In the wind and snow, the ghouls who surrounded Houguan Town stopped attacking.

Stand still outside the town!

Regarding this strange situation, Robert and the others, who entered Houguan Town with their soldiers, immediately guessed that they might have been tricked.

"Why didn't the ghoul suddenly stop?"

Following Arthur and Rego to find the Night King who summoned the blizzard, Daenerys also used the light of fire on the dragon's back to find that the ghouls on the ground stopped attacking.

Hearing the Dragon Queen's reminder, Arthur simply swept the ground with his spiritual power, and did not find the existence of the strange ghost, but frowned and said, "We may have fallen into the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." ”

With that, he immediately told Rego to stop and continue flying in the direction where the Night King might be.

"I don't think the Night King's real goal is Crown Town. ”

Daenerys: "And are we still looking for the Night King?"

"I'm not looking for it for the time being, let's go down and discuss it with you. ”

Arthur, who was riding on the back of the dragon, shook his head, let Rego turn and landed on the outskirts of Houguan Town, and the dragon queen thought about it and agreed to make a decision.

In a snowstorm.

On the parapet of Crown Town, Robert, Barristan, Arthur, Daenerys, Randolph Tully, Ambrosius, Jorah Mormont and Tormond, Jingle Shirt and others all looked at the densely packed and motionless ghouls outside with complicated expressions.

"So, what is the Night King's goal, attacking the Wall and Castle Black?" Robert asked irritably.

Barristan said, "The shapeshifters controlled the crows to fly to the Black Castle and found no trace of the army of ghouls. ”

Dragon Queen: "Then why are they only besieging and not attacking?"

"We all know that the Night King can't do it without a purpose. The old wizard said in a deep voice.

Arthur guessed, "Then you think that the Night King dragged us all in Houguan Town, why didn't he directly lead the army of ghouls to attack Castle Black?"

"Perhaps the place where the Night King is going to attack is the Wall. Jorah mused, "The Wall is more than just a fortification for Castle Black. ”

Daenerys immediately looked at Arthur, "Then let's ride the dragon to every Night's Watch castle on the Desperate Wall and check it out." ”

"No, I can't. Ambrosius shook his head, "His Highness Arthur must stay with us, otherwise we won't be able to stop the attack of the strangers, and separating will give the Night King a chance to break them one by one." ”

The Dragon Queen frowned: "Then we can only be trapped in Houguan Town now?"

Arthur: "I'm afraid so. ”

Daenerys shook her head, "No, it won't do us any good to drag on like this." ”

"But good for the strangers and ghouls. "Randolph Tully Road.

Robert thought about it, and finally made a decision as soon as he smashed the parapet with his fist: "Let the soldiers rest well, and take the initiative to attack tomorrow to destroy all the ghouls surrounding Houguan Town!"

"What?"

"No, that's too risky, after all, we don't know what the Night King is up to!"

The recklessness of the fat emperor, who Barristan and Randolph Tully disagreed, Daenerys was also very speechless when she heard this.

Ordinary soldiers do not have the geographical help of fortifications, and they can win for a while by relying on battle formations alone, but they cannot destroy the army of ghouls who are not tired, not painful, and not afraid, and the strength can kill the army of ghouls that the soldiers transform into the dead.

Robert was not angry: "You all say that the Night King hides in the shadows to control the army of ghouls, find it and destroy it, no matter how many army of ghouls there is, won't it return to death without the alien to control it?"

"But Your Majesty, we killed the Night King outside Winterfell, only to be ambushed and suffer heavy losses. Earl Horn shook his head, "I don't agree to take the initiative. ”

Daenerys: "I think the most important thing right now is to figure out what the Night King is for. ”

Everyone has their own opinions, and they can't reach an agreement.

Seeing that the discussion could not be fruitful, Arthur proposed, "Why don't we shoot the shapeshifter first to find out the situation?"

"That's all there is to it. ”

......

The other side of the North.

White Harbor at the mouth of the White Blade River.

When Winterfell was attacked by an army of strangers and ghouls led by the Night King, Arthur and others rode dragons to support, and Guinevia was extremely nervous, but at a critical moment, the old wizard Ambrosius sought out her.

He also sent her to one of the castle's balconies, and then cast her magic and sent her directly to White Harbor, where she once stayed!

Over here.

Because of the relationship between the prince, Guinavia was naturally warmly and kindly received by the members of the Mandalay family.

I thought that White Harbor would be safer and calmer than Winterfell, but I didn't expect that after only two days of staying, wolf smoke would ignite on the city walls.

Outside the city of White Harbor.

The Alien General appeared on a dead horse with an ice crystal blade in his hand, and slowly approached in a violent blizzard with thousands of resurrected dead!

Besides.

The soldiers of Kahoe City also found a strange ghost on the city walls, commanding thousands of resurrected dead, slowly approaching the castle in the wind and snow.

The south of the North.

The Deep Forest Fort was even attacked by a few strange ghosts leading thousands of ghouls, and they had already marched into the neck without hindrance, and the Reed family in the gray water was unaware of it.

Jorah's guess was not wrong.

The Night King can drive long*|drive*|straight*|into the south of Westeros, killing animals along the way, and he has a terrifying army of ghouls.

By the time they had passed through the Neck, they didn't need to capture the Twin Cities, and walked directly on the frozen river, whether they continued south, attacking the Riverlands or the Arryn Valley with ease.

But the Night King has to do more than that.

With absolute superiority in troops, holding down two dragons, and mastering extraordinary powers, the Alien General under his command has every chance to blossom on all sides of Westeros.

Constantly destroying the rear of the human race, leaving Arthur and others busy rescuing various places, can consume the power that divides them.

Break through the Great Wall again, and Westeros will become a complete world of ghosts.

Even if the cold winter returns after a long summer, without the hindrance of the ice wall, and the cold winter comes again, they can still sweep the world again.

Death, darkness, coldness, and eventually the power of the ancient gods will continue to grow.

Until all the gods in the world are destroyed!

Of course.

Arthur and the others didn't know that the Night King had quietly divided his forces and had begun an all-out attack on the North and even Westeros.

Seeing that the ghouls in Guanzhen after the siege were really only stationary, there was no sign of attack.

After arranging a time to take turns keeping vigil, they went to rest in the town.

And the next day, in the snowy Houguan Town.

The rested crowd gathered at the tower early in the morning, but the Emperor Robert, the old Sir Barristan, the dragon queen Daenerys, the Earl of Hornling, and others were still arguing about the next move.

The Warrior Emperor still thought it was time to take the initiative.

The Dragon Queen thinks that the dragon rider should patrol the castles of the Great Wall, watch out for the army of ghouls, and find out what the Night King's purpose is before considering action.

The Earl of Jiaoling thought that Houguan Town was not in danger, and should return to Black Castle with more than 5,000 soldiers, because Houguan Town was short of food and supplies, and they could not stay for long.

Barristan agrees with the Emperor's idea to eliminate the Night King, but asks Arthur and the Dragon Queen to ride a dragon to find them, fearing that the two dragons will be ambushed, and that Arthur and the dragon will leave, and the Night King will take the opportunity to attack Houguan Town.

Arthur was a little wavering in his opinions, still unable to unify his opinions, and remembered his former prime minister, Duke Eddard Stark.

......

Stannis's side.

Lead the Dragonstone army in pursuit of the ghouls north.

After crossing the Long Lake, almost around the last Hearthplace City, the scout came back and informed the enemy: "My lord, we found a ghoul ten miles ahead, it is a cavalry, a ghoul cavalry riding a dead horse!"

Without even thinking about it, Stannis gave the order: "Then pass on the news and let everyone get ready for battle immediately." ”

There is an order from the Prince of Dragonstone.

The soldiers quickly raised their shields, straightened their spears, and drew their swords to form a battle formation.

The soldiers under Stannis's command were still the same as Robert's troops, most of them were infantry, and there were not too many cavalry.

Moreover.

Even if there were cavalry, the cavalry composed of ordinary warriors could not be compared with the cavalry composed of the resurrected dead.

Wearing armor, most of the ghouls' body area basically ignores the damage of the dragon crystal spear!

You can let the dead horses return to the dead, but it is difficult for the infantry battle array to stop their charge, especially the ghoul cavalry and the commander of the strange general!

The swift reflexes of the soldiers formed a battle formation, and the ghoul cavalry appeared in the blizzard on dead horses.

"Archers release their arrows at once!"

"Free Fire!"

However, the dragon crystal arrow flew down and hit the ghoul in steel armor, and it couldn't do much damage at all.

The 8,000 troops of Robert and the others were attacked by the ghoul cavalry, and they were completely unable to stop them, and so did Stannis's army.

"Shield-holding top*|Stop!"

When the dead horse smashed through the shield wall and slammed into the spears, Stannis couldn't keep his composure, drew his sword and shouted at the soldiers around him, "Plug the gap now!"

The Warrior Emperor, Sir Barristan and others are transcendental.

With Randolph Tully, Anne, and Lancelot wielding Valyrian swords, more than 8,000 people still couldn't resist this draugr cavalry.

After Rego's breath and incineration, they did not suffer any heavy casualties.

Stannis's 30,000-strong troops were still cut apart by the ghoul cavalry, and then all the warriors were caught in a bitter battle.

"Didn't you say that the Lord of Light would allow me to defeat the Wraiths and Ghouls?"

Watching the soldiers continue to be killed, and then resurrected as ghouls, Stannis, who drew his sword at his comrades and companions, and waved his sword to join the battle, was stunned for a moment, and then rushed to the red-robed woman on horseback and asked loudly.

Melisandre, who was likely to fail in the sacrifice, was silent for a moment, and said a little hesitantly: "Maybe... It may have been because the ritual was interrupted, so the Lord of Light did not immediately perform a miracle. ”

"When is that?"

The ghost general with the ice blade in his hand was on a killing spree, and Stannis, who had suffered heavy losses, couldn't wait at all, and asked angrily, "Is it that my soldiers are killed before a miracle comes?"

Melisandre bowed her head, "I don't know. ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Stannis was furious, and in order to defeat the strangers and ghouls, he chose to sacrifice his own daughter!

Nothing had happened until now, and the priestess who performed the sacrifice said she didn't know.

"You're cheating on me?"

"Nope. ”

Melisandre shook her head, "I didn't deceive you. ”

Then he sighed and said, "The Lord of Light accepted the sacrifice, but I don't know what happened when the sacrifice ended......"

Stannis's face turned terrified: "So, there are no miracles at all?"

"Yes!"

Melisandre: "Your Excellency, you've seen it many times. ”

"And what about this time?" said an enraged Stannis pointed his sword at the priestess and glared at her with a cold gaze.

"Maybe... This is the test of the Lord of Light for adults. The red-robed woman groaned and guessed.

"Test?"

Stannis's murderous intent was awe-inspiring: "Test the lives of my soldiers?"

The ghoul cavalry couldn't stop it, the ghost general couldn't stop it, the battle formation was completely chiseled, and they had even completed their turn and were in the middle of a second charge.

After several days of traveling, he learned the bad news that tens of thousands of people had been slaughtered after the fall of Winterfell, and after a day in Severn City and pursued the army of ghouls, he was now facing the battle head-on, and all the soldiers were demoralized.

The rout is not far from them.

The battle situation was not good, and Davos, who was the prince's deputy, hurriedly found Stannis, who pointed his sword at the red-robed woman: "My lord, the soldiers are not the opponents of these monsters, and the battle formation is about to collapse!"

Hearing this, Stannis looked at the Onion Knight, his expression full of unwillingness, and then asked the priestess in front of him again: "Is there a way for me to defeat the strangers and ghouls now?"

"I can try. "Melisandre.

Stannis: "Hurry up, then!"

The bad battle situation happened, and the prince, as the commander-in-chief, did not think about how to save the situation, did not consider how to preserve his strength, and even asked the evil priestess to take action, and Davos was really disappointed when he saw this.

But now that the supernatural power has appeared, and he has also seen the priestess's magic skills, he doesn't know the news that Princess Shireen was sacrificed and burned, so he didn't open his mouth to refute it.

"I need the blood of adults. ”

Hearing Melisandre's words, Stannis hesitated, but listened to the wails and screams of the slain soldiers, and finally agreed.

However, he put his hand in front of the priestess and said in a deep voice, "Don't lie to me!"

As the soldiers threw torches into the snow to form a fire, and the blood of the Prince of Dragonstone dripped into flames, the sound of Melisandre chanting spells began to echo in the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

...... To be continued......

(End of chapter)