Casting spells

Obviously, he thought that Zhang Cheng was worried that Liangshui City would also become a target of looting by the Iron Races, so he gave a guarantee without hesitation.

"Hehe, you seem to have misunderstood something. What I want to say is, if you don't mind, can you entrust this rescue operation to me? You must know that even if you go south by boat, it will take at least several days to return to High Court, Take the soldiers of the Tyrell family and march towards Old Town. This means that even with the fastest speed, it will take ten days for the reinforcements to reach Old Town. But I am different. My territory Bright Water City is very close to Old Town, and the closest The important thing is that I have a dragon, and it only takes a few hours to ride it back to the river bend." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng raised his right hand that was glowing red and shook it twice towards the window.

moment!

Blast!

Before the guests could react to what was going on, a huge, ferocious, and terrifying beast landed on the balcony outside.

Although it didn't roar loudly or spit out hot flames, the bare claws and fangs alone were enough to suffocate people.

Feeling the strong oppression after the appearance of the dragon, Mace swallowed involuntarily, and tentatively asked: "You want to replace me to rescue Old Town?"

Zhang Cheng nodded without hesitation: "Yes! I think it is necessary to let the Ironborn who depend on plundering for a living understand that there is a price to be paid for not respecting King Joffrey and not obeying the laws formulated by the kingdom. What's more, they ruined my wedding banquet, and the price needs blood and death to pay."

"Hahahaha! Well said! Mason, my friend, go, bring fear and death to the enemy." Joffrey laughed like crazy.

Words such as killing and death gave this deformed product of inbreeding great pleasure.

He didn't realize at all that this was not a simple attack from the beginning to the end, and behind it was a political contest.

"What about your wedding? Did it fall by the wayside?" Olenna asked with a gloomy expression.

"Of course not! Ai Luo and I have already exchanged vows, and the ceremony is complete. I think she won't mind spending the wedding night with me on the back of a dragon, right?" Zhang Cheng took the girl's arm as he spoke. , offered the invitation with a smile on his face.

"It's my honor, my lord." Elo hurriedly stood up from the chair, clutching her husband's arm tightly, with a hint of excitement and curiosity in her eyes.

"Look, the problem is solved. Your Majesty the King, Duke Mace, Duke Tywin, I guarantee that within three days at most, Old Town will restore order, and the greedy Ironborn will be punished as they should. They will lose All the shipyards and artisans will no longer be able to make warships that threaten the sea trade, and poverty and hunger will drive them into civil strife for a long time."

Accompanied by this sentence, which he knew was a sentence or a promise, Zhang Cheng picked up Ai Luo, who was trembling slightly from top to bottom, and jumped onto the dragon's back, then patted Kuro Kerba's thick scales, and flew up the dragon's back in full view. black night sky...

Chapter 2 and One: The Fallen Old Town

"Hahahaha! Look! It's spices! A whole warehouse of spices! We're rich!"

"What are spices? Look at this! The finest silk from the Eastern Continent! As long as you have a long arm, you can get a good set of steel armor."

"Shut up! Idiot! Don't rush to grab things first, it's wise to find a young and beautiful woman to enjoy it. You must know that the women in the Iron Islands are not as good as the women in Oldtown."

"Agreed! Matt's right! If we slow down, all the good women will be snapped up by the bastards on the other boats. I don't want to play second-hand stuff that they beat up."

……

Shouting, cursing, weeping, begging, and excited roars mixed in, the whole old town is already a scene of hell.

The ironborn who rushed into the city almost killed men when they saw them, and rushed up to vent their animal desires when they saw women. In just one day, they destroyed the largest and most prosperous port city in Westeros. .

Although many surviving city guards and guards hired by merchants still rely on favorable terrain to make the final resistance, their number is really small, and they are still separated. They can only watch their own money and goods being looted Go, his wife and daughter were abused to death by the enemy.

The darkest and ugliest side of human nature has been completely released at this moment.

However, compared to most of the ironmen who robbed and raped frantically under the leadership of the captain, Fleet Commander Victarion was much calmer, and was leading his cronies to launch a siege on the Tower of the Sky, the last stronghold of the Hightower family.

Because whether it was the command of the Charm Pocket Watch rooted deep in his subconscious, or from a safety point of view, he must completely destroy all resistance forces in the city to ensure that everyone can retreat safely after the robbery is over.

You must know that the River Bend area is not a sparsely populated northern border. As long as a town or fort is captured, even a large area around it will lose its defense capabilities and let the enemy ravage it.

The truly terrifying thing about the River Bend area is that the rich land can support a sufficient population, and a sufficient population means soldiers.

Leaving aside the fact that it only takes a few days to reach Old Town’s Highgarden reinforcements by water, the small nobles gathered around Old Town alone are enough to make the ironmen feel overwhelmed. The Hightower family in the towering tower will cooperate with the outside at that time, and maybe one-third to half of the sailors will not be able to return to the ship alive.

Therefore, in Victarion's eyes, the towering tower was his thorn in the side, the thorn in his flesh, and he had to take it down no matter what.

Gazing at the tallest man-made building in the known world, he couldn't help but took a deep breath, and roared loudly: "Fire oil! Is the fire oil I want ready yet?"

"Captain, the sailors have collected 100 cans of kerosene and more than [-] cans of animal fat and vegetable oil. As long as you give an order, we can immediately turn the bottom two floors into a sea of ​​flames." The first mate Excitedly replied.

Obviously, like all the sailors in the Iron Islands, he was still immersed in the ecstasy of breaking the old town, completely unaware that it would not be long before a terrible disaster would befall him.

"Then what are you waiting for! Light it up! I want this damn tower to become the cemetery of the Hightower family!" Victarion gave the order to attack without hesitation.

Without saying a word, the crew waiting at the entrance raised the clay pots filled with various oils and threw them directly inside the tower.

"Damn it! It's oil! They want to set fire to us!" A knight of the Hightower family, who was drenched in oil, yelled furiously as he retreated quickly.

But before he retreated to the second floor, an arrow with a red flame came through the air, fell to the ground with a bang, and ignited the oil that was flowing around.

moment!

More than 30 elite soldiers including knights were engulfed by the scorching flames!

The sturdy armor on their bodies has now become the most terrifying death rope. In less than half a minute, all the inner clothing was burned off, and the red steel was stuck to the skin, making a crackling sound, followed by The smell of burnt barbecue diffuses along the sea breeze.

No matter how much he struggled and rolled, he couldn't extinguish the flames on his body.

In the end, under the extreme pain, they gradually curled up into a ball, from a living person to a blackened charred corpse, and even after being touched by something, these corpses would twitch or shake violent reaction.

Appreciating the terrifying scene in front of him, Victarion raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said to a young prisoner beside him, "See? This is the end of rebellion! I will let you go back now, and tell Leighton Hay Tower, if he is wise, surrender immediately, otherwise I will burn layer by layer. At that time, Hightower will become history forever."

"Hmph! Dreaming! The Hightower family will never submit to robbers like you! What's more, do you know how many floors there are in the towering tower? Do you know how many great secrets are hidden inside? No, you are so stupid that you don't know anything. I don’t know.” The young man puffed out his chest, laughing at his enemy unscrupulously.

You don't need to ask to know that he has long put life and death aside, and he has no hope of surviving from the moment he was captured.

"Really? Then let's try it out! Can collecting oil from the entire Old Town burn down the towering tower! Oh, I almost forgot, I'm afraid you won't be able to see that scene." Victarion threw his hand in anger , directly chopped off the captive's head.

puff!

Scarlet blood spurted out, and the young man's head rolled down from his neck, down the slope and into the sea.

Click, click, click...

As blood slid from the blade of the axe, Victarion turned around immediately with a gloomy face, and yelled at his subordinates: "Don't stand there for me! Attack! Attack! Attack! Kill every loyalist! Soldiers of the Hightower family! I want to see how long their loyalty can last in the face of death!"

"Kill!"

"Rush rush!"

Threatened by the fleet commander's terrifying eyes, the Ironborn raised their weapons and rushed into the towering tower, fighting a bloody battle with the Hightower family guarding the entrance on the third floor.

However, everyone knew very well in their hearts that in such an extremely narrow environment, the possibility of success in capturing a military fortress guarded by layers of guards was almost zero. Therefore, despite the lively fighting on the surface, the actual casualties were very limited. There is no way to move forward for half a day.

Just as the ironborn were ravaging the old town, Zhang Cheng, who had flown for several hours, had quietly returned to Liangshui City, and ordered his number one vassal, Blanco, to gather the army.

In just one morning, an army with a total of more than 8000 people was formed, of which 5000 were stationed in Liangshui City, and the other [-] were from the surrounding minor nobles.

When they got the news that the old town had been captured, they immediately joined forces to protect themselves. Now that they heard that someone was willing to take the lead in sending troops to conquer, they immediately joined them and prepared to take the opportunity to gain some political capital...

Chapter 2