On the north bank of the Blackwater River, Duke Tywin Lannister is patrolling the army, but his face doesn't look good.

Like Samwell, he has his own bunch of troubles.

Don't look at the fact that he occupies the four realms, and there is a King's Landing in his hands, in terms of territory area, it is indeed stronger than Caesar, who occupies the three realms, but in fact, it is the southern army that has a clear advantage.

After all, the Riverbend Land is the richest and most powerful realm in Westeros, and on his side, only the western realm can go all out for his own use, and the other three realms of the north, the riverland, and the valley are already greatly damaged, and they are not willing to fully cooperate with the Lannister family.

There is no way, the influence of the three major families of fish, wolf and eagle in these three realms is too great.

Although he has supported new forces such as the Bolton family, the Frey family, and the Weywood family, in a short period of time, he still cannot completely replace the fish wolf eagle to completely control the three northern realms.

Those families who are interested in fish, wolves, and eagles, although they dare not openly rebel against the Lannister family in the current situation, can still disobey the yang and the yin, for example, this time they sent some old, weak, sick and disabled people to perfunctory.

Nominally, King's Landing has gathered an army of 80,000 troops, but it is estimated that only about half of them are really elite.

Duke Tywin didn't dare to reprimand those northern families, for fear of provoking them and causing chaos in the rear.

In fact, the rear has already begun to be unstable.

The Royce family of the Vale openly questioned Countess Anya Weywood's status as Guardian of the Vale, claiming that they had imprisoned Duke Robert Arryn for misdeeds.

The Tully family of Riverlands went even further, and under the leadership of the old duke's younger brother, Brinzon "Blackfish" Tully, they took charge of Riverrun and declared themselves.

As for the North, although Winterfell is now controlled by the Bolton family, and the Stark family only has a seven-year-old child left as a puppet, Tywin knows that many of the North's families are not convinced by Duke Luce Bolton at all, and they are already ready to move while the army is heading south and the north is empty.

Originally, he thought that winter was coming, Caesar would not lead his army north, and he had enough time to slowly clean up the old forces of the fish, wolf and eagle in the three northern realms, but he didn't expect ......

Even if he had already bought off the Braavos with a lot of money, he still couldn't discourage the Storm King's determination to start the battle.

He had just received news that the vanguard of the Southern Army had left Bronze Gate City and headed for the outpost camp.

So at this time, Duke Tywin can't care about the rear that has been faintly revealed, and must face an even more difficult choice-

Should they abandon support for the outpost camp on the south bank, or should they withdraw to the north bank and rely on the moat of the Blackwater River to block Caesar's army from the north?

Pondering along the way, Lord Tywin had returned to the Red Keep under the escort of the guards.

"Go and call Tyrion to me."

"Yes, sir."

Duke Tywin came to the study, spread out a roll of parchment, and picked up a quill, but he didn't put pen to paper for a while.

There was a long silence in the room.

Until there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Tyrion pushed the door in, and when he saw his father with a cold face, he smiled and said:

"If you ask about the logistics, you're not going to get any good news. We are very short of food......"

"Don't worry about the food problem." Duke Tywin interrupted his son, "The Braavos will be delivering a shipment of grain soon. ”

Tyrion whistled happily:

"I didn't expect Aquaman to be your friend too."

The corners of Duke Tywin's mouth twitched slightly, of course he wouldn't tell his son that he had given all the gold mined in Kaiyan City in the next ten years to the Sea King, so that he finally won the "friendship" of the other party.

"There's something you need to do."

"You just command."

"There have been many chaos in the three northern realms, so I decided to ......"

"Father," Tyrion cried exaggeratedly, "you're not going to send me to quell the chaos, are you?" Didn't what happened in Dorne show you that I'm not as omnipotent as you might expect. ”

"I didn't expect you to put things down." Duke Tywin said with a cold face, "I'm just letting you take a wife." ”

"It sounds so much simpler." Tyrion asked curiously, "I wonder what poor young lady is going to be the wife of a dwarf?" ”

Duke Tywin was very unimpressed by his son's witticisms, and lightly spat out a name:

"Sansa Stark."

"Eddard Stark's eldest daughter? She's always in your hands? Tyrion couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart when he thought of the innocent and lovely red-haired girl.

Have you finally decided, O merciful gods, to hang the curtain on me, a dwarf?

Or is this just another malicious joke?

Duke Tywin did not answer the question, but put down the quill, got up and walked out, and said:

"You come with me."

Tyrion followed curiously.

The two of them left the study and went all the way to a tightly guarded room on the top floor of the Prime Minister's Tower.

When the guards saw Duke Tywin, they hurriedly bowed down and saluted.

"Open the door."

"Yes."

The heavy wooden door was slowly pushed open, and Duke Tywin was the first to enter.

Tyrion followed.

"She's the wife you're about to marry." Duke Tywin pointed to a red-haired girl in the room.

Tyrion glanced at the girl, frowned, and asked:

"She's Sansa Stark?"

The girl looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and was pretty, with long red hair and big dark eyes.

It does bear a slight resemblance to Duke Eddard Stark's eldest daughter, but Tyrion knows that she is not Sansa Stark at all.

"I said she was, she was." Duke Tywin said.

The girl stood cowering in the corner of the room, her head bowed, not daring to look at the father and son.

Tyrion shook his head and said:

"I know that you want to appease the old forces of the three families of the Fish, Wolf and Eagle through this marriage, but if they know that you are doing this trick, I am afraid they will only be further enraged."

Unmoved, Duke Tywin said:

"They hadn't seen Sansa Stark in years, and how many of them remembered her face? A girl of this age is the time when she grows the fastest, and it is not normal for her appearance to change somewhat.

Moreover, Count Rickon Stark has already departed from Winterfell for King's Landing, and he will be present at your wedding, taking his sister's hand and marrying her to you. ”

Tyrion shrugged his shoulders and said, "A seven-year-old child's endorsement, hehe, I'm afraid it's hard to win people's trust." ”

Duke Tywin grew impatient:

"Believe it or not, it's their business, you just have to marry. Eddard Stark's eldest son became a night watchman, and the second son is missing, so in case something happens to the youngest son, Rickon......"

Speaking of which, Tyrion saw a cold golden glint in his father's eyes.

"Then your wife is the heir of Winterfell." Lord Tywin continued, "And you can use her to control the first city in the North. ”

"Then I don't have to worry about your Castle Rock, do I?" Tyrion scoffed.

Duke Tywin did not deny it, turned and walked out, and said:

"Let's talk to your future wife about it, and I'll arrange for you to get married as soon as possible."

"Father." Tyrion spoke again, "If Jaime insists on not inheriting Castle Rock, will you consider me ......?"

"Don't be delusional about Kaiyan City anymore!" Duke Tywin suddenly turned his head and said coldly, "I will never allow a dwarf to sit in the position of guardian of the Western Realm, you will make the family a joke like my father!" ”

Tyrion looked at his enraged father silently, not much fear, but a wave of revenge.

"I see, you are worried that the family will become a joke, so you have been vetoing my inheritance." Tyrion smiled, "I thought I wasn't your son." ”

Duke Tywin's eyes flickered, and he said:

"The world will give you my last name, and I will give you the treatment you deserve. But other than that, don't be delusional about more. ”

With that, he turned and left.

Tyrion looked at the other party's majestic back, and the words hidden in his heart were about to erupt, but in the end, when it came to his mouth, it became:

"Is Jaime back? I hope he can attend my wedding. ”

Duke Tywin paused and didn't look back:

"It should be in time."

"That's good." Tyrion was smiling again.

After Duke Tywin left, he looked at the timid girl in the room, and his tone softened:

"What's your name?"

"Sansa Stark."

"I mean your real name." "Don't try to lie to me, I've seen the real Sansa Stark. ”

The girl's body trembled, and she whispered with a crying voice:

"Jenny Poole."

(End of chapter)