After more than ten days of traveling north, there is still an endless, undulating sea of sand in front of you.

It seems like there's never an end.

"How far is Tianji City?" Samwell drank bland oatmeal porridge and asked Lucas Dane beside him.

"At our current pace, it's probably going to be three more days."

"Three days," Samwell touched the stubble growing from his chin.

"Brother!" At this time, Deacon Tully came running up with a bow and arrow, "We have shot a few stupid birds, do you want to add some roast meat to breakfast?" ”

"Okay." Samwell nodded, a little envious of his brother's exuberant spirit.

After staying in the sand for so long, he felt like he was about to be depressed.

Fortunately, my brother's roasted stupid bird tasted good, and it lifted Samwell's spirits a little.

After breakfast, everyone turned on their horses and continued north.

He hadn't gone far before the Sentinel galloped back to tell him that the Royce banner had been spotted ahead.

Got a friendly army?

It could also be a fake from the cunning Dorn.

Samwell was secretly vigilant, for fear of encountering the same oolong incident as last time, so he specially sent a few Valley cavalry to confirm.

At the same time, the falcon is released and follows the observation.

It wasn't until he confirmed that it was really the cavalry of the Royce family on the other side that Samwell let down his guard and led his army over.

"Lord Caesar."

"Lord Yorne."

It had not been seen for a long time, and the Earl of Jon was still wearing that simple and mysterious bronze armor, and his spirit was still strong, as if such a long march had no effect on him at all, and it was hard to imagine that this man was over half a hundred years old.

"I've heard that you've captured Sandstone City, it's unbelievable!" The Earl of Jon's voice was loud.

Samwell laughed, "I can't help it, someone put it in my arms and I have to take it." ”

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

Samwell pointed to his illegitimate daughter tied to a horse, "Of course it's the kind Miss Obaya Shard. ”

Obaya blushed with anger and stared at Samwell with hatred.

"Obaya Shad?" "Count Jon looked at the illegitimate daughter on horseback, and thought for a moment before suddenly saying, 66 The eldest daughter of the 'Red Viper'?"

"That's right."

Count Jon laughed, "It seems to be a good story, let's go, Lord Caesar, let's talk as we go." ”

Samwell patted his horse and walked with him, briefly recounting the previous combat experience, of course, omitting some inconvenient things to disclose.

At the same time, Samwell also noticed that the cavalry squad led by Earl Yorn basically had no losses, and it seemed that this person was really Gou, unlike himself, and he said that he wanted to be Gougle, but when he saw the treasury of the Cogle family, he couldn't help but be reckless.

"Worthy of being the son of Randolph Tully." Earl Jon sighed, "If you can capture Sandstone City with two hundred cavalry, although it can't be occupied, it can be called a classic battle in Westeros." ”

"You've won a prize." Samwell was modest, and instead asked, "How is the battle situation in Tianji City now?" ”

"It's still a lot of fighting. However, we are in the south of Tianji City, and we can't see the situation in the north, and we only hear the shouting and killing that began more than half a month ago, and it has not stopped to this day. ”

"More than half a month? Why is it so time? Samwell frowned.

After dividing his troops from Black Harbor City, he drifted at sea for nearly a month before coming to Starfall City, then walked out of the Dane family's territory for a few days, and spent nine days in the border guard tower, and then played hide and seek with the Dornes in the sand sea for more than half a month, and then met Obaya and designed to capture Sandstone City...... All in all, almost three months have passed, why has the Iron Throne's First Route Army just fought for more than half a month in Tianji City?

Why did they go before?

Two months on the road?

Or did they wait for two months under the sky and the city, and saw that the city wall did not collapse, so they raised troops to attack?

The Earl of Jon also saw Samwell's doubts, shrugged his shoulders, and said:

"Actually, I'm also very strange about the situation in Tianji City, so when there was no movement before, I didn't dare to act rashly, and I kept going around in circles in the sea of sand, avoiding the tracking of the Dorn."

Good guy, it turns out that you have been playing hide and seek for more than two months, no wonder your men have nothing to lose.

"And what are your plans now?" Samwell asked.

"We have tracked down a grain transport team that set off from Hongqiu City to Tianji City, and we are preparing to start, so you just came, so let's go together."

"Okay." Samwell, naturally, would not refuse.

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

As the western gateway to Dorne, Tianhe City is now gathered half of the nobles, soldiers, grain and grass of the Dorne Domain, as well as the most capable general of Dorne, the "Red Viper" Prince Oberon.

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

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

In this way, the fierceness of the attack and defense of Tianji City can be imagined.

The walls of the mountains were crawling with soldiers like ants, and the shouts of killing were deafening and could be heard for miles.

Countless arrows, stones, and boiling oil kept falling from the city, causing a large number of casualties.

Twenty days, twenty days of bloody repetition.

Together, the attackers and defenders turned the city into a giant mill of flesh and blood.

Blood flowed down the city walls, mottled and hideous, making the tall Tianji City look like a restricted-level terrifying oil painting.

The rock and soil beneath the walls had become soft and muddy from the blood, making the Crimson Mountains even redder.

All kinds of strangely shaped corpses are spread out under the base of the wall, like a messy slaughterhouse.

Although a raging fire burned the corpses outside the city every evening, it did not stop more corpses from piling up.

Whenever a corpse is burned, there is an indescribable scorching smell in the air, which can make any normal person completely lose their appetite.

Queen Cersei couldn't stand the smell and retreated ten miles away.

The originally ambitious young king, after seeing the siege battles of these days, has lost the arrogance and self-confidence he had at the beginning.

This kind of primitive and bloody siege warfare, without a big heart, is difficult to persevere even from the sidelines.

However, the king's patience was also exhausted in the seemingly never-ending battle, even though he had little patience at all.

The young king, who had never had experience in war, did not understand why it was so difficult to conquer a city, and all the way before, countless large and small towers, fortresses, and castles were so unbearable under the front of the army.

So Joffrey couldn't understand why the city was so difficult to conquer.

It also made his pre-war boast look like a clown.

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

In his opinion, it must be the soldiers who are cheating and deceiving and refusing to go all out, which makes it impossible for him to realize his dream of conquering Tianji City.

Almost every morning at the halberd meeting, Joffrey would drench the blood of the nobles attending the meeting, and at the same time issue an "ultimatum" again and again, demanding that the army break the city that day.

Of course, every "ultimatum" could not be achieved, and the king could only be incompetent and angry every time, scolding nonsense.

This unfulfilled threat would only continue to undermine the king's prestige.

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

Boom.

When a bloodied head was thrown in front of the nobles, most of them didn't react, thinking it was the head of a Dorn.

But then, they recognized that it was actually their own!

The second son of the Earl of Bookwell, Lord of Antlers, Sir Manway!

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

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

"Sir Manway has been fighting in the city for three days in a row, and you think such a valiant knight is 'ineffective'?"

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

These words completely angered the nobles in the camp, and all kinds of questions, shouts, and uproars poured in, and chaos became a mess.

"Shut up! Shut up!" King Joffrey clearly felt offended, "I am the King!" I have the right to execute nobles who are ineffective in battle! The same goes for you! If I still can't take the damn Tianji City today, I'll kill people again!"

With that, Joffrey brushed his sleeves away.

Unaware of the fact that the nobles looked at his back, full of disdain, anger, and even hostility.

A combat meeting ended in such a hurry, and to be honest, it was better not to open it, which was completely counterproductive.

Duke Ed had just left the tent when he heard his name called behind him.

He stopped, and looked back to see that it was the lord of Golden Tree City in the Riverbend, Count Matus Rowan.

"Lord Eddard, you can't let the king mess around like this anymore!" Count Matus complained unceremoniously.

Don't look at Count Matus is just one of the vassals of the Duke of High Court, but there are too many powerful and rebellious families in the Riverlands, and the Golden Tree Rowan is one of them, and the entire northern part of the Riverlands is their territory, even the Duke of Mace Tyrelll has to be polite when he sees this person.

"What else can I do?" Duke Eddard's brow seemed to be furrowed forever.

"You are the hand of the king and the commander of this army, and you can completely refuse to let the king interfere in military affairs."

Duke Ed was silent.

Count Matus exclaimed impatiently, "Lord Eddard, I suggest that you send the king directly to the rear to accompany the Queen Mother. It's just a city in the sky, and as long as he doesn't make trouble, we can take it sooner or later. ”

Duke Ed sighed and said, "You don't understand the Queen Mother, and you don't understand the King, if I really do this, then I will even lose the command of the battlefield." When the time comes, the situation will only get worse. ”

"Whatever your difficulties, Lord Eddard, I must warn you that if the King dares to kill again, I cannot guarantee that my knights will continue to fight for him. And if he dares to kill the Riverwanes...... Hehe, believe it or not, I'll immediately withdraw all the troops in Golden Tree City!"

Duke Ed could only nod silently.

When the Count of Matus had departed, he called his attendants and commanded:

"Go get my armor."

The attendant was stunned for a moment.

Duke Ed glanced at the towering and hideous city wall in front of him, gritted his teeth and said:

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