Chapter 264 Negotiation

Under the setting sun.

The soldiers on the top of the city of Soul Fort were cleaning the battlefield and threw corpses down the top of the city, including the corpses of comrades-in-arms.

With limited space in castles and camps, there is nowhere for bodies to be stored or even burned.

After all, this is just a semi-finished castle that has not been built yet, plus a semi-permanent camp.

The 10,000 soldiers of the First Legion were stationed here, relying on the castle and the tall wooden walls of the barracks, where supplies were hoarded.

Therefore, the situation of the surrounded I Corps was far more dangerous than that of Pantos, and they hardly had much geographical advantage to occupy.

The Dothraki focused on attacking the camped areas without city walls, which was equivalent to fighting a continuous tug-of-war with the Dothraki on the plains.

After a whole day of fighting, the legion's camp has been broken through several times, but in the end, it was stubbornly resisted. Now it is cleaning the battlefield and taking the time to repair the damage.

Inside the headquarters conference hall of Soul Fortress.

The commanders of the Kingdom's First Legion gathered together, and the civilian-born Legion Commander Bessie Joyce was still dressed in military uniform and wearing a metal mask, sitting in the most central position.

He also has a golden sword and shield medal on his chest.

On both sides of his seat are two rows of knights with bright armor. They are all commanders of the legion. They wear armor with the emblem of the three-headed fire dragon of Targaryen. On the chest is the The seven-pointed star symbol representing the seven gods.

One of the commanders couldn't help but said.

"The Dothraki will not be defeated by holding on, Commander-in-Chief."

"And His Majesty is now trapped in Pentos, and we can't even let the ravens out."

In the past few days, the ravens released by the Heroic Soul Fort were shot and killed by the Dothraki, and only one was more alert and flew high and escaped, but no news has come back.

"That's right."

Others followed suit.

"I have a proposal, Commander-in-Chief."

The other commander also stood up.

He proposed to fight out of the city and burn the Dothraki to death by imitating the kerosene tactics used by His Majesty back then.

Others have come up with more and more varied ideas, such as lengthening the front, forming a shield formation, flanking the cavalry, interspersing the charge and cutting the battlefield, and so on.

It can be seen that the grass-roots commanders of the First Army are much stronger than the defenders of Pantos. At least they have experienced the training of the regular army and the baptism of blood and fire.

However, Bessie, who was sitting in the first place, remained silent.

Since he rushed into the sea of ​​​​fire and was seriously injured, he has become a lot more taciturn.

After all the commanders had clarified their opinions, Bessie raised her head slightly and said in a hoarse and low voice.

"Everyone."

"Behind us is the Andas Plain, the homeland of our ancestors."

His eyes looked around all the faces on the left and right, and the voice came out from under the metal mask.

"Prince Oberyn's reinforcements will soon arrive."

"We're not going to keep going."

"We must seize the time to solve the enemy in front of us, and then go to Pantos to relieve His Majesty."

The commander-in-chief's voice echoed in the conference room.

He has already decided that he will not stay in the Fortress of Heroes.

He understood that the Dothraki who surrounded Hero Castle in front of him were not their main force, and the opponent's main force must be besieging Pantos.

Although Bessie knew very well that the Dothraki were just trying to help out.

However, he had sworn to protect His Majesty's safety and live up to Viserys' trust in him.

Therefore, Bessie first shrank the line of defense and put on a defensive posture, showing the enemy's weakness and letting the Dothraki relax their vigilance.

Next, he is ready to seize the enemy's slack and defeat the enemy in front of him in one go.

And all the grass-roots commanders of the legion were shocked when they heard the words, knowing that the commander-in-chief decided to go out of the city and fight the Dothraki who were several times his own.

But instead of feeling fear, they were full of enthusiasm.

Then he stood up in unison, hammering his chest with one hand.

"For the king!"

The land of Essos is surging.

All free trade city-states have their sights set on the war that is breaking out on the Great Plains at this moment.

The ancient Valyrian Trail was even cut off, severely affecting the trade routes to Norvos and Khor.

You must know that the ancient trade route of Pantos-Nofos-Khor has been maintained for many years, and it has already become the economic lifeline of several inland cities.

And in faraway Westeros.

the end of the world.

King Robert led the coalition army composed of the major nobles of the Seven Kingdoms after a long journey of two months, and arrived at Winterfell a long time ago.

Unrelated brothers Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark finally meet again.

Then they went to the Great Wall of Despair together.

As more and more wildlings have been hoarded there, the conflict between the Freedmen and the Night's Watch continues to intensify.

The Night's Watch unexpectedly dispatched a team of rangers to destroy a small tribe, killing all men, women and children.

However, a group of northern troops who also went out to clean up was ambushed by wildlings.

The cruel Sern even skinned and cramped the captives of the northern army, and sent them to the barbecue grill where they could be seen on the Great Wall.

The two sides went back and forth to accumulate a deep hatred.

However, it is against the background of this tension.

The king of the savage kingdom suddenly sent an emissary. They heard from the captives that the king of the south seemed to be here, so they sent an emissary to negotiate with the king of the south.

The messenger revealed his identity and was then connected to Castle Black, where he met Robert Baratheon, the southern king who had just arrived at the Great Wall of Desolation.

The messenger didn't say anything nonsense, but directly stated that the footsteps of the white ghosts behind them are getting closer and closer, and the real winter has not yet come, but it is not far away.

The emissaries of the Savage Kingdom demanded that Robert must open the gates and let the freedmen outside the Great Wall pass through the Great Wall, or their tribesmen would all die.

And the messenger of Mance Red also said that they had found the legendary 'Winter Horn' on the Fist of the First Men.

Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, Qiaoman, the king beyond the Great Wall, once blew the 'horn of winter' to wake up the giant sleeping underground, and if the 'horn of winter' was blown, it would also cause the Great Wall to collapse.

If the king of the Seven Kingdoms is not prepared to let hundreds of thousands of free people go through the Great Wall to the warm south to survive.

Then Mance Rader is going to blow this divine weapon to collapse the Great Wall of Despair, and burn the Seven Kingdoms and hundreds of thousands of free people together.