Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

The night has fallen. Looking from a distance, in the military camp near King's Avenue, there are dozens of tents, more than a hundred campfires, and large green flags like ghostly will-o'-the-wisps under the night.

The Tyrell camp was situated between the river and the King's Road, stretching for miles.

The Duke of Metz set up a long folding table on the hill in front of the main tent, with a green tablecloth spread on it. The campfire in the Chinese army's tent was brightly lit, and the Duke of Metz himself was having dinner with his important knights and princes.

When the princes climbed up the gentle slope and sat down in front of the camp, the cook was serving the main course of the night.

The Duke of Metz was already sitting in his seat, and the attendant filled his glass with wine. The servant cut the meat for him and put it on the plate, and placed a plate of fruit in front of him.

They have been stationed here for months and nothing has happened. The Duke of Metz plans to get drunk tonight.

"According to reports from scouts on the south bank of the Blackwater River, the Targaryen army has gathered in Summerhall and the Bronze Gate City." The Duke of Metz said while watching the servants put the meat slices into his wooden tray, "Essos' The Golden Company troops are also here. The Lannister side asked me to come to King's Landing to discuss matters. How do you think we will respond?"

"Your Majesty, I believe I am not the only one who has received a letter saying that Dornish troops and horses have made some changes in the borderlands." Randyll Tarly, Earl of Hornhill, who has a short gray beard, said, "I thought we should We can take this opportunity to propose to King's Landing that they return to the Reach. We can propose to King's Landing that they lead troops to attack the Dorne Borders to catch Dorne off guard before they can assemble their army."

The Duke of Metz did not comment and just stroked his beard: "Lord Landao, there will be an opportunity for you to show your talents."

Randyll Tarly couldn't help but squint at his lord: "Duke Mace, I thought that at this moment, Lord Tywin has led his troops out of King's Landing, or we can return to King's Landing to take over the city's defense, or we can return to the city. I really don't think waiting here is a good idea."

This Earl, who is known for his straightforward speech, is almost telling the Duke of Metz to stay in the vicinity of King's Landing and not retreat. It seems that he is doing well, but in fact he will be in a dilemma sooner or later.

Everyone in the Tyrell army already knows what the Duke of Metz is planning now, but no one has said it publicly yet while supporting King's Landing on the surface.

But Randyll Tully clearly felt that a crisis was lurking, and several of his suggestions were straightforward. In his eyes, the best strategy is of course to return to the Reach and wait for the battle situation to change - the excuse given to King's Landing is of course an excuse. Anyone with a brain knows that he should not take the initiative to confront the Targaryens at this time; the middle strategy is to stay in Targaryen. King Lean directly captures King's Landing before taking action; the next best thing is to wait here for the situation to change and wait for the Lannister to take action first.

The Duke of Metz said, "Hey, Earl Randyll, if we take over the defense of King's Landing at this time, aren't we going to put ourselves on the line?"

Earl Landau felt speechless for a while: "Duke of Metz, I think the sooner we express our attitude, the better. No matter what you want to do, I suggest you go fast rather than slow. When hunting, you sit in the camp and wait, but you think about it. The biggest prey in the hunting ground will eventually be nothing.”

Mace curled his lips: "Speaking of prey, Count Landau might as well try the wild boar that my son Loras shot today. I specially asked the cook to make it crispy and delicious. Someone, come and cut the meat for Count Landau."

Earl Paxter Redwin took over: "Compared to these, I would rather deal with this piece of wild boar meat. Other things are not as tender and not as fragrant. Speaking of which, have you heard about our allies? 'The siege at Riverrun was not successful. The vanguard led by Lyman of the Frey family was intercepted by the defenders of Riverrun outside the city, and his throat was ripped open by the direwolf on the spot. Edwin Frey of the family is leading the Frey family's army to regroup. Things are really unpredictable. One of the heirs of the Twins died for the direwolf, and the other had his throat ripped out by the direwolf. The Frey family's troops retreated south. They went to Stonehedge City to reorganize. Now there are only 4,000 men from Aemon Frey and Fleur Priest on the south side of the Red Fork River, and 4,000 men from Davon Lannister's new army between the River Reed. Our allies' plan to besiege Riverrun is about to come to nothing. It seems that Lord Tywin is eager to discuss with Duke Mace because he wants us to send troops to aid the siege of Riverrun."

Stevron, the heir to the Twins, died of injuries sustained at the Battle of Oxford while fighting for Robb, and Lyman Frey, Stevron's son, became the new heir. However, after the Frey family betrayed Stark, the heir was killed by the "Wolf Girl" Arya who unexpectedly appeared on the battlefield at Riverrun.

"Direwolf? Isn't Young Wolf Lord Robb's direwolf dead? They swear that Lord Frey cut off the boy's head, sewed a direwolf's head on to replace it, and put a crown on it."

Someone continued to change the topic: "Isn't it strange? It is said that each of Eddard Stark's children has a direwolf, and this time the direwolf belongs to the 'Wolf Girl' Arya Stark. It is said that that The girl learned magic and witchcraft from the forest witch in the Riverlands, and could control a pack of hundreds of wolves to fight for her. She commanded the wolves to attack the Frey family's logistics supplies and the scouts who were scouting outside. Man Frey deceived him out of the camp, and then he and Blackfish took out the defenders of Riverrun at night to catch Frey by surprise in the Tengshi River. They originally wanted to repeat the Young Wolf Lord's original strategy of relieving Riverrun and take advantage of the situation. The other two armies stationed in the siege were defeated together. Fortunately, Sir Fleur Priest was more alert and discovered the situation north of the Tengshi River in time. He attacked Blackfish and Wolf Girl when they were crossing the Red Fork River and forced them back. This person has some abilities. Last time, he retreated with the remaining army after Sir James was defeated by the Young Wolf Lord. It must be that Blackfish and Wolf Girl did not have enough troops. Otherwise, even if Sir Fowler was alert, he would be attacked from both sides by the castle and the estuary. There is nothing we can do. However, the siege on the Tengshi River side of Flowing City has been lifted. If the Frey family cannot retake it, the princes watching in the river will have other ideas. "

"'Wolf Girl'? If I remember correctly, wasn't Arya Stark sent to the North by our Lannister friends to marry Roose Bolton's legal bastard heir Ramsay Bolton? ?”

"Haha, this is the strangest thing. Nowadays, there are two Arya Starks in Westeros. One calls himself the Duke of Winterfell in Riverrun, and the other is waiting to marry Ramsay in the North. ·Boton. Oops, I don’t know which of these things is true.”

Someone said angrily: "I guess the one in the north is real. After all, our Lannister friends have a reputation for 'paying their debts'."

The Duke of Mace was very happy. He stuffed a piece of wild boar into his mouth, chewed it twice, and said, "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't want a 'fake Arya Stark' in Riverrun." Destroy my reputation. Lord Tywin is such a tough person, and he must not be able to tolerate such provocation and humiliation from Blackfish."

Earl Landau looked at his lord with a straight face, triumphantly, as if he was sure of victory, and tried his best to stretch his brows to prevent himself from frowning. In his long twenty-year military career, the Duke of Metz's only victory was the defeat of Robert Baratheon at Poplar Ford more than ten years ago, but that was still the credit of Lord Randyll who commanded the forward troops. In fact, When the Duke of Metz arrived with the main force, the battle was over. He couldn't help but look at the cautious and straightforward Earl of Golden Tree City, Matus Rowan.

But the Earl of Rowan was looking depressed for some reason, sitting on the long table without saying a word.

Taking advantage of the break to urinate at the table, Lord Randyll caught up with Lord Rowan and asked, "Lord Matus, why didn't you say a word during the table?" When Tyrell still supported Renly, Stannis besieged Storm's End Castle. Lord Randyll remembered that Lord Rowan was one of the people who advised Renly to abandon Storm's End and take King's Landing directly. It's a pity that Renly didn't adopt it. Moreover, the Earl of Rowan is highly regarded by the Duke of Metz. The Duke of Metz would first communicate with Earl Rowan and Earl Redwin when making decisions on many matters.

"Count Tully, I heard what you said at the table." Seeing Landao catch up, Earl Rowan already knew what he wanted to say. He said softly, "Actually, I have the same idea as you. There is no point in staying here. Nothing."

Count Tully asked solemnly: "Then why didn't you join me in giving advice to the Duke of Metz just now?"

"I won't hide it from you, Earl Tully, I gave you advice." Earl Rowan smiled bitterly and whispered, "I privately suggested that the Duke directly cross King's Landing and launch a surprise attack on Lord Tywin's camp in the north of King's Landing. Lord Tywin's strength in the camp is only fifteen thousand at most. He has left four thousand for King's Landing, and there are new troops besieging Riverrun. Now is the time when Tywin's strength is at its most dispersed and at its lowest. We have thirty thousand. , if we can defeat the Lannister army under Tywin's command, wouldn't it be more powerful than taking King's Landing? Even if Tywin retreats, we cut off the connection between King's Landing and Tywin, and we have shown enough sincerity to that side. "

Randyll Tarly thought that he was already very radical, and he couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard this: "A raid on Lord Tywin?"

"Earl Randyll, haven't you ever thought about defeating Tywin on the battlefield?" Earl Rowan suddenly glanced at him with a strange look on his face, "You must have never thought about that you defeated Robert on the battlefield. He has accomplished many feats in battle and is regarded as one of the best generals in Westeros."

"This" Earl Landao didn't know how to respond. He never knew that this cautious and kind Earl of Rowan actually had such an idea and wanted to prove himself and defeat Tywin, who was famous in Westeros.

He suddenly remembered that when he was in Renly's army, he heard that Jaime Lannister was not executed after being captured by Robb's army in the Battle of the Whispering Forest. Matus was very depressed when he learned about this. Lord Randyll didn't know that there seemed to be some quarrel between the earl and Lannister. Or maybe Lord Rowan just wanted to step on Tywin to prove his talents?

However, whether it is the Duke of Mace, Randyll Tarly, or Earl Rowan, tonight is the last time that they daydream about the future in this false illusion that they can win no matter what they choose.

Early the next morning.

The Duke of Metz, who had just woken up from a hangover, received an urgent letter from the south.

The letter only said one thing.

Tens of thousands of Dornish troops marched out of Prince's Pass and gathered outside Nightsong, a city on the border of Dorne. According to tradition, the leader of this army was King Targaryen himself. Scouts saw King Targaryen's dragon banner erected in the camp on the high hill outside Nightsong, and the deputy commander of this army was the Hand of the King of Dragonstone, Prince Oberyn Martell of Dorne. King Targaryen sent a raven message from outside Nightsong to the southern lords, requiring them to swear allegiance to the king at Highgarden within a limited time. Those who surrendered would retain their fiefdom titles, and those who refused would be stripped of their fiefdoms and killed without mercy.

It is said that when the obese Duke of Mace saw the letter, he fainted in shock.