Chapter 76: It's not too big to make trouble
"What's in the letter?" asked Tyrion, curious.
"Not a good thing. Egg's brows tightened even further: "As of the time this letter was sent, Bunyan and his patrol had not returned to Castle Black, and Mormont had sent several additional waves of people to find no trace of the former, so he was going to organize a large-scale, in-depth reconnaissance to the north. The letter not only asked Yulun to return to the Great Wall with new recruits as soon as possible, but also asked me to prepare a batch of weapons, cold items, and portable dry food that could deal with the strange spirits and send them to the north. ”
"Why are you a strange ghost again?"
Tirion wondered, he really didn't believe in the legends, but the two were currently working together in a fairly candid manner, and he couldn't figure out why Egg would lie to himself about such an unrelated matter.
The person he trusted repeated many times in a serious and solemn tone something he didn't believe, which made him shake a little rarely...... Shaking his head, the dwarf gave up thinking about the strange ghost and touched his chin: "No, isn't our first batch of supplies already sent, according to the agreement, the next batch should be a month or two later, what does it mean to rush now?"
"It should be that the ship has not yet arrived in the East China Sea, after all, it is from King's Landing. Egger's expression was solemn, "I have to urge the mining of obsidian mines in two days, this matter is my own, don't talk about it anymore, eat, rest." ”
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Egg just wants to make a good career with Tyrion in King's Landing, and just mix up and live a good life and do his own thing, how can the wave of the plot not go away, and not even let himself live in peace for a moment?
Bunyan Stark's disappearance was expected, but now the situation is different. While at the Wall, Egg thought that the Chief Ranger insisted on going north in search of the Stranger out of a sense of duty and stubbornness, but after learning a lot of behind-the-scenes information from Melisandre, his perspective changed, and he had a vague feeling that Bunyan's disappearance and transformation into a "cold hand" might also be arranged by the "Old Gods" or the Green Prophet.
The false god probably needed a servant who needed no supplies because he was "not a living person" and "had no body temperature" and was therefore not easily spotted by ghouls to operate north of the Wall to ensure that Bran would still be picked up after he passed through the Wall...... Especially Bran, with a partner like the Icewolf who is far stronger than humans and far more sensitive than humans, it will definitely be much safer in the process of going north to receive the inheritance.
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Stopping, Iger pinched his thigh, reminding himself of the iron rule: "Everything can be explained by conspiracy theories, but it doesn't mean that everything is really a conspiracy", and instead of thinking about the arrangements of the so-called Green Prophet, it is better to think about what has not yet happened, which is related to his own interests and may be changed: the large-scale northward reconnaissance that Mormont is about to organize.
This bold military operation, known as the Ranger Expedition, was not a mistake in itself - with the elite forces pouring out of the nest to accompany them, the three hundred or so Night's Watch were almost sideways outside the fortress. Without the cooperation and siege of thousands of savages, it would have been impossible to wipe out this contingent of young and strong men, half of whom were professional soldiers. It is a pity that the expeditionary force encountered not savages at the Ancestral Fist Peak, but an army of dead people that is difficult to understand and has never encountered......
In that battle, the already weakened defenders of the Great Wall lost almost all of their elite combat power, including the rangers, and most of the command system, leaving only two-thirds of the old, weak, sick and disabled left......
Thinking of this, Egger subconsciously thought: Could it be that the Green Prophet deliberately facilitated this expedition, so that the wildlings could easily cross the Great Wall and hide behind the wall after the Night's Watch was greatly weakened, so as not to strengthen the army of the dead of the Wraiths?
But he immediately threw away this thought, he was simply a little nervous by the existence of these extraordinary powers, and he couldn't help but think about it. Regardless of the fact that it is impossible for the Green Prophet to command an army of ghouls, wouldn't it be much simpler to let the wildlings enter the fortress and directly instill in Mormont's mind the idea of "letting the freedmen go over the wall"?
In addition, judging from the original plot, the so-called whispers in the ears and subconscious teasing of these gods may not be as powerful and effective as they think - the Green Prophet is in a weakened and dying state, and it is likely that the expedition was really Mormont's personal idea.
What should a calm, sane person think about at this moment?
- Does this plot affect you, do you need to intervene, and if so, what should you do?
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As a result, the crushing defeat and retreat of the Ranger Expedition led to the mutiny at Caster Fortress, which led directly to the death of Mormona's old slippery head and finally Jon Snow's ascension. On the one hand, the loss of the Night's Watch and the rise to power of his young friend who "doesn't know anything" will likely make it easier for him to increase his influence and voice and pave the way for his departure from the Night's Watch...... But on the other hand, the southern part of the plot has changed with his own intervention, in case the battle of the five kings does not happen, then Stannis will not be able to rush to the desperate Great Wall at a critical time to repel the savages, in case the night watchman can't hold the Great Wall, the whole army is wiped out and the savages are blocked, what should I do if I am a fish caught in the net alone in the south?
Wait, if the War of the Five Kings hadn't happened, and the northern princes themselves would have the strength and reason to send troops north to help, and it would still be unlikely that the wildlings would have entered the walls as they wished...... And the participants must have the right to speak, if these northern families gather troops to help defend the desperate Great Wall, they will inevitably dictate the Night's Watch legion, and when the time comes, no one can say where he, the self-appointed "chief logistics officer" who is far away in King's Landing, will go.
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After a brief deduction in his mind, Iger quickly became dizzy. There are so many factors that will affect the future that research and speculation about the future situation is the work of large think tanks and national think tanks, and it is really impossible for one person to complete the work of a team, let alone even those professionals and teams, when they should make mistakes.
I don't have the ability to rehearse the future, and I don't have the talent and ability of Littlefinger to make profits from chaos, thinking about these problems is really a bit of a waste of energy, what should I do? The most labor-saving thing is to do nothing, provide supplies according to Mormont's instructions, and then leave them to fend for themselves......
Suddenly, the Night's Watch was inspired by a plot seen in the latest season of the TV series before the time travel - in the original plot, until the battle of the five kings was decided, the damned ones should flee, and the Mother of Dragons returned to Westeros after her adventures and experiences in the Eastern Continent, Jon Snow foolishly led people out of the wall to catch a strange ghost and brought it back to King's Landing to show the world, telling people: Your previous wars were all nonsense, and the real enemy is here!
Because of this stupid and belated out-of-the-wall activity, Daenerys also gave the Night King a dragon that could destroy the Great Wall - the screenwriter made the story develop this way, undoubtedly out of the need for plot and to balance the strength of the enemy and the enemy. But Iger is different, he's not a screenwriter, he's a time-traveler, and he doesn't care if his story is wonderful or not. If possible, he wished that those thrilling stories would not happen at all, that he would strangle all the strange ghosts in the lair and not escape from them, that he would live in peace and security until he died in bed.
What would be the explosive impact on the future if the Night's Watch could capture a ghoul and send it to King's Landing to eat, drink, and have fun in the Red Keep, thinking that he would be able to bring his brother Edra to King's Landing to play Game of Thrones on his behalf, and that the world would still be peaceful?
Now that you have decided to change the plot and have already started to do things, you are not afraid to make it big!
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