Returning to the city he had fled, Stannis felt a lot of emotion, only this time he returned with a large army.

After an afternoon of repairs, a wooden camp began to take shape, and because it was unknown if there were any enemies in the city, Stannis and the others decided that it would be safer to camp outside the city.

Fortunately, the coldest season has passed, the soil is beginning to exude the smell of spring, and without the trouble of blizzards, they can finally have a good decisive battle.

"Hurry up, try to finish it before sunset!"

Korodov's loud voice could still be heard even from a distance, and the knight chief, who had originally wanted to build only a wooden fence, decided to increase the number to three after seeing the sharp bone knives of the scythe monster.

Everyone believed that with the protection of the three layers of fences, even if the monsters were the first to attack, they would have the confidence to defend it.

Stannis scoffed at the idea of setting up a flag, and this time he, as the most important person in the link, could no longer risk himself to investigate, so he sent Robert into the city with Barrow and a dozen soldiers to investigate.

But before they could return, he gathered everyone into the big tent to lay out the next battle plan.

A hand-drawn topographic map by Maester Romon stood in front of everyone, and Stannis pointed at it with his finger, and he wanted to say some technical terms to show his skill as a military enthusiast, but the thought of dealing with a group of illiterate knights who had no elementary school education decided to summarize it in a few simple terms.

"Our main purpose in this battle is to buy time for reinforcements to arrive. ”

Of course, Stannis can't say that he is the only one to destroy the Divine Seal, otherwise these guys who don't trust him very much will have to mutiny.

"Reinforcements, how come I don't know!" Sure enough, the knight Javier, who led more than 100 soldiers of the Froud family, asked suspiciously, he didn't even know what the purpose of the battle was before he came.

Stannis began to speak in a serious manner, "Soldiers, if even you don't know about the reinforcements, the enemy will not know about it, isn't this a great opportunity to surprise the enemy and hit them by surprise?"

Although they didn't understand very well, most people nodded their heads in understanding.

"We just need to delay enough time to wait for that mysterious reinforcement to explode those monster chrysanthemums from behind, haha, and then you can let go and collect people's heads!"

He then pointed to the top left of the map, where the image of a quarry was drawn, and according to the description of Mayor Mare and Kate, it was there that they had dug up the Divine Seal, although the Mayor had sent someone to transport it deep into the forest, but at the moment of the outbreak of the corpse tide, it was rumored that someone had witnessed the Divine Seal reappearing in the familiar location, and it seemed that it was nostalgic for it.

"Tomorrow morning, we will line up outside the quarry, and the number of enemies is about twice that of us, so this time we will be on the defensive, do not pursue without authorization, and try our best to delay time, is there still a problem?"

Most of them shook their heads, only the leader of the Black Dog Mercenary Regiment, Tim Healy, stood up, "I said, Lord Earl, don't be too talkative, I just want to know if you have considered whether our retreat route has been planned if we don't hold it or the reinforcements don't arrive on time?"

The knights laughed loudly, which was why they always looked down on mercenaries, who often thought about running away before the battle began.

Stannis waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, as a runner, of course he took this matter into account, "Don't worry, Commander Tem, if we lose, you can take your people back the way you came, I have arranged for manpower to meet by the river, those monsters are afraid of water, once you cross the river and smash the ice, it will definitely stop the pursuers." ”

"Isn't that good, everyone makes everything clear, we collect money to work harder for you, and everyone is happy. Tem sat down satisfied, although in the eyes of others, this middle-aged man was a bit verbose, not like a mercenary but more like a businessman, but it was precisely because of this caution that he had been running the Black Dog Group very well, pulling a mercenary team of only a few dozen people to the current scale, which is why Stannis chose him.

When there were no more problems, Stannis adjourned the meeting, and everyone prepared for tomorrow's big battle.

However, before leaving, Stannis called out to Master Romone, and the two were left alone after everyone had left.

"What is the matter, Your Excellency?" he asked, though he knew what the lord was going to say, for he was afraid to tell the ominous thing himself.

Stannis was hesitating, too, but he did have to consider all the possibilities, and that was also his duty as a lord.

"In case I die in battle......"

"Your Excellency!" said Master Romon trembling to stop him from speaking.

"I said it was just in case! No matter how you look at this mission, there is not much hope of success, so the possibility of me hitting the street is quite high. If I am unfortunately killed, you immediately take people to withdraw the army according to the plan I just had, with the natural barrier of the Tiber River, I believe that you can guarantee the safety of my territory, don't think about collecting my body for the funeral, the top priority is to succeed the next earl, I know that you have a lot of candidates in mind, if there is really no one in the end, let Robert be the one. ”

Stannis tried to say these words in a relaxed tone, he didn't want to take them as his will.

"Your Excellency......" Master Romon has begun to choke, although he has only been with this time-traveler for half a year, if he really dies, he will still shed tears for him.

"That's right. Stannis remembered one more thing, "If you can meet Aya again in the future, her real name is Anya, and I don't know what her surname is, just tell her: no matter what she thinks of me, I like her very much, and say to my fiancée little Anne, if she hates me, I regret that I can't marry her, I hope she can put aside her hatred and find someone worthy of her...... I said, "Why did you write it down in your notebook?"

Master Luo Meng wiped his eyes and said sincerely: "Your Excellency, you can go with confidence, what you have done is enough to match the glory of your red dragon, and you can calmly return to the arms of your ancestors." ”

Hearing this, Stannis became more and more sure that the old man had begun to plan his funeral, and if he did die in battle this time, he hoped that at least one woman would shed tears for him.