Chapter 194 The Voice of Call

Chapter 192 The Voice of Calling

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The huge battering ram was swung three times in a row, and with the last blow, the gate of Astapor was breached.

As if it was under some extreme pressure, the gate exploded with a muffled sound.

The coalition forces broke through Astapor just like that, and they seemed to have gained the power to control fear, making the people of Astapor flee in front of them.

A massacre and looting are about to begin. No one can escape this purgatory, and the flow of the Worm River will be blocked by a mountain of corpses.

"Come on, come on, slave owners' vicious dogs!"

Haines led the remaining Unsullied and the most experienced and determined warriors to the streets leading to the center of the city.

They trampled on blood and corpses, not caring about Yunkai's arrows at all, and raised their weapons desperately to withstand the first wave of attacks.

But there were too many enemies, Yunkai's slave soldiers, the legions and mercenaries of New Ghis, and they continued to pour into the city.

Haines' shield was covered with cracks under repeated heavy blows, and the arm holding the shield was broken.

Many warriors were like him, stumbling back due to the enemy's relentless pressure.

"Astapor, Astapor!"

Haines screamed in pain and fell to the ground due to exhaustion.

His fellow rebels were quick to drag him into the formation, but just as he took his place, a spear pierced the gap between his armor, and blood gushed out.

Haines looked at his fallen companions and the empty position that no one filled, and his vision was completely covered by tears.

"Gods! What can I do to save Astapor!"

The gods were unmoved, but at that moment, it seemed to be in response to the call of this brave warrior.

In a certain section of the Worm River, a loud and long horn sounded, cutting through the darkness and war, and arrived at this brick and blood city shrouded in death.

As if in response to this sound, countless horns echoed outside the city of Astapor.

The horns from the north sounded majestically, and the Dothraki flood came.

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"About fifty miles south of Meereen is Yunkai, and one hundred miles south of Yunkai is Astapor."

"A traveler on horseback can reach Astapor from Meereen in nine days along the ancient Ghiscari coastal road."

"And we Dothraki only need three days."

"Don't worry about the spread of news of the fall of Meereen. No one will know where we are, and no one knows where we will go next."

"Even if they know, it doesn't matter unless the Yunkai coalition can build an impenetrable and solid wall, or leave Essos by ship."

"No one can fight with us Dothraki in the wild!"

It was night, and the words of the great khal were still echoing in Norhat's head. The Dothraki cavalry advanced rapidly under the light of torches.

This route has crossed Yunkai and arrived near the Worm River. They are looking for a shallower crossing point along the river bank.

They can see the flames rising to the sky in the distant west, but they can't do anything about the river in front of them.

Mongol is in the center of the army, and the captains all gathered around him, whispering about solutions.

There are few ways for cavalry to cross the river. Using manpower to build a pontoon bridge or a boat bridge is one of them, but the Dothraki don't have such logistics.

Then the rest is to take a detour and cross the river in a shallower area.

But they are already close to the upper reaches of the river in the Ghiscari Mountains, and there is no place to take a detour.

While everyone is discussing, Norhat, who was sent out to observe the situation, also came back.

He came to Mongol with a frustrated face and reported the news that he had found nothing, and the captains began to worry.

"Kao, the battle in Astapor is very fierce!"

"According to the news from the scouts, Cleon the Butcher is dead. There are enemies outside the city. They are building a huge siege tower and preparing to launch an offensive. We speculate that the people of Astapor may not be able to hold on for too long."

Mongol also frowned, and there was nothing he could do.

At this moment, a team of scout cavalry returned quickly. Each of them was two people and one horse, with a stranger behind them.

"Great Kao, we found several suspicious Gis people. One of them is holding a token and asks to see you!"

In the end, the Dothraki successfully crossed the Worm River, thanks to the help of the slave rebels.

Bono once reached a secret agreement with the Green Saint:

The Temple of Grace will help the Dothraki get rid of Cleon the Butcher and provide supplies for the slave uprising outside the city. The Dothraki will ensure the safety of the Temple of Grace during and after the war.

This is one of the reasons why Haines led some rebel soldiers into the city. Of course, they are more for their own beliefs.

Bono and Salador led the remaining rebels and stayed outside the city.

This Dothraki spy did not know when the great khal's army would arrive, but he knew it would definitely come, and he also knew people's hearts.

If the rebels outside the city were not given something to do, they would sooner or later collapse in silence.

So Bono told everyone that they must use the tools and supplies provided by the Temple of Grace to build a floating bridge on the Worm River, in preparation for crossing the river after the army arrived.

Fortunately, the Dothraki did not disappoint Bono's efforts, nor did they waste the rebels' expectations.

In this way, at sunrise, 10,000 Dothraki cavalry crossed the Worm River, marched towards the battlefield with the dawn behind them.

From dawn to dusk, they only rested for three hours.

When the outline of the mountains was surrounded by red light, they were close to Astapor.

Looking at the burning city, Norhat, who had returned from intelligence gathering, shouted excitedly to Mongo:

"Khal, Astapor is almost completely engulfed in flames, the main gate has been breached, and most of the enemy's forces are almost invested in the offensive."

"There are not many people left in the camp, and those who have not been dispatched are also very relaxed. They are all thinking about entering the city to plunder."

Monggo showed a bright smile on his face, turned around and faced the restless Dothraki warriors, and shouted in an extremely strong voice that every cavalryman could hear:

"Brave Dothraki warriors, descendants of the horse gods!"

"The most crucial battle to conquer the Slaver's Bay has arrived. Your enemies, achievements and honors are before you!"

"We have sworn to the Mother of Mountains. It is time for us to fulfill our oath. The Dothraki conquest of the world begins from this moment. We must let this land and its rulers know how powerful we are!"

"Dothraki, invincible, wherever the horse's head leads, it will conquer everything!"

The cavalry raised their spears and scimitars, creating a shocking momentum.

Mungo raised the "Star of Weeping Blood" in his hand and pointed it forward, and the warhorse swept out like a gust of wind.

"Norhat! You lead the blood guards, follow me, and let the flag of the King of Dothraki fly behind me!"

"Everyone, charge forward, disperse any gathered enemies, and kill all the enemies you see!"

The data says that Meereen is 50 leagues from Yunkai, and Yunkai is 100 leagues from Astapor. A horse traveler can get from Yunkai to Astapor in six days.

League is an ancient unit of measurement. 1 league is 4 li, which is Roman li, and 1 li is 1.49 kilometers.

In this way, Yunkai to Astapor is 596 kilometers. This horse traveler is quite powerful and can ride 100 kilometers a day.

In short, I don't know if my calculation is correct. You are welcome to point out. Here I changed it to 100 li, and the default is kilometers.