The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 226 The Beginning of the War

The news that Jon killed the White Walker spread throughout the Wall like the wind.

The top brass of the Night's Watch were well aware of the psychological pressure that ordinary soldiers faced when facing the White Walkers, and knew that people needed psychological encouragement, so they vigorously promoted the spread of this news.

Thus, the bastard of Winterfell was treated like a hero. No matter where he went, people would pat him on the shoulders enthusiastically to express their praise for him. Old Bear also said that he had not disgraced his family sword.

This made Jon feel extremely proud. After so many years, he was the first person to kill a White Walker. This honor was enough to make him be remembered for all eternity.

However, Jon did not dwell on this emotion for too long.

Because shortly after they retreated back to the Wall, the White Walkers launched a full-scale attack on the entire Wall.

"Castle Black encountered many spider riders of the White Walkers. They climbed up the walls at a very fast speed, followed by their wight puppets. If they hadn't been forced back by wildfire, the White Walkers would have rushed over the walls. The Shadow Tower said that their scouts had many conflicts with the wights in the mountain valleys, and spider riders also appeared there, so the Shadow Tower had to withdraw all scouts. The fleet of Eastwatch sent news that the speed of sea ice formation was increasing rapidly, and they were also attacked by dead sea monsters. If this situation continues, the icebreaking work will be difficult to continue... A large number of wights were also found in other places, and among these wights, there were many wights wearing ancient-style armor. They were obviously more flexible than ordinary wights. That's it, my lords. Now we can be sure that the White Walkers have launched a full-scale attack on us. We can even say that every place on the Great Wall has been attacked."

At the meeting of the Night's Watch's top brass, this final summary caused everyone present to fall silent.

Although they had been preparing for the attack of the White Walkers for a long time, when the White Walkers really attacked, the exaggeration of the attack still exceeded everyone's imagination.

The appearance of White Walkers and their wight puppets have been observed at almost every location on the Wall, and it is impossible for the White Walkers to just leave all their forces there for show, which means that the total strength of the White Walkers is much greater than what they see now.

How could there be so many dead bodies? This was the question on everyone's mind. Could there be so many dead bodies outside the Great Wall?
"They are probably frozen corpses." The knowledgeable Maester Aemon came out to answer everyone's questions. "The wildling tombs are very effective in preserving corpses. These tombs often contain famous wildling chieftains and warriors. Over the past thousands of years, these tombs have reached an extremely exaggerated number. I think the White Walkers may have pulled all the dead bodies out."

"This can explain those armored ghouls, but even so, the number is too exaggerated. The ones we have observed so far are more than 100,000."

Someone asked, but faced with this question, Maester Aemon could only shake his head. Even as knowledgeable as he was, he didn't know what was going on here.

In everyone's original expectation, no matter how many wights the White Walkers could bring out, it would not be possible to exceed 100,000. After all, the number of wildlings who passed through the Great Wall this time was less than 100,000. But the result was that the number of wights that appeared in the detectable range alone exceeded 100,000.

"We don't need to worry about the White Walkers' strength now." Old Bear ended the conversation. "The White Walkers' strategy is now very clear. They have shown this attitude on every front. It is obvious that they don't want us to determine their main attack position, or perhaps every position is their main attack position. So everyone, I hope you will prepare for the worst. Next, since you have understood the current situation, I need you to return to your posts. The White Walkers may attack at any time. It is time to fulfill your oath."

Everyone looked at Old Xiong with extremely serious expressions. They all understood what he meant, and then they retreated one after another according to Old Xiong's orders.

Old Bear watched these people leave. Some of them were from Westeros, some were from Essos, some believed in the Old Gods, some believed in the Seven Gods, and some believed in Eastern gods that he did not know about. They came to the Wall not voluntarily, but over the years, they also recognized the Night's Watch and became members of it.

The legion was able to grow stronger again in his hands, and now, he would lead the legion into a brutal war. After this war, perhaps the Night's Watch would decline again - when Old Bear thought of this, he felt a little sad, but this emotion did not last long.

Soon, the only person left at the meeting was Eddie Tollett, the special envoy sent by Hugo.

Looking at Eddie, this member of the Tollett family, Old Bear felt a bit complicated. Over the years, it was thanks to the expeditions launched by Hugo Tollett that the Great Wall had grown stronger. The nobles and merchants exiled from the eastern city-states formed the backbone of the Night's Watch. He also continuously sent prisoners from the eastern continent. When the Great Wall was in crisis, he sent reinforcements and supplies without hesitation.

However, this also made the Night's Watch more and more of Hugo's army. After all, Andas was the commander of the army, and he was responsible for the manpower and material supply of the army. The previous incident of letting the wildlings enter the pass was a manifestation of Hugo's influence. For this, Old Xiong took on a lot of pressure from the army, but fortunately he withstood it all.

However, these are not important now, Old Xiong thought, compared with death and debt, he would rather choose debt, not to mention that the Night's Watch is in a dangerous situation now, maybe the legion will be destroyed because of their responsibility. It would be too hypocritical to care about these things.

"Master Eddie, how long will it take for Master Hugo's response to arrive?"

In front of Eddie, Mormont couldn't help but lower his posture. After all, the man in front of him represented Hugo and was also leading the reinforcements Hugo sent to the north.

"The letter is still on the way." Eddie did not show any smugness because of the old bear's attitude. He still looked the same as usual. "However, the latest batch of reinforcements will arrive soon. There are many Braavosi among them. There are several hundred of them, which is enough to make up for many of your gaps."

According to the convention of the Eastern conquest wars, after a city-state was captured, a large number of its people would be exiled to the Great Wall to join the Night's Watch. These people now constitute an important part of the Night's Watch.

After Hugo took over Braavos, he naturally sent a large number of Braavosi to the Wall as per the usual practice. Most of these people were the elites of Braavos. Hugo stuffed them onto the ship and set off.

"Thank you very much, Master Hugo."

Old Xiong did not get the answer he wanted, but his mood remained unchanged. After all, the additional Braavos people were also support. There were still many gaps on the Great Wall, and these people were enough to fill some of the loopholes.

"Lord Mormont, if that's the case, then I'll go too. Tell my comrades to get ready, lest the White Walkers come riding on giant spiders while they're still sleeping. Also, I have to ask them to catch a wight. Lord Hugo has been asking us to catch one, but unfortunately we never had the chance. Those damn White Walkers seemed to know what we were going to do, and they hid in the ice caves and wouldn't come out. Now that they've started to move, the chance has come."

Eddie said this, then stood up and left. Old Xiong hurried to see him off in person. After Eddie left, Old Xiong once again spread out the map of the Great Wall. He had seen this map countless times, but none of them had ever been as stressful as this time.

Old Xiong sighed again and put the map away. He decided to go to the front line and let his men see his presence.

Since the end of the war in Braavos, after dealing with many complicated events, Hug returned to Hug's City, where he coordinated the resources of the entire East.

At the same time, we finally have time to sit down and enjoy family time.

Hugo cherished this time very much, because he knew that once the war broke out in the north, it would not be so easy for him to experience these things again.

In the church garden of Hugo's city, Hugo sat with his wife Statina, a rare occasion. On the small table in front of them were tea and gingerbread.

Meanwhile, their son Chorron was playing with Princess Myrcella, sent by the Lannisters.

Kerron inherited his mother's looks and is a very cute child. Now he is playing with another cute and sweet child.

"This boy is completely dominated by the little girl."

Looking at his son running behind Mircella, with the admiration in his eyes that could not be hidden at all, Hugo made a somewhat disappointed comment.

"This little princess is very nice, Hugo. I like her very much."

Statina expressed her attitude directly, and the meaning was very clear, which made Hugo a little reluctant. After all, he was very clear about the rumors about Mircella's identity, but to be honest, he also liked this sensible and obedient beautiful child.

Myrcella inherited her mother's beauty, but unlike her vicious and mean mother, this child is gentle, generous, considerate, and most importantly, extremely beautiful.

However, Hugo smelled some of Margaery Tyrell in this child, that is, the kind of noble woman who is extremely good at using her own advantages to win favor and even gain benefits by providing emotional value. But considering that Myrcella's mother did not teach her these things and could not teach her, it means that Myrcella may be born like this, which makes her particularly precious.

If only her identity wasn't so complicated, Hugo couldn't help but think that even if she was just a commoner, he would be willing to let his son marry her. With such a wife, his future life would definitely be like living in a honeypot - but, after all, for him now, even if Mircella's identity issue became a big deal, it would not have much impact.

Thinking of this, Hugo glanced at his son, and a trace of jealousy arose in his heart. This brat had obtained what he had to fight for with his life when he was born, and he would have such a beautiful wife in the future. This was really...

Kerron didn't know yet that his father was actually making him jealous, but he didn't care even if he knew. For him now, playing with the girl he admired was the top priority.

"Hugo, what are you worried about? The girl's identity? I don't think that's a problem."

Statina noticed Hugo's hesitation, and then put forward the same idea as Hugo. Stannis had already spread the issue of the origins of the queen's three children all over the world, but most people regarded this as Stannis's political tactic, even those who were enemies of the Lannisters.

After all, Stannis couldn't produce any evidence, so the reliability of this was about the same as the rumors in King's Landing.

Hu Ge shook his head and said, "Let the children make their own decisions about their future. As parents, we just need to pave the way for them."

Hugo's answer satisfied Statina. These words were almost the same as agreement. Statina had basically regarded Myrcella as her own daughter-in-law. The reason was that the child was so cute and sensible that Statina was relieved to entrust her son to him.

Statina knew very well about her son. Due to their rough life experience, the child grew up in a pure honey pot without a reliable wife. She was not optimistic about her son's growth.

Hu Ge picked up a piece of gingerbread and put it in his mouth. The gingerbread was very hard and needed to melt in his mouth, but after melting, the sweetness was overwhelming. Hu Ge liked this sweetness very much, so he took another piece.

This kind of gingerbread is currently the specialty of Hugo City. Andas pastry chefs will make gingerbread into symbols closely related to the belief in the Seven Gods, such as the seven-pointed star, the star, and the double-edged axe. Pilgrims who come here will buy some of this gingerbread that can be preserved for a long time when they leave, and take them back for their families to taste.

Under such circumstances, the output of gingerbread in Hugo City naturally increased year by year, and the taste became better and better.

After eating the gingerbread, Hugo took a sip of tea and couldn't help but stare at it. This was a leisurely life.

However, this leisure was soon broken. Canatiel hurriedly came to Hugo and whispered something in his ear. These words immediately made Hugo jump up.

"Is it the Great Wall?" As Hugo's bedside companion, Statina naturally knew about the White Walkers, and understood that Hugo assembled the army to fight against the White Walkers.

"It's the Great Wall. Those dead men are finally moving."

As he said this, Hu Ge felt a sense of peace in his heart, a peace that the boot has finally dropped. There was no need to wait any longer, it was time to head north.

(End of this chapter)