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#81 - Chapter 6: The Skinner's Plot (Part 3)
As for Roose Bolton's purpose, Liu Yuan could guess some of it. The Bolton family was one of the oldest, most powerful, and most infamous noble houses in the North. Their family words were "Our Blades Are Sharp," but they preferred a more widely circulated saying within the family: "A naked man has few secrets; a flayed man, none."
Historically, when they were still royalty, their title was "Red King." Since the Long Night, the Red Kings had been the greatest enemies of the Kings of Winter. The Stark family and the Bolton family fought for the rule of the North for thousands of years, only ending with the Bolton's submission. And even then, they launched rebellions more than once in the following thousand years. But Liu Yuan was very curious as to why the Stark family had not completely eradicated the Bolton family; such struggles could not exist with a soft heart.
And the current Lord of the Dreadfort, Roose Bolton, is only thirty years old this year, a time of vigor, strength, and ambition. How could he be willing to remain under the Starks? Skagos is an island isolated overseas, with almost no contact with the mainland. Moreover, the people there are known for their fierce customs. It is an excellent ice-covered land. The Bolton family could completely avoid everyone's eyes and ears on the island and secretly train a large army.
This matches up with the events after the Red Wedding in the plot, where Roose Bolton took advantage of the greatly weakened strength of the Northern lords. He quickly raised a sizable army, and the Bolton family rapidly subdued the lords of various places in the North. Many families had no choice but to side with the Bolton family. It is likely that the army was trained based on Skagos Island. Even Stannis's and Jon's armies were no match.
However, Liu Yuan did not expect Roose Bolton to have started planning so early, preparing ten years in advance. Moreover, according to the information provided by Grig, the Bolton family had already developed a considerable force on the island.
Roose Bolton's actions opened up a new idea for Liu Yuan. Given his situation, relying solely on the Thorn City located in the heart of the Crownlands could not satisfy his rapidly expanding power. Moreover, continuing to grow his strength under the eyes of King's Landing would be restrictive.
If he could use a large overseas island as a base, he could also quickly develop his forces, and Skagos Island would be a very good choice. As for competing with the Bolton family for control of the island, he didn't really care.
Roose Bolton's military strength was limited, at most two thousand well-trained soldiers, and he couldn't possibly send them all out to conquer Skagos Island. Liu Yuan's initial Unsullied legion could completely crush him. Moreover, Roose Bolton wouldn't dare to publicize his attempt to plot Skagos Island; otherwise, Eddard Stark of Winterfell would deal with him immediately.
Furthermore, with Skagos Island as a stepping stone, he could easily enter the lands beyond the Wall to capture wildlings. Besides, the Others need corpses to develop an army of wights capable of sweeping everything, and these Others also need high-quality wildling infants to transform.
As long as he captures all the wildlings beyond the Wall, he wants to see what tricks the Night King has left. This idea opened up the subsequent plan, although he doesn't know how many wildlings there are beyond the Wall. In that icy and snowy environment, food is a major problem. So the population won't be too large, definitely not exceeding 500,000. Moreover, they live scattered in various places, and each tribe may have hundreds of people. He can completely capture them and run. There is still some time before the plot officially starts, as long as he is patient, he will eventually catch them all.
These wildlings are also descendants of the First Men. The Wall separated the free folk from Westeros, which largely determined their culture. Because of their isolation from the rest of Westeros, they maintained their identity as free people, not bound by countries, nobles, kings, and laws, but choosing and following a leader according to their own preferences. These people call themselves free folk, to distinguish themselves from the "kneelers" south of the Wall who kneel to lords and kings. They believe that the "kneelers" lack freedom.
However, Liu Yuan believes that these people are too pretentious and haven't been beaten enough. However, he doesn't have much hope for those adults wildlings with fixed ideas. When the captives are captured, if they are willing to submit, he will accept them. If they are really ignorant and play the set of freedom above all else and not afraid to die, then he is sorry, he doesn't mind being a slave trader. He will directly pull them to Slaver's Bay to sell them. Some tall northern races are still very valuable, and he can get a wave of blood back.
Moreover, he can brainwash those underage wildling children. As long as they are cultivated from an early age, they will definitely become excellent warriors. China is professional in brainwashing. What's more, there are giants beyond the Wall, and he is quite interested in the giant race. When he forms a giant guard, it must be quite impressive.
Liu Yuan was silent and thinking there, leaving Grig and Bandil aside. The two looked at each other, not knowing what to do?
After a long time, Liu Yuan said, "Grig, do you want revenge?"
Grig said without hesitation: "Of course I want revenge. My brothers were killed by them. I once swore that I must personally dig out their internal organs to sacrifice. Also, if you can help me achieve this wish, I, Grig, swear by the gods and ancestors to fight to the death for you!"
Liu Yuan nodded and said: "Very good, don't worry Grig, I will definitely let you personally lead an army to wipe out your enemies, and this time will not be too long. Ser Bandil, you have been on this mountain road for a long time. We will go directly to Slaver's Bay next. I will give you a task. Within three days, buy some Tyroshi specialty goods. Be sure to write. High-value items don’t need to consider money."
Bandil stood up and said: "Lord, please rest assured. I will definitely handle this matter beautifully." Liu Yuan waved his hand to signal them to retreat first. He had already seen it. Bandil's specialty is still handling these trivial matters, and his own martial arts are also decent, he is a rare talent.
Liu Yuan came to the balcony with a wine pot, watching the bustling city. To be honest, the sanitary conditions here are much better than those in King's Landing. He also has his own troubles. Since the previous battle ended, his attribute values have all reached 50 points, and they have never moved again. This is a very bad feeling, and he has encountered a bottleneck again. This represents the limit of the human body in this world. If he wants to break through to the third-order life stage, he must break the shackles of life. Then in this world, he must come into contact with extraordinary power.
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