Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 291 Drogo's Trace

In the middle of the Skahazaban River, fifty leagues north of the ruined city of the ancient empire known to the Ghis as Gisdaka, Ian's Falcon found Drogo Kalasar unmasked words) position.

There are 10 people in the entire Kalasha, several kilometers in length, marching on the vast grassland.

In front of and around Kalashar, there was a team of sentry cavalry every few hundred meters, and dozens of teams of scouts were performing detection and guard tasks.

Khal Drogo rode a red steed at the forefront of the khalasar, beside him were his three bloodriders, khoro, kothor and haggo, and then the most elite who belonged directly to khal Howling Samurai.None of these men wore armor, but painted Dothraki vests, showing muscular arms, and sharp arakhs hung from their waists.

Behind these people, there is a larger number of cavalry. They are scattered among the Cass (the second-level unit lower than Kalashar in Dothraki), and marching together with a large number of women and slaves.

In the middle of the khalasar are herds of horses being driven and tents being drawn.

As Ian expected, their way of migrating the whole tribe was like a tortoise crawling. It took so long to half the distance from Vaes Dothraki to Meereen.

As Ian Falcon's altitude dropped, bursts of singing came into Ian's ears.

Like all the prairie people, the horseman's song style is also extraordinarily passionate and unrestrained. Their singing and the sound of horseshoes merged together, piercing the sky.

Ian flew front to back across Drogo's entire khalasar, observing each kath one by one, hoping to find some groups among them that were more disciplined or less resistant to armor than other centaurs.

Because that is most likely the Cass of the player 'Cole' who was under Khal Drogo's hand.

But until the end, Ian couldn't find such Cass.

If this meant that Drogo had no player under his command, or that the player knew nothing about military affairs, that would be good news, but Ian always felt that it would not be that simple.

With no results for a while, Ian temporarily gave up searching for the players. He observed the Dothraki below, and began to think about the marching route that Drogo might choose next.

Judging from the way they were heading south at all times, it was clear that they were going south to Jisdaka.

Jisdaka is now a completely deserted ruin, and it is worthless to occupy it.

So Drogo went there if he wanted to cross the Skahazaban River there and enter the Lazar region.

This is bad news.

Many cities and tribes in the Raza region have just joined Ian's alliance. If the centaurs ransacked and slaughtered them, even if only one or two tribes suffered, it would cause great damage to Ian's reputation.

In this way, Ian's eagerness to draw the Lazarines into the alliance turned into shooting himself in the foot.

In fact, Mawang's decision was indeed unexpected by Ian.

In Ian's earlier prediction, Khal Drogo, after receiving the news that Slaver's Bay has formed an alliance against him, will directly bypass the northern part of the Ghiscarli Mountains, and go straight to Meereen from the northern plains to seek a decisive battle .Before arriving in Meereen, he would leave the slaves, women and children of the Karasari in a relatively safe position in the rear.

Ian asked Puranda na Jisen to lead the Stormcrows to the city of Hursi in Lazar, and let the Lazarim gather their army there, so that when Drogo arrived in Meereen, Puranda na Ji Sen led the men to attack Drogo's camp in the rear.

The Lazarin did not have the courage to face the roaring warriors, but they did have the courage to face slaves, the old, the weak, women and children.

But now, Drogo actually chose Nanlaza, which made Ian very puzzled.

After entering the Raza area, Drogo had to cross the rugged Skahazaban Valley or pass through the almost impassable Caesar Pass if he wanted to enter Slaver's Bay. This is a very strange choice.

If the decisive battle breaks out in these two terrains, Ian’s side’s winning percentage will be full. As a horse king who has never been defeated in his life, Drogo shouldn’t even know what kind of terrain cavalry is suitable for fighting. Or that he Just plain arrogant enough to think he can win in any situation?
No, no, Ian soon found out that there were not many horses in Drogo Kalasar, except for the necessary war horses and pack horses, there were not many meat horses for food.

That's why Drogo went south into the Lazar region—to get supplies.

The staple food of the Dothraki people is horse meat and mutton. When they settled in the Dothraki sea, they would raise a large number of sheep and eat mutton and horse meat at the same time.But when they started migrating and fighting, the flocks were slaughtered or abandoned because they moved too slowly.At this time, they will change their staple food to horse meat and smoked food that is easy to preserve, and cook soup with some weeds that can be found on the grassland.They divided the herd into strong war horses, inferior draft horses, and inferior food horses.

It took more than two months for Khal Drogo to go south from Vaes Dothrak to Jisdaka. Although Drogo replenished a large number of horses in Vaes Dothrak, 10 of them ate here , It also seemed to be a little stretched.

In the Raza region, they can loot a large number of sheep from the goatmen, which will play an important role in easing Drogo's supply situation.

With Drogo Karasar overhead, Ian considered Drogo's next move.

At this time, the twilight was beginning to appear, and the huge group of centaurs began to stop moving forward, and camped on the spot. It was said that they were camping, but in fact they simply stopped their mobile tents.Their camp doesn't have any defenses, and all the security depends on the peripheral patrols. However, they do have a lot of patrolling cavalry, so they don't leave any loopholes.

Their camp was chosen next to a stream. Normally, their marching route and camping location must be close to the water source, because it is impossible for more than [-] horses to get drinking water for them by people.

After setting up camp, the Dothraki remixed the stallions and mares that had been driven separately during the march.

The horse breed on the Dothraki seaweed is called the Dothraki horse, a typical warm-blooded horse with more energy, quicker reflexes and great agility.They are taller than their Mongolian counterparts from another world, but have slightly less stamina.

Warmblood horses usually come into heat during the spring and summer, and they can be in heat at any time during the long summer in the world of ice and fire.So when the horse people mixed them together, the horses quickly mate freely.

After the horses were arranged, the Dothraki also began to mate freely, and they mate under the sky like animals, and there is no privacy in Kalashar.

Not interested in the mating of these wildlings, Ian was still thinking about Drogo's next move.

If Drogo went south just to get supplies.
After obtaining the supplies, it is unlikely that Drogo will forcefully go to the Skahazaban Valley or the Kaiser Pass. He will most likely have to cross the north again and go to Meereen from the northern plains.

But it is also very unlikely that he will take the huge flock of sheep, women and children plundered from the Lazarin around this section of the road.

A better option is to capture a Lazarin city (judging from the location, this unlucky guy is likely to be Hussy), temporarily place women and children slaves here, and then let the roaring warriors bring the food they took from the goatmen Go north to Meereen with the dried meat made from slaughtered sheep.

After throwing away the burden, their marching speed can easily double or even triple the original speed, and it only takes about two weeks for them to reach Meereen and defeat Ian (the centaur perspective).

How to deal with it?Ian couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

According to his promise to the Lazarin people, if the horse king really marched towards Hexi, he must send the army to Hexi to fight the horsemen.

Judging from the distance, if he ordered the army to set off now, he would probably arrive at Hersey a few days earlier than King Ma.

The price is that the reorganized new army that I formed with the slave soldiers of Meereen and Yunkai lost the time to get the basic phalanx training, the follow-up legion that I was equipped with in Astapor could not rush to the front line, and my own army that was in Astapor was unable to rush to the front line. The [-] new crossbows and a large number of crossbow bolts designed by the player who was imprisoned in the pyramid, which were hurriedly built in Stabo's factory, could not be delivered for use.

And the terrain near Hexi is almost all plains.
No, even if you lose your trust with the Lazarin people, even if your reputation is stained, you can't gamble with your entire fortune on this battle.

Time is on Ian's side. Ian put the huge amount of money he seized from Euron into the industrial field, and the engineer player designed a large number of products that can bring about a huge increase in productivity without any front-end technology. After mechanical equipment, all the equipment factories in Astapor are continuously transporting standard weapons, armor and crossbows to the front line of Meereen.

The three cities of Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen are also constantly recruiting new soldiers for training.

Every time the decisive battle is delayed, Ian's chances of winning will increase by one point.

But Hersey can't be left alone.

According to Ian's order, the cities and tribes in the Raza area that have joined the alliance sent their troops to Hexi to gather. These people will add up to nearly [-] in total.

But in the absence of Ian's own army, it is definitely unrealistic to expect these goatmen to fight the horse king Drogo and consume Drogo's troops.

Even if Ian's army arrived, I'm afraid these people would have to be placed in the eighth formation of the central army so as not to break up. It would be purely a dream to let them face the cavalry charge.

It is impossible to stick to it. Hersey is not a high-walled city. It is surrounded by a wooden wall.

If Ian is given a few more months, he may be able to greatly improve Hersey's defensive ability, but judging from the current position of Drogo's Kalashar, he may arrive at Hersey within a month. It will be faster if he leaves women and children halfway.

Forget it, reputation is damaged, reputation is damaged, as long as Drogo can be defeated in Meereen, the Lazarin still have to be loyal to him.

The hard fist is the eternal truth.

Leaving the sky above Drogo Kalasar, Ian's falcon found a big tree nearby and began to rest.

He didn't retrieve the Falcon or cut off the connection, because from now on, he needed to keep an eye on Drogo's centaurs.

At the same time, Ian is also monitoring many places. In order to save energy, he will allow his shape-changing animals to rest for more time.

Meereenese Guards Cavalry Camp.
"I found Drogo's trace, and he is marching towards the ruins of Jisdaka." Ian said to the NPC Quigo beside him.

Before Ian demonstrated the miracle of 'purifying the poisonous water', he successfully subdued the bought centaur slaves, let them form the Karasar headed by Quigo, and at the same time gave them the designation of the Janissary cavalry.Quigo is now the Kahal of this Karasa and also the cavalry commander of the Imperial Guard.

Ian's arrangement is meaningful, because according to the customs of the centaur, the defeated can be incorporated into the winner's Kalashar.It is impossible for Ian to perform a wave of miracles for them every time he buys or captures a batch of centaur slaves. It would be a much more convenient choice to directly let them join Quigo's Kalashar.

"Jishdaka is the direction to the Raza area, is Drogo going to march to Raza?"

"Well, they're starting to run out of supplies." Ian nodded, and then quickly changed the topic to something he was interested in, "I just noticed that after Drogo's Kalashar set up camp, a large number of their warhorses are mating Don't you Dothraki castrate your horses?"

"That's right, only women and eunuchs can ride mares and geldings. Even Dothraki children will learn to ride stallions." Quigo said proudly, even though he was an NPC , but that doesn't overshadow his nature as a Dothraki.

"After the horse is castrated, it will be more docile and obedient, and it will not produce all kinds of moths. Could it be that my cavalry didn't castrate the horse?" Ian suddenly remembered.

I really ignored this issue before. In Ian's impression, I thought it was a matter of course for cavalry to castrate war horses.

"Of course not! A man who can't tame a feral stallion doesn't deserve to be called a Dothraki at all!" Quigo seemed to take another thing for granted.

"And what if someone disturbs you with a mating mare on the battlefield?"

"A Dothraki, whose riding skills must be able to perfectly control his mount while rushing into the flames of the knife or being disturbed by the estrous mare, can he be awarded the title of Roaring Warrior. We are the most skilled rider.

It takes two years to train a Volantene slave cavalry, and five years to train a qualified Westeros knight, but it takes at least twelve to fifteen years to train a qualified howling warrior. Born on horseback, all unhealthy centaur babies are fed to wild dogs! "

"That is to say, if I want to use the estrous mare to interfere with Drogo's cavalry, it won't work?" Ian's heart sank.

"It won't have any effect. The training to become a Roaring Warrior includes items to resist this kind of interference." Quigo gave an affirmative answer.

Made!Ian couldn't help cursing. He thought he had found a good opening, but he didn't expect the Roaring Warrior to deal with this situation perfectly.

Wait, Roaring Samurai is perfect for that, but if
In that case, is it possible for me to teach Khal Drogo a lesson in the way Li Guangbi dealt with Shi Siming?
(End of this chapter)