Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 300 The Battle of Kaiser Pass (Death's First Arrival)
"Blood of my blood, we found a large number of Ghis people on the outskirts of the Kaiser Pass. They stationed a large army outside the pass. According to the estimation of the reconnaissance team, they have at least 3 people. This should be Fogo's. The main force of the gith that my friend discovered earlier." Bloodrider Koholo reported to Khal Drogo what the scouts had learned.

"And Fogo's previous judgment was also correct. He said that since those Ghisians chose to drive the main force here instead of just sending a few thousand people, then their purpose is to fight us rather than simply stop us. Us," added Poroko, who was attending the battle meeting.

"Don't mention that coward to me again!" Drogo became displeased when he heard the name of Fogo, and he scolded, and then he ordered to Koholo, "Take me to those scouts, and I will personally Watch my enemies."

"Yes, blood of my blood," Koholo said, and he left the camp with Drogo and a group of his best Howling warriors.

Drogo once trusted the young man named Fogo very much.

Although the Dothraki admired force and usually dismissed those so-called smart people, people like Fogo who had rich knowledge and unique insights in medical treatment and animal husbandry still received a certain degree of respect.

As the most powerful khal in the Dothraki Sea, Drogo only has more than 4 Howling Warriors under his command, and the population of the entire ethnic group is only over 10. This is not because he does not want to or cannot merge more ethnic groups, but It is because in terms of the medical level of the Dothraki and the carrying capacity of the pastures, a group of [-] people moving together is already the limit.

A simple proof is that after Khal Drogo's death, one of his 'Kor' Polo, who called himself Khal Porogo, took away ten thousand of Drogo's Howling Warriors.And just over two years later, when Polokhal appeared in the fifth volume, he already had 3 roaring warriors in his hands.

The feed-to-meat ratio of horses is as high as [-] to [-] or even [-] to [-], while pigs, cattle, sheep, etc. are only [-] to [-] to [-]. The Dosraki people use horses, a livestock with a very low meat yield, as their staple food. A pretty outrageous thing.

It is precisely because of such a wonderful tradition that the upper limit of the unit capacity of the Dothraki's "Karatha" has been greatly restricted, which has made it impossible for the Dothraki Sea to have such a large number of enemies as the Huns Modun or the Mongolian Temujin. Such a hero who can truly unite the entire nation.

Fogo had previously proposed to Drogo a series of highly feasible high-quality technical suggestions and reform measures, allowing Drogo to increase the population carrying capacity of a Kalashar to a certain extent without changing the "glorious" tradition of the Dothraki amount, thus gaining Drogo's great trust.

Afterwards, Fogo introduced Khal Drogo to a "wizard" friend who could detect the enemy's situation from a long distance. This person gained the trust of Khal Drogo with several successful advanced detections.

It was precisely because of Fogo's friend's information that the main force of the Ghis army had already moved towards the Kesai Pass that Khal Drogo made the decision to leave Kalasar in Kolazagi Haas ( the Dothraki name for Gisdaka), and the decision to make a hasty march to Hursi with the Howling Warriors.

But what Drogo didn't expect was that just as they were about to arrive in Hersey, Fogo and his wizard friends suddenly disappeared, and the city of Hersey they captured immediately became an empty city.

Drogo began to doubt the authenticity of his original report that 'the Ghisians had brought a large army to the Kesai Pass' because Fogo had given him false information and defected.Therefore, he was not in a hurry to continue marching towards Kaiser Pass, but stayed at Hersey, planning to send scouts to Kaiser Pass to investigate intelligence and collect some food and grass nearby.

But to Drogo's surprise, because all the Gith people are hiding in the mountain pass, his scouts can only confirm that there are Ghis people there, but they don't know how many there are.The scouts also tried to send people to go around to the rear to investigate from other mountain paths, but those people were all intercepted and killed by the Lazarin mountain hunters who had joined the Guise Alliance on the way.Although a very small number of people escaped back, they did not bring back any valuable information.

On the other hand, the work of the raiding team was also not going well. Almost all the villages around Hersey were emptied, all the farmland was burned, and all the sheep were slaughtered. Stinky, week-long looting was pretty much nothing.

In this way, the time came two days ago.

Drogo received the 'gift' given to him by the thief of Pentos - the favored slave girl and heirs he and the Kou in Kalashar left in Kolazaj Haas (Jishdaka).

In this way the Pentos thief announced to himself his victory at Kolazaj Haas and the fact that he had succeeded in taking the women, children, horses, and property of his own Karasar.

This immediately angered Drogo and the rest of the Sraki.

But Drogo and his subordinates almost unanimously scoffed at the guy's behavior of sending these people over alive instead of sending over their heads, thinking it was a symbol of the cowardice of the thief from Pentos.

At the same time, Drogo's scouts reported that a large Ghis army had left the Kesai Pass and began camping outside the pass.

At this point, Drogo was really sure that the main force of the Ghis coalition army was already two days away from him, and the Pentos thief who stole his fiancée was probably there.

Immediately, Drogo led the whole army and began to march towards Kesai Pass.

"You can see them by turning over that high hill, Khal." Less than 3 kilometers away from Ian's position, a scout cavalry on guard here reported to Khal Drogo who had just arrived.

Drogo didn't answer, but rode straight up the hill.

Climbing to the top of the hill, Drogo immediately gained a wide view.

Outside the eastern entrance of Kaiser Pass is a trapezoidal terrain, and the distance between the mountains on both sides narrows from east to west.

The coalition forces of the Ghis and Lazarin were deployed between the two mountains. The front formation was deployed two kilometers away from the mountain pass, occupying a terrain nearly three kilometers wide in the horizontal direction, while the width of the rear formation was as wide as that between the mountains. The distance is gradually shortened.

On the right side of the Ghis coalition army, there is a mountain range that is so steep that it is almost perpendicular to the ground. This mountain range extends southeast for several kilometers, and it does not disappear until the end of Drogo's field of vision. This is a good guarantee for the right wing of the coalition army. Safety.

Therefore, Drogo turned his attention to the left flank of the coalition army. The mountain range on that side only protruded a few hundred meters from the entrance of the mountain pass, and its overall trend was more inclined to the northwest.

Therefore, the left side of the left flank of the Ghis coalition army was completely exposed to the outflanking range of the Dothraki cavalry.

At the same time, in front of the left wing of the Guise coalition army is a flat land that is very suitable for horse racing.

Although the place occupied by the left wing of the Ghislian army itself is a slope, its terrain is not too steep. For the Dothraki light cavalry who charged, it is basically like walking on flat ground.

"It's almost like inviting us to destroy him." Khal Drogo sneered.

Immediately afterwards, he noticed the highland on the left side of the Gis people's left wing, which was much higher than the slope where the main force of the Gis people's left wing was located, and it seemed that they had deployed some manpower there.

Suddenly, Khal Drogo's mind came back to Folgo's previous warnings from the traitor.

That guy warned himself more than once that he must not underestimate that Pentos thief.

Although Fogg had betrayed him, Drogo felt compelled to heed his warning about the thief.After all, only half a year ago, that guy was like a bereaved dog, but now he has such a huge mob in his hands.

Thinking of this, Drogo suddenly felt that he was a little too vigilant.

What's the use of deploying hundreds of people, even thousands of people, on the nearby high ground?I just need to send a team of cavalry to take the high ground ahead of time.

In the eyes of the Dothraki, only those who ride horses can be regarded as warriors, and those so-called infantry without horses can only be regarded as lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Drogo had never lost a battle in his life.

When his father Balbo died, there were several powerful Kou in his father's Kalasari who tried to compete for the position of Kayo. The young Drogo easily killed the challenger and took his few Kaas troops The crowd chased and killed those Kou who chose to break away from the ethnic group and establish themselves as khals one by one.

After that, he defeated countless Kalasars, Lazarin, Sanor and any mercenary groups who dared to stand in front of him.

After experiencing countless wars, large and small, Drogo became the overlord of the Dothraki Sea.

An army formed by 'goatmen' and slave traders is really difficult for Drogo to pay attention to.

According to Khal Drogo's previous fighting experience with those farming peoples, he only needs to let an elite howling warrior attack the Gith's left flank from the front and the side at the same time, and the opponent will be defeated in an instant.Then they will be able to wipe out these inferior ethnic groups who are overwhelmed by their own strength.

As he has done countless times before.

The player Folgo left without telling Khal Drogo what happened in Kolazaj Haas (Jishdaka). He was afraid that if he told the truth, he would be punished by Drogo for his intelligence error (in fact He was giving Drogo false information on purpose, as he, like Khal Makor, the other player, thought they could easily defeat Fermor's levies and take Drogo's Kalasar property).

So Drogo didn't know that it wasn't just his own kalazari women and children that Ian's men had defeated at Kolazaj Haas, but a well-armed Howling Warrior cavalry.

Otherwise, maybe Drogo would put away the contempt in his heart at this moment and take this cowardly thief seriously.

"It's unbelievable, that guy who fled from Pentos like a wild dog, actually has the courage to face us directly," Blood Pride Guard Ke Suo rode beside Drogo, looking at the Gith people in the distance, his face There was a cruel smile on his face, "Please allow me to slaughter that Pentos thief for you, and I will offer his head. Please give me this honor, blood of my blood."

"Blood of my blood, please give me this honor, and I will bring you the head of the thief of Pentos." Another blood bondman, Hago, also said hastily.

"Have you forgotten? I swore before the Mother of God, by the stars, that I, Drogo, son of Balbo, would behead the thief of Pentos. I would kill those Cowards of Ghis in iron clothes, tear down their stone houses. I will rape their wives, take their children as slaves, bring their useless idols back to Vaes Dothraki, and bow to the Mother Mountain. I Told me to do it myself!"

"Blood of my blood." Ha Ge bowed his head, expressing his obedience.

Immediately afterwards, several other blood alliance guards also lowered their heads one after another.

"Let all the Kou go back to their respective Kass. I will bleed the blood of these cowards dry before the evening of this day." Drogo gave the last order, and then turned his horse and headed down the mountain.

The sun rose all the way to the top of Ian's head, and the scorching light made his skin ache.

It was supposed to be time for dinner, but today's lunch had to be postponed because the Dothraki who were several miles away had covered the entire field of vision.

Fortunately, Ian discovered in the middle of the morning that the Dothraki had already begun preparations for a general offensive, and he asked his soldiers to add a meal in advance, so that they would not be hungry for a while to fight this decisive battle .

Ian rode his horse through the gap between the two phalanxes of the former army. Looking at these tense soldiers, he knew that some of these people would be able to eat today's lunch before dusk, and more people might not be able to survive in this lifetime. I can't even eat it.

Ian rode all the way to the front of the entire army before he stopped.

The phalanx behind them was very quiet, it could even be described as silent.

Ian's military order was very strict, and the infantry in the army formation were not allowed to have any communication before approaching the enemy, so as to ensure that they could hear the centurion's order and the sound of the golden drum from the command position.

Because Ian's deployment of the army has already been completed, the golden drum has completely stopped, and the enemy's attack has not yet started, at this moment, only the sound of the wind and the savage roar that came with it came to Ian's ears.

Looking at those Dothraki people from a distance, watching the barbaric army that was killing amidst the roars, Ian suddenly felt a suffocating depression.

Observing things from a ground perspective is a completely different concept than observing them from the sky.

When Ian overlooks the battlefield from the perspective of an eagle or a dragon, he only has the confidence that the overall situation is in his mind.

But when looking at it from the perspective of my own body, it all turned into depression and even fear.

Without staying any longer, Ian gave up on leading a team of cavalry to talk to Khal Drogo before the battle, provoking him, and retreated to the rear.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

If Drogo doesn't talk about martial arts, and directly attacks during the conversation, or simply finds himself singled out in the way of the centaur, it will not be very fun.

Although he was wearing Valyrian steel scale armor, it was unnecessary to fight Drogo one-on-one.

Soon, Ian passed through the front army and the front army of the Chinese army and returned to the high ground where the personal soldiers and the 'military band' were located.

The black dragon Ian is also crawling here, and just because of its existence, the morale of the surrounding soldiers has been boosted.

Ian had now morphed into control of the black dragon so that it could fly into the sky after Drogo's attack began.

"Can we really win? There are so many of them. I have never seen so many cavalry." Daenerys asked in a low voice beside Ian.

"Do you regret coming here with me?"

"How could it be? The war with Drogo was started because of me. If I lose this battle...this is the fate I have to face." Daenerys stroked the scales on the back of the black dragon Ion, while Said, "I suddenly began to understand how my brother felt at that time, he must be the same as me now."

"On the contrary," said Ian, knowing that she was not talking about Viserys but Rhaegar, and that the 'then' was referring to the Battle of the Trident, "at the Battle of the Trident, Prince Rhaegar held 4 One-tenth of Wan's army is knights, while his enemy is only in the early 3s, and the cavalry is far smaller than him."

"So." Ian looked at Daenerys, "How could he be as trembling as you at that time? He should be as sure of victory as I am."

After Ian finished speaking, he suddenly felt that such a description was a bit unlucky, because Rhaegar had an obvious advantage in military strength at the time, but he was hit in the chest by Robert's hammer in the one-on-one duel with Robert and died on the spot. , Leading to the defeat of the royalist army.

But...it doesn't matter anymore.

The outcome of this war will not be changed because of this level of superstition.

The momentum of a good fighter is like turning a boulder on a mountain of a thousand feet, and stagnating water in a stream of a thousand feet.

The greater the potential, the higher the error tolerance rate.

For myself with complete information, superior troops, dragons, heavily armored Unsullied with locked morale, advanced crossbows and absolute location, even if the battle partially collapses out of control, it will not affect the final outcome.

It's nothing more than how much you lose.

"I've got the chance to win?" Daenerys asked in surprise, "Although I'm just a woman who doesn't understand war, no matter how you look at it, our chances of winning are not great, right? Although the remaining three Astapor Iron Legions have already arrived here , but because of the hasty departure, most of them did not wait for the equipment at all.

The armor rate of these three legions is less than a quarter, and none of the Lazarin are armored. It is impossible for these people to withstand the charge of the roaring Dothraki warriors. The only ones we can really rely on are the Wugou Even so, do you still think we have a chance of winning? "

"Actually, the answer is already in what you just said." Ian smiled.

"What is it?" Daenerys was a little confused.

"I've heard that after I left Astapor, you took the initiative to learn a lot from the Unsullied instructors who stayed behind, but your words are still correct."

"Which sentence?" Daenerys was even more at a loss.

"The enemy's attack has begun." Seeing that Drogo's army started to move, Ian changed the subject, "Stay by my side and don't run around."

After saying this, Ian sat on the recliner and closed his eyes to save his energy.

After all, controlling two eagles in order to observe the entire battlefield while controlling the dragon is not a small burden for Ian.

"What sentence did he just mean?" Seeing that she couldn't get an answer from Ian, Daenerys turned to Yada, the water dancer who was accompanying Ian, and asked him.

"If my guess is correct, Your Majesty," the water dancer Yada paused, "it should be the first sentence you said. You don't understand war." As soon as Yada finished speaking, a gust of wind hit .

Afterwards, the black dragon Ion soared into the sky, causing loud cheers to erupt from the Ghis coalition army position stretching three kilometers below.

"Rush up to that mountain!" Drogo's blood guard Ke Suo led a group of the most elite roaring warriors to the far right of the battlefield (Dothraki perspective).

As Drogo's most brutal warrior, Ke Suo originally thought that the vanguard task of attacking the enemy's central army would fall on him, but unexpectedly, Drogo handed over this task to the older and more stable Koholo.

Ke Suo was unwilling, but not dissatisfied with Drogo or Koholo, so he decided to pour all his anger on the enemy's head.

His task was to take down the hill on the edge of the battlefield before Drogo's Kas on the right wing and Porokhal's Kas on the center attacked the front and side of the Ghis left-wing legion at the same time. Lest any Ghisian army hide behind this hill, suddenly appear to attack their own back.

"Vathdos, Dothraka!" Koso roared loudly, and his warriors also shouted in response. Amidst the tremor of the earth, the Dothraki warriors rode their horses vigorously, brandishing their shiny arakhs, Following closely behind Ke Suo, the horse's iron hooves crushed the already withered weeds, causing waves of dust on the ground.

The screams of the roaring warriors and the roar of their heavy bodies hitting the ground reached the ears of the foot soldiers on the hilltop, causing a wave of terror.

In an instant, Ke Suo's cavalry galloped across the plain below the hill and rushed to the foot of the mountain.

The horses that rushed up the hill first were not blocked by the steep slope, and the roaring warriors, who were extremely skilled in riding, easily controlled their horses and jumped up the hill.

The slope inevitably reduces the charging speed of the roaring warriors, but for them who are lightly loaded, they can still walk like flying after slowing down.

In the distance, a round of crossbow arrows shot down from the top of the slope, and several roaring warriors fell down. The horses under their crotches were still advancing, and they would slow down slowly when they realized that the master on their backs was gone. The roaring warriors behind them skillfully manipulated their horses to avoid the obstacles ahead and move on.

"Vathdos, Dothraka!" As the horse galloped, everything around quickly swept back, and Ke Suo reached the top of the mountain in an instant.

The Iron Legion slaves stationed on the top of the mountain obviously did not have the courage of their colleagues in Jisdaka—or their colleagues in Jisdaka knew that once the formation was scattered, they would surely die, but The slave soldiers here knew that there were still a large number of ambushes behind them.

In short, at the moment when the two sides formally came into contact, the Iron Legion slaves stationed on the top of the mountain scattered to hide.

Except for a few slave soldiers who couldn't dodge being knocked into the air or unlucky roaring warriors who were pierced by spears, the first row of Dothraki cavalry in a loose formation almost passed through the square on the top of the mountain with ease. array.

Immediately followed by the second and third rows, they passed through the scattered slave soldiers, and the sharp arakh scimitars ruthlessly harvested these severely undertrained slave soldiers and the soldiers standing beside them. Call up crossbowmen.

If the dead soul of Mako Khal could float here from Jisdaka to see this scene, maybe he would sigh with emotion that this is what it should be like to recruit slave soldiers.

(End of this chapter)