Chapter 0339: The Hand of the King: The Return of the King
Aleken Florent led the guards to the High Court military camp, but was blocked by the High Court scouts on the way, and the leader of the squad was arrogant, holding a spear, and ordered Alecon Florent to wait in place, and he went to report to Lord Lan Dao first.
Aleken Floren was furious, and pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, this subtle action aroused the hostility of the opposing hussars, and the spears of the fifteen hussars were aimed at Alken Florent, who bore the brunt of the attack.
Alecon Floren didn't want to ruin the big deal because of this, so he swallowed his anger and asked the squad leader to report to Master Randolph Tully quickly. When the stanza had passed, Alecon Floren swore to strangle the entire troop of light horsemen.
The captain arrogantly put away his spear, turned and rode away, his fourteen light horsemen with their spears in hand, the tip of the spear forward, not allowing the team of Storm's End to cross the line.
Alecon Floren waited for a while before the scout leader returned, saying, "I'm sorry, Sir, Lord Randolph had a bit of a cold last night, and now the Master is taking medicine for him, and he will come out to see you later." ”
"I'm going to see him, he's my brother-in-law. Aleken Floren snapped.
The captain looked at Aleken's crest: a brilliant red-and-gold fox surrounded by a circle of lapis lazuli-colored flowers. His gaze fell on Alecken's ears again, and members of the Florentine family usually had a pair of provocative ears, and Alecken's ears were even larger.
"Well, sir, I'm sure you're from the Florentine family, so please!" the captain stepped out of his horse and lowered his spear.
Aleken Floren snorted coldly, rode his horse by, and suddenly turned around, the long sword was already out of the sheath, the sword flashed, and the sharp long sword slashed the captain's neck, the captain staggered, his eyes stared out, and he fell under the horse with a bang, blood gushing out, and the body kept twitching.
Turn elbows and armpits.
Before the two pikemen at the captain's side could react, Aleken Florent kicked the spur, and in the gallop of the horse, the sword stabbed straight through, piercing one of the pikemen as a male, and the soldier fell off his horse with the sword, killing him instantly. Another soldier stabbed his spear, and Aleken Florent twisted his horse, gave way to the spear, shouted, grabbed the barrel of the gun with both hands, picked the soldier up, threw it out, and knocked down several soldiers who had come to help.
As soon as Aleken Floren made a move, the guards beside him had already unsheathed their swords and fought with the captain's spear scouts, and in a few heartbeats, several scouts were cut off their horses, and the rest shouted and fled into the woods.
Several teams of high court pikemen and light cavalry from far and near shouted, and suddenly all of them fled.
Aleken Florent and his guards rushed into the nearest tent to see that it was indeed an empty camp, and several military camps were visited in a row, but they were all empty.
He was suspicious when the Scout Captain wouldn't let him go, Randolph Tully would definitely not let him stay here and not let him cross the line, and if he was sick, there was no reason to do so. Later, although the captain made concessions, Alekon felt the captain's murderous intention. Alekon was a man who made a quick decision, and immediately took action, killing the scout captain first.
"Go back and inform Lord Allister that Lan Dao and Tyrell have fled!" Alecon snapped.
The two guards immediately rushed back to Allister's camp.
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As soon as Lan Li died, as Will expected, the alliance between Storm's Rest and the High Court broke down, the careerist Allister tore open the alliance, Storm's Rest and the High Court broke up, in order to take refuge in Stannis I with more capital, Allister himself personally led the army to chase after Randolph Tully and Tyrell, the army chased for several miles, and suddenly the shouts were loud, and the ambush troops on the left and right came out to kill Allister.
Allister was an opportunistic, careerist, calculating, and by no means a brave man, and when he saw that Lan Dao had arranged an ambush, he immediately ordered his troops to retreat, refusing to engage Lan Dao's army.
Lan Dao led the army to fight back, seeing his father-in-law's flag fluttering, the army slowly retreated, he accepted it when he saw it, and he was unwilling to take the opportunity to chase and kill, the number of his father-in-law's army was several times his. Lan Dao ordered the three cavalry to join forces, and they also slowly retreated.
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Allister ordered the collection of weapons, armor, grain, ox carts, and horses thrown down by the Blue Road army along the road as a military merit. Order the Maester to issue a raven to King's Landing, swearing allegiance to Stannis I.
He wrote a letter to Queen Celis Florent alone, in which he was extremely flattering, saying that he had long abandoned the faith of the Seven Gods and secretly believed in Lahllo, the Lord of Light, and that he was willing to lead his noble knights to become the Red God Believers under the Queen's banner, join the Queen's Party, and believe in the King of Light all his life, although he had no regrets in death.
The results of these two letters were remarkable, and Allister soon received a reply from the Queen and His Majesty in King's Landing, and Stannis I ordered him to lead his army into the city, and after swearing allegiance to Stannis I in the unfinished Red Temple, he would be promoted to Minister of Justice. In the letter, he persuaded Ronald Clinton, the commander of the navy of Duke Lanley, and promised that Ronald Clinton would promote Ronald Clinton to the position of Secretary of Sea, a senior minister of the Royal Council, and command of the royal navy as long as Ronald Clinton led the navy and swore allegiance to Stannis I.
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Stannis defeated the most powerful of his soldiers, defeated the most powerful Ranley Baratheon, broke up 100,000 allies, and won the allegiance of the nobles of Storm's End, and the few nobles of the Tyrells also chose to surrender to Stannis I's side.
The leader of this defection, Allister, is not the nobles of Storm's End, but the nobles of the Tyrells of Riverland, Allister Florence has always regarded himself as a noble bloodline, and has always looked down on the Tyrells family, always wanting to replace them. This time, he seized the opportunity and sent a raven to easily persuade Ronald Clinton, the commander of the navy of the Blue Rite, to make him sit firmly on the throne of the Minister of Justice of Stannis I, the former Duke of the Blue Rite.
His knighthood was also promoted from earl to duke.
While Stannis I was rewarding many of the nobles who had surrendered, Will's Warhammer had reached the East Sea of the Great Wall.
This day is the first day of the year 299 in the Aegon calendar.
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Carter Pike, the commander of the Night's Watch Legion in the East Sea, is rude, adventurous, combative, and highly respected among his subordinates, making him Will's best old friend.
When the Warhammer arrived, it immediately became a giant next to the fifteen large and small warships moored in the East China Sea.
The Night's Watch Legion's fleets are anchored in the East China Sea, ranging from large ships capable of traversing the narrow seas to slender warships. The fleet is primarily used to patrol Seal Bay to catch smugglers who sell weapons and food to the Wildlings, and to prevent the Wildlings' boats from smuggling into Seal Bay.
It's just that in fact, the Night's Watch own brothers in the East China Sea will also secretly do business with the wildlings, exchanging some shabby weapons for some precious beast skins.
Some Savage Villages also regularly trade with their Night's Watch brethren in Tokaiwang.
In the area of the night watchman in Donghaiwang, there are several fishing villages, inhabited by hundreds of fishermen.
The news of Lord Will's return from the Crown's largest warship, the Warhammer, had already spread, and the nearby fishing villages had all received the news, and everyone had come to greet Lord Will and watch the Royal's giant battleship, the Warhammer.
Carter Pike, a pirate from the Iron Islands, stands ashore with his Blackcrush Ranger brothers to meet Will.
As soon as Will stepped out of the side of the ship and stepped onto the gangplank, there was a roar of cheers from the shore.
The King is back!
Since the Great Wall Mutiny, Tyron Ash returned from King's Landing and brought back millions of gold dragon coins, and the Night's Watch was recently ordered to participate in the Kingdom Civil War, Tyran Ash's 500 legions have been transformed into 500 cavalry, and have brought back hundreds of catties of gold and the Great Wall Advance Army of Shikoku.
And that's not even the most exciting news for the brothers!
Will overthrew the Lannisters in King's Landing as Eddard Stark, installed Stannis I on the Iron Throne, made the King change the laws of the Night's Watch, and elevated the status of the Night's Watch legions—all of which brought Will's prestige to an unparalleled peak in the hearts of the Wallwall brothers.
His previous prophecies and promises to the officers of the Night's Watch were fulfilled.
Now the Night's Watch Legion is very rich, and the soldiers are well fed; all the tribes in the Wolf Forest Mountains have descended the mountain, and the arrival of the Roaring Stone People has increased the strength of the Night's Watch Legion by 5,000 troops, and the barren Night's Watch Legion has also appeared in the land of the cultivated fertile fields, and there are more and more livestock pens and free-grazing cattle and sheep; the waterways of the East Sea Wang, and the land routes of the Mole Village, have started foreign trade, and everything is going smoothly.
In the past, there were only 200 Ranger brothers in Donghaiwang, and now, at least more than 700 people.
Looking at their outfits, although they were all dressed in black and armor, Will knew that most of them were Roaring Stone Folk of the Wolf Forest tribe who had been trained. If you look closely, there are also two neat teams of female soldiers who roar at the stone people. They stood in the ranks, though slightly shorter, but sharper and more sensitive.
Female Soldiers—This would have been unthinkable in the former Night's Watch Legion. —because of the transgression of the law.
And if any law or rule remains unchanged for thousands of years, it is by no means progress.
Will disembarked, followed by the more athletic Big Gilly, the arrogant one-eyed Angai, the restless Podrick, the silent hound who wore a half-iron mask and healed from his illness, the tongueless bachelor Cole with calm eyes, and the face-changing Littlefinger Green, who couldn't hide his surprise in his eyes—
- On the battleship behind Will and the others, stood the captain and first mate, hundreds of oarsmen and workers of the Warhammer.
On Will's shoulders, there were two strange birds the size of a fist, one golden and one iron-green, with strange and sharp calls, and the bodies of eagle-beaked eagle-claws and eagle-eyed lions, which were the two griffons that had just hatched late last night.