THE GIANTS ARE HERE!! | Game of Thrones S4E9 | The Watchers on the Wall | REACTION
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2023
- hey whats up yall its ya boy, Mike. Happy to bring yall season 4 episode 9!! firstly, I just wanna say sorry this one took so long, I got sick earlier in the week, and this episode took forever to edit. but regardless, this episode was nuts. can't beleive Ygritte is gone. and I can't believe the nights watch held their own against Mance Raiders lot! Seriously, the cinematography and action this episode was on a whole nother level!! this show has been getting better by the episode this season and I already know they're going to deliver on the finale!! We're greatful to have you all with us going into the new year, and we're excited to see where the year takes us. we'll see you on the next one guys (hopefully sooner than later)
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Guys, Ygritte wouldn’t shoot Jon again. She had so much time to do it. And she wouldn’t and didn’t. She is lethal with bow and arrow and she chose to just wound him when he left her the way she felt wounded when he abandoned her. She loved him.
They said Jon n ygritte could have went to winterfell … like how? How
@@ce666isa3 I don't think they remember how far north the Wall is from Winterfell, nevermind Kings Landing. And they forgot that someone from the Watch went south with the still-moving-hand of the wight killed while attacking Commander Jeor Mormont and it took so long to gain an audience with the King that the hand no longer moved, so they didn't believe him.
@@bereasonable8018 Basically they forgot how the Nights Watch works, the stakes of this fight, the geography of the North, the laws that govern the North, the instances in the show where the NW isn't taken seriously by the southern lords, who Janos is, who Ygritte is as a character, the distrust the wildlings have for the crows and vice versa, and pretty much everything else that adds context to this episode. Pretty disappointed in this one, usually their reactions are great but this was painful to listen to at some points 🤦🏻♀️
@@ce666isa3 they’re idiots.
@@ShastaMusic No they’ve always been like this. The dude on the left is always spreading his stupid takes and it makes a dude on the right sort of see it that way I wish you would grow a set and tell the dude shut up he doesn’t know what he’s talking about
Guys, Jon left Ygritte! She wanted to leave with him and he abandoned her because of his sense of duty. She had every reason to be heartbroken and angry. And she didn’t kill him on purpose last time and probably wouldn’t have killed him now. She really loved him and it’s heartbreaking that it came to this moment, but it’s not anyone‘s fault…
She is an expert archer. Had she actually wanted to kill Jon Snow, he would be dead. She just wanted to hurt him because he hurt her.
“A giant riding a wooly mammoth” Waves arms around frantically. Love you guys.
Sansa doesn’t have Stockholm syndrome, she’s just playing the game to survive 👸🏻
These dudes hardly even know what stockholm syndrome actually is, much less can they differentiate different trauma and how it makes people act 😂
Actually I'd say neither.it looks like she really likes him and by every convo in the shows appears to for a bit.
@@baronhomer1 Sansa is not romantically into Baelish at all. She just recognizes that going along with him for now is her best chance at staying alive.
@@ladygory I would even say that she’s 100% playing him. She knows he wants her. She gives him just enough to keep him wanting for more.
jon promised he won't betray her then he betrayed her, what did you think she would do? in fact, she barely hurt him she could kill him if she wanted to lol
also, did you really say she could have gone "with jon to winterfell"? man did you understand anything about her people at all? 😂
Absolutely!!! He betrayed her big time... Especially since she SAVED his life more than once... and put her own life in jeopardy to protect him. And he rewarded her by abandoning her after she was AGAIN fighting to protect him. Jon deserved those arrows.
@@anonymous-bb2dw and how in hell did they miss the fact that 1. Jon can’t even leave the wall without deserting and thus he would be immediately executed if he got caught, and 2. Winterfell isn’t even under stark control anymore, and it hasn’t been since season 2 or something 😬🙄
@@NovaLena22 ikr!!!! his reasoning to dislike her makes absolutely no sense, jon is my fav character and not once I thought ygritte was wrong like come on pay some attention to the story
@@TheSofkujepanen EXACTLY lmao he was trying so hard to make her seem like a horrible person and his reasoning doesn't even make any sense
Nothing but respect for Grenn and his men for holding the gate. 🫡
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That scene makes me choke up every time 😢
He and the other brothers literally gave their lives to save the other brothers, and probably of thousands of other Northmen.
Easily in my top 20 favorite moments of the whole series.
I watch to see Aaron lose his mind over how epic it is!
11:34 My boy Aaron here with his heart in hands and Mike so jaded. 😅 This is GOT in a nutshell.
I sense some self defense mechanisms at play here - the truth is Ygritte (wildlings in general) are not runners. Ygritte running would be a total betrayal of everything we’ve come to know about her
All ygritte ever knew was wildlings so you have to understand her point of view not wanting to leave with John. Also she shot jon in the back but purposely didn't kill him as you saw in this episode when she wants to kill someone she will, easily.
“I’m crying cause its so epic bro” 😂
Aaron spent this whole episode vastly underestimating how hard it would be to get through a giant ice wall lol.
I think its sweet that Aaron is so cool showing his emotions and being so emotional, it kind of refreshing to see a guy cry so openly
He's definitely a metal head for sure and I love it. When u get happy emotional, it's so entertaining and funny as fuck.
Mike, did you forget the very beginning of S1E1 when the Nights Watch man fled the Wall in fear because of his encounter with the wights? Ned Stark beheaded him for being dishonorable. He didn't send men to investigate and help protect the Wall. The people of this realm were obsessed with honor and keeping one's oath. The Nights Watch were oathbound to defend the Wall with their lives to protect the realm. You think if the few remaining men from NW were to flee (leaving the Wall completely undefended), then anyone at all from the Seven Kingdoms would help them? This act would be equal to opening the gates and letting in the wildlings.
He betrayed her and she shot him. Plus He didn’t invite her to his home, I mean he can’t even go home. He lied to her and told her he was with her people until the last second. As much as she’s a killing machine she could have killed him with one arrow but she didn’t.
She just wanted to be free to cross the wall and see the world she didn’t want the war she had to fight for her people just like Jon had to fight for his. Rip Yigrette
Thank you! Mike just doesn’t seem to get it. His reasoning is so black and white. He seems incapable of understanding the nuances of human emotion. Aaron, on the other hand, has a much more mature perspective when it comes to empathizing and using emotional reasoning to understand character motivations.
I bet y'all didn't realize that spitting blood in the face, was a move he got from Karl in the last fight, where he almost died. That's a warrior learning skills.
I love how they bait you in to the "Ygritte will save Jon" trope only to subvert it by having Jon kill the Thenn himself using Karl Tanner's blood spitting tactic from earlier in the season. It's like that one time when Jaime made his very predictable escape only to be caught 5 mins later. How about that "I won't die" goodbye kiss from Sam to Gillie before the battle? And then he really lives. These little tweaks is what makes the episode even better than it already is. The moral gray area of making Olly the one to kill Ygritte is a stroke of genius! Btw congrats to HOTD for winning best show of the year in the golden globes.
It won??😲Great!!!
@@Angel-um4ue they did!
Aaron’s tears are my favorite 😂 So precious. Love you guys!
Dude really said he gets creeper vibes from Ser Barristan
When Jon enters the fight and they show the entire panorama of Castle Black in battle, that is some A1 cinematography. With the sped up GoT theme playing in the back. Always gets me amped up! It's a testament to how great this episode is that you have the whole Tyrion saga hanging by a thread, but for this hour you don't even think about it.
You during Episode 4 when Olly was training with the Night's Watch and they were making fun of him for saying he's the best archer in his hamelt : "He's going to save all their lives. I can already see the Disney trope in that one."
Oh sweet summer child, he was gonna save a life alright 🤣🤣🤣
Not me crying in front of my family every time I see tears in Aaron's eyes, or hear you guys worry, or predict something correctly.... just crying the whole time apparently 🤣😭
they would be hanged or beheaded for leaving the wall, no matter how justified they might be in doing so. jon’s plan really is the only viable option, i think.
In any case, they have ravens that can carry messages to most of the major castles in the North if there is important news to impart
Mike's hair gets more amazing each episode.
Lmao Aaron is a sweet summer child that must be protected. Literally a ray of sunshine in a sea of shit.
You were ready to cry before anything started Aaron 😂 it was funny to see such opposites, him crying and Mike saying « hmm bye now » 😂
I come here for Aaron's reactions. I love that he's so emotional.
"That owl? Done." 🤣🤣
Closing the tunnel is on of the most difficult choices ever. It means that you can not go and carry your duties beyond the wall and it has never been done. However it should have happened
They can't leave the wall, fight to the last is the oath, anyone that leaves is a deserter and will be executed regardless of the reason ergo the 1st episode. Ygritte's death sucked too, she was a cool character and it did bring a deeper level of emotional depth, "we should have stayed together in that cave" is a real tear-jerker moment and a warrior of her caliber and grit getting taken out by a kid because she just couldn't kill Jon, heavy. This was an epic battle for certain yet there are some battles to come that eclipse damn near any battle scenes from any films ever produced, this show picks up speed from here and doesn't let up, love hanging with you guys for this, cheers!
And most of the people at the wall already have a death sentence, they were only spared because they took the Black
1. When Aaron cries, we ALL cry. I love how much you feel for the characters Aaron. I really do. Loved the thumbnail 😂.
2. Ygritte was a badass character. I wish we could've seen more of her savage skills on the field. She kept pushing through and held her ground. Awesome stuff.
3. It was an epic battle moment but not THE most epic thing that's happened. Just you wait guys. Aaron, I feel like you're gonna be annihilated later on down the road as you watch this beautiful, tragic story unfold. Mike, keep being real cuz I can't wait to see you get so hyped that you'll be jumping off your seat and rocking out like that time when Joffrey died🤘😎.
Loving your reactions guys. I'll sub 👍 ♥.
one of the best episodes in tv history and its my favorite battle episode ever
I swear people never give Sansa the credit she deserves lol she’s no idiot she’s knows exactly what she’s doing and needs to do to survive, from what she’s learned.
Exactly. People forget that at this point she has spent years tiptoeing around extremely dangerous people in King's Landing. She is far from the naive and sometimes foolish girl she was at the start of season 1.
Ygritte wasn't going to kill Jon.
I'm consoled about their love story ending badly in the show, though, by the fact that their actors, Kit and Rose, are married. They're freaking adorable.
Every time Aaron cries, I cry 😂 love your reactions guys, keep the good work up
THEY HELD THE GATE 🥺
Re: the mountains death, they show Oberon's squire rubbing poison on the spearhead before the fight. The Dornish are not afraid to use poisons in fights hence the snake on the Martell's sigil and the name "Red Viper"
Oberyn, not Oberon.
I just wanna say that I love you guys' raw emotion watching this show!!!
I can relate so much to Aaron's emotional reactions 🤣😭
I agree with Aaron. "You know how the heart works" 💔.
bro i been waiting for this reaction foreverrrrrr lmao i been checking everyday for the last week 🤣great reaction as always
I love how you guys call Janos Slynt the "Head crow" guy, do you guys remember him from season 2 when Tyrion had him banished to the wall and Bronn replaced him? The bald mother trucker who killed the baby in season 2 episode 1 as well
Bro was feeling emotional today lol. Love your reactions lads great viewing
that convo about ygritte was hillarious
Every time I’m at work hating the job you guys drop a video for my lunch break and it’s always 🔥. Good work
I always loved that they put in that scene where you see one man in black grab a cooking pot full of boiling soup and just beat a wildling to death with it, then another guy with a cleaver comes in and kills the other wildling. Those two men in black are the cooks, and they can still throw down to protect the wall 😂
Jon was never gonna leave with Ygritte. He was 100% crow the whole time. If anything, Ygritte wanted to leave with Jon, until her friends tried to kill him and he left her ass.
Leave the wall? Y'all do remember what happened to the guy who escaped the white walkers in episode 1?
white walkers and wights are NOT the same at all
Aaron reminds me so much of my partner. Wearing his heart on his sleeve, having such compassion and empathy for characters... It's so wonderful to see, and we need more of it in this difficult world. When Aaron cries, I cry. I wanna give him a hug every time.
Mike reminds me of my mom. She is relentless when someone crosses her, fictional or real. I did repeatedly say, "Damn, Mike. Who hurt you?" 😂
The contrast between Aaron and Mike is what makes their reactions so entertaining! 😂
"They need a Gandalf moment, but I don't think they're gonna get it."
Yo, Stannis really is the mannis 😂
Aaron proving every video he’s the GOAT of being wrong about where the plot is going
3:00 I don't understand the trashing of Ser Barriston. Have we seen him do anything stupid, wrong or idiodic? 🤔
Yo, Jorah is a proven slaver, an outed spy and has betrayed the last 3 people he served (Dany, Viserys, Ned).
They're both anointed knights but one is a literal disgrace many times over and the other is respected by everyone he interacts with.
Guys...another great reaction. Can you please have at least two a week?!?☺💚 After rewatching this episode I realized that the kid Ollie that shot Ygritte felt justified killing her not just bc she is a wildling but bc she is the wildling that killed his parent making him an orphan to the Crows. R.I.P. Ygritte.
Everything comes full ⭕️ and #GoT is the best at making them perfectly bittersweet 🫶🏼
Additionally, even the stance after both kills were made are practically identical.
Grenn had to use that time reciting the Night’s Watch vows because the other dudes were (rightfully) pussing out. He had to hype them up to do what needed to be done, no matter the cost. They were on the other side of the locked gate anyway; better to let the giant tear through it while they have a chance to stab it lol
One of the best reactions to this Episode that I have seen...Awesome 😎👍👍
Great analysis as always..
Janos Slynt is a fuc##ing coward what did any of us expect from one of Cersei's former puppets.. baby killer.. now cowering in the larder with Gilly and a baby really.
Season 4 by all accounts is a Fan Favorite and you guys still have Episode 10 which and this is only a suggestion (not a spoiler)most reactors do in 2 Parts.
I missed Brooklyn 😉🐶🐾
Btw if Mike was a ginger he could be Tormund's brother...the beard is lookin good....
"They loved" 🤣
u can't undersell that!
Idk what it is about you guys but this is my weekly safe space. I watch SOOOOOOOO many reactors and follow a lot of journeys. But this channel with you both is my reminder to slow down and enjoy something after adulting all week, instead of just watching as a distraction like I usually do. Sorry, feeling warm fuzziness today lol. Excited to watch this one! Love you guys, thanks for creating for us 💗
Battle of minas tirith will remain the best battle scene in the cinema history
"The watchers on the wall" I love this episode epically directed by Neil Marshall who also did Season 2 episode 9 "Blackwater" this has everything great setup, great score and fantastic action from Pyp dying in Sam's arms to Ser Alliser fighting like a beast and still wanting to keep going even when he's being dragged of injured credit where credits due (still a dickhead) compare him to Janos Slynt hiding away with Gilly and the baby Jon takes over and shows everyone what Lord Commander Jeor Mormont saw in him his ability to lead slicing and dicing from the front and then having ygritte die in his arms killed by Olly was absolutely heartbreaking, and finally Jon trusted his friend Grenn to hold the gate both knew it was most likely a death sentence but Grenn saw the other men panicking and when one was about to run from the giant he grabbed him and started to recite the Nights Watch vows to get them all psyched up to fight and when Jon and Sam are going through the tunnel to the outer gate they come across the bodies of all five Brothers but Grenn kept his promise to Jon he held the gate because the body of the giant lies next to him a brilliant episode from start to finish!!
Literally the best episode of the show for me. And it’s not even because of how amazing the action is, 4 seasons of build up to this one single episode and it is a perfect conclusion
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Aaron is so extra it's amazing.
Seeing you guys react in real time is such a treat for peeps who’ve seen it all. Getting to kind of relive the series, thanks fellas !
This is the best reaction to Got!! Love it when he cries 😂, don't know why. Love this stuff guys, keep em coming!! Can't wait for the next episode!
It’s funny that you mention Narnia and Lord of the Rings.
Historically speaking, C.S. Lewis and Tolkien were great friends growing up, often crediting each other for their own great works.
George R. R. Martin has also been quoted as stating much of his inspiration, aside from world history, is from Tolkien. In fact, he specifically states that while many get mad at him for killing our beloved characters in #GoT, the blame should really be shifted to Tolkien and the death of Gandalf the Grey.
Leaving the nights watch means execution if found
The only episode where sir Alliser was a badass, a good warrior and a strong battle leader, everything else on the side tho....
My favorite episode of my favorite season, I remember watching the Mountain vs the Viper and seeing the promo for this episode ive never been so hyped about tv before this was brilliantly done
Those guys held the fucking gate. My favorite part in this whole episode. "We are the watchers on the wall"
Btw the wall still EXISTS; it's not gone. Only one lost battle at the castle black is definitely not enough of a reason to abandon the wall. And even if they left, it would be months until they would reach Kings Landing, so no help could've come on time anyways. Jon did the only thing he could have done. Otherwise they would attack again and again, until the whole Nights watch would be gone. It's a long shot but still a shot. Another battle was not an option.
I know this video is a few weeks old but Ygritte loved Jon . When Jon ended up killing the warg Ygritte was gonna fight her own people to be with Jon and Jon knew that so he purposely pushed her and tormund held her back to stop her from leaving . Jon made the choice for her to stay with her people and him with his but they still loved each other
Ygritte's death still gets to me.
My dudes, Ygritte had a million chances to shoot John dead, she didn't and she wouldn't, she loved him. She shot him before not to kill but just to hurt him, because he broke her heart by leaving her.
The other thing, a brother of the Night's Watch can't leave the wall under any circumstances, if he does he is a deserter. And in the south, no one cares about the wall and the wildling threat because it's too far away from them, they wouldn't care anyway. The only one who may have helped them is the Warden of the North if he was dutiful and honorable like Ned, but now it's Roose Bolton and he don't give a f*ck too. So, they are pretty much on their own. There is no good way out for them.
I think it’s hilarious that you thought Kings Landing would care. Also Mike…who hurt you fam 😂😂😂
No way Ygritte would have ran. Wildings don’t do that. Jon lied and said he was with her until the truth came up. She could’ve killed him but let him get away bc she was in love with him. During the battle she wasn’t going to shoot. They were in love but on opposite sides 😭
"He was so down to leave with her" Actually no it was the complete opposite. Ygritte was the one who asked Jon to be loyal to only her and leave with her. Jon LEFT HER to go back to the wall because he chose his duty. Why shouldn't then she choose her duty and her people? She didn't even wanna kill him. If she did, he would be dead.
This turned me off, man. At least don't call her a b*tch while she's dying. Y'all did the same with Lord Commander Mormont's death.
I know right, I used to enjoy watching their reactions...
Welcome back! I missed you guys ❤
Great reaction guys, so glad I started watching!
The giant shooting arrows...more like shooting sharpened tree logs! Ouch!!!!😲
My boys 🫡
The level of emotion…it’s everything. I thought I would never be more worried about Aaron since 3x9…this episode proves I could be. 😂
Sam: “She just had a baby.”
“So?! She’s still a woman.”
😬😬😬😬
My favorite episode 9 hasn’t happened yet, but out of these first four seasons, it’s the Red Wedding.
I’m curious how long it takes to get up and down the wall using that rackety ass elevator.
I understand being pissed with Ygritte, but the thing is Jon broke her heart first. She knew that he wasn’t loyal to the wildlings and she loved him anyway. She thought they could abandon both of their groups and just be on their own, but Jon crushed that dream. She even started fighting for his side and he pushed her away (literally) and rode off without her. She would’ve given up everything for him, and to see that he wouldn’t do the same is painful.
Goes to show, I’m definitely not over Ygritte. I loved her character.
Also, there’s absolutely no way Jon or Ygritte could go to Winterfell. Let’s say they get lucky enough to make it that far: they’d have to deal with the Bolton’s who hold Winterfell.
“I know you never fucked a bear.” That’s one of my favorite lines of the entire show because what the fuck lmao.
Maester Aemond talking about his lover 🥺
Aaron started crying sooner in the episode than I thought haha. I don’t blame you though!
Sam is absolutely amazing this episode. He’s brave and he’s romantic. That’s a beautiful combo.
I have strange respect for Alliser in this episode. He’s not a coward that’s all talk, so you have to give him that. He’s still frustrating though.
I get tears in my eyes because of how epic this episode is. That guy getting launched through the sky with a giant arrow is crazy!! Also, that one shot!!
Speaking of tears: those few men that held the gate get me emotional. I knew when they cut away that it was over for them :(
Ygritte’s death is the second death that enraged me. Robb’s was the first and the third one hasn’t happened yet. But just like Robb’s now, when I watch this episode again, I cry like a baby. And the way Jon smiles at seeing her again breaks my heart.
“We should’ve stayed in that cave.” 😭
You must forget the VERY FIRST episode. The guy left the watch to warn about the Whites. Ned killed him lol. Them leaving the wall automatically makes them deserters
Dude cut me deep when he said he doesn’t F*** with LOTR. Like what!? Lol
Mike u better stop!!! It’s the nights watch you can’t desert it lol. The wall also is hundred of miles long it’s not all destroyed. Aaron I love you!!! I cry my eyes out in this episode. Love y’all!!! Keep going ❤
Luv your reactions 😂!
If you guys could upload just ONE more this week, that’d be great.
This was NOT ENOUGH. I need morrrre 😂
Watching you two react is my favourite thing on UA-cam! Seriously you're my favourite channel. I'm gonna become a patreon for sure. You look so deep into it. Fantastic.
At some stage, If you haven't already could I suggest "The Last Kingdom" Its the only show I put up there with GOT. And Chernobyl! That's mind blowing but so so good.
Anyway back to Thrones 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I don't know if it's ever specifically stated in the books. But my headcanon is that Maester Aemon was talking about Ollena Tyrell
Awesome reaction. Reliving it through your experiences adds new layers of emotion and thought!
The cinematography and direction in this episode are absolutely outstanding. The panning across the scene mid-battle is perfectly done.
You can start any episode of GOT and say, "He/she is going to die", and you've got a good chance of getting it right at some point.
32:04 and this is when I start crying. The most important job of those men's lives right there was to hold the gate. They were about to turn around and run. That is why Gren started reciting their vows so that they would remember why they were there
Yay! I was jonesing for another bust video & also for you guys to see this episode battle in particular. Your reaction videos are the best thing on UA-cam ❤
This has to be my fav battle/episode 9 of the entire series because the battle is so well choreographed, the camera work and the set builds are AMAZING and it all comes together to make, IMO, one of the best filmed battles of all time.
I always get choked up when I see Grenn & the boys saying their Nights Watch vows to embolden themselves while the giant (Mag the Mighty) came barreling at them
But the most BADASS part is at 32:50 when Jon is coming down from the wall to join the fighting on the ground and, after he gives Sam the key to release Ghost, he jumps a good 15 feet from the still moving lift so that he can reach the ground first and clear the platform so Sam and the other men can exit the lift without being overrun.
Not only does it show how good a fighter Jon is and that he is willing to sacrifice himself for the safety of others but the sequence that follows is so freaking cool to watch, no matter how many times I see it it still gives me goosebumps.
I need 3 episodes a day please!!
For the record, Edd's full name is Eddison Tollette, but everyone calls him "Dolorous Edd" for his sarcastic and pessimistic sense of humor.
Lots of blind people still have some limited vision, Aemon can probably still see some light/shadows
This is without doubt the best battle of the whole show!
Leaving the wall isn't an option as many have said but remember also - the rest of Westeros, King's Landing especially - don't even believe in these walkers, giants, creatures, etc. They've never seen any of it and have little to no respect for the people at the wall to begin with. Only because they have no clue what's happening there. Jon legit did the only thing possible to try and broker peace even though he knows he'll prob die.
We spend all this time feeling bad for Olly only for him to break Jon's heart, came equipped with that smug head nod. You don't want Ygritte to die, but you can't really take your frustration out on the boy killing her either. You know what happened to his family. That's the beauty of the ethical quandry. Take Ser Alliser for instance. All this time we want him to go away, just die, but then during the battle he rallies the troops with an inspiring speech and shows exemplary courage. The Night's Watch successfully repelled the attack but we're still left with a lingering sadness seeing Jon. There's no clean desensitized 'Team Good Guy Wins'. It's a recurring theme.
Mans crying before anything even happened lmaoo
The Night's Watch has been writing notes to any big house and King's Landing in hopes that they would send more men. Nobody sent more men, aside from that dude that was working for the Boltons.
The only real plan if they were to try another defense is to seal the tunnel this time. But, as you guys already see in the next episode, Mance tells them that they've already sent a band over the wall at another spot where there was no defense, so they would have their front gate vulnerable again.