Chapter 159: The Darkness Before Dawn

The garrison only had fixed city defense weapons placed on top of the wall, and there was no siege equipment to carry, and in a hurry, Slint could only think of a stupid way of attacking by fire. More than a dozen soldiers from the Dongying camp were ordered, picked up wooden oil drums, and trotted with torches to rush to the gate of the Linhemen barracks.

"Arrows!" Sir Iron Hand, who was standing at the head of the wall, waved his left arm without hesitation, and dozens of people emerged from the wall, and in the pleasant sound of bowstrings snapping, they sent a shower of arrows to the ground outside the barracks. The arrows flew densely towards the soldiers holding the oil drums, and crackled through a short parabola and landed on the ground a few meters in front of the attackers, some of which pierced into the ground under their feet, and the arrows were especially vibrating, and some were bounced off by the masonry and flew around, and one even hit the oil drum held by a golden robe, and the "bang" knocked so muffled that the man let go and threw the oil drum to the ground. The barrels cracked and the dark fuel leaked all over the place, but thankfully it wasn't a wildfire.

The exclamation emanated from the soldiers of the garrison and the citizens of King's Landing, who were standing in the nearby streets or watching the spectacle through their windows, and everyone could tell that Jacelyn Baiwatt was real. The first wave of soldiers who burned the door were "repulsed" in an instant, and the girl ran back into the crowd, and all the golden robes with torches took a few steps back, even though the soldiers of the Eastern Camp who were loyal to Slint still failed to show more courage under the threat of their lives.

The field in front of the river gate is so big, no matter how you retreat, it is within the range of the arrows, but fortunately, the defenders of the river gate did not mean to hurt people, and after a round of arrows forced the Dongying colleagues holding the oil barrels to retreat, they did not continue to attack.

"Bastard, shoot back!" Slint was furious by the unceremonious slap in the face, and screamed, "Shoot this traitor!"

The commander's order had to be obeyed, so the besieging side also shot a wave of arrows, either nailed to the barracks wall, or flew high over the heads of the defenders into the darkness of nowhere, in order to "not hurt the peace", naturally no one was injured.

Baivat squatted down and raised his iron hand to protect his head, and threw the final blow of this speech: "You don't have to guess, Genos Slint, the person I'm talking about is you! If you don't have a ghost in your heart, then wait honestly until dawn, and I will send someone to send the suspect you want to arrest to the prime minister, whether he is a criminal or a whistleblower who is persecuted and hunted, and then we will find out!"

"You're dreaming!" Slint roared, just don't do it, but now that he has torn his face, he really won't die: "Listen to my orders, move the ladder, attack from all sides at the same time, and take down this traitor!"

In the night, there was a commotion among countless golden robes holding torches, but no one was following them when they looked left and right. Sir Iron Hand had done something that everyone else in the room had dared not do, and it was too late for everyone to see the excitement, who would want to work hard for Slynt at such a time - and fight hard with the brothers who also wore gold robes?

"What are you doing, do you want to disobey orders!" Slint still tried to force the soldiers around him to carry out the order with the majesty of the commander. "Battalion commanders, come out and organize an attack!"

"Lord Slint, we all believe in you as a person, and Ser Baivat must have been deceived by rumors. The captain of the Zhushenmen stood up and was the first to speak: "But Linhemen has been surrounded by us so that even a mouse can't escape, and the person you want to arrest will definitely not be able to escape, so why bother to take the lives of your brothers? It will be dawn in a while, so we might as well wait and see how the prime minister will sentence this murderer at that time." ”

"Yes, my lord, keep watch for a while, and it will be dawn, and when the king's men in the Red Keep arrive, Sir Baiwatt will have no reason to protect that criminal anymore!"

Seeing that the opponent's plan was supported by several garrison officers, and the numerical advantage was in vain, Slynt understood that the general trend had gone, and looked at the garrison soldiers who were surrounded by black pressure but could not be used for themselves, and understood that it was useless to be tough, so he gritted his teeth and made a concession: "Okay, then block the front and rear doors, don't let people run away!"

After giving this order, Slint flicked his cloak and turned around and walked to the Dongying soldiers' pile, until he was far away from the crowd, and then whispered an order to his henchman Al Dim behind him: "Let our own brothers be ready, as soon as the night watchman rises in the morning, he will shoot arrows to death, don't mess up again this time!"

"But my lord, in case I hurt my brother at the rivergate......

"I'm in charge!"

......

I'm responsible, these three words are said categorically, but the speaker has already begun to be frightened in his heart. For the first time in more than a decade, Slint began to regret and reflect on what he had done.

From the beginning, I probably shouldn't have thought about a female employee of the night watchman industry, but Aimi didn't make a mistake. It's wrong for him, and he shouldn't bite it after hitting the wall - he should have thought that since the other party dared to protect the calf, he naturally had his capital.

Sure enough, the other party turned his face and began to contact friends from all sides to deal with him, people with interests are born to be the strongest allies, and the night watchman industry is to kill himself as soon as he makes a move...... Even then, he still has a chance to make amends: as long as he informs Robert about Cersei's rebellion, and then acts as a pawn when he makes up his mind to deal with the Lannisters, even if Ed investigates himself later, he will not be punished too severely.

But I was excited yesterday, and I actually had the idea of killing my opponent by mistake, and I handed over the task to the wrong person...... A series of mistakes eventually led to everything being messed up, resulting in the current dilemma. He couldn't do anything about the night watchman hiding in the Linhemen barracks, but it was impossible for him to admit defeat and retreat with people, so he could only stalemate here, not up or down.

If you hadn't amassed too much money, and if you had a little more prestige and control in the garrison, then there would have been a final violent solution to today's affairs: break down the camp of the Linhemen garrison, kill the night watchman and the Iron Hand Baiwatt, and then label them "participating in the Lannister rebellion......

But now, with his own hesitation to give Bywatt the opportunity to finish his speech, it was too late to say anything. As Baivat publicly exposed his old background and destroyed what little prestige he had left, as a commander, he was unable to command the garrison to launch an attack, and after one wrong decision after another, he managed to play the game to the worst end.

I don't have the ability to charge the living "Iron Hand" Baiwatt with rebellion, and the damn night watchman seems to have a lot of friends and a lot of means, if he can't die today, relying on the influence of the night watch industry, I am afraid that he will face a series of revenge next...... There is no way back! The only chance I have at the moment is to kill this guy and hope for the turmoil that will take place in the Red Keep todayβ€”big enough to cover up this farce that I have made.

The man he had sent to tell Robert had returned and conveyed the king's secret will: ...... tomorrow No, it should be said that it was noon today, and two hundred absolutely reliable elite garrisons were brought to stand outside the Red Fort Gate. This is the most obvious hint that he can't waste time here, and when the night watchman who was cowering in the barracks comes out at dawn, he will kill him at all costs, and then immediately lead his troops to the Red Keep to wait for the king's dispatch, this time...... Never do one more thing!

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In the house of the Linhemen barracks, Iger watched the show through the window.

He couldn't see the movement of Slint outside the wall, but judging from the relaxed reaction of the soldiers standing behind the wall at the river gate, Sir Baiwatt's judgment was correct, and he was safe tonight.

His heart relaxed for a while, but there was a tingling pain in his shoulder, and he gasped: "Shhh

"I'm sorry, my lord!" Nina quickly stopped: "Did it hurt you?"

After the injury, he fled all the way without any rest, and the untreated wound bleed all the way, the blood seeped into the black clothes, and after the air drying and coagulation, the cloth on the shoulders and arms was made hard, and finally had to be cut with scissors to treat the wound. Watching the "suitors" he provoked cause trouble for his most admired idols, and even almost killed Iger in the end...... Obviously she didn't do anything, and things inexplicably evolved to such an uncontrollable point, after cleaning and wiping the wounds for Egg, looking at the basin of blood, the little girl almost collapsed.

"Nothing. Egg gritted his teeth, "It's not that you hurt me, it's strange that the wound doesn't hurt, go on." ”

The sharp metal tip of the bolt easily sliced through the skin and muscles of his shoulder, leaving a wound nearly ten centimeters long on his body, with bones almost visible at its deepest point. As a right-hander, it is a great achievement to be able to fight with a sword while his right shoulder is injured, but if it weren't for Jakun's kick at the critical moment, the arrow would have been firmly stuck in his back, and it was unknown whether it would have pierced the heart or lungs - and in either case, he would have been dead at the moment.

It's a lie to say no, but at this moment, facing Nina, who was tearful and self-blaming and frightened, as a man, he still had to make a tough appearance: "Don't think about it, how many times have you said it's not your fault, apply medicine, and then sew it up." ”

"Oh...... Is it like sewing cloth? ”

"Well, if you don't dare, let Sir Beyvat find someone to meet. ”

Born into a family that made a living from textiles and clothing, the work of sewing needles was not difficult, and after trembling to deal with the wound, the girl waited helplessly for Egg's next instructions.

"It's none of your business, let's go find a place to rest next door. ”

"I ...... Can't sleep. ”

"If you can't sleep, find a place to close your eyes for a while, don't stand here stupidly, go ahead." ”

"My lord, what are you going to do tomorrow at dawn?"

"What else can I do, wait here, Slint estimates that the murderous intent will not die, I am still in danger of rising, and I will not step out of this door until the king or the prime minister's person appears. ”

After running for my life in the middle of the night, I watched such a good show of infighting in the garrison, and after tossing all night, I couldn't get up from sleep. Outside the window, it was already darkest before dawn. This is the absurd and cruel world of Game of Thrones, if you die, you will die, but if you don't die, you will not necessarily be safe, this chaotic night is finally about to pass, and it feels wonderful to be alive, but when it is dawn, what direction will things go?

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