Chapter 494: Coalition Meeting

Two days later, the Northern Alliance Conference was held for the first time, with the participation of the leaders of various families, and the venue was chosen in the central city of Twin River City, which was also convenient for everyone.

The Starks came Robb and Catherine, the Tully family came Edmure, the Bolton family was Luce, and Stannis of Baratheon also arrived, and the Arryn family naturally came.

The five major families are all here, and it can be said that it is very rare for the flagless family to be a total of six families, so many gathered together at the same time.

In the conference room, several major lords had already taken their seats, talking to each other in low voices, waiting for the arrival of Li Lingyi, the leader of the conference.

Among them, Robb and Catherine naturally sat next to Edmure, after all, the latter was Catherine's own brother and Robb's uncle. The remaining three ignored no one, and they didn't have any common language with each other, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.

A moment later, the door opened, and Li Lingyi arrived.

"Good morning, gentlemen. Li Ling said hello, and then sat down on the main seat of the long table, and the others didn't have any opinions, after all, this alliance itself was proposed by the Wuqi family, and with its strength, it is indeed the leader now.

"I won't talk nonsense, I'm here today just to discuss the next steps. Li Lingyi said, "Now that the alliance has been established, we have all sworn not to betray each other, so I hope everyone can speak freely and have no reservations." ”

The words fell, and Robb was the first to speak.

"Take King's Landing and destroy the Lannisters. Robb said coldly, in fact, he was still a little angry with Li Lingyi, so he didn't look at him.

"Rushing into King's Landing will put us on the back foot. Ian of the Arryn family opened his mouth to analyze, he is a great general for many years, and he naturally has a lot of combat experience, "We should destroy the enemy's living force first, and then consider taking King's Landing." ”

After saying this, Edmure nodded in agreement, "General Ian is right, King's Landing is open, and if we attack directly, we will likely be surrounded by enemies. ”

"The premise is that the enemy has that many forces. Robb retorted.

The alliance of the six major families, if each family produces 10,000, then there will be an army of 60,000, which is already a lot in Westeros, and of course it is certainly not to the point of crushing.

The Lannisters, Roses, and King's Landing's Guardians of the Royal City can almost make up this number, and if you really want to fight, you really can't tell who wins or loses from the numbers.

Besides, there are many examples of winning more with less, unless there is a number of times, or even ten times the enemy's strength, then it is possible to win without considering any strategy, and directly draw A in the past.

"I've heard that the Lannisters are also expanding their army frantically during this time, so their forces are definitely not to be taken lightly. Luce added.

"The Rose Family can't be underestimated, the combat power of the High Court Knight is very strong. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Stannis suddenly stood up and stopped the discussion loudly, he looked around at the crowd, and then said slowly, "I think we should first discuss the question of who will ascend the Iron Throne if King's Landing is captured. ”

“……”

As soon as this came out, everyone was a little speechless, do you need to say it, Stannis must want this position.

In fact, he had this qualification, as he was a member of the House of Baratheon, and the previous King Robert was his own brother.

As for the others, Robb definitely didn't want this throne, he had said before that he would return to his northern realm after King's Landing, and he didn't care who the new king was.

Edmure and Ian also said that their family would not fight for the Iron Throne, and Luce of the Bolton family hesitated and gave up.

As a result, the only one who has not clearly supported Stannis is Li Lingyi.

"What do you mean, Lord Ivey?" Stannis looked at Li Lingyi, who chuckled lightly and said, "Lord Stannis, I don't think it's necessary to discuss this yet, right?"

"No, I think this kind of thing needs to be said well before it can be acted more purposefully. Stannis said insistently, "Or is the Bannerless family also interested in the Iron Throne?"

"Maybe. Li Lingyi did not deny it, "But I don't want to discuss this issue now, the most important thing for us at the moment is to defeat the coalition of the Lannister and the Rose family, as long as they are defeated, who will be the king can be discussed slowly." ”

Stannis was a little dissatisfied, frowning, as if he wanted to say something, but after a moment he sat down again and said no more.

In fact, Li Lingyi didn't want to be the king, but he was dissatisfied with the system of this Iron Throne, like the Mother of Dragons, he wanted to destroy this system fundamentally, but it was definitely not that simple.

So he doesn't have a complete plan yet, and once he says this idea, it is estimated that everyone present will be stunned. Destroy the Iron Throne directly? I guess no one has thought about it, and it's too shocking.

Therefore, for the sake of the stability of the alliance, Li Lingyi did not put forward this idea for the time being, and could only make everyone think that he also had some ideas about this throne.

So the people continued to discuss the march.

If you want to fight, then as soon as possible, it is obviously no good to drag it out. As for where to fight, everyone has their own opinions, and there is no way to unify for a while.

In the end, Li Lingyi put forward an idea that everyone accepted for the time being, that is, the coalition forces pressed into the southern border, and then saw how the enemy would react, and then made specific offensive plans according to the enemy's reaction.

This is a move to use static braking, which is a fairly safe way to play, and there will be no problems in the short term, and this is also one of the main points of the alliance army.

As an alliance army, it is not as easy to unify as a single family army, once there is a big defeat, the alliance army will definitely be torn apart, and there will only be a defeat at that time.

Therefore, everyone also approved of this proposal, and then the next thing is the specific matter of the army, that is, how many soldiers, horses, food, and grass each family will send, and it is time to settle accounts.

At this time, generally speaking, major families will try to pay as little as possible, and then ask others to pay more, but Li Lingyi set the tone as soon as he opened his mouth.

That is, each family must also produce at least 10,000 soldiers and 3,000 horses.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's faces were a little embarrassed, especially Luce of the Bolton family, he frowned, this figure was undoubtedly much higher than his budget, almost to the point of being unacceptable.

Among the several families, Robb was the first to speak, and he asked Li Lingyi with a little difficulty, "I don't know how much the Flagless Family is going to make?"

Li Ling glanced at him and said calmly: "The Bannerless Family will send out 20,000 soldiers and 5,000 war horses. ”

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