The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 67 The Bearded Monk Looking West

When Westeros was in turmoil and all parties were preparing to attack, in Essos in the east, Hugo returned to Andas, and now he is leading a large number of captives into the Twin Star City.

Under the supervision of Andal warriors, rows of captives from Braavos walked dejectedly on the avenue of Twin Star City. They were surrounded by excited Andals. In the memories of these Andals and even their ancestors , these are unprecedented things, and they are scenes that will be told to children and grandchildren when they grow old.

Every house in Double Star City now has a seven-pointed star flag flying, which is a manifestation of the people's gratitude to the Seven Gods. At first glance, the current Double Star City is a city of the Seven Gods.

Hugo rides his horse at the front of the team, enjoying glory and praise. In the eyes of many people, he is now like the legendary King of the Hills Hugo.

Hu Ge is also in a state of pride now. The glory of victory has surrounded him, and the plan is one step closer to successful completion. On the way to Twin Star City, he has already sent a gift to the saint who is in Ge Duohe. He sent the letter and asked her for marriage. As long as the saint agreed to his request, everything would be settled.

As for whether the saint is willing to agree, Hu Ge already knew it from his previous contact with her. It can even be said that the two parties have reached a tacit understanding with each other, and their interests are also common, and marriage will not be beneficial to either party. harm.

And if she doesn't agree, Hu Ge has prepared a backup plan, but he doesn't want the situation to get to that point.

However, fortunately, everything did not develop in the worst direction. When Hugo's army arrived at Twin Star City, the Saint's letter had been delivered to Hugo. In the letter, the Saint agreed to Hugo's request.

This incident made Hugo feel even more happy. The successful marriage with the Saintess meant that most of his plans had been completed. In the future, it would be a sure thing to bring the entire Andas Valley under his rule.

"I said, Berlich, you must be regretting not joining Hugo's expeditionary force now. Your expression is very rare. I haven't seen you like this in many years." In a building that can have an unobstructed view of the street. In his beautiful mansion, Ser, the great lord of the Triangle, looked at the parade outside through the glass and said in a teasing way.

This mansion was once the residence of a Pentos slave merchant, but with the arrival of the expeditionary force, the merchant was hanged, and his property fell into the hands of the mansion's former servants, who then sold it In this mansion, everyone dispersed and went home.

The new owner of this place is the Great Lord of Swan Hill, Burlich. Now the three great lords of Hill Andas are gathered here. The Great Lord of Triangle, Seer, is looking outside at the window. The Great Lord of Swan Hill, Uncle Lixi drank wine gloomily. As for the lord of Ashvalley Chong, Kelal, he was observing the various furnishings in the room with great interest, as if it had nothing to do with him.

The high-quality wood produced in the hills and mountains is burning in the fireplace in the room, leaving everyone with a fresh fragrance in their noses. Only these great lords of the hills would use this kind of wood to burn fires so extravagantly. In societies outside the mountains, this kind of wood is extremely expensive.

Just as Purcell said, the expression of the great lord of Swan Hill, Belich, was not good-looking, "Seer, you haven't gone yet, so what are you proud of here?"

"I'm just seeing your joke." As the great lord of the Triangle who is admired by everyone, Seer always speaks directly, "I don't have as big ambitions as you. I want to get involved in everything and take advantage of everything. , I feel quite happy looking at your embarrassed expression now."

Purcell nakedly stated that he was mocking Berlich, which successfully made the great lord of Swan Hill have veins popping out on his head. He wanted to stand up for a while, but he controlled his emotions in the blink of an eye.

Seer continued, "I received a letter from Statina. She expressed her intention to marry Hugo. I agree with her decision. There is also the issue of the future ruler of Andas. I have decided to support Hugo. , I suggest you also come together."

"Are you willing to surrender to an outsider?" Berlich spoke in surprise, as if he had realized for the first time that Purcell had such a side.

"He is an outsider who can bring stability to Andas, but the Saint also supports him and is willing to marry him. Berlich, don't dream of being the king of Andas, and surrender to Hugo with me. Sir."

As if he was giving Berlich a last-ditch blow, Huigu, who had been standing there as if it had nothing to do with him, spoke to Lord Kelal, "Huigu Chong also has the same opinion."

While speaking, Kelal couldn't help but recall the scene of the Hugo army fighting and their victory over Pentos. At that time, he thought this was the limit of this group of outsiders, but then they defeated of the Braavos fleet, which further changed Kelar's view of them.

"Anyway, it's just loyalty. You don't have to worry so much. Many things are still the same as before and will still be the same in the future, and we have gained enough things." Keilar also joined in persuading Berlich, " Or do you really think you can become the king of Andas? Do you think the people of the river valley will obey you?"

There is an opposition between the hills and valleys of the Andas. Although it is not as bad as the bad relationship between the valley residents and the mountain clans of Westeros, they still dislike each other.

In fact, Berlich didn't know these truths, but aside from his ambitions, in the final analysis, the big lord still wanted to wait for the price, even if he wanted to surrender, he had to get enough things. As a result, these two " "Colleague" desperately tried to get him to surrender to Hu Ge. What, did you two take money from that kid?

"We need a united Andas, Berlich, you know? The Norvos are ready to make a move now. Kelal and I have talked before, and his network in Loras has conveyed the same message. "

Purcell dropped a bombshell and revealed the fundamental reason why they wanted Berlich to bow his head here. This bomb suddenly made Berlich throw away his thoughts about independence and ambition. .

"Norvos? My God, the bearded monk is coming again?" For the Andals of the East, the bearded monk of Norvos is really a powerful threat, so much so that even a man like Berlich People had to put down a lot of things when they heard that Novos was coming.

For the Andals who stayed in the east, every war with the Norvos was a painful memory. Among the Andal bards, the hatred and war with the Norvos had always been an important subject. .

Norvos is located in the Norvos Hills, northeast of Pentos. The Valyrian Way starts from Pentos, passes through Norvos, and extends to Qohor. Caravans often follow this road eastward to Vaes Dothraki, the city of the Horse King.

This theocratic city-state, like Qohor and Lorath, was founded by religious dissidents from the Valyrian Freehold. A bearded monk who believed in a mysterious god led his followers to leave the Land of Long Summer and settle down in Norvos. They built a temple fortress in the upper city, which became the center of worship for the bearded monks. The bearded monk is different from every enemy the Andals have encountered. Although the Rhoynar often defeated the Andal knights, they never liked the coldness of the north, so they never colonized the north. The Dragon King of Valyria Although terrifying, they would leave after leaving pieces of charred ruins, leaving the bearded monk behind in the mountains.

The Andals used to be distributed from the Ax Peninsula to the east coast of the Narrow Sea. However, after Novos came to the north, they created a vast area of ​​​​Norvos Hills in the settlements of the Andals. .

The Norvos tamed the mountains with fire and sword, and seized the opportunity of the Dragon King to force the Andals to flee. They either drove the Andals away and replaced them with Norvos colonists, or forced the Andals to flee. People accepted the beliefs and customs of the Order. This process lasted for thousands of years. It was a thousand years full of blood and massacre. In the end, the Norvos people won a comprehensive victory, and the Norvos Hills were born.

Norvos then also participated in the destruction of the Andals of the East's last chance for revival.

As the Valyrians greatly expanded their territory, the Andals migrated around to escape the Dragon King, and some of them crossed the sea to settle in the Lorath Islands and its coastal plains. After thousands of years of war, an Andal leader named Korron united the islands and the remaining Andals in the Andals.

After completing the integration of Andal forces, the Andals, who had to migrate to the Andas and the Ax Peninsula under the pressure of Norvos, asked him for help. This was in line with Korron's ambition to expand in the south, so Korron A conflict broke out between Erron and Novos.

When the Norvos refused to open the river to Korron, Korron declared war on Norvos. Korron's march went very smoothly, with the help of a large number of Andals who were driven out by Norvos and forced to submit to Norvos. Next, he won two great victories, and the bearded monk's army was completely defeated. Then he marched directly into the city of Novos. It seemed that the chance to expel this old enemy was now.

Surrounded by the Andal army, the desperate Norvos asked for help from the Valyrian Freehold. Although the Rhoynar states had not yet perished at the time, the Freehold did not prevent the Freehold from supporting their kin. Fire of the Freehold records that a hundred dragons flew to besieged Norvos to wage war on the Andals. Kor the dragon and his army were burned to ashes, but the Valyrians continued to eradicate them, and their dragons burned the islands of Lorath until no one was spared.

In this way, the Andals' last hope of revival in the east was ruined. The Andals had nowhere to go but to flee to Westeros.

This event is known as the Second Crossing West, and with the influx of large numbers of Andals into Westeros, the Andals' conquest of Westeros also deepened.

In the east, although Norvos relied on the support of the dragon to save the city-state, the bearded monks understood that they could not completely pin everything on the Dragon King - if the Dragon King was so trustworthy, they would not leave the Free Fortress. .

So Novos carried out a series of reforms. The tentacles of the bearded monks were once only in the city of Novos and the Nain River Valley, but then, the tentacles of the cult extended to every village in the mountains. Troops armed with long axes were also stationed at various points in the mountains.

In areas controlled by the Order, everyone must undergo regular training under the supervision of bearded monks, and training will also be concentrated in each area to ensure that the Order can mobilize the elite of its military force.

This was equivalent to digging into the roots of those lords, so this reform lasted for hundreds of years. After all, local governments would not give up power so easily. During this period, Novos also suffered major failures, and was even beaten up by others. under the city walls, but in the end it was Novos who won.

Relying on this elite army, Norvos completely overwhelmed the area that had been renamed Norvos Hills. The Andals here either bowed to the rule and canon of the bearded monks, or were completely driven out of their homes.

In today's Andas, there are many such people, and they have extremely deep memories of this.

After the collapse of Valyria, the Norvos people expanded in this direction several times. As a result, Pantos had several wars with Norvos. As residents of Andas, the Andals naturally participated in many wars against Norvos. During the war, the terrifying spear phalanx of Novos left a very deep impression on them.

However, what is most unacceptable to the Andal lords is that the Norvos replaced the lords and installed monks to control the behavior of various regions little by little. Everything else is easy to say. This is digging into the roots of the lords, and they cannot accept it at all. .

Therefore, every time Norvos invaded the Andals, the lords would fight desperately. No matter how many times Norvos's spear phalanx defeated the Andals, the lords would gather their troops again and come back. The lords paid a heavy price for this, but they also The success came at a heavy cost to the Norvos.

Coupled with the alliance of Pentos, and no free trade city-state was willing to see the bearded monk continue to expand his power, Novos finally gave up the expansion of Andas in the past hundred years, but the Andal Lords They still maintain a strong vigilance, and they will immediately have a strong reaction when they mention Novos - the things the bearded monk did really scare them.

Therefore, Berlich was in such a state, and Seer asked Kelal to continue to explain to him the full story of the Norvos invasion.

"Our family has always had many connections in Loras, so I was able to get the full story: Pentos and Braavos both sent invitations to Norvos, inviting the bearded monks to come and conquer Andas. , and the bearded monk is indeed ready to make a move, some Andals in the Norvos Hills told me that Norvos is already gathering an army."

When mentioning this, the face of the great lord of Ash Valley Chong was also very ugly. After all, that was Novos. With Novos' style, their family would definitely be uprooted by then.

"I understand, I understand. No wonder you two act like you took money from that Hu Ge, okay, okay, this is indeed a fatal matter. I understand."

Berlich finally made concessions and compromises. After all, they were Novus people. It was fine to let others come in. But if they were allowed to come in, then they would stop playing. In this case, surrender to that Hugo. Well, we need his strength now.

　I'm a little busy today, I'll do 8k tomorrow, and the update time is fixed at 10pm

　　

　

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