The Iron Fleet had been at the mouth of Blackwater Bay for several days, and after the previous night's sortie had captured one of Daenerys' patrol ships and declared its presence, they had been cruising and demonstrating in the "throat" south of Dragonstone, facing the sharp corner.

Not only seizing the main channel of Blackwater Bay, but also blocking the route of the Dragonstone Island fleet to attack King's Landing, there is no worry about the back road being cut off, it is simply stuck in the neck of Daenerys's navy, and it can't be more perfect.

Hostilities will not cease unless the queen agrees to marry and form an alliance with Euron and consciously climbs into bed.

Raven's plan is very simple and crude, but it can be summarized as follows.

Dragonstone sent a patrol ship out of the harbor, and he sent the captain to follow and entangle, eating them one by one;

The opponent's sea and air are all in a big way to meet the battle, then they will rely on the advantage of faster speed to retreat and pull, looking for the opponent's disjointed fighters, seize the opportunity to take a bite, and there is no loss if you can't catch it;

And if Daenerys dares to ignore her existence and launch a general attack on King's Landing, then the Iron Fleet will rush to the mouth of the Blackwater River to copy the Queen's fleet at the moment when they are unable to follow, and annihilate the Targaryen Navy in one fell swoop!

If Egger could infiltrate the Iron Fleet's combat meeting and learn about Euron's calculations, he would definitely exclaim: This bastard is not only not a madman, but also has the essence of Grandpa Mao's sixteen-character formula!

In the face of Eurolen's conspiracy, the Dragonstone fleet reacted quite quickly: after suffering losses in several encounters, it realized that the situation was wrong, and immediately stopped the activities of the ships alone away from the military port, and in the early morning of the third day, the whole fleet set out in a group and sailed out of the military port.

But instead of going south towards the Iron Fleet, he went north and rounded Dragonstone Island for half a circle, and then went straight west from the secondary channel.

Raveneye quickly led the fleet to disperse and investigate, and soon discovered two facts that surprised him: not only did the other party take the ships away, but even the harbor guards withdrew from the docks and retreated into the castle on the island, and as for the entire fleet that left, it sailed to the port of Duskdale, which was closer to King's Landing.

The Dragon Queen's fleet not only gave up the blockade of Blackwater Bay, but also gave up the sea control of the entire ocean, and actually conceded defeat cleanly?

After sending a large number of ships to reconnoiter in close proximity, Euron quickly figured out the enemy's plans: the Queen's fleet did not give up sea supremacy, but moved to the docks outside Duskdale, where it received reinforcements from the army, most likely with the intention of increasing its strength in the face of the big war!

Troublesome?

Troublesome.

After receiving the reinforcement from the Army, the Dragonstone Fleet will definitely become more difficult to deal with than before.

But that's exactly what Eulen wants.

He had bypassed half of Westeros and rushed to King's Landing, not to destroy Daenerys' naval power, but to contain her attack on King's Landing so that she could not use it at full strength. The Unsullied and the Land-Granting Army have limited total strength and equipment, and the distribution of land forces and weapons to the navy will greatly reduce the ability to attack the walls of King's Landing, although Stannis is a nerd, no one will deny that he is an excellent defender, and the less pressure he will share the enemy's burden for him, the more likely he will be able to hold King's Landing.

No matter how strong the Queen's fleet is, it is impossible to match the Iron Fleet, but the time that can be delayed by dispersing the enemy's siege forces is real. Although the river bend is defeated, its strength still exists, and the attitude of the western border and the valley is also ambiguous...... As long as it drags on, time is on Euron's side!

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The sound of alarm bells spread throughout the fleet, immediately attracting everyone's attention, and the captains of the ships took up lenses to look in all directions, and soon found traces of enemy ships on the sea level in the northern part of the fleet. Due to the clear weather, the black and red sails of the Targaryens, which symbolize the Targaryens, stand out against the blue sea and blue sky, as if a blood-colored wave is coming from the sky, and looking at the direction, they are impressively coming towards the Iron Fleet, that is, to the south.

Euron turned his head: "Order the fleet, turn around, sail at a low speed towards the mouth of the Blackwater River, and make sure the little queen's fleet is in our field of vision!"

The order was conveyed to the whole fleet with a flag, and although these greedy and lustful stupid pigs were annoying in normal times, they were familiar with the way to fight a naval battle, and hundreds of ships began to turn one after another, although the scene seemed to be chaotic, but in this mess, the ships were still able to maintain a stable and safe distance, and the course was accurate and consistent, not only did not interfere with each other, but even consciously vacated the passage for the flagship to go first, which is also worthy of appreciation.

The unthinkable was unthinkable: the Iron Fleet, which was running amok, was being chased by half the number of the Targaryen fleet.

The reason why Euron did not stop the battle was not out of fear, of course, but because he intended to lure the enemy into pursuit, and control the place of engagement in the high hills of Aegon in King's Landing...... That is, the sea area that the Red Fort can observe and look out.

Stannis's last royal fleet was there—if the Queen's fleet attacked King's Landing, then Euron would watch and wait for the right moment to intervene, and if Daenerys ordered the Iron Fleet to be crushed, the Baratheon royal fleet in the shadow of the Red Keep would not sit idly by.

After all, if the Queen's fleet defeats and expels the Iron Min, it will be their turn next.

Euron didn't succeed in reaching a deal with Stannis, but that didn't stop them from working together militarily - with the Landgrant's victory in the Battle of Blackwater, they both realized that Daenerys was the biggest opponent of all the Warriors.

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The tempo of naval battles was very different from that of land battles, and all tactical maneuvers were measured in hours, and although the Iron Fleet retreated at a low speed, it took more than an hour from the time the Sentinels spotted the Queen's fleet with binoculars to the time when the two sides were close enough to observe each other with the naked eye. Half a day after the Queen's fleet assembled and departed, when the sun began to set in the west, the two fleets finally arrived in the eastern waters of King's Landing, one after the other, and could see the outline of the Red Keep in the distance.

The Iron Fleet, which had arrived first, halted its retreat and began to organize and arrange battle columns in the southern open sea at the mouth of the Blackwater River.

The Tranquility is in the middle of the first battle column, with the former Balon Greyjoy's ships "The Trolls of the Ocean" and "Nightcrawler" to the left, and on either side are the "Thunder", the "Roarer", and a whole host of non-islanders who are indistinguishable from each other, the Iron XX, the XX King, and a huge longship named after various real or mythical sea creatures...... The second column is a little smaller and larger, the third is the second, and the fourth is larger than the previous one. In addition to the four broad columns, and because of the sheer number of ships, Euron was able to have a large number of small longships with incredibly long wings, which could easily outflank and break the enemy once the battle began.

And not far to the northwest of the huge ship formation of the Iron Fleet, the fleet of the royal family of Baratheon, which had already discovered the enemy's situation, also hurriedly arranged three battle formations.

The first column of the "Fury", "Sea Deer", "Duke Stephen" and other huge capital ships are flanked by a bunch of "Lady XX", "Earl XX" or "XX Princess/Prince" and other medium-sized warships with names that sound like they have an aristocratic atmosphere...... After losing control and taxes of the Seven Kingdoms, and without the financial support of the Iron Treasury, Stannis could no longer afford to maintain the imposing fleet he had led when he was the Minister of the Sea under his brother Robert, so he could only maintain the most critical flagship combination to serve as a façade while retaining some medium warships and auxiliary ships...... or the sale of a number of large warships in between the two to the city-states.

And the consequence of this reduction is that although the first row of the royal fleet still looks quite decent, the overall momentum is not comparable to what it used to be, so that even Daenerys's fleet, which has come all the way from Meereen, is powerless to confront it head-on, let alone the Iron Islands after the crazy expansion.

Both fleets were lined up, but they were not facing each other: the Iron Fleet faced north with its back to the shores of the Kingswoods, while the Stannis fleet leaned back against King's Landing and faced east, at a ninety-degree angle, both facing the deep blue sea, which was temporarily empty without the shadow of a ship.

Amid the waiting gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, the Queen's fleet arrived belatedly and finally arrived at the offensive position just before sunset.

Afraid of being caught off guard when entering the field, the Targaryen fleet with black and red sails had already moved and slowly arranged its formation according to tactical planning before approaching the mouth of the Blackwater River. But compared to the other two sides who had already formed a classic naval battle formation in front of them, the formation of the Queen's fleet was a little strange...... It is also roughly in the shape of a long strip, but it is a column with narrow sides facing the direction of progress, or King's Landing. The two fleets that were ready to engage them were arranged in three distinct parts: left, center, and right, while the queen's fleet was arranged in front, center, and back.

If they rushed into Stannis's fleet in such a formation, the latter's central army might be under pressure, but the broad wings would be able to encircle his front army without much effort, and it would be possible to defeat it without the Iron Fleet!

Euron didn't know why at first, but after spending a few minutes of careful observation, he suddenly understood the other commander's plan: the opponent's formation looked weird, because he subconsciously judged that they were going to attack King's Landing according to the direction they were heading, but in fact, their main target was themselves! Looking at the front, middle, and rear formations of the opponent from another angle, they were actually still right, center, and left, but the entire fleet was moving to the right side of the formation, so it looked so strange.

Daenerys actually wants to use dozens of ships on the right flank to contain the entire royal fleet of Stannis, and then use about a hundred ships behind her to deal with her own iron fleet, and start a war with two enemies who add up to three times her size at the same time!

This little queen has her brain burned out by the dragon flame!

Both Stannis and Euron had this thought, but the fleet, which was clearly on its way to defeat, did not pause for even a minute, and as soon as it took its position, it launched a general attack on the royal fleet amid the sound of rumbling cannons.

The enemy didn't know why he made a ridiculous tactical arrangement, and naturally he didn't let go of the opportunity, so he laughed out loud and ordered: "Order, the fleet will lower its sails and oars, press forward slowly, and wait for the enemy's front army to be entangled by Stannis before approaching and contacting!"

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