The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 17 Order to King’s Landing

Under the Dornish red wine brought by the bishop's guard, Hugo and Lu Chen talked for a full two hours. During these two hours, they talked about many things, from taking over the various supplies carried by the bishop to Hugo's Junlin sent a request, and the two of them finalized many matters in every detail.

The supplies brought by King's Landing are quite considerable, but they are mainly concentrated on various gold and silver items, most of which are various magic weapons in the Great Temple of Baelor. To be honest, this makes Hu Ge very puzzled, and Lu Chen The bishop gave him the answer: The Church of the Seven Gods is also eager to show its loyalty to the current Baratheon dynasty.

At the end, the bishop brought something quite important to Hugo. To be precise, it was a new order from the Iron Throne. To be honest, it shocked Hugo. However, no matter how shocked he was, he should not talk about it in front of the messenger, so Hu Ge ended the conversation politely.

"Goodbye, Bishop Lu Chen, I have arranged a very suitable camp for you, where you can overlook the entire Divine Eye Lake." Opening the curtain, Hu Ge let the bishop go out first, then followed and stretched. , relieve the discomfort and fatigue caused by sitting for a long time.

"Thank you very much. This is my first time stationed at the Divine Eye Lake."

Lu Chen looked at the big lake in the distance, sighing in his tone, and Hu Ge became interested, "You have never stayed by the Divine Eye Lake?"

"This is the territory of the old gods, and it is not a place where people who believe in the Seven Gods should stay for a long time." Lu Chen looked into the depths of the God's Eye Lake, with a very profound look in his eyes, "If you want to go up in the church, Climb, no possible room for attack can be exposed, if it weren’t for business, I wouldn’t even get close to the lake.”

Hu Ge knew what Lu Chen was talking about. Unlike Bishop Lu Chen who was worried that someone would seize the opportunity to attack, Hu Ge really looked at the depths of the Divine Eye Lake in fear. He knew that there was Qianmian Island, the holy land of the old gods. , I’m afraid the old gods still have power there.

"Do you believe in the existence of Qianmian Island?" Hu Ge further asked.

"Whether you believe it or not, it is enough for the believers to believe it." Lu Chen looked into Hu Ge's eyes, and Frey's smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Lord Hu Ge, let's stop here today, I still want to see me Where are the... brothers."

Lu Chen paused for a moment in front of "brother" when he spoke. Hu Ge looked at the bishop thoughtfully and said, "Then please."

Hu Ge watched the bishop leave surrounded by everyone in the church. During this period, believers kept kneeling down in the places he passed, wanting to get the bishop's blessing. However, Lu Chen did not refuse anyone's request. He kept blessing the crowd. This also caused more people to gather, and finally the camp guards helped disperse the gathering crowd, allowing the bishop to advance.

The old fox who knew how to perform looked at the back, and Hu Ge said in his heart, Old Frey's son really shouldn't be underestimated. There is nothing useless that Hu Ge has come into contact with so far.

"Lord Hugo."

At this moment, the old sparrow walked up to Hu Ge quietly. To be honest, this shocked Hu Ge.

"How about it?"

Hu Ge looked at the departing bishop and asked. The old sparrow glanced at the crystal crown on the bishop's head and said, "He is a typical high-ranking priest."

"I know, you don't need to emphasize this. I mean, do you see anything? For example, his purpose or something."

"This Frey is hard to figure out. I admit that I can't see his thoughts, but what I can be sure of is that such a person will only act under the command of interests. Such people are everywhere in the church. All in all, as long as you figure out what he wants to gain, you can control him, but looking at him like this, it might be a little difficult to get his information."

The old sparrow's answer made Hu Ge secretly nod. Yes, this is also his feeling. This bishop is a mercenary person. It is really difficult to say how pious he is to the Seven Gods, but he is also elusive. , in the conversation just now, Hu Ge did not figure out what exactly he wanted to obtain. The only certainty was that he needed to serve as a liaison between the expeditionary force and the church.

"Let's not talk about this guy, Old Sparrow. What do you think of the last order he brought?"

"That matter... it's hard for me to say, sir. It's hard for me to figure out what the great nobles are thinking. My wisdom can't help me solve this problem."

The old sparrow admitted very directly that he couldn't see anything, and Hu Ge wasn't annoyed. Anyway, he didn't expect the old sparrow to see anything, he just asked by chance.

"Then let's set off as soon as the people from the West arrive. Anyway, let's get to King's Landing first. Besides, Old Sparrow, I need to know the information about King's Landing. I can't just go there without knowing anything."

What Lu Chen finally brought was an order from the Iron Throne, asking Hugo to lead the expedition to King's Landing. This puzzled Hugo at first, but Lu Chen also dispelled his doubts. The bishop said that the Iron Throne gathered a group of people in King's Landing. An army is ready to be handed over to Hugo, so he needs to take over.

This greatly broke Hugo's plan. In the original plan, after the team was almost gathered, they would go to the valley and pass through the Blood Gate to Seagull Town, the place where the Seven Gods first conquered—the place where the Andals landed in the past. Set off from the land where the Andals arrived to the homeland of the East.

But he must go, regardless of the army that the Iron Throne refers to, the nature of his current power alone determines that he must go. His recognition is given by the Iron Throne, and so much food has also been sent by the Iron Throne. How could he refuse the Iron Throne. But going to an unknown place is always unsettling, especially because Bishop Lu Chen's tone seemed to imply that the line was not simple, which made him even more uneasy.

"I understand, Lord Hugo, I will immediately select a group of Sparrow brothers to go to King's Landing first."

The old sparrow understood Hu Ge's subtext very well and immediately welcomed him. However, Hu Ge was a little uncomfortable with being agreed so quickly. He hesitated, "It's just Brother Sparrow? Do you want me to let Canatiel follow you? No. How many people can resist his black sword?"

"Lord Hugo, I have been walking around Westeros for more than ten years. I have never been a weakling. Besides, Black Sword is more important than being my guard. He is more importantly your captain. He and Snow are now The most important captain under your command, none of you can do without it. And I am the most suitable. The monks and priests are not centered on me. Their real allegiance is to you, so even if I leave, it will not affect anything. .”

As Old Trouble said, with the expansion of Hugo's team, the identities and powers of these two important captains in the early stage of Hugo's team also expanded. Canatier managed the defected mercenaries and bargemen, while Si Nuo managed the farmers who were loyal to Hugo.

The teams controlled by these two people are all direct descendants of Hu Ge, and they are both indispensable.

"Okay, I understand, old sparrow, then you can go ahead."

Hu Ge looked at the old sparrow, and he suddenly regretted sending the old sparrow to King's Landing, which was full of unknown news, but he did not say the words because what the old sparrow said was correct.

The old sparrow bowed respectfully to Hu Ge, and then disappeared behind the tent. Seeing the old monk leaving, Hu Ge also started busy with his own affairs. His work was always too much to finish, and every minute and every second required pay close attention.

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The departure of the old sparrow did not attract anyone's attention. In everyone's impression, the old monk was always busy traveling around, and his absence was normal.

While Hugo was busy with various affairs in the camp, he focused his energy on observing Bishop Weasel. Unfortunately, he could not find anything about the spies. While preaching and praying to the public, Bishop Weasel often talked with his The illegitimate brothers talked, but whenever they talked, they were so well guarded that Hugo's spies never had a chance to find out anything.

Jillian often came to Hu Ge for discussions at first. Facing the big benefactors of the Western Region, Hu Ge could only listen patiently to Jillian’s whimsical ideas. Hu Ge managed his expression very well, but for some reason Jillian still found out Lannister didn't bother him anymore about his true emotions, and instead focused his energy on hunting.

Another Lannister helped Hugo a lot, and Tiget took over part of the administrative work of the camp. The reason was that he really couldn't stand the unprofessionalism of Hugo's men.

Most of Hugo's managers are monks and priests. They are still able to manage the people in their villages or towns, but as their management expands, they are unable to do anything. Moreover, they prefer to take care of the people rather than taking care of the public. themselves” believers.

Hugo really didn't have the energy to manage these trivial matters. All he could send were a few monastery abbots. They were local religious leaders, and management was logical. However, the problem was that there were not many religious leaders participating in the expedition. , many places still have to make do.

Tygett's intervention made it much easier to deal with such matters, and his status as a great Lannister noble allowed him to intervene in all such matters - of course, this actually transferred some power, but Hugo didn't care, this power If a Lannister is willing to take it, that is because he is enthusiastic.

The thing that Hugo was most concerned about was the training of the people. Hugo gathered the strong men of the expeditionary army - which was more like a migrating nation - and trained them in formation.

Hu Ge has very low requirements for these people. If they can stand in an orderly queue, they will achieve Hu Ge's goal. Rather than training, what is more important here is to adapt the people to strong management.

Naturally, some people could not stand such management and left, but their positions were soon filled by others, and these people who left did not go far, but stationed near the main camp, indicating that I refused to manage but still wanted to participate in the Eastern Expedition.

Hu Ge couldn't say anything about this. He couldn't forcefully arrest people. Doing so would definitely trigger a flight. So since they were willing to do this, so be it. If that didn't work, just use these people as human shields.

Volunteers are still coming to join the army these days, and in addition to the same farmers, bankrupts and speculators, there are also many small and medium-sized nobles from the Riverlands - with the arrival of the two great lords Lannister and Frey. These small and medium-sized nobles are also interested in joining.

The joining of the nobles also caused some people in their territories to join the expedition.

However, the nobles only sent some family bastards, three sons and four sons, and gathered them in Frey or Lannister's team. Hugo didn't care about this, it was better than no one. In such an atmosphere, when the team from the Western Region arrived, Hu Ge did not expect that he would see an "acquaintance" next.

(End of this chapter)