Chapter 371 Snake enters the net bag and stabs in the back again

It's a race against each other.

Knowing that they had been exposed, Kevan Lannister and Garlan Tyrell immediately stopped delaying and began to pursue Oberon Martell's army that could not escape.

After the Northern Route Army captured the Harvest Hall, they headed south directly along the King's Road to the unguarded Storm's End Castle.

The middle army stationed at Fort Felwood chose to advance towards the location of Eagle's Nest Fort. The leading cavalry raced faster, trying to intercept the tail of Oberon's red viper there.

And Prince Oberon Martell, who realized that he had been quietly surrounded by people, no longer cared about unifying the Stormlands at this time.

On the one hand, he notified his brother to come to the rescue quickly, and on the other hand, he moved as close to the south as possible.

Finally, the Red Viper, which was lighter overall, crossed the Eagle's Nest before the cavalry led by Garlan Tyrell arrived.

Then, Oberon ordered his army to be divided into three, and they fled in three directions: Stonehelm City, Rainhouse City, and Fogwood City.

Because he knew very well that his 20,000 people, whether gathered together or dispersed, would not be able to resist the main force of the Western Region and the Reach.

Therefore, dividing the troops can also spread the pressure on yourself and give you a better chance of escaping.

Yes, he was ready to give up the other two troops that were separated, but those two troops were completely unaware of the fact that they had become abandoned.

You should be cruel, you have to do this when you are cruel, and this is what Oberon lacks the most.

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Donne.

Sunspear.

With a crash, even though his whole body was troubled by gout, Prince Doran Martell still angrily swept everything on the table to the floor, making a ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong sound.

Across from him, several Sand Snakes, his daughter, Oberon's lover, and almost the entire Martell family arrived.

Because the situation turned around so quickly, Sunspear was caught off guard.

Prince Daolang's anger made the people below dare not express their anger.

"Fleet! Fleet! The damn Reach people actually sent their Redwyne fleet to attack my fleet. The army led by Lord Haman Uller has now lost more than half of its ships and is heading towards the sun. Halberd City retreats!”

As soon as these words came out, everyone raised their heads in shock.

They had ignored the fleet before because no one had ever used it against them.

Unexpectedly, they suffered a big loss this time, and it was a fatal loss.

After Oberon's letter was returned to Sunspear, Prince Doran immediately realized what his brother was trying to do.

So he directly gave an order to the commander of the fleet, Earl Harman Uller of Hellgate Castle, asking him to ignore the two other places and use all his abilities to drive to Stonehelm City as soon as possible.

However, this move naturally played into the hands of the Lannister and Tyrell families who had been watching them from behind.

The Redwyne fleet, one of the three most powerful fleets in Westeros, directly attacked the unprepared Dornish people one evening.

So, after the battle, the Dornish fleet, plus some of the ships brought back by Clay and Daenerys from Essos, sank under the dark surface of the Dorne Sea.

This time, for the entire Martell family, it was like thunder exploding in their ears.

Because this means that their absolute main force of 20,000 people hanging alone in the storm land is completely surrounded by 100,000 people.

The sky is really falling!

Dorne is not the Reach. Tens of thousands of people have died. If the lords dig out some of their wealth, they will soon be able to trick a lot of stupid peasants into taking up arms and going to the battlefield to fight for the ambitions of the adults. Pay the bill.

The northernmost and most difficult to defend Westeros, they are both extremely sparsely populated places. One will freeze to death in the cold, and the other will lose all moisture under the scorching sun.

In short, when people die, it is difficult to replace them.

20,000 troops, almost in normal times, is the limit of the number of troops that the Dornish people can bring out. For so many years in Westeros, they have never seen the number of troops they send far exceed this number.

Therefore, Prince Daolang was really anxious when he realized that his 20,000-strong army was about to be destroyed, especially since his younger brother who was good at fighting was still there.

"How's the situation in Blackport City? If that old guy Franklin Fuller lingers any longer, I'll feed him to the scorpions!"

Prince Doran asked anxiously.

His daughter Arianne Martell was in charge of this matter. When faced with her father's questioning, she could only answer with a grimace and a low voice:

"The Earl of Tianji City was blocked at the foot of Black Harbor City. The news came back that there were almost 20,000 defenders there. Although they are Hebang people who are not very capable of fighting, this number..."

Arianne raised her head, looked at her father with red eyes, and said helplessly:

"Count Fowler was afraid that he would not be able to attack the city and would instead be surrounded by 20,000 people."

Yes, Earl Franklin Fowler led the 5,000 people that Dorne hastily squeezed out. No matter how powerful the fighting power was, they were still not able to challenge the 20,000 people from the Reach. This was too disrespectful to Highgarden. Is Rose serious?

Prince Daolang fell silent. The extremely deep palace prevented him from spreading his unreasonable anger on his daughter.

His chest rose and fell violently several times, and he finally put down the hand he wanted to raise and let out a long sigh.

"Go and write a letter to Your Majesty. Whether the twenty thousand of us can survive, now... we can only rely on the two people from King's Landing."

There was a tiredness in his tone that anyone could hear.

Everyone understands what this means.

For this reason, you, Dorne, have trapped the army yourself.

It's okay to expect the king to come to your rescue, but you have to hand over something, right?

Previously, they swallowed up most of the storm land in one go, and even promised the castles inside.

Now it seems like it's all a dream.

Listen to Clay Manderly's arrangements honestly, otherwise, King's Landing only needs to say that the war is tight, and the Dornish people will have nothing to do.

Because Clay Manderly knew very well that it was impossible for the Dornish people to compromise with the Lannister family.

Therefore, King's Landing now has an absolute advantage.

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King's collar.

King's Landing.

"Look, this red snake was locked to the dead deer's body by the lion and the rose. Now, Sunspear City is in a hurry."

Playing with the letter in his hand, Clay spoke in a relaxed tone to Daenerys, who was leaning on the bed opposite and wearing a disheveled dress.

The latter's face was flushed, enjoying the joy that had not subsided. In response to Clay's words, he just hummed unconsciously.

I don't know if she heard it.

Seeing her like this, Clay simply ignored her.

Got dressed and walked out of the room.

After calling the guards, Clay said:

"Inform all nobles in King's Landing to come see me in the throne room."

The guard became solemn and immediately nodded in agreement:

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Waving his hand, Clay signaled that the other party could leave.

On the first day he arrived at King's Landing, he ordered a comprehensive search of every secret passage in the Red Keep.

This thing is very harmful, and Clay doesn't want to be ignored.

After a lot of effort, Clay finally got a rough structural diagram of the secret passage in King's Landing.

After reading it, Clay ordered that all the secret passages from the Red Keep to the outside of the city be blocked.

It was his personal guards who took the lead in executing this order.

It's not that I can't trust other people, but as a king, I can never leave this kind of thing to others.

This is Chun Chun laying the groundwork for the future.

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In the throne room, nobles from the North, Riverland, and Valley gathered together in twos and threes to discuss the reason why His Majesty Clay Manderly summoned them.

Anyone who knows Clay well knows that His Majesty will not call everyone together if there is no big deal.

For ordinary trivial matters, or things that in His Majesty's opinion do not need to be known to them, he will immediately express his will.

The plenary meeting held this time is probably to make arrangements for the next step and the direction of action of the entire dynasty.

Not to mention, everyone is looking forward to it.

The first group of nobles who followed Clay Manderly to raise an army were already full of food after winning battles along the way.

Even some of the valley people who surrendered have now had a full sip of soup.

Next, whether you go west or south, it will be a rich place.

If you can achieve something there, it will definitely be worth the trip.

This is how everyone thinks about it.

Just when the topic was about to turn to who would send how many troops, Clay came to the throne room.

All the nobles immediately bowed to say hello.

This is not a king who rose to power relying on his surname and the glory of his ancestors.

Everyone is here because of his ability.

Therefore, no one dares to have the slightest contempt for Clay Mandler.

If so, he would never be able to enter this hall that represents the highest power of the Seven Kingdoms.

After coming to the throne and sitting down, Clay looked at the group of nobles below who were looking at him eagerly, and clapped his hands gently.

Kristen, who followed his bodyguard and was now one of the Royal Guards, handed the two letters to the nearest nobleman and motioned for him to circulate them after reading them.

The confused nobles, with Clay waiting patiently, read the two letters from Highgarden City and Sunspear City.

Shocked, disdainful, gloating.

Very rich expressions appeared on the faces of these people.

Every time Clay saw this scene, he found it interesting.

This kind of ecology is something you never tire of.

"Tell me what you think."

Not liking the uncomfortable iron chair under his buttocks, Clay simply stood up and went down to the steps.

He was never a high-minded king.

Now is a state of war, and it is very important to have a good relationship with the nobles under your command.

Nobles, you look at me and I look at you. They are waiting for the speeches of those great nobles.

Now in King's Landing, in addition to continuing to complete the cause of reunification, some people already have ideas about Clay's unformed Royal Council.

After all, if the Royal Council can get a position, it will be an incredible development opportunity for the entire family in the future.

The families on the coast want to get the position of Minister of the Sea, the wealthy ones are eyeing the Minister of Finance, and the remaining Minister of Justice and the Chief of Intelligence are all interested.

As for the Prime Minister, no one said anything.

Because it is obvious that for this position, only the candidate decided by Clay Manderly and Daenerys Targaryen counts.

No matter how much they shout, it's all in vain.

"Your Majesty, we should save the Red Viper. Isn't it a bit bad to let his 20,000 people be eaten?"

Lord Tytos Blackwood spoke.

Crowtree City's voice in the Riverlands has been rising as the war progresses.

Now, Edmure Tully, who came to King's Landing, was not the one who should speak first.

"Tytos, why do we care about the life and death of the Dornish people? Did they help me at all from beginning to end?"

Lord Rickard Karstark objected.

In fact, his words express what many people are thinking now.

Clay Manderly and Daenerys Targaryen, although they did land from Dorne in the first place.

But immediately, Clay came to the north and began to use this place as his base to lead the war in the valley and the west.

In the eyes of these guys, the Dornish people have been of no use at this point.

They had vaguely heard some rumors. His Majesty had made a promise to the Dornish people at the beginning, and he would leave one or two places for the Dornish people in the imperial meeting.

Is this okay?

We are here, fighting for one position, and you want two at once. Isn’t this a setback for everyone?

Therefore, now that the Red Viper has been installed, everyone is happy to see it happen.

It's best to let all 20,000 people be wiped out, and then the big guys go south to clean up the mess.

Anyway, this is not the first time such a thing has been done.

"But this letter from the Queen of Thorns is interesting. According to her intention, when the war is over, the Tyrell family can take action against the Lannister family and get rid of the 20,000 troops who followed them to fight in the Stormlands."

Theon Greyjoy's focus is on this second letter.

Yes, the restless hearts of the Reach people began to beat again.

Seeing that Aegon Targaryen was unable to resist Clay in one round, they thought of changing the court again.

The Queen of Thorns wrote that the Tyrells could be used as agents of Clay Manderly to help her get rid of the Lannister family, the enemies of Daenerys Targaryen.

As for the conditions, that is, the Tyrell family wants the position of Prime Minister and guarantees that the territories will not change.

To put it bluntly, it is to exchange Lannister's head for an opportunity to join the gang.

Why didn't Clay realize before that the lower limit of these Roses of Highgarden turned out to be so low.

Lannister is indeed "lucky" to have such teammates.

"I mean, we can contact Tyrell, but it depends on how we deal with the Dornish people."

Count Grafson of Seagull Town, who came to attend the meeting, said:

"If your Majesty intends to let the Dornish people go, then Tyrell must stop the attack from now on and let the Lannister take the lead."

"Or maybe the Red Viper's death has come. I think it's better for Tyrell to do more and let Oberon die in Tyrell's hands in exchange for Dorne and Tyrell to fight to the death. This way, Be safer."

Clay nodded slightly, this was a very interesting suggestion.

When I first chose to cooperate with Dorn, I was forced to do so because I had no other choice.

Now, he sits on the Iron Throne, and the initiative is his.

He has taken care of the northern territory, but Dorne, which is isolated to the south of the mountains, has always been a problem.

The title of prince made Clay very uncomfortable.

Dorne really needs to be weakened. This has nothing to do with personal feelings, but is due to political needs.

A weakened Dorne for Clay to tear them apart later.

You can also kill the Lannister by the way, which saves trouble.