Chapter 291
2021-01-06
Chapter 291 (Part 1)The first ever Lord Commander of The Night's Watch election came to an end, and the fortresses other than Castle Black were sent to Night's Watch headquarters by Raven immediately after the results of the votes were counted.
Suspended a few days for all Night's Watch soldiers to sort out their thoughts and reflect on their true support intentions, the voting results were significantly less affected by emotions, which is intuitively reflected in Castle Black's voting results - Igor in Castle Black The number of votes received fell slightly.
But in terms of the total votes, he was unstoppable and once again opened the gap with the only remaining contender - the gap in the votes he lost in Castle Black, which was sworn in by Melisandre. The Queen's Party of 2019 was filled out; Shadow Tower and Eastwatch voted for him with 11 and 46 votes respectively; although there were single-digit abstentions or losses in the newly launched majors that originally supported him, but The number can be counted on one hand.
After many twists and turns, the final result is: Igor's votes finally approached 500. In the case of dozens of abstentions, his vote ratio - actually more than half.
Victory is at hand.
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"Eastwatch has forty-six votes for that guy?" As a commander, nearly 1/4/2022 of the people in the oneself fortress voted for the opponent , which is undoubtedly quite a shameful thing, Cotter Pyke expressed unacceptable results: "I have fought side by side with the soldiers of my fortress for more than 20 years, and they are impossible to betray me! There must be something wrong - It's the House Stark tellers who are cheating!"
"The person you're accusing actually controls the fate of Night's Watch, and if he decides to make Igor Lord Commander, it's just a matter of words, my lord. Yohn Royce was also jittery at the vote, but didn't lose his mind: "It's true that your soldiers may not betray you, but you forgot, Eastwatch has more than three dozen who were recently transferred from Castle Black." The Rangers—they, have worked with Igor."
"That's only thirty or so, and even if they all voted for Igor, there are still more than a dozen votes?"
"Shadow Tower also had a dozen or so votes for him, and with Ser Mallister himself in charge, let's face it: no matter how much you think oneself is loved by oneself soldiers, there is bound to be a Others have secretly held grudges against you for a long time and dare not speak out, and there will inevitably be people who feel that the guy who feeds them and clothe them is more qualified to be the commander than you. Although the situation is bad, the vote of that guy is 2/3/The 2022 line is still far away, and as long as the plan I proposed before works, even if he has a huge advantage, we can knock him back to his original shape in an instant!"
Of course Cotter Pyke knew about Yohn Royce What are you talking about, the demolition plan is very good, but they encountered difficulties when pulling allies: first, the commander of Shadow Tower scolded them, then walked away and gave the opponent a big gift, and then the chief affairs of Castle Black The officials also pushed back three and four, and hesitated for several days and finally did not join the team...
The King-Beyond-the-Wall accident, the new land-grant people heard the news, and the blow to the implementers of the land-grant resettlement plan must be devastating. Yes... but once it fails or is reported and betrayed afterwards, the plan executors will also be ruined or even lost their lives. To bear the risks and pressures of being this villain alone, Rao is Cotter Pyke who claims to be a tough guy from the Iron Islands, and has been unable to make a decision.
Want to do it without allies?
Yohn ·Royce saw the other party's hesitation in his eyes, but there was nothing he could do. Robb Stark has left Castle Black with a large North delegation this morning, escorting Igor to start a tour along the Wall. The leader of the radical faction and the biggest supporter are both absent. It can be said that this is the best time to start... If it wasn't for Vale and a few people, he would have made plans by himself.
Ser Mallister is right, in principle: Mance Rayder led the wildling to surrender to the Night's Watch, and is now under house arrest in Castle Black as a hostage, even if the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch is elected. He had to be executed with a proper reason and after a trial. Want to use lynching to get him out of the way to get Igor into trouble... Those who do it after it's done have to rely on "the law doesn't blame the public" to escape accountability, and this is doomed: those who plan must reach a certain level quantity.
Shadow Tower and Castle Black have no officers willing to join, if Cotter Pyke is shaken again, oneself a little Ranger Captain will take someone to kill Mance...
Afterwards Couldn't be better than Igor.
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"Have you heard the training of the recruits outside?" Yohn · Royce pointed to the outside of the house, "It's all Igor's 'feeding and clothing' and 'fixing' Wages' baited land-genders, mountain clans and wildlings...if we don't act soon, do you think that when these people finish their training and swore to join Legion, will they vote for the people who recruited and paid them, or Us?"
"They are not nobles, it is impossible to complete the training in a short time and be allowed to join the Night's Watch."
"That's right, but did they complete the training? Not a word from Castle Black Instructor? The bad news I got is that Andrew is determined to be the henchman to that guy Igor...we don't have much time left, adults better make a decision soon!"
Cotter Pyke listened sideways, and the noisy human voices outside were really clear. Night's Watch Legion hasn't had so many recruits training at the same time for a long time. By convention, one-fifth of them will be assigned to Eastwatch after completing their training. As one of the three stronghold commanders, he should be happy. Yes, but now...
He clenched his fists and thought quietly, his face changed a few times, and finally he gritted his teeth and punched the table hard: "Go ahead, call our people and do it!"
"Yes!"
Yohn relaxed, also refreshed, turned around and walked towards the door, but the door was pushed open from the outside first.
A former Vale Knight assigned by him to monitor the daily life of the King-Beyond-the-Wall family in Hardin's Tower walked in with a panicked expression: "Not good, Kingslayer and his Westerlands gang. People are gathering under Hardin's Tower to move the King-Beyond-the-Wall family!"
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Leaked? Cotter Pyke and Yohn Royce looked at each other in shock: the plan has always been known to only a handful of people, and the details have not been released to the soldiers loyal to them. The insiders are nothing more than a few people in this room, trusted Vale The princes, and several Shadow Tower and Castle Black officers they had initially tried to persuade.
Who leaked the secret, the other officers of the Conservatives, or the oneself of Eastwatch?
Whoever it is, the situation is horribly bad, and it's a hundred times worse than voting for Igor - a blatant betrayal!
"It's the old bastard of Mallister - he sold us to Igor, so that the latter won't remove his commander position after he is elected commander, that must be the case!" Cotter Pyke instantly identified the informer, his eyes widening with anger growled. A moment ago, he was still hesitating whether to take this step. Who would have thought that he would soon have no chance to make a choice! "You guys, come with me first! Yohn, you go and gather the others, you must not let the Wildlings King run away!"
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Under Hardin's Tower, a car The huge but somewhat dated carriage was parked on the side of the road, and the King-Beyond-the-Wall family, with the help of several Westerlands soldiers, loaded the junk line of large and small bags into the car, in an obvious move.
"Stop!" Seeing this scene, Cotter Pyke led people straight to the carriage and stopped a group of Westerlands people from carrying them: "What are you doing? Who is - allowing you to let Wildlings The King family, who left Hardin's Tower?"
A group of people who are moving, look at me, I look at you, and don't know how to respond.
As a hostage under house arrest, Mance Rayder and his family have little say - zero, to be precise; and the remaining dozens of Westerlands are the most ordinary people in the Wall. The Night's Watch Rangers, facing officers of the rank of Eastwatch Fortress Commander, are obviously not on a conversational level.
Therefore, the executor of this operation, James Lannister, had to stand up.
Kingslayer walked out of the door at the bottom of Hardin's Tower with a proud look as always, and stood at the front of his side. Laughed brilliantly before replying: "We received news that there are people with bad intentions-may be harmful to Mance Rayder and his family, and then endanger the stability of the land grant. In order to take care of the overall situation, we decided to transfer it after discussion. To ensure safety."
"Discussion, who to discuss with whom? How does King-Beyond-the-Wall handle such an important hostage, is it up to you, a little Ranger Captain, to make the decision? "
"It's not my turn to make a decision." James shrugged calmly, and shook his hair habitually, "but forgive me to speak bluntly, it's also not your turn to make a decision. "
Cotter Pyke was briefly speechless for a few seconds - of course it was not his turn to make a decision, accepting the surrender of King-Beyond-the-Wall, holding him hostage at Castle Black, it was all Mormont. The commander's arrangement. According to Igor's theory, changes can only be made after the Lord Commander is elected... This cunning guy! Is oneself going to do this over and over again--tolerating Igor's constant constraints on their movements by a dead man?
Wait...the next second, Cotter found a loophole in James' words: The late commander's arrangement was restrictive for conservatives, but not for radicals? oneself has no right to dictate the placement of the Mance Rayder family, nor does James have the right to move them!
"That's right, it's neither yours nor my turn to make the decision, only the new Lord Commander has the right to make changes to the placement of the Wildlings King! If so, let them quickly Go back to the tower."
"Sorry, but Commander Mormont asked me for a dream and ordered me to transfer the Mance Rayder family to Queenscrown for safety."
"A dream?! "Cotter Pyke stared wide-eyed: "You said it was discussed!"
"Yes, I dreamed that Commander Mormont gave me an order and woke up and told the Chief Logistics Officer about it , the two of us discussed and decided to implement it."
Whispers and chuckles could be heard from the Night's Watch onlookers, and of course no one would believe such obvious foolishness - in fact, speaking Saying that, James oneself blushed too: lying and playing rascals were not his forte. In fact, when Igor taught him this rhetoric, he resisted for a long time, but it was impossible to protect the safety of Val and her family, and his life was at stake, so he finally decided to forcibly transfer the Mance Rayder family as Igor taught him.
"You—" The most humble person is invincible. If being a rogue is not James' forte, then dealing with a rogue is not Cotter Pyke's forte. The commander of Eastwatch had been speechless with anger, blood on his neck and face, he reached behind his back and took out his battle axe: "I don't care whether I dream or not, today, the Wildlings King family, no one Don't even take a step away from Castle Black!"
Excellent, exactly as Igor expected.
The embarrassment of being forced to play a rogue quickly faded away, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of James' mouth. Solving problems with martial power is what Cotter Pyke is best at, and why isn't it oneself's favorite? Two people who believe in "you can do it without beeping" meet, let's see who is more powerful!
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(end of this chapter)