King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 29 Off-Plot Encounter

Igor is a little stunned - whether it's a novel or a television drama , he doesn't even remember what happened to Benjen Stark on his way back to the Wall from Winterfell. Did it come for oneself, James and Cersei sent someone to silence it, or did the Stark family catch oneself after finding out that oneself was lying?

No.

After being stunned for only a second, the soldier's instinct made him react, and he also drew his steel sword with a clang, and guarded it before Tyrion's two guards could react. The short Lannister, but his hope of leaving the Wall: "Lord, you hide!"

"Lord Benjen, come out, I'll cover you!" A rapist recruit was ill-fated with an arrow in the shoulder , rolling on the ground and screaming, Yoren shoved the skinning knife into another recruit's hand and yelled at him: "If you don't want to die, just follow me!"

The tent curtain was lifted, The chief ranger walked out with his weapon in his hand. Silhouettes rushed out of the darkness in all directions, shouting and killing towards the camp. From the sparse arrows and flying stones, he quickly analyzed the identity of the attacker: "It's wildling! Get on the horse... Damn, it's too late, everyone backs up to the stone wall, ready to engage!"

The two House Lannister guards should have obeyed Tyrion's orders, but the master also lost One's head out of fear, instinctively obeying Stark's command, a group of nine people huddled back to back to each other to the old stone wall against which the tent rested, surrounded a wounded and a Lannister in the middle, with serious and nervous expressions preparing to welcome enemy.

"Isn't the wildling north of the Wall?" Tyrion shrank his neck in an aristocratic manner and hid behind the tall men Igor and Jon, unable to see what was going on outside. Igor has been relaxed after finding out who the enemy is, and the illegalimate child's blood boils over the opportunity to show his skills so soon. Conversely, only one of House Lannister's two bodyguards behaved like a soldier, though both wore full armor. "Nobody told me North was so dangerous!"

"Occasionally a small swarm of wildlings would climb over the Wall, but rarely go deep into Wolfswood..."

"Can Do I have anything as a weapon, I have no self-protection!"

"No, here it is!"

No heralds, no flags, no drums and horns , not even blade light and sword shadows, the wildlings charging towards them basically have wooden sticks, stone spears and stone axes, Igor didn't even see a decent weapon, only heard the bowstring of a Tyrion guard. With a bang, a black shadow screamed, clutching the wound and stumbled out of the charge...

Such a mob of wildlings, even if the numbers are dominant, shouldn't be so daring to attack so much A nine-member team that still has Night's Watch, what makes them do this?
Before I had time to think, the enemy came crashing down. The wildlings are all ragged and scrawny, in a patchwork of hard leather or ill-fitting tattered armor, and none of them even have a helmet.

The Night's Watches were ready for a bloody battle, but as soon as they fought Igor, they sensed something was wrong. Although about ten wildlings rushed over to surround the crowd, none of them really did. He rushed towards the crowd to fight them, but stood two meters away, roaring and waving all kinds of weapons in his hands, but defended more and attacked less, and didn't look like he wanted their lives at all. Not only that, but several wildlings who were obviously women followed behind the man, and started to scavenge everyone's belongings swiftly, even the squirrel that Yoren had not finished skinning was not spared...

The young and vigorous Jon took the initiative to attack, but was stopped by two guys holding wooden shields. After several swords, he only left marks on the wooden board. He was soon called back by the chief ranger who was worried about his nephew's safety.

If it's just for property, everyone didn't escort any important items anyway, so they don't have to work hard, let them take it.

With this thought in mind, the two sides fiddled with each other's weapons, and they were in a stalemate for only a few tens of seconds. Yoren first realized that it was not good: "Their target is a horse!"

Benjen turned his head in horror, and saw a few silhouettes sneaking close to the horses not far away, cutting the ropes one by one.

Are you here to grab a horse? Stark suddenly realized that, with a look of anger on his face, under the situation of the increasingly declining Night's Watch Legion, war horses are a scarcer resource than people, no longer worrying about the lives of his subordinates, he waved his steel sword: "Stop them!"

As Night's Watch soldiers and Benjen's subordinates, Igor and Yoren were the first to respond, and followed the commander toward the enemy, tearing apart the opponent's loose formation. Then Jon, and the House Lannister guard named Jyck, the battle situation was reversed in an instant, and everyone who was forced to shrink together at first swarmed up after a shout, and Benjen, with the cooperation of Igor, slashed one person with a clean sword. , The originally aggressive wildlings scattered like frying pans, and some even dropped their weapons and wooden boards as shields, and ran into the darkness without looking back.

This scene is very familiar. The "battle" Igor participated in after joining Night's Watch, except for killing Others, which was really thrilling, the rest were all driven by a large army of Rangers who were too close to Wall. Just wildling. The chased beyond the wall residents covered their head and sneaked away like a rat in this way. Countless bloody facts have proved that no one who dared to turn back and resist was able to escape from the standard steel sword...

The Chief Ranger's order blared: "do not chase after cornered enemy , save the horse first!"

Two Night's Watch soldiers followed the officer with their dicks, and it only took a few seconds to charge the crowd Horses lead by the tree. The wildling outside the encirclement took advantage of the short one minute when everyone was besieged, and had cut many ropes leading the horses, or drove or rode away many horses.

Most of these horses are assets gifted to Night's Watch by the princes of North. As members of the black clothed army, Igor and Yoren may still have a chance to ride...the maintenance is naturally twelve points. Diligently, as the three fully armed Night's Watch in dark suits approached, the nearest horse thief shouted to remind his companions, gave up the remaining horses, and burrowed into the forest without looking back with the spoils he had already obtained.

The rest of the people didn't have such good command execution ability. The recruit and Tyrion stayed in place cautiously, while Jon and the House Lannister guard named Jyck shouted and chased the enemy, chasing after the chopper. After two people fell, he stopped chasing after Benjen's constant calls, and returned to the camp with no end in sight.

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The broth that had just been boiled leaked out because the iron pot was shot, and the aroma was overflowing, and everyone’s temporary residence was in a mess. A few loaves of bread that had been taken out to be shared on the table disappeared, a dead squirrel was swept away by a female wildling, a piece of clothing and an iron spoon that had been inserted into the pot were missing...and more Bits and pieces, unimportant stuff.

If you don't count the horses, they have little to lose.

"Why did they take my book, God, is there anyone who can read in wildling?" Tyrion jumped, "Forget it, I borrowed it from the Winterfell library! "

"I'm afraid they don't even know what a book is. Just looking at it's square-shaped, they can't help but go along." Igor expressed regret, "Most likely it is a kind of ignition for making a fire." Or be torn off one by one and wiped."

"Want to chase?" Yoren's face was gloomy, and he looked even more fierce: "Eight horses missing."

"That means there are fourteen left." Benjen frowned and thought about it. There were about 20 men and women in total, and they wanted to chase or kill the last one with only three Night's. The Watch is definitely not enough, there is probably still an ambush in the woods, and finally he can only shake his head and reject Wandering Crow's proposal.

This is the end of an unfathomable mystery attack, the fourth time Igor has fought the wildling, and the first passive attack, but like the previous three, there were no Night's Watch casualties.

The gap in battle strength and quality between professional soldiers and farmers is so huge, just like wolves and sheep - theoretically the sheep can unite to kill the wolf, but in reality no sheep dare to because of this. An ethereal possibility to run a step slower. As long as they don't panic, even if they have the first mover advantage, the wildlings can only withdraw from the battlefield in embarrassment after dropping three corpses... If Benjen hadn't been eager to save the remaining horses, the results would have been far more than that.

Only one recruit who hasn't officially joined in the first round was hit by a sparse arrow rain. Fortunately, wildling doesn't have a strong bow, and the quality of the arrow is also very poor - it doesn't even use barbs The stone arrow, only need to pull out the arrow to disinfect the wound, it can only be regarded as a superficial wound.

For Jon, Tyrion, and his two bodyguards, who have never participated in a real war, repelling a sneak attack with zero for three is undoubtedly a great victory; and for Igor In terms of oneself, nothing is more important than anything else; but Benjen Stark feels extremely ashamed that Castle Black's military horses are not many, and nearly one tenth is stolen by a group of wildlings who climbed the Wall in the hands of oneself. He joined Night's Watch and had never suffered such a big loss.

What was behind the attack was more important than the loss of the warhorse: the wildlings were fleeing south, the situation north of the Wall was clearly deteriorating, and the next patrol must be organized as soon as possible The situation is confirmed.

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(end of this chapter)