Chapter 0917: The Hound Returns
Littlefinger's offer to bring the hounds to King's Landing is actually quite generous.
Food, cloth, weapons, and salt.
This touched the hearts of the pirates.
Littlefinger's target is accurate.
The pirates all came from the island of Casgus.
Although the island of Casgus has always been de facto independent, the people of this island rarely pirate. In order to survive, in ancient and modern times, there were some warriors on the island of Casgus who took the initiative to go to the Great Wall of Desperation to be the night watchman brothers.
After the hounds arrived on the island of Casgus, winter came, and the island also entered the cold season, heavy snow froze the hills and hills of the island, and the life of the people on the island became more difficult.
Under the lure of Littlefinger, the hound was enlivened by Littlefinger's words.
The people of the island of Casgus are kind to the hounds, and the hounds feel that they have finally found a place where they can calm their hearts.
But in the dead of winter, the people of the island of Casgus, in the extreme cold of the north, are extremely difficult to survive, and the winter has just begun.
If this winter had lasted for ten years or more, almost all of the people on the island would have frozen to death or starved to death, assuming they had stuck to that isolated island.
When the Hound left the Magic Mountain to go north to be a night watchman, he had already sworn that he would never meet the Magic Mountain again in this life.
He couldn't kill the Demon Mountain, so he decided not to meet him again, completely isolated.
But the reality is that once again it is about to forcibly change the original intention of the hound.
The hound's first oath had been broken by himself: the poisonous oath to kill the Devil's Mountain was finally rejected by the Hound because the Devil's Mountain let him go several times, so he chose to leave.
However, life does not seem to give the hound more freedom of choice, and when he finally finds a place to put him, he seems to have to go out to face the magic mountain.
The Hound looked at his followers, who were fishermen, farmers and hunters of the island. Their eyes speak for themselves: they want to get the food, cloth, weapons, and salt that Littlefinger says.
"I'll go with you to King's Landing. The hound finally said.
After a brief moment of silence, the pirates let out cheers.
"Chief, we didn't expect your brother to be the king of Westeros. An elderly pirate stepped forward and said, his words full of excitement and joy and, of course, above all gratitude.
Because of the hounds, they were able to get the food, cloth, weapons, and salt that Littlefinger said. In exchange, the Hound went to King's Landing to meet his brother.
The hound smiled a very penetrating smile. His face wound was a bit terrible, but on the island of Casgus, he was already regarded as the greatest hero.
The Hound was forced to jump into the sea during a battle with the Stranger, and was then rescued by fishermen on the island of Casgus in the middle of the sea.
There is a lot of bartering between the people on the island and the night watch, and they have a good impression of the night watch. The Hound also quickly liked the simplicity of the islanders, and he chose to stay on the island, where he won the strongest tribal warriors on the island in several wrestling and fighting tournaments among the island tribes, and was revered and loved by the entire islander. And after he conquered a black unicorn at the foot of the snowy mountains, the Casges regarded him as a truly great hero of the tribe.
"Chief, I'll accompany you to King's Landing. The older pirate said emotionally. In case something happens, the hounds will not be left without helpers.
"Chief, I'll go with you too. A young pirate said expectantly.
Soon, several pirates offered to go to King's Landing with the hounds, and if the hounds were punished by the king for being pirates, they would have to bear them with the hounds. Even if they were put to death, they chose to stand with the hounds.
The Hound knew that the Magic Mountain would not put him to death.
The Magic Mountain wanted to kill him, and he died before the civil war even began.
The Devil Mountain had several chances to kill him, but in the end, the Devil Mountain spared the hounds and bypassed his sex.
"Little Finger, I want to see with my own eyes food, cloth, weapons, and salt delivered to them. The hound pointed at the Casges.
"Let's go to Braavos and take your boats, and when they return, they will be loaded with food, cloth, weapons, and salt, but the winter will be long, and this time the material aid will not help the people on the island survive the winter. ”
The Hound knew that Littlefinger was telling the truth.
"Your Excellency. What can we do to help the people of the islands survive the winter?"
The name of the hound's name for Littlefinger has changed, turning Littlefinger into an adult.
That's exactly what Littlefinger wants. The Hound asked, and that was exactly what Littlefinger was expecting.
"Go to King's Landing, all problems will be solved, I promise you with my life. If I tell a lie, you can kill me. ”
The hound looked away from Littlefinger, and he hated Littlefinger's narrow smile. He looked at the Casgs beside him, the warriors who were looking at him hopefully. They are regarded as heroes of his tribe, as his own people. They were willing to live and die with him.
These tribal men are all good warriors.
Although they failed miserably on their first embarkation, they faced Commander-in-Chief Vincennes, General Ian, General Steven Clegane, and Polivier Clegane...... These men are not easy to mess with against ordinary warriors and knights, they always win.
"The only thing I can do is to fight. "The Hound is well aware of its strengths. He also knew that if he wanted to help the people of Casgs Island survive the winter, it would be impossible to get it without doing something for the Magic Mountain.
The character of the hound will not ask Moshan Bai for things! His pride makes him not accept Moshan's gifts in vain. The same is true of the Casgos. There is no problem with a small aid for a while, and for a long time for gratuitous help, the Casgus people will repay with death.
There are also men among the Casgs who work as mercenaries outside, but very few.
"Sir Sandor Clegane, we will soon go to war, and we need generals like you, and these warriors around you. His Majesty's soldiers were well paid, and once they died in battle, their families were paid very well, which had never been done by previous kings and noble lords. We have money, and the iron vault already belongs to His Majesty the King. ”
When the Casges heard that soldiers could be paid very well, their eyes lit up.
They are looking forward to being led by the hounds to serve in the royal legion, which will help their families survive the long winter. Every winter, many civilians freeze to death in the north. The same is true on the islands of Casgus, where many people die of freezing and starvation.
The long winters are a great test of survival for northerners, both on the islands and on land.
*
Mid-November in the year 301 A.D.
King's Landing.
"What's that?" said a soldier standing on a lookout post on the city wall, looking at several warships on the Blackwater River as they approached the harbor.
"That's ten warships. His comrades laughed disdainfully.
"I know, what kind of flag do you see that?" 536 Literature
"The king's flag, the imitation of the bird's flag. The King's Flag is the flag of His Majesty the King, and the Imitation Bird is the family crest of Littlefinger. ”
"What else?"
"White flag. ”
"What's the pattern on the flag?"
"It's like a unicorn. ”
"Among the Seven Kingdoms, which nobleman's family crest is a unicorn?"
"The Red Smoke Beast, the Ice Sword, His Majesty's family crest. ”
"His Majesty's coat of arms is a red smoke beast, red, and a sword, and this is a white banner embroidered with a black unicorn. Among the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, who has a black unicorn on their family crest?"
The companion was speechless for a while.
"Littlefinger is back, did he bring back the pirate fleet of hounds and hounds?!" the soldiers were rough men, and they didn't call Littlefinger Lord Petyr Berishe in private. In private, they drank and chatted, and also called the king the Magic Mountain, not His Majesty.
The banner of the hound is indeed a black unicorn on a white background. The white background symbolizes the snow on the islands of Casgus, because in the north, the island's mountain tops are covered with snow all year round. The temperature on the island is not as hot as it is in summer. The black unicorn, on the other hand, is the mount of the hound.
The ten ships were not Royal Navy warships, they were the pirate fleet of the Hounds.
Soon, the battleship entered the naval port and docked. Guided by three large flags, a team emerged from the docks of the naval port. At the front was Petyr Berish the Littlefinger, who rode his horse. Next to him was a hunting dog without a dog helmet, riding a unicorn that was a head taller than a horse, and his face was painted with black and white paint.
Behind the two men were several neat rows of infantry. The soldiers were armed in a variety of lengths, wore leather and coarse cloth, and their faces, like those of hunting dogs, were painted in black and white.
When the Casges go to formal occasions, solemn occasions, pray in front of the gods or go to see some extremely important person, they will draw black and white stripes on their faces as a sign of respect.
Like these Casgus, the Hound painted black and white stripes on his face to indicate that he was now a Casgos, denying his identity as a Westlander and making a cut from his past self.
No one except Littlefinger understood why the Hound and the Casgos painted black and white stripes on their faces, which quickly attracted onlookers from King's Landing.
When a tall hound rides on a unicorn, the man becomes even taller and attracts everyone's attention.
Hound was also once a celebrity in King's Landing, and although black and white stripes covered his face, some people still recognized him.
Behind the hounds were five hundred Casgus island warriors. These were all the warriors of the island, and the Hound had brought them out to King's Landing. That's 500 mouths that need to be eaten and a large stomach that can hold food.
Littlefinger rode his horse beside the hound, looking like a slender teenager, but this did not affect his confidence in himself in the slightest, and the smile kept hanging on his face, eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth.
Correct!
A dragon roar came from the sky, and the hound and the others looked up together, and saw a huge red cloud sweeping overhead, and in an instant, it was dark in front of them, it was the body of the dragon stealing sheep thief blocking the sky. Huge wings spread out, as if they could cover the earth.
The Casgus people were all dumbfounded!
The dragon flew overhead, and the light returned.
Correction!
Two dragon groans rang out again, and a black dragon and a white dragon flew from the west side of King's Landing, swept over the heads of the people, and flew eastward, following the sheep thief.
"Sir Sandor, I told you that there are already seven dragons in the kingdom, and you have seen three of them. ”
Although the hound was mentally prepared, he was still shocked.
The majesty of the dragon is not a close-up feeling like Mount Tai's overwhelming, and it is unforgettable!
The team went up to the riverside avenue and entered the mud gate. The hound sighed in his heart, this familiar mud door still looks and smells like before.
"The canvas-covered thing on the platform is the artillery you told me?"
"No, there is no artillery there, only the high platform remains. ”
The hound walked into the mud gate square before he opened his mouth to ask about the high platform of the dock, as if he had only reacted now, or the closer he got to the Red Keep, his emotions were a little complicated, and he had nothing to say.
Sure enough, the dry conversation was over, and the hound shut up again.
He didn't like the black and white stripes on his face when people pointed at him and laughed at him along the way, and the people of King's Landing saw the paint painted on his face as a sign of a wildling.
But this is actually the most solemn etiquette of the Skaggsians.
Finally, the team reached the bronze gate of the Red Keep, which opened, and behind it stood a giant: His Majesty the King, Gregor Clegane. Next to her is Her Majesty the Queen: Jenny Westerling. On Janie's shoulder stood a small dragon of gold and black, the dragon's head swinging nimbly, its claws grasping the Queen's shoulders, the dragon's claws were sharp, and Her Majesty's shoulders were draped in special leather.
The Hound met the fourth dragon, a small dragon.
Beside the king and queen stood several white-robed Kingsguards.
Besides, there is no one else.
Littlefinger Petyr Berishine hurriedly rolled off his horse, and the hound was stunned, and then got out of the unicorn, and with Littlefinger, knelt down on one knee to meet His Majesty the King and the Queen.
Five hundred Casgus warriors knelt down on one knee together and bowed their heads.
Many warriors saw the magic mountain for the first time, and their hearts were irrepressible in awe.
It is hard to believe that there is such a burly and mighty king in the world, who is simply like a giant.
The hound really didn't expect that the Magic Mountain would come to meet him in front of the bronze gate with his wife. The Hound is a man who abhors manners and hypocrisy, and apart from the king and queen, there is not a single courtier or general, which is very much in line with the Hound Dog's heart.
"Sandor, I'm glad you're willing to come back. The magic mountain said, like a bell.
The hounds are silent!
He didn't know what to say?
Long live the king?...... He didn't want to say a word.
The hound, kneeling on one knee, looked up at the Magic Mountain, silent, and did not say a word.
*
In mid-November of the year 301 A.D., His Majesty's younger brother, Sandor Clegon the Hound the Hound, led an army of 500 warriors from the Casgus Islands into King's Landing, swearing allegiance to the Magic Mountain. From then on, the island of Casgus was officially part of the kingdom, and Sandor was made Marquis of Casgus. The island of Casgus officially became the farthest part of the royal territory.