Chapter 209
2021-01-06
Chapter 209 King 2/7Iron Throne Sitting Harder Than Thought, But Being King The feeling is incomparable. Back in the bedroom and sitting in the comfortable soft chair, Renly Baratheon breathed a sigh of relief... Slightly regretful: in addition to Crownlands, only two countries have recognized the identity of oneself in the Seven Kingdoms for the time being. Compared with his brother, oneself can only be regarded as oneself. "King Two Sevenths".
The Westerlands was devastated by the armies of the five countries, and they made up their minds to be neutral; Dorne has not expressed who he supports, and his attitude is ambiguous; the remaining North, Vale and Riverlands... They came to King's Landing, It's a pity that it's not an audience or an oath of allegiance, but a murderous-looking leader of the army, intending to oust oneself from the throne.
King's Landing currently has more than 30,000 Reach Stormtroopers, 10,000 Crownlands troops, plus the garrison—the number of defenders and attackers is similar or even slightly larger. Under such circumstances, refusing to fight in the city, this is undoubtedly an extremely weak behavior in the military, but Renly has always believed that he has self-knowledge: whether it is the ability to command the battle or the battle strength of the army, oneself, and the storm that is loyal to oneself None of the Reach troops could match the northern coalition led by Robb Stark, who had just triumphed from the Westerlands.
Those who say oneself are cowardly, let them talk, the one who has the last laugh is the winner... The story of losing the throne and even his life in order to prove his courage, there are too many stories in the history books, Renly does not intend to be one of them.
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"The day after tomorrow at the latest, the army led by Randyll Tarly will be able to approach King's Landing, and if the northerners don't consciously retreat by then, then we will attack from inside and outside. , smash them all!" Loras Tyrell confidently said: "If we can catch Robb Stark, then this war... can be over early."
"I don't know about wars, But I'm afraid it's not that easy." Margaery shook his head: "I went to the city to observe these two days. The northern army barracks were deep in the trenches and high bases. There was an endless stream of scouts coming in and out. They looked like they were ready to deal with all kinds of situations. Having defeated Randyll Tarly, the morale is high but not underestimated, and there are many veterans leading, the battle strength is amazing. Even if Randyll arrives, our army is only twice their strength, not to mention that we have to always be on guard against Stannis from Blackwater Bay. Landing..."
"Is Eddard Stark Duke still unwilling to let go?"
"It's time to let go." Margaery frowned in distress: no matter what the offer, Eddard this The rigid guys all insisted that Renly was not a king, this kind of guy who didn't eat hard and was not afraid of death, even she had nowhere to say. "Rather than trying to persuade a person who can't be convinced, I'm more concerned about how to cure him."
Loras turned his head suspiciously: "It's just a small injury, how could it still be there? Isn't it okay?"
"Not only is it not okay, but I also found a very strange situation." Margaery was disturbed: "Ed Duke began to have the same symptoms as King Robert before he died - weak, Difficulty defecation and a slight stench on body, even with bathing..."
"Same symptoms as before Robert died? How could that be possible." Loras disbelieved: "Robert was wounded by a dagger. When it comes to the heart and lungs, there is no way to save it. But Ed Duke just fell off his horse when he was caught and had a big cut on his leg. It's not the same thing at all!"
"The leg is impossible and the internal organs are injured. The injury has the same symptoms. Wait..." Renly didn't ignore Margaery's voice, and squinted at her: "You mean—someone did something to kill Ed, let me sit Unstable the throne, not to restore peace to the Seven Kingdoms?"
"There is a suspicion, but there is no evidence."
"It was the Old Guy at Pycelle." Renly said nothing. The suspect was identified without reason. "In the Red Keep, he is the only one who has access to poison."
Margaery smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you forgot, Pycelle left the Red Keep after you entered the Lord."
"This..." Renly remembered this, and was confused for a while, but still couldn't help but doubt this House Lannister's lackey: "Let Varys investigate, what Pycelle has been doing recently, and who has been in contact with him. "
"Your Majesty, you doubt Pycelle, and I doubt your Intelligence Minister. Didn't you plan to replace all the members of the Imperial Council, why can't you find someone to replace The Spider? Red? The most suspicious person in Keep is him, God knows who this eunuch of unknown origin is from!" Margaery shook his head: "But I'm just guessing, since there is no evidence, the best way is to leave no one for the time being. Move. I've replaced Ed Duke's physician and guard with someone I brought from Highgarden to see if things get better."
Loras was disturbed and thoughtful Everyone knows what will happen if Ed is in his own hands: "If it can't be cured, return the man to his son. No matter what, he can't be allowed to die in the Red Keep."
" How can it be that simple, Eddard is in our hands, at least his son does not dare to attack the city directly, if he gives up his mind and goes back to his barracks..." Margaery rolled his eyes at Loras: "Eddard Stark's prestige in North is far better than the king's. , is also a well-known general in the Seven Kingdoms, and once he returns to the northern army camp to take over command, and father and son go into battle together, then we will be in big trouble."
"Come on. Neither are people, nor are they not friends... So what should I do now?" Loras became irritable, and things like scheming and scheming were too far away for this young and handsome Rainbow Knight.
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A gust of wind blew the curtains and entered the house, blowing the huge lantern hanging on the roof in the middle of the room—a wedding gift from the chief logistics officer— Turn it slowly, and the colorful rays of light filtered by the colored crystals sway through every corner of the house, making the interior dreamlike.
"Don't panic, time is on our side." Margaery seemed to see something come in through the window, but was stabbed by the light from the colored lights, and when he opened his eyes, something was already gone I can't see it, "House Stark has brought more than 20,000 people... This is almost half of North's young and strong, and the North is the last autumn harvest before winter, and they continue to spend time in the South, I am afraid that even the crops will be lost. There's no way to get the full barn, and we Reach..."
"Give us time, and Reach can raise another 80,000 troops." Loras said confidently: "If two to one weren't the northern gang Barbarian's opponent, then we are three to one, four to one!"
It's really winter is coming, when is even King's Landing so cold? Margaery stroked her arm exposed in the air, glanced at the window suspiciously, turned back and continued: "Don't just think about overwhelming people with numbers, hundreds of thousands of people can actually get it, but untrained farmers can do it. What is the difference between the experienced veterans in the north and the straw target? The threat is not only from the Union Army, but also from Dragonstone, Dorne and Iron Islands with unknown attitudes... Until we know everyone's position, we must not easily put family property Hollow out and show your back in front of others."
"Dorne's attitude doesn't matter, just send thousands of people to guard Prince's Pass and Boneway, and they won't be able to come out. The annoying thing is The pirates and mercenaries on the narrow sea have become more arrogant recently, and they even started to attack the castle of the little bannermen under my command, which made the princes' hearts fluctuate, and all of them wanted to return to their homes... Not only can I no longer gather troops to come to King's Landing The Storm's End fleet can't leave."
"Leave the Storm's End fleet in the Stormlands, even if they come, they won't be the Dragonstone fleet and Stannis. Also, Your Majesty must not relocate the garrison of Storm's End to another place—this is where you lived before you ascended the throne, where you made your fortune, and you cannot afford to lose it.” Margaery thought for a moment: “Now The most important thing is the attitude of the Iron Islands, which we have always looked down on. If the Ironmen are willing to admit your kingship and obey your orders, then you can let them harass North or attack Dragonstone, and you can order them to lead the fleet to defend. Narrow Sea pirates...even the Arbor and Shield Islands fleets that were supposed to guard against them could be transferred to King's Landing Blackwater Bay once it was determined that the Ironmen were not the enemy - so that we could have the upper hand on both land and sea battlefields and win the game ."
"Good idea, I ignored the Iron Islands for a long time, and it was a huge mistake. I'll leave it to my dear queen to take care of it, I believe in you ...House Greyjoy has any conditions, as long as it's not excessive."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Why is it so cold?" Renly blinked in confusion. Blinking his eyes, he shrank his shoulders and stood up from the chair: "It's getting late, go and rest, my dear. . ”
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It’s time to rest, but it’s hard for ordinary people to imagine: the wedding has only passed a few days, and the Royal Husband wife, who was supposed to be in the honeymoon period, actually But they never shared a bed at all. There were two men and a woman in the room, and when it was time for a break, Margaery, his wife, was asked to go out to sleep in another room. Although the ones who stayed to serve the king were also from the Tyrell family, but... This is called the servant servants in the Red Keep, what is it called!?
Margaery's confusion and anxiety are accumulating day by day, but Renly has made oneself the queen of the genuine as promised, and the Tyrell family has also Become the Royal Family in-laws, enter the center of power, and establish power in King's Landing and even the Red Keep. Those families of Greenhand descendants who used to ignore the Tyrell family in the past have become polite.
To be honest, life without a husband and wife is not a major event, there is really nothing to complain about...
A gust of wind blew out a few candles in the house, only the oil lamps in the colored crystal lamps were not affected. Its rotation slowly stopped, and Margaery felt another dark shadow flashing in front of her eyes, but when she looked up, she could only see the shadow projected on the ground after Renly stood up. She looked around suspiciously, but in the end she didn't find anything abnormal, so she leaned over to give a salute: "Okay - Your Majesty please rest early too. ”
Renly could hear the resentment in his wife's tone, and he didn't understand the importance of a political marriage to quickly produce heirs, but he is only twenty-one years old now, healthy and strong. I really don't want to force oneself to have sex with a woman early on - against her nature. Even more how, oneself's lover is by her side?
Apologetic, Renly watched Margaery walk to the door. The wind outside the window continued Blowing into the house, the candles flickered and flickered, and the colored light projected by the crystal lamp slowly swept across the house, and the shadows of everyone moved along with it... With the sound of air surging in the ear, the flower of Highgarden twisted violently. He turned his head, stared behind her husband with wide eyes, and screamed, "Your Majesty, be careful! "
"Stop it!" ”
The crisp sound of Loras pulling his sword out of the sheath sounded, Renly looked at the ghostly appearance of Tyrell's siblings, turned around suspiciously, and saw a black... as if made of smoke. After a moment of recognition, he realized that it was the face of oneself big brother, Stannis Baratheon.
The next second, he lost all consciousness.
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(end of this chapter)