Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 118 Huo Qubing, Cao Cao, Zhou Yu and Second Master Guan

Now, about Lannister.

Western territory + royal territory (partial), almost hostile to all other six kingdoms.

Even leaving aside the ambiguous attitude of Aylin Valley, it is still a situation of "wolf + fish + deer + rose" vs "lion".

Donne also eyed the lion.

If there is one person with an IQ above Erlu and Robb, the Lion family will be finished.

Erluyan didn't even get shot down, so he started shouting, "I'll eat the roasted geese alone, you don't have a share", which was a bit stupid.

Because of the successive deaths of his father and grandfather in King's Landing, Robb came up with the idea that "it's not because we northerners are too politically IQ, but because the southerners are too cunning".

He wants to break the unification of the Seven Kingdoms and declare the independence of the Northern Territory and Hejian. He considers himself the King of the North—what's wrong with us northerners being stupid?I won't play with you anymore!

If he only announced the independence of the northern border, no one would pay attention to him.

The bitter cold in the northern region not only made no contribution to the Seven Kingdoms on the surface, but was a huge burden-the winter was coming, and the northerners could not survive, so they would go south to beg for food.

The key lies in the riverlands. The vast plains of the Trident River Basin are the center of Westeros. Together with the neighboring riverlands, they are also known as the "Banner of the Seven Kingdoms". Any king who wins the Iron Throne will not allow the riverlands to be independent. .

Sanlu Renli is quite sensible, facing such a request, he only said, "Let's take down King's Landing first, the bottom line allows the northern border to be independent, and the issue of Hejian is postponed."

Erlu directly declared Robb a traitor, and sent him a "big curse killing technique" by the way.

Even if Robb and Erlu have a brain hole, and the enemy starts fighting before they are eliminated, the situation of the lion family is still not good.

Erlu has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Robb is a natural talent-the author of "A Song of Ice and Fire" put him in writing.

Huo Qubing also had a great general uncle who taught him that Robb was born with a "war god halo" - his father Ed Stark was not a famous general, nor was he a fierce general, no one taught him.

Huo Qubing practiced in the army for several years, and he rose to the sky when he was 17 years old; Robb was still practicing swordsmanship with martial arts instructors for 13 years before, and he never graduated from the teacher. At the age of 14, he was shining brightly. James was defeated by his sword.

How did Robb do it?

Because Tywin took the lead, when his son Tyrion was kidnapped by Caitlin, he divided his troops into two groups: one led by James, with 1.2 infantry and 3000 cavalry. Riverrun, the capital of the city (Grandfather Robb is the Duke of Riverrun); along the way, Duke Tywin himself led about 2 people, took the golden road, borrowed the king's collar, and went around a large circle to hit the "back" of the river .

At the beginning of the war, due to the front and back attack, the river land was almost disabled, and the "fish" was captured by the "lion". Not only the city of Riverrun was besieged by James, but also Edmure, Robb's uncle and the sole heir of the "fish", was also besieged. captive.

Tywin's army ate the land of Hejian, completely destroying the aristocratic rule and industrial and agricultural production in Hejian.

——Tywin hired a mercenary group from the mainland of Essos, the blood troupe, to do dirty work.

The blood troupe can be called the world's most notorious mercenary team in "A Song of Ice and Fire", and the river land has almost become purgatory.

Then Robb, who had just entered the battlefield, led 1.3 infantry and 5000 cavalry to the south.

At that time, Tai Wen was already waiting for work at leisure, and Chen Bing's King's Road on the east bank of the Green Fork River—the "only" way to go south to King's Landing.

If Robb goes directly south, he will encounter Tywin's army occupying favorable terrain.

And Tywin did prepare a trump card for the Young Wolf Lord: let Tyrion's alpine clan troops + the old, weak, sick and disabled led by the magic mountain stand by the Green Fork River.

Because the Mountain and Tyrion lead the team, Robb's side will definitely think that they are the main force.

When Robb puts the main force in, Tywin's real main force will come out from the east, and drive the team that was fighting by the river into the river together—including his own people.

But Robb grew up listening to the legendary stories of Duke Tywin, and deep down in his heart, he was actually afraid of confronting him head-on. At the same time, Robb's "spiritual sense" of the God of War plug-in also reminded him: this battle is dangerous.

Then he really fucked up.

There was also a troop divided into two groups. The most cautious Roose Bolton led 1.3 infantry to confront Duke Tywin. He himself led 5000 cavalry to march westward to aid Riverrun.

But besides taking the King's Row, the only way to cross the Green Fork is Twist River City.

——The Marquis Frey, with only 600 years of "shallow" family background, built a bridge over the Green Fork River.

In order to cross the river, Robb signed a sacred contract with Walder Frey: Frey surrendered to the King of the North, not only allowing Robb's army to cross the river, but the Frey family also sent thousands of soldiers to join Robb's team.

In return, 1. Robb will marry a woman from the Frey family; 2. "Two Ya" Arya will marry into the Frey family; 3. Caitlin will adopt two legitimate sons of the Frey family as adopted sons.

To be honest, the Marquis Frey did not take advantage of the fire, and the contribution and return of both parties were almost equal.

After all, Robb was rebelling, allowing the crossing of the river was only a second priority, and Frey also provided a large amount of troops and supplies. Among Robb's vassals, except for his own uncle, the Frey family belonged to the group that contributed the most, probably There are four or five thousand soldiers.

Robb's own 5000 cavalry and Frey's thousands of people, led by the local snake "Blackfish", attacked and captured James Lannister in the Whispering Forest.

Heiyu, Brynden Tully, Robb's second grandfather, became famous in the Battle of the Nine Copper Kings, and participated in the "War of the Usurper" that overthrew the Targaryen Dynasty. He is a famous general with rich experience.

Robb's talent + Heiyu's experience = invincible

After capturing James and sweeping away the 1.5 "Lion Army" that besieged Riverrun, the situation on the Hejian battlefield immediately reversed.

Tywin's frontal battlefield was pinned down by Roose Bolton's northern infantry. On the flank, Robb integrated the army of the princes of the riverlands, forming a huge military pressure.

In the rear, Junlin was not only unable to provide support, but also faced the siege of the "Deer" family army.

It can be said that the survival of Lannister at that time was between Robb's thoughts - as long as Robb is not so smart and desperate, even if Tywin can escape, he can only escape into King's Landing alone.

Unfortunately, Robb is too shrewd.

Not derogatory, he has already considered the post-war situation: Erlu does not allow him to be independent, and he is also his own enemy. If the "wolf" and "lion" have a big butt, even if he can win, he will kill the enemy by one thousand and lose eight hundred , and finally let Erlu clean up the mess.

Of course, Lannister is different from Erlu after all. Erlu only opposes the independence of the northern border, but Lannister cut off his father's brain.

Therefore, Robb will not let the old thief Tywin go.

Since you can't hard anus, then outsmart it.

——Anyway, I was born a god of war!

Therefore, Robb not only did not go east to encircle Tywin, but instead went west, introducing the flames of war into Lannister's territory.

He made an alien version of the "dragging knife trick". If Tywin followed and pursued, then he would find a favorable place to ambush him - Blackfish and Robb even found the ambush place.

If Tywin doesn't pursue them, the western region will be ravaged by the wolf family - the Lannister family has a lot of gold and silver mines, and Robb and the others have robbed them of a lot of money. When Casterly Rock City is captured, the Lannister family will be finished.

It has to be said that Robb's plan was very thorough. In order not to reveal his own strategy, even his uncle Edmure and Roose Bolton, who commanded the northern infantry, did not know about his "dragging the knife".

Even, in order to be more real, Robb deliberately left Edmure in Riverrun to "resist" Tywin's return.

——Rob knows that his uncle's war skills are booming, and he will definitely not be able to stop Tywin's trip back to the west. If Edmure's bait is defeated, Tywin will not suspect it is a trick.

During the whole process, Robb can be said to be counting people and himself, using tactical skills to the extreme.

According to his idea, even if Erlu easily captured King’s Landing—King’s Landing only has 3000 miscellaneous soldiers, and the “Wolf” family lost a lot in the battle with the “Lion” family, he can still gain benefits from the Western Region——James has been captured by him , and then take Duke Tywin, Casterly Rock City will probably surrender.

It can be said that Robb has done what he can do on the battlefield.

It's a pity that Tywin was not led by the nose by him.

From the very beginning, not only Robb wanted to defeat Tywin "without loss", but Tywin also wanted to send that brat to meet his dead ghost father with the lowest loss.

When he found out that Robb was not as rookie as he thought before, Tywin completely gave up his plan to win the battlefield-there were too many Lannister enemies, and he had no energy to waste on the "hard-headed square-headed" northerners.

War is nothing more than serving politics. Tywin not only knows how to fight, he is also proficient in "Game of Thrones".

When Robb was still lying on the map, thinking hard about the "drag the knife", Tywin had already started writing letters.

Tywin's classic quote: Some victories are won with swords and spears, and some victories are won with pen and paper and crows.

He sends out and receives more than 100 ravens every day. Robb's battlefields are in the river and the west, and his battlefields are all over Westeros.

Did Frey and Bolton, who would betray Robb in the future, receive his raven?

I must have received it.

Roose Bolton, who was recognized as "cautious, mature and prudent" by the people in the north, actually did a big "stupid thing" when he was stationed at Harrenhal, and the already tense infantry was divided again.

Originally 1.3 infantry were wiped out by Tywin in the Green Fork River, and only about [-] were left. Then Roose Bolton split half of them to go south to King's Landing

Robb was at the Crag while about a third of the northern infantry was attacking Duskendale.

Cliff City is more than 2000 kilometers away from Duskendale City

Even Roose Bolton's residence, Harrenhal, is more than 600 kilometers away from Duskendale City.

This is all dirt roads, the Middle Ages marching on two legs.

There is no doubt that the army that attacked Duskendale was wiped out.

Well, it must be explained here that Robb's army is composed of many vassals, and Roose Bolton also brought a group of soldiers from his own territory.

And the ones he sent to Duskendale to die belonged to the hardcore members of the Stark family, and his own people have been staying in Harrenhal.

After two battles at the Green Fork and Duskendale, only one-third of the northerners' infantry remained, or only the Boltons.

This is one of Tywin's methods.

In addition to disintegrating the enemy from within, Tywin is also secretly developing new allies-the "Golden Rose" who became out in the wild because of the death of Sanlu.

——Taywin facilitated the marriage between Joffrey and Margaery, the little rose. The lion is king, and the rose is queen.

In terms of the strength of a country alone, the "Rose" of Highgarden is the strongest existence among the Seven Kingdoms. It not only has one-third of the navy in Westeros, but also has the largest number of cavalry.

For example, Robb, the king of the North, has only 5000 cavalry, and the west is a little more. The combined cavalry under Tywin and James is estimated to be 7000.

However, there are more than 20000 cavalry in Reach for Sanlu, including more than 50000 infantry. Even if Khal Drogo is not dead, his khalasar is not the opponent of the Highgarden family.

As long as the Seven Kingdoms are united, no one can conquer Westeros by force unless the Valyrian Empire is reborn—even Dany with three dragons can't do it, and ten thousand Unsullied can only make a splash.

Closer to home.

The old lion who secretly formed an alliance with Rose did not reveal this trump card. He deliberately followed Robb's mind and "hastily" returned west, but deliberately was not Edmure's opponent. He suddenly went south, and "Rose" Join forces and go straight to King's Landing.

Well, he ignored Robb.

Because Robb had already made a big death at this time, and it was no longer a threat.

Remember the first generation of ex-married men "Prince Longfly"?

Because of Jenny of Bleak Rock City, he broke his sacred engagement with Princess Baratheon; because of Jenny of Cliff Rock City, Robb, the third-generation retired man, broke his oath with the Frey family.

Well, history repeats itself at this moment, there is another gentle and beautiful Jenny, another sentimental and handsome young king.

When attacking Cliff City, Robb was injured by the arrow, and then he was taken care of by Jenny Westerling, the daughter of Earl Gavin Westerling of Cliff City—why did the eldest daughter of the earl take care of him in person?

What about servants and maids?

It was probably arranged deliberately by Jenny's mother, Sybell. At that time, her situation was very bad. Her husband was captured by Robb, and her own city was also occupied by the northerners.

Not sure how much Duke Tywin played a role in it, anyway, it didn't take long for Robb and Janey to have sex.

In order to protect Jenny's honor, and also because he was a first-time brother, Robb didn't accept Jenny as his lover. Instead, he announced his marriage to her in public the second day after they held hands.

And Jenny's mother, Xi Belle, has always been in contact with Tywin, and secretly fed her daughter Moon Tea, the contraceptive pill in the world of ice and fire.

After Robb's death on the Red Wedding, Sybell gets a lot of favors from the Lannisters: her brother is made Lord of Castamere (a rich estate with gold mines, "The Rains of Castamere"), her son marries a Lannister, and engagements were arranged for both daughters—including Robb's wife, Jeyne.

The ex-married man Robb inexplicably turned from a big player in Game of Thrones to an outcast, and the next one was Erlu Lannister.

After Erlu sent a red-robed woman to kill Sanlu with blood magic, and used similar means to capture Fengxibao of her younger brother, they went forward by sea and wanted to take King's Landing in one fell swoop.

King's Landing had only 4000 gold robes at that time, and [-] of them were newly recruited street gangsters, not even qualified as cannon fodder.

The sea power is far from the opponent of the Dragonstone Island Navy, and the command of the sea is firmly controlled by Erlu.

If nothing else, Erlu can easily win King's Landing.

But the little devil Tyrion exploded, and as one of the protagonists, he is also a jerk.

To be honest, Daenerys's experience of hatching dragons and subduing the Unsullied is considered open, but it is still far behind Tyrion.

Facing Erlu, who has an absolute superiority in military strength, Tyrion "Zhou Yu + Guan Yu" possessed him, and immediately turned Erlu into Boss Cao in the Battle of Chibi.

That battle was like this

King's Landing is located on the north bank of the Blackwater River, and to the east of King's Landing is Blackwater Bay, while Erlu's army came from the south of the Storm Territory.

Tyrion burned any buildings along the Blackwater River such as docks and docks that were conducive to landing in advance, and the outside of the city walls of King's Landing was completely emptied.

If you want to attack King's Landing, Erlu must build a pontoon bridge on the Heishui River.

Therefore, Erlu's fleet must enter the Heishui River from the sea, or use ships to transport troops, or connect ships to each other, and then put on springboards to assemble them into crude "wooden bridges."

Tyrion built two winch towers at the mouth of the Blackwater River, and an iron chain was connected between the stone towers. When Erlu's fleet entered the river, the iron chain sank at the bottom of the river, and waited for most of the enemy fleet to enter the Blackwater River. , then twisted the lock plate to straighten the iron chain, so that the river was blocked by an iron chain.

This is nothing at all, if in ancient naval battles in the normal world, even if the back road is blocked, my army is strong and there is no need to retreat.

And my boats are not locked together like Cao Cao's. If you set fire to the boat from upstream, I can hide, or I can push the fire boat away with a pole.

The problem is that this is a fantasy world. The bachelors have been developing for thousands of years but have not been able to produce something called "science", but the fire magicians have long been able to produce strange wildfires on the assembly line.

Tyrion was indeed possessed by Zhou Yu and set fire to the boat from the upper reaches, but the cabin was filled with wildfire instead of kerosene.

Wildfire = (Incendiary + Amaterasu)/2

Green flames burned the lower half of the Blackwater River into hell.

After setting fire to the battleship, Tyrion turned into Second Lord Guan again. With a dwarf figure over one meter tall, he managed to kill seven in and seven out of a group of tall and powerful enemy troops.

If Cersei (?) hadn't sent someone to shoot him with a black gun, the little devil could pass the hell-level difficulty level of "The Two Deer Soldiers Surround King's Landing" almost without damage.

Well, Duke Tywin is also ruthless enough, he has been hiding on the sidelines and holding back, and only waited for Erlu's army to lose all momentum under the city of King's Landing before he came out to pick the fruits of his son's victory.

In this way, in the Four Kings Contest, Sanlu, Erlu, and Robb exited in turn, and Joffrey had the last laugh. Well, at least he is not dead yet.

The first wave of Kings of Westeros has come to an end.

(End of this chapter)