Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King
Chapter 453: soldiers approaching the cityChapter 453 Soldiers approaching the city
When King's Landing was in chaos, Samwell was still waiting for his army to cross the river by the Blackwater River.
At this time, the army that came to the north bank has exceeded 100,000 people, but only about half of the key logistics has been transported.
I have to say that the speed of transportation by pontoon bridge alone is much slower than expected.
Fortunately, Samwell is not in a hurry.
Now the number of troops crossing the river has reached a sufficient scale. Even if Lannister goes back and forth and tries his best, he will never be able to win on land.
But on the water...
Since we obtained information from Tidehead Island and learned that the Stormland Fleet fought the Iron Fleet and the Braavos Fleet in Blackwater Bay, there has been no new news.
Calculating the time, this naval battle should have ended.
Of course, even if the Stormland Fleet is defeated, the impact on the current situation will be limited.
While waiting, Samwell did nothing.
He successively sent several armies to occupy nearby villages and towns, and at the same time controlled the two main roads leading to King's Landing, the Golden Road and the King's Road.
Apart from King's Landing, there are no strong fortresses in this area. The only troublesome thing is the castle of the Harvard family.
However, when a partial division arrived at Fort Harvard, the defenders in the city surrendered with little resistance.
As news of victory came back one after another, the Riverside camp gradually fell into a frenzied and eager mood.
Both nobles and soldiers are extremely eager to march as soon as possible, capture King's Landing, and start a new dynasty.
On the contrary, Samwell still looked like he was not in a hurry, and he never gave the order for the final march.
After passing through the initial frenzy, the nobles calmed down and praised His Majesty the Storm King for his composure.
In fact, Samwell really didn't just want to be safe, but at the moment he himself was shrouded in a kind of complicated emotion, and he was a little worried about gains and losses.
So Samwell did not show ecstasy when he learned that Varys had successfully completed the task.
On the contrary, I was shocked by all the dramatic accidents in the assassination process...
"So Tywin was killed by Tyrion, but Loras was responsible?" Samwell tried to conclude after listening to the report.
"Yes." Mario nodded, "Now Tyrion temporarily controls King's Landing as the first heir to Tywin, but the northern nobles don't obey him very much, and the quarrels in the throne room have never stopped. Moreover, the order in the city is getting worse and worse, with hungry mobs constantly making riots. Lord Varys told me that Tyrion actually wants peace talks, but he can't unify the voices of the Lannister family, let alone subdue the northern nobles."
Samwell immediately realized that it would be very beneficial for him to let Tyrion control the Lannister family.
First of all, compared to Tywin, Tyrion is actually more gentle, has no ambitions, and does not pose much threat to Samwell.
More importantly, although Loras was responsible for Tywin's death, Samwell has the evidence that Tyrion killed his father.
With this handle that can ruin Tyrion's reputation, Samwell can easily manipulate this person.
So, rubbing his chin, he asked:
"What are the differences within the Lannister family?"
"The main reason is that the Queen Mother Cersei did not recognize Tyrion's inheritance rights, and she insisted on fighting to the end. However, to be honest, there are not many people who support the Queen Mother, and most Lannisters don't want to fight anymore."
"Because the Lannisters who insisted on fighting are basically dead." Samwell curled his lips and asked again, "What about the northern nobles? What do they think?"
"They care more about their titles. For example, Roose Bolton of Dreadfort, whose title of Duke and Guardian of the North was given by the Lannister family. He is worried that if you control King's Landing, whether his status will be guaranteed. Others like the Waywood family in the valley and the Frey family in the riverlands have similar concerns."
The corners of Samwell's mouth turned up, and he said with a little disdain:
"They still want to negotiate terms with me?"
"Yes." Mario said, "Now that your army has come to King's Landing, Duke Tywin is dead, and the northern nobles know that they cannot defend against your advance. So as long as you send envoys to the city and give the northern nobles a peace of mind, they should agree to surrender."
"Yes." Samwell summoned an envoy and ordered, "Go into the city and tell the nobles in the city that as long as they are willing to lay down their weapons and surrender to me, I can pardon all their previous crimes. But titles and titles, they are not qualified to bargain with me.
I will give them three days to think about it, and after three days, the army will start attacking the city. "
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