The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 9 Rapidly Expanding Team

After the victory, Hugo did not lead his army to leave immediately. On the contrary, he just moved the camp to the God's Eye Lake to facilitate local water collection. Naturally, some people questioned this, but as the winner, Hugo's prestige was at its peak at this time, and these doubts certainly could not shake his order.

Then, the old sparrow and the sparrow brothers all left the camp. With the news of victory and the plan laid out by Hugo, they traveled to various places in the Riverlands, using the church's information network to spread the news of the expedition.

These years of experience have made Hugo understand that in Westeros, the most powerful way to convey information, apart from the wings of the raven and the chrysostom of the bard, is the connection accumulated by the Seven Gods over thousands of years. Network, religious orders and monks, churches and priests, this is a huge and terrifying network.

Next, just as Hugo had expected, the news that he had defeated the Lannister was like a boulder thrown into calm water, setting off a storm in the riverlands.

With the efforts of the monasteries and monks in the Riverlands, Hugo's image has undergone tremendous changes. The reputation he has accumulated in various places has further changed people's understanding of Hugo. People originally regarded him as a man with a spiritual body. The knight who miraculously saved the people, the news about the expedition has strengthened this impression. With the efforts of clergy and religious orders in various places, people now regard him as the one who will lead the devout believers of the Seven Gods to recapture the original manifestation of the Seven-faced God. The flag of the earth, the representative of the Seven Gods' will on earth.

Hu Ge took advantage of his reputation in the Seven Gods Religion and planned to gather people to achieve his goals. For this reason, he was prepared to deal with many shocks and troubles, but what he did not expect was that among people's spread, his The deeds and purposes are becoming more and more outrageous.

"I am now a super human who can defeat a hundred thousand Lannister armies by myself, the Seven Gods who can resurrect people infinitely, and a magician who can conjure infinite food... These news are getting more and more outrageous."

In the interval after receiving a group of farmers who came to seek refuge, Hu Ge said to the old sparrow with a sullen face. Although he was somewhat mentally prepared, he still did not expect it to be so outrageous.

Hu Ge felt a chill when he thought of the old farmer kowtowing to him and the embarrassment of having to explain that he was not so outrageous.

The old sparrow smiled politely, and then said, "People always have some unrealistic fantasies about the Chosen One. Lord Hu Ge, you just need to explain it clearly."

"I'm just afraid that they will only think that I am being humble. Forget it, this is fine, as long as it strengthens their confidence in the expedition."

Hu Ge glanced at the old sparrow again unhappily, and then the leader of another group of farmers came over and paid homage to Hu Ge. Hu Ge had no choice but to put down what he was doing and greet the farmers.

Hu Ge was busy for the next two hours before he finished meeting the leaders who gathered together today.

When he finally met the last person, Hu Ge breathed a sigh of relief. Today's work was finally completed. He stood up and looked at the camp in front of him. Compared to the camp that was still orderly in the past, the camp was now in complete chaos.

At a glance, farmers' shacks were spread out on the ground in a disorderly manner, with smoke constantly rising from them. You could even hear the sounds of children playing. The strict discipline that belonged to the Hu Ge team has now disappeared.

Even Hu Ge is not very clear about how many people there are. I only have a rough number in my hand, which is four thousand to five thousand people. For more than half a month, his team was like blowing up balloons. Expand as well.

But it is a pity that there are only two to three thousand strong men here who can fight. As for the mercenaries and mercenary knights with armor and combat experience, there are even fewer. The total number is less than a hundred, and most of them are relatively pious. believers of the Seven Gods.

The end of the war does not mean that peace and prosperity will return. In fact, there are still many people who lack food and cannot survive the next harvest. So after Hugo defeated the lion, he immediately attracted a large number of people.

Moreover, the Shenyan Lake area where Hugo is currently located is his main area of ​​activity. The farmers here have owed him a lot of kindness. If so, his reputation in other areas is still a bit invisible, then his reputation here is Even though they could both see and touch it, they were the first to receive news of the expedition, so they were able to achieve such good results in a short period of time.

The gathering of so many people certainly made Hu Ge's team stronger, but it also brought about huge management problems. In fact, if a large number of clergymen had not joined Hu Ge's team, Hu Ge would not have even organized this team. Even marching is impossible. Now Hu Ge is relying on the power belonging to the Seven Gods Religion to control the army. Thinking of this, Hu Ge is very emotional. He still has doubts about the power of the Seven Gods in his body, but his subordinates use all the power of the Seven Gods. However, considering Don't worry about this anymore.

"Let's go, meet the two Lannisters, and send them on their last journey."

Hugo said this and walked towards the place where the two Lannisters were. Behind him were many followers in gray and brown clothes. These were the leaders of various orders who had defected to Hugo. These people treated Hugo very badly. They are respectful, but they all want to get greater power from him in the expeditionary force being organized.

The relationship between the various religious orders is also very complicated. They may have conflicts in their understanding of doctrine, or they may have had disputes over the ownership of property. Fortunately, Old Sparrow is enough to convince them. Old Sparrow's ability to debate scriptures overwhelms what Hu Ge said. Every member of the Seven Gods Religion he met had many connections within the Seven Gods Religion, and Hugo’s understanding of the Seven Stars Bible was enough for him to have a few words to deal with general theological discussions, otherwise he might be in trouble. .

When Hugo walked through this messy camp and stepped on the wooden planks on the ground, he could see the women cooking food and the children playing. When they saw Hugo, they all expressed humility to Hugo. Saluting, some people even knelt on the ground respectfully.

Hu Ge accepted all this calmly. This was his current personality, so he just waved to everyone in a friendly manner, which only made people more excited.

Suddenly, a group of patients came to Hu Ge. They wanted to be touched by Hu Ge, because it was rumored that Hu Ge's touch could relieve or even contact their diseases. These rumors were based on facts, but it was difficult for Hu Ge to tell what they were. Because of the psychological effect, or because of the illusory power of the Seven Gods.

Hu Ge had no choice but to touch them one by one. After these patients dispersed with joy, Hu Ge was able to move on. His destination was a temporary stable, where Lannister and a dozen knights were preparing to salute and leave with their horses.

Hugo let go of all the captured soldiers after the war. There was no point in keeping those people, and there was no need to worry about letting them go. Without the organization of noble knights, they would not be able to succeed at all. He only left the nobles and knights to prepare for the war. Let go when the time is right.

And now is the right time. “Don’t worry, Lord Hugo, I will bring your words to His Majesty the King.”

Tygett Lannister said seriously. After getting along with him for this period of time, Hugo had finally figured out the character of the Lannister in front of him. Tygett was steady and serious, and he would try his best to do whatever he promised.

"Hey, Mr. Hu Ge, don't worry, pulling the strings will definitely not be a problem. I will also give you a few nice words."

Jillian's frivolous voice sounded. This Lannister had never been straight, but he was not a bad person. Hugo nodded to him.

As for the other knights affiliated with the Lion, their attitude towards Hugo is neither friendly nor hostile. After all, Hugo treats prisoners very well, but they are not as close to Hugo as the two Lannisters. , I just want to leave here now.

"Goodbye, everyone, may the Seven Gods bless you."

Hugo said this after everyone got on their horses, and then he watched the Lannister people gallop away after saying goodbye to him. Looking at the people leaving, Hu Ge just hoped that everything went well and that they arrived smoothly.

His team has been strengthened now, but the pressure he faces is also very high. In the past half month, he has been active, and the Iron Throne has also been active.

After the news of the capture of the Lannister brothers spread, the Iron Throne was furious. The two lions in Hugo's hands were legitimate royal relatives, but they were captured by a group of bandits. This was a slap in the face for the new dynasty.

When news first came out that Tywin planned to lead an army to encircle and suppress him, Hugo felt a headache at that time. He was not afraid of Tywin, but wanted to negotiate terms with Tywin. The price to pay was not small, and Taiwin With a personality like Wen's, I'm afraid he would rather have them hung from a tree.

Although the situation is serious, Hu Ge is not worried. He has long been prepared to continue fighting and has some plans for this.

But for some reason, Tywin didn't lead an attack, and the Iron Throne was quiet for a while. Just when Hugo was confused as to why the Iron Throne didn't move, the next news came that people were coming, and it was the Baratheon Dynasty. A more heavyweight figure.

Robert Baratheon and Jon Arryn, King and Hand of Westeros, and with them came two thousand horsemen of the Vale and Stormlands.

Hu Ge was shocked when he heard that these two people were coming. He did not expect that these two people would come in person and bring such a powerful force. Two thousand cavalry, if they met head-on, would be enough to kill Hu Ge with overwhelming force. Go's team.

However, the arrival of these two people also meant that there was room for maneuver in some things, which made Hu Ge relax a little.

Robert has always been known for his boldness. In other words, as long as you coax him well, he is likely to follow your baton. As for Aylin, although Hugo does not know the Duke of the Vale, in his memory, the original His father and old Jon are acquaintances, and this relationship is also useful.

Of course, it doesn't matter if we can't reach an agreement. He has already prepared a way out. He just needs to continue fighting. He has already been mentally prepared.

Therefore, Hugo let go of the Lannister prisoners in his hands and asked them to bring news to the king and prime minister, and news of the negotiations. Hugo also wrote a letter, which also showed goodwill to the Iron Throne.

In order to achieve this, Hu Ge had been consciously building momentum before. In the rumors spread, he wildly emphasized that they were just traveling east to seek survival and had no thoughts or hostility towards the Iron Throne. As Hu Ge emphasized to the old sparrow many times, their purpose is to "beg for a living", and even if they fight against the official army, they have no choice but to do so.

What Hugo didn't know was that shortly after the Lannister brothers left, they had a dispute about what to do with Hugo next.

"Are you drunk again today? Jillian, I thought you were drunk that day, but now you are talking nonsense again! Listen to me, we will leave after sending the letter."

Tiget looked at Jillian with unreasonable eyes, he actually planned to join that Hu Ge! He also plans to persuade the king as much as possible for Hugo!

"I'm sober, Tyget. What I've seen and heard these days has strengthened my thoughts. Anyway, I decided to seize this opportunity. If you are willing to continue squatting in Tywin's shadow, then continue squatting. , and then continue to bother myself with depression.”

Jillian responded tit-for-tat to his brother. What he saw in the Hugo camp for more than half a month made his initial thoughts that were just due to drunkenness gradually turned into truly serious thoughts.

In Jillian's view, Hugo's career is very feasible. This man is full of prestige among the farmers. Now he is only one step away from the recognition from the Iron Throne to truly implement his bold words.

When he heard that there were so many brothers, Tiget wanted to say something for a moment, but when he thought of Jillian's character of determined to do something, he could only sigh in the end, "Seven Gods, who made me meet you?" This enemy."

(End of this chapter)