King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 654 Familiar Recipe

A fine rain passed through, and the sun pushed through the clouds to shine on the earth , quickly dispelling the fog that shrouded the distant horizon. The breeze blew the new shoots of the treetops, the birds began to sing again, a slim Maiden approached the window, but did not stop to appreciate the spring scenery outside the window, but raised his arms and snapped the left and right sashes cleanly. Closing it, shutting all the chatter and rustling of All Living Things to Recover out of the room.

Margaery · mention - no, it should be said that Queen Margaery · Targaryen's personal maid closed the window, turned back to stand behind the master, and continued to observe the meeting.

This is the largest hall in Highgarden, and it is now crowded with aristocrats from all directions: golden trees, vines, bow hunters, apples of various colors and honeycombs... Recognition, a coat of arms that a normal Reach person can say, can be seen almost in this room.

There is a reason why so many lords come together: After a month of struggle and hard work, the Reach Group's efforts to "end the war" -- or, to put it more bluntly, "make peace with the Dragon Queen", have In the end, the favorite partner of Reach merchants, the current Hand of the Queen, Night's Watch Legion Lord Commander Igor West of Seven Kingdoms, has led the army a few days ago from the strong camp on the outskirts of King's Landing, majestic. Angrily advancing westward along the Roseroad, at this moment, it has officially crossed the border and entered the Reach, and went straight to everyone present.

If the atmosphere of the house's inner Qi is as dignified as it is substantial, in addition to the practical reason of "facing the enemy with the strongest and most harboring malicious intentions since Aegon's conquest", there is one more thing that exacerbates everyone's anxiety. Nervous: Rich Reach, Lord of Oldtown - It is said that the amount of property is not under House Lannister, and protects the Citadel and the Holy See. House Hightower, whose actual influence is hidden from the king, is absent for no reason. Not only did he not send follow-up troops to participate in the assembly of Highgarden, but he Even the small symbolic cavalry that was originally sent to surround King's Landing has been called back, and the red glutinous rice is openly not optimistic about this war against the Queen!
If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. Reach is full of tyrants. Except for the Hightower family, all of them should come. At this moment, the most important thing is soldiers and food. It can be said that it has nothing to do with the overall situation. However, the King of Reach three hundred years ago, the last House Head of House Gardener, Meng En IX, said that it was a coincidence that I also thought so... Later "Field of Fire" How the battle ended, no one in the Seven Kingdoms knew better or felt the pain more clearly than the people of Reach.

This time, the enemy is still Targaryen with a dragon, and House Hightower on our side refuses to join the battle... Familiar formula, familiar taste, this sign is so bad that everyone feels scalp numb and back The chill surged.

In this regard, Margaery, like everyone present, can only secretly clench his fists in the audience: before the enemy, in the moment of life and death, no matter how hot they are, they can't turn their heads first. Back to teach the arrogant Hightower home. But, on the bright side, while being beaten in the face and betrayed, an excellent opportunity to revitalize and expand the power of the Zhang Family is also in front of them: the Hightower family has a long history and deep-rooted power in Reach, and until now is Tyrell The family's heart is a big worry, but this time they don't have the consciousness of interdependence and the solidarity that the descendants of Greenhand should have, and they took the lead in disobeying the emperor and offending the public. Resistance and opposition, successfully applied tentacles and influence to the Honeywine and Whispering Sound areas where Oldtown is located.

A cough drew everyone's attention. On the wooden platform at the front, under the green field Golden Rose and Three Headed Red Dragon hanging on the wall, the leader of the young generation of Tyrell's family: Margaery 's big brother Loras Tyrell, began to introduce the latest situation and war situation to the gathering nobles.

"From the information returned by the spies and informants, Igor's West Expedition Force obviously carried enough gunpowder weapons for a large-scale decisive battle, and with such subversive and strange equipment to support the field, any lack of preparation. The hasty challenge is death. The front-line troops are ordered, most of them take the initiative to retreat to avoid their edge, and at the same time send cavalry scouts to continuously approach to investigate and harass... Strive to achieve two goals: seduce the West Expedition Force and send a limited number of cavalry to expel our scouts, At that time, relying on the advantages of local land and the number of cavalry to set up an ambush, we will constantly cut off small groups of enemy troops, frustrating their determination and hurting their vitality; at the same time, we will find out and master the routes and laws of the opponent's logistical supply, and try to cut off their supply lines after they penetrate into our Reach territory, so that the enemy will not be able to escape. If you run out of food, you will be defeated without a fight—"

"It's a beautiful idea, so far, has this plan worked."

A mystifying voice came from the front row , the speaker was Harry Strickland, Captain-General of the Golden Company. He was 'bombed' by the Queen riding a dragon in the Battle of Blackwater Rush that day. Although he was not directly hit by the bomb, he suffered double damage from sweeping air waves and fragments. His head broke and he fell into a coma on the spot, causing the soldiers below him to mistakenly believe that he was dead, which turned an evenly matched match into a big rout.

In the process of covering the Reach army's retreat with luggage, the golden regiment in the rear suffered huge casualties and attrition. Who would have thought that after finally retreating into the Reach land, the Reach people were bombarded by artillery. Daenerys desperately wanted to make peace with Daenerys, which led to the treatment of the Golden Corps as an elite guest army, to the extent that even the grandfather had to ask for food and grass to sue the grandmother... until King's Landing's harsh attitude strongly rejected Reach's offer. , Strickland, who had been left out in the cold, was invited back to become a guest. If it was hot and cold, it would be strange for him to be in a good mood when his injuries had not been completely recovered.

"Unfortunately, not yet." Loras Tyrell pretended not to hear the sarcasm in Strickland's words and shook his head calmly, "So far, Queen's West Expedition Force has not penetrated Reach enough, and the supply line has been pulled. It is still not long enough, and there is no opportunity to take advantage of it; on the other hand, the army itself, although the number is about 40,000, is closely packed, and the distance between each department is no more than an hour's distance, even the scouts and forward scouts scattered out, The frequency and number are just maintained at a level that can ensure that there will be no sneak attack... Neither expelling our investigators, nor rushing in pursuit of the bait released by us, the marching rhythm is stable, and every day before sunset, we must stop at the knot. Camp and prepare for defense. If I had to describe it, it would be—"

"A hedgehog with delusions of persecution, seemingly ridiculous but incomprehensible, is precisely the most difficult adversary to deal with , this battle is not easy to fight." Prime Minister Jon Connington, who was also sitting in the front row and accompanied King Aegon, interjected and added, "The disgusting thing is that the food and armament used for the maintenance and deployment of this unit is likely to come from The captures left by the Reach army when they retreated in a hurry on the south bank of Blackwater Rush that day, if you listened to my words and resolutely destroyed the baggage and retreated lightly, the enemy would never be able to reorganize the conquest of Reach so quickly!”

It wasn't Clinton's original intention to smash the ground, but this remark still caused echoes and commotion. A month ago, the wedding of Margaery and Aegon on Blackwater Rush was bombarded and forced to be suspended. The issue of "" once caused a dispute, but in the end, the Reach nobles who were reluctant to bear their belongings overpowered the Golden Corps generals and Prince Aegon's staff who just couldn't get out of the house... Who would have thought that it would lead to a series of bad consequences. Today, Clinton's old story is revisited. After the self-consciousness, how could Zhuge Liang let go of this topic?
Seeing that the brother in the stands couldn't control the scene, a boring argument was about to intensify. Margaery, who was nervous in his heart, hurriedly stretched out his hand and gently scratched on the leg of his husband beside him.

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(end of this chapter)