Chapter 0315: Will Persuades the Westside Davon to be cornered
"Bowen Spicer?" Will stared at the young man.
"Yes, sir. ”
"Are you a knight?"
"No, sir. ”
"Your father is Rover Spicer, Lord of Crag Rock?"
"Yes, sir. The young man's facial features are upright, and there is obvious convergence in his eyes.
"But it's actually the acting city lord?" Bowen didn't admit it. He was false and aggrieved, following Will's words to cater to him.
"The lord of Crag Rock is Gavin Westerling, and he is your aunt's husband. ”
"Yes, sir. Bowen looked at him with admiration.
"Why did Gavin make your father, Rover Spaser, the acting lord of the city?"
"Lord Gavin went to war with Lord Tywin, and he appointed my father as acting lord. ”
Will nodded: "Would you like to write a letter to your father and ask him to abandon the darkness and swear allegiance to the real His Majesty, Stannis I?"
Bowen said, "My lord, I'm willing to give it a try. ”
"Very well, tell your father, Rover Spicer, that if he wants to be the true Lord of Crag Rock, and the Lord of Casterme, come to Castle Rock and swear allegiance to me, Eddard Stark, Stannis I. ”
Bowen's eyes flickered: "My lord, you are not a duke of the Seven Kingdoms, nor a prince, how can Lord Luo Fu be loyal to you." ”
"He wants to be the Lord of Crag Rock, the Lord of Casterme, if you want to become the heir of Crag Rock and Casterme, come to Cayrock City to take the oath. As for my identity, I'll tell him when the time comes. ”
"Yes, sir. Bowen will be skeptical.
Robb Stark, the young lord of the North, is gone, and the one who is in charge of the overall situation in Kaiyan City is Will, the man in black from the Great Wall of Despair. For the first time in thousands of years, the Men in Black intervened in the Seven Civil Wars. The man in black still holds great power, which is even more incredible. Except for the heartless and innocent Podrick Pine, who saw trust in Will's eyes, no one in the rest of the Western Nobles believed Will.
Will didn't seem to know this, he didn't hurry, summoned one by one the nobles of the West, everyone's conversation was the same, are you a knight? Do you want to be a lord? The lord of Crag Rock, the lord of Castermet, the lord of Caestro, the lord of Lannisport, in short, all the cities and fiefs in the West, it is like Will's bag, as long as you are willing to swear allegiance, he will give you that city.
The content of this kind of conversation is very simple, but it is very direct, who is ambitious, who has backbone, who is prone to apostasy, and who is weak and coping, Will can clearly see and understand. People with different personalities have very different answers to questions.
This conversation continued into the evening, and to the bewilderment of the nobles of the West, Robb Stark was never seen.
Between Will and Robb Stark, they prefer to believe Robb. Robb's status as a nobleman in the north is undoubted, and Will, the man in black of the Great Wall, is he?
The nobility of the Westlands is very proud.
The only person who has sworn allegiance to Will the Man in Black is a distant branch of the Pine family. The nobility of the distant branch naturally cannot be compared with the nobility of the main family.
Although the nobles of the Western Realm looked down on Will, they had to bow their heads in front of Will. Will was the victor, and the ashes guards around him terrified the nobles.
In the evening, Will continued to talk to the captured nobles of the West in Tywin's Hall of Heroes, and the conversation was still the same as during the day, Are you a knight? Do you want to become a lord? If you have to choose, which city in the West you want to own, the terms of exchange are very simple: Will who swears allegiance to the Wall of Despair, Stark who swears allegiance to the North, and Stannis I who is King's Landing.
"Anthony Kenning?" Will stared at the middle-aged man's family coat of arms: black on orange and orange on black.
"Yes, sir. "Anthony is different and very calm. He was amazed at Will's mastery of those with the background of the noble families of the West, but his face was expressionless.
"I know the history of the Kenning family, you are of the same ancestry as the Kenning family of Harlow Island, the nobles of the Iron Islands, and when the Iron kingdom was declining, a branch of the Kenning family decided to accept the rule of Kaiyan City and abandon the Iron Islands. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"The town of Keche, located on a peninsula south of Fairy Island, is not wealthy. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"Although the Kenins are subordinate to the Lannisters, their blood has always been the Iron People. Now there's a great opportunity, Kenning family, do you want to become the lord of Fairy Island?"
"I really want to!"
"Swearing allegiance to the Great Wall, the North and Stannis I, Fairy Island is the Kenning family's. ”
Anthony sneered: "My lord didn't even take the Western Realm, but he won a new army by sneak attack, and won Kaiyan City by trickery, and he promised the Fairy Island to the Kenning family here, you can play other Western Realm mongrels, I don't believe a word of your words." ”
"You'll believe it. Will laughed, "Within a week, Crag Rock City, Castelme, Brand City, Hack City, Lannisport City, Feast City, etc., will fall." ”
"I don't believe it. ”
"I don't need you to believe it, because that's the truth, otherwise why do you think Robb Stark isn't in Castle Rock? I might as well tell you a little bit of news, if our thousand elite soldiers can cross the Golden Tooth City into the West, then the elite soldiers of the Riverlands and the Valley can also cross the Golden Tooth City and enter the West. ”
Anthony's eyes flashed.
"Lannister's rule in the Westlands will soon come to an end. ”
"The nobles of the Westlands are loyal to Tywin Lannister. ”
"You're wrong, Anthony, the nobles of the West owe allegiance to Tywin's ruthlessness, not to Tywin himself. If you choose to surrender on the condition that we be more ruthless than Tywin, we'd love to do so. ”
Anthony pondered for a moment and said, "The patriarch of the Kenning family is not me. ”
"I know that the current Patriarch is Terence Kenning, who has either died in the Tearstained Lake or in Golden Tooth City, but wherever he is, the town of Hacker will be lost. Anthony Kenning, would you like to be the new lord of Richer Town?"
"I do, sir. ”
"Then swear allegiance. ”
"Allegiance to your lordship, or Stark, or Stannis I?"
"Pledge allegiance together. ”
"Yes, sir. I swear by the name of the seven gods. Anthony Hacker took the oath on one knee.
Will shook his head: "No, Anthony, you are the Iron People, and you have to swear in the name of the Drowning God." ”
Anthony Kenning's little bit of caution can't escape Will's eyes.
Although the Kenins are subordinate to the Lannisters, their faith has not changed. - But Will didn't expect to subdue the Kenin family with a few words.
The corridors of the Hall of Heroes are all made of pure gold, and walking on the gold-paved road, Will is quite touched.
There was a sound of footsteps, and Podrick came in, bowing his head slightly, not daring to look into Will's eyes: "Lord Will, there is a small group of remnants outside the east gate who have come to surrender, and the leader is called Davon Lannister." ”
"How many men did he take with him?"
"About a hundred, sir. ”
"Let them lay down all their weapons, disarm them, and hand over their horses, and I will let him into the city. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
"Wait a minute, I'll go myself. Will said.
Anthony Kenin's oath of allegiance was ignored by Will, and he and his guards left, leaving Anthony Kenin on one knee in the Hall of Heroes. Anthony Kenning felt like an idiot.
Will led his guards to the eastern city wall, and below, Davon held torches high, and there were about three hundred people around him.
"Hand over your weapons and pledge allegiance to Will of the Wall, Stark of the North, and Stannis I of King's Landing. Will said.
Davon under the city shouted, "My lord, I am only subject to Stark in the North, Stannis I in King's Landing. ”
"Why don't you surrender to the Great Wall?"
"The Great Wall of Desperation is not a kingdom, and an adult is not a duke. Davon shouted.
"The Great Wall of Desperation never participated in the Seven Civil Wars. A noble soldier shouted, "How can your lordship compare to the Stark of the North?"
Davon said, "My lord, Eddard Stark is the Prime Minister of the Seven Kingdoms, the Guardian of the North, the Guardian of the East, the Duke of Winterfell, and you are a mere Night's Watchman, and you dare to ask me to swear allegiance to you?"
Will shouted, "Sir Davon, winter is coming, and the strange ghosts are coming, and no one can stay out of it. My allegiance is to fight against the ghosts of the Long Night. ”
Will peddled his own strange ghost and persevered, not for the sake of persuasion, he could not convince a person who did not believe in it at all, but for the sake of passing on.
Transmitting information is like the foundation of a building, first laying down, over and over again, and when the time comes in the future, when everyone wakes up, the speed of building a high-rise building on this foundation will be unusually fast.
Freezing three feet, not a day's cold!
Despair rose in Davon's heart, he was an ambitious man, he had no ability, first he was suppressed by his father, unable to lead the army, and his father was very mediocre, and then his father was defeated and killed, he collected the remnants of the army and defected to Kaiyan City, Kaiyan City fell, defected to Lannisport, was ordered by Joffrey I to shoot with arrows, when he collected the remnants of the army and retreated, Joffrey's gold-robed army and the garrison of Lannisport actually went out of the city to chase and kill, and did not spare.
Davon fled with 300 soldiers, and in the end only 100 soldiers were left who refused to leave him, and in the midst of pain, Davon decided to surrender to Stark, however, he did not see Robb Stark, but met Will, the man in black whom he disliked.
The nobles of the Westlands did not accept Will the Man in Black.
The involvement of the Night's Watch in the Great Wall of Desperation in the Civil War is itself a challenge to perception.
The Night's Watch also has the same authority as the Starks of the North, which makes it even more difficult for everyone to accept.
The glory of the Night's Watch is long gone, and now it is just a concentration of bastards, thieves, gunmen, murderers, robbers, and other dishonorable people.
There is no nobility in the Westlands that identify with the Night's Watch, and this thinking is deeply ingrained.
"My lord, I don't believe in ghosts. ”
"The Starks all believe it. Will whistled, and the lady appeared beside him. The Lady was Sansa's wolf, and when the war began, the Lady joined her brothers and sisters in the battle. Without Sansa's master in her hand, the lady chooses to follow Will.
"I want to see Robb Stark, I want to hear him personally. ”
"Robb Stark is gone, and now I'm the Lord of Castle Rock. Will said.
Davon didn't expect it to be so difficult for him to surrender sincerely, he wanted to surrender to the Stark family, but the Stark family was not there. And Will, the man in black who defended the city, asked him to swear allegiance, which he could not accept.
Davon's horses had been shot dead under Lannisport, and the soldiers around him were infantry. The soldiers were exhausted, but the waves swept the sand, and now the remaining hundred were dead.
Seeing that Davon had left disappointed, Will shouted, "Sir Davon, if you surrender sincerely, swear allegiance to Stark in the North, and reign under Stannis I, and I will open the gates of the city and accept your surrender." ”
Davon said, "Seriously!"
"Swear in the name of the gods, old and new!" Will said.
Davon looked at the expectant eyes of his subordinates, and every soldier didn't want to go anymore.
"Okay, I swear!" Davon drew his sword and knelt down on one knee, and the hundred warriors around him all knelt in hula.
Will shouted, "Raise the oak door and lower the drawbridge." ”
The herald gave the order, and the massive iron-inlaid oak gate slowly rose, and the drawbridge over the moat fell.
Davon took his own people to finish the oath, threw his weapons on the ground, undressed his armor, and everyone was empty-handed, as a sign of innocence. Will took Angey, Big Gilly, Podrick, Lady Icewolf, Taryn Ash, Black Girl Ash, Able Ash and others to greet Davonne.
Will knows Davon well, he is a man of temperament, brave and resourceful.
Davon's surrender to the Northern Stark is a very bad example, and Davonne is a Lannister. Will immediately appointed Davon as the acting lord of Kaiyan City, responsible for recruiting the garrison prisoners in the cell, and in just half an hour, Davon recruited nearly a thousand people. In addition to the prisoners of the garrison in the cells, two-thirds of the children of the nobles who were captured in the western frontier chose to surrender.
In a short period of time, Davon's strength was equal to the number of a thousand elite soldiers under Will.
Although the number of people is comparable, the combat power is not comparable at all. Will's warriors were ten with one, and many of Davon's warriors were ten with one.
Robb Stark took his thirty nobles and fifty personal guards, leaving the rest to Will to defend Castle Rock.
Because of the dangerous terrain and the high outline of the city, Kaiyan City was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Will and Robb won the city, which was the first time in thousands of years that it was attacked from the outside. It was rumored that the Dragons of House Targaryen would not be able to capture City of Castle Rock, but the patriarch of House Lannister chose to surrender and did not give House Targaryen's dragons a chance to spew dragon flames to burn City of Castle Rock.
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The next day, Will sent Davon to lead the soldiers he had recruited from the West to take the cities of Rakchel and the cities of Feast.
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ps: In the past two days, the code word has not been in good condition, the plot is average, and I am taking care of my brother in the hospital. The code words are all done after my brother falls asleep, and the code words are in the hospital. Phrase advertising slogan: The next section will be more exciting.