Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.
Chapter 254: Targaryen Victory
Chapter 254: Targaryen Victory
Barrowtown is one of the important towns in the North, located in the snowy plains of the Barrowtowns of the Ancients. Two rivers flowing south to the Saltspear Beach naturally protect the town in the east, west and south. There is a bridge over the river at the slow-flowing part, but if faced with an attack, you only need to defend the arrow tower behind the bridge, or destroy the bridge if that doesn't work. The attacker can only attack from the hills in the north. The northern wall of Barrowtown is the strongest part.
The Dustin family's home castle, Barrow Hall, stands in the town. It is a hub in the southwestern part of the North that connects the relatively fertile lands of the North's Streamlands, Rocky Coast, and Bright Flame Bay. The lords of the North often gather here when they are summoned to gather their troops and march south.
Although this place is nearly a hundred leagues away from Moat Cailin, the distance is not much different from Moat Cailin to Winterfell.
So after the capture of Moat Cailin, the Targaryens, the Vale, and the Iron Islanders pretending to be northerners, this strange combination did not march north to Winterfell, but instead came to surround Barrowton. This was something the Dustin family knights who stayed behind in Barrowton had not expected.
Lady Barbare Rycewell, the head of the Dustin family, has taken half of the main vassals of Barrowton and two-thirds of the troops to Winterfell to attend the wedding of Ramsay Bolton, the illegitimate son who was made legitimate by Roose Bolton, and "Arya Stark". The person in charge in the city now is an old knight Rycewell.
There is no other way. The Dustin family has died out. Lady Barbaree is now the heir of the Dustin family. As a woman inheriting her husband's family, she must rely on her family. However, more than a decade later, Lady Barbaree has now established herself in the Dustin family, is in control of the situation, has the final say in the family, and has real power. Because of this, she has now become the target of the Bolton family's efforts to maintain its rule in the North and an important pillar.
And if Barrowton fell, then there is no doubt that the coalition army would not march to Winterfell, but would continue westward to the streamlands and attack the territory of the Lacewell family.
"Attack the enemy where they must be rescued. Your Majesty's strategic vision really opened my eyes."
Aegon looked at Sansa Stark who was speaking. She was standing beside him, and together with him, they were high up in the snowy foothills, overlooking the town and fortress of Barrowton.
"That's right." Sansa was praising the king, but Aegon was quite proud of it. He said smugly, "Uncle King knows the North far more than mortals can imagine. Do your lords in the Vale have anything to say now?"
"Please forgive their previous rudeness, Your Majesty Aegon. They don't know enough about the real situation in the North, so they think that attacking Winterfell first is the fastest and most effective way." Sansa behaved like a proper noble lady at this moment.
Aegon didn't know where this fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in front of him learned it, but the maturity she showed and the look as if she could control the situation were still a little immature, which showed that Sansa Stark was learning politics and military affairs on the spot.
Sir Jon Connington had long discovered that the Vale army actually did not obey Sansa, but rather Lynn Corbray, who was also vaguely related to Petyr Baelish, the husband of Lady Lysa of the Vale, who was supposed to save Sansa from Winterfell and the "Lord of Harrenhal not recognized by the Targaryens" - of course, their relationship was not obvious. But Jon Connington was very experienced and saw the clues. However, now that Aegon was the nominal commander-in-chief of the coalition, as long as they were obedient, Aegon would not investigate even if they had any secret thoughts in secret.
Aegon really lived up to Viserys' trust and made great achievements in the North. Now he completely followed Viserys' second letter - this letter was sent from Deepwood Motte-Torrhen's Square with two good horses dying in the snow.
Originally, Aegon not only united the lords in the western part of the North as planned, but also persuaded Asha Greyjoy to temporarily represent the Glover family in the expedition as a foreign soldier, and even completed it better than Viserys expected. In addition to the lords in the western part of the North, he also sent lobbyists from the Glover and Mormont families to the Finger of Flintling to persuade the Flint family of Flint's Finger and the Flint family of Flint's Cliff. Speaking of which, the Flint family is also a family with a wide range of branches in the North. You can find at least five Flint families in the North.
After the Red Wedding, Flint, the Finger of Flint, was ready to respond to Roose Bolton's call. But after receiving Targaryen's "Letter to the Northern Lords", he became cautious and verbally agreed to Bolton's invitation, but he was reluctant to leave for Winterfell.
The Fitterlings were a small family, located in a remote area. Even though they were on good terms, the Duke of the North was too far away to punish him, so he was left until the situation became clear. As soon as the messenger sent by Aegon arrived, the two Fitterlings in the south of Bright Flame Bay immediately raised the long-prepared dragon flag and Stark flag.
When everything was ready, Aegon turned his attention to Moat Cailin.
To be honest, the capture of Moat Cailin was almost a foregone conclusion, because Aegon relied on Mormont, Glover, and Asha to make his moves in the North at the beginning. Especially Asha, she cooperated very well and released the small nobles and knights from Dragonhorn and the Stoney Shore who were originally under Deepwood Motte, and created momentum to attack Winterfell from Wolfswood.
But the truth was that they secretly entered the Bay of Flames with the help of the ships of the Mormont family and Greyjoy, and also won over Flint.
The attack on Moat Cailin was a surprise attack.
They couldn't even find Lacewell in the Streamlands, let alone Winterfell?
What is even more coincidental is that because the Twins of Family Frey were under siege, Aenys Frey and Hosteen Frey, who were originally sent by Family Frey to the North to assist Bolton in regaining the North, led their troops south to provide assistance. After Moat Cailin was recaptured by Bolton from the ironmen, it was Bolton and his Frey allies who jointly defended it.
Frey's migration southwards left Moat Cailin even emptier.
And Frey, who was heading south, happened to encounter the unexpected troops from the Valley.
It originally seemed that it would take a long time and the outflanking attack on Moat Cailin lasted less than three days before Aegon opened up the waterway and the north. Not only did he capture the fortress, but he also cut off the Frey's retreat to the south, achieving a better effect than expected.
When the allied forces gathered in the wilderness north of Moat Cailin, almost everyone talked about attacking Winterfell.
Even Jon Connington, after seeing the strength of the coalition forces, felt that the next stop would undoubtedly be Winterfell.
It was at this time that Viserys's urgent letter was delivered to the allied camp by knights from House Glover, who killed two horses.
This letter was like a bucket of cold water poured over Aegon's head, finally sobering up his heated mind.
After an in-depth discussion with his most experienced Ser Jon Connington, they realized that if they attacked Winterfell directly, with their current strength, they would most likely face the dilemma of Arya attacking the Twins in the south.
Their main force is the exiled knights of the Golden Company who followed them in the hope of establishing their own achievements and restoring their family in Westeros. Mormont, Glover, and Greyjoy are all second-tier allies, and the knights of the Vale clearly saw that the situation was becoming clearer, and wanted to take the opportunity to establish contact with the Targaryens and beat the fallen Targaryens at the same time.
If the siege failed and the situation got stalemate, Leswell and Dustin in the west would cut off their retreat, and with winter approaching, there might be no way out.
Viserys's letter clearly pointed them to a clear path. The Ryswells, the Dustins, and the Boltons were not united, and in fact, they had completely surrounded the Dustins and Ryswells.
Turning around to attack the Wasteland Tomb Village and the Stream Land, although it may seem a bit petty, it is definitely a sound strategy.
Lacewell and Dustin could not sit idly by and watch their family being attacked, and Bolton could not allow his allies to be attacked.
"Attack the enemy where they must rescue, and a field battle with Bolton is the best situation that can be achieved."
That's the truth.
So now, the coalition alliance formed by Aegon is acting according to Viserys's strategy.
As expected, they surrounded Barrowton and only symbolically shot the ravens sent out by the town for help. However, after a few days, the scouts they sent out had already learned that Winterfell and the Riverlands were sending troops.
Bolton, Lacewell, and Dustin of Winterfell have a total of 4,000 troops, and are heading south from the Kingsroad. Depending on the direction, a part of the troops are heading towards Torrhen's Square - Winterfell believes that this is the northern supply line of the coalition forces.
The headquarters of the Lacewell family in the Streamlands were also gathering the remaining troops and new recruits, about 1,500 people, coming from the west. Originally, Asha Greyjoy suggested that the Ironmen harass the coast of the Streamlands to prevent the Streamlands from attacking, but considering the conflict between the Northerners and the Ironmen, Aegon did not agree.
At the same time, there seemed to be unusual movements in the Manderly family of White Harbor, gathering about a thousand soldiers and horses and seemingly preparing to march to the Bay of Cailin - Manderly's son was in the hands of Bolton, and his eldest son, Ser Wylis, was captured at the Red Wedding.
Previously, Aegon had sent people to White Harbor to surrender, but the messenger was imprisoned and was said to be being taken away by three Freys and escorted to Winterfell. In Aegon's view, the Manderly family would stand on the side of Bolton, and now he was going to help Bolton cut off the coalition's southern supply line.
Speaking of which, Viserys's letter still asked Aegon to try to contact Manderly. But in the current situation, he could only assume that the news that the Manderly family imprisoned the Targaryen envoy had not yet reached the king's ears.
Alas, Aegon could only say that there were things his uncle could not take into account after all.
Now the people who remain guarding Moat Cailin are the people of the Vale. To show his sincerity, Aegon returned Moat Cailin intact to Sansa of the Stark family. But I wonder if they can hold on to it.
However, Aegon's most important supply line was neither Torrhen's Square nor the Kingsroad controlled by the fortress of Moat Cailin, but the Ironborn fleet on the Stone Coast - the Bay of Bright Flame. As long as he could ensure that the line along Saltspear Bank was not cut off, he would not be afraid of a confrontation with Bolton.
Aegon thought for a moment and looked at the light snow falling in the sky. "Speaking of which, we are now attacked from both sides. Lady Sansa, aren't you worried? Our coalition forces are said to be 7,000, but we can only deploy 5,000 troops in the field. Roose Bolton is coming with great force. If we attack from three sides, we should have 6,000 to 7,000 troops. We have the advantage in numbers."
Sansa replied: "I don't know much about military affairs, but Your Highness, I see that you don't seem to be very worried. You are the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, and you are not worried, so why should I be worried?"
Aegon smiled and said, "My uncle warned me that in a war in Westeros, attacking from multiple sides will often result in each side being attacked, and it is easy to be defeated one by one. In this case, don't wait for the enemy to gather. While their fists are clenched together, find one to beat down first, and then you can deal with it calmly."
"Your Majesty's words are very easy to understand. I think Your Majesty must be a king with extraordinary wisdom and ability."
"Of course. Uncle conquered Dragonstone with only two hundred men and one dragon."
Sansa discovered that when she talked to Aegon about King Viserys, Aegon would start talking and talk nonstop. However, in fact, what Aegon said was just a bunch of nonsense and he rarely revealed the truth.
In the past, Sansa would not have realized that Aegon was actually fooling her most of the time, and she would have been attracted by his handsome appearance and decent royal demeanor. But after experiencing so much, Sansa would no longer easily believe the legends in the ballads, but would be more realistic. She could realize that Aegon was trying to control the valley army by influencing her, just like Littlefinger and Ser Lyn were doing the same thing.
After seeing what Littlefinger did when he was fighting with the lords in the valley, Sansa had already realized that one of her and Arya would definitely be engaged to Aegon in the future. That was why she agreed to Littlefinger's secret encouragement and met Aegon first.
She wanted to find out what kind of person Aegon was, and she was afraid that she or Arya would have to face someone as terrible as Joffrey in the future.
Now Sansa has "known" and "learned" how to demonstrate her own value: "I think, Your Highness, I think I can let the Knights of the Vale take the opportunity to cross the Fever River and intercept Leswell. What do you think?"
Suddenly, Sansa turned the subject to practical matters.
Aegon paused, and glanced at Sansa, who seemed to have something in mind, with his purple eyes: "Do you think we should attack Leswell first?"
"Leswell has few soldiers. Scouts report that there are only 1,500 of them, including new recruits." Sansa said, "They need to cross the river to come to support Barrowton. We can ambush a group of troops in the Heat Wave River and attack them halfway across the river to repel them first. As a Stark, I can follow this group of troops to persuade the river towns and fishermen at the river mouth to surrender. We only need a thousand elite soldiers."
Aegon listened patiently, then asked, "But what if they do not cross the river, but stay on the other side and wait and see, waiting for the Boltons to reach their designated location before crossing the river?"
Sansa memorized the battle plan from Lynn Corbray and Littlefinger's discussion. She hadn't thought of the practical details, and was stuck. However, Aegon still gave her a way out with grace: "But your proposal actually coincides with my plan, Sansa. Since you put forward your opinion first, I can also tell you the truth. I also plan to attack Leswell first. We sent scouts in advance. Since we have mastered the enemy's military movements, there is no reason to watch them march according to the plan. However."
Aegon suddenly looked troubled.
Sansa asked, "But?"
Aegon sighed, "Lady Sansa, this matter may require the help of Asha Greyjoy. I think, now that we are in the dark and Leswell is in the light, why don't we take advantage of the siege to send some troops across the river? Think about it, if you were Leswell, could you imagine that we would appear on the other side of the river to launch a surprise attack on them? And this requires Greyjoy's ship. But I also know that between Stark and Greyjoy. I want to hear your opinion."
"This Greyjoy?" Sansa said in distress.
"Of course, if you can't decide, we might as well write a letter to Lord Arya, and you and the two Starks can discuss it together."
"I'm afraid Arya won't agree." Sansa shook her head. It's better to say that "mother" won't agree than to say that Arya won't agree. Sansa met her "inhuman" mother Catelyn at Arya's place. She felt sorry for her mother, but Sansa knew that Arya and her uncle Edmure were also dissatisfied with their strong mother. So after the killing of prisoners, if their mother would rather die than leave the Twins, they would have considered sending her back to Riverrun.
Even though her mother is like that now, Sansa doesn't know whether Arya will consider her mother's feelings.
Sansa and Arya still have a weak relationship, even though now the Stark family is "only" the two sisters, but Sansa has never really opened up to Arya. Having suffered enough in the Twins, Arya can now try to contact some decent Freys, so how can she put aside the dispute with Asha Greyjoy.
Arya will only ask for Theon Greyjoy's head - even though Theon is "dead", Arya is willing to negotiate as long as Asha promises to offer Theon's head with both hands.
Just like when Arya proposed to demand the heads of the Frey family members during the negotiations with the Frey family, her attitude was there, and she would try to talk about other things later. Edmure's Frey bride was pregnant, and Arya and Edmure were playing the good role of the good guy and the bad guy respectively. They even tried to persuade those upright Freys to respond from within during the contacts, on the condition that only the main culprit would be executed, and those who committed minor crimes would be judged by the third party Targaryen. At the same time, they promised to guarantee that the Frey family would be stripped of their titles and pay compensation in order to continue. Unfortunately, the situation was disrupted by "Lady Stoneheart".
Aegon sighed slightly, "Since Stark is unwilling, I express my respect on behalf of the Targaryens. Then, I think we can only settle for the second best and stop Manderly first. But Manderly would rather imprison the Targaryen envoy for his son. I believe he is determined to fight to the death. My uncle said, 'It is foolish to fight against soldiers who are determined to die. The correct way is to drag them to death and wear down their will.' He was describing the wildlings who went south to survive, but I think it is appropriate to use it to describe the army of the Manderly family now. And Manderly is on the great plains, and they may withdraw to White Harbor at any time."
"Your Highness, can you give me some time to think about it?" Aegon replied gracefully: "Of course."
Around dusk, Sansa found Aegon again: "Your Highness, I want to speak to Asha Greyjoy."
Aegon was overjoyed in his heart, but his face remained calm, imitating what he had learned from his uncle and Stannis. "Do you want me to be a witness?"
Sansa shook her head. "Just chatting."
Aegon said: "Okay, Lady Sansa, I will arrange this for you."
In any case, although the hatred seems to be deep-rooted, the two families, which can actually be traced back to individuals and have room for reconciliation, have already taken the first step.
This is the aristocracy of Westeros. Even the two families of Blackwood and Bracken, who have accumulated hatred for thousands of years, occasionally sit down to talk. When the blood feud comes to the representative of the current family, it still depends on the individual's character and the current political situation.
Judging from the results, the private chat between Sansa and Asha did not end very happily. The two sides did not reach any general consensus on the relationship between the two families and the territorial disputes. They only temporarily reached a limited paid cooperation in the name of "United Front of the North to Fight against the White Walkers" proposed by King Targaryen on behalf of Prince Aegon. Asha continued to exist as a guest soldier of the Glover family. Sansa acknowledged this and recognized this "guest soldier" in the name of the North.
No matter how complicated and treacherous the politics were, they finally reached a consensus on tactics, that is, Sansa led the knights of the Vale to cross the river and launch a surprise attack on Leswell with the help of foreign soldiers.
The person who can deal with Lacewell and make the civilians in the local towns not resist, harass, interfere, or betray their whereabouts is obviously Sansa Stark. Although the Lacewell and Dustin families are at odds with Stark, the civilians in the North still recognize the name Stark. Stark's 8,000 years of rule in the North is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Lacewell and Stark have only had conflicts in the past decade or so. In the final analysis, Lady Barbaree and the Lacewell family were cheated by the Stark family. After Eddard Stark's victory, they did not get any benefits and lost a generation of the family in vain.
As expected, the coalition forces of Aegon and Stark were cautious about their lives in siege battles, but they were not vague at all in field battles and were daring to fight.
The scouts grasped the enemy's movements and launched a surprise attack. Two days later, Sansa and the Knights of the Vale staged a beautiful ambush west of the Heat Wave River and defeated Leswell's slowly advancing 1,500 troops.
The incident happened suddenly, and the army of the Leswell family was defeated before they could even react to who the enemy was.
As a large number of soldiers became prisoners, they realized that Sansa Stark had led the Knights of the Vale across the Fever River to ambush them.
Just as Sansa was winning, news came that Torrhen's Square had been captured by Bolton's troops.
Torrhen's Square is the castle of House Tallhart, but the patriarch and soldiers of House Tallhart were all killed in the crownland by Roose Bolton. At that time, Bolton wanted to withdraw his troops in Harrenhal, but he first sent Ser Herman Tallhart of House Tallhart to lead his family troops to attack Duskendale. The elite of House Tallhart, including patriarch Herman himself, died in the Battle of Duskendale.
When the Ironborn invaded, Torrhen's Square was occupied by the Ironborn. The city walls were damaged, and the acting lord of the family was killed. Only some surviving Tauhar were captured by the Ironborn. After Aegon arrived, he exchanged these Tauhar from Asha in the name of prisoner exchange and supported a new Earl of Tauhar, but he did not live in the ruined Torrhen's Square, but in Deepwood Motte. The only ironborn in Torrhen's Square was Dagmer, who was reluctant to leave, and this man did not even listen to Asha.
Now that Dagmer was defeated and killed in Torrhen's Square, it was a good thing for everyone. Bolton took Torrhen's Square and "cut off" the coalition's northern supply line. Asha lost a burden who would oppose her, and the North took back Torrhen's Square from the Ironborn. Everyone has a bright future.
As the Aegon and Bolton coalitions each used their own tactics to take the first city, the head-on confrontation between the two sides was gradually approaching.
The Ancestral Tombs is a vast hilly plain area with flat terrain and few rivers.
This means that on this battlefield, scouts from both sides can easily discover the marching movements of both sides, so the final decisive battle will definitely be held in a place that both sides consider ideal.
Five days later, the Bolton coalition and Aegon's coalition were in their respective positions.
Ten miles east of Huangzhongtun and about fifteen miles northeast of the large lake south of Torunfangcheng is a large plain where the two sides' troops finally deployed for confrontation.
Roose personally led Bolton, Dustin, Lacewell, and Karstark, a total of 4,000 troops, and camped in the hills near the King's Road in the northeast of the plains.
Aegon led the Golden Company, the coalition of the Northern and Western lords, and Stark's Vale troops, a total of 5,000 troops, and camped in the southwest of the plain, with their backs against the snow-capped mountains.
It seemed that Aegon had the advantage in numbers, but in fact, he had to send people to keep an eye on the situation in Barrowtown after the siege troops withdrew.
The two sides did not fight immediately. They were both waiting for the same information, that is, in the direction of Kalin Bay, the Mandalay army and the Kalin Bay defenders reported two days ago that the vanguards had already engaged in close combat.
Of course, it goes without saying that there were constant frictions between the scouts of both sides during this period.
On this day, intelligence on the results of the battle in the South arrived at the military camps of both sides at the same time.
And on the evening of that day, Roose Bolton's declaration of war was delivered to Aegon's army.
Aegon sat on a high seat in the central tent, holding a letter of challenge and asked, "Roose Bolton has sent us a letter of challenge, threatening us with a decisive battle tomorrow. How do we fight him?"
"It seems that the news we received today is true. The Manderly army won the Battle of Bay of Cailin and is heading north along the King's Road to provide support." Sir Clinton said.
"Impossible, the news may be wrong. The ones left in the Bay of Cailin are the main force of House Arryn, Ser Donal Waynwood. Arya has also sent Ser Andar Royce to the north to provide support. How could they be defeated by a mere Manderly? I suggest that we do not fight first, but hold on here and send scouts to find out the truth." Lynn Corbray continued.
This world is essentially a makeshift team. Even the Vale Knights have a complex composition. The knights sent by the Vale in the name of "House of Arryn" have their own factions. For example, Lynn Corbray is actually in cahoots with Littlefinger, while Donnell Waynwood is used to suppress the dissenting voices of the Vale lords.
Most of the Vale coalition forces that had stood with Royce and were about to go to war before the "Arryn family" responded were under the command of Donal Waynwood. Once they entered the North, these troops were instigated by Littlefinger and were excluded by Sansa, just like the troops of Royce's family - they were accused of being arrogant and untrustworthy speculators.
In fact, Sansa was brainwashed by Littlefinger and she couldn't control these people. Otherwise, with the reputation of the Knights of the Bloody Gate, how could they be arranged to stay in Moat Cailin?
This was a dispute within the Vale, and Aegon did not get involved, but he still said, "Since the other party has invited us to fight, they must have been prepared. Our response is just a superficial effort. Although we have built our camp on the mountain, there are no giant trees or bricks in this wasteland, and the so-called camp is not a real solid fortress. Tomorrow when the other party attacks, it is just a matter of choosing where to fight. There is no way to avoid a fight by avoiding it."
Sir Lynn replied: "Then, according to your Highness?"
Aegon was about to answer, but thought for a moment and looked at Connington in his tent.
Ser Lynn was an old warrior who had fought on the battlefield, so he certainly understood what Aegon had just said. Aegon had already realized that the other party was not talking about the situation at all, but was shirking possible battle arrangements.
Aegon already understood that the knights of the Vale under Sansa's command were worried that he, the nominal leader of the coalition forces, would play tricks on the battlefield and assign unreasonable combat tasks to them.
Previously, Sansa had secured the mission to stop the raid on Leswell, but her own troops were not dispatched. It seemed that because of this incident, the Knights of the Vale believed that Aegon was making things difficult for them. Except for him and Sansa, Aegon failed to reach mutual trust with the Knights of the Vale.
There was no way, these were borrowed troops, even though Aegon respected Sansa and wanted her to take the opportunity to gain some prestige in the Vale army. But Sansa did not seem to gain the hearts of the Vale knights from this free victory over the Lacewell tribe.
Clinton was well-informed, so how could he not have heard it? So when Aegon looked at him, he immediately responded, "Your Highness, please allow me to lead our troops as the vanguard tomorrow and show you the sharp edge. As for the gentlemen under your command, please be the reserve."
Sir Lynn could hear Clinton's sarcasm, and his old face turned red, but he quickly covered it up: "Sir Jon is famous, and with you as the vanguard, my knights of the Vale are willing to lead the battle for you."
Asha Greyjoy curled her lips. If it were usual, she would have made a few sarcastic remarks, but now she knew that it was better for her to say less in this situation.
But the Lord of House Mormont, Alysanne Mormont, had a hot temper: "This is a battle in the North. Don't we have anyone left in the North? Lady Sansa, Lord Aegon, please place the knights of House Mormont in the vanguard. House Mormont is willing to be the tip of the sword in the North."
Alysanne called her Sansa first and then Aegon. For a moment, the northern lords were quite excited, and they looked at Sansa who was sitting at the head seat among the knights of the Vale.
Sir Lynn shut his mouth, his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart.
Sansa sat up straight for a moment, but when she looked at the knights of the Vale led by Ser Lynn, she felt torn and didn't know what to do.
Seeing this, Aegon took out the name of justice: "This battle is not only a battle for the North, but also a battle for the whole of Westeros. As the Stark family said: 'Winter is coming'. There is a crisis of white walkers on the Great Wall, and even the wildlings can fight against the white walkers and submit to the command of the Night's Watch. However, Roose Bolton occupied the King's Road in the North for his own selfish interests, and did not think about making way for the country, the people, the North, and the survival of the whole territory, or going north to fight against the aliens. The white crows of the Citadel have arrived, not that winter is coming, but that winter has come. When we deal with Bolton, we should not only think about personal hatred, but also consider the voice of my uncle Viserys calling on the world to fight against the Long Night. Lord Mormont, you said that this is a battle for the North, which is true, but I want to say that this is not only a battle for the North, but also a battle for the whole world. So there is no need to care about you and me. Now that I am the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, I will make the decision."
Then Aegon named, "Ser Jon Connington!"
Clinton cooperated: "Jon Clinton, listen to my orders!"
"I order your 1,000 men to be the vanguard, and to serve as the spearheads of our army tomorrow."
"Yes!"
Then, Aegon called out the names of the northern lords: "Lord Alysanne Mormont, Ser Lynar Glover, Ser Armand Tallhart, Ser Donald Flint"
The northern lords followed Clinton's lead and obeyed in a stern voice: "Yes!"
"Your tribes in the north are familiar with each other. You will form a coalition tomorrow and be responsible for the left wing." After seeing the battlefield, everyone in the tent already knew that the left wing was a low-lying terrain, which meant that although it was not an offensive, it might suffer a disadvantage when charging on the battlefield.
But Aegon's troops were responsible for taking on the toughest responsibilities. They already knew the determination and will of this prince: "Yes!"
Then, Aegon looked in the direction of the Vale knights: "Lords of the Vale, Ser Lynn Corbray."
At this point, Lynn Cobbray had nothing to say and could only answer, "Yes! Please take charge of the right wing in tomorrow's decisive battle!" From their inspection of the battlefield over the past few days, they knew that the right wing had the upper hand here. The terrain was slightly higher and flat, which was suitable for cavalry charges, surveying the battle situation, and finally reaping the benefits.
"Ms. Asha, please ask your guest troops to stay in the camp and send some troops to help our army guard the direction of the southern King's Road."
Asha frowned slightly: "Yes."
Eventually, someone asked, “Is this appropriate?”
It's Jon.
Like a double act, Aegon replied, "Don't worry, Ser Jon. It's very suitable. Lady Sansa, please take charge of the center of the army tomorrow. Lady Asha, please lend me more than a hundred swordsmen to accompany me. I will follow Ser Jon, be the sword of our army, and pave the way for victory!"
When these words came out, everyone in the room was really shocked: "This!"
Sansa asked hesitantly, "Your Highness is going to lead the charge personally?"
You know, this so-called coalition army, although they say they are fighting for Stark, is actually brought together by the Targaryen flag. If something unexpected happens to Aegon, the situation in the north that has just become clear may be in turmoil.
Aegon said resolutely, "Since the founding of our Targaryen family, there has not been a commander who has not been on the battlefield in person. In the Battle of Dragonstone and the Battle of the West, my uncle rode on Grimrock and led the way. My father also went to the front line in person. Why can't I do the same? It doesn't make sense. I have made up my mind. Tomorrow's battle, if we win head-on, we will win the whole battle. I hope you will work hard. I look forward to seeing you at the victory banquet after tomorrow's battle!"
Jon Connington led the atmosphere: "The King must win! The Targaryens must win! Your Highness must win!"
At once, everyone in the tent shouted, "The King will win! Targaryen will win! Your Highness will win!"
Amid the thundering roar of the tent, Sansa could not help but look towards Aegon, her mind in turmoil. For a moment, those heroic songs that she had abandoned in her heart seemed to be sung again in her ears.
(End of this chapter)
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