Eagle of the Valley of Ice and Fire

Chapter 160 Competition for Interests

A tapestry embroidered with golden lions hung on one side of the fireplace. Tywin turned sideways to the family crest and looked down out of the window of the Hand's Tower.

The sparse shadow of the tower leaned over the walls of the Red Keep. The bustling hired workers were driven away by the Lannister guards who took over the Red Keep. The noise could even be heard on the top of the tower.

Allowing these ignorant refugees to enter the palace of the Red Keep, you really have your Tyrion!

Tywin watched with low eyes as the stained mason was driven away by the guards, walked slowly back to the bedroom, and disappeared to the balcony.

"This is the accommodation arranged for you." Wallis pointed to the front, the red wall tiles were covered with a little dust, and Pod took the initiative to push forward the door.

Tyrion looked closer and saw that the room was quite clean and tidy. He walked in and looked around, "It's a nice place. Did you arrange it, Varys?"

"That's true." Wallis smiled slightly.

Tyrion nodded in approval, but then turned around and walked out of the room, "Pod, prepare the carriage and call Bronn to protect me."

"Where are you going?" Wallis frowned slightly.

Tyrion did not look back, but said loudly, "The poor dwarf is going to find the girls who are eager to have fun with him!" Pod quickly followed Tyrion.

"Lord Tywin should drive away the masons and refugees you hired. It should be King Joffrey's request," Varys said equally loudly. Seeing Tyrion's slightly sluggish body, he continued: "After all, he is a group of people who don't care. Untouchable, doesn’t entering the Red Fort dishonor the sacred court?”

Tyrion turned his head slightly, said nothing, and left in silence.

Kevan Lannister meets Atys Arryn for the first time, the "Eagle of the Vale" who is famous in the Seven Kingdoms.

Underneath his thin and handsome appearance, there was a cunning and insidiousness that far surpassed that of his father, Jon Arryn. Kevan looked into his blue eyes and nodded slightly.

Kevan took the giant sword covered in black cloth from his entourage, and the sword's blade, as dark as night, was revealed in Attis's eyes.

"As agreed." Kevan reminded softly.

"I will marry Princess Myrcella in King's Landing, and I will not take her back to the Eagle's Nest before the wedding is completed." Attis chuckled twice and motioned to Ange beside him to put the giant sword away.

Kevan watched the Valyrian sword "Ice" belonging to Stark being taken away by the attendants beside Attis, and sighed slightly, "I didn't expect Duke Arryn to be so obsessed with the Valyrian steel sword." .”

"So persistent?" Attis looked at Kevan, "Like Lord Tywin?"

Kevan did not answer directly, but just smiled slightly, took the wine glass handed by Attis's attendant, raised it to Attis Arryn, "To the friendship between the Lannister and Arryn families."

Seeing this, Attis also said the same, "Friendship." He nodded slightly and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

"I wish you success as well," Kevan Lannister nodded to Atys Arryn, "I think it's time for me to go."

"It seems that Lord Tywin is short of manpower in King's Landing," Attis chuckled, "and needs an assistant as talented and capable as you."

Kevan's expression did not change when he heard this, and he just said: "My brother often said that Lannister has no shortage of men, just like there is no shortage of gold."

"I want to come." Kevan bowed slightly again, "It's time for me to go. Serving King Joffrey is more important than all other matters. I wish Duke Arryn to eliminate the rebellion in the north as soon as possible and maintain the dignity of the king." Attis answered softly and watched. With Kevan Lannister out of sight, "Of course."

Harold Haddon approached Attis and looked at Kevan who was leaving, "Duke, why do you agree to Lannister's harsh request for a Valyrian steel sword? The princess is in the Eagle's Nest City all the time. She will be regarded as the Mistress of the Vale, in King's Landing? Wouldn't that mean she is still under Lannister control?"

Seeing that Attis remained silent, he continued, "There are not only lions in King's Landing, but also eunuchs who do evil and dwarfs who play with authority. That dwarf is also a Lannister. Lord Jon was killed there. It's simply a place where A place where conspirators and scoundrels mingle.”

Attis looked at Harold, "You're right, King's Landing is destined to be under the control of the Lannister." He took a sip of wine again.

"Then why are you?"

"No need to ask any more questions, Ser Harold." Attis left these words lightly and moved deeper into Harrenhal.

The Bracken family's souvenir was transferred to Harrenhal through the hands of Yorn Royce. Yorn's letter contained a bit of disdain and contempt for the actions of the Bracken family, and expressed distrust.

Attis held the rough surface of the letter. He did not trust Bracken, but he trusted his own judgment of the situation and situation.

The sea monster carried huge black waves and flooded Stark's ancient city, invading the vast northern soil. The blow of betrayal must have been huge for a little boy who dared to break the contract and break the oath in the absence of a dominant position. This means The Chulang family must fight to the bitter end.

But the reason why Attis is confident is that the riverlands and the valley are so close to each other.

Even if the war between the valley and the north is victorious, the Starks in the north can only have a disastrous retreat or the annihilation of the entire army. The fate of the Tully family, which has long been truly bound to the Starks, is entirely determined by this war. The victory or defeat is decided.

But there is more to the Riverlands than Tully and Riverrun, especially the ancient nobles north of the Red Fork and Tumblestone Rivers. Attis doesn't think these nobles will choose to be completely bound to Tully. No Lannister has any real hatred to speak of.

Trusting Bracken is partly based on his judgment of Stark's style. Although Robb is good at fighting, he is not good at or disdains battlefield plots. Eddard's sons will not choose to behave like this. They are not like the ancestors of the Arryn family, shouting With the slogan "High as Glory", while using the knight who looked like him as the vanguard, he detoured behind the ancestors and won by surprise.

The second is to judge the situation of the nobles in the Riverlands. At this time, there are at least three groups of nobles in the Riverlands. One is the Tully family, the nobles who are completely bound to the Starks, and the other is the wealthy nobles who have abandoned the Green Fork River territory. Although most of them are knight nobles, there are almost no larger nobles above baron, and three are large nobles who actually have nothing to do with the Wolf Eagle conflict.

Attis couldn't help but take a deep breath after analyzing this. He completely ignored the Greyjoy family's factors and the Iron Islands' factors in his previous plan.

What if Theon Greyjoy had not returned to the Iron Islands, or Balon Greyjoy had chosen to raid Lannister Port during the period when the Wolf-Osprey Alliance was at its most consolidated, when Robb was winning successive victories, and become enemies with Tywin? .

This means that no matter how Vale controls the Twins and Ruby Ford, no matter how it controls the retreat of Stark's northern army, Robb has a retreat for the Iron Islands fleet to retreat to the north by sea.

But fortunately, the situation developed in the valley's interest.

Attis took a deep breath and said to Ange beside him: "No one will believe that the Royce family in anger would give up a head-on battle with Stark and tell Count Yohn that Robb Stark could not harbor him. In the fortress of Riverrun, he will definitely adopt a proactive strategy like he did in the West."

Attis paused for a moment, then frowned, "Command to Jon, according to the original plan, Royce is a well-trained valley cavalry, and only the most elite knights can perform the tactics of pretending to defeat. Tell them that they will Robb draws him out, as far as possible."

Attis looked at the great sword Ice placed on the table and lifted the black cloth. The Valyrian steel sword seemed to have magic power, attracting his attention.

"Gather all the cavalry," Attis said. "We also need to move urgently."

(End of this chapter)