Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 130 Ed's Plan Beyond the Great Wall

In the hall of Winterfell, Maester Luwin was stunned, "The more wildlings the King Beyond the Wall has, the better it is for us?"

Ed stroked the direwolf's head, and said calmly: "The savages lack discipline. They have almost no craftsmen, and they can't even make decent siege equipment. How can they threaten the Great Wall? Don't forget, the Great Wall is human. Most majestic building."

"Beyond the Great Wall has a vast territory. There is no map that can describe the size of the area north of the Impassable Great Wall. The settlements of wildlings are scattered in various places, and the land is sparsely populated. It is very difficult to defeat the wildlings one by one, the marching route is too long, and in the ice and snow, supplies will be a big problem."

"Now, Mance Rayder, the king beyond the Great Wall, has won the support of many settlements beyond the Great Wall by relying on his own prestige and means. Various settlements of the Frozen Coast, the Thenns, and the Hardfoot People all gathered in Mansley. Under the banner of Sith, the wildlings gather together, the army of the North and the Night Watch Corps can defeat the wildlings in one go, and completely eliminate the threat beyond the Great Wall."

Maester Luwin stroked the necklace on his neck, marveling, "I really didn't expect this, Lord Eddard is really thoughtful."

The two direwolves, Night Walk and Sunshine, rubbed their heads against Ed's legs affectionately. Ed said: "The only thing I worry about is that Elder Bear will take the Night's Watch to attack rashly. When the bridge appeared, the intention to lure the enemy was very obvious, Xiong Lao is old and stubborn, I am worried that Xiong Lao will fall into the savage's strategy of luring the enemy."

"The Rangers of the Night's Watch are more than enough to deal with the wildlings, but Mance Rayder is very cunning. If they don't keep the Night's Watch together, they will be ambushed by the wildlings outside the Great Wall. Go back and write to Maester Aemon, Old Bear and Bunyan A letter, saying that I hope they will stick to the Great Wall and not attack. When necessary, the army of the North will sweep the wilderness together with the Night Watchman Legion."

Maester Luwin turned and left, and Ed's thoughts drifted to the Great Wall.Ed has always believed that the Great Wall of Impassability is a gift from the gods in the sky to the Northern Territory, and it is the barrier of the Northern Territory in the north.

As Winterfell looked towards the Greenguard, Nightfort and Westbridge on the Great Wall, land-grant military camps sprung up like mushrooms, and the number of soldiers in Winterfell on the Great Wall already surpassed the Night Watch Corps and the Night Watch Corps. The relationship with Winterfell is unprecedentedly close.

Historically, the size of the Night's Watch was enormous.After all, the Night's Watch was created to fight against the White Walkers and ghouls, and the Wall was also built to resist the White Walkers and ghouls.

However, 8000 years have passed since the Long Night, and the White Walkers have never appeared again. Today, the White Walkers, like the giants and the children of the forest, have become ancient elves in folk tales. Even the Night Watchmen have almost forgotten their sacredness. The mission, they thought their mission was to deal with the savages beyond the Great Wall.

This is not the case in history. In history, the Night Watchman Legion was able to attract knights from all over the Seven Kingdoms. Soldiers joined voluntarily, and many knights brought attendants. At that time, the Night Watchman Legion was full of servants and elites.

Aegon the Conqueror rode Balerion the Black Death and bathed Harrenhal with dragon flames. Harren the Blackheart and his descendants were all buried in the flames. He was the brother of Harren the Blackheart. At that time, the Night Watch had [-] well-trained and well-equipped soldiers.

A standing army of this size is almost unimaginable in Westeros today.

Today, the number of the Night Watch Corps is less than 1000. Many southern nobles have long forgotten the existence of the Night Watch Corps. They think that the Great Wall is just a place to receive all kinds of criminals and scum. The Night Watch Corps relies heavily on Winterfell and the North. funding.

After Ed launched the "Desperate Great Wall Food Reserve Plan", the food baskets and dining tables of the Night Watch Corps are in the hands of Winterfell. Ed's opinion will be seriously considered by the senior management of the Night Watch Corps.

Mance Rayder, the king beyond the Great Wall, gathered an army of wildlings. This only shows that the ghosts and ghouls are appearing more frequently outside the Great Wall. The free people outside the Great Wall who have lost their living space have to respond to Mance Ray. Called by virtue, he left the settlement where he lived for generations, joined the army of savages, and slowly migrated to the Great Wall of Desperation.

The wildling army brought families, sheep and cattle, food and goods. There were resolute spearwives and powerful wildling raiders, Thenn warriors in bronze scales, and even riding captains. Mammoths fighting giants.But in the wildling army, most of them are old people and children, and the soldiers may be less than one-tenth.

The equipment of the wildlings is also very poor. Since there are almost no blacksmiths among the wildlings beyond the Great Wall, they cannot forge steel weapons and armor. Only the Thenns know how to smelt bronze weapons, but bronze weapons cannot match steel weapons.

Most of the wildling raiders wore hides that exuded a fishy smell, and used weapons made of wood and stone. A few had long swords with pits and holes. Most of these weapons came from dead rangers.Few of the savages could wear leather armor, let alone armor.

Ed understood that the wildlings were afraid of the White Walkers and Ghouls. According to Ed's plan, he originally planned to negotiate with Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, but it was a pity that Mance Rayder belonged to the Night Watchman. Deserters, in the eyes of the Night Watch Corps, Mance Rayder is an oath breaker, a chameleon, which caused the top night watchmen to refuse to negotiate with Mance Rayder from the very beginning.

Moreover, Mance Rayder, who holds a large army, may not be willing to negotiate.Many of the wildling raider leaders under Mance Rayder must have dreamed of breaking through the Great Wall, looting, robbing women and children, and cracking the earth to become kings.

Such a barbaric enemy must be conquered with iron and blood.

Ed believed that as long as an elite cavalry from the north, combined with night watchman rangers, would be enough to defeat the wildlings.

Among the Rangers of the Night Watch, there are many excellent fighters, such as "Halfhand" Colin, Benyan Stark, Jarman Bookwell, Sauron Smallwood, "Black Jack" Bulwey and others.

There are too many good players in the rangers. Ed believes that it will not be too difficult for the night watchman rangers to cooperate with the northern army to defeat the wildling army.

Ed was still in the hall, thinking about how to deal with the savages. At this moment, marksman Ferran walked in with a red face.

"Lord Ed, Mrs. Barbaret, she...she wants me to go to Huangzhongtun with her."

Ed smiled, "Mrs. Barbaret is the head of the Dustin family in Barrenton. She has lived in Winterfell for a while, but sooner or later, she will go back. Follow her!"

(End of this chapter)