Chapter Twenty-Five: Riots in the New Lands
A.D. 299 AC April 8.
The largest rebellion broke out in the Northlands, where the Wild Tribes had migrated south of the Great Wall and had been cultivating in the New Lands for several months.
A 3,000-strong rebel army composed of free tribes took advantage of the darkness to cross the Gift Forest of Brandon north of Xindi and attacked Donghaiwang Castle east of the Great Wall.
However, fortunately, the night watchmen in Castle Black had already made preparations, because the commander-in-chief of the night watch, Jon Snow, had informed in advance that the two independent battalions of the Gripen Legion in the last Hearthdale had recently sent several additional reconnaissance teams to intensify reconnaissance around the new land, and the riot of the savage tribe had not been able to cause a more serious crisis.
The 9th of April in the 299 AC era of conquest.
The 200 Night's Watch men stationed in Donghaiwang fought bloodily under the leadership of Carter Pike, and joined the defenders of the Green Guard Fort west of Donghaiwang, and fought fiercely for half the night, finally waiting for the timely reinforcement of the last Gripen cavalry in Hearth.
The first Xindi riot was quickly suppressed.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the wind was cold.
The deputy commander of the Legion of Gripen's independent battalion led half of the last Hearthcity garrison of nearly 1,000 to Xincheng, and hundreds of black-clad cavalry led by the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, Jon Snow, entered the Xindi tribal camp in a mighty manner.
More than a thousand elite soldiers were dispatched, of course, not only to search for the remnants of the betrayers hiding in the Savage camp, but also to capture the almost certain culprit of the rebel organizers, Jingle Shirts.
In addition to rooting out the root of the rebellion, the two also received instructions from White Harbor on the formation of the New People's Legion.
In the new land, the tribal fortress was walled with a half-man height with wooden stakes.
The savage Xinmin who was guarding was startled when he saw several elite troops in a vast area, quickly jumped off a simple guard tower, and hurriedly entered the camp to inform the patriarchs of the major tribes.
These new people even began to build the tribal wall again, and they were not allowed to do so when they were allowed to enter the south of the Great Wall.
Jon Snow looked at this scene with some dissatisfaction.
And William, the deputy commander of the independent battalion of the Gripen Legion who came from the last Hearth Valley, and the new interim commander-in-chief of the New Militia Legion in White Harbor, sat on a war horse, backed by more than a thousand elite Gripen soldiers, and his face was even more gloomy and terrifying.
"Hmph, are these new people planning to establish a tribal kingdom in the northern border of the lord? White Harbor didn't give these people the new land, just a temporary residence, and actually organized the construction of the wall by himself...... No wonder some of them dared to rebel behind their backs. ”
William's words were very serious, and this was not good news for the wildlings living in the new land, and the commander of the Night's Watch, Jon Snow, did not say anything, because he was also vaguely worried about the construction of the city by the 30,000 freedmen outside the city.
However, he did not speak, and Tormond, who had come with Jon Snow and was also a member of the Savages who surrendered after the Battle of the Wall, heard William's angry expression with the Gripen badge on his chest, and his face was quite unbearable, and he explained: "This is the custom of the free people outside the Cypriots, and I believe that the tribal leaders are still loyal to Lynn, the king of the North. ”
"Yes, but I can only see the resistance through the closed gate. ”
What else did Tormund want to say.
There was a commotion from the camp inside the stockade.
A few emaciated horses with a dozen tall savages guarded the gate.
It seemed that he had spotted the shadow of Jon Snow in front of the approaching army, and the leader of the savages named Harbour Captain who was guarding the gate of the village gate muttered dissatisfiedly and ordered his men to open the camp gate, and then turned his head and spat on it.
"Jon Snow, you're wearing a black cloak again, and ...... Where did the army come from this time, I seem to have seen it somewhere. ”
"What else can the men of the Night's Watch wear?Hello, you were defeated by me in the Battle of the Great Wall, but you are now a newcomer to the North, and if you dare to disrespect me again, I will throw you into the Castle Black prison to teach you the etiquette of a newcomer to the North. ”
Harblin snorted, "Of course I am a newcomer to the North, and my tribe is loyal to Lord Lynn, the King of the North, but since you slaughtered Lord Mance, I am not the only one who wants to kill you, and then use your head as a sacrificial flag, and then let Lord Lynn, King of the North, send a new commander, after all, chameleons are worse than dogs...... Whoa!"
"Is your lord's arrangement what you should ask?Get out of the way, let us in, and before the thorough search is over, I have reason to suspect that you were involved in last night's Xindi riot and the attack on Donghaiwang. ”
This time it was William who spoke, and he straightened his back and stepped forward under the guards, and scolded in a deep voice.
Harry looked warily at William and the well-armed mixed Gripen Legion soldiers behind him.
Forced by William's momentum, Harry subconsciously took a step back, and he glared hungrily at William with narrow gray eyes like a lynx. "I don't really like the smell of you, who are you?"
William didn't want to explain to these unruly savages at all, besides, he had just taken over the post of commander-in-chief of the New People's Legion, and there would be many such unruly people under his command in the future, and he had already thought about how to do it when he came.
William smiled, rode two steps closer to the gate of the village, and suddenly pulled out the leather whip on his waist, and threw it on the face of the harness.
A deep, narrow streak of blood suddenly appeared on Ha Li's face, and blood gurgled out of his face, and even the cold wind could not stop the blood from drifting away.
Boom!
Caught off guard, he took a hard beating, and angrily pulled out a dilapidated short sword from his waist that had sharpened Cheng Liang.
William looked at the other with a sneer, crossed his right hand over his abdomen, and pulled out the long, wide, freshly wiped knight's sword from his left waist.
"What, you want to rebel too?"
Harry looked up at William in anger, reached out and touched the blood stains on his face, and shouted, "Who the hell are you?"
"Put away your claws, cubs. ”
At this time, a loud shout sounded outside the gate, and the giant nemesis Tormund swung his legs and dismounted. "This is the Gripen Legion Commander from Hearthvale, and behind him is the Gripen Army who came to investigate last night's riots. If you dare to touch him, I can guarantee that your tribal patriarch will throw your whole family into the ice and snow and freeze to death, and maybe then you will be able to get a warm savage bobcat skin for a little girl. ”
Tormond, who loves crows.
Harry recognized the person who spoke, and the old man was now the most beautiful of the savage tribes, and he spoke more effectively than the average savage chief.
Hearing Tormond's shout, Harry no longer dared to know what to do, and quietly retreated to the side of the gate with a pressed face, not daring to raise his head, and even remembering to look at William with a cold face just now, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.
Seeing that the other party took the initiative to admit it, William pulled the reins with a straight face and took the lead in leading the 1,000 Gripen soldiers he brought into the camp, and when passing by Harry's side, William easily and coldly instructed: "Watch your walled gate, unless I send someone to inform you, no one is allowed to leave before I finish searching the camp, otherwise I won't forget what happened just now." ”