Chapter Fifty-Nine: Heading to the Ruins of the Summer Hall

This grand pledge meeting clearly inspired almost all the nobles of the Stormlands, and Robert used it to leave them with the image of a good lord, of course, in terms of hospitality and diplomacy.

For a lord, the most important thing is the military combat and tactical skills, after all, just like the Middle Ages, the nobles of Westeros also use martial arts, honor, and bravery as the most important criteria for judging a nobleman's talent.

Of course, Robert's strong build, burly muscles, and some information from the tournament in Harrenhal obviously gave his nobles a fairly pertinent assessment of his fighting prowess.

This grand feast encouraged almost all the nobles of Stormlands, "almost", indeed, as there were still three counts who did not show up, namely Earl Landon Fell of Rockwood, Earl Orlando Cavolon of the House of Cavron, and Earl Harf Grandson, plus a few Wall-Riding factions.

One thing these three counts have in common is that their realms are located in remote parts of the Stormlands, but adjacent to the royal realm, which is understandable, just like Count Marco Grafson, because of the location of the realm, they will have more interaction with the royal nobles: marriage, trade, etc.

This also means that their interests are closely related to the royal nobles, they are more "close" to the royal nobles than the nobles of the Stormlands, and more importantly, once the war starts, their territory will bear the brunt of the front-line battlefield, which will cause them to tend to fall to the side of the "Mad King".

After all, even a three-year-old child knows that the "king" is much more than the "duke", not to mention that the Targaryens have ruled the Seven Kingdoms for 300 years.

Of course, it's too early to say this, maybe they're just waiting and not making up their minds.

Robert asked Master Cleeson to write a letter urging them to fulfill their feudal obligations and accept the lord's orders to gather an army at Storm's End.

The grand feast and oath-taking meeting had come to an end, and the nobles had returned to their rooms to rest and prepare for the march to King's Landing to-morrow.

However, Robert was still discussing tomorrow with Master Crisson, and it was clear that among the Seven Kingdoms, the Riverlands, the Stormlands, the Northlands, and the Vales had formed an alliance, which meant that the rebels had a 4:3 numerical advantage.

What's more, in the remaining 3 countries, the Lannister family will basically not join the camp of the Mad King because of the fall out of Tywin and the "Mad King", although they will not join their own side, but most of them will remain neutral.

It is likely that Dorne and the High Court will join the Mad King's side, unlike the other ruling families of Westeros, the Tyrells were raised by the Targaryens.

Originally, they were just the great stewards of the "Gardener" family, the ruler of the Riverlands, but after the Battle of "Burning the Plains" (the Riverlands and the Westlands teamed up to fight against the "Conqueror" Aegon, but the result was a crushing defeat, and the "Gardener" family was wiped out), because the Tyrell family "knew the times" and gave the High Court and the Riverbend Land to the "Conqueror" Aegon, so Aegon was happy and named the ancestor of the Tyrell family as the Duke of High Court, guarding the southern border, and became one of the ruling families of the Seven Kingdoms.

The strength and splendor of the Tyrells is entirely based on the seller's quest for glory and bending the knee to meet the people! They can be said to be the only ruling family in the Seven Kingdoms that has received the great favor of the Targaryens, and they are absolutely loyal fans.

As for Dorne, although it has always been known as one of the Seven Kingdoms, it has been outside the power system of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros for many years. House Targaryen's rule over Dorne was largely based on marriage, as Dorne was the only nation that had not been completely conquered by Aegon the Conqueror.

The Martell family, which is "indomitable", is indeed quite "hard", and even played "guerrilla warfare", when Aegon came, they hid, and when Aegon left, they came out, and killed all the defenders left by Aegon, and went back and forth, and finally until Aegon died, they couldn't do anything to them, maybe the Targaryens were also tired of this, and finally reconciled with Dorne in the way that Daeron II married Princess Milia Martell, the princess of Dorne, and thus incorporated them into the Seven Kingdoms.

Because of this, Dorne is the only country that retains the title of "prince", and the other six countries are not treated so well, and they can only be dukes.

Although Princess Dorne's marriage to Elia Martell and Rhaegar is in name only, the political marriage is still maintained by their two children, so there is a high probability that Dorne will join the Targaryens.

"So we can't attack King's Landing directly?" With a little frustration, Robert said to Master Cresson, who was explaining the situation on the map. Clearly, Robert was desperate to rescue Lyanna and avenge his brother-in-law and father-in-law.

"Robert, I just said so much, didn't you listen to even a word? It was inevitable that the High Court and Dorne would join the king's ranks, not to mention that the royal army was not a decoration. Maester Krisson patiently persuaded Robert.

"Besides, the army of the Stark family in the north has not yet gone south, nominally we have the power of 4 countries, but so far there are only 3 countries, and the royal army is only on par! What's more, we may still have immediate problems to solve. Robert sighed lamented, and had to agree sullenly.

The next day, a few fast horses sent some bad news, which of course was only a small thing for Robert, after all, the bad news he had encountered was far more terrible than that.

Earls Landon Fell of Fallwood, Orlando Carvolon of House Cavolon, and Earl Harf Grandson "lived up to expectations" and rebelled to form the Royalist Rebellion of Stormlands.

This was not the worst news, and even worse, Mace Tyrell led the High Court army to quell the "rebellion" as Crisson had expected.

The three Royalist Counts apparently knew about the Tyrells' entry into the Royalists, and they gathered their forces in the direction of the High Court and Dorne, intending to join Mace Tyrrell's army.

Robert reacted immediately, deciding that the army would be mobilized immediately, targeting the ruins of the Summer Hall at the junction of the Stormlands, the High Court, and the Riverlands.

The ruins of the Summer Hall are the ruins left behind by the burning of the Summer Hall, the summer palace where the Targaryens refuge for the summer, and Aegon V, the "King Who Shouldn't Be King" (see Song of Ice and Fire Gaiden: Knights of the Seven Kingdoms) is the fourth son of Daeron II, the fourth son of Mekka I, and the fourth son of these four sons almost means that the king is simply a floating cloud to him, and he is only the Nth heir to the throne. Even his elder brother Maester Aemon was higher in the order than him.

But as if God favored him, the crown fell on the head of the lucky boy, and first his father Mekka I was lucky enough to get the crown from his eldest brother (his eldest brother's heir was inexplicably killed by his own wife and twin sister who went crazy and killed by mistake, and the evil result of the marriage of close relatives!). )

Then Merka I was tragically killed by a stone thrown from the city when attacking the rebels, his eldest brother Daeron was an alcoholic, because he felt that Dragonstone Island was too gloomy, and would rather choose to become the Prince of Midsummer Hall (his father's past title was equivalent to giving up the status of "Prince"), and finally died of venereal diseases due to inappropriate life; The second brother Ilion is a "devil", and since he was a child, he has shown the general potential of "Emperor Joe", abusing cats, abusing people, and being cruel, and was finally banished to the second son; The third brother, Emon, became a bachelor, which made Aegon V the first heir to his father Mecca, and successfully picked up the leaks.

As a servant of the "tall" Sir Duncan, Aegon V became a very pro-people, benevolent, and understanding ruler of the people, and during his initial reign, Westeros recovered from the trauma of the "Black Fire Rebellion", and it stands to reason that he would become one of the "good kings" of House Targaryen.

Unfortunately, at the beginning of his reign, he arranged political marriages for his children, but he himself was in free love (I am afraid that no one cared about him as the N heir at the time), and as a result, his children followed suit and played free love, marrying Prince Duncan, the eldest son of the eldest daughter of the Baratheon family, Janine the Short, a commoner woman, Jaihaerys of Rock, the second son of the Tully family ("Mad King" his father), and the eldest daughter of the Tyrell family, Shira, who was supposed to marry the eldest son of the Tyrell family.

Only the youngest daughter, Layla, was married to Mondstadt Baratheon of House Baratheon (Robert's grandfather), in accordance with his betroth. As a loving father, he gave in, and as a result, the major families were dissatisfied, and the Targaryens' control over the Seven Kingdoms was greatly reduced.

Faced with increasingly disobedient aristocrats, Aegon V became fascinated by magic and dragons in his later years, hoping to bring back to the world this magical creature closely related to the Targaryens, so he "played with fire" in the Summer Hall and tried to hatch dragon eggs, but unexpectedly caused a fire, including himself, and his eldest son, Prince Duncan the Short, who was killed in the fire.

To be sure, the intensity of this fire is definitely enough to hatch dragon eggs, but the reason why it didn't succeed is probably because there is no real dragon bloodline! In order to hatch dragon eggs, you must have two conditions: fire and true dragon blood, which is why Daenerys can succeed! From this point of view, the purple eyes are probably a sign of the awakening of the true dragon's bloodline.

"What is certain is that if the army of the traitors wants to make it to the High Court to join Mace Tyrell, they will have to pass through the Summer Hall." Robert circled the location of the Summer Hall on the map with his finger.

"We have to get to the Summer Hall before they do! They must not be allowed to join forces with Mace Tyrelll, they will not only strengthen Mace Tyrelll's military strength, but more importantly, with their 'leading party', we will completely lose the geographical advantage of fighting on our own soil. Robert slapped the table hard, but sat down in frustration.

"I have a solution, would you like to try it?" Han Xing quietly came to Robert's ear and said, with Han Xing's description, Robert's face immediately turned cloudy and clear, becoming more and more exciting, and finally became a smile on his face.

"Hahaha, yours is yours, but is it some kind of magic?" Robert was a little suspicious.

"Think it's some kind of magic! Believe me! Han Xing was sure, and Robert didn't ask much, magic did exist in the Westeros continent, although it eventually disappeared with the disappearance of the dragon.

When Robert and Han Xing marched to the Summer Hall, they were in a mess, with ruins everywhere, and the scorched black on the ground had not even been washed away by the rain for decades.

This ruin is the former Summer Hall, the glorious palace of Mekka I and Aegon V, where not only the bodies of Aegon V and his eldest son are buried, but also the Targaryens' ambitions to awaken the dragon.

At this point, this forgotten ruin will be returned to the mouth of the people with the name Robert Baratheon, and it will probably be its last glory.