Faster, faster!
Inside the gates of Skyreach, groups of Florent soldiers arrayed in the drill yard behind the gates, urged on by the battlefield overseers,
surged like a tide towards the single Steel Dragon that had charged into the city.
Clang, clang, clang!
Whether it was ranged or melee weapons, striking Sunfyre's steel armor only produced crisp clanging sounds.
His current steel armor was custom-made by the blacksmiths of King's Landing, melted down from weapons and armor damaged in the war.
Regardless of thickness or hardness, it was far superior to the hastily crafted plate armor he wore in Storm's End.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Ah!
Sunfyre, who didn't need to defend himself, opened his Dragon maw and unleashed orange-red Dracarys indiscriminately upon the enemies surrounding him.
Florent soldiers were ignited by the Dracarys in swathes, turning into struggling human torches.
Boom, boom, boom!
Behind Sunfyre, groups of vanguard soldiers carrying battering rams were continuously pounding on the city gate, which was still largely intact.
In fact, when Sunfyre broke through the gate, some vanguard soldiers eager to claim the first merit of entering the city tried to follow behind him.
But they were not Dragons, and the high-temperature Dracarys still burning on the remnants of the gate forced them to stop.
However, the city gate was damaged, and there were no enemy soldiers blocking the entrance behind it.
The bolts on the upper half of the gate alone couldn't hold them back for long.
Run!
But before the vanguard soldiers could even batter down the gate, the Florent soldiers surrounding and attacking Sunfyre inside the city began to desert.
What was surprising was that the group of Martell Family soldiers forming the overseer team behind them just watched, doing nothing.
One, two, three...
Two minutes later, the Florent soldiers completely collapsed and scattered into Skyreach.
Sunfyre, who was enjoying the killing, saw his prey escaping and immediately unleashed Dracarys in pursuit.
Rustle, rustle!
As Sunfyre and the Florent soldiers moved further away, figures sprinted out from the buildings around the city gate under the command of the Martell overseer team.
Crash!
The vanguard soldiers finally battered down the remaining gate. Eager to earn military merit and plunder spoils, they shouted loudly and swarmed into the city gate passage.
Swish, swish, swish!
Just as they passed through the city gate passage into Skyreach, they were met by the glinting points of long spears.
The vanguard soldiers who had charged forward with excited faces were completely unable to react and were instantly pierced with multiple bloody holes by the dense forest of spears, falling to the ground.
Thud, thud, thud!
Outside the city gate passage, a line of Martell Family soldiers wearing yellow headscarves and leather scale armor inlaid with copper heart-guards withdrew their bloodstained spears.
At the same time, a group of House Hightower soldiers carrying kite shields ran in front of them and formed a shield wall, protecting the Martell spearmen behind them.
All the Seven Kingdoms knew that the two most famous weapons of Dorne were on the Martell Family's sigil: the sun and the spear!
The Martell Family's spear regiments might not be comparable to the pain-defying, fearless The Unsullied Legion.
But they were far beyond what these vanguard soldiers, mixed infantry from various great houses, could handle.
Swish, swish, swish!
Using the House Hightower shieldmen as a barrier, this group of Martell Family spearmen held the city gate passage tightly, like some Spartan warriors from a previous life.
The sharp spears in their hands continuously reaped the lives of their enemies.
However, their numbers were only around six or seven hundred, while nearly ten thousand vanguard soldiers outside Skyreach were surging forward like a frenzy of waves.
As humans, their arms would eventually grow sore and their strength would be exhausted, and this battle had only been going on for less than twenty minutes.
Therefore, they were destined to be overwhelmed in the human sea of vanguard soldiers, and Skyreach was destined to be breached by the ground forces coalition led by Stone.
As for the tower earlier, Prince Corren and Ser Hobart had vanished without a trace.
It was unknown if they had fled or had other, more important matters to attend to.
...
The rulers of Torrhen's Square were the Jordayne family, who had a very glorious past.
Before Nymeria brought the Rhoynar to Dorne in ten thousand ships, they were the royal family of Dorne, and even the Martell Family had once sworn fealty to King Jordayne.
Of course, the Jordayne family has now declined, and there is no need to dwell on the past.
But Torrhen's Square, as the former capital of King Jordayne, was naturally a city with high walls and strong defenses, possessing extraordinary defensive capabilities.
And now, the landing battle between the Conqueror Fleet and Torrhen's Square had officially begun.
It is worth mentioning that due to the earlier incident at the Red Keep, the Valyrian Fleet had already been incorporated into the Conqueror Fleet.
Swish, swish, swish!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
A large number of arrows and Stones were launched from the walls of Torrhen's Square and the warships in the port area, shooting towards the Conqueror Fleet.
The Conqueror Fleet used only small warships for this attack. Each small warship was crewed by a mixed force of over twenty Unsullied and over twenty Valyrian soldiers.
Propelled by the sailors rowing with all their might, over a hundred small warships were sailing forward at a very high speed.
Thump, thump, thump!
Arrows rained down like raindrops, covering the entire sea area outside the Torrhen's Square port.
The small warships had a certain degree of defense, and most of this saturated arrow attack struck the relatively sturdy hulls.
However, they were powerless against the huge Stones hurled from the city walls.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Stones as large as millstones arrived with dull whooshing sounds.
In fact, with the accuracy of trebuchets, it was impossible to precisely hit warships sailing on the choppy sea.
But the Conqueror Fleet had a large number of small warships!
Crash, crash!
Stones carrying massive kinetic energy fell from the sky, directly smashing millstone-sized holes into the Conqueror Fleet's small warships.
The momentum-weakened boulders even penetrated inside the ship's cabins, crushing the rowing Unsullied and Valyrian soldiers into bloody pulp.
Ah!
A Valyrian soldier turned his head and saw his comrade beside him, whose body was halved by a boulder, and immediately screamed in terror, collapsing.
But his gaze moved forward, and on the other side, an Unsullied covered in blood was rowing his oar without changing his expression.
That's right!
Instead of useless panic, it's better to row with all your might and land earlier; that way, it's easier to survive!
The Valyrian soldier gradually calmed down and began rowing the oar vigorously again.
And so, except for a very few unlucky small warships whose keels were hit by boulders, the rest of the small warships maintained a relatively fast sailing speed.
The attention of Torrhen's Square's defenses was immediately drawn to the group of small warships, and the firepower from the walls and port area began to concentrate on attacking them.
Woo woo~~
The sound of horns signaling a full army attack came from the flagship of the Conqueror Fleet.
Large warships, without scorpion bolts but equipped entirely with ship-mounted trebuchets, took this opportunity to push into attack range and began to show their fangs.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Dozens of ignited, specially made large wooden barrels were hurled into the sky by the ship-mounted trebuchets, then arced down towards the walls and interior of Torrhen's Square.
Bang, bang, bang!
Splash, splash!
Each specially made large wooden barrel that hit the walls or interior of Torrhen's Square immediately shattered upon impact, splashing out large amounts of thick green liquid.
Ignited by the burning fragments of the special wooden barrels, they immediately burst into intense flames.
These were naturally the wildfire produced on Lanak Island. Jacaerys had specifically instructed Rudy to lead a fleet to retrieve them when he left Mi Jie Island.
After several months, Mayor Uld had accumulated a considerable amount of wildfire.
Now, it was basically all being used here.
Ah!!!
On the walls and within Torrhen's Square, areas of fiercely burning green flames appeared one after another.
The Jordayne family soldiers had never seen wildfire before, so they had no idea of its terror.
The Jordayne family soldiers who tried to extinguish the flames were directly engulfed, and then their flesh and blood were melted away by the terrifying wildfire amidst their mournful screams.
"Ah! Save me, save me!"
"Woo woo, it burns so much, kill me, kill me!"
"Ah!..."
As the Conqueror Fleet continuously hurled those specially made large wooden barrels, the chaos caused by Wildfire on the walls and within Torrhen's Square rose and fell.
This directly greatly reduced the pressure on the small warships advancing towards the port area.
However, as they got closer, the warships unaffected by the Wildfire, as well as the Jordayne family soldiers stationed in the port area, began to attack fiercely.
Plop, plop!
At the sterns of many Conqueror small warships, Valyrian soldiers with daggers in their mouths were taking off their armor.
When the order came, they immediately plunged into the sea like dumplings.
Hundreds of Valyrian soldiers gathered densely like a school of sardines and continuously swam forward in unison, submerged.
These people had grown up by the sea since they were young, and each of them was incredibly skilled at swimming.
Basically, they would swim twenty to thirty meters in one breath before surfacing their heads for a brief moment to breathe.
Before long, this group of Valyrian water ghosts had already submerged near the many enemy ships in the port area.
Twang, swish!
Splash!
A Jordayne family soldier was drawing his bowstring to shoot an arrow at an enemy small warship, but he suddenly heard a sound of water breaking behind him.
Rip!
As he turned his head to look behind him, a soaking wet Valyrian water ghost with a fierce look on his face had already pounced.
This Jordayne family soldier had no time to draw his bow or pull out his sword and was immediately slit in the throat by the other party with a dagger.
This assassination scene did not only happen on the warships; many Valyrian water ghosts had also quietly infiltrated the port area.
Of course, where there is success, there is bound to be failure.
But they also successfully caused chaos, allowing their own group of small warships to land in the port area more smoothly.
Bang, bang, bang!
When the small warships, riddled with arrows and looking battered, entered the port.
Fully armed Unsullied either boarded enemy warships or landed in the port area of Torrhen's Square via gangplanks.
When the Unsullied were numerous enough to form a spear formation, the battle in the entire port area became a one-sided slaughter.
The main warships of the Conqueror Fleet also followed closely behind into the port area, while the The Unsullied Legion, having gained a foothold, advanced towards the Torrhen's Square gate.
Boom!
When several Unsullied, unafraid of death, blew up the gate of Torrhen's Square by self-detonating while carrying barrels of wildfire.
This landing battle for Torrhen's Square was declared over.
Even without Dragon participation, this battle from start to finish did not take much time.
...
Dorne, Sunspear.
Sunspear is located at the easternmost tip of a sandy and rocky small peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides.
The city has a distinctive style, built entirely from brown earth and straw.
The first thing an ordinary person would see at a glance is definitely the Sandship, a fortress whose appearance closely resembles a large Stone sailing ship washed ashore.
Then there is the Spear Tower, built at the very top of Sunspear, two hundred feet (about 60 meters) high, with a gilded iron spike soaring straight into the sky.
This Spear Tower represents the Martell Family's sigil, the Sunspear.
Finally, there are the three curved walls that encircle the entire Sunspear and wind through its subsidiary Shadow City, serving as both partition walls and a maze-like double defense.
Thud, thud, thud!
As old adversaries who had fought against the Targaryen Family, which possessed Dragons, for over a hundred years.
The three curved walls of Sunspear were covered with dense anti-Dragon siege weapons, the vast majority of which were large scorpion bolts, with a few scorpion crossbows.
At this moment, Martell Family soldiers were clustered around these anti-Dragon siege weapons with vigilant faces.
Prince Corren had indeed used Sunspear as bait to attract Jacaerys's Dragons, and he was currently in Skyreach with most of the Martell Family soldiers.
But this did not mean that he would simply hand over Sunspear so easily.
Two thousand remaining Martell soldiers, plus eight thousand temporary militia forcibly conscripted from the Shadow Town.
Even if Jacaerys brought all his Dragons, they would have a fighting chance.
In Prince Corren's expectation, it would be best if the Sunspear defenders could shoot down a Dragon, just like in the First Dornish War.
Even if they couldn't, nearly ten thousand soldiers plus so many anti-Dragon siege weapons could at least delay Jacaerys for several days.
But could the actual situation truly develop as he predicted?
Whoosh, whoosh!
A huge ink-colored Dragon shadow, seemingly capable of covering the sky over Sunspear, pierced through the clouds and headed straight for the Spear Tower, which represented the Martell Family sigil.
Twang, twang, twang!
The large scorpion bolts on the first curved wall, closest to the ink-colored Dragon, fired. Thick, long bolts like spears shot straight towards it.
But it was useless!
Clang, clang, clang!
Let alone these ordinary thick and long bolts, even the armor-piercing bolts from the more lethal scorpion crossbows could only produce louder clanging sounds.
Roar!
The ink-colored Dragon, without dodging, unleashed a pillar of black Dracarys, directly slicing the Spear Tower in half from the middle.
Bang, bang, bang!
Crash, crash!
The upper half of the Spear Tower, along with countless Stone fragments of various sizes, crashed diagonally onto the front part of the Sandship below.
This uniquely shaped Sandship, which had already endured countless years, immediately collapsed at the very front from the impact.
Seeing that a single pillar of Dracarys had destroyed two iconic buildings in Sunspear, Jacaerys nodded with satisfaction.
But there was no sign of anyone in either the Spear Tower or the Sandship. It seemed, as he had predicted, that the Martell Family and the vast majority of Sunspear's civilians had evacuated.
And this was exactly what he wanted!
This way, they had no reservations and could unleash their full firepower!
Roar~~
Womax let out a loud Dragon roar towards the sky, then flew straight towards the first curved wall, which was still continuously firing.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Terrifying black Dracarys spewed from his massive Dragon maw, instantly causing heavy casualties among the large scorpion bolts and Sunspear defenders on the first curved wall.
Whoosh, whoosh!
While the Sunspear defenders on the three curved walls were attacking Womax, Silverwing, Seasmoke, and the three young Dragons, having received the signal, descended from the sky.
They swooped down from the left and right sides towards the middle of the first curved wall, unleashing Dracarys.
Ah!!!
The anti-Dragon siege weapons on the first curved wall, along with the Sunspear defenders, were all ignited by the various colors of Dracarys.
Prince Corren's expectation was to delay for several days, but the first layer of defense was completely incinerated in just a few minutes.
Large amounts of burning anti-Dragon siege weapon fragments, as well as Sunspear defenders turned into human torches, fell from the top of the first curved wall onto the second curved wall.
This unexpected disaster immediately caused the defenders on the second curved wall to cry out repeatedly and flee in all directions.
The morale of the defenders on the second curved wall had largely dissipated, but for the Dragons in the sky, the attack had only just begun!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The five Dragons in the sky unleashed Dracarys of various colors, and the second and third curved walls were ignited one after another.
The fiercely burning Dracarys spread rapidly in all directions, and the Shadow City below the three curved walls was instantly engulfed in flames.
The remaining Sunspear defenders scattered and fled, while the five Dragons ruthlessly continued to unleash Dracarys upon them.
This castle, which was originally brown in appearance, was now illuminated in magnificent five-colors by the towering flames of various Dracarys.
Jacaerys did not participate in the final slaughter. He was riding Womax, searching for something around Sunspear.
The entire Sunspear was indeed deserted, but taking tens of thousands of civilians away would always leave traces.
These three battles in Dorne could be said to be overwhelming victories for Jacaerys's side. In less than half a day, three cities were successively breached!