To ensure safety, Jorah ordered the army to retreat three miles back and camp. He himself took his guards, mounted on a horse's mount with a caged horse's mouth, and looked ahead.

Along the way, villages were burned, towns were burned, and some very good meadows were sprinkled with fire oil and burned. There is a lot of grass, and after it was burned, there are still many lawns, and these lawns look suspicious now.

No one dared to let a horse drink the water from a stream, a well, or a lake until it had been tried, and no one could put himself at risk.

Entering the village, there was nothing left except for the broken walls and collapsed houses.

Jorah saw it and knew that this was the first time that the Mavens of Meereen had practiced 'Qingye'. It's just that the water and grass, I don't know if it's poisoned on a large scale, or if it's just selectively poisoned on the march, so the suspicious array is set up, so that the soldiers dare not drink water, and the war horses dare not eat grass.

But this is also easy to do, where the water, the mouse and the kitten are fine, it is safe, and where the grass, pigs and sheep, are all right, then the war horse is safe.

If you can't drink water to graze along the way, it is very problematic, you can carry the grain and grass with you, but it is difficult to carry the water with you.

Jorah was a cautious man, and after looking at it, he returned the way he came, and the men did not dare to drink water, and the horses did not dare to eat grass.

Jorah returned to his tent, and according to his orders, all the healers of the army came, a dozen men, men and women, many of them hairless. Hairless people are eunuchs with medical skills, who were formerly slaves.

"Who can identify poisonous water and grass?" asked Jorah.

No one answered.

Jorah decided to put it another way: "Tell me, when someone poisons the water and grass, who do I go to defuse the poison in the weeds?"

"A witch or a shaman!" said the healer.

"Do we have witches or shamans in our army?"

"No, General Jorah. ”

Jorah pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm going to send someone to find the witch or shaman of the grassland to come and help, who can tell me what to do? how much money, food, food, or whatever else should I have to bring with me, where can witches and shamans be found on the grassland?"

"In the village, General Jorah. ”

"There are no villages or towns ahead. "But on our way here, we passed through many villages and towns. ”

"The larger the village, the more likely it is to find a shaman or a shrine maiden. A healer said.

Jorah had already made up his mind, and he said, "I will send three teams to set out in three directions, to find the place where the people of the steppe gather, and then invite the shaman or the witch. But at the same time, a dozen of you healers have to find a way to get to the road ahead and find the water and grass that have not been poisoned. ”

More than a dozen healers looked at each other.

"Don't be afraid, I'll allow you to take your critters with you. If there are no casualties among the animals who drink water and eat grass, the water and grass are safe. On the grassland, there is no shortage of rabbits and mice. ”

A dozen or so military doctors breathed a sigh of relief.

On the orders of Chora, three teams set out in three directions, with money and food, to find the nomadic tribes of the steppe. A dozen healers in the army, along with their apprentices and attendants, led by the vanguard cavalry, entered the territory destroyed by the Mavens of Meereen and began to search for safe and healthy waters and meadows.

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The Magi of Meereen fortified the wilderness, sent 20,000 troops, and carried out a strategy of burning, looting, and driving out the area north of Meereen, and poisoned the water and grass on the path that the Dothraki people must pass.

In Meereen, Yuankai, and Astapor, there are wizards who specialize in breeding a very terrifying insect that is good at poisoning and killing people, and this insect has a fearsome name: the manticore.

The manticores are highly venomous and were first discovered on the islands of the Jade Sea. Among the countless islands in the Jade Sea, there is an island covered with this highly poisonous insect, and that island is also called the island of the manticore. Not far from the island of the manticore, there is an island where legend has it that the first dragon egg was found.

After the manticores were discovered by the dark wizards, word spread, and dark wizards who specialize in poison went to the manticore's island in groups to catch this poisonous insect.

Later, the magicians also heard the news and came to this island, the dark wizards and magicians were deeply hostile, in order to avoid conflict, these wizards and magicians who like to breed, research, and drive poison occupied the nearby islands and lived, specializing in extracting, researching, and configuring new venom by extracting the poison of the manticore, and over time, the famous manticores were formed.

The prosperity of the Manticores caused the manticores to multiply rapidly, and through the hands of these evil wizards and magicians, they began to flood throughout the continent of Essos.

In the free-trade city-state of Braavos, Aquaman has a small courtyard dedicated to breeding this highly poisonous insect. No matter how powerful a person or animal is, if they are pricked by the scorpion-tailed stinger of a specially bred scorpion-tailed beast, there is no antidote, and they will definitely die.

This legendary creature is common in statues in Valyria, in Meereen and Yuankai, in Astapor, and in many cities in the East. The crest of the Lodge family in the Westside of Westeros is the Magetail.

The manticores have emerald-like shells, curved spiky tails, and a disturbingly vicious black human face. Manticores hiss and are adept at disguised as green beetles. Its poison is deadly to humans and is the superior poison revered by monks, wizards, shamans, alchemists, and the maesters of Westeros on the continent of Essos.

In recent history, a hundred years ago, the trade of live manticores spread throughout Assos, such as in the market stalls of Vis Dothraki, the holy city of the Dothraki people.

Later, because this poisonous insect killed too many people, it was impossible to prevent it, and the princes, nobles, Kao, governors, kings and other powerful figures from all over the world joined forces to vigorously strangle anyone who raised and sold this poisonous insect, and the proliferation of manticores was effectively curbed, but for dark wizards and secret magicians, manticores were still their favorite pets.

And on the Scorpion-tailed Beast Islands in the Jade Sea, there are still people who specialize in catching this highly poisonous insect for a living, and the trade of the Scorpion-tailed Beast, although it does not dare to be carried out blatantly, has been trading in secret, and has never stopped.

In Meereen, Yuankai, and Astapor, there is a small underground market dedicated to secretly trading this highly venomous manticore. The manticore's venom has been refined to neutralize other toxins, and has been made into many expensive poisons by wizards, which are very secret and popular in the upper class, and are essential venom for slave owners to kill people and set fires, and travel at home.

This time, the Mavens of Meereen gathered the strength of the various families and sprayed diluted venom in the water and grass on the enemy's march, mainly the scorpion-tailed beast venom.

For the Dothraki, detoxifying poison is their weakness, and attacking cities on horseback and archery is the strength of the Dothrakis. But it is precisely because of the preciousness of the scorpion-tailed beast poison that not every water source and meadow on the march of the Dothraki is sprinkled with poison. This strategy is like marching in formation, virtual and real, as long as the other party can be afraid and march slowly, then it will achieve the goal of the Maven of Meereen.

The army of more than 200,000 people, once it is stagnant, has to eat an astronomical amount of food every day. After a long time, no matter how powerful the warrior is, he can only withdraw his army without food to eat, and return in vain.

It is the strategic purpose of the Maven to make the other party retreat and not to attack Meereen when the retreating army does not come!

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Chapter 0942-2

"What's that?" said Scaratz, standing on the rampart, looking into the distance.

He saw the banner waving, but he wasn't sure yet.

In the distance, the mereen mountains are not obvious, but near the city, there are several small hills.

Between the hills and the hills, Scaratz seemed to see a flag flying.

It made his heart skip a beat.

The slave guards beside him looked into the distance, their faces suspicious.

The other Mavens chatted in the Great Pyramid, betting on how long Daenerys would be unable to hold out and leave.

"My lord, there is a banner, and the Dothraki are coming!" said the captain of the slave guard.

Behind them, lined up were rows of unsullied men wearing bronze spiked helmets, with round shields on their backs and spears in their hands, their faces expressionless.

Scaratz watched intently, and flags flashed from the first hill, first, second, third, and then the cavalry began to appear.

"The Dothraki are coming, so fast!" Scaratz incredulous.

Daenerys' army of 200,000 men had broken through the poisoned water and weeds so quickly? How was this possible? 200,000 people, 400,000 horses, how did they get here? Horses were brutes, they couldn't have been so obedient, and they couldn't have caged all the mouths of 400,000 horses.

Scaratz never believed that Meereen could hold it, so he came to the city walls every day. Look at the defenses, look at the military arrangements, and personally apply to be the commander of the defense of this section of the city wall of the most important city gate.

"Blow the trumpet, and tell the whole city that the Dothraki are coming. Scaratz regained his composure and began to give orders.

In terms of military command, as long as there is a Maven, all generals must obey the Maven. The status of the Maven is higher than the status and real power of all military generals. If there are two Mavens, it depends on who is higher and stronger, and what position they hold in the Great Pyramid.

The official positions of the Mavens of Meereen are elected once a year, and the votes determine the positions.

Woooo

Two short and one long trumpets sounded, wave after wave, one after another, and soon spread throughout the city.

The Maven in the Great Pyramid were all stunned.

Daenerys came over so quickly, but her army had made it through the poisoned water and weeds so quickly?

For 200,000 people, drinking water every day is a huge problem. In the area where the poison is contaminated, what water can be drunk and which water cannot be drunk is a difficult problem.

The ruling Maven in the Great Pyramid, Yarman Daznak, quickly stood up and strode outside: "Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy is coming, let's take our places according to the plan and act." ”

"Ho!" the Mavens, who gained confidence and strength from Yarman's fearlessness, stood up together, roared, and hurried out of the Great Pyramid. Each Maven was assigned a place to be stationed and a specific affair.

As soon as Yarman came out of the Great Pyramid, his slave servant had already brought a tall yellow horse, Yarman took the reins, the slave immediately knelt down, bowed his head, Yarman stepped on the slave's back and stepped on the war horse, the horse whipped and the war horse galloped towards the city gate. Behind him, a group of family slave guards and unsullied ones followed.

The second to step on the back of a slave was Grazdán, the green saint of Meereen. She is also a prophetic figure of Meereen, possessing some magical powers that ordinary people do not have, and she is also particularly proficient in poisoning. The venom of poisonous water and poisonous weeds is mostly related to her.

Her weapons were a longbow, quivers, and a scimitar. Behind her, the squires and the Unsullied Guards were not far behind those of Archon Yarman.

In Meereen, the strength of the Green Saintess family is the top three great sage families among the fifteen great families.

Along the way, wherever Grazdan went, civilians bowed, slaves stood and bowed, and soldiers stopped to salute. Grazten's face was hidden under a half-moon face ornament dressed in various jade treasures, and no one had ever seen her except for her trembling eyes. 、

Her clothes today are not simple, as if they were shining crystals, one by one evenly sized jade crystals of various colors woven into one-piece clothes woven with unknown silk threads, wrapping her whole body under this dazzling jade crystal, these crystals are the size of a thumbnail, which can outline the curves of the human body very softly, just like the chain mail worn by some generals on the continent of Westeros that can be folded at will.

Jade crystals sparkle in the sun, and even when there is no sunlight, these jade crystals will shine. It is not easy to find one of these crystals, and it is even more exaggerated to find hundreds or thousands of such crystals, but it is a miracle to weave them into a one-piece garment like chain mail.

This shows how exaggerated the wealth of the slave owners was. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and millions of slaves created a great deal of wealth from generation to generation to provide for the lives of the fifteen great sages.

When the Green Saintess Gratzdan arrived at the city wall, the vanguard of 10,000 cavalry led by Jorah had already arrived on the other side of the moat, and the cavalry lined up in a phalanx one by one, as if they had planned a territory outside the city of Meereen in advance, and one by one the phalanx continued to extend with the steady stream of cavalry.

The aura of slaughter unconsciously spread, overflowing the city walls and entering the city of Meere.