Chapter 544: Master's Moves (Medium)

As Egg preemptively "convinced" the Starks to surrender to Daenerys, the Bolton army, which was ready to overthrow the mountain overhead, lost its combat objective when it arrived at its destination, and the Queen's illusory goal of "ruling the North" temporarily deprived this powerful army of the opportunity to go south and spread its anger on the other six nations, and the elite of the Fortress of Terror, which was forced to camp in the abandoned farms outside the city, was tormented and tested physically and psychologically, and was already in turmoil.

On the day of the incident, a small group left the camp to go to the winter town to buy wine and meat from local residents to improve the food of the barracks, and "encountered" several soldiers of the land-donor army, and learned from the latter that there was a place in the town where skin and meat were traded, and they could "have fun...... So, these men, who were full of energy and had nowhere to go, followed the guidance and came to a tall house that looked unremarkable from the outside, and knocked on the door.

The Stark family deserves to be evaluated as "upright" from top to bottom, but the lack of resources and the physical needs of the low-level commoners are not something that can be solved by the high morals of the members of the lord family - one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, even when Eddard Stark is still alive and in charge of Winterfell, prostitutes exist and can openly operate in the towns outside the castle walls, not to mention in this bitter winter where everything is withered and cannot be planted, and in the difficult years when the number of orphans and widows experiencing war has increased dramatically?

There are indeed places where you can spend money to have fun in the winter town, and there are many public and private, bright and dark. But on this day, the soldiers of the Horror Fort followed the guidance of the "old driver" to find a good family with a prosperous family with sufficient reserves for the winter, and a good family with some local reputation and influence.

Tensions erupt when a couple of people from the Fort of Terror with skinned coats of arms knock on the door of the house and start harassing the family's wives and daughters, demanding "services" but refusing. At this time, "coincidentally" another group of soldiers of the land-giving army went shopping and passed by this place and took action, and the movement of the conflict between the two sides attracted the passing patrol of the Unsullied, and the ending was no suspense.

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The unlucky ones who noticed the yin naturally shouted loudly, but the two groups of land-giving soldiers who initially deliberately pointed the wrong way and later acted out when the conflict broke out were all successful after the trap was completed - the patrol of the Unsullied who finally twisted the prisoner to the queen was actually passing by, and the victim and the surrounding neighbors were unaware of Petyr's plan to frame him...... There are all human and physical evidence, and the victims are all there, and the group of people who were recruited really fell into the crotch of their pants, and they are not but.

Daenerys does not like the Starks, but that doesn't stop her from seeing the dependents of Winterfell as part of the kingdom and under her protection. As both a woman and a king, she heard that such a bad act had taken place right under her nose, and her heart was so angry that Luce Bolton and Varys, who had been summoned to be questioned, could guess in their hearts what was going on, but they did not even dare to defend themselves, so they could only stand under their seats, trembling and bearing the wrath of the true dragon, and could not say more than a word for their men.

The magnitude of the crime committed during the Imperial Driver's stay in Winterwinter is indescribable, and Petyr makes no secret of the fact that Daenerys should be punished with a heavier punishment and hang all the prisoners outside the city as an example...... This is not excessive, but the father and brother of the victim's family decisively copied the guy and confronted the intruder, and some of the deceived soldiers of the Fort of Terror had a heart and did not actually commit violence against any of the female dependents. Considering the attempted crime, and the fact that the Bolton Army had just taken the lead in surrendering to the commendable loyalty, after some discussion and intercession, Daenerys finally chose a more rational compromise: Luce Bolton personally apologized to the broken family and offered compensation, and then strictly disciplined his subordinates, and the offender was flogged in public in the central square of the winter town to warn everyone.

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After justice was done, the prisoners were dragged out of the city by a band of unsullied people to be punished...... Littlefinger and Egger, the Queen's Hand and Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, naturally did not resign themselves to wasting their time watching the flogging. After winning another game, they took a 3:2 lead in this open and dark battle, and they successfully overpowered Varys, walking side by side in the castle, proudly but not forgettably.

"Unfortunately, the Innocents on patrol arrived a moment earlier than planned, and the fools were more cowardly than I thought, and at the sight of the Queen's guards, they immediately laid down their arms and surrendered—otherwise, if a woman was raped or bled a little by the escalation of the conflict, they would surely die. Petyr sighed regretfully, "But that's enough, anyway, our original goal was not to kill those nobodies, but to slap Varys in the face, and by the way, let Naburton know that it was powerful." ”

Taking innocent people as victims to sinister opponents, to be honest, Iger was a little disdainful of this, but at the same time, he understood that this was not even the dirtiest side of politics, so he could only control the contempt in his heart and join the discussion as usual: "Your Majesty ordered Bolton to strictly restrain his subordinates and not leave the barracks without anything, which can be regarded as abolishing one of Varys's arms." But with the stoic and vicious nature of the eight-clawed spider, I am afraid that it will not give up on this. ”

"I've already started digging a hole, and I'm not going to leave this guy idle. Petyr said confidently, and then his tone became serious: "There has been news from the city of Severn, Robb has persuaded most of the northern princes who have been stationed here, except for the old man of the Castellan family, who led his army back to Cahoe City without hesitation, and the other four have agreed to follow him to Winterfell to meet the new monarch. Speaking of which, how are you on your search for the Amber heir?"

"I really haven't found it yet, but the fake one is ready, and I'm just waiting for the time when I have to use it. ”

"Put it over there first, don't worry, especially don't leak the news so that Varys can take advantage of it. Since Robb has good news, then we will take the initiative and don't take the risky move that may be caught by the opponent unless we have to. With the exception of a few others whose news is uncertain due to the distance, we can now generously announce that we have won the support of half of the nobles in the North. Even if it's just lip service for the time being, it's a major victory. But the more dominant we are, the closer we get to the finish line, the more careful we have to be, and the opponent who is cornered and forced to rush will dare to use any trick. ”

"I have ordered that all units of the land-giving army be restrained according to wartime standards, that any form of private outing is prohibited, and that no chance to be given an eye for an eye will be given to the other side. ”

"Okay, but apart from the safety of the soldiers below and you and me, the northern princes of Severn City will be here soon, and you and I will have to guard against any tricks Varys has to do in this matter. Littlefinger nodded approvingly, obviously satisfied with Egger's instincts and caution, "I can't do much about this without soldiers, and I'm afraid I'll have to worry about the Commander-in-Chief's extra thoughts, and many other matters such as preparing for reception and preparation." ”

"Wrap it around me. ”

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There will inevitably be another wave of attacks from Varys, which doesn't even require the two to agree on but is self-evident. Egger and Petyr made all the psychological and physical preparations, but they did not expect that the counterattack of the opponent would not only bypass the two and their subordinate forces, nor rush to the first northern princes who had rushed to the Hajj, but opened a breakthrough in an unexpected place under their noses.

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