Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 219 Secret Meeting
Daeron knew very well that discussing the expedition in public at the Great Council was just a formality, and it would be difficult for the nobles who were troubled by the issue of succession to refuse the opportunity to solve the problem and make a fortune at the same time.

As for the war.

Haha, although the knight nobles long for peace and tranquility, they have never been afraid of war.

What Daeron needs is the support of the great nobles, especially the support of the Vareses family. He discussed these things with Prince Viserys before the Great Council, but Prince Viserys was always a little "naive".

He actually wanted Varese to be the main force to go to the East Continent, strongly opposed Daeron personally leading the army to the expedition, and even disagreed with the Targaryen family sending dragon riders to participate in the war.

Daeron could only laugh it off and exclude his uncle from the final decision. Unlike Prince Viserys, his sons were very interested in the disputed land, except Prince Aegon.

Aemon and Aerion were eager to achieve great things. Even the young Maegon, who had just turned thirteen, was very interested in the expedition and stood firmly by Daeron's side.

Daeron met with the lords he really wanted to meet under the Heart Tree at Harrenhal.

The young king glanced at the lords present, they were the key to this expedition. Prince Aemon served as Daeron's guard. To Daeron, his Kingsguard was like paper in front of Prince Aemon, but Daeron could not let Aemon serve as a Kingsguard, but Aemon's sense of responsibility made him take on the responsibility of protecting the king - together with his dragon.

The Duke of the North, Cregan Stark, brought with him Earl Domeric Bolton and Earl Brandon Manderly, representing the powerful lords of the North and the 30,000 strong army of the North. After a long summer, the North has recovered its vitality. Although the sturdy northerners are not as well-equipped as the wealthy knights in the South, in terms of ferocity, the Winter Wolf Army of that year left a deep impression on people - especially the people of the riverlands and the westerlies.

Standing beside the Duke of the Westerlands, Lorien Lannister, stood his powerful vassals, the strong Earl Harold "Blood Lion", a great lord who had recently gained fame for his martial arts and generous character. He had raised a large number of knights who admired him. This Reyes even formed a "Red Lion Knights" in Castamere, with hundreds of people participating. And Earl Laurent Marbrand. The three from the Westerlands were quite close to the Northerners, but they were far away from the two leaders of the Iron Islands.

Chief Dalton Greyjoy and Chief Horus Harold stood quietly in the corner, but even "Blood Lion" Harold shuddered in fear when the "Red Sea Monster" glanced at them. Only a few nobles who had participated in the Dance with the Blood Dragons could face this sea monster calmly.

Lord Lyonel Tyrell brought Lord Wendell Rowan with him, Lord Kermit Tully was accompanied by Lord Benjicol Blackwood and Lord Forrest Frey, while Royce Baratheon and Lord Roland Clinton stood beside Lord Kermit, staying away from the two princes of Dorne.

Prince Lucerys Martell and Prince Quinlan Dayne had no taboos. Dorne was originally poor and small with a sparse population. Now that Dorne's once densely populated areas were occupied by the borderlands, Dorne had even fewer troops to mobilize. Even if the two princes recruited all their forces, they could only mobilize 10,000 soldiers at will.

Lord Joffrey Velaryon had a pleasant conversation with Lord Hugh Arryn and Lord Artis Royce.

But the most special ones among the crowd are Dan and Jacaris, who have the most respected status.

Daeron looked at the princes, handed the Blackfyre sword at his waist to Prince Aemon, picked up a weirwood branch, and began to write and draw on the ground.

"Everyone, I believe you are all aware of the difficulties the kingdom is facing now." Daeron looked at the people and drew a circle on the ground with a branch: "Just like the family motto of the Stark family." He looked at Duke Creggan: "Winter is coming, everyone. Long summer is not a matter of course. The balance that my father tried hard to maintain when he was alive cannot really solve the problem."

He drew several lines in the circle.

The princes all understood what Darren meant. The interests within the kingdom had been divided up almost completely, and the kingdom's finances could not sustain the increasing number of second, third, and youngest sons for long.

These nobles who crave land will eventually become a scourge to the kingdom. The fastest way to ease this contradiction and bring benefits to the kingdom is war.

A war against the rich Eastern Continent.

"Everyone, the result of the parliament's vote is obvious." Daeron sighed softly. "No one can resist the benefits that are within reach. Compared with the East Continent, our advantage is obvious. Among the forces fighting over the disputed lands in the East Continent, Lys has already surrendered to us. Tyrosh is our territory. Myr is seriously injured. The only one who can compete with us is Volantis."

Daeron snorted dismissively. "We have dragons."

But Volantis has never extinguished his ambition for dragons. Dan said in his heart, without showing any emotion on the surface, he just listened to Daeron's introduction calmly.

"Volantis claims to have 500,000 Tiger Cloaks, but in reality there are not many troops that can actually fight. The long period of peace has made the Volantis slack off. They now rely more on the slave legions in the Slaver's Bay and the Dothraki mercenaries."

Darren drew a few crosses on the ground. "The dragon will destroy anyone who tries to stop us. What I need is your attitude, everyone."

The young king's eyes suddenly turned cold.

With the vote in favor, it was impossible for the nobles to refuse to send troops.

Then there is only one problem.

"How many people can you send?"

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(End of this chapter)