The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 41 The real departure

"We have to train again today? It's endless. When can we leave for the east?"

"Stop making trouble and pack your things quickly. You will be away for three or four days. Don't leave anything behind. If you leave something behind, you won't find it when you come back."

"How could I still do this after learning my lesson last time? Don't worry."

Uthello, who was dressed no differently than ordinary Seagull Town residents, could not help but have a bitter look on his face as he listened to the conversation between the two expeditionary troops.

After the incident in King's Landing, Uthello followed the expeditionary force to Seagull Town. His mission was to cooperate with the Faceless Men. For that assassination, Uthello spent a lot of resources and made a lot of preparations.

It would have been best to kill Hugo at a morale-boosting speech conference. It would be like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of the fanatical Andals, cooling them down.

The operation was also very smooth. The faceless man arrived behind the target smoothly. He only needed to throw out smoke bombs after assassinating the target, and then change his face in confusion, and then he could escape completely.

But he never expected that the Seven Gods, who had never shown their saints to believers and were regarded as man-made, would show their power in this Hugo. Uthello saw with his own eyes how the apostle of the Thousand Faced God used the power of the Seven Gods. Faces were thrown in front of me, and finally they were "melted".

After that scene happened, Uthello understood that he could not let the expeditionary force disintegrate. Braavos still had to deal with this eastern expedition from Westeros, and Braavos contained the military adventurers of Westeros. The strategy suffered an unprecedented failure.

But until this moment, Uthello was not very worried. He was also considered a senior official in Braavos and was aware of the power of the Purple Sail Fleet. So what if it could cross the sea? The Purple Sail Fleet has assembled in response to the message he conveyed.

Next, as long as the Purple Sail Fleet crushes these Westerners who don't know what fear is, this incident will be enough to deter the people of Westeros.

Then, after the expeditionary force boarded the ship in large numbers in the name of training, Uthello immediately sent the information to the Purple Sail Fleet, and then waited leisurely for the news that the expeditionary force had been annihilated.

Three days later, when Uthello was basking in the sun at the port of Seagull Town, he suddenly saw the expeditionary force coming back. When he saw the large fleet, Uthello suspected that the God of Many Faces had punished him and let him He was delusional.

But as the expeditionary force disembarked, they all told Uthello that this was all true. Within a few days, Uthello was reprimanded by the Purple Sail Fleet. After receiving the information, the Purple Sail Fleet immediately went to block the way. On the main channel of Andas, nothing was expected.

The Purple Sail Fleet is essentially a merchant fleet. After defeating Pentos, Braavos no longer needs to maintain a large professional fleet. It only needs a capable team, plus merchant ships summoned when necessary, which is enough to solve the problem. Common enemies.

In order to fight against the large fleet of the Expeditionary Force, the Purple Sail Fleet must be large enough, so a lot of ships are recruited. The assembly of this fleet is based on the harm to commercial interests. Every assembly must be Burn a lot of money.

In this era where there is not much difference between warships and civilian ships, the combat effectiveness of civilian ships is similar to that of warships, except that they lack some specializations for naval battles. Braavos already has the best captains and sailors in the entire Narrow Sea— —Even the pirates dancing on the tips of their swords in the Narrow Sea are not very willing to rob Braavos ships.

The "wrong information" conveyed by Uthello caused the Purple Sail Fleet to wait inexplicably at sea for several days, wasting a lot of resources, and Uthello could only swallow this bitter pill.

However, he did not take this failure seriously at this time. He thought that this was just a false shot by the expeditionary force. The Purple Sail Fleet thought the same way, so the reprimand was not very harsh.

However, as this happened twice, three times, four times... As more and more "wrong information" was conveyed, the accusations from the Purple Sail Fleet became more and more severe, and the words became more and more severe.

But what else could Uthro do? It's not just that the news of the fleet's departure can only be conveyed to the Zifan Fleet.

Uthello really wanted the Purple Sail Fleet to directly attack Seagull Town and destroy the expeditionary fleet, but this was impossible because it would violate the tacit understanding between the Iron Throne and Sea King. When the expedition force became unavoidable, Sea King sent envoys to King's Landing to explore the opinions of the Iron Throne. Finally, he learned that the Iron Throne would not allow the Braavos to move along the coast of Westeros, let alone attack, but in the narrow sea The sea, that's another matter.

Therefore, the purple sail fleet cannot approach the coast of Westeros. If so, it will seriously damage the relationship between Westeros and Braavos. Recently, Sea King has also annexed the market left in King's Landing after the Pentos were expelled. This is currently The focus of Braavos.

At this moment, Uthello deeply realized what he had shot himself in the foot. He was the one who formulated the plan to use the expeditionary force to seize the King's Landing market, and now his hands were tied because of this plan.

But the situation is already like this, what can he do? You can't just send the message to the Zifan Fleet on time, and then wait for the other side to scold you.

. “This time we officially cross the sea.”

In the meeting room of the Saint, Hugo made a decision.

As the flagship of the Grafson family, the Saint is very luxuriously decorated and uses the most expensive materials. The coat of arms of the Grafson family can be seen everywhere on the deck, and elegant designs can be seen everywhere.

However, even such a ship has shown a lot of fatigue after more than half a month of voyage. Careful observation can reveal some signs of lack of maintenance, and this is just circling the offshore waters of Westeros.

Hu Ge's subordinates and allies were also very tired, but Hu Ge seemed to have endless energy. After experiencing the miracle, Hu Ge found that he was extremely energetic. He regarded this as the blessing of the Seven Gods.

"Finally, we are finally crossing the sea." Count Gerald Grafson said with relief. Even though he had been running on the family ship since he was a child, such constant "training" was too boring to bear.

The old sparrow just nodded calmly. The old monk was very patient and had the strongest ability to endure boredom among the people here.

Looking back on this period of sailing, Hu Ge was full of emotions. He had experienced too much in this month, and the expeditionary force also experienced a cleansing.

When they crossed the sea for the first time, everyone was very excited. They didn't believe Hu Ge's name of training at all. They all thought they were going to the east. However, they found that the boat went round and round and returned to the port. What happened next was naturally overwhelming. disappointment.

However, everyone in the expeditionary force had seen Hu Ge's miracles, so Hu Ge stepped forward to easily suppress their dissatisfaction, and then came the second "training" and the third "training"... Under such circumstances, even supplies Plenty, some people left the expeditionary force.

For such people, Hu Ge simply let them go. The expeditionary force did not need such unsteady people. There were not many of them anyway. Thanks to the miracle, most of them were now Hu Ge's fanatical supporters.

Some nobles also want to leave, but now the people, soldiers and knights under them have directly blocked them. If you want to leave, we will not agree to it, and in the end we still stayed.

And it was very worthwhile to go through all this. If it weren't for these "trainings", Hu Ge would not have known that the coordination and organization of the expedition fleet were so bad. They would collide with each other when sailing in offshore waters, and horses would even get on board. Later, there were losses due to acclimatization. Fortunately, they were discovered in time and remedied promptly, otherwise the losses would have been huge.

As for how much damage the landlubbers who boarded the ship caused for the first time... Hugo listened too much to the captains' reports afterwards, and really couldn't figure out why these people would put a normal ship in danger, and at the same time Gained a better understanding of the dangers of sailing.

The people who made up the largest number of the expeditionary force also gained training during the voyage. Many of them were once extremely afraid of ships and the sea. The training allowed them to adapt to these, and the extremely orderly life at sea also gave them a lot of order. ——Navigation is a matter that requires unity and discipline. One person's actions may affect the life or death of the entire ship.

"Complete the rest and reorganization of the ship as soon as possible. Give orders as you normally would, and do so now. Don't let others see that something is wrong." Hu Ge further ordered, and everyone present nodded, understanding the importance of this task.

Next, just like Hugo's order, no one thought that the next sailing would be any different. They just completed the preparations numbly and orderly, and then watched the fleet leave the port and head for the distance.

However, this time the passengers suddenly discovered during the voyage that the land finally disappeared before their eyes. This was different from the training. During the training, they sailed along the coast and would not let the coast out of sight at all.

After realizing what had happened, thunderous cheers erupted on the ship immediately, because this represented that they had finally embarked on the expedition to the East. They had been waiting for this moment for too long.

Listening to the cheers and prayers of thanks to the seven gods from each ship, Hu Ge looked with relief at the huge fleet of ships moving forward in an orderly manner, as well as countless seven-pointed star flags. He finally took the first step to cross the sea. out.

From the sky, Hugo's fleet is very large, with a total of two hundred large and small ships gathered here, but for the narrow sea, this fleet is still so small.

Beside Hugo, Count Gerald, Old Sparrow, and his cronies were also cheering. After such a long and boring training, everyone was very excited to go sailing.

But when he looked into the distance, his expression became serious again. He understood that this was just the beginning. He was not sure whether he could evade the Braavos Purple Sail Fleet.

But no matter what, the first step was finally taken.

(End of this chapter)