Chapter 0755 - Politically Precise Strike
Jaime smiled and gulped down, the wine running from the corners of his mouth to his chest.
"Tyrion, keep Cersei and the children safe. Jaime's eyes were meaningful.
Tyrion looked into James' gaze, and he realized that Jaime was dead.
"Jaime ......"
"Tyrion!" Jaime smiled, he also read Tyrion's gaze, so he said, "I killed Daenerys' father, Aerys Targaryen, right next to the Iron Throne in the throne hall, and pierced his body with my golden sword, and my hatred for Daenerys surpasses that of the Magic Mountain, do you think your queen will pardon me? β
"Jaime, you were ...... back then," Barristan Selmy asked coldly. However, he did not finish his sentence, and only made a start, but was interrupted by Jaime rudely and categorically.
"Sir Barristan, if I had to do it again, I would still have chosen to kill the Mad King. β
Barristan's face was unsightly, cold and hard, and he said in a deep voice, "Jaime, you have taken an oath on your knees, and you are the King's Guard. The Iron Guard cannot make any judgment of his own on any of the king's actions, and we can only carry them out unconditionally. β
"you. Jaime looked at Barristan and laughed, "I am the Kingkiller, you are the most glorious knight of the Seven Kingdoms, but Barristan, why did you also kneel to Robert, why? That's the path you should take. β
Barristan Selmy's face suddenly turned ugly.
Jaime continued to rub salt into his wounds, and he stared at Barristan with a smile that even his neck was flushed: "Sir Barristan, the people of the Seven Kingdoms consider you to have the highest glory of a knight, and the people and nobles admire you, respect you, praise you, you are loyal and upright, and you are a piece of real steel, but in my opinion, you are nothing more than a complete fool, and so are the Dawn Excaliburs. β
"Why do you say that?" Barristan said with a grim face and his hand pressed the hilt of his sword, "You can't insult the Dawn Excalibur, it's the white robe that Jean has put on you." β
"Why? I don't do it, I'm glad I said it, are you going to kill me? Sir Barristan, then move! Let me try if your sword is sharp!"
Barristan said coldly, "Jaime, you're drunk!"
"I'm drunk? The Mad King is drunk. He ordered the Prime Minister of the Fire Warlock to light a wildfire, and a large number of wildfires were buried under the city of King's Landing, and he wanted to blow up the entire King's Landing, so that hundreds of thousands of people would be buried in the fire with him. I drew my sword, stopped the Prime Minister and killed him, and then went after the Mad King, and while he was hiding behind the Iron Throne, I stabbed him in the body from behind him, and I killed the Mad King......" Jaime poured himself wine, poured it down, and then coughed loudly, and after a while, he said intermittently, "Sir Barristan, is it the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in King's Landing, or the orders of the Mad King are more important, you tell me." β
Barristan Selmy was stunned!
The smile on Varys' face froze and vanished.
"The Mad King also wanted me to kill my father and give him my father's head with the tip of a spear. Killing your relatives is not allowed by the seven gods, Barristan, if the Mad King orders you to kill your father, your whole family, your brothers and sisters, what will you do? You will resolutely kill your relatives? But you believe in the seven gods, and in the belief of the seven gods, killing your relatives is an unforgivable sin. β
Barristan stammered, speechless.
"Sir Barristan, do you choose to kill your relatives or do you choose to disobey, and if you do not carry out the Mad King's orders, you have sworn to him on your knees in the name of the Seven Gods. What will you do, sir?!" Jaime smiled.
Dozens of generals on the deck were all silent!
Tyrion Lannister's conceited wit and cunning are also silent. He and Jaime had a good relationship, but it was the first time he had heard Jaime talk about the truth about the king's murder.
Theon Greyjoy said, "Kingkiller, who knows if you are telling the truth or not?"
"Of course you don't know, the Greyjoy family has always been the lowliest in my eyes. If hard work is better than hard work, and all the people who work hard deserve to die, and everyone doesn't work hard and takes it by force, who can rob them?" Jaime stared at Theon with contempt, full of contempt and banter.
Theon's face turned pale.
"It's a very fucked up world, and I look down on all of you, and I look down on myself. Jaime smiled, "Varys, I hope Her Majesty, the Queen you choose to serve, won't do the Mad King's actions." If she slaughtered the city for the throne and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, what difference would it be from the Mad King's act of blowing up King's Landing with wildfire?"
Varys approached like a cat: "Sir Jaime, it seems that I don't know much about you. β
"I don't know about you, Lord Varys. You were the Secretary of State for Intelligence under Robert for sixteen years, and you didn't expect to betray him in the blink of an eye. Congratulations on finding a new master and taking up a position here - Tyrion, send me a clipper ship, and I'll rush back to King's Landing first, hoping to convince Cersei to give up her resistance and relinquish the Iron Throne. But......" Jaime looked around at the generals on deck, "I'm not sure! β
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Correct!
A dragon roar sounded over King's Landing, and with the sound of gold and jade, a murderous aura descended from the sky.
Correct!
There were three more solemn sounds full of echoing sounds, as if three huge bells made of gold and jade were ringing in the sky. The defenders on the walls looked up and saw three birds the size of dovesβnot birds, of course, but three dragons high in the sky.
Most of them had seen a real dragon for the first time, and all of them looked up to the sky with a look of horror on their faces.
On the streets of the city, all the pedestrians and soldiers who came and went stood together and looked up to the sky...... In the orphanage of the flea nest, the orphans and the old people stood in the compound and looked up together, the noise just now disappeared completely, and it was as quiet as the silence of the night...... In the port of Heishui River, the soldiers on hundreds of warships raised their heads together, and each pair of eyes widened...... Hundreds of workers on the docks stopped with patrolling soldiers, looked up, and looked up at the sky......
On the Prime Minister's Tower, the Mege Tower, the White Sword Tower, the Virgin Residence, the Iron Throne, and the walls of the Red Fort, everywhere, there were people who stopped all their movements, and the people who were talking stopped talking, looked up together, and looked up at the sky......
In the sky, the three dragons were as big as doves at first, but in the blink of an eye, they became the size of eagles, and in the time of two heartbeats, they became as big as a pony, and one breath later, they became giant flying beasts like elephants.
The black dragon, the white dragon, and the bronze green dragon appeared together, the finished glyph hovering over King's Landing, and Daenerys riding on the back of the black dragon, unpretentious.
There were no generals to give orders to defend against the enemy, no whistles, and no trumpets. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Baron Swain, was hurrying up the city wall, and the commander-in-chief of the garrison, Benronte Bulon, was already on the wall, his hand on the hilt of his sword, his face was grim, and the herald was beside him, and he did not give the order to defend against the enemy......
In the port of the Royal Navy in the Blackwater River, many generals stood on the bow of their warships, and the archers on the ships were already lined up, bows and arrows in hand, but they did not make any further movements.
In the squares of the Mud Gate, the Dragon Gate, the King's Gate, the Red Fort Square, the Great Church of Baylor...... The dragon hunting crossbow lifted the cover, Brienne, Zeli, Luke, Tob Mott, Gendry Clegane and other dozens of generals were already in full array, the soldiers turned the noose in Titicaca, and the dragon hunting crossbow looked up to the sky together, and every arrow was tense......
Daenerys' dragon is only four years old, and it looks as big as a giant elephant, but it can't withstand the arrows of a dragon's crossbow. As long as you aim at the target, you can kill a dragon with a single arrow as the dragon swoops down and breathes fire.
It's daytime, the sun is good, the vision is good, and the entire low altitude of King's Landing is within cross-range of the Dragon Hunting Crossbow.
However, it seems that there is a tacit understanding between the two sides, the generals who defend the city did not blow the horn, and Daenerys rode the dragon only flying and hovering in the air, without any breath of attack.
Despite this, the atmosphere in the whole city was tense to the extreme, and many soldiers' hands were trembling slightly!
Dragons, dragons that had disappeared for a hundred years, appeared three at once, flying over King's Landing, and everyone could see it very clearly-the dragon's head was very hideous, like a demon from hell, and the dragon's scales were like armor, and each scale reflected light, and the black, white, and bronze dragons brought only incomparable shock to the soldiers and people who defended the city......
Daenerys' voice rang out in the sky of King's Landing: "Dear generals and soldiers of King's Landing, and all the people of the city, I am Daenerys Targaryen, the princess of Dragonstone born in the storm, Carrisie of the savannah, the Unburner, and the Mother of Dragons. Queen of Meereen, liberator who smashed the shackles of slaves, I am the heir to the Iron Throne, the king of the Seven Kingdoms and the guardian of all realms, I have come to liberate you. On the Iron Throne, there should not be an incestuous bastard, but a dragon with dragon blood. β
In the Queen Mother's Ballroom in Megar Building, Cersei and Jenny looked at Daenerys hovering and flying in the sky through the window, and Cersei said, "Lady Jenny, the dragons of Targaryen are indeed a big problem. β
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to order the recognition of the independence of the North. As for the three dragons, Her Majesty the Queen Mother doesn't have to worry too much, we have dragon hunting crossbows. As long as Daenerys dares to lower her height to attack, the dragon hunting crossbow will shoot her dragon down. β
Cersei looked back at Jenny's calm eyes, and she felt a lot more at ease: "Well, Madame is right, the kingdom's recognition of the independence of the north must be done immediately." - Memmy!" Cersei shouted.
The maid Meimi came in at once, and walked silently, like a kitten. This is their basic skill.
"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please command. β
"Immediately go with Sir Glenn Gubler to the Great Master Corben, and tell him that it is time for him and Lord Matz to make a national proclamation in King's Landing, and that King Tommen Baratheon has recognized the independence of the North. β
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. β
"After the announcement is completed, let the Great Master release the ravens and tell the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms that the Iron Throne has officially recognized the independence of the North. β
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. β
The maid Mei Mi and the royal guard Glenn Gubler hurried out of the Meggar Tower and went to the Bachelor's Tower to meet the Great Master Koben.
The Iron Throne announced two days ago that it would give the West to the Magic Mountain and made a national announcement, and two days later it made a national announcement recognizing the independence of the North, and Queen Mother Cersei's series of actions even made Mei Mi's maid feel very fascinated, but she was not qualified to question it, as long as she had a little strange expression, she would be honored to become a medical research specimen in the basement of the Great Master.
In the skies above King's Landing, Daenerys maintained a certain altitude, riding the three dragons alone, circling and flying in the sky, reiterating her long title and persuasion over and over again.
This trick is actually very powerful.
The persuasion of the dragon to surrender greatly shook the morale of the soldiers of King's Landing.
The coercion brought by those three dragons is like substance, and the words of persuasion are like knives that pierce the will to defend. If there were still dragons in the Magic Mountain, the morale of the soldiers would not be so low, and if the Iron Islands were not taken by Daenerys, the morale would not be so depressed.
"She's breaking our morale. Cersei said.
"The soldiers of the Golden Regiment who have been broken up and reorganized are the most easily incited. Lady Jenny also said.
Cersei silently stared at Daenerys in the sky, "Madam, when will Lord Magic Mountain's legion arrive in King's Landing?"
"A month later. β
"We couldn't hold out for a month. β
"Yes, the officers and men of the Golden Regiment may defect before the battle, the iron men of the Iron Isles fleet may be the first to flee, they want to rush back to the Iron Islands to save their families, and Lord Mace's fighting spirit has also been shaken, and he has held several meetings, and his words have become more and more negative each time. β
"This time, when Lord Mace saw Daenerys's three dragons, he will be even less motivated. Cersei's tone turned cold.
"Arya. Jaenny called her real name directly, there was no one else in the Queen Mother's ballroom, the guards and maids were all outside the thick oak door, "Can you assassinate Daenerys within a month?"
"She can only assassinate when she enters the Red Keep. In the sky and on the sea, I could not get close to her. β
But Daenerys has a fatal weakness in politics. β
"What weakness?"
"Jon Snow is the heir to House Targaryen. β
Arya had been looking at the dragon in the sky, but when she heard this, she suddenly turned around: "Madam, what did you just say?"
"Jon Snow's mother is named Lyanna Stark, and his father is Rhaegar Targaryen. They are legally husband and wife. Rhaegar and Princess Elia Martell secretly divorced before marrying Lyanna, with the Archbishop of Oldtown as a witness, and they were married at the Tower of Elysium in Dorne. β
Arya glared at Jenny as if she had only known her for the first time.
"Arya, we can now spread the word throughout the city and first politically shake the legitimacy of Daenerys Targaryen's succession. Think about it, between Jon Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen, who would you like to support for the Iron Throne?"
"Who can prove that Jon is a Targaryen?"
"Lord Eddard Stark, Archbishop of Oldtown, Green Prophet Bran Stark, Oldtown Stark has kept Rhaegar divorce and marriage papers in the Starry Chapel of Oldtown. β