Game of Thrones: I became a crown prince for a day.

Chapter 442: Target, Sunspear City
Time flies and several days pass.

Tianji City.

At the foot of the Dorne hillside, the 10,000-strong coalition army of the River Bend deployed their troops, surrounding the siege equipment with eager eyes.

After many days, it is finally time to take action on this dangerous city.

"Hiss-"

The Glutton roared towards the sky, his huge body blocking out the scorching sun, and he led the army as it rushed over Tianji City.

Rhaegar's face was as cold as frost. As the dragon glided over the army's head, he shouted loudly: "The city is about to be broken, all troops attack!"

"Come on!"

"Get the catapults ready to cover the army!"

Shield soldiers swarmed forward to protect the spearmen and archers in the rear.

"Hiss..."

Menghuo screamed sharply, and his broad wings spread like the blue sky, and he besieged Tianji City along another route.

boom--

Two giant dragons circled above the city, spewing dragon flames at will.

For a moment, it dealt a heavy blow to the garrison on the city wall, instantly reducing their morale to zero.

On the top of the city wall, Earl Fowler personally commanded and shouted angrily: "Set up the scorpion crossbows and shoot the dragon down!"

Click click click…

Several heavy scorpion crossbows turned and aimed at the giant dragon in the sky.

Whoosh!
The fine steel spear was launched, but missed the target by a long distance.

"Greedy, kill him!"

Rhaegar sneered and swooped down on his dragon.

The Glutton's green eyes were grim, and he sprayed out a breath of dragon flame, engulfing dozens of soldiers centered around the scorpion crossbow.

"Seven Hells!"

When facing the dragon, Earl Fowler felt dizzy and began to retreat.

He thought of how his ancestors dealt with the Targaryen invaders.

Abandon the city and go into the desert.

Perhaps he shouldn't have defended the city, that would have been a huge mistake.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Rumbling--

The tightly closed city gate quietly opened to welcome the River Bend coalition forces climbing up the hillside.

Morse was pale, his arm was missing from his shoulder, and his armor was soaked with blood.

Dicken was trembling all over, holding a scimitar in his hand, with seven or eight personal soldiers gathered around him.

"attack!!"

The city gates were wide open. Rhaegar roared and rode the Glutton across the city walls, suppressing the soldiers defending the city and withdrawing from the city walls.

"Hiss..."

Menghuo roared and quickly descended into the city gate, sweeping across the supporting soldiers with a burst of dragon flame.

"Stop them."

Helena crouched on the dragon's back and spoke the dragon language.

Menghuo was extremely brave. His light blue wings were like two giant gate knives, and together with his thick and long dragon tail, he pushed forward all the way.

With his well-proportioned figure, he transformed himself into a ruthless war machine.

Anyone who offends will be directly spewed out with increasingly intense light blue dragon flames.

The man and the dragon communicated with each other and bought time for the army from the river bend to rush into the city gate.

"Long live the princess!!"

"For the Iron Throne..."

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers' eyes lit up and they rushed into the city.

Fight for the Targaryens and you will win!
On top of the city.

Seeing the city gate being broken, Earl Fowler was shocked and angry, and the fear of death surged in his heart.

He still has a lot to use. The three thousand soldiers and two thousand mercenaries in the city have not yet been able to play a role.

"Who opened the gate?"

Earl Fowler murmured something, then suddenly woke up and yelled hysterically:

"Damn Manwoody, how dare you openly rebel!"

The situation was hopeless, sadness welled up in his heart, his eyes were filled with resentment: "I will curse the person who betrayed me..."

"Hiss-"

Halfway through his words, green dragon flames fell and landed squarely on his head.

With a crackling sound, smoke started coming out of the brain.

Rhaegar glanced at him and said disdainfully, "So much nonsense."

The lord died tragically, and morale plummeted.

With firepower from two giant dragons suppressing the situation, an army of 10,000 soldiers entered the city.

At this point, Tianji City officially fell.

……

After a period of chaos and battle, the war ended before the sun set.

Tianji City changed hands, and new policies were implemented in a drastic manner.

All members of the Fowler family were placed under house arrest and imprisoned in the castle attic.

After the fierce battle, most of the 3,000 soldiers and 2,000 mercenaries defending the city were left, and they all knelt down and surrendered.

There were about 1,600 Dornish soldiers, divided into small groups and imprisoned separately.

All the mercenaries were beheaded, their heads were placed on spears and placed on the top of the city wall.

While it was still light, Rhaegar sat on the dragon's back, and the man and the dragon stood in front of the castle.

Helena followed suit and rode Dreamfire to block the castle gate.

The two giant dragons faced each other in the air, with more than a thousand Dornish civilians gathered between them.

They were subjects of the Fowler family and had retreated into the city since the war began.

Rhaegar looked around and made a formal announcement: "Martel went to war on his own and betrayed the precious peace."

"But I know that you are just a group of poor people, innocent people."

"The Targaryens will not harm you. I hope you live a good life and don't get involved in the meat grinder of war."

After saying this, he gave a look to Donald who was sitting below him.

Donald understood the hint and dragged up several Dorne officers, promising not to kill the prisoners and to keep them imprisoned until the end of the war.

It is hard to tell whether it is true or not, but it appeased the civilians to a great extent.

Many of these soldiers were descendants of commoners, and naturally did not want the Iron Throne to kill prisoners.

After getting the guarantee, any dishonest thoughts were immediately extinguished.

This is exactly the effect that Rega wants.

We don't ask the civilians to be truly loyal, but at least they should not cause trouble in the short term.

There will be plenty of time to prepare it later. …

Inside the castle, the cliff hall.

The war was won and a meeting was held.

There was a sand table of Dorne's terrain on the table, and Rhaegar pointed to the Hellgate Fort in the heart of Dorne.

"Prison Gate Castle is the residence of the Ule family. It is located along the Sulfur River. It is surrounded by barren desert and has no natural defenses."

"To break into the Prison Gate Fort, all you need to do is break through the solid walls."

Helena listened carefully and said, "The walls of Prison Gate Castle are very strong. There are Sandstone City and Vance City on both sides. If we get into a protracted war, our army will be unable to move forward."

At first glance, Yumen Fort seems to have no natural barriers, but in fact the desert on all sides is the natural barrier.

For any army that wants to capture a city, marching through the vast desert is a difficult task.

Not to mention the extremely long supply line from the River Bend to Prison Gate.

As long as there is an army hiding in the desert in advance, it can intercept the enemy's supplies halfway and cause a devastating blow.

Rhaegar nodded, his eyes swept over the people present one by one, and changed the subject: "I received news from Lord Corliss yesterday. He has already breached Plank Town and is waiting for the army to join him."

Boom!Boom!
He tapped the sand table with his fingers and said seriously, "Tianji City is at a moderate distance from Yumen Fort. I have decided to mobilize all the cavalry, bring enough dry food for ten days, and march south to attack the city immediately!"

"Ten days!?"

Mond was stunned and said in astonishment: "Even with the fastest cavalry, it would take seven days to travel between the two castles, assuming they don't get lost or encounter a sandstorm."

"After all the calculations, we only have less than three days left for the siege."

Which castle can be conquered in three days?

"Lord Mond, three days is enough."

Rhaegar was displeased by the interruption and said coldly: "Don't forget how the Dornish resisted the attack of the Targaryens during the First Dornish War."

Abandon the city and go into the desert.

Guerrilla warfare everywhere, assassinating nobles.

There are so many ways to play with the word "disgusting".

The fact that Wangzhong City and Tianji City did not abandon their cities only meant that Koren Martell had given them a death order, requiring them to resist stubbornly.

To obtain additional funding outside the narrow sea.

The Ule family of Yumen Castle has always been called crazy, and its strength is not much weaker than that of the Fowler family of Tianji City.

When facing the Targaryen dragon, we will definitely not fight it head-on.

Most likely they would imitate their ancestors, leaving only the old, weak and sick to surrender in the city, while the soldiers would hide in the desert for a surprise attack.

Rhaegar wanted to capture the castle and sent a dragon to control the area from Prince's Pass to Hellgate.

Mond immediately recalled the assassinated Duke Tyrell, frowned and said: "Since it is an empty city, it will be useless for us to capture it."

An empty city is difficult to defend.

The people in the city are all spies, and there are rat holes in every corner.

If they are not careful and their supplies are cut off, the army will starve to death in the city.

Rhaegar nodded slightly and said thoughtfully, "Prison Gate is the main city in western Dorne. If we control this place, we can limit Dorne's military strength to the maximum extent."

The sea serpents occupied the Greenblood River, cutting off Dorne's east-west battle.

He sent out an army to draw fire and hold back the resistance in the west.

"what do you mean……"

Mond was stunned, thinking about something.

Rhaegar's finger landed on the Bone Road, then moved to Sunspear City, and he said directly: "Open up Prince's Pass and Bone Road, occupy Tianji City and Yronwood City as bases, and march the army directly to Sunspear City."

The Dornish can give up the castle, and the Targaryens can give up looking for the Dornish.

Take control of the Red Mountains, strike at Sunspear, and slam Martell's lair!

Even if Keolun followed suit and escaped, he could only wander around in the yellow sand like a rat crossing the street.

If you like him, let him eat sand with those shitty vassals.

Look at the Iron Throne.

Prince's Pass and Bone Road are blocked, and the supply lines supporting the Reach on both sides are acceptable.

By regularly clearing out the Dornish lurking in the Red Mountains, we can ensure the safety of both roads.

It will take some effort to bring the Red Mountains completely under the jurisdiction of the Iron Throne within a few years.

Sunspear is just as important as Planktown.

Both are coastal towns that abandon dangerous land supply routes and transport food by sea.

Once the three city-states of Lys, Myr, and Tyrosh are on track, they will unite with the Stepstones to control the sea power in the lower half of the Narrow Sea.

By then, Dorne will not be able to leave the Red Mountains inland, and will not be able to leave the Summer Sea by sea.

In addition, the Iron Throne's army and dragons burned and harassed, destroying wells and farmland.

Within two years, the people of Dorne would be plunged into a nationwide famine that would starve them to death.

It was effortless to overthrow the Dorne regime.

……

The next day.

Bone Road, Vail City.

"Hiss!!"

Wormisol soared over the city, bombarding the city towers with dragon flames.

However, there was dead silence in the castle, without a single sound.

The castle was empty, without a single person in sight.

Viserys frowned and looked down at the empty city.

Obviously,

The Dornishmen were up to their old trick, abandoning their castle rather than confronting the dragon head on.

"The Weir family, a disgusting last name."

Viserys muttered, disgusted.

Tunnels connecting caves were dug underground in Weir City to strengthen its defenses.

This was the tactic used by the Weir family during the First Dornish War to avoid the Conqueror and Balerion.

In 12 AC, Weir of Weir attended the wedding of Ser Jon Cavallen, heir to Young Hart, and Alys Oakheart, daughter of Lord Oakheart, uninvited.

He killed Lord Oakheart and most of the guests, and forced the bride, Yali, to watch her husband being castrated.

Ali and her maid were raped and sold to slave traders in Myr.

"Shameless Weir!"

Viserys spat, rubbed the bronze scales under the saddle, and gave an order: "Vormithor, let us go."

The city of Well has become a deserted town, and the city of Yronwood at the exit of the Bone Road is probably the same.

He received a letter from the sea serpent Corliss, and knew that attacking Sunspear was the top priority.

Since the cities of Weir and Yronwood offer no resistance, the Blackhaven army can pass through the Bone Road.

He had to go back and write a letter to his eldest son and formulate a general policy.

"Hiss!"

Womisol flapped his wings and flew away from the city of Weir, which had a complex terrain.

(End of this chapter)