Chapter 236
2021-01-06
Chapter 236 Lonely HeroSince ancient times, negotiation is mostly done by the weaker party sending representatives to the stronger side It is carried out on the site of the fire, and the same is true in the world of ice and fire. In the original plot, Jon Snow was forced to go to the other side's camp to "negotiate peace" when Castle Black was completely unable to defend against the wildling army... But this time, Night's Watches can stay safe and secure within the wall. , waiting for the other side to take the initiative to negotiate.
"The lone hero enters the enemy camp" is exciting, but being forced to "be a hero" is actually a sad thing. If there is a choice, Igor hopes that the protagonist of this kind of drama will never be oneself.
Wildling had no choice, but no one expected that the one who finally came under the gate of Castle Black with the flag, ready to perform the scene of entering the enemy camp alone, was actually King-Beyond-the-Wall. Mance Rayder himself.
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"Hang this traitor to death, and this war will end." Bowen Marsh stood on King's Tower and looked down at the gray man dozens of meters away. Brown-haired, stocky wildling - Mance is being searched to make sure she isn't carrying a weapon that could threaten the Night's Watch executives.
"True, but after that, we're going to see 100,000 wildlings being hunted to death by Others in the Haunted Forest, and then facing an increased number of dead army in the future." Igor shrugged. Shrugs, "We'll talk about that later, but for now all I want to know is: Does anyone recognize this guy...how do we know this is King-Beyond-the-Wall and not a fake?"
"Mance Rayder defected before I joined Night's Watch..." Mormont was old, but he joined Night's Watch when his son came of age to make way for him, not in Wall. He doesn't know the guy who defected to beyond the wall under the previous commander: "Can Castle Black find a veteran who knows Mance Rayder?"
Chief Affairs Officer nodded: "Should be able to... Jon , go and call all Castle Black veterans who have been clothed in black for more than 20 years."
"There is no need to be so troublesome, even if someone knows Mance when he was young, he may not recognize it after more than ten years. Got it." Igor shook his head. "But not the wildling - tie the guy up and lift up the female wildling who's still in jail and tell her - we took the initiative and defeated the wildling and captured the King-Beyond-the-Wall. If you react, you know this guy is real."
"so that's how it is." Mormont thought for a while, then smiled knowingly: "Good idea, just do it."
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Soon, Mance Rayder, with a blank face, was held down by several Night's Watches, tied with ropes to the pillar in the center of the courtyard, and made an appearance of preparing for execution. Ygritte was taken out of the cell again with an angry face, and Mormont took her to a place where Mance could be seen being bound, and repeated what Igor had made up to her.
The wildlings can't possibly guess that Night's Watch will use this move to identify the true and false King-Beyond-the-Wall, not to mention the female wildlings have been locked in Castle Black's tightly guarded ice cell these days, Impossible to know that Mance Rayder came to negotiate in person - if she sneered to tell everyone they caught the wrong man, it was a fake Mance Rayder, and if she appeared shocked or heartbroken, it meant The comer is really "King-Beyond-the-Wall".
The principle is very simple, and the plan goes very smoothly, but the reaction of the test subjects is a little out of control: Ygritte sees Mance Rayder, who is tied to a post and gagged, and goes mad. Freeing Jon's grip, he swooped down on Jeor Mormont. With his hands tied and unable to use it, he opened his mouth and bit the Lord Commander's face...
Because the distance was too close, Jeor Mormont was completely defenseless and blocked his arm at the last moment, and was bitten by the female wildling on the arm.
Igor and Bowen, who were standing beside Mormont, were the first to react, and together they pulled the female wildling away and pushed her to the ground.
"You crows, it's time to go to Hell!" Ygritte's face pressed against the icy ground, and Youzi kept roaring: "If you don't let the freedmen enter the Wall, we will be killed by the White Walkers. Death becomes a walking corpse, and will remember to seek revenge for you!"
"What are you doing, Jon!?" Mormont stepped back and rubbed his arms, staring at Jon dissatisfied: "To ma'am. Gentleness is indeed a good habit, but it's our enemy! Or, you can't even catch a woman?"
Jon was extremely embarrassed, and quickly helped hold the female wildling: "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, I...I didn't expect her to be so strong."
"take along to withdraw!"
Jon grabbed Ygritte, who was still yelling, and pulled She dragged away from the officers. Looking at his back, Osail shook his head: "This child ... still wants to explain the reason to the female wildling to appease her, this is ridiculous. I am worried that this female wildling will tempt him to break his oath. Jeor, what are you doing? So, are you okay?"
"The arm is not broken, but the clothes are thick." Mormont teased easily: "At the cost of a bite, we at least know a little - this is negotiating. wildling is indeed Mance Rayder. Honestly...it's a surprise."
"What to do with this traitor?"
"Out of respect for courage, give him Let's talk." Igor said, "Not to mention, we also need food from the wildlings to get through the gap before the Braavos aid arrives."
Mormont rubbed. The wound on the right arm bitten by the female wildling, nodded: "Bring him to the Conference Hall."
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After a short while, Mance Rayder, who was unbound After being escorted by two Rangers, they went to the Night's Watch lobby and sat in front of a group of Night's Watch executives.
"What a powerful dismount." King-Beyond-the-Wall thought a moment ago that the Night's Watches tied him to hang oneself, although he regarded it as death, it was impossible to say no. After being tossed for a while, his complexion was extremely pale, "unimaginable...this is the oath I once made brothers - the attitude towards the negotiators."
"You still remember that we used to be your oath. Brother?" Jeremy sneered: "Then you should know that there is only one way for Night's Watch to deal with deserters and oathbreakers."
"After so many years, Night's Watch is still the same, no wonder it faces The freedmen's attack has been reduced to the point where the mountain clans need to be brought in as reinforcements."
"Mance Rayder." Igor said, "At this juncture, does it make sense to be happy? You better understand the situation, if the Night's Watches bite to death and don't let you in, then the 100,000 wildlings... Except for those who have already crossed the wall and fled to the south, none of them will survive. Now, you better hurry up and get what you can get The resulting chips are all put on the table so we can discuss whether we should hang you or give your people a chance to live."
Mance Rayder's presence in person is not only unexpected Mormont's anticipation also made Igor a little nervous: as Bowen said, as long as the famous Night's Watch deserter, King-Beyond-the-Wall, was hanged in front of him, the war would be over. If Mormont is determined to take this simple plan...then a whole bunch of oneself's plans are dead.
It is very difficult for him to persuade many colleagues to abandon the once-and-for-all approach and take a detour. He now hopes: Mance Rayder is not running to die, but oneself can also come up with something convincing , so that oneself can find the breakthrough port.
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(end of this chapter)