Chapter 0317: Western Submission Iron Guard Sells Joffrey
"You want the West's submission, and I want to hear your terms. Tywin said.
"Kaiyan City is broken, and no one in the West still has the will to fight, Lord Tywin, you'd better think clearly. Ed said coldly, "Golden Tooth City is just an isolated city, and the coalition forces have found their way into the West. ”
"Exchange hostages first, let me give an explanation to the nobles of the western realm with a lord, and then I will surrender. ”
"Surrender, and the hostages will naturally be released. ”
"And what about Cersei's family?"
"Cersei needs to be judged. ”
"Alright!" Tywin said indifferently.
The real Tywin doesn't care too much about the life or death of his children, and the interests of the Lannister family are above all else.
"I have only one request, the Westside still belongs to the Lannisters. ”
Ed agrees!
Jaime of Tywin made up his mind that if the trial was against Cersei, then he would ask for a trial by force, and the best outcome would be to defeat the opponent and prove Cersei's innocence, and the best outcome would be to die with Cersei.
The honor of the family is not as high in Jaime's heart as Cersei.
When it comes to family and honor, and wealth, Jaime and his father Tywin have completely opposite opinions.
He could give up everything for Cersei, because the honorable family wealth that his father valued most was nothing more than illusory.
"Give me a day, and I'll come out tomorrow and surrender. Tywin said.
Ed could see Tywin say the word surrender, as if he felt a sense of relief.
At the end of the war, he could truly see Cersei, both in the judgment seat and in the hostage exchange. Once peaceful, he also has the right to offer to see Cersei.
Eddard Stark agreed to Tywin's request, "Lord Tywin, I'll give you a day, but my siege equipment team won't be withdrawn." ”
"Whatever you want!" Tywin said lightly.
It doesn't matter what equipment team you have, you can put it as long as you like.
Tywin of Golden Tooth City surrendered, and the last vestiges of fighting spirit in the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Frontier will be consumed.
Since the outbreak of the war, the West invaded the Riverlands, and they were invincible all the way, taking half of the land of the Riverlands and half of the castles in the Riverlands. Duke Tywin was a prime military strategy to attack King's Landing, but the situation took a turn for the worse when Duke Tywin was killed by the shadow and his troops burned into the woods.
Subsequently, the vanguard of the Vale, Simon Templeton, led three hundred Vale cavalry to attack the Lannisters by night and won a great victory. The Lannisters, who were stationed at the Green Fork River, were defeated by this battle and fled in the night. The rout of Riverlands began, and the Lannisters had to return to defend Golden Tooth overnight for fear that the defenders of Riverrun would come out of the city to intercept them and cause enemies on both sides.
The Golden Tooth City was impregnable, but Will hid from Eddard Stark and persuaded Robb Stark to take the Icewolf to find a path into the mountain, only 500 Ash Warriors and 500 Northern Elite Soldiers, attacked Oxford at night, slaughtered 10,000 Lannister recruits, and took the western capital of Castle Rock.
Since then, the nobles of the Western Frontier have no will to fight in their hearts.
Castle Rock was the capital of the West, and it was also the temporary royal palace of Joffrey I after he became king, and the children of the nobles in the city were serving as courtiers of King Joffrey, and after the fall of the city, these noble heirs became hostages.
The remaining nobles didn't want their heirs and heirs to be killed again - the fire in the Lake of Tears had already burned too many noble patriarchs and their heirs, and none of the new patriarchs wanted their heirs to be gone.
It was in this situation that Kevon Lannister decided to surrender to the West, stabilize the situation, and recover. If you keep fighting, the nobles of the West will eventually abandon the Lannisters.
There is no doubt that Kaivon made a wise decision.
Historically, the Lannisters have also surrendered to their enemies many times before rising again. Rather than being finally abandoned by the nobles of the West, it is better to comply with everyone's will and surrender first, so that the Lannister will still be the lord and authority of the West.
Eddard gave the Lannisters a day to prepare to surrender, and during that day, Kevon did only one thing, and that was to release the ravens: first the Great Basilica of St. Baelor in King's Landing, then the Iron Vault across the Narrow Sea, the mercenary navy of Telosi, the mercenary army of Rees, the ally Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Isles, the Duke of Blue Lane in Storm's End and the Duke of Tyrell of the High Court, and the lords and acting lords of the cities of the West— After many of the lords of the Westlands were burned to death, the acting lords of the castles became the new lords.
Kevon ensured that the nobles loyal to the Lannisters, as well as his allies, knew in their hearts that surrender was a stopgap measure, and bought ample time for the overseas legions hired by the Lannisters.
One day, there was plenty of time for Kaivon to release the ravens and send the message everywhere.
Although the Western Frontier was defeated, it planted the spark of revival at any time.
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Will, who was stationed in Kaiyan City, also received two more letters from Kaivon, one from Eddard Stark and one from Varys on the other side of the Narrow Sea. Although Varys's letter changed hands several times, Will was not at all worried about someone stealing the contents of the letter, because it was completely indecipherable by anyone but Arya and him.
The cipher letter in this world, Will's first creation.
Kaivon's letter to Will is very humble, he says that the Westside is ready to surrender, he admires Will's military talents, and hopes to be his best friend in the future, there are several gold mines in the mountains of the Golden Tooth City, and he wants to give the most abundant gold mines to the Black Men Legion of the Desperate Wall, and promises that the West will fully support the materials, armaments and troops of the Black Men Legion of the Desperate Wall in the future.
Kevon's letter was a very low-profile gesture of overture, and promised Will.
After reading Kavon's letter, Will did not reply to Kavon.
The ravens are in the western realm, flying from Kaiyan City to Golden Tooth City, one day back and forth, and there is no problem.
Then there is Ed's letter, which says that the Lannisters in the West have decided to surrender, but the Lannisters are not credible, he hopes that Will will not take it lightly, and the letter praises Will's victory in the night attack on Oxford and the supreme honor of capturing Castle Rock, for Will's violation of military discipline, Ed did not disclose this in the army, and the nobles and officers in the three places still think that it is Ed's trick.
The letter said that the punishment that Will and Robb must receive for violating military orders would not be made public in the military.
Will smiled knowingly.
Eddard Stark isn't inflexible, either.
The third letter was from Varys, who had already released the news that he had purchased the dragon egg fossil at a high price, and had already bid farewell to Illyrio Mopatis, the governor of Pantos, and went east along the Valyrian Avenue to pursue Daenerys Targaryen in the Dothrak Sea.
According to the letter, Daenerys and Drogo Kao, the king of horses, defeated the other Kao in succession, and slaughtered several tribes of sheep people along the way, turning tens of thousands of sheep people into their slaves.
Will knew that the sheep people, in fact, were called Lazarins, and they were originally a peaceful herdsmen who lived on the continent of Essos. They lived in Raza, southeast of Vis dothrak, so they were called Lazarins by the steppe peoples. The Dothraki people, who lived by raiding and warfare, contemptuously called the Lazarins "Hesirachi", or "sheep people".
The Kao's of Dothraki often took sheep captives as slaves and humiliated their faith and toppled their shrines – as a reflection of the importance of pastoral culture in the lives of the Lazarins, the gods of the Lazarins were called the Supreme Shepherds.
With bronzed skin and almond-shaped eyes, the Lazarins have the same ancestral blood as the Dothrakis, except that they are shorter, have flat faces, and have short-cut hair—contrary to the custom of the Dothraki who boast of their prowess with long hair—the Lazarins shepherd sheep and farm, and their language is beautiful, and to outsiders, the birth of the Lazarins has a distinct sense of rhythm and musical tunes.
In Will's memories of Daenerys, Daenerys is not a murderous Targaryen, she has a kind heart, and will stand up for some of the interests of the kind and peaceful Lazarins, and help the girls of Lazarin from the Dothraki - but that is Daenerys who did not change the trajectory of the world, and now Daenerys, Will does not know if she still has a pure heart.
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Lannisport.
With the best city garrison and a mighty fleet, Lannisport may seem peaceful, but it's actually full of storms.
Tywin spread the news of his surrender all over the city, and the only one who didn't know the news was Joffrey I. But he's smart and always can smell something dangerous in some ominous atmosphere.
Joffrey summoned his Kingsguard and the five hundred gold-robed guards he had brought from King's Landing to his side, and he could see the twinkle in the eyes of Captain Mandon Moore and the eerie smile of Marin Tran.
In fact, Marin Tran did not smile, he kept a cold face, just like he usually did, but Joffrey I could see Marin Tran laughing.
Because of Marin Tran's allegiance to Duke Tywin, Joffrey tortured Marin Tran a lot, humiliating him even more often, he knew that Marin Tran resented him, and if Marin Tran was laughing, it meant that something unusual was happening.
"What's going on, Sir Mandon?" Joffrey's voice grew jerky.
"Nothing happened, Your Majesty. Sir Mandon said.
"I know something big has happened, don't try to hide it from me, Sir Mandon. You swore before the gods, you are loyal to me, the eyes of the gods are now watching you, and you are lying to your majesty, to whom you swore allegiance. Joffrey's words were sharp. Sharpness stems from sensitivity and panic about danger.
Mandon Moore's gaze slowly turned to his king.
"Your Majesty, Mullen Lannister, Lord of Lannisport, has received a letter from Duke Tywin that they will kneel down and swear allegiance to Eddard Stark at dawn tomorrow. ”
"Allegiance to the Barbarians of the North?" Joffrey slammed to his feet, his voice sharp and high-pitched.
"Yes, Your Majesty, one more night, the entire Westlands will be subject to Stannis I of King's Landing, Eddard Stark is the Hand of the King, representing the King, and Duke Tywin's sworn allegiance to Eddard Stark is an oath of allegiance to King Stannis I. ”
"No, no, no!" Joffrey's little body began to tremble, "I am the only king, how can old Tywin be like that? The child king spoke harshly, but his tone was extremely cowardly.
"Your Majesty, the minister would rather die in battle than surrender. Marin Tran knelt down on one knee, drew his sword, and swore an oath to Joffrey.
There was a commotion in the five hundred gold robes.
"Will Old Tywin give me credit for it?"
There was silence.
"I ...... Will not surrender...... Who wants to come with me?" Joffrey heard his voice distant, hollow, unsure of what he was talking about.
"Your Majesty, we must leave Lannisport. Mandon Moore said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Balon, the King of the Iron Islands, is your ally, and he will accept you and help you make a comeback. Marin Tran said.
"The Great Basilica of St. Belle in King's Landing also swears allegiance to you, Your Majesty. Mandon Moore was talking nonsense with a grim face. But his nonsense was right, the Great Basilica of St. Belle had indeed risen in a very short time, silently, and they did have plans and arrangements to welcome Joffrey back as king.
"We need to leave Lannisport before Earl Mullen hands you over to Eddard Stark. Marin Tran said.
Mandon Moore and Marin Tran did receive orders from Tywin, ordering them to protect Joffrey as he went to the Iron Islands and await a future counterattack from the West. Joffrey is the best puppet to reign in the West, and rightly to name it - he is the heir to the throne of the former king Robert Baratheon, and the others are false kings.
"We must leave quietly, Your Majesty. Mandon said, "Actually, this is also the original intention of Duke Tywin, his surrender is just a sham, as long as His Majesty is healthy and safe, he can come back at any time." ”
Half an hour later, Joffrey got into a small boat, which was filled with the smell of rancid fish, and the boatman's gaze was fierce, and he looked at Joffrey like a lamb to the slaughter.
Marin Tran and Mandon Moore were also disguised, and they jumped on board and plotted something with the boatman at the stern, much to Joffrey's uneasiness. The boat shook so badly in the sea that it seemed to capsize at any moment. And next to it, there was a very large ship, luxuriously decorated, without hitting the head, it was a large merchant ship, maybe from a free trade city-state on the other side of the Narrow Sea, maybe not.
Joffrey lay on the boat, and without the five hundred gold robes at his side, he felt like a man without clothes.
"Hey, chick, so handsome, come and follow me, I promise you will eat and drink spicy. A fluffy voice sounded above Joffrey's head.
The tall merchant ship next to it stood like a mountain above Joffrey's head, and a gorgeously dressed fellow who was about to get on board smiled at Joffrey on the shore with a strange accent from across the Narrow Sea.
Joffrey was furious, and the filthy fellow thought of himself as a moon boy or a male pet to please the nobles. Anger gave Joffrey strength, and he stood up and shouted Marin Tran and Mandon Moore to go ashore and kill the guy.
Marin Tran and Mandon Moore stepped out of the stern of the ship, passed by Joffrey, and went ashore as if Joffrey did not exist. All the while, the two Kingsguard never looked at their Majesty again.
Joffrey was stunned as the boat had left the shore and hoisted its sails in the middle of the sea.
"Dog, do you know how to paddle?"
"What do you call me?" Joffrey was furious.
Syllable!
The boatman jumped over and slapped Joffrey in the face with a vicious slap, almost knocking Joffrey unconscious: "Dog mongrel, Lao Tzu paid a lot of money to buy you, and whatever Lao Tzu says, you will obediently do it." ”