Chapter 175

It has been a while since the news that winter is coming.

Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell, disbanded the army of the North that had assembled to join the war, and let them return to their homeland to prepare for the coming winter.

The tens of thousands of troops in the north disappeared in an instant, directly casting a thick shadow on the war that Robert wanted to organize this time.

Can't see the future.

After all, the North has always been King Robert's strongest supporter. Now that the North has given up supporting the Iron Throne, it's even harder to say how loyal the nobles in the rest of the country are.

Later, during the meeting in the Throne Hall, the main hall was brightly lit.

The brocade symbolizing the 'Crown Buck' family crest of House Baratheon hung on the walls, and the fat king Robert sat on the icy Iron Throne.

And the dignitaries of King's Landing stood densely on the two sides below.

Former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, Captain of the Kings Guard Barristan Selmy, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Minister of Justice, Stannis as Sea Chancellor, and Chief Intelligence Officer Varys were at the forefront of the crowd.

Then this time, it was not his turn to say anything to Jon Arryn, the 'anti-war vanguard'.

The nobles below could not wait to stand up and persuade His Majesty the King to give up the idea of ​​fighting across the sea.

The cost and cost of fighting across the sea is too huge, and the gains are very few, these nobles are of course unwilling to do it.

What's more, the news that winter is coming has already passed.

If it is a normal winter, except for the northern border and the riverlands, the impact of winter may not be very serious in other places.

It's just that the number of grain harvests in a year is less, and hoarding more grain can solve this problem. The worst thing is just stop production and hide at home. The nobles will not be frozen to death and starved to death.

The valleys and western borders have high mountains as barriers, which can slightly isolate the cold air from the south, at least not so cold.

And the connection between the northern border and the river land is also an endless plain. The cold air flow can directly make this large area of ​​land, including King's Landing, and even the river bay land completely covered by silver.

As for Dorne, there is nothing wrong. The broken mountains block the footsteps of winter, and it is also at the southernmost tip of Westeros, relatively speaking, it is only a breeze.

However, in the most severe northern borders and riverlands, when winter comes, the people here may not survive this long winter if they are not fully prepared.

Jon Arryn kept his mouth shut. As the first post-war prime minister, his greatest responsibility was to bring the country out of the quagmire of war and restore the economy.

So he has been trying to avoid war, but reality does not allow him to do so.

He also knew that the threat of dragons had to be eliminated, but the cold winter was coming, and the current state of the country did not support him in fighting this battle.

The old Prime Minister didn't know what to do now.

However, he kept his mouth shut, and the anti-war voices from below still came like a tide.

It makes sense that people don't want to fight in the winter.

Because no one wants to go out to fight and come back from the war, his wife, children and children have been frozen to death and starved to death in the cold wind.

The Duke of Winterfell, Eddard Stark, the good brother of His Majesty the King, also wrote a letter and sent it to King's Landing, explaining the matter to Robert.

Although Robert was still very angry and smashed the bedroom again, the beautiful blond queen lived in another room with a dark face that night, leaving only Robert to guard the dilapidated bedroom.

However, after getting angry, Robert had to accept this reality.

Even as a king, he could not ask the soldiers in the north to abandon their families and expedition to Andalus despite the coming of winter.

If he does, I'm afraid not only the soldiers will mutiny, but even his good brother Ed will turn against him.

In the end, Robert could only endure this sigh of relief, even if the army from the north could not come, he could slay the damned Targaryen remnant just as he assembled the power of the other six kingdoms.

The mention of the name Viserys made Robert's teeth tickled with hatred now, and he wanted to eat him alive.

However, the light is just hate, and Robert has nothing to do with him.

He hid too far. If Andalos and Westeros bordered, Robert would have taken the other party's ashes long ago.

But the sea that separates the two continents has become the most insurmountable hurdle.

Just like when the Andals invaded Westeros, the Andals, the ancestors and the children of the forest fought for nearly a thousand years before they completely gained the upper hand.

It is not so easy for Robert to cross the sea in a short time to deal with the enemy on the other side of the sea.

Now.

Robert sat on the icy Iron Throne, watching the nobles who opposed him below like a wave, clenched his fists tightly, and his blood gradually rose.

If it was just one or two nobles, Robert would never mind having their heads chopped off and hanging on the red keep's crown.

However, there are too many people now, and almost no one wants to send the young men in their territory to fight at this point in time.

"enough!"

"You bastards with ass growing on their heads!"

Then without any warning, King Robert suddenly became furious and threw the cup in his hand.

Snapped--

The expensive glass cup shattered, directly smashing the heads of the nobles petitioning below.

But there was a sudden change, and the nobles below were trembling and afraid to speak.

"dragon!"

"That Viserys guy already has a dragon!"

The fat Robert stood up from the Iron Throne, furious, his black whisker beard like a steel ball, and the sound of thunder echoed in the throne room.

"Why don't we strangle the dragon in the cradle while it's not growing up, do we have to wait for the dragon to grow up and burn your waste raised by sows in the castle!"

When Aegon conquered Westeros with three dragons, he once burned the so-called 'unbreakable' Fort Herren into a melting pot. Of course, the stone would not burn, but the dragon flames burned the last Iron Islands and Hejian. The king of the earth 'Blackheart' Heron Hall and his wife, children and children were roasted to death in the castle.

What Robert brought up in his anger was the most famous tragedy of more than two hundred and ninety years ago.

The nobles below shivered, not daring to refute the angry King Robert.

In Robert's eyes, the nobles below, who shrank their heads and dared not speak, were like moths.

Once he hit King's Landing, these nobles who had sworn allegiance to Targaryen immediately bowed their knees and surrendered. Without even resisting, they began to praise the merits of the Baratheon family and denounce the sins of Targaryen.

At that time, Robert was still a little flirtatious, but now Robert has come to his senses. If one day Targaryen will fight back to King's Landing, I am afraid that these people will change their faces.

But just as Robert was fuming in the Throne Room.

Behind the Red Keep, Queen Cersei in Maegor's House suddenly received a message from the maid.

"Father is here?"

Sitting in front of the vanity mirror, the graceful blond woman stood up from the seat, something incredible.

After thinking for a while, he waved his hand.

"Go and tell your king."