I will save the people and win the crown
In the hall of the circular fortress of the Root family, the landowners of the town, Tyrion Lannister and the three leaders of the mountain clans gained physical freedom.
Baron Charles Root, having provided a place for his guests, left in good humor.
Arthur sat on the main seat and looked at Tyrion who poured ale into his mouth.
"This is not as good as the Qingting Island wine you often drink."
Tyrion burped and spread his hands, "No one knows when death will come, so it's better to have fun in the moment, if drinking ale can be considered fun."
He was speaking from his heart. The mercenary who was not very bright earlier left a heavy psychological shadow on him.
Shagga, the leader of the Stone Crow tribe, stood behind Tyrion. When he saw the half-man stretching his hand to the side, he thought he had finished drinking, so he grabbed the wine glass and imitated the half-man's movements and drank the ale.
The leader of the Burning Tribe, Timei, directly picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth.
Another maiden leader of the Black Ears named Zillah was much quieter, standing behind Tyrion with her big fangs bared.
Lannister, who had his glass taken away, looked back at his men who didn't understand etiquette, then turned back to Arthur and shook his head helplessly.
"There are more than five hundred people in this group of mountain clans, and I want them to fight for me and the Riverlands."
Tyrion did not answer, but dragged a wicker chair from the side of the hall, slowly pulled it to the long table, and then jumped onto the wicker chair to make himself level with Arthur.
"No problem." Tyrion swayed from side to side to make himself comfortable. "Anyway, I am yours, so they can do whatever you want, Lord Bracken."
The little devil felt that the handsome river noble in front of him might be easier to talk to, so he relaxed a lot.
Arthur was very satisfied with Tyrion's attitude, and then revealed his true purpose: "In addition, you have to work for me until all wars are over."
Tyrion leaned on the back of the wicker chair and reached out for the wine glass, but suddenly remembered that this was not his home of Casterly Rock, so he withdrew his right hand with a little embarrassment.
He thought for a while, leaned forward, and tried to put his little hands on the long table.
"Can't you let my father, Lord Tywin, pay the ransom for me and let me go back?"
He shook his head, which was as big as a normal person, "You also know that we Lannister have more gold. Since my father is willing to go to war with the Riverlands for me, he is naturally willing to pay a large ransom for me. This amount You have enough money to become a rich nobleman."
Tyrion carefully recalled the members of the Bracken family in Stonehedge, and after confirming that the man named Arthur was not the Bracken of Stonehedge, he wanted to win over this person with gold.
After all, the temptation of gold is enough for the little nobles.
Arthur glanced left and right at the river soldiers in the hall, and ordered them to take away the three leaders of the Alpine clan, and give some food to the leaders and the captured ancestors of the clan.
When there were only two people left here, Arthur said: "If you think a little gold can satisfy me, then you are looking down on me."
There was a trace of confusion in Tyrion's wise eyes, "Do you want the territory? But the territories in the West are owned by owners. My father is willing to pay gold, but not the territory."
Arthur pointed at Tyrion and said loudly: "Please understand this Lannister, I do not regard you as a prisoner, but as one of my assistants. Between you and many, many more With the help of wise men like you, we can create something big, something that will change the history of Westeros."
Tyrion was confused when he heard this, "Can you be a little more specific?"
"To be specific, I want to be the king of Westeros and then make a small adjustment to this society. In this process, I need your assistance." Arthur got straight to the point.
Tyrion almost laughed at this ignorant remark. If he hadn't suddenly remembered his identity as a prisoner, he might have laughed with his hands in his hands.
"Forgive me, Lord Bracken, your title is not equal to that of Viscount, right? How many thousands of troops do you have? Not even a thousand, I'm afraid. Do you have millions of people who support you? No! Your bloodline ...Oh, Bracken is indeed a royal surname, but when you became king, the Hall family, the first owners of Harrenhal, were still pirates on the Iron Islands. Now the Hall family has been dead for three hundred years. It has become a small dust in history."
Tyrion said, suppressing a smile.
He has read enough books, so he is very familiar with the history of Westeros, so some of the deeds of the surname Bracken are easy to come by.
Arthur nodded, "Yes, Mr. Lannister, I don't know any of what you said. But I remember that your ancestor, the clever Lenny, was just a liar before, and he got the entire Casterly Rock with just one mouth." and the Western Territory, as well as the gold mines in Golden Teeth City and Casterly Rock City."
"Why can't I win this whole world with my help and your help?"
Arthur stood up, walked to the small window only as big as a palm, pointed to the west and said:
"In the south of the river in the west, your father's Adam Malbrand, Davon Lannister, Armory Lodge, Kevan and other troops are fighting against the coalition of northern and river nobles. They started the war. The reason is that just because you, a noble, were kidnapped, Lord Tywin, who felt insulted, made millions of civilians feel hunger and war. "
Tyrion nodded. He was very familiar with his father and knew that Tywin did not send troops because of himself, but because he was the son of the Lannister family governor, and the proud Lannister would not be insulted by anyone. .
Therefore, he neither agreed nor opposed his father's move to launch a war.
He actually liked Arthur's words about opposing his father's war from a civilian perspective, and expressed his opinion with a nod.
Arthur pointed his finger to the south: "At the intersection of the Mander River and the Rose Avenue, Renly's 100,000 troops are gathering, waiting for the dust of the northern war to settle and march north to seize the fruits of victory."
This finger pointed to the east again, "On Dragonstone Island, Stannis, the first successor to the late King Robert, is gathering pirates and smugglers on the Narrow Sea through the Onion Knight Davos in an attempt to regain his Iron Throne. "
"Further away on the continent of Essos, Daenerys Stormborn is also watching with eager eyes."
Finally, Arthur pointed to the north, "Robb, the young man from the Stark family, was not to be left behind. He took nearly 20,000 people from his family to join this game of power. The reason why he started the war was just because of his father and The sisters are trapped in King's Landing, so he has to lead 20,000 people to bleed and die."
"All these nobles think that they are chess players, using the soldiers and territories in their hands as chessboards to play a chess game of power." Arthur walked back to the main seat and said to Tyrion.
"But the lives of civilians also matter. In order to save his father and sisters, Robb Stark has killed more than 3,000 Northerners. In order to preserve the dignity of the Lannister family, Tywin Tens of thousands of soldiers from the West and Hejian have been killed, and even more civilians from Hejian have been massacred by the Demon Mountain and the soldiers from the West."
Arthur stretched out ten fingers and said, "These civilians who can't be counted with the palm of their hands, they are also other people's fathers, sisters, and other people's sons. Just because of the conflict between your two families, they gave up their lives and went to see the gods in heaven." Gods."
He retracted his fingers and clenched them into two fists, "But in the beginning, the purpose of the nobles' existence was to protect the people. The peasants paid physical and monetary taxes to the nobles in exchange for the protection of the powerful men. Now. All civilians have become pawns manipulated by the masters, just to cooperate with the nobles in completing this game of power. "
Tyrion spread his hands and asked in confusion: "So, what do you want to express?"
Arthur did not answer this question, but answered the little devil's previous question:
"Because I uphold justice, I am called the Righteous Arthur, and because I bravely fight against the Mountain, some people call me the Brave Arthur. This is the title I can claim at the moment."
"As for the soldiers, there should be more than two thousand who belong directly to me, and this number is still increasing."
"As for the people, that's a better solution. I will save them and win their support."
Arthur concluded: "You ask me how I became king, and my answer is: I will save the people and win the crown."
Tyrion opened his mouth, then changed his words, "Wow, it sounds good, but how do you save the people? By war? Isn't this the same as the nobles you criticized? "
The little devil wanted to taunt Arthur in front of him, reminding him that Bracken was also a nobleman himself.
But considering the identity of the prisoner, he held back.
"There is a slight difference here." Arthur stretched out the index finger of his right hand and shook it. "They started the war because of trivial matters in their own families, while I started the war to punish them."
Tyrion was still not convinced, "Then, your respected Majesty King Arthur, when will you let the Archbishop of the Seven Gods wear your crown?"
He was a little weird and wanted to know when the ambitious man in front of him was going to become king.
The continent of Westeros is very blood-heavy. The Usurper War overthrew the Targaryen Dynasty fifteen years ago, but the four alliances of Fish, Wolf, Eagle and Deer still elected Robert Barra, who has the blood of the Targaryen family. Theon becomes king.
Just because Robert's grandmother is a member of the Targaryen family.
This is naturally done for the sake of the legitimacy of the nobles, large and small.
After all, if the king, the head of the aristocracy, is determined by his big fist, then all the powerful families will have ideas.
Then the powerful second-tier nobles under the first-tier nobles will also challenge the position of the lord, and the third-tier families will challenge the second-tier families, and so on until the powerful knight families begin to challenge the nobles above, creating a situation where etiquette collapses and music breaks down.
For nobles, this is not a good thing.
Therefore, Jon Arryn, the warden of the Eagle family, who understood the righteousness, chose Robert, the most legal person, as the king. The Deer family in the four alliances enjoyed the success, and Ed, the warden of the Wolf family, was the adopted son of old Arryn. Naturally, He won't object. Horst, the governor of the Yu family, is also sensible, and he won't object.
For this reason, Robert was called "the usurper".
"When I save enough civilians that they think I should become a king, I will take the crown given to me by the civilians." Arthur answered.
He has received compulsory education. How could he allow religious forces to interfere with something as symbolic as the crown?
Arthur even felt that the painting of Napoleon putting the crown on his queen was a bit feudal and backward, and religious people should not appear in places where the throne and the succession of the throne alternate.
"Okay." Tyrion leaned back on the wicker chair again, "If you really protect and save the civilians, and your subjects agree to make you king, then no matter where I am, I will be at your side to help you."
He himself is also a person who cares about the common people and has no objection to Arthur's idea.
I just feel that it is a bit too idealistic and almost impossible to achieve.
Arthur also heard the disbelief in Tyrion's words, but did not expose it.
"Okay, my position as the first Hand of the King will definitely be reserved for you."
Seeing Arthur's loose tone, Tyrion asked tentatively:
"Before that, can you give me freedom first, for example, let me return to King's Landing or my father's camp in the south? After all, I am the key to starting this war. Maybe if I go back, the Riverlands will be No more war, isn't that what you prayed for?"
Although Tyrion feels that his father looks down on him, since Jaime put on the white robe and became the Kingsguard, he has become the Lord of the West and the first heir to Casterly Rock. He is still within the sphere of influence of the Lion family. It's much more comfortable than staying with the enemy.
Arthur shook his head, "Not for the time being. Although the war started because of you, since Robert's death, the battle for the Iron Throne between Joffrey and Stannis and Renly of the Deer Family was the main reason. Tywin was just a lion. The family army has been dragged to the Hejian Land so that they cannot start a war with the Lu family. Letting you go back will not help, so why not stay with me and be a military advisor."
He finally met such a first-class management talent in Westeros, how could he let him go so casually?
If you can't make Liangliang fall in love with him by visiting the thatched cottage like Liu Bei did, then you can only force Tyrion to stay by your side.
Get married first, fall in love later!
There will be more opportunities to get along with him in the future, and Arthur is confident that Tyrion will always be impressed by his charisma and willing to help him.
Tyrion spread his hands helplessly and jumped off the wicker chair to find a cup to drink from.
"Okay, what else can I say?"
He was resigned to it.
Tyrion even took the time to imagine how this little nobleman would make the Starks, Boltons, Severn, and Glover in the north believe that he was a strategist and not a prisoner after the army from the north arrived.
Arthur pointed to the door of the hall and said: "Then military advisor, please start working. How can we hold this ferry town with only more than a thousand people until the Northern Army successfully crosses the river?"
Roose Bolton's army doesn't know when it will arrive, so Arthur has to prepare for the worst defensive battle.
Considering that Tywin could only send out cavalry that could move quickly, this number was at most six thousand.
Including the mountain clans, there are nearly 2,000 combatants near Earl Harroway's town, so there is still a possibility of holding the ferry.
Tyrion found the wine glass, but found that the wine jug had been poured out by Timei, the leader of the Burning Men. He had no choice but to smack his mouth and savor the taste of the ale he drank earlier.
Then he turned to Arthur and said:
"At least let me observe the terrain, right?"