King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 386 The False Alarm (Part 1)

"Two nights ago, I was dreaming happily Well, suddenly there was a commotion outside. Maeve and I went out and saw that the beacon fires on the four outer walls were lit, and there were soldiers running around in a panic... Aiya, in short, it was like The end of the world is the same." Arya murmured and complained, "Someone drove us back to the room, but we didn't fall asleep all night. As a result, on the second day morning, I heard that someone from the Wall came over on horseback and said it was a false alarm. It's abominable!"

This girl's problem of ignoring people's words has not changed at all, Igor glanced at her helplessly: "I didn't ask you, don't get in the mouth of adults."

Yam laughed, He walked towards the core area with Igor and replied: "As Miss Stark said, it was a big deal, but the 'let all the land-grant people not sleep well all night' is second, and the trouble is that after the Torches are set on fire Rearrangement takes a lot of manpower and resources, and our inventory will definitely not be able to withstand a second false alarm. Shadow Tower Commander Ser Denys Mallister went to the canyon on the second day of the false alarm to investigate the matter and reported the results. Back to Queenscrown...I have been busy dealing with Queenscrown's internal affairs these days and have no time to take a closer look. For the details of this false alarm, adults can ask Warner Ser Buckwell. I have sent someone to inform all the senior management of Queenscrown - I will wait for you at the Conference Hall I'm done."

"Okay, let's go." Igor nodded and glanced at Arya, "You also don't run around, and I'll talk about your problems after I finish the meeting!"

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A moment later, in the familiar Conference Hall, Igor re-acquainted with several of his most trusted subordinates, and began to formally listen to a comprehensive report on the recent status of the land grant.

"It's not a false alarm," Warner Ser Buckwell explained to him. "It starts with the ghouls destroying the Weirwood forests on either side of the Gorge, around the time your lord is on your way to King's Landing. Three days later, the Weirwood forest on the north side of the canyon was basically destroyed - the dead people began to destroy the remaining small part of the Gorge. The first is the north face, you have visited the field yourself, sir, you should understand what this means : From this time on, every move of the ghouls... the patrolmen running back and forth on the south side of the canyon can already be seen."

The ghouls actually destroyed the canyon within the vision of Night's Watch. Weirwood on the North Slope? Is it true that the others are so afraid of this kind of tree that they are unwilling to keep a single one? Igor rolled his eyes in confusion, recalling the general terrain of Gorge—more than a mile wide at the narrowest point, beyond the range of any weapon in the Night's Watch's hands. This means that the ghouls do this, and the Night's Watches on the south side of the canyon can only watch the dead man busy on the opposite cliff and can't do anything.

"What's more troubling is that this didn't happen in one place, but everywhere along the canyon where Weirwood existed." Queenscrown Chief Logistics Officer Humfrey Hisham continued Mouth, "Sir, can you imagine this embarrassment - the patrol's mission is to detect where the enemy appears and issue an alarm, but the current situation is: the entire Gorge line eastward on 2/3/2022, as long as several Dozens of li's defense line, looking north at any point, as long as your eyesight is good enough, you can see the ghouls sparsely clinging to the cliff wall like ants and destroying Weirwood by all means. They are not afraid of heights or tiredness, and occasionally If you fall down, as long as your whole body is not broken, you can climb back and continue to work... Just looking at it makes people feel hopeless."

"In this case, 'patrol' is meaningless at all. , along the canyon actually entered the combat state in advance, Shadow Tower, West Bridge Watch and the main force of Night's Watch in Ice Gorge Harbor all left the fortress, spread to every place where the dead might cross the canyon, store Wildfire and weapons on both sides of the patrol route We set up tents nearby and guard them around the clock.” Warner said with a wry smile, “The enemy is dozens of times more than me, and I don’t need to eat or sleep, and I don’t hesitate to work on the entire line and work around the clock. On our side… the older children and women All in all, it is enough to guarantee that every part of the canyon is guarded, but people need rest and rotation. Ser Mallister sent everyone who could arrange to the canyon, and then immediately reported the situation to Queenscrown and asked for reinforcements, We have made the greatest mobilization within the scope of authority you have given us, and allocated half of the maneuverable troops to the canyon, which is a temporary relief of the shortage of personnel there. But even so, Ser Mallister is still continuously sending Raven to ask for people... "

"Watching thousands of ghouls chopping down trees in front of one's eyes every day makes me so nervous that I can't wait to call all the living people in the world." Yam shrugged Shrugs, coughs, "Wait, let's not digress - we're talking about false alarms, grievances, or debriefing of specific situations, which can be done slowly later."

"Yes. , there are too many things to report, and I can’t hold it back as soon as I speak.” Warner patted his head and brought the topic back to the false alarm, “It’s not flat after all, although there are few Weirwoods on the steep walls of the canyon, the ghouls are still living day and night. Worked continuously for nearly a week to clean up all the pull up by the roots on the North Slope. We talked about it at the time - next if they want to break the Milkwa The Weirwood on the slope on the south side of the ter will be exposed to the attack of long-range weapons from the commanding guards. After some discussion, everyone agreed: the opposite side will stop for a while, or officially launch a general attack... So I tightened my nerves and prepared to fight. Sure enough, it only stopped for one day-that is, one night four days ago, a certain The recruits on the night shift heard an abnormal noise from the bottom of the canyon. After reporting to Small Captain and throwing a torch down, they saw at least dozens of dark shadows stepping on the frozen Milkwater across the canyon densely packed. "

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"And then they lit the beacon and signaled that there was an enemy coming?" After a few seconds of silence in the room, Igor understood that the first report was over. After a moment of silence, he spoke gravely with a facial expression: "This is simply not a false alarm, even if I personally go to the front to keep vigil, throw a torch down and see a corpse. If ghosts cross the river, I will also light the beacon to call the police. "

"That's right, and then there was the chaos of the night: the beacon was lit, the horn sounded three times, and the troops who had come down to rest in their tents were awakened to join the defense." Soon, other places along the canyon also found dead people crossing the frozen Milkwater. Because it was dark and could not see the situation clearly, the defenders could only throw a large number of Wildfire incendiary bombs down, and then continue to use Dragonglass arrows and falling rocks to illuminate by firelight. to defend. Originally, we all thought this was the final battle, but we panicked and 'sticked' for most of the night, only to find that the ghouls did not attack at all... The frontline commander who responded forcibly stopped the defenders' firepower and waited. In the middle of the night until dawn, only a small number of ghouls came across the Milkwater to the south at night, and what they did was only to destroy the Weirwood on both sides of the Milkwater at the bottom of the canyon, without climbing up and attacking - the entire line of defenders was busy in the middle of the night, He shot tens of thousands of arrows and threw hundreds of cans of Wildfire, only killing three-digit ghouls, and even burning a lot of Weirwood to help the other side. And as soon as the day came, the enemy all retreated to the north and disappeared! ”

Igor’s brows furrowed even tighter: after a year of hoarding supplies for the land grant, he now has hundreds of thousands of obsidian arrows, a spare melee Dragonglass weapon, and a few more. Thousands of canisters of liquid and solid various Wildfire weapons, if they are open to fight, even a million ghouls can be dealt with without the intervention of Others... He always felt that it was enough. But now, the enemy has a small plan After trying it out, I consumed one-tenth of it at once, and nothing was done. How can it be enough?

"Let me guess, on the second day, the other side continued to send small corpses. Ghosts come to destroy Weirwood? "

"That's right, the second day Ser Mallister ordered that the Small Captains of the defenders must carefully distinguish whether the attack is a feint or a total attack, and then call the police after confirming the situation... But you should be able to understand: Gorge It's not The Wall, the steep slope of the cliff is not as smooth and reflective as the ice wall... In the dark night, it is difficult to judge whether it is a 'feint attack' or a 'overall attack' by feeling... It can even be said to be impossible of. It's fine on a sunny night with few moons and stars. If there are some clouds in the sky, the defenders have to hear the wind and throw a can of Wildfire down to see the situation. Although the reserves are sufficient, they can't be consumed like this! "

"This was the case the day before yesterday and last night, and today is probably no exception." Others probably also know that sending ghouls during the day will expose them to the firepower of the defenders. We can let someone with excellent archery kill them to save arrows, so they only come after dark to deforest at a moderate pace, and those who come There are definitely not many ghouls, and the density is extremely low - keep it, it often takes dozens of arrows to kill one with good luck, and a can of Wildfire may not even touch a ghoul. Well, a group of living dead are destroying Weirwood with 'creak creak' and 'crack crack' under oneself's feet, everyone has one's hair stand on end, scalp tingling, can't eat, can't sleep well, when It's really a dilemma. ”

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(end of this chapter)