Chapter 619
Unexpectedly, the second day after Aegon notified the "Change of Highgarden", Dragonstone received a letter of help from Old Rose.
Highgarden has not been bloodbathed, and is still holding on at this time, and has not fallen. Old Rose asked the Dragon Queen to quickly support Highgarden, and she will return her absolute loyalty.
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Reach waned, and the Arbor fleet was bloodbathed by the Ironborn.
From the very beginning, Euron's goal is clear, Iron Throne.
Balon never had the ambition to dominate the Seven Kingdoms, restore the Old Way, put on the crown and had a King addiction, he was satisfied.
So, Euron's and Balon's strategic plans are not the same.
In Chaos of Four Kings, Iron Throne's Royal Navy dies at Blackwater Rush, the Arbor fleet goes to besiege Dragonstone, Lanisport is empty...
This leads to the west coast of Westeros , the Iron Fleet of the Iron Islands becomes the strongest force in the Sunset Sea.
To the north, the Ironmen occupied Deepwood Motte in the North, plundered the coastal towns, occupied Moat Cailin, and blocked the passage between the North and the southern kingdoms - Balon claimed to be King in the North.
To the south, the Ironmen harass Lanisport, seize the Shield Islands at Reach, threaten the Oldtown sea lanes—just a bargain, looting a windfall while forcing Iron Throne to admit Balon King in the North.
That said, King Balon's goal in Chaos of Four Kings is just North.
He hates Stark, and when he rebelled, Eddard led the northerners to kill his son, smashed his castle, and shattered his king's dream; the second hated Eddard for taking his last son, Theon .
Well, Theon is Eddard's adopted son and hostage to the Ironmen.
Of course, there is also the fact that North's troops are empty, and the princes go south with Robb, which is the softest persimmon.
In short, Balon wants to grab a wave and practice Ironborn's Old Way.
Euron is different, he announced oneself's ambition to Ironmen directly on Kingsmoot: rule the world.
Well, at Kingsmoot, candidates are going to publicly state their goals for the Seastone Chair.
Also known as the campaign slogan.
Euron's goal is to sack the world and become the king of Westeros; Asha's slogan is: Let's go to the North and occupy a piece of land to farm!
One can imagine who the Ironmen would choose.
Of course, Ironmen believe in the Old Way, but they are not stupid. If Euron doesn't show the strength to fulfill his "campaign slogan", no one will pay attention to him.
Euron blows the Dragon Horn on Kingsmoot, proving that oneself has the ability to take dragons.
dragon equals kingship in Westeros.
However, Euron didn't stand still, holding horn dumbly and waiting for Little Green and Little White to come to him.
He targeted dragons only because dragons reappeared in the world.
Without dragon, he is also sure to board Iron Throne.
Balon's legacy -- Moat Cailin and Shield Islands -- became his most important chips.
Moat Cailin blocks Bolton's return, and North has a Second Stag to make a comeback, Iron Throne is anxious.
Shield Islands shield the Mander's estuary like a shield, and Highgarden is built just behind the estuary.
Actually, you can understand the meaning of Shield Islands to Highgarden and Reach from the name. It is like a shield, blocking the storm from the sea: the storm of nature, the killing storm brought by Ironborn.
After the fall of the Shield Islands, the Ironborn can follow the Mander and plunder villages and towns on both sides of the strait.
That's House Tyrell's Fiefdom!
Dany participated in the "Honeywine Tourney" in Oldtown to recruit warriors to deal with the increasingly rampant Ironborn pirates.
Garlan the Galant even left oneself's newly acquired Fiefdom - Brightwater, to bring troops back to Highgarden,
So, two chips in Euron's hands are very valuable, King's Landing and Highgarden will not refuse to negotiate with him.
With Moat Cailin and Shield Islands, Euron can easily achieve two goals: marry Cersei and lure Highgarden Tyrell into a death trap.
Let's talk about marriage Cersei first.
This is easy to understand. If Tywin didn't die, he would have married Cersei to Balon as a concubine (Theon mother wasn't dead yet), in exchange for Iron Islands' re-acknowledge allegiance to Iron Throne.
Euron's own conditions are better than Balon's, and his character is more docile and rational - after he boarded the Seastone Chair, he restrained Ironmen from looting the town of Reach, and others took him for granted that he had a good character.
Kevan Regent King has no reason to disagree with his marriage request.
After becoming Cersei's husband, Euron is only three steps away from Iron Throne.
Instigating Cersei to kill Kevan (Cersei has the will to kill, the King's Blood spell can only take effect), Euron is only two steps away from Iron Throne.
When Cersei entered the palace for the second time and became the Queen Mother of the Regent King again, as the Regent Royal Husband, he stood beside Iron Throne.
One step away!
Crossing the last step is a matter of the future, and Euron has to help Cersei win the regency first.
Target: Highgarden Tyrell!
Returning to the previous topic, Euron uses the Shield Islands as bait to lure Highgarden into a death trap.
From the plan to marry Cersei, Kevan, Tyrell, and Tommen have entered Euron's Must Kill List.
Because they were his stumbling block on Iron Throne, and because Highgarden's wealth would help him maintain Iron Throne's rule -- well, don't doubt it, Euro pirate-turned-pirate has been a pirate since the time he decided to kill Tyrell. Keep an eye on Tyrell's legacy after his fall.
King's Landing is being supported by Highgarden!
That is to say, his plan to kill Highgarden was not an improvised idea, nor was he random killing in order to practice the Old Way.
These plans are linked one by one, one step, three steps, all under Euron's control.
How to kill Highgarden Tyrell?
Negotiations to return Shield Islands!
A long time ago, when Euron was on his way to King's Landing, he announced oneself's next plan: go to King's Landing to marry Cersei, and then return Moat Cailin; lead his daughter-in-law along Mander west into Sunset Sea, Take the boat back to the Iron Islands at the Shield Islands. When passing through Highgarden, collect a ransom from Tyrell, then withdraw the Ironmen and fleet from the island and return the Shield Islands.
Before he did the "Shield Islands Massacre", Euron had a very good image in the eyes of the world, honest and polite, and true to his words.
For example, having the Ironmen evacuate Moat Cailin immediately after the marriage to Cersei is confirmed.
For example, on the second day of marriage with Cersei, I started to pack my bags and prepare to go home, and was not held back by the good scenery of King's Landing.
In the eyes of others, if Kevan was not killed by Tyrion, the first villain of Seven Kingdoms, he would have taken his newly married second-hand wife, and the couple would have returned their home.
My in-laws had the murder kin change of "nephew kills uncle", and Euron in the eyes of everyone seemed to be not knowing what to do.
Especially his wife, who was not awake, changed her mind temporarily, not only did not want to leave King's Landing, but also planned to compete with Tyrell for the regency.
You know, he and Tyrell still have a long-term negotiation!
Euron finds Prime Minister Mace, like a cowardly husband who can't control his crazy wife, and in a helpless but frank tone, says to him:
"My wife is King Tommen's mother , she may be eligible to be King's guardian.
But I know for myself that Greyjoy and the Iron Islands will not be involved in this.
Cersei is out of my control, but 'Greyjoy, as it is said Gold Jade ', I will definitely fulfill my previous promise - to return the Shield Islands occupied by the Ironmen.
As for the next step, see the situation in King's Landing.
If Cersei becomes the Queen Mother of the Regent King, and of course I am happy to return to King's Landing as the Regent Royal Husband.
If Cersei fails, I will take her away, she is still the Duke Lady of the Iron Islands."
Lord Puff Fish was very satisfied with Euron's self-knowledge, he raised his chin slightly and nodded twice, lightly said with a smile:
"Duke Euron, you are an honest man, I will give Mother, write to her and let her treat you well."
Euron smiled reassuringly, and before leaving, he persuaded sincerely: "Lord Mace, I hope your fight with Zhuojing will not escalate, And don't take it to extremes.
After all, we're all family, and it's all for King Tommen."
Leave Cersei in King's Landing to stage a palace fight with the Tyrells Play, Euron down the river, all the way to Highgarden.
The negotiation went well, and Euron the "honest" took a ransom and immediately agreed to remove Ironborn from the Shield Islands.
"It's my brother's plan to seize the Shield Islands, and I'm sorry about that. If it wasn't for the sake of giving my subordinates an explanation, I wouldn't want to take a penny from you.
It's not that I don't love it. Money, I don't love money without Ironborn, but I cherish Highgarden's friendship more than the three thousand Golden Dragons."
At the high-profile banquet prepared by Old Rose, "Honest Man" Euron said this to his host home said.
"Highgarden also longs for the friendship of the Duke of the Iron Islands, and toasts to friendship, to the wedding of Duke Euron to Queen Dowager Cersei."
Old Rose holds golden wines to guests toast.
Looking back, the old lady sneered and said to her two grandsons: "The stupidest person will not trust Ironborn, Ironmen's friendship is not worth as much as a Puff Fish from Summer Isles!
At least, because of your father's stupidity, the price of Puff Fish has tripled.
When everyone is mad at him and can't do anything about him, they will add a fried Puff Fish to the table. ."
--Is it your oneself?
Garlan the Gallant and cripple Willas look embarrassed.
It seems from King's Landing that after the father (Hand of the King Mace) and younger sister (Queen Margaery) are fighting for the regency, every meal, grandma will bring a plate of cherry jam. Deep fried Puff Fish.
It's no wonder that grandma gets angry, Cersei swam across the street, got a bad reputation; got married and lost his reason to be regent at House Baratheon.
Cersei is also notoriously stupid, using more stupid tricks than Zhuge Liang could think of in his entire life.
It stands to reason that such a person is not qualified to compete with Tyrell anyway.
Mace is King Tommen's father-in-law and is eligible to be regent; Margaery is queen and is also eligible to be regent.
There are a lot of Tyrell's friends in the hall, and Tyrell has the advantage no matter what.
But Mace and Margaery are barely fifty fifty with Cersei.
If it is fifty fifty with Dragon Queen, it is an honor; but with Cersei fifty fifty, it is really...
Actually, the Regent King chosen by Old Rose is Little Rose.
First of all, justifiably enough, it's all too common in Westeros for a wife to manage her husband's Fiefdom and castle; second, Little Rose is smart enough.
Only the wrong name, not the wrong nickname.
Margaery's nickname "Little Rose", passed down from the Old Rose lineage, she inherited her grandmother's wisdom and experience; while Duke Mace, known as "Puff Fish", was taken by his oneself mother (Old Rose), Even if he lacks wisdom, even his most proud war ability...
He has fought countless times in his life, and he has always fought more and less, but he has never won a single victory.
Seven Kingdoms first famous general is still controversial.
Laoba thinks oneself is the first famous general; Second Stag is dissatisfied, gritted his teeth, and glared at the old Knight; Tywin squatted in the ditch, watching the two of them hehe sneered; Randyll Tarly said nothing, all face Stubborn; Brynden Tully the Blackfish raised his hand quietly, just in time to see Earl Redwyne beside him; Eddard and Robert stood by, be eager to have a try...
But if anyone asked It is the first inferior general of Seven Kingdoms, and everyone will turn their attention to Lord Puff Fish who is lamenting under Storm's End.
Old Rose gave him clear instructions to fully support Margaery as he became Regent King. However, he was not satisfied when he became the Hand of the King. He was like learning from Tywin and Kevan, and went a step further and became the father-in-law of the Regent King.
I have no ability, and I want to make a big head, and I am talking about Mr. Puff Fish.
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Old Rose didn't trust Euron, no matter how nice he could be.
At this time, Cersei is competing with Tyrell for the regency. She is worried about the Ironmen's troubles, so she directly arranges the strongest force to take over the Shield Islands.
Earl Redwyne's Arbor fleet, Garlan Tyrell's Highgarden Knight regiment.
They went to the Shield Islands together, and they also stepped into Euron's trap together, and the whole army was destroyed.