The defeat of the royal army in Stoney Sept's "Battle of the Bells" not only made Aerys promote a new Hand of the King, but he also realized the seriousness of the current situation deep in his heart.
The rebel army has won many battles, but Iron Throne has failed in its encirclement and suppression campaign and has made no achievements so far.
The situation is out of control.
Because to be precise, the royalist forces have taken action three times - if you include the one-day Summerhall civil war in Stormlands, it is four times. They want to strangle the so-called "Robert rebel army" in the cradle.
But the fact is that the troops standing on the side of Iron Throne have never succeeded once. The fruitless obstruction and continuous failed sniping have only made the rebels gain momentum.
And in the last trip, the Crownlands area was the main force, taking the initiative to attack westward and personally confront the rebels----
Every defeat fed back to the victorious rebel army, giving all the waiting mainland lords a clearer tendency to take sides.
Aerys II "awakened" for a moment from the pleasure of taking life and death and executing the nobles at will.
He made a prompt decision and sent Barristan Selmy of Kingsguard to the upstream of Blackwater Rush of Riverlands to take over the defeated soldiers that Jon Clinton finally gathered;
Jon·Darry goes deep into Crackclaw Point and recruits the "half-Wildlings nobles" there to join the war and fight for Iron Throne Another member of the Iron Guard, Lewyn Martell, was sent south, intending to recruit 10,000 Dorne soldiers through the Dorne local nobles to go north to supplement the royal family's lost troops.
As soon as the three white robes left, among the huge King's Landing and the huge Red Keep, only one Kingsguard was still on duty -
Jaime·Lannister, the son of Lord Tywin, became famous at a young age and was responsible for the important task of "protecting Queen Rhaella".
Youngster Jaime also has his own troubles.
Those Wildfire of the Alchemists' Guild seem to be particularly able to arouse strong desire in Aerys.
Whenever he burned a prisoner to death with Wildfire, he would get excited and run to have sex with Queen Leila, who would suffer violent abuse from Aerys.
The last time I had sex in a humiliating way was before the outcome of the bell ringing battle came out.
Jaime·Lannister, whose duty was to guard the palace for the king and his wife, heard the cries of the queen being abused from behind the door.
At that time, Ser Jaime had learned about Harrenhal's farce from his colleagues, including the fact that he was mistaken for "Knight of the Laughing Tree" by the king.
After this, the young knight became much quieter, and even his blond hair no longer seemed so dazzling.
Forced to listen to the sexual violence committed by the king and the innocent cries of the queen, he finally couldn't help but speak and asked his iron guard brothers, "We all swore an oath to protect her from others!"
Sir Jon·Darry, who is also guarding the goal, admitted. "Yes, but 'he' is an exception."
This answer is obviously not enough to convince Jaime·Lannister.
He felt more and more that the current Kingsguard was different from what he imagined.
He has full respect for his Iron Guard brothers. They are so outstanding that half of them are qualified to mentor him.
So, maybe this is not the fault of Kingsguard itself?
But there is something wrong with the king that the iron guards serve?
In one incident after another, Ser Jaime, who suddenly became the only iron guard in front of the emperor, thought to himself, he just hoped that those Pyromancer who were becoming more and more favored by the king would not cause big trouble.
Otherwise, as the last Kingsguard, he will live up to his responsibilities, live up to the entrustment of those brothers in white robes, sit in Red Keep, and eradicate the traitors!
The young and proud knight of the Lion family holds his head high and holds the golden sword at his waist——
"Our people have lost so little?"
Having witnessed Stoney Sept's blood flowing like a river with his own eyes, Titus listened to Wenda's report, and was still a little unsure for a moment.
"Yes, sir. There is not much damage on our side, and the cavalry regiment has been chasing the defeated army."
Captain Wenda smiled and nodded, "The Stormlands people who went north with us are also elites. The local battles with more casualties this time should be the first wave of counterattacks led by Jon Clinton and the group fights in the square. In other places, we have the advantage."
After nearly half of the Stormlands lords led their troops back to their hometown to defend their hometown, the ones left under Robert's command were basically Dornish Marches's soldiers, and naturally they were all good at fighting.
Titus nodded after listening. It seemed that the fight between himself and the red-haired man did play a key role.
"In any case, our numbers are not large, so we still suffered some damage in this battle. Since we have hunted down so many defeated troops, you should not waste it, let alone be picky.
Pick out some of the innocent ones and quickly add them to the auxiliary army, and I think the combat effectiveness of the Crownlands army is not bad this time——"
The quality of the Crownlands army, or Griffin's Roost's guards, left a deep impression on him.
The combat effectiveness of the royalist army is indeed not bad, otherwise, Titus would not be so surprised by the number of casualties on his side.
It is a pity that in this defeat, more than half of Crownlands's army was killed or wounded. It is hard to say how much courage the remaining deserters have in facing the rebels.
Crownlands's population is indeed large, but the actual combat ability and combat will of the new recruits have always been a problem----
Choose "innocent" prisoners to replenish your own military strength----Wenda thought for a moment.
In Crownlands's case, "clean family" refers to "children of good families" who have relatives or property in Crownlands.
From the perspective of their rebels, of course they are looking for young bachelors who have nothing to worry about in their hometown.
A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Wenda recorded Titus's instructions one by one in her sheepskin notebook. When Master Earl mentioned the prisoners, she remembered another thing.
"By the way, there was a prisoner with the status of a knight who was the first to lead the team to surrender----"
Titus knew that she must have something to say, so she made a gesture of listening carefully.
"----The knight's name is Ronald Clinton, and he is Jon Clinton's cousin. After the royalist army was defeated in the Stoney Sept battle, he expressed his willingness to lead some Griffin's Roost people to join our rebel army."
Titus vaguely remembers that according to the original historical trajectory, this person seems to have regained the Griffin's Roost fiefdom that red-haired Jon had deprived of Mad King after the war.
It was just that he was downgraded from Earl to a knight. He was also ridiculed by Rook's Rest Earl, who was not very friendly to their family next door. Ronald Clinton also had a reckless son called "Red Roland"----
"What do you say Robert?"
Robert·Baila Theon has been recuperating for a long time, and has not participated in the battle with the Crownlands army. Now his injuries are gradually recovering, and he has gradually regained control of the Stormlands army. However, he has not yet moved the cavalry regiment of Titus, which made great contributions.
"Your Robert I is still so generous. As long as the other party sincerely repentes and kneels before him and swears allegiance, he will help the other party stand up with his own hands." Captain Wenda's tone was either praise or sarcasm.
Titus is also noncommittal.
Griffin's Roost is located in Stormlands, and just to the south of Storm's End. The Clinton family has always been the vassal of Theon, Baila, so everything should be decided by Robert.
The former Storm's End Duke, now the contender for the king, is indeed becoming more and more "kingly".
"Is there anything else important?"
Captain Wenda thought for a while and said, "Sir Wilbert received a letter from Riverrun, and mentioned that soldiers from the other three realms originally wanted to support us, but are still on the way now——"
It's been a long time since I finished typing, which is in line with Riverlands's urine properties.
As for people Vale and the North, they were obviously dragged down.
Titus smiled slightly, thinking that it was precisely because they came a step late, Riverlands Riverrun's Hoster Duke Tully did not have to be seriously injured like in the original trajectory, Vale Gates of the Moon's Dennis Arryn manager even escaped from the red-haired Jon----
However, the North returned to the North smoothly, and Eddard·Stark himself, who had led people south since Winterfell, also lost an opportunity for King Qin to rescue him.
Thinking of Eddard·Stark, Titus, I couldn't help but sigh. This guy is really miserable----
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