Chapter 0490: The Strange Ghost Is Coming
A group of four ravens arrived at night with news.
Both Will and Carter had the feeling that something was wrong, a very ominous feeling.
They didn't go back to the house, they just stood under the bachelor's tower and waited.
If something big happens, the North and the Great Wall of Desperation are already secret military allies, and they have a private agreement to advance and retreat.
If the North is the teeth, the Great Wall of Desperation is the lips. If the Great Wall of Desperation is the teeth, the North is the lips.
This alliance is unknown to the outside world, but from a military operation to destroy the Iron Islands, smart people should be able to see a little hint of this relationship.
After only a short while, Robb's figure appeared in the window of the Bachelor's Tower, and he waved his hand downward, Will and Carter met, and Carter said, "Will, go up." ”
The personal relationship between the two people is extraordinary, a life-and-death friendship. In private, both men call him by his first name. This is more in line with the current situation of the legions of the Great Wall of Desperation, and after the Free Folk joined, they were in the habit of calling them by their first names. The freedmen would call their king Mance Rader by his first name, let alone kneel.
"You go with me, and if it's inconvenient, you're waiting for me at the door. ”
"Good!"
The two of them entered the Bachelor's Tower together.
Caitlin, Maester Lewyn, and Robb in the room all had solemn faces.
Will left Carter out the door.
He can ignore it, but the Stark family has its own rules, which are also the rules of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms.
"Come in with Commander Carter. Robb said. Although he was young, he had a good eye and saw that the relationship between Carter and Will was beyond the ordinary relationship between superiors and subordinates.
Carter then walked in, and Mrs. Caitlyn was disgusted but smiling.
Caitlyn didn't like Carter's gangster temperament, but she knew that the defenders of the Wall were outlaws.
"There's a letter from the Great Wall of Despair, addressed to you!" said Maester Ruwen. He took a letter that had not yet been opened
Will and Carter looked at each other, and Will took the letter and swept it away, his face changing.
"What was written?" Carter was illiterate.
"Mance Raide had come to Shun with his legions, and was attacked by the Wraiths in the valley of Thern, suffering heavy casualties, and Commander-in-Chief Mormont decided to reinforce them with the Rangers. ”
Carter's face changed: "The strange ghost is coming?"
Caitlyn, Robb, and Maester Luwen change color together.
"Isn't there a cavalry team led by Broken Palm Colin at Ancestral Fist Peak?" Carter said, "They're going to reinforce Mance Red, why would Commander-in-Chief Mormont go himself?"
"Commander-in-Chief Mormont is going to the front line to take command in person. He's been stuck in Castle Black, always looking for a chance to get out. "I have kept him in the Black Castle and not allowed him to go north, because I have learned a prophecy from the Prophet of the Children of the Forest, Lady Leaves, that in the snow and ice of the north, a white-haired old man will be pecked in the face by ravens, and I believe that the old man is Commander-in-Chief Mormont." The one who pecked at his face was the raven he had raised. ”
The room fell silent all at once, except for the breathing of five people.
Caitlin was shaking, but she didn't know it.
The Strange Ghost is coming!
She didn't want to believe it, but she had to. Her heart was filled with fear.
Everyone's hearts were filled with fear, and Will was no exception.
He had been preparing to fight the strangers, but he didn't expect the strangers to come so soon.
His three hundred Valyrian swords had not yet had time to be crafted. It takes months to recruit blacksmiths across the country, and another few months to forge them.
The trajectory of the world has deviated.
In Will's plan, the Wraiths shouldn't have attacked so early.
On the other side of the Narrow Sea, the Targaryen dragons have not yet been able to grow up.
His griffons are also still in their infancy.
"We need to get back to the Great Wall immediately. Will said, standing up.
No marriage with the valley can compare to the military crisis in the north.
The stranger is coming, and this is the common enemy of the human race.
"Lord Will, you have a letter. Maester Ruwen said.
Will took the letter, it was from Tyrion on Dragonstone.
He and Tyrion were in constant contact, and Tyrion had calculated that he was in Winterfell.
Will opened the letter, and when he saw it, his face froze again.
"What's the matter?" Carter asked, nervousness in his voice.
He had rarely seen Will look so surprised.
"Tyrion has been attacked by mercenaries from across the Narrow Sea, and it's unclear what kind of mercenaries they are, their banner with a pattern of tattered clothes. ”
"Mercenary group?" Robb's voice changed, "mercenaries from across the Narrow Sea, who invited them?"
"Tyrion is lost?" asked Carter.
"No, he repelled three enemy attacks, and he urgently needed reinforcements. ”
"I'll go. Carter said.
"Master Lewyn, please send a raven to the East Sea Lookout, and order the Chief of General Affairs Green to immediately send the East Sea Watch fleet to support Dragonstone Island. Carter said.
"It will take a month for Donghaiwang's fleet to reach Dragonstone Island, and it will be too late. Master Ruwen, send a raven to Lord Eddard, asking him to send a royal fleet to reinforce Dragonstone. Will said.
"Good. Maester Luwen immediately agreed. He stood up, wrote to Ed, and released the raven.
"Lord Will, we have received two more letters here, one from Lord Eddard and one from Storm's End. Caitlin said.
"What does the letter say?" Will asked in a deep voice, his brow furrowed.
"Ed's letter says that Kavon Lannister wants me to come forward and kiss Lady Lyza for him, and that Westland wants to marry the Vale. ”
"Oh!" Will's brow furrowed even deeper.
"Kaivon wants to control the valley, and he asked us to help him marry? he's dreaming!" Robb sneered.
"And another letter?" Will asked.
"There's also a letter from Storm's End, that Tass's Tuck's Twilight Hall has been attacked and taken over by a mercenary army, and that a large number of mercenaries have appeared in the towns along the coast of Storm's End, and several noble castles have been conquered by them. Judging by their banners, they were led by the Golden Knights from across the Narrow Sea. Storm's End sent a message to King's Landing, the Vale, the North, the West, and the Riverlands, and requested reinforcements. ”
Will said, "In this way, everything that the Iron Isles King Baron said is true, Kaivon hired legions from across the Narrow Sea to attack Westeros, he and the Tyrells are secretly allies, and the nobles of the Vale also have their allies. Kaivon's target this time should be the Iron Throne. ”
"King Joffrey, whom Kayvon wants to support, is in our hands!" said Robb, "and we have Rosamon Lannister." ”
"Storm's Rest has Adric Storm, the bastard son of the former King Robert, who has been publicly recognized, and who has the bloodline to be crowned king. ”