Chapter 0540 - Driving the Lion and Killing the Lion
Cersei crossed the Blackwater River River south with great interest, and half a month later, walked out of the primeval forest and entered the territory of Kuqiao.
The Bitter Bridge is the territory of the Casway family in the River Bend and is also the key artery of the Rose Avenue across the Mandeb River.
A few days later, the team came to the banks of the Mandeb River, where an ancient stone arch bridge was erected, which was the Bitter Bridge. The castle on the shore is not large, with stone and wood structures, and the towers are not high, but because it is surrounded by flat and empty fields, it seems to be much higher than it actually is.
The owner of the castle, the Earl of Caswell, who was also legged and emaciated, came in a wheelchair with his two daughters to greet Her Majesty the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the King.
Earl Caswell was the only son in the family since he was a child, and the old Earl Caswell gave birth to four daughters and a precious son, so little Caswell was pampered and proud since he was a child, and he could not tolerate the slightest confrontation in the castle, and no one dared to touch a single hair of his squire and family soldiers.
He was weak and couldn't help it, but he became a knight step by step.
At that time, there was a weapon master in the family whose son was named Raleigh Dakfei, and when he was sixteen years old, his father crafted a good sword for him. Young Carswell snatched Raleigh's sword as a young lord, and told Raleigh that his hands were not born to carry a sword, only a blacksmith's hammer, and mocked Raleigh for being a stupid and lowly blacksmith for the rest of his life, and would never be of any use.
This infuriated the young and vigorous Raleigh!
Raleigh went home and broke the young lord's legs with a hammer, leaving little Caswell disabled for life, and breaking half of his ribs, and then in order to escape the pursuit of the old Baron Caswell, Raleigh Dakfei fled to the other side of the Narrow Sea, and joined the most powerful mercenary organization on the other side of the Narrow Sea: the Golden Regiment with 500 knights and 10,000 warriors.
Today, little Carswell has become old Carswell, and the original Earl of Cowway has died.
With the help of his two daughters, the Earl of Caswell, who was disabled in both legs, stood up from the wheelchair on his arms and stood up to greet Her Majesty the Queen Mother and Her Majesty the King.
The Bitter Bridge is also the last place where His Majesty King Tomman sent his mother Cersei south to inspect the people. Cersei would continue south as far as High Court Castle, while King Tomman would return north to King's Landing under the protection of Commander-in-Chief Ben Ronte Blonn.
When Cersei arrived at the Bitter Bridge, the Magic Mountain led more than 2,000 cavalry to the western border and entered the village of Klegane.
When the Magic Mountain returns, the village of Klegan is bustling with weapons, the Knight of Tobmot, the Knight of Gendry Cregan, who is no longer an apprentice, the adopted daughter Julie Clegane Centurion, the son-in-law Angel Arrow, the three die-hard fans of Sweetmouth, the executioner Dunsen, the artist Polivier, the two children of the former standard-bearer Blackstone, Dan and Nina, the wife Jane holding the daughter of Master Tob, Attlimott, the big head Chiswick, the lieutenant general of the infantry, Tobert, the big bear Rolger, the fangs, the general officer's notebook, Two of Lady Jane's personal generals Brienne of Tarth and Zeri the Bull ...... There were also a large number of soldiers, crowding the courtyard of the main fort of Cregan......
The Magic Mountain's forces in the West are divided into three parts: the village of Krigan, the halls of Castellme and Tarbek, and the city of Crag Rock.
The village of Klegan is inhabited by infantry and cavalry from the Crab Claw Peninsula in the Magic Mountain, as well as the local infantry and cavalry of the Western Frontier in Cregan, Castelme and Tabek Hall are inhabited by more than 5,000 'immigrants' from the Bright Moon Mountains and nearly 5,000 'Bright Moon Mountains' Cavalry Mixed Infantry Regiment, and Crag Rock City is the Westerling Legion and the people of the territory led and managed by the young city lord Reynard Westerling and the Foulmouth brothers.
The total strength of the three places combined has exceeded 20,000 people, and it is the only most powerful military force in the Western Territory, crushing and sweeping all the noble groups in the Western Territory.
The entire Western Realm has fallen into the hands of the real power of the Magic Mountain, and in the absence of the powerful figures of the Lannister family, Lady Jenny has obeyed her orders, and the nobles and nobles have not disobeyed them.
After three years of war, many of the great nobles and famous generals in the west were killed one by one, eight of the ten family soldiers died, and only a small number of generals and soldiers were still surrounding Rushing City in the name of the Western Army.
3,000 cavalry, including 600 light cavalry and archers, the commanders are Julie Cregan and Archer Angai Cregan; heavy cavalry: the guards of their tribe led by the leaders of the Crab Claw Peninsula; 600 elite cavalry of the Cregan: the leader is Sweetmouth Raff, the executioner Dunsen, and the artist Polivier; the newly trained cavalry recruits of Jecolotch are more than 1,000 cavalry recruits, all from the Crab Claw Peninsula; the guards of the Magic Mountain himself are two hundred cavalry cavalry, the captains are Erin and Joyce Foca...... Hundreds of cavalry reserves were negligible...... Any cavalry regiment is damaged, and the reserve cavalry will make up the numbers.
There were nearly 5,000 cavalry mixed regiments, all of whom were warriors from more than forty tribes in the Bright Moon Mountains, and the four main leaders, Time, Zira, Gonthor, and Shaga.
The core main infantry was 2,000 men: Commander Chiswick, Deputy Commander Tobert......
The rest of the light infantry, sword and shield men, foot archers, new and old infantry legions of the Crab Claw Peninsula, and pikemen were several thousand each......
The capital of the West, the home of the Lannisters, Castle Rock.
The acting lord was Martin Lannister, the youngest son of Kay von Lannister.
Because of the war, only the youngest son Martin Lannister was left among the four children of Kaivon, and the eldest son, Lancer Lannister, was interceded by the Magic Mountain because of his capital crime, and went to the Great Wall of Desperation to serve as a night watchman in black.
Martin Lannister received a letter from Audranist, Count Odd told him in the letter, come to Lannister Harbor to meet him, the new king of the Iron Islands, Crow's Eye Eulon, will soon attack the whole of the West, all the family castles along the coast are the target of attack, Martin is the acting lord of Castle Rock City, according to the blood relationship, he is currently the highest position in the Lannister family, and the Earl hopes that he can go to Lannisterport to discuss how to deal with the enemy Iron People.
Martin took his family's scholars, guards, knights, and soldiers, and about 100 men, from Castle Rock to Lannisport. The two places are not too far apart.
Martin had received news in advance and knew that it had been half a month since Count Odd returned to the West.
Martin and Maester entered the castle hall of the Earl of Ode, and saw that the left and right sides of the hall were full of people, which was somewhat unexpected by Martin and Maester, who did not tell Martin that he had invited all the nobles of the Western Frontier to Lannisham.
Martin glanced down the hall and saw a lot of familiar faces: Lady Charlotte in the Silver Hall, Raynald Westerling, the young lord of the Westerling family in the far north, the acting lord of the Craich family in the southernmost Chicken Hall, the acting knight of the Sweaver family, Martin's mother's family, and the young lord of the Lyford family in the easternmost Golden Tooth City......
The people of the great and small nobles of the Western Realm are here, and the Farman family of Fairy Island is also here, and several knights are surrounded by the Countess of Farman, once the Iron People attack the Western Realm, the Fairy Island in the sea will become the first place they attack.
The hall was also filled with new generals that Martin was very unfamiliar with, including the main leaders from the Bright Moon Mountains, including Timei, Zira, Shaga, Conn, and Gonthor, as well as many patriarchs and warriors from the Crab Claw Peninsula, who had fierce faces and wolf-like expressions, and looked at people like awls one by one.
Magic Mountain and Lady Jane were also present, and the rest of the nobles and generals stood on both sides of the hall, except for Magic Mountain and Lady Jane, who sat on the high seat with Count Odd and Bachelor Bancrof.
Earl Odd said, "My lords, Crow-eyed Eulen Greyjoy, the salt concubine of his younger brother Victor Greyjoy, was exiled to the other side of the Narrow Sea by the Lord of the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy, and now he has returned with more than 500 warships, murdered King Baron, and through the Election of Kings, obtained the position of Sea Stone, and Ice declared independence and became the new King of the Iron Islands. ”
There was a lot of talk among the people, and many people heard for the first time that King Balon had been murdered by his younger brother Raven-Eye!
"After Crow's Eye became the new king of the Iron Islands, he integrated the warships of all the nobles on the five major island groups, and the total number of warships has exceeded a thousand, which is powerful, and the fleet of our harbor is only thirty. ”
The audience rang out in disbelief!
Crow's Eye has a thousand warships?
How is this possible?
How did that guy do it?
When Crow-Eyed Eulun was banished by his brother Baron, he was alone and had no followers. More than a decade later, this guy has brought back an unbeatable fleet.
He is so powerful, the Western Territory is already a giant that has been crippled by the three-year war, and the only remaining thousands of Western Frontier troops are also besieging Rushing City in the Riverland, and there is no real army capable of fighting in the Western Territory except for the legions of the Demon Mountain......
"Lord Earl, there are only twenty warships on Fairy Island. "Countess Farman of Fairy Island represented Fairy Island at this convention.
"We can't fight the Iron People on the sea, we can only let them go ashore and fight them on land. Said Count Ode. All the nobles looked at each other, if the magic mountain did not stand up for them to block the crow's eye, they could only abandon their homes and flee, and give up the western realm.
There was a lot of talk, morale was lost, and the venue was noisy and chaotic.
Count Odd raised his hands to silence everyone.
Everyone thought that this conference was dominated by Magic Mountain and Janie, but until the meeting, it was headed by Count Ode, and neither Magic Mountain nor Lady Jeanne spoke.
It's subtle, why is this happening?
Is it that the Lannisters have reached an agreement with the Magic Mountain when they were in the palace?Let Count Odd be in charge of the war with Croweye? When it comes to fighting, everyone still prefers to follow the Magic Mountain rather than Count Odeh.
The Demon Mountain has the most warriors in his hands, and only he can protect the safety of the Western Territory, and the guardian of the Western Border is the highest local governor who is sealed for the safety of the Western Territory.
Countess Faman of Fairy Island said: "Lord Earl, the people of Fairy Island, the warships, and the warriors must retreat in advance, and we can't wait for the battleships of the Iron People to hit the island, otherwise we will be killed by the Iron People." ”
"Madam, you can release the ravens now, let all the people of Fairy Island sail to Lannisport and dock, and we will arrange for the people of Fairy Island to take refuge in Klegan Village. ”
Lady Farman was overjoyed: "Lord Earl, Lord Gregor, Lady Jane, and the people of Fairy Island can enter the village of Kregon to take refuge in the war?"
"Yes, ma'am, as you wish. Moshan said politely.
"Thank you, Lord Duke. "Lady Farman curtsey to the Magic Mountain and Lady Jeanne.
Magic Mountain nodded, and Lady Jenny smiled faintly.
Mrs. Farman immediately instructed the scholar beside her to write a letter and release the raven.
The Iron People are burning, killing, robbing, and robbing, and the Fairy Island has been fine for seventeen years, that is because the Iron Islands were once independent and were crippled by Robert and Ed, and the fiasco made the Iron People obedient and honest, and the people of Fairy Island enjoyed seventeen years of happy and peaceful life.
Now the Iron People have suddenly risen, there are thousands of warships, and the happiness and tranquility of the people on Fairy Island have been shattered.
Count Ode said, "Before we issue a formal battle plan, we must uncover the traitors who are secretly in contact with Eulen Crow-Eyed!"
"Who?"
Count Ode's face began to distort, as if it was a deep distortion and sting from anger: "That man's name is among us, and I have in my hand a secret letter intercepted by the Lannisian naval fleet. Count Odd handed the letter to the scholar Bancrof: "Read it to everyone." ”
As soon as the first sentence was pronounced, the audience immediately fell silent.
"To the ...... of Martin Lannister, City of Castle Rock"
Martin Lannister himself looked horrified, he couldn't believe it was true, there must be something wrong, he didn't know anything about Raveneye himself, and he didn't know anything about what happened to the Iron Islands, how could Raveneye write to him?
The bachelor beside Martin turned pale with fright, and his body trembled slightly, as if he was too cold and his body was shivering.
Bancrov finished his faith, and the aristocrats in the audience fell silent.
Everyone's eyes were on Magic Mountain, Janie, Odd, and Martin.
Martin is still a teenager, and it seems unlikely that he will contact Crow-Eyed Euron and form an offensive and defensive alliance with him, but most people are not smart people, and they expect Count Ode to solve the mystery.
The horse was awe-inspiring, with a grim face.
Martin Lannister opened his mouth and his face turned red: "This is a false accusation, or a deliberate frame-up." ”
"Who framed you?" exclaimed, Count Ode, waving the crow-eyed letter in his hand.
"Maybe it's a trick to deliberately ask us to distrust each other first and fight in the nest. Martin's bachelor stepped forward and said.
Demon Mountain, who had not spoken all this time, spoke: "Martin nephew, did Crow-Eye find you, or did your father order you to have a good relationship with Crow-Eye Eulen, and then come and sacrifice the lives and interests of other people and nobles to keep your Heroes Hall and the wealth in the Hall of Heroes in Kaiyan City?" I've heard rumors that the Prime Minister and Crow-Eye Euron have made a private agreement to rob the Westlands and make a windfall, but spare the Lannisters' wealth, and then Crow-Eye will lead the fleet to King's Landing, becoming the Imperial Retainer of King's Landing, in charge of the naval fleet, and becoming the Minister of the Sea. ”
Martin Lannister was dumbfounded!
The nobles were shocked!
They have always looked down on the people of the Iron Islands, and they are incompatible with each other, but the Prime Minister wants to ask Croweye to go to King's Landing to be the Minister of Sea?!
Confused, Martin looked at the family scholar beside him, a pleading look in his eyes for help.
"Martin nephew, you, like your father, have betrayed the interests of the West and the country in order to win over Crow's Eye when you could not defeat it. "Martin, before Raven's Eye comes to attack, with the fairness and justice of the Seven Gods, I am compelled to order your arrest." With a wave of his hand, the family guards rushed up and took Martin.
The Magic Mountain is silent, as long as Count Ode swings his sword and cuts off Martin's head, Count Ode will always have to follow the Magic Mountain, Prime Minister Kevon and the Royal Family of the Red Keep will regard him as the most hateful enemy, of course, if Count Ode does not do this, the Magic Mountain will make him die even worse.