Chapter 307 Tyrell’s Wisdom

"You should return to Casterly Rock immediately." In the inn of Bendknee Inn, in Duke Tywin's temporary meeting hall, Tywin quickly signed a letter of orders and looked at Tyrion Lannister without raising his head. He ordered, his tone so cold that it didn't sound like he was talking to his heir, but like he was giving orders to a completely unrelated stranger.

Tyrion said with a dissatisfied look: "Dear father, shouldn't you take a good look at your son now and ask him if he is injured? After all, he just came down from the battlefield."

Duke Tywin raised his head and looked at Tyrion indifferently, and said, "Instead of talking nonsense with me here, why don't you think more about how to govern Casterly Rock?"

"Rule Casterly Rock?" Tyrion looked at Duke Tywin in surprise and said, "Am I hallucinating? You actually told me to govern Casterly Rock?" As he spoke, he seemed to understand something. Said: "Oh! I know, James is missing, you think he is dead, you don't even look for him, you rush to remove him from the list of heirs, and then you kick me at the bottom To be honest, you should act like a loving father at this moment, so that I might be able to be moved."

"How do you know I haven't looked for it?" Duke Tywin said with a gloomy face: "I even sent people to Riverrun to use all the land in the riverlands I currently control in exchange for James, but they didn't even have the intention to negotiate. No. You are smart, you should know what this means, right?"

Tyrion said excitedly: "Maybe they don't have Jaime on hand. Jaime is just missing, not dead. We didn't even see his body..."

Duke Tywin angrily yelled: "Enough! I have more important things to do. I am not here to play games with you to find my son or my brother. You should know very well that now the entire Western Territory is in danger of survival. For a moment, If we don't pay attention, we will be in danger. You and I have more important things to do now, which are more important than finding James' whereabouts and confirming whether he is alive or dead. "

Facing Duke Tywin's sharp gaze, Tyrion had to lower his head, and then, as if changing the subject, he asked: "What are you going to do next?"

Duke Tywin said in a deep voice: "I plan to use Ed Stark as a bargaining chip to make the Northern Alliance troops withdraw."

Tyrion was stunned and looked at Tywin with a puzzled expression. Although the current situation seems to be unfavorable to the Western Territory, the Western Territory still has a strong potential for war. It is too early to talk about peace now. This is not like Tywin's character.

What's more, now is not a good time for peace talks, because the coalition forces in the North and the Riverlands are gaining momentum, and initiating peace talks now will only put themselves at a disadvantage.

Also, Jaime's life or death is uncertain. No matter how ruthless Tywin appears, he probably won't make the decision to negotiate peace at this time.

Faced with Tyrion's doubts, Duke Tywin said nothing and directly took out a piece of information and handed it to Tyrion.

Tyrion looked at the content inside and his face was extremely ugly, because the content inside was definitely not good news for the West.

First of all, the wedding of Margaery Tyrell of Highgarden Tyrell and Duke Renly of Storm's End will be held in a few days. Troops from the Stormlands have already gathered at Storm's End, and troops from the Reach have also gathered in Bitterbridge. Allied forces, the situation is very unfavorable to the West and King's Landing.

Another news is that although Stannis Baratheon was nominally announcing that he would attack Renly and seize Storm's End, which belonged to him, he was actually attacking east and west, landing near Duskendale in preparation for a surprise attack on the king's territory.

Fortunately, Lord Tywin was smart and deployed a large number of troops in Duskendale to repel Stannis' army.

However, Stannis did not return to the sea. Instead, he went north to the Crab Claw Peninsula and captured places such as Crow Roost Castle, Terror Cave Castle, and Whispering Castle. He is now conquering the wildling tribes of the Crab Claw Peninsula. Once he conquers The savage tribe there would then be able to obtain a large number of additional troops, directly threatening the king's territory.

"The current situation faces us..." Tyrion put down the intelligence information in his hand and was about to say something when Tywin's lieutenant hurriedly came in with a piece of letterhead and didn't even knock on the door.

Duke Tywin's face was stunned. He knew very well that his adjutant was an extremely disciplined person, but now he looked panicked. It was obvious that something big had happened.

"My Lord, news has just been sent from King's Landing." The adjutant handed over the letter in his hand and directly informed the contents, "His Majesty Joffrey publicly executed Duke Eddard."

Lord Tywin was completely stunned when he heard the news and did not take the letter. Tyrion took the letter and read it carefully, and the look on his face became gloomy.

"Now that Duke Eddard is dead, one of his daughters is missing, and the other was taken away by Lind. We no longer have any bargaining chips on hand? There is no possibility of peace talks with the North." Tyrion Putting down the letter in his hand, his mind was working rapidly, and he said, "Maybe this is not a bad thing."

"What do you mean by this?" Lord Tywin calmed down the anger in his heart and looked at Tyrion and asked.

The more critical the situation, the clearer Tyrion's mind became. He analyzed seriously: "No matter how outstanding the Young Wolf Lord is, he is just a child. Children cannot suppress their emotions. Duke Eddard died of Joffrey His hand will definitely make him no longer fear the Iron Throne. If someone is inciting him at this time, he will definitely swear to be the king. "

Duke Tywin vaguely sensed some of Tyrion's thoughts, but he couldn't fully understand them, so he motioned for Tyrion to continue.

"Once Robb Stark becomes king, their relationship with the Riverlands will become a bit delicate. Either the Riverlands will surrender to the North, or the lord of the Riverlands will also become king." Tyrion Seriously analyzed: "If the Hejian Land is crowned king, then it will definitely be looked down upon by the Northern Territory. People in the Northern Territory will not think that they are qualified to be compared with the King of the Northern Territory because they have lost most of their territory. This kind of discrimination will soon It will cause rifts in the cooperation between the two parties. As for joining the Northern Territory, the Lords of the Riverlands will definitely not feel comfortable. The relationship that was originally an ally has now become a vassal relationship. This psychological gap will definitely make them uncomfortable, and the Northern Territory will definitely feel uncomfortable. The realm lords have always been rude, greedy and ruthless. They did not get enough loot this time. Both the lords and the soldiers will be dissatisfied. All it takes is a secret provocation, and the relationship between the two parties will inevitably deteriorate quickly. "

After hearing Tyrion's words, Duke Tywin's mind suddenly brightened, and various thoughts immediately emerged in his mind.

Tyrion continued: "Furthermore, if Robb Stark becomes king, then he will definitely become king because of Renly's character. Stannis values ​​the rule of law the most, and he will definitely not allow anyone to destroy the rule of law. In this way, King's Landing will not be his primary enemy, but Renly, who has a large army and is king."

Lord Tywin looked at Tyrion with a strange look at this moment, as if he were looking at a stranger.

Tyrion, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable with Lord Tywin's look, and pretended to be unruly: "If you want to compliment me, I'm happy to hear it, please don't worry."

Duke Tywin's expression returned to a state of indifference, and then he quickly signed an appointment and dismissal order, stamped his seal, handed it to Tyrion, and said: "Don't go back to Casterly Rock, go to King's Landing! Get Cersei and Joffrey under control and stop them from causing trouble for me."

"Acting Prime Minister?" Tyrion took the order and looked at it, with a look of surprise on his face.

Tywin continued to order: "You leave immediately, I will ask Adam Malbrand to take some people back to King's Landing with you, and be sure to keep the Capital Guard in your hands."

"What about the current Commander of the City Watch?" Tyrion asked.

Tywin said solemnly: "Find a reason to let him put on a black robe and go to the Great Wall!"

After listening to the instructions, Tyrion didn't ask any more questions. He stood up, jumped off the chair, and walked out. But when he reached the door, Tywin suddenly said: "Don't let that whore enter King's Landing!"

Tyrion paused for a moment, clasped his hands, and then slightly loosened them. Without looking back, he disappeared out the door.

After Tyrion left, Tywin said to the adjutant: "Send a message to the person over there and tell him that I agree to all his conditions and let him encourage Robb Stark to become king."

"Yes, my lord." The adjutant responded and left to deliver a message for Tywin.

At the same time, in Riverrun, Robb, the Young Wolf Lord who became famous in one battle, did not enjoy the fruits of victory. Instead, he felt a headache from what was happening before him.

In just a few days, this was the twenty-seventh time he had dealt with the same kind of thing. His knights actually led a team to the surrounding villages and towns to rob, and in order not to be known, they also silenced people, making it so difficult. Now the original gratitude in the eyes of the nobles of the Riverlands has turned into resentment and dissatisfaction.

Robb rubbed his aching forehead and said, "According to the previous practice, all those involved will be handed over to the nobles of the Riverlands. In addition, someone will be sent to warn Lord Karstark to be more honest and don't do anything." Go out and make trouble again.”

Upon hearing this, the squire immediately withdrew and passed on Robb's decision.

"My lord, if you do this, the northern lords will..." Ser Herman Taohar, Robb's lieutenant, reminded him in a low voice.

"What's going on? Are you against me?" Robb said solemnly.

Herman Taoha did not respond, but nodded silently.

Robb didn't know what kind of negative impact he would have if he stopped his men from looting and handed over the criminal men to the nobles of the Riverlands.

According to tradition, the various lords who followed the lord to fight were fully qualified and had the right to plunder the occupied territories and enjoy the results of the battle. This was the best reward for their loyalty to obey the lord's orders and fight for the lord, and the lord had no right to deprive them of it. results.

But now Robb has to violate the traditions of the North and restrain his troops, because if he doesn't do this, it won't be long before the nobles of the Riverlands who are still allies will turn against them, even if the Tully family mediates. It's impossible to stop hate.

"Lord Robb, the people below have already complained. They achieved a great victory, but they did not get the corresponding spoils. They were even punished for looting according to tradition and taking the spoils." Jon Amber was standing aside. He also reminded them very formally: "We can still restrain their grievances, but we cannot restrain them for long."

"I know." Robb walked to the desk, looked at the map on the table, and said, "We need to launch a big robbery, so that we can calm the grievances of those guys and satisfy those guys." As he said, he He ordered to Jon Umber: "Go! Those guys gather together, we are going to plunder the Westerland."

When Jon Amber heard this, he was stunned for a moment, said nothing, and walked out of the room with excitement on his face. On the contrary, Herman Taoha walked to Robb's side and whispered: "My lord, with our current situation, In this state, it might be inappropriate to attack the Western Region.”

Compared with others, Herman Taoha, as the adjutant, is very clear about the current situation of the northern coalition forces. Although they won a victory, they did not lose nothing. In fact, because Karstark and others The northern lords' reckless behavior launched an attack before the enemy completely entered the trap, causing them to lose a lot of cavalry and adding another stain to this great victory.

But Robb couldn't say anything, because these lost troops were the troops of these northern lords, and they all died fighting for the Stark family, and Torrhen Karstark, the second son of Earl Rickard, He and his third son, Eddard Karstark, both died in the hands of the regicide while trying to save him. What qualifications did he have to accuse Earl Rickard and others of disobeying the command and attacking in advance.

Since he could no longer punish his men, he could only find an outlet for his men.

"You don't need to worry. We won't attack the Golden Tooth City. The Western Army has found a good way for us to deal with the Golden Tooth City." Robb signaled Herman not to worry, and then said with great confidence.

As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at the intelligence he had just received from the valley. The intelligence mentioned how the Blood Gate was breached.

"Is there any news from Theon?" Robb asked.

Herman shook his head and said: "There is no news. I don't think you should trust Theon Greyjoy so much. He is an ironborn after all."

Robb felt something was not good and said, "There must be something wrong with Xion."

Almost as soon as Robb finished speaking, Roose Bolton pushed the door open from the outside and came in. His originally cold face looked even more gloomy at the moment.

"What happened?" Robb suddenly felt bad and asked.

"News from King's Landing." Roose Bolton handed the letter in his hand to Robb and said.

Robb quickly took it and read the contents quickly. His face suddenly turned pale and bloodless, and he sat down on the chair as if he had lost his support. The letter in his hand also fell to the ground.

When Herman saw Robb in such a condition, he looked shocked. He didn't ask any more questions and just picked up the letter on the ground and read it.

"Lord Ed was beheaded?" Herman looked shocked and said extremely angrily: "How dare he? How dare that scoundrel?"