At the gates of Pantos, Governor Illyrio, an old acquaintance of Chen Zhong and Daenerys, warmly welcomed the arrival of the army with all the nobles in the city.

"Lord Mengo, I have been fearing for your safety since you were assassinated at your wedding, gods willing, you have saved the day, and I have long hoped that you will come to Pantos as soon as possible to save us from fire and water."

Illyrio pointed to the splendid palace of nine towers in the bay, "This is my dormitory for Lord Mengo, please move and see what I am lacking." ”

Although Daenerys has some resentment about Illyrio giving him to Drogo Kao, but it has been a long time, and now his lover Mengo Kao also needs Pantos's submission, and if it were not for him, she might not have met her husband.

Chen Zhong looked at this somewhat obsessive Governor, his past experience appeared in his mind, and he had to admit that Illyrio was a shrewd person.

From an ordinary mercenary to the governor of a city, although Pantos was bullied by Braavers for a long time and forced to sign a humiliating treaty, Illyrio still maintained the development of the city.

He and Wallis, Viserys, and Prince Doran of Dorne began to conspire many years ago, but after the death of Viserys and Drogo Kao, he was able to decisively choose to change sides, dedicate Daenerys and the keel spear to himself, and take the initiative to meet his army when all the cities were reluctant to surrender.

With a kind smile, Illyrio invited Chen Zhong and the others into a palace complex specially built for Mengo Kao, and the courtyard was full of flowing water, fountains, statues, flowers, and trees, and Daenerys and Arya nodded their heads repeatedly, and even Chen Zhong and Tyrion were full of praise for the setting.

The crowd walked into the most extensive tower palace, where the floor was covered with handmade carpets from Kohor, on either side were red ironwood tables brought from distant Dongyi, and in the middle were large and three small chairs covered with bobcat skin.

Illyrio said respectfully, "Please use this humble chair first, but I believe that in the near future, we will work together to bring the Iron Throne to this palace." ”

This sentence reached everyone's heart, and everyone applauded and cheered enthusiastically.

After taking Daenerys to sit in the middle of the throne, Chen Zhong asked, "Several cities recovered along the way were emptied by Braavos first, they transported supplies and gold coins, and took away the warships, how is the situation of Pantos?" ”

Illyrio said, "Lord Kao should know about the agreement signed between Pantos and Braavos, and they strongly stipulated that there are no independent armed forces in Pantos City, and no more than ten warships can be used to protect the port, so we have no military strength in our hands. ”

Pantos's form had long been known, and the current situation was expected, but the governor of Illyrio had a surprise for him.

"An envoy sent by Braavers a few days ago asked to take away the strategic materials and gold coins stored in the city, but this envoy and his guards were subdued by me and the nobles in the city, and now they are locked in a cell, all the supplies of Pantos are there, and we still have fifty warships."

The army needs to consume a lot of food and other materials every day, Chen Zhong and Tyrion, who is in charge of internal affairs, are also secretly worried, and now they are using the small amount of storage left over from various cities, and the food is quite sufficient, because the Dothraki people are used to marching with mares, so they have a large amount of mare's milk and cheese as a supplement, but there has been a shortage of weapons and arrows, and I have to say that Braavos's bottom of the kettle is playing well.

In front of everyone, Chen Zhong smiled and said to Illyrio: "The Ryoma Empire will conquer the world, I think you are a bit condescending to be the governor of Pantos, and now I appoint you as the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Imperial Capital of Pantos, hoping that we can create a powerful empire together." ”

After many years of hard work, Illyrio, who came from a humble background, sought a prominent position, and now he finally got what he wanted, and immediately knelt down happily in front of Chen Zhong to express his gratitude and loyalty.

"Thank you for your appreciation, I'm willing to give everything for the future of the Empire!"

Chen Zhong came to the kneeling Illyrio, helped him with both hands, and said, "Okay, get up, let's discuss together how to deal with the last enemy on the continent of Essos, Braavos." ”

After everyone sat down, Wallis, the Minister of Imperial Intelligence, took out a roll of parchment and presented Braavos's detailed information.

Braavos is the most unique and powerful of the nine free trade city-states, it is composed of hundreds of small islands, each island is connected to various wooden and stone bridges, Braavos has no walls, when the enemy attacks, as long as the bridge near the land is destroyed, the sea becomes its protector.

If you want to attack the city from the sea with warships, you will have to face the Braavers fleet, which can build one warship a day.

The world's largest shipbuilding base, the iron vault with the most gold coins, the most powerful assassin organization Faceless Guild, the most special combat professional water dancer, more than a dozen mercenary groups and enough supplies to support more than ten years, it is said that the Titans, who stand 93 meters high in the bay, are still able to move.

After Wallis finished introducing Braavos, there was an awkward silence in the hall.

"Ahem." Hand of the King, Imperial Prime Minister Tyrion coughed a few times, "Braavos is indeed very strong, but let's not forget our advantages, Mengo Kao has a vast territory, 200,000 brave Dothraki cavalry, 100,000 brave warriors of the Unsullied, as well as the Cult of Light, Lazarin Faun, and Guise, the support of these sects, and Daenerys can command three dragons, how long can the isolated Braavos hold out?" ”

"Do you have any specific plans?"

"Blockade the southern shore of Braavos, and requisition all the warships from other cities such as Meereen to gather in Pantos, and these warships and three dragons can block Braavos's sea trade routes, cutting off its supplies on land and water in one fell swoop."

"Very good, anything else?"

Tyrion looked at the Green Maiden of the Illuminati, the witches of the Lazarin Faun, and the Saints of the Guise Cult.

"Braavos is a city of many faiths, and there are temples of major denominations on the island, and we secretly sent people to contact these monks to worship and get them to spread the word with the faithful believers."

"What do we promote?" Lazarin, who is not good at dealing with people, asked.

The Green Saint, who had been preaching for many years, smiled and said, "Mengo Kao is the king of the world chosen by the gods, and the stupid Braavos ruler Aquaman and those nobles are fighting against the gods. The benevolent great Mengo does not harm the people who submit to him, but those who stubbornly resist to the end will be severely punished, and even after death the soul will be tormented. ”

Chen Zhong made the final decision, "Mobilize all our warships to Pantos, after capturing Norvers, the army of Sully and Ilya will leave the defenders and return to Pantos to recuperate, Mondo will lead the army to block the land connection of Braavos, and the leaders of the sects will wait for the siege of the city, and then send people into the city to carry out propaganda, and I will personally go to see how powerful Braavos is in a few days." ”

(To be continued.) )