Game of Thrones: The Strongest Guoguang

Chapter 215 Attack
The Imperial Council passed a resolution to support the Valley.

At the same time, Otto Hightower was officially relieved of his duties as Hand of the King - he was no longer trusted or needed by the Red Keep.

He was trembling, covering his trembling figure, and walked out of the meeting room step by step under Rhainila's cold eyes.

Today's Otto is just the second son of an ordinary Hightower family, and apart from retaining a knight title, he has no political power.

The Hand of the King relies entirely on the king to confer political power, and does not have the highly centralized function of "prime minister" - vassals have great local autonomy, and the "prime minister" of the Seven Kingdoms is nothing without King's Landing.

Viserys was in good health, and of course he did not give Otho the title of "Defender of the Realm" - the Hand of the King was one of the ways to earn that title.

If Rhaenyra becomes Queen, she will retain three titles as ruler of the Seven Kingdoms: King of the Andals, Rhoynar and First Men; Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Guardian of the Realm.

Among them, the title of Guardian has a military meaning, indicating the king's overall command over the armies of the Seven Kingdoms, because if the king is young or unable to rule, the regent can also have this title.

The king could also voluntarily relinquish the title and bestow it on someone of his own choosing.

There have been many Hands of the King who have been trusted by kings throughout history to hold this title.

For example, when Queen Rhaenila ascended the throne in the original book, she gave Damon the title of Guardian of the Whole Territory, and dispatched troops to besiege the Green Party.The guardian of the entire realm of the young King Rui is Rogar Baratheon, and Robert's last words are to order Ned Stark to be regent and give him the responsibility of the guardian of the entire realm.

As prime minister, Ned has the power to oppose Cersei of Joffrey, so that the latter tore up the will immediately after seeing this will, "The guardian of the whole realm? Lord Stark uses this as a shield?"

Because the golden robes were all controlled by Lannister, and Littlefinger also surrendered, Ned's right to deploy troops was not useful in King's Landing.

"If Otto has this title, it won't be so easy to drive him out of King's Landing!" Rhaenyra thought to herself, "In fact, if the father has an accident or is seriously ill, then I, as the only heir and underage, the king The hand of the Seven Kingdoms and the right to military action will be obtained."

Even things that Cersei can think of, she will naturally be on guard. Obviously, this Prime Minister is not a political fighter like Ned.

In order to prevent Otto from taking risks, Rhaenyla unceremoniously used the trial to abolish his power.

After the meeting, Rhaenyra remained seated, examining the map of the valley.

"Mingyue Mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are many barbarian factions, and the interior is complicated. There are more than 3000 people all year round. Now that summer has just passed, there are a large number of people in the tribe, and they need more food and supplies. Therefore, in order to cope with the winter , choose to plunder valley villages."

Gladys, the maester of Dragonstone, advises her.

"The valley is steep and the mountains are towering. If a knight enters, it means losing part of his combat power."

Rhaenila sighed, this is because knights wear heavy armor and ride horses, and the most suitable way of fighting is to charge on the plain.

However, when entering the mountainous area, the slightest is to abandon the soldiers and armor, and the severest is to turn people and horses into the valley.

"Bachelor, how are their tribes divided?"

"The mountain clans and tribes, the ancestors who were unwilling to submit to the Andals escaped into the Mingyue Mountains, multiplied in the mountains and forests, and formed clans and tribes.

It retains many traditions of the ancestors, and has similar customs to the savages beyond the Great Wall-raiding and disobedience. "

The bachelor continued to analyze the information of the clan and tribe, "They do not recognize the rule of the Eagle's Nest City, are independent of the Seven Kingdoms, and are divided into various tribes of different sizes.

They were a poor people, their weapons and armor were of poor quality, and they lived by plundering nearby villagers. If the Duke of the Eyrie had no guards himself, they would attack anyway.

They took all the food, weapons and women they could. "

There was an Arryn in history who was killed by these marauding clansmen: when Roland Arryn I inherited the Falcon crown and ruled the Vale, the Painted Dogs launched a surprise attack on Roland I.

The unsuspecting king was pulled from his horse and bludgeoned to death with a stone mallet before he could resist.

How dare you take the king off his horse!
"Black Ears, Scorching People, Milk Snakes, Moon People, Painted Dogs, Mist, Stone Crows, Tree People, Howling Mountains, Red Craftsmen... The big and small tribes merged with each other."

So many tribes? !

Rhaenila snapped her fingers... There are ten of them, not to mention small and medium tribes.

"Your Highness knows that the Dothrakima have many kalsa, and they have divided into countless tribes, but they are located in the prairie, annexation and fighting happen all the time, so there is no fixed clan name, only in the name of khal distinguish.

Clan tribes are distributed in mountainous areas and have poor mobility. They almost only rely on intermarriage within the clan, with fixed members, more like clans, so even feuds have continued.

The difference between prairie barbarians and mountain plain barbarians.

"As for why the Eagle's Nest City, which is called a fortress, is worried or even unable to annihilate these clan people..."

The Eagle's Nest City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it has the natural danger of the Blood Gate.

But the location of the Bright Moon Mountain Range is behind the Blood Gate and before the Eagle's Nest City, so it is sandwiched between the two, automatically skipping the natural danger and pointing directly to the hinterland.

The little devil Tyrion encountered these clans who were enemies of the Eagle's Nest City after escaping from the trial of the Eagle's Nest City. It can be seen that they are endless and have a long history.

"Aren't there problems that have not been solved from the time of the Kings of the First Men to the time of the Seven Kingdoms..."

In fact, cousin Jenny is not afraid of these rebellious clans attacking the Castle of Arryn.

Because of Emma Arryn's father, the Duke of Arryn has an elite army no less than that of the northern border, which is also an important consideration for the royal family to choose to marry the valley. strength.

As high as Glory, the current valley is very cohesive, and cousin Jian Ni naturally holds this elite soldier in her hands.

What she thinks is bad is that those clans will plunder the vassal territories near the Mingyue Mountains and cause huge losses.

After all, these clan people are poor and crazy!

A pair of armor, an iron sword can make them happy for a long time.

"Vormythor during King Renrui's time could burn all these savages. Once their villages are burned, the clan's strength will be greatly damaged, and it will not be able to achieve anything."

The wildlings were tough, but the Targaryen had wiped out the Dornish fleet.

Apparently, past and future kings have not sent dragons to cleanse these clans... for political reasons.

When the blood dragon danced wildly, Targaryen was already too busy to take care of himself. In the end of magic, dragons became extinct again.

"Your Highness, do you still remember how Aegon the Conqueror took the Vale?" the maester whispered.

(End of this chapter)