The king on the Great Wall

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Due to the unfavorable battles with Stannis, the morale of the Golden Group is not high, and the time is urgent... Clinton led Prince Aegon to march all the way, and only pulled out a few small castles that had to be captured on the way. , avoided all other unnecessary battles, and finally passed through the Stormlands and the Royal Forest before the fall of King's Landing, and successfully reached the south bank of the Blackwater River, which is separated from the political center of the Seven Kingdoms. The location of the Red Castle is far away.

At this point, the Golden Company closed the last gap in the encirclement circle formed by Daenerys' army.The east, south, west, and north of King's Landing are all surrounded by the "Targaryen House" naval and army groups holding the red dragon flag, and it has become an isolated city.

However, although King's Landing seems to be in danger, the situation has actually eased a little with the arrival of the golden group: Stannis has already stockpiled enough food in the city, and he is not afraid of the consumption of the siege, while the army outside the city seems to be "a family" , but in fact they are loyal to two different Targaryens—the two armies, before the monarchs they are loyal to reach an agreement with each other, it is absolutely impossible to allow the other party to take King's Landing on its own and take the legal advantage, making itself into an embarrassing situation.

Although Little Aegon's Golden Company did not have the strength to independently attack King's Landing, it would not be a problem to threaten the Unsullied's flanks and rear so that the former would not dare to act rashly and attack the city with all their strength. On the way to join in the fun, soon... the capital of the Seven Kingdoms will fall into a more complicated state than the three-legged confrontation.

Daenerys' hesitation made her miss the opportunity to occupy King's Landing for herself.Before the parties fully reach an agreement on the distribution of benefits or fight with each other to determine the winner, Stannis faces much less pressure than before when he only faced the threat of the Unsullied and the three dragons.

Of course - a smile appeared on the corner of Jon Connington's mouth: he is one of the few people in the world who knows that Varys' true allegiance is Prince Aegon. Under such circumstances, "Daenerys nodded and agreed to marry her nephew, and the two Targaryens successfully married, and together they fought against the great enemy and ruled the Seven Kingdoms" has a very high probability of being realized.

As long as he can watch the son of his beloved Silver Prince sit on the Iron Throne and rule the Seven Kingdoms in his lifetime, Clinton will be satisfied even if he dies immediately.

***

Think of Varys, and Varys will be there.Before Clinton got off his horse, a soldier came to report to him: "My lord, a person claiming to be the Queen's messenger has arrived at the camp. He said his name is Varys, and he is waiting for you in the big tent right now."

"Oh?" The news from the queen came!Clinton lifted his spirits: "Help me off the horse, keep an eye on the door of the big tent, and don't bother me unless there is an emergency!"

"Yes!"

The old prime minister hurriedly walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, and sure enough, he saw the familiar bald head waiting for him in the middle of the tent. How's it going?"

"It's hard to say." Varys lowered his voice and said helplessly. His current identity is the Queen's staff, accompanied by the Unsullied. If people hear that he is so familiar and close to Prince Aegon's Prime Minister, he will be charged as a spy. Come up, but things are not good, "Although I offered such a great gift as the distribution map of the king's army, after all, I don't have the time to accompany the queen for as long as Littlefinger. He has more weight and voice than me on the queen's side, and he strongly opposes me. The proposed marriage plan—although the queen did not make a clear statement, but after being induced and aroused by Petyr, she is obviously more inclined to be the queen herself... rather than marrying to be the queen."

"Hmph, become a queen by yourself. It sounds easy, but it's not that simple. She's a young woman, how can she have such a strong desire for power! Didn't you do something?"

"Don't worry, the queen doesn't have the idea of ​​making an enemy of her last blood relative in the world. I'm thinking... If the queen really doesn't want to be the queen, then I can make a second choice and persuade her to appoint Prince Aegon as the heir. cooperation in this way.” Varys sighed, “That’s why I’ve been advising you before, ‘don’t make Prince Aegon pay too much attention to his identity’, if he’s used to emphasizing his status as a king when he sees people, that’s really true. It would be too embarrassing to temporarily be subordinate to the Dragon Queen."

"Heir... is indeed a way, but if I remember correctly, Daenerys is younger than little Aegon! She is still young, she must find a man... If Prince Aegon is made the heir , and have a child of his own, what should he do? The prince may never wait for the chance to sit on the Iron Throne!"

"That depends on the prince's own ability. If Daenerys refuses to marry him and wants to be queen herself, she will definitely not marry anyone else, but will rule the Seven Kingdoms as a single for the time being. Little If Aegon can show his reliable and capable side in front of his aunt, gain favor before she looks at other men, and become Dany's "husband who is not the king" or her trusted prime minister, by then, There will also be a chance to sit on the Iron Throne."

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The above are just perfunctory words, and the real plan that Varys and Illyrio have secretly discussed is: if Daenerys refuses to marry, then the first thing to do is take the next step and try to facilitate the "heir plan". The heir to the Iron Throne... If he thinks of some way to cause an accident to cause Daenerys to die, he will naturally achieve the ultimate goal of Li Daitao's death and let little Aegon rule the Seven Kingdoms.

But this plan is absolutely impossible to reveal to Jon Connington or Prince Aegon: Both the old prime minister and the little prince himself firmly believe that the latter is the real Aegon Targaryen.And the growth environment tailored for him by himself and Illyrio has successfully shaped "Aegon Targaryen" into a perfect king who is loyal, upright, brave, wise and intelligent.

It is absolutely impossible for such a prince to participate in such a despicable conspiracy as "killing his own monarch and also the last relative in the world" for the sake of the throne.

Bad things, just let "low people" like octospiders and rich merchant governors do it. The task of young Aegon Targaryen is to act decently and unconsciously as the dove that occupies the magpie's nest, clear Innocent and clean, he became the most legendary king in the history of the Seven Kingdoms after his namesake "The Conqueror", and became the common ancestor of all "Targaryen" in later generations.

"Sigh, if the queen's ambitions have grown to such an extent, I'm afraid she can only agree to let Aegon be wronged as the heir without fighting her." Jon Connington frowned and sighed, as a witness to Aegon As a person who has changed every day from childhood to adulthood, he is more certain than anyone else that his little prince will become an eternal emperor who is more ideal than anyone else.However, people exist between heaven and earth, and they always have to make some compromises with reality from time to time.

"Don't sigh, things are much better than the worst-you know, Petyr had managed to convince the queen to take King's Landing before the arrival of other armies. If it wasn't for Stannis himself Zhengqi used the dense dragon-hunting crossbow array to force the queen not to dare to ride a dragon to attack the city easily, and the red-robed monk named Ma Qiluo kept persuading her to go north to participate in some nonsense "battle of the end", you are here now Here, you may see King's Landing with the red dragon flag on the top of the city."

If Daenerys really captured King's Landing by herself, then when the prince arrives with the golden group, there will be no bargaining chip to use for negotiation, and there will be no other choice but to bow down to surrender... Can Lian Tang be recognized? Lian's bloodline depends on the queen's mood.

(It’s not bad that things have come to this point.) Thinking of this, Clinton’s mood immediately relaxed a lot, but soon he said another thing in distress: “Hearing that Daenerys counterattacked the Seven Kingdoms After hearing the news, Hewan and Dorn's attitude towards the prince also became ambiguous. I invited Tyrell and the Martell family to lead an army together. It is predictable that the Martell family would not accept it, but as far as Not even the Tyrells!"

"Hmph, both families have unmarried male direct line members. Seeing that the queen is not married, they all moved their own minds." Varys narrowed his eyes, and a contemptuous and cold light flashed in the slits of his eyes, " Everyone seems to think: Daenerys, a young woman, must be easier to control than a prince with your assistance... Unfortunately, the queen is much harder to fool than they imagined. Don't worry about these things, let's do something meaningful …Here is a complete set of blueprints for the Dragon Hunting Crossbow. My little bird in King’s Landing stole it for me. There must be craftsmen in the army who can make it. Take time to make it and train a group of soldiers who can use it.”

Um?Clinton subconsciously took the large roll of drawings that Varys pulled out from his clothes, and his eyes widened: "Didn't you say you won't go to war with Daenerys? What do you want this for?"

"Although you have no intention of harming others, you must have the intention of defending against others. Besides, after the crossbow is built, it can be used to shoot people and city walls without shooting dragons. If you make all the preparations, there will be no big mistakes. Remember Do it in secret, don't let the wind leak!"

What the eunuch said made sense. Clinton nodded and put away the drawings: "Okay, I'll make arrangements."

Of course, Aegon and Daenerys will not start a war, but on the day when the queen "accidentally dies", the three dragons who don't understand the human language have to find a way to deal with it. It's best to be prepared.

"The queen is now going to the north to visit the Great Wall, and she will return in two days. You make the prince ready—you should come and visit Daenerys as soon as Daenerys comes back. It would be best if she likes Aegon and is willing to marry her. If you don’t want to, don’t get entangled too much, and resolutely recognize him as the legitimate monarch. In any case, first join forces to deal with Stannis, and take King’s Landing City down! That’s all for you, and you have to decide the pros and cons.”

"Understood, I will convey it to the prince."

"Well, it's inconvenient to talk too much, I have to go west to find Tyrell's house, take care."

Walking out of the tent, taking a breath of the cool and dry winter air, Varys suppressed the surge in his chest: After more than 20 years of planning and step-by-step lurking and pushing, he finally succeeded in tossing the Targaryen family to the point of ruin, leaving only the last person left.Now, as long as the last bit of use value of this last person is squeezed out again, this drama will come to an end!

It's ridiculous that Littlefinger thought that he suddenly squeezed into Daenerys's side to win the Queen's favor and take credit for him, but he didn't know that even the Queen herself was just a pawn in this big chess game.

Since the chess piece refuses to obediently accept the chess player's arrangement of making her "the queen", it should disappear!

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Chapter 411

After personally "dedicated" to coaxing the jealous Arya with a little sweetness, the situation finally stabilized: Miss Stark no longer tried to assassinate the "Mad King's Daughter", and Daenerys, who had no knowledge of the existence of the former, Si Zean felt at ease and worked as a house girl in the tower of the island in the middle of the lake.While relishing reading books such as "The Night Watchman's Fantastic Adventure Journey" that Iger brought to her to amuse her, while waiting for the war to come... Of course, as the master, the latter will visit the tower regularly and continue to throw out some The follow-up feasibility details of the Great King's Land plan to stabilize the prey's emotions so that the hooked fish will not be unhooked, or take her for a tour around the city wall of Houguan Town, so as not to make her feel like she is under house arrest.

In addition, Iger also sent reliable subordinates to the Great Wall to accompany Mrs. Catelyn Stark who was visiting, trying to get her back to Houguan Town slowly, so as not to aggravate the chaos of the situation.

Day after day... Dragon crystal bombs were installed along the Great Wall, and "Bright Messenger" was also distributed to every fortress in the plan, but the final battle that was about to start still did not happen - after waiting for a long time for the dead to attack, the result was still Bad news from living people first came from the direction of Ice Strait Harbor: the patrolling Northern Navy found a large number of warships in the waters of Ice Bay.

The ironmen fleet, which was constantly active and looting along the river and the western border, probably received the report of the only escaped sailing ship after the last patrol team was defeated by four enemies and one still. The new navy has come to eradicate the northern border that threatens itself.

At the moment, there are three battleships in Ice Strait Harbor, and the fourth one is still under construction—what's more embarrassing is that the number of skilled sailors is still only enough to control two ships.In such a situation where everything is lacking, it is of course impossible to take the initiative to go head-to-head with Euron's fleet of dozens or hundreds of ships.Therefore, the "fleet" in the northern border retreated decisively into the port after discovering the enemy's situation-if the iron fleet attacked from the sea, the large number of catapults and wildfire incendiary bombs in the port fortress could crush the enemy with long-range firepower, and if the iron people If they disembark in the distance and attack on land, they will find themselves facing a strong fortress with thousands of troops stationed in full battle.

Although not all of the defense arrangements made under Iger's instructions were prepared for the Ironborn, they still made the port fortress jointly built by the Northern Territory and the Night Watchman a hedgehog that made the enemy have nowhere to attack.

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And another important event happened at the other end of the Great Wall: the "Spiritual Learning Fleet" sent by Daenerys ten days ago arrived at East Watch.

The two ships are responsible for supporting each other. The people on board were originally tasked with obtaining "The Monarch" and bringing it back to Dragonstone Island for the Queen to read. Unfortunately, Daenerys finally couldn't help herself and flew over on her dragon. , and as soon as he entered Houguan Town, he was so fooled that he couldn't bear to leave.The existence of the book collection team seems to have lost its meaning in an instant... However, the actual situation is not so bad: the dozens of Unsullied on the ship are living people, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. There are only a handful of powerful wizards on the same level as Melisandre—there are only a handful of high-ranking priests in the Red God Cult, and now the Great Wall occupies two of them...Not to mention, at least to deal with the White Walkers, there are more supernatural means , the chances of winning are obviously greater.

However, just as she was worrying about where Marquillo would lead a group of Unsullied to Houguan Town, Daenerys asked the guards to summon him first.

"Lord Commander, I thought about the plan you proposed last night, and I have a new question." Daenerys asked softly, "The 'Great King's Land Plan' is undoubtedly the best solution for our ideal of breaking the wheel. , but... the Riverbend stood on my father's and brother's side in the Reaver War, and now that I have returned to Westeros, they are also the first important force to send a letter to express their willingness to recognize me. Such a How can I reject their support, or even turn against them, who have no enmity with me in the past and have no enmity in the present, and can even be regarded as a loyal dukedom?"

The answer to the question was already in Iger's belly, but what he noticed was that Daenerys used the subconsciously intimate words like "we", which obviously means that he has firmly believed in the fact that "I am her comrade", and in his heart Once relaxed, I understand: some things that could not be said casually before, can now be said boldly.

"Good question, before answering your question, I want to help you sort out your thoughts first: First, is the Reach really loyal to the Targaryen family?" He didn't think about it, "To answer this question, we must first The two concepts of House Tyrell' and 'The Reach' are distinguished. Since the former was promoted by Aegon the Conqueror to become the lord of the Reach, both the name and the ruling time are quite insufficient. The rule of the Reach It's always been superficial. The Tyrells are necessarily loyal to the Targaryens - as the legitimacy of their rule comes from your house. However, the large number of gardener bloodlines that really spread and actually control the Reach, gave your ancestors a steward The insulting practice of coming to be their kings has always held a grudge..."

Daenerys shook her head, and interrupted with disapproval: "This is purely malicious speculation. Almost all the nobles in the Reach sided with my father and brother in the War of the Snatchers. With their strength, if they had Yixin, directly joining the rebel camp, my father and brother have no resistance at all."

"That's right, but the reason why the nobles of the River Bend keep the king is because there is no place left for them in the big alliance of the 'Deerwolf Osprey', even if they defected, it would be just icing on the cake, and they wouldn't get much gratitude from the snatchers Not to mention: "Baratheon" and "Targaryen" are almost the same in their eyes, they are both hateful outsiders and upstarts, and changing the king of the Baratheon family will not do them any good—— Only a weak royal family is fundamentally in line with their interests, so...they will never help the strong and crush the weak. The king and the rebels are both defeated, which is the ending they want to see. "Iger continued to be persuasive. From a certain point of view, he is indeed a courtier who is slandering the monarch at the moment... Fortunately, the guys he wants to frame are not really loyal. , so that he has no psychological burden: "Let's take a look at what the River Bend Army who stood on your father's and brother's side in the Snatcher War did in the war."

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"The forward of the Reach Army led by Lord Randyll Tarly repelled Robert Baratheon's army at the Battle of Ashford, but did not pursue the victory. Towards the east, they fought all the way to the foot of Storm's End... Things were normal up to this point, but what happened next was miraculous: [-] to [-] armies of land and sea from the river bay, enough to reverse the outcome of the entire war, surrounded the defenders. Storm's End, which has less than a thousand soldiers, for a whole year, regardless of how fierce the royalists and the Reavers' armies in the north were fighting each other, they just drank, barbecued, and held tournaments outside Storm's End for fun, starting all over again. In the end, no troops were sent north to support the king's army, and the castle was not captured until the battle was won or lost."

The Queen is still trying to speak for the nobles of the Reach: "But after all, Storm's End is the stronghold of the Reavers, and it is by no means meaningless for the Reach Army to surround it. In any case, they are more duplicitous than the Lannister family. Much better."

"The siege of Storm's End is an irreproachable strategic decision. If that is the case, at most it is a mistake in judging the situation on the battlefield. It is a mistake rather than a crime." Iger followed the Queen's words, "But the other three are not in line. Reasonable actions made me doubt their true loyalty."

"The first point is that you don't need so many people to besiege Storm's End, [-] is enough. Even considering the need to prevent other nobles from Storm's End from coming to help you, [-] is a sky-high number. Forgive me, it's ten times harder for anyone. In the face of the huge disparity in military strength, what waves were created, the remaining [-] people can go north to join Prince Rhaegar and Robert in the decisive battle on the banks of the Trident River, and the outcome can be decided-you know, the rebels invested heavily in that battle. The total strength of the army is only more than [-], and it was a narrow victory. Think about it, Your Majesty, if your brother still held [-] Hewan troops in that battle, what would be the result of the battle?"

Iger didn't give Daenerys another chance to interrupt, and went straight on.

"The second questionable place is after the death of Prince Rhaegar——the Lannister army rushed from Casterly Rock City to King's Landing, and entered the capital of the Seven Kingdoms after opening the city gate. Crime, but if you have a little impression of the map of Westeros, you can find it: the distance from Casterly Rock to King’s Landing is twice as far as Storm’s End! Duke Tywin who traveled twice as far has reached Seven The capital of the country is only twice as far away from the Reach Land army, but they are still throwing a big banquet under Storm's End! That's right—it's not that they marched too slowly to catch up, but they didn't move their nest at all!" Egger said deeply Taking a breath, he put on a heartbroken look: "It is true that Storm's End is the lair of the Reavers, but no matter how important it is, can it still be above King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms and where King Elis resides! "

Daenerys' complexion has changed subtly. She, who claims to be the reborn conqueror, naturally has some impressions of what Iger said and the map of Westeros... Although the other party has some embellishments and emotional tendencies in the words, it is not No nonsense.

"And one last point - after the fall of King's Landing and before the attack on Dragonstone, House Targaryen was not really dead - when you were pregnant with your Queen Rhaella, your brother Prince Viserys and the still You in the womb are taking refuge on Dragonstone Island. Although the royal army has been almost wiped out on land, it still has an overwhelming advantage at sea—there is no navy in the northern border, valleys and rivers! Ruohe Bend If you have the heart to protect the king, as long as you withdraw the army back to the river bay and let the Qingting Island fleet go north to help, even if the situation cannot be reversed, at least you and your brother can be saved and sent overseas to seek refuge safely."

"However, the actual approach of the nobles in the River Bend is: immediately reach an internal consensus-'the general situation is over', and then the 1-plus well-organized army surrendered to Eddard Stark's army with only [-] people left , after a brief discussion of the conditions, he returned to the Reach with all his troops unscathed. The Arbor Island Fleet immediately turned against them and followed Stannis Baratheon, who had been besieged by them for a year. , come north to attack Dragonstone Island!" Iger sneered, and threw the last bomb: "The one who forced Sir William Darry to take you and your brother to leave Dragonstone Island in a hurry and flee to the other side of the narrow sea, but Not a snatcher with few warships, but the Arbor Fleet in the Reach that was supposed to protect House Targaryen."

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The thing is basically true, Iger only slightly adjusted the causality and sequence: the Arbor Island fleet did not really attack Dragonstone Island-because the last Targaryen navy was actually destroyed by Dan before it arrived. The violent storm on the night Nellis was born—yes, it was the storm that "storm was born" in her title; and it was not the arbor that was heading north that forced Sir William to flee Dragonstone with the princess and prince in a hurry Isle Fleet and Stannis, but traitors within: The acting castellan of Dragonstone begins to consider whether to surrender and sacrifice the last two Targaryen children to the rebels in exchange for forgiveness.

But, with this little sleight of hand, Iger succeeded in eliciting memories of the queen's own childhood.

Daenerys vaguely remembered Sir William Darry—the one who gave her the warmth of her elders in her first memory was neither her famous "Mad King" father nor Queen Layla who died of dystocia when giving birth to her, It was the gray bearded man who had left everything to keep her and her brother Viserys from the Slayer.

At that time, Sir William rented a house with a red-painted door in Braavos for them. Daenerys remembered clearly: in that house, she had her own room, and there was a lemon tree outside the bedroom window.

Even later half-blind, Sir William was still able to roar and give orders from his sickbed.The servants were afraid of him, but he always treated himself kindly and kindly, and never said a word of harshness—he sometimes called himself "Little Princess" and sometimes "My Miss"... His hands were like leather Soft, and his embrace was as warm as an oven.However, this kind old man has never left the hospital bed since he can remember, and he is entangled by the smell of disease and the hot, humid and disgusting sweet medicine day and night.

After Sir William's death the servants stole what little money they had left, and a short time before they were put out of the big red house.When the red-painted door was closed forever for Daenerys and her brother Viserys, the warm childhood ended, followed by the cold and cruel boyhood.

A strong sense of sadness and familiar tears welled up in her eyes, and the Queen tried her best not to shed tears in front of the Lord Commander of the Night Watch.Accompanied by the revival of warm memories about Sir William, there was a sudden surge of anger in his heart.The last bit of guilt and apology in Daenerys' heart was also burned by the flames of anger for annexing the river bend to establish the king's territory.

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Chapter 412 Planning and Temporary Leaving

Unexpectedly by Iger: the sad and angry expressions on the queen's face flashed, and quickly turned into nothingness, and she calmed down again.

At that moment just now, Daenerys did fall into a slight emotional instability again.However, the more lofty mission and ideal of "breaking the wheel of history" is in front of her eyes, and the first "comrade" in the world who can truly understand her and seems to help her achieve her goal is also sitting across the table. , she didn't want to make herself too gaffe.

"I understand that it is impossible for Riverbend to be my loyal and reliable backing. They came to surrender voluntarily, but they hoped that I would help them solve Stannis quickly, and then return to the original situation where no one can control them. It’s just a state of having to buy food from them.” She nodded, and said what Iger wanted to express, “But, at least they didn’t tear themselves apart from the Targaryen family. Why not pretend to be a snake first, wait for a while to recuperate after using their power to unify the Seven Kingdoms, and then think of ways to counteract and weaken them?"

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Daenerys' idea is right-countless rulers in history have chosen this path: conquer the country first, and then deal with the heroes.

After all, no matter how advanced the concept of governing the country and the magnificent blueprint for reform are brewing in the chest, there must be a place to display it... If you can't even win the war, wouldn't it be all just talk on paper, slipping into the world? funny?

With her original temper, she probably wouldn't think about things like this at all - anyway, she has three dragons, just burn them all the way!

But after landing, the King's Landing defense system built by Stannis and the appearance of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow greatly weakened her excess arrogance and self-confidence... Let her understand the fact: the era of dragon invincibility is over, think It is unlikely to follow the old path of one's "conqueror" ancestors.

Logically speaking, this is a good thing. Who wouldn't want the king he assisted to be more rational and calm?

However, Iger is actually a little distressed now: Although Daenerys is right, this path is not the one that is most in line with his own interests-with the big killer of thermal weapons, he is confident that he can use it in physics. Invincible on the battlefield, breaking the situation violently, avoiding all detours.

However: Although hot weapons have a powerful crushing effect on cold weapons, his brain is not any anatomically different from the "ancients" in the world of ice and fire. Zhe Maoz probably, after reading a few popular science psychology books, I, a new player born as an engineer, can play with the old aristocrats all over the world.

Political struggles are much more complicated than chemical reactions.

Winning over first, and then liquidating after the war is over, is easy to say, but it requires very clever means to execute it... This is not something he is good at. After the open war is over, it is better to start a wave of secret wars to grab the fruits of victory. It is better to plan well from the beginning, not to draw too many interest groups, and to be the biggest and only hero.

Unfortunately, hot weapons are his trump cards, and he doesn't want to reveal them prematurely, even to Daenerys.Although instinctively wanted to say to the queen, "Don't worry, I have a big killer called artillery that can help Your Majesty push the Seven Kingdoms flat, as long as you sleep with me, I will dedicate it to you"... But Iger still suppressed this idea, Everything went according to plan.

Without revealing the hole cards, what arguments and methods should I use to insist that Daenerys' correct thinking is wrong?

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"Your Majesty's idea is not unreasonable, but it is not the best strategy. The reason should be analyzed from both objective and subjective perspectives. Let me summarize it first and then describe it in detail: [-]. Take advantage of his illness to kill him; [-]. Damage the principle of getting it right once. "

"Go on, I'm listening." Daenerys nodded—she loved hearing Iger talk about these outlandish new concepts.Whether it's Littlefinger or Varys, when assisting her, they "help her get it done" and "tell her what to do" rather than "explain the principle". way to really help yourself become a better ruler.

"The first line of thought is very simple. The Reach that His Majesty is facing now has just experienced 'going to the valley with King Robert', 'supporting Renly to fight for the throne', 'resisting Stannis' revenge' and 'supporting the small In Aegon's four wars against the king's land and the northern army, although the proportion of army casualties is smaller than that of the other six countries, the resource consumption is real. Objectively speaking, it is in the weakest state in hundreds of years. Your Majesty It's a good idea to recuperate before attacking them, but it ignores one point: occupying the river bend of the most fertile and densely populated plain in the Seven Kingdoms, giving it a breather, and its ability to recover from 'recuperation'— Far more than you can occupy in the kingdoms, rivers, and stormlands combined!"

"The second principle is a bit complicated, mainly because of subjective factors: People's tolerance for repeated aggression is limited. You counterattack Westeros to rebuild the Dragon Dynasty, whether it is your friend, enemy or spectator, even if you don't support it , and will never feel that His Majesty launched this war for no reason—after all, everyone has the right to revenge and take back what belongs to them. No matter how many families are destroyed and wives are separated during the process, everyone will only sigh and say : 'Alas, this is war, and casualties are inevitable'." Iger stared at Daenerys to make sure she was listening, and then continued: "But what if——you just recuperated after finally recovering the Seven Kingdoms Two years, but a new war was forced by trying to swallow the Reach into the Great King's Lands. Guess the people of the Seven Kingdoms will think the 'rebellion' in the Reach is despicable, or think you are capricious, revengeful, and complaining 'This damn queen, why won't you let everyone live in peace for a while'?"

"The core of the 'principle of damage at one time' lies in this: you counterattack the Seven Kingdoms and play the role of a conqueror. The people and nobles of the Seven Kingdoms have already psychologically expected the damage you will cause, regardless of your interests in the process of conquest. No matter how much damage you cause, the conquered will only think that you are strong and invincible. They have a certain tolerance for the damage they have suffered and are hard to retaliate. But if you have conquered once, you will have another great unification. There will be another major reform in the great unification... No matter how peaceful people are, they will be angry. At that time, you will find that the people of the Seven Kingdoms do not expect the beautiful world that you promised to build after breaking the wheel, but swarmed up to resist you. The new 'Mad Queen'!"

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When the favorability reaches a certain level, small offenses are often completely ignored.Daenerys was not offended by the title "Mad Queen", but thought carefully about Iger's idea with a serious face, and finally agreed-he made some sense.

"Well, I won't form an alliance with the Reach, even temporarily. But, most of the envoys they sent are already waiting for me in my camp outside King's Landing at this moment. I can't just run over foolishly and say to them : "I'm going to annex the River Bend to build the Great King's Land. Don't help me. Go home and wash your necks and wait for death." Although my Unsullied and Freemen Legion are strong, they can't stand the enemy. "

"This is the reason why I asked you not to disclose this plan to anyone - although the two lords Petyr Baelish and Varys have no second thoughts about you, they represent the interests of the old nobles after all. If you discuss with them about "breaking the wheel", you will be opposed and ridiculed. What you are afraid of is leaking the news and making the people of Hewan fight against you in advance. My suggestion is: first conceal the real plan in order to propose some harsh— — such as restricting the privileges of nobles, increasing taxes and other conditional replacements. Grasp the scale, neither refuse to join, but also make the River Bend itself angry and not support your attack on King's Landing, but not be forced to attack you directly …Wait until the Night Watchmen Legion defeats the White Walkers and goes south to fight for you and regain the throne, then announce your real plan, and sweep these old aristocrats into the dustbin of history in one go!"

"I assure Her Majesty, how to win the war is not something you will worry about, although leave it to Your Majesty!"

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The room returned to silence. After a long period of silence and looking at each other quietly, the little queen's dignified expression gradually turned into a natural relaxation.

Although I don't know why the night watchman force, which is full of tens of thousands of people, has the confidence to win the river bend with a population of tens of millions, but for some reason, the commander-in-chief of the night watchman in front of him has a legendary life experience and a confident appearance. Nellis was willing to risk trusting him.

"You are very considerate, I have no problem." Daenerys said relaxedly, "The reason why I am so anxious to ask you to explain my doubts today is because——I have to go back to the south, according to you Saying so, I have made my position known to the messengers in the Reach."

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"Huh?" Iger was very surprised, "The messenger from the Reach, just let him wait. Do the Tyrells dare to declare war on you because you haven't received them for a long time?"

"To express my opinion to the River Bend is not the only reason why I want to leave, Lord Commander, you should notice: I have been waiting in this tower for three days." Daenerys's expression was soft and gentle, but her tone was quite serious , "I don't mean to complain or complain, but in the south, my Unsullied and Freedom Militia are still fighting for me on the front line, and the envoys of various lords are also waiting to negotiate with me... People from all walks of life in King's Landing Yunji, no matter what, I can't continue to waste time here. I have to re-organize the policies and attitudes towards various countries, and even if it's just riding a dragon to appear in the sky, it will deter the enemy and stabilize the morale of the army."

As if afraid of Iger's misunderstanding, she continued to explain: "It's not that I don't think it's not important to deal with the aliens, but I have to know exactly when this war of ice and fire will happen before I can continue to wait. So, Iger—or You try to find out the location of the enemy, and I will take the initiative to attack with the three dragons with the Night Watchman, and the battle will be settled quickly. Or, let me go back to the south to finish some urgent matters, and then come back and wait, what do you want?"

Take the initiative?The scene in the TV series where the queen sent the dragon in anger is still vivid in my mind. Without the protection of the Great Wall's magic barrier, the strange ghost soaked in the power of the cold god outside the Great Wall is so cruel that it can slay dragons. Iger would rather not have three dragons to help out. They will not temporarily change the established strategy, dragging tons of wildfire and dragon crystal bombs to the north... to fight the enemy on the enemy's home field.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but the policy of the night watchman has been determined and will not be changed... I also remind the queen, if you really regard the three dragons as your own children, no matter what the situation is, don't ride a dragon Cross the Great Wall—I was standing on the top of the ice wall, and I was almost shot through by the ice spear of the White Walker." Intuition made Iger not want the Dragon Queen to go, but he had no position to stop him, so he simply refused to stay: "Just like I did before I have emphasized that you are a guest in Houguan Town, and you can move freely. Our agreement does not include waiting here to wait for the war to come... But, you rode a dragon back to the south, and if the White Walker takes the opportunity to attack, how will you be notified? Come back to fight?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Marquilo's boat brought ravens on board, and they flew—— Dragonstone Island, Crab Claw Peninsula, Duskendale Town, and Rosby City each have a cage. If something happens, let all the ravens fly. Someone can deliver the news to me." Daenerys replied lightly, obviously already thinking about the answer, "That's why I waited until the ship arrived before I said goodbye to you... I would like to say goodbye to you, Lord Commander-in-Chief. Guaranteed, as long as I get the news of the attack of the aliens, no matter when, no matter where, no matter what I am doing, I will immediately ride the dragon and rush to the Great Wall to complete our agreement."

Speaking of this, how can Iger have any opinions?He could only express his gratitude to the queen for her sincere promise, and then he got up to lead the way personally, and led the guards to escort the queen to the open area in Houguan Town closest to the small lake in the center of the town, and stayed with her all the time...until the black dragon brought Howling wind landed.

Probably aware of his mother's affection for the man in black, this time even Drogon stopped snorting at Iger.Daenerys gracefully climbed the meat ladder built by the black dragon to the dragon's back, grasped the saddle tightly, nodded to Iger who had stepped back and stood far away, and then gracefully spread her wings and soared into the air. The dragons converged and flew south without hesitation.

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The queen came suddenly and left in a hurry.Looking at Daenerys and the dragon who are flying away and gradually turning into three small black dots under the sky, Iger, who has lost a lot of support, is inevitably disappointed... Fortunately, it is just a loss.The night watchmen are fully prepared for the battle of duty, so that their morale will not drop and they will not panic because of the absence of the dragon. one thing:

If the White Walkers really took advantage of Daenerys' return to the south to deal with secular affairs, and the Night Watchman solved the trouble alone, what about the agreement reached before?

Obviously, it must be invalidated, and Iger will find another springboard, or renegotiate—after all, Iger previously promised that as long as the Queen helps deal with the White Walkers, the Night Watchmen will fight for it, which is based on the help of the three dragons. On the basis of casualties and resource consumption, if Daenerys missed that battle but still wanted to bring home a bulldozer like the Night's Watch that could help her crush the Seven Kingdoms, it would obviously have to pay...a bigger price up.

Standing by the "takeoff and landing field" of the magic dragon and blowing the cold wind for a while, Iger still couldn't sort out his thoughts, shook his head, and walked back to the inner castle of Houguan Town with a group of guards.