"Let me ask first, Your Majesty. Seeing Daenerys' distracted look, Egger knew that he couldn't expect her to preside over the meeting, so he took the initiative to speak after sitting down, "The soldiers will be able to bring Drogon into the city before dark, and if necessary, we can even rush to build the dragon's nest overnight...... But I need to know now, what is the extent of Drogon's injuries, and how long will it take for him to regain his mobility and return to heaven?"

"No one can tell. Melisandre answered the question for the Queen, "The piercing in the wings of the dragon is a minor problem, the trouble is that the left wing bone has been broken by the attack of the stranger. Macchiro and I have some magic that speeds up recovery from injuries, but it's not as effective against magical creatures as it is on people, and the dragon is so big that even the magic that brings people back to life is like scratching an itch. Not to mention that its abdomen was also injured, resulting in internal organs...... Our ability is limited, so we can only prioritize saving its life, and the wounds outside the core organs of the torso must be healed by itself. ”

"According to the records, dragons are much stronger in life force and resilience than humans, and there is a high probability that Zhuo Geng's life will be saved. Sadly, all those who had experience caring for wounded dragons had died, and the queen had never been in a similar situation. "We can only make a rough guess: it should take more than a month, and there is no guarantee of recovery." Therefore, it is better for the Commander-in-Chief to be prepared with both hands. ”

It was not worse than imagined, and Egg, who thought that it would "break his muscles and bones for a hundred days", secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but nodded calmly on his face: "Another dragon, Rhaegard, can Your Majesty ride?"

This question is not answered by others, Daenerys thought for a while, and then explained: "If you say 'riding' refers to whether you can climb on Brother Lei's body, then there is a high probability that there is no problem." But if it means riding him in battle or flying long distances, that's unlikely. The reasons for this are complicated...... Dragonriders don't just ride on dragons, even if I'm their mother, I can't break this rule. ”

Iger didn't quite understand what the queen was talking about, but given that the other party was definitely an expert in this field, he could only fully accept the explanation.

"Then the situation is a bit troublesome, Your Majesty. He frowned and said, "With His Majesty's love for his own child, I am afraid that I will not leave Zhuo Geng until he recovers from his injury." If the other dragon isn't easy to ride, it's conceivable that you'll be in the last Hearthtown for a long time to come—and that's causing at least two major problems. ”

"The first problem is that if you can't return to the southern battlefield anytime soon, you'll have to consider the reaction of other forces. In the Battle of Long Lake, although the northern frontier had no time to gather the entire territory of the army, they hurriedly met the battle, and the number of participants was not large, and at least three or four thousand people left the battlefield alive. With the soldiers returning home, the daily exchange of supplies between the land and the inhabitants of the North, and the various missions I send the Night's Watch on, the details of this human-ghost battle will soon spread north of Neck...... On the bright side, the spread of the truth will turn public opinion in our favor: it is difficult for the princes of the North to choose to go to war in the face of the Night's Watch and the Queen that you have just made a great sacrifice to protect them, but at worst, once the news of your three dragons killed and wounded in the Battle of the Long Lake reaches the River, the Vale, and especially King's Landing, will your army in the south be able to meet the challenges of the forces in your absence?"

"Stannis is a tough opponent. After a few seconds of silence, Daenerys replied solemnly, "Without the dragon, even if I am in the army, I am not sure that I can defeat him." ”

"It's great that you understand that. Although the queen's brain circuit is not the same as herself, fortunately, her IQ is normal, and she can clearly realize that this can save Iger a lot of tongue, "Then I think the next most important thing is to notify you of the army surrounding King's Landing as quickly as possible at all costs, to break the siege formation, shrink and retreat to the nearest castle and stronghold and turn into a defensive state, so as not to lead Stannis to attack the city." ”

"Is there a letter crow flying south in this castle?"

"In the end, there is no Fireplace City, but there are a lot of Houguan Town, and I have already ordered the reconnaissance team to return to the land to pick up the letter crows a few days ago. Judging by the timing, the crow cage will be brought by tomorrow at the latest, and when the time comes, you will have to write your own hands and give orders to your army. In addition to simply lifting the siege of King's Landing, I would like to ask you to station troops in the Night's Watch Industrial Park to prevent Stannis from forcibly returning the Night's Watch property to the Iron Throne after learning of my allegiance to you...... The Night's Watchman's Blackwalled Fortress is not a fortified city, but it is close to the Blackwater, and with your navy and the Unsullied on the north bank of Blackwater Bay and the River, and the Golden Regiment and Riverlands army on the south bank, the defenders of King's Landing will not necessarily risk a storm. I assure you, also for the same complicated reason - that little black castle is extremely crucial for you to rule the Seven Kingdoms in the future!"

The reason is not complicated, but Iger doesn't want to explain it - if the Night's Watch Industrial Park continues to boil and collect nitrate after his last departure, and improve the nitrate production process by the way...... Calculated from the point of view of time, most of the tons of high-quality nitrate in the Black Wall Fort have accumulated at this moment. Suffering from the interruption of the King's Highway and the East Coast shipping route caused by the war, he could not transport it north, so he could only lead his army to the south to fetch it - pure saltpeter was secondary, and the technicians and skilled workers were the greatest wealth, and they had to keep the industrial park before the nitrate mine was discovered and controlled.

Luckily, Stannis only knew that the industrial park was a fairly productive and cash cow, but he couldn't have known how much it meant to himself and the world as a whole, and with a few thousand people guarding it, he was unlikely to take a huge risk to take it.

Daenerys showed great favor in this request, and did not even ask the reason: "It's not troublesome, but there is another question?"

"The dragon's healing cycle determines that we will inevitably stay in the last hearth city for a long time, and the night will be long and dreamy. If you say the original...... You may also be counting on Robb Stark to find out in his conscience, choose neutrality after receiving your life-saving grace, and let me go south to serve you...... If we occupy a castle in the north for a long time, it will inevitably lead to the suspicion that we have plans for the territory of the north. As the contradictions intensify day by day, it is difficult to explain them, and the probability of conflict between the two sides is greatly increased. "Besides, I have to admit that the Wraiths have behaved much more ferociously and cunning in this assault than I had imagined, which has led to the fact that the loss of the land in defense is far greater than expected. ”

The loss of the Grand Canyon defense line and the Canyon Wang's transit stronghold, and the thrilling victory of Donghaiwang resulted in a total loss of 3,000 soldiers in the two opening battles; then most of the defenders of the Shadow Tower were killed by more than 1,000 people; then the loss of the Sentinel Tower, and then the defense of Houguan Town; plus the small number of hundreds lost in the raid of the Iron Folk in the Ice Gorge Harbor and the casualties that had not yet been announced in the final battle a few days ago...... The number of troops lost in this strange attack is really close to the tens of thousands that he casually said before, more than twice the original estimate!

The military organization of the Night's Watch itself, as well as the great advantage of the new land-grantees from outside the Cyprus having the habit of being all soldiers and tribes, make the land-grants indeed have a very high war mobilization rate - although the total population is less than 50,000, Egger estimated that he should be able to lead nearly 10,000 people to the stage of the Iron Throne battle...... But now, even if you count all the adults and young people in the entire land grant, including the mountain clans, you can't make up 10,000 - not to mention that you must have to leave an objective force to guard the base camp.

Even if the spear women were armed, the number of troops they could mobilize would not exceed four thousand, and it was a bit of pressure for such a few people to cross the entire northern territory with great pride, cross the neck, and then run through the river to King's Landing to join the Night's Watch industry. Gunpowder is indeed a generation-level weapon, but it is by no means so divine that it can do whatever it wants without hindrance, and the troops must have a minimum size to form a certain margin for error to ensure worry-free.

In the original plan, the queen was nothing more than a springboard for him, a tool that would allow him to jump out of the land grant after fighting the strangers. But now, with the final battle against the Wraith not quite going as planned, the situation has changed a hundred and eighty degrees: he now really has to rely on the Queen.

"The only remaining strength of the Night's Watch is not going to keep you safe, and we rough men may not be easy for you to use. Your Majesty would do well to gather a small number of troops from the south and go north by sea and come to you as a guard just in case. ”

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