One Sandor Clegane and one Brienne Tas, and they're all together—the thought that popped up in Egger's mind with a hard time to contain.

Named Cobain (without an assistant), with Berry and Thoros, and with Tob the Blacksmith and his apprentice to the King's bastard, who Iger had almost forgotten to exist, he made it out of King's Gate before King's Landing and boarded a ship from the docks of the industrial park to begin his voyage back north.

It was originally for the sake of the gun, but it turned out that the sailors were equipped with the new joiners who brought back, and the people on board were heavier than the cargo, even with their equipment, tools, and luggage. The Blackbird was a small sailing ship, and in order to make room for the eight new passengers, Egger had to go to great lengths to arrange a watch schedule and allocate accommodation, and to throw away most of the ballast, so that the ship was not overloaded, everyone had a bed to sleep, and barely set sail before the sun went down - in order not to neglect the Earl of Blackport and the invited master foundry, he even shared the Commander-in-Chief's room with Berry and Tob.

Fortunately, on the way back, he didn't have to bother writing half of the Demon Reform Monarchy, although it was crowded into an environment where there was no work, but he endured it and passed.

Stannis and Daenerys, who were patrolling Blackwater, were quick to let the Blackbird sail, and he saw the surface of the sea before dark. The return to the north was not as easy as it had been: due to the weather, the Blackbird dropped anchor for two nights and did not sail overnight...... However, compared to the average weather level of the Narrow Sea in winter, this is already as smooth as the blessing of the Seven Gods, and no one has anything to complain about. In the end, after another week of sailing, Aige, who had been away from the Great Wall for half a month, finally completed the thrilling absence of the battle within the expected time limit and returned to the dock of Donghaiwang.

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The harbor was empty with no other ships in sight, but the workers and soldiers who came and went on the shore were still alive at first glance - a real relief to Egger, who had not received any news of the land grant for more than ten days. As soon as he stepped off the ship, the eight guests brought back from King's Landing were still looking up at the ice wall, and Iger had already asked Carter Pike, the commander of the East Sea Lookout, who had appeared at the docks to greet him, and whose former rival was now obedient, about the situation at the Wall.

"There are constant situations on the Shadow Tower and the Grand Canyon, and in the past few days, I have been able to receive letters every day, roughly saying that 'the dead have appeared within the sight of the patrols on the south side of the canyon and are in urgent need of support'. However, due to the frequent news and the lack of crows, I could no longer receive news from the west side of the Great Wall, so I could only rely on the information exchanged between the patrols on the top of the Great Wall to ensure that none of the fortresses had been lost for the time being. ”

Egger nodded, the means of communication were backward and the capacity was limited, he couldn't expect to know the situation of the entire land grant in the East China Sea, as long as the Great Wall was not lost, he would not panic: "Okay, go and send someone to prepare the carriage and horses, I will immediately return to Houguan Town with guests and some special goods." ”

"Yes. When he was defeated as Commander-in-Chief and forced into swearing allegiance, Carter Peck was almost certain that the Night's Watch would be buried at the hands of Iger, but time has now proven that the conservatives' fears were unfounded...... Although he was still disgruntled, he no longer had any thoughts of making any senseless provocations against the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, "Besides, Your Lord, there is also a situation in Donghaiwang that needs to be reported immediately-the weather in Seal Bay is already cold and freezing during the day, you see: there is not a single ship in the harbor, because whether it is the Raven and the Talon, or the newly equipped Bear and Aemon, donated by White Harbor, they are all carrying out ice-breaking missions around the clock. When the ice is not thick, it is not difficult to destroy them, but the difficulty is to prevent the thin ice that breaks but does not melt from overlapping and forming thick ice, and even if this problem is solved, we will have to divide the ice from other places to intercept or try to get rid of it...... When the Blackbird is finished, I'll send it out as soon as it's done. But this is already saturated attendance, and if the temperature continues to drop, the freezing situation will soon be too bad for manpower to fight, and once Seal Bay is frozen, it will be much easier for the strange spirits to walk over the ice than to climb over the Grand Canyon!"

Speaking of which, the subtext is just one sentence: although the situation on the side of the Grand Canyon is urgent, Donghaiwang also needs support.

"Let the Blackbird join in the de-icing first, and then hold on, and if there are merchant ships from Essos or the south, I will forcibly requisition ships and personnel in my name to help break the ice. Iger nodded, and didn't reply directly, just a little more time...... When the batch of dragon crystal explosive bombs was successfully put into production, he wished that the strange ghosts would come over and send him to death, "As for the allocation of troops, I will reply to you as soon as possible after learning about the entire situation of the Great Wall." ”

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There are not enough boats, but there are enough people. The saltpeter unloading was quickly completed, and the whole tank was loaded onto the carriage to occupy two vehicles, and the remaining horses were not enough for the rangers to ride, so Iger could only let the guests from afar squeeze another "land-giving bus carriage" to achieve the goal of returning to Houguan Town in one trip.

The "Land Grant Capital" still stands on the side of King's Road, and it is even a little more lively than before...... When the town outside the core fort was completed last month, Iger had his permanent residents move out of their tents and into sheltered huts. But now, as the laden convoy approached Houguan along the almost snow-covered road, everyone could see that tents had been erected outside the high walls of Houguan Town, and that many new land donors wrapped in shabby furs were haunting the tents, staring curiously at the convoy of three wagons approaching from afar.

"Houguan Town is bigger than I've heard. "But I thought that there was no distinction between nobles and commoners in the land grants, and how could such a large town not be able to accommodate all the inhabitants, and force these people to pitch tents under the foot of the city walls?"

"I didn't have any of these tents when I left, but on the day I went to King's Landing, I decided to put out the Intermediate Warning in advance. Egger, of course, understood where the crowd in front of him was coming from, "According to the plan: all the land-granting residents who were more than a day's walk from the nearest fortress packed up their belongings and shrank to the pre-arranged fortress. Nowadays, most of these people who live outside the wall come from the vicinity of Houguan Town after the warning is issued, because they come late because of the slow speed, so they don't have time to arrange accommodation, so as not to disturb the order inside the wall...... You can only live outside the city temporarily. ”

The Earl of Black Harbor nodded, and asked with interest: "You said that there must be a high-level and a low-level warning, if it is not a secret, can you briefly tell me what kind of situation these three levels of early warning are triggered, and what is the corresponding plan?"

"Needless to say, since there is already something strange in the Ghost Forest outside the Saiwai, the land grant has always been on low alert since I became commander-in-chief: adult males undergo regular basic military training, snow is cleared of snow on important roads at all times, patrols on the ground and on the top of the Great Wall are never interrupted, and every village where people are stationed must have night soldiers, and so on...... As the northernmost guard, even in peacetime, this is a minimum state of alert. As for the Intermediate - when a large enemy force is detected in an area close to the Great Wall, the commander can announce the entry when the enemy feels that the enemy has offensive intentions, and all activities are reduced to the area around the fort that can be defended, increasing the patrol force to the maximum. Iger carefully looked at the tent guests at the foot of the wall, and casually introduced, "As for the high-level, that's the last moment - when the strange spirit leads the dead to officially attack the defensive line, and beacons are lit everywhere. At that time, not only these temporary residents under the city walls, but also about 45,000 soldiers and civilians along the entire land grant and the Great Wall, will withdraw all the remaining land into the ...... along the Great Wall, Houguan Town and Cold Ice Bay" Speaking of this, Iger also remembered that the existence of Bingxia Harbor was still a military secret in the north, and quickly stopped, "A total of nineteen plus one, twenty fortresses. Open the arsenal and distribute all kinds of dragon crystals and incendiary weapons to everyone who can fight, stop all production activities, and either wait for the good news of 'the frontline defenders keep the enemy out of the door', or usher in the final battle. ”

"This is the real battle, admiration and admiration. The Earl of Black Harbor was heartily amazed, realizing that the rumors of the Night's Watch being turned upside down under the new commander had been heard these days were not exaggerated in the slightest. He can also be regarded as having led soldiers, and he has a vague idea of what it is like to fight: this three-level state of high, medium and low, coupled with the corresponding specific policies and measures, even if the level of equipment is not considered, the light can implement this set of plans in place, even if it is all holding wooden sticks, it is also an army with amazing combat effectiveness.

Fortunately, there are few land donors, otherwise under the leadership of such a commander-in-chief, it would be no problem to rebel and grab the Iron Throne.

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With the squeak of wheels and turns, the convoy entered the outer city gate of Houguan Town, and traversed the well-planned streets, and Iger soon found that there seemed to be many more people in the town than expected, far exceeding the number of people who should have taken refuge in the area under the intermediate warning...... The situation seems to be a little different than imagined?

With each mind in mind, the group finally arrived at the inner fort. Before he could get out of the doorway, Iger heard a ...... from the school yard not far away It was clearly the crisp smack of Arya's voice.

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