Chapter 174 The national border is in danger

Author: Leaning on the railing and letting the wind blow

Chapter 174 The national border is in danger

The stars are hanging in the sky like shadows, and under the stars a huge and towering city wall towers into the sky in the mist. The wooden towers and stone towers built close to the ice wall form a black fortress.

This castle is aptly named "Castle Black."

Castle Black is a historic fortress and the headquarters of the Night's Watch. It is as dark as night.

Several towers can be seen from outside the castle. If Cole were here, he could name them one by one.

The command tower is where the commanders of the Night's Watch live.

King's Tower, this tower is where the brothers of the Night's Watch receive guests, and is named after the king, but the king has not been to the Wall for at least a hundred years.

Spear Tower is the tallest tower on the Great Wall, although it is only one-third as high as the Great Wall of Despair.

There are some complex passages underground in Castle Black, called "worm passages" by the Night Watch, which connect each tower. On snowy days, the snow on the ground is so deep that it is completely impossible to pass on the road, so they can only

Can walk in insect paths.

The castle was already in decline before Cole left. Castle Black had the largest number of night watchmen on the Great Wall, but they were only five hundred.

At this time, the figures in Castle Black were even sparser.

Because of the disappearance of Chief Ranger Benjen Stark and a series of reasons, the 997th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, launched an investigation called the "Ranger Expedition". He took away three

One hundred night watchmen brothers.

Only fifty Oath Keepers brothers returned to Castle Black during this expedition. At the Fist of the First Men outside the Great Wall, the Night's Watch expeditionary force was attacked by wights and suffered heavy losses.

Elder Xiong and fifty brothers broke out and retreated to Custer's fortress.

Here another battle took place between the Oathkeepers and the Betrayer in the Night's Watch, and Lord Commander Mormont died at the hands of the Oathbreakers.

Although this battle was nothing compared to the battle losses in the south. But for the sparsely manned Night Watch, this ranger patrol caused them to lose almost all of their well-trained and effective combat capabilities.

It was during this crisis that Jon Snow, who had been missing for a long time, brought even worse news to the Night's Watch. The King Beyond the Wall "Mance Rayder" led an army of ten thousand wildlings to prepare to cross the desperate Great Wall.

Moreover, there is an elite savage who has climbed around the Great Wall and is on the south side of the wall.

The frontal attack by the army was just a cover for the barbarians outside the wall. The barbarians attacked various parts of the castle, preventing the Night Watchmen from spreading their forces on the Great Wall. What they wanted was to weaken the defensive strength of the base camp of Castle Black.

Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, was once a man of the Night's Watch, but later broke his oath and betrayed the Night's Watch. Like Cole, he was a child raised by a Night's Watch, but Cole's identity was Val.

Lelian blood, and he is of savage blood.

Mance was a loyal member of the Night's Watch until he was wounded on a patrol and rescued by a wildling woman. During his recovery, the wildling woman mended Mance's torn cloak with red cloth. Back to the Wall

Later, the commander of the Night's Watch asked Mance to put on a uniform black cloak. This insignificant violation of personal freedom made Mance abandon the Night's Watch, follow his heart's desire, and live with the wildlings.

He gained great influence among the savages, and in critical moments, he also used his influence to unite the savages who advocated individualism.

Castle Black fell into freezing point because of the news brought back by Jon Snow.

Weegee is helping the weapons master. Master Donal Noe is a good craftsman. Although he only has one arm, it is enough for him to lift the hammer.

"Master Noi, do you think the king will bring people to the Great Wall to help us?" Weggie wielded the hammer, and Master Noi helped him clamp the iron ingot with pliers.

"When you strike, you have to be careful," the weapons master told him.

Although Weggie is a bit clumsy, he has the patience to swing the hammer thousands of times.

Wei Ji shut his mouth obediently, listening to Master Noi's teaching voice.

When the last hammer fell, the weapons master was quite satisfied and put the hammered long sword into the water to cool down.

Weggie took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his head.

"The maester has sent ravens to various castles in the Seven Kingdoms. You don't need to worry about these things. From the day we swore to join the Night Watch, we have already committed our lives to this Great Wall."

Wei Ji nodded silently.

He stayed at the armory until the end of the job.

After walking out of the armory, he walked towards the crow's nest, where the ravens rested and where Maester Aemon rested.

The injured Jon Snow is recovering here.

"Jon." He pushed open the door and saw Jon looking at the roof of the tower in trance.

Jon Snow turned his head, "Weegee?"

The short blacksmith apprentice showed a simple smile, "How do you feel?" Weegee glanced at Jon's leg injury.

There was some paleness on his face, and he showed a bloodless smile, "Except for being unable to move, everything else is fine."

"It's really great that you can come back, I thought." Wei Ji stood next to him and saw that the corners of his lips were a little dry, so he asked, "Do you need me to get you a glass of water?"

Snow nodded slightly, "Thank you."

Weegee held the water to his mouth.

"How's it going outside?" he asked worriedly.

"The guards have been told to keep an eye on the south, and the maester has sent a dozen ravens to the south."

"Have you sent it to Winterfell?" He accidentally pulled the wound, and a trace of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Yes." Weegee took the water glass away, "There are also some sent to King's Landing and Storm's End."

"Master Noe told me that the South is not what we thought, Jon." Weegee continued, Master Noe likes to drink after forging weapons, and then tell Weegee some news he knows.

"I know, the maester told me." He also knew that Theon Greyjoy was in Eastwatch.

He is not worthy of being a member of the Night's Watch, Jon's heart immediately screams. But he soon realizes that the Night's Watch contains people like him.

They must have known that Jon would not forgive this traitor, so they sent him to Graywater Watch.

But when Theon arrived, the Night's Watch actually thought Jon was dead.

"Is anyone coming?" Jon asked, thinking in his mind: Have the princes and kings of the Seven Kingdoms forgotten ours a long time ago? Has father forgotten this place too?

Weegee shook his head, "No. The king has not come, and no crows have flown from the south."

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[The national border is in danger. Please do your best to help the Night Watch defend Castle Black.]

At this time, Eddard Stark was sitting in front of a chair in the hall, looking at the message sent by the big raven.
Chapter completed!