The remnants of Oberyn's defeated army escaped from the Kingswood and fled to the seaside of Blackwater Bay. Naturally, the news reached King's Landing one step ahead.
After a fierce psychological game, Heros finally decided to send half of the soldiers of the capital guard to go to the rescue.
Now King's Landing is facing internal and external troubles. The external trouble is naturally the army of his brother Aemon, who is about to attack the city, while the internal trouble is the conservative forces led by the former Prime Minister Willas Tyrell.
Although they have not openly opposed the regent prince of Hros, they have been secretly colluding with some gray forces in King's Landing to cause harm to Hros.
What happened to Tyrion was caused by them.
Although Heros knew it well at that time, he didn't have any good solution.
After all, these people have been operating in King's Landing for a long time, and they all hold high positions. It is not difficult to kill them, it is just a matter of catching them with a knife.
However, the impact of killing these people cannot be ignored by smart people like Heros.
But now his brother Aemon's army outside has almost reached the city, and Horos himself has reached the last moment.
Now he has some reckless and crazy ideas that gradually take over.
As soon as he received the bad news, he wanted to ask Commander Xiaomei to get rid of these people directly, and then sent out the entire capital defense team.
But in the end, Heros relied on his willpower to let his reason overpower his inner madness.
He ordered to strengthen the supervision of the Prime Minister Willas Tyrell and others, and prohibited anyone from the outside world from meeting Queen Arianne.
At the same time, he ordered the Commander-in-Chief of the City Guards, ‘Iron Hand’ Jacelyn Bywater, to dispatch half of the City Guards for reinforcements.
His purpose was not to repel his brother Aemon Targaryen's army, but to successfully welcome back the old prince of Dorne.
After all, Oberyn is the backbone of the Horos army no matter what. As long as he is still alive, the morale of the army will not be too chaotic.
But just a temporary defeat was nothing. He then recuperated and waited until the armies from the North and the Riverlands arrived, completely crushing his brother Aemon's resistance.
Heros's plan was very good and ideal, but he was always confused between reality and ideals.
After all, reality will not be as perfect as a plan. It is a human being who executes his orders, and since it is a human being and not a machine, there will be loopholes and flaws.
Compared with the intelligence of his elder brother Horos, it is obvious that his younger brother Aemon understands 'people' better.
Therefore, when Horos conveyed the orders step by step, the news soon reached Queen Arianne, who had been imprisoned in Maegor's Tower and was prohibited from contact with outsiders.
A guard in the Red Keep had obviously been bribed a long time ago, and he handed all the information to Queen Arianne.
"Well, step back."
After Arianne read this note, her eyebrows slightly raised.
Then he pondered for a moment and nodded to let the spy retreat first.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The Red Castle guard did not dare to hesitate and immediately turned around and left, for fear of being noticed by others.
This information is obviously not something that a mere Red Fort guard can collect.
Instead, other spies placed under the command of Horos collected this information and compiled it, and immediately passed it on to Queen Arianne through this person's hands.
Although Arianne seems to be imprisoned in Maegor's Tower now, she is actually living a pretty good life, playing with cats, admiring flowers, and basking in the sun every day.
And there is still a huge force under her control in the outside world.
"What, Your Majesty?"
After the Red Keep guard left, Brienne Tarth, as one of the three Kingsguards staying in the Red Keep, looked at the other's leaving figure, then turned to look at Queen Arianne and asked.
road.
Because she noticed something subtle in the expression on Her Majesty the Queen's face.
This is the most obvious fluctuation in Queen Arianne's mentality since her son usurped power and was imprisoned in the Red Keep.
Although it seems that Arianne does not have much emotional ups and downs on the surface, after all, the former Princess of Dorne has been able to remain calm with honor and disgrace after sitting on the throne for decades.
Now such a performance was already a huge mood swing for Arianne, so Brienne asked curiously.
And Arianne did not hide her white knight. The loyalty of the maids and Kingsguard who were now imprisoned in Maegor's Tower with her had already been tested.
"Uncle Oberyn is back."
The black-haired beauty queen had a complicated expression on her face. She looked at the candlelight swaying slightly on the table and spoke softly.
Time has left no trace on her body. Arianne, who is now almost fifty years old, still maintains the appearance and figure of a twenty-year-old. Her skin is tight and can be broken by blows, and her figure is still tall and proud without any sagging.
Viserys's magical power helped his three wives stay young forever.
"Prince Oberyn?"
"What? Didn't it mean that he lost a battle in Highgarden?"
Brienne was a little confused when she heard Arianne's words and asked.
In fact, the news from the outside world has long been no obstacle to Arianne. Arianne received the news a long time ago that her uncle, Prince Oberyn, was defeated in Highgarden. It was said that the losses were very heavy and the entire army was almost annihilated.
Now they are retreating towards King's Landing.
At that time, Arianne was still very relieved and had one more drink in the evening.
After all, much of the credit for his being under house arrest was due to his uncle Oberyn's betrayal.
But now Her Majesty the Queen's face clearly shows worry?
The female knight in white was puzzled, but Arianne had a complicated expression and did not explain too much. She gently placed the note in her hand on the candle and burned it, and finally turned into a ball of ashes.
Still the prophecy of the man from the east
Viserys brought back an envoy from the Golden Celestial Empire from the Eastern Continent, who came to him with seven prophecies. Then he stayed in Westeros far away from his hometown forever, and now serves as the Grand Steward of the Red Keep.
However, after the coup launched by Helos, the Easterner Xu Ying was also placed under house arrest.
During the Horos coup, Arianne originally wanted to resist resolutely, but it was Xu Ying's persuasion that made Arianne change her mind and open the door of the Red Keep to peacefully transfer power.
Now that she has received the latest information from the outside world, Arianne immediately remembered one of Xu Ying's seven prophecies.
A big battle broke out between the two armies on the seaside, and the two armies were fighting inextricably.
Two elderly commanders also went into battle in person, and eventually ended with one of the commanders falling off his horse and dying.