Chapter 620
Shield Islands consists of four islands that block the mouth of the Mander.
This isn't the first time the Ironmen have taken over the Shield Islands.
Not to mention the Shield Islands, Bear Island near the wall in the north, Arbor in the south of the Westeros continent, and in the past are all Ironmen's territory, or rather, the sphere of influence occupied by Ironborn.
Like the Ironmen who once occupied a large area of the Riverlands, they were called the first overlord of the Seven Kingdoms.
Well, the Ironmen are in decline now, and the Iron Islands are not as big as a mighty Earldom in total, but their ancestors really did.
More than 10,000 years ago, the Shield Islands were also called "Misty Islands". The Ironmen occupied this island, killed all the men on the island, plundered all the women as "salt wife", and later made the island. Build a bridgehead for looting Reach.
Ironborn drove longboats, reversed Mander, and even sailed all the way to Bitterbridge, a thousand kilometers away, to the extreme.
Highgarden House Gardener (before Tyrell, the owner of Reach, with a status similar to North Stark) worked for seven generations to completely expel Ironborn from the Shield Islands.
Only because the Shield Islands environment is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack (ps).
The coastline is uneven, the hydrological environment is unpredictable, the island is large and steep, and the surrounding waters are covered by fog all the year round.
The name "Misty Islands" says it all.
So dangerous, but familiar with the Ironmen.
Euron is betting almost everything to mobilize the full force of the Iron Islands.
Iron Fleet 100 long ships, Iron Islands princes add up to more than 300 battleships, totaling more than 30,000 Ironborn pirates.
At this point in the Iron Islands there were almost no prime-age men.
If such a huge power is placed elsewhere, it cannot be hidden at all.
But winter has come, and the sea fog is back.
Misty Islands, like the Ancient Era, cover up the Ironmen's ambush like a child.
The Arbor fleet is indeed strong, but it only has more than 200 battleships, and its strength is far less than that of the Ironborn, which is fully dispatched.
The superiority of the number of warships and soldiers, the terrain and psychological advantages brought by ambush, Ironmen all have the upper hand, but Euron and the killing move - Kraken.
Garlan led 5,000 Highgarden elites to successfully land on the island, receiving Greyshield, Oakenshield, and Southshield in turn, without any accident.
Ironmen were given the Golden Dragon as ransom, the foul-mouthed left castles and coastal fortresses, giving the island to the Highgardens.
Tyrell's soldiers entered the castle and fortress, and the handover was completed successfully.
Garlan didn't let his guard down, but he no longer thought there would be an accident today, until he boarded the Greenshield closest to the coast...
Ten thousand Ironmen from both sides The crevices of the sea cliffs swarmed out like a flood that engulfed Garlan and the remaining 2,000 soldiers - the other 3,000 soldiers were split up on the three newly acquired islands.
The enemy has an absolute advantage in numbers, and countless kerosene bombs and ballistas. Garlan the Galant is not Dany, no cheat, obediently and honestly died on the spot, and two thousand soldiers were destroyed.
Highgarden Second Young Master, p.
Garlan on Greenshield did not wait for the rescue of the Arbor fleet at all. Almost at the same time as Greenshield ambushed, a huge red octopus emerged from the water like a devil in Hell, and the naughty child crushed the shallot oil. Biscuit-like, twisting the flagship of the Arbor fleet into shredded boards.
Kevan once said to Cersei, Paxter Redwyne and Randyll Tarly, if you get them, you will be able to secure the world, and the country will be established.
Willas Tyrell, Highgarden's heir to Old Rose's high hopes.
The two Seven Kingdoms heroes, one representing the present and one representing the future, died in Kraken's mouth before they had time to make an official appearance.
The change of the Shield Islands happened suddenly, but it was impossible for the Highgarden next door to receive no news at all.
While grieving the tragic death of two grandsons and a nephew (ps), Old Rose has not forgotten the threat at hand - the Shield Islands just downstream of Highgarden.
In addition to immediately arranging soldiers to reinforce the city defense of Highgarden, it also spread Raven widely to ask for help from the nobles of Reach.
After receiving the letter, the Reach nobles did not delay and immediately dispatched troops to rescue the oneself monarch.
Just one question.
Reach's main force, mostly with Lord Puff Fish and Randyll Tarly to King's Landing.
Dany's "Honeywine Tourney" in Oldtown, isn't it because Reach's troops are empty and need to recruit mercenaries to fill the city defense?
The five thousand elites brought to the Shield Islands by Garlan were all hired from the Tourney, but died in one fell swoop.
Therefore, with Euron leading 20,000 Ironborns, they were able to surround the Highgarden and beat back several Earl reinforcements such as Cider Hall and Oak City.
As Highgarden is about to fall into Euron's hands, Old Rose, perhaps in an emergency, sends Dragonstone a letter asking for help.
Old Rose's behavior is somewhat unimaginable, but the set off point is sane.
First of all, the old woman also grew up listening to legends and stories, knowing that dragons can deal with Kraken.
Well, Kraken went upstream, entered Mander, and was using his tentacles to frantically beat the city gate and city wall on the side of Highgarden near the river.
If the walls were not thick and strong, and there were kerosene shells and ballistas that effectively killed Kraken, Highgarden would have lost the city gate at this time.
Secondly, Highgarden's troops are empty and won't last long. Even if others are willing to rescue Highgarden, it is a slow remedy does not address the current emergency.
Dragon Queen has dragons and can arrive in two days.
The problem is that Dany has no position, no time, and no kindness to save Highgarden.
Faced with Marwyn and Maester Pylos who hurried to inquire, Dany said with a sneer:
“Now the Allied vanguard is approaching Meereen City, I want every day all Riding a dragon and sweeping away all directions of the surrounding enemies, how can I go to Westeros?
And, I swear, the one who ends Long Night is king, will not participate in the Seven Kingdoms civil war until the end of Long Night
Besides, Citadel violated the guest right to kill me, isn't the mastermind behind it Old Rose?"
"Your Majesty, if it's someone else's business, I don't Will advise you, but what Euron is doing is heavens cannot tolerate." Marwyn said hastily.
"What news have you received again?" Dany said curiously.
Old Rose's letter did not detail what happened that day, and it is likely that she did not know the specific process of the Shield Islands change.
"There is news that Euron held a sacrifice ceremony after the war, using the corpses of those who died in battle as sacrifices for an Evil God." Pylos complexion pale said.
"Impossible." Dany immediately shook his head in denial, saying: "Maester Pylos, you are not a transcendent, you may not know much about sacrifice.
Only the blood of living people and Soul That's what appeals to Evil God. It's not that corpses can't be sacrificed, but the effect is very poor."
Marwyn sighed: "Theoretically, this is true. But after Euron completed the sacrifice, he did receive a huge In return, his Kraken almost tripled.
I suspect that Euron was not sacrificing corpses, but war and killing.
Perhaps, the slaughter of Arbor and the Highgarden Knight regiment That war is the sacrifice, and the corpse is just the end of the sacrifice."
Dany glanced at the Bullneck Archmaester in amazement, didn't expect him to have such a brilliant opinion.
"This theory is novel and plausible," she said.
Marwyn shook his head and said, "It's not new, this is the teaching of Storm God.
After receiving the news, I began to look up the gods that the Ironmen believe in, Drowned God and Storm God.
They all encourage killing, but the Drowned God favors rape and pillage, while Storm God desires mass killing and destruction.
Ironborn burns, kills and loots, practicing the Old of Drowned God Way, to please the Drowned God...not sure if the Drowned God priests can gain power from the Drowned God.
But this time the Ironborn waged war, with conquest and slaughter and offer sacrifices to the Storm God, Storm God has really answered Euron."
Storm God and Drowned God see each other as eternal enemies, but they are also Old Gods of the Ironmen faith.
Except for Ironmen and a few islanders from other islands, few outsiders believe in Storm God and Drowned God.
Just like the Taoist Three Purities that few people in the West believe in the Celestial Dynasty.
Ironborn Islanders belong to the unique First Men race, the oneself Pantheon.
But believing in Drowned God is Ironborn's mainstream value, just like Angel and devil are both gods of Westerners, but normal people believe in Angel, right?
Well, in the eyes of people outside Ironborn, Drowned God encourages plundering, adultery, and letting Ironborn kill without farming is almost equivalent to devil.
But the Drowned God is Angel in Ironborn's heart.
Just as the devil seduces mankind to fall, in the Ironmen's belief, the Storm God specifically lures the Ironborn to destruction.
Drowned God is like God who preaches the teachings of oneself and brings the Soul of oneself believers to the Watery Halls (looks like Heaven in Dragonlord Water Crystal Palace) for banquets, any wishes of believers will be met with Mermaid Satisfaction - Isn't that Heaven?
There is a popular saying in Ironmen: "what is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger."
Similar to crooked nuts often talked about "God bless".
It is the Drowned God.
Ordinary Ironmen can believe in Storm God, just like in USA University, there are many devil worshiper clubs (seen in the movie).
But Euron's belief in Storm God is the opposite.
It's very simple, Pope of the Vatican personally crowned you as the Great Emperor of Europa, and as a result you believe in devil...
"That guy is hiding so deep, everyone They were all deceived by him. Front and back, almost two people." Maester Pylos said with a complicated expression.
Dragonstone's two Maesters were full of emotion, but Dany wasn't.
She now hates the Allies, Balerion, Greenseer, many Evil Gods, fate, and even R'hllor...Spiritual God, she no longer What a scary, shocking thing.
trifling Storm God, trifling Euron, can only leave a ripple in her heart.
"That's it?" Dragon Queen's expression was flat, just like Ma Yun saw his wife's Huabei bill this month.
Marwyn said eagerly: "Your Majesty, the Kraken of Euron was originally a scarlet, with tentacles 20 meters long.
But after completing the sacrifice ceremony of the Shield Islands, the Kraken almost doubled in size. , the tentacles are more than 30 meters, and the original fleshy suckers grow out of white, barbed teeth.
looks like monster's mouth, and can really eat like mouth.
The bodies of Ser Willas, Earl Garlan, Earl Redwyne, and dozens of nobles were all eaten by Kraken's tentacles, horrific!"
"Well, Interesting." Dany looked Thoughtful, Kraken seems to be able to evolve through sacrifice...or rather, enchantment.
Marwyn saw Dany's attitude still indifferent, and added: "Kraken's body surface has also changed, becoming dark red, and there are more devil-like black spots on the smooth skin, much like unopened eyes. .
Maybe, after opening the eyes, it can use witchcraft, don't nurturing a tiger to invite calamity!"
"How do you know so much?" Dany Strange way.