Chapter 1570: Ceaseless Counterattack

"Go back and tell the King first, and see how the King plans to counterattack."

After Shaoyin learned that Xingtian had personally gone into battle, he was also speechless; their high morale was indeed justified—if a Tribal Chief was willing to lead the charge, which tribesman would not be willing to accompany their Tribal Chief?

But it was impossible to let their own King charge into battle; although the King was also a powerful Soldier, the King was now old, and could no longer do such dangerous things—the King only needed to exercise his wisdom.

When the news reached Baifeng and Xuanyuan, both of them felt terrible in an instant, and Baifeng even cursed directly: "Damn it, they're actually playing at sneak attacks too! No, this grudge must be avenged!"

"Xuanyuan, what do you think?"

The losses of the Xuanyuan Tribe were much greater than those of Huaxia, and calculating the results, the two tribes were at a loss; because the casualties on the Xuanyuan Tribe side were a bit high, this was a small defeat. The first conflict had resulted in such a failed outcome, which was not only a blow to the two men's moods, but also a significant hit to the morale of all the Soldiers of both tribes.

When had their two tribes ever suffered such a setback? This must be retaliated against; since Xingtian liked surprise raids and rapid attacks so much, then let him see what a real rapid attack was, and what speed really was!

"Baifeng, we must strike back. I can gather the Soldiers now and prepare to charge them. They just finished a run like that, so most of them should be at their most exhausted right now. Going over now is just right; most of our Soldiers are still full of energy."

Baifeng immediately had a plan in his mind: "How about this: I will send two teams of Cavalry to use Bombs to attack them, then lure them over, and set up an ambush with heavy troops in the back to deal a heavy blow to the enemies lured out. What do you think?"

"I have no problem with that; I will mobilize the troops now!"

"Good, but this time there must be more people. It is close to their camp, and it is easy to be overwhelmed by their numerical advantage. I will send some more Soldiers on my side, and bring more Bombs; the attack will still be primarily with Bombs."

The two quickly reached a consensus and carried out the deployment of troops, arranging everything.

Baifeng said he was sending a team of Cavalry, but for the sake of safety, he still sent two teams of six people. They did not carry too many Weapons—one Changdao each, and the rest were all Bombs. However, throwing Bombs while on horseback was not easy, so they could only throw a small amount to lure the enemy, and use the rest to attack the pursuers.

With the lesson from last time, Xingtian would likely think that only these few horses had come to harass them this time, relying on the advantage of speed. But as long as he took the bait, there would be suffering waiting for him in the back. Unfortunately, the terrain here was flat, and it was really impossible to ambush many people; they could only fight a quick long-range consumption battle and then retreat. After all, if the enemy saw such a large disparity in numbers, they certainly wouldn't rashly come over to throw their lives away.

The Cavalry also had to be responsible for the reconnaissance task ahead; he could arrange for hidden sentries to patrol, and it wasn't as if Xingtian wouldn't do the same, so all kinds of preparations had to be made.

While Huaxia and Xuanyuan were quickly mobilizing their teams, packing their equipment, and advancing, Xingtian had also just returned to his camp, covered in sweat. As soon as he returned, he announced the news of the great victory to his tribesmen; the blood on each of their bodies was proof, and they had also captured some Weapons. Xingtian had wanted to strip off a couple of those Iron Armors from Huaxia, but he hadn't had the opportunity in the situation at the time, so he could only retreat first. The Soldiers had quickly grabbed some Weapons, so it counted as not having made the trip in vain.

Of course, many people also discovered that their friends were not coming back. They could only sigh with regret in their hearts; there was sadness, but not much. They were already accustomed to life and death. As long as there was war, they were either killing people or on the way to being killed; this bit of psychological preparation had to be made.

As for stable hunting and survival, it seemed a bit luxurious for the current Xingtian Tribe. Their lives used to be so stable, but now they had become so chaotic, irritable, and restless. Did they not have resentment in their hearts toward Shennong? Of course they did, but their own Tribal Chief was good enough to them, so the two balanced out, and they didn't think about it so much anymore.

Xingtian handed his Weapon to a Soldier to put away, then tore off his blood-stained clothes, threw them aside, and then jumped directly into the Boshui, playing happily.

The other Soldiers also imitated their Tribal Chief's actions, taking off their clothes one after another and entering the water to wash off the blood and sweat-mud. Fortunately, the edge of the Boshui was not that deep; otherwise, with so many people, if someone's leg cramped and they drowned, no one would have noticed.

The person in charge of logistics also immediately arranged food for those who had returned from battle. The Xingtian Tribe did not have the conditions for three meals a day, and it was even more impossible for everyone to be able to eat every day; this was a limitation of conditions.

But after returning from an expedition like this, it was necessary to arrange a meal to reward them, so that all the Soldiers who had fought tooth and nail could feel satisfied and be able to continue fighting bravely in the future.

Hun could not go to the battlefield this time because he and his horse had just performed a mission. Although they still had strength left, for the sake of safety, he certainly could not be allowed to take action again. The Cavalry had to be used as a surprise force, a trump card, and could not be treated as a consumable to be sent out for everything.

Therefore, the person leading the team this time was someone else. They had already listened to the combat experience Hun brought back, so they were even more confident this time and knew what to do. Hun also described the general encampment situation of the Xingtian Tribe to them through drawings and descriptions, letting them know where it was most appropriate to attack.

Initially, they were to advance in step with the main force. When the ambush team led by Lu reached a suitable distance, the two Cavalry teams quickly broke away from the main team and moved forward rapidly, carrying Bombs in preparation for a surprise attack.

Xingtian was already eating, gnawing on big bones and big pieces of meat, feeling very comfortable. Having fought a victorious battle, Xingtian also considered himself to have roughly figured out the situation of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe. Except for those strange, extremely fast, rideable beasts of Huaxia, everything else had been scouted out.

In the next few days, they only needed to continue rapid harassment like this to consume their combat power, and then press all their strength forward to wipe out this tribe in one fell swoop, so that they could never be so arrogant again.

"Beasts are coming! Beasts are coming!"

Terrified shouts from tribesmen came from the tribe again. Xingtian quickly put down the food in his hand, stood up to look, and discovered that there were a few more people riding beasts coming to their camp.