Chapter 165: Dispatching Troops

"I will go to Dragonstone myself and convince the Mother of Dragons to let us mine for dragon crystal!"

Hearing that the dragonglass was on Dragonstone, Jon volunteered.

Stannis, the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, cannot go to Dragonstone, so the task of persuading Daenerys can only be done by himself, the commander of the Night's Watch.

"Let Davos go with you!" Stannis said.

As Davos is his Hand of the King, it is fitting that he be sent with Jon.

The Night King is about to approach the Wall, and Jon decides to set off for Dragonstone with Davos immediately.

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In King's Landing, when Cersei saw Euron, who had gone out with twelve thousand men and returned with only a thousand, and who had bitten off a small piece of his tongue and could not speak clearly, she wanted to turn around and leave.

He led an army of 50,000 to attack Meereen and lost half of his men and warships. Now he led more than 10,000 troops to attack his niece and almost all of them were wiped out.

Cersei was very suspicious whether Euron's previous statement that he had traveled almost all the world's seas and that every city he passed by trembled in fear at his arrival was all just bragging.

After two consecutive defeats, his men were reduced to 20,000. Even an arrogant Euron could no longer stand up to Cersei's cold eyes.

Daenerys had lost 20,000 men before she even attacked King's Landing, and Cersei's hopes for the scorpion crossbow grew even more.

As long as they can shoot down one of Daenerys's dragons, they can make up for the loss even if they lose another 10,000 troops.

At the Dragonstone dock, Daenerys and her ministers were listening to Yara's deputy Neil recounting the battle between Yara and Euron.

Hearing the scene of Yara blowing the tidal conch and the sea snake overturning the warship, everyone wished they could be there to witness the battle.

While they were happy about Yara's victory, they were also surprised by Daenerys and Drogon's magical premonition.

They thought Euron and the warships should be in King's Landing, but they didn't expect that he would ambush more than a hundred warships in Shipbreaker Bay hundreds of kilometers away from Dragonstone.

It was estimated that it had long anticipated that Yara would lead the fleet to recapture the Iron Islands.

If Yara had not been prepared in advance, he might not have been able to defeat his cunning uncle even with the Tidal Conch.

Most of the captives brought by Neil have already surrendered to Yara and Daenerys, only a very small number of Euron's staunch supporters are still hesitant.

Daenerys dispersed most of the people and temporarily assigned them to Daario and Jorah, and imprisoned the stubborn ones in the dungeon of Dragonstone.

After the Dothraki in Harrenhal were settled, Tyrion and Daenerys began to plan the empty Twins to block the entrance bridge from the North to Westeros.

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In the Eyrie, Sansa and Arya had been waiting at the door of John's room for almost a day, but still hadn't seen him return from the Vale, so they had already thought about going to look for him.

Riverrun has been under siege for more than two months and could face the danger of running out of food at any time.

After withdrawing their troops from Highgarden and learning that the Mother of Dragons was about to lead her army and dragons to attack King's Landing, the sisters asked Yohann to send troops to lift the siege of Riverrun, but Yohann refused on the grounds that the time was not right.

After learning that Daenerys' army wiped out 10,000 cavalrymen in King's Landing in the Battle of Godseye Lake and captured the Kingslayer Jaime.

They could no longer hold back the thought of rescuing Riverrun, and came to Jon's gate again, but were told that Jon had been patrolling the valley for two days and had not returned yet, so they could only wait at the gate.

At the foot of the Eyrie, John became more embarrassed after being told by the soldiers that Sansa and her sister were waiting at the door of his room and had not left yet.

The reason he went out to patrol the valley was to avoid Sansa's request to relieve Riverrun.

After learning the result of the Battle of Godseye Lake, he secretly analyzed the current situation in Westeros. Daenerys has an army of 100,000 and three dragons, and it is only a matter of time before she attacks King's Landing.

By then, the siege of Riverrun will fall of its own accord, and he naturally does not want to waste troops in the valley on meaningless things, but Sansa and the others cannot wait, fearing that Riverrun will run out of food and be forced to break out.

For this reason, he unexpectedly took two days off, hoping to delay some time. Unexpectedly, Daenerys' army did not make any major moves after the Battle of God's Eye Lake.

But Sansa and her sister blocked his door and refused to leave, making it difficult for him to go back or not.

The next day, Sansa and Arya came to Jon's door early again. Jon, who heard the news, knew it was not good to delay any longer, so he returned to the room at noon.

After waiting for a long time for Jon, the two sisters took turns to tell him about the danger of Riverrun. Jon finally agreed to their request and decided to lead his troops out of the valley to rescue Riverrun.

The army defending Highgarden did not disperse and quickly assembled. In the early morning of the next day, 20,000 troops from the Valley marched out of the Bloody Gate and headed towards Riverrun.

The Vale army was spotted by Dothraki scouts from Harrenhal before they crossed the Trident, and the news was passed on to Dragonstone.

Daenerys and Tyrion did not expect that the Vale would be willing to send troops to rescue Riverrun, which made them re-evaluate the influence of the Sansa sisters on the Eyrie.

Daenerys would not sit idly by while the Vale rescued Riverrun. She and Drogo went to Harrenhal in person and ordered Jakko to stand by and be ready to attack at any time.

On the top of Riverrun, Robb looked anxiously at the Lannister and Frey soldiers who were besieging them.

The city's food rations were restricted again a month ago, and the food in the city can only last for three days at most. He has already prepared to break out if necessary.

Robb became worried at the thought of breaking out. The army outside must have already made preparations to prevent them from breaking out.

Not only would the troops trying to break out be surrounded and annihilated, they would also be able to rush in and break into the city, so breaking out would only be a last resort.

After being besieged for more than three months, they had no way of getting any news from the outside world, and the Lannisters even caught a bird that looked like a carrier crow flying through the sky.

A few days ago, they discovered that their commander, Kevan, had left for unknown reasons and taken away several thousand soldiers.

They thought something had happened in King's Landing, but after waiting for a few days, nothing happened, which disappointed them greatly.

Seeing her son's anxious look, Catelyn did not continue to comfort him. She had already spotted the position of the Frey soldiers. Even if she could not escape during the breakout, she would bury most of the Frey soldiers under Riverrun.

Just as Catelyn made up her mind, she suddenly saw a soldier running towards Robb, and she hurried over.

"Your Majesty, the Frey army in the east suddenly moved. Judging from the direction, it seems that something happened on the outskirts." The soldier ran to Robb to report.

"Let's go and take a look!" Robb's face lit up with joy after hearing the news. What he wanted to hear most now was any movement from the army that was besieging them.

Riverrun is a rare triangular castle, built at the confluence of the Red Fork River and the Tengshi River. A wide moat was built on the waterless side, and river water was diverted into the city when enemies besieged it, resulting in the current situation of being surrounded by water on three sides.

Robb walked up the city wall for a while and saw the unusual movements of the Frey army in the distance.

At this time they were ready, but they were facing the outside world. Robb looked into the distance and vaguely saw the dust rising from the direction of the Trident River.