The Reach, Redwyne strait.
Hundreds of large sailing ships sailed here, facing thousands of Ironborn longships in the distance across the sea.
Garlan·Tyrell The scouts sent before also returned in the boat at this time.
"Garlan Earl, the flag of House Redwyne is still flying in Qingting City." The scout climbed onto the sailboat and lowered his head to report.
Sir Paxter·Redwyne of Qingting Island was beside Garlan. He smiled and said, "It seems that we overestimated Ironborn. They failed to take Qingting Island."
Garlan was not so optimistic, "Lord Paxter, how many battleships did you leave behind before setting off King's Landing?"
Paxter was slightly startled and understood what Garlan meant. "Less than ten ships."
Garlan pointed at the vast sea in the Redwyne Strait, "Where are they now? Why didn't I see them at the dock?"
Paxter was speechless, his face was gloomy, and he cursed, "Damn Ironborn!"
Garlan stood on the bow of the ship, his eyes glaring. "The flag on the castle is not important, Qingting Island has fallen into the hands of Ironborn. Now we must find a way to recapture Qingting Island and drive away these Ironborn."
House Redwyne has been operating here for hundreds of years, knows everything about the island, and naturally knows some unknown secrets.
Paxter whispered, "Garlan Earl, there is a small cave on the back of Qingting Island, and there is a secret passage directly leading to the city."
Garlan is not surprising, because many nobles will build an escape route in their castles, especially on an isolated island like Qingting Island, this is even more necessary.
"In that case, Lord Paxter, you lead the fleet to meet the enemy head-on. Sir Horace, Sir Huo Earl and I will lead ten warships around the back of Qingting Island, enter the city through the secret passage, and recapture the castle!"
Horace Redwyne and Hooper Redwyne are the twins of Paxter. As direct descendants of Redwyne, they certainly know the existence of the secret passage.
Lord Paxter widened his eyes and waved his hands repeatedly, "Retaking Qingting Island should be our duty at House Redwyne. How can we let you risk your life? It's inappropriate."
Garlan smiled and patted Paxter on the shoulder and said, "Uncle Paxter, we don't have to be so open-minded. Frontal warfare is crucial. You have more experience in naval warfare than I do. It's best to stay and command the battle."
The Ironborn who stayed on Qingting Island must be high-level figures, and they must have strong guards around them. Paxter's old arms and legs really can't handle it.
Paxter was deeply moved and told his two sons to take good care of Garlan and not let him get hurt in any way.
He accepted Garlan's order, commanded the fleet to slowly move closer to the Redwyne Strait, and started a confrontation with Ironborn's longship fleet, and the war was about to begin.
Garlan, on the other hand, led ten sailboats to break away from the fleet from the rear, circle around for a certain distance, take advantage of the difference in sea level, avoid Ironborn's sight, and successfully circle to the back of Qingting Island.
There is a sloping mountain here, which just blocks the view of the island's lighthouse.
The total number of soldiers on the ten sailboats was about three hundred. Garlan left dozens of people to guard the sailboats. He and Redwyne got off the ship with more than two hundred people.
They moved forward along the damp passage, which was dark and dark, and from time to time they had to swim in the water and pass through the underwater passage.
Without the guidance of the Redwyne twins, Garlan might have been trapped here for months without being able to find a way into the castle.
Qingting City.
The island is huge and the tunnel is also very long. Garlan and others traveled until midnight before reaching the end.
They quietly opened the wooden planks at the tunnel exit and filed out.
Above the exit is a very simple wooden house, and outside the wooden house is a large vineyard.
House Redwyne is fundamentally different from Ironborn. Their fleet is used to defend against enemies, unlike Ironborn, which is used for plunder. Because of this, House Redwyne must have a lucrative business to support the fleet.
Wine is how they get rich. Their family emblem is a bunch of purple grapes. The wine brewed on Qingting Island is Westeros's most famous high-end wine.
Therefore, in addition to the castle, the island is almost full of grapes, and there are vineyards everywhere.
But unlike those vineyards outside the city, this vineyard in the city is unique. It is a place used by House Redwyne to cultivate new grape varieties, and few people come here.
This small wooden house is a place for gardeners to rest. Now Qingting Island is occupied by Ironborn, and all the gardeners guarding the vineyard have disappeared.
Garlan squatted in the vineyard, and he handed over the command to the Redwyne twins. This castle was their home, and they were familiar with every plant and tree here, and could kill the intruders quietly.
Not just the Redwyne twins, but also the more than two hundred Redwyne soldiers who came with them, so why not?
Under the cover of night, the Redwyne twins who knew the terrain well and more than two hundred Redwyne soldiers began a beheading operation.
There were quite a few Ironborn left on Qingting Island, five thousand in total, but they were all lying in wait on the shore, thinking that Redwyne Fleet would foolishly throw themselves into a trap.
There are only a hundred guards in the castle, plus some prostitutes, dozens of Ironborn nobles looking for fun, and no one else.
It took several hours, and more than two hundred Redwyne soldiers successfully eliminated more than a hundred Ironborn soldiers who stayed behind in the castle. Those Ironborn soldiers completely did not expect that the enemy would appear from behind, and had almost no ability to fight back.
Redwyne The soldiers only had less than ten injured, and Ironborn was completely destroyed.
The Ironborn nobles who were intoxicated with money in Main Castle were also frightened. Amidst the J girl's screams, they were hacked to death by Redwyne soldiers with swords.
Horace, one of the twins, picked up the empty wine bottle on the table and said angrily, "Damn it! They drank our treasured century-old wine! This bottle contains one hundred Gold Dragon! Blanch!"
He continued to hack at the corpse, seemingly venting his anger.
At this time, a soldier came down from the top floor and reported, "Three adults, there is another Ironborn upstairs! That guy's skills are extremely powerful and he has injured more than a dozen of our brothers!"
Redwyne The twins were in pain after drinking dozens of bottles of century-old wine. When they heard that Ironborn was still alive, they ran upstairs with their swords in hand.
Garlan hurriedly followed. Redwyne Although the twins' skills were acceptable, they couldn't deal with a strong man who could fight one against a hundred.
Sure enough, when he rushed to the room, the Redwyne twins had already lost.
In the room, a one-eyed man wearing black scales held a Valyrian steel knife and drank wine leisurely.
Compared with their lives, the Redwyne twins paid more attention to the wine in the one-eyed man's hand, "Asshole! That's five hundred years old! Put it down!"
The one-eyed man kicked away the Redwyne twins, stared at Garlan's armor with interest, and said teasingly, "Ah? Rose pattern, are you Garlan·Tyrell?"
Garlan wiped the blood on the sword with his arm armor, and he also guessed the identity of the other party, "Crow's Eye, Euron·Greyjoy."