Chapter 366
2021-01-06
Chapter 366 Return of the KingPetyr never dreamed it would one day be in this form Reunited with an "old friend".
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A few months ago in Slaver's Bay, Queen refused to listen to the persuasion and insisted on using dragons to deal with the Volantis fleet in the bay. Braving the arrows and stone bullets in the sky, this process was quite twists and turns, but fortunately the result was not dangerous: although the enemy had prepared some means to deal with the dragon, he did not expect that Daenerys would suddenly learn the dragon control technique Return of the King — - Or take the initiative to attack without rest on the day of return. Under the invisible oppression of three gigantic flying creatures and the assistance of dragon flames, Meereen's only remaining navy and Unsullied land and water lines burst out at the same time, defeating the besieging second slave-master army in one fell swoop.
Half of the Volantis' proud vast fleet was sunk in flames and rams by the Demon Dragon and Ironmen warships, the other half was captured nearly intact by the Meereen navy, with only a small number escaping in the chaos. And these nearly 200 ocean-going ships of different tonnages and their captive sailors solved the problem that Daenerys · Targaryen until now: after adding that small Ironmen fleet, all Meereen's There were enough ships to load her troops and bring them all back to Westeros.
After "liberating" the slave sailors on the Volantis ship to take them for their own use, Daenerys pursues the victory, and the victorious New Meereen relies on armed deterrence to force the neighboring New Ghis and Qarth to pay war reparations And signed a truce agreement... Relying on a large amount of loot to purchase massive amounts of food and armament, riding a dragon to scare off a few Khalasar who heard the news and prepared to intervene, and then stabilized the internal situation again in the last days. After both military and political preparations were completed, she finally brought Unsullied and Legion, a freedman who had completed training, to embark on the long overdue counterattack against Westeros.
Although the Dragonstone fleet was well-trained, it was relatively small in number. It was quickly defeated and destroyed by the Meereen warships and three dragons that came from hiding the sky and covering the earth. Daenerys Targaryen of Stormborn has finally returned to her place of birth, her original starting point, after more than ten years of wandering abroad.
But sooner than the enemy's counterattacks and swarms of supporters appeared before them was a character that took everyone by surprise: Littlefinger's colleague in King Robert's reign, on Iron in Stannis Throne later disappeared and disappeared from the public eye for more than ten months, the two-dynasty Master of Whisperers -- the famous "The Spider" Varys.
This smeared, powdered and perfumed eunuch is hard to welcome sincerely, but after showing evidence that oneself has long been secretly protecting and supporting Daenerys siblings, and lavishly shot it is "Crownlands military distribution map" After such a heavy ceremony, Varys, halfway into the car, was allowed to stay at Dragonstone. After the Unsullied Legion who landed at Crackclaw Point easily won consecutive victories with the support of its accurate intelligence, and the news that King's Landing had been equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft giant crossbows was also confirmed by the scouts... The midway entrants actually gradually gained trust in this way, Infiltrated in the Queen's royal meeting.
And this, naturally makes Petyr unhappy to gnash the teeth, but helpless.
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On this day, the military meeting planned for the counterattack of Westeros was held again in the large Conference Hall, which was spacious and somewhat gloomy at Dragonstone.
With a small Iron Fleet and half of the Volantis navy and three dragons, Daenerys has absolute control of the sea in Blackwater Bay, and the other half of Stannis Royal Fleet is firmly blocked in King's Landing Harbor - shrinking. Under the protection of coastal trebuchets, arrows and ballistas. On land, after Crackclaw Point was completely captured, the Army Corps composed of Unsullied and Legion of freemen also pointed to the big city of Crownlands - Duskendale.
The Army with Unsullied as the core is hard to find an opponent on the Crownlands battlefield. There is basically no objection among the former members of the Queen, and they basically agree on the direction of the war: after taking Duskendale, attack Rosby, After finishing the incident, proceed downstream along the Blackwater Rush, and finally join forces with the Navy under the capital of the Seven Kingdoms to surround King's Landing.
But in the details that follow, Petyr and Varys have diametrically opposed opinions.
"King's Landing includes the Red Keep wall, full of anti-dragon long-range weapons, and in the case of Your Majesty three dragons unable to join the battlefield at will, only the flesh and blood of Unsullied, the freedman Legion and the navy To carry out a strong attack, facing a famous general like Stannis who have set up a city defense with few loopholes, must pay a heavy price." Varys strongly persuaded Daenerys to give up attacking King's Landing, "Your Majesty's goal is not just to take back Iron Throne, we must also in the future. Facing the Riverlands, Vale and North, if the elites of the direct line are recklessly buried in the first battlefield, the road to unification of the Seven Kingdoms will be indefinitely long."
"It's ridiculous, so why should the army be hoarded? Sitting in a daze under King's Landing and letting the Seven Kingdoms at a moderate pace prepare for the Queen's return?"
Littlefinger objected unceremoniously. When he was in front of the Baratheon Dynasty, he was the Master of Coin. Not only was his qualifications inferior to that of Varys, but his mission on the surface was simple—in Robert's words—counting coins, so he rarely expressed his opinion in public. But now, he is the Hand of the Queen of Daenerys. Since he won Meereen, he has assisted her all the way to overcome the difficulties and gain a firm foothold. Until today's veteran hero, Varys, who has only jumped out in less than a month, will sway the Queen. Wouldn't that give up influence and right to speak?
He is not very good at the military, but he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run. Even if it is purely against Varys, he has to raise a different opinion: "Even if King's Landing is defeated without a single soldier, Are we going to unify Westeros with the 20,000 people brought from Meereen? Your Majesty, it's no longer the time when your ancestors conquered the Seven Kingdoms, do it quickly, win a major victory, and take over the politics of the Seven Kingdoms Economic hub, sit on the Iron Throne and you'll find supporters and advocates popping up like loaches under the sand, far more than you think!"
"Your Majesty, says Lord Petyr That's right - it's no longer the time when your ancestors conquered the Seven Kingdoms. House Targaryen has ruled over dragons for over two hundred years, everyone agrees that 'dragon = orthodoxy', but they all know how to deal with dragons. In this case Under the circumstances, the symbolic meaning of the dragon is far greater than its practical value, and 'riding the dragon to the battlefield' should always be the most compelled by circumstances. In a daze outside King's Landing, we can surround King's Landing and keep fighting the rebels who come to 'King of Diligence'. Stannis is ready to deal with dragon in King's Landing, but his bannermen are not! The rebels who came in a hurry Party armies don't have dragon-hunting crossbows, and field warfare is Unsullied's forte. Just fighting out of range of the giant crossbows in King's Landing, as easy as blowing off dust, we can get victories after victories. During this time, the army is in King's You can prepare siege equipment calmly outside the Landing, I will win the support of Reach and Dorne for Your Majesty, and even your nephew Aegon Targaryen will definitely take this opportunity to arrive with the golden group. When the army is gathered, then dignified it To besiege and take the King's Landing, the imperial decree Westerlands and the North to surrender, refusal is treason, isn't it more perfect?"
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Damn, Petyr was at a loss for words. Varys said that he can persuade Reach and Dorne to come to support, then most likely he really can, as for "letting dragons on the battlefield should be the last option", this sentence is a proposition that oneself also put forward in Meereen before, how to object A point of view that oneself also endorses?
The big eunuch held a full stack of chips in his hand and was smug; while Littlefinger, who felt that his position was threatened, was serious and thought hard to refute - Missandei, who had listened to it for a while, but roughly understood. The two big bosses disagreed - the former believes that they should prepare calmly, and seek a decisive battle after meeting up with allies that can be won, while the latter believes that they should quickly storm King's Landing and occupy the capital of the Seven Kingdoms to attract followers.
I didn't dare to interrupt before, Missandei finally found an opportunity to say weakly: "Your Majesty, the two adults have their own ideas, but why do you have to go through the normal war channel? .You pick a dark and windy night, go directly to burn the Red Keep, destroy the false king Stannis, won't you end the war from the root cause?"
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(end of chapter)