The dream of becoming king may be the obsession and madness buried deep in the blood of the Greyjoy family, and no family member is immune, but compared to her father's blind confidence and rashness, Asha Greyjoy thinks she is more sober and more sensible.

Uncle was right: the ancient road was once applicable to the Iron Islands, because at that time the Iron Islands were one of many small kingdoms, and there was not much difference in strength, and the islands were protected by marine hazards, and the Iron People could not cause devastating revenge no matter who they plundered...... But Aegon's conquest put an end to the division, and the Ancient Way died with the death of Heron the Blackheart and his sons.

The Iron Islands' current strength is completely powerless to shake the Westeros continent.

Therefore, when her father decided to rebel again, she was powerless to stop him, but she did everything she could to persuade him to abandon his unrealistic fantasy of occupying the entire North, and instead adopt a steady strategy: send her own surprise attack to occupy the Shenlimburg, the center of the western part of the North, and her uncle Victor Leon led the Iron Fleet to capture Carlin Bay.

When these two strategic objectives are achieved, the Iron Folk can close the door and fight the dogs, relying on the West Coast and the Wolf Forest, while intercepting the northern army and returning to save their homes, they will continue to harass the entire northern territory with countless small forces, so that the Yankees will not be able to gather troops to regain the lost territory or cooperate with Robb Stark to open the north-south passage...... By delaying time, it is slowly becoming a fact that the Iron People occupy the Rocky Coast and Cape Hailong. Eventually, through a combination of emigration, hostages, and negotiations, the northerners were forced to cede part of the west coast of the Iron Islands, which was ten times larger than the entire Iron Islands combined, despite its sparse size.

With the rebels in the south pinning down the Iron Throne, the probability of success of this plan is still small, but at least it is much more promising than the last rebellion launched by my father...... Anyway, the worst outcome would be to be repelled by the Yankees and forced to retreat to the Iron Islands, and no one would have the ability to defeat the Iron Fleet and counterattack the island without the recognized king like Robert who gathered the elite of the Seven Kingdoms as he did back then.

Even if they lose the battle, they still have a way to choose the rebels, as long as Aegon Targaryen defeats Stannis Baratheon to ascend to the Iron Throne, and with the reward, the Iron People can still turn over.

As for whether the kid who raised the real dragon flag was a real dragon?

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The plan went exceptionally well, and although the assault on the city of Toruń and the barren mound was repulsed, the "unrestricted raiding war" soon left the entire northern border, which was empty, in a state of panic...... The west of King's Road has completely lost the power to resist, and the houses of Amber, Burton, and Karstark to the east are also holding the gates of the castle tightly, and each of them is sweeping the snow in front of the gate, and only the guards of Winterfell will occasionally go out to fight fires, and rush to several villages and castles in the hinterland of the north to drive away the invaders, and even this trouble, after continuous running and fighting, has gradually reduced the frequency of blocking the activities of the Iron People.

No one could have predicted that his father, who had always been strong and healthy, would have an accident at this critical moment that would determine the fate of Iron People: a sudden storm and a broken rope bridge would kill Baron Greyjoy. At least that's what they say, if Drowning God really exists, then he must be deaf and blind, and he loves to make cruel jokes.

The next bad news was the news that his uncle Euron, whom he hadn't seen for many years, had "coincidentally" returned. Prepared, he defeated himself and Uncle Victalion, who was not good at words, at the election of the king, with a magic horn, and successfully put on the Driftwood Crown...... In order not to be killed or forcibly betrothed, Asha and her cronies fled from the Iron Islands back to Deepwood, where the former "occupiers" are now "refuge" and lost dogs, with nowhere else to go.

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The moonlight fell on the distant mountains, reflected by the snow at the peaks, and it looked like the mountains were covered with ice crowns. The daughter of the sea monster has no intention of enjoying the scenery at the moment, she is full of resentment and dissatisfaction: if she were not a woman, she would have won the election of the king without any suspense and inherited her father's throne and influence. But because of the lack of such a piece of meat between his legs, even Uncle Victalion, who has always been close to him, had the idea of jumping out to compete with him at the election party...... If he supports him, no matter how many tricks he has to play, he will never be able to win in an upset.

It would be fine if it was just to despise women, but what made Asha most difficult to accept and even angry was that after Euron won the Driftwood Crown with his rhetoric, Victalion knew that his father was likely to be murdered by him, but he was still driven by his obedient nature to obediently submit to the new king.

His father had ordered him to lead the Iron Fleet to guard the gateway back to the north from the south, and intercept Robb Stark, who was bound to return north to save his family. With the main force of the Iron Islands present, it was difficult for the young wolf lord to break through that fortress in a short period of time, even if he had thousands of troops, but her dear Uncle Victarion, after accepting Euron's new order, did not hesitate to abandon this important duty, and led most of the Iron Fleet to the south to attack the Shield Islands.

has an uncle who leads the main force to guard Kalin Bay, and he is like a dog in the north. And now, with only a few hundred people left, Carlin Bay can't hold off the northerners for long, and once Robb Stark returns to the north through the neck, he really doesn't know...... Who's the dog in the house?

Her father had given her thirty longships and a thousand men to attack the Deepwoods, but only four ships and less than two hundred men remained with her. He had indeed negotiated the terms with the Glover family, and was only waiting for the details of the peace treaty to be finalized with the Lord of the North. However, the premise that can force the northerners to negotiate peace and abide by the agreement is that the main force of the iron fleet can block the army of the young wolf lord, and the army in his own hands is enough to firmly control the sea dragon horn and the rocky coast...... Now that these two conditions have been lost, not to mention the grand ideal of ceding land and expanding the territory of the Iron Islands, even the deep forest fort itself can hold on for a few days, which is a big problem.

I don't know, how long the hundreds of brothers who stayed behind in Carlin Bay will be able to hold that fortress? No, maybe we should ask another question—is Carlin Bay still in the hands of the Iron Min?

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It was cold outside, and the instinct of her body told Asha Greyjoy that it was time to go back to the warm bedroom of Lord Glover, and choose one of the men who still followed her to be pleasing and faithful—go to bed and hard, and then sleep until dawn. But she was not in the mood to do so, she hadn't heard anything from Carlin Bay in two weeks, which meant that Robb Stark's army could appear outside the Deepwood at any moment and launch a surprise attack, dragging her out of bed and hanging on the gallows.

Under this pressure, even a good night's sleep becomes a luxury. She had to arrange her defenses and find a way out for herself and her brothers as soon as possible.

The deep forest fort is built around a wide, circular hill with a flattened ceiling and a deep long hall with a fifty-foot-high watchtower at its end. The outer courtyard was located at the foot of the hill and was built with stables, pastures, blacksmiths, wells and sheepfolds, with deep trenches dug out of the perimeter, a sloping earthen embankment and log fence. The defense line is arranged according to the topography and is oval in shape. The castle has two gates, each protected by a pair of square wooden towers, which are connected to the tower by a walkway on the wall.

Very typical defensive buildings and aristocratic residences, not fancy but functional. However, unlike most castles in Westeros, all of the castle is made of wood, including the hall and the interior and exterior walls, which is inseparable from the fact that there are not many stones to be found in the surrounding forest...... The result is that what she occupies is an old, famous, but not fortified castle.

Instead of thousands of troops, only seven or eight hundred well-trained soldiers with ladders, she could only watch without temper as the other side attacked the city wall and recaptured the castle that belonged to the Yankees.

When the enemy army is overwhelming, she has no choice but to evacuate or fight to the death. Perhaps, it would be a mistake to still occupy it and not leave? The deep forest castle was very close to the sea, but Asha stood on the wall and looked out, and could only see an endless number of trees. The Yankees call the forest the Wolf Grove, a sea of trees, but the air is filled with the scent of rosin rather than the familiar smell of salt.

Abandoning the city is easy, but the question is where to go - back to the Iron Islands, even if her uncle Euren doesn't kill her, he will have the "husband" assigned to her send someone to take her home, the rocky coast and Sea Dragon Point don't even have a walled fortress, except for a cave, it is difficult to find a place to take shelter from the rain, not to mention that the northerners will hunt her down like a water dog, and go to sea...... With four longships and less than two hundred men, how could Baron Greyjoy's daughter and heir, when all the pirates belonged to the weakest of the first, be so willing to fall?

While pondering, Asha walked along the wooden wall and was greeted by two sentry brothers who whispered hello to her.

"Keep your eyes open and report if you see a rabbit. ”

"Got it, Captain. ”

There was no hint of strength in the subordinate's tone, and he staggered past, and even looked him up and down with greedy eyes. Half of those who still follow her see her as a daughter and sister, while the other half want to separate her legs...... Asha knew this, and she couldn't help but worry: if the despair continued to spread, the second half of the people would not be able to control the lower half of their bodies and force themselves to attack her.

No, they won't...... Another voice in Asha's heart said that they love you and will never hurt you. And she is not a delicate and weak girl who needs protection.

Sorting out the chaotic thoughts, she continued what she had just thought...... But less than a minute after being separated from the two sentries, the alarm suddenly sounded.

"It's on fire! The south watchtower is on fire!"

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