Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 160 Motives and Techniques
"Initially I always thought that the contest was being promoted by the player Ender Poole, who was acting next to Suda, but after discovering Hazan's purpose, I realized that it was not that simple.

Because this contest directly pushed the conflict between Hazan and Suda to the height of life and death, and at the same time dragged the situation in Pentos to the brink of civil war. Opportunity for Leo to be on high alert.

Coincidentally, the tournament was just before Ma Wang's wedding. If Hazan and the others planned to use this tournament to deal with Illyrio, then the timing was right for Illyrio to be killed before I left Pentos. kill conclusion.

So I asked Illyrio's steward to learn more about the situation in Pentos City. I didn't know if I didn't ask. When I got the answer, I was really shocked.

It turns out that Prince Hazan and Governor Tetrus have successively asked Governor Illyrio for help because they "do not want a civil war to happen", and on the grounds of "separating the armies of the two sides to avoid conflicts", they sent the new army under Illyrio's command The mercenaries were transferred to the DC area - just separating them from the XC area, which is Illyrio's traditional sphere of influence.

This undoubtedly created an opportunity for Hazan and his allies to attack the XC area.

The next question is whether Hazan's ally is the governor of Tetrus who has assembled the army in the northern city, or the old governor of Rotalus who will send the First Banner Guard outside the Prince's Palace in the Midtown tomorrow to maintain order in the tournament After all, these two positions can be matched with Hazan's troops in Nancheng District to attack the XC area.

I prefer the former in my heart. After all, the old governor of Rotarus was not assigned the command of the new mercenaries, nor did he let their family's private soldiers enter the city. His military strength is less than half of that of the governor of Tetrus.

In terms of chances of winning, Hazan and Governor Tetrus are much more likely to form an alliance.

Moreover, tomorrow's contest was proposed by the Tetrus family. If this contest itself is a conspiracy against Governor Illyrio, the Tetrus family, one of the initiators, is more likely to participate in it.

With such a direction, more evidence began to emerge in my mind.

For example, after I told Hazan that the two water dancers under Hazan were about to rebel on the spot, Hazan said that he already knew the news.

I was shocked at the time. After all, two water dancers rebelled against something that could determine the outcome of a match. Could Suda tell anyone easily?I'm afraid he wouldn't even trust his own brother, so how could Hazan's inner ghost know?

But if Governor Tetrus has indeed allied with Hazan, this is explained-Governor Tetrus himself betrayed his son.

According to the information I got earlier, Governor Tetrus is an old stallion, counting the illegitimate son, he has dozens of sons, it is entirely possible that he is willing to sacrifice one of his sons to dispel Illyrio's suspicion—besides Hazan may not necessarily kill Su Da tomorrow.

With this surmise I made a reconnaissance of Pentos in falcon form, and soon got more evidence.

The Joma Inn, nicknamed the "Mercenary Guild", which belongs to the Tetrus family, and the Liberty Street Arena, where the two sides recruited agent warriors in the past month, are located at the junction of the two southwest districts.

The former itself gathered a large number of mercenaries at any time, while the latter gathered a large number of mercenaries and slave warriors because of Hazan and Suda's activities of recruiting proxy warriors this month.In these two places, Hazan and Governor Tetrus can temporarily recruit hundreds of people.

In this way, the total strength of their two sides is close to three times that of Illyrio, and they have an overwhelming advantage.

So far, Hazan's tactics against Illyrio have been completely unraveled.

Then there was only the final question - why did Governor Tetrus form an alliance with Hazan?When did they reconcile and reach an agreement?
So I continued to search for the answer in my memory, and soon I found a clue - on the morning when Hazan and Delive announced their engagement, Prince Hazan, Governor Howcott, and Governor Tetrus were at the Red Temple failed peace talks
The Red Temple is your area of ​​activity. I think you probably used some kind of magic stick to promote their alliance at that time, right? "

"That's right," Celia admitted generously, "I hypnotized them with intermediate red god magic and potions, making them think that they saw Illyrio begging Drogo at Drogo's wedding in the flames. Help him take Pentos, and Drogo readily agrees and sends his cavalry through the gate held by Illyrio's army, into the vision that Pentos has slaughtered them all."

As Celia spoke, she got up and wanted to light the censer that had just been extinguished again, "Then the two governors and Prince Hazan decided to temporarily put aside their grievances on the spot, and formulated a plan to eliminate Illyrio under my guidance and hints. plan."

"Wait, what are you doing?" Ian stepped forward and grabbed Celia's hand, "We've already formed an alliance, do you want to drug me and die together?"

"No, the medicine is still in the stove, and I haven't changed it." Celia shook her head lightly.

"So what do you want?"

"I'm thinking, if I'm pregnant with your child, maybe in the future when I lose value to you, you will show mercy to me."

"I'm talking to you about business." Ian said, but he let go of Celia's hand and let her light the incense burner.

"Don't delay talking about business, isn't that what you talked about when you first started?"

"Tell me Hazan's more complete plan first." Ian did not resist, "I want to know what omissions I still have?"

"Before the attack," Celia began to talk, "we will first find a way to introduce Illyrio to the Parliament Palace, which can effectively prevent Illyrio from escaping through the port. After all, this plan is only for Prince Hazan and Howcott. The Governor and the Governor of Tetrus, Delive Howett, and I know five people.

After we give the order to attack, the army below needs a lot of time to react. During this time, Illyrio's intelligence network will definitely get the news, and he may rush to attack from the sea before we surround his mansion. to escape, so we need to trap Illyrio in the council palace before we can eradicate his power. "

"Then why didn't you kill Illyrio directly in the Parliament Palace?" Ian frowned.

"Because the guards of the Council Palace belong to the Great Council itself, no one has the right to mobilize them, and it is impossible for us to attack the Council Palace, which will offend all the nobles of Pentos. This is why we are sure to introduce Illyrio to the Council Palace , The interior of the Council Palace is an absolutely safe place, since Pentos was founded, blood has never been seen there, and it is impossible for Illyrio to have doubts there."

"So your plan is to seal off the council palace outside after Illyrio enters it, then start attacking West/City, and then intercept and kill Illyrio after he comes out of the council palace?"

"Yes, that's it in a nutshell," Celia finished, and asked, "So, which side are you going to stand on? My suggestion is to follow my plan, kill Illyrio and form an alliance with Hazan , and then follow Daenerys to follow the original line until the city is captured in Astapor."

"I'm going to stand by my side." Ian chuckled, and whispered his next plan in Celia's ear.

(End of this chapter)