Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 328 Have You Heard
The port area was cut off on the third day
"Have you heard? The Ghis coalition army was defeated by Khal Drogo at Kesai Pass. Ian Darry abandoned the defeated army and fled back to Meereen alone."

"Isn't it? I also heard that Khal Drogo shot Ian blind in one eye, and that he lost his 'God's Sight' because of it."

"Yes, yes, I heard too, when Ian Darry knelt down to Khal Drogo and begged for mercy, offering his sword and the woman he abducted in Pentos. Khal Drogo didn't bother to kill A coward died, so he was spared and locked up.

That night he summoned his dragon in the dark, attacked the guards and escaped alone with the dragon, and fled back to Meereen overnight.I heard that when the guards of the Great Pyramid saw him, he was stripped naked, with iron chains hanging on his hands and feet, and the guards almost didn't recognize him. "

"So he really came back riding a dragon?" The mercenary who was rummaging for belongings in the cabinet paused, "That guy is desperate now, but he still has a dragon! Wait for his dragon to grow up Will he take revenge on us?"

At this moment, the entire port area of ​​Meereen has fallen, and the city guards have all withdrawn from the port area after the mutiny. The inns, shops, and chambers of commerce in the nearby streets have all been looted.

"Don't be kidding? We are just a few mercenaries, how can revenge come to us? After finishing this vote, I won't come to Slave Bay anyway. Who remembers who?" Another A mercenary stuffed a bag with silver coins from the merchant's cash box.

The Third Day and Night of the Cutoff Pyramid of Lorak
"Who spread the whereabouts of Lord Darry?" Reznak Mo Reznak was very angry, "Why does the whole city know that Ian Darry has returned?" asked the great masters of the pyramid.

All the people here are the core allies of the 'Holy Lord' and 'Green Maiden'. Three days ago, after Reznak was received by Ian at the top of the Great Pyramid, he told these people about it and told them Warn them not to tell anyone.After all, Ian's secret return to Meereen has not been made public, which means that Ian does not want his whereabouts to be known.

Although from the point of view that Ian watched Meereen fall into chaos and was unwilling to come out to take charge of the overall situation, the defeat of the Ghis coalition on the front line was already a certainty, but Reznak still didn't dare to jump out and fight against Ian.

He wanted to wait and see, until the news of the coalition's defeat was completely confirmed, and after he had fully figured out how many troops were left under Ian's men, he would decide whether or not to rebel, or when.

After all, Ian's previous performance in Yunkai shocked the nobles of Meereen, including Reznak and the Lord.At that time, they thought that they had already prepared a sure-fire situation against the tyrant of Astapor, but they didn't expect that Ian took Yunkai almost without bloodshed in just one day, and wiped out their allies in Yunkai. Then they forced Meereen to land directly.

Ian Darry's methods left a deep shadow on Reznak, so that he didn't dare to openly fall out with that side until he really figured out the situation.As long as people like himself didn't initiate the rebellion first, even if Ian later found out that he had such a conspiracy, he could only let it go.

The Ghis people are the main supporters of Ian, and these people have contributed to Ian's war against the horse king.As long as he did not openly rebel, with Ian's calmness, he would not be charged with indiscriminately killing heroes.

Reznak has already arranged everything. He asked people to monitor the other two executive members Grazdan zo Eraz and Polon, the acting finance minister Hominas, and several commanders of the new army. And those great masters who supported Ian headed by the Marek family.

He wanted to find a way to sort out the context of the whole thing by observing the actions of these people.

Compared with other people trapped in this city, they themselves have this capital. They emptied the food in the warehouse of the city guards in the first place, and the food was enough for them to last for a month.At the same time, they instructed the city guards to mutiny, ransacked the wealthy neighborhoods of free people, and obtained sufficient supplies.

But this morning, the news that Ian had secretly returned to Meereen suddenly spread throughout the city.

Meereen was cut off from food, and the commander of the reorganized new army secretly sold the army rations to fill his own pockets. These two things have already made the people of Meereen uneasy. At this time, the news that Ian returned to Meereen secretly by himself broke out, which made everyone panic. It is certain that the Guise coalition has been defeated.

Tomorrow at the latest the city would be in utter chaos, and the foreign ships in the port would immediately attack.

In this way, Reznak lost the time to observe the reaction of those pro-Ian factions, and also lost the opportunity to clarify the whole matter.

The 'Holy Lord' Hizdahr zo Loraq hastily called Reznak here just to invite him to discuss the final action decision.

They have to make a decision today, and the time has come to stand in line.

"I said that I still need to observe the reactions of those people. Why are you rushing to release the news?!" Reznak roared at the great masters as soon as he took his seat.

Reznak's middle surname is 'Mo', and he is a minor nobleman. His bloodline is not worth mentioning before the Great Lord of Meereen. He can sit in this position only because of his ability and tact, but at this moment he Rarely lost his temper.

"I haven't told anyone the news." 'Holy Lord' Hizdahr was the first to assure.

"The news didn't come from me." The green maiden said immediately.

"It's not me either." The second Great Lord declared.

So everyone looked at the last great master here, causing the corner of his mouth to twitch involuntarily.

"Why are you all looking at me? Am I going to do such a stupid thing?" He hastily argued.

"Then you didn't spread the word, so I did it?" Reznak sneered.

"It can't be you, can it be me? What do you mean?" The second great master turned his face on the spot. He usually respects Reznak enough, but the other party, a second-class nobleman, actually judged himself, which made him feel anger.

"Don't fight among yourself at this time." The Holy Master scolded the two, his words were very authoritative, and the two immediately fell silent.

"Reznak," the old green maiden said slowly, "I remember that you were not the only one called by Ian Darry?"

"Yes, I met him with Grazdan and Bronn." Reznak nodded.

"So, is it possible that the news came from those two people?" The green maiden immediately guessed.

"How is it possible?" Reznak subconsciously denied, "Those two are Lord Darry's confidantes, how could they betray Ian?"

"How is it impossible? Loyalty is based on rewards. Ian was defeated and couldn't give them any more rewards. What's so strange about them choosing to defect?" the great master who had just been suspected scorned.

"Hearing what you said, I suddenly remembered something, which made me feel that there is actually something wrong with that Grazdan zo Eraz." The Holy Master thought for a while and said.

"what is the problem?"

"You've all heard that the reason Meereen ran out of food was that Drogo sent a cavalry detour to the Skahazaban Valley at the same time he defeated Ian outside Kayser Pass. They destroyed all the Wheat fields, slaughtered those serfs."

"Any questions?"

"The problem is that Meereen's croplands have been destroyed, and Astapor's croplands have none. The Worm River is harvesting well, and the Ghiskali coastal road from Astapor to Meereen remains open .
According to the information obtained by my spies, the food transport team from Astapor to Meereen has never stopped in the past three days, but they were all taken away by the reorganized new army outside the city.General Carlo lied that he was secretly selling military rations, but in fact what he sold to the city at a sky-high price was actually Astapor rations that he had robbed. "

"This bastard!" A great master immediately cursed.

"They're rebelling!" echoed another great master.

"Compared with this, what I want to know more is, what does this have to do with Grazdan zo Eraz?" Reznak asked strangely. Zdan is related.

"I still don't understand? One of the two food roads in Meereen is clearly connected, but Grazdan announced to us that the food was cut off early. What does this mean? It means that he has long known that General Carlo The two of them had premeditated the food from Staple, and even General Carlo was instigated by Grazdan. The Yunkaii wanted to use the food to make a fortune in Meereen before Ian completely fell, He betrayed Ian before all of us!"

"No! No!" Reznak heard the words, and suddenly felt a thunder strike on the top of his head.

He forgot to tell these allies that the order to cut Meereen's food was from Ian himself, not from Grazdan.

In other words, it was Ian himself who actually ordered General Carlo to cut off the Astapor grain road!

As one of the three members of the ruling committee, Reznak had more contact with Ian's important ministers than his allies. Through working with Celia, Hominas and Chief Intelligence Officer Mita, he also had more contacts than his allies. Allies are getting to know Ian better.

The man, already considered a bereaved dog by the city, was the most terrifying schemer Reznak had ever seen in his life.

If this series of rumors that spread wildly in Meereen really came from Grazdan zo Eraz and Earl Boron, or even at the behest of Ian himself, will all this come from Was it a conspiracy from the start?
The captains in the port were waiting to sack the city, and the Great Lords of Meereen were also taking advantage of this war to make a fortune. Even if they won the war against Drogo, Ian has no reason to liquidate these people.

A person like Ian would sit back and watch most of the fruits of victory be shared by others?Will he tolerate being controlled by so many nobles who are deeply rooted in Meereen after becoming emperor?No, he will think of a once and for all solution.

In an instant, Reznak found that everything that had happened from the beginning to the present made sense.

"What's wrong with you, Reznak? Your face suddenly looks so ugly?" Seeing that Reznak didn't answer for a long time, the Holy Lord asked.

"I" Reznak wanted to speak out his guess, but suddenly thought, what would happen if I said it?

Not to mention that this is just an unfounded guess for the time being, and the allies may not believe it.Even if they believed it, what should I do next?
Lead the allies to stand firmly on Ian's side in the ensuing turmoil?This can indeed create an image of a loyal minister, making Ian completely lose the ability to liquidate himself and others.But Ian only needs to delay the arrival of the reinforcements, so that the forces of himself and others can be exhausted in the battle with those sea raiders, and even if they survive, they are just lingering.

Ian has aerial vision, and he can perfectly control all the time nodes, not only destroying enemies that are inconvenient to deal with directly, but also becoming the hero who saves Meereen in the end.

At this moment, Meereen has become a big stage, no matter how the actors on the stage perform, they will be led to the ending he wants by Ian.No matter how hard he struggled, he was powerless.

When Reznak agreed to plan a rebellion with the Holy Master in advance, he was betting that Ian would lose to Mawang.

Now Ian not only won, but also set up such a game, which can be regarded as directly declaring the death penalty of the conspirators.

"I suddenly felt dizzy just now," Reznak found a reason for himself, "I haven't slept much since the accident happened, and I haven't had much sleep since then," he explained.

"You need to rest, but not now." The Lord didn't care much when he heard this, "Captain Mataus of Volantis has contacted me, they want to take action as soon as possible, we must make a decision immediately .”

"Why are they in such a hurry?"

"Of course we don't panic when we took the food from the city guards. They are in the port area, but they are going to be hungry soon. Can people not panic?" The Holy Master was speechless.

"How many are there?" the green maiden asked.

"55 ships, a total of 3000 mercenaries and 2000 sailors. They urgently need to obtain enough food supplies. They hope that we can point out their attack targets and transfer the city guards who are blocking their way."

"Where in this city can there be food to feed 5000 people? Either the Great Pyramid or our place." The great master said after a while, "Don't tell me, as long as our people lead the way, 5000 people will besiege the Great Pyramid." Pyramids are perfectly adequate,"

How many guards did the Great Pyramid have? 300?Or 500?

"Consistent with my thoughts, the Great Pyramid is the gathering place of Ian Darry's main supporters, letting the Volantenes take it down is tantamount to cutting off our worst enemy." The Holy Master nodded, "What about you? If you agree with this plan, I will give Mataus an answer tonight."

"What if Grazdan orders the reorganized new army to enter the city after the Lantisian operation?" the green maiden asked worriedly.

"The officers of that slave army were all trained by Ian himself. It is impossible for us to use the reorganized new army. It would be best for Grazdan to transfer them to guard the Great Pyramid. We will let the city defense army also give Make way for the new army, and let the Volantenes go and destroy them."

"I have no objection." The green maiden nodded.

"Me neither." Another great master echoed.

"No opinion." Reznak also expressed his support, "Since the voting is over, I'll go to rest first." After he finished speaking, he turned and left, with a serious expression on his face from an angle that everyone couldn't see. think.

(End of this chapter)