After parting outside Vaes Dothrak, Daenerys flew directly back to Meereen on her dragon Rhaegal. Her ministers were all talented people, and with their concerted efforts, they managed Meereen in an orderly and prosperous manner.

Barristan, a veteran general who had been through many battles, lived up to expectations by capturing Yunkai and wiping out all the rebel forces. Not only that, he also took advantage of the victory to sweep away 23 small city-states that supported slave owners, completely cutting off the possibility of the wise lords trying to restore the throne. Although Barristan had his own principles and bottom line, and sometimes even openly contradicted his superiors, as long as he accepted an order, he would go all out and spare no effort to execute it.

Daenerys is very satisfied with all these achievements, but she still has an obsession in her heart - the Iron Throne. She knows that in order to successfully ascend the Iron Throne, she must have strong enough strength and many loyal supporters. Therefore, she began to plan ahead and actively plan to lead her invincible army to the Westeros continent to fight a life-and-death battle with other competitors who covet the Iron Throne.

While she was waiting, Daario and several of her bloodriders suddenly returned, bringing back the news that Liu Yuan had changed his route. They were accompanied by Drogon, who was captured by Leviathan. He looked miserable, and had obviously been beaten a lot. When Drogon saw Daenerys, he buried his head in her arms and told her about his grievances.

It turned out that Liu Yuan thought that it would be a waste of time to bring the Dothraki cavalry to Meereen and then sail to Westeros. The long-term sea transportation would be unbearable not only for the Dothraki but also for the horses.

Therefore, he decided to lead the Dothraki cavalry by land, along the ancient Valyrian Road across the Dothraki Sea to the city of Pentos. From there, it would only take two days to cross the narrow sea, so that the Dothraki cavalry could be put into battle more quickly.

Liu Yuan sent Daario to report to Daenerys and asked her to lead a part of the army to set out by sea first and finally meet him in Pentos. As for whether the governors of Pentos would allow it? No one considered their wishes, and no one cared whether they allowed it. After thinking for a moment, Daenerys resolutely made a bold decision: personally lead 40% of the army to Westeros to meet Liu Yuan! However, her goal was not just to meet with Liu Yuan, but to capture Dragonstone Island. Just like her ancestors, she used it as a base.

In the north of Essos, there is also an ancient Valyrian Road. This road bears the vicissitudes of time and has witnessed the changes of the times. However, the erosion of time has made it lose its former glory, leaving only desolation and loneliness. Over the past hundreds of years, due to the long-term lack of maintenance and repair, the stone-paved road has become broken, and the once prominent name has gradually faded and disappeared in people's memory. Today, people call it the "Steel Road" because it connects the Forest of Qohor in the west and the trade hub east of the Skeleton Mountains in the east.

Liu Yuan led the Dothraki army and marched straight into the Sarn River Basin. This area is densely covered with rivers and crisscrossed with water. The land is fertile and rich, which is an ideal place for farming and grazing. For the nomadic Dothraki, it is an indispensable and important granary. In this vast land, there are many other ethnic groups. Some of them are slaves left by the Dothraki, who have worked hard here for generations; others are the natives of this land - the "tall people".

They once established an extremely powerful and prosperous semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic grassland empire, the "Salol Kingdom", which ruled over this vast land. The Salol Kingdom is actually a relatively loose political alliance composed of many different city-states. Although it is called a kingdom, in fact each city-state has its own king (about 40).

It is said that the original intention of building the city of Qohor was to establish trade with the Kingdom of Salor. The once prosperous Kingdom of Salor not only successfully expelled the Qartheen from the north of the continent, but also destroyed the city-states of the Qartheen on the coast of the Shivering Sea, forcing them to start their exile in the southeast. Today's Qartheen is a new country gradually formed by the descendants of the exiled ancient Qartheen and the integration of other ethnic groups during the escape.

In addition, the Kingdom of Salor had twice formed an alliance with the Valyrians in the Ghiscari Wars to fight against the then-powerful Ghis Empire. By the time of the Fourth Ghis War, the originally hostile city-states chose to join the corresponding camps according to their own interests. In addition, the Kingdom of Salor had also fought fierce battles with the Dothraki who invaded the eastern border areas many times.

Despite the glory of Sarnor's civilization, in the bloody century after the Doomsday, this grassland kingdom was destroyed by the Dothraki in less than a hundred years, and most of the surviving high people were reduced to slavery. Its demise was actually caused by internal struggle. After the Doomsday, the Dothraki poured into the west with iron and fire, and began to occupy the grasslands of the Dothraki Sea.

The remaining Salor city-states were gradually destroyed, and the Bloody Century was about to come to an end. Selis became the last Salor city-state to be conquered.

The Gao people, who were once prosperous and powerful with a population of millions, now only have one stronghold left, Saias, with less than 20,000 residents. The rest of the Gao people's descendants are regarded as slaves and lambs by the Dothraki.

The army stopped at Ves Le Cosser, an abandoned city that once belonged to the Kingdom of Sarnor. Its ancient name, Gernasi, has been forgotten by time, and now only the name "City of Rats" in the Dothraki language is still circulated. The city is close to the ancient canal and salt lake, and many survivors have settled here, making a living by fishing and making salt. The Dothraki are not cruel to these residents, but they will come to demand tribute regularly.

Suddenly, the arrival of the Dothraki army terrified the local residents. In the ruins of Ves Le Cosser's palace, Liu Yuan met the trembling local elders. He accepted their offerings, which were a unique cloth similar to silk, woven from the silk spit out by giant spiders unique to the local forest.

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