Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 152 Pantos' Overall Situation
"What's the matter with you coming to see me? My lord." Butler Mills asked when Ian stopped him on the gravel path.His attitude was very respectful, because he knew that the young man in front of him was the key training target of Governor Illyrio.

"Sorry, Mr. Mills," Ian smiled apologetically, "I have something I want to know, but I couldn't find Hazru (big mouse) for a while, so I had to ask you for advice." He paused , "By the way, are you taking a walk? We can go together." After speaking, Ian made a gesture of please.

Mills nodded and started walking again, with Ian at his side.

"Hazru is not in this house right now, he is very busy. A storm is brewing in Pentos," Mills said, and asked proactively, "Did you encounter any trouble in looking for him?"

"That's not true," Ian shook his head. "Actually, what I care about is this storm. Isn't this the life-and-death battle between Prince Hazan and Suda Tetrus that will start the day after tomorrow? I always feel a little uneasy. , a life-and-death battle. In the end, it shouldn't develop in the direction of a civil war, right?"

"To tell you the truth, there are actually signs of this," Butler Mills nodded, "According to reports from our spies, the private soldiers of the Howcott family and the Tetrus family in nearby villages and towns have already reported to Pan Toss set off, and it is expected that they will all enter the city before tomorrow night. They don't trust each other, and they all want to prevent each other from turning over the wall.

Among them, Governor Tetrus was the worst, because he had many sons, so he could afford to lose. But he knew that Hazan was the core figure of the Braavos Party, and Hazan could not afford to lose.

Governor Gloro Tetrus has spoken publicly that if anyone intends to forcibly disrupt the game to save Hazan's life after Hazan's downfall, he will take action.Hazan and the others had no choice but to respond by mobilizing troops. "

"However," Butler Mills changed the subject, "In fact, the two governors have also expressed their desire not to go to war to His Excellency Illyrio and the old governor of Rotarus.

In order to avoid possible conflicts, Governor Illyrio has also agreed to exchange the mercenary team commanded by his officers responsible for the defense of the southern city with the mercenaries of Governor Gloro Tetrus in the DC District.This will separate his troops from Prince Hazan's mercenaries. "

"Is there no mercenary team stationed in the east, south, and north XC areas?"

"Our newly added mercenaries are to defend the Dothraki. They are deployed on three walls, and the XC area faces the sea." After finishing speaking, Butler Mills laughed, "Don't worry, even if the civil war breaks out , you will not be affected in any way while living in this house. In fact, I can even assure you that our entire XC area will not be affected."

"why?"

"The XC area is the traditional sphere of influence of our chamber of commerce. Our chamber of commerce has 800 long-term trained chamber of commerce guards in the XC area. In the port, we can mobilize 600 to 1000 sailors from resting ships at any time. Or called sailors.

Coupled with the governor's 500 Unsullied in various mansions and the guards in the mansions of several allies of the governor, no matter which side we lean towards, the other side is doomed to destruction. This is the capital of Your Excellency Illyrio's neutrality .No one dared to enter the XC area and risk our anger. "Mills is just stating a fact, but it sounds really domineering.

"But the problem is," Ian sneered, "I have already agreed to Prince Hazan's invitation, and I will go to the Prince's Palace to watch the game."

"You can also rest assured about this, because during the contest, the defense outside the prince's palace will be in charge of the First Banner Guard of the old governor of Rotalus. There are 800 of them, and they are all real elites.

The First Banner Guard will then control all the intersections near the Prince's Palace. This is the unanimous request of Prince Hazan and the Governor of Tetrus. Neither the troops of the Volantene Party nor the Braavos Party will be allowed. Close to the Prince's Palace.

As for the 200 Imperial Guards in the Prince's Palace. You are a friend of Prince Hazan, so it is Suda Tetrus who should be worried about something going wrong, shouldn't they? "

"Is the governor of Rotarus reliable? Is it possible that he was bought by the Tetrus family?" Of course, Ian couldn't say that he was bought by Hazan. "After all, you said before that he stood in the governor's council. On the side of the party of Volantene, in favor of war against the party of Braavos."

"I would like to vouch for Governor Rotalus' sense of honor, Ian, he will never allow anyone to destroy the tradition and order of Pentos, let alone join forces with it."

An Eddard Stark-like figure?Ian had a general understanding, but he didn't rule out the possibility that he had a problem.

"Thank you for clarifying my doubts, which made me feel relieved a lot." After Ian asked the question, he thanked him, "If there is nothing else, please allow me to leave."

"You do what you want." Butler Mills didn't hold back either, and watched Ian leave.

After returning to the residence, Ian first asked Rohr to look for the 'big mouse' Hazru, and asked him to send Hazru's spies who were in charge of investigating the Red Temple and Geni Taime incident, as well as the Illyrio in the Red Temple. The priestess of her forces called over, and then she entered the falcon's body with the shapeshifting technique, and flew into the sky in the night.

Ian didn't fly high enough to exceed [-] meters. Although it was night, he could still see everything on the ground clearly with the help of the falcon's visual cells, which were far superior to humans.

He has just initially verified his guess, and now he needs to conduct a reconnaissance of the entire Pantos to further verify his guess from a global perspective.

After circling around Pentos, Ian scouted the newly added mercenary camps in the north, east, and south. At least from tonight's point of view, everything is as usual.

Then there are the residences of the three governors of Howcott, Tetrus, and Morgan, and Prince Hazan. Many of their guards and private soldiers have already entered the city.

The most elite among them were the 200 heavy cavalry under Glorero Tetrus. The arrival of these people filled the stables of the Tetrus governor's mansion-they had three horses per person, and the horses used for combat That one is all large Andalus war horses, and equipped with horse armor.

Ian could see from the sentinels on guard that their equipment was all standard scale armor, open-faced helmets, long swords, morning star hammers and kite-shaped shields.

Although the urban terrain is not suitable for cavalry combat, with this equipment, infantry combat is not far behind.

These people can indeed serve as the confidence for Governor Tetrus to ask Hazan not to cheat in the competition.

And Hazan's ally, Governor Howcott's private soldiers were not far behind—at least in street fighting, his men were all infantry, but they were also well-armed.

If war breaks out, these private soldiers, the mercenaries under their jurisdiction who were summoned to deal with the Dothraki, and the city guard they originally controlled will be the main force of the war.

Afterwards, Ian returned to the XC area. He inspected the headquarters of the Illyrio Chamber of Commerce, the Red Temple on the top of the mountain, the port and the Liberty Street not far from the port, which is located at the junction of the XC area and South City, and the "mercenary" The Guild's Joma Inn.

(End of this chapter)