Game of Thrones: I loaded the Witcher system
Chapter 211 No successor
The news of Robb Stark's defeat in the First World War, no matter how reluctant it was, came to Winterfell, the capital of the North.
The first time she saw the news, Lady Catelyn Tully almost fainted. Fortunately, Maester Luwin held her up and prevented her from falling to the ground immediately.
Caitlin had such a big reaction. On the one hand, she was worried about her son, but on the other hand, or more seriously, she understood how much harm the defeat in this battle had caused to the North.
This is not a river bend with fertile land and sufficient sunshine. In terms of per capita food output, the northern border may not even be as good as Dorne.
Therefore, the population problem has always been a bottleneck that has plagued the development of the Northern Territory. Even if there are millions of people scattered over such a large area of land, there will be no brilliant civilization at all.
As for this battle, in Caitlin Tully's view, if Clay Manderly did not lie in his letter, then the Northern Territory was almost seriously damaged, and there would be no way to organize another battle of the same scale in a short time. army.
What Clay Mandler said in the letter was not serious, but the actual situation was clear to Caitlin, and she believed that Clay would not lie to her about this kind of thing.
When he thought that his eldest son, the heir to his late husband Eddard Stark, and now the King of the North, was surrounded by 20,000 Lannister troops at Harrenhal, his life could be in danger at any time.
Catelyn Tully felt dizzy and regretted why she had not persuaded Robert not to fight this battle.
But there is no regret medicine in the world, and it is too late to say anything now.
"Madam, I'm afraid we can only do what Master Clay said. After all...he doesn't have any soldiers now. Only by giving him all the power can His Majesty Robert have a chance of coming back alive."
In the main castle of Winterfell, Maester Luwin said to Catelyn Tully, who was sitting in front of the fireplace and said nothing while holding the piece of paper.
He could tell that the current Mrs. Caitlin had no idea. She suddenly heard the bad news, even if she was once a duchess and now the Queen Mother of the North, it would be the same.
After all, in the final analysis, she is just a woman. In the past, her husband protected her from wind and rain, and now her son has grown up and led the army alone. But now, all her pillars have collapsed, and this woman does not know what to do.
Hearing Maester Luwin's voice, Catelyn Tully seemed to grasp some life-saving straw. She turned her head suddenly, her voice trembling and sobbing, and she asked:
"Master Luwin, if I summon all the power in the North and give it to Clay Manderly, can he do it?"
Looking at the panicked Catelyn Tully in front of him, Maester Luwin shook his head and sighed:
"I don't know, madam, I really don't know. Who can guarantee complete victory on the battlefield? But now, Master Clay is the best and only choice."
"Apart from him, I can't think of anyone else in the north who has the prestige to convince everyone to dare to go south to save people."
After Maester Luwin finished speaking, he stood aside, quietly waiting for Caitlin Tully's decision. As for Bran Stark, the current nominal lord of the city, he has recently suffered from a strange disease and is always talking about gods. If he is nagging, he will not be able to perform his duties.
The wood in the fireplace burned in the orange flames, making small and sharp crackling sounds. After a long time, Catelyn Tully finally made up her mind. She stood up, looked into Maester Luwin's eyes, and whispered :
"Master Luwin, do as he says. Immediately send a letter to all the nobles in the north, telling them to come to Winterfell. This time, our survival in the north is at stake."
Maester Luwin nodded and responded in a low voice:
"I believe that the adults who are still alive in the north will understand what Madam means and will not let you down, Madam."
While they were talking, no one noticed that a dark crow was sitting there quietly on the windowsill, its dim eyes staring at everything happening indoors.
It just watches without emotion or evaluation. Its only duty is to record everything with its eyes.
When Maester Luwin left the room, it also fluttered its wings and left the main castle, turned around and flew towards Winterfell. This was the largest weirwood tree in the north. It stayed on the treetop, its yellow eyelids slightly narrowed.
A force invisible to others connected it to the entire Heart Tree through its feet standing on the branches. After a long time, a faint murmur sounded in the sky above Winterfell, as if it was not in this time and space:
"Interesting, it seems that the arrangements of the Ability God Agent in the south are not going well. Do I need to help him again?"
He seemed to be talking to himself, for no creature would answer his question.
"Forget it, let's deal with this little guy in front of you first. As for you, the agent of the power god, don't die in the south. In this case, R'hllor's power will be uncontrollable..."
The sound dissipated, as if it had never existed in this world.
…
The bad thing about this world is that things always happen together. When the raven released by the maester from Dragonstone before his death arrived in King's Landing, Stannis was furious.
This piece of iron stone that has not changed for thousands of years has broken through, and the face that used to seem to be completely frozen is now filled with monstrous anger.
News came from the bachelors of Dragonstone that pirates had attacked Dragonstone.
This can't be blamed on the bachelor who persisted to the end, because he really thought so. The Tas family did not wear their own family clothes, and the guards below spread rumors. When they arrived at the bachelor's place, the news they got before they were released was that they were pirates.
But as the former Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom's Navy and the Commander of the King's Landing Royal Guard Fleet, Stannis Baratheon knew very well that the pirates on the Narrow Sea would not have the guts to attack Dragonstone.
Besides, the pirates launched the attack to seek wealth. Dragonstone produced nothing but struvite that could improve the fertility of the land. It was not worth it for the pirates to spend their lives chewing on the city wall.
Therefore, the first time he saw the letter, Stannis confirmed that this incident was definitely not done by pirates, but a premeditated and arranged attack among nobles.
Under the current situation, who else has the ability to do this?
Stannis knows that the Manderly family in White Harbor has a fleet, but the Manderly family has never been at odds with him. The North is currently half an ally with him, and they have no reason to deal with him.
After excluding Mandalay, in the entire eastern part of the Narrow Sea, only the Tarth family controls a small fleet, a small fleet that Stannis has never looked at.
After figuring this out, the answer is already clear as to who is the mastermind behind this incident.
And this is why Stannis is extremely angry.
The war between Renly and him was ultimately an internal fight between the Baratheon family. Stannis had thought countless times whether he would kill Renly if he knelt down and surrendered to him.
Every time, he would gnash his teeth and curse the traitor countless times, but Stannis knew in his heart that he would not do anything to Renly. After all, he was his biological brother.
With his eldest brother Robert gone, he has to take on this responsibility and discipline his younger brother, even if the methods and methods are a little rough.
But today, Renly actually attacked his family. That woman Selyse Florent and Stannis were not sad at all, but Celine! Celine! She was also Renly's biological niece. How could she do this?
Stannis didn't understand why Renly did this. Was he trying to force him to surrender?
Doesn't he understand his own character? The more this happens, the less likely he is to give up and will fight to the end.
However, the Onion Knight, who knew this, suddenly said this quietly after thinking about it carefully:
"Your Majesty, if something happens to the princess, who will be your heir?"
In a word, Stannis was like falling into an ice cellar.
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