Chapter 85
Riverrun, Sansa's little study.
The small room was not big. When Robb opened the door and entered, the first thing he saw was not Sansa, but mountains of paper.
After careful identification, Robb could barely see Sansa with her hair tied in two buns from behind the paper mountain. She was busy with her head down, writing and drawing on the paper.
The warm sunshine poured in from the window, reflecting her frowning and serious face.
After the maesters have calculated the accounts, followers will send them here. Sansa will conduct strict inspections and only register them in the book after they are confirmed to be correct.
She is only a teenager, but she is already able to bear such a heavy workload.
Robb sighed secretly in his heart. He didn't know when he started to become the boss who exploited his employees.
Robb coughed twice: "Our little princess has really grown up. Your enthusiasm for working seriously makes me feel a little ashamed."
Sansa heard Robb's voice and raised her head in surprise. She looked down Robb's arm and saw something familiar to her: "Brother! You're making me clothes again!"
Robb laughed: "This is your reward."
Sansa pouted: "I'm not the little girl I used to be."
"I know this is your reward for making changes."
Robb put the simple but exquisite dress into Sansa's hands. Sansa stroked the cyan dress in surprise, admiring the hem made of expensive silk and couldn't put it down.
"When will my mother come back? I want to show her some clothes. She always doesn't like luxurious clothes."
Robb shook his head: "She went to Winterfell to visit her father's ashes. She will probably stay with Bran and Rickon for a while. I don't know when she will come back."
"Okay." Sansa said as she moved a large pile of paper over: "I know what you are here for. These are the ledgers."
Seeing the proud look on Sansa's face, Robb couldn't help but feel amused.
It seems that during her time in Riverrun, the shadow in Sansa's heart has faded a lot, and she has become lively and cheerful again.
Sansa picked up the paper and said with a smile: "I know you don't like to read these, let me read it to you..."
Robb listened quietly and found that his financial situation was much better than he thought.
After occupying the four gold mines of the Lannister family, Robb didn't have to worry about the golden dragons for a short time.
But the food problem still exists.
The riverlands were robbed by Tywin before, and are now slowly recovering. It will take some time before they can provide blood transfusions to Robb's army.
Relying on the food stored in Riverrun and the harvest from the autumn wind in the West from time to time, Sansa estimated that the food could last for up to three months.
If the problem cannot be completely solved by then, we will have to compete with the civilians in the Riverlands for food to make ends meet.
Robb sighed: "It's because the road to transport food is blocked by the West and King's Landing. Otherwise, it would be better to spend money to buy food."
Sansa now admires her brother very much: "With brother here, the problem will be solved."
"I hope it goes well. By the way, I'm going to Cliff City and Seaside City recently to keep an eye on the navy's progress. You should wear it well in Riverrun. If you have any questions, go to Earl Blackfish and Uncle Edmure."
Sansa was a little reluctant: "Brother, you have to go out again, okay..."
"Be good, wait until I come back and find someone to make you a new dress."
-
After leaving Sansa's small study, Robb packed his bags and rushed towards Crag City with his wolf cavalry.
Cliff City is an important city in the West. After being captured by Robb, it was entrusted to his subordinates.
Robb brought the wolf cavalry there, not only to supervise the progress of the formation of the navy, but also to go south to plunder other areas in the West.
After staying in Cliff City for more than 20 days, Robb was delighted to find that his navy was finally looking good.
Under the strict requirements of Wendell Mandalay and the Mandalay family, at least the soldiers will not stagger around as soon as they get on the ship, and have no combat effectiveness at all.
At present, they can stand firm on the ship, recognize the lead ship, understand and respond to the commands of the lead ship's flag.
Robb was already feeling relieved.
At least it can form a fighting force, and it looks quite bluffing.
A few days later, the navy's combat effectiveness became much stronger.
At this time, Robb received the message from the Wolf Guard and Earl Blackfish:
"After Euron ascended to Seastone, he immediately led his men to plunder the Reach."
"Euron took his own warships and reorganized the scattered Iron Fleet. He has now arrived at the Shield Islands in the Reach and looted them.
"They have no intention of going back at the moment. Now they can invade Highgarden along the Mander River, or they can continue south and plunder the Arbor Island in the Reach."
Although Robb now wants to send troops immediately and take over the Iron Islands while Euron is away, the combat effectiveness of his navy is still too weak.
Robb knew that although his navy looked impressive now, it was just a silver-headed wax gun. Once it went to the battlefield, it might not be able to exert even five points of its strength during training.
An actual battle is also needed to improve the morale and capabilities of the army.
Putting aside the idea of attacking for the time being, Robb began to read the follow-up content of the report:
The ironborn have gained a lot this time. The Shield Islands are a relatively wealthy area in the Reach.
If they continue to plunder the Arbor and succeed, their gains will be even greater.Because Qingting Island is one of the richest areas in the entire Westeros continent.
The climate of the Arbor Island makes the quality of the wine produced here the best in the entire Westeros continent, and the sales volume and price also satisfy the owner of the Arbor Island, Earl Redwin.
But the Rose family of Highgarden did not think that the ironmen would bite this piece of fat. They were afraid and disgusted with Euron, and wrote to Robb asking for help.
The Wolf Guard sent out by Robb also sent back news from Highgarden:
"Highgarden believes that the Ironborn's next target will not be Qingting Island but Highgarden. They hope that Your Majesty can send troops as soon as possible to help Highgarden relieve the pressure.
They did not dare to urge His Majesty, nor did they ask His Majesty to attack directly. They only wanted to make an appearance of attacking to intimidate the Ironmen.
Because the Qingting Island fleet will also set off to put pressure on the Ironborn and force them to leave.
Highgarden assured His Majesty that once the crisis in Highgarden is over, the fleet from the Arbor Island will help His Majesty take over the Iron Islands. "
Yes, there is a fleet at Arbor.
The Queen of Thorns in Highgarden concluded that the Ironborn would not attack the Arbor Island because the Arbor Island was not a vegetarian.
The Redwin family of Qingting Island has made so much money from wine, and they can still guard such a large cornucopia from others. Naturally, they are not just people who only live in debauchery.
The Redwyne family early formed one of the three strongest navies in Westeros - the Redwyne Fleet.
The Iron Fleet of the Iron Islands, the Royal Navy of the Iron Throne, and the Redwyne Fleet.
These three navies are famous in Westeros.
For now, the Redwin fleet is actually the strongest navy.
The second eldest son of the Deer family, Stannis, was previously the Lord of the Navy, but now he rebelled. Many captains of the Royal Navy also followed Stannis in the rebellion.
So now the Wang family navy is in a state of division.
The Iron Fleet had just suffered a defeat in the north and was severely weakened. Euron had just reorganized the Iron Fleet, and its apparent strength was definitely not as good as the Redwyne Fleet.
Looking at the entire sea, the Redwin fleet is not afraid of anyone!
After Robb understood the situation, he immediately remembered some subsequent developments: The Reach was originally married to the Iron Throne, so the Redwin fleet was sent to fight the second son of the Deer family, leaving the Qing Pavilion with an empty defense force.
That's why Euron was able to sack the Arbor.
Now the Redwin fleet has not gone to King's Landing, and is all on standby at the Arbor Island.
It is reasonable for Highgarden to judge that he is the next target of the Ironborn. In this case, Euron will never risk attacking the Qingting unless his brain is kicked by a donkey.
Faced with Highgarden's request, Robb thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
His fleet now needs an actual battle to improve its level. Anyway, sooner or later, he will go out to sea for a tour, and now is the best time.
"It's enough to go to the Iron Islands and show up. It's definitely not possible to fight directly now."
Robb's eyes moved back and forth across the map until he finally found a suitable target: the Fairy City.
Fairy City is located in the Fairy Isles, south of Cliff City. It is the castle of the vassal of House Lannister.
Robb planned to take the fleet north to visit Pike City in the Iron Islands, and then go south to attack the Fairy Islands unexpectedly.
This has many advantages, the first of which is that it can train troops.
Fairy Island is isolated and has insufficient strength. It is easy to win the battle to boost morale.
Once he captures the Fair Isles, Robb can plant a nail between Euron and the Iron Islands.
Whether Euron wants to return to the Iron Islands or the people of the Iron Islands want to set out to support Euron, he can send troops to harass him.
He is in an invincible position, and after the battle between Redwin Fleet and Iron Fleet, he can attack depending on the situation.
If the Redwin fleet defeats Euron, he and the Redwin fleet can attack from both sides and completely wipe out the Iron Fleet.
If the Redwin fleet holds back the Iron Fleet, he can formally attack the Iron Islands.
Without Euron's main force, and his own fleet having experienced naval battles, Robb is confident that he can take the Iron Islands, and by then the strategic goal will be accomplished.
Homeless Euron has only one way to die.
Doing this can also gain the favor of Highgarden, which is really a multi-purpose achievement.
As for the option of the Redwyne fleet being defeated by Euron, Robb did not consider it.
Not only Robb, but everyone who knew the news had not considered this situation. The Iron Fleet was severely weakened. After Euron came to power, several captains were bloodbathed, and internal struggles were fierce.
Even the Iron Fleet in its heyday is only on par with the Redwin Fleet. In this situation, the best outcome is to get into an anxious battle with the Redwin Fleet.
Defeating the Redwyne fleet is really a bit of a fantasy.
"Unless the opponent has someone like me, no, no, my influence on naval battles is not as strong as land battles."
"Unless the opponent has someone who has as much influence in naval battles as I do in land battles, victory is possible."
Robb remembered that in the original plot, this kind of existence did not appear at all.
So next, just follow your own plan.
Thank you for your monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)
Riverrun, Sansa's little study.
The small room was not big. When Robb opened the door and entered, the first thing he saw was not Sansa, but mountains of paper.
After careful identification, Robb could barely see Sansa with her hair tied in two buns from behind the paper mountain. She was busy with her head down, writing and drawing on the paper.
The warm sunshine poured in from the window, reflecting her frowning and serious face.
After the maesters have calculated the accounts, followers will send them here. Sansa will conduct strict inspections and only register them in the book after they are confirmed to be correct.
She is only a teenager, but she is already able to bear such a heavy workload.
Robb sighed secretly in his heart. He didn't know when he started to become the boss who exploited his employees.
Robb coughed twice: "Our little princess has really grown up. Your enthusiasm for working seriously makes me feel a little ashamed."
Sansa heard Robb's voice and raised her head in surprise. She looked down Robb's arm and saw something familiar to her: "Brother! You're making me clothes again!"
Robb laughed: "This is your reward."
Sansa pouted: "I'm not the little girl I used to be."
"I know this is your reward for making changes."
Robb put the simple but exquisite dress into Sansa's hands. Sansa stroked the cyan dress in surprise, admiring the hem made of expensive silk and couldn't put it down.
"When will my mother come back? I want to show her some clothes. She always doesn't like luxurious clothes."
Robb shook his head: "She went to Winterfell to visit her father's ashes. She will probably stay with Bran and Rickon for a while. I don't know when she will come back."
"Okay." Sansa said as she moved a large pile of paper over: "I know what you are here for. These are the ledgers."
Seeing the proud look on Sansa's face, Robb couldn't help but feel amused.
It seems that during her time in Riverrun, the shadow in Sansa's heart has faded a lot, and she has become lively and cheerful again.
Sansa picked up the paper and said with a smile: "I know you don't like to read these, let me read it to you..."
Robb listened quietly and found that his financial situation was much better than he thought.
After occupying the four gold mines of the Lannister family, Robb didn't have to worry about the golden dragons for a short time.
But the food problem still exists.
The riverlands were robbed by Tywin before, and are now slowly recovering. It will take some time before they can provide blood transfusions to Robb's army.
Relying on the food stored in Riverrun and the harvest from the autumn wind in the West from time to time, Sansa estimated that the food could last for up to three months.
If the problem cannot be completely solved by then, we will have to compete with the civilians in the Riverlands for food to make ends meet.
Robb sighed: "It's because the road to transport food is blocked by the West and King's Landing. Otherwise, it would be better to spend money to buy food."
Sansa now admires her brother very much: "With brother here, the problem will be solved."
"I hope it goes well. By the way, I'm going to Cliff City and Seaside City recently to keep an eye on the navy's progress. You should wear it well in Riverrun. If you have any questions, go to Earl Blackfish and Uncle Edmure."
Sansa was a little reluctant: "Brother, you have to go out again, okay..."
"Be good, wait until I come back and find someone to make you a new dress."
-
After leaving Sansa's small study, Robb packed his bags and rushed towards Crag City with his wolf cavalry.
Cliff City is an important city in the West. After being captured by Robb, it was entrusted to his subordinates.
Robb brought the wolf cavalry there, not only to supervise the progress of the formation of the navy, but also to go south to plunder other areas in the West.
After staying in Cliff City for more than 20 days, Robb was delighted to find that his navy was finally looking good.
Under the strict requirements of Wendell Mandalay and the Mandalay family, at least the soldiers will not stagger around as soon as they get on the ship, and have no combat effectiveness at all.
At present, they can stand firm on the ship, recognize the lead ship, understand and respond to the commands of the lead ship's flag.
Robb was already feeling relieved.
At least it can form a fighting force, and it looks quite bluffing.
A few days later, the navy's combat effectiveness became much stronger.
At this time, Robb received the message from the Wolf Guard and Earl Blackfish:
"After Euron ascended to Seastone, he immediately led his men to plunder the Reach."
"Euron took his own warships and reorganized the scattered Iron Fleet. He has now arrived at the Shield Islands in the Reach and looted them.
"They have no intention of going back at the moment. Now they can invade Highgarden along the Mander River, or they can continue south and plunder the Arbor Island in the Reach."
Although Robb now wants to send troops immediately and take over the Iron Islands while Euron is away, the combat effectiveness of his navy is still too weak.
Robb knew that although his navy looked impressive now, it was just a silver-headed wax gun. Once it went to the battlefield, it might not be able to exert even five points of its strength during training.
An actual battle is also needed to improve the morale and capabilities of the army.
Putting aside the idea of attacking for the time being, Robb began to read the follow-up content of the report:
The ironborn have gained a lot this time. The Shield Islands are a relatively wealthy area in the Reach.
If they continue to plunder the Arbor and succeed, their gains will be even greater.Because Qingting Island is one of the richest areas in the entire Westeros continent.
The climate of the Arbor Island makes the quality of the wine produced here the best in the entire Westeros continent, and the sales volume and price also satisfy the owner of the Arbor Island, Earl Redwin.
But the Rose family of Highgarden did not think that the ironmen would bite this piece of fat. They were afraid and disgusted with Euron, and wrote to Robb asking for help.
The Wolf Guard sent out by Robb also sent back news from Highgarden:
"Highgarden believes that the Ironborn's next target will not be Qingting Island but Highgarden. They hope that Your Majesty can send troops as soon as possible to help Highgarden relieve the pressure.
They did not dare to urge His Majesty, nor did they ask His Majesty to attack directly. They only wanted to make an appearance of attacking to intimidate the Ironmen.
Because the Qingting Island fleet will also set off to put pressure on the Ironborn and force them to leave.
Highgarden assured His Majesty that once the crisis in Highgarden is over, the fleet from the Arbor Island will help His Majesty take over the Iron Islands. "
Yes, there is a fleet at Arbor.
The Queen of Thorns in Highgarden concluded that the Ironborn would not attack the Arbor Island because the Arbor Island was not a vegetarian.
The Redwin family of Qingting Island has made so much money from wine, and they can still guard such a large cornucopia from others. Naturally, they are not just people who only live in debauchery.
The Redwyne family early formed one of the three strongest navies in Westeros - the Redwyne Fleet.
The Iron Fleet of the Iron Islands, the Royal Navy of the Iron Throne, and the Redwyne Fleet.
These three navies are famous in Westeros.
For now, the Redwin fleet is actually the strongest navy.
The second eldest son of the Deer family, Stannis, was previously the Lord of the Navy, but now he rebelled. Many captains of the Royal Navy also followed Stannis in the rebellion.
So now the Wang family navy is in a state of division.
The Iron Fleet had just suffered a defeat in the north and was severely weakened. Euron had just reorganized the Iron Fleet, and its apparent strength was definitely not as good as the Redwyne Fleet.
Looking at the entire sea, the Redwin fleet is not afraid of anyone!
After Robb understood the situation, he immediately remembered some subsequent developments: The Reach was originally married to the Iron Throne, so the Redwin fleet was sent to fight the second son of the Deer family, leaving the Qing Pavilion with an empty defense force.
That's why Euron was able to sack the Arbor.
Now the Redwin fleet has not gone to King's Landing, and is all on standby at the Arbor Island.
It is reasonable for Highgarden to judge that he is the next target of the Ironborn. In this case, Euron will never risk attacking the Qingting unless his brain is kicked by a donkey.
Faced with Highgarden's request, Robb thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
His fleet now needs an actual battle to improve its level. Anyway, sooner or later, he will go out to sea for a tour, and now is the best time.
"It's enough to go to the Iron Islands and show up. It's definitely not possible to fight directly now."
Robb's eyes moved back and forth across the map until he finally found a suitable target: the Fairy City.
Fairy City is located in the Fairy Isles, south of Cliff City. It is the castle of the vassal of House Lannister.
Robb planned to take the fleet north to visit Pike City in the Iron Islands, and then go south to attack the Fairy Islands unexpectedly.
This has many advantages, the first of which is that it can train troops.
Fairy Island is isolated and has insufficient strength. It is easy to win the battle to boost morale.
Once he captures the Fair Isles, Robb can plant a nail between Euron and the Iron Islands.
Whether Euron wants to return to the Iron Islands or the people of the Iron Islands want to set out to support Euron, he can send troops to harass him.
He is in an invincible position, and after the battle between Redwin Fleet and Iron Fleet, he can attack depending on the situation.
If the Redwin fleet defeats Euron, he and the Redwin fleet can attack from both sides and completely wipe out the Iron Fleet.
If the Redwin fleet holds back the Iron Fleet, he can formally attack the Iron Islands.
Without Euron's main force, and his own fleet having experienced naval battles, Robb is confident that he can take the Iron Islands, and by then the strategic goal will be accomplished.
Homeless Euron has only one way to die.
Doing this can also gain the favor of Highgarden, which is really a multi-purpose achievement.
As for the option of the Redwyne fleet being defeated by Euron, Robb did not consider it.
Not only Robb, but everyone who knew the news had not considered this situation. The Iron Fleet was severely weakened. After Euron came to power, several captains were bloodbathed, and internal struggles were fierce.
Even the Iron Fleet in its heyday is only on par with the Redwin Fleet. In this situation, the best outcome is to get into an anxious battle with the Redwin Fleet.
Defeating the Redwyne fleet is really a bit of a fantasy.
"Unless the opponent has someone like me, no, no, my influence on naval battles is not as strong as land battles."
"Unless the opponent has someone who has as much influence in naval battles as I do in land battles, victory is possible."
Robb remembered that in the original plot, this kind of existence did not appear at all.
So next, just follow your own plan.
Thank you for your monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)
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