King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 328 Naval Port "Tender"

Igor has no means or equipment to measure the "magic" in the Wall "power intensity", "Cold God energy density" in the air and other ghosts, naturally it is impossible to accurately calculate when the Others can overcome their disgust or fear of Wall and forcibly launch a general attack.

In theory, every day all could be the last day before the Others attack. The land grant has entered the state of highest combat readiness, and is still doing everything possible to give full play to everyone's wisdom and subjective initiative, constantly adding bricks and bricks to this first line of defense, and continuously strengthening its defense.

However, there are two important events that have not yet happened, so Igor can judge that oneself still has some time: 1. After Bran Stark disappeared in front of the huge Heart Tree underground in Nightfort, it has not yet happened. return.

Due to the intervention of oneself, the historical process of this world has undergone a change of Heaven and Earth turning upside down, but the impact north of Wall is not very strong - Igor can only hope now, It is believed that Greenseer has enough ability and means to still ensure that his inheritors return to Wall South safely.

As long as Bran doesn't die, he'll be back before the Others are able to overcome Wall's repelling effect. In other words: The Others will definitely have enough power to attack after Bran returns to the Wall.

Second, Daenerys · Targaryen has not yet counterattacked Westeros.

Without this conceited and self-willed little Queen who sent the dragon angrily, the Night King itself would have absolutely no ability to destroy the Wall... It must wait for that unknown time node, or think of bypassing the Wall to attack - and this was already under Igor's guard.

Of course, it is irresponsible to rely on the memory of the plot to judge the timing of the enemy's attack. What Igor can do for this is - quickly go and quickly return, and do what needs to be done as quickly as possible. When things are done, they immediately rush back to continue to give land.

He led more than a dozen guards to the south in light clothes and traveled day and night along the renovated Kingsroad. Within a few days, he arrived at the North "headquarters" and Glover home city of the West Coast War - he personally led the troops Deepwood Motte from Yara Grejoy.

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A few weeks ago, Robb Stark's attack and distress shook the entire north of The Neck, and the North princes who learned the news quickly organized an army to respond to the emperor. The search pursued Euron Greyjoy, who ventured deep into Wolfswood.

Unfortunately: when thousands of North troops arrived at the battle site half a day after the battle, the enemy army had already completed the sweep and exited the battlefield, leaving only six young North nobles and soldiers. The bodies of hundreds of veterans, as well as Direwolf, who had been beheaded, skinned, and mounted high on stakes for demonstration.

Whether it was tactical, public opinion or psychological, this was an undisputed fiasco...or a serious one. Fortunately, this did not disrupt Robb's strategic planning: After this lesson, North's military operations on the west coast were much more cautious. The army must have enough scouts to scout ahead, and must notify the nearest friendly forces in advance to prepare for support and cover... Of course—and earplugs.

Cautiousness is certainly not meaningless - there will never be a second instance of North's formation being wiped out by a sneak attack...but the consequence is the efficiency of covering the retreat of the inhabitants of the coastline and results are greatly reduced.

However, no matter how many villages were burned, looted, and casualties suffered by the North during this Ironmen invasion led by Euron, the end result was that by the time Igor arrived at Deepwood Motte, where the nobles of the North gathered, the West Coast was Residents have been harassed and obstructed by countless small groups of Ironmen, and have completed the strategic transfer of moving into the nearest winter town to protect themselves in groups.

According to the original plan, this step is completed...the North princes can leave some of their elite soldiers to guard the winter town, and then return to their respective homes to spend the winter safely or go south to protect the coast of the Riverlands. The reason why they are still here is pure: to debate or negotiate the methods and details of military retaliation.

It's good to hurry up, Igor arrived at the headquarters before the North princes closed the "West Coast Naval Port Site Tender", and participated in the meeting after the briefing.

Not the first time Igor was seen at a war meeting, and not many North nobles showed strong disapproval or resistance to his presence as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch...he walked away without a sense of disobedience. Entering the Deepwood Motte hall, the idea of oneself building a three-in-one functional naval port of "fleet mooring, shipyard and Night's Watch stronghold No. 21" was announced in public, and it was particularly emphasized that Night's Watch would provide labor and seaport free of charge defense.

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Night's Watch has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Seven Kingdoms.

But when oneself is the one who benefits from bad behavior, no one mentions it - this is a chaotic era of wars, rules and institutions collapsed, and a right Young emperors who don’t pay much attention to tradition, and North princes who are full of ideas of “revenge” and “recovery” – not only did not question the legitimacy of this plan, but they were all willing to take the initiative to take this hot potato. Anxiously.

No one competed with Igor for the bid to build a military port at all, and a group of rough people quickly discussed the specific feasibility of it, everyone talking at once.

"Building a naval port at the mouth of the Gorge? Wouldn't this be too far north, wouldn't the sea freeze and freeze ships in the port."

"No, my life People have looked at historical records and investigated the fishermen of the Wol clan, and it is certain that there has never been a large-scale freeze in the history of the Bay of Ice." Igor guessed that this was mostly because the Frozen Shore blocked the cold from the north. The reason for the ocean current, maybe there is something like the warm current of the North Sunset Sea to help in it... Of course, guessing is not suitable for nonsense, even if it is right, these idiots can't understand. "North has the advantage of being north. Ironmen never imagined that North would bring the naval port to the coast that belongs to Night's Watch. Even if it is discovered, with the distance from Iron Islands to Gorge, when we have a clear wall on the west coast, the enemy can't get supplies along the way. , they will face great difficulties if they want to launch an attack."

"What about the wood needed to build the ship, is there a forest in that area?"

"Yes, the scale is not comparable. Wolfswood, but definitely enough. We don't need to build a huge fleet like the Ironmen, just a few sturdy and massive warships that can carry and protect soldiers to break through the blockade landing on the Iron Islands can end this at the root. War. I've even thought about the weapon that Iron Fleet will use - Wildfire, an unstable substance that's usually dangerous, but the weather conditions in the Bay of Ice during the winter season make it possible to use it in combat."

As Mad King's favorite firelight at the time, the name of Wildfire, the great killing tool, is naturally familiar to the North nobles. Seeing that Igor has even considered the details of this kind of actual combat in the future, the North princes have been discussing it for days. The frowning face with a headache finally faded away... Gradually, there was hope for the prospect of this war.

Then everyone continued to ask questions one after another, and Igor answered one after another confidently, and identified several key issues: the construction of the seaport and the shipyard, he will invite experts from King's Landing to guide; the shipyard The large number of skilled craftsmen needed will be mostly provided by the Manderly family in White Harbor. They will rush to Queenscrown after the initial establishment of the seaport stronghold and invest in battleship construction under the protection of Night's Watch; while the soldiers will be provided by House Mormont in Bear Island. , they will support the backbone of the future North Navy, responsible for training recruits into qualified sailors, and hold core positions such as captain and chief mate on the continuously built battleship.

The North hasn't had a serious navy for hundreds of years since 'The Ship Burner' Brandon burned his father's fleet. If you really want to make up your mind to rebuild, there are too many details to consider, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be discussed for three days and three nights. Amid the hustle and bustle, Robb raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Igor, I'm very grateful that you still care about North at this time." The Lord of North, whose right arm was still hanging around his neck, said with a hint of sadness: "But you still have The more important mission - to sit for us and give the land, guard the Wall, manage the wildling and block the Others from beyond the wall. Thank you for your willingness to provide the place and assistance, but the rest of the miscellaneous things are left to the North's oneself to handle Right."

This is a euphemistic criticism of oneself's wrong focus, Igor shrugged, explaining: "No, you misunderstood, my lord, I didn't come here specially to build a navy for North. This The establishment of the stronghold was originally part of Night's Watch's plan to improve the Wall's defense line, but Legion encountered financial difficulties during the work process. I came here to ask for financial sponsorship and support. Seeing that you are worried about the preparation of the West Coast Navy, I made up my mind. Help is a reward for North's years of caring for Wall's defenders."

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(end of this chapter)