Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 155 Bloody Battle on Milk River

In the middle reaches of the Milk River, Ferran questioned the savage scout. The savage's shoulder was pierced by a sharp arrow thanks to Ferran's keel bow.

In the past few days, Ferran has been able to shoot and kill several wildling scouts with a keel longbow every day. Whether it is the dog-headed Harma or the wildling scouts of the King of Bones, facing the scouts led by Feilan, they have suffered heavy injuries. Confronting Phelan head-on, the Savage nicknamed the red-haired Phelan the "Red Devil".

Ferran threatened the prisoner, "Where is Mance? If you don't say anything, I will throw you on the fire."

The wildling's face was full of fear, "I say! Mance has got the Horn of Winter, and the camp is in the valley above the Milk River."

Ranger guide Jeremy Lake frowned and said, "What is the Horn of Winter?"

The prisoner said: "The Horn of Winter is blowing, which can wake up the giant sleeping underground. However, Mance still found the giant without using the Horn of Winter. The Horn of Winter has another use. Once it is blown, it can collapse the Great Wall." , Mance said so, and the Wood Witch said so."

Ferran said disdainfully: "Mance is a goddamn idiot, and the forest witch is also a liar. The Great Wall is seven hundred feet high, how could it be blown down by a horn? Only wild people would believe his nonsense."

The prisoner squeezed out a beast-like smile, "Who knows? The Great Wall of Impassable was forged by magic, otherwise you thought that such a majestic Great Wall of Impassable could be built by manpower alone? Now blue-eyed ghouls are wandering in the wilderness. The land of eternal winter goes south, giants reappear in the world, and it is not uncommon for the horn of winter to blow down the Great Wall."

Sir Jeremy Lake rubbed the hilt of his sword, "I was on the Great Wall, and Maester Aemon mentioned that in history, there was a King Beyond the Wall named Joman who used the Horn of Winter to awaken the giants in the underground. Legend has it that the horn It does have the ability to collapse the Great Wall of Desperation."

Phelan immediately became nervous. If the night watchmen say so, the Horn of Winter may indeed have the ability to destroy the Great Wall.

"The King Beyond the Wall has found the Horn of Winter. It seems that the Great Wall is very dangerous! You must tell Duke Ed about this."

Sir Jeremy Lake stroked his black beard and said with a smirk: "Actually, you don't need to tell Duke Ed. The dog-headed Harma's scouts are the elite among the savages. After a few days, the savage cavalry is no match for us at all."

"Although there are many savages in the savage camp, most of them are children and old people. We can take back the Horn of Winter with one raid, and maybe even cut off Mance Rayder's head.

Ferran frowned and said, "However, Lord Ed ordered us to wipe out the enemy's scouts and scout along the milk river, and did not let us raid the enemy's camp."

"The situation has changed. You are in charge of commanding the scout troops. Do you have to ask Lord Ed for instructions every time?" Sir Jeremy Lake said solemnly, "There is an old saying that goes well, the general leads the troops outside, the king's order You don’t have to listen, let alone the Duke? An excellent commander must adapt to the ever-changing battlefield, otherwise he will let the enemy lead him by the nose, Lord Ferran, think about it carefully, is this the truth?”

Phelan is a rough man who can't read. He was a little confused when he heard Jeremy Lake's words, "However, orders from superiors are still very important! Duke Ed always told me that obeying orders is the bounden duty of a soldier. "

Sir Jeremy Lake smiled and said: "That's what I said, but you have to use it flexibly. I played for the King's Landing City Guard back then. The legendary 'White Bull' Gerald Hightower, the 'Fearless' Barristan , 'Dawn Excalibur' Arthur Dayne, I know them all."

"Everyone knows that the mad king Aerys gradually lost his mind and was a madman. If these legendary Kingsguard had to ask the mad king for instructions every time they fought, and marched and fought according to the mad king's command, the mad king's dynasty might They will die faster. These Kings Guards all have their own ideas of combat, Lord Ferran, you must have your own ideas too!"

"The rangers sent by the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch Legion in the past, each has the ability to be unique. Otherwise, if you rely on the orders from the superiors outside the Great Wall, the rangers will not be able to survive. Mance Rayder got the Horn of Winter. If you go to Asking for instructions, waiting for Lord Ed’s reply and instructions will only waste time, the King Beyond the Wall is entirely possible to use this time difference to destroy the Great Wall with the Horn of Winter.”

"Think about it, if our scouts regain the Horn of Winter, how will Lord Ed reward us? The credit is right in front of us, Lord Feilan, don't hesitate!"

In the past few days, Sir Jeremy Lake, a ranger, served as Phelan's guide, and Phelan gradually fell in love with the ranger.

Sir Jeremy Lake comes from the Lake family of Duskendale Town in the royal land. He is of noble origin and once served in King's Landing Capital Guard. He is a formally canonized and anointed knight. Sir Mi attaches great importance to etiquette, and respectfully calls Ferran "Master Ferran" every time.

Under Ser Jeremy's persuasion, Phelan felt that it would be a good idea to raid Mance Rayder's camp and take the Horn of Winter.

"Sir Jeremy, do as you say! Set off for the savage camp immediately."

Kane, who had been listening quietly, hurried over.Kane is a soldier of Winterfell, he is one of the few soldiers who can read and write, so he is responsible for the ravens and letters in the scout.

"Ferran, Lord Ed's order is to investigate and kill as many wildling scouts as possible, but we didn't let us attack Mance Rayder's camp. If you insist on attacking, you have to send ravens to ask for instructions from the Fist of the First Men. Lord Ed."

Sir Jeremy laughed like a donkey, "Aren't you a coward? Sending a raven to deliver a message will only delay the opportunity of the battle. Besides, there will be eagles in the sky from time to time. These eagles are probably belonged to Mance's skinchangers. Can a crow escape the eagle's claws? I doubt it."

"The raven was shot down, the letter fell into the enemy's hands, and our sneak attack plan was leaked"

Kane said seriously: "Where are there so many skin-changers? I haven't seen an eagle for several days. Ferran, according to Lord Ed's order, we must send a raven."

Phelan hesitated, and Sir Jeremy whispered in Phelan's ear, "Lord Phelan, these Winterfell soldiers are jealous of you and don't want you to take credit for your achievements. Think about it, a camp full of savages. Can take the Horn of Winter, hesitation will let the credit fall into the hands of others."

"Lord Ferran, the Horn of Winter means more honor and a higher title. Your wife, Mrs. Ballerina, has a noble and proud lineage. I believe in Mrs. Ballerina, and I also hope that you will become a hero in the north."

Ferran clenched his fists. As a commoner, he actually felt inferior in his heart when facing Mrs. Ballerina.Phelan aspired to be the number one hero in this expedition beyond the Great Wall, so that he could return to the Barren Hall and Madam Ballerina's bed with pride.

"I have decided to attack the camp of the King Beyond the Wall. I must take the Horn of Winter."

"Ferlan, this is crazy!" Kane stopped him, "There are tens of thousands of enemies in the wildling camp."

Sir Jeremy said with a smirk: "Tens of thousands of dirty children, women and old people are definitely not tens of thousands of fully armed enemies. We still have more than 500 cavalry, and [-] cavalry can cut cheese like a kitchen knife. Split savage camp."

Ferran stroked the keel longbow, "This is the keel longbow given to me by Lord Ed. I must fight bloody battles to get back the Horn of Winter."

"Kane, you can release the raven and send a message to Lord Ed on the Fist of the First Men. I believe that if Lord Ed knows about the Horn of Winter, he will agree to my attack."

Kane still wanted to argue, but Ferran waved his hand, "You send the raven to deliver the message, and we will continue the raid, and that's the matter."

The ravens in the cage began to croak.

On the Fist of the First Men, the raven landed on the dilapidated city wall of Ring Fort. Domilik took off the letter from the raven's feet, and immediately ran to get it to Ed.

"Lord Ed, the raven is here."

Ed was studying the map with Bunyan and Old Xiong, Ed was a little nervous, black wings, bringing black news, every time the raven sent a letter, "Where did you send the raven?"

"It was sent by Ferran's scouts from the middle reaches of the Milk River."

Ed picked up the letter and read it, frowning, "Ferran is a goddamn idiot, because of an unproven Horn of Winter, he actually wants to charge Mance Rayder's camp, has he lost his mind? "

Old Xiong, after Bunyan finished reading the letter, Old Xiong sighed and said, "If Mance really got the Horn of Winter, it would be a huge threat to the Great Wall. It's just suicidal."

Bunyan was melancholy, "Is there really a horn of winter in this world? I feel that this is a conspiracy by Mance Rayder. He deliberately fabricated this lie to lure our army to attack. This is a trick to lure the enemy."

Ed suppressed his anger, "Even if Mance gets the Horn of Winter, does this ancient horn still have power? Even if it has power, a horn can make the Great Wall [-] feet high, [-] leagues long, and [-] strongholds Collapsing at the same time, this is obviously powerful witchcraft, witchcraft has a price, who can blow this horn?"

"Ferran didn't think about these things, and rushed out for a horn of winter. He would lose his life in vain, and he would cause other cavalry to follow him to death."

Old Xiong said harshly: "Ferlan is brave and good at fighting, and his shooting skills are the best I have ever seen. However, he is too young, and young people often have no experience."

Speaking of experience, Ed immediately thought of Sir Jeremy Lake.

"Commander Mormont, Sir Jeremy the Ranger served as Ferran's guide. You told me that this man has rich experience. He is in his 40s. When Ferran chose to attack, I was very curious about this Jerry. Sir Mi, why didn't you come forward to stop him?"

Elder Xiong and Bunyan looked at each other, and Elder Xiong said depressedly: "Sir Jeremy should dissuade Phelan, I chose Sir Jeremy because he is of noble origin and can communicate well with the soldiers of Winterfell. Now it seems that it may not be wise to choose Sir Jeremy as a guide."

Ed turned to Domilik, "Immediately release the raven and send a message to Ferran, asking him to bring the scouts back to the Fist of the First Men immediately and terminate the operation!"

The sun shone on the Fist of the First Men, but Ed felt a bone-chilling chill.

Is the Horn of Winter really a lie made up by Mance Rayder?If Phelan dies at the hands of the savages, Ed will not only lose a sharpshooter, but the marriage between Ballet and Phelan he worked so hard to promote will be in vain, and the widowed Ballet will definitely hate Ed to death However, the reforms and orders of Winterfell will inevitably be violated by Xiliudi and Huangzhongtun.

In order to prevent Auriel's eagle from hunting the ravens and preventing the delivery of the letter, Ed asked Domilik to release three ravens in one go.

Ed began to envy Oriel. As a skinchanger, Ed could control the direwolf to walk at night, and Oriel could control the eagle. The eagle's vision in the wilderness was obviously better than that of the direwolf.

Maybe when night falls, Ed can attach himself to the body of the direwolf Night Walk and go along the milk river to find Ferran, but doing so is very risky.Ed didn't know how many skinchangers there were in the wild, and the direwolf, acting alone, was vulnerable to beasts controlled by skinchangers.

Old Xiong looked at the map, "Regardless of whether it is true or not, the Horn of Winter is a threat."

Bunyan said: "I believe that Halfhand and the warriors of the mountain clan have already passed the ladder of giants, deep into the Frostfang, and the wildlings will be forced to flee from the valley of the Frostfang; The wildlings are driven out of the Haunted Forest. As long as there is good news from the two places, we can march north, destroy Mance's camp, and take the Horn of Winter."

Under the moonlight, Ferran and his scouts camped by the Milk River, and the corpses of wildling scouts lay dead everywhere along the snow-covered Milk River.Rockseed adopted sons Paulyson Stern and Joseph Claure pulled arrows from the corpse for the next use.

Both Paulesson and Joseph are the adopted sons of the nobles of Winterfell. Both of them come from the nobles of Skagos Island. Paulesson is the heir of Driftwood Hall, and Joseph is the heir of Abyss Castle. Ser Rodrik trained and became an excellent cavalryman.

Sir Jeremy smiled and said, "We are getting closer to Mance's camp. The Horn of Winter is waiting for us. Victory is within easy reach."

Kane frowned and said, "Could this be a trap? The savage scouts of the King of Bones and the dog-headed Harma seem to be luring the enemy in."

Fei Lan said indifferently: "They have killed so many people, and the vulnerable enemy is not afraid of luring the enemy."

The soldiers of Winterfell opened the cans and ate some canned fruits and river fish. At this moment, the horns of wildlings suddenly sounded.

The dog-headed Harma, the king of bones, rushed out riding a bony war horse.

Sir Jeremy said disdainfully: "Is this an ambush? A weak enemy, even if the enemy ambushes from all sides, I will not be afraid."

Under Ferran's order, the scouts mounted their horses to meet the enemy one after another. These were all elite cavalry.

Ferran successfully shot and killed three enemies with the keel. When the enemies approached, he switched to using a long sword to fight, chopping down every opponent like chopping melons and vegetables.

Joseph Claure roared and swung his ax, splitting a foe's arm, spattering blood.

Suddenly, a huge saber-toothed tiger sprang out of the cold wind, and the shapechanger Tigus rode on the saber-toothed tiger. The saber-toothed tiger bit the neck of Ferran's mount, and the huge teeth tore the neck of the war horse in an instant. He went out and fell heavily to the ground.

Ferran barely sat up. He lost his long sword, lost his keel bow, and only had a dagger left in his hand. His head was aching, as if a dragon war broke out in his head, and the world was spinning. He saw Joseph Claure fall off his horse and beheaded by the dog-headed Harma. His head was stuck on a spear and hung together with the dog's head.

Varamyr the six-shapes man rode on the snow bear's back. Adam, a soldier of Winterfell, charged at the snow bear. Snow bear lazily slapped Adam's head in a circle and burst instantly.

Saber-toothed tigers, wild wolves, snow bears, and moas the size of elephants were scurrying across the battlefield. The beasts of the skinchangers were ruthlessly slaughtering in the cold night, and the screams of rangers and northern scouts were everywhere.

No!It wasn't supposed to be like this, we were supposed to take the Horn of Winter by raiding the wildling camp, only to be attacked by so many skinchangers instead.

Thinking of so many brothers dying because of his wrong decision, Phelan regretted it.

Ferran struggled to get up. He tried to find the lost long sword and keel bow. The sword was given to him by Ballet. It was the lover's sword. As for the keel bow, it was given by Ed.Now Ferran has lost his precious keel bow and long sword.

The King of Bones appeared in front of Ferran like a ghost. He used a whole body of dead bones as his armor, and his helmet was a giant's skull. He jingled when he walked. Many wildlings and night watchmen called him "Rattleshirt", He calls himself the Lord of Bones.

"Demon shooter, you shoot my brother to death, it's your turn to die!"

The long sword in the King of Bones' hand slashed towards Ferran. Ferran only had a dagger in his hand. He threw the dagger vigorously, and the dagger hit the King of Bones' face.

If the King of Bones hadn't been wearing a giant skull, this blow would have stabbed him in the face, but unfortunately the dagger hit the giant skull and bounced away harmlessly.

Ferran's head was still hurting. He pulled out a sword from the corpse beside him. Just as he was about to meet the enemy, his head was hit by the dog-headed Harma's spear and fell to the ground.

Everything around began to blur, and the last thing Ferran saw was the King of Bones and Harma's spear with a dog's head stuck in it.

"I want this kid's hand bone, skull, and the armor of the king of bones needs to be added!"

"No, I want to use this kid's head to decorate my spear and stick it with my dog's head!"

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