Chapter 558: The Great Wall
After Robb finished speaking, Li Lingyi shook his head lightly, "There is also a luck factor. He is right, in the past few months, there has been basically no major crisis, although subjective factors such as strategy account for most of the reasons.
"I don't know how many of those things are strangers. Catherine said worriedly, "These soldiers don't know if they can destroy them." ”
"As long as it works together, it's fine. ”
Li Lingyi said that according to his understanding, there should be no more than 10,000 ghosts and ghouls in total. It doesn't matter even more, after all, no war is one-for-one.
5,000 against 5,000 people will not be wiped out on both sides, in many cases one side will be completely wiped out and the other side will lose less than a thousand people, maybe a little more. Even if one side only loses a few dozen or hundreds of people, it is possible that the opposite side will be defeated.
As for the fact that one on both sides can offset the other, that kind of situation will only appear in computer-based computer games, and there will certainly be no such equal attrition in real wars.
The same applies to the war between humans and the unravelish ghouls.
Li Lingyi never thought of paying a large number of casualties, after all, he had weapons of mass destruction in his hands, and it would be too stupid to fill this situation with human lives.
"It's a pity I can't go with you this time, Ivey. Robb sighed, a little disappointed, "Now that the Bolton family has been destroyed, I'm still busy sorting out the distribution of their territory and population, and I really can't get out of it." ”
"It doesn't matter. ”
Li Ling didn't want Robb to go with him, he was a stubborn person, and he would definitely make some irrational judgments when he encountered a strange ghost for the first time on the battlefield.
In this way, Li Lingyi may have to deal with his opinions at that time, which is really troublesome. So it's better if he doesn't go, so that the whole team is under Li Lingyi's full control, and he doesn't have to explain anything to others about the decisions he makes.
The men talked, and soon evening came, and all the soldiers were entertained by the Starks, with all the good food and wine. Because many soldiers felt that they didn't know if they could come back, they were extra indulgent this time, and they all ate a lot.
Li Lingyi didn't blame this situation, but let it happen, after all, it's good that pressure can be relieved before the battle.
After that, they rested for another day, and at noon on the third day of winter, the army departed and hurried towards the Great Wall. After eating and drinking, the soldiers marched much faster, and it did not take them two days to reach the Great Wall.
Li Lingyi stood under this great building and looked up, the tall city walls that stretched along the mountain range were like the outstretched black metal arms of an iron giant, used to resist the danger outside.
It looks spectacular indeed, but it's also quite old, apparently built a hundred years ago before the end of the Age of Magic. With this scale and grandeur, if the current human race were to make another one exactly the same, I am afraid that ten years would not be enough to produce half of it.
And it was this great structure that could withstand the thousands of savages outside, otherwise they would have rushed in, burned and looted, or were assimilated or wiped out by the kingdom.
In fact, if I had to say it, in a sense, the Great Wall was also an obstacle to the exchange opportunities between the two sides. And it was born with antagonistic emotions between the two groups.
A child born inside and outside the city will immediately understand that the person on the other side is the enemy, and the one outside the city wants to enter, while the fly inside the city does not want to fly in. In this way, the confrontation between the two sides is basically normal.
But if there is no Great Wall, without this dangerous obstacle, then I am afraid that the two sides have been in direct contact for an unknown number of times over the years.
Of course, the existence of the Great Wall is also necessary, not to mention anything else, the "magic array" or "enchantment" under it has great power. It is precisely because of the existence of this power in the original play that the strange ghosts cannot directly attack the Great Wall from the beginning, but have to make a frozen river detour.
However, after the Night King obtained a dragon corpse, he turned it into a ghoul and destroyed the Great Wall directly with dragon flames, which also caused the barrier to fail, so that the army of xenomorph ghouls could directly cross the ruins of the Great Wall and enter the inland land.
Therefore, the Great Wall must exist, otherwise the strange ghosts would have rushed in a long time ago, and now the reason why Li Lingyi wants to take the initiative to give up the defensive position is also because he feels that it is useless to drag it out. There is no point in hiding in the Great Wall and deceiving yourself, the sooner you attack, the more you will have an advantage. Moreover, it is possible to act quickly before the number of ghouls reaches the overwhelming level to maintain a suppressive nature.
At this time, a group of people in black armor walked out to greet them, led by the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, Jeo Mormont. He is also a decent character, so he died miserably in the original plot. But now because of a series of butterfly effects caused by the changes caused by Li Lingyi, he is still the commander-in-chief, and Snow is just a ranger.
"Lord Crane. Mormont approached, a smile on his weather-beaten face, "I've heard of you for a long time, and when I see you today, you're as young and handsome as those bards say." ”
"Commander Mormont is also in good spirits. Li Lingyi also smiled.
In the past, the Night's Watch was not even under the jurisdiction of King's Landing in a sense, and the alternation of positions was settled internally, and King's Landing could not be appointed. However, since the implementation of the federal system, this side of the Great Wall has also been included in the area under Robb's jurisdiction, so Robb actually has the right to administer here.
However, the Stark family has always maintained a good relationship with the Night's Watch, and even in the past, many of the Night's Watch commanders were made by the Stark family, so Robb will definitely not fulfill his rights, but let the Night's Watch handle their own affairs themselves, as before.
Li Lingyi has no opinion on this point, after all, many of the night watchmen are unruly criminals, and it is not possible to rely on officials to restrict them, only by letting these ruthless people fight out by themselves, then can they deter other people, which is also the law of action in this part of the Great Wall.
"Thank you so much for trusting Snow. Mormont sighed, glancing at the neat army behind him, "I thought you, like other mainlanders, only regarded us as despicable people who cheated our finances." ”
The old commander said lightly, and it is conceivable that he is also quite angry about the misunderstanding of the outside world. But this misunderstanding is also unlikely to be resolved. As long as the composition of the Night's Watch remains unchanged and there are criminals in it, this prejudice will always exist.