Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 251 Tranquility

In the early morning sea fog, the guards of Astapor saw an unstoppable ship appearing from a distance.

Unlike the merchant ships that often entered and left the port, the terrifying sloop that appeared outside the port was clearly a warship.It has pitch-black sails and a dark red hull.On the prow is a black iron maiden, with slender thighs, narrow waist, high chest, eyes made of mother-of-pearl, but no mouth, which looks very creepy.

An unfamiliar coat of arms was printed on the sail - a black iron crown supported by two crows, with a red eye with black pupils underneath.

If Ian hadn't temporarily given up control of the Falcon because he was controlling Koru to Meereen, then he who was circling over Astapor at this moment would definitely be able to recognize the ship at a glance—the Tranquility, because of the All the crew members were named after having their tongues pulled out, and their owner was the famous 'Crow's Eye' Euron Greyjoy.

The arrival of the battleship quickly aroused the vigilance of the port guards, but did not make them panic.

After all, the port is the weak point of Astapor's city defense. Ian ordered the construction of a large number of large towers for the port defense line and deployed a large number of ballistas and trebuchets on it. Guarded by human forces.

Not to mention a mere warship, even if a whole fleet attacked, they would never want to take down the port before the reinforcements in the city arrived.

"Tell the soldiers on the tower to target the ship," the Unsullied officer in charge of guarding the port ordered, "and send a small boat to inquire about it."

After a while, a wooden boat carried a customs official and four Unsullied to the bottom of the Serenity. After obtaining the other party's consent, the customs officer boarded this terrifying battleship.

"We need to know why you are here, sir." After the customs officer got on the ship, he first found a person who seemed to be in charge.

Unexpectedly, the other party ignored him at all, and it can't be called ignoring him. He just stretched out his hand and pointed at the back without saying a word.

"We need to know why you are here, sir." The customs official repeated again, enduring the anger of being neglected.

Unexpectedly, his inquiry this time was met with a murderous stare, which frightened the Guise official a little bit weak immediately.

He staggered back two steps, ready to disembark and leave. He didn't want to stay on this dangerous ship for a second. Since the other party refused to explain why he came, he should treat it as an enemy and destroy it.

In just a moment, the Guise officer had already figured out how to report the arrogance of the enemy ship to the chief guard of the port later.

I'm going to make them pay!The customs officer swore secretly in his heart, but when he was walking down the boat, he found that he had bumped into someone suddenly, and he fell straight on the deck because of his unsteady feet.

Who the hell doesn't have eyes?The customs officer wanted to curse, but the environment in the enemy camp did not allow him to do so.

I will make you pay the price!He could only swear again in his heart while raising his head.

Then he met an eye with bright blue pupils that seemed to smile, but made him shudder.

Shaking his head violently, the Guise officer, who had regained his composure, noticed the whole appearance of this man. He was pale and handsome, with black hair and blue lips, and his left eye was covered by an eyepatch.

"The person you're trying to question is a mute." The blue-eyed man waited for the customs officer to stand up before speaking.

"Really?" The customs officer's hurt self-esteem felt a little better. He looked back at the mute just now, and then looked at the man in front of him again, "Who are you?"

"I am the captain of this ship, Euron Greyjoy, of the great House Greyjoy," Euron explained without waiting for another question from the customs officer. "I am for Queen Daenerys." Come."

"The Lazarines have eleven large tribes and countless small tribes. Their population is distributed on the north and south banks of the eastern part of the Skahazaban River and in the Ghiscari Mountains. The north bank is close to Dothraki Sea has long been plundered by the horsemen, but due to its favorable environment, its population is still relatively dense.

The south bank is close to the red wasteland, the environment is much worse than the north bank, and the folk customs there are more sturdy. Even the Dothraki rarely cross the Skahazaban River to rob the land on the south bank. sweep. "Ian looked at the map on the table and introduced.

This map is based on the old map of the Lazar region drawn by the Meereenese, with the help of hunters who are familiar with the terrain he found from Razar, and combined with his previous detailed reconnaissance of the Razar region through falcons And the newly drawn map.

This map records in detail every river, every mountain, every tribe's settlement, etc. in this area, and in the attached manual of the map, it also records the customs of different tribes, major grain storage areas, The water source you depend on; which terrain is more suitable for your troop configuration to fight, which terrain must be avoided; which direction it is safer to pull the supply line from; which dangerous terrain must be managed in advance, etc.

It can be said that this map can be regarded as the most important result of Ian's labor in the past few months besides the army building itself, and the content in the manual is still being filled.In order to complete these pre-war preparations, Ian spent a lot of money to recruit a total of [-] leading parties in Raza—these people included all walks of life, from hunters and businessmen to bureaucrats and priests.

Fortunately, the Lazarin did not form a unified regime. They not only endured the plunder of the horses for a long time, but also had constant conflicts among their own tribes. For them, the concept of country and nation was almost nothing.

"My idea is," Ian continued, "we should send another representative to the Finley tribe. It is best to win them over successfully, so that we can take the Kaiser Pass without bloodshed." As he spoke, he pointed I found a path in the middle of a mountain on the map.

The Kaiser Pass is located between the most extreme mountains of the Ghiscari Mountains. It is an important passageway between Meereen and Raza. Although its terrain is not as dangerous as the Blood Gate in the Valley or the Sword Gate in the Great Heavenly Dynasty, it is still It can be regarded as a terrain that Ian is not willing to touch head-on.

Ian's new army for street fighting and mountain forest warfare has not yet completed the training. The troops in his hands are almost composed of ultra-long spear phalanxes, crossbowmen, and ballistas. Such an army is definitely not suitable for fighting in the mountains.

And the one guarding the Kaiser Pass is the Finley tribe from the South Lazar Mountains. This tribe has a population of about 6. The characteristics of the mountain people determine that they are far better at fighting than other Lazarin tribes living in the plains.

(End of this chapter)