Chapter 454
2021-01-06
Chapter 454 Intimidation and Temptation“King Robert fought alongside North many years ago and is alive Shi has always been generous, and it is completely understandable to be loyal to him. But adults think that Stannis and North have neither married, nor have they given any worthy favors to the lords of the North, and they only pull you east and west to fight wars. North can't even protect himself when his home is invaded by Ironmen...Even if Wall is threatened by Others, he won't give any support. For such a king who can neither protect the loyal nobles nor benefit you , why does your lord take oneself's life to defend the crown for him?"
Although Stannis did not personally lead the army north, it is definitely not that he never gave any support to Night's Watch, so it is obviously suspicious of conscience, but the butt decides The head, now the position is opposite, before the success of the revolution, it is too extravagant to preach morality.
"The Queen never planned or had time to conquer the North of Nuoda, all she asked was for you to remain neutral, and after I finish the Northern Expedition to eliminate the threat of Others, I can open the road for Night's Watch to go south. , in return for her efforts to control the dragon and participate in the battle between humans and ghosts." Igor slowed down and said calmly, "My lord now has two choices. The first way is to follow the instinct of emotions and detain me and imprison me— —Not only let all the soldiers in this castle be buried with me, but also used the blood of the Karstark family to provoke the war between Queen and North, forcing Queen to give up the south, and let North be filled with blood and fire first.”
"The second way is to pretend to be stupid once and sell favors to the Queen. Karstark's army quietly withdrew from the final Hearth, only if today's dialogue did not happen, Queen is not blind or hard-hearted, and will naturally remember the goodness of adults ...nearly, she can put pressure on House Stark with life-saving grace and the deterrence of two dragons to give you the upper hand in the allocation of the land left by the Umber family; Get off the King's Landing, surrender the Seven Kingdoms, sit on the Iron Throne, you can wave your hand, bypass the North guard and directly name and expand the Karstark family's territory... Didn't the Umber family have a large coastline in the south of the Bay of Seals, I Here, on behalf of the Queen, it is guaranteed that at least half of this coastline and its attached offshore land will be allocated to Karstark, so that Karhold’s territory that has not changed for hundreds of years will be expanded by one-fifth in an instant!”
"It's just talk nonsense! Father, the people of the North are the masters of the land in the North, which round will they get a foreigner who has never heard of the place they come from? Even if Karhold really benefits from it temporarily, how will he be with the other North princes in the future? Continue to get along and coexist?" Seeing that the father really wanted to talk to Igor, Harry Ang almost immediately objected, "This is if he didn't lie! I'm afraid this kid is pretending to make such a promise. I promise to keep you steady, and when we lead our army out of the last Hearth, the dragons in the sky will swoo down and burn us all to death in the wilderness without the cover and no resistance!”
Rickard's face twitched: This stupid son, with a long beard and short knowledge, has no brains to be oneself, this old man - how does he really expect the benefits promised by Igor now? He was trying to save the lives of oneself's two sons!
If it was Daenerys · Targaryen himself who came to him today, then he tried his best to kill the Queen on the spot, and exchanged three father and son and more than 2,000 soldiers for the complete extinction of House Targaryen, although the price was painful, At least the peace and stability of North and Seven Kingdoms is a bit of value.
But...Igor West?
A nobody who appeared out of nowhere, became the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch with a little bit of cleverness - taking more than 2,000 elites and oneself and all sons from the Karstark family. Life is packed and exchanged with him?
He also deserves it?
Crazy to do this kind of loss-making business!
army This trip was originally intended to deal with Others and the dead. Unprepared for the enemy flying in the sky, it is bound to be unable to force a war. It can only pretend to be a snake and try to ensure safety at the same time... Evacuate in a decent manner. After returning to Karhold, I will discuss countermeasures with other nobles in North and decide the final direction.
But my son's worries are not without reason. What if this guy from start to finish is full of nonsense made up to get away, and none of it is true?
After thinking for a while, Rickard Karstark exhausted his modest wisdom and came up with a tentative solution: "hmph, if the Karstark family retreats and surrenders a castle, it is worth one-fifth of the territory? You? The Queen's ambition is in the Seven Kingdoms, so close, why not just give all the Umber family's territory to the Karstark family at one time?"
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Ha, this kind of It's an obvious temptation, and if you can't see it, it's a fool.
Rickard thinks oneself is smart, but Igor sees through his plans right away.
If you want to deceive people, the deception is real enough. The condition that oneself offers to the other party is the ability given after considering the ambition and appetite of the Karstark family and the contribution they can make. Convincing at the right price. Even if the Karstark family can speak for the Queen when the lords of the North hold a lord meeting and decide to stand in the final line, and vote for the North to be neutral, Igor can try to persuade the Queen to give him the price he promised today, really. cash.
Waiting for Queen to unify the Seven Kingdoms, this is just a matter of one sentence.
"What a big appetite, Lord Rickard." Igor chuckled shook his head, "You feel your chest and ask yourself, just give up a castle that neither belongs to you nor can you keep it. Is it possible to get such a high reward? According to your method of rewarding merit and deeds, the territory of the Valyria Empire in its heyday was not enough. However, if the adults really have ideas, it is not impossible to talk about it - just like me, swear allegiance to the Queen , dig out your family property to fight for her, and with your first standing up among the North princes, let alone the last Hearth, it is not impossible to be the guardian of North!"
Rickard He stared, although he still had a vicious expression on his face, but he had begun to gradually believe in Igor's statement, and now there is only one suitable rhetoric to agree with.
Seeing that the father was about to be deceived by the villain, Harry Ang jumped his feet anxiously: "Wait! He is full of sincerity now, why didn't he mention the Queen's affairs when he came to see the father before? When the dragon flew over our heads, we stopped him and asked him before he was willing to explain? There is clearly a ghost!"
Igor shrugged: "When I first entered the city, I just wanted to come To find out, I plan to go back and report the situation to the Queen before deciding on countermeasures. But now, I probably didn't pay attention to the time, or the Queen made a decision in a hurry. In short, the situation has become like this. Time is running out and the others, if you two don’t let me go back, the Queen will come for real!”
In the bottom of his heart, Rickard Karstark has made up his mind not to conflict with Dragon Queen, but Emotionally, he still couldn't completely trust Igor, so he let him go back and lost the only bargaining chip that could save his life at the moment.
"You send someone back to send a letter to that woman, telling her that you are still safe and sound, and tell her not to mess around! Let me see the injured dragon, and I will believe that she is indeed participating in the dragon ride. After that decisive battle, immediately lead the army to withdraw from the last Hearth!"
The injured dragon does exist, so Igor naturally won't feel guilty, he secretly relieved, fully agreed, and called one of his most trusted guards: "Myron, you go out of the city immediately, inform the Queen of the general situation here, and send the army to enter a state of alert, and pull the dragon sleigh carrying the Black Dragon into the view of the castle, don't get too close!"
The black clothed soldier was ordered to leave, and Rickard also had a cold face and pulled the eldest son, who was still dissatisfied, to one side.
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"Shut up, pick the best player you know best, and find the younger brother—you two leave the east gate immediately, take a shortcut and return to Karhold as soon as possible , remember to act separately, don't get together!"
"What...father, do you want to stay alone to deal with the dragon? I'm not going!"
"I'll deal with the fart Dragon?" Rickard patted his son's elm head, and roared in a low voice, "Bring more people, after leaving the city, send one every mile to report safety, until I confirm the way back to Karhold. There was no ambush, and the Queen did hurt the dragon in the battle with Others, so she led her troops out of the castle. Otherwise... hum, even if she died, I wouldn't make that woman comfortable."
"But If that kid is lying to you, what if the Queen chases and burns you after you exit the last Hearth?"
"So let you and Torrhen split up! If all goes well, we'll meet at home, If you look back on the road and see a dragon attacking people on the ground, don't come back to die... don't go home, it's not safe, go south! Inform Winterfell and the rest of the North nobles, tell them what happened, and prepare them for war!"
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(end of this chapter)