Chapter 442
2021-01-06
Chapter 442 Trapped beasts still fightingDragons soar in the sky at the edge of the field of vision.
Whether it is the huge size or the strong magic power fluctuations radiated, they are as conspicuous as the lights in the dark night, even if the night is getting darker, they are still clearly visible... Close at hand, but say nothing beyond the last A distance flying range.
While sensing the positional movements of the three dragons at all times, and walking their gnashing teeth cautiously, the chief Cold God priest faintly felt the dense Life Aura that began to appear at the end of the road in the far southwest.
Either it was a fortress built beside the Great Way, or it was an army of humans arriving after hearing the news, and either way, the way to the south was blocked!
This is the worst consequence of the planned bankruptcy: the blitz against Wall failed to succeed, the change of the plan continued to be frustrated, and it went down step by step, and the situation finally reached the present where everything was lost. Unconsciously, they were supposed to be human natural enemies and world destroyers, but they fell into the end of being double-teamed and wiped out by their prey... Although they are several hundred li away from the Wall, the Magic that stands out of sight The ice wall, but still kept reminding the Cold God priests - what is despair.
If you can't lure the three Demon Dragon forwards to attack by posing as a bait, you will have no chance of winning against the Night's Watch with all kinds of restraint weapons. But going south, not only is it getting closer and closer to the magic power concentration threshold line, which is a matter of life and death, but also has to face the interception of another human army whose situation is unknown. It is really hard to choose.
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If you look down on the map from a "God" or "Satellite perspective", the Cold God priests actually have a safer way to get out of the crisis: leave the road , retreating west into Wolfswood, relying on the complex terrain of dense forest and mountain clan territory to escape human pursuit. Free to the north of the red line of the magic power concentration, slowly restore the magic power, and continue to wait for a turnaround.
However, in addition to violating the last command of Cold God, this plan also faces another more practical fatal difficulty: although the ghouls do not need to rest, they are not manipulated as expected. It's that easy.
Except for a small number of "smart ghouls" who were instantly transformed after being killed and deliberately injected with extra magic power to preserve the functions of the brain's thinking and control center - for example, they pretended to be dead and sneaked into Castle Black to assassinate the Lord Commander of Except the kind of the Night's Watch, most of the ghouls are actually just the torso is injected with magic power to forcibly awaken, and they can become puppets... they can act according to their wishes under the control of the sorcerer. Since their brains have long been corrupted and damaged, the pure puppet ghouls don't even have the ability to think at the animal level. While the magic power required for action is reduced to the extreme, the disadvantage is that all actions must be remotely controlled by Others.
A comparison example can clearly understand the difference: in the pursuit of the ghosts after the death of the Night King, Igor's order to the land-grant army was "Follow most of the troops to pursue the enemy. , don't be left behind", as for how to execute the order, every soldier can use oneself's brain to judge. The orders given by the Cold God priests to the ghouls are much more specific: "step left", "step right", "keep your balance", "step left again", "step right again"...
Relying on the ultra-low temperature Magic thinking organ composed of pure energy, Others have the computing power of the far surpass humanity brain, and there is no problem in acting as the thinking center of a large number of ghouls... However, the premise is that the magic power is sufficient: once the required The complexity of the issued commands increases, and the computational pressure that Others have to bear will also increase sharply, which further causes the magic power consumption to speed up - naturally, it also means that the lifespan is rapidly shortened in a low magic power environment.
When attacking Night's Watch's Gorge line of defense, relying on the advantage of being backed by infinite magic power, the priests of Cold God are like laptops with "high performance mode" plugged in The same, you can recklessly micro-manipulate each ghoul to reduce casualties and expand the results - but once you cross the Wall and come to within the wall, after unplugging the power supply and relying on the battery in oneself, they have to switch to "power saving" Mode", consume every minute of magic power carefully.
Leaving the road and burrowing into forests and mountains is just a difference for the chasing human army, but the difference is a little bit tired and a little bit of vision. With Greenseer and Skinchangers in battle, there is no fear of losing the enemy or encountering an ambush... But for the Cold God priest, whose magic power has bottomed out, manipulating thousands of ghouls to travel in complex road conditions and go around alone Complex operations such as opening obstacles are like opening a high-consumption game when there is still 5% of the battery left. It is burning life and supporting - not only can you not really get rid of the chasing soldiers, but you will even face being chased. The crisis of depleting magic power when he stepped forward could not be taken into account at all.
It was impossible to lure the enemy into breaking the game, and now he is faced with the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his back and has no way to retreat. He is half-forced and half-driven by the chief Cold God priest, who can only continue southward in the dark of night, only to feel helpless and desolate. The unfamiliar feeling ran through his body and rushed through his mind.
He is not afraid of death, but is troubled and annoyed that the purpose of his existence cannot be fulfilled.
However, after re-feeling the magic power in the body that was still full due to the best efforts to save, the discouragement that almost filled the body was slowly replaced by the resoluteness and determination to die: if you only rely on yourself for Bait doesn't work, what about the lives of the enemies blocking the road ahead?
Tomorrow's battle will either be the end of another Ice and Fire battle after a thousand years, or it will be a turning point from defeat to victory. Even if you lose, you have to lose heroically!
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It's bright again.
With some persuasion and the approval and support of others, the chasing coalition forces camped on the spot around the Queen and the three dragons, and spent another night in the biting cold wind. Get up to eat at twilight, start early, and continue your pursuit south along the army trail of the ghouls on Kingsroad, almost covered in fresh snow.
After just one night, the snow on the road, which had been flattened by the ghouls, was thick enough to cover the insteps, which allowed the soldiers to move forward with each step and every step of the carriage. Turning the circle is extremely difficult. But no one complained... instead, everyone was rejoicing: it could have been worse.
The land was granted to accept the people beyond the wall, with sufficient manpower and a well-prepared pre-war part of the defense plan, so that there were still special maintenance teams clearing snow on this road until the day when the war broke out.
Nowadays, the clean-up work that used to be in vain has shown a huge effect: the snow slopes on both sides previously swept and shoveled exceeded a person's height, like two beautiful white dam arches. There is a passageway, and in the center is the significantly concave Kingsroad pavement - such a conspicuous feature that the position of the road is still conspicuous even in the white sky, and it is impossible to get lost without a guide.
With the whistling wind blowing from the west and carrying countless snowflakes, it was another day without Sun in the harsh winter season. The five thousand land-grant army marched all the way south under the escort of three dragons. At the end of the morning, they could not see any trace of the enemy. After a long journey in the afternoon, they could only see the stampede marks on the ground that became clearer and clearer. That's what Igor guessed: half a moment before dark, the gray ghoul army appeared in the sight of the birds controlled by the Skinchangers.
After all the hard work and hurried marching all day, even the legs are numb, but the distance between the chasing troops and the enemy has neither increased nor shortened just right. Could this be a coincidence?
At least Daenerys didn't think so. In the face of the facts, the little Queen has no doubts. When the army stopped and prepared to cook the rice, she consciously called the three dragons back to the ground without a word, and didn't mention anything about taking the initiative.
Soldiers who were waiting for dinner and sleep after lighting bursts of smoke in the snow were waiting for the news that made their hamstrings tingle before they could eat their first bite: Igor The land-grant army was ordered not to set up tents for the night - after dinner, they would continue their pursuit through the night and end the damn war before dawn.
Of course, it wasn't that Lord Commander suddenly burst out of confidence, thinking that five thousand land-grant soldiers could win a field encounter with tens of thousands of ghouls in the dark, but according to the news and location in the Bran Stark newspaper The first North reinforcements led by Robb Stark stopped not far to the south after receiving a letter from crow. Judging from the speed of the ghoul army, if they continued to advance along the road, they would be dead in a few hours before dawn. It is bound to run into the North's vanguard, who are waiting for it. The latter will block the target for the land-grant chasing force for an indeterminate period of time, but it is impossible to win alone. No matter how tiring after a full day of crazy marching, the land-grant army must grit its teeth and continue to move forward, striving to make everything happen tonight. Done!
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(end of this chapter)