Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty Seven: One Border, Two Systems
"The giant wolf is approaching us quickly? Oriel, you are a shapechanger. You will try to control the giant wolf later.
If Oriel fails...Jegocent, find a position by yourself and shoot the giant wolf's eyes first.
Sidi, lead your tribe to ambush on the left. The rest of the people come with me to the right!"
Leaving aside other aspects, Tormund is very experienced in combat and can allocate the next battle plan in an instant.
Although these free people usually fight among themselves, they are still extremely united when there are foreign enemies. They didn't say anything and simply followed Tormund's instructions and quickly hid themselves in this mountain col.
After a short while, Tormund and others who were hiding in the col saw a terrifying giant wolf at least three or four meters tall rushing into the col.
This giant wolf stood proudly in the center of the mountain col with a human figure standing on top of its head. At the same time, there was an obvious scab on its left front leg.
Looking at the terrifying giant wolf standing in the center of the mountain col that seemed to be sniffing something, Oriel, who kept his gaze locked on the giant wolf, took the opportunity to try to establish a conscious connection with the terrifying giant wolf.
winter!
Oriel's consciousness was like an invisible torrent rushing towards the terrifying giant wolf, but when he got close to the terrifying giant wolf's head, Oriel's consciousness was like slamming into an invisible wall.
Suddenly his head was broken and blood flowed.
puff!
Peng!
The damage suffered by the torrent of consciousness was instantly reflected back to Oriel's body, and he suddenly spurted a large mouthful of blood forward. His eyes, nose, ears and other seven orifices were all overflowing with bright red blood at the same time.
Then Oriel fell backwards and fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
"attack!"
When Tormund saw Oriel's obvious failure, he roared and led his free people with a sharp ax from the right side of the col.
Hugh, Hugh!
At the same time that Tormund issued the order, Jegosint, who was hiding behind a rock high in the col, immediately stepped out and shot two arrows in a row with extremely crisp movements.
Katcha, Katcha!
The two arrows made by her hand missed each other and flew directly into the eyes of the terrifying giant wolf.
But just as the arrow missed and hit the giant wolf's head, two ice crystal swords were thrown out from the hands of the figure standing above the giant wolf, and the two missed arrows were cut into two pieces with unusual precision.
This is not over yet!
call!
After the figure above the giant wolf threw out two ice crystals, an ice crystal spear appeared in his hand again and threw it violently at Ye Gexin.
Bah!
Although it was spoken very slowly, the figure's series of movements were smooth and smooth. Before Yegoxinte could react, she only heard a sound coming from her ears, and an ice crystal spear sank directly into the rock beside her.
Gulu!
Turning her head to look at the ice crystal spear at her side, which was harder than rock and half of the spear body was immersed in the ice, Yegecent felt her back covered with cold sweat, and she swallowed nervously subconsciously.
Yegoxinte, who understood that she had just walked around the gate of hell, knew in her heart that the figure deliberately missed the ice spear. This was a warning to her.
This idea was not a random thought on her part, because the terrifying giant wolf's very human eyes were staring at her, and the fear of an ordinary person suddenly encountering a wild tiger suddenly enveloped her.
Under the strong threat of death, Jegosint's hands holding the bow and arrow could not stop shaking, and she could no longer draw the bow and shoot.
Seeing that Ye Gexinte, who had eye-catching red hair and a good figure, wisely stopped attacking him, Robb nodded with satisfaction and sent a message in his heart to ask Xue Feng to restrain his murderous intention.
Perhaps because of the butterfly effect he created, Jegoheart did not die in Castle Black in this life. Robb did not want to be forced to kill this female freeman who could enlighten the elm-headed Jon.
As for the other freedmen...whether it was because they wanted to give Mance a warning, or because of the measures they were going to implement next.
He is not even prepared to hold back!
The first to approach Bloodwind was Tormund's team on the right. He led a dozen free people under his command and attacked from behind Bloodwind with axes, spears and other weapons.
But Robb's gaze above him had already locked onto them, and Xue Feng didn't even need to turn his head. He pushed back his two huge hind legs continuously, and the sharp nails on his hind legs, which were like long swords, easily disembowelled the two free men.
Seeing Bloodwind raise his legs to attack, Tormund, who had extensive combat experience, lowered his head and rolled forward to avoid the attack. After rolling under Bloodwind's body, he stabilized his body, raised the ax in his hand and aimed it at Bloodwind's abdomen.
Remember the chop.
clang!
Tormund did not feel the feeling of the ax cutting into flesh. Instead, it felt like it was cutting into a solid rock. He looked closely and saw a thin layer of ice crystals like scales wrapping the abdomen of the giant wolf.
.
Clang, clang, clang!
Several free citizens who followed Tormund and rolled under Bloodwind also picked up their weapons and attacked continuously. But this seemingly thin layer of ice crystals was actually harder than steel.
Poof!
Katcha, Katcha!
As if he felt an insect crawling under his body, Xue Feng's huge body suddenly fell down. Suddenly, several crisp sounds like a crushed insect came from underneath his body.
"Mad, this is a monster! Find a way to climb on it and attack from above!"
Tormund, who had a sense of danger, rolled out before Bloodwind lay down. He looked at the bright red blood seeping out from under Bloodwind and shouted loudly to the freedmen around him who already showed fear on their faces.
At the same time, on the left front of Xue Feng, Sid, who was ambushing far to the left, had just arrived with more than a dozen Thenns. Seeing Xue Feng lying on the ground, they waved their weapons unceremoniously.
Hacking.
With a jingling sound, they found that they could not break through the defense at all.
As a Thern Magnar, Stid was still somewhat wise, and he immediately discovered the strange condition of Bloodwind's left front leg.
I could see that the ice crystal armor on the wound on Xue Feng's left front leg was being continuously covered, but the wound slashed by the White Walker warrior continued to emit blue rays of light, disintegrating the ice armor.
Seeing the only flaw in Xue Feng's body, Sidi picked up the battle ax in his hand and rushed forward to attack.
Tear!
Wow!
A black shadow fell from the sky with the sound of howling wind, and a two-handed sword directly cut Sidi from head to toe.
As if being pressed for pause, Sidi's whole body suddenly turned into two pieces and fell to the left and right. At the same time, various internal organs mixed with blood flowed to the ground.
A wisp of red mist rose up from Sti's miserable body, and was directly applied to Bloodwind by Robb.
After the other dozen strange-looking Thenns reacted, they immediately attacked Robb with strange screams.
And Robb was merciless in his attack this time. As long as the Thern slashed by the ice in his hand was not cut in half, at least a stump of a limb would be left behind.
On the other side, Bloodwind turned back and continued to attack Tormund and other free people. This bragging-loving 'Giant Bane' had no choice when encountering the giant wolf, and he accidentally sprayed blood and was shot away.
Jegoheart, who had been noticed by Bloodwind by the side of the rock, neither dared to draw her bow and shoot an arrow, nor dared to turn around and run away. Seeing Tormund being shot away, and fewer and fewer free people surviving in the col, she completely
Don't know what to do.
Tap tap tap!
A burst of rapid footsteps came from the side. Jegoheart looked up and saw Mance, several free people, and the man who he had repeatedly made up his mind to kill with his own hands.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Please spare their lives. They are the reconnaissance troops I sent."
Mance, who was panting heavily from running so fast, saw the carnage scene in the col and immediately shouted to Robb.
Tear!
Katcha!
Hearing Mance's cry, Robb mercilessly chopped off the head of the last Thenn with the ice in his hand. The bloody wind on the other side also bit the last freeman standing into his mouth.
, chewing loudly.
Looking at Robb who obviously heard his shout and continued to kill, Mance turned his head and looked at Jon, then gritted his teeth and ordered the free people behind him: "Quickly go down and check to see if anyone is alive!"
"yes!"
After hearing this, several free people immediately ran to the mountain col to look at the corpses scattered everywhere.
"Cough, poof!"
"Here, Tormund is still alive!"
Tormund, who was knocked away, suddenly coughed, spat out a large mouthful of blood and began to breathe heavily. When the free folk nearby heard the movement, they immediately ran up and shouted loudly.
After the inspections of these freemen, Tormund and Jegocent were the only two survivors in the entire col.
"If these people are fighting each other on the battlefield with the Night Watch like you, then I have nothing to say.
But as far as I know, they massacred many ordinary villagers nearby who had no power to resist.
Since they committed a blood debt, they must also repay with blood!
For your sake, I will not pursue the remaining two people any further!"
Robb, with some blood spattered on his face, carried the ice and walked to Mance, whose face was as heavy as water. He said a word in a calm tone, and then left the col with Xue Feng.
well!
Mance heard this and wanted to say something to Robb's back, but thinking of the more than 100,000 free people inside and outside the Great Wall, he finally sighed heavily.
On the side, Jon's eyes collided with those of Jegoheart. Jegoheart, who had been trembling all the time, quickly regained her composure. She suddenly pulled the bow string and aimed the arrow at Jon.
"Yegochint, put down your weapons. Fortunately, Jon Snow is here to help. Otherwise, tens of thousands of free people in Hardhome would all join the wight army now!"
Seeing Ygocent's actions, Mance immediately stood in front of Jon and opened his hands and shouted to her.
Jegocent, who had great trust in Mance, slowly put down the bow and arrow in her hand, and then turned her head directly, as if she didn't want to see Jon again.
"Jon, that's all I can help you. Let's talk to Yorgheart!"
Mance turned around and patted the shoulder of Jon, who was standing there dumbly, and left in the direction of Tormund with a serious word.
This mountain col is not too far from Castle Black. It didn't take long before Robb and others, as well as a large number of free citizens, arrived outside Castle Black.
At the beginning, the guards on Castle Black saw this number of free folk coming from the south of the Great Wall from a distance. They immediately rang the alarm bell and sent people to report it to Owen, Ser Alliser and other senior Night's Watch officials.
Then the entire Black Castle was ready to fight to the death as if facing a powerful enemy.
As a result, when Owen saw Bloodwind and Robb at the front, he immediately ordered his Winterfell soldiers to open the gate of Castle Black.
Compared to the 2,700 Winterfell soldiers left in Castle Black, Ser Alliser, who only had nearly a hundred left, certainly had no right to stop him, so he could only remain silent.
Finally, under the admiration of Owen and the soldiers of Winterfell, and the awe of the Night's Watch, Robb took the gradually shrinking Bloodwind, Jon, Mance and others into Castle Black.
Subsequently, all senior members of the Night's Watch and free folk were summoned by Robb to the Shield Hall in the main building of Castle Black.
The Hall of Shields is a wide hall made of black stone.
Once upon a time, when a knight was about to put on black clothes, he would lose his original equipment and identity, and put on the black oak shield of the Night's Watch. And his original shield would be hung on the wall of the Shield Hall.
Therefore, this hall once filled with bright shields was named the Shield Hall.
Now! This place is used as a restaurant. Important meetings are usually held here. Jon was also elected as Commander-in-Chief here before.
"I have called you all here today to talk about several things. First, let me briefly introduce what I saw and heard in Hard Village!..."
After everyone bowed to him, Robb took the lead and told what he had seen and heard in Hardhome.
hiss!
When they heard about the ocean-like army of corpses, as well as the many intelligent White Walkers and the powerful White Walker King among them, everyone except Jon, Mance and others couldn't help but turned pale in shock and took a breath.
Cool air.
"The second thing is, in order to gather all the strength to resist the coming army of zombies, I allow these more than 100,000 free people to enter the northern border through the Great Wall and farm and live on the donated land near the Great Wall."
"Your Majesty, please forgive us that our Night's Watch Legion cannot accept your proposal. The land grant near the Great Wall belongs to our Night's Watch Legion.
The Night's Watch Legion and the Savages have had a blood feud for thousands of years, and countless brothers have died at their hands. We are incompatible with them. It is absolutely impossible to let them enter the land-grant life through the Great Wall."
As soon as Robb finished saying the second thing, Ser Alliser stood up and retorted loudly and firmly.
"First of all, this is not a proposal, it is a decision. And my decision is the final order that you must implement!
Then, I am the king of the Seven Kingdoms, and all the lands of the Seven Kingdoms belong to my rule!
The land gift was indeed given to the Night's Watch by our Stark family ancestors thousands of years ago, but it was given to the heroic legion that once had the courage to resist the White Walkers, not to the current bastard legion that can't even distinguish the real enemy.
Now, in the name of the patriarch of the Stark family and the king of the Seven Kingdoms, I allow the free people to live in the land grant, who are you qualified to raise objections?"
"I……"
As soon as Robb finished speaking, Ser Alliser wanted to continue speaking.
Bah!
I saw Robb's right hand thrust towards the direction of Ser Alliser, and a sharp and slender ice cone quickly condensed and extended, extending straight to Ser Alliser's eyes before stopping.
Ser Alliser, who was frightened by the ice pick as sharp as the tip of a spear in front of him, immediately closed his mouth knowingly.
"Finally, if I remember correctly, the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch is Jon Snow. He hasn't even spoken yet, so who do you think you are?"
"Robb...well, your majesty, Ser Alliser has a relatively straightforward character. Please forgive him for his disrespect. On behalf of the Night's Watch, I would like to express to you that I will resolutely follow your orders!"
Seeing that everyone in the Shield Hall was too frightened by Robb's ice magic to say anything, and seeing that the time was almost up, Jon immediately stood up and respectfully spoke to Robb.
"Your Majesty, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of free people, I would like to express to you that we are also willing to carry out your orders!"
Seeing Jon's statement, Mance stood up slowly, nodded and saluted Robb, and then spoke.
"Very good, the next thing is the third thing I want to say. From now on, the entire northern border will implement two systems at the same time!
One is that other areas except the land grant still abide by the Stark family's guardianship system, and the other is the system established by the free people in the land grant!"