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[Game of Thrones] Cersei claims that with the new Tyrell gold, they can buy the Golden Company. What gold? The hoard destroyed by Danaerys and Drogon on the Gold Road?

Jaime gets back from the devastating loss at the Battle of the Gold Road. He says tallies haven't been completed of their losses, but frankly I'm surprised if you could count the survivors on more than one hand (seeing as Dany killed or turned the survivors, unless the bulk of the Lannister army went AWOL and escaped).

Anyway, Cersei ignores their losses and focuses on the silver lining of having the Tyrell's riches now, and being able to afford mercenaries. However, wasn't this money all destroyed when Drogon did his strafing run, burning down all the carts? I remember someone telling me that Jaime sent a bunch on ahead, but how could it really be that far ahead that it would be unscathed while the rest of their forces (and loot) are demolished? Perhaps they did manage to send some carriages of loot off. But I'm skeptical that they'd send off enough money to pay the Iron Bank *and* reliably afford the Golden Company, while *also* not sending the bulk of their forces *or* any of their commanders along with it.

Did the Lannisters manage to secure enough gold to pay the Iron Bank, and then secure funding from *them* for the mercenaries? Or were the Lannisters really able to somehow escape with more than a few troops and some loot before Dany killed them?
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At the beginning of that scene Jaime tells Tarly the gold is safely in Kings Landing. The wagons we saw held food shipments. Kind of shows where their priorities are when gold gets shipped before food.