Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

After telling Daenerys about his plan, Viserys began to ask about the current situation in Westeros.

Viserys's trip to Valyria ended, and he felt a sense of time travel. In Viserys's cognition, he had only experienced a few things and only a few days had passed, but in reality, several months had passed. When he set out, the fertile bean crops planted in the South after the autumn harvest were almost ready for harvest.

Daenerys felt very wonderful about the experience described by Viserys: "You were away for these days, and although several months have passed, the situation has not changed much."

"The construction of our jurisdiction has achieved good results under the enthusiastic response of Prime Minister Oberyn and the lords of the various vassal lords. Many castles and walled towns have built grain storage areas and stored a certain amount of grain. The bumper harvest when you left, the arrangement of returning soldiers and policy propaganda have made many civilians very enthusiastic." Daenerys introduced the current situation to him just like Viserys asked the clerks from Dragonstone to make work reports.

".As for other places, something happened in the Lannister territory in King's Landing. The lords of Raven's Rest, Duskendale and Maidenpool wrote a joint letter to Dragonstone because they were dissatisfied with the Lannister's grain tax collection, hoping to return to Targaryen rule."

Viserys was surprised: "The eastern crown area of ​​King's Landing was the battle zone between the Northern Army and the Lannister Army. Their own army has been wiped out. Aren't the lords puppets supported by the Lannisters? Moreover, bandits are rampant there now. If the Lannister army does not help to garrison, they can't even beat the roaming bandits. How dare they ask us to return?"

To be more realistic, Viserys has been reluctant to take action against King's Landing and the crown areas there, largely because it is meaningless to conquer those places now, and it wastes the economy. During Robb's southward march, the Northern Army and Lannister attacked each other in the crown area, and then it was plowed by the wandering mummers. Later, the Tyrell Army was stationed there, and later King's Landing was afraid that the Tyrells would have secret contact with Dragonstone and then took over.

The army came and went, and only when the Tyrell Army was there did they symbolically carry out post-war recovery. Later, when the Tyrells and Lannisters confronted each other, the eastern crown area entered a situation where there were lords, but the lords had no army and manpower and could not do anything.

Although it was cruel, Viserys would rather wait for the cold winter to come and the civilians in the crown area fled south, rather than spend just two years - now there is only about a year left to govern those areas that will take several years to recover.

"Intelligence shows that Jaime Lannister has concentrated his forces on the Kingsroad to defend the castles of the king's territory near King's Landing. For this, he even gave up the port of Maidenpool. Speaking of this, there is an unconfirmed intelligence that Cersei buried countless wildfires under King's Landing. Jaime seems to be secretly looking for insiders, but most of the participants in the Pyromancer Association are dead. It is said that many bodies of pyromancers were found in a cave in the secret passage of King's Landing. They may have been killed. If this news is true, I am afraid that if we attack King's Landing, Cersei will give us a city of ashes."

"What do you think of spreading this information quietly in King's Landing?"

"Then I am afraid that Cersei will lose all the people's hearts in one day, and Cersei may be directly stimulated"

"Does the Church Armed Forces in King's Landing know about this?"

Daenerys just said The Church of King's Landing Armed Forces: "As you said, Cersei has completely lifted the Church's order that it cannot be armed. Now the Church of King's Landing has re-established the Warrior's Son Armed Forces and sent letters to various places. According to the royal order you left when you left, I will refute and not recognize Cersei's orders in your name together with the bishop of the Starry Sept in Oldtown, and warn the Church of King's Landing not to listen to the orders of the false king." At this point, Daenerys was a little worried, "Is it really okay for us to do this?"

"Labor pain is inevitable," Viserys replied, "but selfishly speaking, I think it's worth it. I'm not a saint, Dany, and I don't want to be a saint."

"I understand." Daenerys nodded, "I just hope things will develop as you and I hope."

Viserys didn't hide it either. Viserys was happy to see the stupid things Cersei was doing, and even wanted to cheer her on. Viserys didn't hide it either. He wanted to lay eggs by borrowing a shell and occupy a seat in the already established Seven Gods Sect, so as to expand the scale of believers as quickly as possible.

Whether it is the Father of Heaven, the Warrior, or the Stranger, there must be a seat.

But how can the believers in the Seven Gods Sect regard a king who rules by "witchcraft" as a god without falling into despair?

But this kind of thing cannot be done or said by oneself, and the believers must be spontaneously promoted and believed - during this period, Viserys may have to "refute the rumors"

Viserys knew very well that he was taking a gamble with the lives of nearly 500,000 people in King's Landing: "I think it's time to tell Greg to try to contact the leader of the Warrior's Sons, 'High Sparrow'."

"." Daenerys was silent for a while, and then said, "There is also the war in the river. Unfortunately, the 'Wolf Girl' suffered a loss in the Twins and failed to return to the North as you expected."

Viserys was surprised: "What's the matter? In more than four months, she didn't capture the Twins or go north?"

Although the terrain of the Twins, once the gates are closed, it is indeed a fortress that is difficult to cross in the era of cold weapons.

But... this shouldn't be the case, Viserys thought to himself. With the support of the Old Gods, how could Arya be blocked by the Twins for four months?

"There is an army heading north that has arrived at the Gulf of Cailin, but it is an army lent by the Duke of Vale to Sansa Stark."

"What?" Viserys didn't expect that the Stark family could be so abstract. Although the motives were different from those in the TV series, it still had some inexplicable sense of déjà vu. "Tell me more carefully."

"It's a long story," Daenerys added, adding the details of the war that came out these days. "After Edmure returned to Riverrun, the Wolf Girl invited him to attack the Twins together, so she waited for friendly troops in the east of the Twins. .Twenty days after you left, Edmure sent Blackfish with two thousand men to the west of Twin River City."

"Wait a minute, attack from the west, advance from east to west? Two thousand people? Most of the families in Witch Swamp are vassals of the Frey family, and I remember that Seaside City is under the control of 'Black Walder'. Are not two thousand people going to die?" ?”

Although drawing lines on the map, it seems that a pincer attack from the east and west of the Twins City is very promising, but Viserys knows very well that in this era, there is not enough tacit understanding and intelligence exchange. When attacking the castle, dividing the troops from east to west often means being defeated. Defeat each one.

What's more, Seaside City on the west side of the Twins City is now controlled by Black Walder because Patrick was captured at the Red Wedding and Jason Mallister surrendered. Viserys could not imagine the advantage of attacking from the west with two thousand men. Could it be that Edmure wanted to drive away the Blackfish and secure his position as Duke of Riverrun?

"I should tell you the result first. Edmure and Blackfish Brynden deliberately spread discordant news. Blackfish rushed in and had a fight with Black Walder at the gates of Seaside City. He pretended to fail and retreated to Witch Swamp to be trapped. Black Walder thought that Brynden was truly defeated and chose to go out of the city to pursue, notifying the vassals of Witch Swamp to outflank the retreat. However, Edmure had been quietly following Blackfish and had already persuaded the Frey vassals of Witch Swamp to surrender. Edmure cooperated with Black Fish to fight. They set up an ambush and captured Black Walder alive, and regained Seaside City in one fell swoop two days later. Edmure and Blackfish were very stable and prepared in Seaside City for several days before setting off to the west of Twins City to besiege Twins City."

Viserys nodded repeatedly when he heard this. Isn't this a beautiful fight?

"But Frey of the Twins chose to close the city and defend it. He threatened the city with hostages. Although I have never been to the Twins, I also know that the Twins are built on the rapids of the Green Fork River, and there are only two towers facing the river. Once they enter, the siege team will definitely pay heavy casualties if they defend the city. Although Edmure and Arya have nominally surrounded the Twins, their siege forces are obviously insufficient, and their troops are very valuable, and few of them will die. None of them were willing to pay a heavy price, so they fell into a stalemate. They organized several attacks, but..."

"It's conceivable." Viserys has understood that whether Edmure or Arya, their current army composition and strength can only allow them to fight in the field. Once they enter this kind of castle battle, they can only choose to encircle them. .

The reality is no better than the ballads. It is not the case that a hero can conquer a powerful city that others swear to death with just one move.

The scene in the TV series where Jon and Ramsay fight the "Battle of the Bastards" outside Winterfell will rarely appear in Westeros. How stupid must Ramsay be to lose a field battle and even be unable to defend a mighty city like Winterfell?

Isn't it a truth that every nobleman and leader of troops should know to retreat to the castle and not leave, and to waste supplies?

That is to say, Tywin and Kevan met Viserys. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Tywin and Kevan would be able to rely on Casterly Rock to drag him until winter, until the last rat or even the corpse in the castle was eaten.

". Frey could not hold out, and Edmure and Arya could not attack. After the two sides entered a stalemate, it was because Aegon had made a momentum in the north according to your instructions. The Frey family took the initiative to negotiate, and Old Frey proposed to invite I won’t go into details about the specific conditions for Targaryen to serve as a third-party witness. Basically, Edmure’s bride is pregnant, and Frey is willing to give up enough benefits. However, you are not here. I did not express my position on this matter. I just wrote Frey to the king. The court's letter was sent to Riverrun intact. After a stalemate, the two sides went through several rounds of negotiations, and finally chose to write to the court together to express that local matters would be handled privately, and they even entered into a negotiation first. The capture ceremony showed sincerity. To be honest, at that time I thought they would resolve it peacefully."

"An accident happened?"

"Yes," Daenerys said, "During the prisoner exchange, a woman named 'Lady Stoneheart' killed Black Walder and several Frey family captives. To be honest, I don't even know." What are the people in the North doing? Such an important prisoner was actually killed at the request of an unknown so-called 'lady'. So the negotiations broke down. Moreover, according to the information I got, the only decent Buddhas in the Frey family. Ray - that's what the intelligence said. The only decent members of the Frey family died in the fire that broke out after the negotiations broke down. Frey, Tully and Stark all blamed the other party for breaking their oath.

Thinking about it now, fortunately I didn't express my position at the time. The nephew Aegon you recognized originally wanted to get involved, but fortunately I stopped him. I have not expressed any opinions on this matter in the name of the royal family until now. I think we should remain silent. "

"Hiss," Viserys was speechless at Lady Stoneheart's "wisdom" and "decision." He looked at Daenerys, "You did the right thing."

He couldn't help but wonder, wouldn't "Mrs. Stoneheart" be deliberately used by the Red God to cause trouble for the Three-Eyed Crow?

However, Catelyn and Cersei are both Westeros characters that are difficult to evaluate. Viserys chose to respect, understand, applaud, and applaud their actions.

".Then the siege of the city will naturally continue without end." Daenerys continued to add, "At this time, the great council held in the name of Robert Arryn, Duke of the Valley, ended, and suddenly a man appeared from the valley. 'Sansa Stark' and 'Robert Arryn' recruited 4,000 soldiers from the princes of the valley, and sent troops under the banner of seeking justice for 'Sansa' and Stark, and more than 20 days later, they were killed in the Bleeding Gate. , and the wolf girl Arya met at the east side of the Twins City. However, after the soldiers and horses met, Edmure and Arya tried several more times, but still failed to capture the Twins City.

And your nephew Aegon has already opened up a situation in the North and has united with Mormont, Glover and a series of princes in the western part of the North. By the way, the so-called Glover family of Deepwood Motte is only in name, but actually Asha Greyjoy."

Grover of Deepwood Castle has long been captured by Asha Greyjoy, and there are thousands of ironmen who obey her orders. However, Asha Greyjoy is different from everyone in the sea monster family, not just Gender, and her thoughts on transforming the Ironborn from predators into 'civilized people' making a normal living. So despite capturing Deepwood Castle, Asha still treated Mrs. Glover and her children politely as captives, and hoped to use Glover as a middleman to negotiate peace with the North.

However, under the interference of Targaryen, Lannister, Bolton, Stark, etc., the situation in the North is now extremely complicated and abstract. It was not until Aegon's appearance that Asha regained hope.

Back to the present.

Viserys has been shocked by the current chaos in the river and the north: "."

Without a strong hand to control the situation, such abstract situations have developed in these places.

"Because they can't take it for a long time. In other words, the soldiers under the Starks can't die for them in vain. As long as a few river nobles are willing to fight, they can't take the Twins." Daenerys couldn't help it. Tucao, "So in order to cooperate with Aegon's situation in the north, the Stark family chose to divide their forces. Arya and the troops she borrowed continued to besiege, which can be said to be guarding the Twins, while Sansa took her borrowed troops. The Vale soldiers and horses have arrived and are heading north. There is no new news yet, but I think the next time I hear from the north, it will be the news that Sansa Stark, along with the Vale soldiers and Aegon, has captured Moat Cailin and officially entered the North.

I'm wondering if we should slow down our aid to Edmure and Arya, on the pretext of helping Aegon and Sansa who are in greater need, and let them feel the pressure, otherwise they will not attack the Twins. We agree Wouldn't providing them with supplies give them more reason to waste their time there? "

Arya and Sansa's troops have different compositions, so even if they join forces, they will split up if their attacks are ineffective. This is not based on their personal will, but the situation. In fact, they did not really control the troops and horses they borrowed. Relatively speaking, Sansa is more like a puppet, while Arya has really gained prestige on her own.

Of course, if Sansa didn't have other ideas, I'm afraid the division of troops wouldn't be so quick.

Viserys could guess that Littlefinger must be fanning the flames behind this, but Sansa would definitely not be persuaded if she didn't want to.

Viserys thought of Aegon. Tyrion Lannister had been declared by King's Landing to put on black clothes and become a night watchman. Sansa and Tyrion's marriage was automatically annulled. Obviously, Sansa's purpose was to establish a relationship with Aegon. connect

Viserys narrowed his eyes and thought about the many possibilities. It is too easy to persuade Sansa in this situation. There is no need to alienate Sansa and Arya. Even if their relationship is close, this kind of division of troops is still the best choice for the Starks at the moment.

"What you said makes sense, but if our side is cut off, the situation will probably develop in a worse direction, so that we will change from aid to continuing to provide material support in the name of loans. No matter what, the situation in Hejian we Just stay silent and don't express your opinion until they are finished. But for Sansa and Aegon, show your support and put pressure on Bolton. I want to write another letter to Aegon and ask him not to be beaten after taking Moat Cailin. A Winterfell has gone to his head, and he wants to continue to exert pressure in the western part of the North and divide the relationship between the Bolton family and the Dustin and Ryswell families. If he can force the Boltons to go out of the city to fight in the field, then he can win The best situation. But Roose Bolton is a treacherous man, and the North is really in trouble."

Viserys's hope for the North has gone from a year of preparation to the hope that when the long night comes, the North can have a unified voice to unite the princes.

Viserys was even thinking, should he personally get involved and support a Northern Guardian?

But think about the long-term aftermath of the Western Territory being conquered. Taking action personally means taking responsibility for the Northern Territory and Hejian, and expending energy to fill the holes in the rotten land. He doesn't even want King's Landing, and he doesn't want to be distracted at a time like this, not to mention the pile of bad debts in the North and the River?

"Alas," Daenerys sighed and continued, "Let's not talk about the North for now. Let's talk about the Great Wall. The situation there should be better than you expect."

"Barlistan and the others have captured the White Walkers?"

"It's not that good." Daenerys shook her head. "Barristan wrote a letter saying that he had captured a lot of wights, but he stayed at the Great Wall for so long and didn't encounter a single white walker. He originally thought that wights had been caught. The ghosts repeatedly harassed the Great Wall to find the weak points of the Great Wall, but the harassment lasted for several months, and there was no attack by the army, so now the defenders of the Great Wall are a little unsure of what the White Walkers are planning. But the good news is that the wildlings have been successfully captured. After settling in the Urn City under the Great Wall and having great success at Castle Black, Eastwatch and the Shadow Tower also followed Castle Black to receive some of the wildlings who expressed their willingness to obey the command. "

This...can't be considered good news. Because the savages actively seek help from the Night Watch, it shows that the living environment outside the Great Wall is getting more and more difficult, but the White Walkers have never made any movement, which means that when there is movement, it must be extremely terrifying movement.

But the good news Daenerys mentioned was something else: "There's something you won't believe. The people of Braavos took the initiative to recruit the islanders of Loras to form a mercenary group, and offered to support the guards of the Great Wall. And Braavos is also willing to help capture deserters from the Night's Watch. There is a deserter whose story may interest you, Tyrion Lannister."

"Ah? How could he be related to deserters?"

"It is said that Tyrion Lannister donned black in King's Landing and traveled by sea to the Wall, but in Braavos he bribed the Night's Watch recruiting soldiers and wooed a woman in a Braavos brothel. months."

Viserys snorted rather gossipily: "Hmm?"

"There are rumors that the little devil Tyrion believed that a prostitute in a brothel in Braavos had a relationship with him, and that the prostitute's daughter was called 'Lana', which he considered to be his daughter. Note that' Daughter, oh, not an illegitimate daughter. He had been entangled with the brothel mother and daughter for a long time, until the supply ship in Braavos in Eastwatch found him and wanted to take him back and accuse him of desertion. Cut off his head"

"Is he dead?"

"No. It is said that this time the people of Braavos are willing to form a mercenary group to support the Great Wall, and Tyrion will play a role in it. I don't know how he did it. You know, Braavos is too far away. The news is always vague. But the news that he is not dead should be true. I heard that he is now the head of the Eastwatch logistics fleet and is responsible for dealing with the Braavos people. I want to tell you, Braavos and the East China Sea. I hope there will be letters asking if Tyrion should be beheaded, and my answer in the name of the royal family is, 'This is a matter for the Night's Watch.'"

"That's a good answer. Give it to me and I'll give it the same answer."

Daenerys smiled slightly, and then asked: "You said you want to form the Kingsguard. Do you want to recall Barristan? He is undoubtedly the most appealing and suitable candidate for the captain of the Iron Guard."

Although Barristan has changed families, reputation is this kind of thing. Barristan is the representative figure of contemporary knightly honor. No matter who it is, when they mention the Kingsguard, they will think of Barristan first.

This is the power of fame.

Take James as an example. Many people who know James as a person may feel that James is undoubtedly a representative figure of chivalry. But in Westeros, no matter how honorable James is, he is a "Kingslayer". Even if what Aerys did is made public, the bad reputation of "Kingslayer" will not be washed away.

For James, "knight" is like morality. It is destined to be something he can only use to discipline himself. It is difficult for him to be recognized as a "knight" by the world.

Viserys agreed without thinking, "Of course, catching the White Walkers is not necessary. His mission has been completed very well."

"However, Ser Jorah, Viserys, wrote a long letter back, asking for your forgiveness. He believes that he cannot return to Bear Island to be an earl or work under Aegon as you requested. His reputation is very good in the north. No, he wanted to stay at the Great Wall and serve as your envoy to support the guards of the Great Wall. After I read the letter, I chose to agree. However, before the reply arrived, he still introduced Ae Li from Bear Island to Aegon. Lord Shan Mormont, and served as Aegon's guide in the North for a while until I granted his request in your name."

Daenerys looked at Viserys, waiting for his reaction.

"It doesn't matter. I said that while I'm away, your decision will be my decision. It doesn't matter if he is at the Great Wall. Before he left, I heard that nothing happened to Mr. Xiong. They are father and son."

"Viserys, I read his long letter. You will never believe that a person like Jorah can actually write such a sincere letter. To be honest, I always thought he was a speculator. I didn't expect that he actually He is still a very spirited knight. I am still not experienced enough in recognizing people. I have to admit to you that before this, I always thought that your decision to reuse Jorah was wrong. "

Daenerys was a little embarrassed.

Viserys smiled and replied: "I will use him because there is really no one else available except him." And if he didn't have the foresight to know that Jorah was not a completely black knight at heart, Viserys would not have dared to use him. .

Just like that, your words and my words gradually smoothed out the current situation in Westeros.

Viserys couldn't help but ask: "What information has been received from Essos in recent months?" Viserys had not forgotten the arrival of the Red God's messenger. He acted a few months earlier than Viserys. I just don’t know what happened and whether any news has come out.

"There is no big news, but I heard that a few months ago Essos encountered a terrible storm that was not seen for a thousand years, which caused huge losses to Volantis's sea and river transportation. In the disputed land, Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh are said to be planning to sit down and negotiate again. Is there any connection between them?"

"It is hard to infer anything from these news now, but Essos will have a big change in the near future." Westeros does not attach much importance to the intelligence of Essos. Even Varys often realizes some things late, and with the presence of the gods, I am afraid that what the Red God wants to do will be particularly hidden. Viserys thought that he might have to wait until things happen specifically or become a foregone conclusion before he could know what the other party did specifically. "But it doesn't matter, we just need to do our own thing and prepare for the war."

"By the way, there is one more thing." Daenerys suddenly mentioned, "The Citadel has calculated that Westeros will officially enter winter next month, and they have prepared white crows. The white crows will be sent to all of Westeros at the beginning of the month."

"So winter has arrived two months earlier than estimated before I left? Is it because of me?"

"But it's okay to enter winter, as long as the Citadel's estimate of the time when the long night will arrive remains unchanged, it will not affect our continued actions according to the plan."

Viserys was not optimistic. There was another force affecting the way this planet rotates, and I was afraid that the long night would come early.

Viserys couldn't help but think of the Stark family motto: Winter is coming.