Three hundred and seventieth chapters boost morale
When the two armies fought, their side had no master and the head general in charge, which was a serious blow to their morale. In addition, the number of troops in Handan was already very different from that in Yuzhou... It was strange that the soldiers were confident in fighting under such circumstances.
The cold wind blew by, making Lin Yingxue's clothes rustling.
Lin Yingxue stood in place, like a cold plum standing proudly in the cold wind.
"Change me in military uniform, I want to go up to the city tower." After a while, Lin Yingxue lightly opened her red lips, and her tone was a little cooler than in these nine cold days.
"No!" Li Ye and Miaoqin were both surprised when they heard this.
Li Ye hurriedly stepped forward and said hurriedly: "Queen, before going out, the king told his subordinates to protect the queen's safety, but the city tower is the most dangerous place at the moment. If the queen wants to go up, there will be no eyebrow in the sword, and he may be in danger of life. Please think twice!"
Li Ye said, lifted his robe and half-kneeled down.
The fact that Li Ye was able to make such a great gift from the generals in the army showed how anxious Li Ye was.
However, Lin Yingxue was determined and was not moved: "Military Li quickly get up. I know that Military Advisor Li is afraid that he will not be able to protect me, but who has ever cared about their safety for those soldiers who rushed on the front line to kill the enemy?"
"What's more, the morale is not strong at the moment. We are already at a disadvantage before the war officially begins. If this happens, let alone win, it will be extremely hard to defend even if we are stubborn!"
The more Lin Yingxue said, the more excited she spoke, "Now the king is not here, I am the closest person to the king, and I should stand up and set an example! I must go up to this city tower today! Before going up, I will write a letter to write down the reasons. If something really happens to me in the future, the king will come back to see me with a handwritten letter, and I will not blame anyone in the army!"
After Lin Yingxue said that, she shook Guangshui without waiting for Li Ye to speak, turned to Miaoqin beside her and said, "Go and find me a body of armor."
"Little...yes..." Seeing that Lin Yingxue had made up his mind, Miaoqin had to follow her husband even if she opposed her daughter's risk, but she had to follow her.
Soon Lin Yingxue changed into her armor. Li Ye looked up and saw that Lin Yingxue's spine was straight and the woman who looked soft and weak now also had a heroic and savory look.
Under the protection of Li Ye and several soldiers, Lin Yingxue held the sword and walked up the city tower step by step. A thin layer of sweat broke out in the palm of her palm, but her face was calm and she could not see any uneasiness.
"Miss..." Miaoqin originally wanted to keep up, but was stopped by Sun Dahu who came out of nowhere.
"Just wait for me below." Sun Dahu naturally had been ordered by Lin Yingxue. After all, she would never let Miaoqin follow her to do such a dangerous thing.
"Miss!" Miaoqin was worried and wanted to keep up, but she was no match for Sun Dahu at all. After struggling in vain, she couldn't help but step on Sun Dahu angrily.
Poor Sun Dahu was ordered to act, but he took the blame in vain and became Miaoqin's breathing stove.
Let’s talk about the long stairs, Lin Yingxue walked up quickly as she walked.
At this time, all the soldiers were concentrating on resisting the enemy troops who wanted to attack under the city tower, and none of them were distracted from Lin Yingxue's arrival.
‘clang’!
"Queen, be careful!" The arrows in the distance shot towards the city tower like lice, and the overwhelming arrows covered the sky.
Lin Yingxue originally wanted to come up and encourage the soldiers, but at this moment she could only bend her body and carefully avoid those cold weapons.
She couldn't even stand straight, let alone boost morale. Lin Yingxue frowned anxiously. After looking around, her eyes lit up, and she pulled Li Ye, who was waving the sword in her hand vigorously, and said loudly: "Send me there."
She pointed to the war drum beside her.
Seeing this, Li Ye immediately understood and hurriedly escorted Lin Yingxue to the place where the war drum was.
Just now, a rain of arrows passed, and Lin Yingxue also arrived in front of the war drum smoothly.
The drumstick was a little heavy. Lin Yingxue accidentally shook her figure when she got it. Li Ye couldn't help but feel worried when he looked around. He forgot that no matter how powerful the woman in front of him was, she was always a weak woman who knew how to do martial arts.
"Queen, why not let the subordinates come down to do it for you." Li Ye walked forward and wanted to take over the drumsticks from Lin Yingxue's hand, but Lin Yingxue refused.
"Don't worry, Military Secretary Li, I still have the strength to beat the drum." Lin Yingxue said, and raised the drumstick and beat the drum heavily.
With a loud "dong", all the soldiers on the city tower immediately turned their attention to Lin Yingxue.
"Everyone!" Lin Yingxue could not do martial arts, so she could only use the greatest strength of her life at the top of her voice and shouted hoarsely: "I am the fiancée who has not passed by the king. I know that in this dangerous moment, the king should have stood with you and faced it together, but the king happened to have something to do and failed to return in time when he was away."
"But what I want to tell you is that although the king is not here, his heart is connected with everyone. Now, I mean that the king is advancing and retreating with everyone. Whenever the two armies confront each other, if the enemy does not retreat, I, Lin Yingxue, will not go down this city tower!"
Lin Yingxue's throat belt was already injured. After saying this, she felt that her throat was as if it was filled with sulfuric acid, and she felt so uncomfortable that she almost exploded.
Fortunately, her words were still useful. At least after hearing what she said, the soldiers below finally had a glimmer of light on their originally very sluggish faces.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue quickly struck while the iron was hot, swung the drumstick in her hand and hit the war drum in front of her heavily.
‘Dongdongdongdong’, the rhythmic drum sounds like an inspiring battle song, hitting the soldiers’ hearts one by one.
"Kill! You are a fairy, Banban, and the queen and a female person are so brave. I am a rough man, so why can you be afraid of death!"
After the drum sounded, Sun Dahu was the one who was most excited. He immediately waved the weapon in his hand and rushed out of the city gate with a shout.
The other soldiers didn't know whether they heard the sound of the war drums or were infected by Sun Dahu. They all came to life as if they had come alive and shouted in agreement: "Long live the Northwest King, Long live the Northwest King!"
The shouting was uniform and shocking, and compared with the sluggish attitude that had just been, it was like a heaven and a ground.
Seeing this, Li Ye's worried expression finally faded. He turned his head and ordered the soldiers beside him, "You guys protect the queen."
After saying that, he almost got off the city tower. Lin Yingxue looked like she was rushing to arrange troops.
As expected, after Li Ye went down, he summoned the soldiers and said nothing, so the soldiers quickly rushed out in an organized manner.
The enemy troops who had been sieging the city outside probably didn't expect that the opponent who had been huddling in the city and did not dare to fight suddenly rushed out like a chicken blood. In the hasty response, the Northwest Army actually gained the upper hand.
Although Yuzhou Army quickly adjusted its state later, the two sides seemed to be evenly matched.
This battle lasted for more than an hour. Lin Yingxue stood on the high city tower and looked down, feeling that her heart was floating and she could not fall into a real place.
In the end, the Yuzhou army probably felt that there was no way to take down Handan today, so they chose to retreat temporarily.
"Oh!" A difficult victory.
After the enemy retreated, the cheers of soldiers were heard throughout the city.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue finally relaxed the string that had been tense in her heart.
"Let's go." Lin Yingxue turned around and walked downstairs. Her legs and feet were a little weak for a moment. She had to find a soldier to support her. Only then did she safely go down the city tower.
In the evening, a group of soldiers celebrated in the city, while Lin Yingxue was discussing matters with Li Ye in the tent.
"Can the number of people killed and injured this time be counted?" Unlike the laughter outside, the atmosphere in the camp was a bit heavy.
"The queen has already counted it. There are 1,780 injured people and 533 dead people. The subordinates have sent people to deal with the funerals of these people and comfort their families."
This is a must.
Lin Yingxue nodded and thought for a while and said, "The Northwest Army has just been established, and the foundation of the king has not yet been built. I know that there are probably not many silver coins in the Gongzhong now. If there is any difficulty in the military advisor, you must tell me. I will find a way. No matter what, we cannot treat the relatives of the dead soldiers unfairly."
In this case, most people probably put their own interests first, but they didn't expect that Lin Yingxue was thinking about the people below.
In addition to being surprised, Li Ye was slightly moved, "Don't worry, Queen, I will handle this matter properly."
Li Ye has always been a good thing to do. Lin Yingxue nodded and responded: "I don't worry about Military Advisor Li's work... Oh, by the way, there is another thing..."
As he spoke, Lin Yingxue remembered other important things, "There are so many soldiers injured this time, and the medicinal materials we have in our hands are enough, and the Yuzhou City will definitely not give up."
"We may have a long battle to fight in the future. We are trapped in the city and will have enough food reserves?"
Lin Yingxueyuan knew nothing about marching and fighting, but now there is no one in charge in the army, so she had to make up a lot of military books, so she can sit here and discuss matters with Li Ye now.
"Since the queen asked, I won't hide it from the queen..." Lin Yingxue had already brought too much surprise to Li Ye, so Li Ye was already a little numb at this time.
"At present, the medicinal materials in our army are not enough. If this continues like this for a long time, our food and grass will soon be insufficient. If we don't need to send troops from Yuzhou to attack, we will destroy it without attacking it."
"Is that true?" Lin Yingxue frowned tightly.
I thought that as long as I could win a battle, things would be much easier, but I didn't expect that there were so many serious problems waiting for her to solve.
Chapter completed!