Chapter 733

The Knight of Flowers frowned as he looked at the map.

"Brother-in-law, although Stannis suffered a crushing defeat, he still has nearly four thousand troops. If he holds Dragonstone, we might not be able to break through."

Liu Bei laughed.

"I conclude that Stannis will not hold Dragonstone, but will flee to the North to build up his strength."

The Knight of Flowers naturally had no love for Stannis; this was the guy who had assassinated his lover, Renly!

"Then what should we do?"

"Stannis is already a stray dog; let's head to Dragonstone first."

Sure enough, as Liu Bei had expected,

On Dragonstone,

Stannis was looking at the map with worry.

"The King's Landing army will arrive in three days! The leader, Count Cass, achieved a great victory at the Twins and just killed the Mountain in King's Landing."

The Onion Knight frowned.

"Your Majesty, we have fewer than four thousand men, and supplies are difficult. I suggest we don't fight them head-on, but move to the North and seek support from the Iron Bank, as well as the Faceless Men of the House of Black and White—they have the best assassins."

Melisandre also supported this.

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Light tells me the threat comes from the North, from beyond the Wall."

"We can go to the North to develop and grow."

Stannis ultimately decided to withdraw his men from Dragonstone and head to the North!

He himself went to Braavos to seek support from the Iron Bank.

Liu Bei took Dragonstone without a fight, which could be considered a great merit!

While controlling Dragonstone and sending people to secretly mine dragonglass, he sent word of victory to King's Landing!

However, he first received news from Margaery:

Cersei had found someone similar to the Mountain, wearing full armor so that even his eyes couldn't be seen, and he had killed Oberyn, winning the trial for Tyrion.

Liu Bei guessed this guy was the biochemical Mountain created by the mad scientist Qyburn!

"His head was chopped off by me; can he still live?"

Liu Bei shook his head; thinking of the world of Game of Thrones, where Jon could be resurrected and other strange things happened, it wasn't surprising.

"I didn't expect that I could save Oberyn once, but not a second time."

Not two days later,

An even more explosive piece of news arrived:

Tywin, who had been scheming for decades, had been shot to death in the privy by his own youngest son, Tyrion, with a heavy crossbow!

The cause was naturally that Tywin had always wanted Tyrion dead!

The Imp had also found Shae in Tywin's room and strangled her!

Liu Bei shook his head; Tywin was actually picking up the woman his son had left behind—too much!

"Game of Thrones version: Wu Dalang kills Pan Jinlian?"

The Knight of Flowers hadn't expected so many things to happen in King's Landing all at once.

He hurriedly led his troops back to King's Landing.

Liu Bei also planned to return, but the Queen Mother actually sent a messenger:

"Count Cass, the Queen Mother hopes you will bring back her daughter Myrcella, who is still in Dorne."

The conditions Cersei offered were not bad: Dragonstone could be enfeoffed to him, and his title could be raised to Hou Jue.

"Hou Jue of Dragonstone? That's doable."

By occupying Dragonstone,

Liu Bei could mine dragonglass on a large scale, which would be very important for dealing with White Walkers later.

Dragonstone was also the ancestral seat of Daenerys's family and a bridgehead for attacking King's Landing from the East; it naturally had to be taken.

Liu Bei left the Hound to guard Dragonstone and train the soldiers, while he took a sea ship south with the wind and arrived outside Sunspear, the center of Dorne.

Jaime and Bronn were already waiting for him there.

Bronn laughed.

"Oh, if Count Cass can come, everything will be fine!"

Jaime expressed his gratitude to Liu Bei.