Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 126 Virtuous cycle, panic spreads
Nightsong City is the fortress of the Cullen family, located in the north of the Red Mountains. It and Tianji City are located in the north and south, guarding the two ends of the Prince's Pass.

Dangdang Dangdang!
When the Karen family soldiers on duty on the city wall saw a long convoy appear, they immediately sounded the alarm cautiously.

Squeak!

The gates of Nightsong City were quickly closed, and all the soldiers of the Karen family were nervously preparing for battle.

They had just seen a huge army passing through to invade Dorne a few days ago, and now such a huge convoy appeared.

It is difficult to tell the other party's intentions. After all, in wartime, deserters and defeated soldiers are often the most terrifying.

However, even though Night Song City hurriedly closed its gates in a big commotion, the long convoy did not behave in any unusual manner.

Wheel, wheel!
The huge convoy was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Karen family could already see the fluttering black three-headed dragon flag.

In fact, the Cullen family does not have a good overall impression of the new king.

Because the biological daughter of the current Earl of Nightsong, Royce Cullen, married Borros Baratheon.

Yes, it was Lady Elena who was burned to death by Jacaerys in the banquet hall of Storm's End.

But under the pressure of the dragon burning down the Harvest Hall, Nightsong City, which belonged to the Stormlands, had no choice but to surrender.

In a situation like the current one, they could completely refuse to open the door on the grounds that "this group of unidentified people may threaten the safety of Nightsong City."

In fact, this is what the Cullen family officer who was in charge of guarding the city gate today did.

He sent people to loudly warn the huge convoy that was approaching the city, warning them that if they did not leave the range of Nightsong City, archers would be used to shoot them.

The people driving horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts panicked when they heard this, and the originally orderly convoy began to become chaotic.

Da da da!
Suddenly, a group of cavalrymen wearing colorful new armor came galloping from the middle of the long convoy.

"Who is the blind fellow on duty today? Hurry up and open the city gate for me!"

A young knight wearing golden armor and with a black nightingale engraved on his chest stood out from the crowd, raised his whip and cursed at the wall of Nightsong City.

The Cullen family officer guarding the city took a look at the young man and immediately replied with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, Master Pierce, I'm doing this for the safety of Nightsong City."

This young man was Royce Cullen's youngest son, Pierce Cullen.

He originally went to King's Landing to witness the coronation ceremony on behalf of the Lord of Nightsong, but he unexpectedly mixed into the team that was conquering Dorne without permission.

"Oh, Pierce, you can't go back to your home."

"Tsk tsk, when His Majesty Jacaerys met with us and personally assigned us tasks,
Aren't you the one who pats your chest the loudest and speaks the most confidently?

How about getting slapped in the face! "

"Haha, then let's go directly to Xingshuo City!
Let our Peck family take advantage of this first!"

"Don't move! His Majesty said that the transport convoys should stop in order of distance!"

Pierce, who was mocked by his companions, became anxious. He first shouted to stop the few people who were about to turn their horses around and leave.
Then he looked up at the Cullen family officer and said viciously,
"Open the city gates for me immediately. If you delay my work, I will do everything I can to make sure you and your family can't stay in Yege City.

I swear to the Seven Gods, not even my father can stop me!"

The officer from the Karen family broke out in a sweat when he heard that.

Because Lord Royce, who had many daughters, doted on Pierce, making him a famous playboy in the border area of ​​Dorne.

If he holds a grudge against me, my family will have no choice but to leave Yege City.

And although the convoy below is huge, it looks like a caravan carrying goods.

The group of young knights surrounding Master Pierce all wore armor with the emblems of the nobles of Dorne's borderlands and the Reach.

After thinking for a moment, he did not wait for the soldiers to return to notify Count Royce, and directly ordered the city gate to be opened.

Squeak!

Looking at the slowly opening city gate, Pierce's expression eased a little.

He immediately turned around and directed the convoy behind him with the young knights, allowing them to enter the city in an orderly manner.

When Count Royce rushed over after hearing the news, the huge parade ground in Nightsong City had already turned into a noisy market where goods were sold temporarily.

From small items like pots and pans to large items like statues and stone tablets, it can be said that everything is available.

Moreover, these looted items are more than half cheaper than the market price. Even if you don’t need them for the time being, you can buy them and store them or resell them.

After all, if you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever.

With Pierce and others shouting hard, the civilians of Nightsong City, who had previously stayed indoors because of the alarm, were now scrambling for goods.

Count Royce asked his guards to call his youngest son and then interrogated him carefully.

After hearing Pierce's excited narration about the Tianji City Dragon Battle, the blood sacrifice, and the various important tasks entrusted to him by His Majesty Jakaris.

He was now glad that he had made the right choice.

If Jacaerys was really a dragon that only knew how to kill, then he would definitely maintain his previous view that the army that was conquering Dorne would eventually return in defeat.

But the other party is both cold-blooded and cunning like a fox.

After this operation, even if Dorne cannot be completely conquered, it can greatly weaken it fundamentally.

After two or three times, what will be left of Dorne?
After careful consideration, Earl Royce whispered to his son to work seriously for His Majesty Jacaerys.

Then he waved his hand and bought a large number of low-priced goods. Anyway, their Karen family also needed them.

However, the purchasing power of Yege City is limited, and it is impossible to accept all the goods from Tianji City.

But it doesn’t matter, other castles near Nightsong are still waiting!
This is why Jacaerys had stuffed the nobles from the Reach and Dorne's borderlands into the cavalry.

Without the involvement of these second-generation nobles, the castles near Prince's Pass would probably not have been able to buy these goods so easily.

After the initial sale, the civilians of Nightsong City got affordable goods, and Count Royce and the group of rich second-generations felt that they had done a great favor for Jacaerys.

Even the 120,000 to 130,000 civilians driving horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts to transport goods were excited.

Because when the king or lord summons them, they must obey unconditionally.

It is common for troops to temporarily become cannon fodder during a war.

So on the day when the army set out, many civilians in King's Landing cried bitterly as they looked at their loved ones.

But it has been proved that King Jacaerys does not intend to let them participate in the war, and he also wants to pay them for transporting goods.

Many civilians are eager to dispose of the cargo as soon as possible and return to Dorne.

After all, the more times they transport goods, the more rewards they will get.

As for the money obtained from the sale of these goods, the cavalry regiment under the command of the second generation of nobles is now responsible for collecting them one by one, and finally compiling them in the hands of these second generations of nobles.

All the resources of an ancient castle would still be a huge sum even if sold at half price.

But Jakaris did not designate who would be the commander among this group of second-generation nobles, so the money was managed by them all.

Each of them knew the amount of money, and if anyone tampered with it, the others would definitely know.

Of course, they could actually come together to take some money and then split it equally.

However, there are many people and many gossips, so this kind of thing might be leaked by someone.

These second-generation nobles had witnessed the blood sacrifice at Tianji City, and they did not want their families to become the next castle to be sacrificed because of the money. With the successful experience of Night Song City, the sales of the next few castles went more smoothly.

After selling the last of the goods in the wine hall, the rich second generation immediately returned with their transport convoy.

The state of the transport convoy this time was completely different from before. Everyone was riding as fast as they could, wishing they could fly directly back to Dorne.

A virtuous cycle of looting, transporting, selling and conquering Dorne has been established.

No matter which city in Dorne or which city in Essos, it can be dealt with in this way in the future.

While ordering the nobles to return to the Dornish borderlands and the Reach to sell goods, Jacaerys was not idle either.

After quickly burning down Sunspear, he, Baella and Joffrey split up into two groups.

So he took Ella back to Thor City that day.

Without Ella's auxiliary magic, Benilla and Joffrey could only stay in Tor.

But with Yin Yi and Hai Yan temporarily assigned to them, no one could threaten their safety.

As soon as he returned to Tor City, Jacaerys immediately ordered Stone and Coleman to prepare for the blood sacrifice.

The battle in Tor City was not as brutal as that in Tianji City, so more soldiers from the Jordain family were captured.

In addition, it has a port that is neither too big nor too small, and its prosperity far exceeds that of Tianji City.

Therefore, the number of civilians and prisoners was nearly 20,000.

The entire blood sacrifice process was still cruel, bloody and depressing, and many soldiers who saw it for the first time vomited.

Perhaps some people have developed new thoughts during this process, but they absolutely dare not show it now.

Jacaerys had considered these situations when he decided to offer a blood sacrifice to Dorne, but he ultimately came to a conclusion.

That is, I am now strong enough, so strong that there will be no dissenting voices in the seven countries for the time being.

That's enough, because he can become even more powerful as time goes by!
The blood sacrifice in Thor City caused the bright red portion of the Life Gem's surface to nearly double in size.

Afterwards, Jacalys ordered Korman to take a portion of the soldiers and the ships of the Conqueror's Fleet.

Transport the resources of Tor to Stonehelm, Greenstone and other Stormland castles for sale.

Another group of soldiers, under the command of Rudy, launched an attack on the City of Grace.

Benilla and Joffrey assisted with four dragons, two large and two small.

At the same time, Stone's army had left Tianji City and was heading towards Ylenwood City.

As long as we take these two cities, we can open up the entire route from Prince's Pass to the Sea of ​​Dorne.

By then, no matter it is the looting convoys led by the second generation of nobles or the baggage and logistics troops transporting supplies, they will be able to come and go freely.

The human army marched slowly, and Jacaerys, who needed to perform a blood sacrifice, could not directly ride a dragon to burn the city.

So he simply took advantage of this time to wander around Sunspear City and try to find the Martell rats hiding in a cave somewhere.

During this time, the tragic conditions in Yangji City, Tianji City, and Tor City somehow spread.

These three castles with sufficient military manpower and a long history were destroyed, and all the nobles in Dorne, big and small, suddenly felt insecure.

Even Alexandra and others who were hiding in a cave somewhere felt panic.

In particular, there is no way to know whether Prince Cooren is dead or alive from those news. Now there is no one in charge of the power in Dorne, and it feels like there is no leader.

Prince Coleone has three children: the eldest daughter Alexandra, the second daughter Coleanne, and the youngest son Quill.

According to Dorne's inheritance law, the eldest daughter Alexandra should be crowned as the Princess of Dorne.

However, a considerable number of Sunspear nobles believed that the initial trigger of this war was because Alexandra had offended Jacaerys in the Stepstones.

So they supported Colainne, who was about the same age but smarter.

The biggest enemy is often your own people!
In this situation, Alexandra had to compete with her sister for the right of inheritance.

When most of the people hiding in the cave were attracted by the dispute over the Dornish princess,
Some civilians, unable to bear the panic and unwilling to sit and wait for death, quietly fled the cave.

……

The battles between Ylenwood City and Shen'glen City did not encounter any unexpected situations like the battle in Tianji City.

In order to test the combat effectiveness of Yangyan after his transformation, Jacaerys let it fight alone in the battle to attack the city of Yronwood.

Its colorful dragon scales that constantly change color become even stronger after being baptized by Womax's dragon flame.

Now it can directly withstand the shooting of large crossbows.

House Yronwood is one of the most powerful houses in Dorne after House Martell, so they also own a small number of scorpion crossbows.

As Yangyan dived low towards Yronwood City, Yronwood family soldiers shot through its body with scorpion crossbows.

This severe blow caused Yangyan to fall diagonally into the city of Yronwood.

Overjoyed, Earl Yronwood immediately ordered his soldiers to surround and kill the seriously injured Yang Yan.

But unexpectedly, this was the beginning of his nightmare.

The dreamy colorful aura dissolved all Yronwood soldiers who approached Yangyan into bones.

Afterwards, Yangyan fought more and more bravely, and with the power of a dragon, he defeated the Ylenwood family.

As for the weaker Shen'en City, it has four giant dragons riding on its face to attack, so it is difficult for it to lose.

After the battle, when Jacaerys was marveling at Yangyan's power, Ella finally made some progress from the blood runes and Dr. Wilson's corpse.

Those blood runes contain a kind of auxiliary magic that overdraws the body's potential, which is usually used by blood wizards when they are at the end of their rope.

Of course, the blood rune that Dr. Wilson used on Yangyan contained more than one kind of magic.

But according to Ella's speculation, no matter how things change, they remain essentially the same.

The overall effect is to force an overdraft and squeeze the dragon's strong body full of infinite vitality.

Allow it to combine the properties of Valyrian steel and undergo transformation in a specific direction.

Although it can gain powerful defense and magical abilities similar to those of a blood mage, its lifespan will be greatly reduced.

Excluding various accidental deaths, the normal lifespan of the dragons in this world is around 200 years.

According to Ella's estimation, Yang Yan, whose dragon body's potential had been forcibly stimulated to transform, could now live for about twenty years at most.

This lifespan is even shorter than that of most humans.

No wonder the Sphinx, despite its powerful combat power, has gradually become a commemorative sphinx in the Valyrian Freehold.

Jakaris had already guessed it, so he was not too surprised.

Anyway, the Broken-Winged Yangyan has gradually lost its effect and is actually more useful now. Moreover, before it dies, it can contribute its dragon body to be devoured by Wormax for the last time.

When Jacaerys wanted to continue attacking other castles in Dorne, news came that Alexandra's hiding place had been found!

(End of this chapter)