King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 160 The Darkness Before Dawn
The garrison has only fixed city defense weapons placed on top of the wall , there is no siege equipment to carry, and in a hurry, Slynt can only think of the stupid method of fire attack. A dozen soldiers from Dongying were ordered to carry wooden oil drums and trot with torches to the gate of Linhemen Barracks.

"Fire arrows!" The Iron Hand Ser standing on the top of the wall waved his left arm without the slightest hesitation, and dozens of people emerged from the top of the wall, with a pleasant sound of bowstrings being stretched, and dropped them on the ground outside the barracks. There was a shower of arrows. The arrows flew densely towards the soldiers holding the oil barrels, crossed a short parabolic crackle and landed on the ground a few meters in front of the attackers. Some of the arrow shafts pierced into the ground under their feet were particularly vibrating, and some were hit by bricks and stones. It bounced off and flew around, and one of them even hit an oil drum that was being held by a golden robe. The muffled sound of "dong" made the man let go and threw the oil drum to the ground. Barrels cracked, dark fuel spilled all over the place, thankfully it wasn't a Wildfire.

The exclamations came from the soldiers of the garrison and the citizens of King's Landing who were standing in the street or watching carefully through the windows. Everyone knew that Jacelyn Bywater was Come on really. The first wave of soldiers who burned the door was "repulsed" in an instant, Sayazi ran back into the crowd, and all the golden robes holding the torch stepped back a few steps, even the soldiers loyal to Slynt in Dongying, in this life-threatening situation. Still failed to show more courage.

The field in front of Linhemen is so big, no matter how you retreat, it is within the arrow's range. Fortunately, the Linhemen defenders have no intention of hurting anyone. After the colleagues forced back, they did not continue to attack.

"scoundrel! Shoot the arrows! Strike back!" Slynt, enraged by the unceremonious slap in the face, screamed: "Shoot the traitor down!"

The commander's order had to be obeyed, so the surrounding side also shot a sparse wave of arrows, either nailed to the barracks wall, or flew high over the guards' heads and flew into the darkness somewhere, in order to "not hurt peace" , of course, no one was injured.

Bywat crouched down and raised his iron hand to protect his face, throwing the final blow of the speech: "You don't have to guess, Janos Slynt, it's you I'm talking about! If you If you don't have a ghost in your heart, then obediently and honestly wait until dawn, and I will send someone to deliver the suspect you want to arrest to the Prime Minister. Whether he is a criminal or a whistleblower who is being persecuted and killed, we will know when the time comes. !"

"You're dreaming!" Slynt roared, not doing anything, but now that we've cast aside all considerations for face, it's really irreconcilable: "Listen to my order, move the ladder. , attack from all sides at the same time, take down this traitor!"

Are you going to fight? In the night, countless golden robes holding torches made a commotion, but they looked left and right but no one obeyed. Iron Hand Ser did something that no one else dared to do today, and it was too late for everyone to watch the excitement and applaud. Who would want to work hard for Slynt at this time - and the brothers who are also wearing golden robes?
"What are you doing? Do you want to disobey orders!" Slynt still tried to force the surrounding soldiers to follow orders with the commander's majesty. "Where are the battalion leaders, come out and organize an attack!"

"Lord Slynt, we all believe in your conduct, and Ser Bywat must have been deceived by the rumors." Gate of the Gods' sub-Captain stood up , the first to speak: "But Linhemen has been surrounded by us so that not even a mouse can escape, and the person you want to arrest is determined to escape, so why bother taking the lives of brothers? It's going to be light, let's just wait and see how the prime minister convicts this murderer when the time comes."

"Yes, my lord, wait a little longer, it will be light, wait. The king's men in the Red Keep are here, there's no reason for Bywat Ser to protect that criminal anymore!"

Seeing that the opponent's plan was supported by several garrison officers, the advantage in numbers vanished. , Slynt understood that the situation was over, and looked at the soldiers in the garrison who were surrounded by oneself in darkness, but couldn't use it for themselves, and realized that it was useless to be tough, so he clenched his teeth and made a concession: "Okay, then block the front and rear doors. Come on, don't let people run away!"

After giving this order, Slynt threw his cloak and turned around and walked towards the soldiers in Dongying, until he was far away from the crowd, and then turned towards oneself's confidant, Yaral. Dim ordered in a low voice: "Let our oneself brother get ready, the Night's Watch will appear at dawn and shoot arrows to death, don't screw it up again this time!"

"But my lord, in case Injuring the brother of Linhemen..."

"I'm in charge!"

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I'm in charge, these three words are clear and unequivocal, but the words The person has already started to feel apprehensive. For the first time in more than a decade, Slynt began to regret and reflect on what oneself had done.

From the very beginning, oneself may not have thought about a female employee in the Night's Watch industry, but it's not a mistake to love beauty. Oneself's fault is wrong. After hitting a wall, he shouldn't hold on to it - he should have thought that since the other party dares to be tough and protect the calf, it will naturally have its own capital.

As expected, the other party turned his face and began to contact friends from all over the world to deal with oneself. People with related interests are born to be the strongest allies. As soon as the Night's Watch industry made a move, it was to put oneself to death... Even then, Oneself also has a chance to make up for it: as long as you tell Robert to betray Cersei's rebel plan, and then act as a pawn when he makes up his mind to deal with House Lannister, even if Ed investigates oneself later, the merits and demerits will be offset, and it will not be too much. severe punishment.

But oneself was excited yesterday, and unexpectedly made the idea of killing oneself's opponent, but handed the mission to the wrong person... A series of mistakes, and finally everything was screwed up , resulting in the current dilemma. He couldn't do anything about the Night's Watch that was hiding in the Linhemen Barracks, but it was impossible to admit defeat and lead people to retreat.

If oneself didn't accumulate too much money, if oneself had a little more prestige and control in the garrison, then today's matter can be solved by a final violent solution: break through the Linhemen garrison camp, put That Night's Watch and Iron Hand Byvat were killed, and then they were labeled as "participating in the House Lannister treason"...

But now, with oneself hesitant to give Bywat a chance to finish his speech , it's too late to say anything. As Bywat exposed oneself's old bottom in public and destroyed the remaining prestige of oneself, oneself, as the commander, was actually unable to command the garrison to attack and retaliate. After one wrong decision after another, he successfully played the game. Worst ending.

Oneself is not capable of accusing the living "Iron Hand" Bywat of treason, and the damn Night's Watch seems to have a lot of friends and means, if you can't kill him today, rely on Night's Watch. The influence of the industry, I am afraid that oneself will face continuous retaliation... There is no way out! Oneself's only chance at the moment is to kill this guy, and hope that today's turmoil in the Red Keep will be big enough to cover the farce of oneself.

The person sent by oneself to inform Robert returned and conveyed the secret will of the king: Tomorrow... no, it should be said that it is noon today, bring two hundred absolutely reliable elites of the garrison to stand by outside the door of the Red Keep . This is the most obvious hint of hands-on. Oneself can't waste time here. When the day dawns, the Night's Watch that was huddled in the barracks comes out, kills him at all costs, and immediately leads the troops to the Red Keep to wait for the king. Dispatch, this time... I will never do one more thing!

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In the house of Linhemen Barracks, Igor watched the show from the window.

He couldn't see the actions of the men led by Slynt outside the wall, but judging from the relaxed reaction of the soldiers standing behind the wall at the River Gate, Ser Bywat's judgment was correct. Tonight, oneself Safe.

He was relieved for a while, but there was a tingling pain in his shoulders, he sucked in a breath of cold air: "Hi--"

"I'm sorry, my lord!" Nina hurriedly stopped Hands: "Does it hurt you?"

After being injured, he ran for his life without any rest. The untreated wound bleeds all the way. It was so hard that it eventually had to be cut with scissors to deal with the wound. Watching the "suiters" brought by oneself cause trouble for the most admired idol, and even almost bring about a killing disaster for Igor in the end... Obviously oneself did nothing, and the unfathomable mystery of things has evolved to such an unmanageable point, for After Igor cleaned and wiped the wound, looking at the basin of blood, the little girl almost collapsed.

"It's nothing." Igor gritted his teeth. "It's not that you hurt me. It's not surprising that the wound doesn't hurt. Go ahead."

The sharp metal tip of the crossbow cut open with ease. The skin and muscles on his shoulders were removed, leaving a wound on his body that was nearly ten centimeters long, and the deepest part could almost see the bone. Although it is not a serious injury, it greatly affects the action. As a right-handed man, it is a great achievement to be able to use a sword to fight a siege when his right shoulder is injured. The outcome of the steady insertion on the back, as to whether it shot through the heart or the lungs, is unknown - and in either case, oneself is dead at the moment.

It would be a lie to say no later, but at this moment, in the face of Nina, who was tearful, self-blaming, bewildered, and panic-stricken, as a man, he still had to act stubbornly: "Stop thinking about it, say it. How many times it's not your fault, apply medicine and sew it up."

"Oh...is it like sewing cloth."

"Well, don't you dare, Let Bywat Ser find someone to meet."

Born into a family that made a living by making clothes, sewing needles was not a difficult job, and after shivering to deal with the wound, Maiden was at a loss. Waiting for Igor's next instruction.

"It's nothing to do with you, let's go to the next place to find a place to rest."

"I... can't sleep."

"If I can't sleep, find a place to close. Don't stand here for a while, just go."

"Sir, what are you going to do at dawn tomorrow?"

"What else can I do, Just wait here, Slynt guesses that he will not die, I am still in danger, and I will not step out of this door until the king or the prime minister's people show up."

I ran for my life and hurried away. In the middle of the night, I watched such a good show of infighting within the garrison team. Outside the window, the sky had reached the darkest hour before Dawn. This is the absurd and cruel Game of Thrones world, seeking death will kill you, but not seeking death is not necessarily safe, this chaotic night is finally coming to an end, the feeling of still alive is wonderful, but after dawn, things will change again In what direction will it develop?

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(end of this chapter)