"Why are they burning forests?"

"What else can fire be used for?" said Egger through gritted teeth, "It burns things and emits light." They may be using fire to intercept the ghouls, or they may be trying to use the soaring flames as a signal to communicate with the wall crossers. All things considered—Mance Rader probably wanted to use the fire as a signal for a general attack, and also use the fire as a barrier to ensure that he didn't have to worry about the ghouls behind him when attacking the Wall!"

It's really lucky, why did I just catch up?

If it hadn't taken him more than ten days to pick up Jaime from the West, he would have arrived at Castle Black and begun to plan a way to deal with the wildlings, and on the other hand, if he hadn't met Arya's relatives on the way north, he had been on full speed to get rid of the abrasive little apprentice as soon as possible...... Even if it's a day or two late, the first wave of attacks will pass when you arrive at Castle Black.

In a word: he could have avoided this dangerous battle or at least reduced its danger either earlier or later, but he arrived at this just right time, without the slightest time to prepare, and had to rush to meet the challenge.

Is it a coincidence that comes from you, or are the savages having trouble with yourself?

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"General attack?

After living on the Wall for a year, Jon is no longer the unassertive boy he used to be, but now that he has an older and more intelligent person by his side, he subconsciously wants to be lazy - ask for Egger's opinion.

"What else can I do, defense...... Keep an eye on the outside of the wall!" Iger shouted to the night watchman who was standing guard on the top of the Wall, "Let's go down and arrange the defense, remember, as long as you see something moving approaching the Wall, don't hesitate to blow the horn twice!"

"Understood, don't worry!"

"Let's go, let's go down. ”

Iger was a night watchman and an officer...... He can be afraid of death, but he can't avoid the battle, since he has arrived at this critical time, let's bite the bullet!

Egg and Jon burrow into the cage and signal their descent. Amid the crunching sound of the elevator, they were back on the ground after only a few minutes of climbing the Great Wall.

"Sam! go and call the Chief Affairs Officer and the Craftsman, bring up all the weapons and armor in the warehouse, and distribute them to everyone—everyone, including the Clerk and the Craftsman!" Jon shouted to the night watchmen gathered in the courtyard of Castle Black, as soon as he came out of the cage, "Add, you hurry up and ride to the Mole Village, let the villagers take refuge in Castle Black, if anyone wants to attack here, they will definitely be bloodbathed there first!"

(Jon already has a friend and prestige among the Night's Watch.) Iger was slightly relieved.

Without the Ranger Expedition, Jon would not have had a chance to blend in with the wildlings, and naturally would not have been able to escape and report before Mance launched an attack on Castle Black, which led to a serious lack of psychological preparation for the attack in Mole Village and Castle Black - but on the good side, because of his presence, Castle Black was well equipped and had fifty more elite soldiers with Jaime......

In the original plot, Castle Black was able to survive the first round of Mance's attack with only more than 100 people and wait for Stannis's reinforcements, but now there are more than 300 people here, and they will definitely be able to defend it. The first thing I have to do is to save my life, and then to make sure that the situation is no worse than without myself as a traverser.

"Have Maester Aemon write a letter to raise the alarm!Go and call Sir Jaime Lannister, and tell his men—the recruits who came with him, not to disarm, and to be ready for battle!" Ig turned to his men who had brought Castle Black, and said, "Bring the two cans of wildfire I brought from Houguan Town to the top of the Wall, and handle them with care!"

The night watchmen in the towers poured out, took their weapons and gathered in the courtyard, and with all the rangers gone, and only a group of craftsmen and clerks were left in Castle Black...... It turned out to be a group of recruits and foreign aid who had just arrived and had not yet taken the oath to join.

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As the sky began to darken, the clerk poured everything he had, removing the double-edged axes, sharp daggers, swords, maces, spiked meteor hammers, studded leather suits, and chain mail from the warehouse, and Tywin Lannister could never have imagined that the equipment he had donated would come in handy as soon as it arrived—the team of officers in black armor even looked like elite soldiers.

The night watchmen stood in the courtyard and talked to each other, and the fire in the Ghost Forest to the north grew stronger and stronger, illuminating the night sky that should have been as dark as ink, and you could see it even if you didn't climb the wall......

"Are you sure the wildlings will attack today, Egger?" asked Bowen, "maybe they're just trying to burn out a clearing so they can put the camp together." ”

"I wasn't sure just now...... But now it can!"

Egger didn't explain much, he stared at the south - the mole village was only a few miles away, and the sent Eddie quickly rode back, and shouted from a distance of a few dozen meters: "Savages! Savages are attacking Mole Village! We have to go to the rescue!"

The vegetables eaten by the defenders of the Great Wall came from the Mole Village, and there were even many night watchmen in the village who were "friendly", and the news of their attack immediately caused a fierce reaction.

"How many of them are there?"

"How dare I get closer, I look at it from afar, at least hundreds......"

"It doesn't matter how much it is, it's just a bunch of savages!"

"Let's meet them!"

"Calm down!" Jon loudly stopped the brothers' warlike shouts, "Our duty is to guard the Wall, and we can't leave Castle Black now!"

"They're slaughtering our friends, and we're going to shrink here as turtles?"

"Our duty is to guard the Great Wall!"

"You're just the Commander-in-Chief's officer, Lord Snow, don't point fingers there!" a night watchman shouted, "Commander Mormont is not dead, and even if he does, you may not be able to become the next Commander-in-Chief!

"Yes, I'm just the Commander-in-Chief's Affairs Officer, but you're just a craftsman, why don't we come and hear from the Chief Affairs Officer, the Chief Craftsman, and the Chief Logistics Officer?" Jon replied loudly, looking at Egg.

"We couldn't leave Castle Black. "Clever," Iger praised secretly, but there was no expression on his face: "But we can saddle all the remaining horses, send people to patrol the perimeter, and if any of the villagers of Mole Village escape, we will give them shelter." Bowen and Otsayre, do you have a different opinion?"

"I agree. ”

"Guarding the Great Wall is the number one thing. ”

Even though he didn't even touch his ass when he returned to the Wall, most of the Night's Watch might have forgotten what he looked like...... But there was no doubt that Egger was the chief logistics officer appointed by Mormont himself, and he was able to suppress almost everyone present by virtue of his military position alone, and in the absence of any dissenting opinion from the chief craftsman and affairs officer at the same level, his orders finally became the decision of the command.

Woowoo woo –

There were still people present who had something to say, but the two horns that came up from the Great Wall in time put an end to the dispute, and Egger was a thriller, and immediately gave the first order: "According to the division just now, I will take a group to the city to defend, and the rest will stay in the Black Castle to prevent the wild people from crossing the wall from attacking." Remember one thing - abandoned towers, kitchens, halls, stables...... Whatever they want, we just need to guard the gates!"

......

Mance had adopted a strategy of attacking from the inside out, and in this case it was undoubtedly safer to be on top of the Wall than to be on the ground with the elite hand-me-haunted men of the wildlings who had crossed the wall. Egger didn't have much money and lost a little less, so he took the initiative to grab the safer task of going to the wall, hoping that in addition to his own safety, he could also protect as many of his subordinates as he brought to the Great Wall.

At the top of the Great Wall, the night watchmen began to prop up the steel basin with long poles and light the flames of illumination in it. The wind is like a sharp sword, poking and stirring flame seedlings, and the orange light is swaying. The soldiers lowered arrows, crossbows, spears, and ballista arrows brought up from the ground under the battlements. In addition to these precious war preparations, the rocks that the night watchmen had brought up early were also piled all over the place, and large wooden barrels filled with asphalt and lamp oil were lined up in the corners, pressing one layer after another, giving people a complete sense of security.

Thanks to the steady supply of the Night's Watch industry and the efforts of the Officers, the Night's Watch now lacks nothing but manpower.

Iger cautiously looked down, and soon understood the third purpose of Mance's order to light the fire—with the glorious forest fire a few miles away, the edge of the ghost forest under the Great Wall suddenly fell into a black effect, and the forest where the savages were stationed was pitch black, like a sea of shadows, and only a little flickering and moving starlight could be seen in it.

The power of the barrier was evident at this critical moment: the snow hundreds of meters wide and the trees had been cut down so that the wild people had nowhere to hide, and the "free people" had no snow camouflage, and when they rushed out of the ghost forest in variegated clothing and armor, shouting and trampling through the snow to the Great Wall, no blind person could turn a blind eye.

Oh woo

The trumpets sounded again, this time not by the night watchman, but with the tide of wild men pouring out of the ghost forest like ant colonies, at least a dozen horns sounded at the same time, mixed with many flutes and drums, with different timbres, without rhythm and regularity, and purely by number and volume.

In the midst of the noise, more than a dozen mammoths and a considerable number of giants also came out of the forest, and from the Great Wall, the big guys standing among the ordinary savages stood out like the elites of the strange pile...... As the giants slowly rushed towards the Great Wall on their long legs, the first frontal assault of the Seven Kingdoms by the King of the Outer Fortress began.

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