The Great Wall, West, Shadow Tower.

The main castle hall.

Commander Dennis Mellister read the parchment in his hand again, and slowly said to the two hundred men in the hall in the hall: "Our former brothers, Ranger Will, have kidnapped Commander-in-Chief Jeo Mormont, Chief of General Affairs Bowen Marcy, Recruit Coach Sir Alyssa Thorne, and Acting Chief Ranger Sir Jeremy Lake, and placed Maester Aemon Targaryen under house arrest. And put all the ravens of the bachelor in a cage and sent a special person to guard them. The parchment letter I received was the only distress message from a snowhound released by Maester Emon's squire, Zitter, in the brief moments before he was placed under house arrest. ”

The Blackmen Legion of the Great Wall of Desperation sends messages through ravens, but this is a method of communication that everyone knows, and as a precaution, Maester Aemon, in accordance with ancient tradition, did not abandon another way of transmitting information: the Snow Hound.

Snowhounds can know the way, track, find people in the snow, are very sensitive and spiritual, hardy, and very fast, when searching for and rescuing brothers outside the Great Wall, when the ravens are unable to transmit information, the snowhounds will take on the heavy responsibility of transmitting information.

At Denis Mellister's feet, the snowhound, still covered in a white blanket, lay at the Commander-in-Chief's feet, and not far away there was a warm fire. The hound has slightly narrowed eyes, a long mouth slightly closed, and a slightly exposed canine teeth, as if enjoying the peace of this moment.

The deputy commander, who had returned from outside with his brothers, kept his usual clean face, and did not have a single beard on his sharp chin, and he was as careful about his appearance as Dennis Mellister.

"Commander!" Colin spoke, expressing the doubts in the hearts of the more than two hundred brothers, "How can Will do this alone? What about the other Ranger brothers in Castle Black?"

"Will took two people from the Wolf Forest tribe, one was the Wooden Shield tribe and the other was the Ash tribe, and his warriors numbered more than three hundred, more than two hundred infantry, and more than one hundred cavalry. And fully armed, swords and armor are very advanced. ”

There was an uproar in the hall, and the brothers were talking in disbelief.

Colin said: "Commander, I have never heard of a wooden shield tribe in the wolf forest, I have only heard of the ash tribe in the wolf forest mountain range, they are a branch of the Roaring Stone People, and they are also the most powerful tribe, and there are many people, the warriors of the Ash tribe are about two thousand, how did Will get in touch with the Roaring Stone People of the Ash Tribe? He and the warriors of the Ash tribe hijacked our commander and all the commanders, what did he want to do?"

Dennis Mellister handed the parchment letter in his hand to Colin, Colin glanced at it, and said to the brothers who were in a hurry: "Will led the warriors of the Wooden Shield Tribe and the Ash Tribe to ask to join the Legion of the Black Men Legion? ”

"Commander, we should send a letter crow to the East Sea to inform Commander Carter Pike. "Then flank the Commander and the other four commanders, kill all the untouchables in the Wolf Forest, and hang Will." ”

"Yes, kill all the untouchables, hang Will. ”

For a while, the crowd was furious, and the sound of swords unsheathed was endless.

Colin jumped onto the table, his hands raised, and the audience was silent. His prestige is still higher than that of Dennis Mellister, the commander-in-chief of the Shadow Tower. It's just that Dennis Mellister is recognized as an elegant and noble knight, and even when he is already an old man, he does not lose his chivalry.

"Don't panic, everyone, let's listen to the commander-in-chief first. Colin said.

Dennis Mellister said: "I have sent the Crow, the first Crow I have sent to the East Sea to inform Commander-in-Chief Carter Pike, telling him to take all his brothers and quietly march to Castle Black, and the second Raven has sent to Hearth, informing Sir Amber to prepare for more Roaring Stonemen to suddenly descend the mountain to attack, and ask Sir Amber to send troops to cut off all routes for the Roaring Stonemen to attack the Great Wall of Desperation, since some of the warriors of the Ash Tribe have descended the mountain, then there is no reason why the other warriors of the tribe should not descend the mountain." ”

"The third Crow, I sent to the Deep Forest Fort to find out about the Wooden Shield Tribe through Lord Glover, because we don't know anything about the Wooden Shield Tribe. What is the strength of the Wooden Shield Tribe, and whether there will be more people outside, we don't know. The fourth letter crow I sent to Winterfell, Castle Black mutinied, the Wolf Forest tribe aboriginal warriors united with our brothers in black launched an attack, kidnapping all our chiefs in Castle Black, this is the first major event that happened in thousands of years, the Stark family of Winterfell is the guardian of the North, they must understand this matter, if the situation worsens, we need the support of the army of the vassals under the Stark family. ”

After Dennis Mellister finished speaking, the audience became quieter, and all the brothers were impressed by the commander-in-chief's orderly arrangement. In comparison, how childish and reckless their yelling now seemed.

The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Dennis, was a member of the Mellister family in the city of Frontier, becoming a squire at the age of 12, a knight at the age of 18, and a champion at the age of 22. Here he is, 33 years since he became the commander-in-chief of the Shadow Tower.

The brothers all felt that even if Maester Amonis was here, there would be no better arrangement than Commander-in-Chief Dennis.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Colin was even more impressed.

In the Shadow Tower, Colin is responsible for leading his brothers out on patrol, reconnaissance, and conquest, and all the business plans and contingency measures are the final decision of the elderly commander-in-chief, and the shadow tower does not even arrange a necessary bachelor - because of Commander-in-Chief Dennis.

Colin jumped off the table and said respectfully to Dennis, "Commander, please give the order." ”

There is no need to discuss anything, there is no need to hold any more meetings, there is no need for the votes of the governors at all levels, as long as the commander-in-chief gives the order, everyone will carry it out.

Dennis said: "The Shadow Tower only needs to leave a ten-man Ranger squad to take care of the tower, a ten-man Ranger squad to patrol the Great Wall, a ten-man officer squad to take care of the horses, hounds and livestock, and except for the artisan brothers, the rest of the brothers, whether they are rangers or clerks, all set off to Castle Black." This time, I'm going to lead the team myself. ”

"No, no, no, no. Colin hurriedly said, he stretched out his hands to press the shoulders of the gray-haired old commander, Colin's right hand only had the thumb and index finger, and the other three fingers were cut off by the savage's axe, so he got the name of Severed Palm Colin, and the name of Severed Palm Colin made all the warriors of the savage tribe outside the Great Wall fear when they heard it:" Commander, this time all the brothers who can fight have gone, even including a large number of affairs officers who are not very good at killing, so there must be a commander here, I am not as good as you in management and strategy, and you are not as good as me in reconnaissance and surprise assault and charge combat, no matter what, this time, I will still take Colin to lead the team. ”