Chapter 379 A quick mess

"I hope to hear your explanation." Stannis said to Jon very seriously after returning to the Lord Commander's room.

Jon was silent for a moment and said: "During the patrol a month ago, I got lost and crossed the Shadow River. I was caught by Ygritte and taken to their team's station. The leader of the free people wanted to kill me, but she protected me, and when I escaped, she deliberately missed me. This time she was captured by me, and I couldn't let her die."

Stannis stared at Jon and said nothing. After a long silence, he slowly said: "Send the person to the cell later, and then go to the First Ranger Captain to report. I want to watch the next battle." You will lead the charge at the front. If you can survive and make military exploits, then I will pardon her death penalty. If you die, she will be executed and buried with you."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Jon said nothing more, saluted to Stannis, turned and walked out of the room, but when he reached the door, he stopped again, turned to Stannis and said: "Commander-in-Chief Sir, it is my honor to serve you during this time, and I hope I will have the opportunity to serve you again in the future.”

After saying that, he walked out without looking back.

Stannis watched Jon leave and couldn't help clenching his fists. He closed his eyes slightly and took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions.

He knew very well that today's incident was entirely aimed at him. Jon was just implicated by him. He didn't notice that the freedmen's coalition troops were crossing the position. It had nothing to do with magic at all. It was all for his decisive battle plan. What a failure. It would be best if he died in the war.

It was a pity that Jon discovered the team that had sneaked into the rear, and defeated them before they could cause damage. The fleeing Free Folk Alliance Army escaped from the eastern front position, and there were no ghosts among them.

If he had just investigated the two castle commanders, many people would have jumped out to protect them, and the situation would have been completely out of control.

As for the woman in Jon's room, it's not just a matter of a day or two. Almost everyone in the fortress knows that this woman exists and has never said anything about it. Now to single out this matter is nothing more than blaming Jon for destroying them. Plan to eliminate a helper from his side.

It is not difficult for Stannis to understand that if he did not exist, many people in the Night's Watch would be qualified to sit on the position of Commander-in-Chief. Unfortunately, a self appeared out of thin air and directly became the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch. Moreover, due to the They didn't dare to oppose Linde Terra's power, and they even had to cooperate with him in executing his plan, so they could only make small moves secretly.

However, this time they went too far. In order to deal with him, these rats completely ignored the danger of the entire front collapsing. If they continued to do so unscrupulously, he would not even be able to complete the task assigned by Linde. The Night's Watch Legion will also suffer heavy losses due to internal fighting.

Thinking of this, Stannis showed a ruthless look in his eyes and decided to do something to save the situation.

I saw him walking out of the room, crossing the square, and coming from the path to a forest next to the fortress. In the woods was a simple house built by freemen before. Now this house has changed its owner.

Stannis came to the door of the house, opened the door and walked in. He saw Melisandre brewing some kind of potion in the house. He did not disturb her, but stood quietly aside.

Melisandre didn't look back at him. She poured some powder from the small box on the table into a potion bottle and put it on the fire to heat. After a while, white mist appeared from the mouth of the bottle. , then took the potion bottle away, handed it to Stannis, and said: "Drink it!"

Stannis looked at the bottle that was handed to him, took it and drank the potion inside without thinking.

What makes Stannis feel strange is that he clearly saw the potion bottle just taken off the fire. Logically speaking, the potion in the bottle should be hot even if it is not scalding hot, but when he took it, it was The potion feels very cool, like ice water.

But Stannis's attention soon shifted from his confusion about the temperature of the potion to the illusion that emerged in front of him. He saw that in the ice fields farther north, an ice dragon so huge that it could easily swallow King's Landing was coming from It woke up from its slumber. As it woke up, extremely cold blizzards formed quickly, forming waves of cold air pushing towards the south.

The illusion did not last long. It ended after a dozen scenes flashed through, and he could see clearly the house he was in and Melisandre standing in front of him again.

"What did you see?" Melisandre asked with great anticipation.

Stannis tells Melisandre about the vision he just saw.

After hearing this, Melisandre hesitated for a moment, thought for a moment, and said: "What you see should be the scene of extreme cold going south. The ice dragon represents the cold on the eternal winter ice sheet in the far north. It has already formed. It won't be long before we advance to the north of the Great Wall. Commander-in-Chief, we don't have much time left."

Stannis asked with concern: "Can we know the specific time when the extreme cold weather will advance north of the Great Wall?"

Melisandre said seriously: "Based on the scene you described, it should have happened within a month or two."

"One or two months? That's enough." Stannis nodded, and then said to Melisandre: "Can what you told me last time guarantee success?"

Melisandre shook her head and said: "Sorry, Commander-in-Chief, no one can guarantee success. I can only try my best."

Stannis was silent for a moment and then ordered: "Then execute it! Execute it according to the list you investigated. I need to see the effect as soon as possible."

Melisandre said with great confidence: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, it only takes two days at most..."

While talking, Melisandre suddenly heard footsteps outside the house, so she stopped talking and gestured to Stannis.

Stannis opened the door and looked outside, only to see a steward walking over in a hurry. After seeing Stannis, he immediately saluted, handed the letter in his hand to Stannis, and said: " Commander-in-Chief, this is the letter from King's Landing. The seal on it is stamped with His Majesty Linde's personal seal. It should be news about His Majesty Linde."

Stannis opened the letter and read the contents carefully. Then he turned around and handed the letter to Melisandre, saying: "His Majesty Linde is coming. The plan will be stopped and the compiled information will be sent back." Castle Black, wait for His Majesty Linde to come and deal with it.”

Melisandre took it and looked at it first. The content inside was that Lind was going to come outside the wall to personally deal with the affairs of the free people tribe.

"It's not that he's coming, but he's already here. Don't forget that he's riding a dragon." Melisandre corrected Stannis's judgment and said, "And you don't have to send the information to Castle Black. I guess Lin His Majesty is already aware of what happened here and has dealt with it." As she said that, she looked at the clerk and asked, "The letter shouldn't have been sent by the letter crow, right? It should have been sent by someone else, along with the letter. Who else came here with you?"

The steward replied: "Madam, this letter was sent by the team of silent monks and nuns of redemption stationed at Castle Black. I don't know what they are doing now."

As soon as the steward finished speaking, there was a burst of noise from the direction of the main castle, as if something had happened.

Seeing this, Stannis and Nymeria both walked quickly towards the main castle.

When the two arrived at the main castle, it was already crowded with people. Almost all the rangers and stewards in the fortress ran to the fortress square, and everyone was watching what happened in the square.

I saw more than a dozen castle commanders and ranger captains tied up by silent monks and nuns of salvation kneeling on the ground in the square.

Some of them shouted loudly, wanting their men to save themselves, but everyone present knew that the Silent Monks and the Redemption Sisters were all following Linde's orders, and no one could command them, so now the Silent Monks and Redemption Sisters The nun's arrest should be Linde's intention. In this case, no one dares to mess around, not to mention that even if they take action, they probably won't be the opponent of the Silent Monk and the Sister of Redemption.

In addition to those who shouted loudly, there were also some people who cried and explained, explaining that they were not disregarding the overall situation.

In the end, some people lowered their heads and gave up resistance completely, because they knew very well that since the Sisters of Redemption and the Silent Monks were able to accurately capture them, it meant that Linde had evidence of their crimes that could not be denied. There was no way to make any resistance at all, so he had to accept the punishment honestly to avoid suffering any physical pain.

When Stannis came to the square, everyone made way for Stannis and came to the middle area.

Seeing the arrival of Stannis, one of the Sisters of Redemption who led the team came out and said: "Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief, Your Majesty ordered us to capture these rats who have no regard for the overall situation and concentrate on fighting among themselves, and hand them over to you. He asked us to Tell you, feel free to follow your plan without worrying about anything.”

Sister Redemption's voice is not too loud, but because of a special way of making sounds, her voice can easily penetrate the surrounding wind and snow and penetrate into the ears of everyone in the fortress, and her words are also Represents Lind's support for Stannis.

"Has His Majesty Lynd arrived at Castle Black?" Stannis asked the Sister of Redemption.

The Sister of Redemption shook her head and said: "Not yet. It was His Majesty's letter falcon that sent His Majesty's decree to Castle Black. Your Majesty will probably arrive at Castle Black tomorrow. At that time, he will inspect the castles on the Great Wall, and then take a boat to Frost and Snow. To the west of the Fang, we will meet the sisters and brothers of the nuns and monks in the land of eternal winter, and will come to the front line at the appropriate time.”

Melisandre said: "It seems that His Majesty Lynde is a little impatient and plans to personally intervene to deal with the free people tribe outside the wall."

Stannis' face was a little ugly, because Lind's move was obviously a distrust of his ability, which made him a little ugly.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the captured men in front of him with great disgust. If these guys hadn't caused trouble, in the last decisive battle, he would have captured the main force of the Free People's Alliance in one fell swoop and pushed the army to the front line of the Antler River. , the plan to conquer the freedmen tribe will also be completed.

Thinking of his failed decisive battle plan, Stannis was filled with hatred and wanted to kill all the people in front of him, but he finally resisted the urge. After taking a deep breath, he said calmly: "You will You will be sent to the First Ranger. The next time we fight, I want to see you leading the charge at the front. If you can survive the battle, then your guilt will be cancelled. Otherwise, you It is better to fight and die like a real night watchman than to be executed in public for violating serious laws."

"I'm willing to go to the First Ranger!" someone immediately shouted.

Then one after another others agreed. After all, there is a possibility of survival if you go to the First Ranger, but if you stay here, you will definitely die.

As the commanders and ranger captains in the forward fortress who were dissatisfied with Stannis and secretly engaged in trouble indiscriminately were dealt with, silent monks and nuns of redemption also appeared in other positions of the Night's Watch to take some people away and send them to the Third Army. Among the rangers.

And the people within the Night Watch also knew the reason why these people were taken away and thrown into the First Rangers. The vast majority of people agreed with this treatment method, and even felt that this punishment was too light, because these people What they did was simply betraying the entire Night's Watch, and executing them was the best punishment.

For Stannis, this matter is in the past, and he has more important things to deal with, such as stabilizing the command level of each team of the Night's Watch to avoid the collapse of the position.

Because most of the people taken away this time were commanders and captains of the Night Watch Legion. Although there were deputies to supplement them, the abilities of these deputies were naturally not comparable to those of the commanders and captains who were taken away.

Stannis must make these new deputies familiar with the team's command methods as soon as possible to avoid being discovered by the scouts of the free people tribe and seize the opportunity to attack the current position. In that case, his current line may be in danger of being breached.

At the same time, Stannis also has to consider the plan for the next decisive battle. He must force the opposing Free Folk Alliance to fight again in a short period of time and put everything on the right track.

Because there was not much time left for him, when the Redemption Sisters and Silent Monks finished arresting people and left, a Redemption Sister directly told him that Lind would not come to the Frontier Fortress immediately. He hoped that when he arrived, Shi Tanis has completed the task of subduing the free folk tribe.

Ever since, the next day, after Lind rode the lava dragon to Castle Black on the Great Wall, Stannis, the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch outside the wall, had already begun to launch a second decisive battle against the free people tribe, and in the west the frozen On the ground, the Sisters of Redemption and the Silent Monks also began to clash with the advancing army of zombies.