Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 170 Chaos
With the morning sunshine, Blazing Shadow flapped his huge wings and flew into the dragon's lair on Dragonstone.

The strong wind brought by the powerful wings stirred in the cave, making waves of low echoes, as if the dragon's cave was murmuring stories of the past.

After more than a hundred years, the ancient dragon cave once again welcomed the return of the dragon.

The dragon pit of Dragonstone is huge. Since the Targaryen family seized Dragonstone during the Doomsday, they have continued to expand the dragon pit for hundreds of years. They have built three huge stone platforms for dragon riders to ride on the dragon's back.

Each stone platform has been finely carved, with a smooth and flat surface, providing great convenience for the dragon knight to climb onto the dragon's back.

The corridor connecting the dragon's lair and the castle is ten meters wide. Even Viserion can enter and exit easily with such a wide passage.

On the stone walls on both sides of the corridor, there are carved the ancient Targaryen family emblem - three-headed dragons. The lifelike carvings seem to be telling the former glory and honor of the Targaryen family.

Gavin walked through this historic corridor and soon came to the map room, where he saw Daenerys.

Seeing Gavin coming back, Daenerys's eyes, as bright as gems, showed concern and anxiety. She raised her chin slightly and asked, "How is the situation? Who won?"

Gavin looked calm and replied slowly, "Tywin won. I saw the White Harbor fleet retreating northward. Both sides lost more than half of their lives in this naval battle. King's Landing now has less than 20 warships that can be moved."

More than a month had passed since the night when Gavin destroyed the royal fleet, and the situation that followed was exactly as he had expected.

Tywin and the Lannister fleet arrived at King's Landing first, followed closely by the White Harbor fleet led by Wylis Manderly.

Perhaps because of the Stepstone Islands fleet roaming in the Narrow Sea and Ned Stark in the opponent's hands, the two sides did not engage in a naval battle at first, but instead fell into a stalemate.

Willis Manderly kept sending messengers to the Iron Throne, demanding the return of his title, but Joffrey, who was already unscrupulous, had his grandfather's support.

The envoys received nothing but humiliation, and Joffrey even tried to cut off Ned Stark's ears and give them to the people from the North. Fortunately, Tywin stopped his crazy move in time.

The returning Royal Fleet also learned that Dragonstone was occupied by Gavin, and the Narrow Sea was completely controlled by the Stepstones Fleet. Lord Montford of Drifthead was worried about the safety of Drifthead, and he hurried back to Drifthead without taking the time to avenge Stannis. His behavior also led to the division of the Royal Fleet loyal to Stannis again.

Only a few warships led by Davos were left to struggle, and he could not help but fall into confusion. In a short period of time, he lost his lord and the royal fleet he could rely on. After Dragonstone was occupied, he lost his retreat, and the group that was originally loyal to Stannis fell apart.

The two sides confronted each other for a month. The White Harbor fleet was forced to not get supplies and could not bring Ned back peacefully. In desperation, Wylis Manderly launched an attack, trying to take back Ned Stark from King's Landing, but was defeated by the Lannister fleet relying on King's Landing and was forced to return to the North. Hearing the name Tywin, Daenerys's delicate face wrinkled slightly, and a glimmer of hatred flashed in her eyes, as if there was a flame burning in them.

It was because her father trusted Tywin that King's Landing was attacked. The Lannister army not only looted King's Landing, but also brutally killed her sister-in-law and nephews and nieces whom she had never met.

Daenerys asked: "So, King's Landing is controlled by the Lannisters. Should we take any action?" Her voice was cold and firm, with a hint of urgency and worry.

After hearing this, Gavin showed a calm smile on his face. He shook his head gently and said, "No hurry. Since Tywin has already entered King's Landing, he can't get out easily. He came to King's Landing by boat, and he didn't bring many troops with him. I have already asked Hassan to completely block the throat, and no ship can escape. He can't transfer troops from the Westerly, as there is an entire riverland between the two sides. King's Landing is now surrounded by enemies, and the only controllable kingdom is also unstable and turbulent." His words were steady and powerful, revealing full confidence and strategy.

After hearing this, Daenerys nodded slightly, her silver hair swaying gently like a waterfall. She obviously agreed with Gavin's point of view. Then, she took out a letter, the letter paper was as white as snow, and the edges were decorated with delicate patterns. She handed the letter to Gavin and said, "This is the information sent by the River Reach. The nobles of the Stormlands are already gathering their troops."

Gavin took the letter and read it carefully sentence by sentence. The letter was written by Margaret and conveyed some intelligence and speculations of Lady Olenna.

Renly Baratheon sent ravens to all the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, claiming that Joffrey was a bastard of the Lannisters born to the queen and her brother, and that he was neither Robert's son nor the heir of the Iron Throne. The Lannisters conspired to usurp the Iron Throne, murdered his brother Robert and Stannis, and imprisoned the Prime Minister Ned Stark. And he, Renly Baratheon, was the only legitimate heir to the Iron Throne, and called on all the nobles to send troops to fight against the traitors in King's Landing.

Renly proclaimed himself king at Storm's End, calling himself Renly I. He then summoned his vassals and assembled his army.

Although he failed to gain the full support of the Reach as in the original plot, he still assembled 40,000 troops from the Stormlands and gathered them in Bronzegate City, ready to attack King's Landing at any time.

On the other hand, Tywin of King's Landing only brought 10,000 Lannister soldiers with him when he entered King's Landing. Together with the troops summoned from the crown and the capital garrison, the number of troops guarding King's Landing was only 20,000. Lady Olenna guessed that it would be difficult for the enemy to defend King's Landing.

Tywin's brother Kevan Lannister, who was far away in the West, also recruited 40,000 troops out of the Golden Tooth, but was met with stubborn resistance from the nobles of the riverlands.

Although the riverland army led by Edmure Tully suffered repeated setbacks, it still successfully blocked the Westerlands from rushing to King's Landing. I'm afraid it will be difficult for these reinforcements to support King's Landing in a short period of time.

Robb Stark, the acting Lord of Winterfell and Ned Stark's eldest son and heir, has assembled 20,000 northern troops and is heading south, and is expected to have just passed the Neck. But if he wants to join the battlefield quickly, he needs to pass through the Twins. Lady Olenna guessed that he would most likely go straight to King's Landing from the Kingsroad and force Tywin to return his father.

Except for the Valley, everyone in the Deer, Wolf, Eagle and Fish Alliance took action.

Intelligence about the Vale is unknown, except that the Iron Throne sent Petyr Baelish to the Eyrie.

(End of this chapter)