Chapter 0531: Raid on the Jungle
At dawn, Quentin fell asleep in a daze.
He feared that the plan would fail.
In the midst of the shouting and neighing, Quentin was woken up by the accompanying university sergeant Kedri, and by the time he turned over and mounted his horse, Drogokao's army was already on the road.
Tens of thousands of troops plus tens of thousands of military dependents, the total number exceeded 150,000.
Drogo Kao's battle on the grassland is one of more and more fighters, and each time a defeated or killed Kao joins Drogo's legion.
The more fighters fought, the more family members who followed the fighters naturally increased.
Once the Dothraki people leave their home in the city of Visdoslav, they only go home once a year, and only once every three or five years, so once the Dothraki move, they all act together as a family, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled will stay in the only holy city of the Dothraki: Visdoslav.
The army of 150,000 stretched for dozens of miles, because the Dothraki could ride horses from childhood, and women could shoot arrows at a gallop, so even the family members were equivalent to the level of warriors in other city-states.
As long as the Dothraki were given a war horse, men, women and children, they could draw a bow and shoot arrows, kill with a scimitar, and wield a long whip. The Dothraki were like a basic life skill for a farmer to farm, a fisherman to fish, and a hunter to hunt.
It was an army so powerful that any city-state would be terrified at the sight of its name.
Cadet Kedri accompanied Quentin in the middle of the line.
The vanguard of the Great Army had already set out before the dawn and was to camp in a delta of the Lorne through a tributary of the Lorne today.
After crossing the delta formed by the Lorne and its tributaries, it is not far from the city of Valantis, and down the Lorne, it is only ten days to reach Valantis.
"Master Kedri, I've heard that Valantis City is rich and prosperous. Quentin said nonchalantly.
"Yes, Sir Cletus. ”
"No wonder the march was much faster today, and everyone wanted to take Valantis early and enjoy it. ”
"Yes, Sir Cletus, Drogokao has ordered early in the morning that today the whole army shall cross the tributary and camp in the delta of the Three Lornes by night. "Everyone is looking forward to the wealth and slaves that will come after the conquest of Valantis." ”
Valantis was a hub for the slave trade between the East and the West, with more than 100,000 slaves in the city. It was the largest number of free trade city-states, with the most slaves, and the largest number of riches and warships.
"Oh!" Quentin shook his head as he glanced at the team behind him, "There are too many people, I think it's difficult." ”
"Sir, there's a river crossing not far ahead. The vanguard crossed the river before dawn and entered the Lorne Delta. ”
At noon, Quentin and Varsity Skedri crossed the river and set foot in the Lorne Delta.
Standing on the bank of the river, looking back, the river is full of rafts that cross the river.
There are also hundreds of large and small rivers on the Dothraki Sea, and the Dothraki people are not afraid to cross the river, and the war horses also have experience in crossing the river, they are just afraid of the water that the horses cannot drink. Seawater is water that horses cannot drink, so it is considered poisonous by the Dothrakis. The sea is disgusted and feared by the Dothrakis, but not by the great rivers.
The people of this delta have fled overnight, leaving behind many empty villages and small towns. Quentin and Kedri followed the army and found that the delta was large and complex, with dense forests, valleys, large and small mountains, and endless flat land.
"It's a good place for an ambush, but it's a pity that the Valantis have been scared. Quentin said to Kedri.
"In the face of absolute power, it is difficult for any ambush to work. Sir Kedri said.
Quentin looked at the dense forest on his right and the mountains behind the dense forest, and said, "Not necessarily, if the attacking army hides in the dense forest, our army pursues it, and if the enemy sets fire, what can we do?"
"If you set fire to a fire in the forest, you will burn yourself to death. ”
"Lay the oil in advance and prepare the ships for retreat, and the fire will only burn the enemy and not himself. ”
Maester Kedri smiled slightly, not taking young Quentin's words to heart.
Woooooooooooooooo
Woo woo
From the front came the trumpets of the army assembly.
"Sir, we need to catch up with Daenerys' Cass clan. Kedri said.
Because Quentin got up too late in the morning, and Sir Caedri stayed with Sir Quentin, they fell behind Daenerys.
Quentin and Caedri were a small group that had been approved to act with Daenerys. Quentin was an insignificant little guard, and Daenerys and her close guards and the Cass clan didn't take Quentin seriously.
A dispensable little exotic guard.
Quentin and Kendri caught up with Daenerys' tribe, one of the officers was integrating the cavalry legion, and several officers galloped back and forth, giving a big order, and they saw Kedri and Quentin, and without saying anything, they waved their horsewhips and formed the two men into the ranks. Quentin noticed that several of his guards had been incorporated into the cavalry, with only Cletus, who was posing as him, staying out of the cavalry with Daenerys.
"Is this going to be a war?" Quentin whispered, "If there is really going to be a war, you have to go out and follow Cletus." ”
Bachelor Kaedri is not a warrior.
"I'll have to follow you, my lord. Cadri whispered.
"I have a few other guards, and when the queue moves, they will come to my side to protect me. Quentin whispered. He threw up his hand and shouted, "General, I have a bachelor by my side, he is not a warrior, let him go back to Sir Quentin, I am afraid that in the war he will drag us down, and make us unable to kill to the fullest." ”
Quentin's words caused a laugh among the Dothraki.
The captain of the squad galloped over with his whip and violently drove Maester Caedri out of the queue, whipping Maester Caedri's horse, which ran to Cletus's side as if it were fleeing, causing the soldiers to laugh again.
"Everyone obeyed, turned right, went into the jungle, and advanced. ”
So, a few officers in front, with this cavalry of about 5,000 men, turned around and headed towards the dense forest on the right. Quentin and several others soon gathered together in the gallop of the roaring war horses.
"What's the situation?" asked Quentin.
"Drogo Kao ordered one of his cowards to lead a cavalry into the jungle and search all the untouchables who were hiding in the jungle. ”
Quentin chuckled in his heart, Drogo Kao was not interested in a few ordinary people hiding in the woods, but he was afraid of ambushes in the dense forest.
Quentin realizes that Drogo Kao is invincible in hundreds of battles, and that he is not only brave, but also a little clever.
Quentin remained silent: "How did we get involved?" ”
"My lord, the Dothraki don't have a strict legion, and the barbarians will use a whip in the nearest circle, and we will have to go to battle with us if we are close. ”
Five thousand cavalry horses were like thunder, densely lined up along the line and went straight to the woods, like a hunting party driving away the fierce beasts in the woods, let out a ho-ho-ho roar, Dothraki scimitar raised high, the sword light shone, and a forest of scimitars advanced.