The nascent sunshine shines through the lingering clouds and mist in the valley. The Moon Tower is the tallest tower in the Gate of the Moon, so it is also the location with the best view in the castle. Whenever there is nothing to do, Gao Yuan will

I like to lie down on the white stone carved balcony in the room, overlooking the beautiful valley in front of me.

Under the morning light, the emerald green forests, sky blue rivers and golden fields all appeared lazily. The golden light shone on the top of the snow-capped Giant's Spear Mountains behind him, and the mountain tops that were covered with snow all year round were like

It is the legendary pyramid.

Looking from the bottom of the valley where the Gates of the Moon is located to the top of the mountain, the Eagle's Nest City, standing on the shoulders of the majestic Giant's Spear, looks so small. And when they look from the Eagle's Nest City to the bottom of the valley, the place they are currently standing in

The Gates of the Moon is so small.

Outside the castle, the soldiers from the Eastern Border also came out of their tents. The tents of different colors were closely connected. They were like a long snake that started in front of the gate of the Gate of the Moon and extended infinitely to the east. It was almost impossible to see at a glance.

At the end, the soldiers were coming and going between the tents, like densely packed ants on an anthill.

The Earl of Little Hunter brought him 3,000 cavalry and nearly 8,000 infantry from the Longbow Hall. When this team marched in column to the gate of the Gates of the Moon, the spear points in the hands of the soldiers were illuminated by the morning sun.

The cold light reflected below. This was the last batch of troops to arrive, and other lords had already arrived with their troops.

Ser Nestor Royce is currently working with Maester Cormon to arrange a camp location for this newly arrived team. He and 6,000 soldiers under Gao Yuan are stationed in front of the Gate of the Moon, responsible for maintaining the canyon.

The order here. The princes from the six towns who came to respond to Gao Yuan's call this time each brought him more than 10,000 elites. In addition to the lords who came from small families to respond to the call, the canyon has already gathered at this moment.

More than 80,000 elite soldiers.

After a simple wash, Gao Yuan, accompanied by Mia Shidong, came to the city wall of the Gate of the Moon Castle. The lords who were familiar with Gao Yuan in front of the castle enthusiastically greeted him on the city wall and faced the lords.

His enthusiasm and enthusiasm also waved to them.

Staring at the faces below, Gao Yuan could clearly name each of them:

Beneda Bellmore, Earl of Hongge City, whose family had previously provided Gaoyuan with a steady stream of iron ore; Sir Simon Temperton, knight of Nine Star City; Lord Horton Redford of Red Base

, his third son Jon is a member of his bodyguard; Anya Waywood, Countess of Ironoak City, her second son is currently the Bloodgate Knight who is responsible for guarding the gate of Arryn Valley.

Jerwood Hunter - people always like to call him "Little Hunter", he is the Earl of Longbow Hall; Lord Yorn Royce Gao Yuan is naturally familiar with him, he is one of the lords of the six towns.

The most powerful person in the world, the famous Earl of Runestone City, is the cousin of Sir Nestor and the head of the Royce family.

The lords of these important towns in front of them are Gao Yuan's staunchest supporters. Ever since Bronze Jon tried Lysa Tully in his castle, they all now respect him very much.

Ever since Gao Yuan summoned them through Bachelor Ke Meng, they had rushed here with their troops without saying a word, and each came to Gao Yuan and vowed to fight for themselves and the valley.

When Gao Yuan told them that the targets he wanted to conquer this time were the Lannister family in the West and the newly appointed King Joffrey, none of these lords raised any objections.

However, the statement released by Gao Yuan did not mention King Joffrey at all. He only asked the Lannister family to stop disrupting the government of King's Landing and unconditionally release the former Prime Minister and his two children who were imprisoned and detained by them.

daughter.

After Gao Yuan released his statement, Cersei Lannister also sent him a letter asking if Gao Yuan would recognize Joffre if they released Eddard Stark's two daughters.

Li has legal rule over the Seven Kingdoms and is loyal to him.

Gao Yuan's answer was naturally a denial. He asked the messenger who came to deliver the message to tell the other party: "I will only recognize the original king, the orthodox heir of Robert Baratheon, as the legal owner of the Iron Throne."

The implication is that your son Joffrey Baratheon, the son of Cersei Lannister, is not qualified to sit on the Iron Throne because he is not the legitimate heir of the deceased king Robert Baratheon.

It turns out that after the death of the original King Robert, Eddard Stark, who was appointed regent by him, had already sent a letter to the true heir to the Iron Throne before he was imprisoned.

In a letter, Eddard Stark explained to Stannis Baratheon the fact that none of the three children born to Queen Cersei were Robert's biological children. He also requested in the letter that Stannis Baratheon

Baratheon rushed to King's Landing that day to inherit his brother's throne as the legitimate heir.

Shortly after Stannis received the letter sent to him by Eddard Stark, Eddard Stark was detained by the queen in King's Landing. So Stannis had to write this matter in the letter

above, brought by raven to every important lord in the Seven Kingdoms.

As the guardian of the East, Gao Yuan naturally received the letter from King Qin brought to him by the raven. At the same time, Gao Yuan is still Stannis's most important "ally" on the surface.

Neither Gao Yuan nor Gao Yuan would recognize Joffrey as the legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms.

Sir Nestor below quickly found a place for the newly arrived team to set up camp. As Earl Hunt left with his team, all the eastern forces summoned by Gao Yuan this time had arrived.

In order to welcome the arrival of all the lords of the Eastern Territory, Gao Yuan will hold a grand dinner at the Moon Gate Fort tonight. At that time, the Eastern Territory lords will bring their sons, knights and subordinates to the Moon Gate Fort for a dinner. Even if

The hall of the Gate of the Moon Castle was not big enough to accommodate all of them at the same time, so Gao Yuan decided to entertain the main vassals under his command separately.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the dinner, Gao Yuan will also hold a combat meeting with the princes. At this combat meeting, Gao Yuan will introduce the current situation to the princes.

and explain their strategic plans to them.

"How many people have arrived in the Erin Valley now?" When Bachelor Ke Meng came to Gao Yuan with a thick roster in his arms, Gao Yuan turned to Bachelor Ke Meng beside him and asked.

"Reporting to your lord, together with the team led by Earl Hunter who just arrived, there are now more than 86,000 people gathered in the canyon." Bachelor Ke Meng turned to the last page of the roster, "If all the lords have not

Falsifying the number of soldiers they brought."

"Maester, how many people on your roster have not responded to my call?"

"Marquis Triston Sunderland of the Three Sisters Islands did not come with anyone. I have sent a letter to the sisters, but the Sunderland family does not seem to care about it. They have not responded yet." Coleman

The bachelor's words seemed to be full of disgust for the Sunderland family. "Although the lords of the Sunderland family are nominally loyal to the Arryn family, the islanders on the three islands have always been capricious. They have always only loyal to the Arryn family."

With my own reputation, even when Lord Jon Arryn is still there, the Eyrie cannot command them at all."

"You don't need to pay attention to the Sunderland family. After the war is over, I will deal with them sooner or later." Gao Yuan said after thinking for a moment, "We cannot expect that a group of pirates and smugglers will value their honor."

From ancient times to the present day, the residents of the Three Sisters Islands have relied on trade, smuggling and maritime raiding to maintain the island's livelihood. For hundreds of years, the Three Sisters Islands have been a haven for smugglers and a lair for pirates.

In addition to selling seafood and goat cheese to the north, the best business of the Three Sisters Islands is "salvage." They have built many lighthouses along the coast of the islands to warn ships of the location of shoals and rocks, but when thick fog

Or when a storm approaches, they will secretly light false signals to attract unwary captains to sail their ships closer.

As a result, the ships hit the reef and sank, and the islanders took the opportunity to salvage the goods on the ships. Sometimes, the goods carried on these ships from Braavos were even more valuable than gold, especially from the Free Cities.

Those fine spices.

It's just that this kind of behavior was strictly prohibited when Stannis Baratheon was the Sea Lord. After that, the unruly people on the Three Sisters Islands restrained themselves a little.

"The rest are members of small families from the Five Fingers Peninsula. They don't mean to ignore your authority, sir. It's just that these small families really can't spare any soldiers to respond to your call." Bachelor Ke Meng explained,

"In some of these families, only their heirs are left in the family, or only a pair of orphans and widows are left."

"Just like the Baelish family on the Five Finger Peninsula, now only Petyr Baelish is left in the family."

"Sister Ke Meng, you should give some good examples in the future!" Gao Yuan scolded with a frown, "Littlefinger is now a taboo in the hearts of the valley princes. Fortunately, there is no one else present today, and I am not here.

I won’t blame you.”

"But if you were to mention the name of the little finger who murdered their lord in front of the grumpy Count Yohn today, I think he would not let you off lightly."

"Please forgive me, Lord Gao Yuan!" Bachelor Ke Meng quickly apologized, "I will definitely pay more attention next time!"

Speaking of Petyr Baelish, Gao Yuan had to admire this guy's good luck. Littlefinger has been imprisoned in the dungeon of the Red Keep since that day when he was sentenced to death by King Robert.

Originally, Littlefinger would be taken to the square in front of the Great Sept of Baelor and executed by Ser Ilyn Payne shortly after the trial ended. But who would have thought that Eddard Stark would suddenly be attacked by the Kingslayer and fall into a coma?

, because Robert wanted Eddard Stark to witness Littlefinger's execution, so the matter was delayed.

However, when Eddard Stark woke up from his coma, the king took his younger brother to the Kingswood to hunt. Therefore, until King Robert's sudden death, Littlefinger's death sentence was still not executed. As a result, Littlefinger's death sentence was not carried out.

It was after Eddard Stark was imprisoned due to his defeat in the political struggle that his little finger was pardoned and released by Queen Cersei.

When this news was relayed to Bronze Yohn through Gao Yuan, he almost flew into a rage. This news quickly spread among many canyon lords, and those lords who once respected Jon Arryn all started to express their anger.

He threatened to lead the Valley army to capture King's Landing, pluck his little finger out and cut him into pieces.

"Lord Gao Yuan, now that your army has been assembled, when do you plan to set off?" Lady Caitlin's voice suddenly came from behind Gao Yuan, "Mrs. He'an's Harrenhal has been led by Duke Tywin.

The Lannister army captured them, and many of the castles of the Riverlands lords were sacked and razed to the ground..."

"The army in the valley has just been gathered now, madam, why are you so anxious?" Gao Yuan turned his head and walked towards the castle, "Mrs. Stark, war is not a child's play!"

"Before we actually fight Tywin Lannister's army, we still have a lot of preparations waiting for us to do!"

"But...Lord Gao Yuan, Tywin Lannister will soon send his troops north after capturing Harrenhal. I believe that it won't be long before Lannister will occupy the two most important strategic locations in the Riverlands.

The land - the crossroads area and the ferry at Ruby Ford." Lady Caitlin caught up with Gao Yuan, "Do you really plan to wait until Duke Tywin and his army have set up their battle in the Riverlands, and then start again?

Fight them head-on?"

"This is not a duel between knights, but a life-and-death war!" In desperation, Caitlin grabbed Gao Yuan's clothes and tried to make him stop and listen to her advice, "Sir, you are now

It's still too late to lead the army past the Blood Gate, and we can defeat the Lannister army in one fell swoop before it completely surrounds the valley."

"The number of your troops is far greater than Tywin Lannister's. As long as the army of the valley can break out of the siege of the Bright Moon Mountains, no one on the battlefield in the entire Riverlands will be your opponent anymore, even if they are as powerful as

Not even an army like the Lannister's."

Gao Yuan, who was grabbed by the corner of his clothes, stopped helplessly. He turned to look at the other party and asked: "Madam, when did I say that I would face the old lion's Lannister army head-on?"

Caitlin was immediately choked by Gao Yuan's words and was speechless: "But... you have obviously agreed... to help my son Robb... defeat the Lannister army.

"

"Madam, you are right. I did promise to help the Starks defeat the Lannister army!" Gao Yuan replied impatiently, "But please tell me about the North Army led by your son."

Where is the Jing army now?"

"Previously, I have sent a thousand elite soldiers to you, Ser Brynden of the Tully family, and ordered him to rush to the aid of the Riverlands, which has been devastated by the Lannister army." Gao Yuan's voice gradually became louder, "

But I have never seen a soldier coming from the north!"

"My son Robb has now personally led the army from Winterfell. I believe they will soon reach the Neck along the King's Road." Catelyn answered truthfully.

"Then wait until the Stark family's northern army crosses the Green Fork River!" Gao Yuan said decisively, "Although the North and the East are now allies, Madam, you don't want to let my vassals
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