Chapter 199 Pre-war Arrangement

Gray Gallows Island is the largest island among the many islands in the Stepstone Islands. It was once the last island where the Rhoynar people stopped during their great migration. The Rhoynar Nymeria built a town here and later used it as Stronghold, contact with Dorne, and finally allied with the Martell family, marrying the then head of the family, Morse Martell.

Therefore, Sunspear City has always claimed ownership of Gray Gallows Island. However, in the past time changes, Gray Gallows Island has changed hands to others many times. During the Usurper War, Sunspear's fleet raided Gray Gallows Island. , annihilated the pirates entrenched here, and regained control of this island and surrounding islands.

However, now the island has changed hands again. A few months ago, Sunspear's golden sun flag was lowered from the flagpole, replaced by the three sea monster alliance and the bloody long sword flag of Summerhall flying on Gray Gallows Island and its on surrounding island towns.

For the Martell family, although they reached a deal agreement with Linde to support their revenge, in fact the deal was forced to conclude because they knew very well that once Linde launched an action to unify the Stepstone Islands, , then it is impossible for Gray Gallows Island to withstand Linde’s fleet.

If it had been before Linde conquered the sea dragon, they might have been able to unite with the pirate alliance near the Essos continent and give it a try with the Miracle Fleet. But from the moment Linde conquered the sea dragon, the sea dragons could not compete with the Miracle Fleet. There are almost no fleets left in the battle between fleets.

It is only a matter of time before Linde takes over the Stone Step Islands, so instead of passively being snatched away by others, it is better to take the initiative to trade, so that you can maximize your own interests.

Daeron Martell was the governor of Gray Gallows Island in the past. He was responsible for the jurisdiction of Gray Gallows Island and its surrounding islands. He was also the commander of the Martell family fleet.

He had been stationed on Gray Gallows Island for almost ten years, and he knew every plant and tree on Gray Gallows Island very well. However, the former owner of the island now came to the island again as a guest, which made him feel inexplicably sad, and even more so. What makes him sad is that in just a few months, he can no longer recognize the port of Gray Gallows Island where he has lived for ten years.

When he handed over the island, this port was just a very ordinary small port, which could only dock ten flat-bottomed fishing boats at most, but now this port has turned into a large port that can dock dozens of large warships. The docks are all flat land built with plaster, pebbles and slates. Rows of neat warehouses and barracks have been pushed from the dock to the edge of the town. The original town has been completely covered, and all the people in the town have Became a dock worker.

Daeron knew many of the people working on the dock. For example, the clerk who was recording the goods was a bachelor he had hired who was expelled from the city. The soldier who patrolled the dock was him. The former guard captain, who didn't even have a complete set of armor at that time, is now wearing this extremely exquisite standard leather armor, with his hair and face neatly styled, and he looks like someone else entirely. one person.

After sighing, Darren got off the boat and walked towards a manor outside the town under the guidance of the envoy. It used to be his residence, but now it is occupied by someone else, and it was proposed by him. The proposal to trade Gray Gallows Island is a bit ironic now that I think about it.

Yes, the person who suggested that Gray Gallows Island be traded before Linde officially took action was not Prince Doran, but him, the Governor of Gray Gallows Island. As for the reason, he wrote it reasonably in the letter sent to Sunspear. There is evidence and speculation, but in fact there is only one reason, and that is that he is afraid.

Because he guessed that Lind would definitely take action on the other islands of the Stepstone Islands, he decided to go to Miracle Port in advance to learn about the true situation of the Miracle Fleet. However, they encountered the Miracle Fleet when the ship was halfway through the voyage. The patrol fleet wiped out the pirates, and he watched the whole process how the Miracle Fleet easily sank more than a dozen pirate ships to the bottom of the sea, while he only lost two long ships.

However, this was not the direct reason for his fear. The real reason was that when the ship was about to dock, he saw the Sea Dragon Glutton, which had just completed its cruise in the Sea of ​​Dorne, emerging from the sea and entering its lair.

The huge figure of Hailong exceeded his understanding of the dragon's shape. He could not imagine how his Sunspear fleet could effectively resist when encountering such a huge beast, let alone defeat the dragon. .

At that moment, he knew that he had to do something, otherwise, he would not only lose everything now, but also his life.

So, after returning to Gray Gallows Island, he wrote an urgent letter and sent it to Sunspear City. Originally, he did not expect that the proposal in his letter would be approved directly, and he had already prepared to go back to Sunspear City in person. Prince Doran was ready to talk about the pros and cons, but he never expected that Sunspear City would directly agree to his proposal, and quickly made a decision to negotiate a trade agreement with the Summer Palace and directly transfer Gray Gallows Island to him. Gave it to Miracle Fleet.

To be honest, he was still very reluctant to give up on the day of the transfer, but now he knows that he made a right decision. He is still the commander of the Sunspear fleet, and the residents of Gray Gallows Island do not have to fall into the war, and He can also get a good job and life, at least when he feels unwilling, he will use similar thoughts to persuade himself.

After entering the familiar manor, he was led to his former study. There were already many people standing in the study, including some familiar figures such as the three iron species from the Three Sea Monsters Alliance and the Miracle Fleet. Commander Halls Redwin, these big men who could trigger a tsunami by stamping their feet in the waters of the Stepped Islands, are now standing in the room like attendants, obeying the only one sitting on the chair. The people on top arrange their tasks.

"This is how things are arranged. You all go down and execute it! I don't want to waste too much time here. A naval battle is enough." Linde, who was sitting behind the desk, quickly signed a few orders and handed them to Halls. , Asha and the others, then looked at Darren Martell who walked in, then waved his hand to tell everyone in the room to leave, and motioned for Darren to come forward.

Half a year after Augustus was born, Lind secretly left Redemption Town and went to Miraculous Port. Then he boarded a cruise warship in Miraculous Port and arrived at Gray Gallows Island in the Stepstone Islands. Presiding over the unification battle of the Stepstone Islands, Sea Dragon Gluttonous also joined Lind on the Dorne Sea and came to the Stepstone Islands together to prepare for the subsequent sea battle.

After arriving at Gray Gallows Island, he immediately summoned his subordinates who had arrived at the Stone Step Islands first and arranged various tasks that had been planned for a long time.

There was originally no Dorne fleet in the plan, but Prince Doran wrote to him, telling him that according to the agreement, Dorne would send a fleet to support his unification war.

For Linde, the more men and horses under his command, the better, but the prerequisite is that they can obey the command and not make trouble.

So, after Daeron arrived, he stared at the sea veteran in front of him, who was decades older than him, and asked in a deep voice: "Sir Daeron, I have received a letter from Prince Doran. The letter said that you are here." This period of time is under my control and is completely subject to my command. Is the content in Prince Dolan’s letter true?”

"Of course it's true. I, Daeron Martell, am here to obey your orders." Daeron raised his head, puffed out his chest, and said with a solemn expression.

"I heard that you used to be the governor of Gray Gallows Island, and now I occupy your previous territory. Aren't you angry?" Linde continued to ask.

Darren said solemnly: "If you ask His Highness the Prince more, you should be able to know that it was me who proposed to trade Gray Gallows Island with you, so you don't have to worry about me being angry with you. I will definitely do it." Please rest assured that we will abide by your instructions and fight.”

"Very good." Linde stood up and motioned for Darren to follow him, then walked to the war room specially set aside on the side of the study, and came to the terrain sand table of the Stone Step Islands sea area.

At this moment, there were many ship models placed on the sand table. Darren could tell at a glance from the placement of these ship models and the markings on the ships that Lind wanted to conduct a project in Dark Forest Bay. A decisive battle.

At present, Linde has occupied Bloodstone Island, Torture Abyss, and the island now named Divine Grace Island. In addition to Gray Gallows Island, Linde has taken over two-thirds of the entire Stepped Stone Islands, leaving the rest. The islands are all close to the mainland of Essos, and these are controlled by the Island Alliance and Tyrosh.

"The strength of Tyrosh and the Pirate Alliance alone cannot compete with my Miracle Fleet and the Three Sea Monsters Alliance. They also know this very well, so all their ships are concentrated here in the Dark Forest Bay, preparing to concentrate their efforts to attack God. En Island." Linde pointed to the sand table and said: "I will follow their wishes and have a decisive battle with them in the Dark Forest Bay to decide who will be the king of the Stone Step Islands. You will not need to participate in this naval battle then. , Just stay here.”

Darren looked at a small island on the lower right edge of the Stone Step Islands that Lind pointed to, and immediately understood what Lind meant, and said: "You asked me to beware of Reese's fleet. Do you think Reese will send a fleet to support it. "

"I don't think so." Linde picked up a piece of information from the edge of the sand table and handed it to Darren. It seemed that this information had been shown to others just now.

Darren looked at the content above. The content was very simple, with only one sentence. The Reese fleet secretly left the port late at night and disappeared without a trace.

"How many ships have you brought, can you stop Reese's fleet?" Lind asked in a deep voice.

"Please rest assured, this time I have brought thirty warships and forty paddle boats, which are enough to compete with the Lys fleet." Darren said with great confidence: "If you need it, I can also bring the Lys fleet Annihilation in the Stone Steps Islands."

Lind shook his head and emphasized: "No, I just need you to block the Lys fleet and prevent them from participating in this naval battle. It is best not to fight them. I need them to return to Lys intact."

Dai Lun was stunned when he heard this, not understanding Linde's intention, but he still nodded and said: "I will try not to fight with them, but once we fight, I can't hold back."

Linde nodded and said: "Okay, once there is a fight, how you want to fight is completely up to you."

Afterwards, he quickly filled out a material document and asked Darren to go to the warehouse to collect various materials.

Although Darren had already brought the required supplies when he came, he would not refuse if he could get an additional supply. In a way, this supply could be regarded as a reward for their fleet support.

After assigning the task, Linde left the manor and came to the pier. In full view of everyone, he summoned the glutton from the bottom of the sea, then sat on the glutton and swam towards the Island of Divine Grace.

When Linde was arranging his fleet, there were more than a dozen large and small ships docked around a somewhat desolate island in the Dark Forest Bay. Some small boats were put into the sea from the side of the ship. The captain of each ship was riding a These boats came to the island.

From the attire of these people, we can clearly feel that they are divided into two groups. One group of people are gorgeously dressed, with their hair dyed in conspicuous red, blue and purple, wearing rather weird hats, and their words and deeds look like A proud peacock.

The other group of people were in ragged clothes and dirty, with hair accessories made of various bones hanging on their heads. The weapons they wore around their waists also had bells, bronze medals and other items hanging on them, and they made various noises when they walked around. , to show his arrival.

After the two groups of people gathered together, the atmosphere was not harmonious, but very tense. One person's eyes revealed a look of disdain, while the other's eyes were more like looking at a group of prey.

A middle-aged man walked out of the group of people in gorgeous clothes and said in a deep voice in a strange-sounding Valyrian language: "Okay! If we don't unite now, we won't have a foothold on this sea in the future. We are not the enemy, the enemy is over there!”

At this time, an old man also walked out of the pirates and said: "Otus, you broke your promise. You promised to provide sufficient weapons after the alliance, but now? Where are the weapons? Don't tell me it's the sand under your feet?"

The middle-aged man said solemnly: "A few months ago, Miracle Port temporarily cut off our weapons supply on the grounds that the route was unsafe. That batch of weapons was originally given to you..."

The old man interrupted the conversation with a complaint and said: "I don't care. What is cut off at Miracle Harbor is your weapons supply. It is not the same thing as you providing us weapons. As I said before, if you provide weapons, we will follow You fight against the Miracle Fleet and the Three Sea Monsters Alliance together. We have no weapons and we are leaving tonight. You can’t let us fight with empty hands!”

"Don't worry, since we promised to provide weapons, we will provide them." The middle-aged man gestured to the attendant behind him, and then he saw a box being carried out from behind the crowd. The middle-aged man opened the box and placed it neatly inside. A long sword, a machete and other weapons.

The pirates didn't wait for the old man to speak, then swarmed up and took out the weapons in the box and tested them, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.

"The remaining parts are on that ship, you can get it yourself." The middle-aged man pointed to a ship parked at sea, and then continued: "The weapons and equipment were delivered as promised..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old man patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, our ships will gather at the designated place. At that time, we will follow your Tyroshi fleet and kill those barbarians on the western islands!" After saying that, he paused and then said: "If we don't do it together now, we will never have the chance to do it again."