Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 150 Cruel Conquest, Hand of Holy Fire

"Now stands before you the King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men!
Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Lord of the Narrow Sea and the Stepstones, Burner of the Sea, Destroyer of Tyrosh, Conqueror of Myr,
Guardian of the Wall, Dragon King of Valyria, the only god of the Church of the Dragon, Jacaerys Targaryen I! "

In the Governor's Palace, Lusiris chanted a long list of Jakaris' titles at the top of his voice.

"Meet Jacaerys I Targaryen!"

When he finished reciting, Edmund took the lead and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Jacaerys.

The other Mill governors looked at each other upon seeing this.

After all, in Myr, only slaves were required to kneel and salute.

Edmund's actions simply dragged their status and position down to the ground.

But when they thought of Loren Zainen and his men who had just been eaten alive by the dragon, their knees weakened and they all knelt down.

"Meet Jacaerys I Targaryen!"

Jacaerys, who was sitting in the main seat, looked calmly at the many Myr governors kneeling on the ground.

He said in a cold voice: "Well, raise your heads!"

Many Mill governors immediately raised their heads upon hearing this.

But no matter who it is, after looking into Jakaris's eyes that were as cold as substance for a second or two, they would subconsciously turn their heads away.

This is what we call aura, momentum, and spirit.

Jacaerys found that there were only a few familiar faces among them, and most of the others were strangers.

That's true. After all, most of the previous Mill governors died in the arena, and now it has been a year since then, and things have changed a lot.

He fixed his gaze on Edmund's face, and said with a smile: "Your name is Edmund, right?

Lord Forester has reported to me what happened.

I heard that you served me a year ago, but I don't remember you being my governor at that time."

“Your Majesty, you certainly don’t remember a nobody like me.

Because my father was the governor at the time, but he died in the arena riot. "

"Oh? You said this out loud.

I can say that I indirectly killed your father, don't you hate me?"

Jacaerys had already collected intelligence on the current governors of Mil through the Dragon Claw organization.

But seeing Edmund bringing it up so proactively, he immediately started asking with interest.

"Hate? No, no, no, I should say thank you.

If you hadn't killed my father and brothers, how could it be my turn to inherit the family property and the position of governor?"

Edmund's answer immediately made Jacaerys feel that this man was very interesting and worthy of reuse.

Of course, the evaluation that he deserves reuse is based on the strong strength he now possesses.

If the situation is weak at the beginning, this kind of person will be a big hidden danger.

"Edmund, you have surrendered the city and made great contributions.

I should have awarded you a fief in this very familiar city of Mir, but I gave the entire city to Prince Luthris before the war.

How about this!
You can choose a town in the disputed lands as your fiefdom."

As soon as Jacaerys finished speaking, Edmund showed a look of surprise.

The free cities of Essos basically have a governor election system, but this does not affect their understanding of the feudal system of Westeros.

As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!

Even though Edmund was elected as the supreme governor of Mill City, except for his family's territory, all other areas were shared by everyone.

And the town that Jacaerys now rewards him with will be his private property.

The nature of this is completely different.

Edmund was very satisfied with this reward. He suddenly seemed to remember something and immediately took out a very delicate map of Essos from his arms.

There were many marks of different colors on the map.

"Your Majesty, I was so excited just now that I almost forgot. This is the map of Essos forces that I carefully drew.

It contains economic, population and military strength data of each city and town.

Since the map was drawn almost a month ago, there may be some minor errors and omissions, but it is generally consistent with the actual situation.

I would like to make a bold suggestion that it would be best to first take over the three disputed towns of Ge Yinuo, Samel, and Nadolan.

They produce high-value specialties such as mead, firewine, and Myrish fireweed."

When Jacaerys heard this, he realized that his opinion of Edmund was still a little low.

I'm afraid he had already been preparing for today when the Myr spies lurking in King's Landing sent back the news.

Of course, if Jakaris's army suffered a crushing defeat, he would definitely come up with another plan.

However, as the victorious party, Jakaris likes this kind of prepared and capable guide very much.

With the help of these surrendered Myr governors, it took only two days for Jacaerys' army to take firm control of the city of Myr.

Perhaps because there was no massacre or abuse committed by Jacaerys' army after entering the city, the civilians in Myr have begun to live a normal life.

On the fourth day of the conquest of Myr, the conquering army, led by Duke Forrester and assisted by Edmund, set out from the east gate of Myr and marched towards the disputed land.

Among them, Duke Forrester commanded three thousand soldiers of House Frey, while Edmund commanded an army of four thousand slaves from Miles.

So Edmund is a talented person. He never gives orders during the march.

Moreover, he carried out any order from Duke Forrester without hesitation. Only when the other party made obvious mistakes due to unfamiliarity with the road would Edmund give a tactful reminder.

These 7,000 fully armed professional soldiers swept through the towns around Mill City with ease.

Edmund was as docile as a puppy in front of Jacaerys and others, but in front of these natives of Essos, he was a hungry wolf that would eat people without leaving any bones.

He and his army of Myrish slaves were the vanguard of this war of conquest.

It would be fine if they encountered towns that recognized him as the Governor of Mir, or towns that surrendered directly after seeing their strong military force.

If there was any town that dared to resist and fight, after the army broke into the city, Edmund would allow his slave soldiers to massacre and rape them.

And all the men in the town who were taller than the wheels were eventually executed by him in front of their families.

Duke Forester, who was in the rear, turned a blind eye to these situations. After all, His Majesty Jacaerys had never issued an order prohibiting massacres and torture.

In his eyes, it was Essos people killing Essos people anyway, so there was no need to stop it.

And to be honest, he was a little angry about the loss of nearly two thousand Frey family soldiers on Bloodstone Island before they even landed.

Therefore, this war of conquest that started in Myr revealed its cruel side from the very beginning.

As more and more towns were conquered by Jacaerys' army, the reputation of this evil army sent by a foreign dragon spread almost throughout the entire disputed land.

Gradually, many towns that were unwilling to see their homes occupied and destroyed began to unite. Even the ground armies of Lys and Volantis intervened, and the progress of Jacaerys's army's conquest began to slow down.

Meanwhile, during this period of conquest,

Jacaerys drove Vermax back to King's Landing and began to implement the second phase of the strategy as planned.

Half a month after the start of the Essos Conquest War, as more and more towns in the disputed land needed to be occupied, the armies of Duke Forrester and Edmund gradually dispersed.

The town of Saihe Luo is located in the northwest of the disputed land facing the sea. It is a large town mainly engaged in crop cultivation and fishing.

It was once under the rule of Tyrosh, but since the destruction of Tyrosh, the town of Saihe Luo has begun to elect its own mayor to rule.

You know what, without the pressure of Tyroshi to collect various taxes on their heads, the lives of the residents of Saihe Luo Town have become more comfortable.

But with the outbreak of the war of conquest, Jakaris' army burned, killed and looted in the disputed land, and a large number of civilians fleeing from other towns fled here in droves.

This large number of refugees who were unable to enter the city surrounded the low walls of Saiheluo Town, which immediately caused trouble for the townspeople.

The mayor of Saiheluo Town immediately convened a democratic meeting and finally decided to absorb the strong male refugees among them to fight against the possible arrival of the evil dragon army.

But when the mayor of Saiheluo was personally selecting refugees the next day, he found two "refugees" with special temperaments.

One of them was handsome, with a crew cut and extremely rare silver-white hair color; the other one also had a good look, but was generally ordinary.

Their relationship can be seen from their extremely intimate words and actions.

The two men seemed to know that they had attracted the attention of the mayor of Saihe Luo Town, and slowly walked forward.

……

About three days later, one of Edmund's trusted men came with an army of 500 men to attack the town of Saihe Luo.

The average military strength of these towns in the disputed areas was only two or three hundred, and at most they had some low city walls, and some towns even had only wooden fences.

So normally, an army of 500 people is more than enough.

When Edmund's army arrived at the town of Seherlo, not all the refugees had entered the city yet.

Da da da!
As soon as he saw the refugees fleeing in panic when they saw him, Edmund's confidant immediately laughed wildly and led nearly a hundred cavalrymen to rush towards the scattered refugees.

Bang bang bang!
How could the refugees possibly outrun these nearly one hundred cavalrymen at full speed? They just charged straight into the fleeing refugees and instantly knocked down a group of the slowest running refugees.

Sizzle, sizzle!
The refugees who fell to the ground had no time to struggle to get up before they were trampled by the horses' hooves one after another until they were crushed into a ball of soft flesh and blood.

Moreover, while charging, these cavalrymen did not forget to use their spears and swords to reap the lives of the refugees around them.

At this moment, these refugees were not human beings in their eyes at all, but just a group of lambs fleeing for their lives and waiting to be slaughtered.

As for the 400 slave infantrymen behind the nearly 100 cavalrymen, they continued to charge towards the town of Saiheluo along the bloody and flesh-and-blood road trampled by the cavalrymen's horses.

Woo! ! !
As the more than 500 soldiers of Edmund's army were immersed in the pleasure of wanton slaughter, a melodious horn sounded from the city.

shhhhhh!
Figures appeared on the low walls of Saihe Luo Town, and a rain of arrows formed by nearly a hundred arrows instantly covered the refugees and Edmund's army outside the city.

Ahhhhh!
Arrows have no eyes. The defenseless refugees and soldiers of Edmund's army were immediately shot and fell to the ground, screaming.

Squeak!

Da da da!
The gates of Saiheluo Town were opened, and the Saiheluo infantrymen holding spears marched in neat steps towards the cavalry of Edmund's army that was charging forward.

No matter which world they are in, spearmen are actually the nemesis of cavalry.

But this group of Edmund's cavalry, with their powerful impact force, seemed to be seeking death, and rushed straight into the Saihe Luo town infantry who were lined up in gun formation.

In fact, they didn't want to charge into the gun array so foolishly, mainly because the speed was too fast to stop, and there was not enough space to dodge.

Chi Chi Chi!
In just one encounter, dozens of Edmund's cavalrymen were stabbed with bloody holes all over their bodies by spears.

Edmund's confidant who was in charge of commanding the army managed to escape with his life. With a grim face, he immediately approached his infantry corps and tried to organize another offensive.

Rustling!

Suddenly, the barriers on the ground in front and behind Edmund's army were lifted, and one by one the male refugees and male civilians from Saihe Luo town came out.

He used the weapons in his hands to hack at the hooves of the cavalry horses in the front and the feet of Edmund's infantry at the back.

For a moment, the area outside Saiheluo Town was filled with miserable cries, screams, and wails.

Edmund's confidant fell off his horse because his horse's hoof was cut and looked up at the battlefield.

Seeing that the enemy had surrounded him and the situation was hopeless, he immediately wanted to call a few close brothers to escape first.

puff!
As if knowing that he was the commander of this army, a handsome man with a silver-white crew cut and holding a sharp sword rushed towards him fearlessly.

A soldier from Edmund's army tried to attack the man with the silver crew cut, but the man dodged by moving lightly to the side.

Then he swung his sword across his neck with great force, and the soldier's head fell to the ground in an instant, blood splattered.

After killing the soldier of Edmund's army with smooth movements, the man with a silver crew cut rushed up in three or two steps and started slashing with sword.

Bang!
Edmund's confidant was a warrior who was good at using sword and shield. He used his left glove to hold the one-handed shield to block the opponent's sword, and then stabbed the long sword in his right hand from under the one-handed shield and pierced straight into the opponent's thigh.

But the man with the silver crew cut seemed not to feel any pain and just endured the attack from Edmund's confidant.

He used the method of injury in exchange for injury to knock away the shield of Edmund's confidant, then raised his sharp sword and stabbed it into his eye socket.

Edmund's confidant failed to demonstrate his full potential and lost his life in such a miserable way.

But several other brothers around him took this opportunity to avenge him.

The long swords in their hands were seen piercing into the chest or fatal parts of the man with the silver crew cut.

giggle!
A lot of blood flowed out of the mouth of the man with a silver crew cut, and then he fell to the ground and died.

The soldiers of Edmund's army had no idea why this man was willing to sacrifice his own life, but they knew that they were trapped in an ambush and their commander was dead, so the battle was doomed to fail.

So they immediately began to swing their swords and try to break through.

But it was of no use. The soldiers from Saiheluo Town, who had completely formed a circle, kept harvesting their lives with swords and spears.

Just like these soldiers of Edmund's army had previously harvested the townspeople of other towns.

The war ended quickly, and afterwards the mayor of Saiheluo Town and the silver-haired man with his crew cut found his body.

The mayor of Saiheluo Town wanted to say a few words of comfort, but the other party just lay on the body of the silver-haired man with a crew cut and chanted the prayers of the Church of the King of Light.

But a scene that shocked everyone appeared when he finished reciting the prayer and gave a light kiss on the mouth of the silver-haired and crew-cut man.

The wounds on the silver-haired man with a crew cut that were stabbed all over his body and covered in blood and flesh were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, the silver-haired and crew-cut man who had been dead for a long time came back to life and stood up.

"You...you, who are you? What do you want?"

The mayor of Saiheluo Town pointed at the resurrected silver-haired man with a crew cut and asked in a trembling voice.

The silver-haired man with a crew cut smiled and replied, “You can call me Lannino.

I want to form the Hand of Holy Fire here to purify the minions of the evil god!"

(End of this chapter)