The war council

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POV of Wilhelm

After the trials were over, Lord Arryn thanked me for a long time for the enormous help he had given to the kingdom, changing the opinion of Jaime Lannister's actions in the eyes of the nobility of the kingdom.

The day had been long, but it had to go on anyway because now a critical element was missing to end the rebellion officially, and that was a plan to wipe out the last strongholds of resistance of the royalists in Dragon stone and Dorne.

The king's new hand had summoned us great lords to discuss how to lay siege to the island where the dragon spawn that Robert hated with his soul were hiding.

Again, I was looking at the terrible maps that the westerosi called the best that could be made.

'Honestly, naval combat was not the quality of us, and I was unfamiliar with naval tactics, besides bumping ship against ship.'

But slowly more and more nobles came to look at the map and put up figurines with the heraldry of their houses.

Of the heraldry I could recognize were the Tully, Stark, Arryn, Royce, the rest are unknown to me.

''We need ships and soon or the Targaryens could use their fleet to escape to essos'' lord Hoster said.

''I have arranged for the royal arsenal to begin production of war galleys when I take the city, but their work is rather slow, as they only produce one ship at a time'' I replied to lord Hoster.

''How many ships are available?'' asked someone with a serious tone and showed an emotionless face.

''Forty-two, forty that we captured from the royal fleet and two that have been built in the last few weeks, according to our estimates the royal fleet is made up of over one hundred and twenty ships that have been achieved by gathering the fleets of the banner man houses of dragon stone''I said pointing to the islands surrounding dragon stone

''What about the fleets of the houses of the Stormlands have ships available so that they can join the ships captured by the Hohenzollern?'' said lord Arryn looking at a group of lords from the respective area.

''Burned by the Tyrells'' replied one lord.

''Loss fighting at sea against the tyrells'' replied another.

''Only four too expensive to produce'' said another lord.

In total there are eight war galleys between all the houses of the Stormlands

''And the tyrell fleet, I mean the Hohenzollern fleet?'' asked lord Arryn.

We Prussians are not sailors, we have no sailing experience, bringing in the ships of the captured fleet will take moons and we must rely on men who supported the Targaryens, the risk is too great,'' I replied to Lord Arryn.

''Damn it'' Lord Arryn said looking at the map.

''The Grey joys, we can call in the Iron Men's fleet'' Lord Hoster said with a hint of disgust.

''The Grey joys attacked the shield islands, thought they were in possession of the tyrell there was a small fight, but the lord reaper died fighting one of my knights in the assault on those islands losing many ships because when they were moored my men burned them, they must be busy with the inheritance'' I said handing over some information I had a few days ago

''The Manderly fleet is on its way thirty ships'' said lord Stark with his dull and cold tone.

''With the forty ships I can muster on my lands we almost equal the royalists'' said lord Arryn.

''The ships that are in my control in the capital, the men who use them have no training to fight at sea, they were fishermen before they were recruited into my army or Protestants from areas of the Netherlands who joined our cause, it would not be advisable to use them in battle you have to train sailors'' I gave an explanation to prevent my men from being used as human shields in the fight

''The most prudent action is to wait, build more ships, organize their construction to accelerate the construction and train sailors, because if we act recklessly the slightest mistake will make any action against dragon stone take moons to materialize and call the Lannister fleet'' I finished while watching all the lords who looked at me.

''Yes, indeed'' Lord Arryn said with a frown.

''About Dorne'' said the man who had an emotionless face.

''True lord Stannis what will happen against Dorne'' said lord Arryn looking at me.

Most eyes were focused on me.

I gave a signal to my men who moved the figurines of the westeros lords and laid out a rather detailed map of Dorne pointing out main and back roads, showing the wells and all the bodies of water you could drink

''in the south there are twelve thousand men protecting the torentine river, so far, we have only seen forces of house dayne around five thousand men, near night song I have a force of eighteen thousand men who are advancing fighting against the forces of the noble houses in the area, so far, there has not been a big fight only minor skirmishes, but the knights of the Teutonic order have won all the clashes against the Dornish riders'' I delivered all the information I had available about the southern front.

The lords silently looked at the map, observing the details of the terrain, and understood why I always complained about the quality of the maps.

''Lord Hohenzollern, do you think your men can conquer Dorne?'', said lord Hoster though with a bit of displeasure

''Taking the castles, yes, it would be possible with enough casualties, but victory would certainly be certain.... the problem will be the subsequent guerrilla warfare that the Dornish will make as they did in the previous wars against you... drastic measures would have to be taken so that the civilian population does not support their leaders in a long war'' I said while looking at the map

''What would the drastic measures be?'', Lord Arryn asked.

''Dornish tactics are not unknown to me because I used them to end our long war, I know them well, fight in favorable terrain, attack supply caravans, hide in villages or mountains waiting for information, to end this resistance we must break the small folks, all acts must go against them, since the Dornish nobles will sacrifice every drop of peasant blood to defend their ancestral home''.

''When we take control of the castles we must poison all the water wells, fill all the farmlands with salt, nothing will ever grow on those lands again, heavily armed supply caravans, to prevent them from trying to steal our supplies, do not kill the small folks because they will flee to the next area where there is food and water and we will continue our attacks forcing the small folks to finish the soldiers' supplies or if they die they will generate diseases''.

''When thirst and starvation start to wipe them out, their will to fight will be broken, estimated civilian casualties of one million to three million depending on how long the Dornish resistance lasts, but by next year the Dornish should be, BOWED,BEND, BROKEN'' I said as I watched the surprised eyes of the lords at my radical proposal to wipe out the Dornish.

''So many...deaths...don't you think it's unnecessary Lord Hohenzollern'' said Lord Hoster.

''It is the only way to end the insurgencies, give them no quarter and cut off all their supporters, mercy will be used against us .... or, well, negotiate an honorable peace'' I said pointing to the territories I had captured in Dorne.

''I will try to establish negotiations with Doran Martell, to resolve the problem without further bloodshed'' said lord Arryn.

''Do you want me to order my men to stop their advances into Dorne, or do you want to leave it as a tool to put pressure that a full invasion of the Dornish lands is approaching'' I said showing the army figurine in the prince's step.

''let them continue to attack, so Doran can see that he can end this with a simple negotiation'' Lord Arryn said thoughtfully.

We continued talking about how to organize the naval forces while lord Arryn was already preparing the message to be sent to dorne to negotiate peace and end all Targaryen support on the mainland, leaving the survivors isolated on their island.

after a couple of hours all the lords took their leave to return to their chambers leaving only Lord Arryn, Lord Stark and myself.

''Jon .... I must go find my sister, I should be gone for a few days,'' said lord stark.

''Do you know where she is? it wouldn't be wise to try to find her without a clue, you'd waste too much time,'' said lord arryn worriedly.

''No, I have nothing, but I will send my men to seek information,'' said Lord Stark.

Jon Arryn looked at me hoping I knew something.

''Dorne, in a keep that was restored to hold your sister prisoner so she would not be near the capital'' I said looking at the smiling Lord Arryn and pointing my finger at the location of where Lord Stark's sister was.

''I will leave as soon as possible, my sister must be worried, so I will only go with a small group of men'' said lord Stark standing up from his chair.

''Lord Stark... the journey will be dangerous in the northern part of the reach there is a revolt of religious fanatics, I don't think they will distinguish that you are not Prussian, they will only care if you follow the faith of the seven, let a retinue of my knights accompany you will make your life much easier, as you can rest in any castle controlled by my men and you can get supplies without problems'' I said pointing to my back guards behind me.

''It is not necessary Lord Hohenzollern, but I appreciate the gesture'' said Lord Stark.

''You will be accompanied by ten of my best knights and the Teuton master himself will assist you in your rescue mission .... you must pass through my territories, any trouble you have on the way will affect me so I am obliged to treat you to your rank'' I replied firmly to Lord Stark.

''Eddard more men is never a bad thing, besides Lord Wilhelm's knights are exceptional, they will save you a lot of trouble in the future if you simply accept them'' Lord Arryn said helping me.

''Fine... but if they can't keep up with us we'll leave them behind'' said lord Stark.

''..... I'll let my men know then'' I said giving a slight smile.

Lord Stark left the meeting hall and left me alone with Lord Arryn.

''What will you do Lord Hohenzollern, will you stay for the feast Robert is preparing or do you wish to return to your territories to stabilize the ground'' Lord Arryn asked as he straightened his robes.

''I must stay, I am negotiating a marriage with a house and I believe we will formalize our marriage here, so I will wait in the capital for a while and help in any way I can'' I replied to Lord Arryn as I looked at the tired lord.

''You are quick with politics, with whom are you considering such a marriage?'', Lord Arryn asked again.

''The Lannisters, with the extensions of land I have taken from the Dornish, some sort of attack is to be expected and who better than the fearsome lion to guard the north so we can concentrate our forces in the south and avoid any damage'' I smiled.

''Clever... just don't insult him, Lord Lannister is not the person I want to anger'' said Lord Arryn.

Lord Arryn stood up and said goodbye

And I went back to my room to wait patiently.

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