Chapter 353: The Tripartite Strikes War and Makes an Covenant
In King's Landing, the Captain of Pai Schill staggered to the Red Keep, passed through the throne room and walked into the council chamber, and handed the letter from the raven to the Queen Mother Cersei with some respite.
After the death of the Lannisters' patriarch, Duke Tywin, the Council of Kings that he had formed had vanished, and now Cersei was in charge of the reorganization.
Around the palatial and elegant ebony table, on the left sit King Tommen and Queen Margaery the Little Rose. On the right sat Jaime the Kingkiller, Patrick the National, and the Eight-clawed Spider, the Minister of Intelligence, while the Queen Mother Cersei occupied the central position.
After everyone read the letter that Li Nan wanted to talk about peace, Cersei looked at everyone and said, "What do you think, let's talk about it." ”
Everyone was silent for a moment, and the Minister of Intelligence, the eight-clawed spider, took the lead in speaking: "Leo, the king of the north, has already expressed his intention in a letter, and this time he wants to meet with the king and the dragon queen to discuss the matter of the tripartite war, and jointly deal with the pirate Euron of the Iron Islands and the invading alien army of the south. I think His Majesty should talk to him. ”
The once young Tomman has grown up, and he also has independent thoughts: "Mother, now that the strange ghosts have invaded, the Seven Kingdoms have encountered unprecedented disasters, I am the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, I hope to make peace with the King of the North and the Queen of the Dragon, and send the armies of all the families to Kalin Bay!" ”
"Childish!" Cersei was dismissive of her son's idea.
Now in King's Landing, the Lannisters and the Tyrells have similar troops, and Cersei, who has always been afraid of Queen Little Rose's seizure of power, how can she send her family's soldiers and horses out to consume? As for the life and death of the people of the Seven Kingdoms, why should it be in her heart?
Noticing her husband Tomman's slightly angry expression, Queen Little Rose, who was sitting beside him, pressed his hand at the bottom of the table and said, "Mother, in order to protect the people of the Seven Kingdoms, our Tyrell family has sent most of our troops and supplies to the north to fight against the Alien Legion, and the soldiers of Dorne and the Vale have also been dispatched. If Carlin Bay falls and the Wraiths come to King's Landing, who else do you plan to rule? A bunch of walking dead? ”
The council chamber fell silent, and although no one dared to publicly approve of Queen Margaery's words, it was clear from the subtle expressions on everyone's faces that everyone was unimpressed with Cersei's decision.
Cersei also noticed the disgruntled expressions of her son Tommen and the others, so she muttered for a moment and said, "Paisel, your academy scholars are very knowledgeable, can those strange spirits swim in the water?" ”
"Report to the Queen Mother, there are several scholars in the north who have studied strange ghosts, and after experiments, it can be determined that undead creatures cannot move in the water."
Having got the answer she wanted, Cersei smiled and said, "Good! I know, since the matter is related to the safety of the Seven Kingdoms Continent, let's meet with the king of the north and the little cousin of the Targaryen family. ”
Since the three forces have agreed to the peace talks, Li Nan arranged the meeting place at Shiyang Fort, a small port between King's Landing and Wind's Rest.
When Li Nan greeted the Dragon Queen Daenerys and her subordinates in front of the dilapidated old castle, the Queen Mother Cersei, who deliberately used her late arrival to show her identity, arrived with Jaime and the others.
Carlin Bay is in danger at any time, so Li Nan didn't say anything polite to them, and said straight to the point: "I know that both of you have suffered heavy casualties, and my Northern, Dorne, Valley, and Riverbend coalition forces are only 50,000 left. If the Kalim Bay front is lost, then the seven nations you are fighting for will only be killed. So can we take a temporary truce and deal with the enemies of all creatures together? ”
Daenerys exclaimed, "I have no problem with your proposal, but you and the northern realm you represent must recognize my status as Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and swear allegiance to me!" ”
"Hahaha......" After hearing Daenerys's words, Cersei laughed and said, "You, a remnant of the previous dynasty, dare to come and attack my idea of the Seven Kingdoms, it's really wishful thinking!" Leo, as long as you swear allegiance to the Iron Throne, we Lannisters are willing to join you in the fight against the Wraiths. ”
Looking at these two women who glared at each other, Li Nan felt angry and helpless, not to mention that he couldn't be loyal to both of them, even if he could really do this, then the northern people and free people who didn't believe in the southerners would not agree.
"How long are you going to fight like this?"
Pointing to the southwest, Li Nan said angrily at Cersei: "While you were fighting each other, Kaiyan City and Lannister Harbor, which had been the elite of the Lannister family for thousands of years, were robbed by the Iron People pirates led by Euron, and the men of your family were killed, and the women were sold to Essos as slaves. ”
Li Nan pointed to the north and said to Daenerys: "I can understand that you want to take back the throne that belongs to House Targaryen, but if Carlin Bay is lost, all you have won is a land full of undead creatures, and you are willing to stay here at that time?" ”
These words made Cersei and Daenerys think about the two stubborn women, as well as the henchmen behind them.
Although Cersei was selfish and ruthless, she felt uncomfortable at the thought of those people who were once close to her being killed and sold.
After a long silence, Cersei said to Li Nan, "You're right, I can stop fighting her for the sake of the people of the Seven Kingdoms, but you must swear that when you have eliminated the Wraiths and the damned Iron People Pirates, you and your men must remain in the North, not to participate in the war between us, and to remain neutral." ”
Finally hearing Cersei's relief, Li Nan hurriedly said, "No problem! Daenerys, what do you mean? ”
"I agree with Cersei's approach." Daenerys nodded.
"Good! That's great! Finally convinced these two forces, Li Nan was really overjoyed, he never expected that the matter would be solved so easily.
After having the intention of willing to negotiate peace, the next thing was simple, and after signing the covenant, the three of them made a solemn oath to the gods.
Li Nan's fleet still has more than 200 warships, which is not enough to attack the iron-folk fleet on Dragonstone Island, but Daenerys still has a large number of warships in his hands, as long as the two sides are united, it will not be a problem to eliminate these murderous pirates.
Artemisia was given command of the navy, and she and Ser Daenerys sent Ser Jorah led all the warships to Dragonstone, and after eliminating all the pirates of the Iron Isles, they needed to load the obsidian mines as quickly as possible and transport them to Biting Bay.
Along with Daenerys and Jaime, Li Nan led the Unsullied Force, the Dothraki Cavalry, the Lannister Heavy Cavalry, and the Tyrells' infantry regiment left behind in King's Landing to support Carlin Bay.
Just when the situation was very good, and there was a chance to completely wipe out the Alien Legion in Carlin Bay, the unexpected happened......