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  Chapter 268 Bloody March

October 303 AC.

Jack was completely disappointed with the southern nobles of Westeros.

Even when facing a life-and-death situation, this group of people were still calculating their own little plans.

They could think of all kinds of excuses to delay the transportation of supplies, which made Jack so angry that he laughed.

Jack directly issued an edict in the name of the Sea King, stating that if supplies did not arrive at White Harbor within three months, the person would be treated as a treasonous person, stripped of his noble title, all property and territory confiscated, and three generations of his direct lineage would be hanged.

However, Jack's decree was not as effective as expected. About 30% of the nobles still continued to delay. Apparently, after returning to their own territories, they felt they were capable again.

Of course, the more important thing is that they feel that Jack does not have the energy to cause trouble for them. After all, Westeros is too big, and Jack does not have enough manpower to liquidate them, so in the end, it will be left unresolved.

So with the tacit approval of several major families, they continued to delay the handover of the materials.

Several major families were all silently paying attention to Jack's movements. Once Jack was really ready to execute these nobles, they would completely shirk their responsibilities.

Of course, their promise to their vassals was to protect them.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the end of December 303AC.

There were only three days left before the three months set by Jack, but nearly 30% of the nobles still had not handed over the supplies as agreed.

What disappointed and displeased the other southern nobles was that Jack had not shown any intention of taking action until now. Doesn't that mean that if they delay like this, they won't have to hand in equivalent supplies?

For a time, voices of dissatisfaction with Jack appeared everywhere. Those who didn't hand in supplies were complacent, while those who did hand in supplies were indignant.

However, on the last day before the deadline, Atlantis' first and third fleets appeared at King's Landing Port.

The Third Fleet arrived after destroying the Qarth regime, while the First Fleet was well prepared, bringing 5,000 Unsullied in addition to the original 6,000 people in the fleet.

The appearance of the two fleets made the southern nobles who were delaying the supplies feel uneasy.

Although she was still stubborn, her body was honest enough to find her lord to find out the answer.

However, just as the time set by Jack arrived, the list of treason came out.

There were hundreds of nobles on the list of treason, most of whom were viscounts.

Since the materials to be handed in were determined according to the titles, some barons and earls who were unwilling to spend a lot of money were also included in the list.

After learning that they were on the list of treason, this group of people immediately banded together with the mentality that the law should not punish the masses.

However, Jack quickly shattered their fantasies. Ten thousand Unsullied and three thousand cavalrymen, divided into five groups, rushed straight into the territories of these nobles.

Jack had already arranged for people to collect information on these nobles who were in arrears with supplies.

These nobles who were in arrears with supplies were completely panicked. Those who were not far away immediately gathered their soldiers together, and at the same time contacted some nobles who had handed in supplies for help.

However, Westeros is now the territory of Atlantis.

These nobles who handed over the supplies were already happy to see Jack attack them, so how could they help them while risking treason?

Soon, a month-long massacre began.

Including the time spent on the march, the liquidation lasted a total of three months.

From January 304 AC to early April 304 AC, except for the North and the Iron Islands and Riverlands, which had long since bled dry, the blood never stopped in the rest of Westeros.

In just three months, thousands of people were beheaded, which was vividly called the "Bloody March Massacre".

The territories vacated after the execution of these families became the property of the empire, and imperial administrators immediately went to take over.

Even their feudal lords had no right to interfere, and anyone who dared to interfere would be treated as treason.

The gap in power between the two sides was so huge that even their feudal lords did not dare to challenge them.

This also made the nobles of Westeros realize that they were dispensable to Jack Poseidon's rule, and the other side cultivated a large number of managers on the other side of the strait.

In the eyes of the southern nobles, this was a premeditated war of conquest.

A large amount of supplies and blacksmiths were concentrated in White Harbor. The two fleets of Atlantis drove all the craftsmen and their families onto the ships and set out on the journey back to Poseidon Island.

Among these craftsmen were carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons and other craftsmen from all walks of life, so Jack would naturally not let them go.

As for building giant cannons and dragon crystal shells, to be honest, these craftsmen are not needed at all, and Jack does not have 1,200 giant cannons. He was just bragging.

There are only 60 cannons in the entire Atlantis. It's not that the production cannot be increased, but that there is no need to produce so many.

With Atlantis' current military strength, the city-states on the continent of Essos do not have the courage to declare war on the empire, so there is no need for so many cannons.

In addition, since they could be manufactured at any time and the artillery was updated and iterated very quickly, after comprehensive consideration, only sixty cannons of the first generation were manufactured, and the second generation is nearing completion.

As for what to do with the massive amount of supplies of the southern nobles, the natural thing is to lend them money after the long night comes.

　This book is almost finished, and future chapters will be free of charge.

(End of this chapter)