The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 177 The dangerous move of the army
To be honest, Viserys was not willing to continue the attack. The victory in the delta of the Rhoyne River was essentially based on the retreat of the Westeros people, not on how powerful they were. The stubbornness of those western knights gave him a head-on blow.

However, Viserys forgot one thing. In this all-out confrontation between the East and the West, personal will is the most unnecessary thing.

"So, this is what Aquaman meant?"

Viserys did his best to restrain himself from striking the posturing Braavosi in the face.

"Yes, this is the will of the Sea King, Lord Viserys. Reinforcements are waiting in Volantis. Please go to Myr as soon as possible." After saying this, the Braavosi bowed respectfully and walked out. It was obvious that the Braavosi was very good at reading the atmosphere and did not stay in front of Viserys for too long.

After the Braavosi left, Viserion finally stopped being so tense and his expression finally relaxed a little, but it was not anger towards the Braavosi, but sorrow, sorrow about the new orders.

Viserys had suffered countless hardships and been looked down upon while wandering in the free trade cities. He had long since learned to put aside unnecessary emotions and focus on the work at hand.

The order that Neptune brought was very simple. The Northern Confederacy wanted him to take his headquarters and two thousand reinforcements to Myr, which was in chaos due to the departure of the army and officials, and capture the city. If he could not capture it, he should move around Myr, bluffing and creating the appearance of a large number of troops.

Viserys thought this order was nonsense. Yes, Myr was short of troops, but he was also short of soldiers. The Volantenes had already stated that they would not continue their advance after retaking the Rhoyne Delta. The reinforcements sent by the Northern Confederation were only 2,000 people. Although he had not seen the situation of these people yet, they had all been sent to this place, so there was no hope for their quality.

As for refusing Aquaman's order, to be honest, this is not a good choice. Yes, he can do so, but currently only the Northern Confederation led by Aquaman can confront Westeros. If he wants to restore his country, it is impossible without the help and assistance of Aquaman.

If he just wanted to be a warlord in the East, then it wouldn't matter if he rejected Aquaman, but the problem was that he wanted to restore his country and sit on the Iron Throne of his ancestors, which meant that he could not ignore Aquaman's will.

More importantly, there are many Braavos people in his headquarters. It is also a question worth thinking about what these people will do when he refuses the orders of the Sea King.

In short, refusing the order of the Sea King would be counterproductive, so Viserys put aside his useless emotions, took out the map of the West, and studied the map with Jon Connington.

This map is not an ordinary area. It is the painstaking work of Viserys and Clinton. It marks the distribution of various forces and the objects that can be fought for.

"Myr's lords and cities have always been unhappy with Petyr for expelling them from their original territories. They should be targets that can be won over."

Following Clinton's words, the two looked towards the edge of Myr's jurisdiction, where many of the relocated former Myr lords were now crowded. Viserys knew these people and their dissatisfaction, but he also thought from the bottom of his heart that these people were useless. They were just icing on the cake and could not provide timely help, but they were better than nothing.

"Well, count these guys in." Viserys' tone was full of helplessness, and then his eyes looked to another place, the disputed land.

The warlords in the Disputed Lands were the forces he really wanted to fight for. These people had been fighting in the flames of war in the Free Trade Cities for many years. After the usurper's expedition, they had been able to retain their lands because they had knelt down. Due to the peace in recent years, they had become increasingly powerful.

However, the problem is that these people also charge a high price, and they only obey the strong. Robert Baratheon is the strong man they chose. Now Robert is dead, but it does not mean that Viserys can afford the high price asked by these people.

Jon Clinton looked in the direction Viserys was looking. He understood what Viserys was thinking, and he understood even more how powerless they were on this issue. He had come into contact with these lords before, and Clinton's evaluation was that they were all scum and beasts, and nothing could move them except interests.

The last thing they can count on is the anti-Western forces in Myr as pointed out in the report from Braavos. There has always been a group of people in Myr who have suffered losses due to changes in regime and major reforms of the economic system. Due to the former strength of the Iron Throne and Governor Petyr's sting operation, this group of people simply did not dare to show their heads. But now, with the departure of the garrison and that damn governor, they now have the courage, and a big one.

But both Viserys and Connington had the same opinion about this group of people - what can a bunch of useless citizens do? They didn't count on these people at all.

For a moment, the atmosphere was awkward. They could not see any way forward in carrying out this plan. It seemed that this plan was useless except serving as a vanguard for the King of Braavos and acting as cannon fodder.

Viserys folded his arms across his chest, thinking about all the possibilities. If he led these 5,000 men into Myr, he could certainly create chaos, but if the Iron Throne's armies elsewhere reacted, he would end up destroyed.

However, if he can hold on, the entire Mill may be his. It must be said that the reward is still generous.

Viserys was thinking hard about how to break the impasse, when suddenly, something in the room caught his attention. It was a Dothraki scimitar from the Great Grass Sea.

The exiled prince thought of his brother-in-law, the new great khal on the Great Grass Sea. He had received news that his brother-in-law was coming, but he also knew that his brother-in-law was only here to plunder the enemy and would not lead his troops to launch an attack easily.

However, the arrival of Khal Drogo alone is enough to make a lot of sense.

A crazy idea came into his mind. He wanted to take a risk. The risk was very high and it was very easy to fail. But if he succeeded, he would make a huge profit.

Having figured out the whole thing, Viserys came to the table and immediately began to write. Under Jon Connington's puzzled look, he sealed the letter and stamped it with his own seal.

"Send this to Drogo at once, and quickly," Viserys said, and there was excitement in his voice, excitement for the plan he was about to embark on.

Andas, an army with a seven-pointed star flag is heading south. The main body of this army is Andas's devout believers and indigenous people. Along the way, there are a steady stream of conscripts and lords joining this army, just like a stream flowing into the sea, making this army stronger and stronger.

Hugo Tollet was wearing his gorgeous armor, surrounded by the Seven Star Knights and their guards. Hugo's guards surrounded the God's Chosen One in the middle. Hugo liked this arrangement very much, as he always felt at ease being surrounded by the armored soldiers.

The young knights of the Order of Seven Stars were full of youthful arrogance and liveliness; they viewed war as an outing and glory as something within their reach, so they chatted excitedly all along the way and showed no signs of fatigue from long-term horse riding.

But Hugo was not in the same good mood as them, because the situation in the south was really chaotic and bad, otherwise he would not be so eager to summon all available troops to move south.

When receiving the order of a full retreat from the Iron Throne, Hugo simply treated Cersei's order as rubbish and ignored it. He knew very well that the orders given by the Queen Mother were just nonsense and there was no need to pay any attention to them. Then, something he didn't expect happened.

He originally thought that at most only the Estuary Army would obey Cersei's orders and withdraw to Westeros. In his opinion, this was not a big deal at all. The retreat of the Estuary Army would at most lead to the loss of Lower Lorn. So what if it was lost? Neither Volantis nor the masters of the Slaver's Bay behind him were able to launch further attacks.

But no one expected that Littlefinger would just run away. He left with Myr's army and fleet. As for Myr, he declared the city autonomous.

This is really a big trouble. This is different from the time with Reese's inflatable fish. Although the inflatable fish was transferred back to Randyll Tully, he still left enough garrison troops.

However, this is mainly because the Riverbend family is wealthy enough. But if they stay, they stay. This is why there was no chaos in Lys even after Randyll Tarly left.

Littlefinger took away almost all of Myr's army, even most of the city garrison, and all the fleets in Myr's port left. As for Myr's civil service system, Littlefinger took away the most essential part of it.

What Littlefinger did was like cutting off the source of the problem, which directly created a power vacuum in Myr. It was also this behavior that made Hugo believe that Littlefinger must have a conspiracy when he returned to King's Landing this time. However, it was not something he could control now, and his energy was all on Myr after Littlefinger left.

Thanks to his connections in the Seminary of Myr, Hugo was able to learn the full picture of the civil strife in Myr. After Littlefinger left, the citizens' self-governing meeting he left behind was almost instantly destroyed, and the conflict between the immigrants from Westeros and the locals broke out directly.

As the capital of the new Seven Kingdoms, Myr attracts people from all over the narrow sea. Naturally, people divide into camps according to the East Land and the West Land. There are constant conflicts at ordinary times, and the problems are all suppressed by Little Finger's flexible wrist.

Now that Little Finger is gone, the problem naturally broke out. The two initially cursed at each other in the parliament, then the conflict began to escalate, and then both sides went straight to the point of fighting in the streets.

Myr fell into chaos so quickly that the Church believed that there must be anti-Iron Throne elements involved, so they asked Hugo to quell the chaos in Myr.

However, Hugo was taking a wait-and-see attitude at the time. Westeros across the Narrow Sea had not yet really been in chaos. He didn't know how the future would develop, so he had to remain vigilant. If he acted rashly, he would become a target like Renly across the Narrow Sea, which was not what he wanted.

He was also facing troubles at the moment. The Braavos fleet was becoming increasingly active in the north, Norvos militia appeared in various passes, and Qohor's army began to attack the Rhoyne River. As the leader of several territories in the north, Hugo had to deal with these problems with all his strength.

The Confederacy apparently decided to seize this opportunity, and the intensity of the offensive was much stronger than the previous routine attacks.

Andas, Pentos and Upper Rhoine were all caught up in the war. The situation in Upper Rhoine was particularly bad. The Norvos army came from the north, the Qohor army came from the east, and a large number of centaurs continued to attack the Rhoine River. Tyget Lannister wrote him a lot of letters asking for help, which made Hugo directly invest all the reinforcements sent by Pentos in this direction.

Moreover, the people were also very agitated. What happened in King's Landing caused rumors to spread, many of which were radical and excessive. Some devout believers were instigated by this and even wanted to establish a "Kingdom of the Seven Gods". Hugo had to arrange for Gleicher and Lu Chen to put out fires everywhere and calm down those hot-headed believers.

However, what happened next in Myr forced Hugo to act - because Viserys Targaryen occupied Myr.

Hugo did not know how the exiled Targaryen prince had conquered Myr. When he received the news, the Targaryens had already conquered Myr.

There was a lot of news from the south. Some said he brought the entire eastern army, some said the Great Khal of the Dothraki followed him, and some said the whole of Myr had betrayed the kingdom. But no matter what the truth was, the loss of Myr was a foregone conclusion.

Hugo could fully imagine the turmoil that would be caused if the capital of the New Seven Kingdoms fell into the hands of the Targaryens. Several territories in the south were already uneasy because a large number of forces were withdrawn back to the West, and now this kind of thing happened. Hugo was really worried that all this was just the beginning of a domino effect, and that even more terrible things would happen next.

All along, the Easterners have only surrendered to the Iron Throne by force. Even if the Iron Throne has carried out population migration in various city-states, the power of the local people is still strong. If there is an opportunity, the ambitious people will definitely launch a rebellion without hesitation.

Moreover, not to mention the rumored massive influx of Eastern troops. If they were allowed to act recklessly, the situation in the South would surely deteriorate to the extreme, which is something no one wants to see.

Therefore, he had to go to Mill and straighten up the dominoes that were beginning to fall, so as to minimize the impact as things continued to develop.

However, he actually has his own selfish motives. No matter what, this is an opportunity to control Mill legitimately and take control of the capital of the new Seven Kingdoms. He will not let it go.

Therefore, he summoned the devout believers of Hugo City, brought together the various knightly orders that had expressed their surrender, and the elite of Andas, and headed south.

(End of this chapter)