The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 183: Trouble Going South

When the Andes knights rushed into the enemy camp through various broken gaps, the battle was actually declared over at that moment.

The infantrymen blocking the entrance held out for only a moment before they scattered. The knights then began to gallop through the enemy camp, hacking and killing any unfortunate creatures who stood in their way.

The seven-pointed star flag was quickly raised and fluttered above the enemy camp, silently announcing victory.

Everyone around Hugo was smiling, and his followers and subjects were all happy for the victory, but Hugo's expression did not change much. In the eyes of the gods, the criterion for victory in this battle was whether Viserys Targaryen was captured.

If the last descendant of Targaryen is captured, then everything will be over, but if not, the battle will have to continue.

Hu Ge's attitude naturally attracted the attention of everyone around him. Seeing this, they put away their expressions and became serious like Hu Ge - when around Hu Ge, the ability to read people's expressions is indispensable.

More and more good news came from the front. After the defense line was broken, Viserys' army showed their vulnerability. Men kept fleeing and surrendering. Victory was already in their hands.

There were even captives escorted out by the knights who had charged in. Many warriors who had not participated in the battle could not help but wail when they saw this.

However, Hugo never heard the news he wanted to hear, that is, Viserys Targaryen still ran away.

When confirming the news, Hugo frowned. Failure to catch or kill the guy meant that he would be busy next and the battle was not over yet.

Moreover, Hugo was very unhappy about being intimidated by Viserys this time. He wanted the boy to pay the price for it and make him understand that those little tricks were useless in the face of absolute power.

"We can't rest yet." Hugo said, "Tell the whole army to leave some people behind to clean up the battlefield. We will continue to move forward. I want to capture the Targaryen prince."

"Yes, Lord Hugo."

There were naturally many complaints in the army about Hugo's order, but it did not cause much resentment, because to be honest, the intensity of today's battle was not too high. Not many people died, and a large number of reserve troops were not moved, and they easily won the battle.

So, the army that had just won the victory began to move and headed south.

In the south, Viserys Targaryen and his own troops were fleeing at full speed. When Hugo's army began to violently demolish the camp's walls, he realized that the situation was hopeless, and he ran away without hesitation after leaving his flag behind.

It was enough for Viserys to run a long way before the cannon fodder discovered that there was no one under the flag.

That's exactly how things turned out. When his friendly forces discovered that Viserys had escaped, Viserys had been gone for a long time and they were completely betrayed by Viserys.

For the captured young men, the problem was easy to solve, as they were captured anyway, so they just had to surrender. However, for the warlords in the disputed areas, the army was their roots, and they could not tolerate the prospect of losing their army, so they started long-distance running competitions, and even harmed each other in order to run faster, which fully revealed the true nature of the warlords.

While the warlords were still busy harming each other, the situation on Viserys' side was extremely smooth. The escape route had already been planned, so the Dragon Prince and his direct descendants went all the way south smoothly. They traveled day and night and did not even set up tents. They just lay directly on the ground to sleep. When they arrived at the supply point, they took all the supplies and continued to run.

Thanks to good planning and abundant supplies, although the journey was almost a forced march day and night, not many people were left behind, and Viserys successfully brought his direct lineage into Myr.

Jon Clinton was not surprised that Viserys came back so quickly. He did not think from the beginning that this plan could be delayed for much time. Now that it could be delayed for more than a week was already a huge victory and was beyond his expectations.

Clinton did a lot of things in Mill this week. First, he collected a large amount of supplies in the Mill Plains, then burned down the village to minimize the chances of Hugo's army obtaining food locally, then forced the craftsmen in the city to strengthen the city's defenses, and finally, drove out the useless citizens from the city in preparation for the upcoming siege.

Faced with Clinton's deportation policy, the people of Mill are certainly unwilling to leave their homes, but when the knife is at their necks, they cannot decide what to do.

The citizens were robbed of everything and left with only the clothes on their backs and a few blankets to take shelter in the wilderness outside Mill - Clinton had been burning down houses and settlements outside the city.

During this period, Braavos ships also came to Myr, bringing them a lot of supplies and hundreds of mercenaries.

Clinton saw a person here who surprised him, Uthero, the head of Braavos' intelligence on Westeros and the person responsible for contacting these Western exiles. Previously, Braavos provided them with various resources, all through Uthero's hands.

But this time Uther did not bring good news. In a private conversation, Uther said that this support was the last support that Braavos could send. Stannis's royal fleet stepped up its patrol of the Narrow Sea. It was hard to say whether they could go back all the way, let alone continue to deliver supplies to Viserys.

However, Uther also said that their attack in the north has been launched, and as long as Viserys persists, Hugo Tollett will definitely return due to the situation in the north, and Myr will still be in his hands at that time.

Clinton knew that the Braavosi were just making empty promises, but even if he knew it was empty promises, what would he do? Could he not eat this cake? So he could only pretend to be nice to the Braavosi.

When the Braavosi left, they took away all the seals and symbols they could find in Myr's Mansion. They needed these things to use in the war in the north. Connington didn't care about those things. Instead of leaving them here to rot, it would be better to let them go to a place where they can be more useful.

In this way, the Braavos people left, but this did not dampen the morale of the defenders in the city, but instead made it even more high - after all, the conversation between Clinton and Uther was completely private, and no news leaked out, and no one knew that this was the last support. Viserys was very happy about all this, which was better than he expected.

However, they were still helpless about the biggest unstable factor in the city, the Myr Cathedral. The people in the cathedral were defending the academy which was like a fortress. The academy looked inconspicuous at first glance, but in fact it was no less powerful than some fortresses. The defenders were also extremely determined. It was very difficult to attack and could result in heavy losses if one was not careful - this was unacceptable to Viserys, who was short of troops.

Therefore, he could only let a part of the troops monitor the academy at all times and build various fortifications around it to prevent them from reaching the city gate and opening it.

Then, it was time to collect supplies and prepare city defenses. Viserys and Clinton worked together to complete this task, waiting for the arrival of Hugo's army.

In sharp contrast to Viserys' smooth journey south, Hugo encountered a lot of trouble on his way south.

Hugo originally planned to go straight to Myr to see if there was a chance to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, directly destroy the enemy army, and retake the capital of the New Seven Kingdoms.

Originally, this was a plan that could be easily accomplished. Mill had an extremely complete road network, and all it had to do was head south along the road. But in reality, a lot of unexpected things happened along the way.

On the way south, there was an endless stream of Myr people coming to find him.

The reason why these Myrs came to him was very simple. With the overall decline of Viserys's power, those Myrs under the control of the rebels were also liberated. They then began to seek help from the nearest representative of the Iron Throne, Hugo.

Ever since Littlefinger took almost the entire Myr team to the West, Myr's entire administrative system had fallen into embarrassing chaos due to a large number of vacancies in official positions. The arrival of Viserys Targaryen and his rebels further exacerbated the chaos, and many areas directly became a state of disorder and anarchy.

With the withdrawal of the power of the Iron Throne, the originally suppressed local rural elites were able to regain power - this was Littlefinger's greatest achievement during his tenure, truly overwhelmed the rural elites - these people were eager to obtain recognition of their power from the Iron Throne, so after Viserys's rebels retreated, they immediately approached Hugo.

These people annoyed Hugo, but he had to receive them. He didn't want to acknowledge the power of these rural elites. In grassroots governance, his ideas were the same as Little Finger's, but he really lacked power in Mill. If he wanted to obtain enough supplies in the future, he would have to flatter these people.

When they first entered Myr, they were able to gain a foothold thanks to the help of local officials who provided the army with supplies to gain a foothold. The Myr border was far away from Myr City, so it was not affected by the chaos.

So Hugo had to slow down and chat with these country elders and nobles, and face their demands for maintaining law and order. There were many remnants of Viserys's collapsed army who were looting everywhere, and there were also several centaurs. In this regard, Hugo sent the local loyal forces he had gathered after arriving in Myr, and it was enough to wipe out those looters and stragglers.

Others asked Hugo for supplies because Viserys had robbed them of everything they had. Although they still had some food hidden, it would be difficult to hold on until the next harvest. Hugo had no choice but to ask for more food to be sent from the rear, and he did not care too much about the truthfulness of the words of these rebels.

Hugo continued to move south, but the further south he moved, the worse the situation became. The closer he got to Myr City, the more homeless refugees there were. They all gathered together after seeing the seven-pointed star. Hugo questioned these refugees and learned that it was Viserys's troops who were burning, killing and looting here in order to collect food and grass. They killed the rural elites who were able to organize and burned down the settlements.

The purpose of Viserys's behavior was obvious. He was deliberately creating refugees to make trouble for his siege.

But Hugo really couldn't ignore these people. He came to rule Myr. To be more precise, he came to obtain Myr's manpower and resources. He understood how fierce the struggle would be in the future, so he needed to control Myr in a short period of time, so he could not ignore the Myr people.

So after some hesitation, Hugo sent out the Seven Star Knights. These guys had just experienced a victory without many deaths, and were now clamoring to fight more battles and achieve more military exploits. Seeing their fanaticism, Hugo decided to cool these guys down and tell them to stop fighting and go collect refugees for me.

A fully armed knight plus a few sergeants are enough to control a team of hundreds of people. It is completely sufficient to let the Seven Star Knights do this.

Moreover, organizing these refugees will be beneficial for the future siege of Myr. There are many Myr militiamen among these refugees, their organization has just been broken up. If suitable officers are arranged, these people can still go into battle.

Theodore naturally followed Hugo's orders and left. As for the wailing of the young people under him, Hugo simply ignored them - of course, he also knew that those young people would definitely waile.

Under such circumstances, Hugo's army arrived at the city of Mir. However, the first problem Hugo encountered here was not the enemy, but the thousands of refugees who were driven out of the city.

"damn it."

Looking at the densely packed shacks, Hugo couldn't help cursing. He had planned to launch an attack after arriving in Damir and take over the city as quickly as possible, but this scene now made him sure that it was simply impossible.

"Lord Hugo?" someone asked, but there was no need to ask. Everyone understood how Hugo would give the next order. It just required a process.

"Gather the refugees first, and then we can talk about the siege. Also, send information and food to the back. I want them to send the food here quickly, otherwise we will starve to death first!"

"Yes, Lord Hugo!" Everyone hurriedly followed Hugo's orders, while Hugo rubbed his head and looked at the walls of Myr. He could imagine how proud Viserys was there.

However, let him be proud. The messenger sent by Hugo to Stannis has brought back the news he wanted. The king's second brother agreed to send a fleet to blockade the port of Myr. Once the port is blocked, Viserys will have no chance of escape.

So, Hugo looked forward to the day when he could chop off this Targaryen's head, and he believed that this day would come soon.

(End of this chapter)