Chapter 524: Digging Your Own Grave
Now that the two sides are not equal, and Lannister knows that the loss of a Jaime is not important to the Flagless family in the current situation, Sansa's importance is highlighted.
In this case, Li Lingyi guessed that with the cunning of Old Tywin, he would definitely not easily agree to the substitution, and maybe he would take the opportunity to put forward some other conditions. Of course, as long as it is not too excessive, then Li Lingyi will accept it. After all, it would be a shame if something really happened to Sansa.
So on the one hand, the letter was sent to Castle Rock, and on the other hand, Robb also wrote a letter for the messenger to deliver to King's Landing, and sure enough, old Tywin agreed to change the person after reading it, but with new conditions.
"New conditions, what conditions?"
In the tent, the generals of several major families gathered together, and when they heard the messenger's words, Robb immediately asked.
The messenger glanced at the crowd and said, "In addition to the adults returning Jaime, the Lannisters also... Another 500,000 kilograms of grain. ”
"Half a million kilograms?!"
As soon as the messenger's voice fell, there was an uproar in the tent.
"Crazy, right?!"
"500,000, that's too much!"
"Old Tywin has a good idea, if he has this 500,000, I'm afraid he can keep this city for half a year longer......"
"We must not say yes!"
Everyone clearly expressed their opposition, only Li Lingyi and Robb remained silent, the former with a calm face, and the latter with a deep frown.
"And ......," said the messenger again, cautiously, "the time limit they have asked for is ten days, and if the food is not delivered within ten days, they would rather not make a substitution, but hang Miss Sansa on the wall." ”
"What?!" Robb was furious, "he dared to !!"
There was a brief silence in the tent, and everyone knew that Old Tywin would dare to do so since he had spoken it.
For him, the survival of the family is much more important than the life of a son, in fact, this is normal, if even the family no longer exists, then the family members will not be interesting even if they survive.
But knowing it, this way of dying is cruel enough for a girl, but if you really want to exchange 500,000 kilograms of food, no one is happy.
After all, in the final analysis, although the coalition is a coalition army, it ...... Sansa is not the young lady of every family.
She's just Robb's sister, the Miss Stark family. But for other families, it's just an ordinary girl. And now for the sake of this girl, to sacrifice the interests of all the families in the alliance?
That's unwillingness.
Robb is not stupid, and naturally understands this, so he immediately looked at Li Lingyi, he knew that the most important person in the alliance was his "brother-in-law".
If Li Lingyi is on his side, then this matter will take a turn for the better, otherwise it will be completely impossible for him to persuade the other major families to come up with food. In fact, even he thought to himself that if the girl who was about to be hanged was not Sansa, but the children of other families here, then he probably would not be willing to give food.
This is human nature, and there is nothing to blame.
"This thing ......"
As soon as Li Ling spoke, Stannis stepped forward and interrupted, "Ivey, you don't really want to give them food, do you? Don't forget, the siege strategy itself was proposed by you! If you give them food now, then we can't besiege them here for half a year!"
Stannis's expression was serious, obviously guessing that Li Lingyi was going to speak for Robb, and several other families also spoke out at this time.
"Yes, if we give them food, won't our siege be completely useless during this time?"
"Don't forget the dead soldiers!"
"My cousin also died on the battlefield the day before yesterday, and I didn't say anything, so why can't the Stark family die?"
"That's it!"
Brush ——!
Li Lingyi stood up directly, looked around at the crowd, and the cold gaze made them all close their mouths.
"Anyone's child can die, and the Stark family is no exception. As soon as Li Ling finished speaking, Robb's face suddenly changed, and he just wanted to say something but was stopped by the former with his eyes.
"But that's a mortal situation. Li Lingyi continued, "If we had the slightest chance, we would do our best to save our relatives, wouldn't we?
"I know you're worried that with this food, the Lannisters will be able to stay in the city for a long time, which will greatly delay the time our siege tactics will work. But what I'm telling you is, no! Far from keeping them longer, this food will last shorter! Tywin's self-digging thing!"
"What?!"
"Impossible!"
"More food means shorter time?"
As soon as Li Ling's words fell, everyone expressed their incomprehension, and even Robb was confused, not knowing what he meant. He even thought that even if he really wanted to save Sansa, he didn't have to talk so nonsense, right?
In the face of everyone's confusion, Li Lingyi showed a smile and slowly said the mystery of it: "These 500,000 kilograms of grain are nothing to us, because we occupy almost the entire continent, and some of them are grain! But for the Lannisters, it is different, according to the informant, the food in the city is only enough for the soldiers to eat for more than a month, and as for the civilians, there is no food at all!"
"And what is the ratio of soldiers to civilians? The soldiers that old Tywin can command now are counted as 20,000 for him! But what about the civilians of King's Landing? millions! So, you can think about what will happen to the 500,000 kilograms of grain that will happen to the city? The desperately hungry civilians will watch the food get to the Red Keep? Impossible. ”
"You mean......" Oberon, Prince of Dorne, squinted, "to use this food to provoke civilians and cause them unrest?"
"That's right. Li Ling nodded, "The first reaction of people who are dying of starvation when they see food is to grab it, maybe Old Tywin will send someone to suppress it, but starving to death is also death, resistance is also death, guess which one people will choose?"
“……”
Everyone fell silent at this time, originally they thought that the choice that would never be possible, but now it has become a good strategy in Li Lingyi's mouth?
Unconvinced, one of the generals asked, "What if Old Tywin gave all the food to the civilians?"
"Not enough. Li Lingyi shook his head, "If he wants two million, three million, then I will definitely not agree to give it." But 500,000 kilograms, distributed to a million civilians, how long do you think it will be enough to eat? Is it meaningful to delay it for a few more days at most? Besides, with Tywin's character, he would never give food to civilians. ”
As he spoke, Li Ling slapped his hands on the table and said loudly, "This is an opportunity! It is the opportunity that Tywin took the initiative to give us! If we successfully seize it, we can make these foods become Lannister's funeral goods!"