Stormlands, East Coast.
Nearly a thousand warships flying the "dragon flag" of House Targaryen bypassed Tarth, entered Shipbreaker Bay, and docked on the coast near Griffin's Roost.
After tens of thousands of troops disembarked, they were ready to go on the shore.
In the next few days, they adopted surprise attack tactics and quickly captured many castles on the east coast of Stormlands.
Subsequently, Aegon VI regrouped these troops and marched towards Storm's End, intending to occupy the entire Stormlands.
Crownlands, Duskendale.
The Vale lords stationed here have mixed feelings and different opinions.
Some lords are unwilling to fight for Gary anymore and want to return directly to Vale. Anyway, they have already captured Duskendale, which can be regarded as contributing some strength to Gary's southern expedition.
Several lords suggested staying a little longer, at least to see how Westerlands counterattacked, in order to judge the future situation.
The two sides argued endlessly and broke up unhappy.
On this day, Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl, who advocated the withdrawal of Vale, inexplicably received an invitation letter from Simon Temperton Earl, a "left-behind faction".
She was confused in every possible way, but still chose to go to Simon Temperton Earl's temporary home for an appointment.
Simon Temperton Earl quietly held a banquet in his own courtyard and entertained Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl. "Mrs. Anya wants to withdraw Vale and preserve her strength. I fully agree."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl put down her wine glass with a sneer, "That's not what you said in the previous meeting. At that time, weren't you firmly on the side of staying behind? Why did you change your mind today?"
Simon Tampaton Earl smiled and said, "Madam, you have misunderstood. I have always been a staunch 'withdrawalist'. If Madam doesn't believe it, someone can testify for me. Madam, wait a moment, I will ask another distinguished guest to come out."
He came to another compartment in the restaurant, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl has arrived."
A familiar figure walked out of the cubicle, causing Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl to stand up involuntarily. "Petyr·Baelish? Why are you here?"
Baelish greeted Simon Temperton Earl to sit down again, and then sat opposite Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl, "Mrs. Anya, how are you? Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for a while, right? A month? Or two months?"
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl sat down, "It's less than two months. But Duke Baelish, His Majesty Luke has ordered you not to leave Vale. If you openly disobey King in the North's order, aren't you afraid of being killed?"
Baelish smiled nonchalantly and said, "You two are the only ones who know that I'm here Duskendale. I believe you will keep this secret for me, right?"
Simon Tampaton Earl nodded quickly, "Yes..."
"That's not necessarily the case. If Duke Baelish can't give me a satisfactory answer, I will expose you in front of all the lords Vale."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl tapped her finger on the rim of the wine glass, "Tell me, Duke Baelish, you came to me specifically, what's the matter?"
Baelish especially likes to discuss things with smart people, without wasting much words, and the progress is rapid, "Mrs. Anya, have you ever thought about... becoming the queen of Vale?"
"Click!"
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl crushed the wine glass, the glass pierced her palm, and the blood mixed with the light red wine juice and overflowed the table.
She stared straight at Baelish and asked, "My lord Duke, what does this mean? This is the end of the boring probing. If you still haven't made it clear what your purpose is, I will leave immediately."
Baelish raised his empty wine glass. When Simon Temperton Earl next to him saw this, he immediately stood up with a wine flask and poured wine for him. It was even worse than a dog leg.
"Mrs. Anya is really willing to submit to others? Serve that King in the North who doesn't value Vale at all?"
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl opened her palms, and the maids behind her quickly gathered around, brought medicine and bandages, and treated her wounds.
She is not stupid, and does not want to be used as a weapon by Baelish. "If Duke Baelish has a way to get rid of those three Dragon, I would rather support you as the new king."
This sentence is of course a joke, but it is somewhat sincere. If Baelish really destroyed the three Dragon of King in the North, then he is indeed qualified to win the title of Iron Throne.
Baelish's lips raised sharply, "Mrs. Anya, it's best not to make promises you can't keep."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl put her bandaged right hand on the table and turned to raise the glass with her left hand, "I do what I say, if you really defeat King in the North who has three Dragon, why not make you the king?"
Baelish held the wine glass and looked at the wine in the glass carefully, "I do have a way to deal with King in the North's three Dragon, but I need your help."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl couldn't help laughing, "Then please tell me your solution, Your Majesty the Duke."
"Are you willing to join?" Baelish looked at Anya Waywood opposite and asked.
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl was a little scared, Littlefinger are you serious?
"If your plan is not crazy but actually feasible, I will consider joining."
Baelish waved to the attendant in the corner, and an attendant holding a map immediately ran over and spread the map flat on the long table.
It seems that Baelish came prepared.
"I need several of your big families to secretly lead troops to King's Landing under the pretense of returning to Vale. Together with the Westerlands coalition forces ambushing there, we will ambush the the North coalition forces."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl frowned, "You want us to sneak attack the rear of the the North coalition? This is very simple, but the problem is what happens next? How do we face the anger of King in the North and the Dragonfire of Dragon?"
Baelish shook his finger, "No, this is not simple at all. What I need is for you to annihilate all the more than 10,000 the North coalition forces outside King's Landing. It is best to kill the twenty Giants cavalry as well."
He showed a cunning smile like a fox, "When King in the North's army is severely damaged, what's the use of having three Dragons? Can Dragon help him govern the country? King in the North without an army can only trap Crownlands, unable to pose any threat to us."
Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl shook her head and said, "Don't you know that House Tarly of the Reach has defected to King in the North? They brought more than 20,000 southern coalition troops to King in the North."
Baelish's intelligence source is far more comprehensive than Anya Waywood's, "Southern Territory? These troops in the Southern Territory will return to the Reach soon. Their castle faces House Greyjoy's attack, so it is impossible to stay Crownlands for long."
He threw out two secret letters, "Here are the letters between me and Euron·Greyjoy, Kevan·Lannister. They will send troops together with us, and King in the North will be faced with enemies on three sides."
"But you still have no way to deal with his Dragon? As long as Dragon still exists, there will always be new armies following him." Mrs. Anya Waywood Earl was not optimistic about Baelish's plan.