The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 237: The Death Place of Corpses
The Northern Line, which was prepared by Hugo to fight against the White Walkers, was mainly located in Bolton's territory, extending from the mountains north of the Dreadfort to the Wolf Forest. This line of defense was a streamlined imitation of the Great Wall, which made the most of the terrain of the mountains and rivers, turning the natural barrier into an obstacle to the White Walkers' advance. On this line of defense, Hugo mobilized civilians to build fortresses and strongholds.

As a landlord, Bolton of the Dreadfort also made great efforts in the establishment of the defense line. Roose Bolton proved his control over his territory. The people north of the defense line have all been relocated, and all the people have also devoted themselves to the construction of the defense line. In addition, with the engineering machinery that Hugo has tried his best to requisition from the east, as well as various fortress components prepared in advance, this miniature Great Wall is rapidly taking shape.

Hugo racked his brains to defend against the White Walkers. He managed to construct a city-building technology that existed in his memory and tried to implement it in a way that was more in line with the conditions of the time: people formed wood into regular square wooden frames, then overlapped them on a solid foundation, and finally filled them with soil, poured water, and built ramps. In this way, simple but solid wooden walls were formed in the cold North.

Of course, the "Northern Line" is more than just one line of defense. Behind the initial long wall, there are still a large number of fortresses and strongholds being built, but the manpower and material resources invested in these places are not as much as the main line of defense. If the first line of defense is breached, the rebels will move to the second and third lines of defense for resistance, and the core area of ​​this series of defense lines is naturally the Dreadfort, the home fortress of the Bolton family that has lasted for thousands of years.

Bolton did not express any objection to an army of this size operating in the territory and even entering and exiting the castle freely. Although his family had a retreat in the eastern territory and had already migrated a large number of people there, unless the situation deteriorated to an irreversible point, they were unwilling to give up the Red King's castle, which had been in existence for who knows how many years.

However, in the eyes of Stark's subordinates, Hugo's choice of the Dreadfort instead of Winterfell undoubtedly showed his favoritism towards Bolton. Although Hugo had a reasonable explanation, that is, the support from the east and the south needed to arrive continuously from the sea, and any risk threatening the sea transportation should be contained immediately, they still had great objections. However, these voices did not last long, and they were quickly suppressed by Eddard Stark. The Duke of the North was a reasonable man, knowing that unity was most needed at this time, and the team should not be destroyed because of the focus of defense.

The actions of the rebels in the north are, to some extent, beyond this era. In the history of the known world, wars often shift from one key point to another, but now this war will be fought on one line, which undoubtedly challenges the war quality of the kingdom's army - even the royal family has not yet supported them; fortunately, there is no shortage of veterans in the ranks of the rebels, and the kingdom has also gained a lot of experience in the wars of more than ten years, from the siege of Volantis to the suppression of the Balon rebellion, from dealing with the invasion of the centaurs to the war of succession to the throne. The experience accumulated by the army over the years will now face the final test, and survival or death depends on human beings themselves.

Now, after leaving the Dreadfort, Hugo was walking along the lines, inspecting the progress of the construction.

As the Regent of the East, Hugo's inspection was naturally heavily guarded. No matter where the Duke went, there were guards all around to keep all outsiders out. However, because of this, in order not to disturb the workers' work, Hugo did not go directly to the high ground, but chose to watch the progress from the high slope outside.

At first glance, what caught Hugo's eyes were countless laborers working hard. They were either piling soil into wooden frames, or using simple cranes to lift and overlap wooden frames, or digging trenches... Everyone had their own job, and a tense atmosphere filled the construction site. It was almost impossible to see anyone taking a break. If it weren't for the invasion of the White Walkers, construction of this scale would probably not occur until hundreds or even thousands of years later. Before that, literati would use all the flattering words to describe this unprecedented scene and this great achievement that transcends the times - the premise is that mankind must survive.

Hugo liked this bustling scene very much, because it represented the consolidation and improvement of the defense line, which meant that they would be more confident in fighting against the White Walkers.

However, the purpose of these defense lines is only to stop the White Walkers from advancing. If you want to deal with the White Walker army, you still have to find a way to kill their leader.

Hugo never forgot those memories. He remembered that the leader of the White Walkers was a guy named the Night King. As long as this guy was killed, the White Walkers would lose the war. But the problem now is that it is not so easy to kill the White Walkers.

The Night's Watch has been fighting against the White Walkers for so long, and they have destroyed tens of thousands of wights, but they have only killed more than fifty White Walkers so far, and that's based on the premise that the White Walkers choose to actively lure the enemy.

These guys who drive the dead are very smart and understand their strengths and weaknesses. The Night's Watch have also mentioned many times that the White Walkers will deliberately hide in the piles of wights and not give people the opportunity to destroy them. In this way, even if there are weapons that can kill the White Walkers, they cannot be used.

In this situation, there is only one way to hunt down the White Walkers, and that is to kill enough wights and force the White Walkers to step out of the protection of their puppets and face mortal weapons.

However, according to the information from the Night's Watch and the situation detected by the scouts, the number of wights in the hands of the White Walkers is very large, and the number of wights is increasing every moment. It will undoubtedly be a super hard battle to reach that moment, Hugo thought. Although he has a lot of things that can kill wights, even White Walkers, facing the biggest enemy of the whole world, Hugo is still a little nervous. What's more important is that he still doesn't know what kind of trump cards the White Walkers have and what tricks they haven't used yet.

However, this kind of mentality immediately disappeared when Hugo touched the mark on his hand. The reason was very simple, that is, the White Walkers were supernatural beings, but so was the one looking at him.

Hugo recalled the scene when he met the Seven Gods and the secrets of the world that the Seven Gods told him. He now wanted to meet the Seven Gods again and get more information from them, but he also understood that such opportunities were hard to come by.

"By the way, Kanatiel, what's the situation in the north?"

Hugo put aside all the matters concerning gods and ghosts. The Seven Gods had already done a lot for him, and he could not rely on the gods for everything. He had to do well what he should do. For example, the current movements of the White Walkers were one of the things Hugo wanted to know when he went north this time.

"More than 100,000 wights are besieging Last Hearth. The scouts who witnessed the scene said that Last Hearth might not be able to hold out for too long. And in Kaho, the Karstarks have been persuaded by us to allow our troops to move in."

Kanatir remained as calm as ever. Even when facing White Walkers, this Andal did not seem to be very afraid.

Damn Amber. Hugo felt a little angry when he thought about the Last Hearth City. That broken place was too out of the ordinary and could not be incorporated into Hugo's defense system like the Kaho City. So he had been persuading those Ambers to leave, but they refused to leave and he just sent a few juniors to the south.

Hugo was not sad for the Amber family, he was sad for the thousands of people that Amber had gathered. The fate of these people was definitely to become wights, and the number of White Walkers would increase by thousands.

Kanatir continued to report, "The clans in the mountains have gradually retreated to the evacuation points we set up in the Wolf Forest, but they have suffered heavy losses. It seems that they have fought several fierce battles with the White Walkers."

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Hugo nodded subconsciously. The losses of those clans were expected. It was not surprising that these guys living in the mountains were so stubborn, but fortunately, they were not too stubborn and at least they withdrew.

Now north of the northern defense line, the White Walkers are sweeping away all the living to enrich their ranks, so what Kanatir mentioned next was naturally the fate of those who were still heading south. They either missed their homeland or were hoping for a lucky break, so they did not leave, and their fate was basically to become White Walkers after being killed.

In this regard, Hugo can only be thankful that at least the population in the north is small. If it were in the south, then...

(End of this chapter)