Chapter 38: Slave Bay Overlord
The outcome of the battle has been decided, and the next step is to clear the battlefield and count the casualties.
Drogo patrolled around with a heavy heart, personally cremating the warriors who fought on the bloody battlefield, and led everyone to bow to them in silence, remembering their bravery, and giving them the glory they deserved, even though they could no longer see it.
According to the statistics of scholar Malposi and others, 800 of the 9,000 Unsullied troops who fought bloody battles were killed and nearly 1,000 were injured. The free people and the original khalasar were only supporting troops, so there were very few casualties.
Facing the superior number of mounted warriors who are famous for their bravery, many people can accept such casualties. All those who survived have a deeper respect for Drogo, because without the exquisite strategy he deployed, the number of casualties would have been much lower. I'm afraid it will increase exponentially, and we may not be able to win this war.
Bono's once over 10,000 braided warriors suffered heavy casualties, and only about 7,000 of them survived and returned to Drogo.
Of course, these are only those who fought for Kao. There are also the belatedly arrived logistics troops who are responsible for driving the herds and escorting the grain and grass. Together with the old, weak, women, children, and shackled slaves, the total number exceeds 10,000!
The Dothraki khalasar tribe is inherently mobile. As long as the mounted warriors are conquered, the remaining people will adapt to the situation and become the people or playthings of the new Khal.
Drogo climbed onto his fiery horse and looked at the densely packed Dothraki in his eyes. He was filled with emotion for a moment.
Once upon a time, he owned the largest one hundred thousand khalasar, but now he is finally a little bit like before.
After the ceremony to honor the heroes was over, Drogo led all the soldiers to gather in the wide punishment square that had been renamed "Freedom Square". He ordered that some of the livestock that Bono had plundered and stored be beheaded, and ordered people to move them out of the cellars of the good lords. Treat them with jars of pure wine.
While waiting for the chef to prepare the food, Drogo stood on the high platform and appointed three bloodriders who were loyal to him as bandits, each commanding two thousand Khas tribesmen.
Ago, Rakhalo, and Qiaogo were overjoyed. They accepted everyone's congratulations with trepidation, and delivered speeches on taking office with knotted tongues.
Dany is very satisfied with her husband's arrangement. The three Argos were originally inconspicuous young men in her Khas army. They were promoted to bloodriders because no one was available. Now they have reached an enviable and respected position. She felt relieved and felt that they deserved their title.
Soon, the banquet began, with ten people sitting cross-legged on the floor, drinking wine, eating meat, chatting and laughing.
There was meat and wine, but there was no beautiful woman to accompany the wine. Many Dothraki who did not know the rules boldly made demands to Kaa.
As a result, they were all severely rejected by Drogo, who told them that the essence of freedom is that everyone is equal, and no one can force women to do things they don't want to do!
Of course, the king's confidence was a bit lacking when he said these words, because there were still many women in Astapor who were unwilling to work hard.
Drogo was sandwiched between a group of unqualified leaders. From time to time he stood up, raised his wine bowl, and toasted the audience, showing off his casual barbarian leadership style.
Kaa was in a high mood, but Khaleesi was in a gloomy mood because her most loyal Queen's Guard turned out to be King's Landing's lackey and an informant of Varys the Eight-clawed Spider!
Dany knew Jorah's past and the reason why he betrayed her. The big bear wanted to cleanse himself of his sin and return to his hometown.
Jorah told Dany about his experience, and Dany used to sympathize with him, pitying him for being an exiled knight who was harmed by love.
But now, her hatred far outweighs her sympathy. It's just that humans are not just grass and trees, how can we be ruthless?
Dany couldn't help but think back to Big Bear's miserable autobiography.
Jorah Mormont said that he was born on the beautiful and ethereal Bear Island in the cold north. He was the son of Jeor Mormont, who had become the leader of the Night's Watch at the Wall.
There are many tangled oak trees and towering ancient trees on Bear Island. The fields are filled with fragrant hawthorn flowers. Clear rivers run through the steep hills. Gray stones are covered with moss that symbolizes the fertility of the land. The halls of the Mormont family are made of giant trees.
It was built and surrounded by an earth fence. Most of his people made a living by farming and fishing.
As a lord and an honorary knight with military exploits, his life was quite comfortable, but the territory was too remote and the transportation was inconvenient, resulting in the rich and the poor.
The turning point in Jorah's life occurred when Robert Baratheon held a tourney outside Lannisport. He fell in love at first sight with Lynys Hightower, the beautiful daughter of the lord of Oldtown, and was lucky enough to get the beauty's love.
Permission to fight for her.
The big bear was very excited after receiving a token from his beloved. He tried his best in the conference and won many battles. He even fought equally with the "Kingslayer" Jaime Lannister nine times. In the end, his bravery won Robert's favor.
, and awarded him the winning crown.
His heroic performance won the favor of Linnis and her father's approval, and he agreed to Daxiong's marriage proposal.
After getting married, Jorah, who had a beautiful woman, felt that he was the happiest man in the world. However, the good times did not last long. Lyness, who was greedy for wealth and glory, soon became tired of the poor life on Bear Island.
In order to please his wife and give her what she wanted, Big Bear not only squandered all his family property, but also owed huge debts. In the end, he could not withstand the pressure, lost the honor that a knight should have, and embarked on the road of slave trading.
Slave trading is prohibited in Westeros, so he was wanted by the Duke of the North, Eddard Stark, forcing him to embark on the road of exile with his wife.
However, Big Bear devoted everything to his wife, but failed to win her loyalty. In the end, Linis moved into the mansion of Trade Prince Trigg O'Molon and became his most favored concubine.
Recalling this, Dany couldn't help cursing in her heart: "You were a traitor to the Queen's Iron Guard. If you want to restore your honor, I can give it to you. When I land in the Land of Eternal Summer, I will clear your name, but you
Why did you choose to abandon your usurper instead of accepting you as me?"
She was in a bad mood, but she could only think to herself, because three dragons, who were touched by maternal love, were lying next to her and biting the whole sheep. Their ferocity and the unpleasant stench they emitted made her
Others didn't dare to get close, so Yun Niang, the mother of dragons who could tolerate them, was left alone.
Of course, when the dragons are not flying in the air, the white lion Snowball will come to play with them. The heart-wrenching blood mark between her eyebrows is also one of the reasons why Dany becomes lonely.
This celebration banquet lasted until the early morning and ended in the early morning. Many soldiers who had not yet been assigned a residence chose to rest on the spot, using the sky as their bed and the ground as their bed, and fell asleep holding their wine bowls.
But the king, who lived in the most luxurious and comfortable place, could not sleep all night because Dany was upset and fierce as a tiger.
But no matter how poorly he rested, Drogo would still have to deal with affairs with dark circles under his eyes at dawn.
There were not enough places to live in the city, but he thought it was okay. The Dothraki were not used to living in the city anyway. He gave the order and the khalasars took their tents out of the city to camp and live and work in peace and contentment.
Drogo works in a fickle manner, and if he doesn't like it, he will quickly get rid of it.
For the Gith people who like to oil their hair into weird shapes and dye it in various colors, like demon horns, Drogo ordered them all to have their hair cut into a buzz cut. The reason is that everyone is equal and no one is allowed to be superior in style.
The tradition was completely broken, and the Gith people knew that the king's move was because they didn't like them, and they were deliberately targeting them. They wanted to say that the Dothraki's hairstyle was also very eye-catching, but they didn't dare to say more, so they could only swallow their anger and do it.
The accommodation and irritating issues have been solved, the casualty compensation and the reward money for the Unsullied also need to be paid attention to.
However, this problem can be easily solved. Drogo ordered people to smash open the treasury of the benefactors, take out the coins with the harpy printed on them, and then re-make them all, using a mold to print the city's new symbol of the combination of dragon and horse on one side of the coins.
The other side is engraved with the word freedom.
When the new coins came out, Drogo ordered them to be distributed to all the soldiers who participated in the war. This was a reward for them and a thank you.
Furthermore, these metals are the rewards that should be paid to the good people who oppressed and tortured the free people. King Ma has no guilt for this.
"Malposi, appoint you as the prophet of education and enlightenment. The royal family will pay for all the scholars in Astapor. You can choose a pyramid to open a college. You will be forced to send all children under the age of twelve to free citizens.
Go in and get an education.”
Drogo said this to the respected scholars. Following the example of his previous life, his most important policy was education. He hoped that in the future, the red brick city would no longer be known for its labor force, but would instead be known for producing civilized people capable of both civil and military skills.
Time passed slowly, and after half a month of rectification, Astapor was finally on the right track that Drogo had dreamed of.
The freedmen expanded their farmland to the banks of the Worm River, where the land was relatively fertile. Naturally, Drogo ordered this overbearing tentacle to be extended. Now he has strong soldiers and horses. In terms of military matters, Astapor has become a slave.
Overlord of the Bay!
The attitude Drogo spread was very tough: whoever dared to nag, he would lead a team to liberate the slaves and put heavy shackles on the masters. The merchants outside Slaver's Bay must be very interested in the once noble slaves.
Facing the powerful Horse King, no one in the nearby towns dared to object. They could only bear to watch the fertile territory being occupied, smashing their teeth and swallowing it.
Fearing that Drogo would return to his old ways and looting everywhere for no reason, the benefactors prepared generous gifts for him, fearing that they would be left behind.
The jewels in the royal treasury are increasing every day, but Drogo is not satisfied because Meereen and Yunkai, two of the three giants in Slaver's Bay, have not yet sent envoys to pay tribute.
If so, forget it, but the spies sent by Drogo reported that the wise masters of Yunkai and the great masters of Meereen spent a lot of money to hire a large number of mercenaries to seal off Astapor's external trade routes.
No matter how much money you have, if you can't spend it, it will be just like dirt. Drogo feels that if he wants the people in the city to not go hungry until the harvest season, he must take a heavy blow!
Chapter completed!