Chapter 560: Snow's Heavy Duty
After speaking, Mormont stepped aside, took a parchment map from the wall, spread it out on the table, and showed it to Li Lingyi.
As he said, the terrain about 50 kilometers north of the Great Wall is marked, which looks intuitive, but there are only some topographical descriptions, which are more like an overview than a map, and the accuracy of a real military combat map is too far away.
However, Li Lingyi also understands that it is not bad to do this, after all, the reconnaissance outside is threatened by the attack of savages at any time, and at the same time, the north of the Great Wall has been in severe cold weather, and there will be snowstorms raging at every turn, in this case, the visibility of human beings is even only a few meters, and it is impossible to do a detailed survey of the terrain at all.
So in his opinion, this map is basically unusable, and it is okay if a small force infiltrates, but the risk of 10,000 troops marching on such an inaccurate map is too high. And now it is undoubtedly too late to send soldiers to reconnoitre.
It is conceivable that now that the strange spirits outside have begun to act, the savage troops are probably also extremely chaotic, and their vigilance has been raised to the extreme. In this case, sending scouts out, it is estimated that they will also go to die one by one, and they will not be able to achieve anything.
"This map is not suitable for guiding large forces. Li Lingyi said: "We need something more refined, I believe that the savages will definitely have it in their hands." ”
"Why don't you send some good hands to steal?" someone suggested.
"No way. Mormont immediately shook his head, "This kind of thing is a map, even a wild man knows to keep it carefully, and it is very difficult for us to steal it." ”
"So we're still going to unite with the wildlings. "That's the only solution, and if we get together, the wildlings will be willing to share the map with us, and it won't be a lot of trouble, right?"
As soon as they heard the topic, they returned to the United Savages, and everyone's faces drooped again.
“…… Alas, it's not that we don't want to. Mormont sighed, "The main thing is that the thinking of the savages is too different from ours, and even if we are willing to unite, I'm afraid they are still unwilling." ”
"If they wanted to, the commander wouldn't stop him. Li Lingyi said with a smile.
Everyone was shocked and looked at Mormont, who hesitated, "If Lord Crane can do it, then the old man, I am willing to unite with this wild man for the sake of all mankind." ”
As he said, even if they are united, they are to fight together against the common enemy of all mankind, the stranger. At the same time, saying this means that he agrees to this matter, but it seems that he wants to push it to Li Lingyi to do it.
"Good. Li Ling nodded, then turned his head to look at Snow, "Snow Rangers, I want to leave the matter of joint negotiations with the savages to you, are you confident?"
You push it to me, and I'll push it to Snow, anyway, I don't have to do it myself.
Li Lingyi thought in his heart, originally the matter of uniting the savages in the original plot was also made after Snow made great efforts and overcame public opinion. So now it's time for him to do it, he is the absolute protagonist, and this time the night watch group still has to support Snow under the oppression of Li Lingyi, the time and place are right, and only people are missing.
"I do!" Almost without thinking, Snow agreed, his eyes twinkling, "Don't worry, my lords, I'm willing to go out of the city alone to negotiate with the wildlings!"
"Good. Li Ling nodded and looked at Mormont and the others, "Commander Mormont, generals, do you have any opinions?"
Everyone looked at each other, and it was obvious that this matter would definitely not be possible, and even Snow's life would have to be explained to the savages. In addition, Li Lingyi had already made up his mind, but they didn't want to disobey the new leader of the continent too much, so they didn't say anything one by one.
"Oh well. Commander Mormont, as the representative of the Night's Watch, said, "Then Jon, you'll be in charge of this matter. But I want you to think about it, it's very dangerous!"
"I've thought it through!
Snow was a little excited, Li Lingyi patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Early tomorrow morning, I will send twenty flagless elite soldiers to follow you, they are all battle-hardened warriors, if something happens, they will definitely escort you back." ”
"It's... Thank you, Lord Klan!" Snow wanted to refuse, but when he saw Li Lingyi's noncommittal eyes, he was also moved and nodded heavily, "Please rest assured, I will definitely convince the leader of the savages!"
"Well, I believe in your abilities. ”
……
After the meeting, everyone went to prepare, but Mormont and Li Lingyi stayed.
The old commander has been wandering in the Great Wall for many years, dealing with all kinds of criminals, and his eyes are naturally extremely vicious, at this time, leaning against the wall, looking at Li Lingyi with a smile, and said quietly, "It seems that adults are quite optimistic about this kid Snow." ”
"The old commander is not the same. Li Lingyi said, "Otherwise, he would not be able to be a Ranger after joining the Night's Watch for less than a year...... I guess Snow was groomed as the next commander, right?"
“……”
Mormont was silent for a while when he heard this, before he smiled bitterly, "No wonder adults can defeat the major families and control this continent at a young age. I didn't expect that just one day after arriving at the Great Wall, I would reveal my biggest secret. ”
"That's right, I did train Snow as the next commander. This kid has an excellent character and talent, and the only thing he lacks is experience. I'm sure with a few years of training he'll be able to replace me as a great Commander of the Night's Watch. ”
Li Ling nodded when he heard this, and interjected, "I'm afraid it has something to do with his bloodline." ”
"I really can't hide anything from you. Mormont sighed, "This position of Commander of the Night's Watch has always belonged to the Stark family. Later, something happened...... Anyway, I wanted to leave this seat for Snow's uncle, Bunyan, but he went on a mission and never returned. ”
Bunyan Stark, Eddard's younger brother, is also the chief Ranger of the Night's Watch. It can be said that it is a very capable existence among the night watchmen, and the prestige is also very high, and it is a pity that it was originally a strong candidate for the next commander, but it turned out to be missing.
Of course, in fact, Bunyan did not die, in the original plot, he became a half-human, half-alien existence, and finally gave up the horse to Snow so that he could escape, and he died surrounded by ghouls, and he deservedly called a hero.
It is precisely because of his pity that Mormont also attaches great importance to Snow, of course, the latter's own strength and character are also quite good. Otherwise, if you rely only on relationships, you can't make Mormont look the other way.