Chapter 0566: Cersei strictly ordered the withdrawal of troops
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In the border mountains of the western realm and the king's lands, in a wooded area with a small stream, the army of the Demon Mountain camped here.
It was getting late, the sun was setting, and the sun was shining like gold through the gaps in the leaves on the huge military tent of the Magic Mountain.
Woo-la-la!
A raven flies among the trees.
Ravens are not afraid of people, but they are afraid of the bows and arrows of soldiers.
The two armies fought, and the scouts liked to shoot the enemy ravens the most.
The raven that flew into the forest was testing whether people would hurt it.
No one harmed it, and the soldiers all looked up at the raven, knowing that the raven was looking for a familiar maester.
The raven is a human creature and a spiritual creature through human nature, and the white raven in the school city can also speak human language. Both the white ravens and the black ravens are bachelor's specializations, and this technology comes from the school town of Old Town. Ravens serve the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms and are the most convenient means of communication in the Seven Kingdoms. For a thousand miles, ravens only need a day and night, and they are not afraid of wind and rain. There are also very few natural predators of ravens, and the one that can threaten the life of ravens the most is the air overlord eagle.
Among the military scholars of the Magic Mountain, there is a court scholar named Peggy.
Peggy was arranged for the Magic Mountain by Kavon Lannister.
The Magic Mountain and the Archbishop of the Great Basilica of Baylor joined forces to lend the royal family of Toman Baratheon I a huge sum of 3.6 million gold dragons in exchange for the tax power of the Seven Kingdoms. In order to supervise the tax situation of the Magic Mountain and record the detailed tax list of the Magic Mountain, Kaivon sent the court scholar Peggy to follow the Magic Mountain.
Paigina is Prime Minister Kai Feng's eyeliner, but this eyeliner was subdued by Magic Mountain on the first day he followed Magic Mountain.
Peggy is wise that when a person has no life left, any dream, action, and persistence is a joke.
Everything in life is built on life.
If you lose your life, you lose everything.
The current Bachelor Peggy is a Bachelor of the Magic Mountain, loyal and loyal, standing on the side of the Magic Mountain wholeheartedly and serving the Magic Mountain.
If you can't leave and don't have the strength to resist, then accept.
Peggy chose to accept the 'proposal' of the Magic Mountain, and he stood on the side of the Magic Mountain.
The raven hovered over the tent of the Magic Mountain, and when Master Potter and several of the nobles' scholars came out of the tent, the raven swept past them, not falling, but cooing. When Maester Peggy stepped out and held out his hand, the raven flew down with a thud and landed on Peggy's palm.
Raven is looking for Maester Peggy.
Peggy grabbed the corn in her other hand, and he spread out his palm, and the raven flew down on the other hand, cooing and pecking at the kernels.
Peggy removes the letter from the raven's leg, and the wax seal on it is a royal seal.
Peggy didn't dare to withdraw privately, he is now a bachelor with a lord, and everything has to serve the lord, which is the basic cultivation of a bachelor.
Peggy took the letter and hurried into the tent of the Chinese army, and handed the letter to the Magic Mountain respectfully.
The Mountain crushes the wax seal and opens the letter, which is a letter from Cersei, who changes her mind and asks the Mountain to stop its march on King's Landing.
The Magic Mountain held the letter over the candle and lit it, watching it burn into a curling gray ash.
Peggy didn't know what was written on the letter, and Moshan didn't say it, he didn't dare to ask.
Born from a poor family, Peggy was a gifted man who rose from a bachelor's assistant to a scholar and entered the royal palace, where he realized his ideals and reached the pinnacle of his life. He was the most successful man in his hometown, and one of his white robes with fine embroidery was enough for a year's living expenses of a countryman.
Peggy touched the metal piece necklace around her neck and was silent, each piece of metal is a certificate for passing a subject exam, and it is also the glory of a bachelor, and it is an authoritative witness of erudition.
Bachelor's Necklace, a certificate of passage to the Seven Kingdoms awarded by the Academy.
"Lord Gregor, you've all seen the raven deliver the letter, do you need me to ......?"
"No, Bachelor. "The Magic Mountain clearly means Peggy, and Peggy hopes to tell the soldiers a message that the Magic Mountain wants to say.
But the Magic Mountain doesn't need it at all.
"Yes, sir!" Peggy bowed and retired.
From the village of Klegon in the west to King's Landing, it was more than 2,000 miles, and the infantry was the main part of the 18,000-strong army. The infantry needed to walk step by step to King's Landing to fight, and with the addition of grain, grass and livestock, the march of the troops would not be fast.
If the Magic Mountain were to be raided, he would be able to travel to the woods outside King's Landing in three or four days. And for the army, it will take a month.
It took ten days of marching from the Magic Mountain to the territory of the Western Realm and enter the border between the Western Realm and the King's Territory.
After Peggy exited the camp, the Magic Mountain fell into deep thought.
In her letter, Cersei said that she had reached a settlement with Prime Minister Kevon, and that she had ordered the Magic Mountain to withdraw its troops, retreat to the West, and disband the Westside Alliance.
Cersei is a person who is easily persuaded and swayed, she is very shrewd, but she lacks the big picture. From the fact that she forced away the fearless Barristan Sermi, the captain of the Kingsguard, anyone with a discerning eye could see her mediocrity and stupidity.
Whoever receives the service of the fearless Barristan Sermi will have the hearts and minds of the people. Barristan Sermi was a true knight of the Targaryen royal family, an absolute hero, with great prestige and integrity in the hearts of the soldiers and people of the Seven Kingdoms, although he killed Robert's good friend and a considerable part of Robert's vassals, Robert still pardoned him and asked him to be the captain of the royal family's guard.
Such a great hero who is deeply admired, loved, and respected by the nobles and people of the Seven Kingdoms, but Cersei forced Barristan away. This has made the people of King's Landing deeply hated the Lannisters, and they have not been able to undo the worst negative effects to this day.
The Magic Mountain thought that it was a contradiction between Cersei and Kai Feng, it was a contradiction in the struggle for power, and Cersei would never give in, but in just over ten days, things were reversed, and Cersei ordered the Magic Mountain to withdraw its troops.
The Magic Mountain burned Cersei's orders!
Kaivon has shown his sword to him, and he must kill Kaivon.
Wasn't Tywin's death enough to deter Kaivon?
Obviously, this is not a matter of deterrence, this is an irreconcilable contradiction between friend and foe.
Once Cersei and Kaivon reconcile and join forces, the Magic Mountain becomes unknown.
To be a thug, you don't need to be famous, to be a big villain, you don't need to be famous, but to be a military minister of the Seven Kingdoms, guardian of the West, Duke of Dragonstone, commander-in-chief of the Clegon Legion, king of the Crab Claw Peninsula, and the lord of the Clegon Territory, Casterme Territory, and Tabek Hall Territory, you have to distinguish yourself from the street thugs and the big villains who kill people without blinking.
Everything needs a superficial name!
Who convinced Cersei?
Magic Mountain can't think of it!
There was no such change in the prophecy of his wife, Lady Jeanne.
The Blood Wizard, Lady Dortikuntina, did not foresee the change in this battle.
Change comes from Cersei!
Cersei was easily persuaded by the letter from the Magic Mountain, but she was also easily persuaded by others. That's her character, and her short-sightedness determines it.
There were no clever conspirators around Cersei, and there were no such powerful people as Petyrberry the Littlefinger. Littlefinger is still in Eagle's Nest in the Valley, and news has come out that Rysa Tully, the widow of Eagle's Nest, is preparing a grand wedding with Littlefinger.
So, who convinced Cersei to change her mind and decide to settle with Kevon first?!
The Demon Mountain lost Cersei's orders and forcibly entered King's Landing, which was unjustifiable, legal, and the code of the Imperial Ministers.
Although the scrub burned Cersei's orders, he knew that he could not eliminate Cersei's orders.
Cersei's order, why is it conveyed by Bachelor Peggy, who is clearly Prime Minister Kevon's person.
Could it be that Prime Minister Kevon faked Cersei's orders?
At this time, Cersei was on her way back to King's Landing in the Bend.
Could it be that Cersei followed Kavon's advice and deliberately sent a letter to Maester Peggy, so that Maester Peggy might know the contents of the letter, hoping that Maester Peggy would inadvertently tell the contents of the letter and spread it to the soldiers of the West?
But even if you don't use the people of the West, you don't need to surrender troops to the iron seed, and the eight thousand soldiers of the Demon Mountain can still conquer King's Landing.
Things suddenly get complicated!
Politics is never easy, though!
The Magic Mountain released the raven at night and sent a letter to the Great Master Coben and the Minister of Intelligence Bernick Rigan, who needed to know why Cersei had changed her mind, and why the two assistants, Coben and Bernie, had such a dull sense of smell this time, and did not report any sensitive news to the Magic Mountain beforehand.
Two days later, the army advanced to the small river of Kagta, and in the sky, in the direction of King's Landing, another raven flew in.
The Demon Mountain rode on the tall Red Smoke Beast, and was the first to see the ravens flying in the air.
Is it Bernie's letter or Cobain's?
Or is it Cersei's letter ordering the Magic Mountain to withdraw again?
In full view of everyone, the raven landed on the shoulders of Peggy, the Bachelor.
This is the second letter Peggy has received.
This letter, like the first one, is sealed with dark red wax and stamped with the seal of the royal family.
Peggy unleashed the letter and respectfully handed it to the Magic Mountain.
The Magic Mountain crushed the wax seal on the Red Smoke Beast, and opened the letter, which was still Cersei's letter, which once again demanded that the Demon Mountain withdraw its troops.
Cersei reiterates that she and Prime Minister Kevon have reconciled and does not want to see the Westlanders kill each other.
The Magic Mountain is also from the West, and the main cavalry and infantry of the Magic Mountain are all from the West.
If the Mountain insists on marching, Kaivon will recall the more than 20,000 Riverlands army and the Western Alliance in the Riverlands, and gather the vassals of the Baratheon family of Storm's End, but Cersei and Kaivon do not want to go to war with the Mountain, they hope to sit down with the Mountain, and for the peace of the kingdom, Kaivon, the Mountain, and Cersei will reach a reconciliation.
Magic Mountain rolled up the letter and handed it to the Iron Sir Grayton Gubler beside him: "Sir, burn it." ”
"Yes, my lord!" Graydon Gubler took the letter, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it. His expression remained unchanged, as if it were normal to swallow a parchment letter.
It's more convenient than pulling out a flint and steel to light it!
The army continued to advance towards King's Landing, and this time, the Demon Mountain ordered to speed up its march without rest at night.
Three days later, the army advanced to the village of Smar, which was still eight hundred miles away from King's Landing.
Early the next morning, the legion continued to advance from the camp, and in the blue sky, the Magic Mountain saw another raven appear.
The raven flew over the head of the Magic Mountain and landed on Master Harry's shoulder.
This made the Demon Mountain breathe a sigh of relief, and he was worried that Cersei would write again and order him to retreat.
Harry untied the raven letter and handed it to the Magic Mountain, who crushed the wax seal without the seal and unfolded the letter, which was written by Bernick Ligan and the Great Master Koben, it was a long letter.
The letter stated that they had ascertained that Jaime Lannister, who had returned to King's Landing from Dorne, with the princess Messirah Baratheon and Rosa Mon Lannister of Lannisport had been hunted down by the fleet of Dorne sent by the repentant Prince of Dorne shortly after leaving Dorne.
In order to escape the pursuit of the Dorn, Jaime ordered the fleet to continue north and flee to the port of the Blackwater River in King's Landing, but he secretly took Messira and Rosamond to sail the royal warship west at night, abandoned the ship in the small fishing village near Storm's End, and quietly entered the Royal Forest, returning to King's Landing through the Storm Boulevard in the Royal Forest.
Prince Dorou of Dorne repented of returning Princess Messira?
That's impossible!
Moshan understands the character of Prince Michiro, the prince is cautious and thoughtful, he doesn't want to rely on the strength of a country in Dorne to start a war, the time is not yet ripe, Moshan knows that Prince Michiro is waiting for someone: Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons.
If the Dorne fleet pursues Jaime, then the order for this fleet must not come from Prince Doro, but from Doro's heir: Arlene Martell, Princess of Doan.
Arlen Martell had an admirer: his uncle, Oberon Martel. She was proficient in marksmanship, and she came from the guidance of her uncle Oberon. Her habits of life, her unbridled manners, were exactly the same as those of Oberon. In Princess Alen's heart, Oberon, the red viper, was closer.
In the original world trajectory, in order to take revenge, Alianne conspired against Prince Daolang, hoping to control his father, control Dorne, and then support Princess Messira as king, tear apart the royal family, and then raise an army to kill King's Landing.
If the fleet of Dorne suddenly pursues and kills the departing Jaime, it is likely that Arlen will order him to unite with several of Oberon's Sand Serpent daughters.
It looks like maybe Dorne has mutinied!
Princess Alen and Oberon's six sand snake daughters are not easy to mess with!
The Magic Mountain continued to read the letter.
The letter states that Jaime receives a raven letter from Kayvon Lannister, which causes Jaime to change course, and Jaime turns around at the three-way intersection where Storm Boulevard, Rose Boulevard, and King's Boulevard meet, and goes to Rose Boulevard to meet Cersei.
Jaime goes to Dorne to pick up Princess Messira, who has a party of her own. The team includes the Maestrie, who receives and sends raven letters, and a Kingsguard, Sir Alex Oakhet, who protects the princess.
After Cersei left King's Landing, Prime Minister Kevon was in control, and the Raven Letter sent by Jaime was no longer received by Cersei, but by Kevon.
After analyzing Cobain and Bernie, they believe that only Jaime and Princess Messira may change Cersei's mind. And the letters of contact that Prime Minister Kevon sent to Jaime were also key.
Things change fast.
Kevon is not a lamb to the slaughter!
He had a strategy and saw the crux of the matter.
He didn't want to start a military battle with the Magic Mountain, he knew he didn't have much chance of winning.
The Royal Navy fleet recruited another 2,000 naval fighters, bringing the total strength to 5,000 soldiers, and twenty new warships were built, bringing the total number of warships to fifty. But the commander-in-chief of the Navy is a man from the Magic Mountain: Wagnagar from the Crab Claw Peninsula.
Intelligence Secretary Bernie is also from Magic Mountain.
Once the Magic Mountain has Cersei's support, and once Cersei leaves the High Court and returns to King's Landing, Kaivon's situation is very dangerous.
But Kayvon has caught a key man: Jaime Lannister!
This is a rich second generation who doesn't care about fame and wealth, but he is not confused about things, in addition to being confused about Cersei's problem, Jaime has a sense of right and wrong, and he also has a vision for judging the situation. As long as he's not obsessed with Cersei, he's still a normal true knight.
Jimmy!
In the link that Magic Mountain considered, Jaime was missing.
But Jaime came back at the most critical time, and Jaime was a good fighter. His appeal to the soldiers of the Western Frontier far surpassed that of Kevon and the current commander-in-chief, Adoshalot. This guy has a very special ability, and in just a few words, he can make the soldiers of the Western Realm fight for him with enthusiasm, which is the envy of the little demon Tyrion.
At the end of the letter, Bernie and Cobain remind the Magic Mountain that Crow-Eye Eulun has arrived in King's Landing and secretly entered the Prime Minister's Tower, and that Prime Minister Kevon has already mentioned at the Imperial Council that he is ready to accept the submission of the Gryjoy family from the Iron Islands, and asks the King to pardon the Iron People for their treachery.
This trick is also very powerful!
The Magic Mountain fought in the west, and Kaivon reaped the results, and Raveneye surrendered to Kaivon, and King Tommen completed the unification of the Iron Islands.
The Iron Fleet that had raided and plundered the Riverbend had all withdrawn from the Riverbend. The Iron Isles' most powerful fleet was not the one that followed Raven's Eye to attack the West, but the Iron Fleet led by Victarion Greyjoy.
In the Western War, Raven's Eye suffered the most losses not from the Iron Fleet, but from his own pirate fleet. The real core strength of the Iron Fleet has not been defeated, they are in the Riverbend.
Demon Mountain's gaze rested on the sentence on the letter: Recently, the remnants of Raveneye's defeated army are entering King's Landing one after another, meeting at the top of the Dragon's Lair Hill.
Obviously, Raveneye had prepared for the worst when he was retreating, and if the team was ambushed and scattered, and everyone could not evacuate according to the original plan, they would go to King's Landing to find him.
The Magic Mountain rolled up the letter and handed it to Grayton Gubler, who was beside him: "Burn it, Sir." ”
"Yes, sir. ”
It's a long letter!
Under the watchful eyes of the captain of the guard, Erling, Joyce Foca, the personal attendant Comwarner, the adopted son Langdengar, the dead Norris, the maester Harry, the maester Peggy, and others, Greton Gubler shoved the parchment letter into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it.
He took out the flint and set it on fire on the parchment, and to tell the truth, Sir Grayton Gubler was not used to it.
The army of the Magic Mountain continues to march!
Half an hour later, another raven flew into the sky and landed on Paigine's shoulder.
Cersei's letter, strictly ordering the Magic Mountain to withdraw!
Cersei did not receive a reply from the Magic Mountain's withdrawal, and sent three withdrawal orders in a row, one harsher than the other!