King's Landing. Red Fort. Prime Minister's Tower.

In the early morning, the sun's rays shone through the high, narrow windows, casting a golden light on the floor of the conference hall.

"Break the city in three days?" Lord Tywin looked expressionless, looking at a piece of charred cloth in his hand, on which was written a bloody letter.

This is a confidential blood letter from Giles Fernandes to Lady Olenna Redwyne, Queen of Thorns.

Duke Tywin doesn't believe in every word in the Blood Book!

The one who brought the blood book was Mistress Mestirrell, and sitting with him was his mother, Lady Olena Redwin, Queen of Thorns, and his daughter, the fiancée of King Margaret Tyrell, and the second son, Yongwu Garland Tyrell. The famous general of the river bend and the famous general of the Seven Kingdoms, Lan Dao Tully, is also sitting.

Since the magic mountain led the navy to cut off the water trade route of King's Landing, and then sent warships to block the crossing of the Heishui River and cut off the grain transportation route of the river bay, the situation in King's Landing has suddenly become very serious.

There is no need to attack the city, only need to lock up the trade routes and cut off the grain routes, and the more than 500,000 people in King's Landing and the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have not yet left King's Landing will quickly rise up in rebellion.

They have already rioted once, and another riot will only be more experienced.

Tyrion Lannister is right that the 'hungry king' in the hearts of the people has more power than loyalty and kingship, and it is unstoppable.

"If I were the Magic Mountain, more than 12,000 people, I would never attack the city. All I need to do is block the waterways and cut off the food routes, and then sit back and wait for the people of King's Landing to revolt. This bloody news is a small trick to disturb the hearts of our army. Tywin threw the blood book on the conference table, "With the shrewdness of the Magic Mountain, he won't tell Giles Flora about the siege time. He did, and then it was a trap. ”

The Queen of Thorns agreed with Tywin's judgment, and her thoughts were in line with that of Lord Tywin.

The conference hall of the Prime Minister's Tower was packed.

The recent meeting was not in the throne hall, but in the Prime Minister's Tower.

Prime Minister Tywin wants Randolph Tully, the little demon Tyrion Lannister, the Queen of Thorns Olenna Redwyn and others to also participate directly in these meetings, but they are not important ministers and are not qualified to enter the Imperial Council;

Randolph Tully, a Great General of the Seven Kingdoms, was the only person to defeat the combined forces of Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark in the Usurper War seventeen years ago, and Tywin needed Randolph Tali's outstanding military talent.

Tyrion Lannister, on the other hand, has a unique wisdom, and in the face of this difficult incident, Tywin thinks that he needs to listen to some of his insights, and maybe find a very clever solution to the big problem in front of him.

There is also Lady Olena, the Queen of Thorns, and when it comes to the real key to government affairs, the Minister of Justice, Lord Mays, is just a mouthpiece for Lady Olena. Duke Tywin didn't like this way of dealing with each other, and he liked to be face-to-face with the Queen of Thorns, which was more efficient and allowed him to see Lady Olenna's true reaction.

However, Randolph, Little Devil, and Lady Olenna were not important ministers and had no right to participate in high-level government and military affairs, so Prime Minister Tywin did not go to the throne hall, he held a meeting in his Prime Minister's Tower, and easily avoided the restrictions imposed by the law on Randolph Tully, Little Devil, Queen of Thorns, and others.

In his own Prime Minister's Tower, which belongs to the Prime Minister's private meeting, he is free to summon whoever he wants.

The Minister of Intelligence, Kevon Lannister, took out a coarse cloth, the size of a palm, embroidered with the Red Smoke Beast and the Ice Sword: "Prime Minister, the news I got is consistent with the news of Giles Ford, three days later, the Magic Mountain will attack the city. ”

"What is this?"

"The new crest of the Magic Mountain, the unicorn and the Ice Sword. ”

"Is the information reliable?"

"Very reliable, the shoemaker square, where the families of the two thousand refugee recruits recruited in the Magic Mountain gather, have my eyeliner, and their families are soldiers in the army of the Magic Mountain. ”

"So what does this family crest do?"

"After the Magic Mountain breaks the city, the people with this family crest will not be killed. ”

Duke Tywin was silent for a moment, then folded the coarse cloth crest and placed it in front of him.

The little demon Tyrion Lannister said, "Father, it seems that the Demon Mountain deliberately revealed the siege time to Giles Flora out of pride!"

Tywin was expressionless, and the gaze he looked at the little demon was a nail.

"Because of pride?" said the Queen of Thorns, "Lord Tyrion's meaning, that the Demon Mountain is sure to break King's Landing with a rabble of 12,000?

A chuckle rang out in the room.

It is the consensus among the great nobles that the people of the riverbend will look down on the 'patchwork' army of the Magic Mountain. There are not a few real knights around the Magic Mountain, let alone a few real knights, they are all a rabble cobbled together by some wild and reckless people.

The Tyrells army was 40,000, the King's Landing garrison was 6,000, and the 4,000 garrison that was disbanded by Littlefinger to save royal expenses was re-enlisted, the Western Army was more than 18,000, the King's army was more than 4,000, and the Queen Mother's Guard and the Red Keep Guard were more than 1,000, totaling 70,000 noble professional troops, not counting any temporary militia troops. Coupled with the high walls of the city, the magic mountain still lacks professional equipment for siege.

That's how they win!

Littlefinger Petyrberry chuckled and said, "Lord Tyrion, the Magic Mountain is just a rabble, more than 1,300 people in the Bright Moon Mountains; there are 4,000 fleeing recruits from the Crab Claw Peninsula who are not fully armed and armored, and they have just joined the Magic Mountain, the military spirit is definitely unstable; the strength of the Mercenary Warriors and the Lodge Family in the West is less than 1,000; plus some of the captive formations in the north that are not in line with each other, there are hundreds of people; and there are 2,000 King's Landing refugee pikemen who have been temporarily recruited and trained......"

Little Finger's smug gaze swept across the audience: "There are only more than 3,000 people in the Demon Mountain Descendant Army, and these more than 3,000 people will attack King's Landing? How high and thick is the wall of King's Landing, I don't need to say? Our soldiers stand on the city wall and don't move, let them climb up first, and then let them cut at will, until they are soft, they look down, obediently, there are still 50,000 soldiers waiting for them under the city wall." ”

Some of the generals of the Westlands and the Riverlands generals of Tyrell laughed!

They hadn't experienced the Battle of the Blackwater, and by the time they arrived in King's Landing, the Mountain had already beheaded Stannis Baratheon, and all of the generals were not in awe of the Mountain, except for the people of King's Landing and the centurions of the garrison. Among them, jealousy is even stronger!

They believe that the beheading of Stannis Baratheon by the Magic Mountain is mainly due to the location of the city's high walls, the second is personal bravery, and the third is luck, not that the Magic Mountain has any great real military talent.

The little devil said coldly in a mocking voice: "Little Finger, how do you know that there is no other way to enter the city in the Demon Mountain?

"What's the solution?" Tywin immediately sensed that there was a mystery in the little devil's words.

Don't give an old fox like Duke Tywin the slightest smell, he is a lion and has a more sensitive nose than a dog.

"Tunnels, underground secret passages. The little devil said, "If the Demon Mountain knows about the underground secret passages of the Red Keep, not many, one or two of them, his death squad will dare to suddenly appear in the Red Keep at night, and he will be able to take all of us in a hurry without attacking King's Landing." Our soldiers are on the walls and gates of King's Landing, but what will we do if his soldiers suddenly emerge from beneath the Red Keep?"

The audience was instantly silent, suffocating quiet.

At the critical moment, the little devil betrayed the magic mountain!

Duke Tywin's eyes flickered slightly, and then he calmed down.

Queen Mother Cersei's face changed: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have to plan for the worst, Eddard Stark was robbed from the secret passage, if the Demon Mountain knows the secret of the secret passage, our outer city walls, the walls of the Red Fort and the walls of Meggor Tower are all useless!"

There was a commotion in the conference room! The generals all changed their colors and whispered to each other.

"It's horrible. The Queen of Thorns said, "If the Demon Mountain knew the secret way to enter and exit the Red Keep, wouldn't we sleep under his sword if we slept in the Virgin's House at night?"

Coax!

The discussion in the conference room fryed, and everyone in the nobles was afraid.

The famous Randolph Tully also changed color, and changed his sitting posture uneasily.

The little demon Tyrion Lannister made a ...... between his father and the Demon Mountain. Choice, he chose his father, who was disgusting, angry, and resentful.

He rescued Sansa Stark, who was instructed by the people of the Demon Mountain, to take the secret passage that led directly to the bank of the Blackwater River.

But all he knew was the secret path that led to the outside of the city. According to his historical records, there are many secret passages leading to the outside of the city and inside the city, leading in all directions. This is an underground labyrinth carefully constructed by the builder Meg I in order to escape for his life one day, but he did not expect this life-saving labyrinth to become a deadly labyrinth, and the real purpose is completely reversed.

Tywin remained expressionless, steady as a mountain, breathing steadily.

"Lord Petyr, do you know the secrets of the underground passages?" Tywin spoke, calm.

"Prime Minister, the minister only knows a path to the underground keel cave. The person who really knows the secrets of the secret passage is the former Minister of Intelligence Varys, who has disappeared. “

Tywin was silent, and the conversation fell silent.

"And what about you, Tyrion, now that you've thought of the underground passage, do you know a little bit about it?"

"Father, I only thought of this possibility when Eddard Stark suddenly disappeared from the dungeon. "No one mentioned Sansa Stark's disappearance, that's a taboo. "However, if my father gives me a force, I am willing to go down to the tunnels to explore, and if I can find one, two, or three secret passages, I will block them first. ”

"How many people do you want?"

"A team of 100, but each one has to be agile. ”

"Okay, I'll give you a hundred people, and you can choose from the garrison yourself. Commander Adam Malbran, giving Tyrion military authority. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister. ”

"Whew!" a very arrogant sneer.

Everyone looked together, and King Joffrey sat high, the right corner of his mouth turned up, and his face was full of contempt and disdain.

"Your Majesty, what is your opinion?" Prime Minister Tywin was unfurled, his eyes calm, his tone calm, and his face expressionless.

"The announcement that the Magic Mountain signal arrow was fired into the city has long stated that as long as the culprit is responsible, this matter has nothing to do with anyone else. It has nothing to do with King's Landing, nothing to do with the royal family, nothing to do with Lord Tyrrell, nothing to do with the garrison. Joffrey exclaimed, looking at his grandfather defiantly.

Cersei was startled and busied under the table pulling the corner of Joffrey's clothes. Joffrey didn't bother either.

Duke Tywin slowly looked at King Joffrey, who looked directly at him. There was a terrible silence in the conference room.

Olenna Redwin, Queen of Thorns, flickered her gaze as she moved between Tywin and King Tywin.

"Your Majesty, who do you think is the culprit for the Demon Mountain?" Tywin asked calmly.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone's hearts hung in the air.

"Grandpa, you are the hand of the king who controls military affairs and government affairs, and you are also a big man who was named the 'eternal prime minister' by the mad king, who do you think is the culprit of the magic mountain?"

Cersei stood up: "Ladies and gentlemen, I remember that there is another very important matter that His Majesty needs to go back to Maegaru to deal with, and we have to go first. ”

"What could be more important than dealing with the siege of the Magic Mountain, Your Majesty the Queen Mother!" said Joffrey, not without sarcasm. He was blonde and good-looking. The right corner of his mouth was upturned with banter and contempt.

Cersei was suddenly embarrassed, as if she had been slapped in the face, blue and white.

There was an awkward silence in the conference room again.

The courtiers and generals were all worried.

Only one person was still calm, Tywin was not in a hurry, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, who do you think is the culprit, say it, I also want to know." ”

"Whoever kills the people of the Clegon Territory is the culprit. The Magic Mountain is not trying to attack the city, he just wants revenge. ”

The atmosphere in the conference room was tense to the extreme.

Kaivon, Little Devil, Littlefinger, Queen of Thorns and other shrewd and intelligent characters seemed to be dumb, and no one came out to turn around. No one was silent.

The Prime Minister and the King have carried it hard, which is very dangerous!

Master Coben suddenly chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's intentions are obvious, the murderer of the people of the Clegan Territory is obviously in the West, and it is impossible for him to be in King's Landing. “

As soon as these words came out, a subtle atmosphere appeared.

The little devil and the others are all twinkling!

Littlefinger was the first to laugh, and smiled very narrowly: "Master Coben is right, who killed the people of Clegane, this is a public case, and it needs to be thoroughly investigated." I guess the culprit must be in the West. He couldn't be in King's Landing, King's Landing was thousands of miles to the west, and it couldn't be in Dorne or Old Town, which would be even farther away. ”

As soon as the tension was relaxed, someone chuckled out to dissolve the suffocating heaviness.

"Don't guess, your guesses disgust me. Joffrey said coldly, "The man who did it is indeed in the West, but the man who gave the order is here. He threw a parchment letter on the table, "I have received this letter a long time ago, and whoever sent the order should be responsible for this matter." ”

Tywin picked up the letter on the table, tore it lightly, hissed, and the letter fell in half, rolled it up and tore it again, and tore it again, and the letter was torn to pieces: "Your Majesty, whether there is a bloody crime in the Clegane Territory, none of us know now, and this requires the dispatch of the Imperial Sheriff to the West to investigate thoroughly; I will not believe a word of the letter without any evidence, and I hope that Your Majesty will also be a wise person, and not believe any raven letters. ”

Joffrey was furious. He stood up with a snort, unable to find a rebuttal, and opened his mouth to stammer, and Jun's face was blue and white for a while.

Tywin calmed down: "Tyrion, Commander Adam Malbran has taken over the search for the underground secret passage. You go to the Magic Mountain with Master Petyrberry and Master Coben, and the three of you have to convince the Magic Mountain that the bloodshed in the Clegan Territory is likely to be a misunderstanding, and that there may not have been anything like that at all, and that he needs to give me time to investigate. If there is, I promise him that the real murderer will be caught and a public trial will be held in the throne hall. His Majesty the King was very satisfied with the attack on Dragonstone, the defeat of Stannis's remnants, and the military exploits, and the generals and soldiers of the Magic Mountain, each and every one of them, were rewarded. ”

Everyone in the conference hall looked at each other.

"Lord Petyrberry, how many golden dragons are left in the treasury?"

"Very little, Prime Minister, and 120,000 golden dragons. ”

"In this case, I'll take out 100,000 gold dragons first, and you, Tyrion, and Master Coben will bring them together to reward the soldiers of the Demon Mountain. As long as the magic mountain calms down and does not attack the city for the time being, you have made a great achievement. I hope that the generals of the Demon Mountain Sect will go to the Westside with our Imperial Magistrate to conduct a public investigation. ”

Tywin's gaze slowly swept over the audience: "The three of you, tell the soldiers of the Demon Mountain that as long as everyone is willing to sit down and investigate the truth of the matter, His Majesty the King will reward all the soldiers with 200,000 gold dragons again." The soldiers under the banner of the Magic Mountain were distinguished in the Battle of the Blackwater River and the Battle of Dragonstone, and the knights were all promoted to barons, the centurions were given to knights, and each soldier was given a rich land to become a propertied people. ”

The little devil and little finger glanced at each other, their eyes complicated. The bachelor listened attentively and respectfully.

Tywin said lightly: "Tyrion Lannister, if you persuade the Magic Mountain to sit down first, I will consider giving you the inheritance of Kaiyan City; Lord Petyrberg, I have always admired your ability, and after this incident, I will send troops to help you take Harrenhal." Bachelor, your ability is underestimated, and if you do a good job this time, the vacant position of Great Teacher will be yours. ”

Heavy reward, everyone has a price!

Littlefinger smiled and said, "Prime Minister, what if the Magic Mountain doesn't believe us?"

"Then you don't have to go back to the city!" Tywin said lightly, "I will kill the Demon Mountain and his followers, and inform the Seven Kingdoms of the Demon Mountain's rebellion." As for the case of the Cregan Territory, I will do my best to investigate thoroughly, enforce the law impartially, catch the culprit and conduct a public trial, and restore my innocence. “

ps: Siege tomorrow, guess whether Tywin will die, guess that Tywin will not die, and those who guess will be rewarded with a kiss, and those who do not win will consciously book all or reward one yuan lottery head. One person guesses once, and the positive and negative guesses are invalid.