Castle Black is the main fortress currently garrisoned by the Night's Watch Legion, near the center of the Desperate Wall, at the northern end of King's Road.

There were nineteen fortresses on the Great Wall, and at its peak, the Night's Watch legion garrisoned these nineteen castles on the Wall that stretched for hundreds of miles, and the number of soldiers in the legion reached tens of thousands. Castle Black alone had five thousand soldiers stationed, in addition to their horses, servants, and equipment.

But that was a long time ago, and in the last few hundred years, the nobles and common people of the Seven Kingdoms, who had been at ease for a long time, had long forgotten the terrifying existence of the Land of Eternal Winter beyond the Great Wall.

The current Night's Watch Legion only receives a small amount of new blood from criminals each year, so it is only stationed in three strongholds, and Castle Black is one of them.

There were once more than 5,000 people stationed in the castle, but now only a pitiful 600 remain.

Like the other eighteen fortresses, Black Castle is not really a castle, with no walls on the east, west, and south sides, except for the Desperate Great Wall to the north, surrounded by stone towers and wooden houses.

The Night's Watch is independent of the Seven Kingdoms, and as long as they join this group, it is just like their oath, no wives, no fiefs, no children, no crowns, and no favors.

Although the Night's Watch didn't care about the situation in the Seven Kingdoms, Li Nan, the king of the North, personally led his troops to arrive, and the gates of Castle Black were quickly opened, and Sir Thorne, the martial arts instructor who temporarily served as the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, and the blind Aemon Scholar respectfully greeted them.

"Welcome to Castle Black!"

After welcoming the head of the sect, Sir Thorne, welcomed Li Nan and several generals into the spacious shield hall, and then asked, "Lord Leo, I don't know why you came to Castle Black?" ”

Li Nan took Jon's sword from Donna's hand, handed it over, and said, "When we were chasing the savage raiders on the road, we met Jon of your Night's Watch. Snow, it's a pity that he didn't save him, it's his sword. ”

Scholar Aemon, who was blind, took the sword tremblingly, and after groping with both hands, he sighed: "This Valyrian sword is the heirloom of Mormont, the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, and was later given to Jon, who is the most promising successor commander-in-chief, but I didn't expect him to die at such a young age in the hands of the wildlings, what a pity, a pity!" ”

Sir Thorne, the head of the sect, thought that Li Nan was invaded by the savages, so he came to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and hurriedly explained: "The Great Wall of Desperation is three hundred miles long, and we only have about a thousand night watchmen, so every once in a while, savages climb over the Great Wall, and we have done our best. ”

"I'm not here because of this little thing, but because of something else." Li Nan looked back at Miranda and said, "Bring them up." ”

I have to admit Miranda's interrogation ability, she used all kinds of cruel punishments to torture these two savage shapeshifters, but both of them are still alive and healthy, and they dare not resist at all, this is a special talent.

The two Strangers knelt on the ground of the shield hall and explained the purpose of their visit, as well as the fact that the King of the Outer Fortress had summoned more than 100,000 savages to invade the northern realm.

After hearing these words of the two of them, the whole hall became silent, and the head of the sect, Sir Thorne and Academician Aemon, as well as the other night watchmen, all showed a look of horror as when Li Nan and the others first learned the news.

After half a ring, Sir Thorne smiled bitterly at Li Nan and said, "My lord, I can't hide it, now there are only 893 people left in the Night's Watch Legion, and we will definitely not be able to defend against an army of 100,000 savages. ”

"This matter is indeed tricky, not to mention your Night's Watch legion, even if I gather the entire army of the North, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop these wildlings."

Sir Thorne asked, "Lord Leo, how many troops do you have at your disposal now?" ”

"Huh." Li Nan glanced at the rest of the night watchmen in the hall and smiled without saying a word.

Noticing Li Nan's expression, the nearly hundred-year-old Aemon University Scholar was clear, and he said to the other night watchmen, "You all go out first, we have to talk to Lord Leo about some important matters." ”

After the many night watchmen had left, Sir Thorne invited Lynn to sit down, and then filled the wooden cup in front of him with ale.

After taking a sip of the inferior ale, Li Nan answered their question: "I can only gather more than 10,000 soldiers from the northern border, but I still have 4,000 mercenaries in my hands. ”

"20,000?" Sir Thorne didn't expect that after being transferred by the young wolf lord Robb, Li Nan would be able to gather so many people now, which was much more than he expected.

Sir Thorne said excitedly: "There are enough of these people, you must know that we are not trying to go toe-to-toe with the army of savages, we still have the Great Wall of Desperation up to 700 feet!" ”

Li Nan was also suppressed by the number of savage armies at first, and when he heard Sir Thorne say at this time, there was indeed some truth, the besieging side itself would consume more energy than the defending side, not to mention that they had occupied the Great Wall of Desperation, which was a miracle.

After careful consideration, Li Nan said to the two: "I only have more than 20,000 people in my hands, but I can only transfer 10,000 soldiers, after all, I still have to leave enough troops to defend Kalin Bay and the two coastlines, I don't want to finish the battle with the savages, and then be copied by other families." ”

Sir Thorne and Aemon are the most inaccessible of the Great Wall, but there are also various messages from ravens.

According to the current situation of the Seven Kingdoms, both of them also understood Li Nan's hardship, and he was able to gather more than 10,000 soldiers to come here to help defend, and he had really done his best.

Ser Thorne's face was filled with joy when he had hope, and the old fellow said with a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Lord Leo, for your help, but we are still short of supplies such as arrows, oil, and other supplies......

Li Nan is not one of those nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, although it seems that he will have to pay a lot to support the Black Castle, but he can stop the murderous army of savages and keep the northern border that he has mastered with great difficulty, which is the greatest benefit.

In response to Sir Thorne's request, Li Nan agreed without hesitation: "Yes, I will do my best to support the Night's Watch Legion." ”

Both sides share the same goal, and neither is selfish, so things are much easier.

After the business was discussed, Li Nan wrote several handwritten letters to the Scholar of Aemon, asking him to send them to all the noble lords of the North with a raven, and asked Docott to return to Winterfell with a letter in person, and asked Arya to help mobilize supplies and personnel.

After finishing his work, Li Nan visited the historic but very dilapidated Black Castle, and finally came to the underground library accompanied by Scholar Aemon.

Looking at the dazzling array of books, Li Nan couldn't help but browse curiously.

Just as Li Nan was flipping through a book called "The History of Dragons", Academician Aemon, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly said, "Lord Leo, why do you like to read this book, are you very interested in dragons?" ”

Li Nan looked at the blind Aemon University Scholar and asked in surprise, "How do you know which book I'm reading?" ”

"Hehehe." "I am not born invisible, I am one hundred and one years old, and I have read every book in this library countless times, and I have placed it with my own hands, and for a blind man, a small voice has told me everything." ”

The savage army has not officially attacked, and the soldiers from the north have not been assembled, anyway, there is nothing to do now, Li Nan came to the desk and sat down, and asked with interest: "Scholar Aemon, you are very knowledgeable, can you tell me about dragons?" ”