Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 265 I have to, but I have to do it

Brynden Tully, the last mainstay of the Tully family, had no choice but to leave in resentment after being frustrated by Clay.

In fact, regarding the current predicament of the Tully family, as long as the young man in charge of the army in the North and the Riverlands said a word, expressing his support for Edmure Tully, then everything would be fine.

But, as Clay Manderly had said to him, he was a Manderly and did not have the surname Tully, so he had no obligation to stand up for the idiot Edmure Tully.

Brynden Tully understood that he would do the same thing if it were him. However, something called family responsibility made him come to Clay to make a last-ditch effort.

In the end, only one Clay Manderly was obtained, expressing that he would not embarrass Edmure Tully's empty promise, as to whether to fulfill it, it was only on Clay's whim.

Although this was not what Sir Blackfish most wanted to achieve, but when he saw that Clay Manderly simply kept silent and ignored him at all, he understood that this was Clay's bottom line.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat, so let's do it.

With a long sigh, Brynden Tully took the Tully family and went out with Clay this time, and the [-] troops who survived broke away from Clay's army stationed in Stone Ledge City, and headed towards the Stone Hall in the south. town rush.

Clay didn't stop him either. If he wants to bring his own army to stand up for his good nephew, then there is no need for him to stop him.

After this battle was over, Clay sat in the camp of Shili City, and news from all sides poured in, making him rethink the current situation of the Seven Kingdoms.

In the west, since Jaime Lannister finally used his military talents and began to abuse the iron people, he quickly quelled the iron people's rebellion in the west.

Although the gold in the western region has been ruined by the Lannisters and other nobles in the past for a long time, after all, as a big family in Westeros that can be richer than the Tyrell family, their foundation is quite good. strong.

Although the Vale of the Maiden and Riverrun sent Clay an elite army of [-], James Lannister quickly re-established an army of [-] after returning to the West.

Although the strength of this army is not very good, almost 80.00% are recruits, and the combat effectiveness is a question mark.

But with the continuous struggle with the Ironborn and the tyrannical equipment in the western region, this army should not be underestimated.

Clay didn't know why they stayed in the Western Territory after finishing the ironmen, but as the person who coordinated the entire riverland battlefield, he had to be on guard against them at all times.

It seems that the total strength of my side has exceeded [-], but the number of troops on the western border is almost the same.

It's just that I have the advantage of fighting on the inside, and a large group is hugged in the riverland, and the people of the western border are divided into two battlefields by myself, Harrenhal and the western border.

If I don't crush the soft persimmon of the Valley people first, then I have to add [-] elite cavalry who are used to fighting, and the pressure on me will be too great.

Moreover, through this incident, voices of disobedience continued to spread from within Hejiandi.

This is not to say that Clay called Galesos over and took a breath of dragon flame to solve the problem.

In the current state, he just wiped out the Seven Kingdoms, and it is impossible to build a real empire.

Because his authority can only be maintained at the upper class of the nobles, and when it comes to the real place, it is the noble lords who have the final say.

This is a difficult problem to solve.

As the saying goes, the ass decides the head. At this stage, it is impossible for him to betray his own class.

Clay Mandalay is the heir of the Mandalay family, a great aristocrat in the northern border. The most fundamental thing he has obtained now is the Mandalay surname. If you change anyone who is not a nobleman, even if it is The ability is ten times greater than that of Clay, and it is not even a little bit possible.

This is the real path dependence of Clay now. The so-called breaking the wheel of history is a very important prerequisite, that is, there are not a few nobles left in this continent with a strong noble tradition.

Or, nobility is just a title, and all local financial power and military power are handed over to the central government. Otherwise, everything is empty talk, and it is simply impossible to expect the nobles to discover their conscience and transfer their interests to the central government.

And this kind of thing, if you want to do it, unless there is an extremely tragic, complete disaster for the entire noble group, there is such a slight possibility.

Otherwise, don't even think about it.

Clay is very clear, so his current position is neither to maintain too strong a connection with the nobles in the northern border, nor to pay so much attention to the nobles in the river.

He just firmly grasped the military power and expanded the power of his Mandalay family step by step, and he didn't care about the rest.

The nobles in Hejian are messing around on the battlefield, right? Kill!

Rob Stark has been besieged at Harrenhal for so long, he deserves it, so he won't save you!
In a word, he will only do what suits him and the interests of his Mandalay family.

Moreover, on Dorne's side, it is inevitable that the two sides will merge in the future. In order to maintain stability, it is impossible for him to attack Dorne immediately.

Therefore, in order to maintain the balance between the north and the south, it is better for him to create a strong Mandalay family by himself, rather than the river land where no one accepts anyone and the half-crippled nobles in the north.

In the previous Chrisen Mandalay, Clay guided him step by step, and finally allowed him to be on his own. This is what he did.

As for what will happen in the future, let's take a look at it slowly. Right now, it's not time to rest.

……

The snowflakes are still falling, but they are much better than the last violent snowstorm.

Now that Edmure Tully had done what he had done before, there was no need for Clay to go to Stone Hall to meet him.

Left and right are just relying on their own prestige of victory to make the whole situation even more ugly.

Clay didn't think it was necessary to do this, because it was very boring, so what if he just stomped the little thing left by Edmure Tully to the bottom?

It's just an emotional thing. Besides, the two thousand sets of winter clothes were given priority to the soldiers of the Mandalay family. Who gave them the most credit for being neutral in the war?

That being the case, it’s your soldiers under Hejian who are frozen. You are willing to mess around. Anyway, it’s not me, Clay Mandalay, who gets ugly in the end.

Based on this kind of thinking, Clay did not go directly to the south, but to the southeast, leading the cavalry group one step ahead.

As for the remaining infantry, still led by Lord Tytos Blackwood, they followed in Clay's footsteps.

Now that Jon Royce was gone, he had to give chase.

Some of them are infantry who have lost their horses, and they must not be able to run the four-legged full-speed cavalry on their side.

Taking a step back, Clay's goal would have been achieved as long as they had rushed to the east of Harrenhal.

These valley people who have lost their fighting spirit, as long as they don't participate in the next battle between Clay and Tywin Lannister, then let them go back to the valley.

Veterans like them, who know how powerful Clay is, can just be used as fresh promotional materials one by one, and by the way, dispel the confidence of the nobles in the valley to continue fighting with Clay.

For Clay, the Valley people who stay east of the Bright Moon Mountains and pretend to be dead are the best Valley people.

After fighting for so long, Clay has been selectively ignoring the great northern nobles who were suffering in Harrenhal, as well as the unlucky Robb Stark.

There are selfishness in this.

Even if it was attacked by the people of the Valley, so far, there has been no news of Rob Stark's death in battle?

He is alive, and he still brings with him a large number of powerful nobles in the northern border.

Clay can ignore the nobles in Hejian, whether he flatters them or criticizes them, he can ignore them all.

But a complete king of the North, together with nobles such as the Amber family, is still a bit oppressive for Clay, who has not yet spent his family fortune.

It was also thanks to the fact that when Rob Stark was besieged into Harrenhal, he gave the order to stand firm. If he sent ravens everywhere to ask for help, it would be difficult for Clay now.

From his own heart, Clay hoped that Stark and Lannister would go to Harrenhal for another bloodletting.

It is best to kill some heavyweight nobles, so that part of the northern and western borders will be in a state of power decline or vacuum. In that case, it is the best.

But now, the people of the valley are not being beaten, and Winterfell is also desperately supporting itself, pasting the last old books.

Although there are almost no stories of self-respect in the history of Westeros, in fact, this kind of aristocratic system simply cannot develop generals who command troops for a long time.

The army is put together by every noble, and no one can make the army their own.

Like Clay, as an heir to an earl, holding an army of more than 3 people in two realms, is already an odd number among odd numbers.

But after a long time, the remaining people are not blind. Once they think that they are unwilling to rescue Robb Stark of Harrenhal, it will be a little troublesome.

The nobles in Westeros trampled on the aristocratic norms and all loyalty in private, but on the surface, they would never allow anyone to openly betray their lord.

More lenient than self-discipline, stricter than others, these nobles have learned very well one by one.

So, even though he didn't want to, Clay had to stop and lead the army towards Harrenhal.

Not mobilizing his own army in the north, using the excuse of blocking the retreat of the people in the valley, and at the same time repairing under Shili City, is already the limit of what Clay can do.

Can't delay any longer.

That being the case, Clay no longer hesitated, and all his troops rumbled towards the southeast.

As for how the old lion Tywin Lannister would choose, he would turn around and fight head-to-head with himself, hoping to defeat himself, and then gain the right to pass through the river road, and return to the west as soon as possible.

Still squatting in place, putting on a defensive posture and watching the changes, waiting for the news of King's Landing.

Or, choose to bite their lion fangs towards Edmure Tully's 1-strong army on the other side.

That's their problem, Clay's played his cards, now, it's up to them to see how they deal with it.

As for what happened in Harrenhal, Clay didn't care too much about how many people were still alive.

Living aristocrats are worth more than dead ones, Clay understands this, and Tywin Lannister understands it even more.

Two vassals whose reputations have been discredited and who are no longer trusted by their vassals are the most beneficial to Clay Mandalay.

No?
(End of this chapter)