Egger was a little confused - whether in the novel or the TV series, he could not remember what attack Benjen Stark encountered on his way back to the Great Wall from Winterfell. Could it be that it was for him, that James and Cersei sent people to silence him, or that the Stark family found out that he was lying and came to arrest him?
It shouldn't be.
He was stunned for less than a second, and his soldier's instinct made him react. He also drew out his steel sword with a clang, and protected Tyrion's two guards behind him before they could react. This short Lannister is his hope of leaving the Great Wall: "My lord, hide quickly!"
"Lord Benjen, come out quickly, I will cover you!" A rapist recruit was unlucky to be hit by an arrow in the shoulder and rolling on the ground. Screaming, Yoren thrust the skinning knife into the hands of another recruit and yelled at him: "If you don't want to die, just stay with me!"
The curtain of the tent was opened, and the chief ranger came out with weapons in hand, looking from all directions. There were figures rushing out of the darkness, shouting and heading towards the camp. From the sparse arrows and flying stones, he quickly analyzed the identity of the attackers: "It's a savage! Get on your horse... Damn it, it's too late. , everyone retreated to the stone wall and prepared to fight!"
The two Lannister guards should have obeyed Tyrion's orders, but when their master was also panicked, they instinctively obeyed Stark's orders. A group of nine people huddled back to back to the old stone wall against which the tent leaned, surrounding a wounded man and a Lannister in the middle, with serious and nervous expressions preparing to meet the enemy.
"Aren't the wildlings north of the Great Wall?" Tyrion shrank his neck and hid behind the two tall men, Egger and Jon, without any aristocratic demeanor, unable to see what was going on outside. Egg was relieved after finding out the identity of the enemy, while the bastard was excited to get the opportunity to show off his skills so soon. In contrast, although both of the Lannister guards were wearing full armor, only one acted like a soldier. "No one told me that the North is so dangerous!"
"Occasionally, small groups of savages climb over the Great Wall, but they rarely go deep into the Wolf Forest..."
"Can you give me something to use as a weapon? I have nothing to defend myself! "
No, it's coming!"
There was no herald, no flag, no sound of drums or horns, not even the sound of swords and swords. The wild people who rushed towards them basically had wooden sticks, stone spears and stone axes in their hands. Aiglian shouted. Not a single decent weapon was seen, only the bang of a bowstring being released by one of Tyrion's guards was heard, a black figure screamed, and stumbled out of the charge while covering his wound...
Such a ragtag group of savages, Even if they have the numerical advantage, they shouldn't be so bold as to attack such a team of nine people with the presence of the Night Watch. What makes them do this?
There was no time to think more, and the enemy came suddenly. The savages were all ragged and skinny, wearing a variety of hard leathers or ill-fitting tattered armor, and none of them even had helmets.
The night watchmen were ready for a bloody battle, but as soon as they fought, Egger realized something was wrong. Although about ten savages in front of him rushed over and surrounded everyone with shouts, none of them actually rushed towards the crowd to fight with them. He was standing two meters away, roaring and waving all kinds of weapons in his hands, but he was more defensive than offensive, and he didn't look like he wanted their lives at all. Not only that, there were several savages who were obviously women following the men, and quickly began to plunder everyone's things. Even the squirrel Yoren hadn't finished skinning was not spared... The
young and energetic Qiong En took the initiative to attack, but was stopped by two guys holding wooden shields. Several sword blows only left marks on the wooden board. He was soon called back by the chief ranger who was worried about his nephew's safety.
If they were just here for property, they wouldn't be escorting anything important anyway, so there was no need to risk their lives, just let them get it.
With this idea in mind, the weapons of both sides fiddled with each other. The confrontation lasted for only a few dozen seconds. Yoren was the first to realize that something was wrong: "Their target is a horse!"
Ben looked back in horror, and he saw Several figures were sneakily approaching the horses that were being held not far away, and were cutting the ropes one by one.
Are you here to steal the horse? Stark suddenly realized it, with an angry look on his face. With the Night Watch Legion declining day by day, war horses were a scarcer resource than people. He no longer worried about the lives of his subordinates. He waved his steel sword: "Stop them!"
Egg and As a soldier of the Night's Watch and a subordinate of Benyan, Yoren was naturally the first to respond. He followed his commander and rushed towards the enemy, tearing apart the opponent's loose formation. Then came Jon and the Lannister guard named Jack. The situation of the battle turned instantly. Everyone who was forced to huddle together at the beginning swarmed forward after giving an order. As Benyan, with the cooperation of Egger, made a clean move. The sword cut down one person, and the originally aggressive savages dispersed like a cauldron. Some even dropped their weapons and the wooden boards used as shields, and rushed into the darkness without looking back.
This scene looked particularly familiar. The "battles" Iger had participated in after joining the Night's Watch, except for the one where he killed the White Walkers, were really thrilling. The rest were just following the large army of Rangers to drive away the wildlings who got too close to the Great Wall. The residents outside the Great Wall who were being chased ran away in this way. Countless bloody facts proved that no one who dared to turn around and resist could escape from the standard steel sword... The
chief ranger's order sounded loudly: "Don't chase the poor bandits, first." Save the horse!"
The two Night Watch soldiers followed the commander closely, and it only took a few seconds to rush to the tree where everyone was holding the horse. The savages outside the encirclement took advantage of the short minute of the siege to cut many ropes holding the horses, and drove or rode away many horses.
Most of these horses are assets donated to the Night's Watch by the northern princes. As members of the Black Army, Egger and Yoren may have a chance to ride them in the future... They must work hard to maintain them. With the three The night watchman, who was heavily armed and dressed in pitch black, approached. The nearest horse thief shouted to alert his companions, then abandoned the remaining horses and went into the forest with the trophies he had already obtained without looking back.
The rest of the people were not so good at executing orders. The recruits and Tyrion cautiously stayed where they were, while Jon and the Lannister guard named Jack yelled and chased the enemy, catching up and cutting them down continuously. The two of them stopped chasing after Bunyan's constant calls and returned to the camp with unfinished business.
...
The freshly cooked broth leaked all over the floor because the iron pot was shot. The aroma overflowed and everyone's temporary residence was in a mess. Several loaves of bread that had been put on the table for sharing disappeared, a dead squirrel was taken away by a female savage, a piece of clothing and the iron spoon originally inserted in the pot were missing... and more Bits and pieces, insignificant things.
Not counting the horses, they lost almost nothing.
"Why did they take my book? God, are there any savages who can read?" Tyrion jumped to his feet, "Forget about the others, I borrowed that book from the Winterfell library!" "I'm
afraid They didn't even know what the book was. They just saw that it was square and square, so they couldn't help but walk away." Iger expressed regret, "Nine times out of ten, it will be turned into tinder for making fire, or it will be torn apart piece by piece. I'm wiping my ass."
"Are you going to chase me?" Yoren's face was gloomy, looking even more fierce: "Eight horses are missing."
"That means there are fourteen horses left." Benyan frowned, thinking. After a while, there were about 20 men and women showing up on the other side. If you wanted to pursue or kill them all, just three night watchmen would definitely not be enough. There was probably an ambush in the woods. In the end, I could only shake my head and reject Lang Crow's proposal.
An inexplicable attack ended like this. This was the fourth time that Egg fought against the wildlings, and it was the first time that he was attacked. However, like the previous three times, there were no casualties among the night watchmen.
The gap in combat effectiveness and quality between professional soldiers and farmers is so huge, just like wolves and sheep - in theory, the sheep can kill the wolves when they unite, but in fact, no sheep dares to run slower because of this ethereal possibility. As long as they didn't panic, even if they had the upper hand, the savages could only leave the battlefield in embarrassment after leaving three corpses... If Bunyan hadn't been eager to save the remaining horses, the result of the battle would have been far more than that.
Only one recruit, who had not yet officially joined, was unlucky to be hit in the first round of sparse arrows. Fortunately, the savages did not have strong bows, and the quality of the arrows was extremely poor - they even used stone arrowheads without barbs. Just pull out the arrow and disinfect the wound, it can only be regarded as a skin injury.
For people like Jon, Tyrion and his two guards who have never participated in a real war, repelling a sneak attack at the cost of zero for three is undoubtedly a great victory; but for Egger, he is fine. More important than anything else; but Benjen Stark felt extremely humiliated. There were not many horses in Castle Black, but nearly one-tenth of them were stolen from him by a group of wild men who climbed over the Great Wall. I have never suffered such a big loss before joining the Night Watch.
Compared with the loss of the war horses, the meaning behind this attack is more important: the savages are accelerating their flight south, the situation north of the Great Wall is obviously deteriorating, and the next patrol must be organized as soon as possible to determine the situation.