The king on the Great Wall

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Iger picked up the bowl in front of him, took a sip of the hot broth to moisten his throat, looked at Roose Bolton with a smile, and drew a complete picture of this pie: "It depends on your wisdom and military talent, my lord." , in exchange for extra 'credit'."

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Volume [-] The Queen's Conquest

Chapter 577: The Southern Expedition Begins!

Iger doesn't know who gave Arya the idea of ​​"chief female night watchman", but the living can't be suffocated to death by urine, since the plan of relying solely on land grants to check and balance the northern border has the risk of making mistakes, the original idea Bring up the "backup plan" in the book, just bring the Bolton family into the arena.

Speaking of which, the stability of the three pillars needs to be raised to a higher level.

After beating and drawing cakes, Lao Fapi was determined, and then everything went smoothly: the Bolton family, who got the promise, put all their savings and energy into the Queen's conquest, which not only made Daenerys more He found a loyal and strong supporter, and inadvertently inserted willows in the subsequent big meeting-a "catfish effect" was formed among the nobles in the northern border:

Originally, many of the princes who came to offer their allegiance had made great reservations about supporting the Queen... Daenerys was well aware of this and planned to accept it by default.But Roose Bolton, who worked hard for money, came out of a lot of bastards. With him in front of him for comparison, the situation suddenly became awkward: a group of northern nobles soon discovered that—people and horses from several of their families and Food, fodder and military equipment could not suppress the Bolton family!

How does this work?

The Bolton family can display such strong financial and material resources and military strength. It is of course an important factor that they have been rebellious and have been preparing for war in secret for a long time. Too many... The northern bigwigs who claim to be "decent people" are actually compared by a "beijing traitor" in terms of loyalty, which still makes them feel embarrassed.

Unable to lose face, everyone had no choice but to bite the bullet and quietly increase the amount of sponsorship, not hoping to overtake it, but at least not too low.This family will give more, and that family will also give half a point... Everyone gathered firewood with high enthusiasm, and so on, Daenerys quickly gathered more food and supplies than needed, Nanzheng finally everything was ready, rumbling kicked off.

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Daenerys brought three dragons with her when she went north, but she lost one dragon when she went south, but she had an extra army of over ten thousand beside her.Excluding the Unsullied Guards, the personnel composition is roughly as follows: more than [-] land-grant troops, and nearly [-] soldiers from the north—the Bolton family alone has [-], and the rest of the family has a total of [-].

Not too much, but when the northern border still needs to guard against the ironborn, it is already an extremely clear line up and announcement, and the political significance is far greater than the actual combat power.

With Bolton's army as the vanguard, the Southern Expedition troops set out from Winterfell, and marched southward in the shape of a long dragon. After several days of marching along the King's Road, they arrived at the last stop before stepping out of the northern border - the north-south transportation hub, Kalin Bay.

Joined the small nobles in the southern part of the northern border, such as the Locke family in the old city and the Lide family in Huishui, who had already received the news and were waiting here. In the bag.After ordering the army to pause for a while, she convened a combat meeting at Iger's request to discuss the core points that must be determined before officially entering the combat zone.

How to fight this Southern Expedition?

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"Three or four months ago, when the Battle of Long Lake had just ended and the Night's Watch was still sweeping the battlefield and chasing the escaped White Walkers, the southern battlefield did not pause. The false king Stannis knew that the queen was in the north for a short time. After being unable to return to the south, he organized the King's Landing garrison to conduct a proactive attack to find out the truth, and after finding out the deployment of the Unsullied and Free Militia in the besieging army, they began to prepare for a decisive battle."

Facing the detailed map of Hejian-Wangling hanging on the wall, Iger pointed and gave a briefing on the situation on the battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, when the nobles of Westeros held a combat meeting, most of them would spread out the map on a big table, and everyone would discuss it in a circle.But what Iger chose today is to let other people sit in a row, and stand at the end of the room by himself—like a teacher teaching students, he only talks but doesn’t listen.

The reason for this is that apart from creating a sense of oppression and establishing authority, the main reason is that he already has a complete and clear plan for how to carry out the Southern Expedition, and he has obtained approval after communicating with the Queen... He does not want to, nor does he It is necessary to discuss with this group of discordant nobles.

"Fortunately, the commander appointed by the queen, Gray Worm, was keenly aware of the opponent's intention of a decisive battle, and after some deduction judged that the chances of winning were not high, he took the initiative to shrink the army to Rosby City in the north of King's Landing and the Night Watchman Industrial Park in the southwest of King's Landing. City continues to double-team."

This is actually a bit of a forceful bragging. In fact, the battle outside King's Landing had reached a very dangerous level a while ago - the encirclement was not withdrawn by Gray Worm on its own initiative, but was broken by Stannis.How keen is this battle-tested leader king? After confirming that Daenerys' dragon could not participate in the battle, he decisively led his troops to attack, and went straight to the weaker Freedom Militia in the Queen's army, not only tearing apart the battle line, They also tried to take advantage of the victory to create annihilation results. If the unsullied Legion of Unsullied was not quick to move forward to bear the pressure, the Golden Regiment stationed on the south bank of the Heishui River also reacted quickly and immediately made a posture of crossing the river to join the battlefield. The two-pronged approach finally forced Stannis withdrew from the battlefield, and it is hard to say whether the Night Watchman Industrial Park still exists today.

If the huge amount of saltpeter reserves in the industrial park is really lost, Iger will have to make huge changes in a lot of tactics and strategies in the future, and I am afraid that standing here today will lose a little bit of confidence.

Of course, he would not do the stupid things that make others demoralize him. Since the worst situation has not happened, what he has to do now is to show a confident appearance. Don't even mention the effect.

"Using this gap, Stannis concentrated his troops to briefly open the route connecting the riverlands, obtained a batch of emergency food, and eased the food shortage in King's Landing... It's a pity that the siege of several months was wasted, but in the past On the other hand, considering the hundreds of thousands of residents in King's Landing, His Majesty has a kind heart, and will never expect to destroy the city by letting them starve."

After summarizing, Iger turned around and looked at the people sitting.

"After we have a general understanding of the situation ahead, the measures we will take next are very clear: go south as soon as possible, join the Queen's troops outside King's Landing, and besiege the capital of the Seven Kingdoms."

He raised his hand and placed a heavy weight on a certain position in the lower right corner of the map. At least on this point, no one had any doubts.

"But things are not that simple. We still have the entire riverland between us and King's Landing. In order to ensure the safety of the rear and the safety of the food and grass transportation line, we must at least let the riverland—at least Tully and the king The important families along the avenue made their position clear." He put down his hands and looked at Daenerys who was sitting in the first row, "The queen has confirmed that she will ride a dragon and head south tomorrow morning to fight with the main force of the Unsullied in Rosby City on the front line." Converge, boost morale, and ensure that the confrontation will not collapse before our army goes south to meet it. Next, in the name of the legitimate ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, on behalf of Daenerys I Targaryen, I will give you the order to conquer Specific operational instructions for the first phase of the war."

After a pause, Iger raised his voice: "Sir Willis Mandalay and Land Grant Army logistics commander Paddy led White Harbor soldiers and [-] Land Grant Army infantry to stay at Cailin Bay to guard against the enemies going north and south. As well as coordinating the subsequent transfer and storage of grain and grass here and the transportation to the front line; Black Shell and Earl Bolton led the Queen's Guard, the Dreadfort infantry and all the cavalry of our army, went south at full speed along the King's Road, crossed the Trident River to control Harroway Earl Town, cut off the routes leading to King’s Landing from the King’s and Hejian’s avenues, prevent the grain transportation of the princes in the Hejian to King’s Landing, and annihilate the possible false king’s food collection team, so as to ensure that there will be no more troops before the combined forces attack King’s Landing. Grain from the outside flows into the enemy's hands... If possible, troops should be sent forward to capture Harrenhal, but the previous task should be the first goal; Led by Duke Tucker, he entered the hinterland of Hejian through Luanhe City, surrendered the princes of the three rivers along the way, went to Riverrun City, and persuaded Duke Edmure Tully to be loyal to the queen... or take the capital of Hejian."

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Chapter 578 Twin River City Declaration

On the banks of the Green Fork River, next to a forest made up of swords, spears and flags of various colors, beside a simple tent for wind protection, Iger stood calmly with his hands behind his back, looking up at the distance not far away from a few arrows away—because of standing The towering and majestic Luanhe City in the wilderness was quietly waiting for the return of the negotiators.

The queen is leaving behind the dragon, and Bolton has led 3000 troops south along the King's Road. He has finally become the supreme commander of the remaining [-] land-grants-the northern coalition forces, and he can do whatever he wants instead of arranging for the queen all day long. Food, lodging, and transportation, and careful care of her dignity.Since the target is the hinterland of the river in the direction of Riverrun, Iger wanted to take a shortcut and arrive as soon as possible. At this moment, Iger was stopped in front of the big river just like Robb who led his troops south to try to save his father in the original timeline. Don't take advantage of the bridge that the Frey family has built for hundreds of years.

Oh, it’s not really necessary—the severe cold of winter froze the Green Fork River, which was originally turbulent, and it’s no problem for people and horses to step on it. If he just wants to cross the river, he can go around Open Luanhe City and go straight to the destination.

But that is not in line with Iger's style, and it completely violates his established grand strategy: in this mighty southern expedition, he must eliminate at least one-third of the nobles in the envisioned "king's territory"— ——It not only paves the way for Daenerys' goal of strengthening centralization and breaking the wheel, but also grabs a share of the cake for the military group that loyally followed her all the way.

But which nobles were exterminated or exiled?

No matter how arrogant and conceited he is, it is impossible for Iger to just name and shoot the roster according to his personal preferences. For this reason, he came up with a screening plan: to force everyone to clearly stand in line, and not to allow any lord to have an ambiguous position.

Those who support Daenerys must publicly express their stance, provide food, grass and armaments, or send soldiers to fight; while those who are stubborn and determined to resist, answer ambiguously, or simply pretend to be dead and try to get away with it... will become victims of the changing times.

And Luanhe City, a double fortress that prospered by collecting bridge tolls and was famous for its lords' preference for "being late", was the first stop of Iger's battle at this stage.

Whether Foyle, this big family with a very bad reputation but a thriving population, will become a good example of taking the lead to join the queen after today, or be killed as an example and turned into the dust of history, depends on the old man in the city who is old but still spirited , Whether the negotiation with his most valued son-in-law is going smoothly.

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Fragmentary and hasty footsteps sounded in my ears, and Myrcella trotted over carrying the kettle that had just boiled, panting, poured a cup of hot water on the small wooden table set up next to her, picked it up and held it in front of him.

In fact, Iger was not thirsty, but he had to drink the water he wanted, so he took the water glass and nodded to the girl to thank him.

That's right, the little princess passed the test in the end, and left Winterfell with the land-grant army going south in the name of converting to the Red God Sect.Right now her public identity is the "apprentice priest" trained by Melisandre, but apart from sharing a carriage with the red-robed woman during the march, Myrcella obviously still wants to get the position of administrative assistant next to Iger— ——Every time I stop at a place, I will immediately ask for directions and come to the headquarters, either follow Iger’s ass to ask what orders I have, or become familiar with his trusted guards... like a spinning top The appearance of running around is like an intern who has just joined the job but has not been assigned a specific job, and looks like he is afraid of losing his job because he has nothing to do.

But what she was afraid of losing was not her job.

Knowing what the girl was nervous about, Iger couldn't bear it, so he had to find some odd errands for her to pass the time, and to soothe her tense nerves by the way... However, Myrcella was smart and did everything quickly, and she left without a problem. After a while, he will come back to work again, which makes people both happy and troubled.

While Iger picked up the cup to drink water, Myrcella looked at Luanhe City following his gaze just now, and said worriedly: "My lord, Robb hasn't come out after going in for so long, won't he be detained?" ?”

"How shrewd is the Marquis Frey, how could he not know who is the actual leader of this army?" Egg moistened his throat, shook his head with a smile, "Detaining the Stark family has no effect on the battle situation, but gave me The reason for attacking the city. As Robb is his most favorite son-in-law with the highest status, it is only human nature for Weng and his son-in-law to meet each other and reminisce about the past, so there is no need to worry."

"What conditions did you offer to the Marquess of Frey? Why does it seem that he will agree if you are determined?"

"One is the right to retain fiefdoms, castles, property, and continue to collect bridge tolls... In short, it is all existing interests." Anyway, it is not something that needs to be kept secret, and a few chats with her will not lose a piece of meat, Iger handed the cup back to her: "This is the minimum, and the second is to promise him after the war - 'no longer need to be subordinate to the Tullys'."

"No longer subordinate to the Tully family? Is it to let the Frey family become...the masters of the riverland?" Myrcella was searching for something to say, but now she became a little curious, "This must be established. How much credit is required to convince the public... Has His Majesty agreed to this matter?"

"Of course I agree, otherwise would I dare to be the master?"

Times are about to change, girl.

Iger resisted the urge to brag and did not reveal the truth.

The subconscious reaction of the little princess was exactly the effect he wanted to achieve.

This second benefit is just a word game.

Constrained by the times, even smart people like Old Skinned and Myrcella would never have imagined that Daenerys would have such an "unrealistic" ambition to expand the kingdom besides regaining the Iron Throne... There is no need to succumb to pedantry. Under the Li family, this sentence itself does not have any deceptive elements, but it does not make it clear: in the plan of the Great Kingland that the queen has indeed agreed to adopt and even quite yearns for, the Frey family will cooperate with other rivers, river bends and Like most of the Stormland princes, they became the territory directly under the royal family and part of the core area of ​​the New Kingdom!

Due to the position determined by class attributes, this plan will naturally be opposed and resisted by all nobles - even the four autonomous dominions that seem not to be directly affected.Therefore, this policy will only be announced suddenly after the queen defeats all the enemies and firmly holds the Seven Kingdoms in her hands, and is sure to suppress any nobles' counterattack. Before that, even a harmless little girl like Myrcella , can not reveal the slightest.

"Hmm..." Myrcella instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what the problem was, so she had to put the matter aside, "Then if Lord Frey still refuses, I don't think your lord has ordered to prepare for the siege. Utensils."

"We'll wait until noon. If Robb hasn't come out or brings back bad news, I'll order the artillery to blast open the gate of the castle, and then the whole army will eat." Iger said in a flat and unwavering tone. Such a strong double city wall, as long as the only gate is blown open, it is equivalent to breaking through, "If the old guy still doesn't surrender after the whole army has finished lunch, then the Frey family..."

The harsh words were just about to come out, but they were finally converted into softer ones.

"There is no chance to collect bridge tolls at the river ferry."

Iger was determined to kill some of the nobles in Westeros from the very beginning when he conceived the plan for the Great King's Land, but he didn't want to choose the place for the killing to be in the river.

There are two reasons.

The Fish-Wolf Alliance has been in existence for many years, and when there are northern troops in the camp, it is easy to cause internal instability if it is cruel to the nobles in the river;

The land of Hejian is too weak. There is neither martial spirit nor tradition of unity. Even the ruling family has few shrewd and powerful people. After getting rid of the ironmen's rule for so many years, it is still a mess. To put it bluntly - such a mud , Iger is a bit of a waste of time even dealing with it...

For the nobles in Hejian, allegiance to any lord is to obey orders and pay taxes. When the queen unifies the seven kingdoms and is determined to implement the plan of the Great King, the weakest chickens are the least likely to rise up to rebel. If this is the case, why bother Wasting time here, getting your hands dirty, and trying to scare the snake... Let Dorn, the River Bend, and other places be alert?

I have to say that sometimes simply being a coward and a salted fish is actually a means of survival.

Myrcella was a witness of Iger's blasting of Winterfell and the bombardment of the main castle. Although she was hiding in the room and shivering, she couldn't see what the artillery looked like, but the mysterious weapon used by the Land Grant Army was like the wrath of the gods. Such terrifying power still left an indelible impression on her.

She has no doubt that Iger has the ability to carry out his bold words.

After a moment of silence, she picked up other topics.

"If the Frey family accepts the conditions to open the gate, my lord, you'd better send your reliable subordinates to lead troops into the city first, and then enter after confirming that there is no ambush. If you want to spend the night in the city, you'd better arrange enough soldiers to be on duty after falling asleep... "

Hey, why don't you offer advice at every turn?Iger couldn't help but laugh: For a person like him who cherishes his life like gold, does the basic operation of counseling need others to teach him?

"It's already been arranged, don't worry." Iger laughed, knowing that Myrcella still lacked a sense of security, and didn't want to see her continue to forcefully find a topic so pitifully, so he turned to her and asked, "Have you brought paper and pen? Anyway, wait, draft a manifesto for me."

"Bring it!"

The little princess suddenly regained her spirits. She was already fully prepared to be an assistant. Hearing this, she quickly took out a prop with its own paper like a small wooden file folder from the small bag on her shoulders, and an ink-free charcoal.Holding the writing platform with his left hand and holding the pen in his right hand, he looked at Iger expectantly, quite excited that he finally had some serious work besides running errands.

"Hehe, your things are quite well prepared." Iger glanced at her in surprise, and Iger praised and began to organize the content, "To the readers... blank line, to... Westeros In the name of the defenders and guardians of the North, the Night's Watch and the Starks solemnly declare to the Seven Kingdoms that the Dragon Queen...no, Daenerys Targaryen...is the only legal ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. "

"The land-grant and northern coalition forces will start going south today to fight for the legal rights of the Queen. Anyone who responds immediately after receiving this letter and publicly swears allegiance and support can retain the title, territory and property, and those who resist or try to neutralize , all consequences are at your own risk!"

Myrcella quickly wrote down all Iger's writing, and was gradually entering the state, but Iger stopped abruptly, stopped and waited for a few seconds, and looked up at him suspiciously: "Is there nothing?"

"No, after entering the Twin River City, I will send someone to accompany you to find the bachelor in the castle. The Frey family has been operating here for many years and has a great business. There must be enough ravens... After copying the above content, the ravens will send it to you. To as many recipients as possible."

"But... the Queen must have posted similar content. The nobles of the Seven Kingdoms are not all scared, so if you repeat it, it means you didn't say anything?"

"The nobles of the Seven Kingdoms didn't scare them, yes, I didn't intend to scare them." Iger smiled and nodded, "If you feel that the wording is not appropriate, you can polish and revise it and send it to me for review. What is the effect... It's just an ugly word beforehand, so that the land grant and the northern border can calmly say to the local lord after capturing one castle after another: don't say it's not predictable."

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Chapter 579 The Boring Hejian Battle

The "highly respected" Marquess Frey has several great wishes in this life.

Among them, letting the family's blood spread to every corner of the Seven Kingdoms has been roughly completed through the uterine tactic of marriage; and improving the image of the "upstart" of the Frey family has also been achieved through partnerships with Robb Stark and Luce. ·The marriage of veteran nobles like Bolton began to be on the right track; only the last one, before a large group of black soldiers suddenly appeared in the city like magic soldiers, hadn't been realized in the slightest.

That is, to get rid of the aggrieved status quo of being overwhelmed by the Tully family, and to raise the family's political status to a higher level.

The second condition given by Iger can be said to have scratched the itch of the old Marquis. It made Walder Frey, who originally only planned to provide some food and grass in exchange for safety, and did not plan to take this muddy water, trembled. Finally made an impulsive decision to step in.

After waiting for about two hours in the cold wind with obvious humidity in the riverlands, the gate of the Twin Rivers city was opened, and Robb Stark, who was going to negotiate, rode back and brought the Frey family who had changed their flag and agreed. Good news for joining.

The red dragon flag, which symbolized Targaryen, was quickly planted on the walls of the two twin fortresses. The forwards of the Land-grant Army holding black flags rushed into the castle to take over the cross-river channel, and the land-grant-northern coalition forces passed through in mighty force. Shiqiao arrived at the south bank and stationed there for a half-day and one-night short rest.

The Frey family deserves to be the most powerful vassals in the Three Rivers Basin. For Iger's promise that I don't know where to implement it, they not only took out the amount of supplies that were not inferior to the Bolton family, but also mobilized them in an instant. Thousands of foot soldiers, join the coalition, and fight for the Queen.

In this way, Iger's mobilizable troops rose to eight thousand.While the army was gathering the whole team on the south bank of the Green Fork River, countless ravens in the castle also carried the copied "Declaration of Twin Rivers City" to the rest of the six countries except the northern border... Iger was finally able to implement a few things that he had thought about but had no time to do.

The first is: it is publicly announced that the military pay of the land-grant army soldiers will be doubled.

For a long time, the salaries of land-grant practitioners and service personnel have been kept at extremely low levels. Of course, there are factors in which Iger bullied the mountain clans and the people outside the Great Wall have no concept of money, but the land-grant itself is not open to the market and does not consider profit. The real-time supply system is also an important factor. The income and prices match, and everyone's life can be fully lived.But the situation is different now. Soldiers joined forces with the northern border and entered the south. The soldiers gradually began to get in touch with the information from the outside world, and began to have to directly interact with the sky-high prices in the war in the south. In this case, if the original The level of military pay is high, but soldiers are required to fight wars and they must not commit any crimes against the common people. Iger estimates that he will face more betrayals in the near future.

Even if the military salary is doubled, it is still at a lower level, but Iger understands the "challenge and ecstasy" gameplay, and he has decided: slowly release the remaining salary increase in the form of winning rewards-doubling first, and then Every victory rises a little bit, so that the financial pressure will not increase suddenly, and the soldiers can also intuitively experience the tangible benefits brought to them by winning, and they will have a bright and clear view on the matter of "fighting the world for the queen". Good prospects and expectations can always maintain strong morale.

Then the army was rectified, the framework of the command system was reformed, the establishment was adjusted and streamlined, and the chief officer and adjutant were separated-the former was responsible for receiving the command of the higher-level command post, and the latter was specialized in dealing with soldiers. "Political commissar" or "chaplain" in Western armies.When he was in Winterfell, the land-grant army kitchen was infiltrated by Varys' people unknowingly, which really made Iger break out in a cold sweat. He realized that he had always been too superstitious about the deterrent power of his own heroic image, and neglected to pay attention to the soldiers. Mental state and thinking trends.

People are not machines, they will always push forward and have new ideas and expectations. If the system does not give the people below a channel to express their demands, then those who have no other way will try to realize their desires in other ways. The method can be summed up in one word: blocking is worse than sparse—even if the soldiers' demands cannot be quickly met, at least there is a chance to be able to fool around and delay the outbreak of conflicts.

The last one is to start preparations for the establishment of an independent intelligence department.

The people inside and outside the Great Wall are sparsely populated, all information depends on investigation, and the living will not deceive their own people in the war with the aliens, so there has never been a full-time intelligence department in the land-grant, and the related work has long been the rangers and Houguan Town patrols It is going on, but going south to conquer the Seven Kingdoms is a struggle with people. Different needs naturally require different methods and personnel to deal with.

In the short term, so-called intelligence services will be empty shells, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and any good thing is better late than never.

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After settling their minds, the army continued south to the second station in the Three Rivers Basin.

Haijiang City is not an ordinary noble castle, but a war fortress specially built to resist the iron people's invasion.The Mallister family, the lords of this place, cannot compare with the Freys in terms of wealth, but they are just the opposite in terms of bravery and combat effectiveness—if you have to choose the tallest among the short ones in a river that is scattered like sand, choose the most powerful one. A family with a strong backbone is obviously the Haijiangcheng family.

This is the family that cultivated Sir Dennis Mallister. The long history has made them value fame and shame. The strong city walls, rich defensive experience and the cold winter have given them the confidence to fight——Iger After Dennis, the commander of the Shadow Tower and the fortress, died heroically, he sent a "Light Messenger" to his family to express his condolences and affirmation to the family of the hero. Who wants to put a hot face on a cold ass after serving Haijiang City's change of flag: the uncle who hasn't seen him for 40 years and the night watchman and a little entanglement with Iger can't completely defeat the mad king's hatred of killing his brother. The current head of the family is Earl Jason Mallister Not only closed the door and even the negotiators were not allowed in, but also loudly declared on the wall that Daenerys was the remnant of the mad king, Iger West was a shameful traitor and rebel, and only Stannis Baratheon was the seventh the true legitimate monarch of the country.

In this regard, Iger didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly ordered the artillery to be launched and began to bombard the city gate.

The artillerymen, who had been itching for a long time, finally got the chance to play. In the rumbling of the cannons, not only the Northern Territory and the Frey family army who were watching the battle experienced an unprecedented shock, but the Mallister family was "unattainable" (clan language) His pride was also shattered.After several rounds of volleys shot the gate and the attached city wall to be crumbling, Iger commanded the Northern and Frey Allied Forces to assume an offensive posture and issued an ultimatum.

Cannonballs are harder than mouths after all, and the nobles of this era don't have the consciousness of jade at all. Seeing that the castle they rely on as a barrier is so unbearable in front of the enemy's "witchcraft", the "No. [-] Hardness in the River" is under the brutal power of gunpowder Xia Ye finally bent his knees, quickly raised the white flag, and surrendered to the coalition forces.

Iger does not intend to target the families of the martyrs who fought against the White Walkers, but someone has to pay the price for the previous insults and the gunpowder consumed by the Land-Grant Army. After a round of negotiations, the final decision was made: former patriarch Jason May The Earl of Lister abdicated the throne to his son, went to the Great Wall under the escort of the Stark family, put on black clothes, and then made atonement by developing the territory beyond the Great Wall; The castle is in custody until the end of the war when it is handed back to his successor, Patrick Mallister.

The Frey family, the wealthiest, and the Mallister, which gnawed the hardest bones, went on smoothly in the Three Rivers Valley: the Blackwood family in Raventree City and the Bracken family in Stonehedge City were all on the lookout. At the same time, Meirenji had "taken off its pants and poked its butt" when the army arrived (Harvey's original words, because the town took the initiative to hang up the red dragon flag); and Bolton on the South Road also sent good news : The Dreadfort army not only successfully captured the town of Earl Harroway, subdued the guarding knights in Saltpans by coercion and lure, but also easily occupied Harrenhal, which was almost unguarded; The only Hejian family that stood on the side of the Mad King in the War of the Reavers, the Queen decisively joined Targaryen as soon as she landed...

On average, it took less than a day to surrender a place. When the coalition forces crossed the Red Fork River and traveled westward along the Hejian Avenue to the foot of Benliu City, half of the Sanhe River Basin had already hung the Red Dragon Flag.Facing the invasion from a completely unexpected direction—the north, the titular ruler of the Tully family had almost become a bare-bones commander before they could do anything.In the end, under the appearance of Robb, his own nephew, and with the same style of speech used by Iger to fool Frey - promising that the Tully family "will not lose their status as guardians of the riverland" after the war... The trout family is separated by 20 years. In [-], joined under the banner of House Targaryen again.

Conquering a pool of mud will not bring Iger a sense of accomplishment. In fact, most of the credit for being able to conquer one of the Seven Kingdoms in just a week should go to Robb—because the Tully family is too weak, most of the In fact, the nobles in Hejian still regard the Stark family as their spiritual leader and weathervane for standing in line. Seeing the Benlang flag appearing in the besieging army, this is a devastating blow to the morale of most of the nobles in Hejian.

All the enemies in the back surrendered, the grain transportation route was unimpeded, and the strategic goal of the first stage was almost fully achieved. According to the original plan, Iger should turn around at this time and head east along the river road to the king's land. The armies of the Unsullied have gathered to surround King's Landing.But what surprised all the nobles accompanying the army was that after Iger stayed at Riverrun City for one night, he actually ordered the next morning: the army continued westward, and marched towards the fortress of Golden Tooth City, the gateway to the river in the west.

"My lord, this is completely inconsistent with your previous plan." Even Robb, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't help questioning, "The coalition army is only ten thousand, and if we want to attack the western region by force, even if we have the advantage of gunpowder, I'm afraid It's going to be tough!"