Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 154 Fierce battle in the ghost forest

In the snow-covered Frostfang Valley, there are graves dug by wildlings everywhere, and dead bones and skeletons can be seen everywhere.

Mance Rayder mobilized tens of thousands of wildlings to open countless ancient tombs in the northern valley of Frostfang, looking for the legendary Horn of Winter.

There are Hornfootmen walking barefoot in the snow, Thenns wearing bronze scale armor, Nightwalking tribesmen with the moon painted on their faces, Tiger tribesmen wearing saber-toothed tiger skins, and even giants.
The northern mountainous area of ​​Frostfang is an ancient and magical land, where a large number of giant kings, leaders and heroes of Sern Magna and other wildling tribes are buried here, and it is rumored that the Horn of Winter is in a certain tomb.

Some people say that the owner of the tomb belongs to Qiaoman. Qiaoman is the historical king beyond the Great Wall. According to ancient legends, Qiaoman blew the horn of winter and awakened the giants sleeping underground. For the king beyond the Great Wall.

It is also said that the owner of the tomb belongs to a legendary giant king. He helped Brandon the "Builder" build the Great Wall and used the horn of winter to help the giant survive the winter.

Whoever the grave belongs to, Mance Rayder has finally found the horn of his dreams.

Several savages lifted the horn carefully,
The horn was huge, black as night, and its curved lines were eight feet long, with an opening wide enough for a baby to slip through.The horn is inlaid with ancient runes in gold, silver and onyx stone.

Mance stroked the horn excitedly, "What a magnificent horn!"

"Spectacular is spectacular, it is the best horn, but, is this thing really the Horn of Winter?" Tormund raised an eyebrow.

Since the wildlings had no writing, there was no mark on the tomb, and no one could recognize the runes on the horn, Mance and the wildlings couldn't even confirm who the owner of the tomb was, let alone what kind of horn it was.

"This is the Horn of Winter." Mance told Tormund in an irrefutable voice, "As long as the Horn of Winter is sounded, the Great Wall will collapse."

Standing on the hill, Mance raised the horn above his head, "We have found the Horn of Winter! The free folk will surely be able to tear the Great Wall apart, and make the crows on the Wall and the wolves in Winterfell howl!"

Thenns, cavemen, wildlings of the night tribe, wildlings of the tiger tribe, wildlings of the big bear tribe, wildlings of the glacier tribe, wildlings of the goat tribe Tens of thousands of wildlings in the valley began to cheer and roar.

"Mance! Mance!"

"The free folk shall prevail!"

Waiting for the cheers of the crowd to subside, Mance dismissed the crowd, and the wildlings dispersed one after another, returning to the messy camp.

The savages lack discipline and set up tents at random. There are cattle and sheep, children, old people, ox carts and mule carts stacked with sundries, different settlements, and frequent fights and quarrels between tribes. Fortunately, there are not many bloody conflicts.

Dana, who was pregnant, stroked her belly and looked at the horn, "Mance, why are you lying? This is not the Horn of Winter at all."

"As long as the free folk believe that this is the Horn of Winter, that's enough." Mance said gloomily, "It can boost morale."

Tormund stroked his bushy beard, "That's what it says, but if we get to the Great Wall of Impossibility, it's no use pretending to blow the horn of winter and relying on counterfeit goods."

"Even if we do find the Horn of Winter, we won't blow it." Dana sighed, stroking her swollen belly, "If the horn is sounded, the Great Wall of Desperation will collapse, and humans will lose their barrier against the White Walkers. That way If so, what is the use of the free folk fleeing to the north and further south? The White Walkers will be chasing after them."

Mance kissed Dana's face, "You are such a kind woman, but a person's kindness is often used by the enemy. If Stark and the old bear know that the free folk dare not blow the horn of winter, they will We will kill free people recklessly. We pretend to have the Horn of Winter, at least we have the capital to deter the enemy."

Dana worried: "We haven't found the Horn of Winter. What if the Horn is obtained by the White Walkers or Necromancers? These servants of the Cold God will blow the Horn of Winter without hesitation and destroy the Great Wall. The fire of life will be quenched in cold and death."

Mance reached out and touched Dana's face, "This is indeed a huge hidden danger. I heard that Ogbeta, the necromancer of the Bat tribe, is also looking for the Horn of Winter. Once the servants of the dark gods get the Horn of Winter, The Free Folk, the Night's Watch, the North and all of Westeros must follow."

"However, foolish Eddard Stark, stubborn Old Bear will not listen to this. We must show the strength of the free folk on the battlefield, and the enemy will negotiate with us."

Auriel the Skinchanger came along on a plow horse.

Auriel's eagle was patrolling around the Giant's Ladder and the Fist of the First Men, so the wildlings had a good grasp of the enemy's movements. The arrival of Auriel meant that there was a message from the army.

Mance swallowed nervously, "Oriel, tell me, what did your eagle see on the giant ladder?"

Auriel showed a sinister smile, "Mance, you really are here, just as you expected, the king of giants, the strong Mag, led the giant warriors, and repelled the rangers of Qhorin Halfhand and the mountain clans. Warrior, both sides have suffered heavy losses, and we have captured the leader of the mountain clan, 'Barrel' Vol."

Mance felt relieved, "Big Barrel is a legend among the mountain clans. When I was a ranger in the Shadow Tower, I had contact with him a few times. The Wall clan is the most powerful branch of the mountain clans. Only the Mountain Flints can be compared to the Wolls. Great Barrels are northern nobles, and valuable hostages."

"Afin the Weeper and the Ravenhunter, Mag the Giant, keep a close eye on the cask, and don't let him get away."

The Weeper likes to gouge out the eyes of his enemies and slowly torture them to death, and Afin the Raven Hunter loves to hunt and kill the Night's Watch, neither of them are good friends.

Tormund shrugged, "The big wine barrel can't escape, whether it can survive is a problem. Afin is okay, he hates crows, not much hatred for the mountain clan. As for the Weeper, he likes to eat eyeballs, so he probably will eat big Dig out the tricks of the barrel and drink it. Mance, I reckon your men found the Weeper, and the big barrel is probably dead."

Mance said worriedly: "It's a pity that the big wine barrel died."

Auriel said: "My eagle saw that Halfhand released the raven and flew towards the Fist of the First Men. Now the raven is still in the eagle's sight. Do you want to shoot it down?"

"No need." Mance looked in the direction of the Fist of the First Men, "Let Ed and Elder Xiong receive the news that Halfhand was retreating on the Giant's Ladder. Once their morale is shaken, the chances of winning for the free folk will be even greater."

The giant ladder, the Weeper brandished a scythe, and cut a hole in the face of the big wine barrel Vol.

"I often go to the territory of the Wuer clan to plunder. Usually, those girls who are willing to take off their clothes obediently, I will take them outside the Great Wall. As for those who dare to resist, I will goug their eyeballs and watch them cry. "

"Today I will goug out your eyeballs and eat them with onions."

The big wine barrel sneered and said, "Savage idiot, do you think you can scare me? Ed will avenge me. If you want to kill me, do it quickly."

Mischievousness flickered in the wet eyes of the weeping man, "Want to die simply? It's not that easy. I'll cut off one of your hands first, so that you and Halfhand will be the same thing."

The scythe drew a deadly arc towards the big barrel's wrist.

"stop!"

Briar came charging up on his shadow lynx, and the Weeper had to put away his scythe.

"Woman, the big wine barrel is my prisoner, let me dispose of it."

Thorn smirked and said, "It was the giant who captured the big wine barrel. If you kill the big wine barrel, the strong Mag will probably tear you to pieces!"

The strong Mag came up, and the shadow fell over the Weeper, who cursed a few words and turned away.

Thorn rolled over and got off the shadow lynx. She was lean and handsome. She took out the wine bag and handed it to the mouth of the big wine barrel, "Drink! This is ale."

The cask gulped the ale gratefully, and then he looked at the thorns.

"Are you a skinchanger?"

Thorn nodded, "Since I have Shadow Lynx, no man dares to bully me."

"How many skinchangers are there beyond the Wall?"

"There are many." Thorn looked towards the east. "For example, in the Haunted Forest, there is the skinchanger Polo and his wild boar. Those brutal wild boars will make the Haunted Forest tremble, believe me."

In the dense jungle of the Ghost Forest, the captain of the Winterfell guards, Jory Cassel, and the deputy captain, Harris Moran, led the ranger Devin along the forest hunting trail.

Humus, earth, pine needles smell all around, and there is an unsettling smell.

Since the forest is not suitable for cavalry assaults, Jory Cassel's army has three hundred cavalry, and the rest are all rock-type infantry. The rock-type infantry consists of Rayson Magna from the King's Hall and Billy Stern led.

"I don't like this ghost forest at all." Harris Moran said, "It feels like there are many eyes staring at us."

Devon chewed his wooden dentures, "How do you think Haunted Forest got its name? Wildlings say this place is haunted."

"There are no ghosts in this world." Jory Cassel lowered his voice. "There is no need to frighten our soldiers with ghost stories."

Billy Stern, lord of Driftwood Hall, rode up, complaining that he couldn't fight on a unicorn, and the horse made his ass sore.

"Where is the enemy? After we entered the forest, we didn't even see anyone except wild boars."

As soon as the words were finished, a spear shot out, stabbing a rock species next to Billy Stern, and the rock species soldier screamed and fell to the ground.

All of a sudden, spears, bows and arrows came from the front, and a large number of savages rushed out of the forest howling.

Jory Cassel drew his long sword, "Battle formation! Fight for Winterfell!"

Most of the savages wore moldy sealskin cloaks. The seal skinner Davidin brandished a stone hammer, and the white masked Morona rushed out with her long sword in her hand. The savages had no cavalry, only infantry.

The white mask Morona wears a weirwood mask. It is said that her mask, tableware, furniture, and saddle are all made of weirwood. Some people say that she is beautiful under the mask, while others say she is ugly. No one knows. Because all the men who had seen her true face were killed by her.

The nickname of David the Seal Skinner is easily reminiscent of the Dreadfort. In fact, this wild man with a walrus-like beard is the leader of the seal tribe. Their tribe relies on seal skins for their livelihood. David He got this nickname because he is an excellent seal skinner.

In history, the Shanghai Leopard Tribe often watched across the sea from the East China Sea, raided Amber's territory, and sometimes went to Skagos Island.

Jory Cassel rode his horse and galloped wildly. The first enemy who used a spear was trampled under his horse. Jory's sword danced a deadly arc, and the second and third enemies fell one after another.

The sound of horns and trumpets came from all directions, and more and more wildlings came from everywhere.

Rayson Magna and Billy Stern commanded the rock species soldiers to fight. The wildlings, rock species and rangers fought hard in the forest, blood staining the earth.

Jory Cassel stabbed a spearwife, and suddenly, the ground shook, and a hideous boar rushed out.

The boar was about twice the size of the warhorse, and in the boar's saddle sat Polo, the skinchanger, a thick, ugly man with a face like a boar.The wild boar's tusks were like sharp bayonets, stabbing many cavalrymen to death in an instant, and people and horses were pierced by the tusks, and blood flowed down the snow-white fangs.

The rangers and Winterfell cavalry fell into a panic in an instant, and many horses fell to the ground or stood up when they were frightened by the terrifying wild boar.

The wild boar bit off the head of a ranger, and the blood spattered. Jory Cassel calmed the mount and appeared behind the wild boar. He charged at the wild boar.

Jory stabbed the wild boar with his sword, and the wild boar let out a roar, turned and bit Jory Cassel's mount, and the horse's head burst instantly, and Jory fell heavily to the ground, covered in horse blood.Jory stared at the stars, and was about to stand up, but was hit on the forehead by the white mask Morona with a sword, and fell down.

Morona's weirwood mask was stained with red blood.

The appearance of the wild boar made the rock species, the rangers and the soldiers of Winterfell fall into fear. Now the commander Jory fell off his horse and was captured, which completely plunged the army into panic.

"Facing wild boars, we can't win." Devon rushed to lieutenant Harris Moran, Harris was already frightened, and Devon shook Harris, "Hurry up and retreat to the Great Wall, or more people will die."

Harris Moran is a cautious person. He has served as Jory Cassel's deputy for a long time. Whether it is actual combat experience or personal bravery, Harris is far worse than Jory Cassel. He is a good man and loyal Kind, but not as capable as Jory.

After Jory was captured, Harris Moran had no choice but to sound the horn to retreat. Rayson Magna and Billy Stern personally commanded the rock warriors to retreat to the south, with endless shouts behind them. killing sound.

Morona, the white mask, chained Jory Cassel's hands as she watched the polo on the boar through the weirwood mask.

"Mance was right to send you here. Polo District, I used to complain about your wild boars destroying the farmland in my settlement. I never thought that your damn wild boars could have such a powerful deterrent force. captured the enemy commander."

Polo turned over and got off the wild boar, "This guy is just the captain of the wolf king's guard, not Ed Stark."

Seal Skinner Davidin said: "It would be great if Ed was captured today. We can use the Duke of the kneeling man to open the Great Wall."

Morona said: "The wolf king is at the Fist of the First Men. According to Mance's plan, the battle to capture the wolf king will start at the upper reaches of the Milk River."

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