Chapter 247: The Wall of Wisdom
Crossing the Great Wall of Desperation to the other side is not a simple matter, let alone a pleasant spring outing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 InfoEven Jon, who is very interested in combat, is very aware of the risks. Mormont, as the commander of the Night's Watch, was well aware of these situations. The Night's Watch had been guarding the Wall for hundreds of years, and had never sent a large legion to the north, with only a few Rangers at best. So an ordinary fighter only needs to think about training, and he has to arrange strategy and tactics.
The soldiers of Castle Black were not enough, and he ordered the night watchmen of Tokaiwang and the Shadow Tower to start mobilizing as well. In the wasteland north of the Great Wall, there is a place called the Ancestral Fist Peak, where the ancestors once fought and built fortresses. Although after countless years, the castle is estimated to be no longer good, but there should still be ruins, at least it will be better than lying in the snow directly.
Moreover, the Ancestral Fist Peak is located on the bank of the "Ruhe River". It was a river that was suddenly on the ground, and suddenly underground. Thanks to geothermal energy, the river never freezes completely, and there is always living water underneath the ice. The river was cold, but it was enough to nourish life, and a huge "ghost" forest was nurtured by her, stretching for thousands of miles along the tributaries of the Ruhe River.
Where there are trees, there is fire, and where there is water, there is life. Commander Mormont ordered the night watchmen of Donghaiwang and the Shadow Tower to go to the Ancestral Fist Peak to converge, while he led the night watchmen of Castle Black to advance first, and rushed to the Ancestral Fist Peak as soon as possible to strengthen the fortifications there. He predicted that if the wild people in the north were to move south on a large scale, they should also adopt a strategy of advancing along the Ruhe River. Therefore, if you can rush to the Ancestral Fist Peak first, you can intercept the enemy.
But how to go along the way, what you might encounter, and what the ancestors of the Fist Peak looked like in the past, these are not very clear. So Samwell was sent to the library to collect maps, materials, and information for Bear. It was a good job for him, he loved to read since he was a child, and he was willing to escape from the written word to another world, one where his father did not force him to practice martial arts.
He spent all day and all night in Master Aemon's library, rummaging through old materials. In fact, this place has been sorted out by Zhao Mai, and all the books are placed in order, which saves him a lot of time. But even so, it is still quite difficult to restore the old view from history.
"Hey, it's time for you to eat," Zhao Mai read with relish, holding a book on how to configure poison. God knows how this kind of book got into the pile of information, but fortunately it was discovered by Zhao Mai, so as not to poison people. "I have food reserves to help me bring food, but you don't. And aren't you hungry easily when you're fat?"
"I don't think I think it when I read the book. You see, I've found a book of the old Night's Watch, and that's interesting!"
"What is written on it, how many needles and threads have you bought?"
"Yes," Sam said excitedly, "you see, twenty-three barrels of salted cod, eighteen cans of fish oil, three boxes of frozen shellfish......
"I've never seen anything like this in the cafeteria. Zhao Mai tilted his mouth and said.
"Exactly!" Sam licked his lips, "It doesn't cost anything to register these things in the account books, it's caught from fishing, so ......"
"Do you think we'll be able to catch a fish on this patrol?" said it wasn't Zhao Mai, it was Jon. "Sam, you didn't come to breakfast with us, and you didn't have any signs of sleeping in your bed. If you don't know you well, people will probably guess that you are a deserter. ”
"Well, I don't have the guts......" Sam muttered.
Jon also found it embarrassing to mention the word "deserter" in front of his friends. Wasn't it himself who had the guts some time ago? If it weren't for the dissuasion of his friends and Mike's slap in the face, he would have killed his brother by this time, or would his head have been hanging on a shelf somewhere, right?" ”
The word patrol was like an awl that stabbed into Sam's ass. The last thing he wanted to hear now was the patrol that was about to start, because he was going to go with him! Originally, he thought that he would be a affairs officer, and he would just take care of the elderly, and he would not have to face dangerous things outside. But Commander Mormont gave him an order to go north with the messenger raven.
"You can't let Master Aemon come with us, can you? he's old, and you need to lose weight!"
Old Bear's words were still in Sam's ears, and he didn't have the courage to refute it, but he didn't have the courage to go north either.
Jon saw Sam's nervousness, so he comforted him, "The more than 200 brothers that Elder Bear picked this time are all experienced veterans, and three-quarters of them are rangers, all of whom have experience in operating in the north. Moreover, the "severed palm" Colin will also bring more than a hundred brothers from the Shadow Tower, as will Donghai Wang. Even if you stay in your father's castle in Kakuling, it won't be safer than this. ”
Samwell Tully barely managed to squeeze out a sad smile: "I wasn't very safe in my father's castle either. ”
"Okay, don't worry, I'll go too. Zhao Mai took out a fresh apple from the storage bracer. "Eating an apple is good for your health. I thought I'd throw you away when I got there, but it didn't work. What are you afraid of with me?"
"You wanted to go on your own, why?" Jon didn't care about the magic apple, but wondered about something else, "Isn't it safer to follow the big army of the Night's Watch?"
"I'm not a night watchman, why do I want to fight for you?" Zhao Mai took "Poison of Westeros" into his arms in a grand manner, and actually stuffed it into the bracelet. "But I can't help it, Old Bear pits me. ”
Mormont did agree with Zhao Mai to cross the Great Wall, but on the condition that "you have always been with us, so you can be said to be close, so you know the details of our actions." I know you want to go to the north to see, I can agree, but you have to come with us to the Ancestral Fist Peak. I'm afraid you'll be caught by the savages and sold us. ”
"The wild man can't catch me. Zhao Mai said.
"That's not the crux of the matter. Old Xiong touched his short beard, the originally beautiful white beard burned off that night of the ghoul, and all that was left was barely covering his chin. "Say yes, or you stay at Castle Black. ”
Zhao Mai was not stupid, nodded and agreed first. He excitedly tried to cross the Great Wall of Despair, only to freeze back.
"No matter how the damn wall-builders and the sons of the forest built this Great Wall of Desperation, this intelligent system is really good, isn't it?!" Zhao Mai leaned against the fireplace with a blanket, and kept complaining about the magic system of the Great Wall of Desperation, and finally recovered. But on the other hand, he is also thinking: is the power of language, the constraint of oaths, really powerful in it?
Therefore, Zhao Mai also had to go north with the night watchman, at least to get the Ancestral Fist Peak.
"Okay Sam, put things down first, let's go eat. Jon said, "Finally, the Amber family in Fireplace City sent some bacon and bacon this morning. Haven't you been thinking about it, if you go late, you might be ruined by the cook in the cafeteria!"
Sam reluctantly put down the book, nodded and followed his partner out. (To be continued.) )