Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon

"The lion has come out of the cave, Lord Piper, Lord Frey." Red Robb panted and opened the cloth door and walked into the commander's camp on the Red Fork River Defense Line. This sharp archer won the respect of both nobles and commoners through Longzell's strong recommendation and his title of champion at the Summer Hall Tourney. Benjikou Blackwood, who had always admired this illegitimate elder, even worshiped him several times. Red Robb refused to offer him a permanent job.

Red Robb had always hoped that his surname would come from Longzel - that he would have the benefactor he is today.

Lord Petyr Piper, Lord Tristan Vance, Lord Forrest Frey, Lord Humphry Bracken, the young Lord Benjikor Blackwood, and Alexa were sitting around Discussing the next tactics in front of the map, this girl also used her archery skills to conquer these nobles and was able to attend the meeting as a warrior. Of course, the most special thing here is Benjikou. Although this 12-year-old child is tall and thin, you can still tell that he is a child standing among the adults.

"Should we take the initiative?" Benjikou looked at the map and suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Robb, how many troops do the Lannister have?" Lord Forrest Frey asked, stroking his mustache.

"About thirteen thousand people." Red Robb walked to the edge of the map. "More than we thought. Nearly nine thousand of them had armor. My scouts also saw lions in caged carts and no less than seven thousand horses. Damn it." The Bastard Archer spat. "Seven Hells, where did the Western Region get so much money?"

"At least three thousand cavalry." Marquis Forester Frey immediately made a judgment. "Any more? What are the banners of nobles?"

"The golden lion of House Lannister, the red lion of House Reyes, the boar of House Craych, the rooster of House Swift, the seven-pointed star of House Tarbeck, and the shell of House Westerling." Although Red Robb was an illegitimate son, everyone in the Blackwood family respected him. Lord Samwell, who died in the battle, also liked him very much. He was not only literate, but also received a bachelor's education, so he naturally knew the banners of many nobles. : "Basically all the prominent nobles from the Western Region are here."

"The Lion has too many cavalry." Petyr Piper saw the problem: "Their equipment is better than ours, and they have more cavalry than us. Forrest, how is the subsequent army?"

"Still on the way." Marquis Frey scratched his head: "But my wife sent a raven to tell me that Duke Stark's two thousand vanguard cavalry are rushing towards the Red Fork River at full speed. Lord Lister's cavalry has gathered together, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the battlefield in the next few days. "

"Then we will drag the northerners' cavalry over." Earl Petyr said decisively: "Benjikou, you stay here with our main force. Trystane and I will be in charge of the first layer of defense, and Marquis Frey and Earl Bracken will be in charge. The second line of defense must prevent the lion from crossing the river.”

"Why do you want me to stay behind!" Benjikou jumped on the table: "The Blackwood family has more troops than Bracken, and they are more powerful than him. Why don't you let us go?"

"Because we are Bracken!" cried Lord Humphry.

"It is precisely because the Blackwood family has a large army that I asked you to keep your hand, Ben," Marquis Frey said patiently: "If we cannot stop the attack of the Western Army, you must support our army and the Northern Territory. The army is here to rescue us at any time.”

Benjikou then climbed down from the table: "We have agreed that as soon as the northern cavalry arrives, my sister and I will set off immediately. You must resist it. If you can't resist it, I will kill them directly. "

"Okay, okay, okay." Marquis Frey rubbed the little earl's hair. He looked at each other and got out of the tent with the other counts.

The army in the west is still advancing. The surrounding Sanhe nobles have already closed their defense lines and moved the villagers into castles and fortresses. Duke Jason is too lazy to chew these hard bones. The biggest problem now is that he has received Yang Yan and Terselion was killed, King Aegon's life and death were unknown, Aemond was missing, and news of Daeron's death in battle. Plus a secret letter from Tailan to him. This made the Duke of the West feel a little uneasy.

But the army has already set off, and the battle still has to be fought.

As the Western Army slowly advanced towards the Red Fork River. The distant Eastern Continent was dusty, but Otto, still wearing luxurious green silk clothes, finally arrived at the last stop of his journey to the Eastern Continent.

The Kingdom of Three Daughters.

This free trade city-state alliance, whose official name is the "Three Cities Alliance", is composed of Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh. Now it is the governor representatives of the three cities who are here to meet Otto.

The location of the negotiation was a luxurious palace. Dwarf elephants were strolling in the artificial forest outside the palace. A huge fountain stood in the center of the courtyard. Everyone was sitting around under the huge dome. Gorgeous murals were painted on the surrounding walls. Countless silk hangings flaunt the walls. Even Otto's eyelids jumped several times when he saw this scene.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, haven't you received a letter from Westeros?" After seeing the note handed over by Otto, the Governor of Lys smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The king you served died in the battle. , his dragon’s body is still there, uh.”

The governor of Tyrosh is a man with a thick voice: "Crowroost, outside that castle."

Otto naturally received the raven from home. He sneered at the news. If Great Aegon really died, Westeros would be even more chaotic now. "The orthodox king only suffered a temporary defeat, so the support of the Three Cities Alliance is even more precious." The Prime Minister said: "I have recruited 30,000 mercenaries. We only need ships to take them across the narrow sea, and we can reverse the situation. The orthodox king still has two real dragons, and the hypocritical queen, hehe, she will only spread the dragons. We still have a chance."

The three governor representatives looked at each other. It was obvious that 30,000 mercenaries were more convincing than the dragons far away in the sky. Of course, gold was more convincing.

"Prime Minister, I can only tell you." The Governor of Mill said: "We are merchants, not warriors. We can rent you a ship, but it is a rental. Each person on a warship is fifty gold dragons, and an ordinary ship is fifty gold dragons." The Governor of Mill said a sky-high price.

After all, to transport 30,000 mercenaries and break through the defenses of the Velaryon family, Otto needs at least 150 warships, which will cost him several million gold dragons.

"One warship costs 100 gold dragons." Otto said, "I will give you the Stepstone Islands, and the tax rate for all merchant ships entering the ports of Westeros will be halved for the Three Cities Alliance."

The three governors looked at each other. This condition was indeed excellent, and they were renting warships, so they had reason to avoid the retaliation of the Black Party. "Deal, but what about Varese's silver fleet?"

"I will rent an additional 50 warships." Otto said, "I will pay 3,000 gold dragons for each of these 50 warships. I only ask them to keep harassing the coast of the Dorne Sea. I don't ask how many people they kill or how much they rob, just fight and run."

Otto sighed in his heart.

The third update is completed, and there will be another three updates tomorrow