Chapter 193

"You mean, this attack is a planned and organized conspiracy?" tywin was acutely aware of something wrong and subconsciously frowned.

People who know a little about the residents of the iron islands know that the iron species are never good at intrigues, let alone spend time and effort on betrayal tricks.

They are a group of thugs out and out. They only like to plunder and kill through naked violence in order to obtain the wealth and women they want.

But now, they have fooled the Hatal family perfectly and launched an attack on the oldest and most prosperous port city in Westeros. It's incredible how they think.

To be exact, every aristocrat with thinking ability could not help thinking that there must be a huge conspiracy behind the whole truth.

For a while, many people turned their attention to mace, Duke of Gaoting, and his mother, olena, the queen of thorns.

After all, no matter what they say, the tiller family are the Lords of the river area. When the old town is attacked, they must stand up and protect their dignity, status and honor, otherwise other lords will no longer obey the leadership of the tiller family.

For a great aristocrat under the medieval feudal system, it was almost the most terrible scene to be questioned and rejected by his vassals, which meant that when the war broke out, he had no reinforcements and could only rely on his own strength.

Imagine to what extent the power of a great aristocrat who lost the support of his vassal would be weakened?

Take the most affluent river area as an example. If the tiller family carries out a thorough and comprehensive mobilization, they can recruit an army with a total number of more than 100000 people, of which the maximum number of their own soldiers is about 40000.

In other words, the remaining 60% are all composed of aristocratic lords of all sizes.

Losing the support of these families means losing more than half of their troops. If you add in the subsequent insurgency risk, the maximum number of troops that can be mobilized at will will will not exceed 10000.

It can be said that the occupation of the old town by the iron islands fleet was not only an unprecedented robbery, but also prized the already weak ruling foundation of the tiller family in the river area.

If they lose the dominant position in the river area, they will no longer be able to compete for the highest power with Lannister. They can only retreat and recuperate and wait for the next opportunity.

As the ruler of the tiller family, olena naturally could not tolerate such a result and immediately said to her son: "Mace! The Duke of the high court! The guardian of the river bend! No matter what the iron people want, you have the obligation to drive them out of the old town. Take all the soldiers, go south by boat immediately, rescue the hatar family before the castle and towering tower fall, and help them restore legal rule."

"Duty bound, mother." mace stroked his chest with one hand and bowed, followed by winking at his second son at the party, turned and went outside.

Maybe he realized the seriousness of the situation, or maybe he thought he could take this opportunity to change his image and lose the annoying nickname "inflatable fish". In short, he didn't hesitate at all and really planned to set sail overnight to rescue the old town.

As for tywin, who flashed a mocking expression on his face, he didn't mean to stop at all. He even prepared to see each other's jokes.

Because in his eyes, regardless of the success or failure of mace's trip, the tiller family will lose control of the river area and can no longer compete with themselves for the power and influence in Junlin city.

At the moment when "filled with fish" and "brave garland" were about to walk out of the door, Zhang Cheng, who always had a playful smile, suddenly stood up and shouted at their backs: "please stay, Duke."

"Hmm?" mace immediately stepped down in pain, turned around and said in a strong calm tone, "Dear Mason, enjoy your wedding night. Don't worry, I won't let those robbers wreak havoc in the river bend area. You'll hear the news that they were driven away soon."

Obviously, he thought that Zhang Cheng was worried that Liangshui city would also be the target of the iron species, so he gave a guarantee without hesitation.

"Hehe, you seem to have misunderstood something. What I want to say is, if you don't mind, can you give me the rescue operation? You know, even if you go south by boat, it will take at least a few days to return to Gaoting and take the Tyrell family soldiers to the old town. This means that it will take ten days for the reinforcements to reach the old town even at the fastest speed. But I'm different, my territory Liangshui city is very close to the old town, and the most important thing is that I have a dragon. It only takes a few hours to ride it back to the bend. "After saying that, Zhang Cheng raised his right hand in red fire and shook it out of the window twice.

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The wind is blowing!

Before the guests could react, a huge, ferocious and terrible beast landed on the balcony outside.

Although it did not emit a loud roar or a hot flame, its exposed claws and fangs were enough to suffocate people.

Feeling the real strong oppression after the emergence of the dragon, mace swallowed his saliva involuntarily and carefully tested, "do you want to rescue the old town instead of me?"

Zhang Cheng nodded without thinking: "yes! I think it's necessary for the iron species who rely on looting to understand a truth, that is, they need to pay a price for not respecting King Geoffrey and not abiding by the laws formulated by the Kingdom, not to mention they ruined my wedding banquet, which needs blood and death."

"Ha ha! Well said! Mason, my friend, go and bring fear and death to the enemy." Geoffrey laughed wildly.

Whenever you hear words like killing and death, you can make this deformed product of kinship feel very happy.

He did not realize that this was not a simple attack from beginning to end, but a contest at the political level.

"What about your wedding? Did you give up halfway?" olena asked gloomily.

"Of course not! Ero and I have exchanged vows and the ceremony has been completed. I think she doesn't mind spending our wedding night on the dragon's back with me, does she?" said Zhang Cheng, holding the girl's arm and smiling and inviting.

"It's my pleasure, my Lord." ero quickly rose from her chair and grabbed her husband's arm with a trace of excitement and curiosity in her eyes.

"Look, the problem is solved. Your majesty, Duke mace, Duke tywin, I promise that in three days at most, order will be restored in the old town, and the greedy iron will be punished. They will lose all their shipyards and craftsmen and can no longer build warships that can threaten maritime trade. Poverty and hunger will force them into civil strife for a long time."

With this sentence, he knew whether it was a sentence or a promise. Zhang Cheng picked up ero, who was trembling slightly all over his body, jumped onto the dragon's back, then patted Kulo kelba's thick scales and flew into the black night sky in full view of the public