“I didn’t expect so many people to be fished out at once.”
And in the sky, a merlin was soaring in the sky, its gray-black eyes overlooking the battlefield on the ground, and then it took off with the wind.
On the battlefield on the ground, the old falcon Franklin Fowler on the wall of Tianji City watched the king's army slowly retreat and returned to his camp. He couldn't help but throw away the blood-stained sword in his hand and look up to the sky.
laughing out loud.
"Hahaha"
"Our reinforcements are still coming."
The Earl of Tianji City's armor was in tatters, and his white beard was stained with blood. On the city wall, the soldiers of the Fowler family couldn't even laugh. They all sat on the ground, breathing heavily.
He was breathing heavily, and his eyes were filled with the joy of surviving the disaster.
Tianji City was just a short distance away from being captured. Since the defeat at Prince's Pass, only a few hundred soldiers of the Fowler family were left to hold on.
If it weren't for the harsh geographical conditions of Tianji City, which was extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack, it might have fallen long ago, and Earl Fowler was also escorted to King's Landing for trial.
Fortunately, Franklin Fowler is very popular in Dorne and has wide friendships. More importantly, the policies of the Seven Kingdoms have caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the Dorne nobles. They want to take the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction. The king
The army broke through the Prince's Pass and invaded Dorne, which touched the sensitive nerves of the Dornish nobles.
Of course they would not expect the Iron Throne to change national policy to consider the feelings of the Dornish nobles.
Although the nobles of Dorne are crazy, they are not without brains. They know that it is completely impossible, and it is tantamount to open rebellion.
What awaits them will be like the first and second Dorne War. The armies of the six nations attacked Dorne from multiple fronts, killing people in a bloody stream. They paid an extremely heavy price and won the war.
Therefore, the Dornish nobles wanted to use this incident of old Franklin Fowler to express their dissatisfaction to the Iron Throne. Their only request was to let the King of the Reach repatriate those who escaped from Dorne and put them to death.
They were sent back to Dorne to face the consequences of local law.
Because they violated the laws established by the local lords and nobles and left their hometown without permission, they were criminals in Dorne and should return to their hometown to face trial.
In fact, in their opinion, there is nothing wrong with the demands of the Dornish nobles.
After all, Dorne is the 'special zone' promised by Viserys himself.
The Special Zone does not follow the changes in other regions of the Seven Kingdoms. In addition to still being nominally subordinate to the Iron Throne, it actually still implements the high degree of autonomy of the old aristocratic period.
Since it has a high degree of autonomy and still follows past traditions, the Dornish nobles are qualified to formulate local laws.
But they obviously miscalculated a bit.
That is, they are not as important and powerful in Viserys's heart as they imagined.
Although Dorne once helped him seize the Iron Throne, Viserys is certainly not an ungrateful person, but in the final analysis, the help Dorne provided him and the achievements he made were not enough to make them so presumptuous.
Moreover, the confidence of the Dornish people comes from the First Dornish War. They successfully resisted the attack of the Targaryen family and shot the young Queen Rhaenys and her dragon Meera at Hellgate Castle.
Sith.
This war lasted nearly ten years from the fourth year of Aegon's calendar to the thirteenth year of Aegon's calendar before an armistice agreement was reached. All Targaryen troops withdrew from Dorne. Dorne paid an extremely heavy price.
Maintained independence and freedom.
This war gave the Dornish people sufficient self-confidence, which lasted for three hundred years. Later Dornish people also believed that they could still resist the dragon's attack like their ancestors.
However, the lessons of history often tell people that no matter how powerful a country is, it will one day decline. The current Dornish army is not as fierce as their ancestors when they resisted invasion.
Kago, Viserys' war minister, has now led his tribe on a wooden horse through the poisonous water and returned to the Essos continent.
After the Second Conquest War, he once used a very contemptuous word in Dothraki and Viserys to describe the combat effectiveness of the Dornish army, which was roughly equivalent to 'sheep'.
Because in the battlefield of the Reach, during the attack and defense of Star Shuttle City, if the Dothraki roaring warriors led by Kago hadn't arrived in time and attacked the Reach army from behind, the Dornish army would have almost been defeated by Willas Ti.
The Reach army led by Lear was completely wiped out.
The fighting ability of the Dornish army today is far less brave than that of their ancestors when they resisted the invasion.
Their ancestors were able to resist the Targaryen dragon attacks tenaciously, but that doesn't mean they can too.
…
And at the same time, the distant King is coming.
Viserys, who had just been crowned the first Emperor of Valyria, boarded his dragon to prepare for a solo southern tour.
Viserys is a bit similar to Aegon in this regard. After unifying the six kingdoms, Aegon liked to ride a dragon and patrol around when he had nothing to do.
And Viserys's wife Arianne took Diana's little hand to say goodbye to her husband.
"my sweetheart."
"No matter what, please forgive my father."
The Queen of Dorne's beautiful eyes were filled with tears as she pulled her daughter who had just learned to run. As Viserys' pillow, she naturally knew what her husband was going to do during his southern tour.
Each battle report tells the story of the battle in Dorne.
The war in Dorne is not optimistic. The Earl of Tianji City, Old Falcon, is not prepared to kneel down and submit to the law, but is prepared to resist to the end, and even gathers many nobles who are friends with the Fowler family.
The Fowler family itself is not weak. The Fowler family is the 'Guardian of the Pass'. They are a large family under the Martell family that is as powerful as the 'Guardian of the Bone Road' Yronwood family, with many vassals.
Even if the Martell family intervenes, it cannot completely quell the rebellion in Tianji City. After all, this is the drawback of traditional aristocratic rule.
The king is a large noble, and the lord is just a slightly larger noble under him. Everyone still does their own thing. If it is in the common interest, they will listen to you. If it is not in the common interest, they will do their own thing.
What's more, now that the Iron Throne wants Old Fowler's head, how can he plead guilty so easily?
"Of course, Arianne."
"This matter has nothing to do with Prince Doran"
When Viserys heard his wife's words, he couldn't help but feel a little soft in his heart, and then kissed her gently on the forehead, and then climbed onto Balerion's back again.
The huge black dragon turned his head and glanced at the little silver-haired girl who was staggering on the ground.
It knew it was Viserys' daughter.
Then he let out a deep roar in a low voice, then suddenly exerted force on his hind legs, vibrating his wings and soared into the sky, flying towards the south of the empire.