The king on the Great Wall

A while later, in the familiar conference room, Iger saw several of his most trusted subordinates again, and began to formally listen to a comprehensive report on the recent status of the land grant.

"It's not really a false alarm," Sir Warner Buckwell explained to him. "It begins with wights destroying the weirwoods on either side of the Great Glen, about three days after you left for King's Landing, my lord. The weirwood forest on the north side of the canyon was basically destroyed—the dead people then began to destroy the remaining small part of the canyon. The first thing to bear the brunt was the north wall. You have visited the field yourself, sir, and you should understand what this means: From this moment on, every move of the ghouls... the patrol soldiers running back and forth on the south side of the canyon can already be seen."

The wights were destroying the weirwood on the north slope of the canyon in the sight of the night watchman?Is the White Walker's fear of this kind of tree really so great that they don't want to keep a single one?Iger rolled his eyes suspiciously, recalling the general terrain of the Grand Canyon—the narrowest point was more than a mile wide, beyond the range of all the weapons in the hands of the night watchman.This means that when the ghouls do this, the night watchmen on the south side of the canyon can only watch the dead people busy on the opposite cliff, and can't do anything.

"What's more troublesome is that this situation didn't happen in one place, but in all the places along the canyon where weirwoods exist." Humphrey Xishan, chief logistics officer of Houguan Town, continued, "My lord, can you imagine this kind of embarrassment? The task of the patrol soldiers is to detect where the enemy appears and then issue a warning, but the current situation is: the entire east two-thirds of the Grand Canyon stretches for dozens of miles. Looking north from any place, as long as the eyesight is good enough, you can see ghouls like ants scrambling on the cliff wall and destroying the weirwood by all means. They are not afraid of heights or tiredness, and occasionally fall As long as you don't break all your bones, you can continue to work when you climb back... Just looking at it makes people feel desperate."

"In this case, 'patrolling' is meaningless at all. The canyon has actually entered a combat state in advance. The main force of the Night Watchmen from the Shadow Tower, Westbridge Watch, and Ice Strait Harbor have all left the fortress, and the dead may cross the canyon. In every place where wildfires and weapons are stored on both sides of the patrol route, tents are set up nearby and guarded around the clock.” Warner said with a wry smile, “The enemy is dozens of times larger than me, and they don’t have to eat or sleep, and they don’t hesitate to work on the whole line and around the clock. As for our side... counting older children and women, it is enough to ensure that every part of the canyon is guarded, but people need to rest and rotate. Sir Mallister will arrange every day Everyone was sent to the canyon, and then immediately reported the situation to Houguan Town and asked for reinforcements. We made the largest mobilization within the scope of authority you gave, and allocated half of the mobile troops to the canyon, which can be regarded as temporarily relieving the personnel there. Not enough. But even so, Ser Mallister is still sending ravens to ask for people..."

"Watching thousands of ghouls chopping trees under my nose every day, I would be so nervous that I would like to call the living people from all over the world." Yam shrugged and coughed, "Wait, don't Off topic - we're talking about false alarms, complaints or specific reporting, which can be done later."

"Yes, there are too many things to report, and I can't stop it once I open my mouth." Warner slapped his head and brought the topic back to the false alarm. However, they have been busy day and night for nearly a week before uprooting and cleaning up all the north slope. We discussed this issue at that time - if they want to destroy the weirwood on the slope wall on the south side of the Ru River, Then it will be exposed to the condescending long-range weapon attack of the defenders. After some discussion, everyone agreed: the opposite side will stop for a while, or officially launch a general attack... So I tensed my nerves and prepared to face the battle. Sure enough, I just stopped One day—that is, one night four days ago, a recruit on the night shift heard a strange noise coming from the bottom of the canyon. After reporting it to the team leader and throwing a torch down, they saw densely packed at least dozens of black Shadow stepped across the canyon on the frozen milk river."

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"Then they lit the beacon and signaled that there was an enemy coming?" After a few seconds of silence in the room, Iger understood that the first report was over.After a moment of silence, he said solemnly: "This is not a false alarm at all. Even if I go to the front line to watch the night and throw a torch down and see a ghoul crossing the river, I will light a beacon to call the police."

"That's right, and then there was the chaos of that night: the beacon fire was lit, three horns sounded, and the troops who took turns to rest in tents were woken up to join the defense. Soon, other places along the canyon were also found dead people crossing the frozen Milk River. , because it was dark and the situation could not be seen clearly, the defenders could only throw a large number of wildfire bombs down, and then continued to defend with dragon crystal arrows and falling rocks under the firelight. Originally, we all thought this was the final decisive battle, but Panickedly 'holding' for most of the night, only to find that the ghouls hadn't attacked at all... The front-line commander who reacted forcibly stopped the defenders' firepower, and waited until dawn in the middle of the night, only to find that they had crossed the Ruhe River to the south at night. Only a small number of ghouls came to the side, and what they did was to destroy the weirwood on both sides of the Ruhe River at the bottom of the canyon, and did not climb up to attack. The hundred cans of wildfire only killed three figures of ghouls, and even burned a lot of weirwood to help the opponent. And in the daytime, the enemy retreated to the north and disappeared!"

Iger's brows frowned even tighter: the land-grant has hoarded supplies for a whole year, and now there are hundreds of thousands of obsidian arrows, a handful of melee dragonglass weapons with a surplus, and thousands of cans of various liquid and solid materials. Wildfire weapons, if you fight in an open stance, even a million ghouls can be dealt with without the intervention of the White Walkers... He always felt that it was enough.But now, the enemy has used up a tenth of it at once by using a little trick to test it, and still hasn't done anything. How can it be enough if this continues?

"Let me guess, on the second night, the other side continued to send a small group of ghouls to destroy the weirwood?"

"That's right, the next day Sir Mallister ordered that the captains of the defenders everywhere must carefully distinguish whether the attack is a feint or a general attack, and then call the police after confirming the situation... But my lord, you should understand: the Grand Canyon is not the Great Wall Well, the steep slope of the cliff is not as smooth and reflective as the ice wall... In the dark night, it is very difficult to judge whether it is a 'fake attack' or a 'general attack' by feeling... It can even be said to be impossible. It’s okay on a sunny night with little moon and stars, if there are some clouds in the sky, the defenders will have to throw a can of wildfire down to see the situation when they hear the wind, although the reserves are sufficient, they can’t be consumed like this!”

"This was the case the day before yesterday and last night, and today is probably no exception. The White Walkers probably also know that sending ghouls during the day will expose them to the firepower of the defenders. We can let people with good marksmanship shoot to save money." Arrows, so they only come after dark to deforestation in a leisurely manner, and the number of ghouls coming is definitely not large, and the density is extremely low - keep it, it often takes dozens of arrows to attack in the dark to be lucky enough to die One, a can of wildfire may not even touch a single ghoul, so the gain outweighs the loss; if you don't guard, a group of undead will 'creak' and 'click' destroy the weirwood under your feet. My scalp is tingling, I can't eat, I can't sleep well, it's really a dilemma."

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Chapter 387

After hearing the news, Iger was both relieved and worried.

He was fortunate: Fortunately, the enemy did not know that he, the supreme commander of the human side, had ventured away from the front line a few days ago, and the land was left in a short-lived state of emptiness without a leader.If they took the opportunity to launch a general attack instead of resorting to this bunch of gimmicks, they might have already broken through the Grand Canyon to destroy the land grant, and embarked on the road to march south to Winterfell Road to destroy the Seven Kingdoms.

What is worrying is: these movements of the ghouls are tricks, but in fact, it is the night king who has realized and used his army's advantage of "no food, no sleep, no fear of death", and made a targeted plan to let humans defend the army. Tricky tactics that are hard to deal with, hard to find a way to crack.

The reason why Iger knows that the Grand Canyon is difficult to defend and still has to forcibly deploy a defense line is not only for the purpose mentioned before: to provide early warning time for tens of thousands of land-grant residents, and to prevent the enemy from quietly bypassing the Great Wall and directly going south to attack the northern border. Another important factor is— ——He wants to use the canyon, which is not inferior to the natural danger of the Great Wall, to achieve a beautiful battle loss ratio as much as possible, to exchange as much as possible with less, and consume the enemy's troops.

The Night Watchman has one town and twenty fortresses, which sounds like a lot, but at least one-third of them are dilapidated and have no defense capability. "Behind the city wall" is difficult to do, and the advantages of large numbers of people and sufficient preparation cannot be fully utilized.Conversely: allocate 4 of them, and take nearly half of the land-grant dragon crystal weapons and wildfires to the Grand Canyon. Relying on the geographical advantage that is not inferior to the Great Wall, if the Night King really commanded the army of the dead to forcibly use the crowd tactics Crossing, even if you can break through the defense line in one go, you must at least fill in five-figure ghouls as a price under the power of wildfire.

The first battle consumes three to one-fourth of the troops on the opposite side, and then the Night Watchmen will fight against them in the land grant, and the pressure will be greatly relieved.

But now the Night King not only did not come as hard as Iger expected, but also used this small-scale night harassment to consume the morale and combat readiness of the human side-to cut flesh with blunt knives, and slowly "grind" this carefully prepared by Iger line of defense.

Sending hundreds of thousands of soldiers across the canyon and across the frozen milk river to die at the feet of the defenders every night, this kind of tactics is impossible for a normal army to use: because the impact on the morale of one's own side is greater than the trouble caused to the defenders much.But the ghouls don't have the concept of "morale" at all, and they are not afraid of fatigue and injury. They cross the river at night and destroy the weirwood on the south wall of the Grand Canyon under the nose of the defenders. If the defenders want to wipe them all out in the dark, they must consume a lot Prepare for war, but if you ignore it... The psychological tension is second to none. The fear is that "wolf is coming" is repeated day after day. If it becomes a general attack, it will be a big deal.

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"The most important thing right now is to judge the enemy's intentions. Are the White Walkers really afraid of the weirwood to the point of 'never cross the canyon until it is cleared', or is it just a cover to destroy the forest and use fatigue to consume our energy and combat readiness?" Is it the main purpose?" Iger regained his composure, knocked on the table, and forcibly pulled the topic from false positives to serious military discussions. Contain the main force of the land-grant defense in the canyon, and most of them will go around the Great Wall to launch a surprise attack?"

Warner nodded: "We had this suspicion, so we put aside Master Stark's warning the day before yesterday, and took the risk of sending a skinchanger to investigate the north side of the Great Wall - as a result, the eagle controlled by the skinchanger responsible for the Grand Canyon section did not fly. When I came back, I also went crazy, and I am currently under house arrest in the Shadow Tower. According to other skinchangers, I was lucky to recover, and I don’t know how long it will take.”

The skinchanger had a hard time getting a controllable bird, so that's the loss of one... hope you're okay.

Iger sighed: "Very good, so we at least know that the Night King is still on the opposite side of the Grand Canyon. Stop sending skinchangers to send birds across the canyon, and the flying reconnaissance along the Great Wall can continue...although it is risky. The risk of losing a skinchanger, but at this juncture, it's not the time to worry about it."

"Understood, I will immediately convey this order to all the fortresses on the Great Wall."

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Iger's idea is simple: Unless the Night King will act alone from the army of ghouls, he will be where the skinchangers suffer losses.As long as the aerial reconnaissance is still going on, it is impossible for the army of tens of thousands of dead to quietly move to other places for a surprise attack, and if one day the skinchangers in charge of the Great Wall also lose birds... At least it proves that the defenders in this section need to be greatly vigilant.

"The troop strength on the other side of the canyon has reached the upper limit I expected. The path close to the cliff is narrow and rugged, and no more troops can be deployed. The Great Wall of Despair can prevent the penetration of the cold god's power to the south, and the priority of protecting it is higher than that of a city. The gains and losses of the land... No matter how much the commanders of the Shadow Tower and East Sea Watch exaggerate the urgency of the situation, they will never deploy basic guards from along the Great Wall for reinforcements, lest there will be a gap in the top defense of the wall. Except for this bottom line... In other respects, the land-grant departments have made every effort to meet all the requirements of the frontline commander." Iger took a deep breath, "Okay, is there anything else that needs to be discussed now?"

"Yes." Yam looked at the two colleagues and said hesitantly, "On the night of the false alarm, after the beacon fire in the canyon was lit, the land grant immediately entered the highest alert state you arranged, but something happened during the process. There were many accidents, and many problems were exposed. There was a riot, several fights and at least half a dozen rapes committed by raped women in the outer city of Houguan Town that night. There were even countless robberies. Come from Inner Castle——after we captured the leader, he admitted that they wanted to 'rescue' the King Beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder, who was imprisoned by us, so that he could replace you who ran away to command this war against the dead. The funny thing is... there are still people who drowned in the small lake in the middle of Houguan Town, no, to be precise, they died of freezing. We can't be sure whether he was forced into the ice cave by someone, or he felt like hiding. You can escape the slaughter of the White Walkers under the frozen lake."

"Similar situations have happened in many fortresses along the Great Wall, but Houguan Town is the most serious because of the large number of people." Warner Bookwell answered with an ugly expression, "None of us were killed by the White Walkers on the night of the false report. and ghouls were killed, but the internal chaos resulted in double-digit casualties. After dawn the next day, we pursued the responsibility, and Guanzhen hanged more than a dozen people who caused troubles... Many prisoners admitted that, They believed the rumor that 'the commander-in-chief threw down the Great Wall and ran away', and thought that we had no hope of winning this battle, so they acted on their own accord."

"Did you catch the person who spread the rumor?"

"No. Your Excellency, this is different from the usual slander and malicious slander. The rumor is not fabricated by a specific person, but evolved from the association caused by the fact that you 'leaved Houguan Town'. It's impossible to catch the culprit — more precisely, there are a lot of people to deal with if you really want to pursue it."

"There is also a small tribe assigned to live in the south of Houguan Town, which directly violated the requirements of the night watchmen's operational plan... When the beacon fire was lit, they directly abandoned the garrison and went south along the king's road to escape the land grant, to' They don't even think about it, a group of hundreds of people, including women and children, how can they pass through the northern border in disguise? If it wasn't for the fact that I personally led the cavalry to chase them back the next day. I'm afraid they will die at the sword of Amber's army before seeing the White Walker... They are not a pity to die, but this 'mismanagement' pot, most likely the Northern Territory will blame you on your head again." Warner Leng He said coldly, "The leader of this tribe has been thrown into the dungeon, how to deal with it is up to the adults to decide."

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Chapter 388

Only when this happens, Iger can be awakened from the feeling that "the one who manages and governs is a group of ordinary residents".

The new land-grants came from beyond the Wall, grew up without legal and moral education, and were never good or sane.In the past, the Night Watchman Legion suppressed troubles by relying on big sticks and radishes, killing chickens and monkeys, and distributing them according to tribes to avoid contact with each other... But as the battle situation changed, they had to be reunited. A small part of the original people outside the Great Wall quickly seized the opportunity to prove to the outside world: how stupid and bad people can be.

Spread unproven rumors that are not good for morale in the land-grant capital, Houguan Town, which accommodates and protects itself...doing evil when the alarm sounds for the attack of the White Walker...even fleeing south and illegally entering the territory of the north to seek death... Is this pile of things that a person with a brain can do?

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When Iger left half a month ago, he had considered the rumors and influence that his absence from the battle might cause, but he had no choice—it was better to announce that he would go south to work in King’s Landing than to sneak away.Of course, he can say hello to the core commanders present here and say that he will leave for a few days and tell them to "don't publicize", but if he does this, the lower-level residents will have no chance to know that he has left, but once these important managers in front of him One or some of them start to think wildly, and the consequences will only be more serious.

If Iger was here when this false alarm happened, there would be very few people who would dare to make trouble.In other words...the fact that these recently hanged people dared to make trouble has a lot to do with their departure.However, this incident did not make him feel guilty about "killing them himself".Just like anyone who is harassed on the road should not be accused of wearing too little clothes or going out too often-there are too many things related to each other, but it does not mean that they should be held accountable, no matter when and where , clear logic comes first.

Not only did he not blame himself, he even felt a little relieved: after all, this false alarm was not all a bad result, at least it exposed a lot of hidden problems in advance.If these pests are not dealt with as soon as possible, and if they are allowed to hide until the real decisive battle, the consequences will only be worse.

Not to mention anything else, just for this small tribe that violated the plan and defected, if they ran away when the real ghost attacked... Houguan Town would never have time to send troops to chase them back.

Now, finally, he still cannot escape the fate that those in power will face sooner or later, and has to make a dilemma:

Hundreds of people made the mistake of fleeing rather than rebelling, and they were not soldiers, so they couldn't talk about military law.Faced with the pursuers led by Warner Bookwell, they did not resist but obediently followed back to Houguan Town... This is completely different from the situation of the Tur tribe who killed Commander Mormont and resisted arrest with arms. It is possible to kill them all, and only the leader can be dealt with.

As for the disposal of the leader, one has to consider how to deal with the aftermath after the disposal.

It feels like facing a rebellious noble king, neither killing nor not killing... No wonder such a strange exile organization as the Night's Watch will still exist after the White Walkers disappear.

Iger has no experience of being a king, and he is a little uncertain at the moment, but he must not show timidity in front of his subordinates. After thinking about it, he can only do Tai Chi first.

"This tribe, there are some hostages handed over to Houguan Town."

"Yes, a 12-year-old boy, under control."

"Tell this child that his family chose to abandon him when it was the most dangerous time." Iger made a confident look, "Give him a night to think about it, come back to me tomorrow, and answer in person; he himself hopes How should I deal with his father."

"Yes, my lord."

It is said that it is for the child to think about it for a night, but in fact, why not give yourself a night to weigh the pros and cons?Iger settled down in his heart, but soon felt that he had a vague idea.He showed an inscrutable smile, and nodded approvingly: "Several people who can still control the situation in such a chaotic situation are indeed the capable people I have chosen and trusted. But right now, there are no rewards for their merits. At this time, if you make persistent efforts, we will overcome this difficulty together, and we will surely be able to write our own stroke in history."

"Thank you for your compliment, your timely return is the best counterattack to the rumors. At least our next work will have much less resistance." Humphrey, who was physically and mentally exhausted, barely squeezed out a trace of gratitude, and shrugged helplessly, "But There are other things I need to ask you for advice: After the beacon fire was lit, the last group of refugee tribes from the surrounding villages swarmed in, and many of them entered the walls of Houguan Town and refused to leave. But false alarms are false alarms after all, for To maintain order in the city and resume production, we had to forcefully expel them. At first it didn't go well, but in the end, Sir Bookwell transferred hundreds of people from Castle Black to help suppress them, and then cooperated with the Queen's Town Guards to succeed. Residents who were not in a state of emergency were 'invited out' of Houguan Town without bloodshed, but now they are pitching tents outside the city wall, which has become a new factor of instability. How should we deal with it, please show me."

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Houguan Town is not a simple town. At the beginning of its design and construction, a series of tasks such as residence, industrial production, and wartime defense and refuge were taken into consideration in the future. Among them, Houguan Town can guarantee It is still operating normally with a capacity of 5000 people.

The subtext of the above sentence is: if normal operation is not considered, it can actually accommodate more people-and this is also the main reason why Iger divides the alert level into three levels and the refuge residents into two groups .

Most of the first batch of asylum residents were assigned to places far away from the fortress when they passed the Great Wall. In case of an emergency, it was too late to move, so they had to move early to various fortresses including Houguan Town—— There are about three to four thousand people in one group, plus the permanent residents of Houguan Town. Although the residential area will be crowded due to the full capacity, the industrial area can still work as usual.

But in addition to the residential area, the outer city of Houguan Town also has functional areas: the latter includes schools, hospitals, business districts, and squares... In addition, there are large areas for the logistics department to carry out such things as dragon crystal weapon production and metal smelting An industrial area for foundry and experimentation and manufacture of various weapons beyond the age.Once the alarm of the alien attack sounded, and the last batch of refugees who were closer to Houguan Town and could arrive within a day also arrived, the total number of people inside the city wall would approach ten thousand in an instant.At this time, the production experiments in functional departments and industrial areas other than the hospital will be stopped: a large number of vacated sites and buildings will be used to accommodate the second batch of thousands of refugees that exceed the design capacity.

Because of false alarms, the latter group of refugee tribes rushed to Houguan Town ahead of time... But the industrial zone cannot be shut down early without the attack of the aliens. After all, the mass production of Dragon Crystal Bombs and the recasting of the Dark Sisters And the gorgeous transformation of "Lightbringer" also has to count on the metal smelting and casting area.Then, the only option left is "reject the last batch of asylum seekers first, and give priority to ensuring the normal operation of Houguan Town".

"It's easy to drive them home, but I'm afraid that if they run in vain this time, they will waste time in avoiding danger when they call the police next time, and they will be caught up by the ghosts and become part of the army of the dead." Iger stroked his chest It was the bearded chin, and he shook his head after thinking for a while, "Forget it, make an announcement tomorrow: Tribals living within ten miles will be forced to repatriate, but the hard work of traveling back and forth will be subsidized. If you really don’t want to go back, let them stay outside the city walls. Arrange armed personnel to conduct management patrols, and they are not allowed to set up tents within [-] meters of the gate. At the same time, a free meal is provided every day during the refuge, which can be regarded as appeasement. "

"Okay." Since the leader has spoken, let's deal with it like this. The night watchman army in Houguan Town has thousands of troops, more than enough to maintain law and order.Yam nodded, and said, "There is one last thing, my lord, I know it's inappropriate to bother you with these trivial matters at this juncture of the war, but I still have to report the situation to you: Houguan Town There are not enough rooms in the inner castle. Just now at the gate of the city, you asked me to arrange a single room for the Earl of Black Harbor and the blacksmith of King’s Landing. In fact, I didn’t have so many vacant rooms at the time, but in order not to embarrass you, I let the following Let me free up my room for guests. Tonight I will go to the soldiers’ dormitory of the guards to make do with it—I can barely hold on for now, but when the industrial area is shut down under the high alert state and the technical backbone is withdrawn into the inner fort, it will be another A new round of trouble... So I would like to ask for instructions to integrate and reset the arrangement of the existing rooms, and free up the necessary amount of spare rooms as much as possible."

"You can come and sleep with me tonight, Yam," Humphrey offered, "but remember to bring your futon pillow."

"I can also give up the room." Arya, who was not qualified to participate in the meeting and was sitting in the corner, interrupted abruptly, her tone was quite righteous, "I can sleep with the master... If it is not enough, squeeze to sleep It doesn't matter if they're together, anyway, it's not... ahem."

"Don't make up your mind, did I ask you!" Iger was taken aback, but fortunately, everyone else in the room only thought the girl was joking, and didn't take it seriously.

Why are you everywhere?He turned around and gave Arya a hard look, and seeing her sticking out her tongue to admit her mistake, he turned his head and continued to discuss the problem he was facing: "Alright, Yam will live in a room with Humphrey first, and the specific accommodation arrangements will be I will study the specific situation before making a decision, and I will notify you later.”

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Chapter 389

Insufficient room.

Trivial matters should not bother the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch.But in fact, this problem really cannot be solved by a mere "mayor" in Yam.

Because—it was the guests, to be precise, the unexpected guests that caused the unexpected situation of shortage of rooms.

Catelyn Tully visited the Land Grant with two little girls, and although there were only three of them, they also brought a dozen guards and servants.The north has a tradition of respecting the night watchman. Ever since Iger was a soldier of the night watchman, he has always been given a single room every time he visits Winterfell, without exception—even during Robert's visit to the north. .The so-called reciprocation, now that he has become the commander-in-chief, he also gives high-standard reception to people from Winterfell: Mrs. Stark and her two girls each share a room. Needless to say, even the soldiers and servants, even if We can't afford to arrange a single room for each person, or two to three people per room, everyone has a bed, and the treatment is not worse than that of the Guanzhen Guards.

This time, Iger returned from King's Landing and brought back a new subordinate and two groups of guests: Kebain can arrange to live with the Pyromancer, which is not troublesome; blacksmith Tob Mott, as the invited master craftsman, is not considered troublesome. Arranging a single room, at most, let him live with his assistant, and Iger can't speak anymore; and the Earl of Black Harbor and Soros, although they rushed to help, they are a nobleman and a priest after all. , plus three followers, at least two small rooms or one large room must be arranged...

The fact now is: Iger's efforts to treat the guests well are of course a good starting point, but the inner castle of Houguan Town is not as large as Winterfell and has many rooms.After coming and going, the guest rooms in the inner castle of Houguan Town were actually full.

This is just the status quo. Once the alarm of the alien attack sounds and all production in the industrial area stops, at least thirty or forty technical backbones and management personnel on the list will also move into the inner castle for the highest level of protection: some of them They are craftsmen hired by the logistics department from all over the seven countries, and some of them are talents cultivated by Iger himself.They have not been trained, and the contract does not include the item of "helping the night watchmen fight the ghosts". It is not a last resort, even if they are willing, Iger will not let them go to the front line.

If he didn't want these valuable guests and subordinates to live in the warehouse, Neibao had to spare at least five or six rooms in order to ensure that he didn't have to rush and improvise at the most critical time.

However, regarding the accommodation arrangements for these guests, Yam, as the leader of the night watchman industry and one of the important managers of Houguan Town, although his rank is not low within the Z organization, is ultimately just a "housekeeper" rather than a "master". He is not qualified to make changes without authorization.

This is the real reason why Yam reported the lack of rooms to Iger: just like "visiting the Queen Targaryen to show neutrality" must be played by Iger instead of Nina, the same thing, the identity of the person who does it changes, The nature is also completely different - as the commander-in-chief of the night watchman and the master of the land grant, he has a certain reputation throughout the Seven Kingdoms. He personally explains the shortage of rooms in Houguan Town and coordinates accommodation arrangements. As long as he speaks clearly, no matter what Whether it's Arya, Myrcella and the soldiers of Winterfell, or the Earl of Blackport and Thoros... It's just a matter of saying a few rooms.On the other hand, if Yam jumps out without a name or a name and says: I'm sorry we don't have enough rooms, we can't help guests to squeeze in... that would be a great faux pas.

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Leaving the meeting room, Iger glared at Arya angrily: "You stinky girl, did you deliberately say that you wanted to punish me in the meeting room just now? Are you hoping that your fiancé will hear something and run over to demand a divorce?" I duel?"

"No... I think your rooms are not enough, so let one come out on your own initiative. If you don't praise me for being sensible, you will still attack me!"

"Okay, just pretend that I don't know good people." She refused to admit it, and Iger couldn't really pursue it, "Look at what I told you before, isn't the sleeping place starting to get tense? You What about mother?"

"She has gone to the Long Night Fort. She has been away for several days. She doesn't know when she will be back. I will stay with Bran."

Iger suppressed the irritability of scratching his head: he actually hoped that Caitlin would lead the Winterfell group to leave the land-grant and return to the North as soon as possible. ...Unfortunately, saying this became an expulsion order.

"Where is Maeve, take me to find her. Since you are willing to voluntarily give up the room, then I will let her move out to sleep with you, okay?"

The two girls lived together and vacated a room, and a few Winterfell soldiers huddled together to vacate another room... and then coordinate with the management of Houguan Town who are qualified to live in a single room to find a solution, and the problem will be resolved soon. Solved, after a little thought, Iger roughly had a plan.

Arya naturally had no objection: "Okay, it would be a bit wasteful for me to sleep alone in such a big room. Maeve... she must be playing cats with Tommen now... Hey, let me tell you, she She and her younger brother were born with the wrong gender. Tommen should be a girl, and Maeve should be a boy. They are more like brothers and sisters. A boy needs his sister to take care of everything. He doesn't like horseback riding and archery. Cat, hey-"

"Hey, hey, it's normal if you like to dance swords and swords like you, right!" If this girl didn't mention it herself, Iger almost forgot to bring Arya to teach her, "Okay, now There's no one else here - why stand so far away, come here. Come and explain to me: what do you think, to practice swordplay with Asha Greyjoy?"

The girl approached him reluctantly, with the cowardly look of a child who made a mistake and was afraid of being beaten: "Why... Isn't it just a normal exchange of ideas, what's there to make a fuss about!"

"It's a normal sparring. I'm writing to tell Mrs. Caitlin now—her daughter is having a sword sparring with Greyjoy's daughter in Houcrown Town. What do you think she will do?"

He would definitely be furious, and then immediately take himself back to Winterfell, and never let her come over again.Arya became nervous all of a sudden: "No, master! It's her...she came to me, and I'm practicing swords with a few uncles of the night watchman. Asha——she stood by and watched, and then Sometimes they say that my side is wrong, and sometimes they say that there is a problem with me..."

"Then when you get angry, ask her to practice less beeps?"

"How do you know...no!" Arya is not stupid at all if she is willing to use her brain, she changed her words and shifted all the responsibility to others, "Asha deliberately provoked me by saying: she can easily wear anklets I couldn't find the north. I was not convinced... Then, and then it became what it is today."

"How long has it been like this?"

"It hasn't been long... Is it the second or third time today? It's such a coincidence that you came back!"

Can't even lie to others, Iger rolled his eyes.They all affectionately call her "Asha", and they must have exchanged ideas with each other countless times after Caitlin left, and maybe they all made friends.Arya can make friends with anyone, which is sometimes a plus and sometimes a danger!

But thinking about it in retrospect, Iger knew that he might have overreacted... Judging from the short-term interaction, the daughter of the sea monster is not a violent and brainless person, and it is unlikely that she would do anything just to hurt Ai for a while. Leah's follies come.Mostly just being locked up was boring, and I wanted to create more opportunities to escape through the line of Miss Stark.

Just like when I tried to make friends with Tyrion.

However, understanding belongs to understanding, whether it can be accepted is another matter.As long as it is a risk that can be avoided, even if it is only a little bit, Iger will never be careless: "As soon as someone provokes you, you have to fight with him? What if she is uneasy and harbors malicious intentions?"

"She doesn't mean anything malicious, we're just purely discussing and exchanging skills!"

Pfft—a discussion and exchange of pure skills... Who taught Arya again?It was the first time that Iger heard Xiongzi talk about death in such a high-sounding manner, and he was immediately amused by her serious and full of breath in the second class, and shook his head, "Forget it, whatever you say. I will officially notify you now, such Discussions and exchanges are not allowed to happen again, understand!"

"Master~"

"It's not negotiable! If you find out once, your new friend will never be eligible to leave the cell for air; if you find out the second time, notify your mother." Iger is firm, "Also, there are too many people in the outer city recently. Agree, do not leave the inner castle."

"Well—" Arya clutched her chest as if she had been stabbed, and made a painful expression, "I just want someone with similar level and patience to practice swords with me, you master won't accompany me. I'll forget it, I found someone myself and you disagree... Now I'm not even allowed out of the castle, am I your apprentice or a prisoner, you might as well put me in the dungeon too! Just like Asha In the meantime, we are practicing in prison!"

"Okay, don't bark. I only care about you and want to keep an eye on you. Hmm... I apologize for having to leave a while ago. I will definitely take some time to show you around these two days and see interesting things, okay?"

"Hmph, that's pretty much the same." You only want to keep an eye on me because you care about me?Arya was a little unhappy because she was banned from practicing swords, but she felt a little inexplicably happy when she heard this sentence, she posted it and quietly took Iger's arm, "Hey, master, you are going to King's Landing to see Is it the Mad King's daughter, does she really have three dragons? Also, is she really as beautiful as the rumors say?"

"Long, I didn't see you when I went there." Iger replied with a smile, "As for people..."

As for people, they are more than beautiful. The magical temperament of Daenerys made Iger's impression unforgettable.With a world-shaking face coupled with an inextricably strong attractiveness, and an inexplicable majesty that makes one's knees weak, every frown, every smile, every word and deed, is clearly only seen once, but it is as clear and memorable as if it is burned in the mind... ...Just thinking about it, Iger can still remember the feeling of straight hairs when he saw her for the first time, his heart beat fast and his blood flow accelerated.

If he didn't know that what he crossed into was the world of ice and fire, he would almost be sure that he was charmed by the demon of sex.Iger had to use great self-control to keep himself from thinking about her all the time.When Arya asked, Daenerys' figure and smile appeared in front of him again.

"It is indeed beautiful, but 'the most beautiful woman in the world' is an exaggeration." Iger controlled his emotions so that the ups and downs of his chest would not be too violent for the girl to notice, "Not to mention, at least my Arya is not inferior to her..."

"Tch, you're coaxing me again." Arya didn't notice anything unusual, she thumped him and giggled.

"Knowing that I am coaxing you and still laughing so happily, you can no longer find an opponent on the road of narcissism." Iger also laughed, rubbed her hair, and forcibly shook off the queen's face in her mind, "Let's go, Take me to meet the guards left behind by your mother, I have to discuss accommodation with them."