Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 153 The entire army was wiped out
Ever since Lord Creggan met the legendary Children of the Forest in Deepwood Motte, he issued duke's orders to the northern nobles on the day he returned to Winterfell.

Each northern family was forced to allocate one-tenth of their forces to garrison at the collapsed site of the Wall.

This is because he is deeply afraid of the legend of the dead passed down from generation to generation in the Stark family.

Since the Children of the Forest are real, then this legend of the dead is very likely to be true.

Of course, since this was not a war conscription order, the Stark family was responsible for the food and fodder supply for these nearly 4,000 soldiers from various northern families.

Fortunately, the last time he went south, he rescued Prince Joffrey and happened to know the whereabouts of Aemond, and made great contributions in front of the new king.

If it weren't for the continuous food supplies from King's Landing over the past six months,
I'm afraid Winterfell doesn't even have enough food for itself, so how could it have any spare food to support this temporarily recruited Northern army?
Due to the destruction of Castle Black, the newly built temporary wooden outpost could only accommodate half of the Night's Watch.

So this Northern army and the remaining half of the Night's Watch were stationed in Mole's Town, about one kilometer away from the temporary wooden stronghold.

What's more, with the arrival of the Northern Army and the Night's Watch, Mole's Town has become at least twice as prosperous as before.

Especially in the Mole Village red-light district, which used to serve night watchmen, the number of skilled female workers there is three to five times more than before.

I heard that a large number of the skilled women came all the way from Winterfell.

Because of the snowstorm today, it got dark in the afternoon.

Therefore, those idle Northern soldiers and night watchmen on duty went to the red-light district early to seek pleasure.

Woo! ! !
When the Mole Village was filled with singing and dancing and artillery fire, a melodious horn sounded, loud enough for the entire village to hear.

The sound of the Night's Watch's horn, which was unique to the Night's Watch, was very easy to distinguish, so the Night's Watch and the Northern soldiers in Mole's Town stopped their actions at the same time.

In the hall, the Night's Watchmen and Northern soldiers who happened to know each other were drinking cheap ale at a table.

One of the northern soldiers burped and asked, "Hiccup, brother, I heard that the horns of the Night's Watch have special meanings.

What does this mean? It shouldn't be to call you back, right? "

“Well, our trumpet calls do have meaning, but they don’t have the meaning of calling the soldiers.

This horn sound represents the return of companions.

But it’s a bit strange that since the collapse of the Great Wall, no rangers have gone out to scout outside the Great Wall!

Forget it, it’s not my turn today anyway, drink, drink!”

The night watchman tilted his head and answered a few words, then picked up the glass and continued to toast.

Woo! ! !
As soon as he finished speaking, the second horn sounded again.

Boom!
The night watchman immediately put down his wine glass with a serious expression, hurriedly arranged his armor and the long sword beside him, and said, "Not good!
Two horn blasts mean the wildlings are attacking, so hurry up and move.

The Great Wall has collapsed, and that makeshift wooden outpost will not be able to stop the wildlings."

Upon seeing this, the Northern soldiers immediately dropped their wine glasses and took action.

But they were full of excitement, because since the new king's reward system for military merits spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms,

Soldiers from every noble family are eager to gain rewards for their outstanding military exploits.

Although Duke Creggan's reward was not as generous as King Jacaerys's, for these impoverished soldiers, even the smallest reward was enough to feed them for several years.

Woo! ! !
Just as they stood up from their seats and prepared to leave the hall, the melodious horn sounded again.

"Three blasts? Hey, what does three blasts of the horn mean?

Does it mean more savages and more military exploits?"

Upon hearing the voice, the Northern soldiers immediately asked their friend the Night's Watch.

Bang!

But the night watchman fell back into his seat with a dazed look on his face, and began to tremble all over.

After being repeatedly questioned by others, he suddenly shouted: "White Walkers, three horn sounds mean White Walkers are attacking!
Impossible, impossible, I am definitely dreaming now.

Let me wake up from this nightmare!"

After the night watchman finished speaking, he slapped himself violently. The slap was so powerful that blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

This scene not only happened in this hall, but also after the initial panic.

Most of the Night's Watch and Northern soldiers thought the horn sound was wrong. They thought to themselves that it might be because the wildlings' attack was rather sudden.

The night watchman who blew the horn was so nervous that he blew it one extra time.

It usually takes an average person about five minutes to run a distance of one kilometer.

But today, due to the snowstorm, it would take at least ten minutes for these thousands of reinforcements from Mole Village to arrive.

On the wall of the temporary stronghold where the Great Wall collapsed, the new commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, Marco Caswell, was observing the front with a telescope with a grim face.

They saw figures like puppets walking slowly towards them in the snowstorm with unwavering steps.

A small number of these figures were also wearing the black robes of the Night's Watch, but the vast majority were dressed like savages, or simply naked.

If these were just enemies in human form, Commander-in-Chief Mako would not have shown such an expression.

The most important thing is that there are many white skeletons in the front and are walking towards them.

It is very obvious that these are not humans, but the legends of the Night's Watch or the White Walkers in scary ghost stories!

"White Walkers, they are really White Walkers!"

"Oh my God! There are so many of them, there is no way to count them."

"It's over. The Great Wall has collapsed. How can this makeshift stronghold stop them?
Otherwise, let's retreat south on horseback!
Last Hearth, no, only the towering walls of Winterfell can stop them!"

Beside Commander-in-Chief Mako, a group of Night Watch officers and rangers were observing through binoculars and talking loudly.

These telescopes were brought back from Myr by Jacaerys's conquering fleet.

When he rewarded Duke Creggan with food supplies, he also sent these telescopes, which were part of the military equipment, to Winterfell.

However, Duke Creggan, who was devoted to defending the Wall, gave it to the Night's Watch.

This is exactly the case. Otherwise, in such a snowstorm with poor visibility, the White Walker army might not be discovered until they reach their temporary base.

Commander-in-Chief Marco is able to hold a high position, so he must have extraordinary qualities.

He pretended to be calm and gave an order: "Let the brothers in the stronghold form a defensive offensive immediately.

The brazier, fuel, and all fire retardants are ready.

By the way, all the one hundred explosive fruits sent by His Majesty Jakaris have been taken out from the warehouse.

The reinforcements from Mole Town will arrive in ten minutes at most, we must defend this stronghold!"

Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Marko seemed to really want to fight these legendary monsters, the Night Watch officers and rangers suddenly stood still like wooden men.

Upon seeing this, Commander-in-Chief Ma Ke immediately shouted angrily, "My order has already been issued, what are you still doing here?
Act quickly, those who neglect their duties and deserters will be killed without mercy! " "Uh, yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Commander-in-Chief Marko's strength worked, and these Night Watch officers and rangers immediately acted according to his previous orders.

With strength in numbers, it only took three or four minutes.

A number of blazing braziers appeared on the walls of the temporary stronghold, with combustible materials including fuel piled next to them.

The White Walker army that had previously spread horizontally outside the Great Wall like an ocean began to run with this temporary stronghold as its center.

If viewed from above, they appear to be forming a beer bottle formation that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

The night watchman’s temporary base is the mouth of the beer bottle.

shhhhhh!
Hundreds of fuel-soaked rockets were fired into the sea of ​​charging White Walker hordes.

There is no need to aim, you can hit a corpse at any time.

Hundreds of burning corpses fell to the ground. Fire is indeed one of the nemesis of the zombies.

But it seems to be of no use compared to the army of White Walkers that counts in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

The loss of these few hundred zombies has no impact at all.

However, whether it is useful or not is one thing, and whether or not to fight is another.

After several rounds of rockets from the Night's Watch, the army of the White Walkers, which had lost more than a thousand wights, had arrived at the gap.

Click, click!
The ocean-like army of the Others rushed to the bottom of the wall of the temporary stronghold, and the wights in the front lay directly on the ground to form a base.
The corpses at the back fell on top of them, forming a slanting staircase of corpses outside the city wall of the temporary stronghold in the shape of a human pyramid.

Gulu!

Oh!

Without any obstruction, the wights in the back immediately rushed forward. On the front row of the city wall, the Night Watch soldiers holding flaming spears swallowed nervously.

Then, when the first group of zombies climbed up, they raised their flaming spears high and stabbed them down.

Wow!
A corpse pierced by a flaming spear would either be turned into a pile of scattered bones by the powerful force, or become a burning corpse and fall from the staircase of bones.

After several rounds of stabbing, the night watchmen in the front row gradually became less nervous, and instead mechanically used their weapons to kill the zombies that climbed onto the city wall.

They seemed to have discovered that the corpse ghosts only looked scary, but their actual combat power was not very strong.

The flaming spear in his hand is their nemesis. This is much easier than killing the savages.

Relying on flame weapons, the Night's Watch, which numbered only a few hundred, temporarily blocked the army of tens of thousands of White Walkers.

But only a few minutes passed, but these night watchmen felt like several days had passed.

The soldiers who previously felt that the army of the White Walkers was not that great now began to realize how terrifying they were.

The number of the zombie army seemed endless, and they were fearless and had no idea of ​​fatigue.

But after the Night Watch soldiers continued to stab with the flaming spears, their arms began to feel sore and numb, and it became increasingly difficult to lift them.

Although Commander-in-Chief Mako noticed something was wrong, he immediately asked the night watchmen waiting in the back row to replace the front row soldiers and let them rest before replacing them.

But the density and attack intensity of the zombie army were too high. Not only the Night's Watchmen holding flaming spears, but even the Night's Watch archers shooting rockets were unable to withstand it.

At this point, Commander-in-Chief Ma Ke knew that he could no longer hold back.

He ordered the Night Watch soldiers who were left by his side to start throwing explosive fruits.

Boom boom boom!
The explosive fruit with a blue flame tail kept exploding on the staircase of corpses.

The zombies were blown to pieces by the impact of the explosion, and their remains flew everywhere, looking like fireworks of bones.

While using the Explosion Fruit to delay time, the Night Watchmen and Northern soldiers began to arrive from Mole Town and join this life and death battle.

After that, they kept repeating the previous process. As long as their side was too tired and the formation became disordered, they would use the Explosion Fruit to blow up the Skeleton Stairs to delay time.

Commander-in-Chief Marko's tactics worked temporarily, but if they were to fight a protracted war with the army of the White Walkers, the living would always be the losing side.

Time passed slowly and the sky had already become extremely dark.

After hours of protracted fighting, the bones and corpses piled up below the makeshift stronghold had already piled up as high as the city walls.

The current army of zombies does not need to stack up the bones stairs anymore, they can just rush up like this.

As time went on, the soldiers of the Night's Watch began to make more and more mistakes.

In this battle of life and death, if a living person makes a mistake, he will be immediately killed by the zombies and will not have any chance of survival.

As the explosive fruits were consumed, the defense line of the temporary stronghold became shaky and could collapse at any time.

Bang bang bang!
When the pile of bones beneath the city wall was strong enough, the attacking sea of ​​White Walkers suddenly parted.

Two huge corpse bears trampled the corpses heavily and rushed into the Night Watch formation.

After knocking the front-row soldiers away, the corpse bear rushed into the Night Watch's formation and continued to claw and bite.

Although they only wreaked havoc for a short time, they were set on fire by more than a dozen Night Watchmen who surrounded them with flaming spears.

But the already shaky formation began to collapse with this gap as the center.

As soon as the Night Watch's defensive formation was broken, a large number of wight soldiers rushed up the walls of the temporary stronghold.

The Night's Watch and Northern soldiers who fought bravely in the front were drowned by the sea of ​​zombies in just a few breaths.

Upon seeing this, Commander-in-Chief Marko said nothing and fled directly to the tallest tower of the temporary base with several Night Watch brothers.

Screams and wails continued to be heard in the temporary base, but soon fell silent.

After falling, these thousands of Night's Watch and Northern soldiers were resurrected by a mysterious force.

Commander-in-Chief Marco stumbled to the highest tower, which turned out to be a temporary crow's nest.

Seeing that the elderly Night's Watch maester was still writing the letter slowly, he walked forward, snatched the quill, and then wrote the remaining raven letters at a very fast speed.

During this process, some zombies chased them to the top of the tower.

But the Night's Watch brothers held flaming spears and used their bodies to build a line of defense to block the wights.

After writing and sealing the letter as quickly as possible, Commander-in-Chief Marko and the Maester of the Night's Watch opened the raven cage and let all the ravens fly out.

Some of these ravens flew towards Winterfell, while others flew towards King's Landing.

Just as they finished doing all this, the tower's defenses collapsed, and Commander-in-Chief Marko and the Maester of the Night's Watch were hacked to death in the blink of an eye by the wights that rushed up the tower.

The wildling army, the children of the forest, the black crows and the green prophets did not take any action, and the Night's Watch and four thousand northern soldiers were completely wiped out.

If there were no dragons, I'm afraid the entire continent of Westeros would be wiped out by the army of the dead alone!
(End of this chapter)