Chapter 505

Chapter 505

2021-01-06

Chapter 505 For the country and the people
"I dare not say it when I am mature, but the plan... it is indeed Yes." Bolton moved his wrist, "but now that the land-grant army has gone south to Winterfell, these original plans have become meaningless. Igor West is very thoughtful, since sending troops must be Now that I'm fully prepared and confident, I'm not worried at all that House Stark's plans can still threaten Your Majesty's dragons. Instead, I'm starting to worry about something else - Night's Watch has always had a close relationship with House Stark, and Lord Commander personally has a very close relationship with Young Wolf and his younger sister. I am afraid that after besieging or capturing Winterfell, he will not be able to resolutely attack those stubborn elements, but will only coerce Winterfell to change his country through coercion and inducement, so that Queen There are too many people who don't really support her in her team, hindering Your Majesty's future reunification and reform, and laying the ground for failure!"

"Well..." Varys pondered for a moment, and nodded agreed: "Indeed , the probability of this situation is quite high, do you think Mr. Bolton has a good solution?"

"I suggest that Queen should either bypass North and return south regardless of Night's Watch, or she should leave as soon as possible, dear Arrive at the Winterfell front line to supervise the battle, oneself to confirm whether House Stark is really willing to bow his knees and be loyal, don't let the Lord Commander be influenced by his subordinates and feelings, make a big mistake!" Roose Bolton's eyes sharpened, "I see that there is no military camp outside Hearth's wall at the end, The number of pro-troopers who want to come to the Queen must be small, and the Terror Fortress has been rectified by thousands of elites. I would like to transfer troops to escort Your Majesty on the trip!"

"It's so good, adults have a heart." This sentence is true. Varys sincerely thanked him. Although 500 Unsullied and two dragons are enough to deal with most threats from the conventional army, if there is another army in the periphery or the front to increase the security factor, it will be more natural. good. "Apart from this, I have another question - when House Stark is planning and arranging the 'Dragon Slaying Operation', can the mission of manufacturing the dragon-hunting crossbow also be assigned to the Terror Fort?"

"Yes, but After we got the blueprint, we were just pretending and never built a real dragon-hunting crossbow!" Bolton quickly explained, worried that eunuch was questioning oneself's intentions.

"Naturally I don't doubt that." Varys still waved his hand genially, "My suggestion is - send a letter to the Winterfell Crows, warning that House Stark Night's Watch has gone south and headed straight for them. Go, and tell Robb: You've finished a small batch of dragon-hunting crossbows in a hurry, you can sneak around the land-grant front and finally Hearth, and destroy the Queen's dragon."

(As expected The Spider!) Bolton thought to himself—even if Varys didn't say it, oneself would do it. He had been waiting for countless days for the day he would rise up against House Stark, and naturally he had considered all kinds of situations, but the eunuch in front of him was in a flash, and he thought of the worst thing that could kill the Wolf Family. good idea!
"Why is this?" Although his heart was bright as a mirror, Bolton still showed confusion on his face - everyone likes to enjoy the superiority of IQ, and occasionally pretending to be silly will make it easier for people to relax their vigilance and Trust oneself, "I tipped off Winterfell, wouldn't I put Lord Igor in danger?"

"Winterfell's patrolmen have been operating in Wolfswood not far to the south, passing by the land grant army It will be discovered soon, but just a few days is not enough for the North princes to come to defend the monarch. You take the initiative to warn at this time, not only will not have a negative impact on the situation, but also make House Stark more trust in your loyalty. Varys was too lazy to guess whether Bolton really didn't see the truth or was playing a trick, and explained it cooperatively: "As for the latter plan...you must know that if Queen is really interested, it will be easy to win Winterfell. You and I both know that Igor and Igor The Wolf Family made good friends, and he hurried south on this trip, not so much as a surprise attack, but more like to save them - in case Winterfell is under the siege and pressure of the land-grant army to declare his allegiance to the Queen, that's just as you said : Let Your Majesty's team infiltrate the people who don't really support her."

"Ah, I see!" Blindly pretending to be stupid is naturally not advisable. Sudden expression: "As long as I pretend to take the dragon-hunting crossbow around and deal with Your Majesty and her dragons, the people in Winterfell will still have illusions about the trend of the war, and they will not give in and stick to the city. And if the city gate is still closed when the Queen arrives in person Winterfell, and House Targaryen's Three Headed Dragon flag has not been hung on the wall, then House Stark's stubborn face will be completely exposed to Your Majesty's eyes. Now!"

"That's right. Although the method is a bit despicable, it serves the country and the people... This is the best choice for us at the moment." Varys nodded approvingly, "However, since the Land Granter Army It’s so race against time, I suggest that you, my lord, also cherish your time, set off immediately to return to the Fortress of Terror, hurry up to gather your army, and bring your troops back to see the Queen.”

I am the count of Fortress of Terror. , came all the way to surrender, is it because I didn't bring the army, I didn't even have the right to see the Queen's face?

Roose Bolton was secretly unhappy, but he really wanted to rely on the Queen to find a way out, and he had to rely on the eunuch in front of him to ensure that House Stark was overthrown. The sword came out and put it on Varys' neck, forcing him to bring oneself into the city. After thinking for a while, he readily agreed: "Okay, then I won't bother you any more, and I'll leave immediately. Lord Varys, I wish you all the best!"

(Everything is going well? Oneself this time, it's just that everything is not going well!)

Although this sounds a bit harsh at this moment and even sounds like a sarcasm and a curse, Varys Soberly understand that it is just a oneself illusion, can only face doesn't change a friendly smile, and return the same greeting: "I wish you a safe journey back, Mr. Bolton."

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Roose Bolton turned back to the horse, beckons with the hand to oneself's entourage and guards, and turned over his mount with a group of henchmen, and after denouncing Varys, he turned around without hesitation and returned along the same path. The snow and wind did not increase or decrease. In the ice crystals blown by the air current, their backs were quickly covered by white and disappeared from sight.

"Okay, let's go back too."

After standing there for a while watching the guests go away, Varys also greeted the Unsullied who were escorting, turned and walked towards the castle go with.

To be honest, Varys has no ill feelings towards the Wolf Family, and even has a little respect and fondness for it, after all...if everyone in the world is as decent and simple-minded as the Starks, then a conspirator like oneself is simply Live in Heaven. This time, I'm helping House Bolton with a plan to subvert Stark, just because: It's better to be second than nothing. With the sudden attack of the land-grant army and the high probability of bankruptcy of the Queen's plan to return to the south, he urgently needs an effective stop-loss plan - and taking advantage of the situation to gain influence on North is the most attractive option.

Speaking of the influence of winning the land that occupies one and third of the Seven Kingdoms, two cold and regrettable facts are placed in front of The Spider: First, the original chief family, whether or not No matter how upright, upright, or simple-minded, their "orthodoxy" brings independence and is widely loved and supported, and they are destined to not look at outsiders and only need to make decisions based on their own interests, and it takes a lot of effort to control them. 2. Oneself's biggest opponent in the Queen's front is Littlefinger Petyr · Baelish, and the relationship with House Stark is much more solid than oneself. If you don't get rid of Wolf Family, North, one of the Seven Kingdoms, will inevitably become someone's helper, A stumbling block for oneself.

Two reasons, any one of them is enough for a killing intent, and they all account for it... Then it is the most beneficial choice for oneself to destroy the boss and support the second one.

Roose Bolton is the partner and the best choice for the door. No matter how rigorous schemes and deep foresight and shrewdness this guy is, after replacing House Stark, he will need to face the remnants of the Yu Family. Hostility and opposition - unstable status means that he needs the support of external forces, and if he accepts the support of external forces, he will inevitably need to repay in other forms. North's change of ownership not only turned it into a political resource for oneself, but also made it a great threat to the new dynasty in the future through turbulence and chaos. Whether the king is Daenerys or Aegon, it can be described as one move, two gains !
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After going through his head to make sure there was no logical problem with the oneself hurried choice, Varys took back his thoughts about North and turned his brain power to another, more important matter Come up - reflect.

Is it an accidental bad luck, or is it the inevitable result of something going wrong?

Whether it's Queen's historic meeting with Prince Aegon not long ago, or the upcoming return to the south, the root cause lies in Lord Commander of the Night's Watch Igor West, The entire context of the cause, development, and consequences of the two "accidents" is so clear that it seems unquestionable. But dig a little deeper, and the first valuable self-reflection results quickly surfaced.

The Queen takes the guy named Igor very seriously, and Varys has long been aware of this, except that the content in his "The Prince, Part 1" is really provocative and appetizing for Daenerys In addition, there is actually a very important factor - as a monarch, Daenerys probably feels that there are still some people who can be on the stage in the oneself camp.

The members of the Queen so far are: Prime Minister and Master of Coin Petyr Baelish, Master of Whisperers Varys, Unsullied and Freedmen Legion Commander Grey Worm, Navy Lord Commander Gloria and in charge of the rest of the chores Several other officials, etc... Among them, Littlefinger's reputation in Westeros has long been rotten; "The Spider" is obviously not a good reputation; Unsullied as a limbless ex-slave is extremely disgusting to the residents of Seven Kingdoms; the remaining few Either a foreigner or a nobody... Daenerys kept her favorite Daario Naharis in Meereen instead of taking it back to Westeros, not because her growing political savvy made her soberly realize: a handsome and handsome bedtime The obtained mercenary group leader can't help him retake the Seven Kingdoms, and her status as a lover will damage her Queen image instead?

Compared with this mess, the Killer of Others, the Lord Commander of the Wall Defender, the founder of the Night's Watch industry, the hero who led the Black Shirts against wildlings and ghouls... so many images gathered in Igor West in one suit is obviously much more on the stage.

[I want to fight for a positive character to support the scene and prove that oneself is not a bad person. There's nothing wrong with the idea, it's just a little bit of a difference. ] - This is Varys' initial judgment on Daenerys' emphasis on Night's Watch. And now, after arriving at Wall and the land grant by boat for a few days, after firsthand observation and face-to-face conversations with Night's Watch soldiers, to today witnessing the land grant army cross-border raid on Winterfell...came back to his senses, he was amazed Discovery: The rumored descriptions of the foreigner Lord Commander are not exaggerated.

Queen may be more sober and assertive than oneself imagined. Such a strongman with strong ideas, courage, strong arms and agile mind is indeed worthy of her favor and struggle at all costs!

Continuing to dig for relevant information with Igor West as the center, and the second result also came to mind: oneself's big chess game started to go bad, it seems that it came from this Night's Watch to King's Landing started.

is it possible that, from start to finish, is this guy playing tricks?

Varys shook his head, throwing this thought out of his mind - it didn't make sense, Igor was just a Night's Watch soldier at the time, and had no reason or ability to interfere with oneself's plan. Continue to look for problems from oneself to see if there are other inappropriate things about oneself's performance during this period.

The reflection still bears fruit very quickly: oneself has been too eager for success in the past few months, either to persuade Daenerys to marry Aegon to achieve the ultimate goal once and for all, or to compete with Littlefinger for the Queen The weight of the words in front of him ignores the appearance of other external variables and potential opponents. When the Lord Commander successfully wins Winterfell and North as the nominations and officially joins the Queen's command, I am afraid that he will instantly become one of the most respected characters by Daenerys. When the time comes, according to the Queen's consistent emphasis on and favor on this person, the situation in the imperial meeting is likely to change from "two powers competing" to "three-legged confrontation" in an instant!
And the more capable people around Queen, the more her reliance on oneself, the intelligence minister, and her desire to support Prince Aegon and his golden group will be diluted and weakened! The difficulty of controlling her will skyrocket, and oneself will be farther and farther away from achieving the ultimate goal!
Suddenly realizing this, Varys broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately forced oneself to calm down and think about countermeasures: How sure is oneself to win over this dark horse that is about to squeeze into the Queen's front?
Judging from the political inclination shown in the book "The Prince", Igor and oneself are probably not the same person; and looking at interpersonal relationships and social circles, the probability of becoming friends with each other is not high; according to the existing information Analyzing the character's personality, this smart and strong guy can't be fooled...

In this way, oneself has a third reason to deal with House Stark.

Those who are difficult to win have to be weakened-only if Igor's plan to conquer North for Daenerys fails, can his power and weight in the Queen's eyes be reduced; in addition to reducing its own threat, I'm afraid oneself has to think of something else, to alienate and provoke the relationship between him and Littlefinger, to prevent these two "House Stark friends" from coming together to deal with oneself... in order to ensure that the situation does not go against oneself's expectations. And go.

It was clear what he was about to do, but he felt pretty bad: because, again, he seemed to be scrambling to deal with the unexpected.

"Damn!"

Complaining in a low voice that no one could hear, Varys sullenly walked into the door that Hearth opened last, without looking back. Go and report to Daenerys...the good news of House Bolton's unsolicited drop.

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(end of this chapter)