The Valley has one of the most powerful families: the Royces.

Prior to the Andal (Arryn ancestors) invasion, the valley was ruled by the Royce family, whose patriarch was the Bronze King of the Vale.

The armor of the Royce family was cast in bronze, not steel, so it was called the Bronze King. The bronze armor has magical runes on it, protecting the person inside the armor from harm. To this day, thousands of years later, the Royce family still wears bronze armor with mysterious runes depicted, but the fact is that there are many people from the Royce family who wear bronze armor and die in battle.

Thousands of years ago, the Shet family, who ruled Seagull Town, and the Royce Bronze King, who ruled the Vale, were in a state of war, and the Shet family was not the opponent of the Royce family, and they were defeated and defeated, so they spent a lot of money to invite the mercenary army Andals from the other side of the Narrow Sea, which is the ancestor of the Arryn family, the rulers of the Vale.

After the Andals arrived, they leveled the town of Seagulls and the Vale, and became the king of the Vale, and the family has multiplied to this day, and the current Duke Robert Aring is a descendant of the invading Andals.

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Bronze Jon Royce is the current patriarch of the Royce family, the Earl, who also dreams of marrying Lysa Tully as his wife. Ever since Lyza Tully returned to the Vale, he had been living in the Eagle's Nest, hoping to win the heart of his wife.

"Ma'am, if we can't rescue Seagulltown, maybe we'll lose Seagulltown. "Seagull Town can't stop the attack of the Magic Mountain, the mountain tribes gathered together can easily take Seagull Town, Seagull Town is the main source of tax revenue in the Valley, once Seagull Town is looted, not only will we lose a huge amount of wealth, but also our glory." Ma'am, we should send out the Valley Knights to defeat the Magic Mountain. ”

"There are 10,000 troops stationed in front of the Blood Gate, how can we defeat the Demon Mountain?" Morton Weywood sneered, he is the elder brother of the Blood Gate Knight Renal Weywood, the eldest son and heir of the Weywood family, "The mountain road is narrow, no matter how many troops there are, the Demon Mountain and his mountain tribe leaders hold the dangerous position, who can break through the defense line of the Demon Mountain." The Ice Sword is a two-handed giant sword, and when it is wielded, the person facing the enemy head-on cannot stop the Demon Mountain at all. ”

"Ten thousand troops is a gimmick. Lynn Corbray said flatly.

"Do you need 10,000 men to hold the dangerous position outside the Blood Gate? Five hundred men led by the Demon Mountain and his generals are enough, and with two hundred archers stationed on the mountainside, we will not be able to defeat the Demon Mountain. "Madam, ladies and gentlemen, no one can break through the Blood Gate and enter our valley plains, but no one can repel the Magic Mountain, which has a military advantage, on a narrow mountain road. ”

"I think Sir Morton has a point. Said Count Leonor Cobray. He was the Earl of Hearts City, over forty years old, and had no children under his knees. He was also one of the nobles who pursued Lyza Tully hard, and divorced immediately as soon as Lysa Tully agreed to marry him.

Lynn Cobray is the younger brother of Leonor Cobray, and the two brothers are at odds with each other. Leonor, as the patriarch of the family, thought that it would be appropriate for him to have the 'Lady of Emptiness', but the father of the two brothers gave the 'Lady of Emptiness' to his younger brother Lynn. This made Leano angry. When brother Lynn was in charge, Leonor stood up in support of Morton, the Lord and.

A young knight raised his hand in the midst of the arguing of the nobles, and received permission from Lysa Tully to speak, he was Michelle Redwin, the youngest son of the Earl of Redline: "Madam, please give me a legion of five thousand men, and I will go to reinforce the Bloody Gate, and once the situation outside changes, I will lead the army to kill the Bloody Gate and attack the Magic Mountain." ”

Lynn said, "Madam, I propose that we should immediately gather 20,000 Valley soldiers to fight the Bloody Gate and the Magic Mountain as soon as possible. The military fortress and city walls of the Magic Mountain have not yet been completed, and once he finishes construction, our valley will really be blocked. “

The nobles of the main battle faction echoed it, and the Royce family, the most powerful family in the Vale, agreed to go to war with the Magic Mountain, which made many nobles inclined to choose to fight.

Lynn glanced at his brother Leonor: "If we don't care about the life and death of Seagull Town, the taxes and trade of Seagull Town may no longer be ours in the future." The Magic Mountain can migrate the people of the Gaoshan Clan to the west, and he can also leave a part of the Gaoshan Clan to be stationed in the military fortress outside the Blood Gate, and the isolated Seagull Town and Red Base City will only have one way to surrender in the face of the Magic Mountain Alliance. Once Seagull Town surrenders, the profits from taxes will naturally go to Magic Mountain. ”

Leonor Kobri sneered: "Madam, even if we send 50,000 troops, on the narrow mountain road outside the Blood Gate, we will not be able to carry out a roundabout outflanking, we will not be able to launch a cavalry charge, and we will not be able to deploy infantry in a large area, why should we defeat the Demon Mountain? We have lost the advantage in strength, madam." ”

This statement hit the nail on the head!

The mountain road outside the Blood Gate can only be passed by two horses in a narrow place, and the Magic Mountain led a hundred warriors to choose a dangerous place to defend, even if there are thousands of troops and horses in the valley, it will not help.

The nobles of the valley looked at each other!

Leonor continued: "Sir Lynn, Sir Royce, do you consider yourself the opponent of the Magic Mountain? If so, please be the vanguard, and immediately lead the men of the headquarters to defeat the Demon Mountain, if you are defeated? ”

Lysa Tully was a man who only had to defend her own one-third of an acre, her own sister, father, uncle, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, and nephew fought with the enemy for two years, during which time she asked for her support countless times, and most of the nobles in the valley fought in the main battle, and asked for troops, but she pressed them all, did not send a soldier, a soldier, or a single food, and never replied, and her position was very resolute.

"Count Leonor Kobray, in your opinion, how do you think we should do the best?"

"Madam, let the Magic Mountain stop building a military fortress, and retreat out of the valley first, and we will send 100,000 golden dragons and 1,000 carts of grain. ”

"Phew!" scolded Bronze Jon, who was the father of Weima Royce, the first Night's Watch to be killed by the Wraiths of the Northern Rangers, and Young Sir (the first boy to receive a bento in the first episode of the TV series) "The Royce family will not give in to the Magic Mountain." ”

"The valiant knights of the Vale will laugh at you, my dear brother. Lynn laughed.

"Count, if you are cowardly of the Demon Mountain, you can hide behind the knight's horse. "Michelle Redwing Knight sarcastic.

For a time, the main battle faction opened fire on Count Leonor Cobray, and they were arguing with each other.

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Rysa Tully motioned to the Bachelor, who held out his hands to stop the noise. Madame Lysa said, "Count Leonor, go on. ”

Leonor looked around at the nobles of the valley who were glaring at him angrily, and said: "One hundred thousand golden dragons seems to be a lot, but if the nobles of the valley are evenly divided, the big nobles give ten thousand golden dragons, and the small nobles give three thousand gold dragons or one thousand golden dragons, each jazz can take out this money, and it will not have a significant impact on our wealth, and the same is true for grain, the big nobles will give a hundred carts of grain, and the small nobles will give thirty or ten carts of grain, and if it is evenly shared, it will have almost no impact on the grain reserves of each of our knights." But if there is a war, you think about the consequences......"

"Earl, what if the Magic Mountain gets the money and food and refuses to retreat?" Michelle sneered.

"Knight, my condition is that the Magic Mountain will withdraw first, and then we will pay for food. ”

"After we paid for the food, the magic mountain continued to march into the army?"

"As soon as the Magic Mountain retreats, we will send troops to hold the dangerous places outside the Blood Gate first, such as the place where the Magic Mountain is building a military fortress, we will occupy it first, and then if the Magic Mountain is treacherous and attacks again, we have already occupied the geographical advantage, at that time, the Valley Knights will come out, and the Magic Mountain will be defeated. The money and food we paid can also be recovered. ”

"Good idea!" said Sir Morton Weywood, "Madam, the proposal of the Count of Leonor is the best suit of our Vale's interests. If the Magic Mountain is sincere in wanting to start a war with us, he will definitely not give us a letter, he will sneak attack Red Base City, sneak attack Seagull Town. It is a trivial matter to ransack a seagull town and get millions of golden dragons, and thousands of carts of food. But the Magic Mountain did not sneak attack, but wrote a letter to openly borrow money and food from us, and he built a military fortress on purpose to show us, not really to be stationed outside the bloody gate. We might as well take this opportunity to repair relations with the Magic Mountain, and in the future, if the Seven Kingdoms change again, we will still have an ally. ”

"That's a good idea!" said Lysa Tully, "Earl Leonor Cobray, Sir Morton Weywood, I will send the two of you to be responsible for repairing relations with the Magic Mountain, let the Magic Mountain retreat out of the valley first, to the crossroads of the Trident River, we will give him 100,000 gold dragons and 1,000 carts of grain, as for the alliance, the wicked people of the seven kingdoms of the Magic Mountain, the valley will not be aligned." “

"Yes, ma'am!" Leonor and Morton bowed together.

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Bright Moon Mountains. Scorching Ministry.

The leader of the Scorching Tribe's name is Ti Mei, and his son is also called Ti Mei, who is the one-eyed Ti Mei who follows the Magic Mountain.

The people of the Gaoshan clan lack the level of naming, often one name, the three generations of grandchildren are the same, the leader of the Burning People Department Ti Mei, the son of Ti Mei, the leader of the Stone Crow Department Xia Ga, the son of Xia Ga, the leader of the Stone Crow Department, a name, it is common to use many generations or even more than ten generations.

Timei, the son of Timei, led his people to leave the tribe along the mountain road, and on the hills of the tribe, the older generation was reluctant to migrate to better and more comfortable places.

Timei's father, Timei, squatted on a rock, silently watching his son Timei lead the villagers down the mountain and leave, to another rich place with fat jackets, where he would live a life of prosperity like the knights of the valley.

In his hand the old chieftain Timei held a delicate dagger, which was well made and had a beautiful pattern and gold thread decoration on the scabbard, which was of great value. But after seeing Time's armor and helmet, the older generation was full of admiration for the younger generation. The children have achieved more than they have achieved for generations.

The armor of Timei and the warriors alone is an immeasurable treasure in the tribe. Before this, the old leader Ti Mei himself did not have a decent set of armor, and there was a helmet that he had snatched, but it was rusty.

Behind the elder Timei stood several of his wives, each dressed in new, never-before-seen silk clothes, and holding several golden dragons, gifts from the young leader, Timei.

"When the kids are settled, we can go and see them. An old woman said.

"Two thousand miles, half a year. Another old woman said.

"You don't need to ride a horse!" said Old Timei, "we must let the elders learn to raise the ravens given by the Lord of the Demon Mountain, and don't raise the ravens to death." ”

The people of the Scorching People descended the mountain in an endless stream, and the young people were willing to follow the young leader Ti Mei and migrate to the land with rich water and grass, tall stone houses, and fertile land for growing corn and wheat. More teenagers dream of becoming warriors in full armor with a coveted sword.

Every soldier of the Scorching Department who returned home returned home in fine clothes, which was enviable.

The situation is similar for other tribes.

Although some people are poor, they don't even have a decent woodcutter at home, and they are very envious of the gold, armor and long sword of the warriors who have returned, but they still refuse to leave the villages where they have lived for many years, and most of them are young people who are willing to accept change.

In some remote tribes, only a few warriors are willing to join the Magic Mountain Legion, and the rest are unwilling to leave their tribes and villages.

In this mobilization and migration, Magic Mountain mobilized dozens of alpine clans and tribes, with 3,000 soldiers and more than 6,000 migrated people. Among them, all the tree-man tribes migrated with the Magic Mountain, but unfortunately the number was limited, with less than a hundred warriors and more than 300 people. The entire tribe, men and women, young and old combined, numbered less than five hundred.

The Magic Mountain claims to have 10,000 soldiers to the outside world, and all the soldiers and people are added up, almost 10,000, not 10,000 soldiers.

Burning People, Black Ears, Stone Crows, Moon People, Milk Snakes, Painted Dogs, Tree People, Howling Mountains, Red Craftsmen, Black Bears, Wild Wolves...... Dozens of large and small tribes add up to 3,000 recruits, and the number of people in this proportion is not much, which can be said to be very low.

There are some tribes, no one is willing to follow the Magic Mountain, they accept the food, gold and iron tools sent by the Magic Mountain, but the tribe finally decided not to move, they feel unsafe in the outside world, and they are full of distrust of the people of the Magic Mountain and other tribes.

The Magic Mountain can only give up!

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A few days later, outside the Blood Gate, between the Bloody Gate Military Fortress and the military fortress under construction on the Magic Mountain, the Magic Mountain, the Earl of Murton, and the Earl of Leonor Cobray, Sir Morton Weywood, sent by the Vale, met.

The Demon Mountain rode on the Red Smoke Beast, like a giant god, and Leonor and Morton had to try their best to appease the war horse, but the war horse was afraid of the Red Smoke Beast after all and refused to step forward.

Eventually, Leonor and Morton dismounted and walked over with their soldiers.

The Knight of the Blood Gate, Donal, led his soldiers in a formation not far away, ready for battle.

The Magic Mountain and the Earl of Murton also dismounted and stood on the ground.

"Lord Gregor, I'm Leonor Cobray. The Count bowed his head and bowed slightly.

The Magic Mountain didn't speak, just glared at Leonor.

Leonor felt uneasy, the notoriety of the Magic Mountain, brutal and bloodthirsty, and took people's lives at the slightest disagreement.

"Earl Mouton. Leonor greeted the Count of Muton again.

Muton returned the salute: "Hello, Count Leonor!"

Leonor felt a little relieved: "Lord Gregor, Count Murton, our lady has agreed to pay Lord Demon Mountain 100,000 gold dragons for the migration of the Alpine clan, and of course, a thousand carts of grain. Lady Ryza has ordered that the golden dragon and the grain be shared equally among the nobles of the Valley, and that it will take time for the Bachelors and Knights of Eagle's Nest City to collect the money and grain, and that it will take time for Lord Gregor to give us fifteen days. ”

The magic mountain nodded slightly.

"Lord Duke, our lady said that in these fifteen days, please lead all his men and soldiers out of the valley, and we will send money and food to the crossroads outside the valley. When the time comes, I will work with Sir Morton to personally deliver the money and food into the hands of the Duke. ”

Morton Weywood stared at the Magic Mountain tightly, he was afraid, afraid that the Magic Mountain would not agree. Although he judged that the real purpose of the Magic Mountain's construction of the military fortress was not to start a war, but to coerce, but what was the purpose of the Magic Mountain, he didn't dare to say that his judgment was 100% accurate!

Still not answering Leonor's words, the mountain glanced at one of the attendants beside him.

The squire immediately mounted his horse, raised the command flag, and flew behind him. Soon, the clanging of the construction of a military fort outside stopped......

Demon Mountain glanced at a young female general on the horse behind him, and the female general immediately raised her hand, only to see the flag bearer waving the Red Smoke Beast Ice Sword Banner, and on the cliffs on both sides of the mountain road, the Klegon archers descended the mountain one after another.

Not far away, the legions stationed on the mountain road also began to loosen their positions. Farther away, on the hills, there was the sound of the horn of the withdrawal of troops.

Although the Magic Mountain did not say a word from beginning to end of this negotiation, the effect of the negotiation was very significant, and the time was very short!

The Count of Leonor and Sir Morton were very good at completing what seemed to be a complicated negotiation task in a few simple words, and achieved the goal without much difficulty. It's hard to believe it's true.

The Red Smoke Beast was on the Demon Mountain, and retreated, and his guards mounted their horses and followed him.

In the distance, craftsmen who had built military forts also descended the mountain......

Count Murton came to the end, and he said to Count Leonor, who was amazed and dreaming, "Earl, in fifteen days we will see your money and food outside the valley, and if you deceive us, we will take Seagull Town for ourselves and force the Redwin family to swear allegiance to Lord Magic Mountain." ”