Simply.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and a tiger cannot be defeated even if it is killed.
Although House Peake is lonely, he has always implemented his own centralized policy and has extremely strict control over the thoughts in the territory.
The "Jiedu Envoys" did hesitate, but no one dared to come forward, let alone speak out against Titus Earl's clear instructions.
Also thinking about the new situation of Starpike nowadays, the current head of the Peake family seems to be different from his predecessors?
Thinking of the armored soldiers he saw along the way when he entered Starpike, these representatives of wealthy knights looked at each other silently for a while, and finally made up their minds.
The ten knights made fists with their right hands and beat their chests with their backhands, solemnly expressing their willingness to dedicate their hearts to the respected Starpike Earl!
There are no words, only one loyalty! Sincerity!
Titus was very satisfied when he saw this. He crossed the fingers of his hands and supported the lower half of his face, making the standard posture of Ikari Yuantang.
He officially ordered that Starpike has now entered a state of martial law in preparation for war.
First, collect the market materials outside Golden Bowl Gate and the permanent personnel there into Starpike, and be careful to identify whether there are any ears and eyes from other families among them.
Next, most of the knights in the territory of Peake need to lead their levies and gather under Starpike.
Then, we are waiting for news about the gathering of troops from Highgarden.
Finally, I did not forget to remind the core members of House Peake in the study that they are still a member of the Reach force and they need to respectfully "obey" Highgarden Tyrell's wishes.
Everyone saw that he seemed to be successful and had successfully foreseen the "rapid fall of Gulltown", so they couldn't help but have a bit more trust and expectation for his political choices this time and his subsequent military performance.
The mobilization ability of Starpike is quite good.
Just after noon.
The soldiers who carried out the order galloped out of the Big and Little Addison gate and Golden Bowl Gate. The market merchants who had received the order early immediately entered the fort one after another carrying important supplies such as grain, steel, and cloth.
Some civilian vendors in the market, as well as family members and relatives of the people in the fort, also followed the team into Starpike in an orderly manner.
The guards guided the people along the street. One day later, the originally bustling market street was deserted.
At the same time.
The horseback messengers from Starpike are also rushing to various villages in the territory.
In the next few days, the wealthy knights entrusted by House Peake, as well as the sworn knights, brought people one after another.
Some relatively wealthy knights were wearing full armor, carrying long swords on their waists, and had attendants on their left and right. Peasants and soldiers with simple equipment lined up to follow them, and their animals carried their own grain and grass, and came to camp outside Starpike.
After arranging his men, the leading knight will enter Starpike's Earl study, kneel on one knee, lower his head, and respectfully kiss the orange gold gemstone ring on Earl's finger.
There were too many people here, hundreds of them, and Titus, who is a bit mysophobic, had already changed three precious rings in the past two days.
Say something at the top, but break your legs by running away.
Among the tent camps outside the city, the sergeants of the Peake Army are also working hard.
They had to count the men and horses, distribute leather armor, and teach the auxiliaries brought by the knights the simplest queue instructions and formation changes.
The granary in the city has long been filled with grain; the spears and iron shields on the shelves in the arsenal have also been taken out and distributed to the soldiers for training-style drills; several trebuchets on the north wall have been added and debugged, and the corridor in the south mountain wall has been put into use again.
If you look from the outside, you can only see the surface of the towering pale stone mountain, and the upper half is filled with dense shooting holes and killing holes.
The Wall to the north of the North may be a little higher than the stone gable of Starpike, but it is definitely not as easy to defend as the latter.
The entire Starpike is like a clockwork arsenal, and every link is perfectly connected.
During the high-speed operation, a chilling air eager to fight spread inwards along this solid fortress in the shape of a stone mountain.
Only Dornish Marches, especially House Peake, which once ruled three cities as a family, under direct jurisdiction and without enfeoffment, could achieve such high efficiency.
In other places, the Westeros nobles, who usually only have the organizational skills of the medieval times, so-called fighting is just a competition to see who is better.
Titus is in full swing here and is carrying out its own preparations in an orderly manner.
The news about Highgarden is delayed.
I don't know what Highgarden is doing over there or what they are struggling with?
On the contrary, Stormlands's movement arrived first, and Robert·Baila Theon summoned the vassals unexpectedly fast.
However, the fact is that after returning to Storm's End, the young Duke found helplessly that Crownlands had a profound influence on Stormlands, and few vassals responded to his call.
That's right, who told him to be away from Stormlands for so many years? Those lords were all strangers to him.
The vassals who responded to the Storm's End order were indeed rare, but those who did not respond were mostly "silent".
At least not like Riverlands--
Riverrun's Hoster As soon as Duke Tully publicly announced his support for the rebel army, many vassals jumped out to sing the opposite, especially directly stating that Tully was a traitor to the party and that they absolutely supported Iron Throne.
The whole family finally caught the opportunity and couldn't wait to overturn Feng Jun's posture.
Robert·Baila Theon is unwilling to wait any longer, and the leaders are mainly Storm's End, Crow's Nest Castle, Evenfall Hall, Greenstone,
A small army of less than 10,000 people headed west to Dornish Marches, hoping to seek support from Stormlands's most capable Dornish Marches lords.
The opponents of Stormlands, that is, the die-hard supporters of Iron Throne, learned of his movements and were afraid that Duke Storm's End would really gain the support of Dornish Marches, so they immediately wanted to join forces to attack and obstruct him.
This force is mainly led by the three families of Stormlands, namely Fellwood's Fair Earl, Quanshi City's Lord Grandison, and Fawn Hall's Cavron Earl.
The last one is none other than Captain Wenda's wild father.
Fellwood is coming from the south and Quanshi City is heading to the west. They all want to go to the Fawn Hall, which is closest to Dornish Marches, to meet up.
Unexpectedly, Robert was now thinking about fighting so much that he almost went crazy thinking about fighting. With great speed, the soldiers arrived at the location of Summerhall's ruins first.
When the three opposing forces Earl saw it, they hurriedly abandoned their original plan and all turned to Summerhall.
While the opponent's troops had not yet completed their rendezvous, the young Duke Storm's End boldly took the initiative to attack, leaving no chance for his opponent to form a team and fight together.
On the ruins of Summerhall.
The black-haired hunk who had just returned to Stormlands defeated Cavron Earl and Lord Grandison, and then killed Fair Earl who was closest to Crownlands and had a stronger will to resist.
In the battle of Summerhall, Robert showed great power and played three triumphant songs in one day.
Not only did he wipe out the forces loyal to the royal family in his own territory, but he also showed his strength to the families who were watching.
The lords who had fallen into "silence" began to seriously consider whether their lord had the possibility of becoming "King Robert I".
They gradually stopped looking at him as the ordinary Duke Storm's End.
Because Robert once again "fights like a king", all the Stormlands nobles under his command admire him.
Robert I's combat power is vividly displayed. Different from the martial arts tournament, this is a real battlefield. Victory on the battlefield will make it easier to convince the lords.
Therefore, we also successfully gained the support of the four major lords of the Stormlands frontier. Bryce·Caron, who had been reminded by Titus, was the first responder.
Other knights in areas such as Stonehelm, Blackhaven, and Harvest Hall also have a great impression of a monarch who is obviously very capable of fighting.
Regarding Robert's undisputed battlefield performance, many people expressed their sincere sigh:
This is simply the reincarnation of "Laughing Storm"!
"Laughing Storm"Lyonel·Baila Theon: