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Chapter 181: absurd
Chapter 181: absurd
??Chapter 181 Absurd
?? woo woo woo —
??The horn of war sounded again, like the call of death.
??The eye slits in the helmet restricted the line of sight, and Duke Ed could only see straight ahead.
??Arrows shot out from the top of the city, and stones spun and flew overhead, crashing into the ground and soldiers, smashing steel and flesh.
??The sky and the city are just ahead.
??In the hands of the king, under the personal leadership of Duke Ed Stark, densely packed soldiers flocked to this road full of blood and fire.
??The gray direwolf battle flag flutters in the wind, with the pride and courage from the north, forward, and forward.
?? "For Winterfell!" Duke Eddard shouted after rushing to the bottom of the wall, and then began to climb.
?? "For Winterfell!" Countless northern warriors responded one after another, and followed in their footsteps.
Ding!
??Suddenly, an arrow hit the upper armor, just a little away from the eye slit. Duke Ed was taken aback and almost dropped his hand.
?? But soon, he stabilized his figure again and continued to go up.
??The screams of pain, the trembling battle horns, the crackling of flames came from my ears...everything was so familiar.
??The smell of war.
??Duke Ed seems to have returned to the past, the war that took away almost all his love, but also gave him countless honors.
??That time, it was much more thrilling than now.
??Even at the beginning of the war, he didn't think he could win.
?? However, he won after all.
??The body is getting heavier and heavier, and the breathing is getting more and more panting.
?? It's really not a good idea as a field commander to climb the wall himself, but he has to do it.
??He must let the soldiers know that the Hand of the King is fighting with them. Only in this way can the morale of the army be boosted again
??While this also exposes himself to the enemy's arrows, it is a necessary risk.
?? Duke Ed knew that he had to take a little risk, otherwise the army would be in danger of falling apart.
?? Continue to climb up.
??The ground was getting farther and farther away, and the city was getting closer and closer. The arrows hit like a torrential rain, so that Duke Ed had to stop in mid-air and set up a shield with one hand.
?? While he was attracting firepower, the rest of the soldiers had a chance to charge up.
??Finally, when the Dornish people began to pay attention to other climbers, Duke Ed's pressure suddenly eased.
??He put the shield back on his back and continued to climb.
??Boom!
??The entire city wall seemed to shake.
?? Duke Ed knew that it was the battering ram hitting the door.
??Hopefully they can break apart this time.
??He glanced down, but his narrow vision was almost full of blood, which couldn't be seen clearly.
?? Duke Ed gave up checking and continued to climb up without distraction.
??The arrows struck him again, clanging on the armor.
?? Finally an arrow pierced the joint between his breastplate and shoulder armor.
??Duke Ed made a muffled snort, immediately broke off the arrow, removed the overly long part, then ignored it and continued climbing.
??The blood loss and pain made him dizzy.
?? Mouth full of rust taste.
??This feeling made him seem to have returned to the Tower of Bliss, back to the bed of blood.
??The face of his younger sister before she died swayed in front of his eyes, making him at a loss as to what to do.
??He forced his attention back to the battlefield in front of him, but fantasy and reality were intertwined and could not be separated.
??Ed, promise me, Ed.
??The arrow whizzed past, but what sounded was my sister's voice.
??A northern nobleman waved to him, but what he saw were the three white knights guarding the Tower of Bliss back then.
?? He will never forget their faces.
?? He killed them.
The top of Tianji City was already in sight, Duke Ed reached out to grab it, but he seemed to touch the winter snow rose garland, which was his sister's favorite, but there were sharp thorns hidden in the garland, which cut wounds on the skin, Blood trickled down his fingers.
?? "Master Ed!"
??Jon Amber grabbed Duke Ed's arm, pulled him up to the top of the wall, and shouted excitedly, "We are rushing up! Hahahaha! We are rushing up!"
?? Yes, we're coming up!
?? Duke Ed finally smiled, and then he saw Earl Jon rushing into the formation of the Dornishmen like a raging black bear.
?? Below, more warriors climbed over the city wall and climbed up.
??They are all warriors of the North.
??Under the leadership of Duke Ed, finally climbed to the top of the city for the first time!
?? "The city is broken! The city is broken!"
??The northerners shouted loudly while fighting at the top of the city, trying to break the fighting spirit of the Dornish people.
??Duke Ed sat on the battlements for a while, and finally recovered his breath. Although one shoulder was still so painful that he couldn't lift it up, all the illusions in front of him had disappeared.
?? "The city is broken!" he shouted, as he joined the fray, brandishing a sword in one hand.
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?? "Can't you get on?"
??Samwell asked as he looked at the grain transport team passing by under the sand dunes.
??Earl Jon Royce pondered for a moment, then shook his head slowly:
?? "I still think there's something wrong with this team. Probably bait."
??Samwell rolled his eyes secretly, completely speechless to the "Bronze Jorn" beside him.
?? This guy should be called Gou Saint John.
??They have been following this food transport team for two days, but Earl Jorn has never made up his mind to launch an attack.
?? "These people marched neatly and orderly. They didn't look like ordinary civilians at all. They were probably disguised as well-trained soldiers." Earl Jorn seemed worried about his image, so he explained one more sentence.
?? "But they have no armor, no weapons, and only more than 300 people. If we rush down, how can they resist?"
"The cart may be carrying food, but it may also be shields and spears. They only need to form a shield and spear array around the cart, and we will have a headache. Moreover, it is too close to Tianji City, if it attracts people from the city cavalry, we will even have our tails bitten."
??Samwell shrugged and said no more.
?? If you don’t fight, you don’t fight, anyway, it doesn’t affect him, and the team can’t transport gold, so it doesn’t matter if you fight or not.
?? Just like that, Samwell and his team "escorted" the grain transport convoy to Tianji City.
?? And just when Earl Jorn was about to give up the harassment completely, the south gate of Tianji City suddenly opened, and a group of people rushed out of it.
?? "Sure enough, there is an ambush!" Earl Jorn's face changed, and he immediately ordered to retreat.
?? But after running for a while, I found that those Dornishmen were not coming for me, but more like—
??Escape?
?? "I'm afraid something has happened in the sky and the city." Samwell said thoughtfully.
?? At the same time, a falcon was released and flew to the sky and over the city.
??Earl Jorn also sent more than a dozen riders to capture some captives for questioning.
?? Soon, the two received an amazing piece of news almost at the same time—
??The sky and the city have been breached!
??Then, the Earl Jorn, who was regarded by Samwell as "God Saint", actually immediately put forward an extremely bold suggestion:
?? "Let's rush into the city! Maybe we can catch the Red Viper!"
??Samwell is not interested in the Red Viper, what he thinks about is the sky and the vault of the Fowler family in the city...
??The two have very different goals, but they hit it off right away.
?? "Okay! Let's go to the city!"
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??Most of the north wall of Tianji City has been controlled by the army of the Iron Throne. The Dornishmen are retreating steadily, and failure is imminent.
??Especially the North City Gate, which was slowly opened in the eyes of everyone.
??At this time, after more than 20 consecutive days of **** battles, Tianji City was finally stripped of all defenses, and displayed in front of the Iron Throne army like a girl who had no ability to resist.
??King Joffrey immediately swept away his sorrow when he heard the news, and became happy and satisfied.
??The Duke of Metz took the opportunity to compliment:
?? "Your Majesty is wise and mighty. It is a miracle that the Dornish people can persist for so long, but in the end, they still have to surrender at your feet."
??The wise and mighty His Majesty Joffrey is sculpting, and at the same time thinking about what to say at this moment, so that the bachelor can record it and pass it down through the ages.
?? Before he could choke out any golden sentences, he saw a Dorne envoy brought up.
?? "Your Majesty!" The Dornishman prostrated himself on the ground, "We are willing to surrender!"
??Joffrey imitated his mother, looking at people with his chin: "Will the Red Viper surrender?"
?? "Yes, Your Majesty. The prince is willing to surrender to you, and I just ask you to give him a face so that his subordinates stop attacking, so that the prince can go out of the city and surrender."
?? "Okay!" Joffrey waved his hand, imagining the scene of the red poisonous snake kneeling in front of him, and suddenly became more and more elated.
?? Then, the king of Longyan Dayue issued an outrageous order.
??…
??When he heard the withdrawal horn coming from outside the city, even the "Red Viper" Prince Oberyn couldn't believe his ears.
?? It was just a trick for him to send envoys to surrender. Seeing that the city was about to fall, he knew that Tianji City could no longer hold it, so he thought of sham surrender to stop the attack temporarily, so that he could organize the army to retreat and flee.
??Actually, Prince Oberyn didn't even think that the other party would agree, but sent an envoy with the attitude of giving it a try.
??However, he never expected that the other party not only agreed, but also gave him an even bigger surprise!
??What is a surprise.
??It is when you just want to cheat a little money, the other person directly takes off his head and gives it to you.
??How can there be such a stupid person in this world.
??Even if you never use your brain, you can’t just take it off and give it away...
?? "The king said, let you lead the nobles of Dorne out of the city to surrender. He...he spared you..." When the envoy returned to report, the expression on his face was extremely exciting.
??If he hadn't actually heard the call to retreat, Prince Oberyn must have thought it was an enemy trick.
?? But at this moment, why is he hesitating.
?? "Quick! Reoccupy the walls! Close the gates!"
??The wounded Duke Ed was currently being bandaged by the bachelor in the camp, and he didn't pay attention to this outrageous order.
??In fact, in his opinion, the battle is basically over, and the army will enter the city to clean up the battlefield and clean up the remaining resistance. Even a dog can do this kind of thing.
??But by chance, he met Joffrey, the "one emperor through the ages".
?? "Your Majesty! Why did you order the withdrawal of the troops!" A group of nobles surrounded the king and kept protesting against the order.
?? "Count Matus, the Red Viper has surrendered, of course I want to show him some dignity."
Count Matus Rowan's face was livid with anger: "Do you believe what the Red Viper said? He is a guy who puts poison on his weapon. What honor is there! What is the difference between what he said and fart! You actually believed his promise !"
?? "Your Majesty! Please give the order to attack again, or it will be too late!"
?? "Your Majesty! Even if you want the Dornishmen to surrender, you can't withdraw the troops. At most, suspend the attack!"
?? "Your Majesty..."
?? "Enough!" Joffrey became more and more impatient, "Why are you making such a fuss, even if the Dornishmen don't come out, at worst we attack again."
??Hearing this, the nobles were going crazy.
?? Attack again?
?? How much does that cost?
??All the soldiers who died before died in vain?
??How could there be such a king?
?? In a rage, Earl Matus simply abandoned the king and went to the herald to re-order the attack, but at this time, it was too late.
?? Thus, the most absurd and outrageous scene in this war was staged.
??The soldiers who had already attacked the top of the city fell down the city wall in a daze after hearing the horn of withdrawing troops, a little confused about the situation.
??Joffrey was still complacently waiting outside the city for Prince Oberyn to lead the crowd to surrender, but at this moment, the north gate of Tianzhi City closed heavily with a bang.
?? It was like a loud slap on the face of the young king.
??(end of this chapter)