"Whether that Aegon Targaryen is true or not, the moment he chose Storm's End as the starting point of his rebellion against the Iron Throne, he was already dead. Stannis looked at the map, a scornful look at it, "They've probably only heard that Storm's End is the strongest castle in the world, but they've forgotten - no one in the world knows how to defeat it better than I do." ”

"No one doubts that, Your Majesty. "But according to intelligence, Riverlands has regrouped at Bitterbridge and is heading east, and the Vanguard has reached the Kingswoods, and we need to take measures as quickly as possible to avoid being caught off guard." ”

"Huh...... Riverlands, of course, I am and they will do the same. Stannis's face was angry, but it quickly changed into a natural expression: "If it weren't for the so-called little Aegon suddenly appearing to cause chaos in the stormlands, we should already be on our way to the High Court at this moment." The Tyrells didn't want me to settle the backyard too quickly and turn to dealing with them...... Naturally, they have to intervene in this battle, how many people have they gathered?"

"About thirty thousand. ”

Immediately, laughter rang out: "Ha, it's obviously less, isn't it, no one is a fool, and they have lost battles again and again, and the princes of Hewan have long lost the strength to support Lanli at the beginning." ”

Davos shook his head: "There are fewer people, but it doesn't mean that the combat power will decline, the previous time the High Court was to support Lan Li to compete for the throne, so they need to send more people to support the scene, but this time, they are avoiding the family from falling into a crisis of extinction...... It is bound to be all elite. The troop leader was again Randolph Tully...... Your Majesty, if you had announced the pardon of the House of Tyrells immediately after the invasion of King's Landing, as I suggested, the Seven Kingdoms would have been pacified by the time they endured. ”

"Pardon the Tyrells, they supported the plot of the Ranri kid to usurp the throne, and poisoned Lord Eddard Stark with the intention of murdering him, His Majesty agreed, and neither did the people of the North!"

Karstark was a rough man, and Stannis didn't like his rambling temperament, but he agreed on this: "The law is the law, and someone has to pay for the rebellion." If I forgive them this time because of the strength of the Riverlands, the next time someone tries to fight the Iron Throne, they will be lucky about it. The law needs to be enforced like iron, and I can grant the mastermind a black garment to avoid death because of their noble status, but they must come to me and kneel down and ask for it, and there is no such thing as pardon!"

"Your Majesty. Big Jon volunteered: "Let's go deal with Randolph Tully, the northerners have already defeated him twice, and the third time will be no exception!"

"Robb, this time you will still lead the army to meet it. But remember, you must not underestimate the enemy because of the first two victories, and Randolph Tully's reputation for good fighting is not blown out. Stannis nodded, "I'll take Storm's End myself, give me a month, and the Iron Throne will be able to drive this so-called golden regiment back to the sea as it has done every time in the past." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"Speaking of which, your father...... How is Duke Eddard's recovery?"

"After consultation and discussion, the doctors determined that it was poisoning, and it seemed that there was more than one ...... The amount is not large, but it is very troublesome to deal with, and now it is completely dependent on medicine stones to hang on to life. Robb Stark frowned and said, "Right now, it's best to find Margaery Tyrell as soon as possible and ask what kind of poison it is, so that we can configure the antidote." ”

"This sinister woman, the last time I saw her in the valley, she looked like a sweet and lovely little girl, I really didn't see such a vicious heart!"

The northerners were extremely indignant at this, and they all agreed, and Margaery Tyrell suddenly became the embodiment of the femme fatale, synonymous with demons.

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In the midst of this uproar, Davos was skeptical: was this poison really ordered by Margaery, and what good did she do in doing so? The only effect of poisoning Prime Minister Eddard Stark is probably to keep the Starks and the Tyrells alive......

Without Eddard Stark's poisoning, it is unlikely that the Northern army would have remained in the South after helping Stannis take King's Landing, and without the support of the three northern armies, Stannis would not have been able to face Riverbend so hard. That'...... There is still some possibility of peace talks in this civil war, but now ...... Davos shook his head, his instinct telling him that there must be a conspiracy, but since King Stannis was determined to use the Northern Army to reclaim the Stormlands and punish the rebellion in Riverbend, it was best to accept the claim that the Tyrells had poisoned Eddard Steiny.

There are other more pressing issues to be solved than the real culprit: "The army of Dorne has also moved north along the bone road, and is now 'surrounding' the Vulture Nest. If that little Aegon is real, then he should be the nephew of Doran and Prince Oberon, Dorne has changed his previous style and is so active in helping His Majesty to quell the rebellion, it is really suspicious, and he has to be guarded against. ”

"Well, I've ordered the forces of Dorne to sweep away the small castles captured by the Golden Regiment around Cape Stormfury, without going north to Storm's End to support me. Stannis's tone was as cold as ice: "If they go north without permission, then there is no need to guess, just deal with it as an enemy." I'll put a sufficient number of scouts on guard to make sure no one can surprise me from the rear while I deal with Storm's End. ”

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After re-entering King's Landing, Stannis thundered and punished some of the officers of the garrison who had opened the door to bring in the rebels during the siege of the city, and at the same time subdued the Stormlands and the royal army that had been loyal to the Blue Rites. After completing the purge of King's Landing and consolidating his rule, he led more than 50,000 troops from the king's domain, the Stormlands, and the three northern kingdoms to the south.

Lan Li is dead, and as the last male of the Baratheon family, Stannis has no choice but to be loyal to the princes of the Stormlands, stepping from the royal realm to the stormlands, and the princes all the way to the wind, providing food and grass along the way...... This time, Stannis was superior to the other party in terms of both the quantity and quality of the troops under his command, and with the might of the Northern Alliance's winning streak, he didn't even have to worry about logistics and supplies......

The possibility of quelling civil strife and unifying the Seven Kingdoms has never been so real and close at hand.

The commanders of the royal army gathered around the table, making the final touches on the military arrangements before marching to the Storm's Rest Castle, and then the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a red-robed woman walked in.

There was a lot of silence in the tent, and many people looked up at the woman who had interrupted the king's battle meeting without notice.

Melisandre asked expressionlessly, "Your Majesty, the Night's Watch has sent you several distress letters, but you are hiding them from everyone?"

Everyone looked at Stannis again.

The king's face suddenly became extremely unsightly, and he was now the king anyway, and he was ...... Especially a woman from across the Narrow Sea who questioned him in public still hurt his face greatly.

"Who am I hiding from you?" Stannis looked at Melisandre coldly, "Everyone here knows that the wildlings are invading the Wall, and I have already made an agreement with the adults from the north that after this battle, I will send them back to the north to solve the wildling crisis, and even discussed a series of plans to assist the defenders of the Great Wall, is this also a secret?"

"Indeed, you didn't hide the invasion of the Great Wall by the wildlings, but you weighed down the latest call for help reporting the latest situation under a pile of letters on the Bachelor's desk. The defense of the Great Wall is already in danger, but you have brought the elite of the country to the south to participate in this counterinsurgency war that does not need to be rushed at all!" Melisandre's beautiful eyebrows raised in anger: "Away from the real battlefield, to participate in a fight?"

"Fight? that's what you say about this war against the remnants of the Targaryen?" Karstark stood up, "Wait...... When did you become a woman qualified to come to the war council, and you still criticize the king?"

Melisandre turned her head, her gaze swept over Robb Stark and the other northern princes, and squinted at the speaker: "Northerners, the cold wind has blown, and the ancient gods of mortal incomprehension are gathering strength in the land of eternal winter—a terrifying, evil and powerful force that ordinary people can hardly resist. If the righteous do not have the courage to uphold the faith of the flaming hearts and confront the old enemies of all life, the long night that will never end will soon fall, and your realms and people will bear the brunt of this calamity!"

Everyone present knew what Melisandre was talking about, unhappy that a goddess stick had disrupted a battle meeting, but after seeing the ghouls with her own eyes...... He didn't dare to accuse the woman in front of him of talking nonsense and alarmism, so he could only act as a melon-eating crowd and quietly watch how Stannis could deal with the offense he faced as a king.

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