Chapter 221 The Wolf on the Trident River

After the meeting, Tyrion walked out of the chamber and saw Bronn saluting Cersei respectfully.

After Cersei walked away, Tyrion came to Bronn in a bad mood and sarcastically said:

"Mercenary, when did you become a knight?"

Bronn held his head high and said: "Although I am not yet a knight, I think I am considered a first-class person now."

Tyrion curled his lips: "But I still prefer you when you were a lower-class person."

"Fuck you, dwarf!" Bronn said in his old ways.

Not only was Tyrion not angry, he smiled and whistled:

"Haha, that's Shae's job."

The two bickered all the way back to their residence. Tyrion was about to make out with Shae again, but as soon as he unbuttoned his pants, he heard another knock on the door.

Tyrion opened the door angrily, saw Varys standing outside, and cursed:

"Damn spider! You better have something important, otherwise..."

"It's an extremely important thing." Varys said seriously, "I just received the news that Margaery Tyrell has been officially engaged to Samwell Caesar in Highgarden."

Tyrion's eyes widened: "Are you kidding?"

"It is absolutely true, my good lord. And your brother Ser Jaime was forcibly taken to the Wall by the Tyrell family."

Tyrion leaned weakly against the doorframe, his eyes dull.

The next second, he jumped up suddenly and shouted:

"Bronn! Bronn! Prepare your horses! Let's go to Harrenhal!"

Harrenhal is located in the Riverlands, on the north bank of the God's Eye Lake. It is the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms.

Back then, the King of the Iron Islands and the Riverlands, "Blackheart" Harren Hall, devoted all the manpower and material resources of both realms and spent forty years to finally build this magnificent castle.

On the day it was completed, Harron proudly declared that the castle would never be conquered.

I wonder if the gods heard this mortal's arrogance and decided to teach him a lesson. On the same day that Harrenhal was built, Aegon the Conqueror Targaryen landed at the mouth of the Blackwater River.

Yes, this most magnificent castle in the Seven Kingdoms cannot be conquered by humans, but the "conqueror" has a dragon.

According to historical records, Aegon the Conqueror rode down from the sky on Balerion, the Black Death, and the roaring dragon flames turned the giant tower of Harrenhal into a candle burning in the night.

Molten stone flowed down the tower like a stream, and Harron the Blackheart, his sons, vassals, and soldiers were all burned alive in the tower.

This tower still stands like a blackened finger and is known as the "Burning King Tower".

The "little devil" Tyrion found his father, Lord Tywin, in this tower.

"This is really a terrible tomb." Tyrion complained, "Father, I heard that the ghosts of the Hall family are still wandering here. Did you hear anything when you were sleeping at night?"

Lord Tywin stared at his youngest son with his shining golden eyes:

"What are you here for?"

Tyrion poured himself a glass of wine, drank it down, took a breath, and then said:

"I have very bad news for you."

"Samwell Caesar's engagement to Margaery Tyrell?"

"You have received the news? But hasn't Harrenhal been abandoned for many years, without maesters and ravens?"

Lord Tywin shook his head expressionlessly: "I guess. Apart from this, I can't think of any worse news."

"Then what should we do now?" Tyrion was anxious, "Once Riverbend joins Stannis's side, we have no chance of winning!"

"Who told you that the Reach would join Stannis's side?" Lord Tywin asked calmly.

Tyrion was stunned for a moment, then calmed down, thought about it carefully, and finally realized:

"Do you think Riverbend will follow the example we did during the Reaver War and wait until the last moment to end!"

He paused for a moment, then frowned and said: "Then let's go and fight the northerners to death, and then let Hewan come out to clean up the mess and become the ultimate winner?"

"Of course we can't let Reach sit back and watch the show." Lord Tywin said, "So I have thrown out a bait."

"What bait?"

"Stormland."

"Stormland?" Tyrion was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "So that was your plan when you asked the king to legalize the illegitimate son of the Baratheon family! I thought you just wanted to divide the Stormland nobles... But

, Father, aren’t you worried that Hewan really took this opportunity to swallow this bait? By then we may be facing a greater threat.”

Duke Tywin remained calm and calm: "That is a poisonous bait, and the people of the River Bend will definitely pay the price for their ambition."

Tyrion stared into his father's eyes: "Poison? How do you plan to make the people of the Reach pay the price?"

Lord Tywin did not answer the question.

Tyrion shrugged and relaxed a lot: "Well, as a finance minister, I really don't have the right to interfere with military matters. In addition, I have another bad news to tell you. My good brother Jaime was taken over by the Tyrell family.

The men were escorted to guard the Great Wall."

The temperature in the room seemed to drop suddenly.

Tyrion felt that his father was not so angry even when he heard that Reach rejected his olive branch.

"I understand." Lord Tywin squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

"Actually, the Night's Watch isn't bad either." Tyrion seemed to be trying to comfort his father. "Although the Great Wall is a little colder, we have enough food and clothing. Although we can't marry, have children, and be crowned, my brother is the Kingsguard, so he can't either.

Marrying a wife, having children, and receiving a title, so he actually just changed places to work as an errand..."

Tyrion felt Lord Tywin's eyes getting colder and colder, and finally wisely closed his mouth.

"Okay, father, I won't stay here for the night." Tyrion quickly turned around, "I don't want to be visited by the ghosts of the Hall family."

After saying that, he ran away as if running away.

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The Bent Knee Pillar is said to be the place where the King of the North surrendered to Aegon the Conqueror Targaryen three hundred years ago.

This famous inn is located on the south bank of the Trident River, between Riverrun and Harrenhal. It has become a huge military camp.

The original sign of the inn showed a kneeling king, but it was torn down by the Northerners and replaced with a direwolf flag.

After retreating from Skyreach, Lord Eddard Stark thought that the Lannister family would be captured without mercy - because in his opinion, the Westerlands had no chance of winning.

When the four major families of fish, wolf, deer and eagle unite, the lion has no choice but to surrender.

What's more, they are still on the right side, and Riverbend and Dorne will definitely express their support. Under such circumstances, the Lannister family can only take the initiative to hand over the Iron Throne and seek a dignified exit.

But the development of things left the Duke of Winterfell stunned.

Not only did the Lion not give in, but he resorted to ruthless tactics and united with the Martell family to trap the armies of the Riverlands, Vale, and Stormlands in Dorne.

Before the fight even started, three families in the Fish Wolf Deer Eagle Alliance were seriously injured.

In anger, Duke Eddard did not continue to retreat to the north, but stopped on the south bank of the Trident River. While confronting Harrenhal's Western Army at a distance, he summoned the nobles from the Riverlands and the Valley to come for support.

Under the call of Lord Hoster Tully, the nobles of the Riverlands all sent out the last remaining troops of their families, except of course "the late Frey". But Duke Eddard was willing to wait for the Marquis of Luanhe City

, after all, both the opponent's troops and the location of the castle are extremely important to him.

But the valley...

"The nobles of the Vale have besieged the Eyrie?" Duke Eddard asked in disbelief.

"Yes, sir." The messenger said with certainty, "The Eagle's Nest is now surrounded by water, and I haven't been able to see Duke Robert and Lady Lysa at all."

"Who are the people besieging the city? Why did they do this?"

"It was the call initiated by Countess Anya Waynwood, and almost all the nobles in the valley responded. They condemned the Duke of the Eyrie for his silence during the previous conquest of Dorne, and his inaction now that the valley army was trapped..."

"Damn it!" Lord Eddard cursed, "The Duke of the Eyrie is only seven years old now! What do you want him to do?"

"So the spearhead of the valley nobles is actually directed at Lady Lysa, believing that she is not qualified to hold the authority of the valley and is not capable of raising the young Duke. Countess Anya asked Lady Lysa to hand over the Duke to Iron Oak City to raise him."

"You go to the Vale again." Duke Eddard ordered, "Tell Lady Anya that Robert Arryn is my adoptive father's only child and will be raised by me personally. However, she can be appointed as the guardian of the Vale. In the Eyrie City, the Duke

Until she comes of age, the Waynwood family will be in charge of the power of the valley. The only condition is that she must lead her army to the Bend of the Knees and join forces with me to defeat the false king who has usurped the Iron Throne."

"Yes." The messenger took the order and left.

Duke Eddard was about to continue eating when he saw the door open and his eldest son Robb Stark and adopted son Theon Greyjoy walked in.

"Father," Robb shouted excitedly as he entered, "I have brought another three thousand troops from the north! When will we attack the lions?"

Duke Ed suddenly frowned: "Who asked you to come?"

When Robb saw that his father's expression was wrong, he suddenly lost his initial excitement and carefully replied: "I thought you would need support, so I took it upon myself to summon some people to help."

"Go back." Duke Eddard said angrily, "As the eldest son of the Stark family, you must take charge of Winterfell."

Robb was unhappy: "Father, as long as my mother is here in Winterfell, everything will be fine. There is no way the lions can cross us and march into the north."

"Go back!" Duke Eddard said resolutely, "You are not needed here, but Winterfell is. Our enemies have never been just in the south."

Robb murmured a few times, but finally did not dare to refute his father again, and said in a low voice:

"good."

At this time, Theon Greyjoy, the adopted son of the Duke, said:

"Lord Eddard, I can go to the Iron Islands for you and convince my father to send troops to help you deal with the Lannister family."

"No need." Duke Eddard refused again, "I have already sent the raven to the Iron Islands. I believe your father will make the right choice."

Xion looked a little disappointed, hesitated, and then said:

"Then can I stay and fight for you?"

"No. You go back to Winterfell with Robb."

"Yes..." Xion lowered his head and clenched his cheeks.
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