Chapter 463
2021-01-06
Chapter 463: Divine Ability (Part 2)"Strategy, well-spoken." Dustin Lady curled her lips angrily: "Bolton, we all admit that you have a brilliant mind, but don't be like Holland, under the banner of strategy, but give Lord Robb bad ideas!"
Roose Bolton smiled faintly, slightly nodding Straight to the point: "Igor, after the Battle of Long Lake, still 'seemed unprepared' to open various communication channels between the land grant and North, and specially sent Night's Watch to each castle to carry out procurement missions. Among them, collecting Dragonglass saltpeter I am afraid that waiting for the materials is just a cover, the real purpose is actually - to use the mouths of the people to spread the public opinion in his favor throughout the North and the Seven Kingdoms."
"This trick is quite brilliant, you can imagine, if not We learned from Jon's mouth that the Dragon Queen flew to the North to help the battle, the whole sequence of events. I am afraid that the room is still discussing how to deal with the crazy Queen's dragon until now? But through countless Jon's this Like the mouth of Night's Watch, North has emotionally lost the favorable conditions to start a war with the land grant, after all - not everyone can requite kindness with enmity, or go to the one who has just guarded the Seven Kingdoms and all mankind. Heroes are enemies." Bolton squinted his eyes to hide the coldness in his eyes. "We've lost the upper hand at this point. While we're sitting here noisily with our own ideas, Igor wants to spread the word. It has spread like a water pattern. Night's Watch has done its best in this war against Others, and it has performed well, we impossible gag thousands of people's mouths and forcibly black him - everyone was discussing land grants and North's military strength, but I will say, the truth is: even if North can fight land grants, this war will be very difficult to organize, because the other side has used a plan to dismantle our internal resistance!"
Under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, Bolton paused for a few seconds and then changed the conversation: "A coup, but the person who made the move forgot: the openness of information and personnel flow is two-way! Igor can use public opinion to silently influence North , we can also Take this opportunity to reverse influence Land Grant and Night's Watch! "
"Well said, what's going on?" "Karstark rolled the eyes," we also sent people to the land grant to tell those barbarians from beyond the wall: Igor's allegiance to the Queen and fighting for the throne for her is a shameful act of breaking the oath... and then expecting these guys oneself to unite Get up to stop him? haha! "
"No, Lord Bolton should mean - secretly contact those who have motives to oppose Igor in granting land, and use their power to overthrow him from within at low cost!" "While most of the North nobles were still confused, Howland Reed was the first to follow Old Flayer's train of thought, but before he finished speaking, he quickly revealed doubts, "Wait... Lord Bolton, I I heard that you have always supported Igor, why did you take the initiative to deal with him this time? "
"I don't have a personal relationship with Igor." At that time, I supported him because only he had the ability to lead Night's Watch to fight against Others and protect North, which has proved to be the case; and now to deal with him, it is also because he has undeserved ambitions, no longer protecting but shaking North , It is also my interest... Whether it is support or opposition, it is all for North's consideration, and has nothing to do with personal feelings. "Old Flayer's face was expressionless, and he answered the topic lightly, "Isn't Night's Watch organizing an expedition beyond the wall to try to eliminate the remaining Others?" I can probably guess the purpose of Igor's move: he thinks that as long as oneself completely eliminates Others and ends his mission as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, we have no reason to stop him from taking off his black clothed to serve the Queen. It's a good idea, but it gives others an opportunity - we can beat somebody at their own game, pretend to agree to their conditions, and even fully support him in this expedition, let him go out this time Well done...and then, while he's gone! ”
Old Flayer’s mind is more refined than most of the North nobles, and while the thinking of others in the house is still at the stage of “whether to go to war with the land grant”, he has already Relying on early calculations and days and nights of deductions to find the best way to deal with Igor, it is natural to appear brighter than everyone else. Even the Glover count and the others who support the neutral plan turn their heads with interest Come and hear what he's up to.
"'Others Killer', 'Prince that was Promised', 'The first Lord Commander to confront Cold God in thousands of years'...these names The head is too loud, but his achievements are really worthy of these nicknames. Igor's prestige and control of land grants are quite good, and it is difficult for outsiders to shake. If he is still in the ice wall and wants to reverse infiltrate the Land Grant and the Night's Watch Legion, and push the Land Granters and Wall defenders against him, not only will he half the results for twice the effort, but if he finds out, it will inevitably lead to Intense backlash. However, it is impossible for anyone to know everything and do everything, once he leads the army north out of the Wall..."
"Okay, once he leads the army north out of the Wall, and leaves the oneself's power base, use To undermine his authority and influence by what you call 'strategies', it will be much easier to find internal opponents who can handle the matter. We are not fools, no need to explain everything! "Dustin Lady urged impatiently," but we were never worried about Igor and the land grant he commanded, but the Queen's dragon. I just ask you - how are you going to solve this? "
"Dragon? Roose Bolton raised the corners of his mouth, and instead of answering directly this time, he asked instead: "Lady, what do you think... what will Queen and her dragon do when Night's Watch is chasing Others and expedition beyond the wall?" "
"Isn't there an accurate news that both dragons were injured and one of them couldn't even fly?" "
"Yes, many people from land grants say so, the news is very reliable, but since most people have not seen it with their own eyes, so to be conservative, the situation is roughly divided into two possibilities. Roose Bolton nodded and answered without hesitation: "Either he can fly, he will definitely participate in this expedition and assist Night's Watch to eliminate the remaining Others; or he can't fly and stay in the last Hearth or grant land to recuperate." This guy, Igor, always has the ability and ability to please people. There is Jeor Mormont in the past, Lord Ed and even King Robert... I don't know what kind of ecstasy he poured into Mad King's daughter to make her willing to throw King's away Landing came to help him burn people to death. But what is certain is that she likes Igor very much now - and if the Queen really wants his loyalty, it is impossible to ignore the latter's thoughts. Igor didn't want to go to war with North, and the Dragon Queen would impossible take dragons to burn us while he was gone..."
"So, the question before us was not really 'what to do now' Dragon', but 'how to quickly master the ability to deal with dragons while Igor is on this expedition out of the frontier'! Let's think about it carefully, isn't this the truth? "
The echoes of Bolton count's words gradually dissipated, but the new ideas provided by his large speech did make the other thinking nobles in the room clear.
"Makes sense! Although the dragon hunting crossbow that King Stannis has built in King's Landing cannot be quietly transported to North, it is much easier if we just want to smuggle blueprint. We can contact the south as soon as possible, try to get blueprint, and hurry up and work hard! "Earl Manderly slaps his thigh." When Igor returns to the land grant from the beyond the wall expedition, he will be surprised to find that not only have we weakened his absolute control over the land grant and Wall, but we have also built weapons against dragons. As long as the countermeasures are in hand, the next step is to force the Queen to go home obediently, or simply use a plan to eliminate her and her dragon, the initiative is all in our hands! "
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Still objectionable crafty plots and machinations, if Roose Bolton at first brought it up, would have to argue and object. But this time, with Howland Reed's two people and gods were angry with the big damage move in front of the front, and the plan proposed by Old Flayer turned out to be unexpectedly acceptable.
The nobles, who only gradually understood because of the difference in understanding ability, began to understand. Chatting and discussing the feasibility of the plan. Robb, the owner, sat in the first seat with a stern face and said nothing...
Not because of maturity, but because in his mind, two The villain is fighting a fierce battle.
The one who is the lord of Winterfell understands that for the good of House Stark and North as a whole, Daenerys and Igor's attempt to direct the land-grant power south to her must be contained The idea of competing for the throne; but as a teenager, he was rescued by Daenerys from the corpse tide, and after learning from Jon that Night's Watch didn't deliberately release water, he asked him to use underhand tricks to deal with oneself's benefactor and former friend. , and really can't bear this psychological pressure... Robb Stark, for the first time in his life, encountered a problem that his genius tactical mind couldn't solve.
Tootou did not agree with this plan, and other nobles discussed it. No matter how intense it is, it is self-healing - Old Flayer saw Robb's expression in his eyes, and was secretly anxious. He could probably guess what was going on. Young Wolf is a person who values feelings. At the juncture of the inner struggle of choice, someone has to push him behind him.
With a slight roll of his eyes, he has an idea.
"My lord, I understand that you don't want to treat Igor. And the mind of Dragon Queen requite kindness with enmity, but you have to understand... With the ability to 'destroy', there is the power to 'choose kindness'! The suggestion I made is not necessary to put them to death. With the means to contain Igor and the method to deal with the dragon, to put it mildly - you can use the chips to force Igor to resign as Lord Commander on his own, and let him lose the position of Lord Commander. Command the Night's Watch to participate in the battle of the two kings, and preserve the integrity of our northern armed forces; furthermore, you can also ask the Dragon Queen to take only the people she wants to leave Eastwatch by boat and return south, not from North By the way - King Stannis can't take your wrath on you without a large army swaggering past your turf and going to war in the South, North can at least maintain maximum neutrality! "
"Furthermore, as long as the person you choose controls the land grant's armed forces in place of Igor, the land grant's strength can be regarded as North's strength, and we have the ability to deal with dragons. The weapon... In this case, whether Daenerys or Stannis finally wins Iron Throne, they will be afraid of North's strong soldiers and dare not use our interests to reward the hero. For the sake of your family and child, you must at least have the ability to protect yourself and not be emotional! ”
Those who supported agreed, and those who opposed could not think of a suitable reason. After thinking for a while, the words family, child... these two words finally overwhelmed the hesitation, Robb who just had a son of oneself , and finally made a decision.
“The high-quality wood in North, didn’t all support Ice Gorge Harbor before...for the craftsmen of Bear Island and White Harbor to build ships. Robb said slowly with a solemn expression, "Can we get the blueprint within the time of the Night's Watch expedition, and gather the raw materials to make the finished product? Also, Jon is my brother and he still refuses to betray Igor. What other people inside Night's Watch are suitable to replace Igor? "
"Material is not an issue. "Asked about the probability of implementation, this is the agreement! Earl Manderly took the initiative to answer: "Baigang is the largest transit station for North foreign trade, and the warehouse in the city has all kinds of resources. It can be supported by building a few fleets. A dragon-hunting crossbow? Although the Manderly family only has custody of the things in the warehouse, not ownership, but the things are in my hands, and I can temporarily requisition them for the safety of North, who can stop them? As for the candidate..."
"The candidate? "Seeing everything going smoothly, Roose Bolton gave a rare smile - sincerely, "Don't forget that the most important part of the land-grant residents today - the mountain clan, swore allegiance to the Lord of the North. They are obliged to obey House Stark's orders and fight for North's interests. As for the new commander in the future... If Denys Mallister hadn't died, he would have been the perfect choice, but no one can be resurrected from the dead. In terms of seniority and rank, only Eastwatch commander Cotter Pyke can barely hold the job. Let's discuss now, who is familiar with him in this room and is more reliable in his work, and is willing to negotiate with him secretly if it is convenient. ”
Most of the set up Sect in the set up Sect have a good relationship with Igor, and do not want to fight with him desperately; while the main war faction can't understand what Igor has done, and firmly opposes him leading Night's Watch to join the civil war of Seven Kingdoms ;As for the Mufflers who have the largest proportion of the rest...not everyone can afford to spend a lot of money, they are mentally and physically exhausted by two or three years of unstoppable wars, as long as they don't fight, they can say anything. This set The plan perfectly balanced the needs of various sects, and finally won the support of most of the North nobles after Robb Stark's approval, and it became a final plan.
Watching the dozens of North nobles in the house to oneself In a frenzy discussion on the implementation details of the proposed plan, Roose Bolton restrained his smile, picked up the water glass on the table, and drank the cold water in his mouth.
There is no problem with the plan, as the smartest person in the world No matter how carefully you think about it, you can't smell the slightest abnormal smell-because when oneself designed this plan, it was really conceived from the standpoint of North.
And put this set from beginning to end. The strategic decision that is protecting North's interests, and turning it into the greatest opportunity for House Bolton in the last ages to turn around, is infinitely simpler than itself: remove the "do not want to hurt Dragon Queen" from the final discussion result of this meeting. The "Life" part, slightly embellished and embellished, managed to stab Daenerys Targaryen and told her - that's what Robb Stark oneself came up with.
He'd love to see True Dragon's wrath again-- Especially not for oneself.
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(end of this chapter)