The rolling wheels of history will not stop because of one thing.
Just as King's Landing made the historically important decision to rebuild Valyria, war was raging on the battlefields of distant Dorne and Skyreach.
"kill!"
The soldiers of the royal army are launching a fierce attack on this "city of heaven". Tianji City is located at the end of an ancient road behind the Prince's Pass.
The reason why Tianji City is called the City of Cangtian is because it is located at a high place and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The bottom is full of jagged and strange rocks. There is no decent road or flat land for trebuchets, siege engines and other wars.
The machine cannot be deployed here at all, and it can only rely on the flesh and blood of the soldiers to hold up the ladder and attack the city wall.
"kill!"
The Dornish boy Karen is now wearing light leather armor and the cloak of the Clinton family of Storm's End, leading a group of archers to shoot arrows at the walls of Skyreach City, suppressing the archers on the walls.
He is the most talented hunter in the village. As long as he holds a bow and arrow in his hand, the prey often cannot escape his pursuit. There is no difference between shooting people and shooting animals. In fact, humans are not as flexible as animals and their movements are clumsy.
Looks like a big brown bear.
The brown-haired boy drew his bow and arrow, narrowed his eyes and aimed at a Fowler family soldier who poked his head out from behind the wall. Then he released his fingers, and the bowstring suddenly made a sound.
bang
The sharp arrow flew out of the young man's hand, quickly, accurately, and fiercely, and penetrated into the eye socket of the Fowler family soldier as if he had eyes.
"ah"
The opponent suddenly let out a shrill scream, and then fell from the top of the city, knocking a royal soldier who was halfway up the ladder from the ladder. The two of them rolled down the city wall together and fell to their death.
Under the walls of Tianji City are also bare and strange rocks, which are extremely hard, and some are even covered with sharp points. Therefore, those who fall from the walls will either die or be injured.
After the Dornish boy Cullen led fifty warriors across the Crimson Mountains, went through untold hardships and successfully captured the Prince's Pass, defeated the soldiers of the Fowler family, and successfully occupied the pass, he was
A personal seal from Hand of the King Jon Connington.
Karen was canonized as a knight of the Stormland for his meritorious service. When he returns to the Stormland in the future, he will have his own fief and position.
However, at this moment, he is fighting side by side with his companions, attacking Tianji City, and avenging his father, mother, and younger brother.
"Go to hell!"
The brown-haired young man hid behind a rock and once again picked an arrow from the arrow basket on his back. Then he nocked an arrow from his bow and shot out, taking away the life of a Fowler family soldier.
"go to hell"
Karen's archery skills are extremely amazing. He shoots sharp arrows full of revenge and fury, washing them with the blood of his enemies.
The scene of the war was extremely fierce. Not long ago, the Prince's Pass fell. Lao Falcon only led a few soldiers to escape back to Tianji City. Then, relying on the geographical advantages of Tianji City and these few soldiers, they were resisting tenaciously.
However, at this moment, the sound of retreat horns suddenly came from behind the king's army.
It turned out that an army holding high the flag of the Uller family of Prison Gate Castle arrived not far away. They launched an attack on the royal army. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Jon Clinton was forced to blow the horn and order the army to suspend the attack.
Tianji City, and then retreated to the camp.
"The reinforcements from Tianji City have arrived."
"It seems that the Fowler family has many 'friends'."
The middle-aged man with gray-red hair sat upright on his war horse, wearing a medal of the Hand of the King on his chest that reflected light slightly in the sun. His expression was calm, without the slightest hint of panic.
"Are they crazy?"
"How dare you go against the Iron Throne?"
Next to Jon Clinton, a general from the Essos continent of the Second Legion asked in confusion.
He is a Rhoynar, but he does not regard these Dornish people as his compatriots, because they are the Rhoynar who led ten thousand ships across the Narrow Sea to Dorne when Nymeria led 10,000 ships.
This involves many grievances and grievances of the Kingdom of Ancient Loyna, so there is no need to go into details.
In the eyes of this Rhoynar general, the 'prince' is the supreme being, yet these people actually dare to resist his 'prince', and even under circumstances where they clearly cannot win, he cannot understand.
"Actually, there is nothing difficult to understand."
"They are Dornishmen."
"If you could guess what the Dornish people were thinking, you would be one of their kind."
Jon Connington sat upright on his war horse and said in a cold voice, with a hint of discrimination against the Dornish people in his words.
Although he and Oberyn are good friends, it still does not affect his bad impression of the Dornish people.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because Jon Connington is a Stormlander, his former fiefdom was at Eagle's Nest, and he was the Earl of Eagle's Nest before he was deprived of his title by the Mad King.
How could a noble from the Stormlands have a favorable impression of the Dornish people? The two sides have been feuding for thousands of years.
"Perhaps they have enjoyed too many preferential treatment in the past few years and no longer know who the master above them is."
"Perhaps they also defeated the giant dragon hundreds of years ago, which gave them too much confidence."
After the eldest princess Rhaenys had her first period, Jon Connington had repeatedly urged Viserys to marry His Highness the eldest princess, and believed that this was a 'responsibility' that His Majesty could not shirk.
Of course, he didn't say who he was targeting, he just claimed that this was the tradition of the Targaryen family and the Valyrian dragon family.
If we learn from the historical lessons of the previous dynasties and want the royal family to remain orthodox forever, we must allow a prince with pure blood to sit on the throne instead of confusing the blood.
Jon Connington did not express it openly, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that he wanted to try his best to promote a new queen to join the harem to replace and balance the status of Queen Arianne from Dorne.
Oberyn, who was sober-minded, originally wanted to speak out against it, but after careful consideration, he still did not take the initiative to intervene in the palace dispute. He chose to sit on the sidelines and privately advised his old friends not to get involved too deeply.
Because royal palace battles are often extremely cruel and murderous without bloodshed.
And even if Viserys marries Rhaenys, the little queen still has half of Dorne's blood flowing in her body, and Dorne's interests are still not damaged.
Unfortunately, Jon Connington did not listen to Oberyn's sincere advice.
"it's time."
Then looking at the army not far away flying the flag of Hellgate Castle and more Dornish noble flags, Jon Clinton murmured slightly.