"According to the information from the Legion Commander, some of the Dothraki's leading troops have now arrived at the Castle of Heroes."
Jon Connington was wearing a military uniform, and the bright armor reflected the light of the candlelight.
The house is brightly lit.
Viserys was also dressed in neat military uniform, and there were two rows of main commanders of the Pentos garrison sitting densely on both sides, including the Tattered Prince.
A huge map covered the long command table, and everyone could see it.
The map covers the Golden Fields in the south, Andalus and Norvos in the north, including Pentos.
The Great Principle between Pentos and Myr is the focus of this map, and it is marked with many marks.
At the same time, as a sand table deduction, there are also wooden sculptures of small dragons representing the Targaryen army and five wooden sculptures of ponies symbolizing the Horse King.
"As for...the main force of the Dothraki is here."
Then Jon Clinton held a baton in his hand and pointed to the big mountain in the Great Plains.
This is the only mountain in the entire vast plain.
The Dothraki divided their forces.
Perhaps because the five Khals did not have a unified command, or they had sufficient confidence in their own military strength, the 80,000 Dothraki were almost twice the strength of the Targaryen family in terms of military strength.
If you include the villages and towns that were conquered along the way, and the slaves that were plundered and captured to serve as cannon fodder, the number of the Dothraki army has exceeded hundreds of thousands.
Among them were two Khals, Khal Zeko and Khal Moloch, leading their respective khalasars to gather together.
Thirty thousand Dothraki warriors drove the slaves and separated from the main army in the Great Plains, heading straight to the intersection on the banks of the Sancha River.
The First Legion of House Targaryen is stationed there, numbering as many as 10,000.
The other main force of the Dothraki was led by the elderly Khal Mosso, as well as Khal Giaco and Khal Pono who had some grievances before but now joined forces.
The main force of 50,000 Dothraki warriors drove the slaves and headed straight towards Pentos.
"Mr. Clinton, there is one thing I don't understand."
"Don't these Dothraki know that the greatest power can be exerted by clenching the fist?"
In the conference hall of the Nine Towers Palace.
Danzo Dehan, the former captain of the Wind Blowing Regiment, the War Poet, asked with some confusion.
In the past, although he was able to command the mercenary group in battle, he acted steadily and made great achievements.
However, now he is asked to participate in the command of an epic battle involving more than 100,000 people on both sides and a battlefield that is hundreds of kilometers deep...
His abilities are still somewhat limited, and he even has trouble turning his head.
And this phenomenon is not only reflected in Denzo DeHaan.
Except for Viserys and Jon Connington, who were both very calm, everyone present stared with big eyes. Even the Tattered Prince was a little confused.
Viserys learned written knowledge of war from Maester Daniel.
Later, he followed Sir Geoffrey, Commander-in-Chief of the Dragonstone Fleet, to observe and learn practical combat applications, and later personally commanded a battle involving more than ten thousand people.
Viserys can be regarded as a talent with a professional background and a brilliant record of practical application.
Jon Connington's situation is basically the same as Viserys. He has also received a good education and has experience in commanding battles involving tens of thousands of people.
Therefore, the two of them remained calm in the face of as many as 80,000 Dothraki and tens of thousands of driven refugees, a total of hundreds of thousands of enemies.
But the Tattered Prince, who has commanded more than 2,000 people in the Fengchui Regiment, and his group of mercenary commanders are far behind, both in terms of courage and brains.
Denzo DeHaan didn't understand why the Dothraki divided their forces.
The other commanders of the Pentos garrison present also nodded.
They also had such doubts in their minds. Facing an enemy twice their size, they didn't make a fool of themselves on the surface, but they kept retreating inwardly.
"Because they want to sever the connection between the First Legion and Pentos."
At this time, sitting in the main seat and looking at the sand table deduction on the map, Viserys, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said.
One of his hands pinched the center of his brow slightly.
Many people say that the Dothraki are idiots, but are all Dothraki really idiots?
He doesn't believe this.
Drogo died in his hands a long time ago, but he actually set a fire and burned him to death because he underestimated the enemy.
However, the Dothraki's bravery and fearlessness left a deep impression on Viserys.
This group of Dothraki roaring warriors are simply born cavalry. For their mastery of horses, cavalry strategies and tactics, almost no race can match them.
But the only shortcoming of the Dothraki is also their advantage, that is, they rely so much on horseback that they are willing to give up armor and infantry.
If the Dothraki are willing to wear armor and combine foot and cavalry to create siege weapons, coupled with their admiration for bravery and fearlessness of death, the entire continent of Essos will surrender under their feet.
At that time, Viserys even had some covetous eyes on these Dothraki cavalry.
However, after defeating Drogo and capturing some Dothraki, they were unwilling to surrender to Viserys and would rather be sold into slavery.
Perhaps they still believed that Viserys relied on dastardly blood magic to defeat Khal Drogo, the greatest mounted warrior in the world.
Viserys still had some regrets at that time.
"Cut off contact?"
Upon hearing the king's words, all the Pentos garrison commanders in the meeting hall couldn't help but whisper.
Jon was still standing in front of the map, turned his head and looked at Viserys. The two looked at each other, and then nodded.
"Your Majesty... you are right."
"The Dothraki want to sever the connection between Pentos and the First Legion."
As a people on horseback, the Dothraki are actually not good at sieges.
But why were the Dothraki so successful in siege warfare and became the destroyers of civilization, destroying cities one after another?
The reason is that the Dothraki have long been ingrained in their soul tactics, taking full advantage of the flexibility of horseback and the advantages of field combat against infantry.
They can destroy the villages around the city, take away their food, and drive these displaced people towards the city surrounded by them.
For a city surrounded by Dothraki, accepting these refugees would mean the consumption of food. Killing them would also deplete the city's defense supplies and lower morale.
Many cities besieged by the Dothraki faced this difficult choice.
It was like a prey whose throat was bitten by a wolf, and finally exhausted all its strength in the struggle.