The commander who was bent on meritorious deeds was determined, and the three soldiers had no choice but to suffer. Will was originally a poacher, and his sneak tracking skills were very good. He quickly deduced the number and situation of the people on the opposite side - about ten people, men, women and children.

, probably a savage family.

Savages have a strong and ferocious image in the minds of the residents of the Seven Kingdoms. In many places in the North, they are even used by adults to scare children. However, the night watchmen who often deal with them do not accept this trick. People in black know very well that the so-called savages

, in essence, they are just wild farmers who do not pay taxes and do no corvee, and think this is called "freedom". Our side is different - whether you believe it or not, the fact is: even if it continues to decline, the Night's Watch is still the largest on this continent.

One of China's standing armies, to use a modern word to describe it, is a "professional soldier."

In this era of feudal lords, nobles who wanted to fight had to notify their vassals, and the vassals summoned soldiers. The "soldiers" put down their hoes, picked up their weapons, and went to assemble under the leadership of the knights. The army was thus formed.

The Night Watch is different. Their only task is to guard the Great Wall. They are always in a state of war. All supplies and food come from the residents of the land grant and donations from the families in the north. Even in the most peaceful times, the Night Watch is fine.

Production. Although the quality of the soldiers is a bit poor, an army that trains every day can be considered an elite soldier in this backward world.

And the Rangers are the "combat soldiers" of this standing army. Compared with the "auxiliary soldiers" such as craftsmen and administrative officers, they basically do not even do chores such as washing and cooking. Their only activities are training and patrolling -

-Compared with the savages who hold sticks and stone axes and spend most of their time "survival", the average combat effectiveness is more than one or two points higher. Putting aside some savage "warriors" who are only one in a thousand, in terms of quantity

When the gap is not big and there is no way to carry out an effective ambush, few savages dare to take action against well-trained and well-equipped rangers.

At least the small group that Iger and his gang are targeting now don't dare.

This group of savages initially headed west slowly along a route parallel to the Great Wall. After noticing the pursuit of the four rangers, they began to turn north and try to escape... It was the first time that Weimar Royce led a patrol, so naturally he would not take it easy.

After letting go, the two groups started a marathon in the ice and snow.

…

Egg and the other three night watchmen followed the savage's whereabouts during the day, and spent the night wrapped in heavy blankets to recharge their batteries. With the advantage of having horses to ride, they clung to the enemy and tracked north for three days before turning.

Northwest, then turned north two days later... Thanks to the storm and heavy snow, Will never lost sight of his target.

"Nine days, my lord."

"Is nine days a long time?"

"Not long." Gary replied in a moderate tone: "But we only brought a dozen days of dry food. Even if we plan carefully, we can only last twenty days. And we still have to go back. If we continue to chase, the second half of the return journey..."

"I heard Sir Thorne say." There was a hint of sarcasm in Weimar's tone, "Last winter, the rangers carried a month's supplies but persisted outside the Great Wall for six months. How did they do it?"

Will and Iger, who didn't interrupt, looked at each other and coughed a few times to hide their embarrassment: Weimar's irony may be quite powerful, but it's a pity that he chose the wrong target.

"If you want to know how it was done, I can answer your questions." Gary, who had long been unhappy with this playboy, certainly would not miss the opportunity to slap him in the face: "I participated in that operation, and the food supply

After eating all the food, we first ate horse meat and dog meat, then dug grass roots, dug rat nests, and hunted anything that moved. In the end, there was really nothing to eat, and the commander ordered us to take the bodies of our brothers with us... Fortunately, there were none in the end.

It came in handy, and we braved the storm to reach Custer's fortress, and with the help of the savage who had his own daughter, we returned to the Great Wall alive."

"If sir wants to give it a try, I can only promise to do my best to bring everyone home alive." The speaker happily looked at Weimar's panic expression and continued unceremoniously: "It's just that the commander-in-chief reminded us,

Teams of less than ten people should not go to Custer for help, and grass roots and horse meat are not easy to digest."

The young noble's face changed several times. Egg thought that the youngest team leader among the rangers would become angry, but in fact he quickly calmed down and even miraculously made a concession: "Okay, no matter what happens.

, we will all turn around and end the tracking tomorrow, but on this last day, we must take the initiative and try to capture one or two 'tongues' alive. Regardless of success or failure, we will set off to return tomorrow."

"Take the initiative?" Will couldn't continue watching the show, he became nervous: "But... Lord Bunyan asked us to investigate the reasons and movements of the wildlings, but he didn't let us..."

"During these nine days, what did you find out during your investigation?" Weimar interrupted the poacher. "It would be easier to catch a living savage for interrogation than to pursue him for another nine days. Gary, what do you think?"

Gary could argue with each other and ridicule each other based on his seniority and veteran status, but in the face of Weimar, who was both a noble and an officer, he still couldn't disobey the order. He curled his lips and reluctantly replied: "Listen all.

Your Majesty’s orders.”

Weimar smiled contemptuously. He liked the feeling of seeing others seeing him unhappy but having to obey orders. He snorted in his heart and turned to look at Will: "You, go to the front to investigate, report the specific situation when you come back, and we will study it further."

Decide how to proceed."

The poacher glanced at Egg and Gary without temper and followed the order. The remaining three people got off their horses and found a place to sit down and rest among some big trees.

…

Egger stood on a rock half buried in the snow and began to observe his surroundings. The weather was getting colder day by day, and this place was located hundreds of miles north of the Great Wall. Geographically speaking, the temperature should indeed be lower... But what made him feel most uneasy was that

It's not the cold, it's the people.

Ser Waymar Royce, to be precise.

It's not that he's afraid of him. Although this young nobleman is somewhat pampered, it's impossible to label him a playboy without conscience. Apart from being a bit arrogant about his status, he has never done anything bad that makes people angry... Egger is afraid.

Yes, it is a plot related to this young man.

If he had known earlier that one day he would travel to this world, he would have watched both the TV series and the original work several times. But there are no assumptions in life. In the original world, whether he watched the TV series or the original work, he would

I just skimmed through it, and I only had a general idea of ​​the plot, but didn’t remember any details at all.

But there was one plot that he really couldn't forget, and that was - Wilma Royce, the unlucky guy who was hacked to death by the White Walkers at the beginning of the story of Ice and Fire. He was the first famous character to appear in novels and TV series.

The death of a character with a surname reveals the true existence of the world's biggest villain, sets the tone of the plot, and is considered the most important "introduction".

But the conscience of heaven and earth, as a time traveler, Iger asked himself that even if he could not be promoted and raised all the way to the top of his life, he should not be a foil who died at the beginning of the story! So, when he heard about this ten days ago

When Ser Waymar Royce was asked to lead the next patrol, he refused in his heart.

It's a pity - as a person who came to the Great Wall with a crime, he has neither the right to choose his superiors nor the right to refuse normal attendance. He can only bite the bullet and hit the road and go deep into the ghost forest again.

Ghost Forest Ghost Forest. Without ghosts, what is a ghost forest? The cold wind north of the Great Wall never stops, blowing the shadows of the trees like ferocious living creatures. This is how this black wasteland got its name. Egg is now

I still remember the scene when I went north to the Great Wall for the first time. At that time, the memory of legends and plots suddenly came to my mind. At first glance, every tree shadow around seemed to be a strange ghost standing still waiting for a living person to take the bait. Every carved tree

Even a weirwood tree with a human face could scare him. At the end of the first day of patrol, when he dismounted, his legs were almost too weak to stand. Thinking about it now, it was really embarrassing.

Now, he has gone out of the wall more than ten times and met the savages two or three times. He is no longer afraid of the cold forest in front of him, which is known as a ghost.

But walking with Weimar once again activated the hidden uneasiness in his heart. There seemed to be some indescribable danger hidden in the dense shadows of trees on all sides, making him as uneasy as an animal facing its natural enemies.

I walked around the resting point and found no abnormal signs. Maybe the chill and sense of crisis on my back were just an illusion caused by the existence of Weimar? Thinking about it carefully, this guy is not so unlucky that he came out for the first time.

Just take yourself to bump into the White Walkers during the patrol... When you return to the Great Wall this time, you have to find a way to avoid patrolling with the evil star of the Royce family.

Egg shook his head and returned to the other two people. He found a place to sit down under their strange eyes and waited quietly for Will to return from his investigation.

…

The cold wind was blowing, and the horses kept walking around and snorting. Egger kept paying attention to the surrounding sounds while not relaxing his vigilance, while thinking about ways to avoid walking with Weimar and getting away from the night watchman. About an hour later,

Will is back.

"Huh?" Weimar raised his head, looked at the poachers with questioning eyes, and spoke in his unique arrogant and careless tone: "It will be dark soon, the savages should have stopped to light a fire and set up camp, right?

."

Will turned over and dismounted, walked blankly to the three of them, swallowed, and said with a confused look on his face: "I know you won't believe it...but I don't know what happened in front...the savages are all dead."
Chapter completed!