The sun is scorching in the sky and the heat is overwhelming.

The long and winding armies are gathering towards Starfall City. Viewed from a high altitude, they look like countless ants returning to their burrows.

The falcon hovered above the towering castle for a long time, and finally fluttered its wings to the west, passing over the barren sand plains and rugged mountains, and swooped down towards the pier on the seaside.

In the wooden house, Samwell opened his eyes, rubbed his slightly sore eyebrows, and walked out.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Natalie staring curiously and timidly at the falcon parked on the roof.

"Hey!" Samwell suddenly said, frightening Natalie's body to tremble.

She turned around, stared with big eyes, and said angrily: "You scared me!"

Samwell asked with a smile: "What are you doing sneakily?"

Natalie glanced at the falcon on the roof again, hesitated for a moment, and finally said:

"So you also have a bird."

Why does this sound so weird...

"yes."

"Tell you a secret." Natalie took a few steps closer and said mysteriously, "I have one too."

Samwell suppressed a laugh: "Really? You have birds too?"

"Yes." Natalie nodded, "But my bird is not as big as yours."

Poof!

Samwell finally couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Natalie was a little confused, "Do you want to see my bird?"

"Okay, okay." Samwell smiled even brighter.

Natalie pouted, seemed a little unhappy, and turned her head: "Huh! I won't show it to you!"

Samwell put away his smile, stepped forward to ruffle the little girl's hair, and then ran away decisively before she got angry.

There are several ships carrying supplies docking at the pier.

"Ucha!" Samwell waved to the young savage who had just disembarked from the boat, "Come here."

Wucha trotted over quickly and saluted:

"Lord Caesar, what are your orders?"

"I haven't been back these days, how is Yingzui Island doing now?"

"Everything is fine. My brother-in-law is leading everyone to rebuild the wooden house. He said that it is estimated that the territory will be restored to its previous appearance in another month."

"Where's the castle?"

"Master Wei Duo is in charge of renovating the castle. The specific situation... I don't know much about it either."

Samwell nodded and did not embarrass him. He asked instead, "Are you still going to have enough food and supplies?"

"That's enough. We have stored a lot before, and my brother-in-law has sent people to Yangwu City. A batch of new supplies should be shipped soon."

"Have you received any letters or seen anyone coming to the territory recently?"

"That's not true."

"Okay, go and do your work."

"Yes, sir."

Samwell looked at Ucha's leaving figure and sighed secretly.

The support he expected never arrived, which inevitably made him a little anxious.

On the opposite side, the Dornish people are gathering more and more, and Samwell has seen the flags of other families besides the Dane family. It is obvious that Arianne can mobilize far more power than he imagined.

Although the opponent has not launched an attack yet, Samwell feels that this day may not be far away.

If Hebend didn't send reinforcements, it would be impossible for him to hold the dock.

Not only the pier, but also Yingzui Island can't be defended.

Arianne Martell is an ambitious woman who will not give up easily.

The fire attack tactics used against Ulric Sand must not be used anymore, because all the brandy has been exhausted.

Moreover, the weakness of this tactic is very obvious. The last time it was so effective, it was mainly because the enemy was unprepared. This will not happen in the future.

Unless he can create a real "wildfire".

But according to Maester Coburn, the creation of a real wildfire is not only extremely time-consuming, but also extremely expensive.

No wonder in the original work only the royal family has the ability to produce in large quantities.

"Lord Caesar, Lord Caesar!" A voice interrupted Samwell's meditation.

"What's wrong?" Samwell recognized the other person as Todd's new squire, who seemed to be named Hal.

Hal trotted up to Samwell, took a breath and said:

"Lord Todd asked me to tell you that the Dornish vanguard has arrived and may attack at any time."

Samwell felt a chill in his heart and quickly followed Hal to the front line.

Arriving at the ridge where the first line of defense was located, Samwell looked down through the wooden fence.

Sure enough, a group of Dornish soldiers had gathered in the wasteland below, estimated to number six to seven hundred people.

This should be just the vanguard force. Samwell looked up and could vaguely see follow-up troops coming from the direction of Starfall City.

It seems that the Dornish people are indeed preparing for a large-scale attack.

In fact, with the help of Falcon's eyes, he had already seen a large number of troops gathering in Starfall City before, so he was not surprised by this.

Through Eagle Eye, we learned that the number of Dornish troops in Starfall City at this time was probably close to 15,000 to 15,000.

After all, Dorne and the Reach have had a feud for thousands of years, and now he, a Knight of the Reach, has led an army to the land of Dorne. It's no wonder that the Dornish people, who have always been xenophobic, are furious.

Even so, Samwell was a little surprised by the appeal of this Dornish princess.

Being familiar with the plot, he certainly knew that Prince Doran did not actually intend to pass the position to Arianne, but had other plans for her.

But of course the Dorne lords had no idea about this. In their eyes, Arianne was still the first heir to Prince Doran and the future Queen of Dorne.

But nearly 20,000 people...just to seize a dock is too exaggerated.

Obviously, the Dornish princess's ambitions go far beyond just a dock.

This crazy woman might want to take this opportunity to invade Hebend!

Samwell has an even bigger headache

Seeing that Dorne's army is gathering more and more, he only has a total of 600 troops, and most of them are new soldiers...

Fortunately, he decisively occupied the advantageous terrain and built fortifications, otherwise Samwell would have escaped by boat by this time.

But even if he occupies a favorable location, the situation is extremely pessimistic. The soldiers under his command are not Spartans, so it is impossible to fight one for a hundred.

Therefore, Samwell can only hope for reinforcements from the Reach.

If the reinforcements don't come for a long time, then no matter how unwilling he is, he will have no choice but to run away.

By then, Reach will probably be too embarrassed to go back. If he does, he will have to be a dog for the Tyrell family. If this is the case, Samwell feels that he might as well go to the other side of the Narrow Sea and join the Dragon Mother.

The Dornishmen did not attack immediately, but patiently waited for the arrival of follow-up troops.

As evening approached, the Dornish army of nearly 20,000 men had covered the wasteland so densely that it was impossible to see the edge at a glance, which made one's scalp numb.

Princess Arianne seems to deliberately want to show her full strength to the enemy in order to break the fighting spirit of the people of the Reach.

However, the effect is not very obvious.

After a series of previous miraculous victories, the soldiers of Yingzui Island already had an almost blind trust and admiration for Samwell.

In their view, there is no enemy in the world that their lord cannot defeat.

However, what they didn't know was that the invincible Lord Caesar was also panicking now.

But in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Samwell still forced himself to look confident.

"It's just a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes..." Samwell pointed at the Dornishmen at the foot of the mountain. He was about to taunt them to boost their morale, but was interrupted by a dull horn sound.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a squad of four to five hundred men was seen separated from the Dornish army, approaching the Reacher's defense line.

The Dornish soldiers in the front row held huge oak shields, followed by spearmen and scimitars, and the last row were archers.

They all wore leather armor, marched in an orderly manner, and had high morale, just like an elite army.

Therefore, the word "farmer" that Samwell was about to mock could only be suppressed in embarrassment.

He took a deep breath, suppressed all distracting thoughts in his heart, and ordered in a calm and calm tone:
Chapter completed!