Gao Bin originally wanted to go see Emperor Qiao, but when he thought that he was a brainless waste, he lost the intention to chat with him, so he just had people drag him out to show him in public, and hang him when the time came.
Because Gao Bin had just taken over the government affairs of Junlin, he was very busy, and he needed to take care of everything big and small.
Others dare not show it to him. Who knows what kind of temper this new Majesty is? What if what he does is not in line with his wishes and he cuts him off if he disagrees?
So everyone is still very cautious.
It is worth mentioning that as soon as Gao Bin broke into King's Landing, he sent a message to the North, preparing to bring over the entire family. Although the appearance of the Red Castle did not meet Gao Bin's aesthetics, it was far better than the cold winter.
The city is much more comfortable.
The most important thing is that the North may become the main battlefield against the wild people and the White Walkers, and Gao Bin does not want his family to be in danger.
It took half a month to barely straighten out the government affairs. Gao Bin recruited a group of generals including Snow. He sat on the Iron Throne and said:
"According to reliable information, a total of 100,000 savages have gathered north of the Great Wall. Once they break into the Great Wall, the consequences will be disastrous. Please share your opinions~"
Each kingdom has its own representative in King's Landing, and they are all people who can make decisions. They also participated in this meeting.
The little devil was the first to speak:
"Your Majesty, this battle must be fought. The Great Wall of Despair is our last line of defense and must not be breached."
His words were equivalent to setting a tone. After all, it was the king's hand. If he did not reach an agreement with Gao Bin, he would not dare to make arbitrary decisions.
And since he said it, it proves that this attitude is the attitude of the king!
Representatives of the Tully family responded immediately:
"The Riverlands sent 12,000 troops, plus 2,000 cavalry!"
Snow represents the North:
"In addition to the manpower necessary for the defense of King's Landing, the northern border will send 30,000 troops, plus 2,000 cavalry!"
Robb's current Western Region is also represented in King's Landing:
"Send 10,000 troops from the western border and add 500 cavalry."
"Send 15,000 troops from the valley, plus 2,000 cavalry."
"The Reach sends 15,000 troops, plus 1,500 cavalry."
"Dorne sent 8,000 troops..."
Gao Bin took a deep look at Dorne's representative, did not say any nonsense, and made a quick calculation in his mind:
"The cavalry from various regions gathered north of King's Landing and refitted the heavy cavalry. The commander of the regiment is Anderson!"
The total number of cavalry in various regions is 8,000. If converted into heavy cavalry, it would definitely be a terrifying force.
The expressions of those who reacted quickly changed greatly. This was a clear-cut attack. They did not believe that these 8,000 cavalry would be returned to each family after the war.
However, the new king has ascended the throne, and they have all seen the terrifying fighting power of the northern warriors, and no one can say no at this moment!
And against the wild men, heavy cavalry will definitely play an important role. No one can refute this.
With 90,000 infantry, 8,000 heavy cavalry, and the Night Watch, a force of this size is enough to win any war. At this moment, everyone's confidence is unprecedented and united.
"Your Majesty, who do you plan to use as your commander?"
Everyone knows that this is a war that must be won. If victory is achieved in the end, the commander will be remembered in history, and no one wants to miss this opportunity.
But is Gao Bin a stupid person?
Of course not. How could an obvious opportunity to make meritorious deeds be given to outsiders?
"This time I will fight against the savages, I will lead the expedition myself..."
As soon as this statement came out, it caused an uproar.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that..."
"Your Majesty, think twice..."
...
Gao Bin raised his hand:
"Thank you everyone for your kindness, but I have made up my mind, so I won't persuade you any more. During this period, I hope everyone will cooperate with Tyrion's work and take good care of King's Landing. I hope that when I come back, I will see a brand new, full of
The vibrant King is here!"
After saying that, Gao Bin announced that the meeting was adjourned. His father-in-law had arrived and he had to meet him no matter what.
In the back garden of the Red Keep, Gao Bin saw his father-in-law, Mace Tyrell, who was tall and burly back then but now a little fatter but still handsome.
He has curly brown hair and a little bit of gray in his triangular beard.
Mace is the Duke of Highgarden, Guardian of the South, Guardian of the Borders, and Supreme Commander of the Reach.
Although he has many titles, he is a person who ages prematurely, is cumbersome and lacks political skills.
His only victory was the siege of Storm's End.
Although he tried his best to use the Battle of Poplar Ford to cite his strategic talents, in fact he made no contribution at all in this battle. The vanguard army led by Randyll Tarly fell before his army arrived on the battlefield.
Victory has been achieved.
He is not as wise as other family members. Although he serves as the leader of the Tyrell family, he is in name only.
This is Gao Bin’s entire impression of him.
And Metz has always dreamed that his daughter could become a queen.
When Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell came up with a plan to crown Renly king and marry Margaery Tyrell to him, Mace expressed his support, while also
Can become King Renly I's Hand.
However, before the marriage could be consummated, King Renly was killed at Storm's End.
Mace led his army to Bitterbridge to plan his and his son's next move.
After Petyr Baelish's lobbying, the Tyrell family accepted the alliance invitation from Joffrey Baratheon and the Lannister family.
Mace's own troops also joined Tywin in defeating Stannis in the Battle of Blackwater, and his reward was the seat of Sea Lord on the Royal Council.
After the Battle of the Blackwater River, the victorious lords discussed and divided the spoils, and Mace received the Florentine family territory.
The people cheered for the Tyrell family in the Purple Wedding, and they selectively forgot that it was Mace who blocked the southern border, causing famine in King's Landing, and then leading to riots in King's Landing.
Mace was one of the three judges in the trial of Tyrion Lannister for the murder of Joffrey.
Because his daughter Margaery drank a glass of poisoned wine with Joffrey at the time of the crime, Mace hopes to sentence Tyrion to death.
What he didn't know was that it was his own mother, Olenna Redwine, who poisoned Joffrey.
Mace was ordered by Queen Regent Cersei Lannister to attack Storm's End Castle. In fact, the Queen Mother's move was to get him to leave King's Landing.
After he left, Cersei began to fabricate the case of Margaery's adultery.
As a result, both Cersei and Margaery were imprisoned by the church for their disloyalty.
When Mace received the news from King's Landing, he immediately abandoned the siege and returned to the capital.
Mace arrives in town and finds that Margaery and her cousins have been released.
Because the evidence against them was very weak, they were paroled under the guardianship of Randyll Tarly, vassal of Mace who arrived at King's Landing first.
Tully made a sacred oath, promising to return them to the church at trial.
Cersei Lannister was deprived of her regent powers; Kevan Lannister also arrived in King's Landing and became Tommen Baratheon's regent.
In order to appease the Tyrell family who were accused by Cersei, Kevan made many compromises with Mace.
He appointed Mace as Hand of the King, a position that Mace had wanted since Tywin's death.
He also appointed two vassals of Metz as members of the king's council.
Despite numerous threats to the Iron Throne, Mace refused to lead his troops out of the city until his daughter was acquitted.
Kevan gradually became dissatisfied with Mace's ignorance.
Mace organized 100 men from the Reach army into the City Guard, and also planned to build a new tower twice the size of the original Prime Minister's Tower.
Kevan was killed by Varys, leaving King Tommen's position as regent vacant.
In short, this is a duke with empty ambitions and insufficient abilities. He lives in the shadow of the Queen of Thorns all his life and uses his daughter as a pawn, but he still loves his daughter.
"Your Majesty the King, the Duke of Highgarden would like to extend his lofty greetings to you."
Metz is worthy of being a lowly person. As his father-in-law, he knelt down on one knee and worshiped without any hesitation.
Gao Bin made a gesture of support, but in fact he had already finished the salute.
"Get up quickly, we are all family members, so you are welcome." Gao Bin said.
Margaery came over and took Gao Bin's arm:
"How was the discussion earlier?"
"Not bad. Nearly 100,000 troops have been assembled. We will win this battle against the savages!"
After a pause, he said politely:
"I also have to thank my father-in-law for supporting me."
He was referring to the dispatch of troops from the Reach.
Mace size:
"Your Majesty is too polite. As you said, we are a family, and this is how it should be."
"Well, sit down. Who is sending troops to the Hebend this time?" Gao Bin asked.
"I originally wanted Loras to lead the army."
He looked at his daughter hesitantly.
Gao Bin understood this and took the initiative to help his fiancee out:
"Loras is the queen's guardian. He can't leave. Why not let Garland lead the team?"
Garlan is Loras's older brother and Mace's second son.
Metz’s eyes lit up:
"Is it okay? Will it make people misunderstand nepotism?"
"Haha, no, this is a good opportunity to make a contribution. If he performs well, I will make him an earl."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Metz was very happy. He believed that the most correct thing he did in his life was to let his daughter go to the North.
However, he had completely forgotten who had tried so hard to stop his daughter from leaving home!
Fortunately, no one exposed him, saving him the embarrassment.
After chatting about family matters for a while, Gao Bin still had something to do, so he asked Margaery to continue to accompany her father while he left first.
After he left, Metz sighed:
"I really didn't expect that Ned's adopted son would actually have such abilities. I really misjudged him at first."
"Father, don't talk nonsense." Margery already had the aura of a queen, and every move she made showed honor.
"Huh?" Mace hasn't reacted yet.
"No matter what happens up or down the Red Castle, it cannot escape His Majesty's ears and eyes, let alone what people say."
Margaery glanced around a few times, and Mace felt that his spine was numb. Worse, he was a little carried away.
Fortunately, what I just said didn't go too far, otherwise...
"Then, be well, I'll leave first. I've been living in King's Landing for a while. If you need anything, come find me outside."
Metz didn't dare to stay here any longer, lest he said the wrong thing again. He was still in the position of father-in-law.
Looking at her father's hastily leaving, Margery felt tired.
...
Gao Bin is not an excuse, he really has something to do...
Snow was already waiting in the king's study. When he saw him coming in, he quickly stood up to greet him.
"Okay, don't be polite, let's get down to business. Have you heard from the Great Wall?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the latest development is that the savage army is approaching."
"Then set off as soon as possible. All troops will assemble in the north. The heavy cavalry will be handed over to Anderson. They will follow quickly after the modification is completed."
The cavalry is fast, so there is no need to worry about them being late.
"Yes~ In addition, the savages are raiding more and more frequently, and the people in the north are disturbed."
"I don't have any good ideas. The number of the Night's Watch is too small and it is impossible to cover everything. After this battle, it is time to restore the glory of the Night's Watch."
Savage is a common name, but a more accurate term should be free people.
The Wall separated the free folk from Westeros, which largely determined their culture.
Because the free people are isolated from the rest of Westeros, they remain free people and are not bound by the country, nobles, kings, and laws. Instead, they choose and follow a leader according to their own preferences.
The free people believed that the gods created the world for humans to share, but the so-called kings came with crowns and steel swords, stole everything, and claimed that it was all theirs.
The society of the free people was composed of many tribes and clans, spread into hundreds of small villages, each with its own unique customs.
Some of them are led by their own chiefs, while others are not subject to any restrictions and have been in a state of war with each other for a long time.
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Most freedmen never made any important technological advances.
They are the villains of the Badlands, although some of them are somewhat civilized, such as the Thern, who live in tight-knit communities in the far north, and Hardfort, the closest thing to a city the free folk have.
There are also some free folk who are semi-nomadic loners, stopping only for their own needs.
Raiding parties from the Frozen Coast, as well as the more savage clans of Glacier, live off human flesh.
Some of the free folk were cavemen, who dyed their faces blue, purple and green.
There was almost no concept of law or private property among free folk.
They take and possess what they want based on their ability and almost completely ignore marriage.
The free people maintain the traditions of the ancestors. Among the many languages beyond the Great Wall, the ancient language of the ancestors is still the most common language.
Freedmen valued those who kept their promises.
Compared to the Northerners, the free folk hate the "crows" of the Night's Watch, the defenders who keep the free folk away from the Wall.
The free people will not spare any brother of the Night's Watch unless he can prove that he has broken his oath.
Despite this, there is not a complete lack of cooperation between the two. Lost brothers of the Night's Watch have been rescued by the freemen, and the children of the freemen have also been raised by the Night's Watch and joined the Night's Watch.
The bachelor believes that the free people's demand for iron and steel is an important factor that prompted them to form a raiding culture.
Raiding across the Great Wall is an important part of savage culture.
Freedmen could join the Raiders as young as twelve years old. Raiders would climb the walls or cross the Wall in boats across Seal Bay.
It takes more than a day to climb the Great Wall, and the Night Watch's rangers often find broken bodies that have fallen to death under the wall.
In order to climb the Great Wall, freedmen would use giant ladders with hemp ropes as rungs;
Peculiar soft deerskin boots with protruding spikes on the top. Some are made of copper or iron, and most are made of bone;
Small stone hammer; iron nails, bone nails and horn nails; ice ax made of sharpened antlers and animal skin tied to a wooden handle.
Over the past few decades, as the Night's Watch has grown weaker, the free folk have become more emboldened.
Some freemen tried to plunder the land of the Amber family and even Bear Island, instead of raiding the village that was a gift from Brandon.
Raiding parties did not raid across the Great Wall for fish or apples.
They plundered swords and axes, spices, silks and furs, every coin, every ring and every jeweled cup they could find, wine in the summer, meat in the winter, women in any season, and carried them across the Great Wall.
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Many freedmen still use weapons made of stone, wood, and bronze, such as stone axes and flails, javelins and spears hardened by fire, and longbows made of wood and bone.
Their bows didn't have as far a range as the southern yew longbows, but they still seemed to be able to shoot arrows up to 700 feet high.
Freemen never mined or smelted metal, and there were almost no blacksmiths north of the Great Wall, and even fewer iron-smelting workshops.
The metal armors they used were scraps scraped from the corpses of rangers.
Most of the free people wore armor made of cooked leather or sheepskin, and carried round shields made of wicker. The shields were covered with human skin and painted with various patterns, such as skulls and bones, poisonous snakes, bear claws, and demonic figures.
Distorted face, and severed head.
The Thern's weapons and equipment are better than most of the free people. They have copper helmets, axes, short spears with leaf-shaped tips, cloth armor sewn with copper discs, and black armor with copper rims and reliefs.
Cooked leather shield.
The horses of the freemen were steady, but few.
It can be said that in a head-on battle, the free people would not be able to defeat the well-equipped soldiers of the Seven Kingdoms.
But the current situation is that the Night's Watch Legion has just been severely damaged by the White Walkers at the Fist of the First Men, and the Great Wall's defense strength is empty. Once the savages arrive at the Great Wall first, it will be a matter of time before they are breached.
Commander-in-Chief Jeor Mormont led an expedition beyond the wall with 300 Night's Watchmen, 200 of whom were from Castle Black and the others from the Shadow Tower.
The purpose of this expedition is to find the wildlings and, if possible, Benjen Stark.
When neither was found, Commander-in-Chief Mormont decided to use the ancient ringed castle Fist of the First Men as his headquarters and sent a scout team to collect information.
Mormont built fortifications here and arranged a circle of scouts around the camp, hoping to stop any troops attacking the Wall.
Before reaching Craster's fortress, the Night's Watch expedition passed seven abandoned savage villages, the fourth of which was White Tree Village.
The night watchman stayed at Custer's fortress for the night and then left.
They learned that the wildling village was abandoned because Mance Rayder was gathering wildlings on the Frostfang, intending to go south to attack the Great Wall like the wildling ancestors had done before.
The most recent savage invasion was initiated by "Redbeard" Raymond.
Lord Commander Mormont decided to camp at the Fist of the First Men and wait for Colin and his men who came from the Shadow Tower.
On the way to the rendezvous point, Colin encountered a savage reconnaissance team headed by Raven Hunter Affin, which delayed his journey.
The brothers of the Shadow Tower annihilated the wildling reconnaissance team at the cost of four killed and twelve injured, and learned from a prisoner of war that Mance Rayder was looking for the magic to collapse the Great Wall.
When Qhorin finally arrived at the rendezvous point, the Night's Watch decided to send three reconnaissance parties deep into the mountains of the Frostfangs to find out what Mance was looking for.
The three scout teams are commanded by Jarman Bookwell, Sauron Smallwood and Qhorin Halfhand.
While waiting for the return of the last reconnaissance team and planning the next move based on the intelligence obtained, the Night Watchmen were attacked by hundreds of ghouls.
The bows and arrows they fired had no effect in front of these undead creatures. Mormont ordered the use of rockets, which slowed down the wights' attack, but could not stop them.
The Night's Watch was attacked by ghouls at the Fist of the First Men and suffered heavy losses.
Lord Commander Mormont led about fifty brothers to successfully break through, but it is unknown whether there are more survivors.
Lord Commander Mormont organized a rotation of riding and walking, and sent people with torches to protect the rear and flanks.
Fortunately, the ghouls did not conduct an effective pursuit, but just nibbled at the straggler brothers.
On the way south, Samwell Tarly mistakenly stabbed a White Walker with a dragonglass dagger and melted it, thus allowing the Night's Watch to rediscover the effect of dragonglass on White Walkers.
Under the leadership of Mormont, they retreated to Craster's fortress on a rapid march.
Custer's fortress is not a real fortress. The so-called fortress is just a name given by the night watchman.
Located north of the Great Wall. Its owner is Craster, a bad-tempered wildman and a friend of the Night's Watch.
Custer's fortress was built on a hillside with an earthen embankment surrounding it.
There is a small gate to the southwest of the earthen embankment, and next to it is a rushing stream winding northward.
Inside the embankment is a garbage dump, a pigsty and a sheep pen.
This fortress is a hall covered with branches and earth. It is long and short and can only accommodate 30-50 people at most.
The door is made of two deer hides. There is only one room in the whole house, the hall, plus an attic on top used as a bedroom, connected by a shaky ladder.
In the hall, only Carters sat on a chair, and the rest could only squeeze on the benches.
Forty-four sworn brothers, including twelve seriously wounded, arrived at Custer's fort alive, demoralized and hungry.
Custer provided them with a little food, and some of the brothers blamed Custer for hiding the food instead of giving them enough food, and eventually murdered Custer.
Lord Commander Jeor Mormont tried to intervene, but was also killed;
This sparked a battle between the Oathkeepers and the Betrayer - including Cal Clubfoot, Shortblade, Garth of Greenaway, Raleigh of the Sisters, and Oro One-Armed.
About a dozen Oathkeepers survived and returned to Castle Black; Samwell and Gilly under his protection also escaped, but were unable to find their way to Castle Black immediately.
After the Battle of the Fist of the First Men, less than fifty sworn brothers returned to the Great Wall;
The Night Watch lost almost its entire command system and all its highly disciplined and well-trained combat forces, leaving only two-thirds of the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Tens of thousands of savages are still marching towards the Great Wall, which seems to herald the end of the Night Watch - they have no danger to defend, and they are even unable to detect the invasion location of the savages.
After that, there is the Battle of Castle Black in the original plot.
The Great Wall of Impasse is made of ice, snow and boulders. It is about 300 miles long and 700 feet high. The top of the Great Wall is wide enough for twelve fully armed knights to ride side by side. The bottom is probably even wider.
Ancient spells and magic are also cast in the city walls to prevent the invasion of ghosts.
This is the most impressive building in Westeros. Located in the far north of the Seven Kingdoms, this huge fortification made of ice and snow extends from the Frostfang Mountains in the west to the east.
The Seal Bay at the end separates the kingdom from the savage land.
The Night's Watch was originally used to guard against the White Walkers, but because the White Walkers had disappeared for a long time, they were replaced by the nuisance of the wildlings under the leadership of the King Beyond the Wall.
Gradually, the Night's Watch began to forget their real enemies and focus on the wildlings.
They patrol the area north of the Great Wall, always paying attention to the movements of the savages.
Because of this, the Seven Kingdoms pay less and less attention to the Night Watchmen, believing that these people will only rely on the Great Wall to bully the wild people. Gradually, the strong shields that originally guarded the kingdoms and their glorious destination turned into robbers, thieves, and politicians.
A refuge for losers.
The savages are a people living north of the Great Wall, and they call themselves free people.
Outside the Great Wall, there are hundreds of thousands of free people living. They are divided into hundreds of different cultural tribes. They are barbaric, full of hostility and contempt for the people of the Seven Kingdoms, thinking that the "kneeling people" have taken away the free people.
land and built a great wall to stop them.
The savages also have their own culture. They advocate freedom and are not restricted by the country, nobles, laws, or kings; they believe in what they believe in and pursue what they want; they use the ancient sayings of their ancestors, advocate plunder, and keep their promises.<
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In history, it is recorded that savages have attacked the Great Wall several times south. The most recent one was the former king beyond the wall, the savage known as "Redbeard" Raymond. He integrated the clans north of the Great Wall and took advantage of the lax defense of the Night Watch.
, led the army over the Great Wall and penetrated deep into the northern border.
In the ghost forest, the coldness of death dissipates the warmth of the living. Because of the cold and fear, the savages living here have to flee their homes. Under the call of the new king beyond the wall-Mance Rayder,
The savages began to head towards Frostfang.
Here, Mance Rayder is trying to find the Horn of Winter, which is rumored to be buried under the icy mountains of the Frostfangs. Blowing the horn will cause the Great Wall to collapse.
The legend also records that the first king beyond the wall, Qiaoman, blew the Horn of Winter, awakening the underground giants and ending the rule of the Night King.
This was the hope of the wildlings, but it was a pity that Mance Rayder did not find it.
Nearly 100,000 savages gathered in the Fangs of Frost and Snow. This was an incredible feat, because the savages had many internal conflicts. Internal strife would occur if more than 50 savages were together, let alone 100,000 people.
【Do you know how much it costs to unite 90 tribes?
One half of them wants to kill the other half,
Just because of a quarrel or two.
My army speaks seven different languages,
The Thenns hate the Hardfooters,
The Hardfooters hate the Glacier Tribe
Everyone hates cavemen.
Do you know how I got the moon worshipers, cannibal tribes and giants to march together?
I told them that if we can't get to the south,
We will all die.
Because this is the truth!
——Mance Rayder’s original words]
The wild people know that if they don't unite now and escape to the south over the Great Wall, they will be chased and killed mercilessly by the White Walkers, no matter you are a giant or a caveman, a Thern or a Hardfoot.
Only by giving up the dignity of the living can we survive, but this is not the choice of free people!
Custer, the owner of Custer's Fortress, sacrificed all his remaining boys in exchange for a chance to live.
When a White Walker touches a baby boy, the baby's eyes turn blue. Some people speculate that this is one of the ways White Walkers reproduce.
Mance Rayder knew that the Great Wall was like a chasm and it was impossible to attack head-on. He had already arranged for Tormund Giantsbane, Ygritte, the Alien Oriel and others to climb over the Great Wall, and at the same time ordered Thrasher.
The benefactor bypasses the Great Wall.
The savages attacked the northern village, and all the adults were killed. The only remaining child, Ollie, was captured. The savages told him to inform the night watchman of what happened here, hoping that this would lead to the night watchman.
Prior to this, in order to find out the reason why the wildlings fled near the Great Wall, they also searched for the missing rangers (including Chief Ranger Benjen Stark and Ser Waymar Royce).
Hoping to find more information about Japhet Flowers and Orser's transformation into wights, Lord Commander Mormont launched the Rangers' Crusade.
As mentioned before, this was a failed expedition. The Rangers were attacked by the White Walkers and suffered heavy losses.
When they returned to Custer's Fortress, the Night's Watch mutinied again. The traitors killed Lord Commander Mormont and occupied Custer's Fortress.
After the Ranger expedition, Castle Black lost two-thirds of its combat power, and the acting commander-in-chief Alliser did not believe what Jon said. After all, Jon "surrendered" the wildlings during the expedition.
In order not to give up the Night's Watch's ability to patrol north of the Wall, he refused Jon's proposal to block the tunnel gate.
Most of the Night's Watch have the same opinion as Ser Alliser, they do not believe that a hundred thousand wildlings will attack, nor do they believe in the existence of giant mammoths.
The situation could be worse. The Seven Kingdoms were busy with their own interests and turned a blind eye to Maester Aemon's plea for help, treating it only as a joke.
Even Xuecheng believes that the Great Wall has been impregnable for thousands of years and has never been breached. There will be no change this time.
Only King Stannis, on the advice of Onion Knights Davos and Melisandre, sent troops to aid Castle Black.
Does a true king protect his people or fight for territory to expand his territory? Which is more meaningful?
The Great Wall was silent in a desperate situation, and the cold seemed to freeze the passage of time. However, the war was still coming slowly and unstoppably.
A fire the likes of which the North has never seen before ignited from the ghost forest, illuminating the darkness.
The sound of the night watchman's horn sounded like a whimper in the cold wind. Countless savages walked out of the ghost forest, mixed with the figures of giants and mammoths. They struck their swords and shields and stepped forward towards the night watchman on the top of the Great Wall.
Declaring determination and strength.
When the fire was ignited, the savage raiding party attacked the south gate of Castle Black at the same time. They wanted to take advantage of the chaos to capture Castle Black and open the tunnel of the Great Wall.
There are one hundred thousand wildlings led by Mance Rayder, and the Night's Watch side:
In the original book, the number of Night Watchmen continued to decline. When Old Bear Mormont was elected, he only received 588 votes;
During the Rangers' Expedition, Commander-in-Chief Mormont led 300 Night Watch elites northward beyond the wall, including 200 from Castle Black and 100 from the Shadow Tower. One-third of the entire Night's Watch force was used, and in the end there were less than five.
Ten brothers returned to the Great Wall alive.
At this time, there are about 700 night watchmen left in total, guarding three castles, of which there are more than 400 in Castle Black.
In the original work, Mance Rayder once ordered his wildling raiders to raid the Shadow Tower. The acting Lord of Castle Black led the main force of the Night's Watch to intercept the wildling raiders at the Bridge of Skulls. After a bloody battle, the Night's Watch gained a tragic victory.
Victory, more than a hundred night watchmen were sacrificed.
Returning to the Battle of Castle Black, more than a hundred Night Watchmen faced a hundred thousand wildlings, and the battle was close to a thousand to one.
There was no negotiation or warm-up. When the rockets streaked across the night sky in the cold wind and snow, sparsely shooting into the savage troops, the battle began.
The savages began to climb the Great Wall in groups, trying to climb up the Great Wall with simple awls.
In response, the night watchmen hung themselves with ropes, perpendicular to the city wall, and shot the climbers to the ground with bows and arrows. Some savages shot back on the ground, but the arrows fell in mid-air.
Only the giant's iron arrows could cross the Great Wall without losing strength and deal a fatal blow to the Night Watchmen.
Since it was difficult to climb the Wall, Mance Rayder ordered the wildlings to attack the tunnel.
The Great Wall of Despair has no gates. Castle Black enters the outside of the wall through a long tunnel. This tunnel has several iron fences locked with heavy chains. They are all four-foot-wide cold-rolled steel bars that can block most enemy attacks. If necessary,
At that time, it can also be sealed permanently with ice, snow, sand and gravel.
The savages began to attack the tunnel gate. The vanguard encountered the Night Watch's wooden barrels filled with stones and ice, and suffered heavy losses. However, they bought time for the giants and mammoths, and also consumed the Night Watch's few supplies for the city defense. p>
The giant "Morg the Strong" hung a huge iron hook on the iron fence of the outer gate. The savages drove the mammoths to pull the rope forward, and a giant used an iron lever to move the iron fence.
Three "monsters" are trying to pull the heavy outer door. No one dares to bet whether the tunnel's iron door can withstand it.
The iron gate was trembling. Jon Snow knew that the outer gate could not be defended, so he immediately arranged for Grenn to lead people to guard the inner gate.
At the same time, he ordered the oil to be poured out, and several burning oil barrels were thrown at the mammoth. The explosion of fire fortunately burned the cable and also frightened the mammoth.
Another giant tried to chase him, but was shot to the ground by a giant crossbow on the city wall.
Two out of three were eliminated, and the only remaining "Strong Mag" roared in grief and anger. He lifted the steel outer door by himself and got into the tunnel.
Through the iron fence, Grant and the other five night watchmen watched the giant lift the outer door with its great strength. Everyone was filled with fear. However, when the oath of the night watchman sounded, everyone was no longer cowardly.<
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They are the night watchmen, the shield of the kingdom, and the guards of the Great Wall.
From the tunnel, "Strong Mag" and the six night watchmen never came out again.
Compared to the Great Wall Guard, the situation in Castle Black is even more critical. There are less than twenty Night Watchmen guarding Castle Black. They are unable to withstand the attacks of savages such as Magnusdi of Thenns and Tormund Giantsbane.<
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Castle Black fell into a melee, and Commander-in-Chief Ser Alliser was also wounded by Tormund. The Night's Watch could only rely on the location to continue fighting.
This is destined to be a bloody night. Before the old blood is frozen by the ice and snow, new blood will flow out again.
Jon, who was worried about the war situation, also went down the Great Wall. On the castle stairs, he encountered Fire Kiss, and Fire Kiss's arrow pointed at Jon.
"We only belong to each other!" Fire Kiss's heart was hot and wild, and it seemed that the next moment she would let Jon belong to her forever, but she still couldn't do it.
Looking at each other in silence, it was little Ollie who shot his arrow of revenge.
Fire Kiss fell into Jon's arms, and before dying, he said the famous sentence: "You know nothing, Jon snow."
The battle continues.
The sad Jon went on a killing spree, but he didn't expect to be approached by the angry Thenn Steed. Steed almost chased Jon and beat him, and even knocked Jon's "Long Claw" into the mire with an axe.<
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At the critical moment, Jon sprayed a mouthful of blood on Steve's face, then picked up the hammer next to him and hit his head with one blow!
Sidi's death also means the failure of the Savage Raid Plan!
Outside the Great Wall, the savages were still climbing the Great Wall desperately. Halfway through the climb, the night watchman suddenly activated his killer weapon. The huge steel sickle broke through the ice. Under the influence of gravity and iron chains, it was like the sickle of death, harvesting.
Take the life of a savage.
The giant scythe that sliced through the ice wall completely destroyed the wildlings' plan to climb over the Great Wall, and Mance Rayder had to temporarily withdraw his troops!
The sky was getting brighter, and both sides ushered in a brief period of calm.
But for the Night Watchmen, last night was just a tragic victory. The enemy was still a thousand times more powerful than them, and they could not relax yet.
The Night's Watch is isolated and helpless, with a serious shortage of manpower and a serious shortage of arrows and fire oil. If it faces another wildling attack, it is difficult to say whether it can defend it. At this time, Jon decided to go to the wildling camp to negotiate with Mance Rayder.
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Negotiation is also a means of war, and in many cases it is more effective than bloodshed. "If possible, use assassination to kill the King Beyond the Wall, and maybe the wildlings will be defeated." Jon thought to himself!
In the camp outside the wall, Jon and Mance Rayder met in the tent.
There was not much hatred between the two. After reminiscing about old times, Jon asked the wildlings to retreat, and the Night's Watch would let the battle be forgotten.
Mance Rayder said this was impossible. Winter was coming and the free people had nowhere to go. The only way to survive was behind the Great Wall. If they could not move to the south of the Great Wall before the harsh winter arrived, their fate would be worse than death.
Tragic.
At the same time, Mance Rayder also told Jon that he had sent four hundred warriors to climb the wall, and most of the warriors would arrive behind the Great Wall after tonight.
He threatened Jon that if the Night's Watch let them pass through the tunnel of the Great Wall, his free people would not harm any of the Night's Watch, but if he attacked, he would kill all the "crows".
Facing the threat, Jon once drew his sword, but Mance Rayder's men surrounded him heavily and he was unable to carry out the assassination plan.
At this moment, the sound of a horn came from the forest. It was Stannis Baratheon. He and Onion Knight Davos led 4,000 cavalry in two groups to outflank the wildling camp, defeating the wildling resistance in one fell swoop. p>
Seeing that the situation was over, Mance Rayder had no choice but to order all the wildlings to lay down their weapons.
The war ended like this, Mance Rayder was captured, and the defeated free people began to retreat to Hardhome. They did not dare to return to the place where they originally lived, which had long been occupied by the dead.
After the war, Stannis sat on the Wall. Due to the need to maintain the political neutrality of the Night's Watch, they needed to elect a new Lord Commander.
With Samwell Tarly's speech of support and Maester Aemon's key vote, Jon Snow was elected as the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.
After becoming Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jon personally executed Sir Sterling for disobeying orders.
As Mance Rayder said: "We are not here to conquer everything, we just want to hide behind your Great Wall."
The savages don't want to gain anything through this battle, they just want to escape to the south, that's all!
They have no strategic goals and no way to count the sacrifices of the wildlings. They can only try to climb over the chasm-like Great Wall and fight for a chance to survive before the White Walkers destroy everything.
In this battle, the savages had no choice, and victory was just the beginning of another escape journey for them.
For the Night Watchmen, this battle also has no strategic goal. They just want to abide by their oath and protect the Great Wall.
Night watchmen, most of them come from prisons in various kingdoms. They are robbers, thieves and death row prisoners, as well as some nobles who have lost their inheritance rights.
However, when the wildlings came and the responsibilities of the Night Watch fell on their shoulders, they did not flinch.
How powerful the giant is, when the oath sounded, the six night watchmen still picked up the swords in their hands, raised the torches, and vowed to stick to it to the death.
They defended the Great Wall tunnel and killed the giant at the cost of their lives.
Even the mascot, Fat Sam, did not run away when the savages attacked, and took part in the battle after settling down Gilly and her son.
Only the former Commander of the City Guard, Janos Slynt, and a woman hid in a storage room to avoid the battle.
Therefore, this is a war with "flaws". The winner has no achievements and the loser has no choice.
Whether they are wildlings or night watchmen, they can only fight to the death!