The largest army in the history of Westeros, a human coalition of 60,000 people, arrived at Winterfell.
After the army arrived, they took the lead in suppressing some of the savages who were raging in the north.
These formerly rampant savage tribes suddenly suffered a devastating blow when faced with the powerful southern aristocratic soldiers.
The iron hooves of the coalition forces were galloping on the land in the north. The knights wielded their long swords and chopped off the heads of the savages one by one, and built a Jingguan.
But in the past, the savage tribesmen who thought that everything would be fine if they fled into the deep mountains and old forests realized this time that they had made a big mistake.
The nobles in the south are much richer than the nobles in the north, and this can be seen in the equipment of their soldiers. The soldiers of the southern nobles are armored almost to the teeth, and their entire bodies are covered in steel.
These well-equipped elite soldiers armed with shields and swords pursued them into the dense forest.
The ambush of the savages had no effect on these elite soldiers.
The weak arrows could not penetrate the hard shields and armor, but the sharp swords could easily split their chests.
There were even arrows stained with kerosene that shot into the dense forest, illuminating their tracks.
Countless coalition soldiers dipped their arrowheads in kerosene and lit them on torches.
There is unified military command.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Bang bang bang——
Arrows burning with flames flew into the air, and then poured down in a spectacular moment like a rain of fire.
Countless savages hiding in the woods, preparing for an ambush, were illuminated by the fire.
Puff puff…
Densely packed rockets fell down, and the flaming arrows penetrated into the flesh and blood, causing terrible pain. When they fell on the leaves and branches, a fire burned ragingly.
The end of the savages is coming.
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Because the wildling rebellion has gradually escalated, Robert has also made great efforts to rectify them.
Of course, it is not impossible to suppress bandits.
‘Master Huang’ has the ability to ‘suppress bandits’.
But what needs to be considered is how much does it cost to "suppress bandits"?
The ratio of the cost to the loss, and whether it is worth taking action, are all matters worthy of consideration. When a large army is deployed, the loss of military pay, food and grass is astronomical.
In fact, it's not that many nobles don't have the ability to 'suppress bandits', but considering the losses, it's not worth it.
Seeing that the wildlings disrupting the Seven Kingdoms were gradually approaching King's Landing and the Reach, Robert became a little anxious.
Robert once thought that by sending troops to guard the causeway, everything would be safe.
However, he made a mistake, which was to treat the savage tribe as a regular army.
The wildling tribe is not a regular army. It can even be said that they are a group of ragtag groups, which are different from the enemies Robert has faced before.
Blocking the causeway is a way to deal with regular troops. In fact, there are many dense paths in the neck.
The Zedi people are very familiar with the terrain here and walk through it on weekdays.
Pedestrians could pass through, but the army could not abandon the heavy baggage carriages and pass through the narrow channels between swamps and waterways among reeds.
Therefore, the causeway was the only road that could ensure the safe passage of the army.
The savage tribes who live in extremely harsh environments outside the Great Wall are different from the 'pampered' southern army.
They are just small teams based on tribes, and crossing mountains and swamps has long been a normal thing for the savages.
For these routes that only the people in the swamp were familiar with, the savages also suffered hardships and paid a heavy price to pass through the narrow channels between swamps and waterways among the reeds.
When Robert saw this group of wild men Wuyang Wuyang spreading like a plague, he had to be ruthless and spend a lot of effort to suppress the bandits, even setting fire to the mountain.
However, the effects of Robert's cruelty were immediate.
In less than a month, all the savages who were wreaking havoc in the entire northern territory disappeared collectively.
Countless heads rolled down.
Of course, these wandering wildlings were not killed by Robert, but a group of them were killed. The remaining group became much more low-key and continued to hide, no longer as rampant as before.
After Robert led the 60,000 human coalition forces and spent great efforts to suppress the bandits, the next step was to deal with possible attacks from the White Walkers.
However, although the Horn of Winter did not completely collapse the Great Wall of Despair, only a small section collapsed, there are gaps in the Wall of Despair, and it is impossible to quickly repair it now.
The construction of the Great Wall of Impasse is extremely majestic, and it hardly seems like a project that humans can complete.
Robert now does not have the ability to call on the whole country to rebuild the Great Wall. He can only continue to patch up the Great Wall on this basis, hoping that it can have some effect.
The cold wind of winter is biting.
The fat man with a black beard holds the heavy Stormhammer, a heavy two-handed hammer and Robert's favorite weapon.
He looked at the ghostly forest in the distance shrouded in the early morning fog, and said nothing for a long time.
Robert, who usually loves to drink, has rarely given up drinking in recent days. Perhaps he feels that his inner uneasiness is getting more and more uneasy.
He didn't know what a White Walker was or whether it could be killed with a hammer.
However, he knew that this battle was his most difficult battle, perhaps even more dangerous than the Usurper's War.
Although he now owns the Seven Kingdoms, his territory is far larger than that of the Targaryens who fled overseas, and he has more soldiers and generals.
However, the internal disputes among the seven countries are so deep that they involve each other, making it difficult for them to unite and exert their strength.
Don't know why...
Robert suddenly wanted to meet the young man named Viserys Targaryen.
"Ed."
"We're gonna beat that shit White Walker, right?"
Robert suddenly cursed for no reason, then turned his head to look at his good brother standing beside him.
And Eddard Stark has obviously known Robert's temper for a long time, and the other person is an outspoken asshole.
If he had not been the heir to Storm's End and had not had his fiancée taken away by Rhaegar, perhaps he should have been a mercenary traveling around the world, living among wine and prostitutes every day.
The man with long dark brown hair frowned slightly, then slowly relaxed it.
So does he himself.
Eddard had an eldest brother, Brandon Stark, who was later burned alive by the Mad King.
Therefore, Eddard was not originally raised as the heir of Winterfell, so he was sent to the Vale to become Jon Arryn's adopted son.
"Will do."
Eddard Stark took a deep breath and said.
"Just like back then."
...
The far north.
The human coalition is actively preparing fortifications.
And in Pentos.
Rumble…
There is another army with tens of thousands of people on the eve of the New Year.