Chapter 410

Chapter 410

2021-01-06

Chapter 410 is a long river, who is the real chess player?
Is it starting to snow even in this south...

Jon Connington, who has patrolled the barracks, slowly lifts the head, and looks at the snowflakes that suddenly start to flutter in the sky, sighed.

He is old, and living in exile for many years, running around and fighting with the Golden Corps, has caused irreversible damage to his body. After only riding a horse for a moment, he raised his head again, and his whole body felt as if he wanted to. It hurts like falling apart.

Midsummer is no more, youth is gone. Winter is supposed to be the best time to go home, obediently and honestly, to gather grain and wait for spring to come. As long as the rebels of the Baratheons sit on Iron Throne for a day, and Rhaegar's son doesn't retake the Seven Kingdoms for half a day, oneself can't rest!
Daenerys' counterattack against the Seven Kingdoms came quite timely. If it was ten days and a half later, the Golden Corps holding on to Storm's End would run out of ammunition and have to surrender, and oneself would have to retreat in embarrassment with Prince. Dorne took refuge and was slaughtered by others. But fortunately, the bad ending did not happen. After the news of Daenerys taking Dragonstone and advancing on King's Landing spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, and Stannis quickly retreated from Storm's End to shrink the defense line, the golden regiment loyal to Prince Aegon was already in the "hand of Prince" Under the orders of Jon Connington, the remnants were gathered and embarked on the road of the last northern expedition.

It is impossible to attack King's Landing alone with more than half of the remaining troops of the Golden Corps, but siege is not the goal of this long march: as long as Daenerys captures King's Landing and Iron Throne belongs to the overall situation. Arrive at the battlefield and let Prince meet his aunt to recognize his relatives. They have no credit or hard work, and those who have no hard work have a share. Seven Kingdoms will definitely get a spoonful of this cup.

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Due to the unfavorable battles with Stannis, the morale of the Golden Corps is not high, plus the time is urgent...Clinton marched all the way with Prince Aegon, only to remove the A few small castles that had to be captured along the way, avoided all unnecessary battles apart from this, and finally passed through Stormlands and the Royal Forest before the fall of King's Landing, and successfully reached the political center of Seven Kingdoms. The south bank of Blackwater Rush is far away from the majestic capital and the Red Keep.

At this point, the Golden Corps had closed the last breach in the encirclement formed by Daenerys' army. The east, south, west, north...all directions of King's Landing are all surrounded by the "House Targaryen" naval and army teams holding the Red Dragon flag, making it an isolated city.

However, although King's Landing looks precarious, in fact, the situation has eased a little with the arrival of the Golden Corps: Stannis has already stocked up enough food in the city, and is not afraid of being consumed by the siege, while the army outside the city has already hoarded enough food. Seemingly "one family", but in fact allegiance to two different Targaryen - two armies, before the monarchs to whom they are allegiance reach an agreement with each other, it is impossible to allow each other to take King's Landing first each minding their own business Occupy a legal advantage and put yourself in an embarrassing situation.

Although little Aegon's Golden Group does not have the strength to attack King's Landing independently, it is not a problem to threaten Unsullied's flanks and rear so that the former does not dare to attack the city with full force, not to mention... Reach and Dorne armies He is also on his way to join in the fun, and soon... the capital of Seven Kingdoms will fall into a more complicated state than a tripartite confrontation.

Daenerys' hesitation caused her to miss the chance to take King's Landing all by herself. Stannis will face less pressure than when he faced Unsullied and the three Dragon's Might threats before they fully reach an agreement on the distribution of benefits or fight each other to decide the winner.

Of course—a smile appeared on the corner of Jon Connington's mouth: he was one of the few people in the world who knew that Varys' true allegiance was Prince Aegon, and this eunuch had already squeezed into the Queen's front and began to think about it. Under the influence of decision-making, the probability of "Daenerys agrees to marry his nephew, two Targaryen successfully marry, and fight against the enemy and govern the Seven Kingdoms together" is very likely to be realized.

Clinton would have been content to die immediately as long as he could watch the son of oneself beloved Silver Prince sit on Iron Throne King's Landing Seven Kingdoms in his lifetime.

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Varys comes to mind. Before Clinton got off his horse, a soldier came to report to him: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, someone who claimed to be the Queen's messenger arrived at the camp and said it was called Varys, and is waiting for you in the tent at the moment."

"oh?" Here comes the news from the Queen! Clinton was refreshed: "Help me off the horse, keep an eye on the door of the big tent, and don't disturb unless there is an emergency military situation!"

"Yes!"

The old prime minister walked energetically and bustlingly. Entering the large tent of the Central Army, I saw the familiar bald head standing in the center of the tent waiting for him. He quickly backed away and approached him with anticipation and nervousness and asked: "Queen, how are you persuading?"

"Not good said." Varys said helplessly in a low voice, he is now the Queen's staff, accompanied by Unsullied, if people hear that oneself and the Prime Minister of Prince Aegon are so familiar and intimate, that one The crime of espionage was charged, but the major event was not good, "Although I presented a big gift like the Crownlands military distribution map, after all, I didn't have Littlefinger to accompany Queen for a long time. Oppose the marriage proposal I put forward - although Queen has not made a clear statement, but after being induced and aroused by Petyr's ambition, she obviously prefers to be a Queen by herself... rather than marrying and becoming a queen."

" hmph, oneself be Queen. It sounds easy, how can it be so simple, she is a young woman, how can she have such a big desire for power! Didn't you do something?"

"Don't worry, Queen does not There is no idea of being an enemy of her last blood relative in the world, I am thinking... If the Queen is really unwilling to be queen, then she can also settle for the second place and persuade her to make Prince Aegon as his heir, and cooperate in this form." Varys sighed, "This is the reason why I have been advising you before that 'don't let Prince Aegon pay too much attention to the identity of oneself', if he is used to emphasizing the identity of the oneself king when he meets people, then the day when he really wants to temporarily subdue under the Dragon Queen, there will be Too embarrassing."

"Heirs...that's the way to go, but if I remember correctly, Daenerys is younger than Aegon! ...if Prince Aegon is made his heir, what if he has oneself's child? Prince may never be able to wait for the chance to sit on Iron Throne for the rest of his life!"

"It depends on Prince oneself The ability of Daenerys, if Daenerys refuses to marry him and wants to be oneself as Queen, then he will definitely not marry anyone else, but stay single for the time being Rule the Seven Kingdoms. If little Aegon can show the reliable and capable side of oneself in front of oneself aunt, get the favor before she looks at other men, become Dany's 'not the king's husband' or the prime minister she trusts, by then, also There will be a chance to sit on the Iron Throne. "

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The above are just perfunctory words. The real plan that Varys and Illyrio secretly negotiated is: if Daenerys refuses to marry, then he will take the next step and try to find a way Facilitate the "heir plan", once little Aegon becomes Iron Throne's heir... If you think of any way to cause an accident to cause Daenerys to die, it will naturally achieve the ultimate goal of Li Dai Tao Zong 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 oneself believe that the latter is the real Aegon Targaryen. And oneself and Illyrio tailor-made for him The growing environment has successfully shaped "Aegon Targaryen" into a perfect king who is loyal, honest, brave and wise.

Such a Prince is absolutely impossible for the throne to participate in "kill oneself" The monarch of the world is also the last relative in the world” such a despicable conspiracy.

Bad things, let the “dirty people” like The Spider and the rich businessman Magister do it, the mission of little Aegon Targaryen, It is to be the dove bird that occupies the magpie's nest with dignity and unconsciousness, and becomes the most Legendary king in the history of the Seven Kingdoms after his namesake "Conqueror", and becomes the common ancestor of all "Targaryen" in future generations. .

"Ai, if Queen's ambitions are so inflated, without fighting her, I'm afraid she can only agree to let Aegon be wronged to be the heir. "Jon Connington frowned with a long sigh. As someone who has witnessed Aegon's daily changes from childhood to adulthood, he is more certain than anyone else that oneself's little Prince will become a better and better Singular Emperor of All Ages than anyone else. , people exist between Heaven and Earth, and always have to make some compromises with reality from time to time.

"Don't sigh, things are much better than the worst - you know, the original Petyr But successfully persuaded the Queen, oneself won the King's Landing before the arrival of other armies. If it wasn't for Stannis oneself's arrogance and the dense dragon-hunting crossbow array forcing the Queen to dare not easily ride a dragon to attack the city, and the red robe monk named Moqorro insisted on persuading her to go north to participate in some bullshit 'war of the end', you are now When you arrive here, you may see King's Landing with the Red Dragon flag at the top of the city. ”

If Daenerys really wants to capture King's Landing alone, then when Prince arrives at King's Landing with the golden group, there is no bargaining chip that can be used to negotiate, and there is no other choice but to bow to the knee... Whether or not the Targaryen bloodline can even be recognized depends on the Queen's mood.

(It's not bad for things to have reached this stage.) Thinking of this, Clinton's mood immediately relaxed a lot. But soon after, he said another thing in distress: "After hearing the news of Daenerys counterattacking the Seven Kingdoms, Reach and Dorne's attitude towards Prince was also ambiguous. I invited Tyrell and Martell's family to lead the army together. , the Martells would not accept it was to be expected, but not even the Tyrells heard back! "

"hmph, both of them have male direct line members who are fiancées. Seeing that Queen is not married, they are all moved by oneself's careful thoughts. Varys narrowed his eyes, and there were rays of light of contempt and coldness flashing between his eyes, "Everyone seems to think: Daenerys, a young woman, must be better in control than Prince who is assisted by you...Unfortunately, Queen is more controllable than they thought. Much harder to confuse. Don't worry about this, let's do something meaningful... Here is the full set of blueprints for the dragon hunting crossbow. I stole it from my little bird in King's Landing. There are craftsmen who can make it in the army. Take the time. Build a little and train a group of soldiers who will use it. "

Huh? Clinton subconsciously took a large roll of blueprints that Varys pulled out of his clothes, stared wide-eyed: "Didn't he say he wouldn't go to war with Daenerys, what would he do with this thing?" "

"Although there is no intention of harming people, it must be guarded against others." Besides, once the crossbow is built, it can be used to shoot people and city walls without shooting dragons. If the preparation is complete, there will never be a big mistake. Remember to do it in secret, and don't let the rumors leak! "

Eunuch made sense, Clinton nodded, put away the blueprint: "Okay, I'll arrange it." "

Aegon and Daenerys won't go to war, of course, but until the day when the Queen "accidentally dies", the three dragons who don't understand human languages have to find a way to deal with them, rather than scrambling when the time comes. Thinking of a way, it’s best to prepare early.

“The Queen is going to visit the Wall in the north now, and will be back in two days, you let Prince get ready—as soon as Daenerys comes back, you come right away During the visit, if she sees Aegon willing to marry, it will be the best, if not, don't bother too much, and resolutely recognize him as the legitimate monarch. Anyway, team up to deal with Stannis first and take down King's Landing! All that said, the importance of the stakes, you oneself grasp. "

"Understood, I'll pass it on to Prince." "

"Well, it's inconvenient to talk more, I have to rush west to find Tyrell's house, take care." ”

Stepping out of the tent and taking a breath of the cool, dry winter air, Varys suppressed the surging surging in his chest: after planning and lurking and pushing for more than 20 years, he finally succeeded in tossing House Targaryen into his family. Broken and people lost, only the last person is left. Now, as long as the last bit of use value of this last person is squeezed out again, this big drama will come to an end!

It's ridiculous that Littlefinger thinks oneself Suddenly crowded around Daenerys, to compete for the Queen's favor and to take his credit, but everyone knows that even the Queen is just a pawn in this big game of chess.

Since the pawns are unwilling to be obedient Accept the chess player's arrangement to make her "queen", then it's time to disappear!
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(end of this chapter)