Chapter 364 The Bitter Bridge Army, the Beginning of the Battle of King’s Landing

The king led the fight lively, and the land of storms confronted each other.

The great drama in Westeros is finally moving towards its climax and ending.

At this time, some actors outside the venue who were unwilling to be left alone finally got a chance to stand on the stage again.

Lannister and Tyrell are two families that have been marginalized for a long time. Although their strength is still there, they have almost no sense of existence.

When Clay captured Antler Castle, the whole of Westeros also knew the news of their return.

The Reach.

Bitter Bridge.

This bridge was once named because it bled so much.

Now, it has become a huge military camp.

The Tyrell family and the Lannister family are almost trying their best to squeeze the people in the territory.

Finally, in the middle of the 303rd year of the Conquest Calendar, a super army of more than 120,000 people was assembled here.

There was no way out for either of them.

Power, superior power, has been integrated into their blood.

They couldn't bear the bitterness after losing this sweetness.

Therefore, they chose to fight Clay Mandler to the end, and they still did so even though they knew that they had to face four giant dragons.

Very similar to the first Aegon Conquest, King Laurent Lannister of the Rock and King Meng Gardener IX of the Reach.

As for their fate, at least for now, they can't understand it.

The 120,000 troops have almost become the largest force in Westeros in the past hundred years.

Viewed from a height, the camps set up by the soldiers were endless.

There were messengers running back and forth everywhere.

The soldiers gathered together in groups, playing and playing games.

The Roaring Lion flag and the Rose of Thorns flag complement each other.

Other major families in the Reach and the Western Region also put up their own flags, and for a while, it was actually dazzling.

But under such brilliant power, it is difficult to hide the contradictions underneath.

The central tent, where the banners of the Tyrell and Lannister families are planted.

Here, a meeting is taking place right now.

A month ago, with the landing of Aegon Targaryen, the death of Stannis, and the rapid collapse of Renly, Tywin Lannister realized that he could not continue to be here with the Tyrells forever. .

So he came to Highgarden from Casterly Rock himself.

At the same time, he also brought the last wealth of the Western Region.

An elite army of more than 20,000 people.

To say that the Western Region has a solid foundation, after being dealt damage by Clay Manderley's Flying Dragon Rider, he escaped and licked his wounds for a year, and actually regrouped the team.

All I can say is that once the money is given, everything is easy to say.

Lord Tywin brought his proposal, Margaery Tyrell married Jaime Lannister, and then the army was given to the coalition to command, but the Lannister must have the power to participate in the decision-making of military operations .

To put it bluntly, if you give me a daughter, I will give you an army. Stop wrangling. If it's too late, when Aegon Targaryen has established a foothold, and people like myself join him, the effect will be much worse.

Giving help in times of need and icing on the cake are two concepts.

"Now, we have two options."

In the military tent, Kevan Lannister stood on a hung map, holding a small stick, and said to the others.

"First, go east and attack Oberon Martell's back. There are only 20,000 Dornish people now. They are vulnerable to us."

After scanning the crowd, Kevan Lannister continued:

"Or we can go directly north to King's Landing to participate in... His Majesty the King's... war."

The tent was quiet for a while, and Garland Tyrell, the representative of the Tyrell family, muttered in a low voice:

"Are you going to join the war and die at the mouth of the dragon?"

The voice was a little loud, and many people in the tent heard it.

Apart from their slightly stiff expressions, no one had any major reaction.

Because these people are more or less afraid in their hearts.

The Lannister was on the battlefield and was roasted by the dragon.

Tyrell had seen Starfall City, which was still in ruins.

All snacks are related.

But what can we do now?

Clay Mandler, on his side, ignored them at all.

All he wants is their unconditional surrender, and the rest is out of the question.

But how could adults be willing?

Listen to what Clay Mandler sent them:

"Disband all armies."

"Let my army enter your castle."

"Yourselves, all come to Twins City."

Just these three items would cost Tyrell and Lannister their lives.

Because doing this is tantamount to completely handing over all his wealth and life to Clay Mandler.

What if I can enter the Twin River City but cannot get out?

This is not a time of peace.

Now it's a melee in the Seven Kingdoms. Under Clay Manderly, there are a lot of nobles who have meritorious service but no reward.

Isn’t this put on people’s lips?

"We can't go to King's Landing!"

Anyway, everyone heard it, so Garlan Tyrell simply opened the skylight and spoke frankly.

He stood up holding the long sword on his waist, walked to the center of the tent, and said loudly:

"We went to King's Landing. There is no guarantee... His Majesty will not send us to fight Clay Manderly."

He stared at the nobles of the Western Region and the River Bend present with sharp eyes, and said word by word:

"Everyone should be familiar with what the conqueror controlled the Black Death and did to our two family ancestors, right?"

This is actually a bit shameless to say, because the ancestors of the Tyrell family actually have nothing to do with the Gardener family.

But now at this juncture, everyone has no choice but to hold their noses and admit it.

The War of Fury, the only battle in which the three dragons Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar participated simultaneously in the Conqueror's War, completely laid the foundation for Aegon's unification of the Seven Kingdoms.

Now, Garlan Tyrell said this, making everyone feel unhappy.

Westeros is also a place with a strong religious atmosphere.

In this way, it is somewhat suspected of being cursed in advance.

"Ahem, we all understand what Sir Garland means. Then let's go directly to the Storm Land to catch snakes. What do you think?"

Kevan Lannister coughed and revived the somewhat stiff venue.

All the nobles from the West and the Reach looked at each other.

Going north might end up killing people, so it would be better to eat Oberon Martell's army first.

By the way... if possible, everyone also wants to take down Storm's End Castle.

After all, for a famous big city in the Seven Kingdoms, the things inside are still very fragrant.

There is no point in meeting everyone, Kevan Lannister looked at Garlan Tyrell.

The latter nodded.

As a result, representatives from the Western Territory and the Reach announced the army's next move.

Why they are the representatives is very simple, because there is no one else but them.

Tywin Lannister and Lady Olenna, the "Queen of Thorns", understand that eggs cannot be put in one basket.

He didn't travel with the army at all.

Jaime Lannister, on the other hand, was called back by Tywin and left in the relatively safe Lannister Port to go on his "honeymoon" with his new wife, Margaery Tyrell.

Family survival always comes first.

Therefore, the leader is Kevan Lannister, and the one guarding the house is Tywin himself.

…

Kuqiao's army began to advance along the Lamboon River towards Green Valley City.

This move is currently not on the radar of others.

Their target, the army of House Oberon Martell, is currently busy controlling the southern part of the Stormlands, and waiting for an opportunity to attack Falcon's Nest, which is occupied by Jon Connington.

And Renly Baratheon is currently in Storm's End, busy writing letters to other nobles in the Stormlands who have not yet openly expressed their break with him.

Ask them to continue to maintain their loyalty for the sake of the "favour" of the Baratheon family for three hundred years.

It was the only thing Renly could do now.

Originally, he had 20,000 skilled troops in his hands, as well as the support of the entire Stormlands.

However, within just two months, all this was gone.

Now, he only has ten thousand remnants left in his hands, trapped in Storm's End Castle, and has almost lost control of anywhere outside the city.

Moreover, almost no one supports him anymore.

Stannis' death became a stain on Renly Baratheon's innocence that he could not claim to be innocent no matter how hard he tried to explain it.

No one wants to follow a parricide.

Nowadays, he has even been "forgotten".

The armies of Oberyn Martell and Aegon Targaryen fought on his territory.

And he, the majestic King of the Seven Kingdoms and Lord of the Stormlands, actually didn't dare to let go of a single fart.

Everyone knew that he was so weak that he was about to lose his qualifications at the poker table.

I have to say that things are really unpredictable.

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King's collar.

King's Landing.

Aegon Targaryen stood in the hastily cleared throne room.

Looking at the dark wall, I was lost in thought.

The throne room once represented the core of power of the Seven Kingdoms and was also the most majestic place.

Today, it's more like a refugee camp.

He still can't forget what he saw when he first entered this dream place.

Not at all as awesome as imagined.

Because of the guards, they didn't arrive much earlier than the king.

Therefore, what Aegon Targaryen saw was the most realistic aspect of this throne room at that time.

As soon as I walked in, an unspeakable stench hit my face.

It was the smell of rotting corpses and excrement that had been there for a long time.

Apparently, someone died here.

Then, he saw the body that fell dead on the throne and had almost decayed into bones.

There were dried blood stains everywhere on the ground.

Dried human excrement can also be seen at the corners of the pillars.

This is not a throne room, this is more like a dirty slaughterhouse.

It took two weeks to clean up.

Now, it looks like this place has been restored and is habitable.

And Aegon Targaryen only had a few good days.

One bad news after another knocked him off his feet.

First of all, it is the failure of northern diplomacy.

He always felt that as his only relative in the world, his aunt, Daenerys Targaryen, should come to join him immediately.

After all, we are all Targaryens, and we should stick together to stay warm in this troubled world.

As for Clay Manderly, little Aegon repeatedly confirmed that his ancestors had no written records that the blood of the Dragon family was spread in White Harbor.

He could only think that this was the Manderly family, which had stolen the glory of the Targaryen family through despicable means in the past days.

Therefore, for this kind of betrayer, he believed that the price he offered was very reasonable.

The North plus the controller of the Riverlands is truly a great vassal.

Isn't this enough?

However, what resulted was Clay Mandler's categorical rejection and a direct war against him.

This guy was very fast, before Little Aegon's deployment had even begun.

The army that was ready to attack had already rushed out from Harrenhal.

Antler Castle, the frontline fortress he had placed high hopes on to resist the northerners moving south, fell in just one day.

The bloodline of the Bookwell family was cut off.

Clay Manderly, on the ruins of Antler Castle burned by dragon flames, entrusted the fortress to a knight with great military exploits.

The remaining land was divided into three and given to the remaining knights who stood out in the war.

After that, his army divided into two groups.

All the way, heading southeast, one of the most important cities in the royal territory, Mugu Town.

On the other hand, they quickly advanced toward the southwest and rushed towards Sow Corner.

Aegon Targaryen's army totaled more than 40,000 people.

More than five thousand people stayed at Eagle's Nest Castle.

Almost all of the more than 30,000 people left are in King's Landing.

Antler Castle lost two thousand.

Sow Point and Dusk Valley are both garrisoned by local troops.

There are no other external forces at all.

It was only then that little Aegon realized that he seemed to have provoked a very irritable guy.

He regretted it a little, but it was too late.

"Your Majesty, Lord Jon Connington requests an audience."

A guard came forward to interrupt the king's thoughts and came to inform.

After coming back to his senses, Aegon Targaryen nodded slightly:

"Let him come."

Not long after he finished speaking, Jon Connington, his Prime Minister, hurried into the throne room.

Before little Aegon spoke, he opened his mouth:

"Your Majesty, I have two pieces of bad news!"

Little Aegon's heart sank and he was mentally prepared in advance.

Just listen to Jon Clinton say:

"Sow's Corner and Dusk Valley Town are all lost."

"What?!"

Despite his mental preparation, the news reached his ears.

Little Aegon was still a little unbelievable.

Because counting the time, Clay Mandler's army only arrived at these two cities today.

Is this, no resistance at all?

Or is his attack power too powerful and impossible to resist?

Either way, the king knew he was in trouble, big trouble.

Taking a deep breath, Aegon Targaryen looked at the Prime Minister who was also sweating on his forehead, and his voice became colder:

"My Lord Prime Minister, according to your opinion, the enemy army has already reached King's Landing?"

In fact, there is also Rosby City between Duskendale and King's Landing.

But the castle there was small and not conducive to defense, and there was no garrison at all.

Therefore, little Aegon gave up directly in his heart.

"I'm afraid it is, Your Majesty. Therefore, we must make preparations in advance. You cannot continue to stay in the Red Keep."

Jon Clinton looked ugly:

"According to reliable information, the dragon-hunting crossbow provided to us by the academy, even if it is an improved one, cannot cause fatal damage to the two dragons, so..."

The king took over the Prime Minister's words and continued:

"So, we may have to face the baptism of dragon flames?"

Jon Connington was silent.

The fact that things have come to this point is beyond their expectation.

The city has harmed them!