Chapter 347 The Impact of Announcement Letter

Tywin's renewed engagement vows in the Reach are definitely the most sensational thing during this period. The reason for the sensation is not that the Westerlands and the Reach have reunited, but that Tywin actually lowered his proud head and agreed. Those humiliating conditions.

This kind of humiliation reminds many people of the time when Tytos Lannister, the Laughing Lion, let his daughter Gina Lannister marry a Frey. At that time, all the nobles in the West were laughing at Tytos Lannister. Especially, the reputation of the Lannister family also plummeted at that time. It was not until the rainy season of Castamere that the Lannister family's reputation recovered again.

Although everyone thought that Tywin lowered his head, no one dared to laugh at Tywin like they did at Tytos Lannister, because everyone could see that with Tywin's strength, no matter how much he lowered his head, , for the vast majority of nobles and lords, he is still the old lion who needs to look up to.

Moreover, with the alliance between the Lannister family and the Tyrell family, Tywin's strength has risen instead of falling. The bad situation caused by the change of Harrenhal has disappeared, and now the pressure falls on Stannis Baratheon. Eun and Robb Stark.

In Riverrun, Robb Stark looked extremely gloomy when he read Lord Tywin's announcement letter. He did not expect that in just ten days, the situation would turn around so quickly that he had no time to react. .

"What should we do now? Lord Brynden, do you have any good ideas?" Robb asked Blackfish Brynden with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Although there are rumors that the Young Wolf Lord is so wise and intelligent, he is still only a teenager, and his life experience is far from being enough to deal with any unexpected accidents.

In this case, he could only turn to others for help, and those in the north were good at fighting, but asking them to make suggestions would only make the situation worse.

And now the only person in the entire Riverrun who can offer him advice is the famous Blackfish Brynden Tully.

Brynden did not speak, but turned to look at Edmure Tully who was also considering the current situation.

Robb also understood Brynden's thoughts and turned to look at Edmure.

On the contrary, Edmure was completely unaware that he had become the focus of the two of them, and was still thinking hard. Then he seemed to have thought of a good way, and said: "I have a way, we can let... Why are you looking at me like that?"

Edmure was about to tell him a solution to the current predicament that he had just thought of, but he saw both Robb and Brynden looking at him with strange eyes. They did not understand what was going on and were stunned for a moment. In place.

However, he soon understood what the two of them meant, and his face suddenly turned pale, and he said angrily: "You want me to agree to the weasel's conditions and marry a Frey family woman?"

"This is the best way to solve the current problem." Brynden said solemnly: "Although the alliance between the West and the Reach seems very powerful, it does not immediately solve Tywin's dilemma. The army of the West is still divided. Became two parts, King's Landing is still under siege by Stannis, and because of the heavy rain, Tywin is now trapped in the Pink City area, and there is no way to retreat back to King's Landing. This is our opportunity, we just need to concentrate all our efforts Our troops are in the Pink City, forcing Tywin and us to fight to the death. As long as Tywin is eliminated, the army in the West will be like a piece of loose sand. Even if the army from the Reach joins, it will not be able to become a force. "

Edmure said with an annoyed look: "In this case, isn't it enough for us to gather the troops in Riverrun? Why do you want me to marry a Frey family woman?"

"If Lady Daisy and Lord Bolton's armies are here, they may be enough to compete with Tywin's army in the west, but the army in Riverrun is too small now." Robb looked at Edmure and said, "We We need the Frey army."

Edmure shouted at Robb with great anger: "You don't want to marry a Frey woman, you broke your oath, and now you want me to marry you."

Robb looked at Edmure calmly and said, "You don't have to do it. In that case, we will fight Tywin with our current strength and die on the battlefield. My mother and your sister will be killed by Frey." The family property is given to Tywin as a gift. If she is lucky, she will die smoothly. If she is not lucky, she will die of torture. "

Edmure's face became extremely gloomy, and the expression on his face kept changing. Finally, he could only sigh in frustration and said, "I agree."

Seeing that Edmure agreed to marry the Frey family, Robb and Brynden also breathed a sigh of relief, with a slight smile on their faces.

At the same time, in King's Landing, Stannis didn't have much expression on his face after seeing Tywin's announcement letter, as if it was just a trivial matter. Only those who were familiar with him could tell from his slightly trembling fingers. It turned out that his heart was not as calm as his expression showed.

"Davos, are everything ready?" Stannis threw the announcement letter aside, turned to look at the Onion Knight and asked.

"It's ready." Onion Knight Davos nodded, then hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want to use wildfire?"

As the Onion Knight spoke, he couldn't help but touch the bandage on his left hand with his right hand. On the Blackwater River, he fell into the water and escaped, but his hand was still injured by the wildfire. The evil flame that can burn in the water is still there to this day. His nightmare.

"If they can use it, why can't I use it?" Stannis said calmly.

This batch of wildfires was delivered from Dragonstone Island not long ago. The red-robed woman Melisandre spent a lot of money to buy it from the fire warlock on the other side of the Narrow Sea.

After being sent over, they tested the power at a secret location. The power of these wildfires was much stronger than the wildfires used in King's Landing, and could melt even steel.

But the disadvantage is not without it, that is, this kind of wildfire is very unstable and requires extreme care during transportation. It is said that on the way from the other side of the narrow sea, several wildfires exploded due to transportation reasons, and were finally transported to Dragon Stone. There are only two wildfires on the island.

However, when Melisandre sent someone to send the wildfire, she said that she had appeased the power in the wildfire. As long as she did not deliberately approach it with fire, there would be no danger of explosion.

Stannis didn't know if Melisandre's words were true, but there was indeed no incident during the transportation of the wildfire here and then to the target location.

Stannis originally didn't want to use this thing, but the current situation forced him to use some extraordinary measures.

Stannis ignored the worried Davos, turned to look at Sir Gud Morrigan at Crow's Nest, and said, "Sir Gud, I leave that matter to you."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Good Morrigan responded with a slight nod, and then asked: "If I lead the army from Stormland to leave, will your manpower be too small?"

"No, that's enough!" Stannis said with great confidence.

It's not unreasonable for him to show such confidence, because he had already made a layout in King's Landing before the war started. However, this layout can only be used once. Once used, if King's Landing is not breached, then he can only use a strong attack. , in that case, even if he breaks through King's Landing, he will not be able to hold it.

So since the beginning of the war, he has been patiently not using that arrangement just to wait for the most suitable time. Although it is still not the most suitable time now, it must be used because if he does not use it, he may not have the chance to do it again. used.

Stannis walked out of the tent, looked at the towering city wall of King's Landing in front of him, and said, "I hope that in a few days, we can stand on the wall and look at the army of the West."

When Stannis looked at the city wall, Tyrion, who was wearing armor, was also looking at the situation outside the city wall. He also received a letter from Duke Tywin, although he was very happy that Duke Tywin made the right decision to save the world. He defeated the armies of the Reach and saw the end of the siege of King's Landing, but he still felt that the letter came at the wrong time.

To this day, Tyrion still remembers his elder sister Cersei's crazy look. It is no exaggeration to say that Cersei definitely wanted to kill everyone around her at that time. Fortunately, he locked up Cersei in time, otherwise, Cersei wasn't sure how much of a fuss it would make.

"She will definitely hate you to death!" Bronn said with some gloating: "Once she escapes, she will definitely kill you."

"She didn't dare to get angry at her father, so she could only bully me, a dwarf." Tyrion shrugged disapprovingly, and then asked very seriously: "How are her confidants doing now?"

Bronn smiled and said: "Don't worry, they were all thrown onto the city wall. Our people have been replaced in the Red Keep. They will be fine." After that, he pointed outside and said: " Instead of worrying about what's going on inside, you should think more about how to deal with Stannis' next attack! Although I don't have any bullshit strategies like you, I can still see that the army in the Reach is far from the best. Before arriving, Stannis will definitely attack the city with all his strength, and the intensity of the siege will definitely be greater than before. Do you think we can defend it? "

As he spoke, Bronn pointed at the numb-looking defenders around him.

Continuous siege battles are torturous for the party attacking the city, and even more so for the party defending the city. Although Tyrion obtained a large amount of money and food by ransacking his homes, and was able to hire civilians in the city to join the defending army, but When the casualties reached an alarming number and the food and fodder gradually ran out, it was difficult for him to recruit people in the city.

Even if he used coercive means to capture the strong men and arranged for the supervising team to force the defenders to fight, he would not be able to cope with the increasingly fierce siege battle.

And with the death of the Jinpaozi who served as the supervising team, only more than a thousand people were left. The role that the supervising team could play was already very small, and it might even be counterproductive.

Just like not long ago, the defenders mutinied directly on the city wall and attacked the Golden Robes together with the attacking Stannis army. Fortunately, Adam Malbrandt had outstanding abilities and defended the city wall. Otherwise, they would have been locked up at this moment. In the cell.

Tyrion sighed and said, "Do you have any good ways to boost morale?"

"Do you have any money?" Bronn asked.

Tyrion shook his head. The money he had plundered from the homes of those powerful people was almost spent. Unless he repeated his old tricks and searched the homes of a few more powerful people, if he did so, he would definitely encounter the powerful people in King's Landing. They fight back desperately, and then Stannis may not need to attack the city, the city gate will be opened by these powerful people, and King's Landing will be dedicated to him.

"Do you have any food?" Bronn asked again.

"Yes, but you can't move," Tyrion replied again.

Now in King's Landing, food is more valuable than money. Although Tyrion has food obtained by raiding the houses of powerful people, this food must supply the daily needs of the entire King's Landing.

Once these grains are used for other purposes and cannot supply the daily minimum needs of the people of King's Landing, then in less than a day, the hungry people of King's Landing will definitely riot, and by then the city defenders recruited from King's Landing will probably also They would not obey their orders to suppress the riots, and relying on only a thousand people left in golden robes would not be able to resist those mobs.

"There is only one way I can think of." Bronn looked at the people around him, pulled Tyrion to a secluded place where no one would eavesdrop, and said: "You can gather the family members of the city defenders in An area, and then place the remaining wildfires around it to tell the defenders that if the wall is breached by Stannis..."

Tyrion directly interrupted Bronn's narration and said with a serious look: "That's enough! I won't do this. Even if the city wall is breached by Stannis, I won't do such a thing." , he looked at Bronn and said: "How could you come up with such an idea, just like the Mad King Iris."

Bronn was not unhappy because his method was rejected. Faced with Tyrion's accusation, Bronn just shrugged.

Tyrion looked outside the city again and saw that Stannis's army was gathering, and shouted loudly: "Get ready to fight, get ready to fight!"

The sentry not far away also blew the horn to prepare for war at this time.

At this time, Bronn also changed from his previous carefree attitude and became serious.

At this time, Tyrion suddenly grabbed Bronn's clothes and said: "If the city wall is breached, you immediately go to my mansion and take Shae away. I will leave Podrey at the small dock under the Red Keep." Ke has prepared a small boat. You can take the boat to the Royal Forest on the other side. As long as you enter the territory of the Summer Palace, you will be safe. "

Bronn hesitated and asked, "What about you?"

Tyrion smiled and said: "I am also a Lannister after all, so naturally I have to look a bit like a Lannister."

As the trumpets were blown from Stannis' army outside the city, the assembled siege army once again advanced towards the city wall carrying siege equipment, and a new round of fighting began again.

Just when Stannis began to completely let go of his hands and attack King's Landing without reservation, another battle was about to break out in an abandoned town called Stonetooth, about three leagues away from King's Landing.

It's just that compared to the head-on conflict like King's Landing, this battle in Stonetooth Town was more like a carefully prepared massacre.