Robert was sitting on his horse. Several injuries on his body were far from being fully recovered. He could hardly even ride a horse, so he muttered this.
It's just that Titus is not easy to answer.
This is like Liu Jianming wanting to trade with Chen Yongren.
You have to be able to make the right decision, that's fine----
Starpike Earl has ever thought about it. Being forced to rebel like Robert, relying on winning the war and overthrowing the previous king to sit on Iron Throne, and having the bloodline endorsement of his grandmother Leilei·Targaryen, can be regarded as "justified".
But with Westeros's deep-rooted feudal system and various traditions, it is obvious that Baila Theon's throne will be more difficult to sit on than the previous dragon-less Targaryen.
That is to say, the five alliances are currently closely related and have strong hard power, so no clues can be seen for a while.
Titus If you really want to sit in that position, you can't just get a Iron Throne and be satisfied----
It is said that Robert's grandmother Leilei is also an alternative among Aegon V's children. She is one of the few House Targaryen girls who are willing to listen to her father and marry a local nobleman - "Laughing Storm" Lyonel's son Mond Baila Theon is definitely very handsome.
Unlike the other three sons of Aegon V, they all ignored their father's will and gave up their engagement with the noble Seven Kingdoms, choosing to get married out of love.
In the final analysis, this all depends on the good leadership of the "fourth son of four sons" and the monarch who "should not be king".
1 Aegon V himself is stubborn, breaks away from obstacles, and establishes Black Beth as his queen.
However, the royal family is not comparable to ordinary families.
In an ordinary family, the father can allow his children to fall in love freely - the royal family did this, but the result was that friends turned into enemies, rebellion and chaos followed, just like night follows day, until in Summerhall, witchcraft, fire and grief brought an end to everything -
Starpike Earl stopped his reverie and changed the subject at the right time. "Robert, do you want the queen or not?"
"Huh?"
Robert didn't understand it very well and thought it was Titus who was bringing up old things and talking about helping him get back Lyanna. Starpike Earl had encouraged him when he killed Rhaegar and was bored.
But when he thought about the other person's tone, it didn't sound like it. He was a little puzzled and asked angrily, "Titus, what do you mean?"
"Don't be so serious, Robert----it's just a joke."
Titus was still waving to the outside world without looking back.
"Don't you know, people who get on the Iron Throne have extra benefits - the king can marry two wives - not to mention two, some people even have three black brides at the same time" - "
"Anyway, I only need one Lyanna," said Robert, who was distracted.
He said it as if he was really an innocent man who had never touched a girl other than Lyanna·Stark in his life.
Titus followed the example of Ms. Wenda and rolled her eyes. Anyway, he was wearing a helmet and no one could see him.
In fact, Titus never believed that Lyanna·Stark was a suitable candidate for queen or crown princess.
This point, no matter how good his relationship with Robert and Ned is, he would still say this.
I hope old Jon can be more helpful.
If something unexpected happens to Lyanna, the king's next marriage will have to be put on the agenda by the five alliances.
Instead of letting others get in the way----
It is better to prepare early. As I said before, the royal family is not comparable to ordinary families.
After another word to Robert, Black Earl lightly clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and Black Pearl took a few steps forward, leaving the king's surprise behind him.
Starpike Earl arrived in front of the army formation, first saluted His Majesty the King who was full of doubts, then raised the black long sword in his hand and pointed straight in the direction. "Let's go!"
After the order was given, the army was like a giant dragon, slowly advancing southward along Kingsroad.
The flag of the vanguard officer opened the way at the front, the knights of the canyon galloped on their horses, and the infantry followed closely.
King's Landing The people's shouts rang out again, watching this army of justice led by the "Justice Knight" heading south.
The Southern Expedition in the year 283 of the Conquest Calendar began——
The Reach.
Highgarden west.
The exit of the Mander River.
When the black Earl army set off a sky full of smoke and dust on the land, the ocean outside the Mander River outlet was also shrouded in layers of fog.
The salty and wet sea breeze stirred up waves, lapping at the four islands.
These four islands have a general name: Shield Islands.
They are located on the west side of the Mander River and are composed of Greenshield Island ruled by the Chesta family, Greyshield ruled by the Green family, Oakshield Island ruled by the Hewett family, and Southshield ruled by the Siri family.
It is said that a son of "Garth Greenhand" Garth, "Oak Shield" Owen, was the first to conquer this place.
No matter how tall this Owen is or whether he is stubborn by nature, according to the legend of the Reach man, he was so brave that he drove the alien life forms entrenched here - seals and mermaids - back to the sea.
As early as Age of Heroes, Ironborn people from the north Iron Islands once occupied this place.
The Iron Islands visitors, who lived by plundering and were proud of it, killed all the men they saw and plundered all the women on the four islands. Then they freely drove their longships upstream to the Mander River, all the way to Bitterbridge located in the middle and upper reaches of the Mander River, and plundered the castles and villages on both sides of the river.
Until the Gardener King at that time gave his support and armed the fishermen on the four islands to protect themselves and Mander River.
During the Garth·Gardener VII period, the Reach people who continued to resist finally expelled the last Ironborn from their stronghold, and changed the original name of these islands from "Misty Islands" to "Shield Islands". At the same time, they sent the bravest warriors and the best navy to protect the Mander River estuary.
Nowadays, Shield Islands's mission is to serve as a shield to prevent Ironborn from harassing the Reach.
Many watchtowers are still erected on the jagged coastlines of these islands. In the towers there are many old men with gray beards who follow the ancient tradition and maintain a certain degree of vigilance.
As long as the old lookouts see traces of the Iron Islands longship, they will light the beacon of the lighthouse and let the message be transmitted from one hilltop to another, and from one island to another.
In this way, nearby villages, towns and castles will also be prepared to resist the invasion of Ironborn raiders.
But today, the sight of the "greybeards" seemed to be obscured by the fog.
On the sea level, a huge fleet is slowly approaching from the outer sea. They are trying to bypass Shield Islands and enter the Mander River port behind it.
The fleet moved slowly, and the longship's hull cut through the calm sea. Only the sea monster totem carved on the bow of the ship gleamed with a hint of malice in the dim light under the fog.
This is the fleet of Ironborn.
Here they come again.
They are personally led by their leaders, Duke Pyke, leader Iron Islands, and the leader of the looters, King Coron.
This king of the sea is no longer young. He stands at the front of the battleship, wearing jet black leather armor soaked in tung oil. His gray beard is messy in the sea breeze, but his body is still tall and strong.
When he was young, Column was once a legend in the Summer Sea. He once fought against the slave traders and pirates there.
During the war between the "King of Nine Coins" led by the Blackfyre force, Coren obeyed Iron Throne's orders and personally led a hundred longships to join Stepstones's battle.
In that battle, his fleet played a significant role.
In recent years, after the "War of the Usurper" or "Robert uprising" broke out on the mainland, Colen Greyjoy did not immediately have the idea of joining any party, and also rejected any invitation from him to send troops.
His body began to weaken and he was constantly tortured by stomach pains. Even before going to bed, he occasionally needed to drink a glass of poppy milk to relieve pain and fall asleep.
Originally, he had no intention of joining in the fun.
Column had nine sons.
His sons were eager to win glory or wealth in this war, especially the eldest son Balon and the second son Euron, who constantly urged their father to join the war, but Colum remained unmoved.
Until the news that Crown Prince Rhaegar·Targaryen died of Battle of the Trident came out, and seeing that the rebels from Stormlands were about to defeat King's Landing and get on Iron Throne, King Cologne finally cheered up and agreed to support the uprising Baila Theon.
He sent troops this time, firstly, to attack the Reach, which is a royalist force, to carry out "legal" plunder, and secondly, to give some freedom to the leaders within Iron Islands, who were suffering from his repressive rule, to indulge in sexual activities.
To deal with the mere the Reach people, Coren did not bring many manpower.
He left most of his troops to defend his hometown Iron Islands to prevent the Westerlands families from sneaking into their hometown while he was away.
This time, King Column brought another hundred Ironborn long ships to Iron Throne.
This is a small warship that can be used as both a sail and an oar. It is the exclusive vehicle of the Ironborn raider.
They only retain a single rectangular sail, and are long, narrow, and light. The hull is made of wood, the draft is extremely shallow, and it is specially built to optimize speed.
The shallow draft allows the long ship to sail in shallow water of one or two meters deep, and ensures that the ship can land on any shoal. The light weight allows it to be lifted by people and transferred short distances on land.
There is no distinction between head and tail in a long boat. The symmetrical design allows it to retract the sails and quickly reverse direction without a crane. In terms of flexibility, conventional paddle boats are not as convenient and easy to control as the Ironborn long boat.
Moreover, these characteristics allow it to navigate relatively easily amid the threats of glaciers and ice caps in high northern latitudes.
It's no wonder that the House Hoare of that year was able to fight all the way from the southernmost Arbor to the Bear Island of the North.
The oarsmen on the longboat are almost everywhere on the side of the ship. When they abandon the oars and replace them with tomahawk blades, bows, arrows and flying knives, they become the strongest individual killers and robbers along the Sunset Sea coast.
If the phrase "all people are soldiers" also exists in Westeros, then it must be in Iron Islands!
This expedition of the Iron Islands forces was swift and covert. Under the command of King Cologne, a hundred longships surrounded by several warships several times larger than the standard longships successfully bypassed Shield Islands.
As long as their fleet can successfully enter the Mander River port, the population and wealth of the "Green Land" will be open to them.
On the largest warships, there were also the three oldest sons of Cologne.
Kelen is preparing to take the little ones to see the market.
Just being arrogant in his hometown, or taking advantage of others, or sneaking up on a few lone pirates, is not the level that a real Ironborn should be.
"I want to trade with him":