There are currently more than 20,000 troops in King's Landing, of which more than 10,000 are Tywin. Duke Lannister's team, along with five or six thousand other soldiers, the allies of the Tyrells.

When Stannis attacked King's Landing during the Battle of the Blackwater, Tywin led his army of more than 20,000 and 40,000 soldiers of the Tyrells to help, and finally defeated Stannis.

In those critical moments, Lord Tywin wished that the Tyrells could send all their soldiers to reinforce him, but when the siege of King's Landing was lifted and Stannis was defeated, his mind changed.

King's Landing has always had an iron rule, that is, except for the king's direct team, no lord or nobleman is allowed to bring more than 200 soldiers into the city, which is naturally to protect the king's safety, so as not to show up with the following criminals.

Duke Tywin had only over 20,000 soldiers at his disposal, while his allies the Tyrells had 40,000, so he immediately ordered his grandson, King Joffrey, to order the soldiers of the Tyrells to return to the Bend Kingdom.

Although the decree was well founded, saying that winter was approaching, and that farmers everywhere needed to harvest crops, prepare firewood, and fortify their houses in preparation for a long winter, in fact, Duke Tywin was worried about the Tyrells seizing power.

The Duke of Metz of the Kingdom of Tyrell is weak and incompetent, and the real master is actually his mother, the Queen of Thorns.

The old woman's ambitions were not small, but she was used to using soft infiltration to seize power, and she did not want to fight the Lannisters with a torn face, so when her granddaughter Little Rose made a contract with King Joffrey, all the soldiers of the Tyrells were ordered to leave, leaving only a few thousand guards by her side.

In order to appease the people in the territory, Duke Tywin also sent 10,000 soldiers to the west to suppress bandits, so now the defensive force of King's Landing, counting those useless golden-robed garrisons, is less than 30,000 people.

Now Li Nan surprisingly surrounded King's Landing with 20,000 cavalry and 500 warships, which shocked Queen Cersei, Duke Tywin, and Queen of Thorns of House Tyrell, who had not yet come out of their grief.

In the solemn throne room, Duke Tywin sat on the Iron Throne made of a thousand swords, Cersei and Jaime sat to his left, and the Queen of Tyrrell, Duke Mace, and the grandchildren of Margaret the Little Rose sat on the right.

Duke Tywin looked at the Queen of Thorns with a gloomy face and said, "Now that the northern border is under the city, and that traitor Leo has more soldiers and horses than the defenders of King's Landing, do you have any good ideas?" ”

"Huh." The old Queen of Thorns sneered a few times and said, "Tyrion and Joffrey are both descendants of your Lannister family, and this matter was originally easy to handle, but you have to make a fuss, and you still want to kill the new king of the North, Leo, to make the current mess." Let me first state that this matter has nothing to do with our Tyrells, and our family has nothing to do with Leo. ”

Hearing Li Nan's name, the little rose Margaery, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly remembered the events of that night, and couldn't help but feel hot, recalling the moment of sexual happiness that she had never had.

The Queen of Thorns was an old fox, and Duke Tywin was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he knew that the other party's purpose in expressing such an attitude was only to negotiate conditions.

After a few seconds of thought, Duke Tywin pointed to Cersei's youngest son, Tommen. Baratheon said, "If Joffrey is dead, the throne should be inherited by his brother Tommen, and your granddaughter Margaery may be his queen." ”

"No way!" The Queen Mother Cersei, who was full of sadness, heard that her father was going to let her youngest son marry that damn little rose, and hurriedly stopped her.

Duke Tywin glared at his daughter Cersei and shouted, "Shut up, it's not your turn to speak here!" ”

For decades, the entire Lannister family had been the domain of Duke Tywin, and Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion's three children had been shrouded in Tywin's shadow, and when he roared, Cersei immediately did not dare to speak again.

This is what the Queen of Thorns wants, and now that she has received Tywin's promise, a smile appeared on her old face, and she said in a harmonious voice: "In that case, then our two families are still one family, and we can't let the northerners succeed, don't worry, all the soldiers of the Tyrell family in the city can help you defend the city." ”

Lord Tywin nodded, "Then thank the Tyrells for their help." ”

Although he obtained the right to use more than 5,000 soldiers of the Tyrell family through another alliance, Duke Tywin still had no bottom in the face of Li Nan's land and water army.

In case of a real fight, Duke Tywin is confident that he will defeat Li Nan, but the damage to his own family will not be small, and this is what he is afraid of.

After the Great War of the Five Kings, Lan Li, the King of the High Court, was killed by Stannis; Stannis, King of the Narrow Sea, was defeated and died in the North; Baron, King of the Iron Islands, was killed by his brother Euron after his defeat; Robb, King of the North, died in the Twin Cities, and King Joffrey and his supporter, Duke Tywin, emerged victorious.

It was a hard-won victory, and after two callups in the West, 45,000 Lannister troops were gathered, and in the end only 20,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 recruits remained.

Duke Tywin's concerns are actually correct, the Lannisters are powerful in the Seven Kingdoms, and they also have many enemies.

In the north, there are Li Nan and Arya and others, in the south, there is also the Martell family, the feud of Dorne, and even the Tyrell family, the allies around him, have their own careful thoughts, so in the face of these hungry wolves, Duke Tywin knows that he cannot lose or be weakened, otherwise he will die in this game of power.

Seeing his father's somewhat worried appearance, Jaime, who had become the captain of the Kingsguard, suddenly said, "I have a way to get Leo, the king of the north, to retire. ”

Speaking of his son, who had the highest hopes, Duke Tywin hurriedly said, "Oh? What can you do to hear it? ”

Jaime got up and said, "Leo didn't come to King's Landing this time to avenge the Stark family, he just came to participate in my brother Tyrion's jousting trial, so we just need to arrange the venue for the trial outside the city, and if Leo loses, there will naturally be no reason to stay here, and the northern army will also retreat." ”

Before Duke Tywin could express his opinion, Cersei, whose heart was full of grief and anger, suddenly screamed hysterically, "I don't agree! What if Leo wins the jousting trial, shall we declare the damned dwarf innocent? ”

"Tyrion is our brother!" Jaime argued.

"I have never recognized him as my brother, and since he poisoned my dear son Joffrey, he must pay for his life!"

Jaime looked at his own sister, Cersei, his lover, and asked, "Why did you have to kill Tyrion, did you hate him so much?" ”

Cersei roared, "Of course I hate him! He killed our mother when he was born, and now he has poisoned my son, and I will die at his hands in the future! ”

Jaime knew what Cersei was fearing, having met a witch when she was very young and had received a prophecy.

The prophecy says that Cersei will never marry a prince, but a king.

She will be a mother until another woman younger and more beautiful than her arrives, who will overthrow Cersei and take away all that she cherishes.

Cersei will have three children of her own, but they will have gold as a crown and gold as a shroud, and one day, when she is drowned in tears, her youngest brother will strangle Cersei's pale neck and take her life. ”

Jaime said disdainfully, "The witch's prophecy is nonsense. ”

There were quite a few people present, so Cersei didn't explain, but stubbornly said, "Anyway, I won't let the little devil leave alive." ”

It was useless for the two of them to say more, because it was not them who were in charge of King's Landing now, but their father, Duke Tywin.

Duke Tywin didn't want to let the little devil who had tarnished his family's reputation live, but the continuation of the family was the most important thing, and after thinking about it, he decided to do what James suggested.