The next day, Eddard Stark led two guards across the long bridge, from east to west, to the western end of the bridge.

At the arch of the bridge, there are already antlers. The antlers were several meters wide, densely packed at the head of the bridge, blocking the passage. Behind the antlers, there was a deep trench, about two meters wide, and the horses could not jump over.

Behind the trench, spearmen patrolled. On the left and right are the barracks, where archers, swords, and shields are practicing arrays and offensive and defensive battles.

Eddard shouted, "Soldier, I'm Eddard Stark, and the commander of His Majesty's vanguard army of King Gregor, please remove the antlers and build the wooden bridge, I will go to the city to meet the consul." ”

At the head of the bridge, only four soldiers were standing guard.

The leading soldier said, "Lord Eddard, the Archon has decreed that the Archon will not see you and we will not surrender to you until we receive a reply from His Majesty King Gregor. ”

Ed said, "Has the Archon sent a letter to King Gregor?"

"Yes, sir. That's exactly what we got from the news. The consul had already written a letter to His Majesty the King, and had already sent it last night. We will wait until His Majesty's order comes down. The consuls will resolutely carry out His Majesty's orders, so please return, sir. ”

"Well, please inform your consul that I have also sent a letter to His Majesty. I will wait for His Majesty's reply in Dongcheng and then carry out His Majesty's orders. ”

"Yes, my lordship, I will relay your words to the Archon. ”

Eddard Stark had the strength to conquer the Black Wall on the other side, but he decided to wait for the King's reply. Everywhere he went, he turned a place into ruins, which was a situation that Ed didn't want to see, and neither did the Magic Mountain. A common problem of conquerors is that they like to beat the conquered places to shreds, but this is not really in their interests. If you are here to be the master, then you are destroying your own property. If it's for plunder, that's a different story.

The Magic Mountain is to rule the continent of Essos, just like it is to rule the continent of Westeros. When a place is conquered, you can no longer treat yourself as a guest, you must have the mentality of a master. If not, then it is not really a ruler, but a killer.

Magic Mountain discussed his thoughts with Eddard Stark in detail, and Eddard was impressed by Magic Mountain after fully understanding Magic Mountain's thoughts. This is also the reason why he led a powerful warship and did not attack Xicheng first, Xicheng is the most prosperous place, and it is also the place where the nobles lived, and built a tall and strong black city wall, which can be knocked down with artillery, but after the bombardment, it will have to be rebuilt, so it is not a good idea to storm with artillery. And the eastern city was the residence of slaves, craftsmen, and free people, and there were no walls, no military defenses, and no legions, and Ed took the eastern city of Valantis without a single soldier, and after he announced that Valantis abolished slavery, he won the hearts of the slaves and commoners of the eastern city.

He represents the arrival of the King and His Majesty the Queen. And in Valantis, slaves and commoners alike looked forward to the Mother of Dragons. The Mother of Dragons has a high prestige among the nine free trade city-states, especially in the slave-holding city of Valentine, where slaves are looking forward to the arrival of the slave liberators one day.

Duke Eddard Stark, who was extremely popular and loved in the East City, became the least popular person in the eyes of the nobles in the West City.

After eating the closed door, Eddard Stark had to return with two guards. He decided to return to Dongcheng and wait for a reply from His Majesty. Although rejection hurts people's dignity, Ed doesn't value this false name. He is a practical person and is willing to deal with problems in a peaceful way. And that's actually the hardest. The soldiers were holding back their anger, and the soldiers and generals were already belligerent, earning glory and glory by military exploits, and they all disagreed with Ed's way of dealing with it.

*

Eleven days later.

A dragon groan came from the sky of Valantis—Correction—

The dragon's groan pierced through time and space, resounding in the sky of the eastern and western cities, and the sound was like a golden jade strike, echoing in the sky for a long time.

Eddard Stark, Hound Dog, Jon Jon, and other soldiers of the East City poured out of the barracks, and the streets were filled with new freemen, craftsmen, wealthy merchants and mercenaries, sailors, and captains...... Tens of thousands of people rushed out of their homes together, looking up at the sky......

A huge golden-red dragon and a dazzling white dragon hovered in the sky. The dragon is a sheep thief with the Magic Mountain on his back, and the white dragon is Viserys, and on his back is Arlene Martell.

The soldiers and people of the eastern city let out a deafening cheer......

And in the western city, the walls were full of archers, and they looked up at the sky together, silent.

That is the legendary dragon, I don't know how many times bigger than the white dragon, and its wings spread out, as if it could cover the entire Xicheng.

The nobles of the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party heard the dragon's groan, and rushed out of the villa to look up, looking at the invincible dragon and white dragon in the sky, and the nobles, like the soldiers on the city wall, were rarely silent. This is in stark contrast to the cheers and shouts of the East Side. The whole Xicheng was full of people, and the barracks at the head of the bridge were also full of soldiers, everyone looked at the dragon, they were silent, no one cheered, no one shouted, as if the dragon brought silence......

*

"Lord Eddard Stark, all the warriors, all armed, cross the Long Bridge and enter the West City to accept the surrender. ”

The sound of the magic mountain was like thunder, and his dragon hovered over the long bridge, and the people of the cities on both sides could see him and hear him. His shouts were like the striking of a giant bell, melodious and far-reaching.

Eddard Stark and the soldiers agreed with a bang, and all kinds of horns, heralds, footsteps, and neighing horses sounded together.

And the nobles of the Xicheng, the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party all heard this. They wrote a letter of complaint to the king, but the king, as if he had not received their letter, sent the contemptible fellows of the eastern city to come and accept the surrender. The nobles of the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party looked at each other, hoping to get a fair answer, but His Majesty the King came and received no answer.

Jeff, the leader of the Tiger Party, couldn't help it, ran to the roof of the main building, and shouted into the sky: "Your Majesty, a guy named Sandor Clegane has killed my child, please do justice to His Majesty the King!"

"Master Jeff, the person who killed your child is my own brother, he is arrogant, in order to keep his comrades from being hurt by your tiger, he shot to kill your tiger, this is not wrong, I will not let him apologize to you. In order to compensate for your losses, I will compensate you with a dragon. ”

"Dragon?!"

"Yes. My dragon has hatched three baby dragons and is now grown to fly. The names of the three dragons are Knight, Lady and Timei, and I will reward you with a dragon called Timei as compensation for your children, what do you think?"

Jeff was in disbelief, his heart pounding violently, and he knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, Jeff swears allegiance to you in the name of the god of the sky, the earth, and the sea, and Jeff and his family will never betray His Majesty." ”

"Remember your vows, Jeff!"

"Always remember, passed down from generation to generation. ”

In the west city, the soldiers of the barracks and the nobles cheered.

His Majesty compensated Jeff with a dragon for his tiger, much to the aristocrats' high spirits. His Majesty respects them, there is no doubt about it. Using a dragon to tie their hearts greatly exceeded their expectations. The men and soldiers of the Elephant and Tiger Party let out a shout, and their swords slammed against their shields with a loud bang.

Xicheng is boiling!

And in Dongcheng, Dongcheng, which was originally boiling, quieted down.

Eddard Stark, Hound Dog, Earl Jon Jon, and the rest of the soldiers couldn't believe what they heard.

Dragons, supreme magical creatures.

Priceless!

It was given to a slave owner in Valantis

Wouldn't those guys be even more arrogant?!

That guy wounded almost all the generals on this side, shot dozens of soldiers, and not only was he not punished severely, but he even got a dragon from His Majesty the King for it?

The hound's ugly face twitched violently.

The generals and knights of the North were collectively silent and gloomy.

The Cregan soldiers widened their eyes, refusing to believe that this was the words of His Majesty.

Is the king still the great hero they loved, the invincible, murderous man who never blinked?

Why did a petty slave owner give him a dragon instead of obeying the killing? That hateful guy deliberately used a tiger to disturb the surrendered commander and soldiers, which was a great mistake.

Eddard Stark also thinks he has done nothing wrong!

For the sake of the overall situation, he suppressed the siege plan of the soldiers, but he definitely did not expect such a result. All you need to do is drive the battleship to the Lorne River in the West City, you can blast open the gates of the West City, collapse the city walls, and then enter the city and kill the opponent. — but he chose forbearance.

The tens of thousands of people in the East Side who were full of expectations could not believe it.

The damned slave owner of Xicheng, the evil man with his hands covered in blood, actually got a dragon because he had killed a man-eating tiger. They looked up at the sky, disbelieving that the king who had liberated them and given them freedom had such a high regard for the bloody ones in the opposite city. Those so-called nobles were raised by eating their blood, and they all enslaved their lives to earn great wealth.

Those guys are guilty of capital crimes!

But the king also rewarded the Tiger executioner Jeff with a dragon.

The people refused to believe what they heard, and they instinctively believed that things would turn around.

They believe in Daenerys, who is the liberator of slaves, the one who is shackled, the angel of freedom, the king she submits, and she can't be wrong.

Like the confusion in the hearts of the people, Ed looked at the hounds: "Lord Marquis, what do you think of the king's words?"

The hound glared at Eddard Stark, and without saying a word, he turned over the unicorn and drew his sword: "Casgos warriors." ”

Five hundred Casgus warriors drew their swords together and raised them like a forest of swords.

"Come with me and go to Westside, if the Tiger guy is still arrogant, kill him and his men. ”

"Ho!" shouted the five hundred Casgus warriors together.

The sound of horses' hooves led the hounds to set off, followed by five hundred warriors of the island of Casgos.

Ed also turned on his horse, and he ordered the herald beside him to blow the horn, and all the soldiers were there, and they lined up and went out of the city at an even speed, towards the long bridge.

*

The hound's unicorn was the fastest, and he came alone to the western bridgehead, where the antlers had been removed, and a wide wooden bridge had been built over a trench more than two meters wide, and as soon as he appeared at the bridgehead, the Tigers and the Elephant soldiers bowed to him together: "Valantis welcomes the arrival of the general." ”

His Majesty said in the sky that the wicked man who killed the tiger was his own brother, and the soldiers of the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party changed their attitude and treated the hounds with respect. His Majesty is invincible, and his own brother, who is truly a fierce general, can kill Jeff's tiger.

The Hound wore a dog helmet on his head, no mask down, and his terrifying left side of his face was terrifying to both the Elephant and Tiger soldiers.

The hound walked alone across the bridge, across the wooden bridge, and stepped on the avenue of the West City, the city gate in front was wide open, and there were generals and nobles standing at the gate of the city, with a humble attitude, and came to greet the surrendered soldiers.

But they didn't expect only one person to come: the king's younger brother, Sandor Clegane, the giant man who killed Jeff the Tiger on the long bridge.

The hound's face was not good, the unicorn stepped forward without being happy or slow, and the nobles of the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party stepped forward together, bowing in unison: "Valantis welcomes the arrival of the general." ”

His unicorn made the horses around him kick the ground restlessly, trying to break free of control and escape. And his face also made many nobles feel uncomfortable. Some of the ladies and ladies who had come to welcome the soldiers turned their heads away, not daring to look at the horrible face.

"Where's Jeff?" said the Hound coldly.

"Lord Jeff and the Archon greet His Majesty the King in the Hall. ”

"Oh, what's the name of your archon?"

"Joshuel, General. ”

"Joshuel and Jeff, the most cruel, bloody, dark, stupid, and ignorant people I have ever heard, and the tens of thousands of people across the East Side wish they would be hanged. ”

The welcoming procession was full of smiles, smirking faces, and flattery, but no one expected that the king's younger brother would be dirty and openly threatening.

Everyone was stunned at that moment.

The atmosphere stiffened suddenly, the general of the Tiger Party pressed the hilt of his sword with his hand, and the eyes of the nobles of the Elephant Party flashed with a cold light.

The hound looked at a general with his hand on the hilt of his sword: "What's your name, dare to openly press the hilt of your sword to threaten the surrendered general, are you impatient?"

The general's face suddenly turned red, and the hand that pressed the hilt of the sword was bruised.

"Hehe, draw your sword, General, let me see your swordsmanship. "The hound didn't put his hand on the sword, he only needed to clamp his legs to get the unicorn to wear the unicorn on the unicorn before he could stab the sword. The speed at which the unicorn starts, in a short distance, is faster than an arrow. No one can escape a unicorn's surprise attack at such a close distance.

Several nobles stretched out their hands and pressed the general's hand: "General, he deliberately provoked you. An Elephant nobleman whispered in the native language of Valantis.

The native language of Valantis, even if it is not whispering, the hound does not understand it at all.

A noblewoman said: "General, he is the king's own brother, he must be dissatisfied with the king's reward to Jeff for a dragon, he is deliberately provoking trouble, calm down." ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded intensively at the bridge, and five hundred Casgus warriors under the Hound arrived.