The people of the Iron Islands?

But wasn't Blackwater Bay blocked by Daenerys' fleet that had occupied Dragonstone, and how did he get in?

The same doubts flashed through the hearts of the two people in the house at the same time, but neither of them asked for any other reason—Stannis and Davos met because the latter, during the most difficult stage of the siege of Storm's End, drove a black-sailed boat full of onions and pickled fish on a dark night to break through the blockade of Redwin's fleet on Qingting Island, bringing supplies to the city that needed to hold out until the end of the war.

The ocean is so wide that no amount of ships can form an airtight line, as long as the ships used are small and fast enough, and the people who operate the ships are skilled enough and brave enough, it is entirely possible to successfully smuggle them across, let alone a group of skilled pirates?

"Bring someone to me!"

The man had already arrived outside the Red Keep, and was escorted into the conference hall not long after the order was given—a lean, short, lewd middle-aged man, with a sharp beak and a boil on his cheeks, and a mouth full of yellow teeth that showed his whole mouth when he grinned, so that no one wanted to look at it again, and Stannis began to wonder if this was a means sent by Euron or Daenerys to disgust him.

Fortunately, what the other party said was quite articulate and the meaning was clear.

"Greetings to King's Landing and the King of the Stormlands, King of the Iron Islands, and may your Majesty be well. ”

"Bastard thing!" Davos was furious—didn't he think the king was in a bad mood enough, and even a pirate king on the little Iron Islands dared to mock his own monarch to block him?The onion prime minister took a step towards the comer with a hideous face on his neck, not a tall figure, but he still pressed the little man in front of him by half a head, "Your Majesty is the lord of the Seven Kingdoms and the guardian of the whole territory, you ......"

"Alright, alright. ”

Stannis shook his head helplessly, waving his hand to interrupt the Prime Minister's defense of his claim and name.

King's Landing and the King of the Stormlands? Of course, the other party deliberately used this word to make himself unhappy, but judging from the current form, even this shabby title still exalted himself - four of the seven countries rebelled, the two countries were neutral, and the only remaining storm land was ravaged by the Golden Regiment, and he couldn't afford to send troops to the King of Qin.

Even if the bastard in front of him directly called himself the "King of King's Landing", how could he refute it?

After all, the real scope of his current control is indeed a king's landing.

"I don't have the heart to know what your name is, where you're from, what's going on in your stomach, and I'm not interested in playing with you. Stannis's face was as stiff and cold as ice, "It's better to hurry up and complete the task assigned by your master, and then go back and forth from where it is still dark." ”

"Yes. The little man agreed with a grin, then cleared his throat, and his expression suddenly became serious: "King Euron asked me to bring you a message—the Iron Fleet has arrived at Blackwater Bay, ready to join the battle from the sea to support His Majesty's battle to defend King's Landing." If you are willing to publicly declare that Lord Euren of House Greyjoy is the undisputed and legitimate ruler of the Iron Islands and the North, and the Riverlands, then King Euren will reciprocate you as King of the East, South, and Dorne and the Stormlands, and the two countries will form a permanent alliance of non-aggression and mutual support...... If necessary, marriage can also be considered, what do you think?"

Stannis replied in a calm tone with no emotion on his cold face, "Let me sort it out, what Euron means: as long as I am willing to cede one-third of the Seven Kingdoms to your master and rule Westeros with him, the army of the Iron Islands will help me defend the city in the next defense of King's Landing, right?"

"Hehe...... "Hehe the little man reverted back to his original scoundrel appearance, smiled and nodded, "Well, Your Majesty is worthy of being a king, and his ability to summarize is high, yes, that's probably what it means." ”

"Hmph. Stannis was really not fit to make a relaxed expression, and even an ordinary sneer was made by him with a bit of hideousness. He snorted angrily, and then looked at the other party straight and stiff with a gaze that did not fluctuate, until he stared at him in his heart, and cold sweat oozed from his back before he slowly spoke.

"A rebel who stole my country's land would dare to send someone to the Red Keep to negotiate terms with me? Come on, take this man down for me!"

As soon as he exited the door, the soldier pushed the door in again, pounced on him like a wolf, and pushed the little man to the ground.

"The snatcher of the Greyjoy family, the puppet king 'Crow's Eye' Eulen, who split the Iron Islands from the Seven Kingdoms, now dares to covet the northern rivers again, in order to punish the Iron People for their ambitions and crimes against these three places, cut off three fingers of this man, and then drive him back to the sea!"

"Yes!"

"Huh?" Before the little iron man came to his senses, he was firmly pressed to the ground, and even his face touched the cold stone slab, and he struggled and writhed and begged for mercy when he heard the words, "Your Majesty is merciful!

The two big-shouldered soldiers didn't care about this, one of them cut Tiemin's right hand behind his back and suppressed his struggle, and the other grabbed his left hand and stepped on it under his feet, and pulled out his dagger with a bang, and was about to be executed.

"Wait!" Stannis suddenly shouted again, and just as everyone in the room thought he was going to change his mind and let this man go, he spoke again, "You're rowing here, aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, if you cut off my finger, I will not be able to row, and it will be difficult to return to the Iron Fleet to speak back to King Euron and let him understand your determination, you mercy!"

"Makes sense. Drag it out, chop off your toes!

The guards put away their daggers and cooperated with the Iron Messenger who was so dumbfounded that he forgot to continue to call for mercy out of the battle room, and the struggle, screaming and howling sounded outside the door soon after, and against the background of this chaotic sound, Davos immediately questioned Stannis's handling with shock: "Your Majesty, even if it is true that Euron is indeed a predator, you can completely pretend to be a snake and fool him until the end of King's Landing's attack and defense?" We don't want to let the Iron People enter the city to help defend the Red Keep, but we just want them to drive their ships to contain and harass the Targaryen fleet in Blackwater Bay, so as to prevent Daenerys from launching a siege at the same time on land and sea, how can you drive away the reinforcements sent to your door and isolate yourself from the gods?!"

In a hurry, the onion knight even became a little agitated. The king's behavior just now was really like an irrational posture, if Stannis was insane because of the end of the road and could no longer think calmly, then even a hardcore loyal minister like himself who was willing to fight to the death with him couldn't help but be shaken and have the idea of finding another way back!

"Oh, do you think that Euren Greyjoy, who has traveled thousands of miles around Westeros to Blackwater, really wants to negotiate terms with me and help me defend the city?" Stannis said disdainfully, "He is just here to continue to muddy the waters, and he doesn't want any of me, Daenerys, or Little Aegon to win or retreat too quickly and easily, and it is better to continue the confrontation and stalemate forever so that he can continue to plunder the Seven Kingdoms and kill the people at ease!"

"He wants to maintain the balance of the situation on the mainland, and uses a very simple and brainless method - whoever has the upper hand will plunder, harass and weaken whom, and whoever side is about to lose will personally go down and pull a hand. Under the guidance of this strategic policy, as long as I am at an absolute disadvantage, he has no choice but to help me!" Stannis turned his head to look at Davos, and his eyes flashed with a glimmer of light: "Don't say that it is a broken toe, even if I cut that messenger back to him in several pieces today, and then bring a letter to humiliate his ancestors for three generations, when Daenerys goes on land and sea and besieges it in the future, he will still obediently lead the fleet into Blackwater Bay to kick the Targaryen fleet in the ass, do you believe it or not?"

"Original...... Your Majesty is wise!"

After a moment's reflection, it dawned on Davos that what the king had said was true. Not only did Stannis still keep his head cool and his thinking quick, but he also seemed to be starting to gain confidence!

His feeling was right: in Stannis's original city defense arrangement, he had even begun to consider burning all the ships of the royal navy and sinking them, and withdrawing all the land crews and sailors of the port into the city wall and arranging them into the street fighting troops - anyway, the royal fleet would definitely be inferior to the Targaryen fleet several times its own in naval battles, so why not give up resistance and use the living force in more important places?

However, while this move can indeed improve King's Landing's own defense strength a little, it also takes the initiative to cede sea control and water surface to the other party, so that the enemy's attacking troops no longer need to be afraid of being attacked by the defenders on both land and sea, and can confidently and boldly attack the steel gate facing the ocean of Blackwater Bay from the east and the mud gate facing the Blackwater River from the south, truly realizing the siege of King's Landing on all sides.

It was a dilemma to give up or not to give up the right to control the sea, but now, with such a sea reinforcement as Tiemin falling from the sky to join the battlefield, he no longer needs to dwell on this, and the possibility of holding King's Landing has suddenly increased from almost nothing to a single digit, although it is still pitifully low, but at least it can make people see hope!

In addition to the slight tilt of the balance of military power in favor of his side, the more important role of this matter is that Stannis suddenly has a psychological excitement of "heaven will not die for me".

His third time he was in a desperate situation, and there was a turning point again!

No matter how bad the situation still was, at least he could now rush to what could be the last battle with a fighting spirit, and accept the final outcome with all his content!

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