Chapter 23 Training
The Night's Watch is made up of three parts: the Rangers, the Artisans, and the Commissioners. All are under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, and all three groups have their own chiefs, known as the Chief Ranger, the Chief Craftsman, and the Chief Officer. These commanders are appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.
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The sound of bells and swords ringing in the square in the center of the Night's Watch Settlement was constantly ringing, but it only attracted the attention of some of the people, who had become accustomed to the training of these recruits, and only the night watchman who had nothing to do with his hands and was in his free time watched.
Accompanied by the sound of swords, a contemptuous tone, which made people feel particularly underbeaten, echoed in the square: "Gülen, let him see the strong man on the farm." Before he finished speaking, Jon directly hit the nose of the man named Glenn with the wrist of the sword, and then slashed him in the stomach with a blunt sword without stopping, "Hmph" Glenn took a few steps back with the sword, covering his bleeding nose and whimpering.
"If the sword were real, you would have died long ago. The voice that was a little gloating came from the side, and after the voice finished saying this, it continued, "Lord Snow grew up in the castle, and you country people can not compare. I don't know if this sentence is a mockery of these recruit night watchmen or a mockery of this so-called Lord Snow.
The voice came from the round-faced, somewhat obese head of the Night's Watch, Ser Elisha, who was standing in the square "seriously" "instructing" the training of the Night's Watch recruits, while Masan and Commander-in-Chief Mormont and Tyrion were standing on the second floor watching the training in the square.
"Commander-in-Chief Mormont, has Sir Elisa trained this group of recruits like this before?" asked Ma Shen with a frown as he asked Commander-in-Chief Mormont next to him.
"This is Ser Elisha's style, I want him to turn these thieves and outlaws into excellent soldiers of the Night's Watch. Commander-in-Chief Mormont explained.
"And how is it going?" said Ma Shen with great skepticism.
"It's slow. Commander-in-Chief Mormont said with a sigh.
"You know. Tyrion muttered beside him.
"The reason for the slow progress may be due to the way Sir Alyssa directs. "I wish I could teach these recruits in my own way, and not in the way of Sir Elisha." ”
"Of course, Sir Massin, I would have liked you to assist Ser Alyssa in guiding these recruits. Commander-in-Chief Mormont readily agreed.
"It's not me who will help, but Sir Alyssa who will help me. Ma Shen emphasized.
"This... Commander-in-Chief Mormont hesitated, "Ser Elisa is the leader of the Night's Watch after all, and has trained a lot of recruits. ”
"So since Sir Alyssa has worked so hard for so long, let's give him a few days off, and it just so happens that Sir Ma Shen will not stay here all the time, so let Sir Ma Shen be in charge of training for the next few days. Tyrion's assist on the side finally made Commander-in-Chief Mormont make up his mind, and turned to Ma Shen and said seriously: "Then please Sir Ma Shen for the past few days." ”
"Of course. Ma Shen nodded to Commander-in-Chief Mormont, turned his head to Tyrion next to him with a friendly smile, and instead of going down the steps, he climbed over the railing, jumped lightly to the ground, patted the dust that did not exist on his body, and walked towards the center of the square.
Just then, Ser Alyssa turned to another recruit at the Night's Watch and asked, "Piper, do you think Eddard Stark's bastard has the same blood as ours?"
"Of course. Ma Shen said loudly as he walked to Gülen, who was covering his nose in pain, took out a cloth from his body and handed it to Gülen, comforting and said, "Don't you just bleed a little, take this cloth and wipe it, and it will be fine immediately." “
"Thank you. Gülen gratefully took the cloth.
"Hmm" Ma Shen nodded, no longer looking at Glenn, but turned his head to look at Sir Elisha who was a little stunned, of course, the main reason was that Ma Shen didn't want to see the scene where this night watch recruit wiped his nose with that cloth, yes, that cloth was given by Bunyan to Ma Shen to go to the toilet to wipe his buttocks, although Ma Shen also wanted to give a normal cloth, but the problem was that there was only this cloth on his body, so he would use it, after all, I was clean, Ma Shen thought comfortingly.
"You must be the Knight of Horseman from Winterfell, I'm training these recruits right now, what's the matter with you?" Ser Elisha asked, looking at the uninvited guest in front of him.
"Of course, but it's a good thing, Commander-in-Chief Mormont has given you a few days off, so I'll help you train these recruits for the time being. Ma Shen said word by word.
Sir Elisha looked at Commander-in-Chief Mormont on the second floor with some consternation.
"So please give way, Ser Elissa. Ma Shen gently pushed Sir Alyssa aside, this guy has always been a very annoying character of Ma Shen, not only has a bad personality and is easy to hold grudges, but then led someone to kill Jon.
Sir Elisa looked at Ma Shen angrily, feeling that his authority had been violated.
"If there is an opinion, I don't mind a duel with you as a knight under the watchful eyes of the Seven Gods. Ma Shen said to Sir Alyssa nonchalantly.
"Hmph, you wait for me!" Ser Elisa finally endured, perhaps knowing that dueling with Ma Shen was simply seeking abuse, and turned towards Commander-in-Chief Mormont on the second floor.
It seems that he went to Commander-in-Chief Mormont for comment, Ma Shen thought disdainfully, and stopped paying attention to that guy.
After glancing around at the recruits who were looking at him with strange eyes, Ma Shen smiled and asked, "Do you know who I am?" and continued, without waiting for them to answer, "I am your future leader, just like Jon next to you, from Winterfell, you can call me Ma Shen Instructor." ”
After Ma Shen introduced himself, he saw that the group of people was a little sluggish, and decided to encourage this group of recruits to understand that unity is strength.
"I know that you don't come to be a night watchman of your own volition, but is there any benefit to the profession of a night watchman? you can't get married, have children, you can't get close to women, you have to risk your life with wild people, you can't do anything you want. Ma Shen said in a normal speaking tone,
Then he pointed to Gülen, who was still holding a rag on his nose, and said, "Gülen was abandoned by his father, and he was abandoned when he was three years old. Then he pointed at Piper and said, "Piper was arrested for stealing a piece of cheese, just because his sister didn't eat anything for three days, he can choose to cut off his right hand or come to the Great Wall."
Finally, Ma Shen pointed to Jon beside him and said loudly: "As for Jon, Jon Snow, everyone knows that he is an illegitimate child, he has always thought that the Night's Watch is an honorable position, and he came here voluntarily, do you know why he has such a straight face, because no one has told him about the situation of the Night's Watch." ”
Ma Shen gradually raised his voice and roared at these recruits: "You have become a night watchman, you have no choice, so you must unite and treat the night watchman as your own family, as your own friends, they are your comrades-in-arms who can help you block the sword in the future, brother! You will overcome many difficulties together, and you will support each other to go on, and live better!"
After calming down a little, Ma Shen continued: "I know that most of you should not have held a real sword before, if you don't know any questions, you can come and ask me, of course, you can also ask Jon, he is a good fellow, there is no distinction between high and low status among the night watch, we will share honor and disgrace." ”
"I've already said what I should say, then pick up your sword, I'll hand you the correct sword holding posture, if you don't learn it, it's all mine for dinner tonight!"
"Nope. The night watchman shouted in a scattered manner.
"What, I didn't hear it, your supper will be mine. Ma Shen said deliberately.
"No!" the voice rang out a little this time.
"What? If it sounded a little more, I still didn't hear it. Ma Shen felt that it was not enough.
All the night watchmen looked at each other and burst out with a roar: "No!!"