Chapter 578
2021-01-06
Chapter 578 The Twins City DeclarationAlong the Green Fork, a piece of swords, lances and flags of various colors Beside the forest, next to a simple tent for windproof, Igor stood calmly with his hands behind his back, and looked up at the distance not far away a few arrows away - the towering and majestic Luanhe City because of its standing in the wilderness, quiet and peaceful. Waiting for the return of the negotiators.
The Queen rode the dragon away, and Bolton had already led three thousand troops south along Kingsroad. He was now the supreme commander of the remaining seven thousand land-grant-North coalition forces, and could act wilfully instead of scrambling all day. Arrange for the Queen's food, lodging, and cautiously care for her dignity. Because the target is the hinterland of the Riverlands in the direction of Riverrun, I want to take a shortcut and get there as soon as possible. At this moment, Igor, like Robb who led his troops south to try to save his father in the original timeline, was stopped in front of this big river and had to take the road. The bridge that the Frey family had built for hundreds of years.
Oh, it doesn't have to be - the severe cold of winter has frozen the Green Fork, which was originally turbulent, and it is no problem to even step on it with a horse. Crossing the river, you can completely bypass Luanhe City and go straight to the destination.
But that is neither in line with Igor's style, nor is it completely against the grand strategy he has made: in this grandiose's southern expedition, he must at least eliminate one third in the envisaged "Great Crownlands". The aristocracy - not only paved the way for Daenerys' goal of strengthening centralization and breaking the wheel, but also grabbed a share of the cake for the military group that loyally followed oneself all the way.
But which nobles were eliminated or exiled?
Even if he is arrogant and conceited, Igor is impossible to shoot the roster according to his personal preferences. The screening plan he came up with is to force everyone to stand clearly and not allow any lords to stand. Ambiguous attitude.
Those who support Daenerys must make a public statement, provide food and armaments or send soldiers to fight; while those who are stubborn and determined to resist, give ambiguous answers, or simply pretend to be dead to try to get through... will become the victims of the changing times .
And Luanhe City, a double-important fortress that prospered by collecting bridge tolls and famous for its lord's preference for being "late", was Igor's first stop in this phase of the battle.
Frey, the Great Family with a very poor reputation but a prosperous population, will become a good example of taking the lead in joining the Queen after today, or will be killed and turned into dust of history, it depends on the old man in the city. But the old man, who is still in high spirits, has this negotiation with his most important son-in-law going well.
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The sound of hurried footsteps rang in my ears, Myrcella trotted all the way with the kettle that had just boiled, gasping for breath on the small wooden table supported by the side Poured a cup of hot water, held it up and held it in front of him.
Igor wasn't thirsty, but he had to drink the water that oneself wanted, so he had to take the water glass and thank the girl nodded.
That's right, the Little Princess eventually passed the test and left Winterfell with the Land Granters who went south in the name of converting to Red God. She is now openly identified as a "trainee priest" trained by Melisandre, but in addition to sharing a carriage with Red Woman on the march, Myrcella obviously still wants to get the position of administrative assistant next to Igor - every stop. I will immediately ask the way to get to the headquarters, either follow Igor's ass and ask for instructions, or get familiar with his trusted guards... He runs around like a spinning top. , like an intern who has just joined the job but has not been assigned a specific job, and looks like he is afraid of losing his job because he has nothing to do.
But she's not afraid of losing her job.
Knowing what the girl was nervous about, Igor couldn't bear it, so he had to casually find some odd errands to kill her time, and by the way soothe her tense nerves... But Myrcella is smart and can do everything. It's very fast, and it doesn't take long for the branch to run back to cross, which makes people both happy and annoyed.
While Igor was drinking from his cup, Myrcella followed his gaze and looked at Luanhe City, and said worriedly, "Sir, Robb has been in for so long and has not yet come out, no way. Has he been detained?"
"How shrewd is Frey Marquess, how could he not know who is the actual leader of this army?" Igor moistened his throat and shook his head with a smile, "The man who detained House Stark It had no effect in the war situation, but gave me a reason to attack the city. Robb, as his favorite son-in-law and the highest-ranking son-in-law, met Weng and talked for a while, which is also such is human nature, so don't worry."
“What conditions did you offer Frey Marquess, and why did he seem to agree that he would agree?”
“One is, keep Fiefdom, castle, property, and continue to receive it. The power of the bridge toll... in short, all the existing interests." Anyway, it is not something that needs to be kept secret, and a few small talk with her will not lose any meat, Igor handed the cup back to her: "This is the minimum. , and the second was to promise him after the war--'No more Tullys'."
"No more Tullys? What made the Freys... Riverlands Master?" Myrcella was searching for words, but she became curious now, "How much credit does it take to convince the public... Does Your Majesty agree to this?"
"Of course I agree, otherwise would I dare to be the master?"
The times are about to change, little girl.
Igor resisted the urge to brag and didn't reveal the truth.
Little Princess's subconsciously response is exactly what he wants to achieve.
This second benefit is just a play on words.
Being limited by the times, even smart people like Old Flayer and Myrcella would never have imagined that in addition to taking back Iron Throne, Daenerys would have an "unrealistic" ambition to expand Crownlands... no need to settle down. Under the Tully family, this sentence itself is not deceptive, but it is not clear: in the big Crownlands plan that the Queen has indeed agreed to adopt, and even yearns for, the Frey family will join the other Riverlands, Reach and big Crownlands. Like some of the Stormlands princes, become part of the Royal Family's direct domain, the New Kingdom Core Zone!
Because of the position determined by the class attributes, this plan will naturally be opposed and resisted by all nobles - even the four dominions that seem not to be directly affected. Therefore, this policy will only be announced suddenly after the Queen has defeated all the enemies and firmly holds the Seven Kingdoms in her hands, and is sure to suppress any nobles' counterattack. Until then, even a little girl like Myrcella who is harmless to humans and animals , can not reveal the slightest.
"Well..." Myrcella instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what the problem was, so she had to put the matter aside for now, "Then what if Frey Marquess still refuses, I don't think you are, sir. Order the siege equipment."
"We'll wait until noon, and if Robb hasn't come out or brought back bad news by then, I'll order the artillery to open the castle gates, and then the whole army will eat." Igor He said in a calm and unwavering tone that the Twins City does not have a double city wall as strong as Winter, and as long as the only gate is blasted, it is equivalent to breaking, "If the Old Guy does not surrender after the whole army has finished lunch, then Frey will not surrender. The family..."
The harsh words were about to come out, but they finally turned into more gentle words.
"There will be no chance to collect bridge tolls at the river crossing."
Igor was determined to kill some of the nobles of Westeros at first when he conceived the plan for the Greater Crownlands, but He didn't want the Riverlands to be the place to start the killing.
There are two reasons.
The Fish-Wolf Alliance has been maintained for many years, and when there is a North army in the camp, it is hard to beat the Riverlands nobles, which can easily cause internal instability;
Riverlands is too Weak, there is neither martial arts nor a tradition of unity, even the ruling family has few shrewd and powerful people, after so many years of getting rid of the Ironmen rule, it is still a mess of sand, to say it is ugly - such a muddy mud, Igor can even deal with it. It's a waste of time...
For the nobles of the Riverlands, allegiance to any lord is to obey orders and pay taxes. When the Queen unifies the Seven Kingdoms and decides to implement the big Crownlands plan, the most impossible to rebel is These weak chickens, in this case, why waste time and get dirty hands here, and beat the grass to scare the snake... Let Reach Dorne and other places be alert?
I have to say that sometimes being a coward and a salted fish is a means of survival.
Myrcella was a witness to Igor's blasting of Winterfell and the bombardment of the main fort. Although I couldn't see what the artillery looked like because I was hiding in the room shiver coldly at the time, the mysterious weapons used by the Land Granters seemed like The terrifying power of Heavenly God's wrath still left an indelible impression on her.
She had no doubts about Igor's ability to live up to his rhetoric.
After a moment of silence, she stirred up another topic.
"If the Frey family accepts the conditions to open the door, you'd better send your reliable subordinates to lead the troops into the city first, and then enter after confirming that there is no ambush. If you want to spend the night in the city, you'd better arrange enough soldiers to be there. Be alert on duty after falling asleep..."
Hey, why are you always offering advice? Igor couldn't help laughing a little: For someone like him who cherishes his life, does he need someone else to teach the basic operation of counseling?
"It's all set, don't worry." Igor laughed, knowing that Myrcella was still seriously insecure and didn't want to see her continue to search for topics pitifully, so he turned his head and asked her: "Bring paper and Do you have the pen, anyway, wait, draft a manifesto for me."
"Bring it!"
Little Princess suddenly came to the spirit, she was already ready to be an assistant A full set of preparations, hearing this quickly took out a prop with paper like a small wooden file folder from the small bag slung on the body, and a charcoal pen without ink. Holding the writing platform in his left hand and holding the pen in his right hand, he looked at Igor expectantly, and was quite excited that he finally had some serious work outside of running errands.
"Hey, you've prepared everything quite well." Looking at her unexpectedly, Igor complimented and began to organize the content, "To the readers... an empty line, with . . . Defender of the Westeros and Guardian of the North, Night's Watch Legion and House Stark solemnly declare to the Seven Kingdoms: Dragon Queen . . . no, to Daenerys Targaryen .>
"The land-grant and North allied forces from now on start to go south to fight for the Queen's legal rights. Anyone who immediately responds to this letter and publicly swears allegiance and supporter can retain titles, territories and property, resist or Those who stand in vain, take responsibility for the consequences!"
Myrcella quickly wrote down all Igor's writing, and was gradually entering the state, but Igor stopped abruptly, stopped in place and waited for a few seconds , looked up at him suspiciously: "Is it gone?"
"No, after entering the Twins City, I will send someone to accompany you to find Maester in the castle, where the Frey family has been running their business for many years. Big, there must be enough Raven... After copying the above content, Raven will send it to as many recipients as possible."
"But... similar content, Queen must have already sent it. Seven Kingdoms The nobles are not all scary, so again, doesn't they say nothing?"
"The Seven Kingdoms nobles are not scary, yes, I didn't intend to scare them." Igor laughed Nodded, "If you feel that the wording is not inappropriate, you can polish and revise it and send it to me for review. As for what it does... It's just an ugly story. Let the land grant and North conquer one castle after another. , I can calmly say to the local lord: do not say that you have not been warned."
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The forced daily change conflicts with my work and rest, it is estimated that I cannot do it. Here, let's change a small goal - update 50,000 words this month.
The recommended votes in October are over 10,000, and 60,000 words will be updated in November.
(end of this chapter)