Chapter 420 decision

  The road from King's Landing back to Bronzegate was long and bitter, especially for a released captive like Lord Selwyn Tarth.

  The gate of Tongmen City was opened, and a large number of soldiers and civilians came in and out, and an anxious and tense atmosphere filled the air.

   This is the taste of the coming war.

"Father!"

  Earl Selwyn came back to his senses, and saw his daughter Brienne Tass striding over from the city gate.

   "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Earl Selwyn forced a smile, "Lannister is kind to me. Of course, I can come back thanks to His Majesty Caesar, who exchanged me with Tywin's second son Tyrion .”

  Sir Brienne nodded heavily, and said solemnly:

   "Our Tas family has received too much grace from His Majesty."

   "Yes." Earl Selwyn also sighed with emotion, "I am old and have lost another battle. I guess I will have no chance to serve His Majesty again. I hope you can represent the Tas family and repay Your Majesty's kindness."

"Father, you don't need to say such disheartening words. Your Majesty still values ​​you very much. Right now, he is convening a military meeting with several great lords. Knowing that you are about to arrive in Tongmen City, he specially asked me to invite you to attend the meeting. Woolen cloth."

  Earl Selwyn felt a surge of warmth in his heart, and the previous depression and worries were swept away on his face, and his fighting spirit suddenly reappeared.

  He walked towards the castle at a faster pace, and said to his daughter:

   "Tell me about the current situation. Is Your Majesty preparing to officially launch an attack?"

   "It was originally planned to launch an attack, but..." Brienne recounted the visit of the Iron Bank envoy as she walked.

   Earl Selwyn sneered after hearing this:

"It seems that His Majesty put a lot of pressure on Tywin, forcing this old lion to use his own gold to fill the financial hole of the Iron Throne. However, the Braavosi people are too naive to think that they can interfere The war in Westeros. Hehe, they are getting burned."

   Brienne didn't speak when she heard the words, she was not interested in these.

  This female knight is more used to carrying out orders silently, rather than thinking about the things behind the orders.

  The two entered the castle all the way and came to the meeting hall on the first floor.

   Brienne tapped twice on the wooden door, and opened the door after getting a response from inside.

  Earl Selwyn walked in, and saw that more than a dozen great lords from the Reach and Stormland had gathered inside, and of course the Storm King Caesar was sitting at the top.

   "Your Majesty," Earl Selwyn knelt down on one knee and bowed his head, "It was my carelessness that gave Lannister an opportunity to lose the outpost camp..."

"You can't blame you for that defeat." Samwell stepped forward to help Earl Selwyn up, "No one thought that Lannister would take the initiative to cross the river to attack. But it doesn't matter, the outpost camp on the south bank of the Blackwater River is very For Lannister, it is more like a sweet trap, and now Tywin is probably having a headache whether to keep it or give up."

   Earl Selwyn immediately patted his chest and said:

   "If Your Majesty wants to take back the outpost camp, I am willing to go into battle and charge for you!"

  Samwell laughed loudly:

   "Okay! If everyone has your courage, no amount of difficulty will stop us from entering King's Landing."

  Hearing Samwell's pointed words, the lords present exchanged a few glances, and they all had a certain understanding of the Storm King's attitude.

   After appeasing Earl Selwyn, Samwell returned to his seat and sat down, asking:

   "You all know the attitude of Iron Bank, so let's talk about it, how should we deal with it?"

  After a brief silence, Earl Layton Hightower spoke first:

   "Your Majesty, the Iron Bank is mercenary. Since the Lannister family can buy them, we may not be able to."

   It is not surprising that the Hightower family said this, after all, the wealth of this family may not be less than that of the Lannister family.

  Samwell did not respond, but just drank his tea in silence.

   Earl Selwyn retorted:

   "If the Lannister family increases the price, will we also increase the price? Attacking King's Landing, the result is that the Braavos will make a lot of money. This is too absurd."

"And even if we pay more money than the Lannister family, it may not make the Braavos on our side." Earl Randle said, "Don't forget that the House of Black and White once sent the Faceless to assassinate His Majesty, I'm afraid Aquaman has been reluctant to see His Majesty ascend the Iron Throne smoothly."

   "Aquaman has a grudge against His Majesty?"

  Everyone turned their attention to the Storm King on the throne.

  Samwell shook his head and said:

   "Aquaman and I have never met, and we have no personal enmity. But now it seems that Braavos really does not want me to sit on the Iron Throne."

"why is that?"

   "Because of the dragon." Sam Wells said, "Braavos is a city-state established by fugitive Valyrian slaves, and they have a natural aversion and fear of dragons.

  Before, I always wondered how the Baratheon family owed such a huge sum of money to the Iron Treasury after occupying the Iron Throne for just over ten years. Thinking about it now, I am afraid that during the process of Robert's rebellion against the Targaryen family, the Iron Bank also secretly supported a lot of gold. "

"This conjecture makes sense." Count Matus Rowan nodded, "If that's the case, then let's stop trying to bribe the Braavosi people. Let me tell you, leave these guys alone, now we're hoarding The supplies should be enough, so we can directly send troops to King’s Landing, as long as the Lannister family is killed, the Braavosi can only stare blankly, so why would Aquaman dare to send troops to Westeros?”

  Earl Layton said: "Braavos does not have a powerful army, but it has a sea fleet known as 'invincible in the world'. We have to be prepared for this."

"Invincible in the world?" Earl Selwyn sneered, "Who wouldn't brag. It's okay for the Neptune's fleet to bully the soft-boned fleet of the Free Trade Cities. I don't believe they dare to confront the three major fleets of Westeros. What's more, His Majesty's fleet has defeated the Qingting Island fleet, and if Aquaman doesn't want to lose his foundation, he should let his fleet hide in the port obediently and not interfere in the war in Westeros."

"If the Stormland Fleet is here, I'm naturally not worried." Earl Layton glanced at Samwell and said, "But His Majesty has sent the fleet to the Mander River to prevent the Iron Fleet from raiding the Reach. Therefore, If Neptune really sends a fleet to support the Lannister family, it will be very difficult for our army to cross the Blackwater River safely."

  Several Stormland nobles hesitated to speak.

   Samwell saw their expressions and guessed what they were thinking.

   It is nothing more than saying that the Stormland Fleet should give priority to protecting the army from crossing the river, and that the Ironborn cannot capture the Reach Castle, but such words obviously cannot be said in front of the nobles of the Reach.

   And he was fed up with some people's hesitation and hesitation, and decided to cut the mess quickly.

"There is no rush to cross the river." Samwell stood up and made the final decision, "Drive the Lannister forces to the other side first. Earl Selwyn, would you be willing to be the vanguard and give me the outpost Take back the camp?"

  Earl Selwyn stood up suddenly, and said loudly:

   "Willing to die for His Majesty!"

   "Okay! You lead 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard, and set off early tomorrow morning. The army will officially set off in three days, heading north!"

   "Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded loudly.

  They all knew in their hearts that the Storm King had made up his mind. Once the army started, it would not stop advancing.

   There is one more chapter to wait

  

  

  (end of this chapter)