"Your Majesty, with the protection of Rahlo, the god of light, you don't have to worry about anything. Melisandre said.

Stannis stared at Melisandre, his face like the black rocks on Dragonstone.

According to the daily reports of the Blackarmor guards, Stannis knew that Melisandre was so busy building the Red Temple that she barely closed her eyes, but she was more energetic, her skin was more radiant, and the ruby in her throat was more bright, as if she was about to drip blood.

"100,000 troops are coming to the city, I don't even have to worry about this, what else can I worry about? I want to release the ravens so that Eddard Stark and the cavalry of the Four Nations come to the rescue. ”

Melisandre smiled slightly, full of emotion: "Your Majesty, Tywin Lannister of the Westside came to attack King's Landing with the elite soldiers of the West, what is the result?"

Tywin was later confirmed to have escaped. Stannis said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Tywin later reappeared in Golden Tooth City. ”

The intrepid Barristan Selmy and the maess Pelos walked in, the letter in their hands.

"Your Majesty, a letter from Lord Eddard. ”

Stannis took the letter with a blank face, read it, and handed it to Melisandre.

Melisandre swept the letter and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the Westfrontier has surrendered, and Tywin has been beheaded again." ”

"Strike again?" Barristan said, his tone puzzled.

The Captain of the Kingsguard was the only courtier who could express his or her own views on political affairs without fear of being punished for his mistakes.

"Yes, again. Melisandre laughed, her voice tinged with a strange exoticism.

"What do you mean?" asked Barristan.

"Tywin died for the first time, by the Shadow in the Lake of Tears. The second death, the news from Eddard this time, was killed by his own men, and the head was dedicated to Eddard Stark. ”

"Who killed Tywin again?"

"The little boar in the Chicken Hall, Mellon Craich. ”

"Melon Craich's older brother Lile Craich was shot dead by Will's henchman Ange during the night raid on the Green Fork River, and his brother and father were burned to death in the Fire of Tearstained Lake, he was the most staunch of the main fighters, however, after Tywin Lannister was taken down by Will and Robb Stark in Castle Rock, he gave up the fight and chose to surrender. Stannis said, no joy or sorrow in his voice.

"Mellon Craigher has a grudge against Tywin, so he killed him?" said Barristan's voice, revealing disbelief.

Melisandre handed the letter to Barristan, who took it, and after reading it, looked up, his eyes full of surprise: "Is Tywin in Golden Tooth City fake? When did Jaime learn the Transfiguration of the Braavos?"

"The long night is coming, the stars are crying blood, the ancient cold gods are rising, the strange ghosts and ghouls are coming, the magic power will be revived, and the sons of the forest, the giants will also appear. The world is about to change. Jaime can transfigulate, Will can transfigulate, and killers and wise men will emerge one by one. Sir Barristan, this world is no longer the world you know, and any change is not surprising. ”

"So Jaime was killed by Mellon Craich?"

"No, it's just Jaime's way out. Eddard Stark wants to escort the nobles who surrendered from the West to the Red Keep to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty may pardon the other nobles of the West, but not Tywin. And now that Tywin is dead, His Majesty has no chance to judge Tywin. Jaime also took the opportunity to get out. Since he has learned the Transfiguration Technique, he has naturally also learned the killing technique of the Black and White Courtyard. ”

Stannis's eyes froze!

Bachelor Pylos also had a solemn face.

Barristan clenched the hilt of his sword and said, "Jaime is a skilled swordsman, and he is even more powerful when he learns the art of transfiguration, and he can change his appearance, so even if he appears in the Red Keep, we don't know that he is Jaime." ”

"The Thousand Faces do not have a temple in Westeros, the Faceless's shapeshifting is limited by the gods of Westeros, and if Jaime is not proficient in the magic of the Fire Warlock, he will not be able to enter the Red Keep and assassinate anyone with the Shapeshifter. ”

"The Red Keep has magical defenses?"

"The Red Keep was built by the Targaryens, the Targaryens are the Dragonriders, the walls of the Red Keep, with the mark of fire magic, form a clamp on the Grim Reaper's shapeshifting technique, unless he can use the fire mancer's scroll or ancient spell to break the fire magic mark first, before he can enter the Red Keep in a disguised disguise. Melisandre walked over to the wine cabinet and poured herself half a glass of red wine. She shook her red wine glass slightly, and the smile on her face was sweet and charming.

Melisandre still has a little secret that she hasn't told, and she hasn't told Will Eddard Stark yet, and that's her fire magic and shadow magic, which are blessed with magic in the Red Keep. She was more sensitive to the Red God's Flame Oracle. This castle, with dragon bones and fire magic imprints, was also very helpful to Melisandre's magical perception.

This is the reason why she wants to build the Red Temple here rather than leave Stannis I, and once her Red Temple is built, her magical power will be multiplied.

Eddard Stark of Will tried to convince Melisandre to join the Inquisition, but Melisandre refused, wanting to make the most of the Red Keep's magic mark to enhance her fire magic.

She's here, and she's the fastest way to get stronger.

"The Firemancers Guild doesn't know when all the people are gone, and the wildfires inside are either removed or buried in the sand. Barristan said.

"Yes, I saw it in the flames, and that was done by Will the Man in Black. Melisandre said.

Stannis's cheeks gritted, his teeth chattering.

As long as he is emotional, he can't help but grind his teeth. On the Iron Throne, when he was dealing with political affairs, he often couldn't help grinding his teeth, but he was a king, and no one dared to laugh at him.

Ever since Stannis I sat on the Iron Throne, there had been no smile in the throne room.

Ever since Melisandre sat in one of the chairs of the Imperial Council, the Imperial Council had lost its vitality. The ministers, old and new, became very dismissive and submissive.

Stannis I finally knew everything about Will being Eddard Stark, and he had no gratitude to Will, only hatred. He didn't like the feeling of being kept in the dark, and he couldn't punish Will yet, because Will pushed him to the Iron Throne, and by convicting Will, he was proving to others that he didn't sit on the Iron Throne by proper means.

This was detrimental to Stannis I's royal name.

And now that the external worries have intensified, the real Eddard Stark did not reveal in his letter that he wanted to blame Will, but praised Will many times for his exploits in the West.

Although Stannis I is the king of the Iron Throne, he is unwilling to be played by Will. The change of dynasty of House Baratheon in Westeros was not driven by Stannis I's own force and strategy, nor by Melisandre's belief in the Red God, but by the power of Will the Man in Black.

Intellectually, Will's contribution to the new dynasty is unparalleled, and Stannis should have canonized Will as a duke, and emotionally, Stannis I hated Will and had no intimacy with him.

As soon as Melisandre mentioned Will, Stannis grinded his teeth a lot of the time.

"Don't mention Will, Lan Li is here, Lady Melisandre, you won't let me summon King Ed Stark, how are you going to deal with Lan Li?"

"Same as last time. Melisandre said, "The Red God is the only true God, Your Majesty. ”

"Fire and shadows?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"Lan Li's ships are three times the size of our King's Landing ships. ”

"I know this, Your Majesty. ”

"His infantry and cavalry are ten times more than ours. ”

"The Red God has an unstoppable force - flames. The long night is dangerous and treacherous, and only the flames can cleanse all enemies in the world. ”

There was no emotion in Stannis I's eyes: "Lanli is my own brother, Melisandre. ”

"But he is also an enemy who betrayed you, Your Majesty. According to royal law, you are the first in line to the throne, but he openly rebelled against you. Let the flames wash away his sins, and let the people of the Seven Kingdoms once again witness the power of the Red God, Your Majesty. ”

Stannis was silent for a moment, and the sound of grinding teeth was heard again.

"Barristan, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty can talk to Duke Lanli first. Barristan said, "I would like to accompany Your Majesty to the Duke of Lanli." ”

"Talk?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, if Duke Lanli is obsessed, we will use the sword again. Barristan said.

"Alright, Master Pelos, send Raven to contact Lan Li, and I will meet him by the Blackwater River. ”

Melisandre smiled, "Your Majesty, the Duke of Lanli is not as kind as you. ”

"Talk first, then fight. Stannis I made a decision.

His decision could not be changed.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Melisandre had no choice but to comply.

"If the negotiations between me and Lan Li break down, if we want to attack with fire again, the wildfire will be gone. Stannis I said to Melisandre.

"There are hundreds of jars of wildfire beneath the Dragon's Lair, and the Mad King Aerys is going to burn down a tiny fraction of the entire King's Landing, and Will has only taken some of them. Although his merchant ships were large, wildfires were prone to fire and explosion in the ship's turbulence. He had to load a large amount of yellow sand on the ship to bury the wildfire canisters to ensure that the wildfires did not explode in transit. As a result, he couldn't take away all the wildfire. ”

"Why did he go to such lengths to transport the wildfire to the Great Wall, and capture the pyromancers from the Fire Warlock Guild?"

"Strange ghosts are afraid of fire, and ghouls are the most flammable corpses, burning more easily than pouring oil on dry firewood. A sticky wildfire, whether it is a ghoul or a stranger, will be completely burned to ashes. "Will had the foresight to transport both the fire warlocks and the wildfires to the Wall, preparing for the burning of the strangers and ghouls. ”

Stannis I had little interest in the Burning Wraith.

"A few hundred cans of wildfire can burn Lan Li's 100,000 army?"

"Enough, Your Majesty. Both the warship and the royal forest only need a little wildfire to start a fire. ”

The boat is wooden, and the Royal Forest is a primeval forest and a flammable place.

Lan Li's land army came from the Storm Avenue in the Royal Forest, and the infantry and cavalry had to camp in the forest. To use fire in the forest, it is enough to have a little wildfire to cause the fire.

Tywin's elite soldiers in the West were burned down by Melisandre because they lived in the woods by the Lake of Tears.

The use of soldiers, avoiding the woods, is basic military common sense.

However, neither Lance nor Tywin had military knowledge in this area.

"Lady Melisandre, prepare your fire and wait for my orders before negotiating. Stannis I ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

*

Rhaenys Hills.

A team of 100 officers in King's Landing's Black Armor Army pushed open the bronze door of the dragon's den, and the bronze door of several stories high was finally opened little by little with the concerted efforts of the hundreds, using the strength of the horse team and the ox team.

The clerks entered the dragon's lair with hoes, pickaxes, shovels and other tools in their hands.

A hole in the ground of the Dragon's Lair reveals a tunnel where Will's men dug up the passage left by the wildfire.

After the Mad King Aerys' royalist army was defeated by the combined forces of Robert and Eddard Stark at the Trident River, Aerys ordered the pyromancers to plant wildfires all over the city, and if the city was breached, he ordered the wildfires to be lit and the entire city destroyed. At the time, Aerys's new prime minister was a pyromagician in the Fire Warlock Guild. The Kingsguard Jaime Lannister prevented this tragedy by killing the Prime Minister who was about to run out to inform the Fire Warlock to light the fire, and then the Mad King, earning a reputation as a kingkiller.

At that time, in the underground of the dragon's lair, a large number of wildfires were buried, as well as hundreds of pots of special materials for refining wildfires.

During the tournament, Will and Robb and the others visit King's Landing's famous Dragon's Lair, and Jaqun the Faceless is the first to discover the location of the Black Jar of Wildfire Matter underground. The batch of special materials for making wildfire materials had been transported by Will to the Great Wall of Desperation by ship, but the space of the ship was limited, and not a single jar of finished wildfire that had been successfully refined underground was taken.

Melisandre led the officers into the underground passage and carefully dug out the jar of wildfire underneath. Nearly a thousand pots of wildfire, only one-third of which needed to be used as fire, was enough to burn Duke Lanli's army to death. Of the remaining two-thirds, Melisandre decided to bury herself in the underground passages of the Red Keep.

*

Heishui Henan, primeval forest royal forest.

There is a Storm Boulevard in the Imperial Forest that leads directly to the Citadel of Breath, and Lan Li's land army marches along the Storm Boulevard towards King's Landing.

At the northern end of Storm Avenue is the Blackwater River outside King's Landing, and at the southern end is the Storm's Rest of House Baratheon.

Sitting in the splendid carriage, Duke Lanli, who was protected by his rainbow guards, was reading the letter that the raven had just brought. The letter was written to him by his older brother Stannis. Stannis ordered Ranly to enter King's Landing with fifty guards, kneel in front of the Iron Throne and ask him for his forgiveness and pardon, recognizing Stannis I as the sole true king of Westeros, and Stannis I will pardon Ranly and still crown him Duke of Storm's End.

The letter concludes by saying that Stannis I wanted Lan Li to think twice, and that he felt the need for the two brothers to meet and talk before he moved on to the sword.

Duke Lan Li lit the letter and watched it turn to black ashes.

Negotiation?

Hehe, Fengxi Fort has the support of the High Court, the strongest military force in the Seven Kingdoms, and it is advancing by land and water, and it will immediately approach the Heishui River, so there is no need to negotiate or anything.