Returning to Zivignie, Stannis finds himself in an orderly operation under the leadership of Advisor Romon and his granddaughter, Cortana. It was not the place where a large number of peasants fled due to the all-out war with the Duke, as Stannis thought, and since the war had not yet reached here, it was still an idyllic place full of business.

However, this scene should not last long, and Stannis knew that the calm atmosphere here would soon be gone, because although the war had been going on for nearly a month, not a single army had entered the place to plunder, so the civilians here still thought that the war was far away, and the only thing full of war grief was the bodies of soldiers who had died in battle outside the country being transported, and at this time the countryside could be heard full of heart-rending weeping.

Every time he heard these voices, Stannis couldn't help but cover his ears with his hands, and most of the time he was still sitting in front of the computer and typing on the keyboard to think about whether to eat Shaxian or ramen for the next meal, he would never have thought that one day he would personally manipulate the life and death of tens of thousands of people.

And after seeing his elderly mother crying again and again with the broken body of her young son, the kind-hearted Stannis wanted to abandon all this more than once and take his beloved to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes in the vast forest.

At this time, it was Anya who firmly encouraged him to continue fighting. Even Stannis himself had to laugh at himself for being cowardly and inferior to a weak woman, and since he had already been crowned King of the East, how could he abandon all those who followed him!

It was another day, and Stanis washed his face to make himself more sober, and then pushed open the door of the War Council, which was already full of those waiting for him, his men, his allies, and his lovers.

The King of the Eastern Realms took a deep breath, revealing his proud white teeth, and then let out a loud voice, "Everyone, let's get started!"

The huge map that hung on the wall of the War Council slowly fell, densely marked with various forces, red for the Garcia family and the family supporting him, gray for the neutral lords, and Stannis and his allies marked in green, the color that Robert insisted on, saying that this was the color that symbolized dignity.

Standing in front of this wall, Stannis fell into deep thought, the whole duchy was in chaos because of this division, the loyalists, the pro-king faction and the wall-riding faction were intertwined, you have me, it was a mess, but it could still be roughly divided into four realms.

The first is that Dongjing is completely his home field, except for his father-in-law, Marquis Frode, who has not taken a stand, all the other families are clearly on his side, especially the Hoss family is the most active, and it seems that they want to mix up the high position by supporting Stannis as king.

The north is a large gray area, those warlike northern lords have to put away their fangs under the constraints of the Marquis of Worf, Evelyn did not break her promise, she went back to tell her father and brother about her unbearable past, and her eldest sister Fanny only gave her a warm hug, indicating that the family will always welcome her back, because of Stannis's contribution to it, the grateful Woff family decided to return the Duke to the crusading Stannis edict first, ready to wait and see what happens, the two do not help, which makes Stannis very happy, at least his north is no longer a big trouble for him, he only needs to use a small number of troops to guard。

And in the south, Stannis wanted to laugh when he thought of it, because it was his proud work, although Cyrus Igo killed the head of Snake's family and re-pacified the south, but once his army withdrew, those restless southerners were ready to move again, and Stennis keenly smelled the opportunity to immediately send Charlie back, under his deliberate fanning, it was not half a month before the southern border was pacified to launch a rebellion again, in fact, most of the lords swore allegiance to the crown of the mirror again, and a small number of forces that wanted to be loyal to Garcia were quickly beaten to death and suppressed.

In the central and northern regions, the most noble Igo family was greatly injured by the corpse tide, and at the same time, Cyrus Igo, who had lost his beloved daughter, also said that he would no longer care about this war, and he would only be loyal to the victors.

Now the only thing Stennis has to face is the royal city where the Garcia family is entrenched, and his direct territory and basic territory, the West. After slaughtering the Phoenix family of the Westside Guardian fifteen years ago, in order to guard the rebellious Westborder, Duke Garcia decided to take the position of guardian of the West, after several years of bloody purge, the family that opposed him was basically wiped out, and after more than ten years of rule, he gradually forgot the blood feud and became the most loyal supporter of His Royal Highness the Duke. Because the western frontier is closer to the empire, it has been the most densely populated and wealthiest region of Tanis since ancient times, and it is also dotted with hundreds of families, large and small, and the strength accounts for more than one-third of the entire principality.

It is precisely because of such a strong base that the Garcia family does not seem to be panicked by the loss of other places, the wealth of the western realm and the 30,000 army held by Garcia, as long as the duke is not stupid and frames all the troops over, the Stennis side will be killed and ready to be captured.

This is what Stannis has been worried about, looking at the all-red map of the western border, Stannis knows that even if the other party is just a city by city and he consumes, his barren family will be worn to death.

However, it was not without chance, as Stannis looked to the northwest of the map and curled an unobtrusive arc of his mouth, as it was the territory of his secret allies, such as the Marquis of Mitage and his vassals.

Since the last White Expedition, Stannis has not exchanged a letter with them, only occasionally sending Robert to act as a homeless man to exchange information in person, and through the dictation of his younger brother, he also knows that under the intelligence network of the think tank Seaworth, his small secret alliance is operating in an orderly manner, and some families in the West who have long been dissatisfied with Garcia and have been conscripted and consumed as cannon fodder have secretly joined their side, except for Fibos and Tulania at the beginning, and Vane, who claims to be his old enemy, there are many families who have verbally promised to be with them。 Stannis couldn't wait to know how the Duke would face a rebellion in Garcia's rear.

However, when to uncover this hidden card, Stannis did not make up his mind, he must stab the duke in the soft underbelly at the most unexpected moment.

However, this opportunity was soon placed in front of Stannis, and Cortana stepped forward to explain to him the newly received information, the reason why the Duke of Garcia did not send a man and a horse to support after receiving the distress letter from Riwendale, in addition to thinking that Riwendale had no rescue value, and that the Garcia family was organizing the most powerful army in the history of the principality!

With 20,000 Garcia troops plus 10,000 lord troops, Garcia is ready to sweep up Stannis and all those who support him in one fell swoop this time!