Chapter 1017: Blowing Up the Bridge

"You also know that I have thirty thousand people here? No, I have more than thirty thousand here. Although they aren't all men, do you think that with just this many of you, you can defeat us? You are still threatening me?

Before you threaten me, why don't you look at how many people are behind you?"

The Company Commander was not the least bit flustered: "My men are few, and we certainly cannot defeat your thirty thousand-plus, but you must know that behind me is Huaxia City. The Soldiers in our Huaxia City are far more than just this many. You are young and don't know; why don't you ask these Soldiers and tribesmen of yours, ask them what that battle between you and our Huaxia back then was like?

Even if we didn't use the city walls, do you think we wouldn't be able to defeat you Suiren Clan?"

Let me tell you, if you want to make a move, you had better be able to kill us all, leaving not a single one behind. Otherwise, they will immediately return to send word. Even if you do kill us all, if the time comes and we haven't returned, Huaxia will naturally send troops out, unless you can dispose of both our corpses and your own corpses completely clean.

Actually, one can tell it was you just by thinking about it. You want to make a move? Of course you can, but you had better be prepared to take your remaining tribesmen and begin to flee. You might as well go back and look, ask Baoxi if he dares to make a move against our Huaxia for your sake?

Alright, make your choice. If you want to make a move, you can draw your Knife now and see if your Knife is faster or mine is. If you haven't thought it through, then keep thinking."

The Company Commander turned around and waved a hand toward the front: "Brothers, retreat to the Battalion camp!"

All the Soldiers retreated rapidly, leaving behind only Chengqie, whose face was flushed red with anger. Right now, he really wanted to make a move, but he didn't have enough confidence. And the few smarter Leaders, those who had also participated in that war back then, were truly unwilling to start a war with Huaxia; it would benefit no one.

Moreover, once they listened to Chengqie and made a move, then to advance was death—being killed by the people of Huaxia—and to retreat might mean being killed by the Tribal Chief. Flee? In the end, neither Huaxia nor the Suiren Clan would let them off. Now they also realized that this Leader Chengqie of theirs, for the sake of his own face, really didn't use his brain at all; he suddenly stopped thinking.

Shisi and the others stood to the side the whole time. Let alone doing anything, they didn't even dare to listen to what the two were saying. They truly did not expect that the situation would develop to this extent.

After the Huaxia Soldiers passed by, they silently wiped their Weapons. Those who were not Soldiers, just simple Laborers and tenant farmers, also took out the axes, shovels, and wood-cutting knives they carried with them due to their identification with and pride in Huaxia, ready to fight at any time. Those without Weapons even borrowed axes to chop branches and sharpen them into Spears.

Of course, it couldn't be this casual. The Company Commander had already let a squad of men leave quickly to head to Huaxia City to request reinforcements. Even if this Chengqie were willing to come to Huaxia in the end, he felt that they certainly wouldn't be peaceful along the way, so it was better to make plans early.

The Huaxia team kept staring at the opposite side until lunch was cooked, but Chengqie still hadn't made a decision. This made the Company Commander very angry, so he directly had the Bomb Throwers prepare two Bombs, and after lighting them, threw them directly into the middle of the bridge they had built.

Chengqie saw the two smoking objects being thrown onto the bridge and was somewhat bewildered. The others just found them familiar but couldn't recall what they were.

Not a few seconds later, two loud bangs accompanied by smoke and dust occurred. The wooden bridge they had worked so hard to build was instantly blown apart. The wooden bridge was broken into sections and fell into the water, with the ends of the wood dangling on the muddy banks.

Chengqie was so frightened that his face turned white, and he collapsed on the ground. The other Leaders were also scared out of their wits—or rather, their Grass-wits. Every black face turned into a white face. A single explosion made them recall that war from back then and also made them instantly doubt whether they could defeat this small number of Huaxia people.

Chengqie pointed at the blown-up bridge and quickly turned his head to ask everyone around him: "What is this, what is this??!"

But everyone could only say: "Leader Chengqie, we don't know. Huaxia used this before. Back then, Wangzuo was killed by the Tribal Chief precisely because of this!

Huaxia has this thunder; we can't beat them, we definitely can't beat them!"

Chengqie hurriedly waved his hands: "Retreat, retreat!"

The Huaxia Soldiers on this side asked in confusion: "Company Commander, why didn't we just throw the Bombs at their faces? Throwing them on the bridge—that bridge was something we worked so hard to build."

The Company Commander calmly explained: "The bridge was built to facilitate communication between us and them, especially to make it convenient for them. Since they don't appreciate it and play this game with us, threatening us, then there's no need to give them face.

Either they crawl back to the Suiren Clan and we go back to report, or if they have thought it through and want to come to Huaxia, then fine, they can swim over themselves. If they still want to attack us, then we will stand on the bank and hack at them; at least the casualties will be smaller than guarding the bridge, right?"

"Oh, Company Commander, so that's what you were thinking. As expected of the Company Commander. If they want to come over, they can just swim over; let's see if they can still be arrogant then.

But if they are willing to come to Huaxia and swim over to get supplies, what should we do? These grains, Cement, and such cannot be thrown into the water."

The Company Commander said with complete indifference: "That's simple. Let them build the bridge themselves. I gave them face and they didn't want it, so don't blame me for being heartless. If they look down on Huaxia's iron saws and Iron Axes, then let them use stones to chop it bit by bit. What does it have to do with Laozi?"

"Company Commander is tough! Impressive!"

The Company Commander casually pushed a Soldier beside him: "Alright, alright, the food should be ready soon. Call everyone to eat. Let those on the other side watch; they are probably still hungry. If they really want to fight, we will have eaten our fill and still have strength."

The Soldier stood up with a smile and then began to shout loudly: "Brothers, get ready to eat!"

His voice was very loud, loud enough that he wanted all the people of the Suiren Clan to hear. He had to let them know that Huaxia had food to eat now, and that they had originally prepared some for them as well.