King's Landing.

The four gates were closed, and the defenders on the city walls were densely packed.

The Tyrells of the Riverlands had 70,000 noble legions and militiamen, and the entire Riverlands was empty.

After taking the Golden Regiment of Storm's End, Vylas Tyrell, the acting lord of the High Court, returned to the High Court with his family's soldiers, and the city was ruined and needed to be rebuilt.

The population and food of the river bay land are the first in the seven countries, the climate and land in the south are the best, the nobles of the river bay land are profound, and the high court is the capital of the river bay land, after the capital was destroyed, it did not seriously affect the vitality of the other dozen or so large cities in the river bay land and the prosperity of hundreds of small towns.

It's just that the rebuilding of the High Court requires the efforts of its vassals to contribute people and money.

In addition to the 70,000 soldiers of the Riverbend, there were also nobles and militia of the king's realm in the army defending the city. The strength of the king's realm poured out, and it was only six thousand.

Jenny Westerling brought 3,000 soldiers from the West, and in Storm's End, Brienne of Tarth took the oath of allegiance from 6,000 of the Golden Regiment in place of the Magic Mountain. The Great War was imminent, and the defenders of Dragonstone Island had all retreated to King's Landing early, leaving only the Crecan Navy to patrol and guard the waters of Dragonstone.

In King's Landing, the Clegane army reached 10,000 men.

The garrison of King's Landing was less than 90,000 men, and it was claimed that there were 100,000 troops, and with more than 900 warships of the naval alliance, it was claimed that 200,000 troops were stationed in King's Landing.

In the second month of the autumn of Aegon 301 A.D., it was already freezing and snowy in the north, but there was still very warm sunshine, blue skies and white clouds, and the climate was adaptable. The chill starts in the evening, and as we get into the night, the temperature gets colder and cooler.

On this day, the atmosphere in King's Landing was oppressive and tense, and the news that the little devil had led more than 2,000 warships to appear off Dragonstone Island went viral in the city, and the soldiers whispered, and the fear of war spread rapidly among the legions like an epidemic.

Historically, only the warrior queen of the Roynar, Nymeria, led thousands of warships to land on the continent of Westeros.

It was a thousand years ago, when the Valyrian Fortress of Liberty invaded the city-state of Guloyna, and the Loyna were forced to flee under the attack of the dragons. Their queen, Nymeria, crossed the Narrow Sea with her people and landed in Dorne, where she married Morse Martell, a Dornite, and the two joined forces to unite the torn Dorne. From then on, Dorne became the territory of the Martell family. In Dorne, the Loynars were in the majority.

For more than a thousand years, the little devil has recreated the feat of crossing the Narrow Sea with more than 2,000 warships. You must know that the royal warships of the Robert Baratheon dynasty, which took the throne, never exceeded a hundred.

The Cregan Navy, which was patrolling and arming off the coast of Dragonstone Island, did not hesitate, and after seeing the enemy ships under the pressure of Blackwater, the admirals gave the order to return to the port of Blackwater River to deploy defenses.

There were more than 300 warships of the Clegane Navy, most of which were captured trophies, and more than 300 warships faced the more than 2,000 warships of the little devil in the wide open sea, which would only be encircled and annihilated.

The Admirals of the Clegane have all understood the essence of the magic mountain's use of troops, and when they see that the situation is not right, they will retreat quickly, and will never tie their lives and glory together.

At the mouth of the Heishui River, there is a terrain that is extremely favorable to the defenders: the Water Gate Pass.

In the place where the turbulent water of the Heishui River pours into the sea, there is a reef island at the bottom of the river, after thousands of years of river washing, the reef is usually basically hidden under the water, and only when the tide recedes, will a little black spike be exposed on the surface of the water.

The reef has been washed by rapids for thousands of years, and it is full of sharp spikes, and even the best sailors can't get close to this reef. The only way to pass through this extremely dangerous inlet to the sea is by taking narrow passages on both sides of the riverbank.

The reef in the center divides the current in two, and the left and right channels can only pass one boat at a time.

In this place, no matter how many battleships the little devil has, they are just decorations.

It was only necessary to arrange for the battleships to be stationed above the mouth of the sea, and the enemy ships could only pass through the rapid whirlpool one by one. The water here was turbulent, but it was suddenly stopped, and a huge gyration was created, and there was a loud sound that shook the sky. Anything is thrown down, and immediately there is no shadow, and then it whirls out of the sea far away, and if it is a plank, it will become a fragment, and if it is a person, it must be a man who is already full of holes and unrecognizable...... The rapids and spiky reefs below the water will tear anything caught up in it to shreds.

In the last battle of the Blackwater River, the Magic Mountain and the Little Devil joined forces to build two noose forts in the narrowest part of the estuary, and installed a huge iron cable to block the entire river, they first put the enemy ships into the Blackwater River, and then raised the iron cable to block the river, and then attacked with fire, burning all of Stannis's navy, and only the receiving battleship in the open sea escaped with their lives.

However, this time, the little devil became the besieging side, and although the magic mountain belonged to the defending side, he was not in King's Landing. This time, the navy was not the commander of the Magic Mountain, but the patriarch of the Gar tribe of the Crab Claw Peninsula, Wagner Garr.

Wagner Gal has no tactics, or his tactics are simple. If there are many enemy ships, then hold the water gate, anyway, the enemy ships can only have two warships at a time from the channel on both sides of the channel into the Heishui River, and one more will be destroyed by the underwater reef, once they are swept into the whirlpool of the rapids and hit the reef at the bottom of the water, the human ships will be torn to pieces.

In the waters of Dragonstone Island, one by one, the Clegane warships quickly crossed the flagship of the navy and fled quickly towards the port of the Blackwater River. Far behind them, the generals and soldiers of the foreign land laughed, and the fleeing enemy ships gave them joy.

Of the more than two thousand battleships, a huge three-story battleship is the flagship of the Navy. Commander Theon Greyjoy and Prime Minister Imp, Captain Barristan Selmi the Intrepid of the Kingsguard, Minister of Intelligence Varys, the Queen's Lady-in-waiting Missandei, the Queen's Kiyoren Dario, the Unsullied Leader Greyworm and the Hero gathered on the bridge.

There were more than 300 forward warships, all of them from the Iron Islands, who fought bravely on the seas, and most of them were warriors of the Victalion Iron Fleet.

Victor Greyjoy dreamed of becoming the Queen's Dragon Knight, and when he left the sea to follow the Queen to conquer Dothraki, he died in the steppes, and the Iron Fleet of 300 ships became the legion of Asha and Theon.

The eight-clawed spider Varys's scalp is always shiny, his face is also chubby, he is wearing a white robe that exudes fragrance, his hands are always caged in the sleeves of the robe, his face is ruddy, and he is smiling: "Prime Minister, I see that you are sullen, are you seasick or are you worried that we will not be able to catch up with the Clegane Navy at sea?"

The little devil clutched the wine glass in his hand: "Lord Varys, we can't break through the Water Gate. In that small place, the more warships, the more disadvantageous it was. ”

Barristan Selmy, the captain of the Royal Guard, also had a solemn face: "The Water Gate Pass is the Ghost Gate, and the merchant ships need to be careful when they cross the Water Gate Pass, if the enemy ships are deployed at the Water Gate Pass, or cross the river with iron cables again, how can we break it?"

Varys laughed, "Sir Barristan, since we have all gone to the waters of Dragonstone, with the wisdom of our Prime Minister, will he start thinking about this now?" I think he must have a good solution. With the Prime Minister here, I'm not worried at all. ”

"I did do some preparation, but I wasn't sure. The little devil shrugged his shoulders and looked at the smiling Varys, "My lord, your little bird has been going and never coming back lately, and this has a big impact on my plans. ”

"Bernie Clegane is indeed me underestimating him. It looks like some of the little birds I released were caged by him. ”

"Prime Minister, how are we going to break through the Water Gate?" Theon said.

"Under the water gate is a reef, a reef full of spikes, and no one can fight in the raging rapids, and we can't avoid the reef and fight the enemy ships at the same time. ”

The gray worm said, "Why do you have to pass through the water gate? As long as we can get close to the coast, we can go up. ”

"I'm sure the Prime Minister has a brilliant solution!" Although Missandei is Daenerys's maid, she is regarded by Daenerys as a sister, and her status is not inferior to that of important ministers, and she has always participated in the Queen's various meetings and won the Queen's trust.

"I contacted two people, Wagner Garr, the commander-in-chief of the Naval Alliance, and Mace Tyrrell, the Prime Minister of the Red Fort, and I hoped to convince them to defect. When the time comes, Lord Mace will open the gates for us, and Commander Wagner Gal will let us through the Water Gate. ”

"What do you say about their reply?" asked Barristan.

"That's the problem, I haven't heard back from Metz and Wagner yet. If these two men were moved by me, they should have sent me a reply before we reached the Watergate. ”

"On the sea?" Dario was skeptical.

"Yes, on the sea. “

Dario laughed, he never hid his mockery of the little devil. Justified or unreasonable.

"There's a good chance that Lord Mace will turn against us, but Wagner Gal is a member of the Magic Mountain, and the people of the Magic Mountain are loyal. Varys chuckled softly.

"It's true that the generals and soldiers of Magic Mountain are loyal, but Wagner Gal is different, he is a native of the Crab Claw Peninsula. The people of the Crab Claw Peninsula are the only tribesmen on the mainland who consider themselves dragon warriors, and even after more than ten years of the Targaryen Dynasty, they still proudly claim to be dragon warriors and vassals of the Targaryen family. During the Usurper War, the Crabclaw Peninsula tribal warriors fought with Rhaegar to the end, and only after Rhaegar was killed in the battle did they return to the Crabclaw Peninsula, but they still considered themselves dragon warriors. On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, I have written to Wagner Gal in the hope that he will be moved to renew his pledge of allegiance to House Targaryen. ”

"Prime Minister, your plan is clever. Dismantling them from within is indeed a good way to get twice the result with half the effort. Barristan Selmy said.

"Sir, I don't want to go to war. The little devil said in a solemn tone.

"My lord, maybe you've already moved Wagner Garr. If there is one person who has always been loyal to the Targaryens on Westeros, it is undoubtedly the tribes of the Crab Claw Peninsula. Varys said with a smile.

Barristan Sermi, like the warriors of the Crab Claw Peninsula, has always been loyal to King Elis. Barristan killed a dozen of Robert's generals in the Usurper War, fighting until the last moment until he was captured at exhaustion.

He also saved the life of King Elise alone. When King Elise was imprisoned in an underground black prison by the lord of Duskdale, he infiltrated Duskdale alone and rescued the king by himself.

At that time, Duke Tywin led his troops to besiege Twilight Town, but he did not dare to attack, because if he did, the Lord of Twilight Town would kill King Elis first.

The king's head could not grow any longer if it was cut off, and the Duke of Tywin could only lead his troops to besiege it, not daring to attack.

When it comes to loyalty to the dragons, Barristan and the Crab Claw Peninsula are of the same kind. In a dynasty, there are always some loyal vassals.

At the head of this seemingly boundless fleet were a dozen scout clippers, led by General Jorah Mormont.

Jorah Mormont, the heir to Bear Island in the North, has lived on an island surrounded by the sea since birth, and is well versed in water as well as naval warfare. He is the Scout Commander of this fleet, and he is responsible for receiving letters and replies from the 'allies' in King's Landing.

When entering the waters under King's Landing, fishing boats and merchant ships would come into contact with each other, and these fishing boats and merchant ships would often have Varys' small birds.

Along the way, Varys's little bird had already sent back a number of messages, but there was no reply from the two people that the Prime Minister had hoped for.

If they don't hear back from Wagner Gal and Mace Tyrell after crossing Dragonstone, they will have to carry out the second plan: three dragons will open the way at the Watergate.

Skilled in naval and land warfare, Jorah Mormont was Her Majesty's most trusted general, and Daenerys Targaryen regarded Jorah Mormont as part of her family.

A dozen clippers fanned out at the front of the line, while on the opposite side, the enemy's flagship remained last, retreating unhurriedly and slowly. On the flagship, the royal flag and the Klegane military flag were planted.

The little devil's obsessed commander-in-chief Wagner Gal is on the flagship.

A small boat was lowered from the flagship, and several naval sailors rowed skillfully towards Jorah Mormont's scout fleet.

Here it comes!

Wagner Gal did not give the reply to the little bird, he probably disdained to use fishing boats and merchant ships as cover, he directly sent his own boats and soldiers, and rowed towards the black crushing fleet.

Jorah Mormont sent a message, and the scout fleet adjusted its formation and moved out of the way.

The boat quickly drew closer to Chora Mormont, and on the bow, a knight with a heavy axe in his hand, said, "Hey, your Prime Minister is on which boat, our commander has a letter to him." ”

Although Wagner Gal was the commander-in-chief of the naval coalition, he was not highly educated and had limited literacy. However, the letter written to him by the little devil, Wagner Gal understood the content of the letter.