Game of Thrones: I loaded the Witcher system
Chapter 317: Crowning, Shadow Tower
In the 301st year of the Conquest Calendar, Clay Manderly issued a conscription order from the lord to all the noble lords in the North and the Riverlands at the Twins.
There is no need to bring an army, just the nobles need to come alone.
Of course, no noble wanted to take him.
Facing the giant dragon hovering over Twin River City, they couldn't muster the courage to resist.
Clay Manderly has yet to claim his crown to the entire Seven Kingdoms, but who dares to treat him as just a Manderly heir?
So, a week after the raven arrived at Riverrun, all the nobles from the riverlands and the north came to the Twins.
Suddenly, the entire city was filled with all kinds of family flags.
This is a formal meeting, so as usual, all nobles must come with dignity.
If this was not war time, then a grand martial arts tournament might be held.
Clay didn't invite the Starks.
First, he didn't want to play tricks with the old man from the Three-Eyed Crow. Although he knew that "Bran Stark" would definitely cooperate with him, doing so now seemed a bit anxious to bully other orphans and widowed mothers.
Second, calling a Stark over would not be conducive to Clay's integration of other forces in the north.
Clay has no intention of becoming their king directly, nor does he intend to change the Stark family's position as guardian of the north.
If Clay was not from the North, then Stark would definitely come to this meeting.
The giant dragon was prompted by its master. During this period, it showed its powerful posture in the sky above Twin River City every day.
Already more than two years old, the rather large dragon can give these nobles a powerful shock every time it appears, and at the same time suppress their little thoughts.
After the nobles arrived, they didn't come to visit Clay openly, and they couldn't find Clay.
But secretly, I sent messages to the old man and tried to find ways to create accidental encounters with Wilfield and Vera, which were too many to count.
They didn't know Clay's secret, so they took it for granted that all members of the Mandalay family had the ability to control dragons.
Everyone was just curious about where this bloodline came from, but no one went into details.
It was obvious that Clay was king and they could not interfere with the queen's position, but if the two princesses could find a way to take it, a powerful family would be born that was exactly like the Baratheon family during Aegon's conquest.
The war is still going on. In their opinion, Baratheon and Lannister must be liquidated. So with this relationship, is there room for imagination in the vacant position?
To put it bluntly, it's all just a calculation of interests.
The Dragon King family without the complicated interpersonal relationships in the past is a huge shining treasure.
It would be a pity to let others get there first, wouldn't it?
Clay received help from his sister Wilfield. She could handle it on her own, but the stupid Vera couldn't.
A lot of people came to Twin River City all of a sudden, and they all spoke nicely. She liked it here very much.
With no other choice, Clay had no choice but to order, in his name, to imprison both his sister and his sister in the family castle.
He has come to do the evil.
It's not that he doesn't support his sister's free choice. As a person in two lives, his ideas are much more open. But the problem is that now is the critical period for the creation of his entire career. If he makes a mistake, once he gets confused and has an in-law, it will be tantamount to I am deeply tied to some people.
This is not what he wants.
In fact, it was still a calculation of interests, but he considered these things from the standpoint of the entire Mandalay family.
This is his responsibility.
…
After learning that Wilfield Mandler and Willa Mandler were being protected by Clay Mandler, the nobles knew that their thoughts had been revealed by the young Dragon King. Out.
The plan to cook the rice in advance failed. The nobles only felt pity and regret, but they were not surprised.
If the princess of the new dynasty can be acquired so easily, then they will have doubts about Clay Mandler's true ability to govern in the future.
History is full of kings who command wars but do not know how to govern the country. Such kings are the misfortune of the country. To be precise, they are the misfortune of the nobles.
Now that it seemed that the new king, who had not yet been crowned, was pretty good, the nobles became bolder.
Of course they had met Clay, many of them had fought with Clay before.
Those who thought they had friendship and could speak in front of him were all racking their brains to find a way to meet Clay in private.
This also includes Sir "Blackfish" Brynden Tully, who represents the Tully family.
Clay has never let out a single word about how he dealt with the betrayal of the Tu family back then.
Although this matter has nothing to do with the Manderly family, everyone saw the interaction between the two dragons at that time, and it was impossible for Clay to give up Targaryen for Tully.
Previously, Edmure Tully had always been unable to save his face and did not want to bow his head to Clay, who held military power.
But with the appearance of the dragon, as arrogant as Edmure Tully, he could only admit that he really did a very stupid thing at that time.
Therefore, this time, with Clay's recruitment order, Sir "Blackfish" Brynden Tully could only see Clay as early as possible and try every means to show the Tully family's submission.
If you try harder at this time, you will be doomed.
The Twins are so big that you can't see them without looking up. Clay was finally caught by Brynden Tully before the official meeting.
"Clay...your majesty."
It seems that it is still difficult to change my mind.
Since they all bumped into each other, there was no reason for Clay to hide.
I felt helpless, but still asked:
"Ser Brynden, is something okay?"
The tone was cold and hard.
"Your Majesty, I... represent..."
The little old man looked pitiful, but Clay was not polite to him at all and just waved his hand to interrupt.
"I know what you are here for. Come with me. This is not the place to talk."
He was originally going to go out and ride Galesos for a ride, but now it seemed that he had to postpone it for a while.
Return to the Twins where the Manderly family lives.
Clay said directly:
"House Tully must repay their debt for the mistakes of the last war."
Upon hearing this, Brynden's heart tightened.
This is already a very bad result.
Although he knows that this is most likely a high-profile statement, it can be seen from this that Clay Mandler has no intention of letting the Tully family pass smoothly.
"Your Majesty... you are serious. The Tully family will do their best to fight for your Majesty, just like..."
Under Clay's strange eyes, Brynden couldn't speak any more.
He wanted to say that it was just like Aegon's conquest three hundred years ago, but the problem this time was precisely that the Tully family betrayed Aegon's descendants.
"Want to live?"
Clay asked.
Indifferent, with a hint of murderous intent.
Brynden Tully was familiar with this tone. The last time he and Clay fought together, it was this tone when Clay was preparing to deal a cruel blow to the enemy.
At this time, the age gap is of no use at all.
Brynden Tully replied in an almost pleading tone:
"Think...think!"
"This is it."
Clay patted the table lightly and stood up.
"You want to live, and the Tully family also wants to live, but you know very well that none of the remaining nobles in the Riverlands want you to live."
He came to Brynden Tully's side and stared at his gray and messy hair.
"You're just a person and a mouth."
"How many nobles from the Riverlands are here?"
"What can you give me? What promises can the Tully family make to me?"
"Don't talk to me about loyalty. That should have been thrown into the ditch a long time ago."
Clay leaned down and placed his mouth on Brynden Tully's ear.
"You said... sacrificing your Tully family in exchange for the recognition of other riverland nobles, cutting you into pieces, and throwing them to share is a very useful approach?"
There was a sudden jolt in his body, and Brynden Tully was frightened.
It's not like he hasn't thought about the possibility that Clay mentioned.
But after all, being in the game and ruling the Riverlands for three hundred years gave them a mysterious confidence in their control over their own territory.
I always feel that if you show kindness over time, you can gain some loyal people.
The Tully family subconsciously believes that they represent the Riverlands, but they don't know that all the Riverlands nobles are always staring at the position under their butts.
After all, this place has never had any common historical memory of the King of the River.
Looking at Brynden Tully who was silent, Clay continued:
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you come today or not. I can't change my overall arrangements just because of what you Brynden Tully said."
"I can tell you right now, if you want to avoid being burned to ashes by Daenerys's dragon flames, you have to come out of the Riverlands to guard this position."
Although he had already had a premonition in his heart, it was still difficult for him to accept the verdict when he actually heard it.
The Tully family was not a powerful family to begin with. They have been able to dominate the Riverlands for so many years only because of their title of Lord of the Three Rivers.
Now, Clay Manderly, the man who suppressed them from beginning to end, now takes off the title of guardian of the Tully family as the king. Brynden Tully desperately discovered that they just wanted to resist , can't do it.
The vassals under his command will not really support him.
Because they fell, they had the possibility to rise to the top.
"Leave and tell Edmure Tully to clean up the mess in the Riverlands as much as possible. If he does more, the Tully family will be less weakened. If you have other ideas..."
Clay's mouth left Brynden Tully's ear.
"I can sentence you to death right now without Daenerys coming."
Looking at the back of Brynden Tully leaving in despair, Clay shook his head.
The old guy came here in good spirits and returned in disgrace.
But there is no way.
He had no ill feelings towards Brynden Tully himself, but he knew very well that the Tully family must be dismissed.
Moreover, part of what he just did was actually fooling Brynden Tully.
After he got rid of the Tully family, he had no intention of helping another one.
In Clay's view, apart from Rhaegar himself being defeated by Robert on the battlefield, there was another reason for Aerys II's failure, and that was that the power directly belonging to the royal family was too small.
In addition to the Iron Islands, Westeros is divided into eight independent regions. The smallest of them is the royal territory with King's Landing as its core.
And this, in Clay's opinion, is actually extremely unreasonable.
A king, when a war breaks out, the theoretical limit of the troops he can mobilize is even worse than that of his own vassals.
It's such a big place, but there aren't any big cities with a population explosion.
Therefore, after Rhaegar's defeat in the first battle, the entire Iron Throne could only be trapped in King's Landing.
This is not okay.
In Clay's plan, after he completes the unification of the seven kingdoms, the royal territory, that is, the territory that only belongs to the throne, must be significantly expanded, at least in terms of consideration, to form a crushing force on a single area, which is stronger than the union of two.
There is no way to attack the valley in the north, and the storm land in the south is separated by a royal forest.
Neither is a good choice.
Therefore, this knife will be cut from the Hejian Land and the Reach Land.
The specific implementation plan will be discussed and implemented later.
But the general direction will not change.
…
The news that Brynden Tully had left the Mandalay family in despair and panic had spread like wildfire in this twin river city full of eyes.
Many people drank happily. In their view, this meant that the Tully family had been abandoned by the new king.
These people can't help but sing the praises of Clay.
How wise and wise His Majesty Clay Manderly is, he discovered the true face of the Tully family so quickly.
Your Majesty had better deal with these villains who have no sense of honor and are only treacherous.
But... Your Majesty, after dealing with them, do you think I have a chance in guarding the position of the Riverlands?
…
Great Wall
east lookout
"Huh... in this damn weather, is it the damn Cold God climbing the Great Wall?"
As the commander here, Carter Pike huddled in his room, staring at the non-stop falling snow outside the window, and cursed secretly.
He's a rough guy, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.
Being able to become the commander of Eastwatch and control all the fleets of the Night Watch Legion, it is natural that he cannot be a mediocre person.
Some time ago, after the strange narcolepsy episode ended, a beautiful woman in red robe suddenly came to Eastwatch.
She asked Carter Pike for a trip beyond the Wall.
And she herself calls herself the messenger of R'hllor.
Carter Pike asked her purpose, but the woman never said a word about it.
This annoyed him greatly.
A person who is not afraid of the cold and dares to go outside the Great Wall wearing so little clothing is not seeking death.
Therefore, after having a good time with this woman, he rejected the other party's proposal.
The woman did not persist and left him without saying a word.
However, that night, a subordinate came to report that the woman boarded a small boat of the Eastwatch Fleet and crossed the Great Wall via Seal Bay.
Carter Pike was angry, but he understood it all too well.
This damn place is the Great Wall of Despair. Anyone who can stay here has a stick with them.
Even if there is a chance to go to Mole Village to relax, the look of the woman in red robe cannot be compared to all the women in Mole Village put together.
Therefore, as long as this strange woman uses some tricks, how can these guys under him resist?
Carter Pike is a smart guy.
When a beautiful woman comes to this place, apart from being surprised by her face at first and having an instinctive reaction, for the rest of the time, every inch of his skin is frantically calling the police for him.
This woman is dangerous.
p.s. I'm recovering, but still dizzy. I need to increase my output as soon as possible and try to get back to normal next week.
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