Contrary to the trip that left the Great Wall more than a month ago and headed south, Egger returning to the Great Wall will inevitably experience the uncomfortable feeling of getting colder and lower, the road getting narrower and narrower, and the people getting sparse and sparse. Three days after leaving Winterfell, the farmland villages vanished, approaching the no-man's land between the Great Wall and the Guardian of the North, the trees of the Wolf Forest grew deeper and thicker, and the King's Road became a forest path......

The mountains were to the west, and the road was northeast, and the weather was getting colder than before, and the temperature of the night had already dropped below freezing, and whenever the wind blew, it cut like a knife into their tightly wrapped sheepskin coats. Not only that, but there would be the howls of wolves in the distance, and the white Xiaoice wolf that Jon was carrying would prick up his ears every time he heard it, but he never agreed.

A week after they hit the road, they met up with Yulun, the night watchman, who was waiting in a wooden manor, just before they were about to enter the new land grant at the edge of the Wolf Grove. The so-called Raven is actually the officer who is responsible for recruiting people among the Night's Watch...... Because he often runs all over the country, he brings all kinds of scum and desperate people back to the Great Wall and becomes the "crow" in the mouth of the savages, hence the name.

This Yu Lun is not as loyal and honest as in the original play, his fierce expression and thick beard that almost covers his facial features can scare children into crying at first glance, and he knows at a glance that he is a tough guy who is not easy to mess with. He brought with him two tattered peasant children from the Five Fingers Peninsula.

"Rapist. No matter how fierce the Raven is, he is only an officer, and Yoren nodded to the two Rangers, and succinctly explained the identities of the two recruits. Westeros has a very simple and brutal punishment for criminal civilians, especially in the North, where they cut off whatever they committed, stealing and cutting off their hands, talking nonsense, slandering others, and cutting their tongues, and if they get dizzy and stand in the wrong line, they will have to lose their heads. Two rapists...... Obviously, no matter how hard the days on the Great Wall are, it is much better than becoming a eunuch.

When the two groups merged, they became nine men and one wolf, and Jon Snow couldn't stop looking at Yoren and his two gloomy companions, his expression becoming strange, and the people were unconsciously silent and dazed. Egger saw the change in the boy's eyes, and of course understood the reason: the bastard had only seen Uncle Bunyan and his two night watchmen, and apparently mistook the Black Legion for more or less decent people. He must not have known that Egger was able to get the opportunity of Winterfell because of his good looks, knowledgeable knowledge, and fluent speech.

Apparently, Yuren and the two rapist recruits were a stunned wake-up call to him. The traverser felt sorry for him, and what he chose, or was forced to choose, because of his identity, was a difficult path......

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No matter how much you set up camp, Tyrion couldn't help. He's too small, and staggering around will only get in the way. So whenever it was time to stop and settle down, the gnomes would wrap up their leather coats and carry their wine bags to the side while others set up tents, take care of their horses, and light fires to keep warm.

That night, after the group had finished camping, Egg habitually found Tyrion on the edge of the camp.

"What are you looking at? ”

"A book about dragons, I took it out of the library in Winterfell with the consent of Duke Eddard Stark, and I have to return it after reading it. Tyrion lowered the book to his lap and spread it out to the traverser, "What I see today is an account of the Battle of the Burning Plains. ”

"What's that?"

"One of the battles in which Aegon conquered the Seven Kingdoms, in which the combined forces of Loren Lannister, King of Castle Rock, and Menn Gardener, King of Riverbend, resisted the Targaryen conquest, with a combined army of 600 princes, 5,000 cavalry, and more than 50,000 mercenaries and infantry. The Targaryen side is only about one-fifth of the opponent's army, and most of them are recruited from the rival armies that have been defeated before, and their loyalty is worrying. The dwarf, knowing that Iger had only mastered Westeros' writing for a short time and still had difficulty reading, explained him to the contents of the book: "The two armies met in the flat, fertile fields along the river bay, and the coalition charged, and the Targaryens scattered and fled, and in a few minutes it was written: 'Years of conquest seem to be coming to an end...... But that was only the few minutes before Aegon Targaryen and his two sisters were in the fight'. ”

Egger had already guessed the follow-up development: "Then the dragon joined the battlefield, and the tide of the battle was turned in an instant, and no one in the Seven Kingdoms knew about it." ”

"Yes, but this is the only time in history that the three dragons, Vaghhar, Mirasis, and Bellerion, have attacked at the same time. More soldiers were burned to death by Dragon Burn on this day than in the entire war of conquest combined. After the famous battles of 'Burning the Plains' and 'Burning of Harrenhal', the other kings gradually realized that they could not win either by holding on to the city or by attacking on their own, so the Starks in the north and the Arryns in the Vale surrendered without a fight, and the Seven Kingdoms soon unified the Six Kingdoms. ”

"The dragon side is completely crushed, and the battle is just good-looking, without any military reference value. ”

"Of course, I'm just looking at the picture for fun, why do you want military reference value. The dwarf looked at Egger inexplicably, and was quickly relieved to think that the other party was a Night's Watch soldier: "The Gardener family was wiped out in this battle, and the Tyrells became the rulers of the High Court...... Thanks to the gods, my ancestors escaped and surrendered decisively in this battle, so that I can relive this battle here today across time and space. ”

Iger was unfamiliar with the world's many terms, and only then did he react, and Aegon in the Battle of the Burning Plains was among the Westlands of the Lannisters...... No wonder Tyrion paid special attention to this fight.

"Why are you reading again? Jon Snow also walked over, his face still sullen, the chief Ranger was his elder, and the night watchman Raven and other recruits were completely different from what he imagined, and the teenager who felt out of place with the people around him only had something to talk about at the moment.

"What's wrong with reading? Egg spoke before Tyrion could speak, "Jon, how old are you?"

"XIV. ”

"Why do you think you are only fourteen years old, but you are taller and stronger than many peasant children at twenty years old?"

"Master Luwen said that illegitimate children will grow faster than other children. ”

"You're fourteen years old, and you still believe in this kind of deception?" Egger sneered unabashedly, "Who is older between you and Robb?"

"Same age. Jon's expression immediately lowered: "I don't know my exact birthday, it should be Robb a little older." ”

"You're the same age, but I think Robb seems to be taller and older than you, and the bastard who said he was good will grow faster?" Egg smiled: "Let me tell you, you are taller and stronger than your peers because you eat better than most people in the world! Many peasant children can't keep up with nutrition at the most critical stage of development, and they can't grow to your height and body size in their lifetime, but you can suddenly have fish and meat, and all kinds of vegetables grown in the glass greenhouse of Winterfell......"

"Under my father's stewardship, almost no one in the north will go hungry!"

"It's not the same to eat well when you're full, if it's just one meal, eating a balanced meal with a balanced meal and eating whole grains and drinking porridge to fill your stomach are the same, but if you go down for fourteen years, the difference will be obvious. ”

"Yes, but what does it have to do with reading? ”

"It doesn't matter, but there's a saying in my hometown: every bite you eat, it's a part of your body. "And then there's -- every book you read becomes a part of your soul, and every friend you make becomes part of your social circle." ”

"And the body, the soul, and the social circle, and maybe a little luck, are all a person has. "So, I'll try to eat well, I'll read as much as I can, and I'll try to socialize with people who are worth associating," he concluded...... Don't ask anyone why they're reading again, Mistress Tyrion may be shorter than you, but his soul is much thicker than yours. ”

The boy blinked a few times and nodded thoughtfully. The dwarf has a strange expression on the side, he is often slapped on the back, but he can say flattery so artistically and make himself useful. He looked at the other party again with interest, and found the night watchman more and more interesting: "Egger, you know what, at first I thought you were an accountant for the night watch, but after a while I thought you were a braggart liar, and then you became an adventurer from another continent...... You'll be a philosopher again. ”

Iger smiled: "Yes, but these identities don't conflict with each other." ”

He is still close to Tyrion at all times, and whether he can leave the Wall in a way that does not run away depends on the little man's reassurance that he will not be able to do so. However, although the words just now were to please the other party, they were not made up, eating well, reading good books, and making friends with good people were his life guidelines before crossing. And the dwarf in front of him, although he is not healthy and has a bunch of bad habits, is undoubtedly one of the most worthy people in this world.

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Jon was still young, and although he felt that what Iger said made sense, he was still far from the level of identification and inner resonance. After being told by Egger, he was a little hungry, and he looked in the direction of the camp: "Dinner should be ready soon, let's go back and have a look." ”

"Well, let's go, I haven't finished drinking the good food I brought from King's Landing, I just don't know if the meat is enough for the wine. ”

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The camp was already a delightful sight: the people had built shelter from the wind around an old wall, the horses had been fed, the campfire had been lit, and Yuren was sitting on a stone skinning his freshly struck prey. The smell of the soup wafted everywhere, and Tyrion limped and shuffled over to the servant Maurice, who was stirring the hot soup, took a sip of the ladle and handed it back.

"Add a little more pepper. ”

Iger walked to the makeshift table and sat down, ready to eat dinner, but as soon as his butt touched the ground, a few swishing sounds suddenly sounded in the air, and they were attacked by several arrows that landed and even shot through the cauldron of soup.

"Enemy attack!"

Yuren threw down his skinned prey and drew his sword with a roar.

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