Chapter 152 Arrive at Castle Black
The further north the farms and fields became more and more sparse, and eventually the crowds were rarely visited.
When I set up a tent, took care of the horses, and made a fire to keep warm, I could already see the majestic figure of the Great Wall of Desperate.
From ten miles away, this gray-blue line extends across the northern horizon, extending uninterruptedly to the east and west sides until it disappears into the distance, as if proclaiming: This is the end of the world.
"This is the largest building I have ever seen in my life." Little bear girl Lyanna sighed.
Lynn scoffed, "I've seen a more magnificent Great Wall than this."
Leanna didn't believe it at all, "Nothing."
Lynn was too lazy to explain.
At noon the next day, we set out from Baigang City and went through about ten days of marching. The expeditionary army finally arrived outside the Black Castle under the Great Wall.
When the sun clears the clouds, it reveals its face.
Lin Neng turned his back to the sun, raised his gaze to the Great Wall, and watched the city wall shine with crystal blue light in the sun.
The wind, sand and sludge of countless generations have left marks on the city walls, like a layer of covered film, so that the city walls sometimes turn light gray, like a hazy sky...
But when the sky shines directly on a sunny day, the Great Wall shines as if it is life, like a blue and white cliff that has been broken for half a day.
"Here, sir."
Hearing the voice of Hanniu, Lin Neng poked his head out of the carriage and looked at the messy building covered with white frost.
It's hard for Lynn to believe that this is the legendary Black Castle.
There are no city walls and no gates.
It is simply an illegal building built with an ice wall against the Desperate Great Wall.
In front of me is a small open space, like a simple training ground.
Behind the training ground, the wooden tower and stone tower are built, look like toys and blocks scattered in the snow.
The ancient fortress of the Night Watch Legion is far less than the Twin City or White Harbor City that Lynn had seen, and it is not even a decent castle.
The key point is that it has no walls.
Unable to resist attacks from the east and west, the Night Watching Force only cares about the north, and the Great Wall of Desperation Tower towering north of the Black Fort.
Chief consultant Bachelor Emon Targaryen and Black Castle coach Arisha Thorne waited for a long time in the cold wind.
The chief consultant of the Night Watch Legion, Bachelor Yimeng is an old bachelor with the blood of the Dragon King. In order to avoid disputes over the throne, he came to the Great Wall of Desperateness when he was young to serve the Night Watch Legion.
Bachelor Yimeng is old and strong, with gray hair but very energetic, not at all like an old man who is nearly a hundred years old.
He took the lead in greeting: "Earl Lynn Rothschild, oh, and the little girl from the Mormon family, welcome you, you have added a lot of color to the Black Castle."
Lin En nodded with a smile, "The old bachelor doesn't have to be too polite. Because of his ancient and sacred sense of mission, the bachelor resolutely joined the night watchman's deeds, which made Lin En deeply admire him."
Leanna also returned to Bachelor Yimeng and said, "Thank you for your praise. I don't know what the situation outside the Great Wall is now. Which families of people from other families have received a message from the Night Watch and rushed to Black Castle?"
The scholar Yimeng smiled bitterly and said, "Shief Jeo brings the three hundred night watchmen army to talk to Mance. More than ten days ago we received a raven message from your uncle Jion. Mance, the king of the Great Wall, gathered an army of 100,000 savages in the Frost and Snow Teeth.
I heard that there is a serious shortage of food outside the Great Wall this year, and rumors of eating human flesh have already spread among the savages. If the situation worsens, the savages may challenge the Great Wall of Desperateness, and then this place will definitely become a place of corpses and blood.
Now military control has begun along the Great Wall since the previous few days!”
The bear girl, Leanna, said in surprise: "Has my uncle, Jeo Mormon, not sent a message back recently?"
Mr. Yimon shook his head with a serious expression and said, "Jeo led his army to the ancestors' fist peak, a defense point stuck on the road that must be passed by Mans Red. We don't know what is going on outside the Great Wall now."
Black Castle coach Arisha Thorne sneered: "Bachelor Emon released all the ravens from Black Castle. The letter from the Night Watchers for help was sent to the Seven Kingdoms ten days ago, but you are still the first group of guests of Black Castle."
As he said that, he said confidently again: "Now, including the group of new recruits Yulun recruited from Junlin City in the Great Wall, there are only 300 people to defend. If the food and grass were not fully prepared, with these 300 people plus the Great Wall like a natural barrier, even without the assistance of the Seven Kingdoms, no matter how many savages there are, he will not be able to cross the Great Wall."
Three hundred people defend against one hundred thousand savages.
It seems to be from the confidence of a lunatic, but Lin En knew that this was the night watchman who had extremely strong confidence in the defensive Great Wall they guarded.
Lin En thought about it and reminded him: "It is indeed not that easy for a savage to cross the Great Wall, but it may not be said if you come in by the sea."
Arisha Torne shook his head flatly and said, "Carter Parker is stationed in the East Sea, so many savages cannot enter the North through the sea..."
Lin En frowned when she heard this, so she was too lazy to say anything else.
At this time, Bachelor Yimeng responded: "I don't know why Earl Linn led your army here?"
The little bear girl Lyanna also looked at Lin Neng with confusion when she heard this.
Along the way the two of them walked together, Lin En was always secretive about his purpose of coming to the Great Wall.
Since I have arrived at Black Castle at this moment, I wonder if Lynn will reveal his feelings.
She knew that Lynn had not received a letter of help from the night watchman before leaving, so his trip must have another purpose.
Looking at the inquiring eyes, Lin Neng breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to Master Yimeng, "I plan to go out of the border."
When the scholar Yimeng sighed after hearing this, he said, "There are now chaos and extremely dangerous outside the border. It is better for the Count to give up the idea of continuing to go north."
Arisha Thorne also warned, "The outside of the Great Wall is no more warm than the northern border. The savages there can easily tear you apart, no matter how many troops you have, it will be useless. And in the dark night, fortunately, there are even more terrifying monsters, a hundred times more terrifying than the savages..."
For the first time, someone described the North as a warm word. Lin En was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled. Compared to this place and outside the border, isn’t the North as warm as spring?
"The monster you are talking about is a blue-eyed White Walker? I have seen this thing and have killed it with my own hands."
Lynn spoke very seriously, but the three of them regarded it as bragging.
Even Leanna stared at Lin N's blue eyes, full of suspicion.
Erisha Thorne solemnly said: "Earl Lynn, the blue-eyed monsters we call, are monsters with blue-eyed eyes that are very aggressive, rather than beggars with blue-eyed beggars."
Chapter completed!