Chapter 288
Marching in the snow-filled World of Ice and Snow, Stannis finally led an army to see Seven City, and the pathfinder scouts also discovered the army of ghouls going north!
For him, the only good news is that the troops can be stationed, and can be defended from the city, without having to endure hunger and cold in the wild while fighting ghouls.
But there is also a lot of bad news. Seven City is too small. The army is crowded. The tired soldiers don’t have any chance to rest. The logistics and Seven City’s food is not much, and they can’t stay for a long time. King and Kingsguard Captain have not yet woken up and so on...
However, as a well-known commander of Westeros, he once topped *| under extremely difficult conditions and lived in the siege of Wind's Breath by House Tyrell. Stannis is good at fighting such defensive battles.
"Where is the army of ghouls?"
Before entering the city, tens of thousands of resurrected dead were found, and they entered the city to set up defenses. Stannis has been sending scouts to investigate the enemy's situation.
However, only one of the ten groups of scouts who went out came back: "The ghouls bypassed us." After finishing the news, he died because of the arrow wound and the blood loss.
Hearing this news, Stannis' face changed drastically.
They came all the way from Wall without support to Winterfell. They are now stationed in Seven City, preparing to become a barrier to the south of Wall.
But didn't expect, the ghouls didn't choose to attack and pulled out their nails, instead they chose to make a detour and head north!
Onion Knight Davos: "Oh, my lord, the ghoul can bypass Seven City, or the Last Hearth City, and attack Castle Black and Wall directly!"
"I know."
Stannis knew this very well, but without a castle guard, they couldn't stop tens of thousands of ghouls.
"Send scouts again to find out the exact number of the ghoul army, so that the soldiers can eat, drink and rest."
Davos has understood that Prince Dragonstone is ready to lead the army. On the attack, nodded went busy instructing the soldiers to take turns eating and resting.
Stannis’ mission to leave Wall is to block the Night King and the ghoul army and avoid the situation of Wall being attacked on both sides. For the resurrected dead who bypassed Seven City, he can only abandon the City Lord to attack.
Without enough transcenders, he knew very well that an attack might lead to the destruction of the entire army.
But for the sake of the overall situation, for Westeros, even if all soldiers are sacrificed, they must stop the Night King and the ghoul army from going north!
Learning that Davos was letting the soldiers take turns to eat and rest, and sent scouts to continue to check the number of ghouls, Melisandre immediately found Prince Dragonstone.
"My lord, are you going to stop the ghoul?"
Stannis as it should be by rights said: "I went south for this."
"It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to defeat so many ghouls, and Commander Wang of Others will take the initiative to attack impossible to block them, and it will also turn all soldiers into ghouls." Mei Li Shanzhuo said.
Stannis firmly said: "I know these, but you must stop them anyway. If you don't have a good idea, just leave first. I want to be alone."
The red robe female hearing this groaned for a while, and said: "I have an idea, which is the way you told your lord before."
The face of Prince Dragonstone suddenly became gloomy: "sacrificial offering?"
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Priestess is nodded: "Only by praying for the divine force from the Lord of Light, we can defeat the Night King and the ghoul army."
Stannis looked at her coldly and asked:" Who is sacrificial offering? My own?"
"It's your bloodline." Melisandre said, "I have seen from the illusion in the flames, Xilin is riding a dragon to come to the sacrificial offering City."
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This side of the dragon flying in the air.
In order to be cautious, Daenerys wanted to avoid the ghoul army completely, so instead of going to the closer Severn City, he flew straight for a certain distance and landed in the Terror Fort that everyone could hardly find.
The father and son of Bolton, a traitor to The North, was killed.
The other side branches of the Bolton family, bloodline, also suffered revenge. At this time, there are no Bolton family members in Terror Fort.
Because of the arrival of Winter, the Others launched a war against the Wall. Lord Eddard is preparing to end the Others war. Winter will deal with the issue of the Fortress of Terror in the past. Therefore, there is no food and supplies here. All residents evacuated, and the entire castle Are all discarded.
Zuo Geng and Lei Ge landed.
Without finding food, clothing and medicine, Daenerys rested in the castle for a while, and decided to return to Seven City.
Because the ghoul army may attack there.
Winterfell has been lost, Arthur is in a coma, Daenerys, as the highest status person, made a deliberate decision. Ambrosius, Annie, Gawain, Sansa and the others will not object.
It didn't take long.
Everyone rode a dragon to Seven City just like the illusion Melisandre saw in the flames.
Knowing that they will come.
Melisandre heard the report from the soldiers and immediately went up to the city wall and waited.
Tens of thousands of Dragonstone's troops entered Severn City and filled the city. Two larger dragons could not land in the city, so Daenerys let Zhuo Geng and Lei Ge fall in the city. Before the gate, let the two dragons take care of themselves.
"Lord Eddard!"
Bringing soldiers and members of the Seven family out to greet Stannis, Sansa and Arya, and the dead Lord Stark couple, and coma. Arthur.
Ambrosius sighed, "I'm sorry, we tried our best in Winterfell."
"I know you did your best." Stannis looked gloomy and took it. a deep breath said again, "I am going to attack the army of ghouls going north, do you want to be together?"
Hearing this, Daenerys frowned, "No, it's too risky to fight with ghouls in the wild Without the help of fortifications, ordinary soldiers cannot defeat so many resurrected dead, and they are still commanded by the Night King."
Stannis said: "I know that taking the initiative is very risky, but the army of ghouls bypasses Severn City continues to go north. If you don’t stop them, the Wall will be flanked by both sides. We have no other way."
Daenerys brows tightly knit: "But we are not in good shape now..."
"I know it's not easy for you to escape from Winterfell." Stannis said, "Just leave the task of stopping the ghouls to me, and you can rest as soon as possible."
Daenerys has no other way. No matter she, Ambrosius, Gawain, Annie and the others, or Black Dragon, bronze giant dragon are very tired, and the battlefield in this state is courting death.
Before the Night King attacked Bear Island, the army of ghouls that bypassed the ice wall from Frost Bay was divided into two ways, and the other way entered the mountain range of Frost and Snow Fang.
It's not that the ghoul army in the great valley fought the West Bridge, the Shadow Tower and the sentry tower back and forth, but at a moderate pace to kill all the creatures in the mountain range, moved towards Night's Watch and march on the land grant!
When Stannis led the soldiers who arrived at Seven City and attacked the tens of thousands of ghouls who were chasing the commander of the Night King, and wanted to intercept them all. After crossing the Frost Bay, General Others, who was the first to divide his forces with the Night King, has entered the Night's Watch land grant with tens of thousands of ghouls, and is about to reach the town of Houguan!
Shireen was brought back.
Stannis didn’t see it, but Melisandre volunteered to let the soldiers take the girl away.
Knowing that the red robe girl wanted to burn Shireen to carry out sacrificial offering, Daenerys wanted to stop it, but Shireen’s mother, Cyris Floren, insisted on doing this, and she could not stop her as an outsider.
Furthermore, after a night of fighting, the Dragon Queen was exhausted physically and mentally, so she really didn't want to be nosy.
As the commander-in-chief of the whole army.
Stannis, who has outstanding military talent, will not act recklessly.
There is no direct pursuit and interception of the ghoul army.
Of course, this is also because the resurrected dead will not be tired and will not feel cold in World of Ice and Snow, so they move very fast, and ordinary soldiers cannot catch up with the army.
"Are you sure to offer to Lord of Light sacrificial offering, we can destroy the Night King?"
In the wilderness of World of Ice and Snow, riding a horse against the falling snow The commander-in-chief of Dragonstone's army found his Priestess adviser. Stannis left the army with her and asked as he watched the marching army.
Melisandra: "Lord of Light will not lie to us."
"Lord of Light will solve all problems?"
"Yes! "
Stannis closed his painful eyes and said solemnly: "Then you will start."
red robe female hearing this nodded, she was more than ten meters away quietly The believers in Li waved their hands and asked them to take Xi Princess Lin to the set fire.
"What are you doing? Why are you catching me? Let go of me! I am Princess Lin! The daughter of Prince Stannis of Dragonstone! Let go of me! Father, where are you? Mother, Come and save me!"
The soldier who has a fanatical belief in Lord of Light ignored the captured girl and let her yell, still being ruthlessly tied to the wooden pillar of the fire.
I have almost been burned to death once.
Shireen was tied to a pile of firewood, and she knew what would happen immediately. She didn't want to die when she was young, so she screamed desperately in her throat.
"Let go of me! Father, mother, help me!"
The fire is set up outside Seven City, behind the marching Dragonstone army, Davos acts as Stannis's deputy was busy directing the soldiers on their way, and didn't know what was going on.
The logistical soldiers with their luggage, heard the hissing cry for help, but because of the orders of the superiors not to be nosy, and the ruthlessness of the followers of the Red God, they dared not take a second look.
But one person saw Melisandre holding a torch and walking to the fire where the girl was tied up. He immediately drew his sword in anger.
She just wanted to find an opportunity to avenge Brienne, who was once loyal to the monarch Renly!
"Let her go!"
All around are mad believers who believe in Lord of Light. Suddenly there is a tall female knight riding a horse and holding a sword, mad believers They drew their swords and spears one after another.
Melisandre glanced at the sudden appearance of Brienne, ignored it, threw the torch on the fire, and set fire to the tied girl.
"Damn! You madmen!"
After fighting overnight, Brienne's body was actually very tired.
But as a true knight who keeps her promise and possesses virtue, she cannot sit back and watch the innocent, young girl be burned to death by the evil Priestess.
When I went to Severn City, I didn't even eat any food. I told Arya that I wanted to fulfill the vow I had taken, and then went out of town quietly.
Tired, hungry body.
Because of all the desire to save people before the outbreak, Brienne awakens extraordinary!
The Red God mad believers who tried to stop her were knocked down in an instant, roaring and showing unstoppable power.
However.
Poor Xi Princess Lin was screamed in pain by the fire. Even if Brienne gained extraordinary power, she knocked down all the fanatics who blocked her footsteps, and she rushed to the fire, who was unable to put out the fire. There is no way to save people.
Opened both hands to perform the bloodfiend method, to Melisandre of the Lord of Light sacrificial offering, just as if nothing had happened, he began to recite the verb prayer, praying for the Lord of Light to grant a divide force, ignoring everything that happened around him .
"Damn it, what are you doing?"
The angry Brienne has already killed the fanatics who stopped her, and the Sworn Sword has swung out a series of magical lights. Bright red blood splashed on the snow.
...to be continued...