Chapter 468: The Baratheon Family (3)

Erlu was a great contributor to the victory of the "Usurper War", and he also earned a reputation in the "Usurper War".

But our Dalu classmates seem to be blind to all this.

He defended Storm's End under extremely difficult conditions, but the Great Deer gave all the credit for guarding Storm's End to the great wolf Ned Stark.

Erlu established a new Royal Navy and conquered Dragonstone.

The deer complains that he let Viserys and Daenerys (the dragon mother and her brother) go.

I wonder what kind of emotion is between these two brothers?

I don't know why Dalu treats his own brother like this?

Could it be because Erlu's ability is too good, which causes Dalu to have some worries about his younger brother?

Could it be because of Erlu's own introverted and gloomy personality that caused the discord between their brothers?

The story between their brothers is not clearly described in either the book or the TV series.

In short, Dalu did not reward his younger brother well, but only let Erlu serve as a trivial petty official such as the "Minister of the Sea" in the Imperial Council.

It's no different from playing hooligan.

and gave the richer family fiefdom "Wind Breath Castle" to his third brother, and the barren "Dragonstone Island" to Erlu.

Erlu tried to make this behavior of the big deer an insult, and the lion girl Cersei Lannister also confirmed this statement:

"Robert sees the sealing of Dragonstone Island to Stannis as a plight."

I really don't know what kind of story there is between the two brothers, which creates such a gap between them!

Dalu even got involved with Erlu's wife's sister at Erlu's wedding.

All this that Dalu did made people completely negate what the purpose of sealing Longshi Island to Erlu was to spur him. (Because the heirs to the throne have lived on Dragonstone)

In the eyes of the audience, Dalu is Chiguoguo's younger brother who doesn't like him.

Of course, Erlu must not like his brother, but for the sake of the family, he still continues to serve his brother.

Six years after the reign of the deer, Baron Greyjoy (later referred to as the Squid Lord) declared the independence of the Iron Islands and was crowned King of the Iron Islands.

Erlu once again helped his brother solve this problem with his outstanding military talent.

Erlu's defeat of the Iron Fleet in the Battle of Fairy Island deprived the Iron Folk of their proudest sea power, and they could only obediently submit to the Baratheon family.

He then suspects that the three children of the Great Deer and the Lion Maiden may not be of their blood line with the Baratheon, and tells this suspicion to the Eagle Boss Jon Arryn (the adoptive father of the Great Deer and the hand of the first king of the Great Deer).

Erlu hopes that the Eagle Master can investigate and tell Dalu about this.

(Because he knew that his brother would not believe what he said)

This incident also directly led to the death of the Eagle Boss.

Erlu paid silently for his brother and for their Baratheon family.

No matter how his brother humiliated his younger brother, even though he was far away on Dragonstone, his younger brother, a member of the Baratheon family, was still doing his best to protect his family's interests.

He is using everything he has to fulfill his mission as the second son of the family.

How can his dedication to the family not be moving?

However, as the saying goes: "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune."

Erlu, who was far away on Dragonstone Island, was drinking tea at home that day, and the bachelor in the castle hurriedly walked in with a letter from a raven.

Erlu took the letter in the bachelor's hand, opened it, and saw that the letter read: "Your eldest brother was killed by a pig!" ”

When he saw the news, Erlu must have laughed in his heart, the brother who had bullied him for so many years finally "took the dog".

He has finally become the rightful heir of the Baratheon family!

He will have everything that House Baratheon has, he will own everything on this continent and the sea, he will be the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, the guardian of the realm, the owner of the Iron Throne!

(Because he knew that none of the three children of the Lion Maiden were of their blood from the Baratheon)

However, the imagination is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

A true careerist, a true king, will not tell you any rules and morals.

Naturally, the Lion family in King's Landing will not give up the fruits they have achieved over the years.

The wolf family in the north also began to stop obeying the so-called "king" under the pretext of avenging their father.

The Iron Islands, who never knew what it was, began to stir up.

However, I think the most unexpected thing for Erlu is that the stupid brother of Wind's Rest Castle actually established himself as the king at this time.

The scars brought to the entire continent by the "Usurper War" have not yet been healed, but this continent is once again on the verge of turmoil because of the inexplicable death of the deer.

The "Battle of the Five Kings" is about to start!

There is no doubt that the "Battle of the Five Kings" is the peak moment of Erlu.

Both in terms of his strength and his performance in the war, he was the man closest to the Iron Throne in "The War of the Five Kings".

However, history is so interesting that the person who looks most like the "king" may never become the real "king".

At the beginning of the "Battle of the Five Kings", Erlu was definitely not the strongest among the five forces, and it could even be said that he should be the weakest force except for the Squid family.

The Lion family has been in business for many years.

It has absolute superiority in terms of military strength, financial resources, and legal theory.

The wolf family sits in the north, has been in business for many years, has the support of most families in the north, and is superior to Erlu in terms of military strength and financial resources.

The Squid family has also been operating in the Iron Islands for many years, not to mention more than Erlu in terms of military strength and financial resources, even if it is less, it is estimated that it will be much less.

However, the biggest blow to Erlu was his silly brother Lanli Baratheon.

Soon after the death of the deer, Erlu's silly brother married Margaery (the little rose of the Rose family), the daughter of Mace Tyrrell, and thus won the support of the Tyrell family (the Rose family).

You must know that at that time, the Rose family was the second richest family after the lion family, they sat on the high court, ruled the river bay land, and owned a lot of land and wealth.

What caught Erlu even more off guard was that most of the nobles of the Stormlands and their Baratheon family's army actually chose to support his stupid younger brother.

This is undoubtedly worse for Erlu, who does not have much military strength!

If you were Erlu at that time, how would you choose, and how would you fight this life-and-death battle?

The military genius Erlu once again showed his amazing military talent here!

First of all, he did not choose to attack the powerful lion and wolf families.

Because the strength of these two families is too strong, with his current strength, there is no way to confront them head-on.

Secondly, he also did not choose to attack the squid family whose strength was weaker than himself.

Everyone must feel strange, since the other ones can't beat it, why not choose one to fight yourself?

Actually, the reason is very simple!

Erlu's main military forces are at sea, and the main military forces of the Squid family are also at sea.

Once the two sides fight, even if Erlu's military strength is stronger than that of the Squid family, there is no guarantee of 100% victory over the Squid family.

And even if he defeats the Squid family, he will be greatly injured, and the other three forces will definitely take this opportunity to attack him, and at that time, he will have no power to parry at all.

In addition to not being sure of victory, there are two important reasons for not attacking the Squid family:

First, once the Squid family is destroyed, Erlu will directly face the northern realm, maybe he doesn't want to use troops against the northern realm for the time being, but the wolf family in the northern realm will not allow such a big threat to stay by his side.

Then it is better to leave the Squid family and let the Squid family form a containment against the wolf family in the north, so that he can also concentrate on fighting against the Lion family and his stupid brother.

Second, there is no legal support for squid soldiers.

Although we know that legally speaking, he is the true heir, but in the eyes of the people of the time, the little doll in King's Landing is their king.

If Erlu is a soldier against the Squid family, it is an invasion, and if the Squid family is forced to form an alliance with the Lion family (later the Squid family and the Lion family really formed an alliance), the Lion family can also justifiably send troops to help the Squid family eliminate your Erlu.

At that time, you can't win, you can't tell, it's really uncomfortable, don't want it!

So the squid family can't move!

Then the only one who can move is only Sanlu, the stupid younger brother of Erlu's classmate.

In fact, doing it to Sanlu first is the only choice for Erlu, and it is also the best choice!

There are several benefits to Sanlu first:

First: From a legal point of view, the use of troops against Sanlu will make Erlu stand still.

Because after the death of the deer, he is the legitimate heir of the Baratheon family, what is the matter with you, the Sanlu who suddenly popped out?

It can't be that Sanlu milk powder drank too much and drank your brain, right?

Second: Once this stupid brother of his is defeated, the nobles of the Stormlands and their family's army will naturally return to his camp to replenish his own strength.

In this way, it not only solves the trouble of Sanlu, but also replenishes its own strength, which can really be described as killing two birds with one stone!

It just so happened that his stupid brother really gave him an excellent opportunity to attack:

After Sanlu established himself as king, he led his army out of Storm's End and marched towards King's Landing, preparing to attack King's Landing.

I think it was precisely because of Sanlu's move that Erlu made up his mind to use troops against Sanlu first.

But imagination is always better, with Erlu's current strength, how can he defeat Sanlu, who has the support of the Rose family?

At this time, another character who is very important to Erlu appears - the red-robed woman, the priestess of the Lord of Light, Rahlo, "Melisandre".

Melisandre has the power of prophecy, and she can learn about the future. She had predicted the death of Sanlu, and she had also predicted that Erlu would be the rebirth of Azar Ahhai in Rahlo's prophecy.

(Azar Ahai is a legendary hero from 8,000 years ago who defeated the Stranger in the Long Night with a sword called the "Lightbringer")

At the same time, Melisandre also has excellent magical abilities, and it is Melisandre's magic that plays a decisive role in the battle between Erlu and Sanlu.

Erlu's military power is all at sea, and wanting to fight his stupid brother on land is tantamount to asking for his own death.

Thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way to go, assassination.

And assassination is exactly what Melisandre is good at, Melisandre used magic to conjure up a black shadow in the image of Erlu, and successfully assassinated Sanlu.

Melisandre's assassination of Sanlu made many viewers feel that Erlu actually had no talent, but it was only with Melisandre's "black technology" that he achieved this victory.

In fact, it is very unfair for Erlu to say this, because this entire assassination plan was planned by Erlu.

As early as when Sanlu sent troops to attack King's Landing, Erlu had already thought of a plan to assassinate, and he first set sail from Dragonstone Island after Sanlu's army left the city and launched a siege of Fengxi Fort.

With what he knew about Storm's End, which he had defended, he knew that with the only navy he had, it would be impossible to take Storm's End.

However, his purpose is not this, his real purpose is to assassinate Sanlu.

He expected that once he besieged Fengxi Fort, Sanlu would definitely come back to rescue, but the back and forth of the army was a very expensive thing, and with his understanding of Sanlu, he decided that the arrogant Sanlu would definitely only bring a small part of the army back to rescue.

Sure enough, all of Sanlu's arrangements were within his expectations, Sanlu first left his main army at the "Bitter Bridge", and then returned with his cavalry to the rescue.

Sanlu, who returned alone, gave Melisandre the opportunity to assassinate, and in the end, Sanlu lost his life because of his arrogance and stupidity.

After Sanlu's death, the nobles of the Stormland under his command also surrendered to Erlu's command, and Sanlu's troops who were originally the Baratheon family naturally fell to Erlu's side.

Erlu, who has been greatly replenished, now has enough strength to storm Storm's Breath.

However, he did not do so, because he knew that his real enemy was the Lion family of King's Landing, and he wanted to preserve his strength.

He used another method and took Storm's End without a single soldier.

At that time, the acting lord of Storm's End, Cortanay Ponlos, also knew that it was almost impossible to defend Storm's End with him and the defenders of the city.

So he proposed to Erlu to fight him one-on-one.

But how could such a shrewd Erlu do such a stupid thing? (If it's Dalu or Sanlu, maybe I'll agree!) )

Melisandre is back on the scene, using what she does best, to assassinate Cortanay Ponlos in Storm's End.

lost the boss's Wind Breath Castle, and was soon occupied by Erlu.

After occupying the Storm's Rest Castle and incorporating Sanlu's army and the nobles of the Stormlands, Erlu finally has the strength to compete with the Lion Family and the Wolf Family!

This battle Erlu fought beautifully!