Six hundred and twentieth chapters White Walkers attack (5)
Daniel was a little shivering. He had also experienced many escapes in wars, but none of them had this crisis. The enemies he faced did not know the pain or fatigue, but only knew the killing of White Walkers, not the greedy soldiers and cruel robbers and thieves.
No matter how cruel the latter is, he can communicate with them with his interests, but in the former, humans are just a life waiting to be harvested in their eyes.
A shrill scream echoed over the city wall and echoed in Daniel's ears. There was no collision between swords and iron tools, only the sharp knife's tip pierced the puff sound and the tendon when it was cut.
Countless fearless corpse ghosts rushed to the wall, then opened their fishy mouths and rushed towards the soldiers. Beside Daniel, a middle-aged soldier struggled to resist. He pushed away the ghoul on his right, cut off his head, and then pierced the ghoul who was charging towards him the next moment and lifted the city wall.
However, there are too many White Walkers, and they are almost unprepared for defense in the chaotic battlefield. The next moment, the soldier was caught by half of the zombie on the ground, and then fell to the ground, and was soon submerged and disappeared.
The Baigang Guard and the Mandalay private soldiers who were responsible for patroling various parts of the city had put aside their work and continued to support the city wall. However, even so, the city wall still began to shaky shortly after the first wave of the White Walkers came.
These corpses are tired. They keep rushing and never stop. Even if their bodies are cut into two pieces by the sword, they will still climb on the ground, or be called stepping stones for their companions.
This is the terrifying thing about White Walkers. The huge number makes no city wall able to block them. Except for the Great Wall of Heavenly Chain built by magic, the bravery of humans in various cities became a joke. Unless they raise all their strength to fight back in the first time, they will be defeated one by one and dragged to death.
Looking at Daniel's panicked departure, Marlon sighed. As the leader of the Baigang garrison, who has been fighting on the front line for many years, not only has he experienced many battles, but also has a good understanding of the strength of these people under his command. Although the quality of the garrison is not the strongest in Westeros, it is definitely not bad.
The rear of Baigang is not a safe place. Whether it is to deal with pirates wandering on the sea or to run away from the robbers outside the city. The garrison is an indispensable existence. Even if it is not as good as the golden robe of King Lin, it is definitely one of the best city defense forces in Westeros.
The garrison of such a large scale could not last for an hour under the impact of the White Walkers. It is conceivable that others would not be better. Moreover, these White Walkers who broke through the Great Wall have always been a mystery. There are even different opinions on whether they exist, and there are even different ideas such as Jon's dismissal of the night watchman who sent off fake news to Stannis.
But now the White Walker bypassed all the human checkpoints and headed straight for Baigang. This is the largest city connecting the north and south. Although he doesn't understand what the White Walker wants a city for humans is of use, it is definitely a conspiracy and organized action.
But these scenes in front of us made Ma Long unable to have any hope for the human side.
Whether it is the hatred from the Iron Throne and the Grand Duke of the North, or the disputes between the interests of many nobles on weekdays, it has become irrelevant at this time. Because for thousands of years, the old enemy of mankind has once again broken through the Great Wall and came to the front of mankind.
As their rotten teeth chew, anything that blocks them will be shattered. Human beings are facing the threat of genocide and death, but the nobles still did not pay attention to it. Maron sighed. The end of mankind is being born. Has anyone noticed it?
Daniel rolled and crawled all the way to Viris. Viris, who was fat and big-eared, was different from Maron. He didn't need to climb onto the wall himself. As Mandalay's eldest son and only heir, he could just stand here honestly, which was an inspiration.
Willis tilted his head and glanced at Daniel, and then he recognized that this embarrassed person was his usual calm subordinate. Willis wanted to laugh at him a few words. But he was always taciturn, and he probably wasn't going well at this time, so he couldn't find a suitable word for a while.
"Master," Daniel took a breath, his head was quite clear and fluent, "Sir Maron asked you to leave here as soon as possible."
Willis was stunned and frowned and asked in a low voice, "Can't you hold on?"
Daniel didn't dare to answer, after all, there were many people here, and he just nodded silently, "Sir Marlon said..."
"I know." Verris interrupted him, "I have arranged for people to do it. The ships in the outer port are continuously flowing, sending people to their destinations downstream, and then returning quickly. It is estimated that many have been sent out at this time."
"But I don't know how long it will be stopped. As long as the port is not occupied by these rotten corpses, the ship will not stop." Veris waved his fist, "and all we need to do is to stick to the last moment."
Mandalay has been in charge of Baigang for a hundred years and was the first vassal of the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory. Naturally, the power of his subordinates cannot be underestimated. His heir, Viris, is not an idiot. Although he did not regard civilians as humans, his goods also need to be preserved.
The city walls on all sides have been surrounded, and only the sea routes of Hougang are the only vitality. The first batch of small nobles in Baigang have been sent out of the city. At this time, the ships were dispatched by a small number of garrisons, transporting civilians out in an orderly manner.
Regardless of the high and low, it only depends on the order and distance. The captains of the garrison also knew that the situation was very critical at this time, and the merchant ships were also detained. After all, it is still a problem whether Baigang exists after this battle.
But even so, after the battle on the three walls broke out, the news inevitably flew out, and it soon became known to everyone in the city. If the civilians in the southern city might not understand the situation because of the blockage of news and ignorance, the residents of Baigang who lived in the north knew the terror of the White Walk.
Although the barbarian villages near Baigang were not as chaotic as those outside the Great Wall attacked by wandering corpses, the legends and terror about the White Walkers outside the Great Wall have been circulated for nearly a thousand years, and the views on these White Walkers are very chaotic. After all, civilians are not scholars in the knowledge tower, and many of them are spreading and spreading rumors. But what can be unified is that after the White Walkers, there will be no living creatures.
The city of Baigang has already started riots, and people who rushed towards the city gate but were blocked on the road, mercenaries who wanted to go up to the city wall to exert their own strength, as well as many thieves and gangsters who took advantage of the situation. The fire rape and looting were always accompanied by chaos. But at this time, the garrison really couldn't draw any more people.
Daniel and Willis were right on the wall, behind a relatively safe fortress and battlements. Looking at the chaotic crowd in the city below, Daniel swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Mr. Viris," he said. "Sir Maron means to let you leave first. After all, there is no need to wait for death here."
Willis looked at Daniel lightly, but Daniel could sense that Willis was holding on. He could even see Willis' fat body trembling. "I won't leave here." But he said.
"My father is not in the city, and the inheritance of the Mandalay family will not be broken, so I have no reason to leave. This is what I should do. I will protect Baigang until the last moment, coexist with it, coexist, or die together."
Daniel saw contempt in Viris' eyes again, the pride and glory that seemed superior to others, and this kind of gaze Daniel often saw it. This was when Viris threw a few gold coins at the feet of the civilians and brought their daughters or wives back to the house to be maids.
Viris believed that everything he did was natural, because of the existence of aristocratic status, the common people were only his private property and toys, and likewise, he regarded persistence with Baigang as a responsibility of superiority until the end, which was a glory, because he was a nobleman, even if he was very timid.
So at this moment, Daniel was silent. He didn't know how to persuade Viris, or even how to see him.
The road below was almost blocked, and outside the city was an endless army of corpses. Daniel felt that he had missed the best opportunity to escape, and even if he could break out of the city now, he would probably not be able to squeeze into the boat.
As for why Willis ignored his new confidant, and even held him to die with him but didn't even bother to ask about his own thoughts, Daniel thought this was normal. After all, in Willis's eyes, all civilians are his things. He is also a civilian. Whether he is a life or a death is completely a matter of Viris's words. Do he still have to consider the ideas of civilians?
But again, when the noble's responsibility was on Viris's head, he did not retreat.
Thinking of this, Daniel asked the private soldiers next to him for a long sword. There was no hope of escaping, and it was also impossible to defend Baigang. So... let's take a try. At least I didn't die in the repeated escapes, and it was not that cowardly.
Daniel held the sword tightly, his palms were soon filled with sweat. Screams and wails from afar were approaching, which meant that the defense was being compressed, and a soldier next to Veris stepped forward to fill the gap, while the number of people around him was getting smaller and smaller.
The White Walkers gradually began to climb up to the wall and gained a foothold. Daniel had already seen only a few White Walkers rushing into the defense line to fight with the soldiers, and now there are only a few soldiers trying to push the White Walkers all over the city walls down.
"All reserve forces! Get them! Get them!" Daniel heard Sir Maron roaring wildly not far away.
He knew... Baigang was about to break.
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"We have found the White Walkers' large army, and then what?" Mela lay in the haystack, trying to lower her body, so that the tattered black cloth jacket would merge with the gray-white snow and grass, and not be discovered by the White Walkers in the distance.
The spear did the same, and Bran, but their caution was useless, because the half-giant Ador was also lying beside them, and from a distance it looked like a small hill bun was raised. Once noticed, it would definitely be discovered. They were not exposed at this time, but were not paid attention.
"Don't tell me you're going to stop them?" Mela said coldly with a stern expression. "Although I really want to save this city and don't want the White Walkers to continue to grow, I won't go to die."
"We can't stop so many ghouls, and there must be real White Walkers in it."
"Well, I think so too..." The spear woman muttered and complained.
"There are three." Bran replied calmly, "I have seen them."
"Have you seen the most ghouls?" Bran said, pointing to the core area where the ghouls gathered in front of him, "They are hidden inside, and there are about thousands of strong ghouls with good mobility around them."
"So what can I do if I see it?" Mela retorted, "So many ghouls are almost comparable to an army, but you still don't know that the tiredness will not die, and you can't kill them."
"I can." Bran continued to say calmly.
Mela suffocated and slowed down. During the days of Green Prophet, she had been in contact with Bran for a long time, but it did not mean that she fully understood Bran, because every time the Green Prophet passed on him magic, either the others were not there, or they were directly passed on through thinking communication. So now, Mela knew nothing except that she knew that Bran could use Green Vision.
"What do you want to do?" Thinking of this, Mela's voice also eased. Her younger brother was dead, and now Bran is the only one who is with her side. Is he considered it a substitute for his younger brother? Mela was not sure, after all, this was not a real brother.
"Roar in and kill them." Bran's answer was very simple and clear, but more like suicide.
Sure enough, Mela had already narrowed her eyes, "Are you looking for death?" she said coldly.
"I won't do this, I will stop you from doing this..." The spear woman muttered beside her.
Bran shook his head, "I need a tree." He said, "or something else should be used as a weapon anyway."
"There are no trees here." Meila frowned. The west of Baigang is hills and valleys, and the east is plains. There are mountains and grass here. The only thing that does not have is the forests. "Can't daggers do?" she asked.
Bran continued to shake his head, "I know." He said, "I've been looking for it long ago, huh?... I found it." He looked happy, and Mela and others were completely unaware of it.
After slowly twisting his body, Bran slowly untie the strip of cloth wrapped around his arm. During this period, Mella frowned because the whole cloth had been stained with blood. On the way, Bran kept cutting the skin with a knife to let the blood seep out of it. If Bran hadn't said that this was a magical need, Mella and others would have stopped him from doing this self-harm.
"I call you and come back with my prey." Bran drooped his arms, letting blood fall to the ground drop by drop, and then called softly.
"Will it work?" Mela expressed doubts.
However, at this time, it seemed that blood or the commotion here attracted the attention of the White Walkers. Soon a small group of shaking corpses walked towards this place, with a slow speed, but there was no place to hide on the plain.
Discovered! Mela subconsciously wanted to take Bran to run, but was dragged by him. Seeing the White Walkers getting closer, Mela said anxiously, "This thing is best useful."
Bran's face was calm and nodded firmly to Mela, but no one noticed that Melisandra, the witch in red who had been sleeping all the way, woke up at some point, was lying beside her, squinting her eyes and staring at them secretly. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!