Moose shook his head and analyzed, "No, if King's Landing has enough money and food to recruit the people of King's Landing, defending King's Landing is not difficult.
After all, King's Landing has over a hundred thousand people, and excluding the elderly, children, and women, at least half are adult males, which is a usable fighting force."
Jon reminded, "But King's Landing doesn't have that much money, nor enough food."
"No, King's Landing has money and food," because it was a military matter, Roso, who served as the commander of the Summerhall garrison, was also called to the castle by Lord Lynd to participate in the discussion.
He said very seriously, "So many noble families in King's Landing must have a lot of money and stored grain; as long as they are all conscripted, this problem can be solved."
The others were stunned after hearing this, then nodded, indicating that it was a good idea.
Margaery and Sansa, attending such a meeting for the first time, both showed shocked expressions, and with a strange look, they glanced at the Summerhall high-ranking officials before them.
They could feel that the powerful nobles in King's Landing were no different from livestock awaiting slaughter in the hearts of these people.
Sansa, somewhat naively, said, "My Lords, if you do as you suggest, after the war, you will surely be criticized by the other nobles and lords of the Seven Kingdoms…"
Sansa's words were cut short as Margaery pulled her, shaking her head and saying, "Although the method is a bit extreme, it is necessary to defend King's Landing, and it can be forgiven afterward."
Margaery's words were met with agreement from everyone, who nodded in unison.
Baelon suddenly spoke, "Whether they forgive or not is irrelevant; in fact, we can simply accuse those nobles of colluding with the enemy.
After all, Stannis has been in King's Landing for so long; more or less, he has dealt with these powerful figures.
As long as they have dealt with him, then they could be Stannis's potential allies, so it's not wrong to say they colluded with the enemy."
Baelon's approach was only endorsed by those from humble backgrounds like Roso, while Jon and Bert shook their heads, clearly disagreeing with the idea of taking someone's wealth and then ruining their reputation.
Lord Lynd quietly listened as everyone spoke their minds, and after a while, when everyone had finished expressing their thoughts, he turned to Margaery and Sansa and asked, "If you were the defenders of King's Landing, how would you overcome this crisis?"
Margaery and Sansa were stunned, completely unprepared for Lord Lynd to ask them such a question, and for a moment, they didn't know how to answer.
However, Margaery quickly recovered and said, "If it were me, I would immediately send people for reinforcements and do everything possible to win over any allies I could."
"Lady Margaery, your approach is no different from what King's Landing is doing now," Jon shook his head and said, "I think Lord Lynd wants to hear your own ideas."
Hearing Jon's words, Margaery bit her lip and said, "If it were me, I would secretly have trusted confidants place a large amount of Wildfire in the civilian houses near the city gate Stannis is attacking.
Then, I would block all streets with various miscellaneous items, have the most loyal troops guard this gate, and use the opportunity to let Stannis's army in, creating a stalemate in this area, allowing Stannis to send more troops into the city.
When most of Stannis's army has entered the city, I would use pre-arranged traps to close the city gate, ignite the Wildfire, burning everyone in that area to death.
At the same time, I would concentrate all forces to charge out from another city gate and directly attack Stannis's main camp.
As long as Stannis is killed, Stannis's army will immediately collapse, and the siege of King's Landing will naturally be lifted."
Listening to Margaery's defense strategy, everyone around looked at Margaery with some surprise.
They had long heard of Little Rose of Highgarden, knowing that Little Rose was considered a paragon of noble ladies, and because she often helped the poor people of Highgarden, she was also seen as the embodiment of kindness and beauty.
But now, in Jon's eyes, Little Rose's beauty was certainly beyond reproach, absolutely top-tier in the Seven Kingdoms, as for kindness? That was clearly debatable; judging from the defense strategy she just described, this method was hardly related to kindness.
"The method is good, but there are too many loopholes; many things are taken for granted.
In war, many things cannot proceed exactly as you wish," Lord Lynd said in a deep voice, "What if the loyalists you chose suddenly got scared and refused to perish with the enemy, choosing to flee?
What if Stannis saw through your scheme and managed to ignite the Wildfire in that urban area first?
More importantly, how would you extinguish the Wildfire once it's burning?
Given the amount of Wildfire you placed, the result of igniting it would be the entire King's Landing being burned down; you would accomplish the feat that Mad King Aerys could not."
Hearing Lord Lynd's words, Margaery's face showed a hint of embarrassment.
At this moment, Sansa suddenly spoke, "I can hand over Cersei and Joffrey, so Stannis has no excuse to attack King's Landing anymore."
As Sansa's words fell, everyone stared blankly at Sansa.
Perhaps it was her first time being stared at so intently, Sansa also felt a bit nervous, involuntarily lowering her head and quietly saying, "Lord Lynd just said to defend King's Landing, not to defend the Iron Throne.
Since that's the case, by handing over Stannis's ultimate goal for attacking King's Landing, he loses his reason to attack King's Landing, and King's Landing will naturally be defended."
"Although it's a bit strange to do so, it's also reasonable.
As long as King's Landing is defended, who cares what happens to the Iron Throne?" Roso was the first to agree with Sansa's approach.
"The feasibility of this method is very high; although you might be accused of betrayal afterward, at least King's Landing is defended," Jon also nodded and said, "Given Stannis's personality, even if your actions allow him to smoothly gain the Iron Throne, he will absolutely not give up on punishing you, which means, Sansa, you're dead."
"But to save a city's people with one life, that's a worthwhile trade!" Moose also said with a smile.
The others also expressed their surprise at Sansa's proposed method and praised Sansa's wit.
Sansa, hearing everyone's teasing and praise, also looked a bit embarrassed, while Margaery beside her looked at her newly acquainted little sister with a re-evaluating gaze.
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