Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 243: Enter Casterly Rock and capture old Tywin alive (two in one)
To the people, King Viserys's nearly two months of rule in Oldtown were peaceful.

In the eyes of the common people, His Majesty the King's stay in Oldtown and everything he did in Oldtown were enlightened. He held court, presided over trials, and recruited warriors. Not only was he fair and open, he also published the trials and responsibilities in the newly established gazette in the city. He also spoke up for the workers, farmers, and merchants in the gazette, encouraged storage, reduced land taxes, and organized the unemployed to join in paid work such as repairing city walls, building granaries, and repairing canals. In addition, he also knighted several famous young nobles and mercenary knights from the lower class who had made contributions in the bandit riot on the banks of the Mead River.

Viserys has undoubtedly won the hearts of the people of Oldtown over the past two months.

But in the eyes of the local nobles, especially those from the former Hightower family and some insiders in the Citadel, this was not the case at all.

The king invented the official newspaper, controlled the mouthpiece, suppressed and cut off Hightower, and not only "nationalized" the port of Oldtown - although the workers and practitioners related to these ports only changed their names and bosses, but also implemented compulsory management in the Citadel, high-pressure control of speech, imprisoned a large number of doctors, and even killed many. In addition, a secret police agency was set up in Oldtown to monitor unusual movements in the city. Before the Hightower family was divided, a family member had just gathered a group of opponents outside the city, and the dragon flame directly poured down on the opponents.

Many opponents did not even know when they were targeted. As soon as they made a move, they were caught. The serious ones were publicly hanged, while the minor ones were imprisoned and forced to do labor such as building granaries and post stations and escorting grain and grass as punishment. A lot of blood was shed during this process, but the news of these bloody incidents was strictly blocked and could not be spread out at all.

Here, those who are not in the know can only see a scene of prosperity and peace.

When it comes to truly governing a big city, Viserys must admit that he is inexperienced and that many things are being done by trial and error. At this point, it is impossible to make a big pot of rice to satisfy everyone, and he must tear off his warm and affectionate face for some people.

The Hightower family is deeply rooted, even if it is cut into many parts. Although the "Laughing" Baelor of Oldtown is very sensible and firmly surrenders and stands by Viserys, there are still many members of the Hightower family who are making small moves overtly or covertly.

But this is not incomprehensible, after all it is a question of stance. Under the leadership of Viserys, many Dornish and Riverlands nobles, led by Martell, Tyrell, and Redwyne, and even Hightower's former allies, quietly began to divide up the huge power vacuum and interests left after the division of Hightower.

Viserys was even conniving, and he only protected the interests of those who firmly surrendered along with "Laughing" Baelor.

But truth be told, Viserys had more to do than the interests of House Hightower.

More than a month ago, the army began to march towards the West, which was an important part of what Viserys did.

First, he deliberately ignited some of the conflicts that had been accumulated because of what he had done in Oldtown. This had achieved some results, but others were not stupid. Viserys knew very well that Oldtown and the Southland seemed peaceful now only because he still had 4,000 soldiers stationed here and had sent most of the Hightower family's troops to the front line.

Secondly, he wanted to test whether his new supply plan for army building in the south would work. Viserys attached great importance to this point, because he wanted to test whether the transport capacity of these troops and civilians, mainly from the nobles' territories, could support the logistics of a war. Viserys did not want his army to continue to rely on the so-called "local food collection" but actually the act of looting to collect military food, but wanted to establish a systematic logistics organization.

Willas Tyrell is in charge of this matter now. After all, Lord Mace Tyrell was defeated in Tumblestone and eventually returned to the South in disgrace.

And these returning princes, no matter what their initial ideas were, are now regarded as speculators of the "lost power of King's Landing". According to the original regulations for dealing with the nobles of the Stormlands, Viserys carried out a wave of blood-drawing and land-taking from various families, adding many enclaves to the Targaryen crown.

To be honest, Viserys had considered doing these things. These "enclaves" that were cut off actually harmed the interests of the princes, so although the princes endured it on the surface, they were bound to be resentful in their hearts, but Viserys could not care about these. Viserys knew that sometimes he would take big steps and might pull his balls, but even though he knew that he had the strength to crush everything, he never forgot that "pulling one faction to fight another faction" was the most basic logic in politics, so he promoted many young people among the nobles, and often took time to make a lot of big promises for these young nobles who were relatively easier to control. At least for now, although there are still undercurrents in the South, it has relatively reached peace on the surface.

Third, the war in the west will help to quickly implement Viserys's food storage policy in the south. With only two years to prepare, the world is about to undergo drastic changes. Viserys needs to quickly implement his food storage and fortification policies. At the same time, he also needs to test whether the traffic capillaries between the various noble territories can flow in this war. The food purchased from Tyrosh is constantly flowing to Oldtown, Sunspear, Highgarden, Storm's End, and Dragonstone. At the same time, the food in these places is also circulating, but other non-war zones still have various problems. With the king's order, the advancement speed is not slow, but Viserys still feels that it is not enough and is far from what he expected.

It is envisioned that they should become a whole. From one place to another, managers who coordinate food and fodder can accurately mobilize food from various places to withdraw and supplement each other, thereby speeding up efficiency.

But this is a medieval world after all, and road traffic, transportation conditions, communication conditions, people's enthusiasm, and response to policies are all problems. After actually promoting them, Viserys found that these policies were all the result of the king's orders. Viserys quickly figured it out. In this era, there is nothing wrong with promoting policies and calling for the response of the whole people, but some things can only work if the king insists on doing it alone. Even if what is being done is very correct, political skills, forming cliques, and coercing and bribing the actual controllers are needed to mobilize the power of the executors.

The continent of Westeros, even the territory controlled by Viserys, is far from being called a state machine, let alone Viserys wants to make this machine move.

In the end, the actual method to refer to is still that of Maegor and King Robert, that is, gathering the people in the name of the king and building large-scale projects. For the people today, Viserys is just doing some labor-intensive measures that are different from those of other kings.

But no matter what, these are still progressing in an orderly manner.

Speaking of this, even Viserys himself sighed that this war to attack the Westerly Territory, the act of attacking the Westerly Territory itself was what Viserys cared least about.

Viserys had heard of the army's arrival in the westerlies nearly two days ago, and reconnaissance parties from the army had fought battles with the Lion Army at Corntown and Lannisport.

There is no need to say more about the pre-war calculations and plots at this point. Tywin has returned to Casterly Rock, so the next battle is destined to be a siege.

It is worth mentioning that Oberyn originally planned to rush before Tywin retreated to the Westerly, and sent a group of soldiers from the Fowler family who were good at mountain marching and fighting to seize Caverndeep through Silver Mountain and cut off Tywin's way back from east to west.

Unfortunately, Tywin was cunning and did not take the King's Road. Instead, he followed the route he took when he left the Westerlands to attack the Riverlands at the beginning of the war, and took the mountain road from the Pink City and the Valley of the Horns.

Franklyn Fowler originally wanted to capture Deepfort to cut off the Kingsroad out of the Westerly and to deter the Westerly. But Deepfort in the Westerly could be compared to the Bay of Cailin in the North. To capture such a fortress, one needs to be prepared for the time-consuming and labor-intensive process and heavy losses.

Finally, after receiving the king's order to "break into Casterly Rock and capture old Tywin alive", Oberyn called back Earl Fowler, and finally they joined forces and built a camp in the hills fifty miles outside Lannisport.

This time it is the coalition forces of Dorne and the South, with a total of 20,000 land troops and more than 160 warships at sea.

However, the actual number of troops mobilized was as high as 70,000. A large number of civilians and conscripted peasants were assigned to logistics to provide supplies to the front line from the Coastal Avenue and Gaoting-Golden Tree City-Red Lake-Corn City line.

This is a new form of warfare that many people have never tried.

The 20,000 soldiers from Dorne and the Southern Frontier Alliance on the front line only need to think about how to win on the battlefield. Even if they are stationed in a deserted place, their logistics can keep up.

This made many battle-hardened generals feel the difference in the form of war. After being freed, the way of war seemed to have changed. The original habitual tactics of defending cities, controlling towns as the center, and sending troops to collect food and rob were no longer applicable.

They still need to get used to it.

Furthermore, they also had to consider the huge air advantage that the dragons would have if they entered the war.

Many people understand that this is a war that cannot be lost. Steady and steady progress is the most effective way to win.

The king's order has been passed on to the entire army.

The slogan "Attack Casterly Rock and capture old Tywin alive" has spread among the soldiers.

Oberyn, leading the Dornish lords, and Garlan, leading the young talents of the south, climbed the Silver Mountains outside Casterly Rock, and used the telescope provided by the maester to look down at the situation in Lannisport.

Casterly Rock is located on a hill just north of Lannisport, where the Lannister family's castle is located. There are many gold mines in the nearby mountains, and the Lannister family made their fortune from gold mines.

But Prince Oberyn did not covet the gold mine of the Lannister family. He just looked towards Casterly Rock, his black eyes as calm as a lake.

He was not at peace. If someone had told him a year ago that he would be standing here today, looking out over Casterly Rock and wondering how to take the fortress, he would have thought it was crazy nonsense.

But today, today, he stands here.

The hatred for his sister Ilia has been buried in his heart for more than ten years, and the long-cherished wish of revenge is just around the corner. How can he not be excited?
But he was not blinded by hatred. Now, the once invincible Tywin has become a dead body, and the demise of the Lannister family is only a matter of time. When revenge has become inevitable, he began to think about more.

The king is still preparing for a greater war. Compared with that war, the Westerlands and Tywin are just insignificant obstacles.

The king has already informed him that after recovering the west, he will temporarily stop his efforts to recover the entire territory.

Because time is limited, there are only two years to prepare before the world changes.

In such a short time, wasting troops to capture or recapture the bad places such as the Riverlands and the North is a waste of time and a burden. Next, the king plans to consolidate the jurisdiction and build a strong enough rear.

His Majesty intends to let the Riverlands, the North, the Vale, and the areas north of King's Landing surrender and leave them alone.

The king only told him and asked him to keep it secret, because the Targaryen and Martell families had the most steadfast strategic partnership, so the king told him that he did so for the long-term stability of the Targaryen family.

It is certainly the king's wish to take the initiative to assume responsibility for the entire territory, but when the reality does not allow this, the king would rather advance the strategy without harming the interests of his rule.

In other words, the king believes that the Riverlands, the North, and the Vale are likely to become the front lines of the war in two years, and the king hopes that he will not be deeply involved in it. Of course, if they surrender, the king will provide them with supplies and summon troops to fight for humans in the next war, but when the situation is not optimistic, the South, the Stormlands, and Dorne are the king's predetermined base camps.

Although it was hard for Oberyn to believe what His Majesty the King said that in two years the world would enter a long night lasting several years or even decades, the King was a powerful wizard and he could only force himself to take this into consideration and assist the King in making overall plans, which was the duty of the Hand of the King.

And the king said that originally he didn't even plan to attack the west.

But considering the conflicts between Targaryen, Martell and Lannister, the king felt it necessary to get rid of Tywin before the real battle came.

In fact, Oberyn vaguely realized that the king wanted to deal with Tywin not because of hatred, but because of the environment of the Westerlands. The Westerlands and the Vale are the most strategically advantageous areas in Westeros. One day, Oberyn discovered that when the king was revising the map of Westeros, he commented on the mountain of Casterly Rock, and then proposed that the Westerlands should not be controlled by the Lannisters.

In fact, if Tywin did not return to Casterly Rock but stayed in King's Landing, Oberyn guessed that the king might ignore Tywin after conquering the Westerlands.

The king did not say it explicitly, but Oberyn could guess that the crown territories under the jurisdiction of Riverland, the North, and King's Landing were all regarded by the king as a strategic buffer zone against possible foreign objects.

The Vale is mountainous, but the Arryn family is not as aggressive as the Lannisters, so the king can let the Vale be independent for a while. But I am afraid that when the Vale encounters misfortune in the future, the king will only provide symbolic help, but will not take any real action.

But from this, Oberon also roughly guessed how terrible the upheaval in the world would be in two years.

Because in Oberon's opinion, if the king wanted to, he could recover the entire territory within a year.

But quickly recovering the entire territory would certainly bring more hidden dangers, and the king undoubtedly believed that the upcoming war would make recovering the entire territory more harmful than beneficial.

Oberyn was deeply impressed by the king's plan. He realized that although the king advocated "chivalry" and intended to be a "good king", he did not do stupid things for the sake of that false reputation. Having such a king and such an ally was undoubtedly a great thing for the Martell family.

Oberon felt that he had gradually figured out the king's character. He thought that according to the king's plan, when the king summoned troops to fight against the aliens in the future, he believed that many people, even Oberon himself, would be very willing to fight for the king and even sacrifice their lives.

why not?
The king promised the warriors money, fame and honor, and did not harm the interests of friendly families. At least Oberyn believed that when the real war that the king talked about happened, the crown of Dragonstone, Dorne, the Southland, and the Stormlands under the king's rule might really be united.

and.

Oberon narrowed his eyes, stretched out his palm, and felt the wind flow through his fingers.

During the past half month, Oberon felt that he had gradually gotten the hang of the "Neon Genesis Evangelion Training Manual" given to him by His Majesty the King.

Just by getting started, Oberon keenly felt that although the name of the manual was strange, it was undoubtedly real "magic and witchcraft". Compared with the black magic of poison making and poison application that he had learned in Essos, the content taught in this manual was the real power.

These days, Oberon has been training his mental strength and power with reference to the manual every day, and practicing the correct pronunciation of praying to the "God of Wind and Thunder". He has gradually found the way to the "Swift Wind Energy". He can feel the wind and can control its flow for a short time.

The manual says that if you learn to pray to the "God of Wind and Thunder", you will gain the corresponding power.

With further study, Oberon believed that he would be able to touch the "thunder and lightning" sooner or later.

His Majesty the King had personally demonstrated to him that after learning the "Swift Wind Energy", one could unleash a powerful turbulent impact force, while the "Thunderbolt" could wrap the power of lightning around the weapon, causing incredible destructive power. It was especially effective against armor-piercing enemies, and could cause lightning burns to the target of attack.

This is the true secret that the king passed on to those who trust him.

The manual says that the "God of Wind and Thunder" is not a god in the broad secular sense, but the source of the "power of wind and thunder". He does not need to build temples or spread faith. He is just a source of power. Practitioners can pray for power in the right way and feel the resonance of the "God" with their own souls and spirits.

Practitioners are not believers and do not rely on faith. Instead, they must rely on self-cultivation and self-training to become "evangelists."

This is the real technique.

This was undoubtedly Viserys's work.

Most of the "Song of the Storm" today is with Viserys. He refers to the way the Red God R'hllor spreads faith and bestows power on believers, and provides power in a more relaxed and people-oriented way. In fact, practicing according to Viserys's manual is essentially to make a person's spirit strong, and at the same time believe more in the concept of "people-oriented" and "man can conquer nature".

To be honest, this is not a practice method that was decided on on a whim, but it is guided by a theoretical basis.

After obtaining a large number of documentary records in the Citadel, Viserys became more and more convinced that when the God of Creation created the world, there existed the power of "Song of Man", and that "Song of Man" was dispersed in every human soul. The power of "Song of Man" was more inclusive, extremely dispersed, and easy to control. This is why all gods had to develop human believers.

Why did those who believed in the Seven Gods carve the Seven Gods' Marks on themselves and gain the power to fight against the old gods? It was because the essence of the Seven Gods' belief was "humanism", and these loyal believers had a certain "spiritual development". Some saints even had corresponding "believers", which enabled them to have a certain level of spiritual power and resist the invasion and influence of the minds of alien gods.

Viserys came up with this theory based on this and the possibility that "Song of Man" could help humans train, improve themselves, and develop spiritually. He conducted corresponding experiments on humans.

While Viserys asked them to train themselves, he also provided them with strength at the corresponding stage. Unknowingly, these people had actually become "general believers" of Viserys' "Stormsong".

And that was enough for Viserys.

Because when he can decide what kind of people get power, Viserys essentially has the spiritual tools to control those who need power, and relying on this, assisted by the theory of human spiritual needs, Viserys believes that he can unknowingly "pick and train" a group of talents in this world that meet his needs for rule. Viserys needs the spiritual thoughts of these people to be more in line with his needs, so that it will be easier to implement some policies and let the world develop in the direction he wants.

Viserys believes that other gods may have such ideas. For example, the Red God established temples to develop believers in order to change the world, but the world they want is obviously not in line with the concept of Viserys, a visitor from another world. Therefore, it is destined that cooperation against the Cold God is just a process that Viserys has to go through. If he loses, everything will end, but if he wins, then everyone is destined to continue to fight for dominance. Since he knew the "World Song" and got half of the "Storm Song", Viserys has been involved in this war and has become one of the real chess players, and there is no way to avoid it.

Back to the present.

The war against Casterly Rock is imminent, and the small actions in the early stages are no longer worth mentioning.

Now, the coalition forces of Dorne and the South under Viserys are at the gates of the city, and what follows is the final battle that will determine the fate of the West.

And just today, after the last observation of Lannisport, the order for the general attack was issued.

Thousands of troops came out of the Targaryen camp, forming battle formations. Countless cavalrymen rode out on horseback, and countless land forces pushed countless machines, advancing in an orderly manner and entering Lannisport.

Lannisport is also one of the five largest cities in Westeros, but it is smaller than King's Landing and Oldtown.

Even so, 20,000 troops were not enough to besiege the city, so this battle was only fought on three fronts.

Dorne was in the east, the army led by Garland of the South was in the south, and the navy was in the west. The north was surrounded and no one was in charge.

The coalition army only has 20,000 troops. If it were a normal war, it would undoubtedly be a foolish move to divide the troops and attack like this, but the current situation is that one side has a dragon.

What Viserys needed was for the army to deploy as soon as possible, attack the city, and engage in street fighting.

Because from the very beginning, city walls and enemy long-range defenses were not taken into consideration.

In the name of King Viserys, Oberyn twice invited Tywin to fight and persuade him to surrender, but Tywin refused both times. Finally, King Viserys came in person, circled over Lannisport, and after asking Tywin to release the civilians in the city to no avail, he issued an attack order on Lannisport.

Viserys already knew that Tywin was not in the castle of Casterly Rock, but hiding in the town of Lannisport. Otherwise, Viserys would have burned Casterly Rock to ashes long ago.

Tywin apparently intends for the common people of Casterly Rock to join him in the war against the dragons.

In this case, Viserys, who had never considered the operation of Lannisport as one of his key projects for the next two years, naturally had no choice but to give the order to attack.

His next strategy needs to eliminate Tywin, the troublemaker, and provide a stable environment for the development of the South, Dorne, the Stormlands, and the Crown of Dragonstone. At the same time, he also needs to make time to fulfill his promise to the Red God and go to the Freehold of Valyria.

Although going to the Freehold is obviously dangerous at first glance, Viserys needs the complete "Storm Song". When the war involving gods begins, those true gods with complete power will no longer be as low-key as they are now.

And if there is no "song" of the corresponding status, Viserys is afraid that even if he has the power of dragon, he will not be able to get involved in the real "battlefield" and control his personal destiny.

This long-awaited battle finally broke out at noon that day.

Viserys no longer wanted to play house with mortals, so he started the battle directly.

Three giant dragons covered the sky and flew down from the mountaintop east of Lannisport, heading straight for the anti-aircraft iron scorpion crossbows, net-throwing machines, and catapults prepared on the walls of Lannisport and the cleared residential areas.

A strong wind, accompanied by thunder and lightning, started to blow over the city walls of Lannisport, followed by a breath of ice and snow and fire. The ice and snow collided with the fire, condensing into mist, which soon enveloped the eastern city wall.

Although he was confident of his thick armor and strong skin and believed that the defense of Lannisport was not enough to hurt him, Viserys still gave the enemy enough respect in tactics.

After the mist enveloped the city wall, Viserys spewed out scorching flames from his mouth in just a dozen heartbeats.

With a loud bang, the tall walls of Lannisport collapsed.

Of course, it must be admitted that compared to the TV series where Daenerys rode Drogon and blew up the walls of King's Landing in just one breath, Viserys's fire, although magical, ultimately had no explosive effect. It could only melt and penetrate the walls, and then use frost to quickly freeze them to clear the way for the army.

At the same time, the counterattack from Lannisport was sporadic but still had some strength.

After discovering that ballistae and net-throwing machines were useless against the dragon, the defenders began to launch long-range attacks on the attacking forces outside the city.

After Viserys burned several cracks in the east and south of the city, he began to carry out targeted attacks on these catapults and crossbows.

Even for Viserys, facing a city of more than 10,000 defenders, it would take him a long time to carry out a unilateral and one-sided massacre.

Viserys was not a bloodthirsty man, so he did not intend to kill everyone himself, but left the street fighting to the army.

To be honest, Viserys originally hoped that old Tywin would surrender, so that only the main culprit could be killed and more manpower could be preserved to fight against the next crisis.

But Tywin was determined to fight to the end, and because of Tywin's remaining power, Lannisport was already a foregone conclusion. Viserys could not be soft-hearted and had to cut the Gordian knot. The effect of targeted elimination of trebuchets and ballistas was more outstanding. In the end, Viserys still had a little mercy for the civilians and did not choose to directly use dragon fire to soak the entire city.

After opening a passage into the city for the army, Viserys did not stay, but spread his wings and flew towards the vast bay of Lannisport.

That is the area of ​​naval battles.

The Lannister navy at Lannisport was engaged in battle with Viserys' navy.

To be honest, this battle was no longer suspenseful from the moment Viserys appeared.

The only question is which unit on the battlefield will be the first to defect.

After Viserys joined the battle, the Redwyne fleet from the south once again saw the King's familiar back-row cutting operation, but this time, the enemy had no sea monsters.

It had only been half an hour since the giant dragon joined the naval battle with its flames, frost and lightning. As the Lannister naval flagship supervising the battle in the rear sank to the bottom of the sea under the dragon's attack, the Lannister fleet began to raise flags and surrender in large numbers.

The naval formations of the Farman family in Fairy City, the Prest family in Feast Fire Town, etc., raised the white flag as soon as they saw the flagship of the war supervisor being attacked, and turned to attack the Lannister family's fleet. Soon, this defection caused a chain reaction.

So the naval battle that Viserys had originally wanted to focus on lasted only half a quarter of an hour from start to finish.

Even the assault ships of both sides were still on their way to charge at each other, having just launched a long-range offensive.

The same thing happened in the city.

In order to show their determination to defend the city and prevent rebellion, the troops guarding the city walls were the Lannister family army. As Viserys broke through and burned through the city walls, their heavily defended city gates instantly turned into a meaningless war zone.

The traps and killing pits prepared in the city became mere decorations.

When the westerly lords who were not in the Lannister army saw this great force, they fell to the ground in the face of the wind. In less than half a quarter of an hour, they had completely transformed from westerly soldiers to surrendered soldiers.

When the street fighting officially started, only a few thousand loyal Lannisters were left fighting for Tywin.

Perhaps it was fate, but after Prince Oberyn led the Dornish army into the city through the gap burned by the dragon of His Majesty the King in the east, he soon learned from the surrendered soldiers that Tywin Lannister himself was hiding in the basement of the city's central bank building - yes, like Oldtown, Lannisport, one of the five major cities in Westeros, also has an institution called a bank.

So Prince Oberon led his men and headed towards the bank.

It was on the street leading to the bank that the Dorne army finally encountered an ambush.

The Clegane family troops led by "The Mountain" Gregor Clegane and some Lannister knights blocked the Dorne army's advance.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

When Oberyn saw the tall figure of the Mountain, he was furious: "Follow me and charge. Kill."

The Mountain in armor was a huge monster. He was taller and more powerful than anyone present. He was wearing heavy armor and mail over his entire body, like a moving iron tower.

His weapon was an ugly six-foot-long giant sword. The Mountain was holding the cross hilt with a pair of giant hands covered with lobster guards, and roared: "Kill them all!"

The momentum created by the shouts of both sides collided in the air, forming a battlefield full of murderous intent.

Because it was agreed in advance that it would be a street fight, even the Dornishmen who were used to fighting in light armor had to wear plate armor in addition to their mail, mail, kilt, greaves, and arm guards. They were brave and used to fighting in light armor, but street fighting was different from field battles, and anyone who was not a fool knew the role of an extra layer of armor at this time.

But despite this, the Dornishmen's armor was still not enough to be called heavy armor. Compared with the heavy armored knights brought by the Mountain, their armor was half the weight.

But the Dornishmen still fearlessly charged towards the group of heavily armored knights.

Compared to the knights who could only hold weapons because of their heavy armor, the Dornishmen had the advantage that their weapons were longer spears and they held round steel shields.

"Throw a spear!"

"Archery!"

Dorne's javelin throwers threw short spears, and Lannister's archers fired a rain of arrows, but both sides had thick armor and dense shields, and neither side caused serious casualties.

And as the heavily armored knights approached.

The two warring parties collided in the middle of the city's wide carriage road, and a fierce battle like a meat grinder broke out.

The heavily armored Lannister army were all equipped with heavy weapons, such as two-handed giant swords, maces, and large iron clubs. The Dornish army, which was mainly equipped with light and medium armor, raised their steel shields, withstood the blows of the heavily armored knights, and stabbed their shields with sharp spears made of steel.

The chaotic street fighting is not an individual competition, and has nothing to do with personal bravery, but only with the coordination of equipment, weapons, and formations.

People kept falling.

Among the first soldiers to engage in battle, the Dornishmen suffered a small loss. After all, their armor was not as heavy as that of the opponents. Some of their steel shields were deformed by hammers, while others were simply crushed and submerged by the heavy armor. Once they lost their shields, they would be knocked down and killed by the two-handed greatswords, maces, or the greatswords' counterweight balls.

In contrast, the Dornishmen had to find the right moment and stab into the gap under the heavy armor to kill the Lannister heavy armored knights.

The first round of charge was destined to be like this, and the advantage brought by the impact momentum of heavy armor was inevitable.

But as the attacks of the two warring parties were blocked by corpses and wounded, they stagnated and turned into a melee, and the two sides were brought back to the same starting line.

Oberyn was an expert in fighting. With his bravery and skill, he stabbed two heavily armored knights' visors and necks with his spear in the melee formed after the collision, killing them. Then he met Gregor Clegane, the Mountain, who used his terrifying giant sword to cut a Dornish warrior in half.

Oberon yelled, "Cover me, he's mine!"

The Mountain laughed horribly and disdainfully: "Haha, go to hell!" He swung his greatsword and slashed at one of his personal guards who was rushing towards him following Oberyn's orders, but the other dodged and rushed towards the soldiers behind him.

Finally, the Mountain looked directly at the little man in front of him who looked down on him.

The opponent ordered his personal guards to provide cover in order to create a duel area.

The other party is challenging him to a duel!
"Do you know who I am?"

The Mountain snorted contemptuously, "Some dead man." He continued to move forward, raising his greatsword, unmoved.

But this is a fateful duel.

Oberyn dodged lightly, then raised his spear and said provocatively: "I am Oberyn Martell, Prince of Dorne, Hand of the King of the Targaryen Kingdom, and Princess Elia is my sister."

"Who?" The Mountain turned around, keeping the other person's figure in his sight.

Oberyn sneered and thrust his spear forward.

The Mountain had no shield, but his armor was strong enough to block with his arms, pushing the spear aside, and then using his terrifying strength to swing his terrifying giant sword with one hand and slash at Oberyn.

Oberon dodged nimbly.

The Mountain sensed a hint of danger and looked at the arm armor, only to see a bright scratch on the part that had previously touched the spear.

"Valyrian steel?" the Mountain muttered, and he charged forward with heavy steps, holding the sword in both hands and swinging at Oberyn's head.

But Oberon reacted quickly, pulled back, and then thrust again.

The advantage of the spear is its length, and the Valyrian steel on the spearhead allows Martell to deal with heavy armor with ease.

This time, the spear head scratched across the Mountain's breastplate, making a sharp metallic scraping sound, leaving a scratch on the black steel armor with the emblem of the three black dogs of the Clegane family, and even a piece of armor fell off from the joint of the steel armor.

Although Oberyn's spear thrusts may look ordinary, each one is full of power. If the Mountain was not only tall but also had sufficient combat experience and agility, and had not turned sideways in time, this thrust might have penetrated the steel armor directly and pierced into the chain mail inside, and might even have penetrated the chain mail and penetrated directly into the flesh.

The Mountain knew clearly that he was a big target and he was already feeling the pressure.

The Mountain knew that he could not be led by the nose, so he swung again, but his opponent was like a monkey, dodging and moving around, making his sword miss again and again.

And Oberyn's martial arts skills are just as the rumors say: "The warriors of Dorne are as numerous as the sands, but this one is the best in the world."

As the battle progressed, Oberyn became more and more adept. His spear swung around the greatsword, he made a feint to the east and attacked in the west, stabbing up and down, and almost every strike landed on the Mountain. Although it was impossible to use enough force to pierce the armor with every strike against the Mountain who was fully armored, Oberyn turned in circles, stabbed, and retreated quickly. Although a few of his strikes did penetrate the armor and drew blood, they ultimately did not inflict a fatal blow to the Mountain.

In the melee of street fighting, it was very rare to have an area that was no different from a duel, but Oberyn's guards fought desperately, providing Oberyn with a place to fight one-on-one.

Come to think of it, if Viserys were here and saw what Oberyn was doing, he would probably sigh.

After all, although Oberyn commanded well, he was still a commander after all, and this was a battlefield. Although such incidents were common in noble wars and were often praised when they were spread afterwards, Viserys still could not accept such a situation happening to the commander of his own team.

To be honest, he hoped that Oberyn would be like the Duke of Blood Raven who had fought against the Blackfyre Rebellion, and when Daemon, known as the "warrior of the world", showed a flaw, he would directly prepare his archers and teach him a lesson. In the current situation of a life-and-death battle on the battlefield, Oberyn could rush forward with his guards and kill the Mountain directly.

But things have come to this point, and many people in the battle have already discovered the situation here. In fact, there are not many people who follow the rules under the Mountain. Many people have tried to rush in and cooperate with the Mountain to kill the enemy chief directly, and there are also archers and crossbowmen who try to fish in troubled waters and shoot Oberyn.

This is a battlefield after all.

The prince also knew that the opportunities his guards could create for him would not last long.

This is not a dueling arena.

Oberyn regained consciousness, made a feint, and suddenly thrust his spear at the Mountain's throat.

The Mountain dodged quickly and barely avoided it, but Oberyn thrust his spear forward and swiftly stabbed the Mountain in the abdomen.

The shot was so heavy that it pierced through the armor and even the mail lining, bringing out a cloud of blood.

"Damn it!" The Mountain felt pain and cursed in a low voice.

The Mountain knew that if he continued like this, he would surely die, so he immediately charged forward, slashing wildly.

Oberyn was still nimble, dodging and leaping, spinning behind the Mountain and stabbing him from time to time, hitting him in the groin, calves, and back.

"Enough!" The Mountain was going crazy. This time, he knew he had to fight to the death.

Finally, he found the opportunity. Because his movements slowed down, Oberon found the opportunity when the Mountain had no time to react, and stabbed the Mountain's right chest with his spear. But the Mountain, contrary to his usual behavior, charged directly at the spearhead, letting the spear tip pierce his flesh.

The giant sword then drew a blurry light and shadow.

It's too late, but it's soon.

Oberon heard the wind and quickly lowered his head, barely avoiding the Mountain's desperate attack. Similar to the original world line, Oberon was reversed by the giant's desperate attack. In order to avoid the attack, his spear fell out of his hand, and the Mountain approached him.

The second greatsword slash followed.

Oberon heard the sound of breaking wind!
He raised his shield.

The whistling sound of metal colliding made his ears tingle for a moment.

The third swing came quickly.

Strangely, Oberon heard the sound of breaking wind again.

He raised his shield to block, but it just happened to block the huge sword. The hand holding the shield felt the pain from the huge force.

Another sound of breaking wind was heard.

wind!
Oberon suddenly remembered the "Wind Power" that he had just learned from the King's "Neon Genesis Evangelion Handbook". In an instant, he seemed to understand how to use that "witchcraft" in actual combat.

This time, he did not raise his shield to block. Instead, he used an unimaginable and strange movement, turned his feet, dodged with all his strength, and then swung the shield in his hand.

This sudden and nimble dodger caught the Mountain off guard, and then, even stranger things happened to him.

The shield that Oberyn swung did not hit the Mountain. He was so far away that the shield was at least half a sword's length away from the Mountain's head.

But when the shield was swung, a strange and violent gust of wind blew up.

The Mountain had no idea what was happening, as a strange gust of wind blew into his eyes through the narrow slits in his helmet.

The Mountain could only close his eyes.

He couldn't see, and his heart tightened suddenly. He swung the giant sword in his hand wildly at the place he caught a glimpse of with his peripheral vision before closing his eyes.

But the sword blade hit the air and there was no feeling of it hitting anything solid.

His chest suddenly felt lighter, and the Mountain realized that the other party had quickly pulled out his spear while he wasn't looking.

He opened his eyes and howled like a wild animal: "Ah!!!"

The Red Viper of Dorne stood a few paces in front of the Mountain, spear in hand. He raised the spear, looked at the tip, and shouted, "Wind!"

The Mountain felt the wind again, but this time it was not strong enough to force him to close his eyes.

The Mountain realized that the other party was up to something, but he sneered and started moving forward.

Oberon shrank, aimed, and thrust.

The Mountain chopped at the spear.

But the stab was so fast, like lightning. At that instant, the Mountain saw a strong wind bursting from the tip of the spear.

He was not sure whether he saw a strong and dazzling light light up and explode on the tip of the spear.

The next moment, he felt as if his chest was bitten by a mosquito.

Every breath became painful.

He looked down in disbelief.

The spear pierced through the heavy plate, the point piercing through mail and leather and piercing his heart.

The monkey-like Dornishman dodged his blow with ease, swung his spear, and lashed out.

At last the Dornishman stood still.

The Mountain couldn't believe it and let out a few choked groans, but blood gushed out of his chest like a pierced wine barrel, gurgling with blood.

He found himself losing his strength and staggered forward a step. He coughed, and then his giant body collapsed and fell at the feet of the enemy.

At the last moment, in a trance, the Mountain saw the sun emerging through the low clouds and emitting dazzling sunlight in the sky.

-

Just a quarter of an hour after the Mountain was killed, Tywin Lannister drank poisoned wine under the bank.

After all, in the end, the once-invincible Lion King did not allow the Targaryens to achieve their goal of "breaking into Casterly Rock and capturing old Tywin alive."

(End of this chapter)