Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon

After arranging the matters that needed to be explained to the ministers in charge of Oldtown, Viserys and Daenerys said goodbye and set off for the north.

"Our power now has the same source, and there are related dreams. We can get in touch at any time if we want."

"It would be better if Dennis was a little older, so that I could ride on Nightfire and go with you. Even if I can't help on the battlefield, I can use it as a reserve of your power." Daenerys held the child and touched her belly again, feeling a little disappointed. "Every time you go far away by yourself and I stay, I feel that I treat myself too much as a queen. I should treat myself more as an extraordinary creature. I really shouldn't read those books. The historians in the Academy said that 'a woman's battlefield is a delivery bed', and I took it in from reading those books. I think it through, Viserys, when this second child is born, I have to study how to be on the battlefield. Fight. From now on, the bloodline of the Targaryen royal family will be spread by Dennis and his men. "

".Dani, I have to say that I don't want you to get involved in the fight. If I can solve all the problems myself, I also hope to live and work in peace with you. "

Speaking of which, Viserys really didn't expect that he went to the Valyrian Blood Temple with Daenerys. He didn't learn anything else, but from the bloody research and experimental records of the Blood Temple, he studied from a pragmatic perspective how to extract witchcraft blood and combine it to produce normal offspring when Viserys has become a supernatural body. Valyria's blood magic research is dark and bloody, and the so-called Dragon King family bloodline was a kind of continuously refined blood magic creation thousands of years ago. From a biological perspective, the Valyrians can be regarded as a special human race that has not yet produced reproductive isolation from humans. They have a high affinity for the origin of magic, especially flames, and their blood is even mixed with the blood of Valyrian dragons through blood witchcraft.

Daenerys had been prepared for this. After seeing that many Targaryen queens had given birth to dragon-shaped offspring in history, and after having experienced many things with Viserys, Daenerys had long accepted the idea that she was not a "human" in the normal sense, not to mention that now, they could even be called "gods".

Daenerys added at the end: "If the situation is critical, don't fight."

Viserys smiled: "Don't worry."

After saying goodbye at the Citadel, Viserys set off quickly.

This trip to the North was the first time he accepted the invitation of the Three-Eyed Raven. Although he was not clear about the situation the other party was facing now, Viserys, as the invited party, was not in a hurry to drive straight to the Wall. Thinking about the time when he went to Valyria with Frémi, the priest of the Red God, he flew for several days. This trip to the north, Viserys could also regard it as an informal northern tour, and take the opportunity to see the current situation and customs of various places.

There was no need to wear a white dragon fish costume or a secret visit. Viserys only planned to take a quick look.

Nowadays, most places have built post stations, and the post stations in the Targaryen area have one thing in common, that is, a three-headed dragon statue is built on the top of the post station. Viserys can fly very high in the sky, radiate his power, and roughly feel the perception of the nearby pan-believers from the three-headed dragon statues.

Going out of the old town is the area originally governed by the Hightower family. This land is in the extreme south of Westeros. It relies on the monsoon of the Sunset Sea and several rivers to form a rich alluvial plain. Because there are basically no major natural geological changes in this world, this land has been one of the richest areas in Westeros for thousands of years.

Although it is winter, the snow line of the first snow even reaches the line of King's Landing, but it is still a pastoral scene here. The tenants of the common people and nobles are still working in the fields. The corn and potatoes planted have reached the seedling stage. According to the time calculated by the school city, if you are lucky, you can still have the last harvest, but considering the climate change, you can't expect a good harvest.

Near the port city, the granaries in towns and cities are fully stocked.

This is the area that Viserys is most satisfied with.

All the way to Highgarden. Viserys can also see the fertile fields of the River Bay from the sky.

The new soldiers are trained at the post station and the castle, the farmers are farming around the castle, and there are endless merchant ships and fishing boats on the Mander River.

However, Viserys soon found that there is still a problem.

It was the Citadel that sent a signal to the north of Highgarden that it is not recommended to continue to plant long-term crops after winter, such as corn, potatoes, and even winter wheat, because this winter is different from the past.

But Viserys still found that there are many places, fields near noble castles, fields near self-cultivating farmers' villages, and many people did not listen to the advice of the Citadel maesters and continued to plant long-term crops.

The harvest cost of the land north of Highgarden is later than that of the land further south. Crops like corn and soybeans that take at least three or four months to mature are not recommended, not to mention crops like winter wheat that take up to seven or eight months.

This is not a trivial matter, not a matter of wasting a harvest.

This means that although Viserys has made a lot of publicity, it has not really penetrated into people's hearts in just over a year. The northern part of Highgarden is just a little bit away from his field of vision, and he can already feel that many people do not realize the seriousness of the problem and still act according to the old experience.

It is not sure whether there is still a problem of dereliction of duty by the inspectors arranged by Viserys.

With this in mind, Viserys gave up the plan to fly directly from the Reach, but turned from Highgarden and observed along the King's Road and the Mander River Basin.

The superiors have policies, the inferiors have countermeasures, and the superiors like what the inferiors do and the inferiors follow what they do is really a problem that will never be changed.

Along the King's Road and the Mander River, Viserys found that many post station radiation areas, relatively less remote places, all planted cabbage, eggplant, radish recommended by the Academy in the fields, and onions that had been planted before the season change and are now in the true leaf bolting period. Although vegetable crops are not as filling as corn and potatoes, they are indeed the most suitable things that can be thought of at the moment to use the last harvest before the long night.

After all, in places where the royal power can radiate, they still follow the king's orders and policies, which makes Viserys feel a little better.

Flying along the Kings Road to the sky above Bitterbridge, Viserys stopped flying along the road and turned north, following the dirt road that the Tyrell army had walked out of the wilderness of the Reach when they were defeated and returned to the South. Later, Willas, who was appointed by Viserys, was responsible for simply paving the dirt and gravel on this road to create a northward dirt road for the grain transport team to travel directly north from the wilderness plain that was originally empty with only a few village roads.

This dirt road goes directly across the wilderness from the Kings Road in the Reach at Bitterbridge to the Kings Road to the West. It is now a proper military road and is not open to merchants. Here, you can see the grain transport teams circulating from the Bitterbridge hub traveling from morning to night between post stations, using mule carts and donkey carts to transport food supplies from the south to the central hub of Stone Hall Town planned by Viserys.

There are also military stations stationed along the route from time to time. Their job is to dig soil and gravel near this new road, repair the road at any time, and ensure the smooth flow of this grain road.

To be honest, Viserys himself could feel that in the past year or so, he had the momentum of exploiting the people like the emperors who were ambitious and ambitious in history. In peacetime, it would take four or five long summers to build the road from Bitter Bridge to Stone Hall Town. However, Viserys mobilized the noble army and civilians to build it in sections, and it took only seven or eight months to complete it. Although it was not a very large dirt road, it was a major project that could be recorded in the history of Westeros.

With complicated thoughts, Viserys arrived at Stone Hall Town, which has now become a military control area. Although it has attracted many vendors and women with special jobs to do business around the town, the planning of Stone Hall Town is completely based on the planning of military camps that can accommodate tens of thousands of troops.

Several large camps were built along the central town, and fortification works were being built day and night. A long-term stone fortification has been built on the side of the mountain, as well as a large number of warehouses, armories, and training facilities.

Less than a month after the First Regiment Task Force set out, a new group of troops gathered here day by day, training here and preparing for war.

This place gathers many civilians in the eastern part of the Westerly, the northern part of the Reach, and the Riverlands who cannot cultivate the land after winter and have lost their livelihoods. They carry out paid construction here with food and accommodation, build camps, build floating bridges, and transport logs and gravel from nearby mountains and forests.

Further ahead, along the grain road, it is Riverrun.

It snowed after winter. In the past few winters, Riverrun would enter the hibernation state at this time. But now it is different. Now, the castles in the river are following the king's orders, summoning civilians to find locations around the castles that are already strong enough to build fortresses, and building centralized management areas for civilians to spend the winter, imitating the wintering town of Winterfell.

These constructions are adapted to local conditions. Stone houses are built where there are more stones, and wooden houses are built where there are more wood. The only requirement is to be strong and cold-resistant. Viserys did not hide the fact that he did not consider the comfort and acceptance of specific people when promoting these things. These so-called fortresses are actually things similar to modern factory dormitories or shelters.

The purpose of Viserys building these in Hejian is to gather civilians for easy management, so that they can be driven to assist in the defense of the castle when necessary, or when there is discord, they can be concentrated and driven to the south like the migration of wildlings outside the Great Wall.

Normally, from the perspective of economic benefits, the current civilians in Hejian are all negative assets. They are not combatants, but mostly the elderly, weak and disabled. But if the White Walkers invade such a deep place, these people will become the fresh force of the White Walkers. So even if humanitarianism is not considered, it is purely from a military perspective, and these civilians who may not survive in the winter must be gathered and managed.

Above Riverrun, Viserys saw many tents densely set up around the castle. Some of them had just returned to Riverrun from the Twins, and had only a short time to rest and prepare before being summoned again to form the Hejian troops heading north to support the Great Wall Expeditionary Force; some of them were part of the "National Construction Bureau" engineering team that had to follow the marks left by the team after the task force had gone there, negotiate with local nobles and knights, recruit manpower, and carry out military station construction work; and some of them were Hejian refugees who had been hiding in the mountains and wilderness for a long time after the Hejian war ended, and heard the wind and wanted to go home, but were gathered together.

Compared with the relatively orderly southern region, the current situation in Hejian is particularly chaotic.

Viserys didn't know if Edmure was confused by the current situation in Riverrun, so he was impatient to form the Riverrun Army to support the Great Wall not long after recuperating in Riverrun, leaving the main logistics, construction, and civil issues to the consultants sent by the king to Riverrun. After all, as long as the army marches to the North and gets the official number in Moat Cailin, the material supplies can be obtained from the king's logistics department according to the king's share of the "Anti-White Walker Front" army. In other words, as long as the official number is certified, the pressure of supporting the army can be alleviated to the greatest extent.

Even Edmure, who has captured the Twins, can be said to be "having a hard time" in Riverrun. The War of the Six Kings lasted only two years in official records, but the war in Riverrun lasted for three years. The siege of Riverrun alone lasted for more than a year. The Tully family's reserves and savings were consumed a lot. The three-year war was a waste of money and there was no profit. Although they voted for Targaryen, they were still required to pay a fine to the royal family according to the established reward and punishment system.

Now the Tullys have borrowed a large amount of debt from the Oldtown Bank and Lannisport Bank managed by the Targaryen royal family.

Speaking of which, the Riverlands are really miserable. You know, in Westeros, war itself is a very profitable business. The winner can get a lot of land, population, and wealth in the castle, and it is a winner-takes-all game. But as the center of the world, the Riverlands will be beaten into a muddy ground every time there is a war. If they can win and share the fruits of victory, it would be fine, but if they lose or tie, the Riverlands will be a pure sucker. In this War of the Six Kings, the Riverlands are in an awkward situation, especially the Tullys, who can be said to have lost again and again, until they hooked up with Targaryen and stopped the decline that almost fell off the cliff and was shattered to pieces, but it can't be called a "win".

The Tully family is a great noble family with a long history and rich accumulation in the river, but they were still injured in the three-year high-intensity war. If they had not boarded the Targaryen ship at the last moment, I am afraid that even if they survived by chance, they would have suffered the same fate as the Valerian family in Dragonstone, and would have sunk.

To be honest, Viserys, in a sense, eased the collapse of the inherent aristocratic class in Westeros that had gradually taken shape since the time of Aerys. If there was no Viserys, these Westeros nobles would have fought their brains out. In the end, a large number of noble knights died, and the victors stood on the ruins, eventually forming the medieval feudal system fission of the War of the Roses, and the feudal system transformed into the Tudor feudal system, which was called "abnormal feudalism" by earth historians.

Unfortunately, the abnormal environment of the world of ice and fire makes it highly unlikely that Westeros will enter the Renaissance, because there are white walkers and cold winters. Even if humans defeat the white walkers, in the process of recuperation, they have to choose the old feudal system because the land is too vast, the transportation is too primitive, and the information transmission is too inefficient.

I'm getting off topic.

Viserys quickly passed Riverrun and followed the route of the left army, flying from Stonewall to Witchmarsh to the Twins.

Although there was no formed road on the left road, the army often marched and merchants traveled, and a familiar road was built based on the flow of people, which could be used as a basis for expansion. However, this road needs to pass through a swamp. It is fine when the weather is fine, but if it rains or snows, it will be a bumpy muddy road. Although it is not known how the leader of the task force will finally evaluate this route, in Viserys's opinion, this road is only suitable for emergency and special situations, and it is difficult to build a road like the King's Road.

Viserys thought that he would see the tail of the advance team he sent near the Twins. After all, it snowed in the river after winter, and the snow in the river was not stable. It became a slippery muddy road when stepped on, but their marching speed was much faster than Viserys expected, and they had even passed the Twins not long ago. Viserys only saw the camps around the Twins that had not been dismantled. After the Freys surrendered, the Twins were now handed over to Edmure's uncle, the Blackfish, for management.

Edmure originally wanted the Blackfish to marry a Frey relative of the Brackens, so that it would be easier to control the Twins with a title. But the stubborn old knight refused, saying that even Edmure's father couldn't let him marry. He would now guard the Twins for Edmure just like he guarded the Bloody Gate for Lysa, and when he gave birth to a Frey heir, he would find a way to take over the castle. In short, Edmure and the Blackfish ended up parting ways unhappily because of the Twins, a castle that others wanted but couldn't get enough of.

Viserys knew that some of his lords, especially the royalist families during the Usurper's War, were dissatisfied with Viserys's lack of toughness in dealing with Tully and Stark.

For example, the Mooton family and the Guberk family in Hejian were fined land, titles and money by the Tully family after the War of the Usurper because they had sided with the Targaryens. Some of them even secretly wrote letters to Viserys using the extinct Darry family to try to arouse Viserys's resentment towards the Tullys. As the most lamentable Darry family among the royalists, they hope that the king can take care of the previous king - to be honest, Viserys quite agrees with some of the requests.

But they should never mention the "previous king", which made Viserys have to use carrots and sticks to deal with some former royalists in Hejian who tried to take advantage of the newly pacified east wind in Hejian to engage in political struggles. Benefits should be given, but warnings should also be given. They really don't regard the "anti-white walker front" that Viserys promotes every day as a program. It's fine if they don't want to cooperate, but they also want to take advantage of Viserys's sight on Hejian to engage in political struggles to dig up old accounts and gain political benefits.

Viserys really didn't understand. He had clearly shown "tolerance" to those who responded to the call. Couldn't he take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits under the banner of "fighting against the White Walkers"?

Soon, Viserys arrived at the famous Neck Swamp.

It was the first time that Viserys saw the "dangerous" swamp with his own eyes. The King's Road here was a stone dam built in the swamp area. Although it was quite weathered, the hardship of the builders of the road could still be seen from the thick stone dam that had been dilapidated in some places due to disrepair over the years.

The swamp is a wetland plain covering a very large area. Although it looked like it had just snowed a few days ago and some pools were frozen, you could still see dense bushes that had been soaked in the swamp for many years, dense and dense aquatic plants, various strange fungi, and swamp traps that would swallow people.

To be honest, if you don't consider freezing, the Neck would be a very good battlefield key place. As long as you control the King's Road, the Bay of Cailin, and the Twins, you can lock the throat of Westeros.

But once the Neck becomes an ice field, it will instantly become an advantageous battlefield adapted to the ice army and become a plain without defense. Not to mention that those alien armies can get lizard lions, pythons, and lizards buried in the muddy ground as soldiers. Viserys deliberately poked his head out from under the clouds and carefully inspected it. He found that it was not yet the cold winter, but the swamps in the marshland had already frozen.

Imagine that when the world falls into a dark night and winter, this place will become a large ice field.

If the White Walkers can't pass the Great Wall, then the Great Wall is the front line. If the White Walkers can pass the Great Wall, then Viserys will never set the front line in the plains. Riverrun and Stonehall are both located in the plains, but they have one thing in common, that is, they are close to the endless mountains in the West. When necessary, the mountains can be used as a cover to retreat to the rear. Another important point is that they are closer to the grain storage area planned by Viserys.

The most important thing is that Viserys is afraid that it is not a good thing to stretch the battle line too long, because in fact, until today, he still does not know the strength of the enemy. He is afraid that he will be caught off guard and the White Walkers will suddenly take advantage of a cold wave to launch an unexpected blitzkrieg.

Viserys does not know the specific structure of the White Walker army, but it can be imagined that the organization of the White Walker army must be higher than that of the human army-after all, the organization of driving the army of the dead is full, and their marching speed in the cold ice field should be estimated as fast as possible.

Viserys imagined that what he feared most now was that the White Walkers would suddenly launch a blitzkrieg and cross the various defense lines he expected in his mind.

After all, they are from Earth, and they all know the story of the Maginot Line in France. Viserys could not guarantee that when the White Walkers attacked, they would not appear from a place he could not expect, and use high-speed tactics that the Westeros people could not imagine, interspersing, encircling, and cutting.

I just hope that the White Walkers do not have this wisdom and ability.

Viserys imagined how he would attack if he were the commander of the White Walkers.

There are two situations. One is that the Great Wall must be destroyed before going south, and the other is that the Great Wall does not have to be destroyed before going south.

If the second situation is the second situation, Viserys will of course retreat to the river and the south without hesitation, and abandon the North and the Great Wall.

But the probability is the first one. It is very likely that the two sides will fight a big battle at the Great Wall, a battle that will determine the direction of the situation.

On the King's Road in the middle of the marshland, Viserys finally saw the tail of the advance team he sent out. The left and right armies seemed to have met. The soldiers were in high spirits, and the marching team with various flags stretched for several miles was very fast. It seems that everyone will arrive at the Bay of Cailin this evening and assemble in the wilderness north of the Bay of Cailin.

Viserys had no intention of going down to greet them, but just continued to move forward. He was much faster than these people walking. In just a moment, he had flown several leagues, passed the front of the advance army, and arrived at the Bay of Cailin faster than this team that had set out from Stonetown for more than a month.

Viserys looked at the ant-sized figures of the marching team from the sky, and couldn't help but wonder, if Targaryen had not been chosen by fate, which stubborn and ambitious king would want to rule the entire Westeros, a bloated territory that would take several months to march from south to north.

As a soul from a certain Eastern country, Viserys was of course very enthusiastic about the vast territory, but as a person who had seen the speed of mechanized marching, Viserys would also feel a sense of difficulty at the speed of mortals in this world.

At the Bay of Cailin, Viserys saw the camp that he had specifically told Aegon to reserve. Here, a group of troops were arranged, and envoys and chefs from the North were prepared to receive the support troops from the South. From here on, the supplies and expenses of any troops heading to the North would be managed by the logistics department under King Targaryen. Not far from the Bay of Cailin, White Harbor is a material hub that can provide large quantities of supplies for the army.

The army will be reorganized here, inspected by royal representatives, and awarded temporary numbers directly from the Targaryen royal family. Logistics officers and observation recorders trained in the Citadel and Dragonstone will be arranged to accompany the army. The logistics officer is responsible for logistics, and the recorder is responsible for recording the combat of the unit, so that he can reward them according to their merits in the future, and it may even be recorded in the history of fighting against the White Walkers.

Although Viserys did not force the troops to reorganize and reform according to his military system, the two key points of "who to eat" and "who to fight for" were still firmly grasped.

The next stop is Winterfell.

The snow in the North was heavier and thicker than Viserys had imagined. Even the Kingsroad was buried in the snow. It was estimated that the troops from the South would not be able to adapt to the cold when they marched to the North.

The severe cold in the North could freeze off people's fingers and ears. For the troops from the South, the cold-proof measures they prepared might not really be able to withstand the cold, so Viserys also attached great importance to winter clothes and purchased a large amount of wool from the Free Cities and merchants in the country to deal with this.

Going north from the Bay of Cailin, the snowy Kingsroad was almost deserted. Only occasionally saw a few tightly wrapped carriage teams, which seemed to be merchants who chose to go to Winterfell by land from Barrowton and White Harbor.

It was not until approaching Winterfell that Viserys saw some non-military civilians shoveling snow on the snowy Kingsroad.

And there were also small groups of civilians with their families rushing from the cross plains of the White Blade River Basin in the east of Winterfell to the Winterfell Winter Town.

The war also had a great impact on these self-cultivating farmers and tenants of the lords. In the winter of a good year, the winter town of Winterfell could reach more than 15,000 people when it was full, but this winter, Aegon said in the letter he sent back that the winter town should have only about 6,000 people at the end. After Robb's conscription, the invasion of the Ironborn, and the rule of Bolton, the people in the jurisdiction of Winterfell were almost reduced by two-thirds.

But compared with the Riverlands, where only one in ten survived, the North was relatively better.

Moreover, the northerners felt that the sparse population in winter was more stable. In their concept, a small population means a greater chance of survival.

It is worth mentioning that even with the guarantee of food and material loans provided by Viserys, the people of the North spontaneously reorganized their own army in Winterfell in the form of the "Winter Wolf Army" after receiving Stark's call. All the old people joined the army, and the young people among the farmers and noble tenants who survived the war drew one in five to join the Northern Army assembled by Stark.

Speaking of which, because there was no time to disperse the troops to deal with them.

The remnants of the Bolton family were still defending the Dreadfort. Aegon, Arya, Sansa and the princes who borrowed troops had just met in Winterfell to rest, and the differences between the parties made it impossible to divide the troops to deal with the Dreadfort in the East for a while.

What is even more regrettable is that after the defeat of the Bolton family, the remaining members of the Karstark family chose to lock the castle and acted as if they were waiting for the battle.

Who would have thought that the Karstarks, who once came from the same origin as the Stark family, would eventually become the Stark's mortal enemy. The Karstarks inherited the stubborn nature of their ancestors. They don't think they have done anything wrong. On the one hand, they still hold a grudge against Robb for killing Lord Rickard. On the other hand, they are unwilling to believe in Arya and Sansa's forgiveness because they are on the side of Bolton.

They claim that they will fight the White Walkers in their own way.

So the Dreadfort and Carhor in the east of the North have not been recovered yet.

The current situation in the North is very complicated. Previously, all the troops were borrowed from the South. After arriving at Winterfell, they were ready to fight. But after a sudden heavy snow, even the King's Road became a difficult road to march, not to mention the original road to the east of the North covered by heavy snow. In the unfamiliar environment, going to the Dreadfort and Carhor far away in Graycliff in such bad weather. Only the army in the North is still enthusiastic and has the courage to try.

Even Aegon, out of the interests of the Targaryens, suggested that the army rest in Winterfell while preparing for the northward march to the Wall. As for the Dreadfort and Carhor, they should not worry about them for now, just like his uncle Viserys put King's Landing aside and directly assembled the advance team to the Wall.

Aegon thought: They were in Winterfell, and if the final assembly of troops to support the Wall was slower than the troops his uncle transferred from the south, then they should really find a crack in the ground to crawl into and lose all their honor, face and pride. Moreover, it was already winter, and heavy snow would only come one after another. The Dreadfort and Carhor were actually no longer a threat, and taking them would be of no benefit to fighting the White Walkers - they could not provide troops now, and their location could not be used as a logistics base. Instead of wasting time, it was better to gather troops and go to the Wall before the heavy snow completely blocked the road to the Wall to support the Wall in welcoming the real great war.

But not everyone in Winterfell is willing to go to the Wall now. For example, the Vale coalition, Greyjoy, and the troops borrowed by Arya are not unwilling to respond to the call, but they hope to first clarify the distribution of vested interests in the North with Arya, Sansa, and Aegon, and then accept the call of the Targaryen royal family.

It is very realistic.

Even Viserys can't say that there is anything wrong with some people in Winterfell wanting to distribute a piece of cake first, and then respond to the king's call to enter the next battlefield. After all, the North is now conquered by the Starks, but the composition of the participating armies and the forces are complicated. How to divide the interests and give compensation is a very complicated issue. Arya and Sansa, the two Starks, must come up with an explanation.

As the coalition forces found Theon Greyjoy among the captives, and learned from Theon that Bran and Rickon were not dead, and soon the Manderly family responded that Bran's whereabouts were unknown and Rickon was missing, the situation in the North became more complicated.

Lord Wyman of the Manderly family had a secret talk with Arya, and no one knew what they talked about. Later, Arya had another private chat with Aegon. But so far, the complicated personnel of Winterfell have only reached a consensus on the formation of the Northern Army to the Wall, so they formed an army while talking.

When Viserys passed by Winterfell, he saw the colorful and independent military camps below, and he could already imagine the complexity of the forces represented by various parties in the castle. As a bystander, Viserys was unwilling to get involved. He could only mourn for Aegon and Stark. He just wanted the North to send troops to the Wall on time.

From a military perspective, Winterfell is in an excellent location.

The most advantageous thing is that it is built on a hot spring, which can ensure the problem of keeping warm in winter.

Secondly, the continuous snow-capped mountains in the north of the North naturally reduce the need to consider one defense when besieging the city, and the wolf forest in the west can provide a large amount of wood for use.

This is a majestic city protected by two huge granite walls and a moat between them. The outer wall is 80 feet high and the inner wall is 100 feet high. When the garrison is sufficient, it is difficult to capture such a castle unless the enemy attacks from the air.

Aegon relied on a surprise attack to trick the city gate. Otherwise, with Ramsay's 1,000 soldiers, he could completely resist the siege of Aegon, Manderly, Roose's surrendered soldiers, and Arya's 10,000 people in the north.

Imagine that they can survive this heavy snow and the next heavy snow. Then they can only choose to negotiate with the Boltons or withdraw their troops.

To be honest, Theon's ability to capture Winterfell is really worth bragging about for a lifetime, although it was the excellent matching mechanism of the North that was at work. When he raided and climbed into the castle, there were only a dozen defenders in Winterfell. Rodrik Cassel, who was guarding the city at the time, was lured out by the troops sent by Theon to attack Torrhen's Square. Only a dozen defenders were left to guard Winterfell. The honesty of the people in the North is really amazing.

Viserys continued to go north, crossed the Long Lake, and along the Kingsroad, he glanced at the Last Hearth, the northernmost noble castle of the Seven Kingdoms adjacent to the newly added land by the Last River.

The Umber family is one of the most capable warrior families in the North. Greatjon Umber was once the most courageous general under Robb. Unfortunately, most of the Umber family died or were injured as Robb went south. Although Greatjon survived the imprisonment in the Twins, he was starved to death during his one-year imprisonment because the Frey family was afraid of him causing trouble. As for the two co-acting lords Morse Umber and Hother Umber, they have responded to Arya's call and formed troops from the farmers and tenants gathered in the castle.

When Viserys passed by, he could see the new recruits in the castle and the more than 100 veterans who did not choose to obey Roose Bolton's call at that time training.

Speaking of which, in today's North, there are very few families like the Umber family who are loyal to Stark and followed Robb south at the beginning, and can now gather two or three hundred people. Apart from the lazy Dustin and Leswell, the wealthy Manderlay, only the Umber and Mormont families can pull out a decent team.

Here I have to mention the Mormont family. Although their Bear Island is cold and poor, it is not as small as the TV series where they can only provide 60 or 70 people. You know, Stannis attacked Deepwood Motte in the original world line and raided and burned Asha Greyjoy's ship at sea with the help of the Mormont family. The Mormonts still have some power.

Watching that it was almost dusk, a long snake-like wall suddenly rose from the ground at the end of the vision. Viserys has seen the location of the Great Wall.

Although Viserys deliberately slowed down his speed and took two days along the road, he arrived at dawn and night. But the closer he got to the north, the more he could feel the urgency of the long night. The further north he went, the farther the sun was, the shorter the day and the longer the night.

Now approaching the Great Wall, Viserys arrived in the afternoon. In Old Town, the sun was still hanging in the sky, and it was warm, but here. The sun had already drawn a long circle of dim halo on the distant southwest horizon, and was about to set.

And the night fires had begun to be lit on the tops of the Great Wall, like clusters of candlelight stretching across the desperate Great Wall that was as long as a hundred leagues like a snake.

When flying over the Great Wall, the sky had completely darkened, and Viserys could only judge which places were stationed and guarded from the faint light spots below.

And the night brought danger. Viserys had seen from high altitude that some places could see faint flames bursting from time to time, and the ember-like sparks were sprinkled on the snowy land north of the Great Wall.

This meant that those places were engaged in battle, and the Night Watch soldiers guarding the city were using flames to attack the wights lurking outside the city wall.

Viserys wanted to take a closer look at the current situation of the Great Wall and explore the secrets of the Great Wall.

Being near the Great Wall, he could vaguely feel the complex and vigorous flow and tide of magic inside the Great Wall. He wanted to stay here for a night to see what the magic of the Great Wall was all about and why the Valyrian dragons dared not cross it.

But above the Great Wall, Viserys could see a piece of sky further north of the Great Wall, where a huge black cloud was shrouding a certain place.

Needless to say, that was Viserys's destination, the Weirwood Forest where the Three-Eyed Raven was.

Just a glance made Viserys feel the chilling murderous intent.

Since Viserys had already come and seen it, there was naturally no reason for him to stay at the Great Wall.

Just like that, Viserys continued to move forward, crossing the continental line drawn by the Wall of Despair from the clouds thousands of feet high.

And at the moment of crossing the Great Wall, Viserys immediately felt the difference between the inside and outside of the Great Wall.

Crossing the line of the Great Wall was like crossing a layer of mysterious shield.

The sky outside the Great Wall was freezing cold.