Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 298 The Battle of Kaiser Pass (Prelude)
"It's midnight, where are you going?" Player Fogo stopped the skinchanger ally he made two months ago outside the camp.

"Of course it's escaping, and I don't need to lie to you." Maghaz said frankly, "And I suggest that you better leave with me."

"Where did you escape to?" Fogo immediately asked.

"Anywhere! Change your name, change your surname, and live in seclusion in the mountains." Maghaz spread his hands, "Now the number of players is less than 20. After the assassination mechanism of the scoreboard is cancelled, we already have the right to give up the game and wait for survival .”

"Are you crazy?"

"I think you're crazy! Marko is dead! We've lost hope of a comeback. As things stand, we don't have any means of taking over Khal Drogo's power whether he wins or loses. Then , what reason do we have to go against that person?"

Fogo was silent. He knew that what Maghaz said was right. Almost all of his resources were given to Marko. The purpose was to train Marko into a super fighter with sufficient strength so that he could take over Khal Drogo in the future. Karasa.

But now that Mako died, he had actually lost his foothold among the Dothraki based on the fighting power of himself and Maghaz.

Although he currently has a little status in Drogo's Kalasar, this status comes entirely from Khal Drogo's trust in him. If he wants to seize Drogo's power, it is completely idiotic.

"But." Fogo still retorted, "I'm really not reconciled. The plan we had prepared for so long was ruined by Ian Darry like this."

"On the bright side, at least we're still alive, aren't we?" Maghaz was much more transparent than Fogo, "I should have told you about my old friend Daznak before, right? That's a powerful guy, He played me around with another ally of ours.

Obviously he is the weakest among us, but later he not only set up a trap to lure us to break the alliance with him first, but easily got rid of the strongest gladiator among us, and made me look like a lost dog escaped from Meereen, and succeeded in taking over all our powers. "

"But a guy like Daznak died tragically in Yunkai the day after he formally fought against that Ian." Maghaz said and shook his head, "I form an alliance with you to deal with Ian Darry was counting on you to defeat Ian's army head-on on the battlefield with absolute force, but now? The elite that Marco is proud of actually lost to a group of slaves!"

"The Unsullied are also slaves." Fogo argued.

"But it was not the Unsullied who defeated Mako."

"Isn't it possible that Ian disguised them? For example, dressed the Unsullied as slaves to lower Marko's vigilance?" Fogo also made the first time he and Marko were in the daytime. same judgment.

"Oh? Who knows? But I can tell you that Ian's army stationed at Kaiser Pass is more than one grade better than the army in Jisdaka! If you think he will put better If you waste your equipment on conscripting slave soldiers, and then let the most elite Unsullied wear inferior equipment to exchange blood with the enemy, then maybe your guess will be true."

"Didn't you try to take a closer look? If Ian really consumed about half of the Unsullied in Jisdaka, then Drogo's chances of winning in the future will be greatly increased."

"Ian's black dragon has a wingspan of more than 5 meters! Do you know the deterrence that such a dragon can cause to nearby birds when it hovers over the Kaiser Mountain Pass? I won't do close reconnaissance at the risk of being attacked. And it doesn't matter to me whether Drogo wins or loses."

"If Drogo wins, at least we get revenge."

"That's your hatred. I don't have any personal grievances with that earl. If the plan goes well, I certainly don't mind helping you defeat him. But your plan is over, and I will never stay here to be useless again." Struggling." After saying this, Maghaz climbed on a horse and left Drogo Khalasar's camp.

His character has always been like this. When he realized that his chances of winning in front of Daznak were very low in Meereen, he also directly gave up the remaining power in his hands and escaped from Meereen without resistance.

What he did was completely beyond Daznak's expectations, so that Daznak focused on how to deal with the power in his hands, only to find out that he had already fled long ago.

After watching Maghaz leave, Fogo hesitated for a moment, then galloped after him.

Staying in Drogo's Kalasari could no longer bring him substantial benefits, so he had to think of other ways to seek development.Although this will make it difficult to compete with Ian in the future, as Maghaz said, they have already entered the top 20, and at least they have obtained the capital to survive.

As long as you can survive, failure is not as terrible as before.

Perhaps it was because Ian had known for a long time that Ian had evacuated Hessi and its surrounding population into the Kaiser Mountain Pass. Now Hessey has become an empty city. When Rieger arrived, the rapid march was stopped and changed to a regular march to allow the horses to rest.

This led to the fact that Drogo's Kalashar did not arrive at Hersey slowly until seven days after the end of the Battle of Jisdaka.

This is both good news and bad news for Ian.

The good thing is that this gave Ian a longer dispatch time, allowing Ian to wait until the fleets of Astapor and Yunkai sent the remaining legions he urgently transferred from Astapor to Kaiser Pass, and Allowing Ian to evacuate Hussey and the nearby Lazarines to a safer location.

The bad thing is that the physical strength consumed by Drogo's Kalashar due to the long and rapid march will be recovered during this time, making Ian lose the opportunity to fight a tired soldier.

Ian even put a question mark on whether the next decisive battle will break out.

After all, the result of the Battle of Jisdaka is likely to shake the courage of the player who is still in Drogo's Calasar to fight head-on with himself, so that he can persuade Drogo to change his plan and attack other cities in the Raza area first. To loot.

If Drogo makes such a choice, it will undoubtedly cause damage to Ian's reputation and future development potential.

Fortunately, Ian's worries were quickly dispelled.

Khal Drogo did not send his troops south to attack the southern city of Razhashi, but started collecting supplies nearby with Hussi as the center.

Because Ian had already cleared the area around Hersey, the Dothraki's days-long raiding operation was nothing.

Their supplies fell into further tension, and some Cass had even begun to slaughter some medium-sized marching horses for food.

This unusual situation quickly caught Ian's attention.

It stands to reason that if there are skinchangers around Drogo, they should quickly figure out the situation near Hexi, and make an early decision whether to go to Kaiser Mountain Pass to find Ian for a decisive battle or go south to attack Razaxi The decision to get food supplies was the right one.

However, they wasted time searching the village near Hersey, and even now they have sent a large number of cavalry to wander around.

These situations seem to be conveying a message - the skinchanger beside Drogo not only lost the courage to fight him after the battle of Jisdaka, but also lost the courage to continue to fight him up.

Khal Drogo had apparently become the headless chicken he was now due to the sudden loss of the aerial vision provided by the skinchanger.

Of course, this may also be a trap set by the other party in order to paralyze him and lure him to take the initiative to attack.

So Ian is not in a hurry to take action, anyway, it is completely beneficial for him to continue wasting time with Hussey.

after one day.

After clearing the battlefield of Jisdaka, General Fermor mo Nakroz successfully reached the mouth of the river west of Kaiser Pass with the Meereen fleet.

They brought a large number of crossbow bolts that Ian had prepared for Drogo, which were recovered from the Jisdaka battlefield, and .
Ian asked Fermor to bring it by name, and he captured it from Drogo's khalasar, Khal Drogo and his slaves who were the most favored by the kor, their children who did not travel with the army because they were underage, and The old mother they left in the camp waited for the captives.

Ian believed that, given the Dothraki's impulsiveness and brute force, this would be enough to drive them out of their minds.

As for the victors of the Battle of Jisdaka, Ian divided them into two categories. Down to the war on Drogo.

As for the surviving infantrymen of the New Gistiron Legion and Ian's Astapon slave soldiers, Ian did not intend to let them continue to fight.

The reason why he transferred these people to the Kaiser Pass was just to give them honor and status, so that the slave soldiers on the Kaiser Pass could open their eyes and see clearly what kind of rewards the real brave would receive. reward.

Then Ian will send them back to Meereen for rest, and with them as the core, use the slaves he trained in Meereen and Yunkai to reorganize the First and Second Iron Legions, and organize them into two 6000 people Level Legion.

Of course, that's another story.

Looking at Fermore who had already arrived outside the camp, Ian personally led the team out to meet him. Fermore and the legion he brought received the most ardent welcome.

The soldiers of the Iron Legion who won the Battle of Jisdaka had high morale at this time. They lined up neatly with their heads held high. Although at first glance they were not much different from the past, but if you feel carefully, you can find that they The whole momentum has been reborn
Outside the gate of the camp, Ian selected the elite slave soldiers and allied troops from New Ghis to line up to meet them. When the triumphant team approached, the slave soldiers of Astapor raised their arms and shouted to celebrate the victory.

But the citizen soldiers of New Ghis seemed a little dull.

The story of the war has spread throughout Ian's camp at Keith Pass. The fact that the elite of the Second Iron Legion of New Ghis was penetrated by the enemy and then quickly defeated made the New Gith people here a laughing stock.

How could the soldiers at the bottom care about the fact that Femor, the general of Gistaka, placed the New Ghis Legion in the most dangerous position. What the new Ghis people received was the enemy's most well-equipped black goat cavalry headed by the enemy. The main force attacks these 'inconsequential' little things.

They only understood one thing, and that was that the slaves of Astapor became the heroes of the northern battles, and the proud citizens of New Ghis became cowards and jesters.

Such a shame made the commander-in-chief of the new Ghis expeditionary force, Eres zo Emder, find Ian no less than three times in the previous few days, asking for his army to take the lead.

For this request, Ian neither agreed nor refused, but said that he would consider it.

After all, it is hard for Ian to say where the final decisive battle will take place and how it will unfold. Naturally, it is impossible to make a decision so early on which legion will be asked to do what.

But the stimulation that should be given to the New Gith people is indispensable, so Ian arranged so many New Ghis people to welcome the triumphant.

Ian rode at the front of the welcoming procession, wearing the black scale armor of Valyrian steel he had seized from Euron. The sun shone on him, and the edges of the dragon scale armor glowed. Red golden light.

The two guards Keith and the water dancer Yada followed behind him.The former, clad in new custom armor, looks like a formidable iron giant.The latter is vigilant around like a snake to guard against assassins who may appear at any time.

Of course, for Ian, his real and most important defense is actually in the sky.

The two falcons observed everything around Ian from different directions, while the half-year-old black dragon Ian hovered above the valley, whenever it flew low over the heads of the soldiers below, it would cause bursts of cheers.

"You are a hero, Fermor." Before Fermor came to him, Ian dismounted and hugged him personally, "You have defeated an invincible enemy, and no one will be able to cover up your feats in this war. "

"Victory belongs to you, my lord." Fermor half-kneeled on the ground. This was the first time he knelt down to Ian in public, so his move was equivalent to officially revealing Astapor to the outside world. Not Ian's ally, but a servant relationship.

"This is the weapon of that barbarian khal that I captured in Jisdaka," Fermor said, and the attendant standing beside him handed him a pitch-black double-arc keel bow, Then he held up the bow with both hands and offered it to Ian, "This bow is made of keel, and its power is astonishing, unparalleled in the world."

"As a proof of victory in the Battle of Jisdaka, I dedicate this bow to you. May the Slave Bay be unparalleled in the world under your rule and restore the glory of the ancient empire."

"I accept your gift." Ian stretched out his hand to receive the keel bow offered by Fermore, and was about to offer a reward to Fermore, but the other party spoke again.

"Besides, I must make an apology to you," Fermor continued.

"Apologize? Why do you say that?" Ian asked knowingly. Of course, he knew Fermor's promise to the slave soldiers, and he didn't intend to hold Fermore accountable.

But he wants to know whether Fermore will take the initiative to admit this matter to himself, which will determine Ian's subsequent appointment choice for Fermore.

If Fermor chooses to admit that he would rather bear his own anger than fulfill his promise to the soldiers, then Ian will further reuse him in future military operations.

Although it is said that a general who will be universally loved by the soldiers will pose a greater threat to the monarch, but Ian knows that as long as he is still alive, none of the generals under him will dare to sway their minds.

On the contrary, if Fermor hadn't admitted this matter. Although Ian would not be willing to kill a donkey, Fermore would probably have to go to the fiefdom for the rest of his life.

"I, I." Fermor really wanted to say that he had made an over-promise to those slaves without authorization, but he still didn't dare to say it.

Although he fought to the end in Jisdaka, even though he defeated a powerful Kalashar, and plundered the horses and troops left by Khal Drogo in Jisdaka.But when he actually came in front of Ian, Femor still couldn't help feeling a little scared.

In the eyes of Fermor, the young man in front of him was almost equivalent to a god, but he arbitrarily used the authority of God on the river bank of Jisdaka, and modified the military rules set by Ian.

At this moment, Fermor suddenly began to worry whether the meritorious service he had made would be enough to compensate for this arrogance.

"You handed over a whole fleet and four legions to me, but I only brought back these people. This makes me deeply terrified." In the end, Fermor just lowered his head and changed his reason.

"For me, victory is already the best explanation." Ian responded that Femor's choice made him a little disappointed.

But this did not affect Ian's decision to reward Fermor. He drew out his sword and put it on Fermor's shoulder, "Because of your outstanding military exploits, I officially promoted you to a high noble. Get up, Fermor. Zo Nacroz."

This is another attempt by Ian to authorize.

The promotion mechanism of the high-ranking nobles of the Giss has been lost for hundreds of years. In fact, the current nobles of Giss do not know the specific procedures for the promotion of high-ranking nobles.

So Ian simply made the rule himself.

The first time was when Yunkai fell, when he raised Grazdan zo Eraz to high noble.It set a precedent, and it can be regarded as announcing to the entire Slave Bay that the door of promotion for high-ranking nobles has been reopened.

But because he had not gained absolute authority in the Ghis Alliance at that time, and the armies of Meereen and the new Ghis had not yet surrendered, he chose a method that no one else could find fault with—letting Yunkai's Council of the Sage Lords vote unanimously Passed, this purpose was achieved.

But this time, Ian has completely controlled the entire Slave Bay's military force, and with the prestige of defeating the Centaur this time, he directly changed the promotion process to be directly bestowed by himself.

Such a change is tantamount to declaring his absolute power among the Ghis people.

"I will fight for you to the last breath, Your Majesty." Fermor obviously understood Ian's deep meaning and responded quickly.

"I'm not your Majesty." Ian temporarily rejected the new title that Fermor gave him, "Not yet."

He decided not to claim the title until after his victory over Drogo.

After saying that, Ian stretched out his hand to help Fermore, but Fermore did not move.

"Is there anything else you can do?" This is your last chance.

"I..." Fermor hesitated again, but still said, "I have committed other crimes."

"Oh?"

"Before I faced the Dothraki army, in order to boost the morale of the Iron Slave Legion, I made an exaggerated promise to them. According to the rules I set, all the soldiers I brought will be promoted to A first-class slave, even a royal slave, this is far beyond the military merit rules you have set so."

"So you expect me to keep your promise?"

"No, no, I dare not." Fermor shook his head hastily, "I just dare not lie to you, so I apologize to you."

oh?Didn't expect it to be the third case?Ian smiled.

Fermor neither fought for the rights and interests of his soldiers, nor chose to conceal it, but only pleaded guilty to me for his transgression.

Well, at least your loyalty is okay.

"No, that's not a promise you made without authorization, but an order I gave you before the war." This is the way Ian has decided to deal with it long ago. Regardless of whether Fermor admits it or not, he will give these slave soldiers this A standard reward.

"This?" Femor suddenly raised his head.

"So, they'll get what they deserve," Ian continued, "but the same thing shouldn't happen again."

"My lord," whispered Fermor, "thank you."

"You are fighting for me, and so are they." Ian glanced at the soldiers behind Fermor, and then looked at Fermor again, "Remember to ask your adjutant to cooperate with Celia to do a good job for those soldiers settlement and their rank promotion work."

"what about me?"

"How did you make your soldiers jealous of the soldiers who followed me to the Kaiser Pass in Jisdaka, now you go and make the soldiers here jealous of yours." Ian waved his hand and gestured Fermor set to work.

Three more days passed like this.

Khal Drogo who was stationed in Hursi didn't know whether he finally realized the reality that he could no longer gather food near Hursi, or he lost his mind after receiving the gift from Ian, and finally led the entire Kara Sarah began to march towards the Kaiser Pass.

According to his marching speed, Ian estimated that he would only need two days to get here at most.

And Drogo made this decision, which means that the decisive battle will come soon.

At the same time, the reinforcements mobilized by Ian from Astapor finally arrived at the Kaiser Pass.

These people include the 6000rd and 1200th Unsullied Legion, the [-]rd, [-]th, and [-]th Slave Iron Legion, [-] crossbowmen who boarded the ship in Meereen, and... the old men brought by Ian from Westeros 'Black Falcon' Dorian led only [-] Janissaries.

That's right, since Ian was worried about keeping Daenerys in Astapor when his army was called to the front line, he naturally wouldn't trust her in Meereen either.

In contrast, it is a safer approach to directly bring Daenerys to the front line.

　Well, it’s not a big chapter, I just looked at it and felt that it would be more appropriate to break it here, so I left some
　　There will be a next chapter next Wednesday

　　
　
(End of this chapter)