Blood of the True Dragon

Chapter 37
Astapor.

After Aegon dealt with the battlefield and the surrender of the pirates, he called the imperial council.

Although Henry wanted to show his favor to Joanna very much, Joanna was still very indifferent to this general.

And Aegon also cut straight to the point:
"The reason I came back was actually to guard against the sneak attack of New Ghis, but what I didn't expect was that when I came back, I met Henry and the others. It seems that there is still a battle waiting for us!"

"what?"

As soon as Aegon finished speaking, Henry was shocked.

Others seemed a little worried.

They don't know how many troops there are in New Ghis, and they don't know whether these pirate troops can be used.

"You are surprised?" Aegon looked at Henry curiously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, in fact, we also learned from New Ghis that you are the king of Westeros and may go back to retake the Iron Throne, so we chose to stay on Cedar Island, waiting for you to leave Astapor!"

Henry told them everything, which made Aegon and Joanna instantly understand the truth.

"The people of New Ghis did it on purpose. They waited for you to sack Astapor, and then no matter who wins, it will be a miserable victory, and they will reap the benefits!"

"These bloody bastards!" Henry said angrily.

"If you weren't greedy bastards, how could they use you?" Joanna said angrily.

As a businessman, she actually didn't like these pirates very much, and she suppressed her dissatisfaction to sit with this guy at the moment because she put her treasure on Aegon.

Henry was so stunned that he didn't know how to refute, but Aegon took the initiative to save him and said:

"The most important thing now is to share the same hatred. We have a common enemy and should not fight among ourselves. I have pardoned them, and they are now my navy. You should not continue to quarrel!"

Joanna nodded in agreement when she heard this, and Aegon also praised her:
"Joanna, you did a great job guarding Astapor this time. Next, Astapor will rely on you. I will lead the others to fight against the New Ghis!"

"Your Majesty, we'd better stay in Astapor and wait for work?"

Joanna was a little worried about these pirate soldiers.

"The news of my return has not yet come, so I can take advantage of this intelligence loophole and catch them off guard. What do you think?"

"I think Your Majesty's decision is really wise!
There are only more than 5000 free folk troops in New Ghis, and they still need to leave some people to guard the city. We can just wipe out the navy they attack! "

Henry looked a little excited at the moment.

These people love fighting from the bottom of their hearts.

The New Ghis had pissed them off, and now they had a chance to fight back, and nothing could be better than that.

Even the whores of the Basilisk Islands crawling into his bed could not interfere with his desire for revenge.

"Very well, then it's decided."

Aegon finally settled the whole plan.

First, some pirates continued to drive the pirate ships to leave Astapor, making the army of New Ghis mistakenly think that they had plundered Astapor, and lured the other party to attack them.

When it's time to join the battle, the Unsullied hidden in the cabin will also come out to fight the new Ghis army.

And Aegon will lead another navy and the Unsullied to go around the opponent's back and attack the opponent.

Gray Worm will lead two thousand Unsullied to take the island of New Ghis.

Hundreds of people died on both sides of the Astapor defensive battle, so Aegon only left Joanna with a thousand Unsullied to continue guarding Astapor, and the rest went into battle.

Let Henry lead the remaining [-] pirates and [-] Unsullied to fight head-on.

Aegon also asked Joanna to prepare the equipment for combat, but the latter still hesitated to speak after seeing Aegon.

"Your Majesty, I still feel that these pirates are not worthy of trust. If we consume too much, they may still rebel!"

"In an extraordinary period, we should learn to make good use of all available power, and this time they will definitely be the first wave to fight. When they die and injure too many, then we can't let them go."

In fact, Aegon didn't really want to use this group of pirates, but the army is too small now, so it's impossible to use recruits who have just trained for less than half a month, right?
This group of pirates now has the temptation to loot the money of New Ghis, and with the Unsullied behind as the supervisor team, it is still unlikely that there will be a rebellion.

……

New Guise.

The island is located at the mouth of Slaver's Bay.

As a transit point for maritime trade, although its port was much smaller than that of Volantis, it was still extremely busy.

But today, the ports of New Ghis are emptier than ever.

The good lords of New Ghis have sent out the navy, leaving only a thousand soldiers to defend the city.

Many merchant ships and fishing boats moored in the port in the past have also been requisitioned to become warships, which has led to the fact that the port is less populated today than in the past.

The fog in the morning has not dissipated, and the lights in the lighthouse in the distance are not very clear.

Gray Worm led [-] Unsullied soldiers to sneak into the port while taking advantage of the mist.

Finally, when he saw the outline of the distant port, Gray Worm immediately gave an order to speed up.

A fleet of dozens of fishing boats, merchant ships, and paddle warships rushed towards New Ghis.

It wasn't until the Unsullied landed that the defenders of New Ghis reacted.

But at this moment, the Unsullied had landed on a large scale and were already attacking the city gate.

The Unsullied and the armies of New Ghis are trained in the same way, but the Unsullied are more valiant in battle against these armies because of drinking the wine of courage.

Even the army of New Ghis fled before even the elephants in the city had time to fight the Unsullied.

"Slaves, take up arms and kill those slave masters!"

"Aegon VI Targaryen has set you free!"

When the Unsullied rushed into the city, they shouted these two words that Aegon had taught them.

Those words added fuel to an already chaotic situation.

The slave owners who originally wanted to take their slaves to escape heard that they left these slaves one after another, and ran away with money in a panic, but most of them were killed by the Unsullied and the rebellious slaves.

In less than half a day, Xingis Island was conquered by the Unsullied.

And the liberated slaves knelt down to the ground after seeing the leader, Gray Worm, as if they were worshiping a god.

At this moment, Gray Worm felt that he was no longer Unsullied, no longer himself, he felt that he had become Aegon.

(End of this chapter)