"Then...does Your Majesty have an answer to the question you just asked?"
The maester was silent for a moment, watching the corpse of the prisoner who attacked Viserys being dragged away by the guards, and then raised his head.
Viserys was speechless for a moment, then nodded, understanding what the maester meant.
The steps of wars of conquest are actually very similar, starting with the use of force, followed by a carrot and stick policy.
And the two sides of the Upper Rhoyne River radiating from Andalus as the center are actually the territory that Viserys is developing.
The land in this place is flat and fertile, suitable for growing crops. However, it is a pity that there are no mineral resources, so we can only do the most primitive agricultural economy.
Moreover, the ethnic groups in this place are mixed, including the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the Dothraki who occasionally come here to graze their cattle, burn, kill, and loot.
It is for various reasons that the three Free Trade Cities surrounding this place did not take action here.
Because the benefits that can be obtained here are not great for merchants and governors, and it is likely to arouse the vigilance of other free trade city states.
"I see."
...
Autumn passes and winter comes, and then spring comes quietly again.
Year 290 of Aegon's calendar.
Since rebellion broke out in the Iron Islands across the Narrow Sea, Balon Greyjoy was crowned king, first burned Lannisport, and then suffered a setback at Seashore, destroying his successor Rodrik.
Immediately afterwards, the Iron Throne side gathered a large number of troops, and the royal fleet, which had newly invested heavily in building, also participated in the war.
During the Battle of the Fair Isles, the royal fleet led by Stannis Baratheon collided head-on with the Iron Fleet, which was once invincible on the Sunset Sea.
A fierce naval battle broke out between the two sides. In the end, Stannis defeated the prestigious Iron Fleet by setting an ambush, allowing Balon Greyjoy's third brother Victarion to taste defeat for the first time.
Balon's younger brother Aeron Greyjoy also fell into the sea during this naval battle, and was subsequently captured and imprisoned in Casterly Rock until the end of the rebellion.
The Iron Fleet was defeated, and the situation for the Iron Islands was already in danger.
Later, Stannis, as Lord of the Sea, conquered Great Wyk Island in the name of his brother, while Ser Barristan the Bold Selmy, the captain of the Kingsguard, led an army to attack Old Wyk Island.
In the final battle.
King Robert and Lord Eddard Stark personally commanded the battle, and Botley Castle and King's Harbor on Pyke Island had been destroyed by the war.
The trebuchets bombarded Pyke City one after another, eventually destroying the main watchtower and part of the southern city wall. Balon's second son Maron Greyjoy also died in the battle when the city was broken.
Thoros, the red-robed monk who believed in the Lord of Light, once again rekindled the Fire Sword and entered the city first, followed closely by Jorah Mormont.
Then the royal army occupied Pyke City, and King Balon Greyjoy, who was crowned king, only wore the crown for less than a year before taking it off again and bowing his knees to surrender to King Robert.
His only son, Theon Greyjoy, who is now only nine years old, was also taken as a hostage by Lord Eddard Stark and adopted as his adopted son.
The Iron Islands Rebellion finally came to an end.
While the fighting in Westeros was lively, Andalos, far away on the continent of Essos, was not idle either.
This was the most precious opportunity for development. While the Iron Throne had no time to notice the situation here, it decisively sent troops to seize the opportunity and swept across the Rhoynar settlements on both sides of the Upper Rhoyne River.
Viserys personally led the army on the expedition, and the troops headed as far east as Norvos, arriving at the banks of the Norn River, and even alarmed the monk soldiers of Norvos.
The bearded monks in the temple seemed not to have expected that the Andalus people would suddenly appear here. They were all surprised and uncertain, holding axes and confronting Andalus' army for several days, and then both sides retreated.
When Andalos expanded westward, it reached as far as the Velvet Mountains along the Upper Lorne River.
When they touched the ancient Valyrian road from Pentos to Norvos and then to Qohor, the caravans along the way were frightened and thought they were about to encounter something unexpected. However, the army of Andalos did not hesitate and then retreated on their own initiative.
.
"His Majesty."
"This was once the city of the Rhoynar, a beautiful place, a city of green spaces and flowers, canals and fountains."
Viserys still rides his white steed.
Riding next to him was a Rhoynar guide named Evan. He had olive skin and messy black hair.
He was one of the first Rhoynar people to surrender. He witnessed the assassination half a year ago. At that time, Evan thought he was dead, but he never expected that the king would not implicate everyone but let everyone go.
got them.
And Evan charged forward in the subsequent battle, and was finally made a knight by Viserys himself.
Such honors are rare. Viserys has only consecrated a few people so far, and one of them includes his personal bodyguard Bessie Knight. Therefore, Evan has always been grateful to Viserys.
"Is it?"
Viserys sat on the horse and turned his head slightly to look at the surrounding environment after hearing Evan's words beside him.
Tap tap tap...
The sound of horse hooves treading lightly on the stone road was heard, and soldiers shuttled around constantly.
However, the surrounding places that Viserys could see were already full of ruins and ruins. The color of history was strong, but there was no trace of what it once was.
More than half a year has passed since it began to send out troops to expand its territory, and Andalos has almost restored the territory of the ancient Andalus Kingdom.
Except for the area south of the Velvet Mountains, the "Plains" now controlled by the Pantos people, this was once the southern border of the ancient Andas Kingdom and has not yet been conquered.
Now Viserys is leading the Andalus expedition to open up these unclaimed lands. Not only the Andals who once migrated to Andalos, but also the Andal villages that did not move back then have now been completely swallowed up by Viserys, as well as a large number of
Rhoynar village.
"This way..."
"Hurry up! Don't fall behind!"
The soldiers of the Expedition are now walking through this ancient and abandoned Rhoynar city-state, inspecting everything in the city.
Now, Targaryen's soldiers are no longer just composed of Andals. In the past six months of the expansion war, a large number of Rhoynar have been recovered.
Many of these Rhoynar people have joined the Targaryen banner, and now that they have been out fighting for half a year, the number of people has not decreased, but has grown bigger and bigger like a snowball.
At this moment, a horse ran over from a distance.
A Rhoynar warrior was sitting on a horse, with mottled blood stains on his body, and seemed to have a few arrows stuck in it.