Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 221 Khal Quigo
"I accept your allegiance and set you free, Quigo," said Ian, placing his sword on the shoulder of the NPC Quigo, "and at the same time I grant you the right to choose from among my slaves to form your own kalsa, your warrior Will fight under my banner, and wash away their shame as the vanquished with the blood of our enemies."

"I won't let you down." Quigo stood up and walked towards the centaur slaves.

"Khal Quigo!" A sharp-eyed young centaur was the first to raise his arms and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, all the horsemen shouted Quigo's name excitedly.

"Ian Darry!" At this moment, Quigo shouted out Ian's name, "The Purifier!"

The crowd of horses responded, and they began to shout Ian's name again. The sound wave became louder and louder, until Ian stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture, and the boiling beach gradually calmed down.

"Now, does anyone else wish to purify the curse on themselves?" Ian asked loudly, "Drink the purified water, and you will get the right to ride horses again!"

"I!"

"I think!"

The centaur slaves scrambled to the manger filled with the purified water, but were immediately dissuaded by rows of spears from the Unsullied.

"I understand everyone's eagerness to avenge their shame, but unfortunately the purified water is only enough for 300 people to drink." Ian said regretfully.

"You can give us more." A centaur slave representative in the front row said hastily.

"Yes, I can, but purifying poisonous water will consume my strength. You haven't proved yourself to me, so why should I help you?" Ian shook his head.

"We are the same as Khal Quigo, we will fight for you!"

"My enemies are very powerful. They are numerous and wear clothes made of iron. I don't think you have the capital to fight them."

"Only cowards wear clothes made of iron!" the centaur warrior immediately retorted.

"Yes, only cowards! Everyone knows that!" Other centaurs echoed.

It is the custom of the Dothraki to disdain wearing armor, and Ian believes that there are two main reasons for their formation of this understanding.

The first is because the Dothraki have no craftsmen and cannot produce armor, and the original Dothraki were terrified when they saw the enemy wearing heavy armor, so Kayo at that time declared that the enemy was because of cowards in order to boost morale. No matter how strong the defense is, this kind of courageous person is vulnerable to the brave roaring warrior.

The second is because the khal's morale boosting strategy worked, and they really defeated the enemy wearing the 'iron suit' by virtue of courage and cavalry superiority.And because the military technology level of the entire Essos is still in the classical era, the Dothraki are always invincible in the subsequent series of pecking battles, which constantly strengthens their belief that "iron clothes" 'Useless cognition, in the end I was completely limped by myself.

Today, this cognition has become the biggest obstacle for Ian to use them to form a cavalry team.

The biggest advantage of the Dothraki lies in their proficiency in bows and horses and fearlessness of death, while their disadvantages are lack of tactics, disregard of discipline and rejection of armor. If they cannot overcome the latter, they will be doomed to fail to meet Ian's requirements for cavalry.

The first point is that the lack of tactics is relatively easy to solve. Although the Dothraki usually fight with pigs, their history shows that they do not reject the use of tactics.

Such a story was once told in the official atlas of A Song of Ice and Fire.

After the Dothraki hero Khal Menge united the Dothraki for the first time, they launched an invasion against King Sanor in the Sarn River Basin. The Dothraki assembled [-] Howling Warriors. Kaal commanded, and the last supreme king of the Sanor people, Mazo Alisi, assembled [-] scythe chariots, [-] heavy cavalry, [-] light cavalry, and [-] infantry outside the capital city of Shanas The hosts of the Dothraki battled the Dothraki.

At the beginning of the battle, the Sarnor's scythe chariot directly pushed towards the Dothraki's center army, smashing it with great force. During the melee, they also killed the Dothraki commanding the center army. The Slarks began to flee, while the Sanor army pursued them.

But when the Salorians loosened their formation due to the pursuit, the scattered Dothraki suddenly turned their horses and shot them a rain of arrows.At the same time, their two wings were also suddenly attacked by two other LS. Suddenly hit by this, the Salor army immediately began to collapse, and then frantically retreated towards Shanas City behind them.

But at this time they discovered that the last Dothraki KaLS had detoured to their rear, cutting off their retreat back to Shanas. In the end, the entire Salor army was wiped out, and 10 people died on the battlefield. Known as the "Battle of Raven Plain" in history.

This is a typical "baiting tactic" of the Mongols. This kind of tactic is very sophisticated. As long as you are willing to spend your money, you are not afraid that the enemy will not be fooled. When the Mongols use it, it can be said to be tried and tested.

It also goes to show that the Dothraki can put up some pretty good battles when they meet khals who are smart enough.

But this is the only place where they can touch the porcelain Mongolians.

The two remaining shortcomings of the Dothraki, their disregard for discipline and rejection of armor, doomed them to be pure scum compared to the Mongols.

Without a high degree of discipline, it is impossible for them to learn tactics such as crow soldiers spreading stars, cavalry encirclement, arrow and cavalry coordination, and Lava used by the Mongols. It is not a small challenge for the current horse people.

The rejection of armor by the Dothraki is even more extreme than that of the Mongols. Where did the Mongols learn from? Advanced technologies were learned by the Mongols and used in wars.

And just how the Dothraki persuaded them to put on the armor made Ian's head dizzy for a long time.

Generally speaking, the best way to make a nation accept a weapon of war that they reject is to beat him up with it and let him know that he can't really do without it.

For example, the stirrups that changed the history of cavalry. After the stirrups invented by China drove away the Turks in the north, the Turks moved westward with their stirrups, hanging and beating the Serbians and Sassanian Persians for hundreds of years, and finally made these people think that 'stirrups are nothing The "noble" cavalrymen, who are toys for those who are not good at riding, used their stirrups honestly.

Another example is the "extraordinary skill and obscenity" that knocked on the gate of the Qing Dynasty.
But it's a pity that Ian has neither the means to form an ironclad army to beat the Dothraki, nor the time to beat the Dothraki for decades, forcing them to take the initiative to "really fragrant".

So in the end, Ian chose this method of picking a big god.

"Here are three hundred sets of breastplates." Ian directly ignored the retorts of the centaur slaves who said 'only cowards wear iron clothes', "now, whoever puts on one set first will get a piece of purification." water, and gain access to the kalsa of Khal Quigo."

"They will be my first batch of cavalry guards, each of whom can be equipped with three horses," said Ian after a pause, "while the others will be sent back to farm."

When Ian's last sentence fell, a group of centaurs began to scramble towards the armors.

What cowards are not cowards, is it better than being a serf?
(End of this chapter)