In the heavy snow, two small sparks flashed in the darkness a thousand feet away, and as the sound of the explosion reached the ears of the crowd on the wall a second later, the tide of corpses that suddenly began to pour into the sea of fire also fell in pieces like harvested leeks in an instant, and finally none of them rushed to the wall to attack.

In the midst of the tsunami cheers, for a moment, Egger was like the mere soldiers—thinking that this war, though short-lived, unheard of in a tragic and thrilling way, was over.

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But Melisandre's muffled account soon woke him from his dream: "The Night King is dead, but the other ghosts are not gone. Another aura that was a little weaker than it appeared out of thin air in a burst of strong aura fluctuations, and quickly hid himself, it may be that his power was absorbed by another strange ghost! Hurry up and use the dragon crystal blast bomb, maybe you can take advantage of the weakness to enter - strangle it at the beginning of its birth!"

This suggestion was immediately carried out by the defenders, but the miracle did not occur again in the rumbling explosion, and as the sea of corpses outside the wall, which had already shrunk most of the time, retreated into the darkness like a tide, Egger even had the idea of breaking open the gate and killing it...... Thankfully, the scuffle that was still going on inside the walls soon reminded him that it wasn't over yet.

Putting away his ridiculous heroic thoughts, Iger ordered half of the defenders of the wall to remain on guard and extinguish the fire, while the other half made a slight formation and rushed into the wall to strangle the enemy who had already entered the city.

The officer system with the soldiers of the Night's Watch Logistics Security Team as the skeleton, the perfect plan, and the determination to fight against the water and have no way out...... The land-grant army, which was born from the savages and mountain clans, has exerted a super-level combat effectiveness. But in the panic, the difference still appeared: it was a tactical arrangement to set fire to the houses and fight and retreat, but many troops used this as a basis and excuse, often setting fire to retreat when they saw ghosts, and using the dense buildings and spatial depth of the residential area outside Houguan Town to "exchange space for casualties", although the casualties of the soldiers decreased slightly, but the consequence was that the outer city of Houguan Town suffered a lot of damage from its own source and little significance, and even affected the women and children who had no time to evacuate.

The former land-giving capital is now burning with flames, and the scene seems to have been plowed by the bomber group of the Mi army with incendiary bombs - in such chaos, the strange ghost hunting team led by excellent archers armed with dragon steel arrows marched and fought quite unsmoothly...... In the end, only three of the eight strange ghosts who entered Houguan Town were successfully killed, and the remaining five all took advantage of the chaos to break through the fire, climbed over the outer wall, and escaped from this terrifying "death place" under the watchful eyes of the defenders who were helpless to take them without the Dragon Steel Arrow.

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A big victory, full of devastation.

The ghouls and strangers died, escaped, and fell clean, leaving only a big mess left for humans.

After preliminary post-battle statistics, the defenders of Houguan Town suffered more than 700 casualties, including more than a dozen giants, and more than 1,000 civilians were missing and killed. Fortunately, the industrial area separated from the residential area did not suffer much damage, and the important people on the list did not have any major accidents in the inner fort of Houguan Town, which was heavily protected, which was one of the few good news in this bloody battle.

It took the surviving soldiers and civilians the rest of the night to extinguish the fires and the scattered ghouls that remained within the walls, and to clean up the battlefield burned to ruins, and it was not until the sun on the third day of the attack of the demons once again lit up the cloudy sky that the defenders carefully dismantled the fortifications that blocked the gates and began to carefully dispose of the tens of thousands of ghouls that burned the mountains outside the walls...... Well, more precisely, dead ghosts.

Of course, it is not for nothing that makes Egg afraid after breaking out in a cold sweat: Miss Stark, who has learned a little swordsmanship and thinks she is very powerful, has been clamoring for help to kill the strange ghost before the war, and after he refuses and locks him in the inner castle without mercy, she actually has a crooked brain for her own actions - last night, taking advantage of the people who sent messages and dispatched people in the inner fort, all the personnel were at the door or on the wall to be vigilant about the change in the battle situation, and no one cared about her, she quietly ran to take the temporary unattended Asha · Greyjoy let go, the shackles were removed, and two women, one older and one young, disguised themselves in the ranks of soldiers sent to the Inner Fort to help in the battle, trying to find their way to the wall to fight.

They were able to meet the ghouls who had broken through into the city, and after a thrilling encounter, it was not until the commander of the group returned to the inner fort with everyone that they found two young ladies mixed in the group.

Fortunately, the arrangement of swallowing the dragon crystal worked, and the cost of the strangers to make trouble in the outer city and overturn the balance of victory was curbed, otherwise, Asha deserved to die, and there was something unexpected when Arya won the battle in Houguan Town, and Iger really didn't know how to explain to the guardian of the north.

was scolding the bear child who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and the soldier who reported on the reconnaissance of the battlefield outside the city pushed the door in.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the rangers have completed the first round of reconnaissance and estimation, judging from the traces of the march in the snow, the number of enemies still remaining is between 10,000 and 20,000, and they are now moving south along the King's Road, at least a dozen miles away!"

"What!" Egger suppressed his shocked expression, "Heading south along King's Road?"

"Hah!" Arya, who had been standing obediently for a while, suddenly came to her senses, "You don't let me steal the work of the Night's Watch, then now that the strangers are heading to the north, you can't stop me - protect your home!"

"Shut up!" Egger glared at the girl and shouted at the guard at the door, "Take Miss Stark down and tell those friends in Winterfell - they did their part to defend Houguan last night, and I will treat them as if nothing unpleasant happened, and if they don't look down on their own young lady again, I will have to sue their lord!"

Arya screamed and was pulled out of the door, and Egg retracted his thoughts and solemnly re-questioned the soldier who reported the news: "Are you sure the dead are heading south along King's Road?"

The Rangers followed the footprints for a few miles south, and saw no sign of turning or turning, so they sent Zai Xian back to report the news. ”

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Damn, it's really damn bad.

After such a fiasco in which even the leader was killed, how could the strangers still have the courage to continue south?

According to common sense, it is inferred that the strong side took the initiative to invade the enemy's territory but was hit head-on, resulting in a reversal of the balance of strength...... For the ghosts, the so-called home field is nothing more than the north of the Great Wall. If they had any plans to retreat to the Outer Barriers, whether through the Grand Canyon or through the frozen Seal Bay, the Night's Watch would definitely get out of the way, and would not stop them in the slightest.

It's not that Iger wants to return to the mountains, but the fact is that the Night's Watch has also exhausted their courage and combat readiness after this great battle, and they can barely win the battle with the walls and luck, and they have no strength to stop the enemy from returning home in a field battle. Thinking about the benefits with the method of spiritual victory, once the enemy who has lost his troops and suffered a great injury is back outside the fortress, no matter how he recovers, he will not be able to make a comeback in a short time, and even if he comes, he will threaten the night watchman greatly, not only is he no longer the number one enemy, but he has become a "coward" that Houguan Town can raise to take advantage of his own respect, and Egger can use the excuse of "there are still strange ghosts that have not been destroyed" to continue to ask for materials and food, expand armaments, practice day and night, and accumulate chips for the most advanced poker table in the future Game of Thrones.

However, the remnants of the strange ghosts don't know if they also have the overlord complex of "seeing the father of Saibei without face", and in such a hopeless situation, they still move forward and continue to go deep into the human territory like stunned greens......

What's worse is that the army of ghouls has no logistical supply lines to be cut off, and they are not afraid of being attacked on their backs, so they are not affected by the various adverse factors of the lone army, and they hit Egger right and hit Egger, the weakness of the entire human side!

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The Night's Watch had indeed previously provided the Northern Princes with some Dragoncrystal weapons, teaching them how to use them, as a sign of gratitude for their long-standing assistance. But those symbolic gifts were not so much war readiness as samples and talismans for peace of mind—one was barely enough for the guards of each castle to equip them, but it was not enough for each of the inhabitants to swallow one, not to mention the plan drawn up by the Night's Watch Command could not control the northern nobles who were loyal to the Stark family.

The people of the North are not prepared to deal with the Wraiths, and if they panic, they will only fall into the mouth of the tiger and become a good source for the Wraiths to replenish the ghouls. If the enemy were to recover from this, how much of the Night's Watch would be ready and soldiers would be able to fight Armageddon again and again?

"Send a letter to all the families in the north, inform each nobleman of our battle process and the key to victory, let them prepare fire oil asphalt, and emphasize - let them hold on to the castle and wait for help!" The caretaker of the crow's nest happened to be in the room, and Iger immediately ordered him, "The Great Wall has not been broken, the enemy has used magic repeatedly, and the magic power must have been exhausted, as long as you don't go out of the city to send your soul to death, let the dead army recover too much, and when the queen comes back to help with the dragon, we will go south to relieve the siege and save the field, and we will be sure of nine out of ten!"

"My lord, the letter crow came to Winterfell yesterday afternoon, and you may not have seen it when you were busy arranging the city defenses - the Stark family has issued a general mobilization order to the entire north, and the armies have probably been assembled at this moment, and are on their way to the Great Wall. ”

Iger opened his mouth and remembered the incident—he had seen the letter, but had not opened it. Yesterday, the army of ghouls appeared overwhelmingly and mightily outside Houguan Town, arranging troops to establish an encirclement, the atmosphere was so depressing that it was suffocating, in the case that he could not protect himself, how could he care about the measures of the north?

The northern section of King's Road, which had been painstakingly renovated, provided great transportation for both sides of the city, and now, a human army with no wildfires, no bombs, and no dragon steel, and only a few dragon crystal weapons, was on its way north, and was about to meet the remnants of the rout of the southward army of ghouls...... Should the land grant sit back and watch the enemy annihilate the coalition forces and turn the northern princes into ghouls, or should they grit their teeth and take the risk of attacking while their own strength is also damaged, and try to complete the battle?

Soon, Iger realizes that he has no choice at all: to chase after the victory, and despite the danger, there is still a chance of victory...... But if the enemy is allowed to ravage the north, kill tens of thousands of ghouls and then come back, then everyone will surely die!

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