Chapter 175

A commotion broke out in the room at that casual announcement and it took a few moment for everyone to calm down.

Once that happened, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont asked "And why did you not tell any of us about this?"

Lord Bolton shrugged "They've sending warged animals after us." He said "My own wargs have already hunted down a goat, a shadowcat and a deer. Ygritte herself has killed an owl and a hawk who were scouting us out. Judging by how they had to send men to scout at us, I don't believe they have any more wargs left in their army."

"Army? What are you talking about?" Lord Jeor Mormont asked "and why did you not think of informing any of us about this before."

Lord Bolton yawned and said "There was really no need. We'll reach our destination by this evening. As for the army. Well, it's just Weeper and the 13,000 people in his warband."

The tent erupted into shouts of shock and fear as the people heard who has been following them and with how many men.

Even his uncle Benjen Stark and Lord Commander Jeor Mormont looked pale at that.

"You've doomed us all." Harrion Karstark shouted before Dacey Mormont knocked him in the head and told him to act like a man even though her own hands were shaking in fear.

After all, they were far North in the frozen Wasteland and they had no back up or a castle to fall back into. If they were cornered by Weeper's army of 13,000 then they would no doubt be wiped out.

That Lord Bolton looked not even a little bit worried pissed them off even more.

"Lord Bolton. Have you brought us here to die?" Lord Commander Jeor Mormont asked seriously, his hand on the pommel of his sword and he suddenly realized that he was in the midst of a situation which could break into a full blown fight if anything went wrong. And he did not knew which side he would pick.

Lord Bolton remained calm and still had that bored look on his face even as both Varko and Baka put their hand on the pummel of their own swords in warning, managing to successfully intimidate more than a few in the tent.

Lord Bolton scoffed at the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch "Does it really look like I would go to such a great length to kill you. Rest assured Lord Commander. If I wanted to kill you then you be dead by now."

The tension in the tent grew at that but Lord Bolton seemed unaware of it all and simply yawned and stood up from his seat "With that said, the situation is not as dire as you people are thinking." He said and took out a map and unrolled it on the table.

"The Weeper had 13,000 people in his army. That is true. But not all of them are warriors. Some of them are old people. Some are young. Some pregnant woman. Some injured and all that. In the end, we only have to fight about 8-10,000 people. All of whom will have no armor, sub par weapons and no training. With our 4,000 fully armed men, even on an even ground, we would not lose. But we're not going to fight in an even ground.

He took out a stick and pointed at a place in the large map. "This is where we are now." Then he pointed at another place in the map. "This is where Weeper and his army is at now. A day and a half away from us." Then he pointed at another place in the map and marked a cross on it with a black chalk "And this is where we'll be at by this evening."

Everyone looked closely and noticed that it was a mountain. A fairly large one with a plateau at the top.

"This mountain might not be the Wall, Winterfell or Dreadfort but it is an excellent place to hold our ground. With a few trenches and a few palisades, it'll become a decent enough fortification where we would be able to hold back even an army of 30,000 men. The land around it is also barren. So while we'll have enough food to last us for a month and a half, Weeper and his army will either have to attack or leave in search for food."

Then then pointed back at where Weeper and his forces were "Plus, it's not like I've been doing nothing these past few days. Ever since I found out about Weeper, I've been using my wargs to harass their scouts, using the wolves to keep them awake at night, contaminate their water, destroy their food supplies and much more. By the time that Weeper and his people reach us, they'll be feverish and hungry while we'll be on a well defended place. Any questions?"

There was silence in the tent.