Time flowed like water, and another month passed quickly.
In this month, the situation in the Westeros changed drastically, and the battle at Slaver's Bay gradually reached its climax.
Let's talk about the Westeros first.
Tommen's death did not affect Danny at all. Whether Erya came out of retirement, or You Lun wanted the Iron Throne, what did it have to do with her?
But the king's death had a great impact on the people and the political situation of the Seven Kingdoms.
The King's Landing fell into a new round of turmoil: Cersei wanted to be crowned as the true Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Great Sparrow did not allow it.
To this day, the fact that Lannister had stolen the throne of House Baratheon was as clear as day, and everyone knew about it.
Everyone knew that Emperor Joffrey and King Fu Tommen were lions wearing Theon's clothes, and they were the bastards of Cersei and Jaime.
Because Tommen was young, his political presence was weaker. The people and nobles did not like Cersei, but they were used to her troublesome rule.
Therefore, it was not impossible for Cersei to be crowned as Queen in "Game of Thrones".
Anyway, she was the regent for the past few years, and Tommen was Lannister. Anyway, the royal family was so rotten, and Cersei being Queen did not make the country worse …
This was a common view among the people and nobles.
Therefore, when Cersei was crowned as Queen, it did not cause too much of a stir in the King's Landing.
But there was a custom in the Westeros. Only the king who was recognized by the Church and had the Archbishop put the crown on his head was the true rightful king.
If Danny took the Iron Throne, she would have to kneel before the Great Sparrow, and then the Great Sparrow would put the crown on her head.
Even Aegon the Conqueror had to kneel.
Usually, the king, queen, princess, prince, and the seven dukes would have to kneel and kiss the Archbishop's hand when they saw him in the Basilica.
Danny could not stand it, so she made herself an Archbishop. When faced with an unacceptable rule, one could either change it, abolish it, or change oneself to become the beneficiary of the rule.
Obviously, it was easier to become the beneficiary.
However, Cersei was a native of the World of Ice and Fire. She often knelt. She was used to kneeling since she was young.
She was happy to kneel under the big sparrow and let him put the lion crown on her head with ear-length blond hair.
However, even if she wanted to kneel, the big sparrow would not allow her to kneel. Ordinary people were not qualified to kneel.
Aegon also wanted to kneel!
Back then, when Toman's identity was in doubt, the Great Sparrow, who had just ascended to the throne, was unwilling to crown him. It was Cersei who personally found him and offered to restore the Church's armed forces in exchange for the Great Sparrow to crown Toman and waive the royal family's debt of a million gold dragons.
Don't think that the coronation is as simple as putting the crown on the king's head. Why would the king kneel to you?
Why did the royal family kneel before the archbishop?
Did he really think that they were lowly and liked to kneel?
He was the king!
There was only one reason: it was profitable!
The archbishop represented the Seven Gods, recognizing and protecting the legal system of the king.
In other words, the monarchical power was bestowed by God, and the king was the destined person.
Under normal circumstances, if someone wanted to rebel against Toman, the Great Sparrow should stand up and call on the believers of the Seven Gods to resist the rebels.
Even if Aegon was suspected to have Saint Danny's shadow behind him, the Church had never opposed Toman's rule. The fact that they did not openly oppose Toman's rule was the greatest support.
Because You Lun had lost his mind and worshipped evil gods; Cersei had betrayed the teachings of the Seven Gods and raised demons (Demon Mountain). They should all be wantonly attacked by the Seven Gods.
When the Chinese saw the western king kneeling before the pope, they mocked them for not being as dictatorial as the Celestial Emperor.
Little did they know that the western king was also laughing. In a social environment where nobles and generals were all equal, how could the king be sleeping soundly while courting death?
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Cersei had lost all her children (in her heart, Messai in Slaver's Bay was almost tortured to death by the Dragon Queen) and had nothing to fear anymore.
She was already known as the Mad King the Third, and now she could surpass her predecessors, becoming crazier and more ruthless.
The Great Sparrow had always been firm in his beliefs. Recently, he was favored by the Holy Mother and became the child of the Seven Gods. He had even died once.
To be honest, he missed that heaven where he could cleanse his heart of filth. Thus, he became purer and was not afraid of death.
How could they allow a woman who killed her husband, king, committed adultery, blasphemed, raised demons, and engaged in blood sacrifices (You Lun's sins were also on her) to become the King of the Seven Kingdoms?
The conflict between the Church and the royal family was about to erupt.
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Back to Aegon's True Dragon Alliance.
Due to Sansa's request, Aegon changed his strategy and decided to send a cavalry to take down River Delta City.
When they were only two days away from River Delta City, news of Toman's death came. Tyrion was grieving over his nephew's death and guessing who the murderer was. He immediately suggested that Aegon turn around and head south, ignoring Wade Freyr.
"With Toman's death, King's Landing will be in chaos. Furthermore, Toman is the last legitimate King of Beira Theon's Dynasty.
If you attack King's Landing now, you will meet with the least resistance. "Tyrion advised Aegon.
Just as Aegon was hesitating, Sansa said, "River Delta City is just in front of us. It will only take a few days. Since we have dragons, we can fight on both sides."
"The Winged Dragons are not invincible! I have already said that the enemy might ambush us with Dragon-Slaying Crossbows. They might also invite the Winged Dragon Knights to capture us.
We cannot leave the main force and have to reduce the time we fly alone. Furthermore … "
Looking at the unhappy Sansa, Tyrion wanted to say something but stopped.
— — Furthermore, taking down River Delta City is just the beginning. You will definitely ask for more. For example, the nearby Winterfell, or the Rapidflow City …
However, she was no longer the lonely and helpless little girl in King's Landing. Now, she was his queen, the protector of the valley, Robert Ayrin's guardian. The tens of thousands of troops in the valley followed her lead.
She had Britney and 'Black Fish' Blinden by her side.
Her wings were fully grown.
Hmm, the 'Best Uncle in the Seven Kingdoms', Eide Tully, was not as bad as he was described in "Game of Thrones". He was not fooled by Jaime. Although he gave up Rapidflow City, he also secretly released his uncle, 'Black Fish' Blinden Tully.
Blinden escaped by jumping into the river.
After Sansa regained her identity and married Aegon, he came over.
Speaking of which, what kind of person was Blinden that he was worth introducing?
He was Caitlin's uncle, the most qualified person to inherit the position of Duke of Rapidflow City. He was Robb and Sansa's second grandfather, one of the top five generals in the Seven Kingdoms. He also had the resume of the 'Knight of the Blood Gate', served as the Young Wolf Master's military advisor, and was the Grand Marshal of the Southern Border …
The Knight of the Blood Gate was the title of the valley. He was responsible for leading the troops to guard the entrance of the valley. He was usually the most trusted person of Duke Ayrin.
With his help, Sansa was barely able to command the nobles of the valley.
He was also the one who persuaded the nobles of Hejian to pledge their allegiance to King Aegon.
He was also the one who served as King Aegon's cavalry commander and military advisor.
If he did not have supernatural powers, after Aegon married Sansa, he would have connections, generals, soldiers, and territory. The three kingdoms of the valley, Hejian, and the Northern Border had unlimited territories.
His Iron Throne was basically secured. It did not matter if Duane and Danny's aunt were willing to help.
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In the King's study in the Moon Gate Castle, Aegon rejected Tyrion's suggestion to immediately head south to King's Landing.
"We'll split into two. One will head north to River Bond City, and the other will head south to King's Landing. Our attack on River Bond City will not affect the movement of the southern army," he said.
"This was the plan from before. However, the situation has changed. We should give up on the slow approach of the main army.
We'll directly head north to King's Landing with three horses per person. Three thousand Valley Knights will head north to Blood Gate and two thousand Gold Knights, "Tyrion explained.
"There are fifteen thousand lions in King's Landing. Ten thousand River Knights are stationed outside the city. How can we win with only five thousand cavalry?" Aegon asked.
"The Great Sparrow will help us. There are also thousands of Church forces in King's Landing. Moreover, I'm also a Lannister. I can convince some of the defenders. "
"Why would the Great Sparrow help us? I'm not Cersei. I won't allow the Church to intercept the treasury's tax revenue. I won't tolerate the monks seizing the royal family's gardens, mines, and other property, "Aegon said seriously.
"You think my sister can tolerate it? I swear on my father's bones that she can't tolerate it. She can't tolerate the Church seizing the royal family's benefits. She can't tolerate the Church's humiliation of her. She can't tolerate the Great Sparrow refusing to crown her.
The Great Sparrow is helping us not because he likes you, but because he wants to choose the lesser of two evils.
You only want his money, but my sister wants his life, "Tyrion said helplessly.
"I don't believe Cersei is that crazy. Everyone saw the Holy Mother's descent. She dares to blaspheme the Seven Gods?" Aegon shook his head.
Even he, a foreigner who grew up in the Rohn River, went to the Holy Church to pray every week. He was very devout. Would Cersei dare to risk the world's condemnation?
One day later, around two in the morning, Tyrion, Aegon, and Sansa left Moon Gate Castle quietly. When the sun rose the next day, they landed in Blackfish Blinden's camp.
Yes, if Uncle Finger could think of inviting the alliance to ambush Aegon, Tyrion would have thought of it too. His response was to follow the main group and move out late at night. The time was random.
The army had crossbows. Even if ten winged dragons chased after them, as long as they entered the range of the crossbow formation, they would win.
Attacking River Delta City was much harder than Aegon had imagined. Frey was not stupid. He knew what he had done and how Queen Sansa would punish him outside the city. Therefore, they all fought for their lives.
If not for the two winged dragons constantly throwing kerosene bombs, Blackfish Blinden's army of Three Thousand Valleys and Hejian might not have been able to take River Delta City.
They took a day to break through the city gates and another two days to clear out the 2000 defenders in the city.
When a thousand captives were brought to the drill ground outside the city, Sansa rode on Lady's back and coldly declared, "Their hands are stained with the blood of the northern soldiers. None of them are innocent."
Yes, Lady was the name of her striped winged dragon.
In the end, River Delta City was bathed in blood. Other than the elderly, children, and women, even the coachmen did not escape. About 5000 people lost their heads.
More than twenty Frey's direct family members and more than two hundred and fifty Frey's collateral relatives, regardless of whether they were old or young, were spared. Only two newborn babies named "Dani" were hanged and then fed to the pterosaur.
Sansa forgave the babies but did not spare the Frey children.
Was it cruel?
At least, it was more "merciful" than Robert and Tywin.
Aegon and Tyrion only frowned and did not object.
Just because the Reyes Family was disrespectful to Lannister, Tywin wiped out the entire Reyes Family. Instead, the singer wrote "Kasteme's Rain" to praise this matter.
The people of the Seven Kingdoms only respected Tywin. They did not criticize him for his cruelty.
Because he admired Tywin's ruthlessness and decisiveness, Eris even specially invited him to King's Landing to be the prime minister … Later, Tywin also gave him "Kasteme's Rain" as proof of their 20 years of friendship.
However, Frey's family was not wiped out. Walter Frey also did not die.
Frey had more than 20 direct descendants.
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