Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King

In the early morning of the next day, Samwell hurriedly led his army to continue south to the fruit wine hall without waiting for Margaery to arrive.

After walking for more than half a day, a gray and white castle appeared at the confluence of the Mande River and the Zhouyi River. The red apple flag of the Fossoway family was flying above the castle.

An army of cavalry gathered outside the castle, but it was a mess.

Samwell sighed secretly, knowing that Garland Tyrell had gone straight to the wine hall as Madam Olenna had guessed, and that the Fossoway family might have turned their backs.

At this moment, he can only feel that the old lion's prestige is astonishing. After all, he has been the Hand of the King for twenty years. In the eyes of many nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, Duke Tywin is simply the envoy sent by the gods to govern the country. Even now Lannister The situation of the family is worrying, and so many people are willing to surrender to the lion.

Samwell calmed down and sent his attendant Noah Noah to inquire about the situation.

Soon, a red-faced fat knight returned with Noah.

Samwell recognized the man as Sir Bentham of the Beesbury family.

"Lord Caesar, you are a step late. That old fellow Raymond Fossoway also betrayed High Court, and ran away with Lord Garland hostage last night."

"Where did you go? Highgarden?"

"It should be. Soldiers saw them board the ironmen's boat and go downriver."

Samwell looked at the closed city gate in the distance, and asked again:

"Then what's the situation in the city now?"

"In the city, Sir Tanton Fossoway stayed to preside over the overall situation. This guy detained a group of horse party knights and threatened us to retreat."

Samwell fell silent.

Sir Bentham waited a while, and asked again:

"Master Caesar, do you want to attack the city?"

Samwell shook his head: "Wait for Mrs. Olenna, she is already on her way."

"Okay." Sir Bentham was also relieved when he heard that Mrs. Olenna was about to arrive. He actually didn't want to attack the city, because there were knights from the Beesbury family and many other relatives and friends in the city. I really don't want to attack.

During the waiting period, Samwell naturally took over the command of the cavalry of the Southern Route Army, and since most of the officers in this cavalry were trapped in the city, he just happened to be able to deploy manpower without any scruples.

After tossing for a long time, the cavalry of the Southern Route Army outside the city was finally sorted out and reorganized by Samwell, and they were no longer in a mess.

But Samwell was not happy.

The real trouble with this river bend civil unrest is not military.

No matter how powerful the army he controls is, as long as the important members of Highgarden and the Tyrell family are in the hands of the rebels, he will be restrained and use his hands to prevent them.

The root cause is that Samwell's current influence largely comes from the support of the Tyrell family, as well as the support of most of the nobles in the river bend.

If he dared to disregard the lives of members of the Tyrell family, his appeal would disappear in no time.

Not to mention the High Court, even the fruit wine hall in front of him, Samwell didn't dare to order a storm.

If because of his order, the horse party nobles in the city were executed by the rebels, Samwell doubted that his army would even mutiny.

This also made him realize his biggest shortcoming at present——

The power that really belongs to the Caesar family is too weak.

There is only one Yingzui Island in the fief. Although Storm's End has been occupied, it still needs a long period of operation to win people's hearts.

There are even fewer direct troops, and the potential of Yingzui Island is limited. At present, it is the limit to gather a regular army of 2,000 people.

Don't look at Samwell who can now command tens of thousands of rivers, but none of these forces really belong to him.

It was the power of the Tyrell family he borrowed, and the influence of the Horse Party.

This situation of strong branches and weak stems is a huge hidden danger.

The civil strife in the river bend has completely exposed this hidden danger.

But Samwell really couldn't help it. The time he came to this world was still too short, and it was already a miracle that he was able to manage such a foundation.

It's impossible for him to conjure up an army out of thin air... huh? Wait a moment.

Samwell suddenly thought of a bug-like infantry army in the world of power travel——

Unsullied.

This is an army of slaves trained by the Astapor slave owners on the other side of the Narrow Sea. They have been castrated since they were young, and they have received brutal military training. They are fearless and absolutely loyal.

A formidable and fearless army of infantry, as long as you can afford to buy them.

Samwell had considered the Unsullied before, but two factors held him back.

The first is the distance. Astapor is half a world away, and it takes too long to go back and forth, and it is impossible for him to let go of the territory and go to the Unsullied.

Another reason was money. He couldn't afford the Unsullied.

But now, neither of these difficulties seems to be a problem.

Because he has a dragon.

Although Astapor was far away, if he rode a dragon and flew there, the speed would be much faster than taking a boat, and the round-trip time would be within an acceptable range.

As for the price, in the original book, what Longma pays for the Unsullied is Dragon Flame.

He can also learn and show, whoring an army of Unsullied for nothing.

With such an army, Samwell really has the confidence to fight for Westeros.

It will never be as embarrassing as it is now.

Of course, although this plan is feasible, far water cannot save near fire.

Even if he could ride a dragon back and forth quickly, the army of the Unsullied could not be brought back by a dragon. When they slowly arrived in Westeros by boat, the Tyrells in Highgarden would probably have cold bodies.

It seems that we can only go to Astapor after the civil strife in the river bend subsides.

Samwell secretly made up his mind.

Unable to storm the cider hall, Samwell sent a squad of hundreds of cavalry to patrol the nearby towns and villages to drive out the ironmen.

But the cavalry squad went out for a trip, but came back to report that the surrounding villages and towns had been looted by the ironmen, and those ironmen did not dare to confront the Riverbend cavalry head-on on land, and had already withdrawn to the Mande River.

The river bay cavalry can only look at the water and sigh.

Hearing this, Samwell couldn't help sighing again——

Where did the Qingting Island fleet go?

They were nowhere to be seen during the siege of Storm's End before, and now that the Mander River has almost become a playground for the Ironmen, they don't show up either.

Samwell can basically be sure that the Redwyne family has also been drawn in by the Lannister family to participate in, or at least let go of this civil strife.

Alas, this is the inevitable hidden danger of "peaceful evolution".

At the beginning, he didn't want to tear himself apart with the deer party and promised "no bloodshed", but the deer party turned around and attacked without any scruples.

Of course, this is also because Samwell's own strength is too weak. Even if he really planned to tear up his face and wipe out the opposition of the Deer Party at the Highgarden Hunting Meeting before, most of the horse party nobles would not support it.

In the final analysis, it is still a question of its own strength.

He didn't have the confidence to say a word.

Thinking of this, Samwell's desire for the army of the Unsullied grew stronger.

After waiting outside the fruit wine hall for a day, Mrs. Olenna, Margaery and the others finally arrived.

After listening to Samwell's description of the situation here, Mrs. Olenna said calmly:

"Send someone to tell Fossoway in the city that I'm here, and if you want to talk, send someone out quickly."

Samwell sent an emissary into the city.

Unexpectedly, the rebels opened the city gate directly and invited them to enter the city.

Of course, Samwell did not take it lightly, but first sent the army of the Ma Party family into the city.

After fully grasping the control of the fruit wine hall, he entered the city with Mrs. Olenna, Margaery and others.

"Where's Raymond? He doesn't dare to come out to see me?" Mrs. Olenna asked in a bad tone as soon as she entered the city.

Sir Tanton Fossoway saluted respectfully:

"Master Lei Meng has already gone to High Court, and asked me to negotiate with you."

Mrs. Olenna sneered: "Okay, what do you want, just tell me."

Sir Tanton glanced at Samwell, and said to Mrs. Olenna:

"I want to speak with you alone."

"Can."

Seeing Mrs. Olenna and Sir Tanton leave alone, Samwell gritted his teeth secretly.

But also helpless.

Margaret felt the man's anger, stepped forward to hold his arm, and said softly:

"Don't worry, grandma will take care of this."

Samwell turned his head and smiled slightly at his fiancee, saying:

"I know."

"Walk with me." Margaery issued an invitation.

"Okay." Samwell stopped thinking about it.

This might not be a means of provocation by the rebels.

He can't mess with himself.

Samwell actually already has a solution to this rebellion, but he needs to take some risks, and he hasn't made up his mind yet.

He was going to wait for Earl Randall to come back and discuss it with him.