Chapter 123
Less than half an hour after the three leaders of Stormcrows left, Belwas brought three men and one woman from the opposite camp. The men were all rough-faced, with shawls and half-long curly black hair. The black plate armor set on the outside of the brown leather armor brought a feeling of safety.
It's just that the three of them dress alike and look...Dany is a little blind.
It was that woman who made Dany's eyes shine, with a high nose bridge, a tall figure of about 1.75 in an imposing manner, slender and powerful limbs, a pair of long legs that were round and strong in leather armor, and long fiery red hair dazzled like a burning flame under the torch's light.
It's different from the Stormcrows' costumes, and there are blue roses as big as a palm on the chest of the four.
"All four are heads of the Rose sellswords? The same status?" Dany frowned.
It is definitely easier to persuade one person to surrender than to persuade multiple commanders to surrender. Sometimes one or two of them have ideas, and they are afraid of showing their companions when they are there.
"I'm the captain, they're the Great Commanders, and they wanted to come and see the Dragons." The man with the centipede scar in the middle of his face frowned, his eyes on the drawn sword on Dany's knee the more he sees, the deeper the frown is.
Danyp nods, "Mm, I'm Daenerys Targaryen. But the Dragons are not here, I'm afraid you won't be able to see them tonight."
"That's a pity, I'm the Rose Sellswords. Jon Snow."
"What?" Dany couldn't hold back and exclaimed out of shock.
Is Jon Snow here?
But watching... well, she remembered that Jon in the television drama also had black hair and a bearded face, but he didn't look like a 15-year-old boy at all.
Well, Jon Snow is about the same age as Dany and seems to be born in the same month.
Hearing Dany's exclamation, the four of them were not surprised at all.
"Your Majesty, you heard right, I am a Snow, my ancestors are from the Westeros North, and I have always followed the customs of the North." Nodded, the head of the beard, sighed with a complex expression.
Oh, by the way, his last name is Snow and he is a North bastard child.
This is an encounter with a stranger in a foreign land!
Dany deliberately made an "oh" sound, disguising the previously lost composure as the surprise of meeting, "It's rare to meet a Westeros man so far away from Westeros."
The North people are a large group of Snow, and like House Stark's "Brandon", "Jon" is too popular.
In the North In addition to the known Jon Snow, it is estimated that dozens of Jon Snow's can be found.
"Not one, all four of us are of North blood." The red-haired woman intercepted with a smile, "My name is Lyra Umber, hello, Mother of Dragons."
"My name is Brus Wayn, hello, Mother of Dragons."
"My name is Helman Tallhart."
The two also introduced themselves in turn.
Well, after meeting a Jon Snow, these are also interesting names.
"Your Majesty, the Company of the Rose was founded during Aegon the Conqueror's time. After seeing the Dragon's formidable power and the strength of Aegon, the King in the North Lord Torrhen Stark decided to give up his title. The Crown of the King, and voluntarily surrendered to Aegon I.
But at that time, a large number of Northerners did not agree with Lord Torrhen's decision and chose self-exile.
Those northern people who were exiled to the other side of the Narrow Sea, In order to survive, created a sellsword group that was formed to serve the major city-states, which is the 'Company of the Rose' at this time.
The group emblem is the flower of North, the Blue Winter Rose." Barristan said slowly.
Lord Torrhen actually made a very wise decision. The other five Kingdoms of the Seven Kingdoms had surrendered, and Aegon had already won the decisive Field of Fire, with strength several times that of the North, alongside having had three Dragons, there was no chance of victory!
But because he was the only King who surrendered without a fight, the historical tale was very poor. He was called "the King who knelt".
It is no wonder that a group of hard-headed northerners chose to go into exile.
"This…is it the legendary Barristan the Bold?" Captain Jon carefully looked at Barristan beside Dany for a while, and said in shock, "Why did you come here?"
"As an old man, I'm here to protect the Dragons!" The old man nodded lightly and said solemnly.
Jon Snow's expression changed again, and his companions whispered.
"Your ancestors didn't even honor allegiance to Aegon the Conquerer it seems that today's meeting won't turn out well." Dany sighed.
The red-haired Lyra's eyes moved, and she put down her wine glass and said with a smile: "How come there is no wine and no meat? I am still hungry!"
"During war, I would not have food and salt provided for people other than friendly forces." Dany looked at her and said firmly.
"Looks like I got it right, you're refusing to have a guest relationship when you put the drawn sword on your lap," Jon looked thoughtful.
"Oh, it looks like you haven't forgotten your roots," Dany said.
"But what's the point of that? Maybe other people don't understand what you mean." The red-haired Lyra said oddly.
"Etiquette and tradition are never shackles imposed on others. I study etiquette and understand traditions only to restrain myself and regulate my behavior." Dany indifferently said.
Barristan, Jon Snow, red-haired Lyra and the others hearing this were all shocked.
"Your Majesty, I'm very sorry, we can't break the contract. As you said, since we understand the tradition, we ourselves must abide by it no matter what others do." After a while, the bearded Jon slowly said.
The tone is much calmer than before, and the attitude towards Dany is also more respectful, and even the title has changed.
Dany saw the obvious regret and tangled expressions on the faces of the other three, thought for a while, and said, "I promised in the afternoon, looking towards the 'Ghis Alliance', that I would never send troops to attack your camp tonight. Then at least we are not enemies tonight, since we are all from Westeros, I will send you…"
"How many people are there in the Company of the Rose?" She tilted her head. Asking Belwas.
"300 cavalry, 500 infantry."
"Give Captain Jon 160 barrels of 'Wall's Dry Red Wine', and let all the North folks have a drink." She said proudly.
"Wall's Dry Red Wine" is naturally the name made up for northerners, and the most famous of all of the North is the Wall!
The wine barrels contain "high-concentration liquor + sweet grape juice" are small-sized five-liter barrels, and 160 barrels are enough for 800 people in this world who see distilled liquor for the first time "late in don't get up in the morning".
"Wall…red wine?" The red-haired Lyra was stunned for a while, and then said with a big smile: "We have the blood of the First Men, both men and women can drink astonishingly, 160 I'm afraid the barrels are not enough!"
"It's okay, then add another 80 barrels, I hope you can be satisfied."
Waiting for the four Company of the Rose members to leave, Barristan wondered. : "You planned to give the wine to the Ghis…"
"Don't worry, we have enough wine."
It took another hour or so, the fat eunuch led the Second Sons to head into the room.
This time it was finally only one person.
The Second Sons leader Mero is a tall Braavos man, nicknamed "Titan's Bastard" by himself, with a pair of pale green eyes and a long, thick red-gold beard.
Well, it's longer than Dany's braid, and the end of his beard is almost down to his waist.
The Braavos man with hair on his lips is very aggressive. He sat down on the chair and said nothing. First, he drank the wine on the wooden table before him and burped a disgusting wine burp, facing Dany with a smile: "Silver Queen? hehe, I remember fucking your elder sister in a brothel in my hometown, or was that you?
Show your face for me to see, silver golden hair, purple eyes, plump… damn, you're not as big as her when you put on thick iron armor, I've got the wrong person, sorry. But let's try it now, hahaha... "..."
In the wooden room, the Barristan, Belwas, the Unsullied guards, and the horsemen maids were all silently angry, eager to swarm up and hack the "Titan" to death.
Dany looked calm, and lightly said with a smile: "Am I wrong?"
"Uh, what?" Dany's attitude surprised him.
"In the story of 3,000 warriors defending Qohor, you Second Sons ran away very quickly, how did you become so brainless today?" Dany coldly said.
"hmph, how many years ago was that? Now it's the Second Sons of Titan's Bastard!" Mero grew.
"So, you decided to lead 500 members to fight with my 100,000 army to the end?"
The big bearded man laughed heartily when he heard Dany's threatening words.
"Little Woman, do you want to recruit me?" He turned to Dany beckoned with the hand sitting on the wooden chair opposite him, patted his thigh, and said with a smile: "Take off that armor, and come and sit on my lap, please, satisfy me, maybe I'll consider bringing the Second Sons over."
"I'll castrate you." Dany coldly said.
"You can try to castrate me with your teeth, but I have to tell you that my 'sword' is not only thick and long but also harder than Valyrian steel. Would you like to take it out for inspection? hahaha…"
"White Banner Commander," Dany called.
"Yes!" Gray Worm responded as he stepped out of the one-knee knees.
The Unsullied's flag is based on white, with a few light gray strokes on it, roughly like a dragon, symbolizing the pure and flawless dragon soldier.
They are also eligible to use pure white because they can't rob, they can't be strong, and they can be called the most "honest" army in this world.
It must be explained here that in the world of Ice and Fire, the White Banner does not mean surrender, but the striped bunting symbolizes peace, and the defeated army can also raise the bunting to surrender.
"Grey Worm, before launching the attack tomorrow afternoon, be sure to order the whole army," Dany pointed to the big Braavos man, her voice as cold as snow, "No matter friend or foe, killing him is more important than my braids.
"Yes!" Gray Worm was puzzled for a moment, but he immediately answered with a blank face.
"Hiss—" Titan's Bastard sucked in a breath of cold air, the perverted look on his face dissipated instantly, and his expression became extremely solemn.
"This…a lot of people in the camp have long beards!" he said with a smile.
"It's better to kill a thousand more than to let you go," Dany said sternly, and elegantly "I am the Queen, and I hold a lot of coin."