Chapter 181

Chapter 181 Huh!!

  woo woo woo——

  The horn of war sounded again, like the call of death.

Duke Ed could only see straight ahead as the eye slits in his helmet restricted the line of sight.

  Arrows shot out from the top of the city, and stones spun and flew overhead, crashing into the ground and soldiers, smashing steel and flesh alike.

 Under the personal leadership of Duke Eddard Stark, densely packed soldiers flocked to this road full of blood and fire.

  The grey dire wolf battle flag fluttered in the wind, with the pride and courage from the north.

  "For Winterfell!" Duke Eddard shouted after rushing to the bottom of the wall and then began to climb.

  "For Winterfell!" Countless northern warriors responded one after another and also followed in their Lord's footsteps.

  Ding!

  Suddenly, an arrow hit his helmet, just a little away from the eye slit. Duke Eddard was taken aback, almost dropping his hand.

  But soon, he stabilized his figure again and continued to climb.

  The screams of pain, the trembling battle horns, and the crackling of flames came from my ears... everything was so familiar.

  The smell of war.

  Duke Eddard seems to have returned to the past, the war that took away almost all his loved ones, but also gave him countless honours.

  That time, it was much more thrilling than now.

  Even at the beginning of that war, he didn't think he could win.

  However, he won.

  The body getting heavier and heavier, and the breathing getting more and more panting.

  It's really not a good idea for a commander to climb the wall himself, but he has to do it.

  He must let the soldiers know that the Hand of the King is fighting with them. Only in this way can the morale of the army be boosted.

  Although this also puts him under the enemy's arrows, it is a necessary risk...

  Duke Eddard knew that he had to take a little risk, otherwise, the army would be in danger of falling apart.

  The ground was getting farther and farther away, and the city was getting closer and closer, the arrows hit him like torrential rain, so Duke Eddard had to stop in mid-air and set up a shield with one hand.

  While he was attracting firepower, the rest of the soldiers took a chance to charge up.

  Finally, when the Dornish people began to pay attention to other climbers, Duke Eddard's pressure suddenly eased.

  He put the shield back on his back and continued to climb.

  boom!

  The whole city wall seemed to shake.

  Duke Eddard knew that it was the battering ram hitting the door.

  Hope they break apart this time.

  He glanced down, but his narrow vision was almost full of blood, so he couldn't see clearly.

  Duke Eddard gave up checking and continued to climb up without distraction.

  Arrows came at him again, tinkling on his armour.

  Finally, an arrow pierced the joint between his breastplate and shoulder plate.

  Duke Eddard made a muffled snort, immediately broke off the arrow, removed the overlong part, then ignored it and continued to climb.

  The blood loss and pain made him dizzy.

  Mouth full of rust taste.

  This feeling made him seem to have returned to the Tower of Joy, the bed of blood.

  The face of his sister, before she died, was shaking in front of his eyes, making him at a loss as to what to do.

  He forced his attention back to the battlefield in front of him, but fantasy and reality were intertwined and could not be separated.

  Ned, promise me, Ned.

  The arrow whizzed past, but it was his sister's voice that sounded.

  A northern nobleman waved to him, but what he saw was the three King's guards guarding the Tower of Joy.

  He will never forget their faces.

  He killed them all.

  The top of Skyreach City was already in sight, Duke Eddard reached out to grab it, but he seemed to touch the winter snow rose garland, which was his sister's favourite, but there were sharp thorns hidden in the garland, which cut wounds on the skin, Blood trickled down his fingers.

  "Lord Eddard !"

  Earl Jon grabbed Duke Eddard's arm, pulled him up to the top of the wall, and shouted excitedly, "We are up! Hahahaha! We are up!"

  Yes, here we come!

  Duke Eddard finally smiled, and then he saw Earl Jon rushing into the Dornish formation like a raging black bear.

  Below, more warriors followed and climbed up.

  They were all warriors of the North.

  Under the leadership of Duke Eddard, they finally climbed to the top of the city wall for the first time!

  "The city is breached! The city is breached !"

  The northerners shouted loudly while fighting at the top of the wall, trying to break the fighting spirit of the Dornish people.

  Duke Eddard sat on the battlements for a while and tried to recover. Although one shoulder was so painful that he couldn't lift it up, all the illusions in front of him had disappeared.

  "The city is breached !" he yelled, as he joined the fray, brandishing a sword in one hand.

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  "Ready ?"

  Samwell asked as he looked at the supply convoy team passing by under the sand dunes.

  After pondering for a moment, Earl Yohn Royce slowly shook his head:

  "I still think there is something wrong with this team. It may be a bait."

  Samwell rolled his eyes secretly, completely speechless to the "Bronze Yohn" beside him.

  This guy should be called Saint Yohn instead.

  They have been following this supply convoy team for two days, but Earl Yohn has never made up his mind to launch an attack.

  "These people are walking neatly and orderly. They don't look like ordinary civilians at all ." Earl Yohn seemed worried about his image, so he explained a little more.

  "But they have no armour, no weapons, and only more than 300 people. If we rush down, what will they use to resist?"

"The cart may be carrying food, but it may also be shields and spears. They just need to move around the cart to set up the shield spear formation, making a headache. Moreover, this place is too close to Skyreach City, if the cavalry of the city is alerted, we will be bitten by the tail."

Samwell shrugged and did not agree and said no more.

  If you don't fight, you don't fight, it doesn't affect him anyway, and the team can't transport gold, so it doesn't matter if they fight or not.

  In this way, Samwell and his team "escorted" the grain convoy to Skyreach City.

  And just when Earl Yohn was about to completely give up the harassment, the south gate of Skyreach City suddenly opened, and a group of people rushed out.

  "Sure enough, there is an ambush!" Earl Yohn's face changed, and he immediately ordered to retreat.

  But after running for a while, he found that those Dornishmen didn't come for him, but more like——

  running away?

  "I'm afraid something has happened in Skyreach City," Samwell said thoughtfully.

  At the same time, his falcon was released and flew towards Skyreach City.

  Earl Yohn also sent more than a dozen horsemen to capture some prisoners for questioning.

  Soon, the two of them got a piece of amazing news almost at the same time——

  Skyreach City was breached!

  Then, Earl Yohn, who was regarded by Samwell as the "Saint", immediately made an extremely bold suggestion:

  "Let's rush into the city! Maybe we can catch the red viper!"

  Samwell was not interested in Red Viper, what he thinks about is the vault of Skyreach City...

  The two have very different goals, but they hit it off right away.

  "Okay! Let's go to the city!"

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  The North City Wall of the Skyreach has been controlled by the Army of the Iron Throne.

  In particular, the North City Gate slowly opened under the eyes of everyone.

  At this time, Skyreach City, after more than 20 days of bloody battles, was finally stripped of all defences, and it was displayed in front of the Iron Throne army like a girl who could not resist.

  When King Joffrey heard the news, he immediately swept away his sorrow and became very happy and satisfied.

  Duke Mace took the opportunity to compliment:

  "Your Majesty is wise and mighty. It is a miracle that the Dornish people can last so long, but in the end, they still have to submit to your feet."

  Before Duke Mace could utter more golden words, he saw a Dorne envoy brought up.

  "Your Majesty!" The Dornishman prostrated himself on the ground, "We are willing to surrender!"

  Joffrey followed his mother's example and looked at people with his chin: "Will the Red Viper surrender?"

  "Yes, Your Majesty. The Prince is willing to surrender, he just asked you to stop attacking, so that the prince can come out of the city and surrender."

  "Okay!" Joffrey waved his hand, imagining the scene of the red viper kneeling in front of him, and suddenly became more and more ecstatic.

  So next, King Joffrey issued an outrageous order.

  ...

  Even Prince Oberyn, the "Red Viper", couldn't believe his ears when he heard the horn of withdrawing troops from outside the city.

  It was just a trick that he sent envoys to surrender. Seeing that the city was about to fall, he knew that Skyreach City could no longer hold it, so he thought of feigning surrender to stop the attack temporarily so that he could organize the army to retreat and flee.

  In fact, Prince Oberyn didn't even think that the other party would agree but sent an envoy with the attitude of giving it a try.

  However, he never expected that the other party not only agreed, but also gave him an even bigger surprise!

What a surprise.

  That is, when you just want to cheat a little money, the other person directly unloads his head and gives it to you.

  How can there be such a stupid person in this world?

  Even if you never use your brain, you can't take it off and give it away...

  "The king said, let you lead the Dorne nobles out of the city to surrender. He...he will spare you..." When the envoy came back to report, the expression on his face was very excited.

  If he hadn't actually heard the call to retreat, Prince Oberyn would have thought it was an enemy ruse.

  But at this moment, why is he still hesitating?

  "Quick! Reoccupy the city walls! Close the city gates!"

  The wounded Duke Eddard was currently being bandaged by a Maester in the camp, and he didn't pay attention to this outrageous order.

  In fact, in his opinion, the battle is basically over, and the army will enter the city to clean up the battlefield and clear up the remaining resistance. Even a dog can do this kind of thing.

  But by chance, he met Joffrey, the "one emperor through the ages".

  "Your Majesty! Why did you order the withdrawal of the troops!" A group of nobles surrounded the king tightly and kept protesting against the order.

  "Count Mathis, the Red Viper has surrendered, of course, I want to show him some dignity."

  Earl Mathis turned livid with anger: "Do you believe what the Red Viper said? That guy who puts poison on his weapon, what honour is there! What is the difference between what he said and fart! You actually believed his promise "

  "Your Majesty! Please give the order to attack again, or it will be too late!"

  "Your Majesty! Even if you want the Dornishmen to surrender, you can't withdraw, at most suspend the attack!"

  "Your Majesty..."

  "Enough!" Joffrey became more and more impatient, "Why are you making such a fuss, even if the Dornishmen don't come out, at worst we attack again."

  Hearing this, the nobles almost went crazy.

  Attack again?

  How much does that cost?

  All the soldiers who died before died in vain?

  How could there be such a king?

  In a rage, Earl Mathis simply abandoned the king and went to the herald to re-order the attack, but at this time, it was too late.

  Thus, the most absurd and outrageous scene in this war was staged.

  The soldiers who had already stabilised the city wall retreated down in a daze after hearing the horn of withdrawing troops, a little confused about the situation.

  Joffrey was still waiting triumphantly outside the city for Prince Oberyn to lead the nobles to surrender, but at the same moment, the north gate of Skyreach City was closed with a bang.

  It was like a loud slap on the young king's face.

  [END]