Chapter 395: Riding a dragon to urge change
The arrow slashed through the cold air and swept past the target with a "whoosh" and burrowed into the snow piled up on the ground. If the first misser misses the target is negative, the winner or loser has been divided...... Whether Theon was destined to miss the arrow, or whether it was deviated from the last moment of interference in the aim, became an eternal mystery.
This unexpected summit duel caught everyone's attention, so much so that when Theon missed the arrow, all the spectators actually booed regretfully, and then began to panic at the sudden sound of trumpets and alarm bells.
However, after a moment of panic, everyone immediately fell into a daze.
Because: whether it is the sound of the horn or the alarm bell, it does not comply with the communication rules of Houguan Town, and everyone has no idea what is happening.
The first is the horn that sounded only once.
With a trumpet, the Rangers patrolling along the Great Wall returned on behalf of the Cypriots, but this is Houguan Town...... There were no hundreds of feet of ice to prevent communication, and the guards on the walls could see and distinguish the real from the fake at a glance when the patrol returned to the city, and there was no need to blow a trumpet. As a result, the trumpets here are only two and three - since the wildlings no longer exist, two sounds naturally represent the rebellion of the new land-grantees, and three sounds represent the attack of strange spirits.
Of course, it can also be explained in this way: the person who called the police only had time to blow a blow before he was killed.
But what is the matter with this bell? In Houguan Town, the number of bells and the rules of their intervals all represent different meanings: opening and closing the city gates, going to and from work, having a meal or curfew, and gathering to prepare for war...... Even the most urgent emergencies do require a continuous ringing of the bell, and there will be a certain frequency and pause.
And now, the bell is ringing "bell, bell", what does it mean?
The people who blow the trumpet and ring the bell are not part of the same department, let alone stay together, what happens when both of these ways of transmitting information are abnormal?
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Although he was equally confused, Iger did not dare to be careless. Without having time to think about it, he quickly began to assign tasks according to the worst-case scenario: the attack of strange spirits - to evacuate the spectators gathered on the field, arrange for people to lead troops to the major outer city gates: if the enemy has not yet arrived, organize people to move the evacuees outside the wall into the wall as soon as possible...... And if the enemy is close at hand, then the strong man can only break his wrist, close the city gate, and shut out the unlucky ones who have no time to avoid entering.
However, not to mention the impermeable Great Wall-Grand Canyon defense line guarded by soldiers every mile, Guanghouguan Town itself has a "patrol and warning network" that extends outward for more than ten miles...... Unless the Strange Spirits landed in the north by ship bypassing the fleet of Icegap Harbor and Donghaiwang and then attacked from the south along King's Road, how could they have bypassed this seamless double insurance and suddenly appeared outside Houguan Town?
"Master, master, master!" Arya, who snatched back his place beside Egger, shook his arm and shouted, "Go and put away the Lightbringer, and- give me some, I can help too!"
"Acrylic ...... Go and bring back all the Lightbringers, as for you...... Don't be cranky. Egg pulled away Arya, who was clutching her arm, and pushed her towards the nearest northern soldier, "Take your young lady back to the Inner Castle, keep an eye on her, don't let her run around!"
"Don't! let me go!"
"Hey, look!" Messira pointed to the sky in surprise, "Is that a dragon?"
Iger turned his head to look in the direction the little princess was pointing, and sure enough: in the gray sky, a huge black shadow appeared in the sky at a height of 100 meters, quickly approaching and sweeping over his head, the wings and tail were clearly recognizable, not a dragon or something?
The flying behemoth hovered and lowered its altitude towards the playing field...... It was probably a "brisk hiss" to it, but it was like a muffled thunder rolling in everyone's ears.
No wonder the sound of the horn or the alarm bell is out of order!
Egger was relieved: it wasn't the patrols and guards who had gone wrong, but that he had considered every possibility in the emergency plan and communication rules designed for the land grant, but he didn't tell them how to send a warning when he saw a dragon flying towards Houguan Town.
The patrolling and vigilant soldiers saw the dragon, but they did not dare to convey the wrong alarm and could not remain indifferent, so they could only show their abilities and temporarily find a way to warn the others in the city!
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It wasn't just a dragon that came, and soon, two other slightly lighter figures also appeared on top of the black dragon's head, I don't know if it was to make up for Egg's lack of seeing dragons last time he went to Dragonstone, Daenerys actually brought all three of her "children" at once. Among them, the black dragon she was riding flew lower and lower, while the other two, slightly smaller ones, flew up and down in the air. More people in the field discovered the existence of these winged monsters, and timidly pushed and ran out of the field, while the bold ones stood in place and looked up at this miraculous scene, wondering if this was another show arranged by Egger.
Fortunately, the stadium was not an enclosed building, and the more athletic people could escape over the wall, and with the soldiers of the logistics department trying their best to maintain order, there was no stampede in the audience. The culprit who caused the commotion circled over the arena several times, presumably to make sure that there were no such things as the Dragon Hunting Crossbow that could threaten him underneath. Eventually, the black dragon chose the emptiest shooting range and landed in the middle of a small mound.
Arya, who was forcibly dragged away by her own guards, did not forget to remind Egger at the last moment: "Master, don't forget, that's ...... That's the Mad King's daughter!"
Egger waved at her, "I know, go down with them, you definitely don't want to be friends with her!"
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Melisandre's colleague Machiro's script came into effect, and the dragon queen really ran to Houguan Town for the non-existent "Monarch (II)". Iger was a little prepared for this, but he didn't expect Daenerys to be so picky.
"Go and get everyone's bows away!" Iger yelled at Warner, the current commander of the Houguan Guard, "Move all the troops who are not employees of the logistics department out of the field, and no one is allowed to act rashly without my orders!"
Dare to run alone to the north of the northern border that he has never been before, it is a man...... Female man. Egger admired the dragon queen's courage and disagreed with her over-boldness. Houguan Town is crowded at the moment - the Night's Watch is certainly neutral, but: theoretically, Berry Dondelion and his party should be direct vassals of King Stannis, and the Mountain Clan is nominally a subject of House Stark, not to mention the small group of Winterfell soldiers who stayed here to take care of Arya.
Why did Arya insist that it was the Mad King's daughter?
Because the War of the Retainers started because Elis Targaryen burned her grandfather and uncle, and this is a real blood feud!
If she can take out the recognized "last Targaryen", no matter how many dragons she has, the war will be over. How would the always just King Stannis reward such a brave killer?
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This small town is crowded with thousands of people who have a reason to attack Daenerys, and if someone tries to attack her if they can't control the scene, it will not succeed, and provoke any of her three dragons to provoke it to take a dragon flame, then everything will be over - all the preparations of Houguan Town are made to face the Night King: there are no dragon hunting crossbows, and there are wildfires, dragon crystal bombs, gunpowder and other dangerous goods that are extremely sensitive to fire on the city walls and warehouses, and there is no fire brigade!
A miscellaneous order was issued, and the panicked ones were also panicked...... Seeing that the scene was almost empty, Iger cleaned up his appearance, and with a few of his closest guards, he walked towards the black dragon parked on a small mound in the middle of the field, the queen's car.
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