Chapter Forty-Nine: The Beginning of the War
The army of Beifeng Kingdom had long been stationed five miles away from Guiyan City, and in the first half a month, they would send people to scold the city for provocation, but it had no effect at all.
Even though he was scolded as a "turtle with a shrunken head", Merlin still ordered not to open the city gate and not to fight privately.
He had always kept in mind Nuan Yang's assurance, and he didn't want to make senseless sacrifices until reinforcements from the Dongyang Kingdom came.
The soldiers of Mexico naturally knew this fact, so they were not demoralized, but looked at the Beifeng ** team that had been guarding outside the city like fools.
But half a month later, Beifeng Guo finally found out that something was wrong, there was enough grain and grass in Guiyan City, if they were killed and didn't open the door, then Beifeng Guo would just wait obediently? Where is there so much food and grass for them to consume all the time?
Therefore, on the twenty-fourth day after Mo Lin and his party arrived in Guiyan City, Beifeng Country took the lead in sounding the horn of war.
The huge stones were thrown onto the city wall by trebuchets, but fortunately, Yancheng's ironclad defense was able to hold this wave of attacks. But then, Beifeng Country lined up again, and more than 100,000 people had a bow and arrow, and the arrows were tied with lit tarpaulins, and they actually wanted to attack with fire!
Merlin, who was standing on the city wall, immediately frowned, the arrows could easily fly over the city wall, causing damage to the buildings in the city, and even if there were not many casualties, the morale of the army would be chaotic.
"Pass the order, the vanguard troops will go up the city wall, erect shields, and then five thousand people will fire rockets outside the city, and the rest of the people will not be allowed to leave the room, prepare enough water sources, and extinguish the fire caused by it in time after a wave of attacks from the North Peak Kingdom!"
"Yes!"
After the herald descended the city wall, Merlin also retreated to the small courtyard in the city, he really didn't worry about Qinglian, because she was not treated well by the soldiers in the army, so he was worried that she would be deliberately ignored.
But when he came to the outside of the room, he found that Mo Feng was already here. After a pause, he finally turned around and walked in the direction of Lin Qi.
If you have the ink wind, you shouldn't have to worry!
This siege lasted a day, and even though Merlin had been prepared, it could not prevent the large-scale destruction of the buildings in the city, but fortunately, the granary was extinguished in time after the fire.
After this incident, he also understood that it was impossible to drag on any longer, although the people of the North Peak Country were warlike and reckless, it did not mean that they were all fools. It doesn't do them any good if it drags on for a long time. And this battle is also to tell Merlin very clearly that they have understood this truth, and they will never let the army of Mexico be stable in the city again.
So after resting for the night, in the early morning of the second day, Merlin ordered someone to open the city gate and announced the official war with the North Peak Kingdom!
There will be casualties in a battle between the two armies, let alone such a large-scale national war.
Every day, thousands of wounded people were carried back to Yancheng, and the reservists who remained in the city were also busy. Even Qinglian took the initiative to join the ranks of helping to treat the wounded, although she didn't know much medical skills, but it was no problem to stop the bleeding for the patient and wrap a bandage.
Because of her recent appearance, the soldiers of Mexico have finally changed their opinion of her, and they no longer sneer at her all the time.
Qinglian didn't feel much about this change, because all her thoughts were about worrying about Merlin, who was leading the battle outside the city.
The sword has no eyes, what if it hurts him? When Qinglian was dealing with the wounds of his subordinates, she also thought about how painful it would be if this injury was on his body.
Such a state of uncertainty, he could only settle down when he saw the worried person appear intact in front of him after Ming Jin withdrew his troops every day, and even so, Qinglian had lost a lot of weight in less than ten days after the start of the war.
Mo Feng did not go to the battlefield as a rear support commander, and what he most often did was to stand on the city wall and look at the battlefield at his feet, calculate his own casualties, and make instructions to collect troops at the right time and arrange the rescue work in the city.
There was no doubt that Merlin gave his back to Mo Feng wholeheartedly, without a trace of hesitation.
Although Mo Lin used his troops like a god to make many strange moves and won a few small victories, the gap in strength between the two armies was too large, and after a long time, the Mexican country obviously fell behind, and the number of daily casualties doubled.
Qinglian finally couldn't bear it anymore, her daily worries were about to crush her to death, and she could no longer stay in the city with peace of mind.
In the evening, she secretly went to the warehouse to steal a set of soldiers' uniforms, and the next day, no one noticed that there was an overly thin figure in the army that left the city.
When she went to the battlefield, Qinglian really realized the cruelty of war, blood splashed in front of her, severed limbs and mutilated bodies were everywhere, and life was really cheap here. She was only frightened for a moment at first, then remembered her purpose, and hurriedly dodged the sword that slashed at her while looking for Merlin's figure.
As the leader, Merlin is undoubtedly the most conspicuous, and the enemies besieging him are also the most, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is surrounded by enemies. But even so, even though his sword was curled, even though his robes were ragged and covered with blood, he still stood in the middle of the battlefield like a god of war, and no one could successfully harvest his head.
Qinglian only felt bitter when she saw such a Mo Lin, the ink carp that once revolved around her was elegant and beautiful, how could she have thought that she would have to endure so many hardships when she entered reincarnation.
She walked through the corpse-strewn battlefield, dodging the cold light that slashed at her, gradually closing the distance between her and Merlin. Even if she doesn't have the ability to defeat the Hosts, even if she is just a mortal human, she wants to protect him closest to him.
The weapon in her hand is still clean, until now she has not injured a person, but when someone attacks her, she will dodge accurately, and if she can't dodge, she will use the weapon in her hand to block it, she wants to thank Jiusi, it is just an elixir, but it has made her have a earth-shaking change, so she can survive in this cruel environment.
Merlin was so focused on the enemy besieging him that he didn't know that there was a skinny soldier hovering around him all the time, and he didn't know how many sneak arrows she had blocked for him.
It's just that since this day, Merlin has come out to face fewer and fewer wounds on his body.
Mo Feng naturally had to pay attention to the overall situation of the battlefield when he stood on the city wall, and it was impossible for him to keep his eyes on Mo Lin, so he couldn't recognize Qinglian who was following him at the first time.
Until one day, he found a set of blood-stained soldier uniforms and blood-stained bandages that almost filled the bottom of the bed in Qinglian's room.
At that time, Qinglian had just returned from the battlefield, hurriedly returned to her room to change her clothes, and after tying up her wounds, she ran out to see Merlin. Today, because she was accidentally stabbed, she couldn't pay attention to the arrow shot at Merlin in time, and his shoulder was injured, so after treating her wound so-so, she rushed to Merlin's room, although there was a special doctor who would treat him, but she was still very worried.
When she confirmed that there was no problem with the other party, and when she returned to her room, she saw Mo Feng holding the military uniform she had stolen, sitting at the table with a gloomy expression, and she didn't know how long she had been waiting for her.