"Brother, what are you holding in your hand?"

Early in the morning, Deakon Tully entered Samwell's tent and saw his brother playing with an oval-shaped stone.

"Dragon eggs." Samwell didn't hide it, because he knew that his brother wouldn't believe him if he told the truth.

"Dragon eggs?" Deacon Tully couldn't help but frown at the thought of the various "dragon relics" that his brother had shown him earlier.

No way!

I must persuade my brother well!

Deacon looked at his brother as if he were looking at a lost son who had gone astray.

"Brother, there's something I've wanted to tell you for a long time."

"What's the matter?"

"That's it...... As far as the dragon relics you treasure, they are all fake! ”

"How is that possible!" Samwell pretended to exclaim, "I bought this all at a great cost, how can it be fake!" ”

Deacon sighed: "Brother, how much did this 'dragon egg' cost?" ”

"It's not much, it's just three hundred golden dragons." Samwell casually reported a number.

"Three hundred golden dragons!" Deacon's eyes widened, "Brother, no matter how rich your championship reward is, you can't squander it like this!" This 'dragon egg' is absolutely fake! And even if it were true, you wouldn't be able to hatch a dragon. How many kings of the House of Targaryens have tried for many years, and they have never succeeded! ”

"Just because they can't do it doesn't mean I can't." Samwell laughed.

I thought of the red comet.

Calculating the time, there should be less than a year left before the arrival of the red comet, and when the "stars cry blood", the demon tide of this world will officially recover, and at that time, it is the time for the dragon to return.

For this, he still needs to make some preparations......

Unfortunately, Samwell's self-confidence is a testament to his obsession in the eyes of his younger brother Deacon:

"Brother! You can't go on like this! Otherwise, the family of Eagle's Beak Island will be squandered by you! ”

"Alright, alright, I know. The next is not an example. Samwell perfunctorily said to his younger brother and put the dragon egg on the bottom of the suitcase and hid it, "By the way, when will it be pulled?" ”

"Right now. The vanguard has already set off, but our river bend army has been arranged to go last, and it should be a while. ”

"Okay, I'll get some sleep first, and when it's our turn, you can call me again." Samwell yawned and kicked his brother out.

After Mimi made up for it, Samwell got up at the urging of his brother, and after a brief tidying up, he gathered his soldiers, followed the large army, and began a new march.

The army went south along the bone road, all the way to the rugged mountain road, and the speed naturally couldn't be raised, until half a month later, it finally arrived at the destination-

Black Harbor City.

Located on the Dorne Frontier, Black Harbor is a small town with a towering black basalt wall surrounded by a wide moat, like a strong military fortress.

In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of this castle, it was more out of military considerations, because the strategic location of Black Harbor City is indeed very important, and guarding the bone road is the first barrier against Dorne's northern invasion.

Speaking of the Dorne Frontier, although this region has Dorne in its name, it is not actually under the jurisdiction of Prince Dorne, and the lords here are almost all vassals of the Duke of Storm's End, but the strange thing is that the title of "Guardian of the Borderlands" has always been granted to the Duke of High Court.

So, theoretically, Duke Mace Tyrell had the name of mobilizing the troops of the Dorne Frontier. As for whether the lord here will really obey his call, that's another matter.

As a buffer zone between the Bend, the Stormlands, and Dorne, the Dorne Frontier has been at war since ancient times, and after Aegon Targaryen the Conqueror unified the Six Kingdoms, it was also the front line of the battle between the Iron Throne and Dorne.

The lord of Black Harbor is Earl Berry Dondelion, who has a relationship with Samwell.

Earlier in Starfall, two members of the Dane family who Samwell accused of murder, Edric and Alyria, died in Black Harbor, the latter being the wife of Earl Berry.

However, the Earl of Berry had never troubled Samwell, and seemed to be a reasonable man.

The army stayed in Black Harbor for half a month, and finally waited for the army of the Riverlands, the Valley, and the northern border, and the total number of troops swelled to as many as 170,000.

You know, this is only the number of the regular army, if you count the people who carry grain, the vendors who sell goods, and the battalion girls who come to dedicate...... The total number of people is afraid that it has exceeded 300,000.

If you are thick-skinned and bold, you can completely claim that 500,000 troops are going south.

Let's see if we can scare the Dornes out of the pee.

Only by really being in the middle of it can we appreciate what such an army really is.

The dense tents were like savagely growing mushrooms, covering almost all sides of the boating river, and all kinds of sounds floated through the fields, hills, and fields, surging, completely suppressing the sound of turbulent water and whistling wind.

In order to create a long pole to carry the banner, the trees within a radius of several miles were cut down, and in the sunlight, countless swords and spears shimmered like a forest of steel, flickering with a cold cold light.

When it's time to eat, thousands of bonfires fill the air with a pale mist.

"Lord Caesar, the king has ordered a pre-war meeting, please attend it immediately."

"Okay."

Samwell quickly gnawed off the remaining flesh and bones, wiped his hands, and headed for the largest and most ornate tent in the center of the camp.

Along the way, you can see soldiers with swords and armor, handymen transporting goods, attendants polishing armor, and battalion girls swaggering through the city...... Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder, how many golden dragons would be spent every day to maintain such an army?

It's a pity that no one can answer Samwell's question.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was in charge of logistics, may have known, but Tyrion Lannister, the "Little Devil", returned to King's Landing on the day Samwell arrived, and was scolded by Duke Tywin.

The more you walked into the center of the camp, the more you could see the Crown Stag flag flying high above the flags, it was probably the largest flag Samwell had ever seen in his life, and it was enough to be placed as a carpet in the castle hall.

When Samwell entered the tent, he saw that there were already quite a few people inside. But the place was arranged, and he was led by the guards to the very edge of the corner and sat down.

However, it was not the young king who sat on the throne, but a middle-aged man.

Dressed in a crimson velvet gown with the coat of arms of a roaring lion on his chest, Samwell immediately guessed that this was the Warden of the West, Duke of Castle Rock, Tywin Lannister.

Lord Tywin had a stern face and a grim expression, and it is said that Lord Tywin had not laughed since his father, Duke Tytos, was nicknamed "The Laughing Lion".

"The Laughing Lion" was a weak feudal lord, and during his reign, the Western vassals borrowed money from the Lannisters and did not pay it back, and often ignored the conscription order, and some even dared to mock the Duke of Castle Rock to his face...... So, when his son Tywin came to power, he went to the other extreme - ruthlessness.

Lord Tywin wiped out the disobedient vassals, destroyed their castles, leaving only the ruins to warn the other families, and gradually pulled the family back from the brink of collapse through a series of heavy-handed tactics to restore the family to its former glory.

Moreover, this man also served as the hand of the king of the "mad king" Aerys II Targaryen, and sat in this position for twenty years, during which the country and the people were safe, and the people were happy, and the Duke of Tywin also gained great prestige and love, even more than the king.

But because of this, he was jealous of the "Mad King" -

"Only the gods are above the king."

The monarch gradually turned against him, and Duke Tywin had to resign as prime minister.

After the outbreak of the Retainer War, Duke Tywin stood still and watched the king's army fight the rebels until Robert Baratheon killed Prince Rhaegar Targaryen with a hammer in the Trident River, and then Duke Tywin led the army of the West towards King's Landing.

The Mad King, believing that his King's Hand was here to save him, ordered the gates to be opened, and then Duke Tywin ordered his army to capture King's Landing, and his son Jaime killed the Mad King himself.

However, at that time, the alliance of fish, wolves, deer, and eagles was extremely strong, and after taking King's Landing, Duke Tywin resisted the temptation to sit on the iron chair, and instead gave the throne to Robert Baratheon, and his daughter Cersei with him.

After that, the Western Lion returned to Kaiyan City again and continued to hibernate.

Only now has he returned to the center of power in the Seven Kingdoms.

Perhaps this time, the Western Lion doesn't plan to leave again.

"Have all the lords arrived?" Duke Tywin asked, now sitting on the throne like a king.

"It's all there."

The point is that everyone took it for granted, and no one even asked where His Majesty Joffrey had gone.

As for our Queen Regent, Cersei, she is sitting on the right hand side of Duke Tywin at this time, trying to play the role of a well-behaved daughter.

"Wait a minute! His Majesty has not yet arrived. "It is the Hand of the King, Lord Eddard.

Finally, there are still people who remember the king.

"Your Majesty is tired and has fallen asleep." Cersei explained.

Duke Eddard's brow furrowed, his gaze wandering over Tywin's father and daughter, although he hated the arrogance of the Lannisters in his heart, but he really couldn't make trouble at this time.

Although he was the Hand of the King, he had no regent title and was already a cut shorter than Cersei, and now that the woman was willing to give power to her father, what could he do?

What's more, this time he came to fight Dorne, and Duke Ed really didn't want to fight within himself.

Once, face only one enemy.

Duke Ed remembered the advice Baron Hawksbill had given him.

This time I'm here to avenge Jon Arryn, and as for Robert's revenge, I'll talk about that later.

Seeing that Duke Ed had died down, Cersei showed a smug smile, and then said aloud:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has agreed to a plan for this crusade against Dorne, and it is up to my father to explain it to you now."

Duke Tywin's gaze slowly swept over the faces of the participants, and then he said in a deep voice:

"This crusade against Dorne is planned to be attacked by a four-way army."