Chapter 263: "Convincing People with Reason" (II)
The back of his head hit the wall with a thud, and the man's face almost touched Asha's face, and the foul smell hit her face, and she could even see the texture on the other party's yellow teeth. But the girl had already silently pulled out the dagger as the other party approached her, and at the same time that the man pushed herself against the wall, it was against the vital point of the other's abdomen.
The offender was about to tear the prey's clothes when he felt something hold him down, and when he looked down, he saw a glittering dagger against his life.
"Move me, you'll never have a chance to use your dick again in your life. ”
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The Iron Folk know how good Asha is at short weapons, and not everyone has made up their minds to tear their faces and offend the long-time ruling family, Greyjoy. The fanatic who was going to taste the sea monster woman did not get a response from the others around her, and most of them were still sitting around the table without standing up, she pushed the dagger forward, and the man who attacked her immediately reluctantly stepped back.
In the face of these lifeless iron people, Asha regains her feeling as the daughter of a sea monster.
"When I die, I only think about women. The next man to speak, laughed at the cowardice of the person who had been scared away, turned his head to look at Asha, and said seriously, "Before you, your younger brother Theon, who was adopted by Eddard Stark, also came, and we actually learned about the King's Election Meeting. But at that time we thought it was a trick and a trap of the wolf cubs, and after scolding him, we drove him back to his master...... But didn't you take a thousand men with you in the Deep Woods, and Robb Stark was still stopped here by us, and who had the strength to capture you?"
"I also went to the king's election, and after the meeting, I was afraid that Crow'eye would not be a 'threat' to my rule, so I fled back to Deepwoodhold from the Iron Islands, and I had no more than a thousand men under my command. Asha truthfully explained that she had been forced out of the deep forest fort and was blocked on the beach and failed to break through. Of course, it wasn't mentioned that the attack on Deepwoodburg was a group of peasants led by a night watchman. "Now, the Yankees have sent me to bring you an offer - lay down your arms and surrender before dark, and you will be given the opportunity to put on black clothes. ”
Asha threw Egger's written testimony onto the table where the frail ironfolk were drinking.
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No one touched the letter, and the last literate man in Carlin Bay had died a few days earlier.
"What's the use of a piece of paper? We want cheese and meat. ”
"And weapons," said an old graybeard, his left arm had been amputated, leaving a severed stump. "Swords and axes. Ah, and bows, a hundred brand new bows. And give us more manpower!"
"This is a testament from the Chief Logistics Officer of the Night's Watch, who is now in the barracks a few miles to the north, and I know what you're thinking - surrender in time, and go out through the north gate to surrender to the Night's Watch before the 10,000-odd and red-eyed Yankees to the south come in. As long as you put on black, even Robb Stark won't turn against the Night's Watch and kill you. ”
The argument fell silent, and no one knew any of the Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer, but the title sounded like an important character in the Night's Watch, and it was very convincing. In fact, when Theon Greyjoy came to persuade him to surrender a week ago, many people were moved, but first, because he looked down on Baron's son, who was raised by the Stark family, and second, because he was worried that the northerners would not admit it later...... Of course, the main reason was that he still had illusions about the support of the Iron Fleet, so he finally gave up.
Although Asha Greyjoy deliberately belittled her influence in front of Egger, claiming that her uncle's crew would not bird herself, there is no doubt that even the stereotype of being a daughter and being defeated and captured as a "Valkyrie of the Iron Islands" was shattered...... In the eyes of the Iron People, she was once raised by Balon Greyjoy as an heir, but she was still far more important than Theon Greyjoy, who grew up in Winterfell.
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"Iron breeds do not surrender. A voice popped up.
"Iron Breed won't surrender? That's a good thing to say, to my father. Asha spouted disdainfully at the piece of paper, "There's not much time left for you to think about, our enemies to the south and north have already communicated and will launch a general attack before dark." ”
"Threat?" a man stood up, a large man with bulging eyes, a wide mouth, and a complexion as pale as a dead man. "Dargon Caude does not surrender to anyone. ”
"I am not your commander, and I have no authority to force anyone to surrender. But I have to go back before the wolves launch a final general assault, and if you want to go with me, put on black, and live, follow me, and the hundreds of northerners who are going to fight the north and south before dark, desperately stay. Asha said angrily, "But with all due respect, how many soldiers do you have left that can fight, and have you guessed what means the enemy intends to use against you?"
"Not much," replied Calder, who was seated in the other. It seems that even within the same family, there is no consensus, "no one knows the exact number, in short, there are heavy losses." Surrender...... , go to the hell Iron breed doesn't surrender, I'm willing to surrender, but I hope that I can go home after laying down my arms, instead of putting on black clothes and going to the cold Great Wall to fight wild people for a lifetime, can't you talk about conditions?"
(Now the wildlings are outside the city, and if you don't surrender, they will come and kill you.) )
Asha said secretly in her heart, but her mouth was different: "If you want to be treated well as a prisoner, you should have surrendered on the first day Robb Stark's troops came to the city!
"Think about it another way. The one-armed old man suddenly said, "I have heard that there are only a few hundred night watchmen, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if we are sent to the Great Wall, and we agree with each other to find an opportunity to escape together, and go west, to the shores of Cold Ice Bay, grab a boat and escape back to the Iron Islands, where will they have the manpower to chase us?"
"Seems to make sense!"
"That's right, I didn't think of that!"
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Jiang is still old and spicy, and the one-armed old man's analysis sounds quite reasonable, and it quickly aroused many people's echo. The situation was moving in a favorable direction, and Asha breathed a sigh of relief...... Looks like his words have had an effect. Although she vaguely knew that the land grant situation was very different from what the old man knew, she didn't intend to explain it.
It's not deception, it's just a well-intentioned concealment.
"You want to be a prisoner first, and then a deserter?, what a bastard idea!" Dargon Calder angrily drew his sword, "Laff Kenning is dead, then now I am the commander of Carlin Bay, and I order that no one shall surrender! And you, Baron's little girl, how many times have the Yankees you after you were captured? Or how many people have you been by?" I don't want to hear it, but you don't want to go back, either fight with us or sleep with us!"
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I thought I could get away with it, but in the end, it really got to the matter of "".
Asha was so annoyed that she instantly exploded like countless times in her life - just because there was something missing between her legs, she would never be able to do things or communicate with people like a normal man. No matter what they think, what they say, or what happens, the stinky men with their heads full of rice green liquid can always associate things with certain aspects in minutes...... She wanted to save the lives of the Iron Folk and the crew who had been captured by the Night's Watch, but some of them refused to appreciate it!
It didn't matter if they refused to surrender, they went back and told the Night's Watch that they had failed to persuade him to surrender, and then told him truthfully that there were no more than two hundred of the remaining defenders in Carlin Bay, and that it would be considered to atone for their sins.
The trouble is, the guy in front of him doesn't know if he is drunk or what, and he actually plans not to let himself go back.
Asha wasn't afraid of death, but she didn't want to bury these idiots.
Her eyes shook from side to side, and the daughter of the sea monster found that there were not too many people who planned to listen to the words of the "deputy commander" in front of her, she pinched the dagger in her hand, and confirmed that the short axe on the lower shoulder strap was still in a familiar and reachable position, and began to analyze the probability of success of "hands-on".
As a persuader who came on behalf of the enemy, it was naturally a dead end for the "lobbyist" to suddenly become a "killer" and attack the defender commander, but Asha's situation was different...... She is an authentic Iron Folk who grew up in the Iron Islands, well-trained, and has the surname and blood of Greyjoy, and has a very high status among the Iron People, and the Dargon Calder in front of her, from a small family, is not an important role in itself.
If you can deal with him instantly, and then intimidate the other Caud in this room to not dare to act rashly...... Then convince the rest of the people to go out of the city with them and surrender......
With the killing intent, and quickly finalized the plan to do it, Asha quietly tensed the muscles of her body, intending to take the other party's life in one fell swoop.
Outside the house there was a loud bang and the crisp sound of a crockpot shattering, followed by the exclamation of the sentry at the top of the tower: "It's on fire!"
"Wildfire, a fire oil that burns in any situation. Asha was in a state of high nervous tension, and was startled by the loud noise, but quickly recalled the greeting the night watchman had said before, and shrugged: "You'd better go and take a look, if you hit a tower and don't care, you'll burn the whole tower......
A few people stood up, not sure if they were going to put out the fire or just looking. Dargon Calder's attention was also drawn to look out the window, and Asha suddenly realized that this was the best chance to do so, she raised her dagger and rushed like a viper towards the new commander of Carlin Bay.
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But she was still a step too late.
The loud noise outside the door had not yet subsided, and there was a muffled thud in the room, and the tip of a sword came out of the chest of the valiant Dargon Calder. The one-armed old man who spoke before took advantage of the loud noise to attract everyone's attention and stabbed the heart of the current commander of Carlin Bay in the back.
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[Thank you for your concern, but please don't think about it, nothing happened at home, and I didn't say "I am not satisfied with the results and prepare the eunuch" when I write about playing, I am just busy.
I have said hello a long time ago, and the author is using his free time to code words. "Daily change" is the expected goal I set for myself, not a hard and fast rule, if I haven't been idle from morning to night a day, then I can't put the cart before the horse and do nothing to squeeze out the time code. Please understand that we refuse to urge the change. 】