Chapter 0567 - Diplomacy

(Additional chapter, 4500 words)

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The Magic Mountain will not withdraw without seeing any benefits.

Withdrawing his troops, his prestige in the eyes of the West and the Iron Breeds will be greatly reduced.

This is detrimental to the spirit of the Demon Mountain that has just grasped the entire Western Realm, and it is not conducive to the absolute establishment of his authority.

Kai Feng colluded with the iron breed to invade the western frontier first, and the magic mountain sent troops to take revenge later.

The Magic Mountain occupies the truth!

And in this campaign, there are two more branches in the army of Magic Mountain: the Western Army and the Iron Legion.

The sons and daughters of the nobles of the Westlands are all in the army of the Magic Mountain, even including the Lannisters of Castle Rock and the Swift family of Corn City.

This battle had to be fought, and it was a good plan to shake the last bit of Lannister's foundation in the West. It would hurt the last bit of Lannister's vitality in the West, and the reverence of the people and nobles for the Lannister's authority would be shattered.

The authority of the Lannisters has plummeted after Duke Tywin was captured alive by the Demon Mountain. But the hundred-legged insects, the Lannisters still have roots in the West, like the roots of a great tree, deep and far into the ground.

The Demon Mountain's attack on the Cross Ferry in the Riverlands and killing Tywin was a secret hand, and it would not be known to the people of the West, and it would not shake and awe the people of the West, and leading an army against King's Landing to capture and kill Kaivon would be blatantly awe-inspiring to the people of the West, and destroying the Lannisters' foundation and last bit of authority in the West.

The Magic Mountain has long made up its mind, and military and politics are like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

The Magic Mountain can only move forward bravely, and must not retreat!

It's not just momentum, it's the cogs of fate.

The truth is within the range of the cannon.

The mountain slowly read Cersei's letter and handed it to Grayton Gubler to burn. The new personal guard of the Magic Mountain with his two twin brothers, heir to the lord of Warhammerhorn and the future governor of the Iron Islands, shoved the letter into his mouth again, chewed it heavily, and swallowed it.

The accompanying generals all looked sideways.

The tribal leaders of the Crab Claw Peninsula also looked at Grayton Gubler like monsters.

Is there something wrong with this iron guard?

Eat stationery, just to be impatient to take out the flint and light the fire?

Incomprehensible!

Magic Mountain said: "Master Peggy, help me reply to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, the prime minister has committed treason and plotted to seize the power of the regent and the guardian of the whole territory, and the crime will be increased by one degree, and must be severely punished." 〃

For the sake of the justice of the laws of the Seven Kingdoms and the dignity of the royal family, only when the Prime Minister confesses his guilt can there be hope for peace in the country. Magic Mountain is for the country and the people, loyal and selfless. However, Kaivon colluded with the Iron Breed to invade the Western Frontier in a vain attempt to exterminate our Western Frontier and the Clegon Legion, which is unforgivable treason. Instead of being judged by the Magic Mountain and the Legion of the Crecans, Prime Minister Kevon had to accept a just verdict under the laws of the Kingdom. In the event of a war in the West, the Prime Minister must take full responsibility, otherwise the Klegane coalition forces will not retreat. “

"Yes, Lord Duke. Maester Peggy bowed slightly on his horse.

"Write right away. "The Magic Mountain commands.

"Yes, sir. ”

Peggy had been a bachelor for many years and wrote on horseback for the first time.

After the letter was written, the magic mountain was dripping with wax seals, covered with his family's Red Smoke Beast and Ice Sword family crest pattern, and released the raven.

"Comm Warner, go and call the Chief of Military Affairs Notepad. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

A moment later, Com Warner and Notepad hurried in from the back of the logistics team on horseback.

"Notepad, make three banners and send them to the front army and the rear army, and write a few large words in red paint on the banners: Swear to capture Kevon Lannister alive, and always be loyal to Tomman Baratheon I!

"Yes, sir!" the notepad hurried.

The army continued to advance.

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Riverland, Riverrun.

Randolph Tully unfolds the raven letter, which is from Lord Duke Metz. After reading the letter, Randolph Tully was a little hard to believe.

The Magic Mountain gathered the Clegon Army, the Westsiders, and the Iron Seed to invade King's Landing with 20,000 troops, and his declaration of war was to capture the traitor of Kevon Lannister alive and to be loyal to Tommen Baratheon I forever. Mays wants Randolph Tully to prepare for the withdrawal of his troops, and the Prime Minister needs Randolph Tully to garrison King's Landing in case of the siege of the Magic Mountain.

Randolph Tully looked up at the rolling waters of the Red Fork River in front of him.

Although the flood waters have receded, the Red Fork River and the Tengshi River are still a natural barrier to Rushing City.

Randolph Tully conquered a large part of the Riverlands, but was unable to take Riverrun, the capital of the Riverlands.

To the north of the Tenshi River, Adhoo Chariot set up camp with less than 8,000 troops from the west, dug trenches, and blocked the roads, while to the south of the Red Fork River, Landau Tully himself fortified it. And to the west of Riverrun, across the rolling moat, there is a 5,000-strong Riverland legion fortifying.

The moat is an artificial river that connects the Tengshi River to the north of the city and the Red Fork River to the south. At the eastern head of Rushing City, the Tengshi River and the Red Fork River converge at one point, forming the main stream of the surging Red Fork River.

Riverrun City is like a triangular rock giant built in the middle of a large river.

Randolph Tully's coalition said it was a siege, but in fact it set up camp across the river, and then sat back like fools and waited for the soldiers and civilians in the rushing city to lack food and civil strife. Randolph Tully once tried to organize a fleet to attack Riverrun, but Riverrun didn't even pay attention. A hundred archers at the north gate and one hundred archers at the south gate guarded the gate. There are only two gates in Riverrun, and the rest of the place is a huge rock that cannot be climbed by manpower.

Randolph Tully looked up into the distance, and on the walls of Riverrun, the huge trebuchet was a row of black shadows, as if they were sneering ghosts.

When Blackfish Brynden was in a good mood, the trebuchet fired a stone projectile across the river and landed on the river beach with an astonishing sound. The soldiers on the river beach had to retreat further. As for the ships and ships that dared to sail to attack the city gates, they were purely the targets of trebuchets on the city walls. Even if there was no trebuchet, Riverrun deliberately made the attacking fleet safe in front of the narrow door, and the only place to jump ashore and stand was a few dozen people. - Several stone steps that have grown moss.

Surrounded by water on three sides, the city of Rushing made it impossible for Landao to set up any siege equipment on the water. Whether the defenders on the gate shoot arrows, pour fire oil, or push down boulders, the soldiers on the ship can only fall to the ground to win.

Randolph Tully has already retreated!

It's just that because of the military order and face, he can only survive and not die in this riverside camp, and the Magic Mountain's invasion of King's Landing made Landau Tully see the hope of withdrawing his troops back to the city, and he found that he was faintly looking forward to it.

Good things are coming, and that same night, Randolph Tully received an order from the Prime Minister to quickly withdraw the Allied forces of Riverlands and the West, and garrison King's Landing.

Randolph Tully immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops overnight, and there must be no mistake.

When the soldiers received the news of the overnight withdrawal of their troops back to King's Landing, the cheers thundered, causing a large number of torches to be lit on all three walls of Riverrun, and Blackfish Brynden and Lord Edmure personally climbed the walls to see it. On the three walls, the torch shines as brightly as day.

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At the same time, on the Golden Avenue, the Magic Mountain Barracks.

"My lord, the letter has been written. Maester Harry whispered.

"Show me!"

"Yes, sir. ”

A moment later, a raven flew up and headed north.

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One night two days later.

A raven landed at the window of the Maester's Tower in Winterfell, the capital of the North.

Maester Ruwen is reading a book in the Bachelor's Tower. The book was almost as wide as his desk, and it was full of pictures and texts, and it contained many rumors about the ancestors of the Starks in the North thousands of years ago and the Strangers. Now that the Strangers of the North are frequent, Lord Eddard leads his troops north to help the Night's Watch fight against the Strangers and Wildlings, and this dusty ancient book forgotten in the library is found by Master Lewyn.

Raven flew down the window of the Bachelor's Tower, and the sound of wings flapping made Maester Leuven look up.

"Coo-coo, coo-coo, coo-coo!coo!coo!-goo!-goo!-goo

Ruwin knew that the raven was hungry and was asking him for corn.

Lu Wen closed the thick ancient book and grabbed a handful of corn and placed it on the table.

The raven flew down to the table and pecked at the corn at a rapid pace.

Master Luwen took the letter from Raven's leg, and the letter was the family crest of the Alien Beast Longsword he had once seen, which was the Red Smoke Beast and the Ice Sword of the Magic Mountain.

Ice Sword, the family sword passed down from generation to generation by the Stark family, the famous sword of the Seven Kingdoms!

Lu Wen felt uncomfortable for a while!

A short moment later, Levin appeared at the main castle and knocked on Robb Stark's bedroom door.

The door opened, and a stream of heat rushed out of the room, enveloping Master Lewyn, who was standing in the cold wind.

The sun is still blazing in the south, but here it has turned into ice.

"Your Majesty. Master Ruwen bowed his head slightly, and placed his right hand on his left chest.

As soon as he spoke, there was a white mist on his mouth and nose.

Outside the door, it was snowy. The roofs are covered with snow.

"Come in and talk. Robb smiled.

He didn't have the slightest king's shelf, he was still the same boy as before, and Robb in his pajamas was very friendly.

Winterfell's walls are hollow, and underground hot spring water flows inside, so that southerners don't feel cold at night.

In the room, there is also a fire burning.

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

As Ruwin entered, Queen Roselyn Frey sat up from her couch, a grizzly bear fur against her chest. Her hands grasping the fur were as white as jade, and her fingers were slender and slender.

Roselyn Frey, an aristocratic woman of beauty and talent. Of the hundreds of women in the entire Frey family, Roselyn is the most beautiful one, and is called the 'pearl of the palm' by Wald Frey.

The pearl was married to Robb Stark at the 'Blood Wedding' and is now pregnant.

The people of the north are rough and rude, and there are not many cumbersome rules. Maester Luwen is also the old master of the Stark family, and although he is not related by blood, he is a real family.

"Your Majesty. Master Ruwen bowed slightly.

"Bachelor, please be seated. "Roselyn smiled, beautiful and charming, like an angel.

"Your Majesty, Queen Xie. I brought a letter. In the second sentence, Maester Leuven addressed Robb Stark.

Robb took the letter and saw the family crest patterns of the Red Smoke Beast and the Ice Sword on it, and the person who wrote the letter was the Magic Mountain.

Robb crushed the wax seal, unfolded the letter, read it, and said to Master Luwen: "Bachelor, it's late at night, please go back." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" said Maester Lewyn nodded to the King and Queen, and walked out the door.

Outside the gate, four guards were on duty, two of whom were members of the Frey family: Olifa Frey and Paiwin Frey.

Olifa Frey was the eighteenth son of the Marquis of Walder Frey and the fourth child of his sixth wife, Bethany Rothby.

He was a young man with both enthusiasm and integrity. He served as Robb Stark's squire during the war with the West.

Sir Parwin Frey was the fifteenth son of the Marquis de Walder Frey and the first child born of the marriage of the Marquis de Walder and his sixth wife, Bethany Rothby. He was a personal friend of Duke Edmure Tully of the Riverlands, with whom he had fooled around many of the riverlands' women's homes. When the war broke out between the North and the West, he, like Olifa Frey, served as an acolyte at Robb's side.

When Robb Stark won the battle at the 'Blood Wedding' and released Pawin Frey from the dungeon, Pawin and his sister Roselyn traveled north to serve as the king's and his wife's bodyguard.

The other two guards were Knights of the North, one of whom was Harris Moran, the captain of the King's Guard.

Lu Wen nodded to the four guards, all four of whom were smiling, and they were all very close to Master Lu Wen.

in the room.

"Your Majesty, may I know what's going on?" Roselyn's voice was distinctive, with a feminine softness and a hint of sweetness.

"Magic Mountain. ”

"The Magic Mountain of the West?"

"Yes!"

"What did he say in his letter?"

"He wants us to send troops to help Uncle Edmure regain the Riverlands. ”

"Oh?!" Roselyn couldn't believe it.

"Magic Mountain said that Randolph Tully, who was besieging Riverrun, would withdraw his troops back to defend King's Lands, and the occupied territory of Riverland would be empty, and as long as the northern border made a name for going out and mobilized a small number of men and horses to falsely claim 20,000 northern elites, all the defenders left behind by Landaue Tali in Riverland would inevitably retreat. ”

"But we don't have enough people right now, and the Great Wall of Desperation still needs warriors to garrison. ”

"The Magic Mountain says that as soon as someone enters the Riverlands with the banner of the North, the defenders of the Riverlands will flee. ”

"Why?"

"The Mountain is leading 20,000 men to attack King's Landing, and his slogan is to capture the traitors alive and be loyal to Tomman Baratheon I forever. ”

"The target of the Mountain's attack on King's Landing is Kavon?" Roselyn was surprised.

"Yes. ”

"How is this possible?" said Roselyn's voice in surprise.

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Robb shrugged, he knew that the Mountain had killed Tywin Lannister, so of course it was possible.

The Brotherhood of No Banners was forced to go north, and after arriving in Winterfell, the Hound and Robb barely spoke, but the red-robed monk Thoros and the Earl of Black Harbor, the Lightning King Berry Dondelien, befriended Robb, and Robb learned from the mouths of the red-robed monk and the Lightning King that the real murderer of Tywin was not the Brotherhood Without Banners, but the Magic Mountain and his Crab Claw Peninsula cavalry.

This is the earth-shattering secret of the Magic Mountain, as long as Robb preaches the secret of the Magic Mountain to the outside world, the Magic Mountain will immediately lose the hearts of the people in the West, and Cersei, James, Kevon, and the Lannister forces in the West will inevitably fight against the Magic Mountain.

However, the Magic Mountain is kind to the North, and Robb warns the Red-robed Monk and the Earl of Berry to take care of the Brotherhood without Banners and not to reveal the true cause of Duke Tywin's death.

The rest of the teams struggled to keep their mouths shut, but Berry's team could, as they all believed in the Red God. The red-robed monk is the only channel of communication between the believers and the red god, and the orders he issued in the name of the red god are kept in mind by the believers.

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"The Magic Mountain hopes that our northern realm will raise the banner and spread lies that although the northern realm is independent, it still believes that the heir to the Iron Throne is Shireen Baratheon, and the North will unite the Riverlands and the Vale to reclaim the Iron Throne for Shireen Baratheon. “

Roselyn listened incredulously, her big eyes shining.

"The Demon Mountain did this in the hope that Cersei and the others would be jealous, and then the people of the Royal Family would find out that they needed the Magic Mountain's legions. ”

“...... Reason...... It seems like...... That's it...... But why should we help the Magic Mountain to support him?"

Rosamon didn't know that the Magic Mountain was kind to the North, and Lord Eddard's life was saved by the Demon Mountain.

“...... Belch...... The letter says...... Sansa Stark is in his hands, and he has made the decision to marry Sansa Stark to Renard Westerling. ”

"What?" Roselyn's voice was distorted!