The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 133 The Centaur Interlude

"I don't understand. Since His Majesty the King wants to harm our interests, then of course we should respond. Those cowards who have not benefited from the Eastern cause can put pressure on the Iron Throne with their numbers. Why can't we? ”

Inis did not understand Hugo's meaning and directly confronted Hugo. Hugo only hoped that the Frey in front of him now was not this Inis, but Steve Run or Marquis Walder. The two of them must understand this. of tune.

He still hasn't raised his horizons, and still thinks that he is a great prince in the Riverlands. He doesn't know if Old Frey taught him, or maybe Old Frey taught him, but Inis didn't take Old Frey's words to heart. superior?
You can only think about these words in your heart, and it is useless to think about it too much, so next, Hugo told Frey in front of him about the inner secrets.

"Lord Aenys, have you forgotten? You and I are the only two of the seven commanders of the New Seven Kingdoms who did not obtain their current status through appointment by the Iron Throne."

Inis is not a fool. Among the sons brought out by Old Frey, there is no real fool. Inis's expression changed under Hugo's words, and in the end, he admitted Hugo's Discourse.

"Yes, you're right."

Hugo could hear the deep reluctance in his words, but Inis still admitted it, which made Hugo breathe a sigh of relief. Although he knew that Inis was not the kind of person to ignore things just for the sake of face, he still had such a problem. of tension.

Inis remembered what Old Frey once told him. Although he valued it at that time, he still did not take his father's words to heart. Now, Hugo's words reminded him of Old Frey's words. So he chose to agree.

"So, let's not do anything unnecessary. There may be many people waiting for us to do such a thing so that they can besieged."

Although facing Braavos, Hugo was not too panicked. It was impossible for the Braavos people to know the secrets of Daenerys, so they could only take advantage of the heir to the Iron Throne one day. It was "reserved".

This caught Hugo off guard, but there was nothing he could do. Braavos had hidden people so deeply, so what could he do? Want to break through the faceless men's information blockade and catch someone? That is too difficult, so now we can only wait and wait for the day they appear.

Hugo still agreed with Frey's words, but he knew the future direction. When he agreed with Frey, he didn't think so in his heart.

Then, he went to find the key to the prophecy and sent a lot of people for this purpose. However, no matter how many people he sent, there was no result and no news was obtained. This was not in line with the development in Hu Ge's impression. After analyzing After analyzing the situation, he and Canatile both pointed to Braavos - they were the only ones with the motive and strength.

"It's just a beggar and a whore with silver hair. It's just silver hair and purple eyes. I've done it a lot, and I don't think there's anything surprising about it."

As its name suggests, the Burning Land is a land spread over the Gobi Desert and Stone Forest. Only the descendants of the Andals who were driven here are nomadic in the Stone Forest. Looking at this land, Hu Ge couldn't help but sigh, "The Dragon King was really If they are ferocious enough, the Andals will either hide in the mountains or in the stone forest here.”

In order to prevent the news from leaking, the two did not notify the people of the Golden Company, and the troops quickly arrived at the original natural border between Pentos and Myr - the Burning Land.

In fact, Hugo and Inis took their followers to the south by land. There is not as convenient a Valyrian road as in the north, but after so many years, the locals have also built some roads. .

The rest in Pantos didn't last long, Hugo and Inis went to the south together. They advertised that they were going to the south by boat. For this reason, they also organized a large boat group to go south. As for why they joined together, it was because of the cloth. The Braavos, the Secret City, have now changed their strategy again. After exchanging prisoners from the Westeros at a huge cost, the Braavos began to plunder and attack quickly, so even if Nowadays, boat trips still tend to be in group packages.

So Hugo sent people to Braavos to look for him, but no one came back. Even Frey, who had been in Braavos to provide communication between Westeros and Braavos, was here because of this. After being warned for helping Hugo, Braavos valued the Targaryen brothers and sisters far more than Hugo expected.

"Don't talk about dragons, they are all dead." Inis seemed to have a strong hostility towards the dragons, and his tone was not friendly, "This is our era, and the Dragon King only deserves to be a story in the history books. , Didn’t you name your son Korron? He was burned to death by the dragon’s fire, and the army of the Andals from the north were also burned to death.”

The land south of Pentos is a peaceful and poor land. Even the centaurs are unwilling to come here. Even after the Golden Company settled here, they failed to bring much change. After all, this land The land is so inconspicuous.

When he mentioned this, Hu Ge's tone was full of exhaustion. When he thought of so many people who were always preparing to plot against him, it was difficult for him to cheer up.

Over the years, the New Seven Kingdoms have exported nearly a thousand people to the Great Wall. Most of these people were former slave owners and slave traders. They once had a supreme status, and countless people competed for their service with every order, but now they all go to the Great Wall to blow Cold wind.

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After securing his position as the leader of Andas and ensuring the stability of his rule, Hugo began to plan for the future. First, under his leadership, it was determined that in the New Seven Kingdoms, prisoners and criminals would also be like Weiss. Tello was sent to serve on the Great Wall like that.

"Ha, don't say that. Doesn't the Mad King still have descendants alive? Dragons are still in this world." Subconsciously, Hugo thought of the Mad King's children, and of course, he was thinking of Daenerys.

This fact made Hu Ge very uncomfortable, but he could only accept it.

These nomadic tribes in the stone forest did not pay attention to the passing teams, let alone plunder, because there were too few people traveling on this road. After robbing the merchants who did not dare to come and go, they lost their The Andal tribe, which imported only a few commodities, had a hard time, so they would never touch the teams coming and going from now on. It was best to trade if they could, and forget about it if they couldn't.

However, they only cared about the merchandise and did not care at all about the identity of the people coming and going. In this way, Hugo and Inis were able to travel through the Burning Land without attracting any attention. It's just that they want to be quiet, but sometimes things will come to them.

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"Get ready! The centaurs are coming!"

When the horsemen and cavalry appeared at the edge of the field of vision, they were noticed by those with good vision in the team. The teams led by the two commanders immediately went into alert. Regarding the encounter with the horsemen, neither Hugo nor Inis had any idea. Surprisingly, although the Lorne River defense line has been established for a long time, the centaurs can still cross the river if they want to, so the appearance of centaurs attackers is not something worth worrying about at all.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the centaurs' habit of not wearing armor gave everyone an extremely strong confidence in victory. Although everyone did not know why these idiots were beaten to death without wearing armor, it did not prevent everyone from beating these naked barbarians.

Soon, the centaurs appeared at the edge of the field of vision. Their appearance was no different from Hugo's impression. They were still shirtless and without armor. Moreover, these centaurs looked like they had escaped for a long time. Their bodies were covered with dirt. If they hadn't burst out with the strong fighting spirit of horse people, everyone here would even think of them as beggars on horseback.

No matter how strong the fighting will of the horsemen was, they could not change the fact that they did not wear armor. However, in front of the crossbows that Hu Ge's men took from the carriage, they fell one after another, and the horses and the whole people fell down one after another. As far as the horsemen advanced, the bodies of men and horses were spread out on the ground.

Some centaurs threw arrows into the Westeros people, but most of the arrows landed on the erected shields. Even the concentrated crossbowmen bounced off the fine and strong lock patterns. If you enter, you will be blocked by the armor behind the armor.

"No matter how many times I see them, I'm still amazed. It would be great if I could cut open their heads and see what makes them so brave."

Seeing a Dothraki warrior with a crossbow full of arrows, but still stubbornly riding forward, until he fell off the horse after bleeding too much, Aenys said with admiration.

"Lord Innis, this kind of bravery is earned with brains. From now on, you will become a fool without armor. Do you want all your subordinates to be such people?" A 13-year-old child wearing a waiter's uniform and holding a wine glass Interjected, he looked at the centaurs with dead fish eyes, as if he were looking at a group of dead people.

The child's words greatly enlivened the atmosphere, and jokes about the horse people are now widely circulated - among which Hu Ge played a very important role. He compiled the various strange behaviors of the horse people into songs and spread them. As for why he did this, because in Hu In Ge's opinion, these clowns only deserve this treatment.

So Hu Ge also laughed the hardest, but he quickly controlled his emotions, "Okay, Eddie, stop telling such jokes, it's not appropriate now."

This attendant is none other than Eddie Tollett, melancholy Eddie, the night watchman in the original novel, and now Hugo's attendant. He has been Hugo's attendant for five years now, although his identity and growth environment have changed. , but Eddie is still so humorous when speaking and always looks at the bad side - however, although he says these words, he has a good grasp of the situation, which makes Hugo like him even more, and in the future he plans to give important responsibilities to his kin. ——His surname was originally enough to obtain an important position, but now the importance of this position can be even higher.

In any case, the centaurs are a group of cavalry after all, and the distance between the two quickly closed. Hugo and Inis did not panic, but calmly got on their horses, and then led their armored guards to greet them. Go up.

There is nothing to say about the ensuing battle. Although the horsemen dare to charge and fight, their habit of not wearing armor is there. Without relying on numbers, they cannot win any cavalry battle.

So the centaurs were quickly crushed by the Western knights. This has happened countless times in Essos. Many Westerners even thought that this was not a battle, but just a more exciting lance contest. The whole battle was One man died in battle, because he was too unlucky to hit the centaur's spear. With the help of speed, the poor guy was immediately stabbed through.

After the battle, nobles like Hu Ge rested aside, while others went about their own business - cleaning the battlefield, interrogating prisoners, and collecting trophies.

After a while, Hugo, who was sitting on a stone, couldn't help but nod his head after listening to Black Blade's report. This made Inis cast a curious look, and Hugo didn't hide it.

"These centaurs were against Barbo, and they plotted to kill Barbo for criticizing sacred traditions. But Barbo discovered the conspiracy before they could, so these people had to escape from the sea of ​​grass and risk their lives. West Run.”

"No wonder we can see so many centaurs. It turns out that he offended the great Khal. The way he treated his enemies was so terrifying." When the name was mentioned, Inis, who always showed a strong image, was a little shaken. Hu Ge also looked solemn.

Barbo, the great Khal of the Great Cao Sea, the Khal of all Khals, the great unifier of the Great Cao Sea for hundreds of years, the entire Great Cao Sea moves under his command - but this man is more than that, otherwise that person would He is just a stronger leader of the centaurs. The key is that this person has been trying to change the habits of the centaurs, such as forcing them to wear armor. After failure, he had to make detours from various aspects and launch an attack on the tradition of the centaurs. .

And even if he attacked some seemingly "trivial" traditions, he received a lot of opposition. Barbo directly raised his butcher knife and caused a lot of killings. Hu Ge didn't understand such a mass killing. There weren't many in the first place, but if they were still killing people like this, I could only say that maybe Dacaohai could really bring out people.

As for why he is so "sane" - in the eyes of the centaurs, he is a madman - because he grew up as a slave in the Free Trade City, and being away from the neurotic environment of the Great Grass Sea also made him a normal person.

Although his behavior did not look like he could succeed, there were many counterattacks within the centaurs tribe. Although every resistance was suppressed by Barbo with thunder, what if he succeeded? Moreover, Hu Ge became even more uneasy after learning the name of this man's son.

That child's name was Drogo.

He also knew very well what the name Drogo represented, but just like Daenerys, Hugo was helpless about this person.

(End of this chapter)