Section E, Chapter 28: Suffocation Before the Battle (Children of Ice)
"That...... Wait!" Just as Bernie turned around again to leave, he was tugged by Lisa's sleeve, "I'm going to help too." ”
"What are you going to help with?" Bernie frowned, pointing to the pool of blood that hadn't congealed due to the steam emitted by the snow stone, "You're afraid of blood, aren't you?"
"This ...... I'm a little faint. Her face turned a little pale, and Qi Lisa said hesitantly: "But didn't you just say that your weakness is not a reason to avoid fighting." ”
"I said that, but I'm a tall man anyway, you thin arms and thin legs, is it okay?" As soon as he said this, Bernie immediately rushed to his own words, which was suspected of discriminating against women. Immediately changed his words, and the purchaser clenched his fists and relented: "Forget it, anyway, we just stay behind the wall and help replenish the arrows." The main task is to patrol with the shielded guards and watch out for someone to attack through the back door. As long as you pay attention to the bow and arrow fired by the enemy, it is not very dangerous. ”
Hearing this, the originally nervous girl not only did not calm down, but became even more flustered: "We may also be shot?"
"Quite possibly, so you pay more attention to the heavens. But as soon as an enemy army began to climb the walls on a large scale, their archers would stop firing arrows to prevent accidental injury. Glancing at the golden curtain under the hood, Bernie, who was worried about its red staining, removed the shield behind him and shoved it to Qi Lisa: "Come, you take this on your head." ”
"This ...... It's a bit heavy. Putting the silver-white shield in her right hand, Qi Lisa tried to hold it above her head: "It must be difficult to hold it for a long time." ”
"Let's use it alive. You can also push the cart without being too weak. Looking at her gesture of holding the shield, Bernie suddenly felt that something was not quite right: "Miss Qilisa...... It's not a heavy shield either, you can just hold it in your left hand. ”
"I'm left-handed, right-handed, of course. Otherwise, how can you help for a while?" raised her left hand, Qi Lisha's voice was still a little trilled due to nervousness: "How many documents have been written in front of you, you can't even notice this." ”
Damn, are you embarrassed to say this without even remembering my name? Unable to call out this true thought, Bernie kept trying to calm his heart, but the soles of his feet subconsciously kept tapping the ground to distract him.
Although he had already experienced several sieges, it was the first time he had seen an outpost attacked by an army of this size. Although he was a little panicked, he still tried his best to maintain the composure of his expression, trying not to let Qi Lisa, who was already in fear, see his panic - he was a man anyway, of course, he had to use his manhood to protect the girl. Moreover, he is half a guard no matter what. Civilians should be protected.
Seemingly completely unaccustomed to the way the shield handle was held, Qi Lisa kept tilting the shield to try to hold it more comfortably. When she finally straightened it, she looked up and whispered timidly, "What are you going to do?
"I have a helmet, I gave you a shield just because you don't have armor, don't talk nonsense and take it quickly. After surviving the salvo, you quickly return it to me. Touching his helmet, Bernie knew it was defenseless against arrows falling from the sky. However, it was such an untechnical lie that reassured her, and her expression relaxed as a result - it seemed that this girl really had no common sense about combat. That would make her believe.
Seeing that Lisa was no longer so nervous, Bernie leaned against the wall of the warehouse and waited anxiously for the enemy to attack: once the army was approaching, the herald in the barracks would blow the horn again to get everyone into battle. Until the commander in charge of the defense of the city walls gave an order, all archers were not allowed to fire arrows without permission.
"You said we could help deliver the arrows in a moment. Constantly throwing snowflakes down the shield, Qi Lisa seemed to want to distract her attention by talking: "But why don't we send enough arrows in advance now......?
"I'm just giving you an example, how can you take it seriously...... The arrows on the city walls are well stocked, and there will certainly be no shortage of them. Sighing, Bernie turned to look sideways at the back door, "Listen, Miss Lisa." You'll have to follow me for a moment - again, it's important. You'll follow me wherever I go, understand?"
"Understood. It's going to be a war, and if you don't say it, I'll follow. Nodding hurriedly, Qi Lisha's tone was a little embarrassed: "What are you going to do in a while......?"
"When the war started, we stood here in the warehouse, constantly monitoring the back door and the front entrance. He pointed to the iron gate that was close at hand, with several spearmen standing behind it, and to the small room of the military doctor. As Lisa busily looked at the hut with the door open, Bernie thought quickly about what might happen: "They couldn't have breached the gate without trebuchets or rams. So it must have been an invasion by ladder from the city walls. If the situation on the frontal battlefield is tense, we help drag the wounded soldier to the medic. ”
"That's right. As if she didn't understand at all, Qi Lisha smiled awkwardly: "Then we don't care about the back door?"
"I haven't finished my sentence, what are you anxious about. He looked carefully at the back door, which was guarded by more than a dozen or so soldiers, and then looked at the arrow tower next to the wall of the back gate: "The terrain outside the back gate is rocky, and it is difficult to walk. So the enemy will not choose to make a massive assault there, because then it will be heavily damaged by the archers. If there is an enemy intrusion at the back door, the sentry will give an early warning. We may not be able to help much, but we should be on the safe side. You can't tell what the horns mean, so leave it to me to judge—as soon as I say I'm going to defend the back door, you follow along. ”
"Probably understood. This time she seemed to really understand, and Qi Lisha seemed to stop talking, and finally asked nervously, "What if we are carrying the wounded when we hear the horn?"
"We'll see when the time comes!" Throwing down this sentence angrily, Bernie felt a deep helplessness: he really couldn't understand a woman's thinking. These guys are always overly detailed.
"These soldiers are all fresh faces. Her voice was still a little trembling, and Qi Lisha whispered, "They are all from Eternal Winter City a few days ago, right?"
"That's right, almost all of them are the soldiers of the Commander of Odys. Including the soldiers who had just been sent in for reinforcements two days ago, they were all his original subordinates. After answering her question briefly, Bernie felt his throat run dry. At that moment, a steady sound of footsteps came into his ears, and Bernie glanced at the source of the sound, and was surprised to realize that it was none other than Master Odys, who was wearing full armor and holding a helmet in his hand.