The war outside the city was far more brutal than inside the city. The northern plains of King's Landing were filled with blood and corpses were everywhere.
After four Dragon and sixteen Giants cavalry joined the battlefield, the situation reversed instantly.
The coalition forces of Vale and Westerlands were frightened by Dragon. The soldiers threw down their helmets and armor and collapsed.
This encounter gradually turned into a one-sided massacre.
The sound of hacking and killing continued until dawn the next day. On the scorched earth within a few miles, a full 30,000 enemy soldiers were lying dead.
With less than a hundred enemy troops, they broke through the Dragonfire encirclement of four Dragons and escaped.
This was also done intentionally by Gary. After all, this war still needs someone to publicize it as someone who has experienced it.
Tell all the nobles in Seven Kingdoms that this is the price for betraying him.
On the the North coalition side, more than 3,700 cavalrymen were wiped out, and only one hundred Highgarden cavalrymen guarding Margaery survived.
The losses of the infantry were even more severe. There were about 2,000 wounded soldiers left among the 8,500 infantrymen, and the rest of the soldiers had died on this battlefield.
Gary ordered Barristan to lead these soldiers into the city to recuperate, and then sent an order to Gold Cloaks in the city to allocate some manpower to clean up the battlefield.
Within Red Keep.
The the North lords and Gary celebrated their victory in the banquet hall of the main hall. Although it was just a tragic victory, the banquet that should be held still had to be held as usual, otherwise it would easily chill the hearts of these lords.
After three rounds of drinking, the the North lords also made their farewells. "Your Majesty, we plan to return to the North. The remaining troops cannot be of much help to Your Majesty. We might as well go back and guard the north for Your Majesty."
The the North princes have exhausted their wealth, and each family has less than 300 soldiers left. They should really be allowed to go back.
Gary raised a toast, "I will never forget your sacrifices. I will never forget the rewards you deserve. When the war is over and Westerlands's gold mines return to the national treasury, each of your families will be allocated one million Gold Dragon as post-war reconstruction funds."
"One... one million Gold Dragon?"
The North The princes were stunned for a while, and then said with a smile, "Your Majesty is so generous, I have never seen so many Gold Dragon in my life."
"Yes, one million Gold Dragon can be piled up into a small golden mountain, right?"
Gary said solemnly, "Everyone present has contributed a lot to the fact that I was able to reach this point and win Iron Throne! Don't worry, I will keep it in my heart."
He drank all the wine in his glass, and then said, "Everyone, when you leave, you each take away 50,000 people. On the one hand, it is to supplement the population loss of the North. On the other hand, this move also helps King's Landing relieve the pressure."
The permanent population of 500,000 has already saturated King's Landing, and it is really difficult for King's Landing to digest the extra 500,000 people.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"As commanded."
"Understood!"
The North princes responded one after another.
The atmosphere of the banquet became lively and harmonious. Suddenly, Barrowton's Barbrey·Ryswell Mrs. Earl threw her cup and stood up, "Your Majesty, those villains of Vale are really bullying! If it weren't for their sneak attack yesterday, how could we have suffered such losses? We still wanted to follow Your Majesty to conquer the remaining four countries, but now it's impossible..."
Gradually, the lords fell silent, and they were also angry in their hearts, but they were unwilling to ruin the atmosphere of the banquet, so they held back.
Barbrey·Ryswell Mrs. Earl has a fiery temper and could no longer bear it for a long time. When Gary finished talking about the business, she wanted to seek justice.
The smile on Gary's face disappeared, "There are about ten thousand Vale coalition troops who came here. Where are the remaining fifteen thousand people? Did they return to Vale?"
Margaery beside him took out a booklet and said, "Your Majesty, they should still be stationed at Duskendale. This booklet records a series of recent events. Your Majesty, please check it out."
Gary glanced at ten lines and read them briefly, "Send someone to Duskendale to convey an order to all the Vale lords who are staying there to come to King's Landing to meet me immediately!"
Tyrion waved his hand, and a Ice warrior nodded and accepted the order, quickly leaving the banquet.
Gary put down the book and raised his glass again, "No matter whether the remaining Vale lords know about it or not, Vale will have to pay the price for this! I happened to be serving the North and King's Landing are worried about money and food. Since Vale made such a big mistake, let these lords make up for the North's losses."
He wants to completely destroy those Vale big families, deprive them of their noble titles, empty their castles of money and food, and then distribute their fiefs and castles to other meritorious officials.
Not only that, the other Vale lords who are taking advantage of this war must also shed some blood. Otherwise, he will feel unhappy.
"Okay!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Grandma, this is how to relieve your anger!"
The atmosphere at the banquet returned to liveliness, and the the North lords sang and danced to celebrate their King in the North's success on Iron Throne.
Gary enjoys it with you, and at the same time secretly makes up his mind to never let down these lovely the North lords.
"You all have a wolf-headed Valyrian steel dagger in your hand, remember to keep it. That is my promise to you. You can use this dagger to redeem any reward after the war, a new castle and a new fief, an extra one million Gold Dragon, or even a Small Council advisory seat."
Small Council's seat? This... they are not lords, so they seem a bit unqualified, right? Moreover, they know how much they weigh, so they better not cause trouble to His Majesty.
They silently ignored this most generous reward and turned to consider other rewards. "The new fiefdom... I still won't consider it. There are not so many people in the family."
After several years of war, many Earl ladies have become widows. There are still children who can be enfeoffed. Even if they ask for a new fief, no one can be sent there.
Barbrey·Ryswell Mrs. Earl smiled and said, "If your Majesty can give me two million Gold Dragon, I can renovate the Barrowton castle. I have long been coveted Winterfell's hot spring floor heating, so I just took this opportunity to build one."
Gary shook his head with a smile, "I don't care how you use this Gold Dragon. But everyone, there is a threat from White Walkers to the north of the Wall. That monster is more powerful than anything you have seen. I need you to restore your troops as soon as possible and guard the North for me!"
The North The princes looked at each other and smiled, then they all stood up and raised their glasses, "As you command! Your Majesty!"
When the banquet was about to end, Lyanna·Mormont of Bear Island approached Gary, "Your Majesty, on behalf of House Mormont, I want to stay here to help you."
The people of Bear Island are brave and skilled in martial arts, but their population is sparse. For example, in this southern expedition, House Mormont only sent less than two hundred troops.
Therefore, most of them are responsible for the security of important people, and the casualties are relatively small. There are currently more than 150 people.