Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

Viserys was a little depressed when he returned to Storm's End. He just wanted to have a good sleep or find a quiet place to meditate and restore his spirit with Marwyn's rune meditation method.

But Daenerys brought him a letter from Riverrun in the Riverlands to Dragonstone by raven, and then from Dragonstone to Storm's End by raven. It was from Arya Stark who claimed to have succeeded the Duke of Winterfell. The last descendant of Stark who claimed to be the Duke of Winterfell asked King Targaryen: After Sansa disappeared, she was the only heir of the Stark family. She intended to take on the responsibility of guarding the North as the legitimate heir of the Stark family according to the letter that Targaryen had sent to the northern lords before, and gather troops to support the Great Wall, hoping that this would gain the forgiveness and support of King Targaryen.

The letter did not mention the attitude of the Riverlands.

It must be said that when Viserys saw the letter, he thought he had read it wrong.

Arya Stark succeeded the Duke of Winterfell in Riverrun?

What is going on?

Viserys didn't quite believe that this was done by Brynden the Blackfish.

Although the Tully family motto is "family, responsibility, honor", with family in the first place, in Viserys's cognition, the Blackfish is a person with a strong sense of responsibility and stubbornness. According to his personality, he doesn't seem to be someone who would use such political means.

Viserys thought about it carefully. It was rumored that after Robb's death, the other major river lords in the riverlands did not all kneel to the Iron Throne or surrender to the Freys as in the original world line because of the changes in the south - the addition of Viserys's important forces made King's Landing unable to help the Freys recover the riverlands.

Brynden the Blackfish still guarded Riverrun in the name of Robb. Many river lords were watching the situation and remained silent - these people were mainly some river lords who had their own troops and horses after Robb went north and led their troops back to their respective family territories.

And in Viserys's impression, the Blackfish had never seen Arya. In fact, many of Robb's men, even many northern lords, have never seen or known Arya Stark.

Viserys was really curious. Didn't Arya go to Braavos to be a Faceless Man? How did she get to Riverrun? How did the Tullys confirm Arya's identity? And for what considerations did they decide to push her to the front and make her the "only heir of the Stark family" and "Duke of Winterfell"?

What Viserys was most curious about was who came up with the idea of ​​Arya writing to Viserys to seek the "legitimacy certification" of King Targaryen?

You know, with the hatred between Stark and Targaryen in the War of the Usurper, making this decision means that she has to surrender to Targaryen on behalf of the North.

Viserys was thinking that even though his current strength put a lot of pressure on King's Landing, his power should not have radiated to the Riverlands and the North. And considering the time, the power he showed in Braavos should not have spread to the inland. Even at White Harbor, the closest to Braavos, the fastest ship with the news of Viserys's actions in Braavos should not have arrived yet.

What considerations did the inland, which has always been slow to react, make such a decision?

From a purely political perspective, the behavior of "Arya, who claims to be the Duke of Winterfell" is a one-sided approach. Viserys could even imagine that there should not be many planners who knew about this letter. After all, Tully and Stark were both important parties in the Usurper's War. Such a decision made openly would definitely make the people below feel puzzled and surprised.

But if this letter could get a response and certification from Viserys, the situation would be completely different. Maybe this "Arya" really took advantage of the situation and openly raised the banner of the Targaryen King, stirring up the storm in the riverlands under the pretext of being ordered to go north.

Viserys thought that perhaps his previous actions and the treatment of Shireen and Stormlands had spread to Riverrun, making them feel that they could give it a try. Anyway, from the perspective of "Arya" or the Tully family, the situation in Riverrun can't be worse now. Maybe getting in touch with King Targaryen can bring new opportunities.

Seeing him deep in thought over the letter, Daenerys handed him the intelligence about the Riverlands that she had sorted out at Storm's End: "These are the news about the Riverlands from the Military Intelligence Department. After the Red Wedding, Edmure Tully, the Duke of Riverrun, was captured alive by the Frey family. The false king of King's Landing deprived the Tully family of their land, titles and income, and transferred them to Emmon Frey, who was married to the Lannisters. The Tully's rule over the Riverlands was transferred to the Baelish family of Harrenhal. Now Brynden Tully of the Tully family is guarding Riverrun, and he is still fighting under the banner of the dead false king Robb. It is said that the Frey family's army is heading south to conquer the river lords, and the ultimate goal is undoubtedly Riverrun. However Intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department shows that Riverrun still has at least 3,000 defenders. The Frey family and some of the river lords they have conquered alone should not be able to capture Riverrun. Unless the Lannister army goes to the river. "

"The Lannisters and Tyrells are around King's Landing. There are still 40,000 to 50,000 troops in King's Landing and Harrenhal. They are not moving. Has the Military Intelligence Department found out what the Lannister and Tyrell armies in King's Landing are waiting for? They can't really be frightened by the feints I set up at Bronzegate and Summerhall? Their intelligence channels should be more developed than ours. After so many days, haven't they discovered that I used the strategy of confusing the enemy at Bronzegate and Summerhall? "

Speaking of which, Viserys despised the enemy strategically, but tactically gave due respect to the 40,000 to 50,000 troops of Tyrell and Lannister in King's Landing. He was following the strategy of Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang. There were many empty tents in the camps of the garrisons in Summer Hall and Bronze Gate, allowing the two thousand-man troops to move back and forth and enter the camp repeatedly.

Now, in Bronze Gate, the "four thousand troops" of the Stormlanders have been gathered in name, and the "twenty thousand coalition forces" of the Golden Corps and Dorne have been gathered in Summer Hall.

But in fact, there are only one thousand troops of the Stormlanders in the military camp of Bronze Gate, and there are only about eight thousand troops of the Golden Corps and one thousand troops originally planned to be assembled by the Dorne Bone Road and nearly one thousand Dorne logistics civilians in the coalition camp of Summer Hall.

The Dorne troops that Viserys actually wanted to use in the battle plan were all gathering at Prince's Pass.

But at this time, the significance of Viserys's streamlining of Dorne's external combat troops was revealed. Dorne could theoretically provide at least 30,000 troops, but the troops assembled at Prince's Pass were only about 10,000. And now there are also "20,000 coalition troops" gathered here in Midsummer Hall.

Viserys put himself in the shoes of others and thought it was reasonable.

If he was the Lannister and Tyrell garrison in King's Landing, I'm afraid that before finding out the truth, he would never have thought that his next battle plan was to attack the Southland from Prince's Pass instead of King's Landing.

Daenerys has watched Viserys and the Prime Minister plan military operations recently, and has more or less come into contact with the planning of large-scale operations. In the past few days, she has also been exposed to a lot of military intelligence when Viserys was away, and has some understanding of the current situation: "In fact, there are some rumors in the military intelligence department among the people of King's Landing. People are saying that the Tyrell family and the Lannister family have failed to reach a marriage alliance, and now they are fighting for power in King's Landing. The garrisons have stopped communicating with each other and are secretly divided and confronting each other. Some people are saying that they are about to fight internally. Others are saying that King's Landing Many people have privately prepared the real dragon banners, and they will open the city to welcome us when we march to King's Landing. "

Viserys asked curiously: "Is there any solid basis for these rumors?"

Daenerys replied: "No."

Viserys responded: "Don't worry about rumors without evidence. We just need to act according to the original plan."

Viserys felt that there was a shadow of Varys in these rumors. The intelligence chief who was still stranded in King's Landing seemed to be trying to make Viserys turn his attention to King's Landing to show that he was useful to Viserys. Viserys guessed that Varys might turn to him at the critical moment of his attack on King's Landing, or he wanted to show his usefulness, or he wanted to seek a stable exit from the stage.

In fact, if Varys left King's Landing and surrendered with a lot of useful intelligence at this moment, Viserys still needed to consider how to deal with him, but it was obvious that there were still some things in King's Landing that made Varys reluctant to leave.

Since Varys was so reluctant to leave King's Landing, let him stay in King's Landing.

King's Landing is not Viserys's "useless and priceless land", Viserys is not Saladin, King's Landing is not Viserys' Jerusalem at all, it is just an ordinary city. King's Landing is completely worthless in Viserys' eyes and not worth mentioning.

After thinking about it, Viserys looked at the letter from Riverrun again. The North and the Riverlands are now dispensable to Viserys, but since they want to make trouble, why not Viserys help out and make a few moves.

Viserys knows better than anyone that only Robb died among the descendants of the Stark family, and the others Bran, Rickon, Sansa, and Arya are all alive and well.

Considering that "Arya" is the first Stark to come to Viserys to seek "legitimacy certification", Viserys thinks it is better to support her to become the "Keeper of the North". Anyway, the idiot princes in the North are hard to keep, and they always miss the Stark family that has ruled the North for 8,000 years. Even in the most declining moments, there are people who say "the North will never forget".

As for the Stark children, Sansa is now in the hands of Littlefinger in the Arryn Valley, Bran is going to become the new Greenseer, and Rickon should be hiding on the island of Skaggs in the far north.

Viserys thought about it, maybe he could take this opportunity to turn the North into the second Stormlands and Arya into the second Shireen.

To support Arya as the Duke of Winterfell, there are only two threats, one is Roose Bolton, the guardian of the North appointed by the false king, and the other is Rickon Stark, the male heir of Stark.

As for Sansa, as a female heir, Sansa has actually married Lannister. On this basis, Viserys has ten thousand ways to prevent Sansa from fighting for the North.

Roose Bolton is not a concern considering that Viserys has a great cause.

Then only Rickon Stark is the only obstacle for Arya to become the Duke of Winterfell.

Want to find a way to get rid of him?

Suddenly, Viserys had an idea. Now that Arya has taken the initiative to accept the title, it may not be a bad thing to have a male heir in the future.

After all, why should the North under Viserys' rule be a whole in the future?

First of all, the Mormont family will definitely expand its territory in the future and become a direct subordinate of the crown. But one nail is obviously not enough.

Viserys thought about it carefully. When the prophesied moment comes and the Long Night comes, the North will definitely become the front line. The northerners will first dedicate themselves to the Seven Kingdoms and all mankind, fighting for life and death.

If humans win in the future, defeat the Long Night, and reward according to merit, can't the North, such a large area, accommodate two Starks?

Thinking about it this way, if Sansa is willing, as long as she makes some contributions in the decisive battle that determines the fate of mankind, if she is willing, Viserys may give her and her offspring a piece of land in the North?

Reward for merit, how reasonable. The king is generous and is very willing to extend his grace to every Stark and northerner who has made contributions in the battle for the fate of mankind.

Back to the present, even if he does not consider such a long-term thing, Viserys also realized the benefits of promoting Arya. He can find an opportunity to test the attitude of the Arryn Vale, which has always remained neutral. Viserys does not want Littlefinger to still hide in the dark and wait to reap the benefits.

Viserys had an idea. He prepared two paths for the army of the Arryn family. Either become the opposite of the Targaryen and wait to be conquered, or go to the north with Arya to prepare for the Long Night. Anyway, they can't continue to eat melons and watch the show in the valley. Why do others fight to the death, but they stay in the valley and stay indoors?