Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 94: Burning Harvest Hall, Reigning Dragon Seed
Harvest Hall is an important town in the Stormlands, but its geographical location is on the border of Dorne.

Just by hearing the name of Harvest Hall, you can tell that the land in this area is fertile and suitable for farming.

And indeed it is, it is the most important granary in Storm's End.

At this moment, the towering walls of Harvest Hall were filled with soldiers with nervous expressions.

Lord Selmy, his sons, and all the male descendants of House Selmy were standing in the tower in the middle of the city wall.

"Father, shall we surrender?
That was the evil dragon that rode on a dragon and burned down a free city-state with a population of 200,000!"

"Brother is right!
Father, the Baratheon family is gone.

We no longer have to pledge allegiance to a non-existent family."

"My Lord, I think so too..."

There were voices of persuasion to surrender, and Lord Selmy frowned and shouted, "Shut up!

I wonder what vile means the dragon used to capture Storm's End.

But I will never surrender to a butcher who kills innocent civilians and destroys towns.

Have you forgotten our language?
Look at yourselves, do you look a little bit 'brave and fearless'? "

Bravery and fearlessness, as the family motto of the Selmy family, has indeed cultivated many outstanding warriors for them.

The most famous one should be 'Barristan the Fearless' who was born in the distant future.

Barristan Selmy is known as one of the greatest knights of the Kingsguard, and even became the captain of Daenerys's Queen's Guard at the age of over sixty.

Of course, perhaps because of the stubbornness of the current Earl Selmy, the Selmy family will lose its future.

Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha!
Dense crowds of figures appeared southeast of Harvest Hall, in the direction of Storm's End.

The Selmy family was able to defend Harvest Hall, an important granary, on the war-torn frontier of Dorne, so naturally the number of troops and combat power under their command were not bad.

They had 1,300 elite infantry, 500 archers, and 200 light cavalry.

This force is ranked among the top nobles in the entire Seven Kingdoms, not to mention in the Stormlands.

But their forces were still too few compared to the approaching enemy.

In the front row of the southeastern figures were more than 3,500 infantrymen wearing worn-out Baratheon standard armor.

Behind them was a corps of more than 4,000 fully armed elite Essos infantrymen in an alien-style outfit.

Behind these seven or eight thousand infantrymen were fifteen hundred ranged troops armed with crossbows.

The most important thing is that two giant dragons, one big and one small, are hovering in the sky above this army of tens of thousands.

There are more than ten thousand soldiers, but there is no edge. There are more than ten thousand soldiers, but there is no edge!

Gulu!

The pressure brought by the enemy army of nearly 10,000 people made the defenders of Harvest Hall so nervous that they kept swallowing their saliva.

"Everyone, prepare to fight!"

Upon hearing Lord Selmy's order to fight, his sons and extended family had no choice but to return to their posts and prepare for battle.

Looking at the approaching enemy army and the giant dragon soaring in the sky, Earl Selmy sighed inwardly.

He is not an old stubborn man who does not know how to adapt and is loyal to Baratheon.

It is because the Selmy family can surrender, but they cannot be too soft-kneed and surrender as soon as they see the enemy at the gate.

As the first battle after the fall of Storm's End, if the Selmy family surrendered without a fight, the prestige that the entire family had built up over hundreds and thousands of years would be destroyed.

Moreover, when the new monarch sees how weak the Selmy family is, he will probably look down on them from the bottom of his heart!
His young sons couldn't understand these principles, and he couldn't explain them directly.

So, let’s fight!

shhhhhh!
When the enemy's infantry corps came into range, the five hundred archers from Harvest Hall took the lead in launching an attack.

More than 3,500 Baratheon soldiers at the front raised their shields and quickly formed a relatively neat shield formation.

Doo doo doo!
The rain of arrows falling on the shield formation could cause very little damage.

The Baratheon soldiers at the front took this opportunity to rush towards the walls of Harvest Hall.

shhhhhh!
The second round of arrows from the defenders of Harvest Hall fell on the Essos infantry legion that came into range later.

A strange scene appeared.

These elite infantrymen, wearing brand new armor and fully armed, were actually in a panic, and at least more than a hundred of them were knocked down by this wave of arrows.

When the defenders of Harvest Hall on the city wall saw that the enemy was not as terrifying as they had imagined, their morale immediately soared.

But in just two rounds of arrow rain, more than 3,500 Baratheon soldiers in the front had rushed to the bottom of the wall of Harvest Hall.

Click, click, click!
Siege ladders were raised from their shield formation and placed on the walls of Harvest Hall.

These Baratheon soldiers moved quickly and efficiently, and it was obvious that they had rich combat experience.

Bang bang bang!
Wow!
Stones, boiling oil, wooden beams and other city defense equipment were thrown down from the walls of Harvest Hall one after another.

It caused considerable damage to the Baratheon soldiers who bravely climbed the siege ladder.

"Hurry up and transport the rocks and wood. The enemy is about to climb up!"

Lord Selmy's eldest son was shouting at the logistics team.

Suddenly, he saw a large black cloud appearing in the lower left corner of his eye.

what is that?
Doo doo doo!
Dense swarms of arrows shot from the front diagonally, and all the defenders of the Harvest Hall who were throwing stones, logs, and boiling oil turned into hedgehogs in an instant.

Fortunately, the enemy's crossbow corps was unable to use high-altitude shooting, and the defenders of Harvest Hall only needed to hide under the battlements to remain safe.

But in this way, the pressure on the Baratheon soldiers to climb the city was suddenly reduced a lot, and they began to take the opportunity to climb quickly.

The defenders of Harvest Hall were suddenly caught in a dilemma: should they continue to suppress the soldiers climbing the city walls at the risk of heavy casualties, or simply let them come up and engage in close combat.

In the end, Lord Selmy decided to preserve his own fighting power as much as possible.

One by one, the Baratheon soldiers climbed up the city wall, and their first target was the large ballista mounted on the wall.

The defenders of Harvest Hall are quite powerful, but the Baratheon soldiers are all fanatical and fearless.

Clang, clang!
Soon, the bowstrings of the large crossbows were either cut or the tripods were destroyed.

Hooray, hooray!
The two giant dragons that had been observing the situation below suddenly dived rapidly downwards.

Hey!
Inside the gate of the Harvest Hall, two hundred cavalrymen were lined up in neat formations, ready to attack at any time.
Suddenly they were attacked by dragon flames falling from the sky, and the cavalrymen and their horses were burned to charred corpses.

咴儿~~
The scorching dragon flames and the might of the dragon exerted by the dark green dragon suspended in the sky.

The remaining one hundred or so war horses were immediately frightened, and even the cavalry who were with them day and night could not control them.

Rumble!
The frightened war horses ran wildly around the Harvest Hall, knocking over many logistics soldiers who were transporting military equipment and supplies.

Can't use it continuously?
Jacaerys in the sky once again sent a message to Wormax to use Dragon Power, hoping to use it to control the direction of the frightened horses.

But the horses below showed no reaction, and it was obvious that Dragon Power could not be used for the second time in a short period of time.

Hooray, hooray!
The sound of dragon wings breaking through the air was heard, and Lusiris on Araxes's back shouted to Jakaris: "Brother, they raised the white flag to surrender!"

Jacaerys turned his head and immediately saw a white flag raised from the tower of the Harvest Hall wall.

"What white flag? I can't see it!"

Shaking his head in denial, Jacaerys piloted the Womackus directly towards the Harvest Hall Tower.

Hey!
Boom!

The black-gray dragon flame with powerful impact directly destroyed the tower, and the white flag instantly turned into ashes.

Just like Lord Selmy who turned to ashes before he could regret, Jacaerys wanted to use this first battle to establish his reputation as a fierce villain. He wanted to tell all the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms clearly through the Battle of Harvest Hall that there were only two results of being his enemy: surrender without a fight or fight to death!
Hoo ho ho!
After Womax destroyed the city wall tower, he continued to spit dragon flames along the city wall at the defenders of Harvest Hall.

During the Battle of Shipbreaker Bay, Jacaerys was constantly fighting with Vhagar and Yangyan, and did not gain any attribute points at all.

He even ordered the eyes of the Hightower and Dornish soldiers who finally surrendered to be gouged out to vent his anger.

So I took this opportunity to gain some points in the Harvest Hall.

When the defenders of Harvest Hall saw that the enemy dragon destroyed the tower and had no intention of accepting surrender, they had no choice but to fight to the death.

These defenders, who had been fighting on the border of Dorne for many years, immediately realized that it was impossible to defeat the dragon that had air superiority in a positional battle.

So they broke up into small groups and retreated directly to the town of Harvest Hall and tried to engage in street fighting.

The reason why they could make this decision was that the people of the Seven Kingdoms knew too little about Jacaerys.

Hoo ho ho!
Jacaerys was already familiar with burning and massacring cities.

He avoided the location of the granary that he had learned in advance, and controlled Wormax to spit out a huge circular flame circle with black and gray dragon flames.

Then slowly and counterclockwise ignite the buildings inside the ring of flames.

On the saddle of the Arax dragon that had been hovering in the sky, Lusris had a look of pity on his face and closed his eyes to ignore the tragedy of the burning city below.

hold head high! ! !
As if feeling the long-lost pleasure of killing, Womax, who had set most of the Harvest Hall on fire, landed in the center of the circular flame circle and let out a loud dragon roar towards the sky.

After the battle of Harvest Hall, Jacaerys once again obtained sufficient food supplies.

Not only that, if before it was just a rumor floating from faraway Essos.

This time, the evil dragon's reputation really spread.

Duskfall Hall, Bronze Gate, Hay Hall, Griffin's Roost, and Felwood Castle near Storm's End sent raven letters expressing their willingness to surrender.

Jacaerys's control area is spreading rapidly around Storm's End.

In the process of transporting food supplies to Harvest Hall.

In the name of his mother, Jacaerys issued an ultimatum to all nobles of the Seven Kingdoms except those who clearly supported the Green Party.

If you don’t surrender, you are the enemy!

……

The Red Keep in King's Landing, Queen Maegor's chamber.

“Mother, we were not sure at the time whether the news that Rhaenyra was controlling the dragon’s attack was true.

So for your safety, I asked Sir Laris to protect you.

The deaths of Aegon and my grandfather were indeed Rhaenyra's conspiracy.

She also let Daemon sneak into the Red Keep and steal Joffrey and little Viserys away!"

Wearing the Conqueror's Crown and Blackfyre around his waist, Aemond was explaining earnestly to Queen Alicent.

But Queen Mother Alison turned a deaf ear to him. She curled up on the goose down bed and kept picking at her nails.

When Emond saw that his mother had scratched her nails until they bled, he walked over and sat beside the bed, wanting to stroke the back of her hand to comfort her.

But Queen Mother Allison simply turned away and refused to pay any attention to him.

call!
Aemond stood up and exhaled heavily, then said in a notification tone: "After Aegon and Grandpa's funeral is over, I will officially marry Helena.

Don't worry, I will treat Jaehaerys and Jaehaera as my own children.

You don't have to worry about those complicated political affairs, just spend time with Helena and the two little ones every day!"

After saying this, Aemond stood up and left the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Queen Mother Alison looked at his back, her eyes filled with mixed emotions.

"Your Majesty, the people you requested have been found. They are all waiting for you in the throne room."

As soon as Imond left the house, the ghost-like Laris stepped out from the shadows and reported in a low voice.

“Well done, Sir Larris.

The position of Minister of Justice is still vacant, and I think you should be able to take it."

Aemond nodded when he heard this, and the first thing he said was a reward of a position as a minister in the Imperial Council.

But Laris was not moved at all. He glanced at the door of the Queen Mother's palace and said slowly: "Your Majesty, you should know that this is not what I want."

Upon hearing this, Aemond's face darkened and his right hand subconsciously placed on the hilt of the Blackfire Sword.

After a brief pause, he forced an ugly smile and replied, "Mother was too sad about the death of Aegon and Grandfather.

We’ll talk about it later!”

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood.

I want Rhaenyra's head. If it weren't for her, my father and brother wouldn't be dead.

We, Strong, will not become the laughing stock of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms!"

Larris shook his head and spoke with a sincere look.

“So that’s it.

Don't worry, Rhaenyra and her gang murdered my father, Aegon, my grandfather.

I will put all of their heads on the point of a spear in the Red Keep.

By the way, is little Aegon in custody?"

"Okay, in the deepest part of the black cell, twenty guards take turns guarding it."

"Well, Aegon, what a tiresome name.

Okay, I'll go to the throne room first."

Aemond nodded and walked past Laris, who looked respectful.

After the two people passed each other, the expressions on their faces changed immediately.

In the throne room, Ser Criston was standing in front of the Iron Throne.

He had taken off his white knight armor and was wearing a gorgeous noble robe.

The golden King's Hand brooch was pinned on his chest, declaring this adult's current noble status.

There was a huge group of people standing in the hall.

This group of people are of different ages and genders, but quite a few of them have silver hair.

Da da da!
Aemond walked in from the gate with a brisk step and sat directly on the Iron Throne.

"Greetings to King Aemond I!"

"Okay, I won't say any more nonsense.

Anyone who can stand here has the same true dragon blood as me.

Now kneel down and pledge your allegiance to me, and I will grant you a precious opportunity to tame a dragon!"

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