The king on the Great Wall

The ballista was turned to the gate of the city, and the thick and strong strings were stretched, shooting the huge spear-like arrows of the ballista to the bottom.Night watchmen without bows and arrows also picked up stones and threw them down. The most lethal oil barrels were dropped without money. The gate of the city was bombed instantly, with broken stones flying and burning oil splashing everywhere. Ignite all combustibles that can be contaminated.

A mammoth was doused with ignited asphalt, dragged the flames and ran back to the forest screaming, scaring countless savages to dodge and retreat. The flames have a great threat to beasts, but savages and giants are intelligent beings. When their bodies were on fire, they only had to throw themselves down and roll in the snow, and the flames would be extinguished in an instant.

The gates of the city were littered with corpses and rivers of blood, but the savages showed a completely different resilience and will to fight. They pushed away the corpses, covered the burning asphalt with snow, and continued to destroy the city against falling rocks and arrows. The outer door of the passageway has a posture of swearing not to give up until it achieves its goal.The sound of the wooden boards of the city gate being cracked was heard, and the giants tied the thick ropes to the gateposts, and at the other end they took a few mammoths and began to drive them away with whips.The rope was taut, and the city gate soon made a loud creaking noise.

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"Gentle Mother, source of mercy, bless your son through the fierce battle, stop the arrows, resist the sword, and let them see the beauty..." At the most critical moment of the battle, the monk Celeda of Castle Black was still in the mood They sang hymns, but they didn't know whether they were blown by the wind or frightened by the sight of being pinched between the north and the south, their voices were thick and trembling.

"Don't get nervous there, come here, open the lid of the oil drum, let the wildfire seep in!" Iger kicked him, and shouted loudly, "Stay away from here, take the torch away, this thing will explode!"

Many people stopped to look here, and Noy had to shout at them louder: "What are you looking at, keep shooting arrows! The arrows are gone? Go over there and get another bundle! Iger, what are you doing?"

"We must find something they can't deal with to interrupt their destruction of the city gate!"

"There are too many of them, and the outer gate can't be guarded!" Noy shook his head, "Keep shooting arrows, even if they can't shoot, at least they can harass them." The blacksmith looked at the face illuminated by the fire on the top of the Great Wall, " I need two archers and two spearmen to guard the tunnel together, in case they break the gate and break in!"

More than a dozen people came forward, and Noy picked out four and walked towards the elevator: "Iger, until I come back, the Great Wall is yours."

This scene seemed familiar, and Iger suddenly realized that if he didn't try to stop the wildling's attack on the gate quickly, the blacksmith and the five people he brought would die in the tunnel with a giant.He pried open the cover of a wooden barrel and nodded without looking back: "Understood, they won't be able to enter the tunnel, I promise!"

The asphalt and oil melted together, showing a black color in the barrel. Iger scooped out a large bowl and poured it into the empty barrel, then carefully picked up one of the two cans of wildfire brought to the Great Wall, and gently poured it into the barrel. The dark green viscous liquid was poured into the asphalt bucket, filling the space scooped out before, and the night watchman next to him sealed the lid again.

Repeating the operation, Iger mixed one of the two cans of wildfire into more than a dozen barrels of asphalt to make a row of low-profile liquid incendiary bombs.

Amidst the exclamation and air-breathing of the surrounding soldiers, a corner of the city gate was pulled out of the door frame by several mammoths, and the whole began to deform, making a sharp and piercing sound. Without further ado, Iger waved his hand: " Light it up and throw it down!"

A few night watchmen who were idle without bows ran forward, pushed the resealed dozen or so wooden barrels to a place a few meters east of the city gate, and lit them with torches.

There was no explosion, and Iger, who was standing a few meters away, breathed a sigh of relief: "Throw it down!"

"But the asphalt isn't hot—"

"It's not all bitumen in it, we're done when it's hot, throw it away immediately!"

The craftsmen and stewards obeyed the order, and as the oil barrels filled with wildfire were pushed down one by one, Iger approached the wall to see the effect of his new attempt.

After seeping into the wildfire, the flames from the opening of the oil barrel also turned green, and more than a dozen barrels tumbled and fell to the ground with their green tail flames. One of them hit the raised corner of the ice wall and shattered. , where the liquid sprayed out... If it hadn't seeped into the wildfire, these unheated asphalt and lamp oil mixtures would be extinguished by the icy cold wind, but this time, the green fire spread in the biting cold air, and the oil drums sprayed The sap all burned in the air, like a green demon with wings spread, descending from the sky, and pounced on the wildlings and giants who were pulling the gate.

Boom boom boom—the wooden barrels fell outside the city gate, bursting out clusters of dark green flames. The attackers have long been accustomed to this. Those who were splashed by the flames rushed to the snow and rolled, while the rest Then retreat a few meters, intending to wait for the fire to be extinguished by the cold ground and snow before continuing to work...

But this time, they seem to be wrong.

The people who rolled on the ground quickly stood up, and the liquid that had been suppressed ignited green flames as soon as it came into contact with the air. If they were lucky, they could quickly pick up the snow and completely suppress it, while those Those who were splashed more on their bodies fell into trouble: no matter how much they rolled, the green flames burned tenaciously on the clothes, melting the snowflakes that got on them, and continued to spread on the wet clothes... soon turned a few unlucky ones into risky ones. A screaming ghost with green flames.

A few dead people couldn't stop the attack, but a worse situation appeared soon: these liquids with green flames flowed and burned on the ground at the gate of the city. The wildfire in the asphalt heated the liquid and the ground by its own combustion, roasting the permafrost, and quickly heated the ground to the point where the mixture of asphalt and kerosene burned. Two other liquids with larger quantities were also ignited. The emerald green flame demon The color deepened, and it grew to a height of five or six meters, completely blocking the city gate, and even started to touch the mammoths holding the rope...

(This green fire will not go out until it burns out!) Before the wild people realized this and tried to extinguish it with snow, the emerald green flame had grown to a height of more than ten meters, and the isolation zone hundreds of meters away was covered with faint green light. Light up, and the air begins to smell of burnt bacon, like burnt bacon.Embers of the flames danced in the night sky like groups of green fireflies.

Several mammoths that were about to be licked by the green flames wailed and struggled desperately. Two of them quickly broke the brittle ropes and broke free, while the remaining few were also quickly untied by the giant knight. And pull back.

The green flame demon is burning and dancing at the gate of the city, like a loyal guard of the Impassable Great Wall. Before it goes out by itself, it becomes impossible to attack the gate... Although the casualties and physical exhaustion have not reached the unbearable retreat line, the wilderness in the mountains and plains People still retreated into the forest helplessly, waiting for the launch of the next wave of attacks.

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Chapter 217 Captive

A wildfire mixed with a large amount of lamp oil and asphalt loses its ability to explode. If it is in an ordinary castle attack and defense, a ball of flames will naturally be unable to stop the attacker from climbing and destroying other parts of the city wall, but in the special defensive building of the Impassable Great Wall Up ahead... when the only possible breakthrough point is the city gate, a strange green flame covering the gate has become the best means of defense.

The savages didn't intend to risk the overhead attack to put out the fire, and this raging green flame would obviously not end for a while.Now, it's time to help the night watchmen on the ground.

"Leave [-] people here, and blow the horn if there is any situation!" Iger said loudly, and randomly selected a row of old, weak, sick and left guards to continue monitoring: "Others, take the guys downstairs and help the brothers below!"

Because he didn't know the situation under the Great Wall, Iger waited for the first group of people to go downstairs before taking the soldiers directly under the logistics department back to the ground by elevator.What made him breathe a sigh of relief was that the battle below was coming to an end, so he didn't need to fight the enemy himself.

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A tower was on fire, and there were dead bodies everywhere, and there were living people running around, and the good news was that most of the people who were still moving were dressed in black.The low wooden walls and roadblocks couldn't stop the attackers from entering, but they caused trouble for the savages when they lost the battle and fled. As far as Iger could see, two savages were trying to escape over the wall Stabbed in the back by the night watchman.Teams of threes and twos were going from tower to building to search for wildlings who had broken in and hid... Castle Black hadn't been cleared yet, but the battle was virtually over.

The next step is to extinguish the fire, treat the wounded, and count the losses of the enemy and the enemy. The craftsmen and affairs officers put away their weapons and began to devote themselves to the post-war clean-up work.

James approached with a blood-stained sword. After a great battle, he finally temporarily forgot the big mistake he made, and finally his face was no longer expressionless: "This damn place...every day... Is this exciting?"

"How is it possible." Iger understands that this exciting experience of being involved in a bloody battle as soon as he arrives will easily scare the newcomers. James and his bodyguards have no choice yet. The young man wanted to quit because he was afraid, so he had to be in a hurry for a while: "The reason why this battle happened is completely due to the decision-making error of the Night Watchman's command. Now that I am back, I will never be attacked by the wildlings again. Chance!"

"Being flanked by two sides is not the most terrible thing... As the headquarters of the Night Watch, can't Castle Black build a stronger wall?" The Kingslayer looked a little puzzled and annoyed: "There are so many idle towers here. Torn down a few, dug some mud, enough to build a high wall."

James is willing to speak, which is also a good start, Iger will naturally not object to his proposal, shrugged: "I will pass your suggestion to Commander Mormont, take your people to find a place to rest, The Night's Watch will do the rest."

There was a quarrel more than ten meters away, and Iger heard Jon's voice, and immediately led people over to check the situation.

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"This female cousin killed at least two of our brothers!"

"She surrendered and is now my prisoner." Jon confronted the speaker.

"I didn't see her surrender."

Jon grabbed the wildling woman: "Are you going to surrender or not?"

"I surrender." The woman's words were fogged in the air-conditioning.

"You have taken a fancy to this savage female cousin! The Great Wall is too lonely, and the evil blood of your illegitimate son is about to move, isn't it?"

"This is my prisoner." Jon insisted on this statement: "Did someone stipulate that no prisoners should be taken in the battle with the wildlings? We can interrogate her to understand the strategies and deployments of the wildlings!"

"The savage would probably rather kill himself by biting his tongue than answering questions. It's a waste of effort."

Iger approached the scene and saw the female wildling held by Jon-she had red hair.

It's Ygritte, I can't see clearly in the night... She still participated in the raid on Castle Black, but was captured by Jon in the scuffle. Is this a young sperm with a brain staring at the female wildling? Are they destined to meet?

Iger didn't intend to think about this meaningless question any more. He interrupted the dispute between the two groups of night watchmen: "If there are still alive, arrest them! Even if there is nothing to interrogate, they can use them at critical moments. Come and send a message to Mance Rayder!"

"The captives will still eat our food!"

With the new army he trained in King's Landing as a comparison, the original strict discipline and quality of the Night Watchmen seem to have become so mediocre at the moment. Would a random soldier dare to contradict the Chief Logistics Officer?Iger frowned, realizing that what he said was still not very effective: "The food problem will naturally be resolved by the logistics department, stop talking nonsense, clean up the battlefield, and the kitchen staff will prepare dinner!"

The chief craftsman and the affairs officer are honest people who don't like to give orders. Commander Mormont and the chief ranger are not there. After leaving for a year and returning to Castle Black, Iger actually has the intention of taking the lead. The temporary principal here.The steaming onion broth was quickly carried out from the kitchen. Everyone had a share, and at the same time, they did not forget to bring it to the sentinels who stayed at the top of the Great Wall. It was served with bread, and quickly replenished the exhaustion of everyone's physical strength after the battle.

In the dark night, counting became especially difficult, and it was not until midnight... the preliminary figures were not released: 26 Castle Black defenders died and several were injured; about 76 wildlings attacked Castle Black, of which [-] were killed and five were captured , and the rest fled into the night.

The elite soldiers brought by James from the western region fought against the enemy in formation with long spears. They were as unstoppable as the gods of death descended into the world. They alone created nearly half of the number of enemies killed, but the loss was only four.The savages who made the raid could never have imagined that they tried their best to mobilize the most elite rangers among the night watchmen, but on the day they launched the raid, they met the elite of the Western Region who just arrived and had stronger fighting power.

Facing the most elite of the savages, this casualty ratio can be regarded as a big victory, but considering that the opponent's total population is a hundred times that of the night watchman, this record becomes nothing to mention.

After drinking the hot soup, gnawing off the bread, and burning the corpses of the savages and sacrificed brothers, there was still no sound of horns from the top of the Great Wall.No one can judge whether the wildlings will attack tonight, but it is impossible for three hundred people to wait like this. After discussing with the chief craftsman and the affairs officer, the three commanders formulated a new night watch—to ensure that every moment There are 20 people on the top of the Great Wall and 30 people standing guard on the towers around Castle Black.

In the name of not being a member of the Night Watch Corps, Iger helped the logistics department staff brought by him to escape the rotation.After experiencing a long journey of thousands of miles and the ensuing horror battle, they were lucky to have no casualties, and they lived in Harding Tower under the arrangement of Iger-the reason why Jon chose this tower Live here with his friends too.The night watchman is a whole, but where there are people, there are small groups. With the acquiescence of the chief, the soldiers can generally choose their own residences to ensure that they are with familiar and close people... Anyway, the construction of Castle Black was considered to accommodate With 5000 people, there are many empty buildings.

On a chaotic and exhausting day, Iger had no energy to reminisce with Jon. He simply cleaned up the room with his followers, lit the fireplace and made the bed, and he fell asleep quickly.

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The savages did not attack again that night, and after a good night's sleep, they ushered in the second day after arriving at the Great Wall.

It was a bad situation, with one-third of the oil barrels consumed in last night's battle, and only one barrel left from the wildfire.The most troublesome thing is that the outer door has been completely deformed and distorted after being destroyed by the giants and the fire in the middle of the night. It is separated from the melted ice wall... It cannot be opened or closed. The wheel is broken.

The savages launched another feint attack after dawn the next day, dragging the corpses farther away from the Great Wall back to the forest and burning them, and then launched a second round of large-scale attack by means of chariots covered with animal skins that night... However, in the absence of the cooperation of the wall-crossing savages in the black castle in the south of the wall, the green flame, which is not extinguished by water, was quickly repulsed again.

The wildfire has been exhausted, and there are not many oil barrels left, but Egger has an idea and arranges for people to fill all the empty barrels that can be found in the tower with water, send people to carry them to the top of the wall, and pile them in rows in the corner .

Maybe it's the "oil barrels" that frighten the savage skinchangers who control the birds for scouting, maybe it's the two encounters with wildfire barbecues that frighten them, or maybe it's the detection of the ranger's return to defense... to On the third day, the wildlings stopped attacking the Wall, and Commander Mormont and Ser Jeremy Lake returned to Castle Black with some rangers.

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Chapter 218 Night Watchman Conference

In the hall where Iger was once interrogated as a deserter and where the night watchmen of all ages had a meeting, another night watchman meeting was held urgently.The situation is different from any time before entering this room: this time, Iger sat behind the raised platform at the front, the second position on the left of Commander Mormont, symbolizing the legion's relay commander-in-chief, chief The fifth-in-command seat behind the rangers, stewards, and artisans, for the first time, was high above looking down on the rest of the officers and soldiers of Castle Black, which was filled with darkness below.

Some of the nobles and knights of the Alliance of the Righteous who were assigned to the Great Wall by Robert after Gudi suppressed the rebellion were also present. They were of noble origin, and now most of them hold middle-level positions in the rangers... But at this kind of plenary meeting, they can only be honest and honest. Sit at the long table below.They may hate Iger, but they can't think of the chief logistics officer who is far above them... This is completely different from being in King's Landing-"The combined power of potential enemies is not as good as myself , the feeling that the situation is completely under my own control" is really great.

"I am fully aware of what happened at Castle Black while I was away, and I thank you brothers for holding our stronghold during the absence of the rangers." Mormont cleared his throat and said, "This meeting is held except for In addition to the praise of the participants in this battle, there is another important topic - about how we should deal with the follow-up attacks of the wildlings."

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"The two cans of wildfire brought by the Chief Logistics Officer to Castle Black a few days ago have achieved amazing results in defense. If this material can be supplied in sufficient quantities... the wildlings will not be able to get close to the Great Wall at all." The Chief Affairs Officer turned his head and said.

The artisan agrees: "If the wildfire is gone, a sufficient amount of asphalt and lamp oil can have a similar effect."

"Bowen, Othel, you're digressing." Maester Aemon coughed and shook his head, "What Admiral Mormont said about 'response to the follow-up attack of the wildlings' refers to defending the entire Great Wall, not just Castle Black. that door."

Mormont nodded, affirming the blind maester's explanation: "People with sharp eyes should have noticed that I didn't bring back all the rangers that I took to Eastwatch. Why? Because before and after the attack on Castle Black, Eastwatch also We were attacked by a large number of wildlings. More than Castle Black encountered... Fortunately, our harbor stronghold had stone walls built decades ago, and there were fortifications to rely on. There was no attack from the north of the wall at the same time. Relying on the hard work of all brothers and the active attack of the rangers, we repelled the attackers, but also paid more than a dozen casualties. In order to consolidate the defense of East Watch, I left two Ten rangers are there, and only half of them have been brought back. Jeremy Lake, report to everyone on the defense of Castle Black to the west."

"There are news of wildlings appearing everywhere. Harma the Dog Head appeared in Deep Lake Residence, Rattleshirt appeared in Long Nightfort, Weepers appeared in Icescar City, and there were wildlings along the Great Wall... They were climbing near the Queen's Gate for a while After a while, they smashed the walls of Grayguard Fort... However, whenever we arrived and boarded the city, they immediately ran away and resumed their activities elsewhere the next day." Jeremy said: "Fortunately, the defenders of the Shadow Tower carried out your plan. The order did not leave his post without authorization, otherwise the west end of the Great Wall would have been lost...Mance's purpose was to disperse our forces, and he almost succeeded."

With caution, the Great Wall survived the first round of the wildlings' attack under Mormont's command, but the old bear did not feel relaxed at all: "The situation along the Great Wall is basically like this. Now we are completely in trouble. The enemy has crossed the Great Wall The number of people entering the land-grant has probably exceeded the members of the Night Watch Legion, but because of the level of training and equipment, they are temporarily unable to pose a frontal threat to us. They are wandering around the land-grant, we can't ignore it, but we have no ability to stop... The night watchmen have to protect the land grant and guard the Great Wall. As the masters of this land, we are so tense that we dare not even send out patrols on our own territory south of the wall. If we can't find a solution, Our watch will probably end before this winter comes."

"The Night Watchmen themselves are unable to solve the current predicament." Iger said, "We must ask the king and the Duke of Winterfell for help. The war in the south is over, and King Stannis will definitely go north to support."

"I have sent out all the crows I could, but what came back was bad news—Storm's End was attacked and captured by an unknown army, and the occupant raised the true dragon banner of the previous dynasty, claiming to be Rhaegar's son." As a member of the Targaryen, Maester Aemon's tone could not hear the slightest fluctuation: "The Reach has recognized its identity and made an alliance with it. I am afraid that King Stannis will choose to lead the army south to conquer his own people." Fortress."

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What the hell is going on here?Iger's heart skipped a beat, another completely unplanned change. After returning to the Great Wall for a few days, he already had a general understanding of the situation of the Night Watchmen—the more than 200 elites sent away by the Rangers Expedition really made the Great Wall's defense The situation is much easier, but it can only allow the night watchmen to last for a few more days. Without foreign aid, this war of one thousand against one hundred thousand will inevitably end with the savages breaking through the Great Wall and attacking the northern border. If so, some of my plans It is meaningless to plan and plan, and it is completely in vain!

"As for the princes in the north, it's not like they can't spare any manpower."

"Now it's the last autumn harvest before winter. Even if there are people, I'm afraid they will all be used to harvest the crops. How can we support us!"

It's really terrible, the reason why I still choose to go north to Castle Black after Stannis took King's Landing is because of the wildlings, a huge and unowned human resource... These days, he often goes to the top of the Great Wall to meet the ghosts. Looking at the forest, the "enemies" everywhere in the eyes of countless night watchman colleagues, in his eyes, are the cheapest and most easily available labor force in the world.

However, these guys are not obedient kittens. If they wave their hands and show friendliness, they will join their subordinates. To subdue the wildlings, the key step is to use overwhelming military superiority to beat them down first, and then slowly tame them ...

Stannis, who failed to become Lord of King's Landing, was able to say such righteous words as "I should save the country to win the throne", and really put the declaration into practice...but now this Baratheon who cares about the common people En successfully sat on the Iron Throne, but because of various reasons such as "to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down at home", he couldn't come to the northern border to support him?

Can you stop being so sarcastic!

The side effects of plots getting out of control always appear at the most unpredictable moment. Eggerton felt that he was asking for trouble, and he gritted his teeth and continued to ask: "What about Lord Eddard Stark, he is the Guardian of the North, and he will not Maybe you ignore the safety of your own territory?"

"The northern army is following Stannis south to Storm's End. Ravens have wings, but the northerners don't. Even if they return to help immediately after the war, they won't be able to reach the Wall within a month, and we probably won't last that long."

The latest news of Maester Aemon disrupted all of Iger's plans. He frowned, thinking about ways to break the situation in confusion.

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Jon stood up from below: "We should negotiate with the wildlings and reach an agreement with them-the night watchmen open the door to let them in, and they obey our laws. We have a common enemy. In the coming winter, the Great Wall needs The power of every living being."

"Let the savages enter the Great Wall?" Without a second's pause, voices of opposition immediately sounded: "Lord Xue Nuo, I think you have been stunned by that savage female cousin!"

Jon ignored the old enemy's doubts, but looked directly at the top members of the night watchmen sitting at the front of the hall: "Commander Mormont, we captured several wildlings who attacked Castle Black alive a few days ago, and one of them passed by After interrogation and persuasion, she agreed to confess Mance's plan to attack the Great Wall, but she was only willing to speak in public."

"'Her'? What did I say! I'm afraid it's not persuasion, but sleeping clothes..."

Mormont slapped the table and interrupted the taunts of several night watchmen who didn't like Jon: "Enough, bring that wild man up."

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The house crowded with hundreds of people was still noisy. Jon stood up and left the hall. Ten minutes later, he brought back the female wildling who was shackled by shackles.

Everyone looked at the wild woman.

Ygritte is not at all as beautiful as the actors in the TV series. She has an ordinary round face, a snub nose, eyes that are set apart, and teeth that are not very straight.The fiery red hair and those pretty blue-gray eyes barely added a little bit to her... Even so, in Castle Black, where women have not been seen all year round, she is much more beautiful than the prostitutes in Mole Village It still managed to arouse the sexual interest of many Night Watchmen men.

Mormont looked at the prisoner for a while, then asked, "Miss Savage... what's your name?"

"Ygritte."

"Very well, Ygritte, is it true that Jon said you were willing to confess to Mance Rayder's plans to attack the Wall?"

"Yes."

"You want to say it in public, now that almost everyone at Castle Black is here, go ahead."

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(The situation is not quite right.) Igger, who was observing Ygritte, quickly noticed the abnormality.He used to think that Jon and Ygritte were destined to meet each other, so his little friend who "knows nothing" could easily persuade the latter to provide Mance Rayder's attack plan... But look at the wild girl's Doesn't the facial expression look like a "confession"?

If you have to describe it, Ygritte is more like a revolutionary martyr facing the reactionaries at this moment, standing on the execution ground, determined to be generous and arrogant.

If it weren't for knowing that it was impossible, Iger almost suspected that Ygritte would detonate the bomb on her body in the next second, and die with the high-level Night Watchman...so that her wildling companions could pass the Great Wall smoothly.

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Ygritte looked around the room, confirmed that most of the night watchmen were here, and then raised her head proudly and said: "You kneelers, you can't hold the Great Wall. If I were you, I would open the city gate quickly. Take off your black clothes and surrender to Mance for a chance at life."

Mormont waved his hand to stop the commotion of his subordinates, and stared at Ygritte with displeasure: "I remember you came to confess Mance Rayder's attack plan, if you talk nonsense, go back to the ice prison , but this time, we won't give you the fur."

The threat seemed to take effect, and Ygritte paused, visibly swallowing back what she was going to say.

"I have to admit, you crows are much more capable of fighting than expected." The female wild woman came back to the topic after deliberately snorting loudly to show her disdain: "However, don't think that you can stop the free folk .You are too few, and we are too many. This time our attack on Castle Black is just a test. Mance Rayder told us before leaving... If this attack fails, he will not try again in vain Instead, they will send 1 people to the east coast, where they will make rafts across Seal Bay, and attack East Watch from behind; another 1 people will be sent to the west to cross the Grand Canyon with light equipment, and attack the Shadow Tower from the south. The men, horses and mammoths will detach to your abandoned fortresses, start work on more than a dozen places at the same time, dig through the blocked city gates, and easily pass through the Great Wall. At that time, even if you can fight ten times more, you will be defeated by us Overwhelmed by the crowd!"

"Half of those 1 people will drown in Seal Bay, and half of the other [-] will fall to their deaths at the bottom of the Grand Canyon."