Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 151 The King Beyond the Great Wall
Under the eagle's watch, the great army of the North marched toward the Fist of the First Men against the gray blue sky in the north, leaving Craster's stronghold behind.

In the wildling camp on the upper Milk River, Mance Rayder, King Beyond the Wall, played the harp. He had long legs, thick arms, and gray hair. He was already entering middle age.

At the side, Mance's wife, Dana, was mending clothes. She had brown waist-length hair and wore a fur coat. She was plump and beautiful. She was already pregnant.

Next to her was Val, Dana's sister, long, honey-colored hair, slim, with gray eyes like the winter sea, in a white wool coat, and beside her was her lover, the young Raider Jar, Jar Er has a thick black beard and a handsome face. He is young, but he has crossed the Great Wall many times. He is a rising star among the wildling raiders.

Tormund wore a bearskin coat, and his thick arms were covered with gold hoops made of pure gold, engraved with ancient runes.Tormund is one of the most famous raiders among the wildlings beyond the Great Wall. He has many famous names, such as Husband of the Snow Bear, Thunder Fist, Trumpeter, Icebreaker, Giant Buster, etc.

There are even terrible nicknames such as "Father of Life" and "Advocate of the Gods". Many people can't figure out why Tormund has so many mighty and domineering nicknames. Perhaps his last nickname "Blowing King" can explain .

Tormund was nibbling on a leg of lamb with greasy hands.

The skinchanger Auriel on the side was rolling his eyes, staring blankly at the top of the tent. It was Auriel who controlled the eagle hundreds of miles away and observed the movement of the northern army near Fort Custer.

Auriel smelled like bird droppings all over his body. He was wearing black leather armor and black and white feather fur, which was woven from the feathers of hundreds of birds. He had a hooked nose and a face that looked like an eagle.

Mance Rayder plucked a sad note, and the whites of Auriel's eyes returned to normal, and his soul returned from the distant Custer Fortress to the camp of the King Beyond the Wall.

"Auriel, what do you see?" Mance Rayder lowered his harp.

"I saw that Custer was captured, and his wife was also captured by soldiers from the North."

Tormund snorted softly, "Caster claims to be a friend of the rangers, look at how the night watchman and the northerners deal with him, don't think about it, the soldiers of Winterfell and the night watchman will abuse his wife and daughter, Custer's old stubbornness is doomed to lose his head."

Val frowned, "Didn't Custer often brag that gods will protect people who worship the gods? It seems that the cold gods don't have much power."

"Hush!" Mance Rayder was obviously taken aback, "Don't talk nonsense, if that god has no power, what would happen to those blue-eyed dead people walking in the wilderness? Val, you have to pay attention. Anywhere, one must be careful not to call the evil gods by their names."

Val made a grimace, and Dana worriedly said: "The northern border and the Night's Watch allied forces to attack the Frostfang, the Fist of the First Men, the Haunted Forest, and the army of the White Walkers and Ghouls are still coming south from the Land of Eternal Winter. What should the people do?"

Mance Rayder got up and looked at the map of animal skins hanging in the tent.

"Dana, you don't have to worry. In Fang of Frost and Snow, Afin the Raven Hunter and the Weeper will deal with our old opponent Qhorin Halfhand."

Jael said disdainfully: "Weeper, can Afin the Raven Hunter deal with Halfhand? Before Halfhand led a team of rangers, which wildling raider leader would dare to provoke him? What's more, Halfhand now has hundreds of cavalry and soldiers in his hands. There are thousands of warriors from the mountain clans, and the mountain clans are best at fighting in the mountains."

"You forgot the most important point, the mountain clans don't understand the terrain of the Frostfang." Mance Rayder smiled, "Khorin Halfhand is familiar with the Frostfang, but the cavalry are in the Frostfang. He can't gallop freely, he has to rely on the infantry of the mountain clan, as long as we hold the mountain pass of Frostfang, Qhorin Halfhand can only retreat, otherwise their army will starve to death in the valley."

Tormund raised an eyebrow, "If this trick succeeds, he is not Halfhand. You expect the Weeper and Afin the Raven Hunter to hold the valley? I don't think these two are opponents for Qolin Halfhand. Hehe! You Let's get ready for the funeral!"

Mance Rayder put his hand near the giant ladder in Frostfang, "It's hard to stop Halfhand and his army with the free folk, but if the giants guard the giant ladder, Qolin Halfhand can't do anything about it."

Val, Dana, Jarl, and Auriel all smiled, and Tormund smiled and said, "So you invited the giant a long time ago."

Mance Rayder nodded, "The king of giants, the strong Mag will lead the giants to guard the giant ladder himself. If Halfhand tries to divide his troops and bypass the giant ladder, the troggs will cause them heavy casualties. Many caves in Frostfang Connected to each other, many troglodytes have lived here for generations. Briar, the skinchanger, will use her shadow lynx to hunt enemies on the mountain, spreading fear."

Auriel leaned over, "What about the enemies around the Haunted Forest? I saw it through the eagle, and the one who led the way was Mufang Dawen. This old man is familiar with everything about the Haunted Forest. The commander sent by Winterfell is Ai. The captain of Germany's guard is also the captain of Winterfell's guard, what does his name seem to be?"

"Jory Cassel." Mance Rayder had prepared for the war between the wildlings and the northern border very early. He had gone to know the nobles and nobles in the northern border many years ago.

"Jory Cassel is the captain of the guards of Winterfell. This man is the nephew of Roderick Cassel, the coach of Winterfell. He is good at swordsmanship and loyal to the Stark family of Winterfell. However, the guard Not counting soldiers, no matter how good the captain of the guard is, it would be a big problem for him to command the field march, not to mention that Jory Cassel is not familiar with the Ghost Forest."

Auriel said disdainfully: "Mance, Woodyaw Daven knows the ghost forest best. I saw it through the eagle. Jory Cassel has hundreds of cavalry under him, and there are many soldiers from Skagos Island." Rock infantry, the number of rock infantry is estimated to be in the thousands."

Mance Rayder's hand slid across the ghost forest on the map, "You said it yourself, those are the soldiers of the rock species, the clan leader of the rock species is Billy Stern from the Driftwood Hall, and Billy Stern from the King's Hall Raisen Magna, they are not familiar with the cavalry in Winterfell, so cooperation will be a big problem."

"I've arranged for poster Davidin the Skinner, 'White Mask' Morona to ambush in the Haunted Forest, and Polo the Skinchanger to bring his ferocious boars and give Jory Cassel and Rockplant some powerful Look."

Many wildlings are terrified when they hear the name of the skinchanger Polo, who controls a boar, a monstrous creature taller than any warhorse, capable of gutting his enemies with ease.

Dana said softly: "Even if the troglodytes and giants blocked Colin Halfhand and the Mountain Clan on the Giant Ladder, Morona, Davidin and the Polo District foiled Jory Cassel and the Rockborn in the Ghost Forest , what should we do with the main force led by Ed, the Duke of Winterfell, Elder Xiong?"

Auriel echoed: "Yes, there are thousands of people in this army, and they are heading towards the Fist of the First Men. The scouting army is led by a guy whose coat of arms is an archer, with red hair, this guy is who?"

"The idiot nearly shot my eagle several times."

Mance Rayder looked sad, "This is Ed's Duke's new pet marksman Ferran, I heard from the Rock King's messenger that this Ferran is a ruthless character, he is a devilish and deadly marksman, Last year on Skagos Island, countless rock warriors died under Ferran's arrows."

Tormund beat his chest with his thick arms, "The scout of the savage army in the Milk River area is the dog-headed Harma. Do you expect Harma to beat the sharpshooter Ferran? I guess that Harma's ugly head will be gone soon." It was chopped off and stuck together with her dog's head."

"Send me! Mance, give me three hundred cavalry, and I can kill this Ferran. Among the free folk I know, there is a spearwife named Ygritte who is also a marksman. Ritter went and shot Phelan."

Mance Rayder shook his head, "It is very difficult for Ygritte to defeat Ferran. The Free Folk Cavalry has no advantage against the Northern Cavalry or the Night Watch Rangers. It may not work if you go. This Ferran is a huge Hidden danger."

The King Beyond the Wall turned to Auriel, "Which ranger will the Night Watch send to guide Ferran's scouts?"

Auriel thought for a while, "Jeremy Lake."

The haze on Mance Rayder's face was swept away, "This is a mistake made by Xiong Lao and Ed, Jeremy Lake is just an embroidered pillow, if it is Bunyan, Jarman Boo People like Kewell and Sir Malado Locke are much more difficult to deal with."

"I want to lure the enemy deep along the banks of the Milk River and destroy Ferran's scouting cavalry troops. The dog-headed Harma, the giant buster Tormund, and the King of Bones attack in turn. Together with Auriel's eagle and the six-shapes Varamyr's The bear, the saber-toothed tiger of Targus, even if Ferran grows wings, they cannot escape from my palm."

Val said disdainfully: "Killing a Ferran can't stop the northern army from advancing. The free folk have been digging graves in the Frostfangs, the Thenns, the Hornfoot Men, the Cavemen, the Nightwalkers...they have been digging graves all the time. grave, and many complain that the White Walkers will be dug up."

"Mance, is there really the legendary Horn of Winter in the tomb?"

Mance Rayder smiled, "When we rummage through Frostfang's tomb, we will definitely find the Horn of Winter. The horn can bring down the Great Wall."

Dana was taken aback, "Are you really planning to destroy the Great Wall? That is the hope of human beings against the ghosts!"

"I will use the Horn of Winter to negotiate." Mance Rayder mourned. "I will not use the Horn of Winter lightly, unless it is absolutely necessary."

Many villages passed by the army from the north were empty, but some old people, children and women remained in some villages. Ed ordered the soldiers to escort them all to Castle Black, where they would be sent to land grants for resettlement.

These wildlings will curse and curse viciously, but in the end, they will accept their fate.The savages are a nation of winter, and there are perennial disputes between settlements. It is common for the weak to become slaves of the strong. These savages have the courage to accept their fate.

The scouts led by Phelan and Jeremy Lake killed every wildling who tried to resist, and the scouts opened the way ahead, and the northern army was hardly disturbed.

Ser Malador Locke and Littlejon Umber were in charge of the baggage caravan, which went in the rear of the host, and Deron Dustin of Barrowton commanded a cavalry in the rear.

The northern army followed the road in the ghost forest, all the way to the north. Ed was riding a black horse, and saw the mountain peaks rising suddenly from the northern land, appearing like fists under the gray-blue sky in the north.

To the west of the Fist of the First Men is the Milk River, to the east, north, south and north are all endless forests, and to the west of the Milk River is the snow-covered Frostfang Mountains.

Ed, Old Bear, Greatjon, Bunyan, Rickard Karstark and others handed over the horses to the followers and walked up the mountain. The top of the mountain is the remains of the ring castle of the ancestors.The west and north sides of this mountain are very steep, only the slopes on the east side are relatively gentle, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After controlling this place, the coalition forces of the Northern Territory and the Night's Watch can easily attack the Antler River and the Ghost Forest in the east, attack the wildling tribes of Frostfang in the west, and sweep up the wildling settlements along the Milk River in the north.

Northern soldiers and night watchman brothers began to set up tents in the abandoned city walls of Ring Fort. The soldiers transported barrels of ale, bags of black bread, biscuits, berries, apples and other food to the abandoned houses of Ring Fort.

Some stewards made antlers out of wood to block the entrance to the top of the hill, and the brothers of the Night's Watch tethered their hounds in the woods outside the camp, and the direwolves, Sun and Nightwalk, roamed around.

Ed stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the wilderness beyond the Great Wall, and an eagle was circling in the sky.

Ferran was dressed in red plate armor, and his cloak was covered with mud. He walked up to Ed, "Master Ed, my scouts killed some wildling scouts of the dog-head Harma, and the dog-head Harma fled to the north. My The scouts questioned some of the wildlings, some of them confessed, and Mance Rayder raised an army of wildlings in the upper Milk River, numbering in the tens of thousands."

Ed patted Phelan on the shoulder, "Thank you. Phelan, our army has successfully arrived at the Fist of the First Men. The investigation is left to the Rangers of the Night Watch. You stay at the Fist of the First Men."

"Lord Ed, the King Beyond the Wall is not dead, how can I rest?" Ferran shook his head stubbornly, "The cavalry of the wildlings are no match for the cavalry of the Northern Territory, maybe I can lead the scouts into Mance Red's tent, and beheading him will end this war."

"Don't be greedy for meritorious deeds." Ed warned, "Don't forget, your wife, Barbaret, is still waiting for you in the Barren Tomb Hall!" The marriage that De worked so hard to bring about will go to waste, and it will also attract the hatred of Ballet. At that time, Ed will carry out reforms in the northern border, and the resistance will be great.

Ferran turned and left.

Old Xiong looked to the north, "The army of wildlings is really too huge. Fortunately, they are mixed with fish and dragons, and our soldiers are more elite. We are stationed at the Fist of the First Men. Mance Rayder must have received the news. Whichever fort on the Great Wall, when the savage army goes down the Ruhe River, it must pass through the Fist of the First Men."

"Even if Fangs of Frost and the savage army from the Ghost Forest attack the Great Wall, we can still attack them from behind. Lord Ed, if we occupy this place, we will occupy a favorable position."

Sauron Smallwood was dressed in black and black breastplate. He said disdainfully: "Lord Mormont, the wildlings of Frostfang are no match for Halfhand. Winterfell, defeated in front of the Night Watchmen and Rock Seeds, they will surely flee northward with howling ghosts and wolves, what will they use to threaten the Great Wall?"

After a few days of contact, Ed didn't like Sauron Smallwood at all. This experienced ranger had always despised others. Ed said: "Sauron, I think that when marching and fighting, we must pay attention to every enemy. Be proud and complacent." may invite the fate of failure."

Soren Smallwood shrugged, "Master Ed, you don't know wildlings. I have been a ranger for so many years, I have often dealt with wildlings, and wildlings have killed many of my brothers, and I have killed many wildlings. Wildlings are born The liars, cowards, and robbers in the world will only sneak across the Great Wall, kidnap women and children, and face the well-trained brothers of the Night Watch and the army of the North, they will only flee."

"Lord Ed, I have always disagreed with your policy of capturing prisoners. What is the use of wildling captives? To deal with such enemies, you must not be soft-hearted. You should use their heads to decorate the ghost forest, and use the blood of wildlings to dye it red." Fangs of Frost, filled the Milky River Valley with the bloated and frozen corpses of wildlings.

"In this way, they will understand that the enemies who violate the interests of the Seven Kingdoms, no matter how far away they are, will surely meet the fate of being executed."

(End of this chapter)