Chapter 243: Enter Casterly Rock and Capture Old Tywin Alive (Two in One)

For the common people, King Viserys's nearly two-month reign in Oldtown was peaceful.

In the eyes of the common people, His Majesty's stay in Oldtown and everything he did in Oldtown were enlightened. He held court, presided over trials, and recruited warriors. Not only was he fair and open, he published the trials and responsibilities in the newly established newspaper in the city. He also spoke for workers, farmers, and merchants in the newspaper, encouraged storage, reduced land taxes, and organized the unemployed to join in paid work such as repairing city walls, building granaries, and repairing canals. In addition, he also knighted several famous young nobles and hired knights from the lower class who made contributions in the bandit riots on the banks of the Mead River.

Viserys undoubtedly controlled the hearts of the people in Oldtown in the past two months.

But in the eyes of the local nobles, especially the former members of the Hightower family and some insiders in the Citadel, things were not the case at all.

The king invented the official newspaper, controlled the mouthpiece, suppressed and cut off Hightower, and not only "nationalized" the port of Old Town - although the workers and practitioners related to these ports only changed their names and bosses, but also enforced management in the city of learning, controlled speech with high pressure, imprisoned a large number of doctors, and even killed many. In addition, a secret police agency was set up in Old Town to monitor the unusual movements in the city. Before the Hightower family was divided, a family member had just gathered a group of opponents outside the city, and the dragon flame directly poured down on the opponents.

Many opponents did not even know when they were targeted. As soon as they made a move, they were caught. The serious ones were publicly hanged, and the minor ones were imprisoned and driven to work in granaries, post stations, grain and grass escort and other labor as punishment. A lot of blood was shed during this process, but the news of these bloody incidents was strictly blocked and could not be spread at all.

Here, those who are not aware of it can only see a thriving and peaceful scene.

When it comes to truly governing a big city, Viserys must admit that he lacks experience and is groping for many things. At this point, it is impossible to make a big pot of rice to satisfy everyone, and he must tear off his warm face to some people.

The Hightower family is deeply rooted, even if it is cut into multiple parts, although the "Laughing" Baelor in Oldtown is very tactful, firmly surrendered, and stood by Viserys, there are still many members of the Hightower family who are making small moves openly and secretly.

But this is not incomprehensible, in the final analysis, it is a question of position. Under the leadership of Viserys, led by Martell, Tyrell, and Redwyne, many Dorne and Riverland nobles, and even Hightower's former allies, quietly began to divide the huge power vacuum and interests left after the division of Hightower.

Viserys is even conniving, he only protects the interests of those who firmly surrendered with "Laughing" Baelor.

But to be honest, compared with the interests of the Hightower family, Viserys has more things to do.

More than a month ago, the army started to set off to the west, which was an important part of what Viserys did.

First, it was to deliberately ignite some of the conflicts that had accumulated because of what he did in Oldtown. This has achieved some results, but others are not stupid. Viserys knows very well that Oldtown and the Southland seem to be calm now, only because he still has 4,000 soldiers and horses here, and most of the Hightower family's troops have been sent to the front line.

Second, it is to test whether his new supply plan for army construction in the Southland is feasible. This is particularly important to Viserys, because he wants to actually examine a result in this test, whether the transportation capacity of these troops and civilians, which mainly come from the noble territories, can support the logistics of a war. Viserys does not want his army to still rely on the so-called "local grain collection", which is actually a robbery to collect military rations, but wants to establish a systematic logistics organization.

Willas Tyrell is in charge of this matter now. Speaking of which, Duke Mace Tyrell was defeated in Tumblestone and eventually returned to the South in disgrace.

And these returning lords, no matter what they thought at the beginning, are now regarded as speculators who have lost power in "King's Landing". According to the regulations for dealing with the nobles of Stormland, Viserys has carried out a wave of blood-drawing and land-collecting from various families, adding many enclaves to the Targaryen crown.

To be honest, Viserys has also considered doing these things. These "enclaves" that have been cut off actually harm the interests of the lords, so although the lords endured it on the surface, they must be resentful in their hearts, but Viserys can ignore these. Viserys knows that sometimes he will take big steps and may pull his balls, but even if he knows that he has the strength to crush everything, he never forgets that "pulling one faction to fight another faction" is the most basic logic in politics, so he promoted many young people among the nobles, and often took time to draw a lot of big cakes for these relatively easier to control young nobles. At least for now, although there are still undercurrents in the southern border, on the surface, peace has been relatively achieved.

Third, the war in the west will help to quickly implement Viserys's food storage policy in the south. There are only more than two years to prepare. The world is about to usher in drastic changes. Viserys needs to quickly implement his own food storage and fortification policies. At the same time, he must also test whether the traffic capillaries between the various noble territories can flow in this war. The grain purchased from Tyrosh is constantly flowing to Oldtown, Sunspear, Highgarden, Storm's End, and Dragonstone. At the same time, the grain in these places is also circulating, but other non-war zones still have various problems. With the king's order to promote it, although the advancement speed is not slow, Viserys still feels that it is not enough and is far from what he expected.

In the expectation, they should become a whole, from one place to another, and the managers who coordinate the grain and grass can accurately mobilize the grain from all places to withdraw and supplement each other, and speed up efficiency.

But this is a medieval world after all. Road traffic, transportation conditions, communication conditions, people's enthusiasm, and response to policies are all problems. After the actual promotion, Viserys found that these policies can be said to be all the king's orders. Viserys soon figured it out. In this era, there is nothing wrong with promoting policies and calling for the response of the whole nation, but some things can only work if the king insists on his own way. Even if what he is doing is very correct, he needs to use political skills, form factions, and coerce and bribe the actual controller to mobilize the power of the executor.

This continent of Westeros, even the territory controlled by Viserys, is far from being called a state machine, let alone Viserys wants to make this machine move.

In the end, the actual handling method to refer to is still the set of Maegor and King Robert, that is, to gather the people in the name of the king and build large-scale projects. For the current people, Viserys is just doing some laborious actions that are different from other kings.

But in any case, these are still being carried out in an orderly manner.

Speaking of this, even Viserys himself sighed that this war to attack the Westerly, the attack on the Westerly itself is actually what Viserys cares least about.

About two days ago, Viserys had heard that the army had arrived in the Westerly Territory, and the army's reconnaissance team had fought against the Lion Army in Corntown, Lannisport.

There was no need to say more about the pre-war calculations and plots at this moment. Tywin had returned to Casterly Rock, so the next battle was destined to be a siege.

It is worth mentioning that Oberyn originally planned to rush before Tywin retreated to the Westerly Territory, and sent a group of Fowler family soldiers who were good at mountain marching and fighting to take the Silver Mountain City to seize Deep Cave City and cut off Tywin's way back from the east to the west.

Unfortunately, Tywin was cunning and did not take the King's Road. Instead, he followed the route of attacking the riverlands from the Westerly Territory at the beginning of the war and took the mountain road from Pink City and Horn Valley.

Franklyn Fowler originally wanted to capture Deep Cave Castle to cut off the King's Road out of the Westerly Territory and deter the Westerly Territory. But Deep Cave Castle in the Westerly Territory can be compared to the Moat Cailin in the North. To capture such a fortress, it is necessary to consider that it is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and has heavy losses.

Finally, after receiving the king's order to "break into Casterly Rock and capture old Tywin alive", Oberyn called back Earl Fowler, and finally joined forces to build a camp in the hills 50 miles outside Lannisport.

This time it was the Dorne and Southland coalition forces, with a total of 20,000 land soldiers and more than 160 warships at sea.

But the actual number of troops mobilized was as high as 70,000, and a large number of civilians and conscripted farmers were assigned to logistics, providing supplies to the front line from the Coastal Avenue and Highgarden-Golden Tree City-Red Lake-Corn City.

This is a new form of war that many people have not tried.

The 20,000 soldiers of the Dorne and Southland coalition forces on the front line only need to consider how to win on the battlefield. Even if they are stationed in a deserted place, the logistics can keep up.

This made many battle-hardened generals feel the difference in the form of war. After letting go, the way of war seemed to have changed. The habitual way of defending the city, controlling the town as the center, and dividing the troops to collect grain and rob is no longer applicable.

They still need to get used to it.

Moreover, they have to consider the huge air advantage of the dragons participating in the war.

Many people understand that this is a war that will never be lost. Steady and steady is the most effective way to win.

The order issued by the king has been spread to the entire army.

The slogan of "enter Casterly Rock and capture old Tywin alive" has spread among the soldiers.

Oberyn led the Dorne lords and Garland with the young talents of the southern border to the Silver Mountains outside Casterly Rock, and used the telescope provided by the maester to look down at the situation in Lannisport.

Casterly Rock is on a hilly mountain just north of Lannisport, where the Lannister family's castle is. There are many gold mines in the nearby mountains, and the Lannister family made their fortune from gold mines.

But Prince Oberyn did not covet the gold mine of the Lannister family. He just looked at Casterly Rock, his black eyes as calm as a lake.

He was not calm in his heart. If someone had told him a year ago that he would stand here today and look at Casterly Rock, thinking about how to capture this fortress, he would definitely think it was crazy nonsense.

But today, today, he stood here.

The hatred of his sister Elia has been buried in his heart for more than ten years. The long-cherished wish of revenge is within reach. How can he not be excited?

But he was not blinded by hatred. Now, it seems that the once arrogant Tywin is already a dead bone in the grave, and the demise of the Lannister family is only a matter of time. When revenge has become inevitable, his heart begins to think more.

The king is still preparing for a greater war. Compared with that war, the Westerlands and Tywin are just a small hurdle.

The king has informed him that after regaining the Westerlands, the king will temporarily stop regaining the entire territory.

Because there is not much time, there are only two years before the world changes.

In such a short time, wasting troops to capture or regain the bad places such as the Riverlands and the North is a waste of time and a burden. Next, the king plans to consolidate the jurisdiction and build a strong enough rear.

For the Riverlands, the North, the Vale, and the places north of King's Landing, His Majesty intends to let them surrender and ignore them.

The king only told him and asked him to keep it secret, because the Targaryen and the Martell family have the most determined strategic cooperation relationship, so the king told him that this is for the long-term stability of the Targaryen family.

It is certainly the king's wish to take the initiative to take responsibility for the entire territory, but under the condition that the reality does not allow it, the king hopes to advance the strategy without damaging the interests of the rule.

In other words, the king believes that the Riverlands, the North, and the Vale are likely to become the front lines of the war in two years, and the king hopes that he will not be deeply involved in it. Of course, if they surrender, the king will provide them with supplies and summon troops to fight for humanity in the next war, but when the situation is not optimistic, the South, the Stormlands, and Dorne are the king's predetermined base camps.

Although it is difficult for Oberyn to believe that His Majesty said that the world will enter a long night lasting several years or even decades in two years, the king is a powerful wizard, and he can only force himself to consider this and assist the king in overall planning, which is the duty of the King's Hand.

The king said that he originally did not even plan to attack the Westerly.

But considering the disputes between Targaryen, Martell, and Lannister, the king felt it necessary to get rid of Tywin before the real war came.

In fact, Oberyn vaguely realized that the reason why the king wanted to deal with Tywin was not even because of hatred, but because of the environment of the Westerly. The Westerly and the Vale are the areas with the most strategic depth in Westeros. One day, Oberyn discovered that the king had commented on the mountains of Casterly Rock when revising the map of Westeros, and then proposed that the Westerlands should not be controlled by the Lannisters.

In fact, if Tywin did not return to Casterly Rock, but stayed in King's Landing, Oberyn guessed that the king might ignore Tywin after conquering the Westerlands.

The king did not say it clearly, but Oberyn could guess that the river, the North, and the crown lands under the jurisdiction of King's Landing were all regarded by the king as strategic buffers against possible foreign objects.

The Vale is mountainous, but the Arryn family does not have the strong will to attack as Lannister, so the king can let the Vale temporarily independent of the world. But I am afraid that when the Vale suffers a disaster in the future, the king will only provide symbolic help, but will not take any actual action.

But from this, Oberyn also roughly guessed how terrible the upheaval in the world will be in two years.

Because in Oberyn's view, if the king is willing, he can completely recover the entire territory within a year.

But quickly recovering the entire territory will definitely bring more hidden dangers, and the king undoubtedly believes that the next war will make the recovery of the entire territory more harmful than beneficial.

The king's plan made Oberyn deeply agree. He deeply realized that although the king advocated "chivalry" and intended to be a "good king", he did not do stupid things for that false name. Having such a king and such an ally is undoubtedly a great thing for the Martell family.

Oberyn felt that he had gradually figured out the king's character. He thought in his heart that according to the king's planned measures, when the king recruited to fight against the aliens in the future, he believed that many people, even Oberyn himself, would be very happy to fight for the king and even sacrifice their lives.

Why not?

The king promised the warriors money, fame and honor, and did not harm the interests of friendly families. At least Oberyn believed that when the real war in the king's mouth occurred, the Dragonstone Island Crown, Dorne, Southland, and Stormland under the king's rule plan might really be twisted into a rope.

And.

Oberyn squinted his eyes, stretched out his palm, and felt the wind in his fingers.

Over the past half month, Oberon felt that he had gradually entered the "Neon Genesis Evangelion Training Manual" given to him by His Majesty the King.

And just by entering the manual, Oberon keenly felt that although the name of the manual was strange, it was undoubtedly the real "magic and witchcraft". Compared with the poison making and poison application in the black magic he had learned in Essos, the content taught in this manual was the real power.

Oberon has been referring to the "Manual" every day these days to exercise his mental strength and strength, and practice the correct pronunciation of praying to the "God of Wind and Thunder". He has gradually found the way to "Swift Wind and Energy". He can feel the wind and can also control the flow of the wind for a short time.

The manual said that learning to pray from the "God of Wind and Thunder" can obtain the corresponding power.

And with further study, Oberon believes that sooner or later he will be able to touch the "Thunder and Lightning".

His Majesty the King had personally shown him that after learning the "Swift Wind Energy", a powerful turbulent impact force could be unleashed, and the "Thunderbolt Lightning" could wrap the power of lightning around the weapon, with amazing destructive power, especially effective against armored enemies, and could cause lightning burns to the target.

This was the real secret method passed on by the King to those who trusted him.

The manual says that the "God of Wind and Thunder" is not a god in the broad secular sense, but the source of "wind and thunder power". He does not need to build temples and spread faith. He is just a source of power. He can pray for power in the right way and use his own soul and spirit to feel the resonance of the "God" of practitioners.

Practitioners are not believers, and do not rely on faith, but rely on self-cultivation and self-training to become "evangelists".

This is the real art.

This is undoubtedly something that Viserys came up with.

Most of the "Storm Song" today is here with Viserys. He refers to the way the red god R'hllor spreads faith and bestows power on believers, and provides power in a more relaxed and people-oriented way. In fact, practicing according to Viserys's manual is essentially to make this person's spirit stronger, and at the same time believe more in the concept of "people-oriented" and "man conquers nature".

Speaking of which, this is not a practice method decided on a whim, but it is indeed guided by a theoretical basis.

After obtaining a large number of documentary records in the Citadel, Viserys became more and more convinced that when the Creator God created the world, there was the power of "Song of Man", and "Song of Man" was scattered in every human soul. The power of Song of Man was more inclusive, extremely scattered, and easy to control. This is why all gods have to develop human believers.

And why did those who believed in the Seven Gods engrave the Seven Gods' marks on themselves and get the power to fight against the old gods? It is because the essence of the Seven Gods' belief is "humanism". These loyal believers have obtained "spiritual development" in a certain sense. Some saints even have corresponding "believers", which makes them have a certain level of spiritual power and can resist the invasion and influence of the minds of alien gods.

And Viserys took this as a basis, combined with the possibility that "Song of Man" may exercise, improve oneself, and allow people to develop at the spiritual level, and conducted corresponding experiments on humans to come up with such a practice theory.

Viserys asked them to train themselves while providing these people with the power of the corresponding stage. Unknowingly, these people have actually become "pan-believers" of Viserys' "Storm Song".

And Viserys just needs this.

Because when he can decide what kind of people to let get power, Viserys essentially has the spiritual tools to control those who need power, and relying on this, assisted by the theory of human spiritual needs, Viserys believes that he can unconsciously "pick and train" a group of talents in this world that meet his needs for ruling. Viserys needs the spiritual thoughts of this group of people to be more in line with his needs, so that it will be more convenient to implement some policies and let the world develop in the direction he wants.

Viserys believes that other gods may have such ideas. For example, the Red God established temples to develop believers in order to change the world, but the world they want is obviously not in line with the concept of Viserys, a visitor from another world. So it is destined that cooperation against the Cold God is just a process that Viserys has experienced. If he loses, everything will naturally end, but if he wins, then everyone is destined to continue to fight for dominance. Since knowing the "World Music" and getting half of the "Storm Song", Viserys has been involved in this war and has become one of the real chess players, which is inevitable.

Back to the present.

The war against Casterly Rock is imminent, and the small moves in the early stage are not worth mentioning.

Now the Dorne and Southland coalition forces under Viserys are at the gates of the city, and the next step is the final battle to determine the fate of the Westland.

And today, after the last observation of Lannisport, the order for the general attack was issued.

The Targaryen camp has thousands of troops, the soldiers are in formation, countless cavalry are riding horses, and countless land forces are pushing countless equipment, advancing in an orderly manner and entering Lannisport.

Lannisport is also one of the five major cities in Westeros, but it is smaller than King's Landing and Oldtown.

Even so, 20,000 troops are not enough to besiege the city. So this battle is only three-way.

Dorne is in the east, the army led by Garlan of the Southland is in the south, and the navy is in the west. There is one missing in the three sieges, and no one is in charge of the north.

The coalition army is only 20,000. If it is a normal war, it is undoubtedly a foolish move to divide the troops and attack like this, but now the situation is that one side has a dragon.

What Viserys needs is that the army is deployed at the first time, enters the city, and enters the street fighting.

Because from the beginning, the city walls and the enemy's long-range defense were not considered.

Oberyn sent two invitations to Tywin in the name of King Viserys, and Tywin refused to surrender. After all, King Viserys came in person, circled around Lannisport, and asked Tywin to release the civilians in the city. After failing, he issued an attack order on Lannisport.

Viserys already knew that Tywin was not in the castle of Casterly Rock, but hiding in the town of Lannisport. Otherwise, Viserys would have burned Casterly Rock to ashes.

Tywin obviously intended to let the civilians of Casterly Rock join him in the war against the dragon.

In this case, Viserys, who originally did not regard the operation of Lannisport as one of the key projects in the next two years, could only issue an attack order.

His next strategy needs to eliminate Tywin, the troublemaker, and provide a stable environment for the development of the South, Dorne, Stormlands, and the Crown of Dragonstone. At the same time, he also needs to make time to fulfill his promise to the Red God and go to the Freehold of Valyria.

Although going to the Freehold was a crisis at first glance, Viserys needed the complete "Storm Song". When the war involving the gods began, those true gods with complete power would no longer be as low-key as they are now.

And without the "song" of the corresponding position, Viserys was afraid that even if he had the power of a dragon, he would not be able to get involved in the real "battlefield" and control his own destiny.

This long-awaited battle finally broke out at noon that day.

Viserys no longer wanted to play house games with mortals. This battle was directly started by him.

Three giant dragons flew down from the top of the mountain east of Lannisport, covering the sky and the sun, and went straight to the anti-aircraft iron scorpion crossbows, net-throwing machines, and trebuchets prepared by the walls of Lannisport and the emptied residential areas.

Strong winds, accompanied by thunder and lightning, rose on the top of Lannisport, followed by ice and snow breath and flames. The collision of ice and snow and flames condensed into mist, and soon enveloped the eastern wall.

Although he was confident that Lannisport's defenses were not strong enough to hurt him, Viserys still gave the enemy enough respect in tactics.

After the fog enveloped the city wall, Viserys spewed out scorching flames from his mouth in just a dozen heartbeats.

With a loud bang, the tall walls of Lannisport collapsed.

Of course, it must be admitted that compared to the TV series where Daenerys rode Drogon and blew up the walls of King's Landing in just one breath, Viserys's flames were also magical, but they did not have an explosive effect after all. They could only burn and melt through the walls, and then use frost to quickly freeze them to open the way for the army.

At the same time, although the counterattacks from Lannisport were sporadic, they still had some power.

After discovering that the ballista and the net-throwing machine were useless against the dragon, the defenders began to launch long-range attacks on the attacking forces outside the city.

After Viserys burned multiple cracks in the east and south of the city again, he began to carry out targeted attacks on these catapults and giant crossbows.

Even for Viserys, it would take a long time to carry out a unilateral and one-sided massacre in the face of more than 10,000 defenders in a city.

Viserys was not a bloodthirsty person, so he did not intend to kill everyone himself, but to leave the street fighting to the army.

To be honest, Viserys originally hoped that old Tywin would surrender, so that only the main culprit could be killed, and more living forces could be preserved to fight against the next crisis.

But Tywin was determined to fight to the end, and because of Tywin's remaining power, Lannisport was already a foregone conclusion. Viserys could not be soft-hearted and had to cut the Gordian knot.

The effect of clearing catapults and crossbows at a fixed point was more outstanding. In the end, Viserys still had a little pity for the civilians and did not choose to directly use dragon flames to soak the entire city.

After opening up a passage into the city for the army, Viserys no longer stayed, but spread his wings and flew to the vast bay of Lannisport.

That was the area of ​​naval battles.

The Lannister navy in Lannisport was fighting with Viserys' navy.

To be honest, this battle was no longer suspenseful since Viserys appeared.

The only question was which unit on the battlefield would be the first to defect.

After Viserys joined the battle, the Redwyne fleet from the Southland once again saw the familiar back-row operation of His Majesty the King, but this time, the enemy had no sea monsters.

It took only half a quarter of an hour for the dragon to join the naval battle with flames, frost, and lightning. As the flagship of the Lannister navy that was supervising the battle in the rear sank to the bottom of the sea under the attack of the dragon, the Lannister fleet began to raise flags and surrender in large numbers.

The Farman family in Fairy City, the Prest family in Feast Fire Town, and other fleets raised white flags as soon as they saw the flagship of the supervising battle being attacked, and turned to attack the Lannister family's fleet. And soon, this defection caused a chain reaction.

So this naval battle that Viserys originally wanted to focus on lasted only half a quarter of an hour from beginning to end.

Even the assault ships of both sides were still on their way to charge each other, having just launched a long-range offensive.

The same situation happened in the city.

In order to show their determination to defend the city and prevent rebellion, the troops guarding the city walls were the Lannister family army, and as Viserys broke through and burned through the city walls, their tightly defended city gates instantly became a meaningless war zone.

The traps and killing pits prepared in the city became decorations.

The Western lords who were not Lannisters saw this great power and fell in the face of the wind. In less than half a quarter of an hour, they had completed the transformation from Western Army to surrendered soldiers.

When the street fighting officially started, only a few thousand loyal Lannisters were left fighting for Tywin.

Perhaps it was fate that Prince Oberyn personally led the Dornish army into the city through the gap burned by the dragon of His Majesty the King in the east. Soon, he learned from the surrendered soldiers that Tywin Lannister was hiding in the basement of the city's central bank building. Yes, like Oldtown, Lannisport, one of the five major cities in Westeros, also has a bank.

So Prince Oberyn led his men and horses to the bank.

And it was on the street to the bank that the Dornish army finally encountered an ambush.

The Clegane family troops led by Gregor Clegane, the "Mountain", and some Lannister knights blocked the Dornish army's way forward.

When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous.

When Oberyn saw the tall figure of the Mountain, he was furious in an instant: "Follow me and charge, kill."

The Mountain in armor was a huge monster. He was taller and more powerful than everyone present. He was wearing heavy armor, chain mail, and heavy armor all over his body, like a moving iron tower.

His weapon was an ugly six-foot-long giant sword. The Mountain was holding the cross hilt with a pair of giant hands covered with lobster gauntlets, and roared: "Kill them all!"

The momentum formed by the shouting of both sides collided in the air, forming a war zone full of murderous intentions.

Because it was agreed in advance that it would be a street fight, even the Dornishmen who were used to fighting in light armor had to wear a plate armor in addition to mail, armor, skirt, greaves, and arm armor. They were brave and used to fighting in light armor, but street fighting was different from field fighting. Anyone who was not a fool knew the role of an extra layer of armor at this time.

But despite this, the armor of the Dornishmen was not enough to be called heavy armor. Compared with the group of heavy armored knights brought by the Mountain, their armor weighed half less.

But the Dornishmen still charged towards the group of heavy armored knights fearlessly.

Compared with the group of knights who could only hold weapons because of the heavy armor, the advantage of the Dornishmen was that their weapons were longer spears and they also held round steel shields.

"Throw a spear!"

"Shoot an arrow!"

The Dornish javelin throwers threw short spears, and the Lannister archers fired a rain of arrows, but both sides had thick armor and dense shields, and neither caused much damage.

As the heavily armored knights approached.

The two warring parties collided in the middle of the city's wide carriageway, and a fierce battle like a meat grinder broke out.

The heavily armored Lannister heavy armored army all held heavy weapons, two-handed giant swords, maces, and large iron bars, while the Dornish army, which was mainly light and medium armor, raised steel shields, resisted the swings of the heavily armored knights, and used sharp spears made of steel to pierce the shields.

The chaotic street fighting was not a personal duel, and had nothing to do with personal bravery, but only with the coordination of equipment, weapons, and formations.

People kept falling down.

Among the first soldiers to engage in battle, the Dornishmen suffered a little loss. After all, their armor was not as heavy as the enemy's. Some of their steel shields were deformed by the hammers, and some were simply overwhelmed by the heavy armor. Once they lost their shields, they would be knocked down and killed by the two-handed giant sword, the mace, or the counterweight ball of the giant sword.

Relatively speaking, the Dornishmen had to find the right time to pierce the gap under the heavy armor to kill the heavy armored knights of Lannister.

The first round of charge was destined to be like this, and the momentum of the heavy armor's impact brought an advantage.

But as the impact of the two warring parties was blocked by corpses and the wounded, it stagnated and turned into a melee, and the two sides were pulled back to the same starting line.

Oberyn was a skilled warrior. In the melee, relying on bravery and skills, he pierced the spear into the visor and neck of two heavy armored knights in the melee formed after the collision. After killing the two, he met Gregor Clegane, the Mountain, who used a terrible giant sword to directly cut a Dornish warrior in half.

Oberyn shouted, "Cover me, he's mine!"

The Mountain laughed horribly and disdainfully, "Haha, go to hell!" He swung his greatsword and chopped at a guard who followed Oberyn's orders and rushed towards him, but the other party dodged and rushed towards the soldiers behind him.

Finally, the Mountain looked directly at the little man in front of him who looked down on him.

The other party ordered the guards to cover him in order to create a duel area.

The other party was challenging him to a duel!

"Do you know who I am?"

The Mountain snorted contemptuously, "Some dead man." He continued to move forward, raised his greatsword, and was unmoved.

But this was a fateful duel.

Oberyn dodged lightly and then raised his spear, provocatively, "I am Oberyn Martell, Prince of Dorne, Hand of the King of the Targaryen Kingdom, and Princess Elia is my sister."

"Who?" The Mountain turned around to keep the other party's position in his sight.

Oberyn sneered and thrust his spear forward.

The Mountain had no shield, but his armor was strong enough. He used his arm to block the attack, pushing the spear aside, and then, with his terrifying strength, swung his terrifying greatsword with one hand and slashed at Oberyn.

Oberyn dodged nimbly.

The Mountain sensed a hint of danger and looked at his arm armor, seeing that the part that had previously touched the spear had actually been scratched with a bright scratch.

"Valyrian steel?" The Mountain muttered in his throat, charging with heavy steps, holding the sword with both hands and swinging it at Oberyn's head.

However, Oberyn reacted quickly, retracted his body, and then thrust again.

The advantage of the spear is its length, and the Valyrian steel at the spearhead allows Martell to still handle heavy armor with ease.

This time, the spear head passed through the breastplate of the Mountain, making a sharp metal scraping sound, leaving a scratch on the black steel armor with the emblem of the three black dogs of the Clegane family, and even a piece of armor fell off from the joint of the steel armor.

Although Oberyn's spear thrusts look ordinary, each thrust is full of power. If the Mountain is not not only tall, but also has sufficient combat experience and acumen, and has not turned sideways in time, this thrust may directly penetrate the steel armor and pierce into the internal mail, or even pierce through the mail and penetrate directly into the flesh.

The Mountain knows clearly that he is a big target, and he has already felt the pressure.

The Mountain knows that he cannot be led by the opponent, so he swings again, but the opponent is like a monkey, dodging and moving, and making his sword swing miss again and again.

And Oberyn's martial arts are just as the rumor: "The warriors of Dorne are as dense as sand, and only this one is the best in the world."

As the battle progressed, Oberyn became more and more comfortable, swinging his spear around the giant sword, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, poking up and down, and almost every strike landed on the Mountain. Although it was impossible to use the force to pierce the armor every time against the heavily armored Mountain, Oberyn turned around, stabbed, and retreated quickly. Although a few of his strikes did penetrate the armor and brought blood, they did not cause a fatal blow to the Mountain after all.

In the melee of street fighting, it is very rare to have an area that is no different from a duel, but Oberyn's guards fought desperately and provided Oberyn with a place to fight head-on.

Speaking of which, if Viserys saw Oberyn's behavior here, he might sigh.

In the end, although Oberyn commanded properly, he was still a commander, and this was a battlefield. Although such incidents were often used in noble wars and were often praised when they were spread afterwards, Viserys still couldn't accept that the commander of his team had such a situation.

To be honest, he hoped that Oberyn would be like the Blood Raven Duke who had fought against the Blackfyre Rebellion. When Daemon, who was known as the "Warrior in the World", showed a flaw, he would directly prepare his archers and teach him a lesson. In the current battlefield, Oberyn could rush up with his guards and kill the Mountain directly.

But things have come to this point, and many people in the battle have discovered the situation here. In fact, there are not many people who are particular about the Mountain's men. Many people have tried to rush in and cooperate with the Mountain to directly kill the enemy chieftain, and there are archers and crossbowmen who try to fish in troubled waters and shoot Oberyn.

This is a battlefield after all.

The prince also knew that the opportunities that the guards could create for him would not last too long.

This is not a duel.

Oberyn woke up, swung a gun, and suddenly stabbed the spear at the Mountain's throat.

The Mountain hurriedly dodged and barely avoided it. And Oberyn's spear sank, and he swiftly stabbed the Mountain's abdomen.

The spear was heavy, piercing the armor and even the mail lining, bringing out a cloud of blood mist.

"Damn it!" The Mountain cursed in a low voice in pain.

The Mountain knew that if he continued like this, he would surely die, so he immediately charged and slashed wildly.

Oberyn was still agile, constantly dodging and jumping away, spinning behind the Mountain, stabbing from time to time, hitting his groin, calves and back.

"Enough!" The Mountain was going crazy. This time, he knew he had to fight to the death.

Finally, he found the opportunity. Because his movements slowed down, Oberyn found the opportunity when the Mountain had no time to react, and his spear pierced into the right chest of the Mountain. But the Mountain, contrary to his usual behavior, charged directly towards the spearhead, allowing the spear tip to pierce into his flesh and blood.

The giant sword then drew a blur of light and shadow.

It happened in a flash.

Oberyn heard the wind and quickly lowered his head, barely avoiding the Mountain's desperate blow. Similar to the original world line, Oberon was reversed by the giant's desperate attack. In order to avoid this attack, his spear fell out of his hand, and the Mountain approached him.

The second giant sword slash followed.

Oberon heard the sound of breaking wind!

He raised his shield.

The whistling sound of metal clashing made him feel a little tinnitus for a while.

The third swing came quickly.

Strangely, Oberon heard the sound of breaking wind again.

He used his shield to block, but it just blocked the giant sword. The hand holding the shield felt the pain after being hit by the huge force.

Another sound of breaking wind sounded.

Wind!

Oberon suddenly remembered the "wind force" he had just learned from the king's "Neon Genesis Evangelion Handbook". In an instant, he seemed to understand how to use that "witchcraft" in actual combat.

This time, he did not raise his shield to block, but with an unimaginable weird body movement, he turned his feet, dodged with all his strength, and then swung the shield in his hand.

This sudden and clever dodging caught the Mountain off guard, and then something even stranger happened to him.

The shield that Oberon swung did not hit the Mountain, he was far away, the shield was at least half a sword away from the Mountain's head.

But the shield swung, and a strange and violent wind blew.

The Mountain had no idea what was happening, and a strange wind blew into his eyes through the narrow slit of the Mountain's helmet.

The Mountain could only close his eyes.

He couldn't see, his heart tightened, and he swung the giant sword in his hand at the place he caught a glimpse of before closing his eyes.

But the blade chopped in the air, and there was no feeling of landing on a solid object.

His chest suddenly felt light, and the Mountain realized that the other party had quickly pulled out the spear while he couldn't see.

He opened his eyes and howled like a wild animal: "Ah!!!"

Dorne's Red Viper stood a few steps in front of the Mountain, holding a spear in his hand. He raised the spear, looked at the spear tip, and shouted: "Wind!"

The Mountain felt the wind again, but this time it was not strong enough to make him close his eyes.

The Mountain realized that the other party was playing tricks, but he sneered and started to move forward.

Oberon shrank, aimed, and thrust.

The Mountain slashed at the spear.

But the thrust was so fast, like lightning, that in that instant, the Mountain saw a strong wind bursting on the tip of the spear.

He was not sure if he saw a strong and dazzling light light up and explode on the spear tip.

The next moment, he only felt that his chest was bitten by a mosquito.

Every breath became painful.

He looked down in disbelief.

The spear pierced through the heavy plate armor, and the tip pierced through the mail and leather armor and pierced his heart.

And the monkey-like Dornishman dodged his slash lightly, turned his spear, and lashed out.

Finally, the Dornishman stood there, motionless.

The Mountain was in disbelief, and uttered a few suffocating groans, but the blood gushed out of his chest, like a pierced wine barrel, gurgling and bleeding.

He found that he had lost his strength, and he staggered forward a step. He coughed, and then the giant-like body collapsed and fell at the feet of the enemy.

At the last moment, in a trance, the Mountain saw the sun appear through the low clouds, and it was in the sky, emitting dazzling sunlight.

——

And just a quarter of an hour after the Mountain was killed, Tywin Lannister drank poisoned wine under the bank.

After all, in the end, the once invincible lion king did not let Targaryen achieve the achievement of "breaking into Casterly Rock and capturing old Tywin alive."