After saying this, both fell into a brief silence. Breaking the suffocating atmosphere, the man sighed, straightened up again, and looked at the empty cart: "Alright, Qi Lisa - we have unloaded your goods, and now we can push them away." ”

"Ah...... Well. Looking at his sad eyes, Qi Lisa couldn't help but be a little dazed. Seeing the man turn away, she hurriedly reached out and grabbed him: "That...... Wait!"

"What else?" he paused, turning his back to look at Qi Lisa suspiciously. The shield on her back reflected a flash of light the moment she turned around, stabbing Lisa a little dazzlingly.

"No, nothing. Opening her mouth, Qi Lisha felt a confusion in her mind, forgetting what she was supposed to ask: "I just remembered what I wanted to ask, and I forgot about it for a while." ”

Why did I stop him? Regretting it, Lisa racked her brains and couldn't figure out why she did it.

"Alright, there's nothing I need to do. Decisively shaking off his hand, the buyer turned around with a tired face: "It's noon, your delivery here has delayed me for a lot of nap time." Every time you come during this non-working time, I have endured it and never complained for the sake of your good looks. That's pretty pampering you, do you know?"

I know...... Almost blurted out, Qi Lisha felt a burst of guilt and embarrassment: she just saw that there were fewer businessmen at this time and didn't need to wait, so she kept delivering at noon. When he said this today, the girl had to apologize secretly to this man who didn't even remember his name. Feeling extremely apologetic, she decided to pay the bill in advance when she came back at nap time in the future.

"What's your name?" Looking at the gray-haired man, she asked embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I forgot about it again." ”

"You asked this question the other day. With a look of hesitation not to answer, he yawned and said in a long voice, "Bernie Millett." It's rare to find someone as hard as you to remember...... Miss Lisa. ”

"I'm sorry. Her face was a little red, and although Qi Lisha could feel that the other party was not angry at all, she still felt a little embarrassed. After reading the other person's name several times in her mind, she was troubled by how to call the man: unlike the land of the warm sun, it seems that the authentic snowy people can call the man by his first name instead of his last name, regardless of whether he is near or far. Then I can choose to call him Mr. Bernie...... It's so easy to remember = there are only two syllable names, why can't I remember them?

"Alright, I didn't mean to accuse you. But you'd better fix it. Not being able to remember the name will make some people who don't understand think that you are looking down on him. And, to be honest, it's rude. Drooping his eyelids, Bernie, who had always had a good temper, began to yawn, "You should go back early, Miss Lisa." It's unlikely, but it could still be a battlefield—"

Not long after the word "battlefield" was spoken, a loud commotion came from nearby. Hurriedly looking at the watchtower as the source of the sound, Qi Lisa was nervous about the guards who suddenly started running around: "What's wrong?"

"It seems—" With a look of consternation, Bernie's tiredness immediately dissipated and he froze in place. Catching up with his gaze, Qirisa covered her lips in fear and retreated: on the watchtower, a soldier had been impaled through the chest by an arrow and had fallen to the edge of the handrail of the staircase. Blood continued to drip down the ground, dotting the blue snow stone with a hint of red.

"Attack of the Ice Rock Guys!!Archers are ready for battle!" After a thick roar, the archers on the city wall quickly entered a fighting stance and drew their longbows behind their backs. In the midst of the cacophony, a man in a different uniform hurried down the wall and again let out the same shout ordering the soldiers to arm themselves and climb the wall.

Soon, a strong, short trumpet suddenly sounded from the top of the barracks and spread throughout the outpost. The commotion around them gradually subsided, replaced by a suffocating calm. All the guards on the walls and towers were frozen in their bows and arrows. In today's courtyard, only the sound of a huge winch lowering the iron gate and the sparse footsteps of soldiers coming to the combat post one after another remained.

"This ...... What happened?" Looking at the blood-stained slate, Qi Lisa turned around in horror and almost hit the car: "The one who is bleeding—"

"It's dead, there's no suspense. There seemed to be an indescribable shock on his face, and Bernie just pointed to the door: "What's going on, you still can't figure it out? This is what those Ice Rock people told us - go straight to war." ”

"There are already troops coming?" Hearing this, Qi Lisha's heart beat faster and faster: "But...... Why didn't I hear the shouts of the enemy charging? And I've heard that there is usually a very loud charge horn, which can be heard from more than ten miles away. ”

"Their army should still be miles away, rushing here and our original outpost at full speed in two directions. With a kick out of the car, Bernie clenched his fists, his expression visibly furious. Struggling to suppress his anger, he said in a trembling and puzzled tone: "Just now they sent someone to hide and shoot an arrow at one of our sentries for the purpose of declaring war and giving early warning. In our Snowman tradition, if the attacker declares war on an enemy who is not prepared for it in this way, it is a sign of respect for the attacker. In this way, it means that most of the enemy generals do not want to fight this battle......"

I don't understand it at all...... And what is the respect for the violent way of shooting a person to death when he comes up? If you really want to remind the other party to be on guard against attacking, you can directly send a messenger to inform you? Realizing that she is really not a snowman and cannot understand the logic, she looks around uneasily, and this oppressive aura makes her extremely confused: "We ...... Can you hold it? I heard that the enemy army has about 6,000 men. ”

"As soon as the news reached Beihai, it turned sour. Impatiently stretching out three fingers, Bernie shook his wrist: "Exactly half, three thousand." In order to prevent our other post from flanking them from the rear, they must have to attack them in two directions. There were 500 men in this outpost, and it was still possible to resist the enemy, who had only three times as many siege weapons. To storm the place, they had to build ladders to try to climb the walls. In any case, the casualties cannot be small. ”

"This, this......" was still extremely nervous, Qi Lisa's heart was beating wildly, and she couldn't take her eyes off the dead man who was being carried aside by her comrades: "What should I do?"

"I can't let you out now, it's dangerous and not good for the defense. After a moment of silence, Bernie glanced at the storeroom, "You hide there first, Qi Lisa." Wait until the battle is over and come out. ”

"Are you going to climb the walls?" hurriedly grabbed Bernie, who was about to leave, and Qi Lisa was distraught by the pool of blood.

"Make no mistake, I'm just a collector in a guard's skin who doesn't know any combat skills, and I have no formal training. I can't even pull a bow and arrow, what's the use of going to the city wall?" Spreading his hands, Bernie's expression suddenly became serious: "But there is always a place for me to help." Weakness is not a reason not to fight. ”