Chapter 645 Prince's Pass

The progress of Jon's attack on the Prince's Pass was not very smooth.

He personally led 2,000 soldiers, together with the nobles of the Reach, together with 2,000 private soldiers, a total of 4,000 people besieged the Prince's Pass, blocking the passage to the Crimson Mountains in Dorne. Main routes in Reach and Stormlands.

Now the cloud of war is looming over this land, and all the caravans traveling between the two places need to detour more dangerous bone roads, or choose water transportation.

The Prince's Pass is Dorne's main road to the outside world. Although the pass is not very dangerous, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Crimson Mountains on both sides of the pass are also the barrier of this majestic pass. The Crimson Mountains can only allow small-scale troops to pass through, and large troops cannot travel, because the rocky mountain roads cannot drive heavy vehicles.

Even if the large army crossed the Crimson Mountains, but there was no food supply, the other party only needed to clear the walls and clear the surrounding villages, and these people could only starve to death or eat the bark.

Although Jon Clinton has been the hand of the king for a few years and a big butler in the rear, after all, he used to be a veteran of the battlefield and has rich experience in commanding battles. He believes that the opponent will not show mercy when he should attack.

Because the other party is very aware of His Majesty's hand, when he starts to attack Earl Cenford's relatives, he should have considered the consequences.

In the worst case, Franklin Fowler 'Old Falcon' is escorted to King's Landing and given a noose or clothed in black.

In the worst case, he might even be stripped of his title, stripped of the title of Earl of Tianji City, and driven out of the Fowler family from their homeland.

If such a thing really happened, then he Franklin Fowler became the eternal sinner of the Fowler family.

Therefore, if Earl Franklin Fowler does not want to die, and he also does not want to become a sinner through the ages, now he can only pull more people into the water.

After all, the honeymoon period between Dorne and the Iron Throne is now over, and the privilege of the Dornish people to run amok in the Seven Kingdoms has also come to an end.

In addition, other areas outside Dorne are implementing another set of standards, attracting a large number of Dornish people to seek refuge. The Dornish nobles can hardly even find working tenant farmers in their fiefs. Of course they will be dissatisfied. .

Although the nobles of Dorne didn't know how to express it, they always felt that they had been trapped from the very beginning when they claimed to demand privileges, and they got into it themselves.

However, although the Dornish people are not very good at speaking, they are very good at waving their fists to show their strength. When the Dornish people are dissatisfied, they rebel and express their dissatisfaction, and the sweet dates from the Iron Throne will be sent to them. A set of business processes has been very skilled.

Therefore, the proposal of Franklin Fowler, Earl of Tianji City, actually has a certain market in Dorne.

He recently resisted the attack of the king's army, and on the other hand, he was constantly busy lobbying the rest of the Dornish nobles to join them. Sunspear City's attitude was ambiguous. Although he objected, he did not object very firmly.

And there are a few nobles who are a little shaken, and seem to be interested in joining the proposal of Earl Franklin Fowler to make a big deal.

Of course, Sunspear City's attitude was not that firm. Perhaps it was not that Prince Doran betrayed his son-in-law, but it might also have the meaning of expressing dissatisfaction with the Iron Throne.

After all, the status quo of Dorn has indeed become a problem that cannot be ignored. If it continues to develop like this, Dorn's independence will be lost sooner or later.

Moreover, he still bowed his head and obediently incorporated into the kingdom system. Since then, he has lost his autonomy, and the 'indomitable' Martell family will also lose the trust and loyalty of the Dornish nobles.

He can ignore the loyalty of the people, but he can't ignore the trust of the nobles under his command.

The birth of a queen in the Martell family is a temporary prosperity, and Prince Doran has to consider the status of the Martell family in Dorne in the future. This is the foundation of the family.

Otherwise, even though the future king will have the blood of the Martell family, he will not cede his interests to the Martell family, because his surname is still Targaryen.

"Lord Jon Clinton!"

"Please do justice for me!"

"Those beasts raped and killed my wife, and they killed my son, who was only six!"

In the Crimson Mountains, in front of the tall prince's pass were piled up tents that stretched far out, with blossoming white tents hanging the flags of various families, embellishing this barren and barren mountain with only rugged rocks.

The few leaves of grass and trees in the mountains fluttered in the wind, and the air was accompanied by a smell of gravel. These were all carried by the gust of wind blowing from the desert south of the Crimson Mountains. Cough for a while.

The climate in Dorne is harsh, especially when there are no trees on the hillside, the bare king's barracks are exposed to the sun, and the temperature is rising rapidly.

In the central army tent of the king's army, now the king of the Reach has gathered all the nobles, led by Jon Clinton, the commander-in-chief of the king's hand to suppress the rebellion this time.

At this moment, the tent was in a mess, everyone talking and the already hot weather, people who listened only wanted to scratch their scalps, and their hearts became much more impetuous, and their tone of voice became a lot more rushed.

The person who is talking now is also the victim of this conflict, as well as the other protagonist, Earl Cenford. The Cenford family's fief, Censhutan, was breached by the Fowler family. Earl Cenford's wife, children and children were all killed, including Cen The maids, guards, and captive chickens, ducks, geese, and two dogs in Shutan Castle can be said to be wiped out, and they are extremely ruthless.

Therefore, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, which aroused the anger of many kings and nobles in the Reach. Together, they shared the enemy and gathered a large number of private soldiers to surround the prince's pass and seek justice for Earl Cenford.

After all, everyone's army has been confiscated now, and only private soldiers are left within the specifications according to the size of the territory, which has shrunk by about five to ten times.

The former nobles of the Reach can easily gather an army of 20,000 people, and even with all their strength, hundreds of thousands of people can't make it together.

But now there are only these three melons and two dates left. It's good that the Dornishmen don't attack. If they come, wouldn't they put their necks on the opponent's blade and wait to die?

Therefore, this time aroused public anger, and the nobles of the kings and leaders of the Reach united to form a momentum that must demand severe punishment of the Fowler family.

Not to mention that the king will protect the Fowler family, even if he wants to protect himself, there is no excuse.