The iron ball of the cannon hit the battleship in the river, blowing the battleship in two in the center.

The battleship was a wooden structure.

The bow of the ship was equipped with an iron bow because of the need for a combat collision.

Can the iron ball of artillery easily blow up a wooden battleship, and it can also blow up a fortress made of boulders?

Demon Mountain led the courtiers and generals to the Blackwater River dock and entered the newly built small stone fortress.

It was a small military fortress.

At the beginning of its construction, the people and nobles of King's Landing thought that it was used to garrison the ferry wharf, and even the courtiers who were involved in the construction of the fort did not know what the fort was really for.

All the nobles of the Riverlands followed him on a tour of the military fort.

Boulder walls, solid beams.

The inside is not divided into small rooms.

Moshan said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this military fortress should be used to test the power of live artillery ammunition. ”

Artillery?

That's a better name.

Much more apt than the name of the Black Iron Dragon.

The iron ball exploded when it was launched, and the flames soared into the sky, which is indeed a fire word. As for the cannon word, it is a new term, but it is inherently appropriate and appropriate.

The accompanying bachelor took out a pen and paper and wrote down the new word.

The historians of the court also took out paper money, and after confirming with the king, they wrote the word cannon into the historical events of the royal family, replacing the titles of fire dragon and black iron dragon.

Prime Minister Jon Clinton was also shocked by the new inventions and new words of the Magic Mountain, and his eyes changed when he looked at the Magic Mountain. Less rebellious, more tame.

All the courtiers and generals all felt a stronger sense of admiration for His Majesty, as if they were facing a living god.

Eddard Stark's tone was still in the aftermath of shock: "Your Majesty, can an iron bullet from artillery blow up such a military fortress?"

Eddard Stark used honorifics.

The tone and attitude are also respectful.

The power of a cannon has already made Ed have a real surrender to the Demon Mountain. This kind of submission and following is natural, not because of the coercion of the royal power and the martial bravery of the magic mountain. Nor is it because of the blood ties and political interests of Sansa and Renard's marriage.

This involuntary surrender and following comes from Ed's heart and soul.

Ed's perception of the Magic Mountain, because of the power of a cannon, completely changed.

Magic Mountain looked at Duke Eddard Stark and said with a smile: "Lord Eddard, whether the power of the artillery can defeat this military fortress will be known when we do the test." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Ed bowed his head and said. He is very courteous, which is a bit rare. In the time of Robert I, Ed would never have been so humble to King Robert. He and King Robert are more of a brotherly respect.

Horst Redwin, the young earl of Qingting Island, said: "Your Majesty, if we can install fire on a battleship, we only need one cannon and two hundred warships, and we can easily take the Midsummer Islands. ”

"Count Redwin, although the navy of the Midsummer Islands does not have large warships, their small ships are as numerous as ants, and they should not be underestimated. ”

"Your Majesty, as soon as the cannon goes off, the navy of the Midsummer Islands will kneel on the bow of the ship and pray, they have never seen the artillery, and they will definitely think it is the wrath of the gods. The three kings of the Midsummer Islands will also be easily conquered by artillery. I have been to the Midsummer Islands, and their king's palace is not as strong as the military fortress we have built, and the palace, which is mostly made of wood, cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery. After the artillery bombardment, we sent Shataya and her daughter from the Midsummer Islands to propagate that this cannon was the wrath of the gods, an oracle of submission, and that the king and the people of the island would kneel. ”

Magic Mountain looked at Count Redwin, why did this idiot's words sound so reasonable?

"Earl, the construction of such a cannon is time-consuming, laborious, and costly......"

"Your Majesty, the Redwin family is willing to contribute money to support Your Majesty in building more artillery. The Count couldn't wait. Of course, this stupid earl also has his own selfish intentions, he hopes to build a high platform on Qingting Island, and install artillery on the high platform, so that any pirates and Iron Islands navy are all ants.

Qingting Island will be as strong as the Great Wall.

To get the king to allow it, of course, first to make the king happy.

When it comes to pleasing big shots, Horace is still very experienced. His long court life was not in vain.

"Alright, Earl Redwin, the royal family accepts your donation, and we will build a few more cannons. ”

Eddard Stark's heart moved, and he looked at Lady Catelyn Tully, who was also looking at him.

Both couples thought of the same point.

There is also a port in the north - White Harbor. White Harbor's defense of the pirate estuary is a lonely rock in the sea. That's right, not an island, but a big solitary rock towering at the mouth of the sea. On top of the large solitary rock, a small military fortress was built, on which no more than fifty archers were stationed.

White Harbor in the north did not have its own navy, and when piracy was rampant, it once broke through White Harbor, went north along the White Blade River, and plundered the inland cities in the north, causing great harm to ordinary people.

If a cannon is mounted on a lonely rock or on a breaktop, in the face of an incoming pirate ship, a cannon can not only notify the soldiers and civilians of the whole city, but also effectively deter the pirate army.

After Ed and his wife looked at each other, they made up their minds that it was not possible for the north to pay for it, but it could be sent when His Majesty the King was in need, and to cooperate perfectly with His Majesty when he was carrying out political affairs.

The appearance of a cannon will effectively unite the entire kingdom, and cause the hidden dissidents of the Seven Kingdoms to shake their hearts and begin to silence in front of those who worship the king.

Ed decided to wait for the artillery tests to be over, and then have a good conversation with His Majesty about the Northern Army, the Clegane Bank, the grain and wine trade, ironware, and the defense of the Great Wall.

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The group left the dock military fortress and retreated to a safe distance outside the woods.

The magic mountain motioned to Bo Long beside him, and Bo Long rode to the bottom of the high platform: "Great Wise Man, Lord Lord Gendry, Master Tob, His Majesty the King has an order to blow up the military fortress." ”

Everyone on the high platform agreed, Gendry opened the wooden box again, took out an iron bullet and loaded it into the cannon, Master Tob was responsible for aiming, adjusting the height of the cannon, and the wise man was responsible for chanting and igniting and firing.

Rumble!

With a cannon shot, the cannonballs whistled out, drawing a high arc in the sky and landing accurately on the roof of the military fortress.

Boom!

There was a loud bang.

The shell design is an impact explosion.

Fireworks and stone chips flew into the sky. The sound of the explosion wafted over the Heishui River, startling the birds in the woods on both sides.

Click!

The roof beams of the military fortress were broken.

Rumble!

The beams of the house fell down, stirring up high smoke and dust.

On the high platform, the second shell came again.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, this time the cannonball hit the stone wall, which trembled, cracked, shook, and sparkled, and fireworks and dust rushed high. The stone walls are inclined and have not yet collapsed.

Call!

The third shell came again, and the crooked stone wall in the middle!

Bang!

With a loud bang, the stone wall collapsed!

The nobles around the Magic Mountain were dumbfounded!

Many of the walls of the great nobles were built of huge stones, but even the huge rocks could not withstand the continuous bombardment of artillery.

The walls of Storm's End were made of rock, and trebuchet's cobblestones smashed into the walls, leaving white dots one by one. During the Usurper War, Stannis, who was stationed at Storm's End, relied on the fortification of the walls and held out under the siege of the Tyrells for a year, until Eddard Stark and his army came to relieve the siege.

But when dragons fly in the sky and artillery is erected under the walls, whose rocky walls can hold back the attacks?

With dragons in the sky and artillery on the ground, attacking in two phases, who in this world can stand in the way of His Majesty's army?

Every nobleman had heard that His Majesty was going to raise a national army to conquer the continent of Essos, which was several times wider than Westeros, and many peoples, countries, different legions, the world-famous Dothraki cavalry, and the equally famous Unsullied infantry were all from the continent of Essos.

Most of the nobles did not have much approval of His Majesty's expedition in their hearts, but they dared not complain. Westeros has been in a civil war for a long time, and has entered a terrible winter, and His Majesty the King has to go on an expedition, and the country's food reserves, weapons reserves, war horse reserves, and various military supplies are all worrying, and the only advantage is that His Majesty the King has a giant dragon.

Dragons are not invincible!

When the Targaryens owned many dragons, they could not conquer Dorne by waging war, and the dragons could incinerate the ground, but they could not penetrate deep underground.

The Dornes dug holes in the ground, and when the dragons attacked, they all hid in the ground, and when the dragons left, they all came out. As soon as a ground legion entered Dorne, they would be slaughtered in the siege of the Dorn, and eventually, the Targaryens, with their dragons and dragon knights, had to recognize Dorne's military and political independence through marriage, but politically, the Dornish were subject to the Iron Throne.

With this historical reference from Dorne, the vast majority of nobles in Westeros are not optimistic about His Majesty's expedition to Estos. After the dragon is burned, it requires ground troops to be stationed to control the territory, but as long as the enemy digs the tunnel, the dragon's combat power is powerless.

But now with artillery, the situation is different.

The iron bullets of artillery are indestructible, and in the same way, if you can find a hole in the ground and throw one down, the hole will be overturned. The people in the cave either came out to surrender or were buried alive, and there was no other way to live.

The nobles of Westeros are all generals in the war, and they are all involved in the war, and no one is immune. Cultural and historical education is also a rich resource exclusively enjoyed by the nobles, and after being shocked to see the power of His Majesty's artillery, the minds of these nobles are alive, and one by one the ideas have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and they cannot be suppressed.

It's not that the nobles of Westeros are not warlike and don't want to conquer, it's that strength doesn't allow it.

But now, under the leadership of the Dragon King, it seems that everything has really changed, even the sky has become higher and farther, and even the cold of winter has become less terrifying.

The continent of Essos is located in the east, and the climate is rich in abundant products, and even in winter, it is said that many places are as warm as spring. There are also beautiful and rich places where it never snows in winter and the land is still green.

The power of the invincible artillery ignited the belligerence of the noble generals on the continent of Westeros.

They had long coveted the riches of the Eastern world, which had previously been only available through trade to buy silk and porcelain, cloth and grain, as well as monkey wine from the distant East, but now that the kingdom had artillery, it seemed that all the wealth and territory on the other side of the Narrow Sea were at their fingertips.

Moshan obviously felt that the atmosphere of the nobles around him had changed and became warm. The eyes of the courtiers and generals also became respectful, earnest, and reverent when they looked at the king.

The nobles of the Riverbend Land have resentment in their hearts and dare not speak out against the Magic Mountain for arranging Renard to be their lord, and now, that trace of resentment seems to have been blown away by the shells of several cannons, and they can only submit to the wisdom of His Majesty the King.

The heart of Layton Hightower, the old town Earl who resented Renard as their lord the most in the Riverlands, also changed, and the kingdom had artillery, and if it was mounted on a warship, the pirates of the world who had harassed and plundered the stone stairs of Westeros for thousands of years were just powder. If mounted on the coastal walls, the pirates and enemy ships would have suffered the most severe blows when they attacked the shore of the dock.

A single shell can destroy the combat power of a battleship.

Westeros' navy and army officers are invincible in the world!

Count Leighton Hightower walked up to Renard Westerling in the midst of a lively crowd: "Lord Duke, there are three places near the sea in Riverland, the first is the shield archipelago that defends Gauting City, the second is the old town dock, and the third is Qingting Island. If these three places could be equipped with artillery on the walls, the pirates of the Riverlands would be wiped out. We can also assemble the High Court Navy to strike out all the pirates in the Sunset Sea. ”

His Majesty the King has ordered Count Leighton Hightower to be the Duke of Reynard, in charge of the government, military affairs, and trade of the Riverlands, and to assist Renard Westerling in the management of the whole of the Riverlands, and he has the right to make any suggestions of his own to the Duke.

Renard stared at Count Leighton, and he was sure that the latter was discussing the defense of the Riverbend with him very sincerely: "Lord Earl, the kingdom has just had an artillery, and it is impossible for us to have artillery deployed on Qingting Island, Old Town, and Shield Islands at the same time in the short term. ”

"The Shield Islands are the waterway defense line of High Court City. Lord Duke, we can first set up in the Shield Islands, and with just a few cannons, we can rest easy and never have to worry about pirates entering the Mandeb River from the mouth of the sea and then raiding the hinterland of our riverlands. ”

Renard didn't want to attack his own director, who had just become motivated: "Lord Earl, I will apply to the king and queen that the shield islands of the Riverlands will be the first to deploy artillery. ”

"Yes, Lord Duke. "The Earl of Layton is pleased with the importance that Lord Duke attaches to his proposal.

With the blood relationship between Renard and His Majesty the King, if the kingdom builds artillery in batches, the riverbend land should be the first place to be obtained, but this kind of indestructible good thing must be obtained by other powerful bigwigs, and this is also something that needs to be fought for.

Earl Leighton spoke again, and said bitterly: "Lord Duke, the riverbend is the granary of the Seven Kingdoms, and it is also the grain reserve warehouse for the kingdom to survive the winter every time. And to protect the riverbend, the first thing is to protect the high court. And the water defense line of the High Court and the River Bay Land is the shield archipelago at the mouth of the el-Mandeb River. ”

This rhetoric is logically rigorous, advancing layer by layer, and reaching the core appeal!

The Earl of Leighton is a piece of old ginger!

Ginger is still old and spicy!