Chapter 111: Battle of Old Town

Oldtown, River Reach.

This huge city has a long history as huge as its size. Legend has it that it was the largest city in Westeros in the era of the First Kings. Even today, it is still above King's Landing and Lannisport. The huge city is protected by multiple layers of walls with beautiful and magnificent buildings. The Starry Cathedral where the Archbishop resides stands in the city. The Sailor's Cathedral, the Lord's Cathedral, the Seven Temples, and the House of the Virgin are scattered throughout the Oldtown, but they all guard the Starry Cathedral where the Archbishop is located. The glory of the Seven Gods always shines on this great city. The exotic temples are distributed near the docks, including the Red Temple of R'hllor, the Lord of Light, the Black Goat Temple, the High Shepherd Temple, the Moon Singer Temple, and even the Temple of the Pale Child and the Blood Temple. But these temples are overshadowed by the light of the Seven Gods.

Before the war broke out, the docks of Oldtown welcomed merchant ships from all over the world, even merchant ships from Asshai and Qarth came here to trade, and Vareses's silver fleet also brought luxury goods such as silk to sell here. Unlike King's Landing, the whole city has both the beautiful scenery of the harbor and the canals and trickling streams dotted the streets and alleys of the city. Cleanliness and freshness are the first impression of every traveler who arrives in Oldtown.

The Citadel, a major academic town in Westeros, also stands here. This huge building complex is located beside the Mead River. A huge stone arch bridge connects the towering towers. Two green sphinx statues are located at the main entrance of the Citadel, symbolizing the endless pursuit of knowledge. Once the residence of the Pirate King, it has now become an ancient fortress where scholars raise ravens. Every year, gray-clothed scholars wear necklaces and go to the castles of each lord to provide them with the power of knowledge.

The towering tower on the island of conquest is the core of the city. This 200-foot-high stone tower rises from the black stone of the vanished ancient people. In the peaceful years, the tower would light a flame that would never go out day and night to illuminate the route for ships.

But now, the city is lifeless. On the towering tower, the pale green flames rise to the sky, telling her residents that war is coming.

The fleet of Qingting Island has blocked the port. The once bustling merchant ships are now nowhere to be seen. Only the wreckage of the fleet of Old Town is burning in the port.

Silver Wing and Womax are flying outside the city. They have just destroyed all the dragon hunting scorpion crossbows on the city wall. Now, only the Hightower coalition surrounded by 35,000 coalition troops is still struggling to hold on.

Earl Mond ordered Old Town to lock the gates. He knew that if he defended to the death, the entire Hightower clan and the entire Old Town would be engulfed in the sea of ​​fire.

Only by fighting under the city wall, even if he died, there was still a chance for the city to surrender, and the family could still be saved.

"Lord Mond, what should we do now?" Earl Ulwin Peake galloped to Earl Mond. He was already disappointed with the situation. The three castles of the Peake family were conquered by Vareses's army, and Nightsong City surrendered to Lynn Vartarken. Even the Tyrell family officially opened the castle, and Lady Janesia Fossoway, holding the still-feeding Lyonel Tyrell, led the army to join the crusade.

In the riverlands in the north, the sick Duke Grafford Tully died when he learned that Sun and Vhagar had fallen one after another, and the life and death of Great Aegon was unknown. Aemond's body was hung on a spear for display. Elmond Tully took over the position of Duke of Riverrun. The young duke immediately led his sons Kermit Tully and Oscar Tully to the south, and together with Forrest Frey, commanded the riverlands and the Westerlands to the south of the Reach. The charred head of Aemond was hung on the tip of the spear at the head of the army.

"Let's charge one last time." Lord Mond drew out the Valyrian steel sword and was alert. "Let them see our courage."

"Then the queen and the princes and princesses"

"With the queen here, everything will be easy." Lord Mond urged his warhorse, and his vassals, as well as the knights of the Hightower family and the cavalry of the Hightower family and the Peake family, took the lead in charging, followed by the infantry and peasant soldiers.

On a normal battlefield, this behavior of using cavalry to charge the enemy army head-on is tantamount to suicide. But this kind of charge in desperate situations is always admirable.

"What a pity, what a pity." Valar shook his head. He arranged for Jacaerys to return to the army to take command. If he was not a dragon knight, he would also like to experience the moment of facing the opponent's desperate charge.

But now he can only throw away these knight honors, warrior honors and other things, swooping down on the silver wings, pouring dragon flames on the infantry group behind.

The cavalry of the Hightower family was submerged the moment they rushed into the Black Party coalition. Earl Mond Hightower was stabbed off his horse by a spearman, and he faced Earl Alan Tarly. Earl Mond, who had sparse swordsmanship, was cut off half of his body by Alan's sword almost at the first sight.

Alan Tarly looked at Earl Mond's body, sighed, and was about to pick up his vigilance, but a young voice stopped him.

"Let go of my father's sword!" That was a young boy who looked very immature. He was being held down by a knight from the Bixbury family. He looked a bit like Count Mond. Alan searched his memory and signaled the knight to let him go. "You are Leonor Hightower. I've heard my sister mention you before. Seven levels of hell. You want to seduce my sister? Your stepmother? Don't look at me. I'll pay for his ransom." Alan glared at the Bixbury knight who was looking at him eagerly, and then looked at Leonor.

Leonor broke free from the knight's hands and rushed towards his father's body with red eyes. Before he could pick up his guard, his head rolled together with his father's head. "Silly boy, didn't my sister tell you what war is?" Alan looked at Leonor's widened eyes with the look of a fool, sighed, and became alert. He threw a bag of gold coins to the knight. "Another Hightower?" Silver Wings swept across the battlefield, and Valar happened to see the two heads at Alan's feet.

"Two Hightowers, I guess the bards will call you the Hightower Killer after the war, little Alan." Varar smiled and pulled up the guard of the silver wing, controlled the dragon to fly into the air again, spraying Another wave of flames came out. Suddenly a long dragon roar came from the sky.

Wormisor also arrived. As soon as the bronze dragon arrived on the battlefield, it sent a long stream of dragon flames to the infantry of the Hightower family, leaving a long line of ashes on the battlefield in an instant.

Martin Hightower, the second son of Earl Mondstadt, and his cousin Mith Hightower met Earl Thaddeus Rowan and Ser Harlon Tyrell. Mith was about to surrender without hesitation. He was beheaded by Martin's sword. "Hightower doesn't need traitors. Bah." Then he rushed towards Count Thaddeus.

Sir Harlon wiped the warhammer in his hand. At his feet, Martin's young body was still steaming. Harlon almost crushed the boy's head with one hammer blow. "Lord Rowan, the Hightower family is finished."

"Yes, Leonor, Martin, and the men of the Hightower family have basically gone to the battlefield." Earl Rowan said with a sigh. For power, the Hightower family paid a heavy price.

The last Hightower commander, Harry Hightower, led more than ten cavalrymen to try to attack the position of the Maliweis family. They were shot back by random arrows. Harry rushed out of the siege with more than a dozen arrows and rushed to the place that had just been occupied. The silver-winged dragon flames fell in front of the dismounted Earl of Urwin. "Lord Urwin, please return to the Towering Tower immediately and inform Her Majesty the Queen that the situation is critical and ask her to make a decision as soon as possible. Urwin, what do you want to do?"

"It's better to let the adults make the decision for her." Harry covered his neck in shock. Ulwin held up the long sword and said tiredly: "Hightower is over, the old town can't be defended, and my castle can't be defended anymore." Yes, the Baker family will continue to exist.”

Earl Peake chopped off Harry Hightower's head with another sword, and hung it on the spear tip of the cavalry beside him to signal that he had surrendered.

He was given a path.

Urwin Peake opened the gates of Oldtown.

At this time, the Starry Temple.

The archbishop wearing a crystal crown looked at Queen Helena, who was kneeling in front of the statue of the Virgin, praying silently, and the three children playing nearby. He wanted to say something, but did not dare to say anything.

"Your Majesty, Earl Ulwin has opened the city gate, and the Black Party's army has entered the city." A bishop trotted all the way to the Archbishop: "Now the three giant dragons of the Black Party have flown over the old town."

"Your Majesty." The Archbishop wanted to say something, but was interrupted by an equally huge dragon roar. In the square of the Starry Cathedral, Menghuo let out a deafening roar at its kind in the sky, but did not rush forward. Fight with them.

After all, Wormisor and Silver Wing are both here. Queen Helena is not on its back either, and Dream Fire can do nothing about it.

The school city.

"Doctor, doctor." A masked doctor stumbled into the room where the cardinal was. "Dragon, the dragon has entered the city."

"Don't panic, don't panic." Dr. Mu Kun from the academy stopped the doctor. "Those dragons have entered the city, Silver Wing, Womax? Which ones are there?"

"Vormisor, doctor." The visitor said nervously, "I saw Vormisor flying towards the school city."

"Relax, relax, no lord would ever choose to destroy the school city." Dr. Mu Kun comforted, but his face hidden under the mask was also full of nervousness.

The Citadel is indeed doing something that cannot be known by the Targaryen family and the Varese family. They have been committed to shaping a world without magic. Therefore, dragons have also become an important object of their research. Through Brother Bath's Research and information provided by the "Dragonless One" Vaegon Targaryen, the Citadel has indeed done something through the maesters of King's Landing.

If these things are discovered,

Dr. Mu Kun immediately threw these terrible thoughts out of his mind. What he had to consider now was to summon the doctors as soon as possible to welcome the Dragon King who was about to arrive.

Towering tower.

Samantha Tully looked out the window quietly. From her room, she could clearly see the Mafia army moving into the city.

"Madam, please." Hobart Hightower stood in front of her door and begged: "Your sister is the wife of Prince Ronzel. Please save the Hightower family."

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