Although Dorne has not yet joined the battle in the main chapter, there are two classic examples of the Dorne Wars in history, and the two sides are the Dragons and the Dorn.

The First War of Dorne was the expedition of Aegon the Conqueror, who had swept through the Six Kingdoms, and his troops were divided into two routes, that is, the Prince's Pass and the Bone Road respectively.

However, the Dornish showed an indomitable spirit, and they knew that they could not compete with the dragons, so they voluntarily abandoned the castles and hid in the shadows, starting a guerrilla war.

When the dragon came, they ran, and when the dragon left, they disturbed, and by mistake, they struck down a dragon.

Auris Baratheon, one of Aegon's generals, was a prisoner of war during the attack on the Bones, and the first Duke of Tyrell disappeared in the Dorne Desert.

In the end, Aegon voluntarily gave up his plans to conquer Dorne, allowing him to maintain his independence.

In the Second Dorne War, the Dragon family was no longer long gone, but at that time there was an outstanding military general, Erin of the Valerian family.

He creatively commanded the navy through the River of Green Blood deep into the heart of Dorne; And the Young Dragon King Daeron, like Aegon back then, divided his troops into two ways and entered Dorne through the Prince's Pass, and attacked Erin from east to west, and finally forced Prince Martell to kneel and surrender.

With the example of this war, Dorne's death hole was exposed.

Because Dorne did not have a strong enough navy, there was no way to resist the attack of the Green Blood River by an alien fleet.

And once the foreign fleet enters the Green Blood River, then the castles along the Green Blood River, including Yang Halberd City, will be threatened.

Especially if the enemy's army marches south from the Bone Road and the Prince's Pass, so many benefactors will be really uncomfortable, and they will not be able to concentrate on defending the two passages, nor will they be able to protect the long river of green blood.

So there is a reason why Prince Daolang in the main story is so cautious, once the Iron Throne starts a war against Dorne, and the powerful Lion Flower fleet imitates Erin's strategy back then and forcibly attacks the Green Blood River, so many benefactors have no resistance at all.

Let's talk about the geographical situation in the area of the royal realm and the stormland.

Crowns, that is, the lands under the direct jurisdiction of the king after Aegon's conquest. It is partly taken from the Riverlands and partly from the Stormlands.

As you can see, the seven kingdoms on the continent are not only seven parts in terms of political territory, but also seven self-contained geographical units in geography.

The royal domain, on the other hand, is the product of an artificial political division. That's why I'm going to talk about the royal realm and the surrounding area.

There are not many geographical units worth mentioning in the area of the royal territory, and Dragonstone Island guards the safety of King's Landing at sea, as everyone who has seen it knows.

However, Dragonstone Island also has a sister island, called Tidehead Island, which needs to be mentioned.

At the time of Aegon's conquest, Auris Baratheon had not yet established his own door, so Aegon's biggest supporters at that time were the Valerian family of Tidehead, the family of Erin Valerian mentioned in the previous section.

Both the Targaryens and Valerians are remnants of the Valyrian Empire, the difference is that the Targaryens are the Dragon King family, which is equivalent to the ruling class of the Valyrian Empire;

The Valerians were not dragonlords, they were the middle class of the Valyrian Empire.

Since the time of Aegon, the Valerian family of Tidehead Island has had the most powerful fleet in the entire continent.

During Aegon's conquest, the Valerian fleet helped the Dragons attack Seagull Town in the Vale;

During the Dance of the Dragons, the Valerian family's fleet helped Queen Rhaenyra fight for the throne;

During the Second Dorne War, the Valerian fleet smashed into the heart of Dorne through the Greenblood River, and can be said to be the number one contributor to the victory of the war.

It is precisely because of the powerful fleet of the Valerian family that the members of the Valerian family once held the position of sea minister for generations;

It is precisely because of the Valerian family's powerful fleet that the members of the Valerian family have married the dragon family many times.

However, in the main chapter, the Valerian family is no longer as powerful as it once was, and the sea forces such as the Redwing fleet, the Iron Islands fleet, and the royal fleet have surpassed the Valerian fleet.

Another geographical unit worth mentioning is the Royal Forest south of King's Landing.

The Stormlands area has a large forest, with the Royal Forest in the north and the Rainforest in the south, and this area is also one of the three major forests in Westeros.

As mentioned earlier, Jaime was knighted by Arthur Dayne's handbook at a very young age, and the background was that Jaime fought valiantly in the conquest of the Brotherhood of the Kingsguard. There is a bandit who is doing evil in the Royal Forest, robbing homes and houses, and calling themselves the Brotherhood of the Royal Forest.

On the other hand, the Battle of the Black Water River in the Battle of the Five Kings was also the first to start from the Royal Forest:

The Battle of the Blackwater River in the TV series has changed too much.

In the original books, after Stannis captured Storm's End, he adopted the strategy of encircling King's Landing by land and sea.

He himself led his army along the King's Road, through the Royal Forest, to King's Landing.

When the imp learns that Stannis is crossing the Royal Forest, he sends the mountain tribes he subdued when he was in the valley, and allows these mountain tribes to enter the Royal Forest to fight guerrilla warfare, killing Stannis's scouts, burning Stannis's army's food and grass, and howling in the middle of the night to disrupt Stannis's army's confidence.

Stannis had no choice but to set fire to the forest in an attempt to drive the imp's mountain clan out of the forest with smoke, and the smoke from the fire obscured the sky.

Whether it's the Brotherhood of the Kingswoods or the Mountain Clans of the Little Devils, these two examples show that the King's Forest is a place where you can make a big fuss.

It is also the only area on King's Landing that can be called somewhat defensive.

To the north of King's Landing, it is a flat area, and when Rhaegar was wiped out at Ruby Beach, Tywin saw that the Dragon family was gone.

Because from Ruby Beach to King's Landing, there is no danger to defend again.

To the southwest of King's Landing, as mentioned above, the Riverlands were originally the strongest in terms of overall strength, and they had gathered large armies to march into King's Landing many times in history, but Martin always arranged all kinds of accidents to make the Riverlands army come out of the moth halfway through.

In addition, Stormlands' Storm's Breath Castle, like Eagle's Nest City and Kaiyan City, has never fallen in history, but it is particularly tragic in the main story and has been besieged.

At the time of the rebellion, Stannis became famous by guarding Fort Storm's End;

During the War of the Five Kings, he was besieged by Stannis at the hands of Ramly, then by Mace Tyrell at the hands of Stannis, and in Book 5 by the Golden Regiment supporting Aegon Jr.

has been beaten and has never been conquered, so it deserves to be among the top five castles.

As for the geographical situation in the northern part of the northern border, there is actually not much to say about this area, because the northern border has been unified for a long time, and there has never been much external threat, and the biggest enemy of the northerners all year round is the cold winter.

The only thing worth mentioning is the area around the Wall, where tens of thousands of Night's Watch were defended during Aegon's War of Conquest, and all 19 castles along the Great Wall were garrisoned.

But by the time of the main chapter, only the Black Castle in the extreme north of King's Road remained, the Shadow Tower in the extreme west of the Great Wall, and the East Sea Wangwang in the extreme east of the Great Wall, and the number of night watchmen was only more than 1,000.

Although the Great Wall may seem unattainable, the Wildlings can pass through the Great Wall in various ways all year round and enter the northern hinterland.

For example, the famous "Redbeard" Raymond, who was the king of the Cypriots before Mansred, led an army of wildlings across the Great Wall about a hundred years before the main story.

Duke William Stark and Earl Amber rallied their armies to fight Redbeard near Winterfell, and Duke Stark was killed in a disastrous victory.

In addition, during the reign of Aegon III, the sea on the eastern side of the sea froze into ice in the dead of winter, and a large number of savages stepped on the ice to the south, where the night watchmen struggled to stop the savage army, and hundreds of people were killed.

Not to mention the ability of the strong to climb the Great Wall and the like.

There is a nobleman in the Amber family, Morse Amber "Raven Eater", whose daughter was taken captive by the savages who secretly went south.

Even the nobles of the North have been so embarrassed by the wildlings, let alone the common people of the North.

To the south of the Shadow Tower, it is the largest mountainous region in the North, and this mountain has no name.

Although it may seem unremarkable, this mountain land is also inhabited by mountain clans, which also play a vital role in the original book.

After Stannis rescued the Wall, he captured more than 1,000 wildlings and wanted to use them for his own use to attack the Bolton Fortress of Terror.

But Xue Xue stood up and persuaded Stannis to leave the wildlings at the Wall.

In exchange, Stannis was directed to the northern mountains.

It was here that the mountain clans of the northern mountains provided Stannis with 3,500 soldiers, and Stannis's army grew to 5,000 men at once, giving him the strength to compete with the Bolton family. It can be seen that although this area is not beautiful, it is also indispensable.

After subduing the Mountain Clans, Stannis traveled south to capture Deepenburg.

Remember here? In the section on the three strategies of the Iron People, I mentioned that the Iron Militia was divided into three routes, and the northernmost route was that Asha captured the Deep Forest Fort with 12 longships, and has been entrenched here.

The reason why the deep forest fort is called the deep forest fort is because it is located in a large forest, and this forest is called the wolf forest.

It was in the Wolf Forest that Stannis began his death march to Winterfell, caught in a blizzard, and his fate was uncertain.

The Stone Steps Islands, if the city-states of Essos in the East want to come to King's Landing, Seagull Town, White Harbor and other places to do business, they must pass through this archipelago;

Cities such as the Nine Great Trading City-States and King's Landing must also pass through this archipelago if they want to do business in the ports of Old Town and Lannisport in the west of Westeros.

Therefore, the Stone Steps Islands are located in the center of a busy maritime trade route, and merchant ships traveling from east to west, north and south have to pass through here.

This gives a lot of criminals an opportunity to take advantage of.

Historically, pirates in this region have never been eliminated, occupying islands, robbing merchant ships, taking treasures for themselves, selling captives into slavery, or earning ransom.

In the series, I often talk to the Onion Knight, and the black pirate made his fortune collecting tolls on the Stone Steps Islands;

In the original book, after Cersei fell from the horse, the dogleg she supported, Oren Weishui, also defected with the royal fleet and fled to the Stone Steps Islands as a pirate.

Historically, piracy was also rampant here, and the famous "Ranger Prince" Daemon Targaryen fought against pirates in this area for more than ten years, and was even once embraced as the king of the Narrow Sea.

During the Second War of Dorne, Dorn was regained, and the Young Dragon King Daeron I led his troops to attack Dorne for the second time.

However, due to the rampant piracy in the Stone Steps Islands, the royal fleet was unable to attack Dorne's Green Water Valley again, which also led to the failure of the Young Dragon King's land expedition and his own death in Dorne.

The Fifth Blackfire Rebellion, the main place of engagement, was also here.

Here, Barristan killed Maris Blackfire, the last male of the Blackfire family; This is where Tywin rose to prominence and was knighted.

The Stone Steps Islands are located between key points on the world's trade routes, and the reason for the formation of this archipelago is not a natural factor, but a magical reason, which came from the war between humans and the children of the forest.

Human beings originated from the continent of Essos, when Westeros and the continent of Essos were connected, and through this connected land, human beings came to Westeros in a steady stream to compete for living space with the children of the forest, and cut down the human-faced trees of the sons of the forest who respected the gods.

The Children of the Forest officially went to war with the humans, and used magic twice in the war:

The first time was to use magic to sink the land connecting Westeros and Essos to the bottom of the sea, and since then the two continents are no longer connected, and only the small islands of the Stone Steps Islands are still exposed above the sea;

The second time is to try to use magic to split the continent of Westeros in two. But this time, the magic of the children of the forest did not achieve the desired goal, and the place where the magic was performed became Neck.

Although the land has not completely sunk to the bottom of the sea, much of the area has become impassable swamps.

Later, a pass was built here that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was difficult to open, which was Carlin Bay.

The problem of piracy in this area has not been solved for nearly 300 years, and there are objective historical reasons.

It is located in the middle of the Seven Kingdoms, Rees, Mill, and Telosi, and all four parties want to gain control of the archipelago, so that they can use this advantageous location to collect tariffs and make a good income.

However, none of the parties could completely occupy this place, nor could they completely defeat their competitors, so the Shijie Islands became an embarrassing area where the four capitals were under control and the four were ignored.

In fact, on the west side of the Blue Fork River of the Trident River on the Westeros continent, dig a grand canal that runs through the east and west, and avoid the stone steps archipelago for trade between the east and the west, so as to effectively solve the problem of being plagued by pirates in the stone steps islands.

Since the time of Jaehaerys I was able to build five avenues, it was not difficult to dig a grand canal that ran from east to west.

Back then, where the iron people carried a long boat into the Lancha River, the river was already very close to the ocean, and it only took a little digging to do it.

Looking at the terrain of the entire Westeros continent, it is still very complex, with mountains, rivers and rivers, impregnable castles and passes that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is precisely these designs that make the story of Game of Thrones more exciting and exciting.