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Chapter 199 Bloody Battle in King's Landing

When the Archbishop left the Red Fort, he couldn't help but look back at this familiar yet unfamiliar royal fortress.

There is no doubt that his so-called peace talks have not had any effect. For Stannis and Renly, other things are outside their possessions, but only the crown cannot be shared with others.

As for the direct consequence of the breakdown of the negotiation, it is necessary to use the sword to speak.

"Your Majesty, I know it is impossible for you to bow your head to Renly, a traitor, but to be honest, we only have 1 soldiers. Although they are all warriors, Renly's strength is at least four times that of ours."

Now Stannis doesn't have any qualified staff around him, and he is not interested in building a so-called imperial council team. He is the commander-in-chief of the navy himself, so naturally he will not appoint a minister of the sea.

As for the remaining positions, a few people were appointed to fill them up temporarily, but in fact they could not play any role.

The territory he actually controls is estimated to be less than half of the territory of the Mandalay family. In this area, there is no need for a minister of finance or a minister of justice of the kingdom.

The words just now were still spoken by his side, the onion knight Davos Silvers whom he relied on as his confidant.

Stannis nodded, his short gray hair stood up like steel needles, just like the character of Stannis.

"You are right, Davos, but not entirely. Renly is not as strong as you think."

Stannis rested his elbow on the Iron Throne, which he didn't quite like resting his unprotected palm on.

The craftsman who made this chair never considered the issue of comfort. If the Iron Throne is judged from this perspective, it is definitely an extremely failed work, no doubt.

According to legend, those who are cut by this chair will not be recognized by the Iron Throne, and they will end up bad. Stannis knew the sharpness of the throne, so he didn't want to try to put his hand on it.

Stannis stood up. He always felt that someone was watching him from behind the Iron Throne. This feeling was the same as the feeling given to him by the dragon skulls that had not yet been removed from the Targaryen family when he entered the throne room. .

Leaving the throne, Stannis came to the center of the hall. The braziers on both sides had been lit, and the light of the flames was shining on the faces of the two men.

"Davos, I know Renly much better than you. My brother has never been a guy who can hold his breath. If he has the ability to attack us directly, the city of King's Landing will be bloody now."

Stannis looked in the direction of the throne room gate. His dark blue eyes looked like abysses, filled with contempt and disdain. He pointed in that direction and said calmly:

"Renly wanted to come here. If he had this ability, he wouldn't have sent that fat-brained guy just now. I can guess from looking at it. Renly must have mastered the wealth that guy scavenged."

"Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms knows that our Archbishop needs enough wealth to better serve the Seven Gods. It's no wonder he is like this."

Davos Seaworth nodded, obviously agreeing with what His Majesty the King said.

However, he touched his hair and asked in a very puzzled tone:
"Your Majesty, I don't understand. What kind of problems can Renly encounter? He married the granddaughter of Old Rose. Logically speaking, it should be a monolithic one. No matter how old the old lion spilled their blood, it wouldn't be so bad, right? That's an army of ."

"I don't know about that, just now you should have asked the archbishop who was jingling as he walked, he..."

Before he could finish speaking, a vassal of Stannis Baratheon, a knight from the Florent family, broke into the throne room and brought news that surprised everyone:

"Renly's army has launched an attack, just in the direction of Mud Road, and their target may be Linhe Gate!"

Linhe Gate is Mud Gate, but it's just a more... more elegant name.

In the past, this place used to transport goods from the wharf outside the city of Junlin to the city, including the aquatic products fished from the Black Water Bay, and they all entered the city from this place. It became a bloody battlefield.

After the archbishop returned to St. Baelor's Cathedral, Renly Baratheon was cornered. Although he now occupies most of the city of King's Landing, the most important symbol of power, the Red Castle, is not in his hands. inside.

Under his command, more than one of the vassals from the Baratheon family came to him. Although they didn't say it clearly, the meaning behind the words was that they advised Renly not to fight Stannis.

On the other hand, the Tyrell family is just the opposite. The Duke of Gothin Mace Tyrell who rushed over brought the meaning of the Tyrell family and the entire Reach nobles that Stannis must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Caught in the middle by the pressure from both sides, Renly was in a dilemma. It wasn't that he felt any compassion for his brother, but that this war was definitely not just a fight.

Anyone who looked at the topography of King's Landing would understand that the Red Keep occupied by Stannis was located on Aegon's Hill, the highest point in the entire city. It was attacking from the bottom up, and the defenders were condescending.

Moreover, the road conditions in King's Landing City may be the most complicated in the entire Seven Kingdoms. In this case, the cavalry galloping across the battlefield has no room to play with this place at all.

What was even more uncomfortable was that the large-scale siege machine could not be brought in even after it was built, and it was impossible for Renly to use this weapon against the Red Keep. This was a fatal blow to his royal prestige.

Therefore, if he wants to attack the city, he can only send a brigade of infantry. In other words, this is taking human lives to forcefully fill it in, and this is exactly what Renly doesn't want to do.

No way, Renly had no choice but to attack the only city gate controlled by Stannis first. If he could take it down, he could completely cut off Stannis' way out of the city, and maybe force him to surrender.

Renly thought so, and did the same, so the war between the two Baratheons broke out near the Mud Gate.

The fisherman's square, which used to be full of fish catches, has now become a hell on earth where people harvest their lives.

Renly's army wanted to attack the city gate, but when the city wall was completely blocked by Stannis' army, they could only attack from the bottom of the city.

And in front of the Mud Gate, this not-so-small open land became an insurmountable death zone for Renly's army.

The defenders on the top of the city can shoot arrows down leisurely, and even spend some time aiming. Anyway, the wall leading to the Red Castle is connected from here. Lannister thoughtfully left a lot of arrows before leaving .

So, soon, more than 500 corpses fell on the Fisherman's Square, and the blood flow converged into a stream. Renly's army never charged again.

The Mud Gate offensive has temporarily stopped, but Renly's army's offensive has just begun along the Mud Gate to the north to the central square of King's Landing, this north-south main road called Mud Road.

Because it is close to Aegon High Hill, most of the residences here are nobles. They belong to the resident nobles of King's Landing. Whoever is the king will be loyal to him. Now, King's Landing City has two kings, so they are in a neutral state.

But their homes, the great mansions with high walls and deep valleys, were a natural line of defense for the forces of Stannis who controlled the place.

Although they were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, Renly's army would pay a huge price for every step forward in front of them.

The strange sound of swords colliding, iron piercing into the human body, and the desperate cries of the wounded before they died, resounded endlessly in every space on this once bustling street.

War will not show mercy to anyone, it will only smile strangely, devour the blood and bones of all the dead, and then become stronger and more terrifying.

When the sun went down, this tragic war entered the first stage of rest. The soldiers on both sides were tired and needed enough rest and supplies before they could engage in the next more brutal battle.

In St. Baelor's Cathedral, a banquet hosted by the archbishop was being held. The reason, of course, was to celebrate King Renly's success in clearing the dirt track and approaching the edge of Aegon High Hill.

As Renly and his vassals who were used to holding banquets, they could not refuse such a banquet. Although he had no nature in his heart, Renly still attended the banquet in a luxurious gold and green robe.

After dealing with the slightly agitated archbishop and saying a few toasts, after Renly received the blessing from the archbishop on behalf of the Seven Gods, this banquet has nothing to do with him.

Holding a delicate silver table knife, he sliced ​​a roasted suckling pig with a crispy skin without much appetite. Renly frowned slightly, sitting alone on a high seat, silent.

But Miss Gauting Rose, Margaery Tyrell, who was supposed to be by his side, was like a fluttering butterfly, shuttling among the vassals of her family, flirting with some young people from time to time. Eye-catching laughter.

"Your Majesty, our losses have come out, would you like to take a look?"

Brienne of Tarth, holding a thin piece of paper, quietly came to his king, and whispered this sentence in Renly's ear.

"Well, show me."

Renly Baratheon nodded calmly, stretched out his left hand to take the paper, pinched it in the palm of his hand but did not open it directly, but looked up at Brienne, and asked softly:
"Brennie, how is our military morale? I really can't trust anyone in this hall except you."

The "Rainbow Knight" followed the king's gaze and glanced at the laughing and feasting crowd at her feet. From these people, she couldn't feel even the slightest taste of war. It seemed that they were only a few hundred meters away. It doesn't matter.

"Smell it, my knights, their bodies are full of luxurious perfume, and I can't smell a little blood."

Brienne understood that her king was not criticizing these nobles for their lack of mercy. In fact, what the king lacked most was this thing. What Renly actually meant was that these guys didn't work hard for his throne at all. .

Ren Li didn't make things difficult for Brienne anymore. He said these words only to express the depression in his heart. To be honest, these things are really not something that a little knight like Brienne can evaluate.

He unfolded the piece of paper with the casualties of his army in today's battle, and at a glance, the silver table knife in his hand was directly inserted into the suckling pig's back.

Panting for a few breaths, Renly threw the piece of paper into the candlestick beside him. Immediately, the flame was like a dancing elf in front of him. At this moment, he felt that this flame was stronger than Margaery. Tyrell looks better.

He couldn't help but not be angry. It was clearly written in the battle report that Renly's army lost more than 3000 people in today's battle. Among them, less than 1000 people died in the unsuccessful battle to capture the Mud Gate. The defenders slaughtered.

The remaining 2000 people were lost in the attack on King's Landing, which was controlled by Stannis. vassals.

That is to say, his old background brought out from the storm zone lost nearly one-sixth of his troops in this battle, which made him feel the danger.

To put it bluntly, his throne is actually a company led by the Baratheon family and jointly funded by the Stormlands and the Reach.

And although now, Renly is still the uncompromising chairman, but as the losses of his army continue to expand, he will be kicked out by these Tyrells one day, and he will occupy the position of chairman.

"Your Majesty, will we continue... to attack tomorrow?"

Although she should not be the one to ask this question, Brienne, who had read the contents of the paper, decided to ask this question. There is one sentence that Renly said was right. In this bustling aristocratic field, he can really trust, Really only his so-called rainbow guards.

With a long sigh, Renly gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and said:

"Go and tell Lando Tarly that tomorrow I will see his banner appear on the battlefield of Mud Gate, this is the king's order!"

Nodding, Brienne of Tarth left. She was actually very worried about her lord, because just now, she suddenly realized that her king seemed to be unable to even threaten a military leader like Randyll Tarly. No.

Had Renly dared to order that Randall Tarly was not good at fighting, and then kill him with a single blow?If he really dared to do this, immediately, the entire army of the Tully family would leave directly, and all the people in the river bend would be separated from each other immediately.

As far as the political system of Westeros is concerned, the king is actually a large lord, and there is no detached status beyond all nobles. The king himself is the largest noble in the country, and once he kills nobles, it is tantamount to fighting with this The system goes to war.

"Mad King" Aerys Targaryen, why did he die?It was he who killed the duke and heir in the north, and then this logic was activated, and the entire aristocratic system began to be against him.

Renly wasn't stupid, so he wouldn't do it, but... what else could he do?

The aristocrats in the River Bend have a big family and a big business, and with Renly who only has more than 1 of his own people left in his hands, he is almost unable to hold them back.

Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, up to three months.

If Renly can't ascend the Iron Throne, then...the Tyrell family and the entire nobles of the Reach will lose all patience with Renly, by that time.

Renly, if he had few men left, would have his head cut off one night by some mad nobles and give it to whoever the King on the Iron Throne was, as the best gift of their surrender.

Don't think they are afraid, for their own status, they dare to do anything.

This is the nobility.

(End of this chapter)