land-grant army and the Queen's troops as the main force to fight. It doesn't require other people to work hard, so that they have no confidence and stand firmly against it.

"I'm sure I want to fight, then the only question left is how to fight." Igor ignored everyone's various reactions, knocked on the wooden frame of the map to calm the scene, and then each minding their "Reach has been the most prosperous place in Westeros since ancient times, and its comprehensive strength surpasses that of Seven Kingdoms. When considering entering its territory, it is especially necessary to consider the following characteristics: First, it is densely populated, The source of troops is abundant and inexhaustible; second, the folk customs are martial and honorable, and the number of middle and low-level fighters such as Knight, Freerider and mercenary overwhelms the other six countries, and their literacy is quite high; The density of villages is extremely high, which is completely different from the north and the south; fourthly, regardless of the relationship between the high and the low, the sense of identity with one's own 'Reach people' is strong and strong, and extremely exclusive."

"To sum up That is, the enemy is not short of soldiers, generals, and food, has a huge home-field defensive advantage, and is extremely united in the face of foreign enemies. The combination of these characteristics leads to the fact that once the foreign troops step into the Reach, they will have nothing to do. Hide. Reach people all over the plains will take the initiative to act as scouts and eyeliners, reporting our numbers, equipment, marching routes and logistical supplies and other information and weaknesses at any time... What a shocking and stunning leader, once you step into this In the quagmire of outsiders, there is no way for them to use their innate talents, so they can only push forward.”

The discussion in the house resounded, but the situation was reversed—the main battle factions who were still elated just now were all miserable and puzzled. Looking at each other or looking towards Queen, I don't understand why the always tough Igor wants to increase his popularity and destroy oneself's prestige, but the Queen has no expression; the princes of the noble faction have nodded approval, which is a hint for Igor's short but essential analysis. Inwardly shouted good - although it is common sense as everyone knows, but even common sense can be summed up so exhaustively into a short paragraph that everyone can understand, it is also an ability.

It's only been twenty years since the Battle of the Reavers, and some of the older people present even participated in that battle. At the beginning, the high-spirited and vigorous Robert Baratheon led the four major alliances of the deer, wolf and osprey to successfully destroy the dragon, and then became a relative with the lion, and brought all the strength of the country to face Reach, who had surrounded the oneself's nest for a year, and failed. Dare to declare war, why?
There are a lot of deep considerations here, but the most superficial or direct reason is that the "Battle of Poplar Beach" wiped out Robert's arrogance and unbelief.

It is a battle, the Stormlands lords who have just won the "Summerhall Three Victories" unite as one, hold Robert, hold high the flag of righteousness and advance westward with high morale and swift marching Reach. The key castle at the junction of the three places, to ensure that the western flank and the back home are not threatened when the Stormlands army goes north to King's Landing to attack Mad King. There was no problem with this strategic choice, and no major mistakes were made in the tactical operation, but the result: Reach reinforcements arrived surprisingly fast and impossibly menacing.

Unexpectedly, Robert's army was defeated by the vanguard led by House Tarly, and was forced to leave the battlefield before Tyrell's main force joined the battle. Almost lost your life in Battle of the Bells.

This small attack on Reach, in terms of the geographical location, can only be regarded as "rubbing outside", and even before "entering", it was treated like a rainstorm by the Reach people. The ferocious counterattack was dizzying, and the future Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, patriarch Robert Baratheon Duke of the male Stag Family, had a solid experience of the Reach people's determination to "inviolate the homeland", and the amazing response of the local lords when fighting within their borders. , the speed of mobilization, and the cohesion and fighting intent... Even after he obtained Iron Throne, he only dared to weaken and suppress Reach by political means, and never even thought of using blade and weapon to face one another, even after he obtained Iron Throne. Until more than ten years later, the girl who still dared not go to Tyrell's house can be described as a classic example of "hitting one punch, lest a hundred punches come".

It is no exaggeration to say, "The annexation of Reach in the world of ice and fire", the difficulty is probably as difficult as the "five constant copies" in the Earth plane, so far only Aegon the Conqueror has successfully cleared the customs, and there are still some In the case of a cheat like the dragon, I still chose the lowest difficulty...

A good fighter has no great achievements. The Reach people don't have the sturdy self-confidence of the North's "one to ten" and the Dorne's proud reputation of "strong men like sand". It's not because they are "Summer's Knights" as Catelyn thought they were. - and precisely because they are too strong. Strong enough that none of them can convince the crowd, so strong that anyone who decides to fight them must be a freak or a coward after careful consideration and certainty of victory, so Reach has not much praise in military history. 's victory.

And now, what Queen and Igor want to do is to beat their ancestors' records and challenge the medium difficulty.

"The Prime Minister has a good analysis." A few crisp applause rang out, attracting everyone's attention, it was Dorne Princess Arianne Martell, "If you want to fight Reach, you can only push it head-on, and push it head-on, There are endless enemy soldiers and enemy generals and a huge strategic depth that cannot be seen, and it is difficult to move..."

The speaker is an anomaly in this room full of people: the Martell family is aristocratic , but it is the only faction among the princes that supports the fight with Reach to the end; Arianne is a firm main battle faction, but at the same time, she is still convinced by Igor's spirit and charm, and believes that he can handle Reach's little fan girl. Therefore, although the black clothed prime minister in front of him said a lot of dejected words about how difficult Reach was to fight, she firmly believed that there must be a but behind, so she stood up to answer without worry and praised: "This is really an endless cycle, But I believe that the Prime Minister must have a coup to break this situation, right?"

"No, there is no coup." Facing the kindly cooperation of fans, Igor gave a neat and tidy answer in front of everyone's eyes. To answer the negative, "I choose to accept the setting obediently and honestly - since there is no chance of hitting Reach, then we will not use it, we will push it hard, in a spurt of energy, eliminate this choked Iron Throne and the other six countries three hundred. A more equal and peaceful future for future generations.”

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(End of this chapter)