Chapter 592
2021-01-06
Chapter 592 Endless (Part 1)At night, the entire King's Landing was plunged into death-like darkness and silence.
In order to prevent fire and theft and avoid the infiltration and destruction of spies and spies, it is a routine operation to impose curfews in the city at the critical moment of siege, so naturally there is no need to explain it.
But beyond that, Stannis has to be wary of Daenerys' dragon-riding attack at night...by the lights to see where the military arrangement in the city and the exact location of the Red Keep are. There are dragon-hunting crossbows facing the sky everywhere in the wall, ready to fire at all times, but in the dark night where you can't see your fingers, you can only rely on vision to search for the enemy's garrison, probably until the Demon Dragon flies to the front and starts to breathe fire. to realize their existence.
Out of this concern, he added that he ordered...presumably the first blackout order in Westeros' history.
In the battle room with thick curtains to block the light, Stannis thought long and hard against the sand table representing the situation of the enemy and the enemy inside and outside King's Landing, but he couldn't find out how oneself could win.
In not a short life, this is the third time he has fallen into the predicament of exhaustion.
The first time was the siege of Storm's End. That time, Mace Tyrell Duke led the army of Reach and the Arbor fleet led by Paxter Redwyne Earldom carried out a year-long siege of the base camp of the Reavers by sea and land. , cats and dogs and even catching mice to eat, just one step away from eating people. It was brother Robert who overturned the Targaryen Dynasty with a Trident Wonders-like victory that saved oneself at the last minute.
The second time was two deer fighting. Oneself The scoundrel younger brother's inflated ambitions, after Robert's death, went so far as to get involved with Reach in an attempt to steal Iron Throne. Under the cooperation of the traitors in King's Landing and the Tyrell army outside the city, they actually broke through the capital of Seven Kingdoms and grabbed the Red Keep, drove oneself back to Dragonstone, and illegally occupied the capital of Seven Kingdoms! How embarrassing it is to be a king but to leave the throne and flee the country to take a boat and retreat to the big rock in the sea. It was Melisandre's persuasion to persuade oneself to murder kin, relying on the surprise from Asshai's strange Shadowbind, he turned the situation and finally achieved victory.
But this time?
Night's Watch raises the flag of rebellion, North and Riverlands defect, Westerlands are thousands of miles away, Vale refuses to answer the call of King Qin, and the remaining half of the kingdom is all mortal enemies... Even Red Woman Melisandre has long been called He left the palace on the grounds of fighting against Cold God, and he might be in the enemy camp at the moment.
He has no reinforcements to look forward to outside, no witches to use inside, and he occupies a throne that even pricks his butt when he sits down. He has turned away from his relatives, and there is a faint sign that things have reached a dead end!
Not only is there little chance of winning in the military, he even has to keep his ears on the alert at all times, in case the other party also uses Magic, a cheating method, to let oneself also taste the horror of shadow piercing.
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As mentally and physically exhausted, a doubt lingered in his mind.
When Night's Watch Legion asked for help from King's Landing, oneself did not send troops north. Was it really a strategic decision?
Judging from the results, the answer is beyond doubt, but even if he were given a hundred more chances to choose again, it would be difficult for him to make a different choice.
If oneself sends an army north to help against the Others, then the soldiers left in the south will never be able to stop the rampage of the Golden Corps and the siege of the Mad King's daughter on the King's Landing by sea and land... when the time comes , I'm afraid Others haven't crossed the wall of oneself. The king who sent troops north has become his predecessor, the soldiers of Baratheon's family, but instead of House Targaryen, who was restored by oneself, he defended the northernmost border of the country. Isn't it the biggest joke in the world?
Not dividing troops is definitely a safe decision, but who would have guessed: that House Targaryen's girl, the evil remnants of Mad King bloodline, sneaked oneself and ran to the Wall, not only catching up with Others, who went around the wall and joined the crowd Ghostly great decisive battle, also subdued land grants, threatened North, and swarmed south with all the forces north of The Neck to kill them back? !
Feelings...what oneself does is wrong?
In such an unbelievable evil situation, it was hard for him not to have this feeling: She—Daenerys · Targaryen is destined to be, oneself this fake Child of Prophecy, but she Return of the King's stepping stone and monument, a memorable addition to her glorious future!
It's all bloody Melisandre!
If it wasn't for the Red Woman's all the way to push and encourage him, and he didn't have a strong desire for power, why would he fight for the throne desperately, murder his younger brother against the principle, and abandon the Night's Watch at a critical moment when the kingdom needs to be protected , and finally gave an excuse for the land grant and North's rebellion, and ended up losing all face! ?
This kind of bad psychological suggestion hits people's will too strongly, and the expression on Stannis's always serious face has become even more serious.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, even from my not-so-sharp vision, we still have at least three possible chances to win in this attack and defense."
Sand Table Map On the opposite side of the table, Stannis' prime minister, the Renowned Onion Knight Davos, saw the unease and discouragement of the oneself monarch, and spoke up in time to comfort him.
"The Golden Corps, Reach, and Dorne did not join forces or retreat on the south bank, meaning they were not exactly the same. The first way to survive is: if the rebels on various roads fail to negotiate the terms of dividing the spoils and infighting or even breaks out, we can seize the opportunity to go out of the city to fight and defeat the siege enemy in one fell swoop; If we don’t get angry and fight directly, the one who takes the lead in attacking the city will inevitably be restrained or even threatened by the spectators. If the other party can’t attack with all our strength, we can defend calmly and wait for the changes.” He used his right hand with complete knuckles to sway. On the map, a triangle is drawn between the four major camps on the south and north siege sides of Blackwater Rush and King's Landing, representing the enemy's three or more forces, "and even if the worst happens - the enemy has agreed to divide the spoils. We decided to cooperate to attack the city together, and we still had a plan: since the siege situation was overwhelming, we simply built multiple lines of defense in the city relying on the three major hills, especially the Red Keep, and let the enemy enter the city after feigning resistance. When the time comes, Reach and Dorne I don't dare to speculate, but at least Daenerys and Aegon, the two Targaryen, will definitely covet 'the first to break the Red Keep and take back the Iron Throne'."
"And Once the opponent has more ideas, the command will inevitably be confused. The army that broke through the city thought that we had given up resistance and retreated to the Red Keep, and would go straight to Aegon's High Hill along several Great Ways in the city..." Davos' finger Then he made a few strokes on several main roads in the city, "At that time, we will empty the Great Way and let them pass through, and when the enemy can't take care of the ends, we will kill them and cut them into several sections, and try to cut them down. The flag kills their messengers. When the time comes, the flaws of the enemy's numerous and inconsistent command will be fully exposed, not only will it fall into chaos, good luck will also cause chaos between the enemy and the enemy to identify the problem, which is At that time, we will suddenly exert our strength again, dispatching the entire army from the various barracks in the city, concentrating our superior forces to intersperse and encircle them, and try to achieve the situation where the overall strength is inferior, but we can achieve more and less in every battle, and in the end whoever wins Defeat, especially unknown!"
Stannis sighed, following the Prime Minister's hope to the map.
He is also a seasoned veteran, and his tactical mind is of course worse than a half-way smuggler. Davos's three suggestions can be thought of by oneself.
However, the first two bluntly mean that the pie will fall from the sky - even if the enemy's oneself is really in chaos, as long as it is not good luck to explode the two Targaryen Daenerys and the little Aegon are killed in the chaos at the same time, then Oneself is still just struggling on whilst at death's door for a while, and can guard King's Landing and Iron Throne for a few more days.
Only the third plan is to give full play to one's own subjective initiative, and there is a real chance to turn defeat into victory and make a big difference.
However, it is easy to talk about on paper, how can it be so simple to operate?
Oneself's kingship has never been firmly established, and there has never been a chance to recuperate and consolidate the loyalty of the people to oneself. Although more than ten thousand defenders of King's Landing are all loyal and directly obey oneself, they really want to speak of which, but It is also divided into the "original troops" of the Narrow Sea princes brought from Dragonstone, the Stormlands army and the original King's Landing garrison. The number of these people increases from the first to the last, but the reliability and battle strength decrease in turn.
Unless oneself can command every soldier as directly as Others control the dead, otherwise, the moment the enemy invades King's Landing, there will be many defenders scattered all over the city. Ranged surrenders and even defections... The original well-planned counter-attack will likely become the last counter-attack before oneself is killed and annihilated in one of the enemies who came from hiding the sky and covering the earth. Just a lot of waves.
It's not Stannis' style to sit still. After a moment of despair, he still forced himself to pull himself together, leaned over to the table, and got closer to observe the general terrain of King's Landing, trying to get out of the tangled and complicated building and alley. From time to time, I can see some details that were overlooked before, so as to judge if the offense and defense really go to the step of breaking the city and fighting in the city, what is the probability of oneself turning over. Whether it is in ten-thousand does not have one, or there is a few percent chance, at least it will never be completely zero hopeless.
And even if it is only one in 100,000 hope, it is worth fighting for oneself!
Prime Minister Onion saw that the king had stopped dazed and cranky, so he did not continue to speak, and the room fell silent, but at the same moment, a series of footsteps came to the door from far and near.
The guard informed the identity of the visitor, who was an army soldier at the East Iron Gate of King's Landing.
"Your Majesty, Royal Fleet's patrol boat intercepted a small boat in the eastern waters. The man on board claimed to be the envoy of the Iron Islands King Euron and asked to interview you. What should we do?"
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