Gary called the lords of the North and members of Small Council into the tent for discussion. Margaery, who has a special status and has military power, was also among them.
When everyone gathered around the tent, he hung up the map.
"Everyone knows the current situation. We can't stop Riverlands and have to continue going south. The next strategy is nothing more than two. Either attack Westerlands in the southwest, or attack Crownlands in the southeast."
Tyrion was the first to express his opinion, "Your Majesty, I suggest that Westerlands be captured first."
He turned to look at the the North lords and spoke eloquently, "I grew up in Casterly Rock. I am familiar with the underground secret passages of this castle, which can allow our army to sneak into the city easily. After taking Casterly Rock After, we have Jaime·Lannister in our hands. We can use him as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Westerlands princes and ask them to swear allegiance to His Majesty."
With the power of Dragon and Giants, I am not afraid that the Westerlands princes will not surrender.
Then, he turned around and looked at Gary, "When we get the loyalty of these Westerlands troops, we will have the strength to fight against Crownlands."
Crownlands is stationed with 40,000 southern border coalition troops, 20,000 Westerlands coalition troops and 10,000 Crownlands coalition troops, not counting the 5,000 Gold Cloaks in King's Landing.
With a total of 75,000 troops, Crownlands at this stage can be said to have the largest number of troops in Westeros.
Gary tapped the table with his fingers and lowered his eyes slightly, "What if I want to take King's Landing directly?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.
Tyrion touched his chin, "Your Majesty, you want to attack Crownlands directly? Well, it's very difficult."
As I said just now, Crownlands has 75,000 troops, while the North only has 14,000 troops. Even taking into account the combat effectiveness of Dragon and Giants, the North's chance of winning is not very great.
Gary raised his eyelids, "Hand of the King Don't forget, we still have Magic."
Tyrion sighed silently, and then suggested. "If your Majesty insists on doing this, you must first capture Vale."
The strategic location of Vale is very important. It borders both Riverlands and Crownlands. The terrain is mostly mountainous, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Gary went south to attack Crownlands, which is equivalent to exposing its "back" to Vale.
If Vale takes the opportunity to sneak attack on the rear of the North's army, the North's army will be attacked from two sides by Vale and Crownlands, and will definitely be defeated.
"I will personally go to the Eyrie and form an alliance with the Vale nobles." Gary thought for a moment and said.
Tyrion shook his finger, "No, His Majesty wants allegiance and an oath of allegiance! House Frey has broken the rules, and the alliance has no binding force. They can break their oath at any time."
Davos stood up at this time, "Your Majesty, I think Lord Hand is right. We should capture Westerlands first, and then attack Crownlands. As long as we capture Westerlands and Crownlands, Vale, which is surrounded by us, will surrender without a fight."
Most of the the North lords also expressed their stance at this time, and the number of people supporting Tyrion was obviously higher.
Gary, as King in the North, has absolute veto power.
"I have decided to attack Crownlands directly."
When the king spoke like this, the lords did not dare to say anything more and closed their mouths one after another.
Tyrion carefully thought about the tactics. He came to the map and pointed up and down.
"While Your Majesty is going to Vale, I can lead a thousand soldiers to feint attack Casterly Rock and force Crownlands's 20,000 Westerlands coalition troops to return to defend Westerlands. In this way, Your Majesty's pressure on the frontal battlefield can be reduced."
If this strategy really works, then the army defending Crownlands will be reduced from 75,000 to 5,000 for the Five Kings.
Gary nodded, feeling that it made sense.
At this time.
Xiaolu suddenly broke into the camp, ran to Gary, and whispered softly, "Luke, there is a letter from Bran."
Gary took a roll of letter paper from her hand, slowly unfolded it, and read ten lines at a glance.
He said in a deep voice, "Mace·Tyrell wanted 40,000 southern border coalition troops to return to the Reach, but was rejected by Cersei. After Small Council After negotiation with, Loras·Tyrell resigned from his position as Kingsguard and led 10,000 southern border coalition troops to return to support the Reach."
Everything is fine, why did the southern border suddenly withdraw its troops? Something must have happened to the Reach.
Margaery's face turned ugly, and she asked in a low voice, "Ironborn captured Qingting Island?"
Gary handed her the letter, "Not only Qingting Island, but also Oldtown, all fell into the hands of Ironborn. Redwyne Fleet, who returned to the Reach a few months ago, was completely wiped out."
Now that Ironborn has occupied Oldtown, it can directly threaten Highgarden. If Shield Islands is also in the hands of Ironborn, they can even attack Highgarden in parallel on land and water from two different directions.
Margaery finished reading the letter in despair, "How could this happen? What about Garlan? Is there any news about him?"
Gary said with relief, "Garlan was not mentioned in the conversation between Lord Mace and Cersei, but judging from the attitudes of Mace and Loras, Garlan should be fine."
Margaery frowned uneasily, feeling secretly worried.
Asha took advantage of this opportunity and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please allocate me a thousand soldiers and lend me three Dragon for half a month. I will definitely be able to take back Iron Islands."
Davos saw Asha's little thoughts, "Miss Asha, I'm afraid the North doesn't have the energy to divide the troops to help you take back Iron Islands."
"Sir Davos, taking back Iron Islands can help the Reach, and Euron will definitely send part of the fleet back."
Although Asha has selfish motives, she also believes that capturing Iron Islands will be of great benefit to the king. It can deter Casterly Rock from a distance, and indirectly help Highgarden from a distance.
"Dragon can't lend it to you." After Gary said this, he turned to Hand of the King and said, "Tyrion, you will hand over the task of pretending to attack Casterly Rock to Barry...Jon·Umber Earl."
He originally wanted Barristan to take over this task, but the other party's identity as a follower of Seven made him retreat and had to choose someone else.
"Yes." Jon·Umber stood up and accepted the order.
Gary pointed at the Eyrie on the map and said to Tyrion, "You lead an army of ten thousand, Dragon and Giants to the Eyrie in Vale to discuss allegiance matters with House Arryn."
Tyrion was greatly puzzled, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Eyrie is now in charge of Littlefinger."
Gary had a strong murderous intention on his body, "Littlefinger can't be trusted, find an opportunity to kill him directly. Negotiate directly with the lords of Vale. If they are unwilling, use Dragon and Giants to teach them the rules."
Tyrion nodded to accept the order, and then asked tentatively, "Your Majesty is not going the Eyrie?"
Gary said, "Well, I will lead two thousand troops to cross the sea to attack Iron Islands."
Davos stood up and reminded, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we don't have so many ships..."
Asha was overjoyed and retorted to Davos, "More than a hundred of us Ironborn are all good shipbuilders. It only takes seven days to build a long ship for two thousand soldiers to cross the sea."
Davos glared at her angrily, "How can you fight a naval battle with Iron Islands's Ironborn when it's so shoddily made? Do you want all the soldiers of the North to be buried in the sea?"
Asha is really frustrated, and she knows this, so she wants the help of three Dragon.
Gary snorted disdainfully, "Naval battle? Asha, you have only one mission, which is to transport an ice cocoon to the shore of Iron Islands. After that, I will help you win this war."
Asha's eyes lit up, "Your Majesty Ice Magic! Why didn't I think of that?"
Gary looked at Asha with deep meaning, "Why should I help you attack Iron Islands? You should know the reason, right?"
Asha glanced at Margaery secretly and nodded quickly, "Understood. Once we capture Iron Islands, I will make some adjustments and then lead the fleet south to support Highgarden."
Margaery held Gary's hand tightly under the table. She was shaking and her palms were covered in cold sweat.