Chapter 414
2021-01-06
Chapter 414 Survivor and CombatAs far as I can see, everything is wrapped in silver and white .
The hull, deck, mast... are all covered with a layer of frost; Even the originally whistling cold wind seemed to have been drained by the strange storm just now, and turned into a gentle breeze.
The chunk of ice that was trying to haul away a moment ago is now the only thing in sight that looks normal—at least it's flat. In other places apart from this, the ocean surface was frozen into ripples in this extremely strong but very fast storm - yes, the sea surface was first blown by the wind, and then quickly lost in Extreme Cold. The temperature was frozen, and finally caused this wonderful and rare state in front of him.
Yohn felt oneself as if he were in the middle of an enormous wrinkled white blanket, but it was clear: the blanket was so much softer than ice that it was impossible to get the boat stuck in it.
The flagship of the de-icing fleet, the Mermaid, where his oneself is located, is probably due to the early adjustment of the heading and the heavy enough weight to avoid the fate of capsizing in this Epic Grade storm , stuck on the ice only at a slight angle, like a snow-carved ship model embedded on a white marble table. But the rest of the ships were not so lucky: the Blackbird stood head-up on the ice like a candle slanted in the snow, and the lower half of the ship was already frozen in the ice The "Lamprey" was turned upside down and buckled in the ice, and one third of the upper part of the hull was frozen in the ice; as for the two open-air small paddle warships, the Sharp Claw and the Stormcrow, both The man led the ship to capsize and was frozen in the ice. It is estimated that there are not half of them alive, and even the soldiers who were too late to escape on the ship and get into the cabin...
At least dozens of silhouettes were scattered in the north and south. In the narrow strip of rice... some were frozen in the ice, some were blown away by the wind and smashed on the ice, no one was able to move, and all of them became the first victims of this sudden disaster. , the first victims of this grand Song of Ice and Fire.
With just a gust of wind, the hundreds of people in the de-icing team lost half of it in an instant. Only the one who hides in the cabin and shuts the door when the wind blows will survive the storm and the cold wave that instantly freezes the water!
In shock, there was a sound behind him, and the rest of the living people on the same boat also crawled out of the cabin with their heads covered, staring dumbly like a ghost at the sudden change in front of them. the entire world.
"Stop standing there stupidly!" Yohn also came back to his senses at this time, loudly shouted to capture the thoughts of the soldiers: "This storm is strange, most of it is a trick created by Others, The enemy may already be coming on the ice, and there is not much time left for us! Immediately clear all the cabins, and pull out all those who are angry or not!"
After some fuss, the Mermaid We found nine dead bodies due to strange reasons such as being smashed by furniture in the storm, the door was not closed tightly, and so on. , and twenty-three lucky ones who were basically unharmed.
After some trial and error to determine that the ice is thick enough to move around without fear of falling into the water, Yohn begins to issue orders to assign tasks: the living people who can still move freely are divided into three groups - two people are responsible for the ice that is not frozen in the ice. The deceased were dragged together and burned as much as possible, and one of the six lightly wounded was responsible for dragging the seriously wounded back to Eastwatch first with a simple sled. A sailboat, which may still have people alive, went to rescue Pao Ze.
Aid to the Blackbird in the Ice went pretty smoothly: most of the survivors were able to oneself clamber out, and even the frozen stern compartment was alive with people—they were lucky : The icy sea water freezes so fast under the action of the cold wave that it is too late to pour into the cabin through the crack of the door and drown people. Rescue workers outside only need to chisel ice cubes and smash the jammed door panels to rescue people.
Every time a group of seriously wounded people is brought out, Yohn will divide the same number of lightly wounded people and send them back to Eastwatch first. After dozens of minutes, all the living people on the Blackbird are rescued.
But the Lamprey, upside down in the ice, stumped everyone: the cabin openings were completely sealed under the ice, and the only way to save lives was to chip away at the hull. However, this brand new battleship donated by White Harbor to Wall, the hull is made of thick and firm good wood, covered with a thin layer of ice, cold and hard, how can it be so damaged?
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Using the small amount of Wildfire carried by the ship, the corpse incineration work reluctantly started, but the progress of the broken ship rescue was stuck on the upside-down wooden coffin. The sky gradually turned dark, and tension and fear continued to permeate—every time they thought that the ghouls might be coming on the ice, the nerves of everyone who were exhausted after taking turns chiseling the ship gradually tightened, and this tension, eventually When there was a clearer vibration from the ice surface of the sole of the foot, it stretched to the limit and completely broke.
"Sir, after a while, we will be submerged by the corpse tide. The brothers in the boat are temporarily safe, let's go!"
"Yes, in case If we are caught up and killed by the Others, the brothers in Eastwatch will have dozens more enemies. Even if the safety of the Seven Kingdoms people is considered, we should not continue to be heroes!"
"Stuff the tools Let the brothers in the boat do their best, we can't suffer more losses, my lord, it's still too late to go back to Eastwatch!"
"Damn..." Looking halfway through , seeing that it would take more than ten minutes to break the hull of the hole, Yohn gritted his teeth and thought for a moment - he had led a war. In such an irreconcilable battle, the trapped brother must either be rescued Go, or have a good time, how can you leave it here for Others? After taking a few deep breaths, he finally calmed down: "No, hold on, there are more than a dozen brothers in the boat! The two who have nothing to do - take the horn, go to the north to send everyone a sentry, and immediately blow when they see the dead, and then We'll withdraw!"
The two people who were named stood there, looked at each other and didn't take a step, neither willing to risk such a big deal to save the dozen or so brothers who were still in the boat. risk.
"Go! Just blow the horn, don't let you stop!"
Yohn glared at the two disobedient soldiers, scolded loudly, and gradually settled down with his "Runestone count" The majesty cultivated in the high position forced them to start to shake, but the next second was unpredictable - with the muffled sound of "peng", the commander of the de-icing team fell down and fell from the hull of the ship. When it fell on the ice, the blood that flowed from the back of the head instantly merged into a pool of frozen red crystals on the ice.
Zit, who had killed Yohn in one hit, threw away the blood-stained hammer in his hands, and his boils seemed to turn red with anger, and he slid down the curve of the bottom of the boat to the ice with a pooh He spat at Yohn Royce, who was lying on the ground: "The old bastard who acted recklessly was exiled here because he offended the Lord Commander, and he dared to tyrannically abuse power against his brothers? Remember, he is I accidentally slipped and fell to my death! Those who have an opinion, come to the duel now, if you have no opinion, just throw things away and run away!"
The soldiers still trapped in the ship noticed the outside Movement, desperately shouting and knocking on the hull... but the dozen or so Night's Watch soldiers left outside looked at me with horror, I looked at you, fear of the unknown and death finally triumphed over courage And a sense of justice - no one said a word, all the survivors threw down their tools and ran across the undulating rippling ice towards Southwest to Eastwatch, a few miles away.
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The harbour to be within the wall is also in a mess at the moment. With the obstruction of Wall extending nearly one mile into the sea, the terrifying storm naturally did not blow directly to the fortress, but a sentry who was carelessly blown off the top of the Wall and smashed into the middle of the fortress with his brains splattered, instantly. The ice was so frozen that the ocean could not be seen... enough to make anyone realize that the major event was not good. The trebuchet on the top of the Wall tried to throw a 100-pound boulder without breaking the ice. Afterwards, everyone realized that they "yearn for day and night" for a few months of decisive battle, and it broke out unexpectedly in the most inadvertent way.
Three horns sounded, and the new land-givers who lived around the fortress swarmed into the fortress. Cotter Pyke roared in a thunderous voice to command, and everyone acted according to the plan. The job was busy: anyone who had the strength to pick up a lance or swing an axe had to take part in the defense, Wildfire and tar barrels were pulled from the warehouse and transported to the city wall, and Dragonglass weapons were also dragged out and piled up in the center of the school grounds. Conspicuous and handed out to each of the Warriors already in groups, rows of obstacles are piled up in the fortress under command—sawed firewood, hardened pickets, and bags Bags of grain...
With these arrangements, even if the enemy breaks through the city wall, Night's Watch still has the opportunity to light the wall of fire for several rounds of desperate street battles to guard the huge zigzag used to board the Wall. Wooden stairs, buy time for the old and the young to evacuate the Wall and destroy the ladders for the people behind.
With the concerted efforts of commanders at all levels, Eastwatch quickly switched to the final state of battle, but in this chaos, there was a group of people who felt at a loss - came under the order of Daenerys, when the genius Arrive at Wall's pickup team.
They originally planned to spend the night at Eastwatch, and rushed to Queenscrown early the next morning to join their Queen, who didn't expect to "just happen" to hit the Others, Unsullied and the Freedmen The soldiers of the corps were naturally not in the arrangement of the defense plan, and no one came to tell them what to do in this messy preparation situation, so they had to gather together as a whole team under the command of the commander, and stood in the courtyard and waited foolishly.
And among them, the red robe monk Moqorro is the most dazed one.
From the flame communication with Melisandre while on the ship, he has learned the good news that the plan worked, that the Queen was successfully tricked into granting land and was kept, and that the ship he was on also arrived at the Wall today. ——When both oneself and Daenerys came to the front line, and the prophecy came true, the old enemy of Lord of Light suddenly launched an attack in advance, forcibly launched the final battle when his own strength has not reached the peak, what is this?
Either there is something wrong with the existence of the existence, and he knows that he has already won the impossible, so he has no desire to improve; Do not hesitate to waste magic power, but also start the attack early.
After backing away, cast spells on the brazier alone in the house to get in touch with Melisandre, he soon learned the bad news from the other side - in the afternoon, oneself arrived by boat The Queen of Eastwatch suddenly decided to go back to the south, and after a brief conversation with the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, she left directly. When she found out that the situation was not right, she vacated and took off from Queenscrown, Melisandre Couldn't even stop it!
R'hllor is on! This little Queen, how can you not worry at all!
Moqorro immediately left the brazier, cleaned up his nervousness and regained his calm expression, then left the house to find the Raven breeder with the team: "Tie all Ravens with 'Others are attacking, need Demon Dragon support', all Let it go! Immediately now!"
As the various letters had already been written, Raven of Nanfei quickly flew out of the fortress by flapping his wings - these selected and well-trained little things with physical strength and They have strong eyesight and can travel day and night, flying back to the crow's nest in Crownlands and Dragonstone in just one day, and the sound of their wings is accompanied by the sound of a short horn on the east fortress fence: De-icing The last of the fleet's surviving soldiers also fled back to Eastwatch on foot from the ice, demanding the door to enter.
Cotter Pyke led people to block the new group of people who entered the city, and soon found out that Royce was not there, but now that everyone is under threat, there is really no time to ask the whereabouts of only one noble subordinate : "Is there anyone else behind, see what's going on?"
"It's us, the dead! The dead are... less than a mile behind us! Hurry... hurry up and close the door!"
The Eastwatch commander waved away the surviving sailors who were almost running away, turned his head and looked towards the chief affairs officer of the fortress: "Where's the Dragonglass bomb? It's the round one that Queenscrown delivered two days ago. Bring this thing to Lao Tzu! And... and those Valyria steel arrows in my room, what the fuck Lightbringer, bring them here too! Immet? Ern Immet! Pick three from you arrow technique The best guy came out, followed me the whole time, found the trace of Others, and shot his motherfucker!"
"Come on! Come on!"
"Oh my god... ...The Seven bless!"
As the final arrangements were being made, the soldiers on the east fence began to whisper, nervous roars and vibrato prayers suddenly merged - although the sky was already dark It was completely dark, but the corpse tide came from the sea. Against the backdrop of the white ice, the black sea of ghouls was more conspicuous and conspicuous, not to mention thousands of them, the rumbling sound brought by the walking. !
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