Chapter 497
2021-01-06
Chapter 497 Rotate the gunAgainst z people, z types, z crimes!
Although there are more than 5,000 minus one among the 5,000 people present, they have never heard such a statement, but this phrase made up of the three most common words "opposite", "human" and "crime" has It was similar to "gold coin circulation" - enough to make people of any cultural and cognitive level know its meaning at a glance, and it detonated the mood of the entire swearing-in meeting.
Igor looked at the audience with satisfaction... chanting the new vocabulary that oneself brought into this world, and suddenly began to feel the same enemy, vaguely recalling the scene where the army was also summoned here to pursue the Others a month ago. At that time, almost everyone had helplessness and reluctance on their faces, but it was known that the battle had to be fought to have no objection. At this moment, he hadn't even announced the target of the battle, and the soldiers were already gearing up for it. I can't wait to swallow the enemy alive.
Anger and hatred are always the most powerful subjective motivations. Igor deliberately guides this emotion to brew and ferment, and at the right moment removes the stone on it and lights a fire. Its power is completely released. In this flame of emotion, no matter how rational anti-war or peace calls are, they will be drowned in the noble goal of "for mankind", and will be helplessly roasted to ashes.
The atmosphere is in place, but Igor is more and more sober: emotional, this thing, can only maintain the heat for 3 minutes, and when this army catches up with a few days of rapid marching in the icy snowfield, there will be At least half of them retreated when their anger subsided. Therefore, in addition to the reason for the war, Igor also needs some "hope" so that the fighting will of the oneself army can continue smoothly.
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"I'm sure there must be more than one person in the audience who thinks this way: who cares? Freedmen, they never deal with those anti-Z people in the south all their lives, who cares what they do?" Igor raised his hand to signal to the officers in the audience to control the scene, and continued to add fuel to the fire without leaving any leeway: "Say You're right, after years of fighting with the dead and the Others, the war is finally over, can't you enjoy a moment of respite? I don't want to blame this mentality, but I can't help but ask the person who thinks this way: Facing the aggressiveness of the Others After surrendering and hiding in the Wall for survival, when they saw that their threat diminished, they happily returned to beyond the wall and continued to be a person who was not qualified to set foot on the South of the Wall. wildling ', is this really 'freedom'?"
"No, living north of the Wall without control is not called freedom, it is called savagery! Just wake up every day without worrying about what will happen today If you are hungry and cold, and sleep every night, you don’t have to be afraid that you may not be able to wake up tomorrow morning; if you want to escape the summer and blow the cold wind on the wall, you can walk out of the tunnel of the Wall; if you want to go back to within the wall to enjoy the sun and enjoy the warmth, you can ride down the road south; you can To walk into every village and town in the world with your head held high, without worrying about the relative danger to your life by the sword... This is true and dignified freedom!"
"We are born as human beings. , we can't just pursue 'survival' like beasts! We also need to have living space and at least respect, and have wealth and assets enough to enjoy life - these are the things every warrior who has fought alongside me against the natural enemies of mankind should Well done! My mission as Night's Watch Legion Lord Commander and Long City Lord has come to an end, but my mission as a co-leader who holds us together, trusted and relied upon by all, is far from over. Just be there There is still one person who has not yet won the respect and recognition of the residents of Seven Kingdoms, and I will never rest until I have a resting place for oneself! Bring it up!"
The last sentence is to just come out The guards who accompanied oneself shouted at the city gate. They carried several prepared box-like objects covered with cloth when they left the inner castle according to Igor's request. Although the cargo looked large, it was not too heavy, and even the person carrying it didn't know what was inside. At this moment, as it was picked up by the Lord Commander and sent to the high platform, the answer was finally revealed.
Igor walked to the unloaded box and pulled open the black cloth covering it with force. The Ravens who suddenly saw the light in the cage jumped up and down in a commotion, and gu gu shouted.
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The unanimous anger has come, and the goal of touching people’s hearts has been hung up. Now, these well-fed black birds will achieve this. The final climax of the end of the drama.
Under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes with excitement and curiosity in the audience, he boldly opened the wooden door of the first crow cage.
"In the name of anti-criminal crimes, the Night's Watch Legion has declared war on the Riverlands and Vale! These two countries have always been North allies and have good relations with land grants, but they are where the Wall needs support the most. Standing idly by in times of danger betrays our trust!"
More than a dozen sturdy Raven flapped their wings and flew out of the first open cage, struggling to climb to the heights with the letters tied to their bodies, The scene looked uplifting and unremarkable. However, only a few people present knew that the letters carried by these birds were not the "declaration of war" that everyone thought - Igor took great pains to control information during the war to ensure that the first surprise attack was successful, of course he was not stupid To send out dozens of Ravens with declarations of war in advance to create an opportunity to leak military trends.
The contents of those letters are actually just the exact same political position statement, as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, to persuade the Seven Kingdoms to swear allegiance to the true and legitimate monarch, Daenerys Targaryen.
The news that Night's Watch supports the Dragon Queen has long spread across the narrow sea, such a letter that is not unexpected or even nonsense to most nobles in the Seven Kingdoms, most of them will look like It's the same as the countless letters of help that Night's Watch has sent before - the lords will snort disdainfully throw them into the waste paper pile at a glance, and Igor deliberately wastes precious letter capacity to fly these Ravens with nonsense on their bodies. The performance is just the first stroke for the upcoming Seven Kingdoms expedition that is destined to leave a mark in history.
The first Raven to fly south quickly disappeared into the fine snow, and before people came back to his senses, Igor opened the second without stopping. A crow cage.
"In the name of anti-criminal crimes, Night's Watch Legion has declared war on Reach and Dorne! These two countries are far to the south, and they always think that when the sky falls, the taller will bear it first, so there is nothing to fear, Enjoying protection but refusing to perform any obligations, shameless is extremely!"
Several groups of shadows emerged from the cage and flew into the sky - if the soldiers present knew: the population of the light Reach It is hundreds of times the land grant, so most of them are excited does not raise. Fortunately, in this era when the census does not exist at all, the ordinary person only knows that Reach has a large population. Nine and a half of them couldn't tell why, and they didn't know the strength comparison, so naturally they couldn't talk about how scared they were.
That's true for the officers of the Logistics Guard, and it's even easier for the new land grantors: in their eyes, the so-called "Seven Kingdoms", who know nothing about the Westeros Wall South, are probably Seven big, big clans, no more terrifying than the White Walkers and the living dead - interestingly enough, the conclusion is correct, despite the confusion and lack of arguments.
The participants of the pledge meeting were crowded, all breathing in air-conditioning with excitement or admiration for their Lord Commander's proud declaration of war ten thousand zhang, but invariably lowered their voices and dared not speak loudly, for fear of making Make noise, so that oneself can't finish listening to this wonderful show that makes people numb.
"In the name of anti-criminal crimes, the Night's Watch Legion declares war on Stormlands and Crownlands! The Baratheon family on Iron Throne relied on rebellion, but dared to call themselves the lord of the Seven Kingdoms, but in the kingdom The face of the false king is exposed when his people face unprecedented crisis!"
As the proclamation accusing Stannis of being a false king landed, the third crow cage was also opened, and in the last dark shadow While vacating, in countless looks with anticipation and unsatisfactory meaning, Igor made a summary for this "expedition oath" that deviates from the original plan for millions of miles apart.
"Today, we are not going out, we are going on an expedition in the other direction! The nobles in the south think we are a threat, so we are their threat! They do not believe in the existence of the Others and insist This is a lie we made up, then we have the responsibility to snatch them from the castle and the throne, and send them to beyond the wall, so that they can also experience the reality of the cold and fear!" He waved his hand and shouted hoarsely. Say the last sentence: "Go! Go south on Kingsroad, target - the whole world!"
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(end of chapter)