Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 177 Pentos' Requiem

"Sentenced Governor Gloro Tetrus to death, deprived the Tetrus family of all property and power, and elected Hazan Moharis as the new Prince of Pentos?" Marte Tetrus Si's tone became unusually sharp, "What about the Hazan people? Shouldn't he give me an explanation?"

"Prince Hazan and his army have already entered the mansion first, yes," the adjutant paused, "Our spies said that they broke through the outer courtyard of the mansion without encountering any resistance."

"No resistance? So Hazan and Illyrio are really allies?" Marte laughed angrily. "So this so-called big trap is aimed at us?"

"This" the adjutant didn't know how to reply for a while.

"Go and gather all our troops around, and besiege this mansion with all our strength!" Marte ordered, "Aren't they going to wipe out the Tetrus family? Then he, Hazan, won't even try to get out alive!"

"Your Highness, we have captured the outer courtyard of Illyrio's mansion without any resistance. According to the report of the scouts, they withdrew all their troops to the castle on the back mountain." Hazan's adjutant came to his side .

"Abandon the mansion below completely? Does that Mills have such courage?" Hazan shook his head, "Then besiege them first, and it won't be too late to come back to take care of them after eliminating the other forces of Illyrio."

"That's right," Hazan said immediately, "Go and loot Illyrio's treasury before Marte and the others!"

"That... We have already been there, but Illyrio's treasury seems to have been ransacked once. Although most of the things are still there, the most valuable things have been taken away."

"How come? Where did the thief come from so courageous?" Hazan was a little confused. Marte's army hadn't entered the mansion yet, so how could anyone have arrived at Illyrio's treasure house earlier than him?
"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Suddenly, a voice interrupted the conversation between Hazan and the adjutant. Hazan heard the sound and saw a young man rushing in front of him.

He remembered this person, the spy he had deployed outside the Palace of Parliament.

"What happened? So impatient?" Hazan had a bad premonition in his heart. He vaguely felt that this news had something to do with the closed doors of the Parliament Palace.

"The Grand Council has claimed that Lord Gloro Tetrus murdered Prince Tregg, and now the Grand Council has sentenced Governor Tetrus to death, and...and the Grand Council has voted you to be the new Prince, Illyrio The governor also stated that he will gradually give the prince real power in the future!"

Hazan's heart skipped a beat, he almost didn't need to think about it to know that this must be Illyrio's plan to alienate him.

"Get Marthe Tetrus right away, I want to explain to him face to face!" Hazan quickly ordered, "Forget it, I'll go find him in person."

At this moment, Hazan completely lost his usual composure, and wanted to run out of the courtyard in a hurry.

But just after he took a few steps, he heard a burst of dense footsteps, followed by the sound of steel colliding and killing shouts.

It turned out that the army of the Tetrus family had fought with their own guards.

"It's too late," Hazan stopped, "We have to find a way out."

Once the battle started, it was too late to explain anything.

And because Hazan encountered a lot of resistance during the attack, while Marte's army did not encounter any resistance, the ratio of their forces when they joined here was almost 1:3.

He simply doesn't have the strength to fight Marte right now.

However, just as Hazan took a few steps, he ran into another Tetrus family army head-on from another direction. As a last resort, Hazan could only leave some guards behind and chose another direction run away.

Unfortunately, this time he still bumped into the enemy.

Although the outer courtyard of Illyrio's mansion is as complicated as a maze, there are very few final exits.

At this point, Hazan finally realized that it was impossible for him to bypass Marte's army, so he simply picked up his weapon and rushed towards this group of enemies, trying to forcefully break through.

What they met at this time was just a group of miscellaneous soldiers. Hazan smashed the opponent to pieces with only one attack, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he encountered reinforcements from the opponent——Marte Tai The elite led by Truth himself.

In the chaos, Hazan still failed to find a chance to explain to Marte, so he was besieged.

Hazan knew that this time he was hopeless, neither the blessing of the Red God nor his mother's money could save him.

But what Hazan couldn't figure out was, how did Illyrio discover his plan and make these arrangements in advance?He couldn't figure it out.
When Ian's falcon took off from the roof, Marte had already withdrawn to the north with the remaining subordinates.

And in the garden outside Illyrio's mansion, corpses were spread all over the ground. Hazan was among them.

Ian felt a little regretful, if he hadn't temporarily changed his plan and decided to take Daenerys away, Hazan could have been a good ally.

But it is a pity that from the moment Ian decided to take Daenerys away, the conflict between him and Hazan became irreconcilable-Hazan is from Pentos, and Ian took Daenerys away. It was tantamount to exposing Pentos to Drogo's wrath, which was absolutely unacceptable to Hazan.

So, Ian had to make sure Hazan and Illyrio were dead so he could make sure no one knew about his role in this catastrophe in Pentos.

He would not incur Marian Frega's revenge for his betrayal of Hazan.

As for the loss of Braavos, a quasi-ally, due to the death of Hazan. In Ian's opinion, the current situation gives him enough confidence to prevent Daenerys from announcing the abolition of slavery at an inappropriate time. , then the ally of Braavos is not so important.

Not long after, Ian Falcon flew to the south gate of the city.

At this time the Dothraki had gathered outside the door. Ian had previously written a very humiliating letter to Drogo in the name of Illyrio, calling Drogo an uncivilized barbarian and claiming that he was not worthy to marry. Princess of Valyria.

Ian wasn't worried about Drogo not being provoked.

Subsequently, a group of 50 Unsullied men dressed in ordinary mercenary costumes poured out from the slums and captured the gate. The southern city was originally the territory of Hazan, and Hazan was attacked by Tetrus and Illyrio. After the siege of the two forces, most of the troops were lost. The gate was almost undefended, and the Unsullied took it easily.

The Unsullied opened the city gate and let the centaur army from outside enter the city.

This was the first team of Unsullied that Illyrio gave to Ian. Ian disguised them and sent them near the city gate. He told them that the centaurs were here to support Governor Illyrio, and they didn't suspect it.

Standing on the tower, Ian Falcon watched the horsemen whizzing in and the fire that continued to shine to the north from the south gate.

The burnt smell of blood mixed with the air floated into his nostrils, and he felt a sense of discomfort.

I'm a gamer, Ian reminded himself.

If you can't treat all the people in this world as NPC characters, you will die in the hands of other players sooner or later.

Euphemus of Athens once said that when it is profitable, the superior will use everything.

But it's not just the superiors who are omnipotent?
Unwilling to stay here any longer, the falcon spread its wings and flew into the sky again.

Behind it, the crackling of flames, the clatter of hoofs, the growls of Dothraki, the clash of swords, and the screams of Pentosians, mingled like a great song.

Ian knew that it was Pentos' Requiem.

(End of this chapter)