As Ygritte was dragged away by Jon with a disbelieving face, the hall erupted again.

Some people scolded Jon for being obsessed, and some scolded the female savage for not knowing what to do...... But there was no doubt that the entire Night's Watch was nervous about Mance Red's massive plan of attack and the straining of their own men. People with better brains have already begun to discuss various possible coping strategies.

Egger watched the wild woman leave, sighed, turned to Mormont, and shook his head slightly.

Just now, he forcibly found a way to regain a little face at the last moment, which can be regarded as suppressing the arrogance of the female savage, but this kind of verbal contest is meaningless at all. "Time is on the side of the Night's Watch" may be true, but the Night's Watch must also be able to hold out until then...... In fact, only the Aliens themselves know when they will be strong enough to get close enough to get close to the Wall. Whether it's "the wildlings break through the wall and destroy the Night's Watch legion", or "the Night's Watch keeps the wildlings out of the Wall until the latter are all transformed into an army of dead", these are the endings that Iger doesn't want to see.

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"Commander-in-Chief, what I said to the savage woman just now was purely a speculation to save face. And now the reality is that there is no way we can stop Mance Rader from attacking as planned. ”

"It is necessary to transfer all the land to the residents as soon as possible...... Moved to a base for protection. Maester Aemon said slowly, "There is already an extreme shortage of men, and if the savages are allowed to slaughter or the inhabitants are forced to flee the land concessions, the situation will only get worse." The tragedy of Mole Village cannot happen again. ”

"I'll arrange this as soon as possible, do you have any comments and good ideas?"

"Black Castle and the Shadow Tower, too, need to be walled as soon as possible. The Chief Craftsman said in a heavy tone that it was a tradition and rule written in the Legion's rules that the Night's Watch stronghold was not to be walled, but it was time to change it as the Wildlings did not dare to attack the Night's Watch stronghold.

"This ......" Mormont hesitated for a few seconds, and finally nodded: "Let's put it on the agenda, repair or tear down the abandoned and damaged towers of Castle Black, and build the extra masonry walls." ”

The Chief Ranger turned his head, "We also need to resume patrolling on the top of the Wall as much as possible, in case the next time the wildlings climb to the top of the wall and attack from the left and right along the top." Once we lose the advantage of altitude, we have nothing. ”

"The road on the ice wall has not been cleared of snow and gravel for many years, and it is impossible to walk, and the savages have to clear the way out of the road if they have to come along the top of the wall, and I don't think they will have to do it. ”

"The road on top of the ice wall is indeed not easy to walk, but do you think it will be difficult for those madmen who dare to climb the 700-foot Great Wall to walk on the top of the wall without a road?"

"Okay, okay, you're right. The chief craftsman was annoyed: "I also want to resume patrolling, but where will the manpower come from, if we want to patrol, at least we must first clear the patrol road, and then we must arrange a fixed patrol officer, all this work must be done by people." A larger number of people will lead to a lack of defensive strength in each stronghold and a shortage of people...... When we encounter a wild man who has already climbed the wall, what are we going to do with it?"

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"Speaking of which, it's still a problem caused by a lack of people, guys. Iger interrupted the argument between several colleagues and said with a serious expression: "There is no way to solve the shortage of manpower, all of which can only be expedient. I don't know if you know that the wildlings have the means to spy on us from the air. They can see everything we do, any military deployment of the Night's Watch, our enemies can know, and any weakness of ours will directly become the door! And after the female savage announced Mance Red's attack plan today, this attack and defense have simply become a 'clear card' confrontation between each other, and if we want to win in this kind of struggle that has no secrets from each other, in addition to luck, we must be really stronger...... Or at least not much weaker than the other side. ”

"There is no doubt that we have to find foreign help. Mormont took a deep breath: "Otherwise, there are only two ways to choose between perdition and negotiating with Mance to open the door." ”

"Negotiation is an option, and the problem is that we have nothing to guarantee: the wildlings will not turn around and slaughter us as soon as they reach an agreement with us to enter the Wall. Jeremy reminded, "In the eyes of these savages, we are hopeless 'kneeling men', and without a knife to their necks, they would not have accepted our laws and institutions at all." Just like this female savage today...... We thought they were savages, but she probably felt that it would be the greatest mercy to keep us robbers alive. ”

"If the arrogance of the people cannot be suppressed, there will be no 'negotiations' at all. Iger said: "If the strength is not equal, it can only be called peace...... We must first think of killing Mance Red's majesty. And if you want to find foreign help......"

"You have been active in the south all year round, don't you have any way, such as a mercenary?"

"Mercenary, haha......" Egg chuckled: "Lord Commander-in-Chief is joking, you don't know the price of mercenaries, the logistics department does have some business in King's Landing, and it is doing a good job." But it is absolutely impossible to raise mercenaries, which are still enough to help us fight against a hundred thousand savages. In addition, there is a war going on in the south, and all the people who can use weapons have gone there to find customers to make a living, and the price is only afraid that it will be more expensive. And what we need now is a helper who is cheap and preferably not expensive. ”

Cheap, it's better not to have a helper of money, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

When Egg said this, he didn't think of the people available, but half a second after his voice fell, he suddenly thought of someone he could ask for help: "When Robb Stark went south, did he recruit soldiers from the mountain clan tribes?" ”

Mountain clan tribes!

Everyone who heard him turn their heads towards him, and a few of them had "I didn't think of that" expressions on their faces.

"Recruited, each tribe sent warriors south with Robb, the leaders of these tribes all knew Eddard Stark, and they respectfully called him the leader of the North 'Ned', and when it came to his orders, and it was to go south to 'rob the richest nobles of the Seven Kingdoms', all the clan leaders were very active. ”

Hopes were dashed again, but Mormont quickly rekindled him: "Wait, they did send warriors south with Robb, but these hill clans and tribes were different from the people of the other princes of the north—they didn't farm. ”

What does it mean to not farm?

Iger was puzzled for a second, and suddenly realized: "If you don't farm, it means that the so-called 'autumn harvest season' is meaningless to these mountain clans and tribes, they sent the warriors of the clan to the south with Robb, but the rest of the people can still support us!"

"That's right!" the Chief Affairs Officer slapped the table in surprise: "The living habits of these mountain clans and tribes are no different from those of savages, the only difference is that they have been tamed by the rulers of the north after thousands of years, they are very aggressive, both men and women can be used as warriors, if we can say that they can go out of the mountains to assist in the defense of the Great Wall, our manpower pressure will be greatly reduced!"

The idea came to Egger's mind, but he didn't know much about the mountain clans and tribes, and he urgently needed an introduction.

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The Night's Watch had long exchanged resources and household goods with the hill clans and tribes, and after chatting for a while, Egger had a first impression of the "friendly barbarians" living south of the Great Wall.

If, in the words of Tyrion Lannister, the wildlings were "those who happened to be on the north side of the Great Wall when it rose from the ground", then the hill clans were the ones who were lucky enough to be in the south.

These tribesmen living in the mountains north of the wolf forest have almost the same culture and living habits, they believe in the old gods, and have a strong temperament, and there are nearly forty tribes large and small. Among them, the Flint and Norri clans live closest to the Grant Lands, and are known for their close relationship with the Night's Watch due to their constant exposure to wild raiders who cross the Grand Canyon.

Poor and aggressive, and desperate to save face, it is simply the perfect foreign aid.

"How many of them are there?"

"It's hard to say, no one has counted it, and if it adds up, it's about twenty or thirty thousand. This refers to the total population of forty tribes. But in reality, those who live far from the Great Wall may not be easy to talk about...... But even if you only get one or two thousand people, it will be enough to solve the problem!"

"Thousands!"

"There may be women among them!"

"All you have in your head is women!"

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"Great, it seems that today's meeting did not go in vain, and we have now found a viable way out. Mormont's face gradually regained a little lightness, and a cough interrupted the excitement of the night watch: "Please discuss the details of each department on their own, we will not discuss it at the meeting." Now, I schedule the task ......"

The hall fell silent, and everyone looked at the Commander-in-Chief.

"The Rangers need to keep guard at all times around the top of the Wall and the strongholds, Castle Black and the Shadow Tower need to start building the walls, and the craftsmen will be in charge, and the Chief Affairs Officer, you must send someone to move the living inhabitants of the grant to the three strongholds as soon as possible and settle them properly. Chief Logistics Officer, you deal with a lot of people, and it's up to you to visit the tribes in the mountains west of the grant and try to get them for support. ”

Old Bear looked around the room, looked in the direction of Jaime and his remaining dozens of bodyguards, and said, "Finally, I will transfer another twenty people from the rangers of Castle Black to Donghaiwang to participate in boat training, so that the warships donated by the Earl of Mandalay in White Harbor can come in handy. As for the vacancies in the Rangers, Andrew Tass ...... This time, we welcomed a group of recruits with decent quality, and we will complete their training as soon as possible and replenish them all into the Rangers. All tasks are now on and are ...... Adjourned!"

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