The king on the Great Wall

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(Omg... what to do?)

(This is simply impossible to hold.)

(Can we survive tonight!)

When the tiny internal murmur finally slipped out of someone who couldn't keep his mouth shut, the soldiers' fear spread through the communication in an instant.

"This is too much!"

"How long will it take for our backup to arrive?"

"There was one just now, I obviously shot it, but it just won't die!"

"They haven't stopped, my lord." A recruit yelled, his body trembling like the last leaf on an autumn tree. The ghouls under his feet had already climbed halfway up the slope, only more than 30 meters away from the mountain path, "There are more More are coming! The gods are merciful, they still know how to roll to put out the fire! If there is no wildfire, we will have no chance to use it!"

As long as all the wildfires are thrown away before the backup arrives, they can withdraw. It is written in the plan. This is to execute the order of the commander-in-chief. To preserve the vitality, they are not regarded as deserters!

Everyone thought so.

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"Shut up! I've even killed the ghosts before, how many dead people can be scared away today?!"

Gary's bellowing snarl silenced all the panicked shouts of fear. He was cowardly, but it was funny—he couldn't bear to see others being more cowardly than himself.

The "leader" who Iger joined the Night Watch Corps at the beginning, and the veteran who participated in the "deadly patrol" with the latter and survived from the ghost sword, has been in the Night Watch Corps for 44 years. At nearly fifty o'clock, I finally took advantage of the good time when Iger was elected as the commander-in-chief to get promoted and get rid of the identity of a soldier...

With his seniority, military exploits and special comrade-in-arms relationship with the commander-in-chief, he is now respected by new and old soldiers in the army, but his personal ability is really average and he can't take on any important tasks... Iger originally transferred him to Houguan Town to let him One of the gates of Houguan Town, which is called the management, is actually for the elderly, but he heard that there is a lack of grassroots officers in the front line of the canyon, so he volunteered to come here to command a whole defense section with dozens of mountain people and new land-grant recruits. The three or five southerners in the logistics department have a much greater sense of accomplishment!

The sword that the White Walker almost pierced Gary's chest four years ago had an irreversible impact on his left shoulder and left arm. Newcomers, but more than enough.

He is now a well-known "Heroic Officer", and he cannot fall into this title!

"Don't just use dragon crystal arrows, light the fire, light wildfire on the arrow!" After thinking hard for a few minutes, he thought of a solution to the lack of power and quantity of wildfire, "Just kill and set a row of ghouls on fire, Forming a wall of fire can force them to concentrate at one point, and then hit them with wild fire cans when they get closer, we have to save some time and try to hold on until the reinforcements arrive!"

Dragonglass arrows can kill a ghoul, but can only turn the latter into a corpse.Wildfire can ignite ghouls, but ghouls will not scurry around and let the fire spread like living people. On the contrary, they will gather in a group and wait for death according to the control of the aliens, which will not hinder the attack of large troops, which greatly weakens The power of the fire attack.

But using the "Dragon Crystal Rocket" to ignite the ghouls can solve this problem!

Obsidian's own fire-attribute magic power can instantly kill ghouls, avoiding the possibility of them moving away with flames, and burning ghouls that fall on the spot can form a burning obstacle. If you form a line, you can make the enemies have nowhere to go around. When the power of wildfire is weakened by bad weather and snow, it will still form a separation zone, which will destroy the formation of ghouls and force them to gather together. At this time, use wildfire Smash it down, and it will have the effect of harvesting!

Under the loud command of the veteran captain who is said to have killed the White Walker and saved the current commander-in-chief, the soldiers resisted the urge to turn around and run away. The method of adding a flame effect to the weapon - the original ordinary dragon crystal arrow, the arrow cluster is dipped in the wildfire and then lit close to the torch, and instantly turns into a wildfire dragon crystal arrow with a faint green light. Due to the extremely low ignition point of the wildfire, Soldiers can shoot directly without waiting for the arrow to be hot, and they don’t have to worry about the flame going out in the air. Just pay attention not to shake the sparks to the body when they leave the string. It is infinitely easier to use than ordinary rockets made of oil-coated cloth!

The tide of ghouls continued to rise for a few meters, and the slope of the canyon began to be so steep that they could not walk but had to climb, and the distance was so close that the light of a torch could clearly illuminate their appearance—there were few normal dead people, and most of the ghouls were skinny and dry. The thousand-year-old demons who came out of the graves rarely even have complete clothing and skin. Through the cuts on the body surface, you can even see the reflection of the corpse oil covering their muscles that drives them to move... If you see it occasionally A ghoul that is not the normal point of a mummy is even more terrifying-normal, meaning it is a ghoul after being killed, you can see their clothes, faces and fatal wounds, so you can't help Start to think about their identities and causes of death during their lifetime. Night's Watch or Wildling?How did you die?How long have you been a ghoul?Do they have family and children?Will he become like this after he dies?

Even though he was already sweating profusely from the battle, such an association would cause him to tremble with fear under the influence of empathy.

"Damn it! If we don't meet the White Walkers tonight, we should thank all the gods in the sky. If we do, we should be even happier. I will take you to be 'White Ghost Killers' too! A little girl posted it, and when she gets old, she can still tell her grandkids stories about killing white ghosts, if you have any! Don't be shivering, give me a cum on him!"

Encouraged by the loud chief, the soldiers mustered up the courage to continue firing rockets.The enemy is indeed getting closer, but at least it means that the target that the archery needs to aim at is also approaching. The continuously lit arrows fly towards the ghouls like meteors in the dark night. Ladan's barely formed firewall finally took shape at a distance of just over ten meters from the defensive mountain road.The ghouls that were shot, felled and set on fire became a thick "oilcloth blanket", which isolated the flames from the snow and frozen soil on the slopes, and gradually roasted, heated, and dried the ground, creating a barrier for wildfires and corpses. The oil creates an increasingly favorable combustion environment, eventually forming an impenetrable wall of fire.

The scene was full of heat, and the warmth could be felt from more than ten meters away. Even the edge of the defensive mountain path seemed to be softened by being baked... The scene was like a super crematorium, with an unpleasant gray mist filling the pile of corpses. It even flew upwards against the snow that was starting to get bigger.

There was a ragged, low cheer from the soldiers, but the wight's strange oils alone couldn't keep the fire going, it required constant throwing in of oil and wildfire to continue.Although we have tried our best to restrain the consumption of wildfires, the stock is still decreasing. In at most ten minutes...the wildfires will be exhausted.According to the plan, at this moment, the reserve team of Ice Strait Harbor should arrive or at least pass by with follow-up supplies and reinforcements, but...Looking to the west at the same burning port, Gary knew that there was no hope of rescue. The only way out is to evacuate the entire team after exhausting their combat readiness.

"Don't throw away your bow when you're retreating. Everyone should bring a barrel of arrows and line up. We might have to fight on the way back!"

Gary whistled and began to prepare for the evacuation. He didn't panic at all—he escaped from the hands of the White Walkers, and participated in several ghoul-hunting operations as a ranger without being injured. No one in the entire Night Watch Corps could compare He is better at "running away" from the dead.But he packed up his things and prepared to tell his young men to leave. When he looked up, he found that there was also a blue light rushing over on the mountain road to the west.

"Hey! The West is lost, brothers, change the plan, let's retreat to the east! That bastard, stop shooting, are you addicted, slip away!"

Throwing down the last half can of wildfire, a whole team of soldiers was unharmed and followed their legendary captain on the road of tactical retreat with high spirits. The place is weaker.And the way to save the wildfire that I came up with on a whim helped the defense segment they were in to last longer than expected without waiting for backup and relying on the original combat readiness.And this group of rookie and disheveled young men who were brave under his own encouragement set a record of killing nearly a thousand ghouls with just over 30 people.This heroic feat allowed them to leave their names in the history of the night watchmen, but it finally brought them to a desperate situation-they retreated eastward to the canyon and westward to the mountain pass of Icefjord Harbor. The team who abandoned the wildfire and then fell to the ghouls captured them. They are an isolated island in the ocean, a bright light in the dark, but they are destined to be swallowed by death.

Four years ago, Gary, who planned to take Iger from the Grand Canyon around the Great Wall to escape to the south, faced the tide of ghouls coming from all directions, and never had the opportunity to use his specialty of running.

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Chapter 419 Guarding Ice Strait Harbor

Iger never dreamed that the big killer he carefully prepared for the White Walkers would be the first to take effect on the living people on this night when the enemy attacked from all fronts.

In a few loud bangs accompanied by dazzling fire, hundreds of obsidian fragments flew in all directions in the crowd. Although they could not restrain the living, the sharp edges penetrated into the clothes and scratched the skin, but it was also painful and painful. Bleeding—what is more frightening than scratches from fragments is the blast from the gunpowder reaction. Ironmen who had never encountered this kind of weapon fell down by a third in an instant, rolling all over the ground, crying and howling.Among the people who lost their combat effectiveness, few were killed by the blast. Most of them were dizzy, tinnitus, and head stunned by the blast, or they couldn't see how many injuries they had suffered in the dark, and subconsciously exaggerated the power of the explosion. That's why I can't even stand up.

And just taking advantage of this moment when the enemy formation was in chaos, James and the Icestrait Harbor defenders led by the Westlanders had roared into the ironborn group.

The two armies collided and fought together, the Ironborn outnumbered, but the Kingslayer went like a tiger—he was the first to kill while the enemy was still in shock.The officer took the lead, and the following soldiers, who were still a little hesitant because of the surprise attack, were as excited as if they had taken medicine, and rushed forward screaming.

On the opposite side are the best fighters among the ironborn, but they are not so much elites as old bandits: this group of people has the longest seniority among the ironborn looters, they have the most experience in killing, arson, money, and food, and they are wreaking havoc. Women can't beat that ship—however, when it comes to "fighting the enemy head-on", they are no match for the elite soldiers of Lannisport Guard brought by James... Relying on the advantage of wearing full armor, James Jumping and spinning among the Ironborn, chopping and knocking down every enemy caught by him, dodging and blocking every attack coming towards him, sometimes even ignoring a few Ironborn raiders like Ironborn A piece of low-quality weapon, it is as invulnerable as a few hits.

Cutting melons and cutting vegetables all the way invincible, blood and flowers flying around, and the soldiers following him seem to be harvesting crops with him... There is no need for a formation at all, just relying on the martial arts of the leader and the morale of Ruhong, the defenders are like strong men Roll over like a bully child.

Superb skills and impressive strength allow the Kingslayer to mow the grass among the crowd.Soon, the side of the main road connecting the port and the fortress was drenched with blood and slippery like ice.In a short while, the "blocking team" gathered temporarily, after the two leaders took the lead, were cut off by the kingslayer array, scattered and fled to the coast of the port.

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In the southeast direction, the enemies outside the wall that had just been repulsed not long ago made a comeback as expected, and launched another attack on the gate, but this time their tricks failed again, and the defenders who were fooled twice did not attack the west again. Finally, the commander of Bingxia Port who stayed behind the wall and his reserve team gave them a head-on blow to those who were about to take advantage of it, and completely defeated their plot to completely capture Bingxia Port by cooperating internally and externally.

In the center of the fortress, James, who had won the first round of battle, led the troops to stay in place for a while, and then sent several people to the shipyard in the northeast corner to contact a small group of northern soldiers stationed there. Follow the main road and continue to kill towards the pier.

Although the situation has not continued to deteriorate, it is still far from driving the enemy back to the sea or killing them all.There are flames and shouts of battle everywhere. Several warehouses and residential areas in the direction of the port have begun to light up under the destruction of the Ironborn arsonists, and one of the three new warships on the dock is also set alight under the constant attack. The canvas began to catch fire, and the high temperature caused the explosion of wildfire bombs in the ammunition bay. The sailors who tried to save the ship had to jump into the icy water to survive after a last-ditch effort.To make matters worse, the other two warships saw that the situation was not good, and they used wildfire to attack the ironmen who were standing on the pier and threw torches and oil bottles at themselves. , but the boarding pier built of wood was also turned into a fire mass under this chaotic mutual fire attack. The soaring flames were like giant lights, illuminating the coast like daylight.

After defeating the first team blocking the road, they did not encounter large-scale resistance until they approached the coast: teams of arsonists holding torches and holding oil bottles dropped their guys and fled the moment they saw them , and a small number of liquidation teams that targeted lone defenders and sporadic fortress soldiers and civilians were afraid of their sophisticated equipment and killing intent, and hurriedly retreated to the landing point.

Only 100 meters from the shore, they finally encountered a second and seemingly last group of ironmen gathered together - with their backs to the longship used for landing, they only needed to knock down this group , Burning the ships parked on the beach, leaving the ironmen scattered in the fortress everywhere to wreak havoc, like a turtle in a urn, unable to escape.

But this time, James didn't lead people to charge up immediately.

On the opposite side gathered the remnants of the defeated generals who escaped from the battle just now, and gathered arsonists to gather 200 people. The strength is not too many, but the momentum is much stronger than the first wave of enemies just now. The leader is wrapped in a strange black The blindfolded man in armor stood at the front of the crowd, standing with his legs apart as if he saw the entire Icefjord Harbor defenders as nothing, and even the group of soldiers behind him seemed to be much more capable of fighting than ordinary ironmen—standing in a row, a group He didn't say a word, he didn't bluff like the group of ironmen who were bombed before, but it gave people a considerable invisible pressure, which made James and his party, who were chasing after the victory, stop involuntarily.

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"I am the most powerful captain in the four seas, Euron Greyjoy, king of the Iron Islands." The man in black armor leaned on a large battle ax in one hand and held a water bag in the other. The water is the dark liquid of wine. Throwing away the empty water bag, he introduced himself loudly, and snorted coldly: "Kingslayer! You fucked your own sister, and you killed two foolish kings. I still think you are a man who knows what to love and what to hate. Dare to be a man, why is he now dressed in black, but now he is a lackey of the Stark family?"

I also want to ask that bastard Iger!James thought to himself.But no matter how unsophisticated he is, he also knows the truth that he should not criticize his superiors in front of the enemy, not to mention, he doesn't want to talk to a lunatic like Euron at all - he can do it, but never beep, this is his code of conduct !

(That kid Robb was ambushed by Euron, and even the wolf was slaughtered. If I can kill Euron today, wouldn’t it not only overwhelm the young wolf master, but also create a place for the Western Territory that won’t be harassed by the ironmen for three to five years? good environment?)

After thinking like this and making up a reason for fighting for himself, his fighting spirit suddenly became high.

Flicking the blood-stained steel sword, James raised his weapon and aimed at Euron: "The King of the Iron Islands, huh? Very good, at least he's a 'king'!"

Without even giving the opponent a chance to ponder the meaning of his words, James raised his sword and rushed towards the enemy.The small victory that Bombard had won just now happened to be a perfect warm-up. At this moment, his body is in excellent condition. Relying on the skills he has worked hard for many years, relying on the instinct flowing in his muscles and blood vessels, he took three steps toward Euron. Tactical trot, as steady, precise, and ruthless as it has been stepped on thousands of times, starting from the power of the right foot - ending with the strong landing of the left foot, the power of the whole body explodes from the right to Euron's ribs A deadly sword, so fast that the enemy doesn't even have time to raise their weapons to block!

Wait...what's wrong?James instinctively noticed the abnormality: he was indeed quite confident in his speed, but he was a warrior after all, not an assassin. He was wearing armor at this moment, and he was still rushing to attack from ten meters away. Even if he broke out with all his strength, how could he be so fast? To the extent that a famous pirate on the other side didn't even have time to react?

Although he was puzzled, the sword he swung was not blocked or dodged by the enemy, so he didn't take the initiative to take it back, guarding against possible tricks of the enemy... The sword hit Euron.

The texture of the armor was not beyond James' expectation, but with the quality, weight and strength of his steel sword, any kind of tough armor would at least be deformed or cracked if hit from the front, and part of the impact would be transmitted to the The torso caused shock to the muscles and internal organs, but the black scale armor on Euron's body, which seemed thin but was actually supported by a skeleton, gave him the feeling of "cutting on a whole piece of iron", and the sword hit with more than half of his strength When the sound bounced back, his wrists were numb from the shock through the thick gauntlet. Realizing that something was wrong, he quickly pulled away, but the opponent's ax handle had already hit his chest with a bang.

After ten minutes of power down, a fishy smell appeared in his mouth, and James staggered back. He had once fought against Robert Baratheon, and he had become a fat pig but was still amazingly powerful. The Snatcher gave him quite a shock, but today, Euron just bumped the handle of the ax casually, and unexpectedly, he had a greater force than Robert's warhammer, knocking himself back more than one meter!

The rumors turned out to be true, Euron Greyjoy actually had a strange pair of armor that was invulnerable to swords and guns, and an inhuman giant that was invincible to ghosts and gods!

Before he had time to think about it, James quickly made a movement of leaning back while retreating, narrowly dodging the deadly ax that followed, and the ax blade scraped against his chest with an unpleasant friction sound Armor, smashed a dent, pushed him to lie on the ground in a state of embarrassment.He was actually lucky: Euron ventured into the Valyrian ruins and only found a set of dragonsteel armor, not a half-piece of dragonsteel weapons.Otherwise... the ax that crossed his chest just now could have ripped him open without any suspense.

The defenders of Ice Strait Harbor roared and followed up and rescued the fallen kingslayer. Several western soldiers who were desperately defending the lord stopped Euron who was still chasing after the knife at the cost of injuries and sacrifices, and gave Zhan It was a chance for Tom to get up from the ground.Among the clashes of weapons, the roars of battle, and the blood flying, few people can safely block Euron's half-strokes. The potion that stimulates the potential of the body and a suit of Valyrian steel armor make him completely invincible in melee combat for a short time Even the elite night watchmen who were born as Lannisport guards could not stop them, let alone the newly gifted landmen soldiers... And Euron is not the only one who is weird, the dozens of people behind the King of the Iron Islands are clearly different from the ordinary ironmen. The strong man remained silent from beginning to end, including after the battle started. If the sword could not kill, the Night Watchmen soldiers would have almost thought that they had encountered a different type of ghoul.

(Only players of my own level can barely fight Euron, the others are just picking up food!)

Realizing this, James suppressed the churning blood in his chest and stood up, facing the powerful enemy again.

After suffering a loss, he learned to behave. After two trials and confirmed that Euron's legs also had protective armor, James no longer confronted him head-on, and instead directed his attack at the exposed head and face and the gaps in the armor of his hands and feet.

The tactic is correct, but it is not easy to execute - the opponent is not a farmer in tile armor, Euron was a powerful raider before being driven out of the Iron Islands by his brother, maybe not as skilled as James, but the gap It is by no means so big that it is still not an opponent with the double plug-in of physics and magic.Euron, who is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses, uses fierce attacks instead of defenses. A few strikes with two or three axes will definitely break the armor and see blood. The offensive that collapsed the mountain and destroyed the city left no room for James' good martial arts.

He is not the best fighter in the world, James recognized this at a very young age, even after he became famous and joined the Kingsguard, old guys like Barristan Selmy would often teach him to be a man and remind him How much does he weigh? He is not arrogant, but he believes that at least among people of the same age and body type, he is definitely the top existence.

And now Euron was destroying that confidence in him.The only way to restore this confidence is to defeat this weird opponent!

The opponent is indeed powerful, but James doesn't believe that he won't be tired!

Like an unbelieving gamer who didn't know that the opponent was drugged, James rushed towards Euron again and again, waving weapons in various moves from all directions, surrounded by more than a hundred defenders of Ice Strait Harbor He continued to hit the ironmen guarding the ship like a tidal wave hitting the rocks. The quality of the soldiers on both sides was almost the same, and the casualties were almost the same. Tilt...Jaime avoided Euron's ultimate move by relying on his agility and astonishing reaction speed, but watched helplessly as one after another of his subordinates were injured or even injured in order to cooperate with his offensive or cover his flanks and backs. Died on the spot, he intentionally ordered them to retreat and let him and Euron fight alone, but the facts proved that he could not hold up Euron's several strong attacks without helpers.

The casualties quickly broke through one-third and approached half, especially the people from the Western Region that I brought. It is a great trust and courage that no one has escaped until now, but how can I bring all of them with me just because of my personal ambition? Fight to the death?

The injured people were panting and moaning. Although James, who was hit by Euron several times, was not injured by the battle axe, the oppression of the deformed and pitted armor made people extremely uncomfortable. Confused by sweat and dizziness, the instinct of not admitting defeat clamored, "No, we can still fight for dozens of rounds"——If James fought alone, he would definitely obey the call of instinct and fight to the end, but at this moment he is a A commander who leads the troops, he is responsible for following the soldiers who trust him.

"Retreat! Retreat to the direction of the shipyard!"

At the end of his battle, James finally ordered loudly, humiliatingly issued the first retreat order in his life, but he regained his spirit and mustered his last strength to cut off the rear for the soldiers.Of course, Euron couldn't let the other party come and go as he wanted, grinning grinningly and raising his ax to go after him, when he looked up, he saw a long dragon made of torches running towards the coast along the avenue inside the fortress. Neither the number nor the formation was the one he had sent to ambush him. His heart was shaken, and he used a ferocious sweep to push back the kingslayer, stopped and stopped the pursuit.

"Hmph, bullshit 'Kingslayer', that's all! I'll spare your life today, and come get it when I'm free. Men of the Ironborn, the business is almost done, let's dodge!"

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Chapter 420 The Role Reversal

Euron's order to retreat instead of chasing made James confused. He thought there was some conspiracy and trick, so he didn't dare to hesitate. He covered the last soldier who was still able to move and retreated and left the shore, watching Euron lead his men back. Shore, push some of the longboats resting on the beach into the icy water and jump up, grab the oars and paddle out into the dark bay of ice.

Actually withdrew?

If it is said that Euron's original plan was to interfere with the normal production of Ice Strait Port and burn down two warships and several warehouses, now that the goal has been basically achieved, it seems reasonable to choose to accept it as soon as it is good... But there are still people in Ice Strait Port. Many of the ironmen hadn't evacuated, and he had a huge advantage. Even if he wanted to run, how could he be so hasty?

But James didn't spend too much time figuring out the reason for the opponent's rapid withdrawal: Icestrait Harbor was actually rescued by deserters—to be precise, the first batch of defenders who withdrew from the defense line in the eastern canyon.

Due to the attack on Ice Strait Harbor and the failure to implement the established defense plan, the western quarter of the entire Grand Canyon defense line closest to it collapsed and fell first.Many people who hastily threw the wildfire and evacuated the position without even using the dragon crystal arrows. Their cowardly behavior of perfunctory defense and evacuation without saying hello undoubtedly killed the robes who stood firm on the defense line. Icestrait Harbor, which was caught in the flames of war, provided assistance: when dozens of defenders who fled back from the front of the canyon appeared on the mountain road east of the fort with torches, the ironmen who were outside the gate were preparing to take down the walls and gates It is also said that the rescuers of the night watchmen rushed to the scene, and the attack was not going well, so they immediately threw away the guy and fled the battlefield.

After opening the east gate, gathering the defenders in the west section of the canyon that had fled and replaced the dragon crystal weapons in their hands with iron guys for killing, the commander of Ice Strait Harbor rushed back to the port with this group of effective forces that were not considered reinforcements. direction.Although it is difficult to guarantee the combat effectiveness of the improvised troops, the momentum successfully deterred Euron Greyjoy, who knew nothing about the existence of the defense line in the canyon, forcing him to drop the ironborn who were still scattered in the port, setting fire and destroying, and hastily Withdrew from the battlefield.

The canyon defense plan was reversed by the defenders, resulting in a strange ending: the port fortress that was supposed to send a reserve team to support the canyon defense line was finally rescued by the soldiers withdrawn from the canyon defense line.

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The retreat of the King of the Iron Islands made the remaining ironmen in the port completely lost the chance of escape. After burning the remaining longships on the beach, the defenders of Icestrait Harbor gathered together and commanded smoothly and quickly began to dispatch cleanups and drill into the fort Remnant Enemy Quest.

Due to the lack of civilians, Ice Strait Harbor had no other types of casualties in this round of attacks except combatants, but the fortress itself was in a mess: most of the port was burning, and one of the only three warships had been completely reimbursed, and the other The ship also caught fire, but it was barely rescued because it had just launched and did not contain too many wildfires. Only the flagship "Ben Wolf", which had experienced battles, survived because of its more experienced sailors.Most of the granaries in Ice Strait Harbor were burned down, and the tens of tons of shipbuilding dry wood donated by you and me in the entire northern border were almost burned... Fortunately, the wildfire warehouse where the war preparations were stockpiled was far away from the seaport, so luckily no fire broke out. Greater disaster.

But the core workshop of the shipyard was preserved: the elite northern troops stationed here faithfully fulfilled the important task assigned to them by Robb Stark-they recruited Bear Island and White Harbor at the beginning of the attack on the port. The craftsmen, technicians and assistants who came gathered in one place for key protection, even if the other parts of the port were in trouble, they stayed close to each other, repelling several waves of ironmen who infiltrated the fortress and tried to set fire to destroy the shipyard and slaughter the technicians... Although most of the residential area and storage area were burned, the tools, equipment and technical backbone that were crucial to the "resurrection" of the Northern Navy in the future did not suffer losses under strict protection. This is the only good news in this attack.

Of course, some people disagree.

In order for the sneak attack to be successful, the number of ironmen who entered the port along the coast by long boats was not large. If the defenders could properly dispatch their personnel, they would not suffer at all in the battle.The troops led by James had several battles with the invading enemy, regaining most of the port, but nearly half of the casualties in the battle against Euron: not only the loss of land-grant recruits, but even fifty soldiers brought from the west The guards are only in their early twenties - he sacrificed his blood to protect the military port of the northern border, but the protected northerners huddled in the shipyard and couldn't cry out. Immediately, he was furious, and blamed the people in the north for the whole account.

"I sent someone to ask you to help, why don't you come out even if you die? If the fortress falls, it's useless for you to just defend the shipyard!" James roared at the commander of the northern soldiers, his eyes were red and his face was bruised. , if it wasn't for the fact that he had no strength left after a hard fight, he must have rushed up and grabbed the opponent's collar and started fighting.

"Sir James, please calm down. There are not many people in the northern border who have mastered shipbuilding technology. Some houses and food can be rebuilt and planted after being burned, but it is extremely difficult to retrain people without people."

"Bullshit!" James was furious, "The life of the people in the north is life, but the life of me in the west is not life? I think you just want to see me die, so you are hiding and refusing to come out!"

"Your Excellency, please control your emotions. We respect the bravery of you and your troops in battle, but it is absolutely impossible to accept such vicious accusations!" Speak out to refute... After suppressing their displeasure with each other and living together peacefully for a few months, all grievances erupted following the defeat in the battle with Euron. A fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides, and even the commander of Icestrait Harbor dissuaded Can't live.

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Fortunately, the enemy's second round of long-range attacks quickly interrupted the infighting among the defenders of Ice Strait Harbor.

The ironman sailing team, which had previously undertaken the bait task, was afraid of the huge lethality of the wildfire incendiary bombs and did not dare to get too close. They only sailed and attacked at the edge of the maximum range of the trebuchet. It was all luck.It looks like they are going to storm the harbor, but in fact it is just to attract the attention of the defenders... Although the momentum is loud, the damage to the harbor is minimal.However, following the successful sneak attack of the Long Fleet, they rushed into the fortress, and taking advantage of the silence of the sea defense of Ice Strait Port, these sailboats had already gotten a lot closer to the port without making a sound.

In the plan, once the two groups of ironmen who landed can attack the fortress together from inside and outside, the sailboat will also berth into the port and put down the crew to participate in the occupation.If they fail to succeed, they will throw burning balls at close range to further damage the harbor when the landing soldiers board the longboat and leave the dock again, so as to cover the retreat of their own personnel.

After Euron, rowing his longship away from the shore, gave the signal with torches, the galleons, which had ceased fire for a long time, began to perform the last task-fire again.

One after another, flaming fireballs flew across the sky and smashed into the fortress. The defensive towers of the port were either destroyed by the previous ironmen infiltration and were burning with raging flames, or they ran out of ammunition during the defensive battle. Unable to be replenished in time, only a few ballistas and catapults can be put into battle quickly.

It took another half an hour, and the night watchman troops who took back the port recovered most of their defenses, and finally drove away the Ironborn fleet approaching the port after several rounds of cross-fire with superior firepower...

The defensive battle against the Ironborn is over, but next, although a series of tasks such as disposing of prisoners, extinguishing fires, rescuing the wounded, and disposing of corpses lie ahead...but the defenders have to face a greater threat immediately: the troops withdrawn from the front line It is true that the defenders accidentally lifted the siege of the Ironborn, but everyone has not forgotten - the special defensive significance and terrain of the Grand Canyon are doomed, as long as one point of it is broken, it is equal to the loss of the whole line.

After simply extinguishing the fire and rescuing the combat supplies, the defenders of Ice Strait Harbor put aside the aftermath work and began to prepare for the test of the army of the dead.

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Chapter 421 Cold God Priest

The Night King didn't send even half of the ghouls in the direction of Icefjord Harbor.

This decision does not contain any emotional reasons, it is entirely based on rational considerations: 1. Ice Strait Harbor is in the west, and has no strategic significance for our own side. Attacking it will cause the army of ghouls to move away from the Great Wall in the opposite direction, which will delay the opportunity of the war; 2. There are too few people in Bingxia Port, but they are all combatants. If you attack this fortress, you will get far less soldiers than the possible price.

Humans call them different ghosts, but the Night King himself knows that he and his subordinates are not irrational ghosts—their real identity is the priest of the cold god, the only one of the two true gods in the world who walks and speaks in the world , the executor of wishes and needs.

And as the leader of all the cold god priests, all his actions should completely abandon emotional factors such as hatred, disgust, and desire, and take the realization of the grand goal of his god as the first and only criterion.

He is not the creation of the cold god - the children of the forest first created themselves and used him as a war machine against humans.After an unknown period of time without self-awareness, that great being awakened his own mind, endowed himself with the ability to reason and think, and guided him to get rid of the maker and controller, and provided him with a A more ambitious and noble goal: to eradicate killings and restore the world to its original cold, orderly and peaceful appearance!

That's right, the living people would never believe it: they were created as a killing machine...the king of the White Walkers they called the Night King, but they hated killing.

The children of the forest that he hated the most have become a thing of the past. However, the greedy and violent factors that ingest, compete for resources, replicate and spread their own genetic material are deeply buried in the genes of every living creature, and there is no cure for them.In order to solve this problem, that god proposed the most fundamental solution: destroy all living things in the world. When life completely disappears, killing will naturally cease to exist!

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And to achieve this, and then complete the ultimate goal of overwhelming R'hllor and seizing control of this world, what Hanshen needs now is to destroy the magic isolation effect of the Great Wall as soon as possible, so as to release his power from the land of eternal winter to the entire world. Westeros.

Because—the three dragons will return to the battlefield at any time to fight side by side with the living people guarding the Great Wall!