Now, let's talk about Lannister.
The Western Region and the King's Territory (part of it) were hostile to almost all the other six kingdoms.
Even without the ambiguous attitude of the Ayrin Valley, it was still a situation of "wolf + fish + deer + rose" versus "lion".
Duane was also eyeing the lion covetously.
If either Erlu or Robb had an IQ, the Lion Family would be finished.
Erlu didn't even take down the wild goose before shouting, "I'll eat the roasted goose alone, you guys don't have a share." He was a bit brainless.
Because his father and grandfather died in King's Landing, Robb had the idea that "it's not our fault that the northerners don't have political IQ, it's the southerners who are too cunning."
He wanted to break the unity of the seven kingdoms and declare the independence of the Northern Region and Hejian Land. He wanted to call himself the King of the North. So what if we northerners are stupid? I'm not playing with you anymore!
If he only declared the independence of the Northern Region, no one would pay attention to him.
The Northern Region was bitter and cold. On the surface, it didn't contribute anything to the Seven Kingdoms. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. When winter came, northerners couldn't survive and would go south to ask for food.
The key was Hejian Land. The vast plains of the Trident River were the center of the Westeros. Together with the neighboring River Bend, they were known as the "Granary of the Seven Kingdoms". No king who won the Iron Throne would allow Hejian Land to become independent.
Sanlu Renli was still a bit rational. In the face of such a request, he only said, "Let's first take down King's Landing. The bottom line is that we allow the Northern Region to become independent. We can postpone the discussion of Hejian Land."
Erlu, however, directly declared Luo Bai a traitor and gave him a "Great Killing Curse".
Even if Robb and Erlu were stupid and started to fight among themselves before the enemy was eliminated, the situation of the Lion Family was still not good.
Erlu had been on the battlefield for a long time. Robb was a natural talent. The author of "Song of Ice and Fire" wrote about him, Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing had an awesome Great General uncle to teach him, while Luo Bai was born with the 'War God Halo'. His father, Eide Stark, was not a famous general, and no one taught him anything.
Huo Qubing had been an intern in the military for many years and only soared when he was 17. Luo Bo had been learning swordsmanship from a martial arts instructor for 13 years and had not graduated. At 14, he shone brightly and even Tywin and Jaime had lost to his sword.
How did Luo Bai do that?
Because Tywin made the first move. When his son Tyrion was kidnapped by Caitlin, he split his army into two groups. One group was led by Jaime, with 12,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. They went out of Golden Tooth City and took Hejian Avenue to attack the capital of Hejian, Rapids (Robb's grandfather was the Duke of Rapids). The other group was led by Duke Tywin himself, with around 20,000 men. They took Golden Avenue and used the royal territory to take a big detour to attack Hejian's' back '.
At the beginning of the war, due to the pincer attack, Hejian was almost destroyed. The Fish was taken down by the Lion. Not only was Rapids surrounded by Jaime, but even Robb's uncle, Eide, the only successor of the Fish, was not captured.
Tywin's army devoured Hejian, completely destroying the aristocratic rule and agricultural production in Hejian.
Tywin hired a mercenary group from Ursos, the Blood Troupe, to do the dirty work.
The Blood Troupe was known as the most notorious mercenary group in the world of Song of Ice and Fire. Hejian was almost a purgatory.
Then, Luo Bai, who had just entered the battlefield, led 13,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry south.
At that time, Tywin was already waiting for an exhausted enemy. He deployed his army to King's Avenue on the east bank of Green Fork River, which was considered the 'only' road south to King's Landing.
If Luo Bai went south directly, he would encounter Tywin's army, which had the terrain advantage.
And Tywin had indeed prepared a trump card for the Young Wolf Master: Tyrion's Mountain Clan troops and Demon Mountain's old, weak, sick, and disabled people at Green Fork River.
Because Demon Mountain and Tyrion were leading the troops, Luo Bai would definitely think that they were the main force.
When Luo Bai's main force entered, Tywin's real main force would come from the east and drive the troops fighting at the river into the river, including his own people.
But Luo Bai grew up listening to the legends of Duke Tywin. Deep down, he was actually afraid of fighting him head-on. At the same time, Luo Bai's God of War cheat, Intuition, warned him that this battle was dangerous.
Then, he really used the cheat.
He also divided his troops into two groups. He let the most cautious Luce Bolton lead 13,000 infantrymen to confront Duke Tywin. He himself led 5,000 cavalrymen to the west to reinforce Riverrun City.
But other than taking King's Avenue, there was only one way to cross Green Fork River.
Marquis Frey, who only had a 'shallow' family heritage of 600 years, built a bridge over Green Fork River.
In order to cross the river, Luo Bai and Walter Frey signed a sacred contract: Frey would submit to the King of the North. Not only would he allow Luo Bai's army to cross the river, the Frey family would also send thousands of soldiers to join Luo Bai's army.
In return, 1. Luo Bai would marry a woman from the Frey family. 2. "Erya" Arya would marry into the Frey family. 3. Caitlin would adopt two sons from the Frey family.
To be honest, Marquis Frey did not take advantage of the situation. Both sides' contributions and returns were almost equal.
After all, Luo Bai was rebelling. Allowing him to cross the river was only secondary. Frey also provided a large number of troops and supplies. Among Luo Bai's vassals, other than his uncle, the Frey family was the group that contributed the most. They had about 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers.
Luo Bai's 5,000 cavalrymen and Frey's several thousand men, under the leadership of the local snake, Black Fish, ambushed and captured Jaime Lannister in the Forest of Babbles.
Black Fish, Blinden Tully, was Luo Bai's second grandfather. He became famous in the Battle of the Nine Copper Coins King and participated in the 'War of the Usurpers' that overthrew the Targaryen Dynasty. He was an experienced general.
Luo Bai's talent + Black Fish's experience = undefeated.
After taking down Jaime and wiping out the 15,000 'Lion Army' that besieged Riverrun City, the situation on Riverrun City was immediately reversed.
Tywin was pinned down by Luce Bolton's northern infantrymen on the front. On the flanks, Luo Bai integrated the army of the Riverrun vassals and formed a huge military pressure.
At the rear, not only was the King's Landing unable to provide support, it was also besieged by the 'Deer' army.
It could be said that at that time, Lannister's life depended on Luo Bai's thoughts. If Luo Bai was not so smart and fought recklessly, even if Tywin could escape, he could only escape to the King's Landing alone.
Unfortunately, Luo Bai was too smart.
He was not being derogatory. He had already considered the situation after the battle. Erlu did not allow him to be independent and was also his enemy. If the 'Wolf' and 'Lion' fought fiercely, even if he could win, he would lose 800 of his own men. In the end, Erlu would have to clean up the mess.
Of course, Lannister was different from Erlu. Erlu only opposed the independence of the Northern Territory, but Lannister chopped off his father's head.
Therefore, Luo Bai would not let Tywin go.
Since he could not fight head-on, he would have to outsmart him.
After all, he was born to be a God of War!
Therefore, not only did Luo Bai not encircle and suppress Tywin in the east, he instead went west and led the war into Lannister's territory.
He came up with a different world version of the 'Dragging Knife Strategy'. If Tywin pursued him, he would find a favorable place to ambush him. Both Hei Yu and Luo Bai had even found an ambush place.
If Tywin did not pursue, the Western Territory would be at the mercy of the 'Wolf'. Lannister's family had a lot of gold and silver mines. Luo Bai and the others had plundered a lot. When they took Casterly Rock City, Lannister's family would be finished.
It had to be said that Luo Bai's plan was very thorough. In order not to reveal his strategy, even his uncle Eide Muller and the commander of the Northern Territory's infantry, Luce Bolton, did not know about his' Dragging Knife Strategy '.
In order to make it more realistic, Luo Bai deliberately left Eide Muller in Rapids City to 'resist' Tywin's return to the west.
Luo Bai knew that his uncle's skills in the war would not be able to stop Tywin's return to the west. Eide Muller's bait had failed, so Tywin would not suspect that it was a scheme.
During the whole process, Luo Bai could be said to have calculated both himself and others. He used his tactical skills to the extreme.
According to his plan, even if Erlu easily took King's Landing, which only had 3,000 soldiers, and the 'Wolf' family had suffered great losses in the battle with the 'Lion' family, he could still benefit from the Western Territory. Jaime had been captured by him, and if he took down Duke Tywin, Casterly Rock City would most likely surrender.
It could be said that Luo Bai had done everything he could do on the battlefield.
Unfortunately, Tywin was not led by the nose by him.
From the beginning, not only did Luo Bai want to defeat Tywin "unscathed", but Tywin also wanted to send that little brat to meet his dead father with the least loss.
When he found that Luo Bai was not as weak as he had thought, Tywin completely gave up the idea of winning the battlefield. Lannister had many enemies, so he did not have the energy to waste on the "hard-headed" northerners.
War was just a service for politics. Tywin not only knew how to fight, but he was also proficient in the 'game of power'.
While Luo Bai was still lying on the map, thinking hard about the 'dragging out the knife' strategy, Tywin had already started writing letters.
Tywin's classic quote: Some victories are won with swords and spears, some with pen and paper and crows.
He sent out and received more than 100 messenger crows every day. Luo Bai's battlefield was in Hejian and the Western Territory, but his battlefield was all over the Westeros.
Did Frey and Bolton, who betrayed Luo Bai in the future, receive his messenger crows?
They must have.
Roose Bolton, who was recognized by the northerners as "cautious and experienced", did a big "stupid thing" when he was stationed at Helenburg. The infantry, which was already stretched thin, split up again.
Tywin killed four to five thousand of the original 13,000 infantry at Green Fork River, leaving only about eight thousand left. Then, Roose Bolton split up half of his infantry to go south to King's Landing …
At that time, Luo Bai was in Cliff City, but about one-third of the infantry in the Northern Territory was attacking Twilight Valley.
Cliff City was more than 2000 kilometers away from Twilight Valley …
Even Roose Bolton's Helenburg was more than 600 kilometers away from Twilight Valley.
It was all mud roads, the middle ages where you had to rely on two legs to travel.
Without a doubt, the army that attacked Twilight Valley was completely annihilated.
Yes, it must be said here that Luo Bai's army was made up of many vassals, and Roose Bolton also brought a group of soldiers from his territory.
Those that he sent to Twilight Valley were all hardcore members of the House of Stark, while his own men stayed at Helenburg.
After the two battles at Green Fork River and Twilight Valley, the northerners only had one-third of their infantry left, or rather, only the Bolton Family's men left.
This was one of Tywin's methods.
Other than dissolving the enemy from within, Tywin also secretly developed a new ally — the "Golden Rose" that was left in the wilderness after Sanlu's death.
Tywin facilitated the marriage between Joffrey and Little Rose Margaery … The Lion was the king, and the Rose was the queen.
In terms of strength, Highcourt's "Rose" was the strongest among the seven countries. Not only did they have one-third of the Westeros' navy, they also had the most cavalry.
For example, the King of the Northern Territory, Luo Bai, only had 5000 cavalry, and the Western Territory had slightly more than that. Tywin and Jaime had about 7000 cavalry in total.
However, River Bend had prepared more than 20000 cavalry for Sanlu, and 50000 infantry … Even if Khal Drogo didn't die, his Khalasar wouldn't be a match for Highcourt's family.
As long as the seven countries were united, unless the Valleglia Empire was reborn, no one would be able to conquer the Westeros by force. Even Danny with three dragons wouldn't be able to do it, and 10,000 Unsullied would only cause a ripple.
Back to the main topic.
Old Lion, who had secretly formed an alliance with Rose, didn't reveal this trump card. He purposely followed Luo Bai's wishes and returned to the west, but he purposely wasn't a match for Eide's admiration. He suddenly headed south and joined forces with Rose, who was advancing east, and headed straight for the King's Landing.
Well, he ignored Luo Bai.
Because Luo Bai had already committed suicide, he wasn't a threat anymore.
Do you still remember the first man who broke off his engagement, the "Dragon Flare Prince"?
Because of Jenny in the City of Barren Stone, he broke his sacred engagement with Princess Theon Byra. Because of Jenny in the Cliff City, the third man who broke off his engagement, Luo Bai broke his oath with the Frey family.
Well, history was repeating itself at this moment. Another gentle and beautiful Jenny, another handsome and affectionate young king.
During the attack on the Cliff City, Luo Bai was injured by a stray arrow. After that, he was taken care of by Jenny Westerling, the daughter of the Earl of Cliff City, Gavin Westerling. Why did the eldest daughter of the Earl personally take care of him?
What about the servants and maids?
It was very likely that Jenny's mother, Sebel, arranged it on purpose. At that time, her situation was very bad. Her husband was captured by Luo Bai, and her family's city was also occupied by the Northerners.
It wasn't clear how much Duke Tywin played in this. Anyway, not long after, Luo Bai and Jenny had sex.
In order to protect Jenny's honor, and also because he was a virgin, Luo Bai was more impulsive. He didn't take Jenny as his lover, instead, he publicly announced his marriage with her the next day.
Jenny's mother, Sebel, had always been in contact with Tywin. She even secretly fed her daughter Moon Tea, the contraceptive pill from the World of Ice and Fire.
After Luo Bai died in the Blood Wedding, Sebel received a lot of benefits from Lannister. Her brother was promoted to Earl of Kasteme (a rich territory with gold mines, "Rain of Kasteme"), her son married a Lannister, and her two daughters arranged marriages, including Luo Bai's wife, Jenny.
Luo Bai, the man who broke off his engagement, inexplicably went from being a powerful player to being eliminated. Next was Erlu and Lannister.
Erlu sent the red-robed woman to kill Sanlu with blood magic. After that, he used a similar method to seize his younger brother's Phoenix Breath Castle. After that, he advanced by sea, wanting to take down King's Landing in one fell swoop.
At King's Landing, there were only six thousand gold-robed men. Four thousand of them were newly recruited street thugs. They weren't even qualified to be cannon fodder.
Their naval forces were also far from being a match for Dragonstone Island's navy. Erlu firmly controlled the sea.
If there were no accidents, Erlu could easily take down King's Landing.
However, the little devil Tyrion went into overdrive. As one of the main characters, he was also a cheat.
To be honest, Danny and Liz's experience in hatching dragons and subduing Unsullied was already considered a cheat. However, compared to Tyrion, they were still a long way off.
Facing Erlu who had absolute military superiority, Tyrion possessed "Zhou Yu + Guan Yu" and turned Erlu into Boss Cao in the Battle of Red Cliffs.
At that time, the battle went like this …
King's Landing was located on the north bank of the Blackwater River. To the east of King's Landing was Blackwater Bay. Erlu's army came from the Storm Territory in the south.
Tyrion burned the docks and docks along the Blackwater River and any buildings that were conducive to landing. The area outside King's Landing's walls was completely cleared.
If they wanted to attack King's Landing, Erlu would have to build a pontoon bridge across the Blackwater River.
Therefore, Erlu's fleet would have to enter the Blackwater River from the sea. They would have to use ships to transport their troops or connect the ships with each other. Then, they would have to use a springboard to assemble a crude "wooden bridge".
Tyrion built two capstan towers at the mouth of the Blackwater River. The stone towers were connected to a metal chain. When Erlu's fleet entered the river, the metal chain would sink to the bottom of the river. When most of the enemy fleet entered the Blackwater River, the capstan would twist and straighten the metal chain. This way, the river would be sealed off by a metal chain.
This was actually nothing. If this was an ancient naval battle in a normal world, even if the retreat route was sealed off, I would have a strong military force and would not need to retreat.
Moreover, my ships were not chained together like Cao Cao's. If you threw a fire ship from upstream, I could dodge it or use a pole to push the fire ship away.
The problem was that this was a fantasy world. The scholars had been developing for thousands of years and still could not come up with anything that could be called "science". Fire warlocks, on the other hand, had long been able to produce strange wildfires.
Tyrion was indeed possessed by Zhou Yu and threw a fire ship from upstream. However, the ship's hold was not filled with kerosene but with wildfire.
Wildfire = (Incendiary Bomb + Amaterasu) 2
The green flames burned the lower half of the Blackwater River into hell.
After setting the warships ablaze, Tyrion transformed into Lord Guan Yu again. Barely more than a meter tall, he fought his way through a horde of tall, muscular foes.
If not for Cersei (?) She would have sent someone to shoot him in the back. The imp would have been able to pass through the "Erlu Siege of King's Landing", which was a hellish difficulty level.
Well, Duke Tywin was also ruthless. He had been hiding in a corner and waiting for Erlu's army to lose momentum at King's Landing. Only then did he come out to reap the fruits of his son's victory.
Thus, in the battle of the four kings, Sanlu, Erlu, and Robb left one after another. Joffrey had the last laugh … well, at least he was not dead yet.
The first battle of the Westeros came to an end.
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