Chapter 0682 - Glittering Iron Islands
The four knight guards on Janie Farman's side, one groom, were all warriors from Brynden Tully. Jani Farman's original guards and grooms are now confined to Clifton Castle.
Cliveton Castle is not large, and there are not many guards in normal times, more than a dozen people. The vassals of the minor nobles usually do their own business, the peasants will farm, the fishermen will hunt, the merchants will do business, only in time of war or when there is a big event, the feudal lord will order to summon these people to the castle, these people will come with weapons, and they will become soldiers from commoners.
Ordinary little knights, with no attendants by their side. Knights with land are fine and ask someone to farm, but knights without land will become mercenaries or go to the homes of feudal kings to serve as guards in times of peace.
In peacetime, a small nobleman like Cliveton would not be strong in battle, and a dozen guards in a small castle are good enough.
Time rewinds to the night when Brinnden Tully and his party crossed the sea. Their little boat sailed towards Fairy Island in the dark of night, and there were of course real fishermen on board who knew the sea, and at dawn they heard the familiar clanging sound, and two huge, bearish lion-like flying beasts came overhead, and the wind with their wings fanned down on their faces.
Lord Will and his two griffons arrived suddenly.
Will rode on Flame's back, and Priest Merry rode on Azurite's.
"Lord Brindon, go to Jane Farman's home, Cliveton Castle, and take control of the Jane Farman family. Will said.
"Yes, Prime Minister!" replied Brindon Tully. He didn't like it very much, and if Will and Priest Merry had other plans, they should have discussed them with him beforehand. His military plans were not revealed to anyone in order to keep them secret, but Will and Priest Merry were not supposed to keep them a secret from him, he was absolutely loyal and trustworthy.
Brynden Tully also has many of these military operations that are clearly notified and cooperated by everyone, but when the time comes, Brynden Tully often changes orders and makes completely different deployments from the previous plan.
There was no doubt that Will and Priestess Merry had used this trick on him, much to his displeasure. However, in front of his subordinates, Brinnden Tully made a gesture of absolute obedience. If he doesn't obey military orders and question military orders, his subordinates will be the same as him, after all, orders are like mountains!
The old general had a high self-esteem, and was uncomfortable with this feeling of hindsight, and he did not think that he was respected by Lord Will and Priestess Merry.
"Lord Will, Priestess Merry is here, and there is no chief in Golden Tooth City, which is very dangerous. Brinnden Tully said.
Priestess Merry's silver bell-like laughter rang out, "Lord Brynden, I have never left Golden Tooth City. ”
Brinnden Tully was displeased: "Lady Merry, why do you say that you have never left the Golden Tooth City now that you are above the sea?"
"Remember, I'm here with the Golden Tooth and I've never left. Priestess Merry said. She threw a scroll of cloth from the griffin to Brindon Tully, with a map map of Cliveton Castle.
Cliveton Castle is not very far from the Fairy City. It is northeast of Fairy City.
Soon, Will and Merry patted the griffon's neck, and the two griffons flew high into the clouds. Brinnden Tully and the others arrived at Fairy Island as planned, and they pretended to go to Fairy City, turning the corner halfway and going straight to Jane Farman's house.
The unprepared Jane Farman family was easily controlled by Brynden Tully and his warriors, until after dark, the sound of wings vibrating in the air was heard, and flames and aquamarines fell from the sky, carrying Will and Melisandre to the castle in Cliveton.
The rest is very simple, Jani Farman is moved by Will and Melisandre and decides to come forward to convince her brother Sebaston to join Will.
Melisandre's prophecy of fire magic easily conquered the heart of Janie Farman, who had long been fascinated by witchcraft such as prophecy, in addition to her fat advantages. Sooner or later, Fairy Island is the child of Jane Farman, and Sebaston is a stubborn count who is difficult to convince, and Will understands this, and the benefits of crossing are his long-term advantages. After careful consideration, he decided to do something to the Jenny Farman family first.
In this military campaign, both Brynden Tully and Melisandre were part of it. In the Golden Tooth City, another Melisandre is in charge, with Hound and Podrick by her side. As long as Hound and Podrick were around, no one would doubt the identity of Priestess Merry.
The Church of the Holy Inquisition, led by Will and Robb, played its part.
In Melisandre's belief in the Red God, Will added a lure to Jani Farmman: the Islands.
The Greyjoy family on the Iron Islands has been wiped out, the Iron People of the Iron Islands have migrated, and the castles on the Iron Islands have been set on fire, but the Iron Islands are still there, the outline foundations of those castles are still there, the iron ore caves where some of the iron ore mines are still there, and the Iron People who have slipped through the net have gone back to live.
The five major island groups of the Iron Islands are several times larger than the smallest, but none of the smallest islands are much smaller than Fairy Island. When Will hinted at the possibility of letting the Farman family of Fairy Island take control of the Iron Islands, Janie Farman and her husband Cliveton were immediately moved.
If this is the case, the land territory of Fairy Island will be expanded by more than ten times, and the sea territory will be expanded by dozens of times.
It was a temptation that Jenny Farman and the Cliveton family could not refuse.
The Cliveton family surrendered to Will. Because of her fatness, Jane Farman was particularly afraid of heat, but she was not afraid of hard work, and went to Fairy City to find her brother Earl of Cybaston, and asked him to submit to Her Majesty Shireen and Lord Will.
But Jani Farman deliberately concealed Will's dividend: the Iron Islands.
She was afraid that her brother would change his mind temporarily, and refused to hand over the inheritance of Fairy Island to her.
Although the elder brother is old and has no queen, he can divorce his current wife and marry a younger woman, so that it is possible to have the next generation. On Fairy Island, the Earl of Sebaston also has many lovers, he is the king of Fairy Island, and there are not many women who are willing to be close to him, and it is rumored that he has several illegitimate children.
If the Iron Islands are suddenly brought under the jurisdiction of Fairy Island and become a place where Fairy Island can migrate vassals to the past, Janie Farman is worried that the side families of the Farman family will jump out and get a piece of the pie. It is also possible for the elder brother to change his mind and make his own illegitimate son the heir to a certain place, such as the five large island groups in the Iron Islands, and it is possible for him to give one or two of his illegitimate children.
Jani Farman didn't want to see that.
Ding Xingwang, a native of Fairy Island, has more than a dozen children of her own, the older one is already a teenager who can fight, and the younger one is still breastfeeding, she hopes that in the future, the Iron Islands will be the world of her own children.
Janie Farman returns to Cliveton Castle and meets Lord Will and his two griffons eating horse meat.
Her huge round body rarely ran up, as if she saw a great benefactor who had been reunited after a long absence, and her joy and excitement were overflowing: "Prime Minister, my brother has brought troops to arrest you, what should we do next, please Lord Will command!"