Chapter 74 Fire
"Kill!"
Again, the sound of a killing cry pierced through the air.
Facing the last line of defense at Eagle's Island, the Dornishmen attacked again.
But this time, the difficulty is not comparable to the previous three times.
The smooth outer wall has nowhere to climb, and they must use siege equipment such as hooks and ladders to climb.
Moreover, the resistance of the Reach soldiers was obviously more tenacious than before. Countless sharp spears were thrown down on the siege team like a torrential rain, splashing bright red blood.
On the top of the city, the reach warriors unsheathed their swords, cutting off the bamboo ladders and ropes, and at the same time throwing down stones and rolling logs to prevent the Dornishmen from climbing.
But also, the reach warriors did not forget to smash those wooden barrels full of wine into the Dornish team.
It seems that it has an essential link.
The amber wine quickly soaked the surface of the city wall and the ground, mixed with the dark red blood, forming a terrifying and dazzling color.
Urik watched all this indifferently, and calmly.
A battle of this intensity really met his expectations. The behavior Reach warriors was so abnormal before, which made him suspicious, but now, seeing the casualties of the Dornish soldiers under him which began , he felt relieved.
This level of casualties is nothing at all. What is needed most in siege warfare is patience and a ruthless heart that is not afraid of casualties.
The only thing that made him doubtful now was the wooden barrels that kept falling from the top of the city.
He really couldn't understand why the enemy did this.
However, since the start of the war, the enemy's strange operations were not limited to this one. Urik even felt that Sir Caesar deliberately came up with these new tricks, so that he would be suspicious and dare not go all out.
If that is the case, it can only be said that the other party made a wrong calculation.
Urik's determination in this battle is extremely firm, not only to win, but also to win a big victory!
Only in this way can he win the favor of Prince Doran, and everyone can believe that he is qualified to inherit Starfall City.
Seeing that the first wave of offensive slowed down, Urik dispatched another batch of fresh troops, not giving the defenders any chance to breathe.
The shouts of killing began again, and this time Dornishmen successfully climbed to the top of the city several times, but they were all stubbornly driven down by the defenders.
More and more corpses were piled up around the bottom of the city wall, and the soil under the city became soft and muddy, exuding the smell of blood and strong wine.
The sun was gradually sinking to the west, and the brilliant rays rendered Eagel Island at this moment like an oil painting.
Urik listened to his subordinates report the casualties with a blank face, and already knew that the castle might not be captured today.
Sure enough, the soldier under Sir Caesar still had some tricks.
But that's all.
Several times just now, the Dornishmen were able to climb city wall .
He believed that if there were a few more rounds of attacks tomorrow, the defenders of this castle would inevitably collapse.
Urik looked at the setting sun that was about to sink to the sea level, and gave the order to withdraw the troops.
But at the moment when the horn sounded, a tall figure suddenly appeared at the top of the city.
He was carrying a huge torch—
no, not a torch.
It was a two-handed warhammer, with a raging flame burning on the huge hammer head.
Urik immediately recognized that the man was the lord of Eagle Island——Samwell Caesar!
The next moment, there appeared a scene that he, and all the Dornish people present, would never forget.
The reach knight raised his warhammer, drew a brilliant line of fire in the air, and smashed it heavily on a Dorne warrior who were rushing to the top of the wall.
Boom!
Amid the bombardment that resounded across the battlefield, that Dornish soldier exploded like a broken watermelon.
Blood, broken bones, residual limbs... were also instantly ignited, blooming like fireworks, adding brilliant colors to this extremely terrifying scene.
The entire battlefield seemed to be paused.
Everyone stared dumbfounded at the tall figure standing proudly on the top of the city holding a flaming hammer .
At the same time , the splashing sparks fell to the ground, on the outer wall, on the wine-soaked leather armor of the Dornishmen—
Boom!
Blossoming flames rose instantly, like flowers blooming.
Before the Dornishmen could react, countless burning torches fell from the top of the city, instantly adding countless blooming flowers of flame to the battlefield.
"What's going on?"
Urik hadn't even recovered from the shock of the knight smashing a man to pieces with a single hammer. At this time, seeing the rapidly spreading flames, he was even more at a loss.
However, the knights around him were equally confused, not knowing how to answer their commander's question at all.
"Quick!! Withdraw the troops! Order to withdraw the troops!" Urik grabbed the Soldier beside him and shouted in his ear.
"Yes, yes, my lord!"
However, it was too late to withdraw the troops at this time.
The fire spread faster than anyone expected.
In the blink of an eye, the outer wall of the castle was completely covered by the fire, and the Dornish warriors climbing on it also turned into little firemen, screaming and rolling down.
The ground below the city had also become a sea of flames, and as long as the ground soaked in wine touches a spark, raging fire will ignite, mercilessly devouring the Dornish warriors standing on it.
An extremely tragic roar resounded across the battlefield, but unfortunately, no matter how much the Dornishmen rolled and swat, they could not extinguish the flames on their bodies, and even if they took off their burning leather armor, they could not escape from the sea of flames.
Moreover, this sea of flames was still spreading outward at an extremely fast speed.
Seeing this, the Dornish soldiers in the rear were frightened out of their wits, and ran away like crazy without waiting for the commander's order.
But how fast can people run ?
In the previous battle, almost all the land within the three lines of defense was soaked with this special wine, and raging fires were ignited one after another soon.
There were endless screams of despair, and the original rich aroma of wine was replaced by the smell of barbecue.
"My lord, run!"
Urik was stunned by the purgatory-like scene in front of him, and even the servants yelling in his ear could not wake him up.
In the end, two personal guards dragged him and ran.
On the castle, Samwell held a burning Peacekeeper and looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly.
Behind him, there are countless soldiers who have fallen into madness. They roared excitedly, and celebrated... All the voices finally converged into one name—"Caesar!" "Caesar!"
"Caesar !"
...
Natalie couldn't help waving her petite fists, and cheered with everyone:
"Mother, mother! We won! We won! Lord Caesar is too powerful!"
But Nora stared at Samwell's back, as if a sculpture.
The sea of flames outside the city and the fire hammer in the knight's hand complement each other, the rising smoke coils and converges in front of him, the sound of the waves beating, and the afterglow of the setting sun are reflected, all of which are solidified into a meaningful picture.
"The stars cry blood, the long night is coming..."
Nora opened her mouth slowly, recalling the ancient prophecy passed down from Asshai,
"Azor Ahai will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt...
he will wake up the dragon in the stone, hold the burning sword...
lead the world defeated the demons in the dark, ushering in a long summer that will never end..."
[END]
Chapter 75 Peacekeeper
"I'm not leaving!
We haven't lost yet!
The Dayne family will never give up!"
Urik roared hoarsely, his blood-red eyes staring .
But when he looked around, he found no one answering his call.
There were about two hundred Dornishmen who escaped from the sea of fire by chance. At this time, they were either sitting on the ground as if they were stupid, or they were crying with their heads in their arms as if they were unwilling to face the truth, or they were looking towards the sea as if they were ready to leave this horrible place...
No one has the courage to look into Urik's eyes, and no one was willing to follow this commander who is obviously mentally abnormal .
"My lord...we have already lost this battle...let's withdraw..."
"Lost?" Urik grabbed the man who spoke by the collar and roared, "You are also a knight of the Seven Gods! How could you be so easily talk about failure! Where's your honor? Where's your belief? Where's your perseverance!"
The Dorne knight was also angry, pushed Urik away, and retorted:
"Urik Sand , This battle is what you wanted to fight, and it was also your command! Open your eyes and see for yourself, how many warriors of the Dayne family paid the price with their lives for your stupidity! What honor do you deserve to mention me?"
"I will not let their sacrifice be in vain!" Urik pulled out his long sword violently and waved it wildly in the air, as if he had gone mad, "We haven't lost yet! How could we lose! We are the descendants of the King of the Ryonar! We are knights who follow the footsteps of the stars! We are the inheritors of the 'Sword of Dawn'..."
"Hey!" A figure stepped out of the gradually extinguished sea of flames and interrupted in a joking tone, "I heard 'Sword of Dawn' Sword', are you joking, are you still planning to show me your sword skills?"
Urik suddenly turned his head to look at the person coming, and spat out a name from between his teeth with all his strength:
"Samwell Ceasar !"
"Urik Sand." Samwell held the Peacekeeper in one hand, and hooked his finger at Urik with the other, "Come on, didn't you say you still have the courage to fight again?"
"Come on! "
Urik rushed out desperately without think anything.
Full of fear and anger, as well as unwillingness, all turned into the driving force for this fearless charge:
"Aooo!"
Samwell waited until the opponent rushed forward, and then calmly held the handle of the war hammer with both hands.
The next moment, he exerted his strength suddenly, and the ground on which his left foot stepped exploded, countless fine stones and soil splashed backwards.
With the force of this counter-shock, Samwell's body turned rightward suddenly, and pierced the air with a flaming warhammer, drawing an extremely sharp arc.
Facing the flaming sledgehammer, Urik, who fell into madness, made the most stupid choice -
Head on fight .
The sharp knight's sword slashed on the giant hammer, but Urik felt as if he had slashed on a mountain.
Boom!
The fine steel long sword instantly shattered into countless fragments, and blood spattered from Urik's hands.
Before he could scream, the flaming hammer hit his chest with unstoppable power.
Pfft -
The horrible scene that happened at the top of the city before appeared again.
Urik's chest exploded completely, and his whole body, like a rag doll, flew upside down and fell heavily to the ground.
All of this happened so quickly that Urik's intact mind could only flash one last thought—
I was too desperate just now, I should avoid it first, and then...
Unfortunately, there is no chance to start over in life.
The illegitimate son of Starfall City finally paid the price for his ambition.
After Samwell knocked Urik into the air, he turned an extra circle under the drive of inertia before stopping.
Hahh, the agility is not enough, the back swing is too long...
He secretly complained.
If it hadn't been for the fact that Urik had lost his mind just now, he might not have dared to challenge the opponent so easily.
Although his strength is superb, his weakness is also obvious.
It seems that I must pay attention to those assassin opponents with high agility in the future.
Just as Samwell was self-reflecting, strange howls suddenly erupted from the Dornishmen on the opposite side.
Then a group of Dornish soldiers who were completely frightened rushed towards the longboat on the beach like crazy.
It seemed that they have made up their mind to escape from this nightmarish and terrifying place.
Of course, not all Dornishmen ran away.
Still, nearly a hundred Dornishmen stayed where they were. Some of them were too frightened to run away, but some were unwilling to abandon their companions. As for the brightly armored knights in the front row, they did not want to run away for the sake of honor. .
It wasn't until Samwell came up close that a Dornish boy who looked sixteen or seventeen stood up and said,
"Sir Caesar. I am Lord Urik Sand's squire, Hughes Dayne, and I would like to represent all the Dorne warriors here surrender to you, and ask you to allow us to redeem our lives with money."
Samwell looked at the young boy in front of him, and thought silently for a while .
This person's surname is Dayne, but he is an squire of Shad. It seems that his status in the Dayne family may not be high, and he belongs to a remote branch with a distant blood relationship.
However, the status of such a person is beneficial to him.
Samwell put the hammer on the ground, looked back and ordered Todd:
" Catch those escaped Dornishmen."
After Todd led people to catch those Dornishmen who tried to escape by boat, he looked at Hugh againasked:
"I can accept your surrender, but I have to ask a question first."
"Yes ,Lord Ceasar ."
"I have no grievances with the Dayne family, and I even offered Urik Sand a door to earn money. But why did he insist invading me? And you, why did you follow this illegitimate son to fight me?"
Hughes sighed and said,
"Master Caesar, I'm afraid you don't know that the lord of Starfall City,Count Derek passed away unfortunately just half a month."
Samwell was slightly taken aback, as if thinking of something.
Hughes continued: "In addition, Miss Allyria is also dead... Urik told us that their death was your conspiracy..."
Hearing this, Samwell suddenly realized.
He finally understood the real reason why Urik Sand insisted on making life difficult for him.
He also understood why an illegitimate son can actually mobilize the army of Starfall City to attack him.
This gives a strong smell of conspiracy.
Littlefinger!
Samwell immediately identified the suspect as the Master of coins, Petyr Baelish.
It turned out that this was his real plan.
Samwell had to sigh that the biggest conspirator in Game of Thrones was really ruthless and sinister.
Sooner or later, he will settle account with this guy!
"The deaths of Edric and Allyria has nothing to do with me."
Samwell said frankly, "I swear in the name of the Seven Gods."
Hughes hesitated, but still asked:
"My lord, Urik said, the last time you went to Starfall City, you showed a portrait of Miss Allyria ..."
"You have been deceived. That was not the portrait of Miss Allyria ."
Samwell thought that he could just borrow this opportunity allowed Ashara to return to Starfall City, and said, "That was the portrait of Miss Ashara Dayne."
"Miss Ashara? But didn't she ..."
Hughes hadn't finished speaking when Samwell called a veiled woman from the crowd behind.
In fact, when Samwell found Lady Nora, he had prepared a speech, but before he could speak, Nora, oh no, it should be Ashara, nodded with a smile and said, "Lord Caesar, so you already knew my true identity ."
"So you really didn't lose your memory." Samwell smiled slightly, "I don't want to be an enemy of Starfall City..."
"You don't need to say more." Ashara bowed her knees slightly and with a salute,
"Starfall City will no longer be your enemy."
[END]
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