"Two nights ago, I was dreaming happily when suddenly there was a commotion outside. Maeve and I went out and saw that the beacons on the four outer walls were lit up, and there were soldiers running around in a panic...... Oops, anyway, it's like the end of the world. Arya muttered and complained, "Then someone drove us back to our room, but we didn't sleep all night, and the next morning, I heard that someone from the other side of the Wall rode over and said it was a false alarm, which is disgusting!"

This girl's habit of liking to answer people's words has not changed at all, and Egger glanced at her helplessly: "I didn't ask you, don't intervene in the adult." ”

Yamm smiled and replied as he walked with Iger towards the core, "As Miss Stark said, it's a big deal, but 'keeping the donors out of the night' is secondary, the trouble is that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to rearrange the beacon after it is lit, and our inventory will definitely not survive a second false alarm." Sir Dennis Mellister, the Commander of the Shadow Tower, went to the Gorge to investigate the matter the day after the false alarm, and sent the results back to Crowntown...... I've been busy dealing with the internal affairs of Houguan Town these days and I don't have time to look into it, and for the details of this false alarm, you can ask Sir Warner Bookwell, and I've sent someone to inform all the higher-ups of Houguan Town—to wait for you in the conference room. ”

"Okay, let's go. Egg nodded and glanced at Arya, "Don't run around with me, I'll talk about you after the meeting!"

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Moments later, in the familiar conference room, Iger rediscovered several of his most trusted subordinates and began to formally receive a comprehensive report on the status of the land grant.

"It's not a false alarm. Sir Warner Bookwell explained to him, "It all started with the ghouls destroying the Fishbeams on both sides of the Grand Canyon, and about three days after your departure for King's Landing, the Fishbeams on the north side of the canyon were largely destroyed—and the dead began to destroy what was left of the Grand Canyon. The first thing to bear the brunt of is the north wall, and you, my lord, have personally visited the field, and you should understand what this means: from this time on, every move of the ghouls ...... The patrols running back and forth on the south side of the canyon can already be seen. ”

The ghouls were destroying the fish beams on the northern slope of the canyon in the night watchman's field of vision? Is it true that the ghosts are so afraid of such trees that they refuse to keep a single one? Egger rolled his eyes in confusion, recalling the general topography of the Grand Canyon—more than a mile wide at its narrowest point, beyond the range of any of the Night's Watchman's weapons. This meant that the ghouls did this, and the night watchmen on the south side of the canyon could only watch the dead go about on the opposite cliff and do nothing.

"What's even more troubling is that this doesn't happen in one place, but everywhere along the canyon there are fish beams. Humphrey Hishan, the chief logistics officer of Houguan Town, answered, "Your Excellency, can you imagine this embarrassment - the patrol is tasked with detecting where the enemy is and then issuing a warning signal, but the current situation is that the entire eastern two-thirds section of the Grand Canyon, the defense line that is tens of miles long, and if you look north from any place, as long as you have good eyesight, you can see the ghouls clinging to the cliff wall like ants and destroying the fish beams and trees by all means. They are not afraid of height or tiredness, and occasionally fall down, as long as the bones of the whole body are not broken, they can climb back and continue to work...... Just looking at it makes people despair. ”

"In this case, 'patrolling' is meaningless, and the canyon is actually in combat mode in advance, with the main forces of the Shadow Tower, West Bridge Lookout, and the Night's Watch in Icefjord Harbor all leaving the fortress and scattering to every place where the dead may climb over the canyon, setting up tents near the places where wildfires and weapons are stored on both sides of the patrol route, and keeping watch around the clock. Warner said with a wry smile, "The enemy is dozens of times larger than me, and I don't have to eat or sleep, and I don't hesitate to work on all fronts and around the clock." And on our side...... Counting the older children and women, it is enough to ensure that every part of the canyon is guarded, but people need to rest and rotate. Ser Mellister sent everyone he could to the gorge, and then immediately reported back to the town of Houguan for reinforcements, and we made the maximum movement within the scope of your authority, and transferred half of the mobile force to the canyon, which was a temporary relief from the shortage of personnel there. But even so, Sir Mellister continued to send messengers to ......"

"Watching thousands of ghouls cut down trees right under my nose every day makes me so nervous that I want to call the living people all over the world. Yamm shrugged and coughed, "Wait, don't digress - we're talking about false alarms, and complaints or reports on specific situations can be done slowly." ”

"Yes, there are so many things to report, I can't hold them as soon as I open my mouth. Warner patted his head and brought the topic back to the false alarm, "After all, it's not flat ground, and although there are few fish beams and trees on the steep walls of the canyon, the army of ghouls has been busy day and night for nearly a week to uproot and clean up all the north slopes. We had already discussed this at the time - if they tried to destroy the fish beams on the south side of the Ruhe River, they would be exposed to the defenders' condescending ranged weapons. After some discussion, everyone unanimously agreed: the other side will stop for a while, or officially launch a general attack...... So I tensed my nerves and prepared to fight, and sure enough, there was only a day, that is, one night four days ago, when a recruit on the night shift heard a strange noise from the bottom of the canyon. After reporting to the team leader and throwing a torch down, they saw at least dozens of black shadows crossing the canyon on the frozen Ruhe River. ”

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"And then they lit a beacon and signaled that an enemy was coming?" After a few seconds of silence in the room, Iger understood that the first debriefing was over. After a moment of silence, he said with a solemn face: "This is not a false alarm at all, even if I personally go to the front line to keep vigil and throw a torch down and see a ghoul crossing the river, I will light a beacon fire to war." ”

"Yes, and then there was the chaos of the night: the beacons were lit, three trumpets sounded, and the troops who had taken turns to rest in their tents were woken up to join the defense. Soon, dead people were found to have crossed the frozen milk river in other places along the canyon, and because it was dark and the situation could not be seen clearly, the defenders could only throw a large number of wildfire incendiary bombs first, and then continue to defend with dragon crystal arrows and falling rocks by the light of the fire. Originally, we all thought that this was the final battle, but we 'held' in a panic for most of the night, only to find that the ghouls did not attack at all...... The front-line commander who reacted forcibly stopped the defenders' firepower, and waited for half the night until dawn, only to find that only a small number of ghouls came across the Ruhe River to the south side at night, and what they did was only destroy the Yuliangmu on both sides of the Ruhe River at the bottom of the canyon, and they did not climb up to attack - the defenders of the whole line were busy in the middle of the night, shooting out tens of thousands of arrows and throwing down hundreds of cans of wildfire, only killing and wounding three-digit ghouls, and even burning a lot of Yuliangmu to help the other side. And when daylight comes, the enemy retreats back to the north and disappears!"

Egger's brows furrowed even tighter: the donated land had been hoarding supplies for a whole year, and now there were hundreds of thousands of obsidian arrows, more than one melee dragon crystal weapon in each person, and thousands of large cans of liquid solid various wildfire weapons...... He had always felt that it was enough. But now, with a little trickery on the enemy, he has consumed a tenth of it at once, and has not done anything, how can it be enough to continue like this?

"Let me guess, the next night, the other side continued to send a small group of ghouls to destroy Yuliangmu?"

"That's right, the next day Sir Mellister ordered that the captains of the garrisons everywhere must carefully distinguish whether the attack was a feint or a general attack, and then call the police after determining the situation...... But adults should understand: the Grand Canyon is not a desperate wall, and the steep slopes of the cliffs are not as smooth and reflective as ice walls...... In the dark night, it is very difficult to judge whether it is a 'feint' or a 'general attack' by feeling...... It can even be said that it is impossible. It's okay on a sunny night when the moon and stars are sparse, if there are some clouds in the sky, the defenders will have to throw a can of wildfire down to see the situation when they hear the wind, although the reserves are sufficient, but they can't be so consumed to play!"

"It was the day before yesterday and last night, and today will probably be no different. The strange ghosts probably also know that sending ghouls during the day will be exposed to the fire of the defenders, and we can let people with excellent archery skills kill them to save arrows, so they only come after dark to destroy the forest unhurriedly, and the number of ghouls coming is definitely not much, and the density is extremely low - guard, it often takes dozens of arrows to kill one by luck when attacking in the dark, and it is likely that a pot of wildfire will not even touch a ghoul, and the gains outweigh the losses; Destroying the fish beams and wood, anyone is creepy and their scalp is numb, they can't eat, they can't sleep well, it's really a dilemma. ”

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