The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Osney was ordered to see the High Sparrow at the Great Sept of Baelor, and he did not return that day.

The next day, Cersei accompanied King Tommen in handling the petitions of his subjects. After returning to Maegor's Holdfast, darkness quickly fell.

Only by personally handling the petitions of the people could one truly understand how difficult it was to be a king. No wonder Robert hated holding court after becoming king.

She needed to quickly arrange for her uncle Kevan to become Hand of the King to deal with the endless stream of petitions from those commoners.

However, one matter made Cersei restless after dinner.

Another day had passed, and Osney Kettleblack still had not returned.

Clearly, Osney's 'disappearance' was related to the High Sparrow.

If Osney had been treated with courtesy and kept by the High Sparrow, then the High Sparrow would have sent someone to inform Cersei. However, no one had come with news.

Had something happened?

How could that be possible?

Cersei decided to send someone to ask the High Sparrow. But who should she send?

She had secretly sent Osney to the High Sparrow, hoping to use Osney's testimony to give the High Sparrow an excuse to arrest Queen Margaery Tyrell.

Jaime was not around. Who could Cersei trust?

This person not only had to be loyal but also capable.

Cersei thought of the best knife to use: The Mountain!

He was a vicious dog!

She could also use this as an opportunity to敲打 the High Sparrow, to make him behave and not cause trouble.

Just as Cersei sent a guard to summon The Mountain, a handmaid came in to report that The Mountain had arrived.

Cersei asked the handmaids to invite The Mountain into the Queen Mother's Hall.

The Mountain was a good knife, a good dog, only to be used and not trusted. If one wanted to kill a dog, one must not leak any information. Lord Tywin was a lesson. If news of Lord Tywin's massacre of the Clegane village had not leaked and had been tightly sealed, The Mountain's head would most likely already be on Prince Doran Martell's table in Dorne.

However, her father had used this good knife for twenty years. Why couldn't she use it for another twenty years?

Cersei hoped she could use The Mountain's knife for twenty years! The nine-year-old King Tommen needed a vicious dog like The Mountain by his side to bite people for him even more.

“Ser Gregor, what brings you here?”

“Your Grace, I have received news that the Tyrell family is preparing to leave King's Landing and the Red Keep,” The Mountain said in a low, secretive voice.

Cersei was incredulous!

“That’s impossible!”

“The information I received is absolutely true,” The Mountain assured her.

“Who gave you this information?”

“Littlefinger bribed a knight of Mace's. That fellow not only loves wine and gambling, but also loves铯.”

“Mace is一心想要 to enter the royal palace and gain power. How could he be willing to leave?”

“After the unfortunate passing of King Joffrey, Queen Margaery is有名无实. Her remaining in the Red Keep is a joke. She is only sixteen this year and still a virgin. She will inevitably remarry in the future. The Tyrell family's desire for power and glory is not just to be the Master of Laws. For the position of Master of Laws, the family is负担 the entire city of King's Landing's粮食. The cost is too great.”

Cersei's neck immediately rose, her slender neck was very beautiful.

“Mace Tyrell wants to中断 the grain supply?”

“They cannot get their political capital. On the contrary, the Queen of Thorns生命 was lost. If it were me, I would rather return to Highgarden. There is no need to continuously supply grain to King's Landing and the royal family. In terms of付出 and 得到, the Tyrell family's账 is a big亏.”

Cersei's face was stern: “Does Uncle Kevan know about this?”

“The first person I must report to is Your Grace and King Tommen, not Earl Kevan.”

Cersei nodded!

“We cannot do without the grain supply from the Reach,” Cersei said. “The war in the Riverlands is still ongoing. The daily grain consumption of 20,000 soldiers is enormous, and General Randyll does not have extra grain to supply to King's Landing.”

“Randyll Tarly is Lord Mace's封臣, Your Grace!” The Mountain reminded Cersei. “Militarily, we cannot do without the army of the Reach either. Once General Randyll withdraws his troops, the Riverlands will not submit.”

“What can we do to stabilize the Tyrell family?”

“A marriage alliance!”

“A marriage alliance? Tommen and Margaery? Tommen is only nine years old.”

“A betrothal first will stabilize the Tyrell family.”

Cersei was absolutely unwilling, but she said: “Alright, you will go and reveal this news to Lord Mace on my behalf first, and see Mace's reaction. After Tommen is ten years old, our two families will discuss the wedding matters.”

After ten years old, that is, two years later.

During these two years, Cersei would naturally find a way to solve the grain problem; during these two years, the Riverlands would inevitably be conquered, and the Vale would also be conquered by Littlefinger. The Riverlands and the Vale are both granaries, and the tax revenues from both places can enable the kingdom to operate smoothly.

By then, maybe Queen Margaery will already be dead!

“As you command, Your Grace,” The Mountain said.

He got up to take his leave, and Cersei said: “Ser Gregor, I have a small matter that I need your help with.”

“Please command, Your Grace!” The Mountain said respectfully.

“Osney Kettleblack went to the Great Sept of Baelor for repentance. It has been two days, and he has not returned. He was my former captain of the guard, loyal and耿耿. Can you ask the High Septon of the Great Sept of Baelor for me, and see if Osney has joined the Warrior's Sons?”

“As you command, Your Grace.”

“When will you go?”

“When does Your Grace want me to go?”

“The sooner the better.”

“Then I will go now, Your Grace!”

“Now? At night? There are the most monks in the Great Sept of Baelor at night, the Poor Fellows gather, the Warrior's Sons are all in the Sept.”

“I'm just afraid there aren't enough people,” The Mountain said indifferently.

These words gave Cersei infinite confidence. She straightened her back, and her courage arose.

Originally, she had already begun to vaguely fear the High Sparrow, feeling that she had misjudged and could not control the High Sparrow. Osney's matter made her vaguely uneasy, but The Mountain's words gave her confidence and底气.

If the High Sparrow did not listen, then like Maegor the Cruel, she would镇压 them all.

With The Mountain's knife, there was no need to be uneasy!

The Mountain knew where Osney was imprisoned, and he also knew what had happened to Osney. When the High Sparrow led the Poor Fellows into King's Landing, The Mountain knew what the High Sparrow would do, and he also knew what Cersei and Margaery would experience.

In order to further control the High Sparrow's affairs, The Mountain ordered Bronn to arrange for people to混进 the Poor Fellows.

It was easy to混进 the Poor Fellows. As long as you were poor and volunteered to become a monk, you were a member of the Starry Sept.

And in King's Landing, the poor were the most numerous and easiest to find. The hooligans and混混 in Flea Bottom were all poor.

There was no difficulty in插人 into the Poor Fellows to探听消息, nor was it a novel strategy. For the穿越 Mountain, this little伎俩 was not worth mentioning.

*

The High Sparrow controlled the Great Sept of Baelor and免除 the royal family's debt of one million golden dragons. This showed that the Great Sept of Baelor was very, very rich.

And The Mountain needed money to raise troops.

The Clegane army of more than 10,000 in the Westerlands, the strongest military force in the entire Westerlands, could not sustain itself through war in peacetime. In fact, it was more than 10,000 mouths to feed.

The 3,000 soldiers on Dragonstone were also 3,000 mouths to feed.

The 3,000 soldiers on the Claw Isle, after militarized management, had to be负担 by The Mountain for their food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

The total military strength of the Clegane army reached more than 20,000, and the daily grain was an astronomical figure.

Clegane's Keep, Tarbeck Hall, Castamere, Dragonstone, Claw Isle—of the five territories, only Tarbeck Hall and Castamere could truly make money to support the army. And it was not靠的 trade, but the underground gold mines.

Clegane's Keep had land, workshops, and a small amount of gold mines, but it no longer had subjects. The Mountain planned to move the tribes from the poorest and most恶水 places on the Claw Isle to Clegane's Keep after the cavalry and infantry training on the Claw Isle was completed.

But these plans all took time: a migration would take more than two months of漫长 time.

And the Great Sept of Baelor was富可敌国, with golden dragons成箱 and rare jewels堆积, priceless.

The Mountain had long wanted to rob such a rich place. He was happy to see the conflict between the Queen Mother and the High Sparrow begin to accumulate and eventually trigger.

As long as the conflict was激化, The Mountain could justifiably kill his way into the Great Sept of Baelor and洗劫 a century of wealth.

At that time, let alone raising 20,000 troops, even raising 100,000 troops would be possible.

If this money fell into the hands of an ambitious person like the High Sparrow, it would indeed be the greatest threat to the country!

And according to the previous world軌跡, Cersei炸成了 the Great Sept of Baelor to 平地 for revenge. The wealth inside naturally turned to dust as well.

This time, The Mountain did not want another wildfire explosion!

One cannot过不去 with money!

*

Baelor's Square, the sound of horses' hooves炸响, and The Mountain led six hundred heavy cavalry to arrive.

The Great Sept of Baelor had several doors to enter, and there were strict regulations on who entered from which door.

The Mountain arrived, did not下赤烟兽, and urged 赤烟兽 towards the Father's Gate.

The Father's Gate was guarded by members of the Poor Fellows. On both sides of the gate, there was a knight of the Warrior's Sons.

A member of the Warrior's Sons came up: “Ser Gregor, please dismount first.”

The Mountain stopped 赤烟兽: “Monk, I am奉 Your Grace's order to see your High Septon. Please report to the High Septon. If he does not come out, I will go in.”

“Please dismount first, Ser Gregor,” the Warrior's Sons knight said indifferently.

Since he became a knight of the Warrior's Sons, this knight thought he was invincible, favored by the Seven Gods, and often made misjudgments.

“This is not a horse, this is a unicorn, named 赤烟,” The Mountain said. “Knight, you want me to dismount, I can't do it. Please report to the High Septon. Is it he who comes out, or do I go in? I will wait here for your reply.”

“Please dismount first, please have your cavalry dismount first,” the Warrior's Sons knight was indifferent to The Mountain's request.

In the Great Sept of Baelor, whoever came had to listen to orders!

呛!

The Mountain drew his huge ice sword backhand.

This was a very dangerous signal!

As the sword was unsheathed, all six hundred heavy cavalry behind him revealed their weapons: longswords, heavy axes, maces, chain maces, scimitars, spears, iron hammers… a chaotic assortment of weapons, but every weapon was definitely not a摆设, these were all killing weapons.

With The Mountain in front, these six hundred heavy cavalry did not put anyone in their eyes.

Monks from the Poor Fellows涌出 from the other gates. These people, all in gray robes and wooden sticks, were all Starry Warriors.

These people were not afraid of death!

However, one thing, not being afraid of death did not mean they would not die!

Having this point was enough!

The Poor Fellows were indeed terrible because of their ruthless cruelty.

However, the Warrior's Sons of all ages were later血色镇压, and without exception, they all ended in failure. This shows that not being afraid of death is not a万能的護身符. The most important thing is actually strength.

The Mountain's heavy cavalry, even the horses were披了铠甲, and in terms of protection, they碾压 the Poor Fellows.

And the Warrior's Sons currently did not have enough people. The less than one hundred Warrior's Sons were all infantry.

And at the gate, there were only two Warrior's Sons.

The Mountain's heavy cavalry was a prehistoric beast. They were武装到了牙齿.

And The Mountain's ice giant sword, Valyrian steel sword, coupled with The Mountain's strength, was 挡者披靡. No matter what Warrior's Sons you were, with one sword, you would be divided into two.

The two Warrior's Sons faced The Mountain's拔剑, and they were not afraid at all.

Ignorance is also fearless!

In this situation, the two Warrior's Sons were purely ignorant, not fearless monks.

Not understanding审时度势 was the biggest shortcoming of the Poor Fellows members and Warrior's Sons knights. They thought the Seven Gods favored them in everything, and they were invincible.

Their spirit was indeed invincible, but The Mountain disdained their spiritual power and just destroyed their bodies.

With a flash of cold light, the Warrior's Sons who拔剑 was split into two pieces, and the other Warrior's Sons had not reacted yet, and silver light shot, and his head flew out.

The ice giant sword cut through iron like羊皮纸 under The Mountain's absolute power!

As The Mountain made his move, the heavy cavalry beside him crashed up.

This was a tight semicircle formation.

Every heavy cavalry had comrades assisting him.

Spears, longswords, iron hammers, maces, warhorses' iron hooves, The Mountain's giant sword, the Poor Fellows'悍不畏死 had a great advantage, which was that they only needed to steadily advance to chase and砍到 the enemy.

The monks of the Poor Fellows would主动凑 up, as if they really wanted to use their bodies to try the power of the mace, longsword, chain iron hammer, double-edged axe, and long-handled heavy axe.

The heavy cavalry一路碾压, and soon forcibly pushed the Poor Fellows into several main church doors.

Corpses piled up on the square, and blood flowed like a river.

The Poor Fellows' wooden sticks, which were not afraid of death, struck the warhorses, and even the armor did not deform. These monks, who were originally poor, had terrifyingly pale combat skills.

The Mountain's giant sword swept across, and all those who retreated slowly were cut into two sections.

This conflict was激化 almost to the point.

赤烟兽's hooves also killed several Starry Warriors who did not know how to evade, and the unicorn挑 killed several commanders.

The Mountain's six hundred heavy cavalry blocked all the members of the Poor Fellows in several gates, and The Mountain did not order an attack.

Because entering the building would completely turn the cavalry's advantage into a disadvantage.

Historically, in the building, the dragons in the Dragonpit were killed by these guys.

There was no need to enter.

The Mountain did not care about Osney's life or death.

For a sparrow that hasn't even fully matured to dare defy the orders of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, it shows his schemes are poor and his courage excessive. A person like that has one advantage: they die quickly!

"Great Sparrow, get out here, or I'll set this building on fire!" The Mountain roared.

There are quite a few cultivators who oppose the Great Sparrow and his armed forces.

Inside the Great Sept of Baelor, all the original monks and bishops opposed the Great Sparrow. The same goes for the monks in other cathedrals across the country. Most true monks advocate for the "Septenary Scriptures" as their weapons, not swords, sabers, or clubs!

It's just that they all dare to be angry but dare not speak!

The Mountain is well aware of this!

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