Ice and Fire: Conquering the World Starting from the Wall

In fact, this move is very detrimental to Casa's interests.

Magna was originally the undisputed ruler of the Thane tribe, but once the military merit system is implemented, not only will Magna's control over his warriors be greatly weakened, but his own position may even be challenged.

If Lynn's envisioned snowball starts rolling, the military achievements will accumulate at a terrifying rate, and a completely new military aristocracy may very well emerge.

The Thrun people, being brave warriors, have the greatest chance of winning.

Lynn had already made it clear before, but Kasa was very sensible. Through Lynn's analysis and explanation, he understood that the lives of the savage clans would undergo tremendous changes in the future.

On the other hand, as the strongest warrior among the Theon people, he was also confident in his own strength.

Yes, even someone as noble as Magna had to start as a common soldier under this system; that was the Freeman.

After much discussion, Lynn finally wrote a rough draft of a Westeros version of the military meritocracy on a piece of goatskin.

He then copied a letter and had Nemo deliver it to Mance.

Mans is lobbying various clans to contribute manpower to form an army, but it is relatively easy to get these people to do something separately as a family or clan unit, but it is extremely difficult to gather them together to fight.

I heard that he recently tried to attract young men to apply for jobs using Lynn's identities as "Star Child" and "Dragon Tamer," but it seems that not many people were interested. On the contrary, Lynn's unique appearance attracted a lot of women.

That's a bit of absurd.

Lynn hoped that this merit-based system would be helpful; otherwise, without the clan soldiers as support, it would be difficult to support the entire plan with just over a thousand Thane warriors.

The snowball you imagine might melt away before it even starts rolling.

A few days later, Lynn asked someone to give him a recurve composite bow made of cow horn, cow sinew and an unknown type of wood, so that he could practice Blood Raven's archery skills.

This bow is not as powerful as Bloodraven's weirwood longbow, and its craftsmanship is incomparable, but it is lightweight and portable, with a low draw weight, making it very suitable for Lynn's special situation where he has amazing archery skills but his physical strength cannot keep up.

Lyanna was responsible for throwing a piece of wood into the air as a target, while Lynn below drew his bow and shot when the opportunity arose.

He was a little rusty at first, but after a few shots, he got the hang of it and from then on, he almost never missed a shot.

Archery is different from close combat with swords. Usually, you only need to focus on two points in a line and the interfering factors between those two points, without having to consider too many other factors.

Swordsmanship is much more complex in comparison. In addition to physical factors, it also requires coordination of footwork, power generation, muscle memory formed through long-term training, and most importantly, experience and combat intuition.

As the saying goes, "the shorter the weapon, the more dangerous it is." Close-quarters combat is nowhere near as comfortable and carefree as long-range units flying kites.

Lyanna didn't think Lynn's archery skills were particularly outstanding. Perhaps in her eyes, Lynn's strength was a given, otherwise how could he have killed the White Walkers?

After firing over a hundred arrows intermittently, Lynn began to feel soreness in the muscles near his shoulder blades. Coupled with the muscle strain accumulated from sword practice in the past few days, he decided to stop for the day.

Some of the Thane children watching rushed to pick up the target. They dared not approach Lynn, and only dared to hand over the piece of wood riddled with holes to Lyanna, probably because they were afraid of the fire-breathing dragon at Lynn's feet, which looked around and was bright red against the snow.

That evening, Mans convened a rare collective meeting of the leaders of the free people.

This was Casa's first meeting with other leaders since becoming Magna, and Lynn was also invited. To make a good impression, he even changed into a spacesuit.

By this time, Mans had already revealed a lot of information, and with the instigation of the Thane people, many clan leaders had realized that the winds of change were blowing.

Therefore, when Lynn entered the tent made of a lot of snow bear skin, almost everyone turned their attention to him.

The tent was packed with people. In addition to the well-known leaders we had met before, such as the Dog-Headed Hamma, the Weeper, the Bone King, and Tormund the Giant Slayer, there were many unfamiliar faces.

Many of them had never seen Lynn and his dragon in person, so a murmur of discussion quickly arose.

After being introduced, Lynn learned that they were leaders or chieftains of various clans.

The man dressed in sealskin and covered in thick fur is a man from the frozen coast. He is obese but paralyzed in his lower limbs. Beside him are two huge but seemingly docile white dogs, who pull him on a sled instead of his legs.

However, they started whimpering and urinating the moment they saw the dragon, which made Tormund shout loudly.

The one with gray and black stripes painted on his face was the leader of the Night Watch. He was as thin as a tree branch, with large eyes and ginger-yellow pupils. Overall, he looked like a dried-out lizard carcass.

Just like their clan name suggests, the Nightwalkers are able to see in the dark, although not as well as many animals that hunt at night, it is still a very rare ability.

Unfortunately, their population is very small, and they often hunt each other with the Hardfoot people.

Lynn was already very familiar with the Glacier Clan, but this time it wasn't Hal who had accompanied him before, but another man whose eyes were always hesitant.

He was covered in chains made of human teeth, which made Lynn feel very uncomfortable.

The short, hunched-backed chieftain with a wrinkled face was the leader of the Hard-footed people.

As mentioned before, it is difficult for outsiders to determine their age because they are all of the same age and gender. Almost everyone looks similar, all of them are dry-looking little old men, and they walk with their shoulders hunched and heads down.

But if you underestimate them because of their appearance, their lurking companions will show you what ruthlessness is. Nemo once called them "human jackals," skilled at winning through numbers and cunning.

These were the leaders of some of the larger clans, which had been at odds with each other and waging war against each other for years, until Mans brought them together.

Many small clans with small populations were also included, including the cave dwellers Lynn had met before who liked to dye their faces blue, purple, and green, and had teeth as sharp as files.

He squeezed in the back with other oddly shaped tribal chiefs, many of whom even Mans himself couldn't explain their origins.

Besides a few well-known raiders and a large number of clan leaders, there were also some less powerful but somewhat famous figures.

They include:

"King's Blood" Grik. He claims that his bloodline comes from "Redbeard" Raymond, but in reality, he is only from the line of Redbeard's brother. To the Freemen, that's no different from a horse that comes from Raymond.

As Mans said, free people do not follow surnames.

"Big Daddy" Jurgen. Most of his followers were his sons and grandsons. He had eighteen wives, half of whom he had taken during raids. His sons and grandsons followed suit, causing the family population to grow rapidly.

Lynn had already mentally categorized him as someone who needed to stay and guard the Great Wall.