Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 162 Decisive Battle Moment
Mance stood at Frostfang's camp, looking at the plume of smoke against the gray-blue sky in the south.

Thousands of savages fled from the southern forests, valleys, and fishing villages by the river to the savage camp in the upper reaches of the Milk River. Most of them were mothers with babies, underage children, and gray-haired old men, young adults suitable for fighting Savages were few and far between.

The savages who first responded to Mance's call and came to the upper reaches of the Milk River and the northern valley of the Frost and Snow Fang also brought their families with them. However, they at least brought food, cattle and sheep, and now they are surrounded by northern cavalry and wanderers. Most of the people who came to the camp with cavalry had nothing to live on, and they were very hungry, because all the cattle had been robbed by the northern cavalry and rangers.

Tormund the Giant Buster said sullenly: "Mance, the free folk villages in the south are covered with scorched earth, the damned crows and wolf cubs burned the houses where the free folk lived for generations, destroyed the fireplace, and destroyed the farmland. They took the free folk's women and children , who raped the daughter of a freedman, must take revenge!"

Mance cleared his throat. "Tormund, we'll have revenge, but the free folk's weapons are so poor that we'll have a hard time defeating the cavalry in a head-to-head fight. We'll try to take the Fist of the First Men and keep the enemy in the north, Then the White Walkers will make the enemy lose a lot."

Cern Magnusti said disdainfully: "Your plan is very good, but the wolf king and the old bear are not fooled at all. After a few days, can't you see it? Rangers and northern cavalry are not taking free people , is to drive the free people to the north, and they turn around and run away after chasing for a while.”

Styr was tall, thin, bald, and earless. He was the Thenn's Magnar, which meant "Lord Lord" in the old language.The Thenns live in the Great Canyon of Thenn. They are the only tribe among the wildlings who know how to smelt metal, and they can make bronze scale armor and bronze weapons.

The Thenns respect their magna like a god, emphasize obedience, and are the most disciplined among the free folk.The land of the Thenns is next to the land of eternal winter, so the Thenns often deal with giants, and they are also one of the first tribes to be invaded by the White Walkers.

In the war where Mance unified the tribes outside the Great Wall, Mance defeated Sidi three times before Sidi was forced to surrender.

Since the Thenns were far superior in combat effectiveness and discipline to other tribes, Mance ordered Sidi to take the Thenn warriors to guard against the invasion of the White Walkers and Ghouls in the north.

Si Di said gloomyly: "Recently, the number of aliens in the north has become more frequent, and the weather has become colder. Once our people die, they will become blue-eyed ghouls and become slaves of death. Mance, you plan to use aliens to The ghosts deal with the enemy, and the White Walkers still want you to be their servant!"

"We are now the White Walkers in the north, and the damn crows and wolf cubs in the south. We are caught in the middle. If we don't go south to fight the enemy, the free people will either die at the hands of the White Walkers, or they will die at the hands of the wolf cubs and crows. "

Val took a step forward, "Besides, our food is getting less and less, and more and more free people are fleeing here. Frostfang and the upper reaches of the Milk River are barren, and there is not much food output at all. If it continues, it will A large number of free people starved to death, and when the enemy came, we could only eat people."

Mance cheered up, "The king of bones, the dog-headed Harma, is going to hunt and kill Bunyan. According to the information provided by Aurel, Ed's illegitimate son Jon Snow is also on the team. As long as we catch Bunyan And Ed's illegitimate child, we can bring the army south. At that time, plus our previous hostages, Ed will definitely agree to our conditions."

Everyone looked at Auriel, and the skinchanger said in embarrassment: "Mance, the King of Bones and Harma the dog have lost the battle, I am very sorry."

Mance's face darkened, "How is it possible? We have skinchangers following them, Targus' saber-toothed tiger, Samantha's moa."

Auriel said helplessly: "Bunyan used a torch, and animals are afraid of fire. Targus and Samantha can only run for their lives in the face of the fire. Ed himself is a wolf spirit, ordinary people can't see it, and skinchangers can see it at a glance. You can see, so it's not surprising that the enemy knows how to deal with skinchangers."

Eagle King McCain arrived on a mule, "Mance, the wolf king's cavalry attacked the freeman camp in the Ghost Forest. The freeman suffered heavy casualties, and Morona the White Mask was captured."

McCain was a white-bearded old man, a skinchanger stronger than Auriel, and the leader of the Eagle Tribe, who controlled an owl, a falcon, and an eagle. Mance told McCain The falcons are patrolling the Haunted Forest area, mastering the field of vision of the battlefield.

Mance felt that the world was getting darker. With the trump card of the skinchanger in his hand, the free folk successively captured the three northern nobles, Barrel Wal, Jory Cassel and Phelan. Mance once thought that victory was within reach. And, I didn't expect the situation to change suddenly.

Mance was depressed, "What about the Polo District? He and his wild boar should be with Morona."

McCain shrugged. "Polo was captured with his wild boar. I guess the enemy on the Fist of the First Men is enjoying a wild boar feast! That wild boar has killed too many enemies."

The savages don't have writing, so naturally there are no ravens to send messages. Mance used the skinchanger's birds to obtain battlefield information. This was originally an advantage, but now, the news brought by the skinchanger is getting worse and worse.

Hundreds of spearwives and wildlings gathered around.

The leading Spearwife was covered in congealed blood, "Mance, we respect you as the king beyond the Wall, and now the enemy is plundering, killing, and burning villages outside the Wall, what are you doing?"

An old man said: "Mance, you promised to take us to the south and see the warm and fertile land south of the Great Wall, so we gave up the houses and fields that we have lived in for generations and joined your team. Today, we are in the south The homeland has been burned and there is no way to return, can you lead us to victory?"

A burly man wearing a fur cloak and holding a stone ax said in a rough voice: "If you can't bring us revenge, we have to fight on our own!"

"Yes, Mance, take revenge!"

"Coward, take courage!"

There were shouts and curses all around, and Mance knew that he had no choice but to go south and fight.

Mance waved his hand, and the surrounding fell silent.

"Free people, you gather under my banner, and I will definitely take you to the warm south. Despicable wolf king, he burned our halls and fields, raped the daughters of free people, and sold free people to the south To be a slave, the blood debt must be paid in blood!"

"Tomorrow, we will immediately go down the Ruhe River, capture the Fist of the First Men, and feast on the skulls and blood of the enemies!"

The savage shouted loudly, and the entire savage camp was boiling. Everyone dispersed, returned to their respective tents, packed up their things and prepared to leave the camp.

Dana stroked her pregnant belly, "Do you think we can win? The opponent is thousands of well-armed and well-trained cavalry."

Mance smiled wryly, "It's difficult, but I have no choice."

Dana said sadly, "We can kneel down and surrender."

"And put on the shackles of a slave?" Mance shook his head, "The free people didn't choose me as their leader to kneel down."

In the middle of the night, Mance was in the tent, full of melancholy.

A gust of cold wind blew in, and a black-clothed wizard walked in. His face was wrapped in a black towel, revealing only a mouthful of bloody teeth, and he held a staff of withered bones in his hand.

"who are you?"

The black lips under the scarlet teeth moved, "I am Ogbeta, the necromancer who serves the great cold god."

Mance was taken aback. "I've heard of you. I have nothing to do with your god."

Ogbeta showed a terrifying smile, "You are bringing the savages into a war that has no chance of winning. Instead of sacrificing in vain, why not let the cold god bring you victory? The cold god can use witchcraft to help you and freedom people, into the Seven Kingdoms."

Mance was a little moved, "Really?"

Ogberta's bloody teeth and black lips parted and closed, "Witchcraft has a price. Immediately sacrifice a hundred wildling babies, starting with the baby in your wife's womb."

Mance said in amazement: "Evil wizard, are you tired of your life?" Mance pulled out his long sword, and cut off Ogbeta's head with one sword. A puff of black smoke spewed out from the wizard's neck, and immediately turned into a pile Dry bones, Mance realized it was witchcraft.

On the Fist of the First Men, Polo feeds his wild boar, and Ygritte and Jon tend to the injured Rick the Spear together.

At first, the Boluo District didn't want to surrender at all. However, during the war when the northern cavalry attacked the savage camp, the three sons and two wives of the Boluo District were all captured. The Boluo District had no choice but to surrender.

Morona the White Mask surrendered with her captured troops.Morona explained to Ed, "We don't want to kneel down, but we are more willing to accept direwolves than White Walkers and Winter."

Polo District and Morona knelt down to Ed in front of the Heart Tree and swore to the Heart Tree that they would be loyal to Winterfell and Stark for the rest of their lives.Polo and Morona each have a child, who was adopted by Ed as his adopted son.

On the first day when Ygritte was captured and went up the mountain, she was disarmed, but in the next few days, she quickly learned to bandage and take care of the wounded from the nurses. Except for working time, Ygritte stuck to Jon every day. .

Ed was in a good mood these past few days. Every day, hundreds of wildlings were captured and escorted to Houguan Town, and from there to the territory of Winterfell for resettlement.

Commander Carter Pike of Eastwatch took Rock Seeds, Night Watchmen and Winterfell cavalry, under the guidance of Devin, to counterattack the Haunted Forest, and sent a fleet to burn the wildling fishing villages along the coast, the wildlings in the forest and by the sea, no To be captured is to disperse northward, and the Eastern Route Army swept away the previous decline, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo.

On the Western Front, Bunyan led a cavalry and captured Fengsheng Gorge.The giants and cavemen guarding the Giant's Ladder were forced to divide their troops to rescue Fengsheng Gorge. Colin Halfhand took the opportunity to lead the warriors of the mountain clan to capture the Giant's Ladder after a bloody battle.

The warriors of the mountain clan rescued the captured big wine barrel Vol. Although he was beaten black and blue, fortunately, he was not seriously injured.

The giant king, Mago the Strong, was nearly killed by arrows and fled into the valley on a mammoth.The Wailer, fleeing on the Briar of the Shadow Lynx, would have suffered more casualties if he had not been rescued on the way by a skinchanger named Sejra on a goat.

The goats the size of war horses could walk swiftly on the steep cliffs. The rangers were dumbfounded and had to stop chasing.

Rescuing the wildling raiders of Windsound Gap, Afin the Raven Hunter fled halfway and was captured by Bunyan.

The Windsound Gap and Giant's Ladder fell to the North and the Rangers, which meant the wildling defenses at the Frostfangs fell apart.

A few days later, the rangers reported that Mance's army of savages began to go down the river. Ed was not surprised. Every day, savages fled to Mance's camp. The number of savages increased rapidly, but the food and grass did not increase much.

If he continued to stay there, Mance's food and grass would be exhausted sooner or later.What's more, there are still ghosts who continue to go south from the land of eternal winter, attacking the rear of the wildlings.

About half a month later, an army of tens of thousands of wildlings arrived at the Fist of the First Men, and the rangers and Winterfell cavalry blew their horns together.

Mance is here, and the time has come to catch the thief and the king.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking towards the land to the north, there are wildlings everywhere: the raptor tribesmen wearing feather cloaks, the hardfoot tribesmen, the nocturnal tribesmen dressed in black, the frozen coast people riding on dog-drawn bone chariots, Thenns in bronze scale armor, giants riding mammoths, seal tribesmen in seal skins, etc.

There are bullock carts, mule carts, and tents built at will.

Under the banner of peace, Mance came to the Fist of the First Men.

Eddard led a troop of cavalry, under the protection of Dawson's bodyguard, Syrio Forel, and met Mance under the weirwood heart tree at the foot of the Fist of the First Men.

Mance said angrily, "Lord Ed, I always thought you were a man of honor. You raped the girls of the free people and sold them into slaves."

Ed smiled and said: "For those who commit rape crimes, all castration, there are such things, but it is no more than the wildling raiders in the north. As for slaves, no one will become a slave. I will bring them Went to the North."

"Mance, if you can come to the peace talks, it proves that you are still sane, put down your weapons, and I will let you pass the Great Wall of Impairment and settle down in the northern border."

"Kneel on your knees in the north, and work for you?" Mance sneered, "Free folk will never kneel."

Ed said sadly: "I will not force anyone to kneel, but they must face the heart tree and swear allegiance to Stark and Winterfell. I am even willing to pardon your crimes, you are a vigil that broke your oath A person, anywhere in the Seven Kingdoms, is a death penalty, and you can't find a lord who is more lenient than me."

Mance said disdainfully: "Listen to my conditions below. I will hand over Ferran, Jory Cassel and the Horn of Winter, and then the free people will take their weapons, cross the Great Wall of Desperation, and settle in the North. Give a large territory to the free people to govern themselves."

Ed suppressed a smile. Ed looked at Tormund behind Mance, the dog-headed Harma, the king of bones, Thurn Magnusti, Marg the king of giants, and McCain the eagle king. He understood that this was The conditions proposed by these chiefs, not the conditions proposed by Mance, and the king beyond the wall is just a mouthpiece for his subordinates.

"Mance, you are very clear that no lord will agree to such a condition. You should see the facts clearly. This time, I only brought a few troops from the northern border vassals and swept across the Great Wall. We have already occupied most of the land outside the Great Wall. If you continue to resist, you will definitely lose."

"I understand that free people naturally desire freedom and autonomy, but freedom comes at a price. Is your flea-covered, hungry, and shivering freedom worthy of envy? Are you willing to let your relatives turn into blue-eyed ghouls? Become white ghosts slave?"

The leaders looked at each other, and Mance frowned, "You are a wolf king in the south, what kind of ghosts do you know?"

"No one understands the ghosts better than me." Ed clenched his fist, "The ghosts are a threat to all mankind. After the ancient king beyond the wall, Joman, together with the night watchman and the northern border, wiped out the night king and his corpse, we Why can't we put aside our prejudices and work together? Put down your weapons and become citizens of the northern border, and we will guard the Great Wall together."

Mance pondered for a while, "The wildlings must not lay down their arms, and the free folk would rather fight to the death."

Ed turned his horse's head, "Then we have to fight it out."

Mance returned to his camp and summoned the wildling chiefs.

"In the first wave of attack, the infantry consisting of Cern Magnusti, the warriors of Cern in bronze scale armor, and three thousand strong men and spearwives attacked the Fist of the First Men from the north. At this time, the enemy cavalry came from Rush down the mountain from the east, because the slope to the north is too steep, at this time, Varamyr the six-shapes, Targus, Samantha, you must control the beast, attack the enemy, and spread fear."

"If Ed attacks in person, he must be killed at all costs. If Ed cannot be killed, the Fist of the First Men must be captured, otherwise, even if we break through."

The camp screamed loudly, and the horns of the winter wolves echoed on the ground.

Bunyan, Qhorin Halfhand, came with a troop of horsemen from the west.The cavalry of Thoron Smallwood and Jarmen Buckwell appeared to the east.

The two teams of cavalry tore apart the line of defense of the camp as if they were cutting tofu.
Mance quickly ordered the leaders to fight, and the dog-headed Harma, the king of bones, Tormund and others hurriedly summoned their respective tribes.

Ed led thousands of Winterfell cavalry and rushed in from the front. Some savages tried to resist, but they were trampled under the horse in an instant.

The direwolf killed a Thenn in the night, and the sunlight bit off the foot of a Hornfoot. The wildlings ran away, some fled to the forest, and some chose to jump west to escape.

After a while, the direwolf, walking in the night and the sun, met the three wolves of Varamyr the six-shapes.

Varamyr's wolves were considered big among wild wolves, but they were still far behind the direwolves, and the three wolves were quickly defeated.

"Wolf cub, don't be too happy." Varamyr was riding on the snow bear. The snow bear was four meters high, and even the direwolf could only temporarily avoid the edge.

A cavalryman of the Umber family charged towards the snow bear, but was lightly slapped by the snow bear, and his brains splattered. Varamyr's shadow lynx killed a Winterfell cavalryman, and the snow bear easily bit a wanderer. The arm of the cavalry.

The three wild wolves regained their courage and turned around to fight.

Targus' saber-toothed tiger, Samantha Moa, also rampaged on the battlefield, and the cavalry fell one by one.

A group of Northern Territory and Rangers had nothing to do against snow bears, moas and saber-toothed tigers.

Varamyr rode on the back of the snow bear, "Who dares to challenge the great Varamyr?"

"I!"

Ed stepped forward, Varamyr urged the snow bear, and rushed towards Ed, and Ed threw the Thunderbolt in his hand at the snow bear.

It's a gizmo Ed made in Winterfell that contains the alchemist's wildfire.Although the dose is small, the alchemist's excrement is surprisingly powerful.

The thunderbolt exploded on the snow bear like overripe fruit, and Varamyr didn't know what the slimy thing was.

Robb threw the torch, and the snow bear's hide burst into flames, and Varamyr fell to the ground with a scream and convulsions.

Snow bears, wolves, and shadow lynxes all lost control and started a rampage regardless of friend or foe.Tiggs, who was riding on the back of the saber-toothed tiger, was directly knocked into the air by the snow bear and captured by Robb.

Samantha's moa was frightened by the wildfire. She tried to control the moa and tried to escape, but was shot down by Jon, and Samantha had to surrender.

Mance put on his rusty chain mail and commanded the wildling cavalry to fight back. He saw the King of Bones take off his bone armor and knelt down to Greatjon Umber for mercy. On the ground, life and death are unknown.The dog-headed Harma was bitten by a direwolf and screamed again and again
It was all over, the wildling army was broken, and Mance saw the flood of enemies, and he felled one after another.

A black shadow came, and Mance was knocked to the ground by his horse and man, his silk cloak patched with blood.

The enemy is the black-clothed brother Mance is familiar with, Colin Halfhand.

"Brother, I feel sorry for you and mourn for you."

(End of this chapter)