Chapter 485 Status Quo of Storm Land

The Dornish army made a breakthrough, breaking through the frontiers and besieging Highgarden, the capital of the Reach.

Vilas Tyrell, the heir of the Tyrell family, replaced his father as the commander of Highgarden, and personally ascended the city wall to command and reinforce the defense.

While the Tyrell family strengthened their defenses, they also released ravens to seek help from the most wealthy and powerful vassals under their command, the Hightower family in the old town, hoping that they could lead their vassals and soldiers to unlock the High Court. surrounding.

As one of the oldest and proud nobles in the history of Westeros, the Hightower family, like the Stark family, has been traced back to the ancestors, and was once king during the Dawn Era.

However, from then on, the Hightower family not only failed to resist the invasion of the Andals, but instead assisted, and later surrendered to the Kings of the River Bend. They have given up their crowns to retain their ancient privileges and status.

Although the masters of the towering tower are powerful and extremely wealthy, they prefer trade, dislike war, and rarely participate in the civil war in Westeros.

However, in the siege of the High Court this time, the Haitoer family, who have always been precise in their investment and known to stand in line, responded to Feng Jun's call.

It seems that Iron Heart is on the side of the traditional nobles against the will of the Iron Throne, and since they received the raven, they have sent a new army to Highgarden.

Heavy troops gathered here, and a thick cloud of war shrouded the sky over the rich river bend.

King's Landing has just wrapped up a grand wedding, and the Reach is surging, the battle of Nightsong City, Dorne, and the encirclement of Highgarden are all things that have happened recently and have not yet spread.

In the Stormlands next to River Bend, the Baratheon family should have been the most active responders after the capture of King's Landing, striving to retake the capital and recapture the king who was imprisoned in prison, but Storm's End became silent. He seems to be oblivious to news from the outside world.

When Renly led the Golden Corps to besiege King's Landing, Renly promised Jaime to send an army to support King's Landing, but no one knows where the support army went.

Storm's End was only a short distance from King's Landing, and when King's Landing fell, no soldiers from the Baratheon family came.

Maybe they heard the news that King's Landing had fallen, and then turned around and returned.

Since the day the Targaryen army returned, the entire storm land seemed to be disconnected, hanging up and waiting to die.

This time, Dorne sent troops to break through the frontier land, but it attracted the attention of the storm land. Renly dispatched a support army to escort some supplies and then there was no sound again.

However, it wasn't that Renly didn't want to take the initiative to make a difference, but that the situation in Storm's End was more complicated than outsiders imagined.

Since the collapse of the coalition after the Battle of Riverrun, Stannis has been defeated and captured on the battlefield, but he is not as important as King Robert and Eddard Stark, the guardian of the north, and is manned 24 hours a day. Staring, so the supervision is not strong, and there is a slight negligence.

Stannis's staff "Onion Knight" Davos Seaworth was loyal to him. After escaping from the battlefield, he hired a group of mercenaries to plan the rescue of Stannis, and finally successfully kidnapped Stannis in King's Landing.

However, Stannis was robbed from the prison of King's Landing by his subordinates, but had no suitable place to go.

His fief, Dragonstone, has long been occupied by the Targaryen army, and now he has no soldiers, no soldiers, and no money, so he is forced to return to his hometown, Storm's End, and take refuge in his brother.

The current Duke of Storm's End is Stannis' younger brother, Renly Baratheon, who is only fifteen years old. He heard that his brother was returning without any precautions, and solemnly welcomed his second brother home. He even held a banquet for his brother to wash away the dust.

But this young man who didn't have any precautions at the beginning may now regret his bowels.

Stannis is actually not as fair as he says, he is a serious, humorless person, does not know hypocrisy, does not flatter, but he is also selfish, but he is shrouded in toughness and indifference. Under the surface, it is difficult to see through.

Renly was canonized as the Duke of Storm's End, and the three Baratheon brothers were only a few years old when they split up, so it's hard to say how deep the relationship between the brothers is.

The innocent boy gave his brother a warm welcome, while Stannis was a wolf into the sheepfold.

Although his knee was injured and he couldn't stand for a long time, he quickly occupied a place in Storm's End with his wrist and attracted many former ministers.

Because Stannis held the city for a year during the Usurper's War ten years ago, he has an unparalleled reputation in Storm's End.

What's more, the two brothers are only at odds with each other in the open and in the dark. Stannis is also surnamed Baratheon, so many of Renly's vassals are secretly flirting with Stannis without any psychological burden.

But now for Renly, he realized that it was too late for his brother's ambitions.

As the monarch of Stormland in name, the Duke of Storm's End, nearly half of his subordinates have lost control. If he turns against his brother now, I am afraid that Stormland will be torn apart in an instant.

Renly's staff had given him two options.

The first was to persuade him to strike first, and send the killer to seize the opportunity to kill Stannis, not to drag on the water, otherwise things would become more and more troublesome, but Renly was hesitant to face this proposal.

Because killing a kin in the Faith of the Seven Gods is a very serious sin, even if Renly can ignore it, he can't stop the world's mouths.

The second option proposed by the staff was to surrender to the Iron Throne and surrender Storm's End and even the Stormlands without a single soldier, in exchange for the Iron Throne's forgiveness for Renly and even the Baratheon family.

Observing how Viserys handled Cersei, the former queens were still able to live in the Red Keep, and Tyrion was accepted into the Imperial Council. Renly should be able to get some benefits if they hand over Storm's End, the worst. The result can also save lives.

However, Renly was also hesitant and undecided about the second option, because surrendering on his knees was like sticking his head under someone else's knife, leaving his life and death at his mercy.

So he tentatively released some news, wanting to see the reaction of the Iron Throne.

But to his disappointment, the Iron Throne did not respond to this.