Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 161 The Wedding with Sansa

Arthur's words silenced the hall.

After a few breaths, Hobo said in surprise: "I think it's okay. With your peerless martial arts, as long as one person enters the Red Keep, Cersei will definitely die."

Since the beginning of the War of the Five Kings, Arthur Bracken's name has repeatedly made armed nobles and knights across the continent fear him. Who else can fight against an army alone?

The Duke of Mace reacted slowly, but expressed his position in time: "If you can rescue my mother and two children, the Tyrell family will be loyal to you from now on. If you can also rescue the remaining heads of the Riverbend family, I can guarantee that Most people in Hebend only recognize you as their king."

Queen Cersei, like her father Tywin, is extremely domineering towards her subordinates and vassals. Judging from the changes in King's Landing, the leader of the Lion Family must be a little crazy.

After getting along with each other these days, Mace had to admit that among the existing kings, River King Arthur Bracken should be the gentlest.

Except on the battlefield, of course.

To the nobles, a gentle and unruffled king is a good king. As for a chaotic life, a love of spending money, a love of organizing tournaments, etc., that is not a problem.

Sixteen years ago, it was precisely because of Robert and Eddard's lenient treatment of the people of the Reach that the Duke of Mace led an army of 60,000 to surrender outside Storm's End Castle.

Arthur walked down from the main seat and walked slowly in front of Mace, "I promise to rescue your family and vassals."

His voice was calm and powerful, which made the inflatable fish inexplicably feel at ease, who had been feeling at a loss for a while recently.

The three people leaned their heads together and began to discuss the details of the operation.

"Because King's Landing is also short of food, the merchant ships from Blackwater Bay to Pentos have begun to move again. We can hide on the food ship, and then... By the way, do you know the secret passage of the Red Keep?" Hopper asked.

Arthur recalled, "I know one of them, but it is relatively narrow. Not many people can enter at one time without alerting the defenders."

Because the Red Keep is the home fortress of Targaryen, and Baratheon was not a formal inheritance and did not pass on the secrets of the Dragon family, the late Robert, the still living Cersei and others have no idea about the entire underground structure of the Red Keep. He may not be as familiar as Varys, Pycelle, and Petyr Baelish, these veteran players.

The secret passage Arya took Arthur through was the secret passage where Illyrio and Varys met.

Based on Illyrio's size, this secret passage is probably the widest in the Red Keep secret passage system.

But he didn't tell the two of them this cruel fact.

"By the way, there should be a way through Little Finger. That way would be easier to get in and out of."

As far as Arthur knew, Littlefinger Baelish climbed in and out from the cliffs near the coast of the Red Keep.

Judging from the fact that Duke Eddard, who is in his thirties, can also climb the cliff path, a stronger adult male can walk this path.

The Duke of Metz was shocked at how knowledgeable the River King was, but he wisely did not ask Arthur how he knew it.

The three people deduced back and forth for a long time, and finally decided on the order of entering the Red Keep.

First, Arthur sneaked in with a dozen top warriors and killed Cersei and the senior officers of the West, causing chaos in the scene. Then he led people to guard the prisoners in the river bend, and let more of his own soldiers get in from the cliffs or various secret passages in the Red Fort, and took the opportunity to open the gate of the Red Fort.

"You can let Lord Randyll Tully lead the army to advance to King's Landing. There are no people sent by the Lion Family in his army. When the time comes, we should cooperate with the outside to capture King's Landing in one fell swoop." Hopper suggested.

Arthur thought for a while, "But how to make such military maneuvers without telling Cersei? Or to put it another way, how to make Cersei think that it is normal for Randyll to lead his army south?"

To be honest, Landau's 10,000 people really have no reason to return to the vicinity of King's Landing. Letting him lead the army south will only cause Cersei to send soldiers to fight.

Although the Queen Mother is a little crazy, she is not stupid.

"And the movements of my riverside army are also very important. According to Cersei's acting style, now she should be ordering Landao to continue the northward attack. Then I have to show up near Maidenpool. If I disappear for a period of time, then Cersei will definitely Be suspicious."

The second big trouble came.

Hobo pondered for a moment and then suggested: "We can let Landao create chaos in his army. Let's say that Fossoway, Peake, and Mariweis made trouble because their lord was imprisoned in the Red Keep. Landao had no choice but to lead him. Follow the soldiers south to seek an explanation for the troublemaking soldiers."

The Duke of Metz shook his head.

"I don't think this statement is reliable. Lord Randyll Tarly once suppressed the Bitterbridge Rebellion. Thousands of soldiers causing trouble were not enough for him to lead his army south."

Arthur whispered: "It can be explained this way. It is because of your order at that time that Landao dared to kill two or three thousand people. Now he doesn't know what to do, so he led his army south. After all, this army Not all of them are his private soldiers."

The other two people looked at each other and felt that this statement should work.

"As for me leaving Maidenpool, I have a perfect reason now." Arthur had agreed to marry Sansa after finishing his service in the Vale soldiers, and now it was time to fulfill it.

When Randyll Targary marched south, he took some nobles to Harrenhal to marry Sansa.

When newly married, it is normal for the King of Hejian to stay with his wife for a while. During this period, Arthur traveled to Dragonstone by water, then mixed with merchant ships and arrived at King's Landing Port.

He told them part of his idea.

After hearing that the King of Rivers was going to marry Sansa Stark, the Duke of Mace's face suddenly darkened, but fortunately he also knew what his family was like now, so he didn't say much.

Hopper Redwyne didn't react to this. He thought about it again and again and felt that it was feasible.

"In order to keep it secret, you can only bring some of the brave generals. I will pick some soldiers from my warships who dare to fight for the lord. As long as the gold dragon coins are given a lot, there is no need to worry that the family soldiers will not fight to the death."

Redwyne's territory is Qingting Island, and the Qingting wine produced by his family is known as liquid gold. In terms of financial resources alone, the Redwyne family should be in the top five in the entire continent, and several feudal lord families can't compare.

The three discussed for a long time to make this plan more feasible.

Then, taking advantage of the night, Hopper slipped out of the castle, boarded the merchant ship parked at the port, and left here.

After returning to Dragonstone, he will contact Earl Tarly and start this series of operations.

...

Fifteen days later, Harrenhal.

After Randyll led his army south, Arthur returned here with some nobles to prepare to marry Sansa.

The army was managed by Sir Hosteen of the Frey family, Sir Saeus of the Rowan family, Hugo of Arran City and others. These people did not have high status in their families, so they were always trained as military commanders. One advantage of the noble private army is that as long as there are people from the lord's family, the whole army will not be in chaos.

In the main hall of the main castle, all the nobles who could come gathered together to discuss the etiquette and the links before and after the marriage.

Sansa was a not-so-pious believer in the old gods, and Arthur was even more of a believer in the Valyrian gods in words, so some details of the marriage were different from others.

These were what Arthur and the nobles argued about.

Matus Rowan, William Mooton and others believed that the wedding must be presided over by clergy such as monks, and the wedding parties must swear to their respective gods before the holy marriage can be considered concluded.

At first glance, this statement makes sense, but a closer look reveals that this is purely a mess.

There is currently only one known clergyman among the Old Gods: the Three-Eyed Raven.

And this person's body, Brynden Rivers, the Duke of Bloodraven, is currently trapped in a tree hole somewhere north of the Wall.

What's worse is that Brynden Rivers is likely to be a corpse, and the Three-Eyed Raven is his consciousness itself.

There is a lot of evidence to support this statement, the most powerful one is Brynden Rivers' milky white skin and bone-white hair, as well as his special physique that is extremely sensitive to sunlight.

According to the first-born law of Targaryen's marriage to outsiders, Brynden Rivers, the illegitimate child, must look like the maternal Blackwood family, but he has other rare characteristics.

Various theories in the Citadel cannot explain this clearly, but if the Duke of Bloodraven has been walking in the world in the form of a corpse, this can be explained.

Let's get back to the point. After talking for a long time, the nobles agreed to let Sansa choose how to worship the gods herself.

As for Arthur's Valyrian gods, that's even more uncertain. In the entire Westeros continent, there is no priest or monk who believes in ancient gods such as Balerion and Vhagar.

Maybe one or two can be found in Volantis in the east, but there is no time.

"Everyone, listen to me." After talking for a long time, Arthur raised his arm and called out, "Since we have Alduin, what clergy do we need? The dragon is the most magical animal closest to the gods. Can't I just swear to it directly?"

Not intending to entangle with these boring nobles on such small details, Arthur wanted to use the dragon to skip this link.

After discussing in groups of three or two, the great nobles reluctantly agreed.

These people were not very pious to the Seven Gods, so they did not ask the King of the River to strictly abide by the teachings of the Valyrian gods.

Sitting on the main seat, Sansa's beautiful eyes widened, and she watched excitedly as her fiancé discussed the details of the wedding with the great nobles.

Lady Harrenhal has died of illness, and she is now the Countess of Harrenhal.

Unlike the image of the downtrodden hostage Arthur saw a few months ago, Miss Stark is now obviously bright and beautiful.

She combed her long chestnut hair to make it shiny, and twisted it twice on her head before it fell on her indigo velvet tight robe.

Because she has eaten well recently, Sansa looks a little stronger.

Arthur estimated that the children's canteen should have sufficient funds.

Seeing that many nobles were entangled with their future husbands on the details of the oath, Sansa stopped watching. She walked down the high platform where the main seat was and proposed:

"My lords, since it is Arthur and my wedding, we will arrange these details. On the morning of the wedding day, Arthur and I will find a fish beam wood to swear, and then before the banquet begins, we will do it again in front of Alduin. Is that enough?"

The two parties said so, and the details of the marriage oath were determined. There is another more important thing next.

An acquaintance of Sansa must take her to Arthur.

According to the current situation, Blackfish Brynden Tully would be the best candidate for this role.

But because of the incident at Raventree, the relationship between the River King and him was not very good, so he did not dare to rashly let Blackfish come to Harrenhal to attend the wedding and walk with Sansa by the way.

"This matter is not easy to solve. Which family in the Riverlands is close to the Tully family? Can you do this for me?"

Arthur asked loudly.

Many nobles looked at each other, and someone answered: "The River An family is very close to the Tully family."

This is nonsense. The last River An has passed away.

Seeing the atmosphere cool down, Sansa said with a hard heart: "You don't have to worry about this matter. I will write a letter to my uncle and ask him to come to the wedding. At the same time, I will also make up for the relationship between the Tully family and you."

Miss Stark is not a fool. She also knows that her uncle and her fiancé have a bad relationship recently.

But because Tywin used troops in the river lands, the relationship between the Tully family and the Lannister family became worse.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Having an enemy with Sir Blackfish is one of Arthur's biggest mistakes. If Sansa's uncle can come, the King of the Rivers can have a thorough talk with the Blackfish and reveal the truth to each other.

"Between you and me, what's the point of being polite." Sansa gently patted her fiancé's plate armor arm guard.

After talking for a long time, everyone finally set the date for the wedding, which will be held in four days.

For Sansa, who has been preparing for a long time, this time is enough.

But the lords at all levels still felt that the wedding was too rushed, so anxious that they couldn't even prepare a valuable gift.

Since it was the wedding of the new king, the heads of the families loyal to Arthur prepared to give something good.

"Don't waste money on this. I don't pick gifts very much, you can give me a book." In order to put the nobles at ease, Arthur said this in advance.

"You are so generous."

"Is there any other king in the world who is so considerate of his vassal? No, right?"

The nobles were impressed by the generosity of the King of Hejian.

What they didn't know was that in the future, the expensive gifts should still be given.

Anyway, Arthur will have many opportunities to get married in the future, and he won't worry about not receiving gifts.

After the specific date of the wedding was determined, the entire Harrenhal and Harren town began to operate.

Arthur had previously asked Sansa to prepare enough meat so that the nearby farmers could have a good meal on his wedding day.

But the nearby territories had experienced looting by the Westerlands soldiers, so they couldn't afford so much chicken, duck and mutton.

Miss Stark, who was quite frugal, came up with a clever idea. She ordered people to catch a lot of fish in the God's Eye Lake: mandarin fish, trout, salmon, carp, etc., and then pickled them for the wedding banquet.

This was just a small aspect of the wedding banquet. More details were revealed in the next two or three days: Arthur's sword and horse flags and Sansa's dire wolf flags were planted all over the walls and towers of Harrenhal; in order to make her life event more solemn, Sansa ordered people to invite a circus, which would perform once in the Hall of Hundred Hearths, and then go to Harren Town to perform for the civilians...

The vain Sansa even ordered people to make two pure gold crowns to show that she was the real queen.

PS: I was late for a while, please forgive me.