The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 248: The World Still in Chaos

Although the war has ended, the huge impact of the War of Glory on both sides of the Narrow Sea has gradually become apparent over time.

First of all, when Hug withdrew his troops from the North, he held a grand ceremony in Hug City, offering sacrifices and blessings to the Seven Gods. The most impressive scene was that he ordered Euron's ship, Tranquility, to be rebuilt in the square of Hug City, and then set it on fire in front of 150,000 people who participated in the dedication ceremony. These people came from all over the world, most of whom were devout believers of the Seven Gods in the kingdom, and there were also envoys from other city-states and religions who came to watch the ceremony.

In order to entertain so many people, Hugo's court and bureaucrats once again worked at full capacity. They thought that their lives would be easier with the end of the war, but they did not expect that there would be even more arduous tasks waiting for them.

There is no doubt that the victory in the Battle of Glory completely established Hugo's unparalleled popularity on both sides of the Narrow Sea. He has become the hero of the new era, the Azor Ahai of the new era. More importantly, in the eyes of many people today, Hugo has become the person who should rule both sides of the Narrow Sea and take over Robert's mantle.

However, from the perspective of most civilians in the East, what they are truly grateful for is the end of the war. They no longer have to be robbed of food by the skinning guy, Gleichel. What Gleichel did in the long night reminded people of his nickname Red Branch again, and many of his men waved the whip again. In order to collect food, countless people were tortured by Gleichel's men and suffered all kinds of unspeakable torture. Some people were threatened with kidnapping of their relatives... Under this series of tough measures, the rebels were able to obtain a steady supply of rear supplies.

At this moment, many people had starved to death due to the long night and the war. Fortunately, with the end of the war, the kingdom redistributed the collected grain, avoiding further deterioration of the famine. So everyone praised the goodness of the God-favored One, while Grachel was still constantly cursed. As for the question of who issued the orders to collect and release grain, most people ignored it intentionally or unintentionally.

However, while some are happy, others are sad. Hugo's success also means that others are in crisis. They are the current Baratheon royal family.

In this great war between humans and monsters, the performance of the Iron Throne was extremely poor. Not only did they fail to send reinforcements to the front line, they also did a lot of things that hindered their efforts and undermined the reputation of the royal family. For example, they used the power of various families to go north, continuously encroached on the land of some "hostile" nobles, and created friction with the people they left behind. These actions did allow the Iron Throne to occupy some new lands, and Queen Mother Cersei, who was in power, was also very happy, but what they gained was completely incomparable to the loss of reputation of the royal family.

Against this background, Barristan Selmy, the famous Kingsguard and commander of the River Mouth, was removed from his posts as Kingsguard and commander of the River Mouth because of his advice to the king. This dismissal caused considerable shock across the country, the most direct impact of which was the disintegration of the River Mouth.

For many years, the Estuary Army was stationed at the mouth of the River Rhoyne under the command of Barristan. Their mission was to nail Volantis to the ground. Since this place was the front line of the confrontation between the kingdom and the slave city-states, the war here had never stopped. As the commander of Lower Rhoyne, Barristan had always led the garrison and the knights to fight against the threat from the east, and thus accumulated a lot of reputation in the army. The soldiers also formed absolute trust in Barristan. If Barristan had not been loyal to the Iron Throne, he could have established his own side in Lower Rhoyne long ago. It was precisely because of his loyalty to the Iron Throne that Barristan accepted the order of the Estuary Army to retreat westward.

Now, the chaos of the royal family has caused resentment among the Estuary Army. They finally arrived at King's Landing and had to fight the disgusting civil war. After the invasion of the White Walkers, the whole army thought they could finally fight against the White Walkers to win glory, but they were sent by Cersei to stab their comrades. The Estuary Army is composed of the most loyal base of the Baratheon Dynasty, but even so, under this series of chaos, they are extremely tired of the royal family. If it weren't for Barristan's efforts to unite, this elite of the Baratheon Dynasty would have been scattered long ago.

Finally, with Barristan's dismissal, the entire River Mouth Army was indignant for Barristan, and after their intention to fight against the traitors by armed forces was stopped by their old superior, the army disbanded on its own, and the soldiers either followed the old general, or returned to Lower Lorn, or defected to Hugo or other nobles who were willing to accept them, and there were also many who returned directly to their hometowns. In short, the River Mouth Army disappeared, and its members scattered everywhere, and the last elite of the Baratheon Dynasty went into history.

The angry Queen Mother Cersei immediately sent many people to capture the scattered soldiers of the Estuary Army, but now the various forces under the Iron Throne had strong opinions about her and resisted her orders, so this action naturally came to nothing.

However, the self-disintegration of the River Estuary Army is not the most fatal thing for the current royal family. With the end of the Northern War, the princes of all parties began to look back and settle accounts with the tricks that Cersei played when everyone was heading north. This was especially true in the Riverlands and the Stormlands, where Cersei had done a lot of dirty work, instigated many local small princes to switch allegiance, and personally sent troops to occupy some areas. Before, everyone was busy fighting the White Walkers and could ignore her, but now that the White Walker problem has been solved, they naturally have to settle the accounts.

In the south, after Stannis returned to Tyrosh, he immediately mobilized the remaining troops to march into the Stormlands and defeated the local Stormlands lords who had defected to Cersei. Stannis's identity as a war hero also caused many Stormlands lords to defect on the battlefield. The nobles who were still loyal to the royal family had to struggle to hold on, and the local situation deteriorated directly.

In the riverlands, the Freys drove Cersei's forces out of the land she illegally occupied with thunder and lightning, but they did not go any further and stopped their advance after driving out Cersei's forces.

Strangely, the strongest tribe in the South, the River Reach, did not react much to Cersei's friction and provocation, but simply maintained the confrontation between the two sides in King's Landing because the River Reach was in trouble of their own.

During the war in the north, a large number of pirates and ironmen left behind by Euron chose to surrender to the God's Favored. Hugo did not imprison them, but selected some of the most heinous guys and chopped off their heads, and let the others go.

The reason why Hugo decided to do this was simple and plain, that is, he had the will but not the ability. Instead of taking the trouble to keep these people, it would be better to let them go. In addition, there was another reason that could not be told, which was that this would add fuel to the fire of the chaotic situation in the South.

These people first followed Hugo's fleet to the East, where they reunited with the Iron Men who had already settled in the East. Through pleading, promises and enticement, they obtained some ships from these naturalized Iron Men, and also bought some ships that were to be eliminated by the Andes Fleet and the Pentos Fleet, and managed to piece together an iron fleet.

The trouble in the Bay of Rivers at this time was Euron's massacre of Oldtown. With the massacre of this important southern port of Westeros, the south fell directly into chaos: it is now being fought over by various forces, including the Iron Men who plundered, killed and occupied the land as kings, the young Hightower who intended to restore power, the secondary nobles who were ambitious because of the destruction of Oldtown... and a large number of refugees and bankrupts.

Oldtown is of such great significance that Euron destroyed this major economic artery of Westeros, which directly led to chaos in the richest Riverlands in Westeros. Moreover, this chaos is still spilling over and affecting nearby territories.

Highgarden was uncomfortable with this bad news. With the destruction of Oldtown and chaos in the south, Highgarden's income was also cut in half. Their army had to stay in place to maintain stability in the territory and prevent rumors and refugees from invading everywhere.

The reason for so many refugees was very simple. Euron plundered the local area carefully before leaving, and the Ironborn lords he left on Qingyuan Island plundered the continent without stopping, not letting go of a grain of food or a roll of cloth.

Among those returning Ironmen and pirates, many of them went to the former Oldtown territory, which was a suitable place for people like them to move. As long as they did it well, it would not be difficult to become nobles. Even if they did not have such lofty ideals, it would be good to go to the lords of the Green Court Island. They all needed manpower to consolidate their rule, wage wars, and suppress the guerrilla islanders on the island. For Highgarden, now is an extremely bad time. The three marriage pillars that constitute the foundation of Highgarden's power today: Rowan, Redmond and Hightower have broken two, and their territories have fallen into chaos. Other descendants of the Green Hand King are also ready to move, but fortunately, facing the severe external situation, the lords of the River Bay are not stupid enough to provoke Tyrell.

Of course, it is impossible for Highgarden to completely turn a blind eye to Cersei's behavior. They held several armed marches in King's Landing and blatantly violated the tacit understanding by sending reinforcements to King's Landing. Cersei also scolded the Tyrells for being unruly and liars, and then mobilized the Lannister army to enter King's Landing.

At the same time, when Cersei was overwhelmed by what was happening on all sides, the Lannister generals and clansmen's views on her became more and more complicated. Cersei naturally noticed this, and after being angry, she also set about winning over these generals and clansmen. Unfortunately, these people were more shrewd than each other and did not fall into her trap at all, let alone be her lover.

In fact, she had to be thankful that with the defeat of the White Walkers, the winter that had just begun also subsided, otherwise her rule would have been even more shaky.

It was under such circumstances that a letter was delivered to the Red Keep in King's Landing. The person who wrote this letter was none other than the man who once called the shots in King's Landing and has now become a player in the Game of Thrones in Westeros - Petyr Baelish.

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As the West slowly recovered from the chaos, in the east, Daenerys's war was also won, and Khaleesi rode her dragon back to her loyal Slaver's Bay.

Before that, in the Bone Mountain, Daenerys first defeated the Juggernauts who were advancing westward. This did not take her much effort, because when the Juggernauts saw the dragons raging on the battlefield and were hit by the dragon's fire, they knelt down and surrendered quickly.

In this way, Daenerys unexpectedly gained the recommendation of the Jogsnae tribes, and it was also from these nomads that she learned about those so-called demons.

These monsters appeared from the east, crossing the Five Walls. They were difficult to kill, and winter arrived with them. More importantly, only a part of the monsters crossed the Five Walls, and more were still blocked outside the Great Wall by the Five Walls. There were also many demons going south to the Yi Land - even so, they still drove the Jugsnai people everywhere.

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The reason these people surrendered to Daenerys was because of these demons. In their legends, dragon riders are the key to fighting demons, so when Daenerys appeared, they surrendered decisively.

At this point, Daenerys also understood what kind of enemy she was facing and how powerful they were. Faced with this situation, all she could do was to summon the national army and prepare to march north to fight these demons.

It was also during this period that Daenerys's child was finally born. After a difficult childbirth, Drogo's posthumous child was born into the world - it was a boy.

At this moment, the haze that had been surrounding everyone's head finally dissipated. This child represented that Drogo's career had an heir, and represented instability. Daenerys named the child Rhaegal - taken from his brother and husband, the same name as the dragon - the birth of this child made the entire conquering group fall into jubilation.

However, the journey north was not so smooth.

The long winter also affected the Slave Bay. Although it was not to the point where crops could not be grown, the production in various places had sharply decreased. At this time, everyone could still survive by starving. But now, Daenerys had to lead her army north to fight against the demons - this was undoubtedly a logistical black hole, because the Great Grass Sea could not provide supplies to the army.

For this reason, the conquering group held a meeting in the Great Pyramid and argued for a long time. Finally, Daenerys gave an order with difficulty but firmly - all supplies should be given priority to ensuring the army and supporters.

Daenerys understood what this order meant, and even though she was so hard-hearted, she was still touched by it. She had always told herself that the people she killed were the ones who should be killed, and that killing them was good for everyone, but this time, it was not in that sense at all. But she still gave the order, and forced herself not to think about it after giving it.

In this way, Daenerys led her army northward and soon encountered those demons. Facing these monsters, Daenerys' army immediately encountered setbacks and was on the verge of collapse, but when the dragon appeared on the battlefield, the demons became the loser.

After several battles like this, Daenerys maintained the front line, but there was no chance of winning. More importantly, it was very difficult for her to control three dragons alone, not to mention that one of the dragons was particularly disobedient. Daenerys was very afraid that her children would die on the battlefield.

However, a few months later, something unexpected happened to the demons. The demons suddenly let out painful, inhuman howls, and then died one after another. Then, Daenerys won the war. Even better, the long winter ended for some reason, and the long summer came again.

Faced with this situation, Daenerys was also very confused, but after making sure that the enemy had been defeated, she led her army back to Slave's Bay, and then began to reorganize the local area - after such a large-scale mobilization, there were a lot of troubles in Slave's Bay that needed her to deal with.

(End of this chapter)