Ice and Fire: Conquering the World Starting from the Wall

The Night's Watch of Eastwatch has escaped, which is bad news for Lynn.

Their original plan was to launch a surprise attack on the dock, seize the ships, and then use those ships to transport the mammoths across Seal Bay.

The savages did not have the technology to build ships; they could only make simple wooden rafts.

Even if a giant raft capable of supporting the weight of a mammoth were built, it's questionable whether the mammoth would dare to board it.

Moreover, the raft was easily capsized in the stormy seas of Seal Bay, or attacked by Night's Watch warships halfway there.

However, these giant elephants cannot be abandoned; they are an important part of the planned future combat force and can be used to counter large-scale cavalry charges.

Unfortunately, Mans had promised the giants that he would not send them to the battlefield unless it was a critical moment.

Since the giants were nearly extinct, any unnecessary loss was unacceptable to them.

Another thing that made Lynn a little nervous was that although mammoths are huge, they are very timid. They are not only afraid of fire and pain, but also afraid of loud noises.

This made Lynn doubt their performance on the battlefield, but Mans said that the giants had a herb that could be used to arouse the ferocity of mammoths, but it should not be used too often and could easily cause them to indiscriminately injure friendly forces.

The final solution they came up with was to hire smugglers' ships or simply widen the tunnels at Castle Black.

However, the former often comes and goes quickly, rarely seen, and the ships they sail may not be able to carry mammoths; the latter is time-consuming and laborious, difficult to complete in a short period of time, and will also damage the original defense facilities of the tunnel.

There are many similar unfortunate incidents, including the heavy losses suffered by the raiders.

They were all formidable fighters in one-on-one combat, but they wasted their potential in direct confrontations with the Night's Watch, which almost led Mance to kill the Weeping Men.

But the savages had no laws, and even when the free people’s leaders publicly declared their allegiance to Lynn, Lynn had no right to decide their life or death.

This is the price of freedom.

That evening, Lynn took his first bath since his transmigration in the Black Castle bathroom before returning to the outskirts of the city.

He did not covet the rooms and warm fireplaces in the brick tower, but chose to stay with the dragon.

The dragon is Lynn's greatest asset at the moment, and he can't be too careful. It not only has a special tent and stone stove, but also Thron soldiers who take turns guarding it.

Dinner was lamb as usual, and this time Lynn specially shared half a lamb with Qixue.

After realizing that the war would deviate from his expectations, Lynn began to intentionally cultivate a relationship with Bloodshed.

Before this, he treated it more as a pet than a weapon of war. The bond between man and dragon was purely based on emotion, and their interactions were very casual.

Now...

Lynn knew he was not a descendant of the Dragon King and did not have the kind of magical contract with dragons that originated from bloodlines.

Although he can control the dragon using his shapeshifting abilities, there's no guarantee that this method won't become ineffective once the dragon grows up or goes through a rebellious phase.

So while this guy is still young, it's the right thing to do is to cultivate a relationship with him.

Looking at the half-burnt, half-bloody mutton in his hand, Lynn frowned and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

Bloodthirst wasn't so particular. It tore off a piece of lamb chop, chewed it up and swallowed it whole, bone and all, glancing at Lynn every now and then while eating.

Lynn was suddenly startled. Could this guy be possessive of his food?

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On the third day after capturing Castle Black, Lynn was woken from his sleep by Nemo.

The kid cobbled together a rusty suit of knight's plate armor from the armory of Castle Black. It looked rather odd, but he clearly felt good about himself and was even more smug than before.

After capturing Castle Black, he resumed his role as Lynn's bodyguard.

Nemo brought two letters and a note.

The note was written by Maester Aemon, who told Lynn that all the letters had been sent, two of which came from Last Hearth and the Shadow Tower, respectively.

Judging by the travel time, we should be arriving soon.

Lynn opened the letter from the Shadow Tower first.

The contents of the letter were somewhat unexpected. Ser Dennis Mellist, commander of the Shadow Tower, invited Lynn to the ruins of Long Night Keep the day after tomorrow at noon, offering to negotiate with Lynn on behalf of the remaining Night's Watch.

Lynn didn't expect the other side to surrender directly, but he also didn't intend to take the initiative to negotiate with them.

In fact, all of the Night's Watch's supplies had to be delivered via the Kingsroad, first to Castle Black, and then by wagon to Shadow Tower and Eastwatch.

Lynn had already checked the delivery records. Currently, Shadow Tower had gathered a total of about three hundred people, including reinforcements from Black Castle. The previous supplies would only last them for another ten days at most.

The East Sea, with its coastal location and numerous ships, can fish or hunt seals even when food is scarce. The Shadow Tower, however, lacks this advantage. Hunting in the forest is far less efficient than the bounty of the sea, leaving them with little chance of making up for their food shortage.

Even if the Free People do nothing, the Shadow Tower will collapse without a fight within half a month. This is why Mans always focused on attacking Castle Black instead of choosing the Shadow Tower, which he was more familiar with.

However, since they took the initiative to request negotiations, it means that Colin's persuasion to surrender had worked.

Lynn immediately wrote back, telling them that if they wanted to talk, they should come to Castle Black themselves, and that Colin's safety must be guaranteed.

Having settled this matter, Lynn opened the letter from Last Hearth.

Compared to Sir Melister, Morse Amber's words were quite impolite.

He first thanked Lynn for returning his daughter and granddaughter and promised not to hunt down the escorting soldiers.

Morse then stated bluntly in his letter that in the end, Hearthstone would never share a single grain with the wild dogs from beyond the Great Wall.

Not only will there be no food, but he will also rally all the Northern families to form a coalition, just as he has defeated every so-called King Beyond the Wall in history, to defeat Lynn, this inexplicable "Guardian of all living beings in Westeros".

However, given that Lynn did not take his family hostage, "Crow Eater" generously gave Lynn a chance to surrender:

Lynn can live if he simply returns Castle Black and orders the savages to retreat beyond the Great Wall.

He didn't believe any of the White Walker legends, dismissing them as mere tricks by the Wildling king to bewitch people.

Lynn wasn't too surprised by the ending, after all, Hearth was the closest city to the Wall, and historically it had killed the most wildling armies and suffered the most from raiders.

There was just one thing that greatly disappointed Lynn.

Even the northernmost lords of Westeros didn't believe the White Walkers had resurrected, so the southerners had even less reason to believe it.

All signs indicate that Maester Aemon's words are coming true.