Chapter 0764: War and Peace
Although Kevon Lannister had heard a lot of rumors about strangers and ghouls, many of whom had detailed details, he didn't believe them.
He was staring at Jaime Lannister now.
"Uncle, you don't believe me?"
"I believe it!"
"How many of us are around in the West?"
"Less than five hundred. ”
"What about the North?"
"Luce Burton, two thousand. ”
"Do you think Luce Bolton will be loyal to you or to the North?"
Kevon Lannister was silent, and after a moment said, "He will be loyal to the winning side." ”
That is, it is not loyal to you. ”
Kevon was silent again, and said, "He'll be loyal to me when he's in King's Landing, he'll be loyal to himself when he's going to attack Harrenhal, and he'll be loyal to Stark if he advances any further north to the north." ”
"Yes, the North has his home and his roots, after all. He dares to rebel, the price is too great, and he will be homeless. Moreover, the northern realm and the Great Wall of Desperation have joined forces, and the army is strong, and Stark, who has ruled for 8,000 years, cannot be defeated with the help of tens of thousands of legions of the Great Wall of Desperation. The people, the weather, the snow and ice, the geography, will all be on Stark's side. ”
Kavon Lannis nodded his head.
"So, uncle, what about the nobles of the valley, how many people can you trust?"
Kayvon Lannister is silent!
Jaime said slowly, "Uncle, do you know what method I used to convince Lynn Cobray?"
Kevon shook his head, then his gaze fell on Jaime's sword.
"You used a sword?"
Jaime shook his head, "No, I didn't use a sword. I only asked to see Will as an intelligence officer, and he received me. I told him that Will and Robb, as well as the Duke of Arryn of Eagle's Nest in the Vale, and that Lady Lysa Tully had greeted him and promised to prop him up as the patriarch of Cobray, and that the former territory of the Cobry family would be returned to him, and that several minor nobles in the vicinity would be assigned to his name, giving him the right and jurisdiction to collect taxes. He immediately agreed to the defection, without any hesitation. ”
"Did he verify your identity?"
"Nope. ”
"He is so simple-minded, how can the surrounding small nobles just tax him like this and be governed by him?"
"The Corbri family and the surrounding minor nobles have been wiped out by the people of the Three Sisters led by Petyr Littlefinger and Robert Royce, and it is not difficult to redivide those territories at all. ”
Kevon gasped inwardly.
"You told Lynn Corbray about the valley?"
I didn't say a word, but it was clear that he knew everything about the valley. Why is this so? Where did his information come from? If Lynn Corbray knew so well, what about the other Vale nobles? Did every nobleman actually know everything about the Vale?"
Kevon Lannister was silent.
"Uncle, Lynn Corbray can defect without thinking about it, what about the other nobles? Profit is their only loyalty, not to mention that many heirs, children and grandchildren, have fallen into the hands of Littlefinger. With Littlefinger's scheming, he will definitely make good use of the captured rebels' families. And, more importantly, many of the Vale nobles in our army have sworn allegiance to Will and Shireen Baratheon. ”
Kevon's face turned pale.
"Lynn Cobry defected, perhaps it was his family that was exterminated, and Littlefinger killed his brother, which was what he was happy about. ”
Jaime shook his head: "Uncle, you know very well that once the military horses of these Vale nobles go to attack the Vale, more than half of them will defect, and the isolated island of Bronze Yorn will not last long, and once his family is caught, it will only be a matter of time before he defects to protect himself." ”
The room was silent again.
Kaivon stood up, slowly walked to the window, and looked at the capital room outside: "Jaime, what should we do in your opinion?"
"Alliance, let's fight the strangers together. ”
"And after that?"
"After fighting the strangers, everyone has actually been unified, and our strength has been weakened, the Seven Kingdoms have been hit hard, and the common people will no longer agree to fight another civil war. Peace is the best option. ”
"Who's going to be the king?"
"Vote for the election, and the one with the most votes will be the king. This is the ancient law. ”
"What about the savages, what if they refuse to go back?"
"None of this is a problem. ”
"Why?"
"We can put forward these conditions when we negotiate with Will. We can all talk about the conditions we want, such as returning the Westlands to our Lannisters, releasing Cersei and Tommen, arranging for the Wildlings to stay after the Strangers, and the political status of the Legion of the Great Wall of Desperation. ”
Kevon was silent again, he had been silent for a long time, and that was because of Tywin Lannister's presence, and he had become a shadow of Tywin. Since he came to power, there has never been such silence.
"Eurolen's naval strength is very strong, and if we want to negotiate peace, we should let Will see our strength first, and if we talk to him after we take the Westland and Harrenhal, we can mention more of our conditions, and we can avoid fighting for our political rights. For example, who will be in charge of the command of the legion against the Aliens? Who should be in charge of military deployment, logistics support, and recruit training? Since it is the Seven Kingdoms fighting the Aliens, Dorne is no exception. If Dorne sits back and enjoys it, after we get rid of the strangers, he will be the only one in the world, and we will all be driven into the sea by the Dorn. ”
"Uncle, do you want to win two battles before talking?"
"Yes!"
"What if you don't go to war and get back to the West?"
"No way!"
"You told me to give it a try. Jaime said.
Kaivon looked at Jaime and suddenly his heart lit up: "Jaime, can you change your appearance?"
"Yes, uncle. ”
"Then we can exclude the emissaries from negotiating with Will, you mingle with the emissaries, and when night comes, you can assassinate Will and his senior generals. ”
Jaime smiled wryly, "Uncle, Will is proficient in my shapeshifting technique. ”
Kaivon was surprised: "How is this possible?"
Jaime smiled wryly, "Will and Robb have a secret organization of killers in the North: the Holy Inquisition. Not only did they assassinate enemy generals, but they also went around digging for information. There must have been a lot of people in King's Landing, otherwise, why did Lynn Corbrie know all the circumstances of his family's annihilation, and also knew that the little nobles around his family who dared to resist were all wiped out. ”
Kai Feng's heart was cold: "Holy Inquisition?"
It was the first time he had heard of such a secret organization in the North.
"Yes, there are men and women in the Inquisition, and unlike the Strangers in the South, the Strangers focus on intelligence, while everyone in the Inquisition is an assassin, a top master of the narrow sword. ”