Chapter 22: The Attack on the City Gate
Meereen's docks are still as prosperous as ever, the shouts of sailors, the bargaining of merchants surrounds the air, there is no trace of being affected by Kaiyuan's war, Astapor is occupied by Ma Shen, and now Kaiyuan is facing war again, so Meereen is even more prosperous, and all the merchants have gathered in Meereen City.
At this time, in Meereen City, there may only be some slave owners discussing whether to send troops to support Yuankai and other matters, but most people should still eat and play, after all, the war is still far away from Meereen.
Until this day, three merchant ships that appeared to be loaded with goods slowly docked at the dock.
This was followed by three more merchant ships docked at the docks, and three more later.
The 12 merchant ships set off from Astapo together, and in order to avoid trouble, although they were divided into four fleets, they were actually not too far apart, and within about an hour, all 12 merchant ships were docked at Meereen Pier, under the cover of a large number of merchant ships.
Sometimes the population can say a lot, the more people need to consume, the bigger the market, after all, slaves also have to eat, and Meereen will not refuse any merchant ship.
"There's a lot of people. Ma Shen squinted at the crowd on the docks, all of them now walking on their own, completely unaware of the imminent war.
Touching the red slaughter sword hanging from his waist, Ma Shen indifferently ordered the people around him: "Act according to the original plan." β
"Yes, my lord," the captain whispered, and then glanced at the people around him, "hurry up and get it done, it's going to be dark!"
"Alright, Captain, it'll be done soon. β
"Haha, I'm finally in Meereen City, girls, I'm here. β
"Guaranteed to get the job done. β
The rugged sailors each snorted and pretended to be busy on board amid the captain's roar.
After a while, some of the sailors frolicked, and walked down from the ship in twos and threes, and then began to look east and west on the dock, and swayed so naturally.
Whether it was in the Age of Discovery in the West or in this world, sailors were generally in good health, otherwise it would be difficult for the frail to endure the hardships of long-term sailing.
In addition, sailors sometimes had to act as soldiers to defend against pirates, so it was not uncommon for sailors to have a sword at their waists.
As the crew of the fleet left one by one, Ma Shen also walked down the ship slowly after placing the highness Daenerys.
Today is a good day, it is a good time to kill, Ma Shen stretched the dock, looked around, and then followed the few crew members in front of him to the city gate.
The Walking Posture and momentum of the Unsullied are too obvious for ordinary people to see at a glance, so Ma Shen must lead these sailors to occupy the city gate first to prevent it from closing.
There is a reason, but without a suitable general to lead, Ma Shen is a little uneasy, after all, guarding the city gate is the most critical part of capturing Meereen.
The walls of Mereen are also very majestic, and if they are not defended, or if something goes wrong, there will really be another "Harrenhal Attack and Defense", but this time it will be our attack.
There are two gates here at Meereen Pier, a main gate and a small side gate, and they only need to occupy one of them.
The main entrance is a little northerly, and the side gate is closer to the dock than the main entrance, so after discussion, it was finally decided to capture the side gate, anyway, both the side gate and the main gate are quite large.
The city gate was not far from the wharf, and by the time Ma Shen came to take the city gate, the sailors had already mixed in the crowd, swaying around the city gate scatteredly, and the soldiers at the city gate did not notice anything.
As a large city of slave harbor, Meereen has always had a large flow of people at the docks, and at this moment, the night is approaching, and these long-term untrained gatekeepers are waiting for the handover.
With the flow of people, Ma Shen counted roughly the soldiers guarding the door, about eight, each of them using their spears as crutches and standing loosely.
At this moment, a sailor with a pot of wine passed by Ma Shen, and in a voice that could only be heard by two people, he whispered and said quickly: "The soldiers on patrol are still some distance from here. β
Looking at the sailors who left leisurely behind him, Ma Shen silently praised in his heart, these sailors are potential stocks, I don't know how they were selected by the bearded captain.
Now that the timing is good and most of the people are here, let's get started.
"Hey, brother, ask. Ma Shen smiled and walked over to a soldier, took out a silver coin from his bosom, and quickly stuffed it into the arms of the soldier guarding the door, "Which shop has a more beautiful lady here?"
As he spoke, Ma Shen raised his eyebrows with the eyes that all men understand.
"That's the right person to ask. Forehead... The soldier rubbed the windfall in his arms, his eyes lit up, and he looked up and was about to speak, but he saw a cold light flashing in front of him.
A streak of blood rushed out of his neck, making it look particularly beautiful.
"Kill!"
At the same time, more than a dozen sailors who were crossing the city gate with their shoulders on their backs suddenly turned their faces, drew their swords, and slashed several unprepared soldiers at the city gate to the ground with a shout, and then a large number of sailors around them quickly approached.
Turning around and slashing the gate guards in half with a sword, Ma Shen roared loudly: "Occupy the city gate!"
"Hold the gates!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!!"
With the commotion at the city gate, countless Unsullied people in the distance rushed out of the cabin in order, instantly crushing several slave soldiers who were patrolling the docks.
"It's the Unsullied!"
"Run!"
"Astapor called!"
Some sharp-eyed people on the dock saw these soldiers with a round shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and they saw it at a glance and hurriedly ran to both sides.
Among them were the merchants on the docks, the freedmen, and the sons of slave owners who fled with patrol soldiers in a bad way.
A large number of people will inevitably lead to crowding and trampling, but the Unsullied do not care about the people in front of them, how many people were pushed to the ground by the crowd, they only knew that Lord Ma Shen's order was to let them reach the city gate quickly, and anyone who stood in their way would die.
And just as the Unsullied were charging and the docks were in chaos, Ma Shen, who was guarding the city gate and thought that he would encounter a fierce battle, led the fierce sailors to stand at the gate with his sword so stupidly: "I'll wipe it, what about the peopleγγγγγ β
It's no wonder that Ma Shen was too surprised, it was too easy, after killing the eight soldiers guarding the gate just now, it didn't take long for a dozen tall soldiers in armor to rush down from the city wall with twenty slave soldiers.
At first, I thought there was going to be a hard fight, but before the fight began, the dozen or so soldiers in fine armor turned and fled, and only those soldiers who were poorly equipped and looked like slaves rushed up.
Poorly equipped, emaciated, and unled, Ma Shen easily led the men to defeat these slave soldiers.
Then there was a break in the last 20 seconds of the most important time, and there were no soldiers coming to stop Ma Shen, and at this time, the fastest Innocent was about to reach the city gate. [.]