Chapter 278 Blood and Tears

Clay guessed that the old lion might be anxious because he suppressed the news from Riverrun about the Lannister army in the Golden Tooth City.

There are still some garrison troops left in Riverrun, and there are two permanent moats, the Red Fork River and the Tengshi River, as natural protection. Even if the little lion is released from the Golden Tooth City, it will not be able to chew down Riverrun for a while.

In this case, this kind of news that is destined to be fruitless but can shake the morale of the army should be digested by Clay himself. There is no need for others to know.

After all, in this war-torn era, there are not many people who are really clear-headed.

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"Come on, Drogon, we should be not far from Galesos."

Over the Bitter Bridge, Daenerys and Drogon had just found a large pile of charred and crushed sheep bones.

There is no doubt that the only one who can do such a thing at this juncture is Clay, the disobedient dragon Galesos.

After this guy burned the Star Shuttle City at the junction of the Reach and Dorne, he did not continue to fly northwest, but turned around and flew all the way due north.

Galesos didn't know that it only needed about half a day's "flight" to the northwest to reach the capital of the Reach people, the garden city, Highgarden.

"Queen of Thorns" Olenna, and the dead eunuch who smelled like powder, were lucky enough to escape.

Daenerys rode Drogon and set off from Sunspear, but when they set off, they were already more than four days behind Galesos.

Fortunately, Galesos was not flying all the time, but regarded this time as an outing, flying and eating without being affected at all by the small wound on his wing.

The dragon's healing speed is very fast. After all, it is a magical creature, different from ordinary flesh and blood creatures.

However, from this time on, Galesos no longer fell down to eat when he saw the human castle.

Anyway, Westeros is so big. If you encounter something edible, it will be cooked in one bite of the dragon flame. You can eat it in two bites. Anyway, there is no need to eat it all at once to highlight the sustainable development.

Daenerys once again controls a dragon and appears in the Star Shuttle City. Although Drogon is much smaller than Galesos, the power of the dragon appears again, which has made those who were lucky enough to survive fear. I'm having a bit of a nervous breakdown.

First, a big blue-gold thing suddenly flew over and burned the lord's castle to ashes. Finally, the pile of ruins with no living souls finally stopped smoking. It didn't stop for a few days, and this happened again. A new black and red dragon has arrived.

Even though it's a little smaller, it's still a dragon!

Seeing the peasants panicking and running away, Daenerys could only give up the idea of ​​stopping to ask about the situation.

She deals with her own dragons every day, so of course she doesn't think there's anything scary about these guys who dominate the sky.

In her eyes, each dragon has its own characteristics, and she can feel their thoughts.

In the eyes of these farmers in the Reach, the dragon is the talisman of death. Staying in front of such a creature for one more second is like putting your head in your waistband.

Therefore, running as fast as possible and saving money is the survival wisdom of these people who struggle to survive every day just for a bite to eat.

Daenerys had no choice but to let Drogon, who had a very sensitive sense of smell, try to distinguish the remaining smell of Galesos, who had beaten him every day.

Fortunately, Drogon finally found the right direction and took Daenerys all the way north.

However, this time, some wrong signals were sent to the princes of the Reach, making them mistakenly believe that the appearance of this second dragon meant that the Dornish people in the south and the Targaryen family behind them could no longer hold back. , ready to launch an attack.

Therefore, all of a sudden, the nobles in the Reach castles near the Dorne border, such as Horn Hill, Rivendell Castle, Poplar Beach, Highland City, etc., had all evacuated their families from the castles.

The residents in the city are not fools. There is no airtight wall in the world. The lords and gentlemen all ran away. The residents in the city also dispersed in the next period of time.

The farmers in the countryside have never seen this battle. The slightly better wooden houses in their lives have been bought by these decent people from the city with wealth that they have never seen in their lives.

Even if the house I live in is a rotten house with leaks from all directions, there are people from the city renting it to live in. Moreover, there are not just one or two people living here, they are all the kind that bring their families with them.

The farmers said that their lives are really good.

Daenerys left Star Shuttle City and headed straight to the cider hall in the north.

She asked her dragon Zhuo Geng to observe the traces left by Galesos along the way to avoid problems with her direction.

Sure enough, along the way, Drogon found a lot of animal bones left over from Galesos.

Daenerys clearly felt that every time Drogon saw these bones, his resentment became stronger.

Daenerys can also figure out the approximate reason.

In order to find you, I, Drogon, can't eat and drink well in Sunspear and stay leisurely. Aren't I tired from traveling so far?

You're welcome. You'll eat and drink along the way. Are you here for an outing?

Originally, Drogon had always been resentful of Galesos for always bullying him, but now he felt extremely dissatisfied.

If Daenerys, as a dragon knight, hadn't instilled her thoughts into it, it wouldn't be interested in paying attention to Galesos's leftovers.

After flying over the cider hall, Drogon was already trying to flap its wings. It was not like Galesos. Although it was going north to find Clay, it was generally relatively leisurely. Drogon was already working very hard. .

However, the wings are one size smaller, and the flying ability is not as good as Galesos. They chased all the way to the Bitter Bridge. Although Drogon's feedback showed that the smell of Galesos in the air was stronger, Daenerys There was still no trace of Galesos in his field of vision.

The most uncomfortable thing is that it's not that she, Daenerys, is crazy, but that she has never been here before, and she doesn't know where she is, and she can't find anyone to find out.

Helpless, Daenerys can only continue to chase north. As long as she finds Clay, everything will not be a problem. Clay Mandler is the leader of Westeros. With him around, Daenerys will not be able to survive. I don’t know how to go back.

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After Clay discovered that Harrenhal was in an all-out war, he immediately realized that the rhythm of this battle would no longer be in his hands from the beginning.

The old lion's entire army stormed Harrenhal, which was actually a reappearance of the classic encirclement and reinforcement tactic.

This is a conspiracy, an obvious fishing and law enforcement, because it is necessary to attack the enemy. It doesn't matter what Clay thinks in his heart. At the moment, he still can't watch Harrenhal being defeated by the old lion outside, and then the northern nobles They were eaten by the spoonful.

Therefore, Tywin Lannister played his cards first and wanted to fish over, so Clay simply used his trick.

Don't you want to fish?

Do you expect me to bring hundreds or thousands of people to your mouth for you to eat?

How could that be a good thing!

If you want to fish, don’t be afraid of catching sharks.

In addition to ordering Edmure Tully's entire army to immediately set off towards the battlefield of Harrenhal, Clay later specially called Garland Manderly and asked him to fly to Holloway as soon as possible. In the earl's town, Lord Karstark, who was asked to garrison the town, led an army of 10,000 and immediately went south to join the Battle of Harrenhal.

Do you want to gather around for support?

Okay, I'll send you 30,000 people to fight. I'll see if you can eat them.

Don't regret it until you end up with indigestion.

The army rumbled forward, and the entire eastern plain of the Riverlands, with Harrenhal as the core, was now full of sentries or messengers coming and going, as well as groups of soldiers advancing towards their goals.

Edmure Tully, after receiving Clay's order, asked the messenger about the situation on the battlefield at Harrenhal. Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, Edmure Tully obediently took his ten thousand Four thousand troops marched towards Harrenhal.

Clay understands, he also understands, Tywin Lannister understands, and all the nobles and soldiers on both sides understand that this battle will be the final battle to decide who of the three families will win in the end.

If Clay is defeated, theoretically speaking, the Northern Territory and the Riverlands will completely lose the ability to fight again. After exhausting the last war potential, they can only be at the mercy of others.

Once Tywin Lannister is defeated, it will be almost impossible for him to escape back to the Westerland alive.

Unless he surrendered, he knew very well that Clay Mandler's cavalry would chase him until he had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.

In this case, let's see who is the final winner.

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winterfell

"Ma'am, I think you might want to read this letter."

Maester Luwin, as always, was wearing his gray-white rear robes.

However, this time, he did not find the northern mistress in Master Bran's room.

Just a month ago, in the godswood of Winterfell, one of the largest weirwood trees in the North suddenly began to lose its leaves on a large scale. The human face pattern on the trunk, the eyes, nostrils, and mouth all oozed bright red. Bloody sap.

This is a sight that people in the north have never seen before. Even in the last winter, the branches of the heart tree have never withered.

Not to mention, the human face pattern carved on the tree trunk of the once child of the forest in front of me has turned into such a terrifying appearance.

People who believed in the old gods in the north took this as an unknown thing, and the news was quickly reported to Catelyn Tully.

Throughout Winterfell, all those who believed in the old gods were unwilling to approach this weirwood tree that was once part of the faith of the Northerners.

The only one who can really go up and check without any psychological burden is Caitlin Tully, the daughter of Tully who believes in the Seven Gods.

So, she gritted her teeth and came to this place, a place she had never been since her husband Eddard Stark died.

During this period of time, she would come to the heart tree every day to observe its condition.

The fiery red leaves that once blocked the sun fell one by one in the dense wind and snow.

For some reason, Catelyn Tully felt that the heart tree seemed to be aging.

Its power seemed to have been sucked away by something unknown.

The idea is ridiculous, but this is a woman’s first instinct.

During this period of time, similar cases of the heart tree's death were reported in various parts of the North, and a voice kept telling Caitlin.

Something big must have happened.