What was written in Robert's will, and to whom did he end up bequeathing the throne...... The people of the Seven Kingdoms can't and don't need to know, and in the case of two deer having their own words, it will either end up being a historical mystery or the winner will write it. Even if Eddard Stark were to show the people the real thing, who would be able to say that he would recognize the handwriting of the former king?

Eddard Stark understood this, so he sent a large flock of crows and sent clippers to find the departing Stannis to return to the throne as soon as possible.

Stannis also understood this truth, so he immediately left the pirate in front of him and hurried to King's Landing, passing by Dragonstone without stopping at all......

And Lan Li also knows that as long as his brother still has King's Landing, his identity is a pseudo-king...... Not to mention bringing the world to its heart, it is difficult to even recruit a night watchman. The more his brother sits on the Iron Throne for one more day, his identity is even more embarrassing.

So, only half a day after completing the siege of King's Landing, he couldn't wait to launch an attack.

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Outside the King's Gate, the armies of the two sides of Storm River began to form their formations. Dressed in his trademark green armor and Robert's golden antlers, Robert's but slightly smaller one, Ranley Baratheon rode past the procession of soldiers, promising them the rewards of King's Landing.

Gold, position, fief, honor...... And so on, and every time a promise is made, there is a burst of cheers. The old-fashioned method, but it always works, Lan Li never thought that he would need to say these words one day, and it took him half a night to memorize the lines. Either way, he needed to muster the courage of the soldiers around him, and only by attracting enough defenders by attacking head-on would his friends in the city have a chance to carry out their plans.

"When my brother is taken down, no one shall insult his corpse, he is my flesh and blood, and I will not allow anyone to wear his head on a gun to show off his exploits!" Lan Li, who had made a good speech, swallowed his saliva, looked at the wall of King's Landing standing in the distance, and threw out the final prize: "The first to ascend the city, the white robe of the Royal Forest Iron Guard and the position of earl, choose one of the two!"

"Long live King Lanli!" thousands of men cheered for their king's promise, mixed with the sound of trumpets and drums...... Accompanied by the smoke rising from the camp, a murderous aura gathered over the camp.

Flesh and blood, no one is allowed to wear his head on a gun to show off his exploits...... It was brilliantly said, but the smart man heard the meaning of Lan Li's words: when you meet Stannis, you will not be left alive. Only if Stannis dies on the battlefield, Lan Li does not have to bear the stigma of a murderer - no one can be merciful in the face of the stability of the throne and the rule - compared to the benefits that everyone will get after winning, the life and death of the always stern face...... Who cares?

The sun passed overhead, and it was already afternoon, Lan Li took a sip of water, took a deep breath, and waved his right hand: "Without further ado, give orders, blow the trumpet, and attack the city!"

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Woowoo woo –

When the battle horn sounded, Stannis on the city wall also completed the pre-battle mobilization in the same way. But many of the garrison soldiers were distracted, and they turned their heads to look to the west, watching the familiar Crown Stag Banner flutter in the wind among the enemy soldiers outside the city walls, contrasting with the flaming Red Heart Banner beside them...... The black deer, the symbol of Stannis Baratheon, is imprisoned in flames and is almost unrecognizable.

Barristan Selmy, keenly aware of the uneasiness of the golden-robed men, also turned his head to look at the new banner planted at the head of the city, and shook his head helplessly:

As a rule, the new king has the right to change the flag, but in any case, Stannis should not rush into reform before the throne is secured...... The garrison has long been accustomed to fighting under the banner of the Crown Stag, and one day the king suddenly changed, and immediately after that, they changed their banners, but they still fought with the troops with familiar coats of arms.

Thankfully, in addition to the original golden robes, there were also an army of cronies brought by Stannis in the city, whether true or not, at least these people seemed to be in high spirits - they were already familiar with the Flaming Heart Banner, and they believed in the command and combat ability of their own king...... Such a great achievement as supporting the Iron Throne master to resist the rebellion is not always available.

In his trance, the old man heard the new king shout: "Sir Barristan Selmy!"

"Your Majesty, I'm here. ”

"You lead all the cavalry of the king's gate, stand by behind the city gate, once the enemy siege is frustrated and begins to retreat, immediately open the city gate, the whole army will be killed, and my general infantry will follow!"

"Your Majesty, as the captain of the Kingsguard, my place is by your side!"

"It is useless for you to remain with me, and I assure you that no one will be able to storm the walls which I personally lead the troops to defend. It's an order, execute it at once!"

The old knight had long been determined not to leave the oath-sworn king, but his duty prevented him from disobeying the order: "Yes." ”

"Remember, when you see my foolish brother, if he surrenders, don't hurt his life. Although he was deceived by the Tyrells and raised the banner of rebellion, he is my last sibling on earth, and I will give him a fair trial!"

Barristan led his cavalry and turned to walk down the wall, and behind him, Stannis's shouting rang out again: "Archers in position!

In the continuous sound of trumpets, siege weapons appeared first. Robert's attack at the beginning of the rebellion in the valley ended in failure due to the defenders of the Blood Gate blocking the doorway, but it affected many princes and generals who participated in the war for the first time like a textbook case, whether they admit it or not, Lan Li is subconsciously imitating it at this moment - using long-range attacks as a cover to assist the infantry in attacking the city!

The idea is very good, and the outside of the King's Gate is also a flat and fertile field that is very suitable for the placement and deployment of siege equipment, but unfortunately because the preparation time is too short, the Blue Rite Army has not yet rushed to produce large-scale siege equipment, and the offensive lineup, whether it is quantity or quality, can not be compared with the grand occasion when the armies of the six countries gather in front of the Blood Gate, and in the face of King's Landing, which is generous and has been built for many years, and has many fixed city defense weapons......

Compared to Stannis's hasty succession, coronation, and organization of defenses, this was also an ill-prepared attack. With the aerial fire of countless stone bullets and spears, both sides suffered casualties, but with the height of the city wall, the besieging side still lost the upper hand.

Unable to suppress the defenders, the siege vehicles and rams with larger targets could not approach the city gate against the burning asphalt tanks, but fortunately, the number of soldiers under Lan Li's command far exceeded that of Stannis, and they were scattered, in groups of ten or twenty people, on a continuous battle line hundreds of meters long, the attackers carried improvised siege ladders, and the tide generally poured towards the city wall.

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Arrows flew and pierced the air like a swarm of locusts and pounced on the soldiers on both sides of the defending and besieging cities, screaming and screaming, and the battle of King's Landing began.

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Sansa was terrified.

Arya thought disdainfully and gloatingly as she looked at her sister with her hands folded and her eyes closed in silent prayer. Lan Li's army is still outside the city walls, with his father and Lord Stannis...... No, the king is here, they can't get in at all. Even if you are lucky enough to enter the gates of King's Landing, the Red Keep has thick walls, huge bronze gates and iron gates, and seven huge iron-domed drum towers...... It's impossible to be breached.

It's impossible to be breached.

Arya repeated in her mind, but she was also a little nervous, and the difference between Sansa's fear was that her excitement slightly outweighed her fear when she was so close to war for the first time.

She sometimes stood up and sometimes sat down in the house, and she couldn't settle down at all, so she would run to the window and look out, the courtyard of the Red Keep was silent, Eddard Stark had taken most of the guards, and the only ones were all on the city walls, and there were very few soldiers in the Red Keep at the moment, and there were many nobles who took refuge, but unfortunately they were all hiding in the building, probably as nervous as Sansa.

Hmph, a bunch of cowards. Arya ran back from the window and sat down on the bed again, Sansa was annoyed by her running around, and finally spoke impatiently, "Arya! Father is fighting the enemy on the wall, can't you be quiet and pray for her father for a while?"

"I don't believe in prayers, I only believe in swords!" Arya raised her head and dragged a line that she thought was cool, "I'm the apprentice of the Alien Slayer, and the female swordsman that the Red Viper has praised is different from a delicate aristocratic lady like you!"

"Cut—" Sansa glanced at her sister and turned back to close her eyes and pray, "Okay, Your Excellency Swordswoman, may I ask where your sword is?"

"My sword is—" Arya was speechless for a moment, recalling it carefully, and suddenly remembered: she had taken the sword that Jon had given her to the Night's Watch office, but Egg forbade her to train with a real sword, and confiscated the sword and claimed to keep it for her, and her own sword was still in the inner cabinet of the office!

"Oh no!" Arya jumped out of bed again and ran towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to get a sword!" Arya opened the door and slipped out, leaving only the aftermath echoing through the air in the blink of an eye.

"Where are you going to get the sword?" asked Sansa depressedly, but her sister had already run away. Thinking she was going back to her own or her father's room, Sansa shook her head helplessly and turned to continue praying.

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"Miss, where are you going?" downstairs, the Stark guards who stayed behind stopped Arya.

Of course, he couldn't tell him that he was going to the Night's Watch office to get a sword, and Arya rolled her eyes: "I'm hungry, I need to go to the kitchen and get something to eat!"

"I'll just go, Miss go back to the house, what do you want to eat?"

Arya casually said the names of Sansa's favorite snacks, then pretended to turn and went back upstairs, and when her father's guard pressed the hilt of his sword and turned to the kitchen, she quickly and quietly turned around, hunched over the gap between the Prime Minister's Tower and the side hall, and slipped into the intricacies of the Red Keep.

After walking through a hidden courtyard, around the corner, over the wall, and squeezing through a low, narrow window, Arya came to a dark cellar where she couldn't see her fingers. The structure of the Red Keep is complex, but it's no more than the labyrinth of stone Winterfell, and after nearly a year of living here, she has already had a thorough understanding of the terrain...... One of the things she was most proud of was naturally discovering a secret passage outside the Red Fort, blocked by an iron fence that only children could pass through.

She expertly touched the wall and waited for about a minute, her eyes quickly getting used to the darkness, and several large dragon skulls around her gradually emerged from the shadows. The walls were black, the ground was black, even the dragon's bones were black, and in the darkness, it was as if some demons and monsters were about to come out and pounce on her at any moment, and even though she had been here more than once, Arya still felt the hairs on her back stand on end.

"Night's Watchman...... apprentices...... Not afraid of demons and monsters. Arya puffed up her little chest and read aloud one of the most handsome and imposing lines she had ever heard: "If you become a ghost and come to me, I will kill you again!"

The words fell, but nothing happened, but the dragon skulls around her seemed to be awakened, and the black hole seemed to be aimed at her. Although she said a domineering line, Arya immediately realized that she had no weapon in her hand...... What if something really comes out, what will you do to kill it again?

"Uh...... I'm kidding, you guys keep sleeping, hehe. ”

Apologizing to something that didn't exist, she hurried past them as if she were afraid of being bitten by the dragon bones, found the heavy iron ring on the wooden door in the dark, pulled hard, creaked open to the gap just enough for herself to get into, and slipped sideways into the long hall behind the door.

It was darker behind the door, and Arya stopped talking to herself like a playful spirit, but steadied her breath and brushed her fingers against the rough unfinished stone surface of the wall. I slowly walked through the darkness according to my memory, and walked about a mile long before finally reaching a fork in the road...... She had already explored both sides, and in front of her was a sewer that connected to the Blackwater River, which was flooded by dirty water, and wading out of the water reached the Blackwater River, although it also counted the Red Keep, but at the same time, it was also out of King's Landing...... The only way to turn left is to walk a little further to find a sewer mouth sealed by an iron fence, and the third gap from left to right is just right for you to cross.

Arya turned left and leaned down on her knees for a while, and the light appeared in front of her, and faintly, the familiar shadow of the iron fence came into view.

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She must have grown taller again, and the gap that she could have just squeezed through had taken a lot of effort to get through this time, and it hurt a little in her chest. Pushing aside the vines that blocked the entrance, she stepped back into the sunlight.

The memory is not wrong, this is still an abandoned drain hidden among the bushes on the mountainside of the high hills of Aegon...... Looking out into King's Landing, the black signboard of the Night's Watch office seemed to be faintly visible.

Pat herself with mud and dust, she cleared her waist-high shrubs and weeds and headed for King's Landing street below Aegon Hill.

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