Chapter 397 Airborne Dragonstone Island
The Battle of the Green Fork is over.
The Seven-Power Allied Forces paid a huge price for this battle, causing the most tragic casualties since the start of the war. Tens of thousands of soldiers were killed on the spot, and countless others were injured.
The coalition forces launched a desperate charge against the Legion of the Dead, and fell into a desperate situation for a time, but in the end, with the help of the giant dragon, they stubbornly repelled the attack of the White Walkers.
The Legion of the Dead retreated back into the neck and regained its strength.
And humans have also achieved the most glorious result since the war, that is, they successfully repelled an attack by the White Walkers.
But the corresponding price paid is of course needless to say.
At the same time, the Battle of the Green Fork also set a new record for the highest nobility of the human army killed in the White Walkers War.
Marquis Walder Frey committed suicide by jumping into the river, successfully breaking the previous records of the Earl of the Golden Tooth City and the Earl of the Hearth City.
It's just that this refreshing method is not very honorable, but it has also become an interesting cold knowledge in the human war against the White Walkers.
And Viserys and Robert Baratheon's historic and far-reaching double-kings talks eventually yielded some results.
The two sides reached a series of verbal consensus, such as cooperation in the fight against the White Walkers, and the two sides need not say more about the future war against the White Walkers.
After the meeting ended, Viserys boarded the dragon and left the battlefield on the Green Fork, flying back across the neck to White Harbor.
His large force of Dothraki cavalry of up to 20,000 remained at White Harbor.
The war here is temporarily over, but the ups and downs on Westeros are not over yet.
Prince Doran was sitting firmly in the city of Sunspear, but the Dornish army began to move intensively at this time, and a large number of Chen soldiers arrived at the Prince's Pass, which seriously threatened the safety of the nobility in the frontier.
And the nerves of the Rose of High Court were suddenly tense, and the vassals were also called to discuss countermeasures. At the same time, they asked Storm's End for help, hoping that if there was a war between the Reach and Dorne, they could get help from the Storm.
However, it is a pity that the Tyrell family's request for help was sent to Storm's End but was lost in the sea, and no response was received.
Mace Tyrell, Duke of Highgarden, was very anxious. At this time, he suddenly had some thoughts about his beloved general, Randall Tully, Earl of Horn Hill.
If the famous Southland general Randyll Tarly was here, Dorne would not be so presumptuous, and at the same time, he also complained a lot about Renly, Duke of Storm's End.
House Tyrell has made a covenant with House Baratheon, and when the 'Little Rose of Highgarden' and his daughter Margaery Tyrell have her menarche, they will be able to meet Prince Joffrey of House Baratheon. get married.
The two powerful families were united, and they should have supported each other in times of crisis, but Duke Mace didn't expect Renly to be so weak that he was scared by Dorne to shut up.
However, a few days later, news from King's Landing reached Highgarden, and Mace Tyrell realized what had happened, causing Storm's End to take care of himself.
It turned out that there was a fleet of ships traveling between Westeros and Essos with an explosive news.
Viserys Targaryen III, the 'false king' on the other side of the narrow sea of Pentos, has decided to send troops to Westeros.
It is impossible to hide the fact that tens of thousands of troops have pulled anchor and sailed from the port of Pentos, not to mention the two dragons, so the news has spread to King's Landing long before the army arrived in Westeros.
The army of another continent was overwhelmed, and King's Landing suddenly panicked.
However, at this time, the news of the death of Jon Arryn, the former Prime Minister of the Regent, could not be concealed for a long time. Now the Queen Cersei is sitting on the Iron Throne as the regent.
There are even rumors that Queen Cersei sent someone to kill the King's Hand, claiming that it was because Lord Jon had found evidence of incest between the Queen's sister and brother.
As for Cersei, she ordered that the news that the Targaryen army crossed the sea was strictly prohibited from leaking out. At the same time, the city gates were closed, and they could only be opened at certain times. Curfews were enforced, high-pressure rule, and the spread of rumors was prohibited. Those who violated the ban were all hanged in the city. The head was sunburnt alive.
King's Landing completely turned into a tortoise under the order of the Queen Regent. He did not pay any attention to the source of the news, nor did he send out a fleet to investigate on the sea.
And on the next day, on Dragonstone Island.
It's an ordinary morning, the breeze is warm and the sun is shining.
wow-
The surging waves continue to beat and wash the island's reefs, and the majestic black castle stands on Dragonstone Island.
The castle is made entirely of black stone, a lost masonry technique in Valyria, which makes it different from the castles in Westeros.
Above the Stone Drum Tower, the main fortress of Dragonstone, fluttered the banner of House Baratheon, with a black crowned stag on a gold base.
This is a family of Baratheon, a fief owned by Stannis Baratheon, who was canonized as Duke of Dragonstone after the Usurper Wars.
It's been a long time now that Stannis has responded to his brother's call to fight the White Walkers and left Dragonstone.
His youngest daughter, Shirin, who is only four years old, has even forgotten what her father looks like.
Now the little girl Shireen Baratheon is having breakfast in the dining room accompanied by her mother, Celis Floren.
But at this time.
The melodious and desolate horn sounded abruptly on the sea, followed by the dense sirens on the Dragonstone Island castle, the bell and the horn sounded at the same time.
bang——
At the same time, a guard of the Baratheon family hurriedly pushed open the door of the restaurant and walked in, startling the mother and daughter Seris who were dining.
"Ma'am, something is wrong!"
And Celis Floren's face was slightly displeased, but the Duchess of Dragonstone had a very good aristocratic culture.
She also heard the warning horn stating that something had happened, so instead of blaming the guard, she put down the spoon and asked patiently.
"What happened outside?"
"Why is it so rough?"
However, it has not waited for the guard to explain anything.
At this moment.
boom--
There was a sudden loud noise from the top of the restaurant where the mother and daughter of the Dragonstone Castle were staying.
As if some behemoth fell on the castle, the dust on the top of the head fell down, which startled everyone in the castle.
Miss Shireen Baratheon, who was only four years old, was immediately frightened and cried, and her mother, Celis Floren, was also frightened, her face turned pale, and she became a little panicked.
"what happened?"
"what happened?"
And on the sea.
The entire sea area was densely covered with warships, and the end could not be seen at a glance.
The flag of House Targaryen and the coat of arms of the Golden Company flew high on every ship.
The eldest princess of the New Dynasty, Reness Targaryen, parachuted to the castle of Dragonstone on the green dragon Rego herself.
The dragon stepped on the castle and made a deafening roar.
The defenders of Longshi Island were so frightened that they shivered, and then put down their weapons and knelt down and begged for surrender.