Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Riverrun is located at the intersection of the Tumblestone River and the Red Fork River. It was founded by Lord Axell Tully during the invasion of the Andals and has been the ancestral castle of the Tully family for thousands of years.

Riverrun is a strong triangular castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. To the north and east of the castle is the confluence of the Tumblestone River and the Red Fork River.

The northeastern side is bordered by turbulent rivers, which is a natural defense system.

To the southwest of Riverrun, there is a large man-made trench in the shape of a "《". At both ends of the trench are sluice gates controlled by Riverrun.

When Riverrun was attacked, the sluice gates could be activated to bring in water from the rivers on both sides to fill the entire moat, turning the castle into an independent island surrounded by water on three sides, making it completely indestructible.

In addition, Riverrun has sandstone walls rising from the water. The battlements on the walls have crenels and arrow slits, and the firepower of the towers can cover the opposite bank.

There is also an inner fortress in the city.

Under normal circumstances, Riverrun's supplies could sustain men and horses for up to two years.

Most of the time, more than 200 guards are redundant for Riverrun.

So when Tommen Tully went to rescue Elmon Tully, he took almost 90% of Riverrun's troops with him.

But as mentioned before, there are only seven or eight hundred soldiers left in Riverrun.

Even if there are only two hundred people, it is enough to defend for one or two years.

Of course, what is meant here is the normal situation of using soldiers to attack a city.

After Lord Samwell led the coalition of nobles from the Seven Kingdoms to capture Seaward, they tied up the captured Elmon Tully and Tommen Tully.

Then they placed it in front of the only southwest gate of Riverrun, demanding that the other side surrender the city voluntarily, otherwise they would be executed in public.

Grafford Tully is the current Lord of Riverrun (actually demoted to Marquis by Jacaerys, which is what they call themselves.)
The Duke of Riverrun was an old man who had been bedridden for many years, so he couldn't even control his own grandson.

But without the other Tullys, the Duke of Riverrun is in power again.

But he is a stubborn person and sticks to his principles very much.

Previously he insisted on being loyal to the Green Party, but now he refuses to surrender voluntarily.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I remember your Tully family motto is 'Family, Duty, Honor'

The family comes first, and now that the only two enemy heirs have been captured, they still refuse to surrender.

It seems that the old trout is planning to adopt an heir from the side line.

Oh well!
Would you prefer beheading or hanging?"

Lord Samwell stood in front of Elmond and Tommen and spoke with a sneer on his face.

As soon as he finished speaking, Tommen, who looked mature and steady, burst into tears and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Elmon stared at Earl Samwell with a cold expression, without any fear on his face.

He is indeed a talent!
In the previous situation, Elmon and his remaining soldiers fought hard for a long time.

Seeing that he was in a desperate situation, he wanted to commit suicide with a sword to avoid torture.

But several soldiers around him suddenly rebelled, captured the unsuspecting Elmon, and then handed him over to Earl Samwell.

After looking at it for a while, Elmon slowly said, “Without the Targaryen dragons, you can’t capture Riverrun.

If you attack the city by force, your army will suffer great losses.

Lord Samwell, you have set a trap to ambush my uncle and recaptured Haijiang City, which is a great achievement.

But if the losses at Riverrun are too severe, the best outcome will be that the merits and demerits will be offset, and the worst case scenario will be severe punishment.

So let's make a deal?

I will go into the city to persuade my grandfather to surrender, and you will allow our Tully family to atone for our sins with compensation on behalf of King Jacaerys!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Elmon's deal, Earl Samwell burst into laughter.

Elmon frowned when he saw this, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

“What a good deal, but unfortunately you don’t seem to realize the seriousness of betraying His Majesty Jacaerys.

Do you think I would be so stupid as to attack this fortress city with a long history without even bringing siege equipment?
No, I will destroy Riverrun today and make sure that you, the Tully family, will either surrender or die!"

"Damn it, what are you thinking!!!"

Seeing that Lord Samwell didn't seem to be joking, Elmon immediately shouted excitedly.

But Lord Samwell simply said to him, "Just watch here!"

He led a team consisting of cavalry and logistics transport troops and headed upstream of the Tengshi River, diagonally opposite the City of Run.

……

"Hurry up, move faster!"

At noon that day, Earl Samwell led the troops to an open space upstream of the Tengshi River.

Under the command of Earl Samwell, the nearly three hundred soldiers immediately cut down the surrounding trees and made small bamboo rafts on the open space.

The manufacturing process of this small bamboo raft is simple, so it didn’t take long to build more than twenty small bamboo rafts.

Then, more than twenty small bamboo rafts were lifted by manpower and thrown into the river. Only then did the operation to destroy Riverrun officially begin.

"Boat, be careful, there are boats on the Tengshi River!"

When a soldier on the wall of Riverrun saw the twenty small bamboo rafts, he immediately shouted a warning to others.

Upon hearing the sound, Adad Tully, the commander of the Riverrun garrison temporarily appointed by Duke Graver, immediately ran quickly to the right side of the city wall.

He saw more than twenty small bamboo rafts and the soldiers standing on the boats.

I immediately wondered what these people were trying to do.

The sluice gates and drainage pipes of our Riverrun have long been blocked. What do they want to do?
No, we can't just stand there and watch, we have to do something!
Watching the small bamboo raft on the Tengshi River quickly drifting along the current toward the northern city wall, an idea flashed through Yada's mind.

He immediately turned to the messenger beside him and ordered: "Order everyone to maintain the highest state of alert. I will take 200 people to the water gate to check the situation.

If they start a formal siege, send someone to notify me immediately."

"As ordered!"

After giving instructions to his deputy, Adda selected two hundred soldiers from his own Blackwood family and led them hurriedly to the water gate stairs under the north city wall.

In the Duke of Graver's bedroom, four tall and strong guards were guarding inside and outside the room.

A male servant carrying hot water and a towel chatted with the two guards at the door before walking into the room.

The male servant placed the basin in the corner of the room and prepared to wipe the body of Duke Graver every afternoon. The Tully family did not know if there was any invisible genetic disease.

Duke Graver during the Dance of the Dragons was exactly the same as Duke Hoster during the War of the Five Kings.

But the difference is that the former has a clear consciousness and a strong sense of self.

The latter is in the late stage of Alzheimer's disease, with confusion and frequent jokes.

Boom, boom...

Snap, snap!
Suddenly, a series of huge explosions sounded and the entire main castle began to shake violently.

Huge cracks like centipede continued to spread and expand along the wall.

"Protect the Duke!"

The two guards in the Duke's room were the first to react. They shouted loudly and rushed towards the large goose down bed in the room.

Wow!
Bang!Bang!
One of the guards had just taken two steps when the top floor of the Duke's room began to collapse. A small pile of head-sized rocks fell down and coincidentally hit the guard's head hard, burying him.

At the same time, the top floor at the door of the Duke's room also collapsed, directly blocking the entire door.

"Why are you still standing there? Come with me and carry the Duke. Let's take the spiral staircase to the balcony!"

The other guard rushed to the goose down bed and found that the door was blocked by collapsed rocks.

Since the other guards were unable to enter the room, he immediately shouted loudly to the male servant who was still standing there in a daze.

The frightened male servant was awakened by his voice, and immediately stepped forward to help Duke Graver up from the goose down bed and walked towards the balcony of the room.

Bang! Bang!
Just as they were about to reach the balcony on the shaking ground, the entire main castle suddenly fell down violently, causing them to lose their balance in an instant.

The shaky but smooth floor of the Duke's room suddenly tilted to the left.

At the same time, a strip of stone as thick as an adult's thigh collapsed from the top floor and hit the Duke Graver and his two companions who were standing unsteadily.

It took a lot of time for Yada to select family soldiers and then walk down the west wall to the north wall.

So, when he just arrived at the northern wall where the main castle was located, before he could go down the stairs to the water gate, he heard a series of huge explosions.

Then, he was shocked to see that this ancient main castle that had stood in the riverlands for thousands of years was quickly covered by countless cracks on its surface.

The starting point of the deepest and largest crack was exactly the location of the sluice that was blocked in advance.

Bang bang bang!
A short time after the explosion stopped, a large amount of stone fragments from the main fort began to fall down.

"Retreat quickly, the main fort is about to collapse!"

Upon realizing what was happening, Yada immediately waved his hands vigorously behind him and shouted loudly to all the family soldiers around him.

Afterwards, Yada and his group immediately ran towards the south city wall in panic.

Bang!
A loud noise was heard, and a large amount of smoke and dust accompanied by fine sand covered Yada and his group who were running.

"Cough, cough!"

After a few minutes, Yada finally ran out of the smoke and dust and started coughing violently, constantly spitting out the fine sand that had choked his mouth.

Looking at the main castle that seemed to have collapsed and was covered by layers of smoke and dust, Yada had only one sentence left in his mind: We are finished!
Since Elmon is the first in line to the throne of the Duke of Riverrun, if Duke Graver dies,
Then Elmon will automatically become the new Duke, and now he and Tommen are both in the hands of Earl Samwell.

If, he ordered the soldiers guarding Riverrun to open the city gates and surrender.

Even if Ada wanted to fight to the death, he would be powerless to stop the soldiers defending Riverrun from surrendering according to their lord's orders.

"Lord Yada, the main castle is still there, still there!"

The smoke gradually dissipated, and a family soldier was the first to see the huge main castle behind the smoke from the side. He shouted excitedly to Yada, who was sitting on the ground with his head down in despair.

Hearing his voice, Yada immediately raised his head and stared straight ahead with his eyes wide open.

Although the entire main castle did not collapse directly, it had already been deformed and twisted, and no longer had its former majestic appearance.

At this moment, the towers on the left and right sides of the main castle collapsed diagonally towards the middle.

The middle part of the main fort had already broken off and collapsed into the sluice gate which was originally an underground space.

Therefore, the shape of the main castle that Yada saw from the front now seemed to have become a roughly 'V'-shaped pleated castle pieced together by children.

The explosion point of the wildfire caused by Earl Samwell this time was at the sluice gate right below the center of the main castle.

Since the most important characteristic of wildfire is that it burns most of the materials, its blasting ability is not as strong as the high explosives in the previous life.

Built with solid rock mixed with mortar and other materials, Riverrun's main keep has extremely strong defensive capabilities due to its thick walls and its own weight.

Therefore, the entire main castle was not blown up to the sky as Earl Samwell had planned, but it is now in a state of collapse.

"Quick, rescue Duke Graver now!"

Yada reacted and immediately pointed at the main castle and gave orders to his family soldiers.

The reason why Adda rekindled his hope was that the Duke of Riverrun's room was not built in the middle of the main castle, but was built on the left side of the main castle where he could see the Tengshi River and observe the west city wall.

Upon hearing the order, nearly two hundred family soldiers immediately ran towards the left side of the main castle where the spiral staircase was not damaged.

Seeing the rocks above his head collapsing, the male servant subconsciously hugged Duke Graver in his arms, lowered his head and closed his eyes, waiting for death to come.

"Pfft, take the Duke out quickly. I can't hold on for much longer!"

A stream of raindrops with a fishy-sweet smell dripped on his face, and then the male servant heard the guard's voice in his ear.

He opened his eyes and saw a tall and strong guard carrying the stone as thick as an adult's thigh on his shoulders and supporting it with both hands. With blood flowing out of his mouth, he shouted at him: "Go!"

Upon hearing this, the male servant immediately turned over and carried Duke Graver, who was completely unaware of what was happening, on his back. He struggled to pull the edge of the balcony, which was tilted to the left, towards the spiral staircase.

"Lord Horst, I can only protect you until today!"

Watching Duke Graver and his companion gradually disappearing from his sight, the tall guard let out a sigh of relief. He felt the stones on his shoulders becoming heavier and heavier, and his hands becoming weaker and weaker.

If once is not enough, try a second time!

I must blow up Riverrun!
This is what was going on in Lord Samwell's head.

The reason why he was so eager to make achievements was because he deeply appreciated the trust of His Majesty Jacaerys and wanted to resolve the civil strife for His Majesty as soon as possible.

The effect of the second explosion was much more powerful than the first.

Because this time, they stuffed all the explosive fruits left by Jakaris into it.

Bang bang bang!
Boom, boom!
With the second round of huge explosions, the ancient city of Riverrun, which had been built for thousands of years, was destroyed! (End of this chapter)