12 Battle of Windrun Town

More than 200 years ago, when the Sprelet Empire was at war with an enemy country, merchant Hunter Lee saved the emperor's life by delivering supplies for the imperial army in time. After the war, Hunt was canonized as an earl, and the empire gave him a fief of fertile black land in the north - which later became the town of Fengxing. In the days that followed, he and his descendants served as the emperor's eyeliner, constantly monitoring the movements of the Aube Empire and maintaining law and order on the borders of the empire. Ironically, if Aube were to attack Spellet, the territory would have to be the victim of the first to deliver the news, but that never happened. Merchants, travelers, and diplomats from the two countries would stop here, and the name "Fengxing Town" also implied that the merchants hoped for a smooth journey. Awkwardly, Windwalk is a veritable island and the most remote fiefdom on the Empire's land, far from the nearest towns of both countries.

Exactly 200 years later, Windwalk had grown into a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people, but after the Djinn Crisis broke out, the population had more than halved. At this time, a far-reaching battle is taking place here.

More than a dozen djinn broke through the first layer of djinn, and the wooden djinn was completely unable to resist the tall djinn, and one of the djinn was actually thrown into the city wall by the djinn. But the second layer of horses was not so easy to destroy, and the artillery could be aimed more accurately due to the closer distance, and the arrows and bullets fired from the walls kept suppressing the djinn, and their hard skin bounced off some of the ranged weapons, but also began to bleed and wounded. The soldiers on the walls calmly loaded, aimed, and fired the bullets and arrows of hatred. It took twice as long for the djinn to break through the second layer as it did for the first layer, leaping into the trench and letting out an arrogant cry. Seeing this, the soldiers used rockets to ignite the tar and asphalt that had already fallen into the trench, and the trench instantly turned into a wall of flames, and for a moment the flames soared into the sky. However, the djinn did not flinch in the face of the flames, and they pushed the dirt and stones beside the trench onto the fire with their bare hands, covering the flames. At this time, the djinn behind also began to throw stones, striking the soldiers on the city wall.

"Water!! Fast!!!! Due to the continuous firing of the artillery, the muzzle of the cannon has been burned red, there is a risk of exploding, and it is urgent to cool down, so the militia brought the water that had been prepared for cooling and poured it on the hot muzzle, and the water instantly vaporized into white gas, making a "bang" sound. The militia also methodically transported bows and arrows, bullet misses, and even stones to the warriors on the city walls to smash the djinn, which had been prepared the day before, for this moment.

Standing on the watchtower, Viscount Li watched the fierce battle below, but his eyes were immediately attracted by the sudden situation in the distance, only to see a black shadow appear in the east - the second team of djinns attacked, and the number was the same as the first team in terms of scale. He immediately rang the brass bell with a trembling hand, making an even more rapid sound, but it was then drowned out by the sound of the soldiers below, the sound of gunfire, and the roar of the djinn.

The fire in the trench had been completely extinguished, and taking advantage of the gap when the artillery could not fire continuously, the djinn began to attack the wall, and a group of djinn stood in the ditch, holding their arms against the wall. The soldiers thought that this was to tear down the city wall, and poked their heads out to shoot the djinn in the trench, but they were hit by the flying boulder and fell from the wall, and several soldiers who were instantly stunned unfortunately fell into the outside ditch and were trampled by the angry djinn...... With the sound of bones crushing, the djinn behind it began to climb up the body of the djinn against the wall, climbing the outer wall in a manner similar to "stacking arhats". As the second team of djinn joined the battle, the djinn outside had already stacked to the height of the city wall, and between half of the body of one djinn had already surpassed the city wall, waving a broken horse in his hand, and swept the soldiers on the city wall with the wooden stick on it, most of the soldiers on the central city wall fell in response, fortunately they all fell inside the city. Seeing that there was no defense on the central city wall, the djinn held his arms and climbed up, and the soldiers on the left and right flanks saw that the situation was not good, and immediately shot from the side to restrain the djinn and prevent him from climbing up smoothly. But they turned sideways towards the other djinn, and two more boulders flew over and smashed into the soldiers on both wings.

Seeing that the boulder was about to be hit, an invisible wall seemed to appear in front of the soldiers, and the boulder had already shattered in mid-air before it could hit the city wall. "Magic!" Some of the soldiers shouted that the two magicians who were supporting in the rear had not been idle, attacking the djinn with fire magic and using magic walls to block the flying stones for the soldiers. But magic, like artillery, needs to be used intermittently, and magic compensates for the lack of suppressive power when the cannon cools down. However, the two of them defended the left and right wings respectively, and the djinn's breakthrough in the middle was also unexpected. The djinn who was about to climb the city wall did not retreat from the pressure of the bow and arrows and projectiles, and continued to climb the wall. I heard a loud bang in the rear, and the artillery opened fire again! The cannonball exploded in his face, and sparks splashed onto the armor of the soldiers on the city walls, scorching the hair of several soldiers and burning several holes in their cloth clothing. After being struck by the djinn on the wall, it fell backwards and fell from the "Arhat" into the trench, and the moment it touched the ground, it made a loud noise and a violent vibration. This earthquake made all the djinn stunted, and the siege was suspended for a while, and the militia took the opportunity to carry the wounded soldiers under the city walls into the fortress, and also replenished the corresponding defensive positions themselves.

In the fortress, many wounded soldiers were crowded into the narrow passages, and Heidi and the other paramedics were busy treating their wounds, white cloths stained with blood were thrown all over the ground, and the white overalls of the medics were covered with bright red handprints, as well as long reddish-black blood stains that had been inadvertently rubbed. The wounded man in Heidi's arms was dying, his wounds were blurred with blood, and he was crying and fussing like a child before he died, shouting for his father and mother, but suddenly he stopped moving, and the light in his eyes dimmed...... Heidi quickly laid the body and began to work on the other wounded. The paramedics expertly bandaged the wounded, their foreheads covered with sweat and their eyes filled with tears. Another wounded soldier was brought in, and a large hole was made in the armor, from which a lot of blood was gurgling......

Heidi looked up, she wanted to look out from the fortress window to see Milo...... Unfortunately, the only window that can see the outside is not facing the battlefield. Another wounded man died with regret and remorse in his eyes, and it took several attempts by the paramedics to close his eyes. The sound of battle outside could be heard in the fortress, and the medics were still nervous and calm to heal each wounded soldier, and it became a different battlefield......

The vacancy in the central city wall has not yet been filled, and Captain Charlie himself went into battle, but he could not resist the flying boulders and was forced to retreat under the city wall. A djinn eventually climbed onto the wall and jumped into the fort, shaking the ground a few times. In the shelter beneath the fortress, the people also felt loud noises and concussions, and they could not see the battle that was close overhead, except for the occasional falling dust, and heard a dull sound echoing through the underground fortifications that crowded the inhabitants. The old man snuggled up to the young man, the mother held the nursing baby in her arms, and the cat and dog curled up in the corner...... All of them were silent, their eyes were glazed, they were out of the battlefield, but not out of the war, they were fighting - fighting against the fear in their hearts.

Charlie and Milo besieged the incoming djinn to no avail, and the close-quarters fight with the troll was a one-sided show by the djinn, who easily deflected off the attacks of the two captains and turned to the inside of the wall, intending to flank the soldiers on the wall with the djinn outside. Charlie and Melo concentrated on attacking the Djinn's left leg, due to the fierce force, the Djinn was forced to kneel on one knee, he quickly stood up again and turned to attack Milo, just as he was about to attack, a hound suddenly appeared and violently tore his right leg, Melo and Charlie took the opportunity to avoid the danger zone and organize the soldiers to defend. The hound, however, was not really a military dog, and the white circles on its face indicated that it had been transformed by the Night Sparrow by magic. Magicians use transfiguration to transform into ferocious animals to participate in battle, which is one of the main ways for magicians to fight. The djinn was caught in a dilemma by the "hound" Night Sparrow, when a tall figure, Parrot, leaped from the high wall, raised his war hammer with both hands, and smashed it into the djinn's head. When Parrett fell to the ground, he had no hammer in his hand, and his fish scales were splattered with the blood of the djinn. Looking at the djinn again, the warhammer was already sunk deep into his skull, and the djinn that was rampant in the fort eventually fell. Parrett struggled to retrieve the warhammer from the djinn's head, climbed the wall again, and hammered down the djinn one by one.

As the eastern defense line was fighting back and forth and fighting in full swing, the viscount standing on the watchtower was shocked to find that a djinn had actually climbed up from the southern drawbridge wall!

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