Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King

After traveling north for more than ten days, there is still an endless, rolling sand sea in front of us.

It seems that there will never be an end.

"How far is it from the sky to the city?" Samwell asked Lucas Dane beside him while drinking the bland oatmeal.

"According to our current speed, it will take about three days."

"Three days..." Samwell touched the beard stubble growing on his chin.

"Brother!" At this moment, Dickon Tully ran over excitedly with a bow and arrow, "We shot a few stupid birds, do you want some barbecue for breakfast?"

"Okay." Samwell nodded, a little envious of his younger brother's vigorous energy.

After staying in the sea of ​​sand for so long, he felt that he was almost depressed.

Fortunately, my brother's roasted stupid bird tasted good, which lifted Samwell's spirit a little.

After breakfast, everyone got on their horses and continued northward.

Not long after, the Sentinel came galloping back to report that the flag of the Royce family was found ahead.

Met allies?

Or maybe a sly Dornish fake.

Samwell was secretly vigilant, fearing that he would encounter the same oolong incident as last time, so he specially sent a few valley cavalry to confirm.

At the same time, the falcon was released and followed to observe.

It was not until he confirmed that the cavalry team of the Royce family on the opposite side was that Samwell let down his vigilance and led the army to approach.

"Lord Caesar."

"Master Jon."

I haven't seen him for a long time, but Earl Jorn is still wearing that simple and mysterious set of bronze armor, and his spirit is still hale and hearty, as if such a long march has not affected him at all. It is hard to imagine that this person is over fifty years old.

"I heard that you actually captured Sandstone City, it's unbelievable!" Earl Jorn said loudly.

Samwell laughed loudly: "There is no way, someone sent it to my arms, I have to take it."

Earl Jon's white eyebrows raised slightly: "Which kind-hearted person helped so much?"

Samwell pointed to the illegitimate daughter who was tied on horseback: "Of course it is the kind Miss Obaya Sand."

Obara flushed with anger, and stared at Samwell with hatred.

"Obaia Sand?" Earl Jon sized up the illegitimate daughter on horseback, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "The eldest daughter of the 'Red Viper'?"

"That's right."

Earl Jorn laughed loudly: "It seems to be a good story, let's go, Lord Caesar, let's talk as we walk."

Samwell flattered his horse and walked with him, and briefly described his previous combat experience, of course, skipping some things that are inconvenient to disclose.

While telling the story, Samwell also noticed that the cavalry squad led by Earl Jorn basically had no losses. It seems that this person is a real dog, unlike himself, who said he wanted to be a dog, but saw the Kogel family's treasury I couldn't help being reckless.

"As expected of Lando Tarly's son." Earl Yonne said with emotion, "Sandstone City can be captured with two hundred cavalry. Although it is impossible to occupy, it can be called a classic battle in Westeros."

"You're too much." Samwell said modestly, and then asked, "How is the battle in Tianji City?"

"We are still fighting fiercely. However, we are in the south of Tianji City, and we can't see the situation in the north. We only hear the shouting and killing that started more than half a month ago, and it has not stopped until now."

"More than half a month? How come so little time?" Samwell frowned.

After the division of troops from Black Harbor City, he drifted on the sea for nearly a month before coming to Starfall City, and then walked out of the Dane family territory for a few days, and spent nine days in the guard tower on the border, and then followed in the sand sea. The Dornish people played hide-and-seek for more than half a month, and then they met Obara and planned to capture Sandstone City... All in all, almost three months have passed, why did the first army of the Iron Throne just fight? The sky and the city for more than half a month?

Why did they go there before?

Two months on the road?

Or waited for two months under Tianji City, only to send troops to attack after seeing that the city wall did not collapse?

Earl Jorn also saw Samwell's doubts, shrugged and said:

"Actually, I'm also very surprised about the situation in Tianji City, so when there was no movement before, I didn't dare to act rashly, and kept circling in the sand sea, avoiding the Dornish people's pursuit."

Good guy, it turns out that you have been playing hide-and-seek for more than two months, no wonder your subordinates have no losses.

"So what's your plan now?" Samwell asked.

"We have tracked down a food transportation team from Hongqiu City to Tianji City, and we are about to do it. It just so happens that you are here, so let's go together."

"Okay." Samwell naturally would not refuse.

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The offensive and defensive battle of Tianji City is at its most intense moment.

As the western gateway of Dorne, the nobles, soldiers and provisions of half of Dorne's land gathered in Tianji City at this moment, as well as Dorne's most capable general——Prince "Red Viper" Oberyn.

Needless to say, this man's fighting style is fierce, and Dorne has never lacked brave soldiers.

On the other side, under the strict order and urging of King Joffrey, the army of the Iron Throne launched an attack like crazy.

In this way, one can imagine the tragic battle of Tianjicheng.

The high towers were covered with ants-like soldiers crawling up and down the city walls in the mountains. The shouts of killing were deafening and could be heard several miles away.

Countless arrows, stones, and boiling oil kept falling from the top of the city, causing large areas of destruction.

Twenty days, twenty days of bloody repetitions.

The offensive and defensive sides worked together to turn Tianji City into a huge flesh and blood mill.

Blood flowed down the city wall, mottled and ferocious, making the tall Tianji City look like a restricted-grade horror oil painting.

The rock and soil under the city wall have become soft and muddy due to drinking blood, which also makes the crimson mountain range even more crimson.

All kinds of grotesque corpses were laid out under the wall, like a messy slaughterhouse.

Although every evening, raging flames were lit outside the city to burn the corpses, but it still couldn't stop more corpses from piling up.

Whenever the corpse is burned, there will be an indescribable burnt smell in the air, which can make any normal person completely lose his appetite.

Queen Cersei retreated ten miles because she couldn't stand the smell.

After seeing the siege battle these days, the originally ambitious young king no longer had the arrogance and self-confidence he had at the beginning.

This kind of primitive and bloody siege battle, without a big heart, it is difficult to persist even as a bystander.

However, the king's patience was also worn out in this seemingly never-ending battle-although he had little patience.

The young king, who had never had any experience in war, did not understand why it was so difficult to conquer a city. Along the way, countless towers, fortresses, and castles were so vulnerable to the front of the army. The city was a bit more difficult to fight, but it was declared broken after only ten days of persistence, and the battle was by no means as bloody and cruel as Tianji City.

So Joffrey couldn't understand why Sky and City were so hard to conquer.

It also makes his pre-war boasting seem like a clown.

Anxiety, anger, and even fear were accumulating, and the king's temper became more irritable day by day.

In his opinion, it must be the soldiers who were cheating and cheating, and refused to go all out, which made him unable to realize his dream of conquering the sky and the city.

In the combat meeting almost every morning, Joffrey would scold all the nobles who attended the meeting bloody, and at the same time issue "ultimatums" again and again, requiring the army to break through the city on the same day.

Of course, every "ultimatum" could not be achieved, and the king could only be incompetent and furious every time, cursing.

This unfulfilled threat only continued to damage the king's prestige.

But today, I don't know if someone mentioned the king, or the king himself finally woke up, and he actually killed someone!

Boom——

When a bleeding head was thrown in front of the nobles, most of them didn't react, they thought it was the head of some Dornishman.

But immediately, they recognized that it belonged to their own people!

Lord of Buckwell, second son of Lord Buckwell, Ser Manwy!

"Your Majesty!" Duke Eddard couldn't hide the anger in his words, "What crime did Sir Manwy commit?"

Joffrey snorted. "He's not fighting well."

"Sir Manwy has been fighting on the city for three consecutive days, so you think such a heroic knight is 'ineffective in fighting'?"

"He comes home in a mess every time, doesn't he?"

These words completely angered the nobles in the camp, all kinds of questioning, yelling, and uproar came one after another, and it became a mess.

"Shut up! Shut up, everyone!" King Joffrey obviously felt offended, "I am the king! I have the right to execute nobles who do not fight well! The same goes for you! If you still can't win the damn day and City, I will kill again!"

After speaking, Joffrey walked away.

He didn't notice at all that the nobles looked at his back, full of disdain, anger, and even hostility.

A combat meeting ended hastily like this. To be honest, it would be better not to hold it. This was completely counterproductive.

As soon as Duke Ed left the camp, he heard someone calling his name behind him.

He stopped and turned his head to see the lord of Golden Tree City in the River Bend, Count Matus Rowan.

"Lord Ed, we can't let the king go on messing around like this!" Earl Matus complained unceremoniously.

Even though Earl Matus is just one of the vassals of the Duke of Highgarden, there are too many powerful and rebellious families in the Reach, and the Golden Tree Rowan is one of them. The entire northern part of the Reach is their territory, which is Mace The Duke of Tyrell had to be polite when he saw this man.

"What else can I do?" Duke Ed's brows seemed to be frowning forever.

"You are the Hand of the King and the commander of this army. You can absolutely refuse to let the king intervene in military affairs."

Duke Ed was silent.

Earl Matus yelled impatiently: "Lord Ed, I suggest that you send the king directly to the rear to accompany the queen mother. It's just a sky-reaching city. As long as he doesn't disturb us, we will be able to capture it sooner or later."

Duke Ed sighed, and said, "You don't understand the queen mother, nor the king. If I really do this, I will even lose the command of the battlefield. At that time, the situation will only get worse."

"Lord Ed, no matter what difficulties you have, I must remind you that if the king dares to kill again, I can't guarantee that the knights under him will continue to fight for him. And if he dares to kill the people of the river... Hehe, Believe it or not, I will immediately withdraw all the troops from Jinshu City!"

Duke Ed could only nod silently.

After Earl Matus left, he called his attendants and ordered:

"Go get my armor."

The servant froze for a moment.

Duke Ed glanced at the towering and hideous city wall ahead, gritted his teeth and said:

"Today, I will personally lead the army to attack the city!"