Chapter 1378: Protecting the Water

"Cavalry Platoon, charge forward! Crossbowmen, attack the flanks!" Shaoyin commanded the battle nervously. The water-fetching team he was escorting had indeed been attacked, and it looked like a fierce assault.

Because the enemy had charged suddenly, they didn't even have time to use the bombs, and there was no time to light the fuses; using the bow and crossbow was faster.

The cavalry charged toward the enemies at the front, where the crowd was most concentrated. The heavy cavalry broke the enemy's formation almost instantly; those at the very front were no longer thinking of charging forward, but were instead retreating.

The crossbowmen attacked the more scattered enemies in the vicinity. Their goal was to surround this Huaxia team, but they still didn't understand Huaxia well enough. They had focused all their attention on guarding against Huaxia's bombs, trying their best to spread out, but they had forgotten about Huaxia's bow and crossbows and cavalry.

After they scattered, it was of no use; instead, the scattered enemies made the Huaxia Soldiers feel less pressure, allowing them to aim one by one with composure. After a simple round of shooting, the enemy's capable fighting force had already been greatly reduced.

The two Jiang Surname Tribes didn't even start their attacks at the same time. Huaxia had already started fighting with the enemies on one side when the enemies on the other side entered Huaxia's field of vision. Although they couldn't attack them yet, it still gave the Huaxia Soldiers a start.

The water-fetching team was basically composed of people from the Tribal Alliance, both men and women, pushing carts provided by Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe together, which made transport more efficient.

But they didn't have much combat capability and didn't even have weapons. The women crawled directly under the carts to seek a sense of safety, and the men were just a bit agitated and panicked, but they had no weapons and knew their own situation, so they didn't go out to throw their lives away.

Spears flew over and struck the carts, making thumping sounds. Their spears were completely unable to pierce the thick wooden carts, so hiding underneath was still very safe.

This was also the Jiang Surname Tribe's only long-range attack method. Some of the Huaxia Soldiers, who were Sword and Shield Soldiers, would immediately raise their shields to block at the front to provide shelter for other soldiers after seeing the enemy step forward and raise their hands, intending to throw their spears.

With the spear-throwing ineffective, those soldiers naturally began to charge regardless of everything. The Heavenly Thunder they feared most had not sounded, which was why they were so brave. They also felt that in this current team, there didn't seem to be anyone like a Great Shaman, and a Great Shaman should be protecting the most important place on the top of the slope; it was impossible for him to abandon the most important thing.

It was just that their numbers were a bit low—a few hundred people. Actually, for a small war like this attacking a small target, it was enough, because they knew they still had allies, and together they had over a thousand soldiers.

But they had misjudged the timing. Upon seeing Huaxia's water-delivery team, they charged over almost as soon as they met, and Huaxia naturally launched a counterattack.

In long-distance combat, Huaxia had almost no casualties, but there were still unlucky ones because there were still quite a few flying spears; they were flying everywhere, and there would always be one or two that slipped through the net and could threaten the soldiers behind. One Xuanyuan Tribe soldier was pierced through the thigh by a flying spear because he was jostled by his own battle.

It was just that no one cared about his plight. There were no Military Doctors now, and no one probably cared about the life or death of a comrade. After everything settled down, they would see if he was alive or dead. As for Huaxia, the soldiers would certainly drag their comrades along, but the Xuanyuan Tribe would not, because they believed their own lives were not particularly important; even if they saved a comrade, it would be useless, as they couldn't survive. If they survived, they might not be able to eat in the future, as they would be a cripple and unable to support themselves.

"Xuanyuan Tribe brothers, charge!" Shaoyin held his Knife upright and shouted toward the enemy's direction. The Xuanyuan Tribe also sent out soldiers to fight alongside Huaxia and perform escort duties together, but Huaxia brought better Weapons, the number of soldiers was not small, and Shaoyin was leading the team.

Xuanyuan had already seen Shaoyin's ability last year; he was smart enough and a good hand at fighting, so Xuanyuan trusted Shaoyin relatively more. Now that his own Xuanyuan Tribe team didn't have such an excellent commander, he let Shaoyin be the commander of this team, and the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe also had to listen to Shaoyin's command first.

It was precisely because Xuanyuan had given the order that Shaoyin could now command these Xuanyuan Tribe soldiers. The Xuanyuan Tribe soldiers were good at close combat, and their Weapons were only suitable for close combat; they couldn't do it like Huaxia. Now that the enemy was gradually approaching, Shaoyin saw it was a good time to release the Xuanyuan Tribe soldiers, so he let them start charging.

Now that the Xuanyuan Tribe soldiers joined the battlefield, the change in the situation became even more obvious. Although the number of soldiers on both sides was almost the same now, after Huaxia's initial charge and long-range Weapon attacks, the already scattered formation became even more scattered, and the number of soldiers was also much lower.

Now when both sides fought, the Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe side had almost no pressure, and the cavalry was still constantly weaving back and forth, which made the enemy feel great pressure.

They also hadn't expected that they would suddenly see the enemy. Seeing so many enemies and having so many of their own soldiers, they felt they could completely fight, so the leading Leader directly ordered the soldiers to charge. He felt that the neighboring tribe should have the same progress as him now and could directly surround this Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe team.

Shaoyin was also very brave, holding a Long Broadsword and hacking away. One inch longer, one inch stronger; the Weapon Shaoyin held was far superior to those of the Xuanyuan Tribe.

Beside him, there were two soldiers holding Shields and Short Swords, fighting with ease, but their main goal was still Shaoyin. As the son most valued by Xiong and also Xiong's successor, although everyone was treated equally and fought the same, Shaoyin didn't know how many soldiers were secretly protecting him.

Especially in a situation like this, once there was danger, the Sword and Shield Soldiers on both sides would immediately give up killing the enemy and instead use their Shields and their bodies to protect Shaoyin.

This was a form of preferential treatment, but Shaoyin didn't know it, and during a battle, who would pay attention to how many people were standing next to Shaoyin?