Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

Ian first took back control of the sparrow that had been following the 'Ass-shaking General' Grazdo Zo Arc, and then liberated the sparrow that had followed the visiting Grazdan to his central military camp.

Then he came to his birdcage, selected a peregrine falcon and a golden eagle, transformed them and sent them into the sky.

Different from the two temporary sparrows used for tracking before, the birds raised by Ian here are all birds of prey that Ian collected at a high price, which can be regarded as his chosen animal companions for the skinchangers.

Even at his busiest time, Ian would find time to bond with these partners.

But sometimes Ian found that as the number of transformations to these sky overlords increased, he seemed to inevitably start to become arrogant, so much so that sometimes he would even ignore some things because of his arrogance.

Precisely in order to avoid making mistakes, Ian, while consciously avoiding his own arrogance, also chose to "start from the worst possibility and not let go of every possibility". Compared with before, A significantly more time-consuming and labor-intensive method.

But judging from the results, it seems that his efforts were not in vain.

After completing the transformation, Ian placed the golden eagle over the camp. He needed to re-evaluate the terrain here from an overall perspective to make arrangements in advance for the upcoming war.

The Peregrine Falcon took Ian to Queen Daenerys, Captain Dorian of the Guards, Count Darren Grafson who might be suspected of being a player, and Bo who had acquired a fiefdom near Astapor and was unemployed. Earl Long's letter flew to Astapor. Ian was not sure whether the other party had any conspiracy in Astapor.

Although Ian had made complete arrangements for the order and defense of Astapor before leaving, it would not be wrong to give one more reminder at this moment.

After completing these preparations, the falcon used by Ian to fly to Meereen has also arrived at the port of Meereen. The first thing that caught Ian's attention was the densely packed ships in the port.

These ships come from all over the world, but as can be roughly seen from the flag Ian, the vast majority of them are slave ships from Volantis, the Three Sisters (Myr, Lys, Tyrosh) and Qarth.

Ever since the news that the Horse King marched to Slaver's Bay and that the four cities of Gith formed an alliance to fight against the Horse King spread, almost all the slave traders who got the news immediately drove their ships to Slaver's Bay.

Because for them, no matter whether the Alliance of Gith or the King of Horses is defeated, they can buy a large number of cheap slaves from the victor to fill their ships. These speculators are mainly concentrated in Meereen, because it is closer to the possible decisive battle site.

If some of the ships here are requisitioned, it will not be a problem to transport all the more than 20,000 people in Meereen to Yunkai at one time.

But after flying over the port and arriving over the city, Ian made an unexpected discovery. There are indeed a large number of troops stationed inside and outside Meereen, but they don't seem to have any signs of setting off.

Guessed wrong again?

Impossible, Ian immediately rejected the idea.

When General Shake-Butt met the Grand Marshal, there was an episode. In order to cover up his private sale of Yunkai's grain reserves, he made up a plot to humiliate the Grand Marshal and his family.

Ian remembered clearly that the Generalissimo's expression at that time was very angry. It was obvious that he believed the words of the general who shook his butt, but the Generalissimo stopped his men from continuing to discuss the matter and ended the meeting hastily. .

Did he decide to forbear because he wanted to take care of the overall interests of the Gith Alliance and was unwilling to conflict with his allies?

This possibility sounds a bit ridiculous for a slave owner like the Grand Marshal of Yunkai who lives in the dream of the old empire.

Ian is more willing to believe that at that time, the Yunkai Grand Marshal had already determined that "Ian, that bastard, can't stand for much longer," so he chose to endure it for the time being.

This is also the key reason why Ian suspects that the other party will use a large-scale military operation to completely solve his trouble.

But there is really no sign that troops are about to be launched here.

Are they waiting for something?

Yes, the double trap set by the Volantis merchant and the Yunkai High Marshal tried to make me stay in Yunkai for five days longer, while Meereen's army only needed two days from departure to Yunkai. If they were waiting If anything, it would make sense that they were not in a hurry to set off.

What are they waiting for?

Another puzzling point is, why did they choose Yunkai to attack me?

Ian switches to a view of the golden eagle over Yunkai.

There is no problem with the deployment of his military camp. There are sentries in several nearby highlands. Whether the opponent chooses to land at the port of Yunkai or anywhere on the north shore, even if he does not use the ability of the skinchanger to conduct reconnaissance in the sky, The enemy will definitely be discovered before approaching your own army, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack.

There are several small rivers and streams passing through here, and they cannot cut off our water - it is impossible to poison it. Well water can be poisoned, but running water cannot be poisoned, even if the player wants to do so regardless of the life and death of the Yunkai residents further downstream. Forcibly poisoning, he couldn't get so much poison in this era.

At the same time, the location of the camp is not at the lower reaches of any major river, and it is also far away from dangerous large forests, so neither water attack nor fire attack can be achieved.

If it's just a frontal confrontation, wouldn't it be better for them to wait for work and launch an attack as soon as we arrive in Meereen? Wouldn't that be more sudden than transporting troops all the way from Meereen?

After leaving the tent with the birdcage, Ian returned to the Chinese army's tent, where Grazdan Mo Eraz had been waiting for a long time.

"Earl Darry," Grazdan quickly put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up when he saw Ian coming in.

"Please sit down, my friend, you don't have to be so restrained here." Ian made a gesture of invitation, and then sat down on his own.

Although Ian could not hear the conversation between Grazdan and Yazan because he could not find the entrance to the bathroom in the pyramid of Yazan, the richest man in Yunkai, Grazdan rushed to the house immediately after meeting Yazan. Come and see for yourself.

Ian believed that it was unlikely that Grazdan and Yazan were involved in the conspiracy between the Generalissimo and the mysterious player. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that he was acting.

"By the way, you came to me now to talk about things related to helping you gain military exploits, right?" Ian pretended to know nothing and continued the topic from the beginning, "After you left, I talked to some insiders After talking about it, I realized at this time that the relationship between you and the Grand Marshal of Yunkai is not that harmonious.

But it doesn’t matter. I have a preliminary idea here. We can use your money to form a mercenary army. The number of mercenaries does not need to be too large. Then you can command these mercenaries to join my army directly and cooperate with our actions. Finally, I will Let the clerk exaggerate your credit. "

"No, Lord Earl," Grazdan finally stopped hesitating after hearing this and interrupted Ian, "I'm worried that there will be no alliance or coalition forces."

"What do you mean?" Ian asked in confusion.

"Didn't you doubt our purpose of inviting you to the city before? My purpose is"

"I think I should already know your purpose."

"Oh," Grazdan nodded, "That's right, but you must not have thought that Grazdo Zo Arc must have followed the instructions of the Grand Marshal, and their purpose was to murder you at Lord Yazan's banquet. .”

"Do you know what you are talking about?" Ian pretended to be surprised. "This is a very terrible accusation."

"I know that saying something like this at this time may make you think that my motives are impure, but..." Grazdan paused, as if he didn't know how to explain it.

"You can talk about it in detail, and I will judge the situation myself." Ian is not in the mood to play games with Grazdan. His biggest problem now is that he still cannot confirm whether Grazdan or Yazan is behind him. Which side is the wise master on?

“The first thing that made me suspicious was the attitude of the Grand Marshal and the others regarding the location of the decisive battle with the Horse King.” Grazdan said, “When your plan was first sent to Yunkai, we had a very heated discussion. "

Ian knew that Grazdan was talking about the plan he had proposed at the war meeting in Astapor to fight Drogo under the city of Meereen or in the valley of Skakharzaban.

This plan was deliberately leaked by Ian, with the purpose of causing dissatisfaction among the Meereen nobles and thereby using the NPC Kolu who had been transformed by him to create conflicts in Meereen.

It's a pity that when he killed Euron, he was suddenly attacked by an unknown black slime, which forced him to give up his connection with Kolu, and turned to the black dragon Ion to eliminate the black slime, and then he died. Lin planned bankruptcy.

"Until a long time before you arrived in Yunkai, the Grand Marshal and others insisted on their own opinion," Grazdan continued when he saw that Ian did not respond,

"Even the Grand Marshal himself has put forward a more extreme view. He believes that the coalition should have him or the Holy Lord of Meereen as the supreme commander, rather than a young boy." Grazdan looked nervously after saying this word. After glancing at Ian and finding that the latter had no reaction, he continued, "But all this changed after Paoz Zo Parr visited Yunkai."

"Paoz Zo Pal?" Ian had never heard of this man.

"He is the son of Grazdan Zor Parr, the general of the Meereen Acropolis, and his elder brother is the famous Meereen champion Oznak Zor Parr." The acropolis general of Yunkai and Grazdan He has the same name, but he doesn’t feel any embarrassment when speaking. After all, this name is too common among Gith nobles.

"Oh." Ian nodded. Although Ian had never heard of that Acropolis General, he had an impression of the champion warrior of Meereen.

In the original book, when Daenerys attacked Meereen, Meereen sent this guy out of the city to challenge him. Because Daenerys hesitated in selecting an agent, this champion warrior once stood in front of Daenerys’ entire army. He took out Jiji and peeed on her face, mocking Daenerys for saying that all her troops were eunuchs.

Then he was killed by the strong man Belworth - this scene in the TV series was transferred to Dragon Mother's lover, the mercenary leader Dario Naharis. What makes people feel that he was killed in seconds. After killing the champion, Leo took out Jiji and peed back on Meereen.

By the way, I almost forgot that Daario is in Yunkai City now. If we fight back, we must remember to kill him first.

After all, he stepped into Yunkai with his left foot first, and Ian hated people like this the most.

"You mean the Meereen military sent someone to find the Grand Marshal to ventilate his breath?" Ian asked.

"Yes, since then, the Grand Marshal's attitude has changed. He no longer argues with the wise masters who support your plan, and even proactively proposed to the wise master council to hold a grand welcome banquet for you. And between me and When General Grazdo (wags his butt) went to greet you, Grazdo even said that the Grand Marshal had prepared a mansion in Yunkai City as a gift to you, which was completely different from his previous attitude."

"It sounds very much like Meereen made a compromise first and agreed to my battle plan?"

"Yet this is absolutely impossible. If the people of Meereen could bear the risk of letting the Horselord pass through Lazar and enter the valley of Skarhazaban, they would not join your alliance at all."

Yes, this is why the Volantis player could easily convince Meereen to start opposing me. Ian was a little helpless.

If it hadn't been for Euron's sudden visit, he would never have lost control of Meereen.

"Of course, just getting here doesn't mean anything," Grazdan then shook his head, "The next thing is the second thing. When you first arrived, General Grazdo suggested to you the camping site. The woods are starting to turn yellow, and it only takes a single fire to engulf half your army.

And forced the remaining ones to flee to the high slope to the west, which is the direction of the southeast gate of Yunkai. The southeast wall of Yunkai is located on a hill. To escape in that direction, the cavalry cannot increase their speed at all, and The row of trebuchets Yunkai has deployed on the wall can also easily hurl boulders at you. "

oh? Ian recalled the terrain he had just seen from the air with the golden eagle, and thought for a while that this was exactly what happened.

At that time, because Ian had already chosen the camp location in advance, he rejected General Grazdo's suggestion without even looking at it, and did not carefully analyze the dangers of such a place that he would not go to at all.

So is this why the enemy chose Yunkai as the venue for the decisive battle? Do they think this crappy plan will work? Do I look that stupid?

No, not this river. Why is it so much wider than on the map? Moreover, most of the villages and farmland in Yunkai are on the east bank of the river. Ian Golden Eagle suddenly reduced his speed in front of a river about 4 leagues east of the camp.

"Did you know that there is a big river four miles east from here?" Ian asked as he controlled the golden eagle to change direction and fly north along the river.

"Dahe?"

"No, it's not very big." Ian realized that his words were too exaggerated. "The width of most river channels should be between 150 and 250 meters. The widest part is also Less than four hundred meters.”

"What kind of big river is this?" Grazdan said speechlessly.

"I mean, compared to what's marked on the map, it's a bit too big, isn't it?" Ian found the location of the river on the map. "It should not be much bigger than the small rivers near my camp. .”

"This is a tributary of the Tamakaha River," Grazdan explained. "Tamakaha means 'milk' in the ancient Ghis language. It is a river from the snowy top of the Ghiscari Mountains. It has a One theory is that it once nurtured the civilization of Yunkai. In fact, including the few small rivers that flow through your camp, most of the rivers in this entire area are its tributaries.

As for the tributary you are pointing at now, due to its special topography, the width of its channel is determined by the season. At this time, its width has probably reached three times the usual width. "

What a shame! Seasons can determine the flood and dry seasons of rivers whose main source is snow-capped mountains and water. That’s good, but widening the river so much will mean how much snow must be melted.

Wait, Ian was stunned. How do the seasons change in the world of ice and fire?

"This summer has lasted for eight years." Grazdan did not notice Ian's inner activities. "After the long flood season, the main channel of the Tamakaha River has been nearly three-thirds wider than usual. Secondly, this tributary with special topography has become what it is now.”

Oh! Ian couldn't help but hold his forehead.

No wonder there are so many wastelands that no one wants in this world. Originally, Ian had always suspected that these city-states in Essos were mentally ill. There is so much open space left without clearing it or claiming it.

Looking at it now, are those places not suitable for survival?

For example, those rivers that are mainly supplemented by snow-capped mountains are barely acceptable if they encounter terrain like the Tamakaha River. But if they encounter relatively flat places on both sides of the river, then every summer and in the following years, floods will occur. What will it look like?

The rivers that are mainly replenished by rainwater are probably not much better. In the later stages of the long summer, the rainfall in the interior must have plummeted, causing many rivers to dry up.

In short, those who suffer from drought will die from drought, and those who suffer from flood will die from waterlogging.

The nine free trade city-states of Essos and the three cities of Slaver's Bay can basically be said to have unique conditions.

Similarly, although Westeros has their castles scattered across the country due to institutional reasons, leaving no unclaimed land, they only have five cities in the entire continent (of which Seagull Town and White Harbor are a few) The taste is inside), which shows that there are indeed not many areas in Westeros suitable to support a large population.

"It's high in the east and low in the west," Ian suddenly mentioned this river, not for academic discussion with Grazdan. He quickly put forward the key point, "because the west side of the river is often prone to flooding due to flood season, Yunkai The main farmland is concentrated on the east bank of this tributary, right?"