Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

It wasn't just because Khal had forgiven his Blood Guards, but also because of Viserys's superb martial arts skills; the Dothraki revered such masters.

"Get up, Kago."

"This is not your responsibility."

"This will not be repeated."

Viserys helped Kagor up from the ground, patted the Dothraki on the shoulder, and was met with the man's trembling gratitude.

In fact, this was not Kago's fault. It was a Dothraki tradition to burn, kill, and loot after breaching a city.

Viserys was more reflecting on his mistakes. His Dothraki had been too docile, to the point that he had forgotten that this nomadic people of the plains were extremely fierce, even the destroyers of civilization on the continent of Essos.

Although he could force the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms to their knees through bloody conquest, Viserys did not want to end up with a Westeros riddled with problems; otherwise, having an Iron Throne would be of no use after slaughtering everyone in the Seven Kingdoms.

Viserys offered Kagor a small consolation, but his mind was already preoccupied with the next steps for dealing with the Dothraki.

They should be more active on the battlefield than directly conquering cities and territories; otherwise, it will be a nightmare for the local people.

This is a sharp double-edged sword. If used well, it is the nightmare of all enemies; if used poorly, it can even hurt oneself. However, at present, Viserys only has the Dothraki at his disposal, and he has no choice but to use them.

The Targaryen army defeated the Allied forces at the Twins, who fled to Riverrun using Wildfire as a rearguard. Although Viserys fielded an all-cavalry force, the pursuit along the way was not particularly close.

The main objective was to recapture the towns along the way, partly due to Viserys' own considerations: to gather more enemies and then wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

Viserys had just been chasing the Allied forces on his dragon when he saw from the sky that the Allied forces had retreated to the direction of Raventree City, while the Dothraki army had advanced to Beauty Village. The two sides were not far apart, one retreating and the other advancing.

His original plan was to launch a two-pronged attack on Westeros with Reyne in the south and Reyne in the north.

He led the Dothraki primarily to deal with the enemies in the north, while Reyne led the Golden Company and the Unsullied to cooperate with Dorne in attacking and capturing the enemy's strongholds, including King's Landing, Storm's End, and even Highgarden.

However, his plans were forced to change after he received a letter last night.

This letter came from Pentos and was written by his fiancée, Ariane Martell.

The Dornish girl told Viserys in a letter that she was pregnant with his child, not knowing whether it was a prince or a princess, but she would love it either way. Two months had already passed.

Viserys was slightly surprised when he received the letter. He hadn't expected to become a father. However, thinking back to his time in Pentos, when Arianne even offered her friend Treyne to Viserys's bed, he was glad that Treyne hadn't given him a big gift in return.

Although illegitimate children are quite common in this world, Viserys didn't want to have an illegitimate child before having a legitimate heir. Contraception was poor in this world, so he was mindful of it.

Although Viserys was somewhat surprised by Arianne's pregnancy, it wasn't something he found hard to accept. The tension and panic that most people would feel only lasted a short time for him.

After calming down, Viserys immediately thought of adjusting the battle plan, and the previous two-front war plan was temporarily shelved under these special circumstances.

When Arianne wrote this letter, she was already preparing to sail to Westeros to join her uncle Oberyn's army.

However, a considerable amount of time passed before Viserys received the letter.

That night.

Inside the tent, the lights were on and the brazier was blazing. Viserys summoned the main Dothraki generals and the Kaskhod to finalize the next battle plan.

"First, capture Rushing City and defeat the main force of the allied forces."

"Then we will take the River Road and meet up in King's Landing."

A few days later.

It appears that infighting has broken out within the allied forces, with some soldiers from the valley deserting the main force and heading towards the Kneeling Stable along the river road.

King Robert Baratheon, who had been in a coma for a month, finally awoke, and all the generals of the allied forces gathered around his bedside.

But at that moment, horns suddenly sounded outside the city of Benliu.

An endless Dothraki army appeared outside the city, completely surrounding Riverrun.

Chapter 429 The Siege of Benliu City

Robert never imagined that more than a month had passed when he woke up, let alone that he was now in Riverrun.

His thoughts were still stuck on the scene from more than a month ago, when his lover, the woman he loved most in his life, shot an arrow at him.

Robert didn't even know to dodge; he just sat there on his horse, stunned, when the ice arrow struck him in the right chest, and he fell to the ground.

“I’ve seen Lyanna, Ed.”

Robert, lying pale on the hospital bed, suddenly spoke.

He saw the many people standing around him, including his good brother Eddard, his own brother Stannis, his father-in-law Tywin, Lord Horst Tully of Riverrun, and a host of high-ranking nobles from the Seven Kingdoms.

The room was packed with people, and some had even gone outside. He thought the White Walkers had wiped them out, and the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms had gathered in the Seventh Hell.

Robert's sudden words startled Eddard Stark, who was looking worried.

"What are you saying, Robert..."

The allied forces repelled the White Walkers, but suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of the Twins, losing most of the Riverlands and retreating in disarray to Riverrun. Eddard's face was naturally filled with worry.

Eddard was taken aback when he heard Robert's sudden words. He looked up at Robert and saw that Robert, known as the "true steel" of the Baratheon brothers, was already in tears.

Tywin Lannister, standing behind Stannis, heard his son-in-law's words and his expression turned slightly unpleasant.

Who is Lyanna?

Many nobles present knew that Lyanna Stark, who possessed the blood of the wolf, was His Majesty the King's true love.

In the spring of Aegon 281, when the Targaryen dynasty still existed.

After Prince Rhaegar's victory at the tournament at Harrenhal, he placed the winter rose laurel wreath, symbolizing the 'Queen of Love and Beauty,' on the lap of Robert Baratheon's fiancée, Lyanna Stark, rather than his wife, Princess Elia Martell of Dorne.

Prince Réga's act of openly NTRing someone caused a huge uproar.

Shortly after the tournament ended, Prince Rhaegar and Lyanna Stark both disappeared.

Some believe that Prince Rhaegar kidnapped and raped Robert's fiancée, Lyanna Stark, a view Robert himself held. Others believe that Prince Rhaegar and Lyanna were in love and eloped together.

The affair between Prince Rhaegar and Lyanna sparked a civil war in the Seven Kingdoms, ultimately leading to the downfall of the Targaryen dynasty. Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark, the ill-fated couple, both perished in the war.

Even after Robert Baratheon seized King's Landing and ascended the Iron Throne, he still couldn't forget Lyanna. But Lyanna had been dead for many years. How could His Majesty the King possibly have seen her again?

Could it be that His Majesty was hallucinating during the time he was unconscious?

Or was it that His Majesty was seriously injured and had a brush with death, and saw the ghost of Lyanna who had already died?

However, none of these things matter to Ed right now.

Viserys defeated them and swept south across half of the Riverlands. Although Viserys's offensive was swift and the lands he conquered to the south were still in the final stages of the war, with some Riverlands soldiers still putting up resistance, the Dothraki army was already at the gates of the city.

Riverrun is not very large, but it is a rare fortified city. When attacked, it can open the sluice gates to flood the entire man-made moat. In addition, Riverrun itself is surrounded by rivers on two sides, and after the water is released, it becomes a small island surrounded by water on three sides, making it indestructible.

The Dothraki warhorses were unable to cross the rushing river, and coupled with the exhaustion of the men and horses from the long journey, Viserys led his army to the outskirts of Riverrun and immediately ordered them to set up camp and rest for the time being.

bang bang—

A few arrows were also fired from the city, seemingly unfamiliar with the Riverrun soldiers who had previously witnessed Viserys's solo provocation at the Twins and his cleaving of a giant crossbow bolt with a single sword strike.

Only one arrow landed on the grass not far from Viserys, while the rest fell into the rushing river.

The silver-haired knight, clad in bright armor, glanced at the arrows that had fallen beside him, then looked up at the tense soldiers on the walls of Rushing City.

"In a moment, we will send a message by flying arrow to tell the people in the city to surrender or die."

"Let's go."

Viserys didn't say much after that, but turned his horse around and led his guards back to the camp.

And in the city of Benliu.

After everyone offered their explanations, Robert finally understood that he was still alive and that not all of these people had come down to keep him company.

The reality has now changed dramatically from what Robert believed.

Robert was once in dire straits, attacked from both sides by the White Walkers, and his entire army was on the verge of annihilation.

However, when he woke up, the White Walkers had been defeated, the allied forces had turned against Viserys, and were then defeated by Viserys again, and had now fled to Riverrun.

Flowing City is not large, and a large number of allied troops are even stationed on the opposite bank of the Red Fork River.

After fully understanding what had happened, Robert, lying in his hospital bed, surprisingly did not fly into a rage. Instead, he remained silent for a long time before asking a question.

"Can Flowing City be defended?"

Everyone in the room was silent; no one answered His Majesty the King's question.

"You must defend it even if you can't, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Count Randy Tarly of Hornhill, standing behind, spoke in a hoarse and low voice.

His bald head was now only missing one ear; the other ear had been gnawed off during the battle with the White Walkers.

"The son of the Mad King has mad blood flowing through his veins. His barbarians have burned down countless villages and slaughtered countless civilians in recent times. The flames of the demonic dragon have also burned many soldiers to death."

"If we cannot defeat him, the bloodlines of ancient families with long histories, such as the Starks, Tully, Lannisters, Tyrells, etc., will be cut off, and the Seven Kingdoms will also be destroyed in his hands."

Randy Tully's voice was deep. His eyes were piercing, and every family whose name he called out looked somewhat uncomfortable, yet remained silent.

"My lords, consider what he has done in the Eastern Continent."

Finally, Randyll Tully looked around at everyone and then spoke up with a warning.

His words seemed to pinpoint the key point, causing everyone present to tense up slightly.

Chapter 430 The Sword of Change

Consider what Viserys did on the continent of Essos...

All the nobles present looked slightly apprehensive.

Why did Randyll Tarly warn the nobles present? Because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the changes Viserys was making in the Eastern Continent were uprooting the foundations of all families!

Therefore, the ancient families that Randyll Tarly named, whose lineages spanned thousands or even tens of thousands of years, existed even when the First Men and the Children of the Forest were at war. They were able to survive for such a long time, but they were very likely to perish under the changes in Viserys.

This is why, despite possessing immense power, Viserys still encountered fierce resistance in the process of unifying Westeros, and no nobles surrendered without a fight.

Without these transformative actions, perhaps half of the seven kingdoms would have already changed their allegiance and surrendered.

But Viserys's reforms were too threatening, causing these nobles to be both fearful and even hostile.

Viserys's reforms in Essos unfolded primarily in two aspects.

One approach was to open up the source of the land, dividing the land of large landowners into many small plots, giving ordinary people ample opportunities to advance their careers through military merit.

Everyone could be knighted based on their military achievements, and even receive a small piece of land as a reward, thus becoming a true noble with property.