Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 252 Battle Meeting
But correspondingly, the difficult conditions in the mountains make them easier to be bought than the plain people, just as the powerful Swiss regard the export of mercenaries as their main industry.Now that winter is approaching, Ian believes that as long as he keeps adding money, he is not afraid that the Finley tribe will not want to submit.

"We've already tried it." The one who answered Ian was the Unsullied instructor Lexix, who had been promoted by Ian earlier to be the commander of the First Legion of the Astapor Slave Iron Legion.

As part of Celia's promise when recruiting these instructors, Ian decided to give these Unsullied instructors who "should have become the great General Guise but unfortunately became a slave trader" a chance to realize their dreams-these Among the talents that Ian has at this stage, they are also the group with the highest tactical literacy. Reusing them can further deepen the trust with Fermor City Lord.

"Three times," Lexix continued, "The Finley tribe is very satisfied with the conditions we offered, but we still can't reach an agreement on one point. They are unwilling to surrender, let alone kneel."

Another major characteristic of the mountain people, Ian shook his head: "We can allow them to become our allies on an equal footing, we will provide them with food and various living supplies for the next winter, and they need to open all Land for our passage and military support."

Ian didn't have the expectation of conquering the mountain people in such a period of time at all. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the mountain is high and there is no emperor.No feudal dynasty in the world has ever really conquered mountains.In most eras, even under the great unified celestial dynasty, few emperors could receive a few taxes from the mountainous areas. For the emperors, if the mountain people did not rebel, it was already obedience, and there was no need for additional complications.

Not to mention the attempts of foreigners to conquer the mountains, Afghanistan, the imperial cemetery, is the best example.

"Will such a compromise adversely affect our negotiations with other Lazarin tribes?" This time it was Femor, the city lord of Astapor who was speaking. As Ian's core ally, he also participated in the negotiations. This military meeting, "if they all demand"

"Don't be kidding, my friend." Ian interrupted him with a smile, "We can't conquer the mountain people, can't we still deal with the 'sheep people' on the plain? No, I never said that I would fight They negotiate, and there are only two roads before them.

Either take the initiative to surrender and become our slaves, then according to the status of the surrenderers in their respective clans, they will directly obtain the status of high-level slaves, and the patriarchs and high priests of each clan will directly obtain the qualifications to become royal slaves and retain their property.

Or refuse to surrender, then our army will crush their clans, and all of them, regardless of gender, age, high or low, will all become fourth-class slaves, and will be assigned to the superior slaves of their hostile clans to rule. "

After listening to Ian, the participants in the room looked at each other in blank dismay, especially the few Astapor nobles who were able to participate in the meeting after being reused by Ian, they all prayed in their hearts, hoping that they would never annoy this demon one day .

But fortunately for them, they learned a very important message through communicating with those Westeros who followed Ian and the others to Astapor.

That is, although Earl Darry was extremely insidious and cruel to his enemies, he was always generous and sincere to his own people.

The most important thing is that all those who worked under Earl Darry have now received rewards far exceeding their expectations.

Today, Queen Daenerys' Kingsguard Captain Keith and Unsullied Commander Raul were once only Earl Darry's attendants; Custodian Commander 'Black Falcon' Dorian and Deputy Commander Bronn were just ordinary Mercenaries; Earl Darren Grafson had nothing when he left Westeros with Earl Darry, and he is now the Sea Minister of the Royal Council and is presiding over the building of a large-scale royal fleet.

Even Queen Daenerys herself, when she was in Pentos, was nothing more than a commodity conspired by her brother and some trade governor to sell to Drogo the horse king.

Now, who in this group of people is not powerful?
The reason is that they got the promise of Earl Darry.

And now, Earl Darry has also promised Astapor.

Fermor and Lysix knew that their future of glory depended on this war.

"In addition," Ian added after thinking for a while, "Slave Bay will no longer capture slaves from the Finley tribe. They can also send people to the three cities of Slave Bay to identify the tribe members who have become slaves. Once confirmed, these The slaves will be freed immediately. This condition, added to the previous condition for the Finley tribe, is valid for all mountain tribes."

"Will this condition be too lenient? What if Meereen and Yunkai have any objections?" Fermor must know the Ghis nobles in Slaver's Bay better than Ian and the others. The great lords of Meereen who freed their slaves were dreaming.

"It's easy to handle. Whoever has an opinion can be the vanguard, and I will take down the Kaiser Pass and defend it." Ian spread his hands, "As long as they can do it, I promise not to say anything."

Fermor chuckled twice, then turned his head away and stopped talking.

"Then let's continue." Ian returned to the map without hesitation. "How is the military expenditure promised by Yunkai and Meereen?" He looked at Celia.

"The first batch of 40 of the 15 Hui coins has been shipped from Yunkai to Astapor, and the part that needs to be paid by Meereen said that it will take time." Celia replied.

That part of Meereen did take time, and this time Meereen was bleeding so much that not only would they have to pay for the four Iron Legions of New Ghis, they would also need to spend money recruiting mercenaries and providing them with armor.

Ian didn't need to think about it, he could guess that Meereen must be in chaos now, and the great masters are trying to blame each other for who pays more and who pays less.

Human nature is like this, even if the rebels hit the city, Chongzhen asked the wealthy ministers to donate money to collect military expenses, the ministers are still unwilling to donate, let alone the centaur who is still far away on the Dothraki Sea, let the great Lord of Meereen Why do we come up with such a large sum of money?
The situation in Meereen was a normal reaction, but it was Yunkai who raised the money so quickly, which surprised Ian.

"What about the Iron Legion's movements?" Ian continued to ask.

"The four iron legions of New Ghis have completed their assembly, but their navy is not enough to transport so many soldiers at once, so they plan to transport the army to Meereen twice, and they request to join our army in Meereen."

(End of this chapter)