The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 200 Solved
Following Hugo's new order, the entire New Seven Nations mobilized.

Hugo was somewhat surprised that some people were so enthusiastic about the war against Braavos. After quickly sending Kanatir to investigate, Hugo finally found out what was going on:

Under the current new seven-nation system, the losers of the last round of struggle and the ambitious careerists all want to gain power in the new order, either to save their losses or to gain power and wealth, so they enthusiastically responded to Hugo's call.

However, despite this, Hugo was still very cautious.

He selected a group of relatively reliable ones from these enthusiastic volunteers, and did not send out too many troops. In the end, he only sent out about 10,000 people to the north.

The reason for such caution is that there are now 30,000 to 40,000 people active in the Braavos Valley. Due to the obstruction of the mountains, it is very difficult to transport food across the mountains, so they can only rely on local food.

According to the letters sent by Snow, the local Andals have begun to complain about the constant demand for food. Although these complaints can be suppressed, this is not a long-term solution.

In this way, Hugo's army crossed the Foothills and entered the Braavos Valley. They did not encounter any resistance because the power of the Secret City had been completely withdrawn.

When Hugo's seven-pointed star flag appeared in the Braavos Valley, the local Andals were like a magnet attracted to a magnet. Countless people flocked from all directions just to catch a glimpse of the legendary one favored by God.

Hugo, who had experienced countless such scenes, was very familiar with the situation. He put on his most beautiful and gorgeous armor, giving people an image that matched the impression of a god-favored person.

Hugo's subordinates also skillfully cleared a path through the crowd to prevent the fanatical masses from rushing in front of Lord Hugo.

Amid the Andal welcome, Hugo met with the Andal chieftains who had rushed over, listened to them denounce and even cry about a series of actions of the Braavos people, and then comforted them and helped them up - of course, this was essentially just a political show, but the masses just fed on these political shows.

Many of these Andal chiefs came temporarily from the Valley Fortress. This is Lord Hugo. Being able to get in touch with Lord Hugo is better than having to deal with those two guys who are constantly arguing.

Moreover, this is the invincible Lord of God's Favor! Under the leadership of Lord of God's Favor, they will surely win.
The Andal chiefs wanted to provide Hugo with manpower and supplies. Hugo accepted all the supplies with a smile, but in terms of personnel, he only symbolically accepted the most elite warriors. As for the other Andals, he sent them to be laborers - the reason was still the same, when operating in the valley, it is better not to have too many troops, otherwise they will become a burden.

The messengers of Mans and Old Sparrow naturally arrived as well. While they paid tribute to Hugo, they also did not forget to blame each other and put the blame on each other.

In response, Hugo's attitude was that he didn't want to listen any more, so he drove the two of them away by himself. He would deal with those two guys when he arrived at the River Valley Fortress.

In this way, welcomed by the Andals, Hugo crossed the Braavos Valley and came to the Valley Fortress and joined the expeditionary force he had sent.

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"Wow, that big shot is finally coming. I'm really looking forward to it. I want to see if this guy has three heads and six arms, and is as powerful as those Seven Gods believers boast."

Standing in front of the raiders, Tormund Giantsbane said, his tone full of indifference, but his eyes, which occasionally glanced towards the army with the seven-pointed star flag in the distance, betrayed his true feelings.

"Tormund, when Lord Hugo comes, you must behave yourself. Whether we free folk can gain a foothold in the south depends entirely on his will. If he doesn't want us to stay here, he can just make us go away with a gesture."

The wildling monarch Mance Rayder looked at Tormund, the troublemaker, with a warning look. The situation was so tense because he had made "great contributions".

Then Mance Rayder took a deep breath, tense at the thought of facing Hugo Tollett.

Mance Rayder already knew Hugo's name. Over the past decade or so, he had witnessed how the Night's Watch grew stronger in the south with the help of Hugo. From a declining legion of less than a thousand men, it had become a powerful and increasingly powerful army.

At that time, Mans was very puzzled by Hugo's behavior. Did this southerner have too much money to spend? He actually spent it all on the Great Wall, a place where no one could lay eggs.

Therefore, he paid close attention to Hugo's news. He also learned about the legendary experience of this southerner, and was even more puzzled by Hugo's behavior - was he really mentally ill and was just throwing money around? But everything he saw told him that this could not be the case.

When the White Walkers appeared, facing these monsters that were difficult to kill and could drive the dead to fight, Mance Rayder finally understood the logic behind Hugo's behavior.

Therefore, after confirming the power of these monsters that had disappeared for many years, he decisively chose to summon the free people and prepare to break through the Great Wall and head south.

However, although he assembled a large army of free people, he was still powerless against the Great Wall. The Great Wall, which was reinforced by Hugo's resources, was almost impossible to break through. He also noticed that Hugo even sent reinforcements.

However, Mance Rayder immediately changed his strategy. He sent the toughest and most unwilling group of free folk to attack the Great Wall. After these people suffered heavy losses, Mance directly expressed his attitude of complete surrender to the legion.

He was even mentally prepared to be executed. He thought it was worth it to sacrifice his life to allow hundreds of thousands of people to pass through the Great Wall and avoid becoming puppets of those dead men.

However, Mance Rayder never imagined that they could go directly south, across the Narrow Sea.

More importantly, he could also lead the free people to conquer a piece of land that belonged to them in the South - this was the most important point.

All this was like pie in the sky, which made the King beyond the Wall dizzy. When he went to the south, he was still worried about whether the free people would be dispersed and how to fight against the possible split. In the end, there was no split at all, and he directly let them seize the land for themselves.

And it was Hugo who created all this. After realizing the logic behind it, Mance Rayder became extremely respectful to Hugo and never dared to disobey the arrangements of Hugo City. For such a man who could make clouds and rain with a flip of his hand, he should just obey his orders honestly.

So he tried hard to restrain the free people and make them obey Hugo's orders as much as possible.

However, this is not an easy task. The drastic environmental change from Beyond the Wall to the East has already had a great impact on the free people, not to mention the cultural conflicts and the troubles that arise after marching towards Braavos. Mance can be said to be busy every day, running around to solve various problems.

Moreover, the free folk were a group that rejected constraints. Except for the Thenns who worshipped their Magnar as gods, it was very difficult for Mance to manage the others. He needed to talk to each of them properly.

When thinking of these troubles, the King Beyond the Wall thought of Old Sparrow. That damned moralist had been causing trouble for him all day long, accusing him here and there, which led to the accumulation of grievances between the two armies.

Finally, these dissatisfactions and resentments erupted after a defeat. If he hadn't tried to hold on to the free people, things might have turned into a fight. Now Lord Hugo has come in person... This is really embarrassing.

The old sparrow seemed to have noticed the wildling's gaze, and he glared back without showing any weakness. This fanatic of the Cult of the Seven was not afraid of the wildlings at all, and Mance never doubted this man's courage and his devotion to the Seven Gods.

At this moment, Hugo Tollett's team arrived. This was the first time Mance saw the man favored by the Seven Gods. From the corner of his eye, he saw Old Sparrow and those devout believers kneel down on one knee the moment Hugo appeared. Mance and his subordinates bowed slightly - kneeling was something that the free people still found difficult to accept.

This made Mance a little worried, but the Lord of God's Favor didn't seem to care. Then, Mance noticed that Hugo's eyes were looking at the strong Mag and the giants, which made him less nervous about the figure in gorgeous armor - he was still attracted to the giants like many ordinary people.

However, Mance Rayder became annoyed when he thought of the giants. If he had the help of the giants, how could he fall into such a predicament? But the problem was that the giants were directly controlled by Lord Hugo's men. Even the few tribes that could communicate with the giants were incorporated into Lord Hugo's command. It seemed that although that lord had never been to beyond the Wall, he was very clear about the power of the giants.

"I am very happy to see that you have achieved your current results," Hugo said. "However, I also know about the problems that have occurred here. Let's go to the tent first. We need to solve the current problems first."

Lord Hugo is going to settle the score for them, Mance Rayder thought, with a bitter feeling in his heart.

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After listening to the causes and processes of the incident described by Old Sparrow, Mance Rayder and Snow, Hugo roughly understood what was going on.

Just as he had expected in Hugo City, cultural conflicts, ideological conflicts and moral conflicts produced a series of small problems. These problems continued to accumulate and increase, and finally erupted, leading to confrontation between the two sides.

To be honest, these problems are not that big. The leaders of both sides, whether it is the Savage King or the Old Sparrow, have actually maintained restraint. If it weren't for the incident of "The Old Sparrow letting the Savages die", the problems would not have broken out.

And to be honest, it is a low probability event that the problem has reached this point.

As for the "Old Sparrow letting the wildlings die", Hugo also figured out what was going on, but Old Sparrow ignored the actions of the wildlings in order not to destroy unity - but who knew that Mance Rayder and his wildlings would rush in?
But this small conceptual incident happened, which made Hu Ge a little annoyed, but since it happened, it could only happen. How to deal with it is the key issue.

Since this was not a serious matter in essence, Hugo talked to the two leaders and used his prestige to basically solve the problem.

Essentially, both sides just needed a way out, and Hu Ge could provide that step. Of course, he did not forget to scold the two men in very harsh terms, and also imposed fines and demoted them - it was ultimately their responsibility for not managing the conflict properly and causing the problem to spread.

As the problem was solved, the siege of the valley fortress was put on the agenda. The fortress group began to be divided and surrounded in an orderly manner. A large number of fortifications were built under the fortresses, and the attack began to advance slowly and steadily.

In the attack on these fortresses, the giants and mammoths brought by the wildlings from outside the Wall played a huge role. In order to bring these giants and mammoths to the south, Hugo spent a lot of resources. Fortunately, thanks to Duke Tywin's various generous gestures, the people of Westeros had the means to transport large livestock - elephants cannot be artificially bred, and the elephants in Duke Tywin's military field were all captured in the eastern continent and then transported to the west.

When asked whether to send the giants and their elephants to the south, Hugo chose to send them to the south without hesitation. He attached great importance to the giants and their mammoths. Using these giant beasts on the battlefield could bring huge advantages. More importantly, Hugo did not want the White Walkers to get the support of these behemoths.

Now, the giants and mammoths wore special armor made for them, and these truly iron-clad behemoths made the people of Braavos experience the shock from the Far North.

With the coordination of firepower and infantry, the power of these armored monsters was fully exerted.

The thick hair of giants and mammoths provides powerful protection, not to mention they now have iron armor, so they have become armored beasts that roam the battlefield.

With the cooperation of the crossbows and catapults built by the engineering team brought by Hugo, and a large number of coordinating infantry, the sturdy city gate was knocked open by the mammoth. The giant easily climbed up the city wall, and countless infantry rushed into the enemy's fortress under the shadow of the giant.

Faced with these huge beasts, the people of Braavos were so panicked that they didn't know what to do. They could only watch as the monsters broke down their city walls and allowed the barbarians from the south to rush into the fortress.

In this way, one valley fortress after another fell, and Braavos' important support was easily captured by Hugo.

With each capture of a river valley fortress, the local Andals' support for Hugo grew, but when the last river valley fortress was captured, these people's loyalty to the South reached its peak - of course, this had a lot to do with the fact that Hugo had divided up all the wealth in these fortresses.

And then, the sword is pointed at Braavos.

(End of this chapter)