Chapter 503: To Ride or Not to Ride
Lying in the cold snow, even Brother Lei couldn't figure out why he suddenly made such an unprecedented gift - since he accepted the gift of the Red God, Egg no longer needed gloves, ear protection and other bits and pieces of warm parts, and the result of showing his hands was that the moment the skin of his palm touched the scales on Brother Lei's face, the power of the true dragon was directly transmitted through the form of bioelectricity on the surface of the body, bringing dozens or hundreds of times the effect produced by air and radiation alone!
The sudden increase in deterrence made the green dragon subconsciously think that his inappropriate behavior had angered the superiors, and his body instinct instantly took over the muscles of the whole body, and before it could react, the entire dragon body had already fallen firmly into the snowdrift.
A gentle touch of oneself has such an amazing effect on the dragon!
Iger didn't dare to dislike Rahlo's stinginess anymore - the little scale she had given herself seemed inconspicuous, but it surprised people again and again. He remembered with confidence that none of the three dragons had ever shown such a degree of fear and surrender, even to Daenerys Targaryen, the hatcher, nurturer, and tamer of true dragon blood. This is like a magic dragon paired with a dragon knight, a puppy reprimanded by its owner.
Melisandre also looked back at the man next to her in surprise - even though she was convinced that Egg was the chosen one of the Lord of Light, she never imagined that he would be able to submit such a big creature so easily and completely. Judging from the information obtained from the mouths of Macchiro and other colleagues, even the "mother" of the dragon queen was not so comfortable when taming them.
"It's scared of you. The red-robed woman judged, and boldly reached out again to touch the dragon's head, and now with Egg's suppression and submission, Brother Lei didn't even snort. "I guess you won't have any problem riding it. ”
"Agreed, but ...... Should I do that?"
Although it was a question, Iger didn't actually have much to think about, and he already had the answer in his mind. Daenerys is ten years younger than him, but she is not an innocent child, she is a king, she is a minister, if she relaxes her guard and becomes complacent because she has won favor with a good story, sooner or later she will end up miserable. Iger always remembers that a companion is like a companion tiger: with a little favor, he is so bold that he rides her dragon without saying hello...... It's like marrying someone's daughter without even seeing her father-in-law - if the queen is happy to find her kind and acquiesce to Brother Lei as his mount, it is a good result, but what if she doesn't?
In addition to political considerations, there is actually another more practical problem in front of Egger: he doesn't know how to ride a dragon.
Looking at the obedient appearance of the green dragon's six-body throw, there must be no problem in climbing on its back and sitting on its back, but what next? How to order it to take off, how to order it to turn, how to order it to fly where, how to make it fly a lap and then send itself back to the same place, how to make sure it does not throw itself out when accelerating, braking, and rolling?
This is not the joyful cartoon of "How to Train Your Dragon", there are countless details in the real world, and any one of them is not considered in place...... Rahlo wouldn't wake up from his long sleep and fly over to catch his spokesman, who was about to fall to his death!Don't you see: even Daenerys, who brought up Drogen with one hand and learned dragon control, ended up honestly putting a harness on the dragon's back?
......
To ride or not to ride, that's the question. Fortunately, he soon did not have to dwell on it: after thinking about it for a short while, a small group of horseback riders had finally arrived in the direction of Fireplace City—if only his own subordinates were present, he might have dared to have the courage to ride a dragon, but in the presence of the Unsullied, with his caution, he would definitely not make any moves that might fall into the hands of others.
"Alright, good boy, don't lie in the snow, go back. ”
Iger patted Regore's big head and said loudly in the same tone as a big pet. But his broad palm was nothing more than an tickle for the green dragon, and he didn't understand the words that came out of his mouth, and the latter blinked a few times, puzzled, and didn't make any movement.
"Valyrian could have been more useful. Melisandre came up with an idea, and then demonstrated in Daenerys' native language, "It's all right, let's go!"
Iger repeated the sentence in a similar way, and at the same time took away the hand placed on Lei Ge's head, the demon dragon slowly raised his head, and stared at Egg hesitantly for a long time, until he saw that he waved his hand to make a driving motion, indeed to let it leave, then shook off the remaining mud spots on his body after the snow had dried up, reopened his wings, and flew away in the violent flapping.
On the ground, a large narrow puddle was left where the dragon had just laid, which quickly cooled and froze in the icy environment, and the small group of cavalry that was still at the end of the field of vision had already arrived at this moment.
Unexpectedly, but reasonablely, the team was not all innocent, half of them were non-commissioned officers who were ordered by Iger to protect the Queen, and the leader was none other than Warner Bookwell, who was highly regarded for his ability to do dirty work and execution.
"Lord Egger!" Like everyone else, Warner naturally saw the scene of the green dragon lying in the snow just now, and at this moment, he opened his eyes and looked carefully at the commander-in-chief, who had only been seen for half a month, only to find that he was indeed very different from the last time they met, "The queen's dragon suddenly left the nest and flew away for no reason, and we were hurriedly ordered to form a team to investigate the reason, and that was just now...... What's going on?"
"I don't know, maybe it has something to do with the Lord of Light's choice of me as spokesperson. Iger didn't intend to explain more, shook his head and said in general terms, "I have come to explain this matter to the queen in person, leave the dragon alone, let's go, and take me into the city to meet Your Majesty." ”
The leader of the Unsullied who accompanied him was one of the few people in his colleagues who knew the lingua franca of Westeros, but he only understood it slightly, and could not use it proficiently, seeing that Rego above his head had flown back to the direction of the last Hearth, and Iger was about to enter the city to meet the queen, he nodded to him and said hello, and did not ask any more questions.
Iger turned around and summoned Casey, a stunned squire with three horses not far away, and ordered dozens of soldiers who were waiting farther away to organize the team to follow, and planned to go around the mud in front of him that had been "lying out" by the dragon and go into the city to meet Daenerys as originally planned, but after the soldiers gathered around, a voice stopped him.
"Your Excellency, please wait!"
Aiglema looked at the speaker, and Leon pushed forward the crowd's mounts with a large crow in his hand: "You're ...... When dealing with the dragon, an urgent message came back from the front. He approached Iger and handed the note to him: "The scout in charge of the guard has spotted the shadow of the cavalry in the direction of the advance of the large army, most likely the northern patrol in charge of guarding the King's Road, our movements...... There is a good chance that it has already been discovered. ”
Of course, no crow in the world is smart enough to accurately deliver information to a moving target in the wild, but the large bird perched on Leon's arm has the ability to do this - it is actually a crow under the control of a shapeshifter, or a beast spirit that is entering the body of a crow. Rather than "it", it should be said to be "him", and Iger took these strange men with him and firmly controlled them to ensure that he had a reconnaissance and information transmission efficiency far beyond any army in the Seven Kingdoms, and now it really came in handy.
"So fast?"
Egger's heart sank.
The land-giver walked mainly on his legs, and he certainly wasn't so naïve as to think that Robb was full of food and sleep at home, and he didn't know anything until he arrived at Winterfell. With Daenerys Targaryen occupying the last Hearthplace City in the North, it made sense for the Stark family to send patrols to guard the direction of the north, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't know if this kid had a long memory after suffering a loss, and he actually boldly surrounded the guard...... Stretching so close to the last Fireplace City!
It is bad news that the opponent's vigilance is higher than expected, but it is not enough to directly abort his plan, relying on the macro advantage of the fast march along the main road and the early blocking of news by pre-war information control, there is still a high probability that the goal of the first stage will be achieved: it will definitely take more than half a day for the scouts to send the news back to Winterfell, but it will take a few more days for Winterfell to send a letter to the northern princes to ask them to bring back the troops who have just left...... Coupled with the two days that have been gone, I have won an additional advantage for at least a week.
At present, whether the first step of the strategic goal can be achieved depends on whether you can take advantage of this week...... Gather your army from the north before you reach Winterfell and get there to seal the victory!
Originally, there were still four to five days away from Winterfell - it didn't matter if it was four days or five, but now that it had been discovered in advance, then, for the sake of insurance, I was afraid that I would have to ensure that I arrived in four days, and even desperately compressed it to three and a half days or even less than three days!
The green dragon suddenly fell from the sky and wasted dozens of minutes of his time, and he had to go into the city to explain to Daenerys "why her dragon is afraid of herself" and consume a little more of his unplanned time...... With the movement of the army already discovered and the time began to become tight, it seemed that the act of leaving the army to meet the queen in a sneak peek had become untimely and dangerous!
"Warner. Egger made a decision in an instant, "The situation has changed, I have to return to the army immediately, and I can't go into the city to explain to her in person." Tell me: How long will it be before the Queen's Black Dragon can fly again?"
"The wings have almost grown, most of them in these two days. Warner was a little puzzled: "You are all here, how much time can it take to go into the city to meet the queen? A war will not be won in half a day!"
"I've made up my mind, so I don't need to say more. "In front of him is his right-hand man, but after all, he is only a native of this world who still has a medieval mindset, and Iger does not expect him to understand his seemingly neurotic race against time: "Excuse me from the Queen, and tell Your Majesty - 'I am waiting for her in Winterfell'!"
——