Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 157 Mance's Ambition

"Pockmarked bastard, don't think that Samantha can protect you." The King of Bones rode on his scrawny horse, "When he sees Mance, he will definitely tear you apart, and then your bones will belong to me."

"Rattleshirt, you only care about the bones? This Ferran may know a lot of information about the enemy, and this kind of person is useful only if he is alive."

It was Ygritte who spoke, a right and left spearwife, short in stature, with a flat nose and irregular teeth.

According to the standards of the Seven Kingdoms, Ygritte is not beautiful, but she has fiery red hair. The wild people believe that red hair is a symbol of luck, so Ygritte has many suitors, and people call her "Fire Kiss". And born".

Ygritte is a member of the King of Bones raiding team, but she seems to dislike the King of Bones and often quarrels with the King of Bones.This is the free folk. When the commander issues orders, each free folk will have their own set of rhetoric, and the discipline is lax.

The wildlings say that Ygritte is the best marksman among the wildlings, and she wields a short bow of weirwood.After Feilan was captured, Ygritte often asked Feilan to discuss some archery skills during her break.Ygritte liked to stroke Ferran's red hair.

"You are also born from the kiss of fire!"

Ferran originally thought that the short curved bow had limited damage, until he saw Ygritte easily kill the sparrow on the branch with the short curved bow.

Shooting down a sparrow is much harder than shooting down an eagle, because the sparrow is smaller.

Ferran is glad that Varamyr, the six-shapes, took away the dragonbone longbow. The dragonbone longbow is the bow with the best performance and the longest range in the world. If the wildlings let Ygritte use the dragonbone longbow, Ygritte will definitely be able to Shoot more Night's Watch Rangers and Northern Soldiers.

Fortunately, Ygritte was a poor rider, and she rode a half-blind plow horse.There are few horses outside the Great Wall, and such an environment dooms the barbarians beyond the Great Wall to be unable to cultivate powerful cavalry.

The King of Bones rode beside the moa, showing an ugly smile at Ferran. "I want to fix the bones of your hands. Your hands have shot and killed countless enemies. The forest witch said that such hands have powerful killing power."

"A few more bones, and your bone armor will be uglier, Rattleshirt," said Tigus, a young skinchanger with a stocky build and a broad face, astride his saber-toothed cat.In contrast to the saber-toothed tiger, Tigus is missing two front teeth, and it is said that Tigus fought with a giant, and the giant's wooden club smashed his front teeth.

Tiggs admired Ferran's archery skills very much. These days, he always rode a saber-toothed tiger and walked beside Samantha's moa, so he gradually became familiar with Ferran. He always likes to brag that his wife is pregnant .

Phelan didn't know if his wife Barbaret, who was waiting in the barren hall, was pregnant. He and Barbaret tried many times on their wedding night. Barbaret had been praying that the gods would give her a child.

Now Ferran is not sure if he can go back alive. If he dies, Barbaret's child will be posthumous.If Barbaret greeted the remains returned by Duke Ed with a big belly, it is estimated that Barbaret would faint on the spot, and she would become the widow of Barrentown again, and curse Duke Ed for this.

The King of Bones' bones kept clanging, reminding Phelan that his bones might one day be part of the King's armor.It seems that there is little hope of Feilan returning home with his bones, and Feilan can't help but fall into despair.

Phelan, strapped to the moa, and Samantha entered the messy wildling camp.

It was a strange procession, hundreds of wildling cavalry on scrawny warhorses, a pack of skinchangers and their beasts.

Ferran originally thought that the savages who drank blood were not afraid of ferocious beasts, but when a moa as thick as a rhinoceros, a four-meter-tall snow bear, and a saber-toothed tiger with front teeth like sharp swords appeared in the camp, no matter whether it was a man, a woman or an old man, his eyes There was a look of fear.

A few goats were grazing by the river. A group of children chased the cavalry of the raiders. The dog-headed Harma threw some dried dog meat, which immediately caused a lot of looting among the children. The King of Bones waved his whip and drove away every boy in front of him. .

Varamyr the Sixshapes rode on a snow bear, with three wolves in front and shadow cats behind him.The shadow lynx is only slightly smaller than the saber-toothed tiger beside it, and it is a terrifying carnivore.

These are as terrifying beasts as Duke Ed's direwolves, Ferran secretly prayed that once the direwolves in Winterfell go night and in the sun, when facing snow bears, shadow lynxes, moas and saber-toothed tigers, hope that the direwolves will Wolves can win.

In the savage camp, there are all kinds of savages.Ferran looked in surprise at the Hornfoot people walking barefoot in the snow, the Thenns in bronze scale armor, four meters tall, bearded, and a pregnant woman giantess, with various colors of paint on her face. Cavemen, people from the frozen coast riding dog-drawn bone chariots, icemen wielding ice hammers, etc.

They came to the largest tent in the middle of the camp, and several wild men lifted Ferran who was tied to the moa's back.

Samantha turned over and got off the moa, moving gracefully like a swan, she leaned in front of Ferran.

"Ferran, if you want to live, please ask Mance Rayder. Although Mance is not a king, he is the leader elected by the tribes of the freemen. Remember, you can ask, but don't kneel, freemen Despise those who kneel."

Ferran sighed, "Mance is a night watchman deserter. This kind of person in the Seven Kingdoms is an oath-breaker, a chameleon, and is reviled by others. A chameleon has no honor at all. I'm afraid no matter how much I ask, I will still die .”

Samantha said helplessly: "If you think death is slow, you can accuse Mance of being a chameleon. You have been captured, dog-headed Harma, and the king of bones is eager to let you die. What good is being a hero? At least be soft You can live on, if you don’t think about yourself, please also think about your wife in the barren grave hall.”

Ballet.Phelan's heart breaks at the thought of ballet.

When the king of bones, the dog-headed Harma, escorted Ferran into the hall, Mance, the king beyond the wall, was playing the harp and humming a song.

The skinchangers Samantha, Targus, and Varamyr filed in, and Ygritte followed.

"A Dornishman's wife sings when she takes a mandarin duck bath, and her voice is like honey; the Dornishman's sword has its own notes, as sharp and cold as a blade."

Ferran originally thought that Mance was a rough guy, but he didn't expect him to have the elegant temperament of a bard.

The King of Bones kicked Ferran to the ground.

"This is Eddard Stark's scout, Pockmark Ferran."

Mance popped a sad note, "You are the famous sharpshooter? The King of Rock wrote me a letter, and in the letter he cursed to kill a bunch of northern warriors, your name was always at the top."

Ferran raised his head, "The Rock King should have told you that I killed many rock enemies who followed him, just as I will kill many wildling enemies."

The dog-headed Harma swung his spear and hit Feilan's face, blood spit out from Feilan's mouth.

"This guy is dishonest, he should have been killed long ago!"

Ygritte squeezed over, "Ferran is a very useful hostage, which can be used to negotiate with Ed Stark in the future."

The dog-headed Harma's stinky face stretched out, "This is the leader's meeting, born with the kiss of fire, who the hell are you, and you also ran to Mance's camp to attend the meeting?"

Ygritte grimaced, "The free folk can go wherever they want, and have the right to attend any meeting."

Dana, who was pregnant, said, "Ygritte often hunts birds to make me healthy. She is my friend. Mance and I can't refuse Ygritte in our tent."

The dog-headed Harma glared at Ygritte, "Born by the kiss of fire, don't think that you can do whatever you want with the backing of a Mance woman. I rarely kill women. I don't want you to become a cold creature in the snow." Corpse, then you will die in the snow!"

Ygritte showed her dagger, "You can try."

Mance put down his harp and stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have to receive our distinguished guest Ferran. If you want to quarrel, please leave my tent, otherwise, I will have to see the guests off."

Ygritte, the dog-headed Harma sat down in the corner of the tent sullenly.

The King of Bones said excitedly, "I want Ferran's bones!"

"When the war is won, the bones of Stark and Ferran will be yours." Mance said impatiently, "Rattleshirt, I know you love bones from the bottom of your heart, don't worry, no one will snatch them from you. "

The King of Bones turned around, bones jingling, and he pointed at Varamyr the six-shaped man, "Mance, Varamyr took the dragonbone bow, but he doesn't use it at all, so I should give the dragonbone bow to me. "

Mance seemed quite amused, "You don't usually use bows and arrows, what do you need a keel bow for?"

"I am the King of Bones, with human bones, hand bones, and giant skulls, but no dragon bones. Only I, the King of Bones, is worthy of a dragon bone bow. Ferran is my prisoner."

"Obviously I captured it!" the dog-headed Harma roared. "I knocked Ferran's head unconscious with a spear. The keel bow should belong to me."

Everyone was in a row, and Mance ordered them to be quiet.

"Don't grab it, I'll take care of the keel longbow first."

Mance looked at Ferran, "If I set you free, would you work for me?"

Ferran spat blood, "I swear to serve Duke Ed and Winterfell, and I will not do anything to break my oath. I am not like some people who take oaths but don't take them seriously."

Mance seemed amused, "Are you mocking me?"

Ferran said seriously: "You are the orphan of the savages. It was the rangers who found you in the wilderness and brought you back to the Shadow Tower. The brothers in black from the Night Watch Corps raised you up and trained you to become a night watchman." But, cavalryman, is it true that you broke your sacred oath?"

Mance said sadly: "You are right. In the south of the Great Wall, people will say that I am an oath breaker who treats honor as shit, Chameleon. Among the free people outside the Great Wall, some people regard me as a A crow flew down from the Great Wall. However, what many people don’t know is that I gave up the black clothes of the night watchman for a cloak.”

This conversation exceeded Phelan's expectations, "A cloak? What do you mean?"

Mance said indifferently: "I have told this story to many people, and it doesn't hurt to tell you. Back then, I was a ranger in the Shadow Tower. Once, I patrolled along the Great Wall with a few brothers. There's Qhorin Halfhand in there. We've patrolled as far as the Haunted Forest on the east coast."

"There, we were attacked by the free folk. I was seriously injured. Colin Halfhand rescued me. The brothers realized that my injuries were too weak to return to the castle. They had to send me to a nearby village. , seek the help of a forest witch."

"When we arrived in the village, the local people told us that the forest witch had died a few years ago, but her daughter could also heal people. The brothers left me at the house of the wild woman. Stitch up my wounds, take care of my food and daily life, and when she saw that my night watchman's cloak was torn, she sewed it up with silk."

"Silk is a luxury in King's Landing, and Old Town is a luxury, let alone beyond the Wall. It was found by her grandmother from a ship that sank on the rocks. It is an ancestral treasure of their family. This woman sewed a cloak for me with silk. The most precious gift, I am very touched."

"After I recovered from my wounds, I left the woman's house and returned to the Shadow Tower. However, Sir Denys Mallister, Commander of the Shadow Tower, was not pleased to see my cloak and reminded me that the Night's Watch can only wear Black, he found me a brand new black cloak from the warehouse, and told me that the silk-stitched cloak must be burned."

"I left the next day, and I went to a place where kissing is no longer a sin and people are free to choose their cloak."

Silence spread among the people in the camp. Ferran looked at the pregnant Dana beside him, "Your wife, is the woman who sewed your cloak for you back then?"

"No." Mance Rayder looked very sad, "Her name is Michelle. When I abandoned my identity as a night watchman and ushered in my free life outside the Great Wall, I immediately went to find Michelle. Er, but she is no longer here."

"Michelle's head was chopped off by the brothers of the night watchman at Eastwatch, and hung up with the smugglers. Just because she healed the wildlings, and just because she bought some herbs from the smugglers, she ended up like this end."

Phelan said depressedly, "I'm sorry."

"You are sorry, but you still choose to fight for Winterfell and Stark." Mance said in a complaining tone, "In order to open the door to the North, I have made preparations for a long time, so I have a deep understanding of the history of the North." Every noble vassal of the Tucker family, every upstart knows everything well."

"I know you were born as a stableboy in the Streamland, and you became a poacher in the Wolfwood for your livelihood. Ed promoted you to be a cavalryman, and you shined in Skagos Island, became a baron, and married the baron of the Blight Hall. Sad widow."

"Ordinary people in the Seven Kingdoms will say that you shine on the lintel, change fate and other clichés, but in my opinion, you are not a great warrior at all, let alone a hero. You are just fighting for titles, fame and fortune, And we are fighting for freedom."

Phelan sneered, "I have never been a great warrior. In my heart, I am still a stable boy in the streamland, a horse thief and a poacher in the wolf forest. Mance, you claim to be fighting for freedom, really Is that so? Savages crossed the Great Wall, abducted women and children, and left corpses and scars all over the place. This is your freedom?"

"I am an illiterate rough man, but I understand that a man should protect his homeland and protect the weak. Looting in the name of freedom will not make the savage's raid great, but will become a laughingstock .”

The King of Bones said angrily, "We should knock Ferran's teeth out one by one to see how stubborn he is."

"He should be chopped up and fed to my snow bears and shadow cats," said Varamyr.

Tormund said harshly: "Ferlan is not a crow, and it's useless to kill him. It's better to keep him alive. He is Ed's confidant, and his wife heard that there is a castle in the south. Negotiations will definitely work."

The dog-headed Harma glared at Tormund, "Ferran shot and killed my scouts, it's as easy as you brag, and dangerous enemies can be killed forever."

Mance looked at Ferran, "I could have easily killed you, but I want to keep you, so that you can see the destruction of Duke Ed and the Northern Territory. We captured the big wine barrel in the Giant's Ladder, and in the Ghost Shadow The forest took Jory Cassel, and you at the Milk River, and triumphed everywhere."

Ferran said disdainfully: "Ask the Rock King. At this time last year, on Skagos Island, the Rock King's iron bitch once destroyed the grain ship in the north and controlled the ocean. At that time, the Rock King I thought victory was within reach.”

"The result? The northern army quickly turned the tide of the battle, the rock king became a homeless dog, and the iron bitch is now serving Lord Ed."

"A few battles can't decide the direction of the war. The wildlings' equipment is too poor and their discipline is too poor. The northern border will definitely win."

Mance snorted softly, "Put this incorrigible kid in a cage for me!"

Several savages escorted Ferran away, Mance waved his hand, and everyone retreated, leaving only Tormund, Mance and Dana.

Tormund said: "Mance, Ferran was attracted by the Horn of Winter. Do you think Ed will march upstream of the Milk River for the Horn of Winter?"

Mance looked at the hand-drawn map and smiled confidently.

"As long as our skinchangers continue to capture the commanders of the Northland and the Night Watchmen, Ed can only march north from the Fist of the First Men. Once the Fist of the First Men is empty, we can capture the Fist of the First Men and take the The North and the Night's Watch stand in the north."

"Once the enemy's connection with the Great Wall is cut off, we can hand over the rest to the White Walkers. The White Walkers going south in the Land of Eternal Winter will cause heavy casualties to the Northern Territory and the Night Watchmen. We can tear the Great Wall apart , Sweeping the Seven Kingdoms."

"When the time comes, the furs of wolves in the North, the wives of the Dornish men, the roses of Highgarden, the wheat and the fat river fish of the Riverlands, Harrenhal by the Lake of God's Eye, the pumpkins of the Vale of Arryn, the gold of Casterly Rock, We can all taste the golden wine of Qingting Island."

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