The king's generosity was also one reason the soldiers cheered.
Besides, everyone knew that the Westerlands were the richest place in Westeros.
Gendry's gaze swept across the different ranks.
"Only the Storm." Battle banners snapped in the wind, and the tallest was Gendry's Golden Four-Part Banner.
In the first column, Randyll Tarly and Garlan Tyrell would lead the allied army of the Reach north from Old Oak. In the second, Paxter Redwyne would take his fleet and the collaborators from the Iron Islands to wipe out Euron Crow's Eye's remaining followers, then converge on the Westerlands.
The third column was an assault force led by King Gendry himself, composed of Kingsguard Knights, knights from the Vale, the Stormlands, and elsewhere, and the Unsullied.
This force also included Dornishmen: a thousand spear throwers and Dornish light cavalry led by the Red Viper.
Gendry had originally wanted to shove them into the army of the Reach, but after some thought, he kept them as assault troops.
The finest troops were Gendry's Kingsguard Knights, a thousand knights in heavy black armor and gold cloaks led by Rosso, Anguy, and Harold.
The knights gazed worshipfully at the king, as though he were the incarnation of the Warrior and the Smith of the Seven, victorious in every battle.
There was also a strange army, the Knights of the Mind, made up of doctors, maesters, and apprentices.
They would head to the Wall under the leadership of Doctor Perestan and his two companions. The Wall needed maesters anyway, so this force would still be of some use.
"My knights! The time has come for a decisive battle against the Westerlands." Gendry drew Lady Justice, its blue blade pure and pristine.
The warriors below the platform fell silent, like a soundless forest standing tall.
"Since I brought