Chapter 274

Chapter 274

2021-01-06

Chapter 274 Prime Minister and Chess Player

Jon Connington, two "Hand of the King" at Westeros today One, in the lobby of Storm's End, was brows tightly frowns staring at the battle map, in a very bad mood.

"You said that if you don't counterattack, you will have no chance. It makes sense, and I believe you. Even today, I still don't doubt the correctness of your previous suggestion." He didn't look up. "But sadly, the right decision doesn't always mean victory, and we're in a tough spot right now. I'd love to tell you that the Golden Corps is not quite capable of attacking right now." It is a pity that one of our two great allies has released our pigeons and the other has powerless to defend himself, and we will face challenges to even keep the gains we have already won.”

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Dorne's army was silently withdrawn from the battlefield, and Reach's internal problems after suffering a series of defeats, those who opposed joining the rebellion and believed that King Stannis should be recognized again. The Tyrells are busy with family affairs, and at this juncture, Crow's Eye, the new owner of the Iron Islands, also led a fleet into the west coast of Reach, taking the Shield Islands and Arbor.

Although they regained lost ground with no difficulty with Reach's strength, the Tyrell family was stumped by one trouble after another during this troubled time, and they couldn't give enough support to the Golden Corps and Prince at all.

If it wasn't for the fact that Stannis also needed time to rest and redeploy after the North's return home, giving the Golden Corps some breathing space, Storm's End would have changed hands long ago.

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Varys' expression is also not very good-looking, but instead of responding directly to the Prime Minister's pessimistic expectations, he asked another related matter: "Prince Oberyn Did something go wrong with that meeting with Prince Aegon?"

"Even if there was, I didn't feel it." Earl Connington shook his head, "the two met and got to know each other, then went into the room. We talked for a while. I can't ask Prince about the specific content, but obviously there was no unpleasantness. After Prince Oberyn returned to the army after the meeting, Dorne's troops soon crossed the border into the Stormlands and pressed on the flank of the Stannis army. He helped us clear the siege. ..."

The Prime Minister recalled doubtfully, but still couldn't find anything wrong: "I have to admit that Oberyn Martell didn't actually judge whether Prince was his nephew or not because they didn't know each other at all. The solution is that the reunion is neither touching nor exciting. But—if Dorne doubts Prince's identity and refuses to send troops to help, it is understandable why he has to withdraw at a critical moment after sending troops, so we have high hopes in vain. Your plans are also messed up?"

"It's a real headache, but after you hear what I'm going to tell you next, you won't have any more doubts." Varys sits still In the chair, he put his hands together and said slowly, "My little bird told me that Quentyn Martell Prince of Dorne has been missing for a long time."

"en?" Earl Connington lifts the Head came and looked at Varys suspiciously: "The news I got is--Prince Quentyn is stationed at Boneway..."

"The Yronwood count is serving and training." Varys answered with a smile. The words, "Yes, the official news is indeed so, but serving in the army of his adoptive father, how can he not show up for months? Quentyn is Prince of Dorne, not a young lady raised in a deep boudoir... and more coincidentally, , my little birds in Volantis also reported that a group of Dorne people landed in the harbor some time ago, looking around for a boat to Slaver's Bay, Meereen to be precise. You—can you think of anything?”

Clinton realized something was wrong: "You mean, Quentyn Martell went to Meereen to find our queen?"

"Remember fifteen years ago when Willem Darry and The secret contract Oberyn Martell made - witnessed by the Sealord of Braavos, that Viserys Targaryen would marry Arianne Martell. In return, Dorne will have his back when he landed at the Westeros to retake the Iron Throne. "

"Now that Prince Viserys has an accident, the Dorne people have their sights set on Daenerys, trying to turn our queen...into 'their queen'? Jon Connington took a breath, first taken aback by Varys' guess, and soon fell into distress - the counter-offensive great cause was only half-marked, and between the two remaining Targaryen, it was necessary to start the internal affairs first. Competing: "Is Daenerys still playing her game of domination on Meereen? What the hell are your people doing? Why don't you bring her back quickly? "

"Our Queen is not as easy to control as you think." Varys smiled wryly and shook his head, "It's understandable. Anyone who grew up in such an environment and experienced all kinds of hardships and suddenly had three dragons would have some idea of oneself...even more how she in the bones The True Dragon bloodline flows again... Well, when Lys was alive, Lys liked to call oneself's temper the rage of the True Dragon. Now it seems that the one who has the anger of the True Dragon is the younger sister who has been bullied by him since childhood. "

Where's Earl Connington in the mood to talk about some shit about True Dragon's rage? He interrupts eunuch: "Use your methods, aren't you the best at this?" What about the Littlefinger you control, through him, induce our Queen to return as soon as possible, we can't last much longer! "

"I have to correct you - I don't control Littlefinger, haven't, and won't." Petyr · Baelish just fell into my hands unfortunately, and then I arranged for someone to send Daenerys side. He's the second smartest guy in the Seven Kingdoms, and from the day you think you can control him, he's probably already plotting how to kill you. The few times I've managed to take advantage of him, I've done so carefully and carefully, while taking steps that are also in his interests. Varys sighed, shaking his head regretfully: "Then I have to say that even if I did manage to get Littlefinger to persuade Daenerys to return to Westeros immediately, he couldn't. It's not that Daenerys doesn't listen to him, it's that - our Lady Queen, is not in Meereen at the moment. "

"Where did she go." "

"The Far East." "

"What the hell?" Earl Connington frowned: "Did she also see that Night's Watch adventure story, believe this world is a damn ball, and want to go back to the west of Westeros by going east?" "

"Not as far as I know, the main reason is - our queen's three dragons are growing, wild and predatory, and start attacking the livestock raised by the farmers around Meereen city... and people. Under the persuasion of her staff, Daenerys decided to look for a place where he could learn dragon mastery. He didn't know about the news of some mysterious person, so he chose to ride a dragon to the east, where the destination is unknown. "

"You didn't do anything to stop her?" So allow our queen, with the all-important dragon, out of your sight? "

"I'm not her personal squire, how can I stop her?" She had been away from Meereen for a while when I got the news! "Varys frowned in reply to Earl Connington's accusation: "Besides, if Daenerys can really master the method of controlling her three dragons during this trip, it will only benefit us and not hurt. I'm as worried as you are about the safety of Prince Aegon's future queen, but at the same time I have to stay awake: a Mother of Dragons who can't control dragons is of very limited value to us! "

"Well, I admit, Daenerys really can't blame you for this." Jon Connington also calmed down, sighed: "Let's discuss more practical issues, how should the Golden Corps catch Stannis' next attack, and what are you going to do with Dorne, who is coveting our queen? "

"Our aid from the mysterious supporters of Pentos is coming soon, all you have to do is hold on until then." Also, I'll talk to Euron Greyjoy to clarify the status quo and get him to turn his trouble-seeking goals to other places. "

"I heard that was a lunatic, are you sure oneself can reason with him?" "

"I won't come to the door in person, so what can a lunatic do?" Maybe he is not as easy to deal with as rumored, but after all, lunatic and fool are two concepts. If he keeps muddying the water like this, when Stannis finishes dealing with us, the next one will take the Iron Islands to operate - someone with brains will understand the benefits. Varys raised his head, flashes through a bright light in his lazily eyes: "As for Dorne...you don't have to worry about it, Doran Martell played us as fools and thought it was perfect...since he Don't blame me for doing it. His darling Prince will never get a chance to marry anyone. "

"What do you want to do? "Clinton's complexion changed, there's only one way to make sure someone can never do something once and for all, make him go away." I have to remind you that Dorne is important to us, even with all the thoughts in the Martell family One of your allies, if you are found to do this..."

"I naturally have a way to make it look like an accident, but you are simply worried that I can't handle it, or The Knight inside has woken up again? "After leaving the Red Keep, Varys no longer needs to maintain the appearance of harmless to humans and animals. To Jon Connington, he can be rude: "Do you need me to remind you of the Battle of the Bells and the final outcome? Without your excess tendency to clemency, how would we sit here today, think long and hard, how would we deal with the 'King Stannis' offense? "

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During the War of the Reavers, Robert Baratheon was defeated by Randyll Tarly at the Battle of Ash Beach and was forced out of the way of the Reach Army to attack his home city of Storm's. Road to the End. Hiding and recuperating at Stoney Sept in the Riverlands after being wounded while sailing north from the junction of Stormlands and Reach in an attempt to rendezvous with Stark, Tully and Arryn.

And Jon Connington was at this juncture Surrounded and controlled the town... He knew that the thief oneself was looking for was here, but he refused to order extraordinary measures, and only let the royal soldiers search door to door until Stark-Tully, who was rushed to the rescue -Arryn Coalition forces repulsed, but failed to capture Robert.

This defeat was not a fiasco in objective terms, but it was the closest opportunity for the Royal Army to end the war early in the entire war. As long as the commander can decisively order to set fire to this small town that belongs to the rebels and hides the thieves, the rebellion will come to an end...

But history does not.

In the end, Robert, who escaped in Stoney Sept, took part in the Battle of Trident a few months after recovering from his injury, and in the final battle he killed Prince Rhaegar, House Targaryen's last hope, to decide the war.

During the long years of fleeing overseas, Jon Connington woke up from his dreams countless times due to regret, he always believed that oneself's excess tendency to clemency killed oneself's beloved "Silver Prince" Rhaegar Targaryen... And after being tortured by remorse, he vowed more than once that in sending Rhaegar's son back to the Iron Throne journey, he will kill the Knight in his heart, using any means at all costs.

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"Remember? Seeing Earl Connington's silence, Varys understood that he had figured out everything, and instead of chasing after him, he slowed down: "I'll do this dirty and troublesome work, you don't need to worry about it, And don't let Prince know. Rhaegar's son must get back on the Iron Throne, and whoever gets in the way, threatens the big picture...there's only one end to it. "

"I see." "Griffin Count opened the mouth and said with difficulty, "As long as you are sure that you will not cause us trouble, just do it, I will not stop it." "

"Stop discussing this, I'm also at fault - I should do this kind of thing silently, I shouldn't tell you at all, it's just a controversy. "Varys returned to the appearance of an indifferent old man, shrugged: "We are all to assist the true king... Let's put aside the prejudice and dissent between each other first, perform our own duties first, and do what oneself should do." . Shrink the front, stick with it for a while, and in a few weeks or so, things will turn around. ”

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(end of this chapter)