Chapter 121 Dany's "Old Lover"
Although Dany's "old lover" Baiyangpo is not the legendary "dangerous place for military strategists", it is also the best place to deploy troops within 30 kilometers.
The sun had just set, and Dany stood on the hillside, holding the sharpened poplar trunks into a barricade with her left hand, and looking into the distance with a single-lens telescope in her right hand.
In the twilight, a kilometer away in the field, columns of smoke rose up like a forest.
They came from hundreds of campfires. The dim red flames swaying in the night wind made people think that the curtain of the starry sky fell from the sky and covered the plain.
The tents of slaves and mercenaries were like gray, yellow, brown, and red mushrooms, suddenly emerging from the fields full of fire.
By the light of the bonfire, Dany saw the tower in front of the enemy camp and the archers on the tower. In the camp, she also saw slave soldiers holding spears and dragging chains on their feet, Ghis soldiers wearing yellow silk cloaks, and mercenaries wearing different styles of armor and leather armor.
There were also camp prostitutes parading through the city, wearing thin clothes, carrying wine jugs and flirting with the mercenaries who were rubbing their bodies. There were vendors pushing carts and shouting loudly, providing various goods for mercenaries and Ghis people.
There was a short and fat swineherd driving a group of big fat pigs through the bonfires. From time to time, a mercenary would throw out a silver coin, and then a fat pig would grunt and be led aside by several smiling mercenaries. The flash of the knife flashed, and the dying fat pig let out its last scream.
The messenger delivering the message, the slave sharpening the sword on the grindstone, the knight removing the saddle from the warhorse, the groom scolding the bad horse in the stable.
All kinds of scenes were clearly imprinted in Dany's eyes. Various human voices, the neighing of livestock, the sound of metal clashing, plus the smoke of roasting meat and cooking oatmeal, and the smell of horse manure, sweat, and urine, mixed together, crossed the fence of the camp, drifted across the fields and hillsides, and surged towards Dany like a wave.
It was hazy, almost making her think it was the sound of waves coming from the sea farther away.
Compared with the opposite side, the camp behind Dany was as dark as a ghost cave, and as quiet as when "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" was released, there was no audience in the Chinese midnight theater except herself.
Veteran Barristan was not so strict, it was Dany who was so strict with his soldiers.
Whitebeard's previous guess was correct. A team of mercenary cavalry left the main force 30 kilometers away and was ordered to come to the village of Astapor to collect food one step ahead.
Well, the anti-Dragon Mother Alliance did not expect Dany to have the courage to go out of the city to fight.
The result was miserable. Less than 200 cavalrymen were besieged by 2,500 cavalrymen from Dany's side. Except for a dozen cavalrymen who escaped, half of the rest died, and the other half laid down their weapons and surrendered when they saw the situation was not good.
Well, the centaurs were all riding dragon horses, which were strong and fast.
After another whole day and a day, the enemy finally came. When they just arrived at the bottom of the poplar slope this afternoon, Dany was shocked. They were so vast and boundless. How could they look like an army of hundreds of thousands?
Was the intelligence wrong? Or did another group of people join them halfway by sea?
Then Barristan taught her how to quickly estimate the enemy's strength on the spot, and estimated that the enemy had more than 70,000 troops, or perhaps more.
In addition to 30,000 slave soldiers, 3,000 yellow silk cloaks, and 5,000 mercenaries, the rest were all merchants and their slaves.
Just like Dany had to arrange for civilians to transport food, the enemy's 38,000 soldiers walked for more than 20 days, and the supplies consumed every day were a huge number.
Barristan was not surprised by this. He said to Dany, "In the battles between the trading cities of Essos, merchants followed the warring armies like flies chasing shit out of a cow's asshole.
They provided soldiers with food, wine, medicine, prostitutes, and weapons. They also purchased broken weapons and armor, surplus horses from the victorious armies, and even bought defeated soldiers as slaves."
Then Dany asked if this would be the case in Westeros.
Barristan nodded strangely, then shook his head: "Trading cities attach great importance to commercial credit. In Westeros, merchants also chase the army, but merchants are generally lords of the army.
For example, in the army of Duke Tywin, most of the merchants come from Casterly Rock or territories related to Casterly Rock.
If merchants from hostile forces dare to go there, they will definitely be eaten up. Not to mention making money, they may even lose their lives."
Seeing the wooden door of the camp opposite opeied, a group of riders holding torches ran towards the poplar slope. Dany put down the telescope and turned back to Gray Worm behind her and said: "Light the torches and lead the way for the guests."
"The guests are here, light the torches." Gray Worm shouted in agreement.
After repeating several times, starting from the middle of the hillside, two rows of torches spread uphill in turn, all the way to the camp gate.
And just 20 meters behind the camp gate, a wooden palace was built on a spacious open space, with wooden piles as walls and a thick canvas roof. The interior is 100 square meters.
When Dany walked over, the wooden palace was already brightly lit.
Irri and Jhiqui were waiting at the door. When they saw Dany, they immediately opened the leather curtain and said, "Khaleesi, do you need to prepare wine and food?"
Dany thought for a moment and said, "Bring some wine and mare's milk, forget about the food."
"Yes."
The centaur maids could ride horses and were more adapted to military life, but Doreah couldn't, so she was left in Astapor.
About ten minutes later, Belwas, still wearing a studded black vest, led three guests wearing polished helmets with black feathers.
"Your Majesty, these are the three captains of the Storm Crows. They claim to have exactly the same honor and power, so they come together."
The three captains belonged to different ethnic groups. One was a sturdy, broad-faced Gith, nearly fifty years old, with a lot of gray hair among his black and red upright hair.
A Qarth man, with milky white skin, a big bald head, and a crooked scar on his face.
The last one was a gorgeously dressed Tyroshi.
According to the intelligence known in advance, the Gis man is named Purandana Gison. He has made many unfavorable remarks against Dany in the streets of Kaiyuan and called on all the great sons of the harpy to join the battle against the mother of dragons.
The Qarth man is called Sanor.
Dany's focus is on the Tyroshi named Daario Naharis, who was originally Daenerys' favorite lover.
Well, the original owner Daenerys was a little fly with very strong desires. She was both men and women and had several lovers.
After careful observation, Dany felt that the original owner had too strong taste.
Daario's beard on his upper lip was cut into three branches and dyed blue. His eyes and hair were also blue. The mustache on his chin was painted gold, and his fingernails were also done with blue manicure.
He was also in his early thirties, twice the age of Daenerys.
How did this coquettish and slutty Daario attract the original Daenerys?
Dany's expression changed behind the visor, and no one else noticed. Only Daario showed obvious disappointment when he saw Dany in gray and black full body armor.
Well, it is said that the Mother of Dragons is a coquettish and beautiful woman!
Dany was not shy, she was afraid of being seen, but she was afraid of death!
What if a assassin suddenly rose up and shot her with a "rain of pear blossom needles", wouldn't it be a cowardly death?
Although this armor was ugly - she did it on purpose, deliberately making it less conspicuous - it was really strong. Dany tried it herself, shooting with fine steel crossbows within two meters, and the relatively weak throat armor only had a dent, but was not penetrated.
She decided that during the march and battle, she would wear armor when she slept, in addition to eating.
Take a bath?
Sorry, she didn't plan to take a bath these days.
The fat eunuch first introduced the names and positions of the mercenaries to Dany, and then pointed to the armored queen sitting high on the wooden chair, and said to the three mercenaries in an extremely proud tone: "See? The current queen of Astapor, the mother of dragons, Daenerys I! If it were you, you would kneel down and surrender immediately.
"Haha, I only saw a poor guy who was still huddled in the iron armor in the middle of the night. "When Dany was just marveling at Daario's weird makeup, the loud laughter of the Gith man Plandar came from the opposite side.
"Captain Plandar, I'm a weak woman, and being cautious is a good habit." Dany chuckled softly, her voice was crisp, with the unique charm of a young girl, but the tone of her words was cold and piercing: "But the problem is, you are an old mercenary who has been through many battles, how can you live to such an old age with such an outspoken attitude?"
"What did you say?" The Gith man's broad face was full of anger.
"I said, now I am strong and you are weak, if you make me unhappy, you may not live long." Dany laughed.
"Just relying on your mob? Or, like taking Astapor, you will violate the oath made before the negotiation and kill me here?" Plandar sneered loudly.
"Irri, Jhiqui, pour wine for the guests." Dany waved to the maid, then looked at the leader of the Gith man and said, "I have not broken my oath in the past, and I will not break my oath now. "
Prundar was not polite, nor did he worry about Dany poisoning him. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"Humph, the good lords of Astapor treated you sincerely, but you took their city. How can this not be considered a violation of the oath?"
"Let me ask you, can I buy the Unsullied on credit?"
Without waiting for his answer, Dany asked again: "After the transaction is completed, can I move freely?"
"Then we can also attack you freely and kill you in the end." Puranda said coldly.
"You are not my opponent. This time I asked you to negotiate, which is to respect traditional etiquette and to persuade some people who should not die to escape the journey to hell." Dany said lightly.
"Woman, your threat is like the cry of a donkey, without any threat!"
"A woman's words may not be threatening, but I am not only a woman, I am a descendant of Valyria, a Targaryen born in the storm, and a Khaleesi on the Great Grass Sea. If these are not enough to make you feel threatened, then I am also the queen of ten thousand Unsullied, I have thirty thousand free guards under my command, and there are three dragons in the sky. "Dany said with a faint smile.
"Pah!" Plandar spat a mouthful of thick phlegm in Dany's direction and laughed loudly, "I only saw a bitch of the horse king. When we win, I will take turns riding you with my mount, hahahaha."
Strong man Belvos drew out his arakh, looked around, and asked, "Whitebeard, isn't it time for the Kingsguard to perform their duties? Let strong man Belvos cut off his disgusting tongue!"
Barristan glanced at Plandar with eyes like sharp swords, and said lightly, "No, Belvos, the queen has guaranteed the personal safety of these people. I will fulfill my responsibilities tomorrow. I have remembered the appearance of this square-headed Gis man. "
"Alas, it seems we can't talk anymore, Captain Plandar." Dany took off the broadsword across her knees and put it against the back of the chair, then stood up and made a gesture to see the guest off.
"Or, Captain Sano and Captain Daario have different ideas? "At the last moment, she asked.
"Don't stir up trouble. Our answer is the same," the leaders of the Storm Crows stood up from their chairs at the same time. Plandar stared at Dany with a deadly look in his eyes, "That is, no!"
After saying that, he stood up and left with his companions.
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