The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 219: North Essos's Unstoppable Force

"The Ibans retreated?"

Tyrion Lannister, covered in blood, walked out of the tent. He was now covered in blood and looked like a monster in the story, holding an axe with a notch in his hand.

The rain now splashed on his body, washing away the blood and revealing the true nature of the steel underneath.

"Yes, Lord Tyrion, they retreated. They ran away with their tails between their legs." A voice immediately answered him, which finally made Tyrion completely relieved.

"Clean up the battlefield, then tell our good monk the news and ask him to quickly bring people over to take over. We can't defend this place with just the number of people we have."

Tyrion was very excited now because his gamble was successful. Soon after he decided to attack the Ibben camp, perhaps due to the lack of attention from the Seven Gods, a heavy rain soon fell from the sky. Faced with this heavy rain, many of Tyrion's subordinates chose to retreat and began to persuade the dwarfs to retreat, but the little devil also became ruthless at this moment and killed several people who persuaded him to retreat, and then used this to deter everyone from continuing to march.

Faced with the little devil with a terrifying look on his face, and those mountain barbarians who followed his lead, everyone could only force the army to move forward. At the same time, they were thinking about how to settle accounts with this damn dwarf if they failed.

Tyrion was already gambling, and now he has added more chips. For him, the next battle must be successful.

And then, he obtained the blessing of the Seven Gods that he had been longing for. On the Ibbenese side, the bad climate in northern Essos made the Ibbenese believe that the Westeros would not immediately counterattack after their initial defeat, and the rules of war here did not have the practice of fighting in storms.

Tyrion looked at the laxly defended Ibben camp, and his inner joy reached its peak, because the Ibben people's defense was extremely lax, and their posture was as if they were not here to fight, but to have a picnic.

Seeing this scene, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of Tyrion's subordinates immediately disappeared. Anyone with a little military knowledge could see what a good opportunity this was and what a great military achievement it was in front of everyone.

In order to show his determination to fight to the death, Tyrion personally joined the attacking team. Things had come to this point, and if he failed in the next battle, it would make no difference whether he lived or died, so the little devil put on armor, picked up an axe, and rushed to the front line of the team.

When Tyrion's attack first came, the Ibbenese even thought the noise was caused by the heavy rain. It was not until the Imp's men started killing people in the camp that the Ibbenese who were killed in front of them realized what was happening.

It was at this time that Bronn, who had calculated the time, ordered his subordinates to fire rounds of rockets. In order to achieve the desired effect, he also took out all the wildfire in his hand and asked the soldiers to apply it on the arrows.

These green flames intensified the chaos in the Iban camp. It was the first time that these Iban people saw the masterpiece of the King's Alchemist. They subconsciously thought that this inextinguishable flame was some kind of evil magic of the Westerners. Especially when several people were hit by rockets and immediately turned into burning green torches, this further intensified the panic of the Iban people.

Under such circumstances, the Iban army was completely unable to organize itself. The few responsible generals and officers were quickly swept up in the tide of rout. Even the elite Iban troops in distinctive armor were swept away and retreated in the face of such chaos.

Just like that, as Tyrion and his men reached the Ibbenese camp, victory fell into their hands without a doubt, and the Ibbenese generals fled without even resisting.

Tyrion's gamble was an unprecedented success.

However, this does not mean that the dwarf can relax. He is not just fighting for victory. Tyrion Lannister understands better than anyone that a simple victory is useless. Only when victory is turned into resources will it be valuable.

So, when the heavy rain finally stopped, the little devil immediately began a series of actions.

The first and most important thing was to count the various materials and documents seized. Needless to say, the former was important, as they were the foundation of all actions. As for the latter, few people valued them as much as he did, but it was these things that provided him with great help, and even this victory was built on them.

The Ibbenese fled in such a hurry that they left behind too many useful things, such as armor, food, and treasures... Now all of these are in Tyrion's pocket, including some of the spoils seized by the Ibbenese during their victory, which are now in the hands of the Westeros people. From the documents, Tyrion learned the main force of the Ibbenese's march this time - 20,000 Ibbenese soldiers, but this is not important. What is important is that he learned about the contradictions within the Ibbenese.

This island nation in northern Essos had always been shrouded in mystery, and few scholars had been able to articulate its political model, but now, in these documents, the vision of Iban was unfolding to him.

Although the Iban God-King is regarded as a god, his power has been declining over the years. Whaling ship owners and priest nobles have been constantly eroding the power of the God-King. This expedition was initiated by the God-King to consolidate his position.

In other words, if the Iban army can be completely defeated, then other factions will force the God-King to stop the war - as for whether they will continue to fight, that is not something he cares about. The Axe Peninsula expedition is just a stepping stone.

Then, the important resource that Tyrion took over was the captives in the hands of the Ibbenese.

The defeat of Old Sparrow resulted in many Westeros people being taken prisoner. When Tyrion launched the attack, these people were still locked in the fence and didn't know what was happening. After the battle, Tyrion counted their number and found that there were a total of 3,000 people, which was the number of his troops.

Tyrion absorbed these people into his army without hesitation. Although he did not lose many people in the attack on the rainy night, the more boots on the ground, the better. He decided to keep snowballing like this.

If they were unwilling, the dwarf would not force them, but let them become guards of the Iban camp on the spot. If they still did not want to return to the team, they would be allowed to do so, and by the way, they could also spread his reputation.

After completing all this and making sure that Old Sparrow was aware of the situation here, Tyrion chose to continue pursuing the Ibbenese.

The reason he did this was simple. The Ibbenese had just been defeated, and the news of their defeat was echoing in the mountains. The many colonies in Braavos would soon know the outcome of the battle. Now was the time to pursue them and to achieve the greatest results.

But he didn't want to share this victory with that fanatic.

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After taking a brief rest in the Ibben camp and making sure the army had recovered, Tyrion set out with his army before Old Sparrow arrived.

This is also thanks to the fanatic who was once bitten by a snake and was afraid of the rope for ten years. Faced with the news of victory, he was very suspicious for a while, which gave Tyrion enough time.

Next, Tyrion launched an expeditionary force and began to pursue the Ibbenese.

As he expected, the defeated Ibbenese fled madly like frightened birds, and he only had to chase them, while absorbing the mountain people who were attracted by the prospect of war and accepting the surrender of the Braavos colony.

Northern Essos is becoming the territory of the Andals at a very fast speed, and the key to Tyrion's courage to rush so fast comes from the old sparrow who has been following him.

Tyrion didn't mind giving the final ownership of the town to the old sparrow. Anyway, he personally had no intention of seizing territory in the remote areas of northern Essos. In essence, he participated in this expedition just to get a ticket to the core of power in the East.

It was during this march that Tyrion received news about a great noble in Westeros from a Braavos colony. At first, he was dismissive of the information, but when he really saw the person in the information, he panicked and was at a loss.

Because the man with long dirty hair and beard, who looked like a beggar, was the long-lost Eddard Stark.

(End of this chapter)