Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 121: The First Battle of the Three Dragons, Yang Yan Breaks the Gate

For a dragon flying in a straight line at high altitude, it would take about the same amount of time to get from King's Landing to Dorne as it would to the Stepstones.

But Jakaris's tactical plan this time is to attack from three directions at the same time, so he needs to wait for the other two armies.

After all, except for Luciris, both Benilla and Joffrey were riding dragons into battle for the first time.

He would not rashly take these novice dragon knights with no combat experience to Dorne, where Meraxes had been killed.

There’s no need to waste time in a game that’s sure to win!
So could Jacaerys take the three dragons of Vermax and go alone to burn down the Dorne town?
The answer is no, because he can't be too far away from Baelorhees and Joffrey.

Speaking of this reason, we have to talk about the two young dragons, Moon Dance and Telexus.

Because even though Jacaerys had asked the dragon guards to prepare the best dragon feed during this period of time.

It still takes them about three months to grow to a size capable of carrying the weight of a dragon rider.

But that was before I met Ella.

This Cloud Mage really kept bringing various little surprises to Jakaris.

The day before the army of King's Landing set out, she happened to hear Benilla muttering about not being able to ride a dragon and fight alongside Jacaerys.

He then said that he could use air magic to reduce Bernila's weight to a weight that Yuewu could carry.

Upon hearing this, Benila was overjoyed, and immediately picked up Ella, whom she didn't like very much before, and went to the dragon's lair.

During the journey to the dragon's lair, according to Ella's description, this was considered the most basic auxiliary magic of Master Yunkong.

This magic can reduce body weight to increase speed, or reduce the damage of falling.

If you continue to study it in depth, you will be able to float in the air and fly after reaching a certain height.

After arriving at the dragon's lair, Benilla successfully controlled Moon Dance to fly into the sky with the help of Ella's magic.

Through personal experience, Jakaris discovered that this auxiliary magic actually created a circulating airflow in the lower part of his body.

The fast-flowing air is used as an upward thrust to offset a considerable portion of its own gravity.

This auxiliary magic is not difficult, but with Ella's current magic level, one spell can only last about three hours.

So every three hours, Jacaerys had to take Ella, who was sitting behind him, to have close contact with Benilla and Joffrey, who were riding dragons.

As for letting Ella ride Silver Wing or Sea Smoke alone and follow the two of them to replenish magic at any time?

Regardless of whether Jacaerys agrees or not, even if Womax gives the order, the two dragons will not tolerate anyone who is not of true dragon blood riding on their backs.

If it weren't for Jacaerys, Ella wouldn't even have been able to stay on Vermax's dragon back.

Closer to home!
After the six giant dragons (three large and three small) flew out of King's Landing, they flew over Blackwater Bay and arrived at the Pointed City on the upper right side of Cape Marseille.

Ever since the Black Party won the final victory in the Dance of the Dragons, the Bar-Emon family of Pointe City has been extremely low-key.

Although messengers were sent to deliver war reparations, no member of the House of Bar-Emon came to King's Landing to socialize.

They give people the feeling that they want to fade out of the sight of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms.

However, Jacaerys accepted other Green Party nobles and the Lannister family in the west, but he did not accept the war reparations from the House of Bar Aemon.

Because he had already sentenced to death in his heart those enemies who betrayed Lusris.

Six dragons appeared in the sky, and Earl Bal-Emon had no intention of resisting at all.

He immediately raised a white flag on the city wall and shouted that he was willing to exchange all his wealth for Jakaris' forgiveness.

How could Jakaris, who had already made up his mind, be moved like this? He just waved his hand calmly.

Hooray, hooray!
Benilla and Joffrey immediately rode Moondancer and Tyrexu and dived towards Pointe City from the sky.

Hoohoo!

Two slender but equally deadly dragon flames exploded on the wall of Pointed City. Earl Bal Emmon and his personal guards were immediately ignited, turning into struggling human torches.

Lusris was still too soft-hearted. He kept hovering over the Pointed City and did not participate in the killing of the Bal-Amon family.

They had all been protected too well by Rhaenyra before!

If Joffrey had not had his left eye gouged out by Aemond, his personality would probably be the same as his second brother's.

But Jacaerys knew that soft-hearted people could not survive long in this world.

With a thought in mind, Womax immediately led the three giant dragons to surround Araxes in a V-shape, and kept lowering its altitude, forcing it to fly towards the Pointed City.

The remaining soldiers of House Bar-Amon seemed to know that they could not escape, and they began their final struggle.

shhhhhh!
A chaotic rain of arrows shot towards the dragon closest to the Pointed City, and the one closest to them was Araxes, who was being pressed down by the three dragons of Wormax.

From the details in the original drama, we can find that Araxes is a dragon with a relatively bad temper, and often needs to be comforted by Lusiris.

Coupled with the fact that its tail was cut off by Vhagar before, it is now like a powder keg that can explode at any time.

Hey!
Araxes, who was attacked, showed his ferocity and immediately counterattacked by breathing dragon flames at the soldiers of the Baal-Amon family below.

If it were under normal circumstances, Lusris would definitely control and calm his dragon immediately.

But this time, he looked up at the figure on Womacks hovering overhead.

Gritting his teeth, he controlled Araxes to carry out his first real dragon-riding battle.

Pointed City is a small castle with a total population of only about two thousand. Jacaris doesn't care about these few attribute points and blood.

So he took Ella and sat on Womacks the whole time, watching coldly.

It’s the same old saying, even the youngest dragons are the top fighting force in this world!
The three young dragons were seen flying up and down flexibly, continuously spewing hot dragon flames at the enemy soldiers on the walls of Pointed City.

Ordinary ranged weapons pose no threat to them, they only need to occasionally adjust their posture to avoid arrows for the dragon riders behind them.

A few soldiers of House Baal-Amon attempted to attack the three dragonets with large ballistae.

But Jacaris, who was watching the battlefield from a high position, ordered Haiyan to swoop down at high speed and burn both the people and the crossbows with dragon flames before they could adjust their direction.

In just half an hour, the entire Pointed City turned into a sea of ​​fire.

After this battle specially arranged by Jacaris, Benilla became familiar with the method of riding a dragon to fight.

Luciris and Joffrey seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation deep in their hearts, and there was a frightening fierceness in their eyes that made people afraid.

Jakaris nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this.

That's right! How could a ferocious dragon be raised into a useless insect?
For more than half a month afterwards, Luciris returned to his old job as Jakaris's exclusive messenger.

He continued to convey orders to Stone, who was in charge of commanding all ground forces, and Coleman, who commanded the Conqueror Fleet.

The eighteenth day since the ground troops set out from King's Landing.

The Conqueror's Fleet picked up Rudy and the Unsullied at Myrtles Island and entered the Sea of ​​Dorne, heading straight for the city of Tor on the southern coast of the Sea of ​​Dorne.

On the 22nd day, Stone led the King's Landing army of nearly 13,000 soldiers to the junction of Dorne Border and Prince's Pass. The Tyrell army that had arrived long ago and the Lannister army that had just arrived a few days ago were waiting there.

Since Lord Lyonel Tyrell of Highgarden is still a baby of a few months old.

This time, his uncle, Ser Lorent Tyrell, led 5,000 Tyrell soldiers and more than 10,000 civilians from the Riverlands.

As for Casterly Rock, Lord Jason personally led the expedition, commanding nearly 10,000 Lannister soldiers and nearly 60,000 westerly civilians.

From the comparison of the two families' military strength, it is obvious how seriously the two families attach to this expedition against Dorne.

Stone saw everything and after greeting the two men very politely, he gained control of the coalition forces as the Hand of the King.

On the 25th day, the densely packed ground coalition forces arrived at Tianji City, located at the southern exit of Prince's Pass.

Built on the rocky slopes of the Red Mountains, the castle is famous for its high position and steep towers.

The Fowler family, who have guarded this important pass for generations, are definitely one of the most loyal vassals of the Martell family.

But no matter how loyal they are, they will feel their scalp tingling when they see the ocean of enemies outside the city.

call!
At the window of a tower in Tianji City, Earl Fowler, with a frown on his face, let out a long breath.

Then he turned to the two figures beside him and said, "Prince Ke'olun, why did you decide to gather your troops in our Tianji City?
If you want to wear down the enemy army, the city of Yronwood on the Bone Road is more suitable!"

Just as Lord Fowler said, Prince's Pass is Dorne's main road to the outside world, and the terrain is not as steep and dangerous as the Bone Road.

If Prince Keoren wanted to use the example of the previous Dornish princes to bring down the Targaryens who had dragons, then Yronwood City would indeed be in a better location.

Prince Kooren, who has shoulder-length black hair and a relatively handsome appearance, has not yet spoken.

Hobart Hightower, who was standing on the other side, sneered, "Why, Lord Fowler, are you worried that this battle will cause serious damage to your castle and soldiers?"

"Hobart, what do you mean?
Humph, you Hightower have already lost Oldtown forever, so there is really no need to worry about these damages."

"you……"

"All right!"

Prince Koolen spoke up to stop the two people from quarreling, and then explained to Earl Fowler in a gentle tone,

"Lord Fowler, you are absolutely right!
The narrow and steep Yronwood City is indeed more conducive to defense, but it is also not conducive to our active attack! "

"Take the initiative???"

Upon hearing this, Earl Fowler was stunned.

According to reports from Dorne's spies outside, Jacaerys Targaryen has assembled a huge army of more than 100,000 people, as well as seven giant dragons of various sizes.

Prince Koolen was not thinking about how to save his life, but was thinking about taking the initiative to attack the enemy.

"I know what you are afraid of!
Don't worry, that evil dragon will definitely lead all the dragons to attack Yangji City.

The enemies outside would never imagine that we have more than 15,000 troops hidden in the city.

Jason Lannister is a notorious fence-sitter. All we have to do when the time comes is to break through the enemy camp.

He won't be able to persuade her and will even turn against her at the critical moment!

By the way, after this war is over, I will double compensate you for the damage to Tianji City.

So, Earl Fowler, please lead your soldiers to fight bravely! "

“Yes, Prince Kooren!

I will go check the defensive equipment of the city wall and other preparations now."

Upon hearing this, Earl Fowler's face was filled with excitement, and then he walked out of the tower with an extremely excited look.

Sir Hobart glanced after him and whispered to Prince Keoren: "Does he believe it?"

“He can only choose to believe it. Otherwise, Tianji City will change hands without the enemy from outside invading.

Let’s get ready too!”

……

On the twenty-ninth day, Araxes appeared above the city of Tianji.

Due to the long distance, the large crossbows on the walls of Tianji City were unable to attack the giant dragon in the sky and could only allow it to hover overhead.

woohoo~~
Seeing that Araxes brought the predetermined signal, Stone immediately ordered the messenger to issue the order to attack the city.

Rustle, tap, tap!
Rumble, rumble!
A mixed infantry corps of 10,000 men served as the vanguard.

They carried large wooden shields made by the logistics troops and siege ladders and headed towards the tall and well-walled Tianji City.

shhhhhh!
Whoosh whoosh!
As soon as the vanguard troops entered the attack range, the archers and defensive equipment on Tianji City began to attack in turns.

Ah!
There was no tacit understanding among mixed vanguard troops like this; their formation was loose, and the gaps between wooden shields were ridiculously large.

Therefore, arrows kept passing through the gaps, causing casualties to the vanguard soldiers under the wooden shields.

Damn, the shield is useless!
It’s better to just rush over!
Upon seeing this situation, Earl Samwell, who was in charge of the command behind the vanguard troops, immediately ordered a quick charge.

woo~~
When the first wave of arrow rain ended, most of the vanguard troops obeyed the order and threw away their heavy wooden shields, directly lifted up the relatively light siege ladders and rushed towards Tianji City with roars.

Generally speaking, in a normal siege, the defender can launch at least three or four rounds of arrow rain attacks.

But today, after only the second round of arrow rain, the vanguard troops had already placed a large number of siege ladders on the city walls.

However, the two waves of intensive arrow rain from the defenders on the walls of Tianji City caused at least thousands of casualties among the vanguard troops.

shhhhhh!
That day, the defenders of the city were concentrating on attacking the vanguard soldiers who were starting to climb the city wall from below.

The Crossbow Legion quietly entered the attack range, and then began to suppress the enemies in the sky and on the battlements with a continuous and terrifying rain of arrows.

Behind the parapet, an archer from the Fowler family had just loaded his arrow and was ready to shoot.

The dense crossbow arrows shot him directly in the head. Another young archer next to him saw his comrade who was still alive and kicking a second ago fall to the ground and twitch, and he was stunned where he stood.

"What are you standing there for? Take advantage of the enemy archers shooting arrows, and shoot!"

Hearing the reminder, the skilled young archer immediately stood up and prepared to draw his bow and shoot.

Suddenly, he saw a huge steel monster below from the corner of his eye, and subconsciously asked: "What are those?"

Boom boom boom!
Yang Yan, who was wrapped in iron armor, completely ignored the various attacks from above the city wall and rushed towards the gate of Tianji City like a heavy tank.

Wow!

The scorching dragon flame continued to spew out from the gate of Tianji City, soon burning the iron sheet wrapped around it red.

Boom! ! !
When Yang Yan slammed into it at the fastest speed, the gate of Tianji City was instantly shattered into pieces, and a huge dragon-shaped hole was knocked out.

The Tianji City, which was known for its steep natural defenses and was impregnable, was breached by Yang Yan in less than ten minutes since the start of the war!
(End of this chapter)