"Your Majesty, the two armies of Storm River Bay outside the city have been encamped, totaling about 30,000, divided into seven places, with at least 2,000 outside each door. Among them, the number of the three gates of the lion, the king and the river is the largest, all of which are more than 5,000. The soldier who reported the news knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Lord Lan Li's banner is outside the king's gate, and his men are shouting loudly, asking His Majesty to come forward to negotiate. ”

"Negotiating?" Stannis had a cold smile on his face: "A rebel who ignores his brother's will and succession, and regards ethical rules as nothing......, and wants to negotiate with the true king?" Wait, let's respond, send a loud voice to tell him: Lower the traitorous flag of the puppet king as soon as possible, come to me and kneel down to ask for my brother's forgiveness, and there is still a chance to live!"

Ed opened his mouth to speak, but eventually sighed and didn't speak. He didn't know much about Lan Li, but when he thought about it, he knew that trying to persuade a duke who had resolutely raised his army to fight for the Iron Throne to withdraw his troops and confess his guilt was an impossible task.

"Lan Li, this kid, has liked bells and whistles and flashy big scenes since he was a child, and King's Landing, a big city with high walls and thick walls, does not concentrate troops to break through from a weak position...... Instead, they divided their troops into several places, and actually planned to have a full-scale attack, a typical childlike command. When the soldiers left, Stannis looked contemptuous: "There are no famous generals in the Stormlands, and the only one in the riverbend, Randolph Tully, who has some ability, is also fighting far away in the west. I don't need to be trapped in the city, but I should take the initiative and crush the rebels in one fell swoop, and capture my brother in the dungeon of the Red Keep. ”

"No one doubts His Majesty's ability to command troops, but let's face it. Half of the garrison is recruits, and even those half of the veterans are very worrisome in terms of combat effectiveness. Eddard Stark said worriedly: "The troops of King Qin, which were put together in a hurry by the various families of the king's leadership, were basically all peasants, not even knights...... And the army you brought, the sources are too mixed, and a third of them are sailors. With such a group of people together, if they go out of the city to fight head-on, I suspect that they will not even be able to set up a formation. The safest way at the moment is to hold on and wait for Wang Junjun's reinforcements. ”

Eddard was right, and Stannis reluctantly admitted that it had been more than ten days since he learned of the unusual movements of the Stormlands army, and the King's Landing garrison had hastily expanded from 2,000 to 4,000, and the royal families had reluctantly gathered more than 2,000 new soldiers...... Coupled with the nearly 3,000 Narrow Sea Princes' troops he brought the day before yesterday, King's Landing now barely had nearly 10,000 defenders.

The ratio of defenders to attackers is nearly 1:3, which should have been a good battle...... However, the quality of the soldiers was really worrisome, forcing the two veterans who had already been tested by blood and fire as early as the war of the Raiders, and in the face of the fledgling new Ding Lanli, they had to retreat into the city to avoid the battle.

It's shameful.

......

"Deep Cave City is only a few hundred miles away from King's Landing, and the Lanli march gathered mercenaries and wandering knights along the way, and waited for the new army of Riverbend Land...... The speed is slow enough, no matter how much Wang Lingjun grinds, there shouldn't be no news until now, right?" Stannis looked at Eddard and asked with a frown, "Did something happen, or did they deliberately delay time to create a chance for rebellion?"

"Maybe it was intercepted by Lan Li's troops, so it delayed time. Ed reluctantly explained, but there was also a faint uneasiness in his heart, Lan Li and the princes of the king were very close, Stannis's concern was not unreasonable, but unfortunately the army was outside at the moment, if they didn't take the initiative to send the letter back to the city, no matter how anxious they were by the besieging army, they couldn't exert the slightest influence: "But no matter what, at least they didn't join Lan Li's army...... Now, we can only wait. ”

Join the army of Lan Li?Many royal lords and nobles are in King's Landing, do they dare to join the rebels!

(It's a pity that Melisandre didn't come out.) Stannis's brow furrowed, and the thought crossed his mind.

The Red-robed Lady had lived on Dragonstone for a year, and during that time she had demonstrated her extraordinary skills that were not tricks, and half a month ago she had accurately predicted that King's Landing would change and that she would be betrayed...... Does the delay in the return of the king's army to King Qin fulfill the prophecy "betrayal"?

If she were here, Stannis could have asked her face to face...... On the day he received Eddard's summons, he was leading the Dragonstone fleet to hunt down a few small pirates in Crab Bay outside Seagull Town. The succession to the throne was just in time, but unfortunately the queen and princess, as well as the unpredictable mage advisors, were all left at home. Now I am full of doubts, but I can only hold it in my stomach.

Stannis came back to his senses and wondered what he was thinking? During the War, he held Storm's End with a few hundred men against the tens of thousands of besieging troops led by the Duke of Tyrell, and did not let the enemy take the first step in the city until the end of the war...... Once faced with dozens of times the enemy of oneself without fear of retreating, when the time passed to sit on the Iron Throne, in the face of three times the enemy army, he subconsciously put his hope on reinforcements and supernatural forces that he was not familiar with?

He cursed himself secretly, and quickly regained his spirits and regained his feeling as the commander of the first army. There is still enough food and grass in the city, and he has rich experience in defending the city, so he only needs to defend it for ten days and half a month, and the whole of the seven kingdoms see that their new king can defend the capital, and their careful thoughts will melt away like spring snow...... Even if Wang Lingjun and Lan Li make any small moves, as long as it takes a long time, no matter how many excuses there are, they can't drag it out endlessly, not to mention that they still have the three northern families as their backing?

Stannis thought about it for a while, and decided to put aside the king's army for the time being, and after thinking for a while, he quickly made an arrangement: "Eddard Stark, Hand of the King, you will lead two thousand soldiers to guard the weakest of the seven gates, the river gate and the wall along the river; Syworth, the new Lord of the Seas, it is a pity that your first battle was not at sea, for you will command two thousand soldiers for me to guard the Lion's Gate, and I will come to the King's Gate and have a king-to-king battle with my foolish brother, so that all the Seven Kingdoms may see the difference between the true king and the false king...... The remaining four gates, each of which will be guarded by five hundred soldiers. There are more than 1,000 people left, maintain order before the war, assemble as a reserve in wartime, and rush to the aid when the defense of any city gate is tight!"

"Yes!"

"Lan Li should be attacking soon, and this is the end of the meeting, so don't panic if there is an accident, and do it according to the arrangements discussed before. ”

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