Chapter 1601: Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao

Because after hearing two waves of explosions, no more sounds were heard, Baifeng felt anxious in his heart. Judging by the density of the explosions, Baifeng believed that only half of the bombs brought had been used, and then there was silence; he was more inclined to believe it was a close-quarters engagement, where there was no time to use the bombs.

After more than ten minutes, the somewhat anxious Baifeng went to find Fenghou: "Fenghou, quickly perform divination for me to see if your Tribal Chief needs reinforcements now."

Fenghou was very confident in his divination from earlier in the day; he felt that the Tribal Chief must be in a superior position now, but for the sake of caution, he followed Baifeng's words and quickly cast a hexagram, then let out a sigh of relief: "King of Huaxia, it is better if our Tribal Chief has support, but even without it, it is fine. As can be seen in the hexagram, we hold a great advantage, and the situation will soon change drastically; we can force Xingtian away from this place tonight!"

Baifeng did not delay for a second: "Fourth Battalion!"

"King! I am here!"

"Take your entire battalion and go support Xuanyuan and the others!"

The Fourth Battalion Commander was somewhat uneasy: "King, if we leave, we will be taking half of the troops here; what about the camp and your safety?"

Baifeng was very resolute: "Do not be afraid. Right now, Xingtian's main force is being pinned down by Xuanyuan. As long as Shaoyin is not stupid, he knows how to play 'Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao'; he will definitely go to attack the Xingtian tribe's camp, so they do not have enough troops to attack here. They also do not have the ability to bring thousands of people to my rear silently. Even if they come, they will be small, scattered groups, so there is no need to fear. Go quickly to provide support!"

The Fourth Battalion Commander had no choice but to accept the order, but he had just heard the phrase "Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao." He had never heard it before, nor did he know what it meant, but he vaguely felt in his heart that this was a special lesson the King had given Shaoyin, a military strategy taught in secret.

However, there was no time for him to overthink it. He immediately pulled up his entire Fourth Battalion, finished assembly in five minutes, gave the target in a thirty-second briefing, and then began a forced march forward.

The clouds dispersed, and the field of vision gradually became clear. The firelight on the opposite bank could be seen with exceptional clarity. Shaoyin and the others knew that they had arrived at the Xingtian tribe's camp, so they accelerated their speed again and prepared the bombs and such.

Now their figures could certainly no longer be hidden, because as long as the people of the Xingtian tribe looked into the river, it was impossible for them not to see so many people.

Sure enough, before they had completely approached, the Xingtian tribe had already begun to clamor: "There are people in the water! There are people in the water!"

The Xingtian tribe was in a state of chaos. At this time, there were not many Soldiers left in the Xingtian tribe, and there was not even a qualified Leader, so they had no idea what they should do. The final situation was that by the time Shaoyin and the others arrived, the entire Boshui bank was already full of people, looking more like they were there to watch a show.

"Prepare to throw bombs!"

Shaoyin gave the order. At this time, everyone had already thrown the large stones tied with ropes off the rafts to act as anchors, so there was no need to continue rowing, and they did not have to fear the rafts drifting away.

"Light the Torches!"

Torches were raised one after another on the boats, illuminating the figures of all of them. Exclamations came from the bank; perhaps they had not expected so many people to come here. They had heard the explosions in the distance and knew that the Tribal Chief and the others were already fighting, but they had never expected that someone would come here to raid their home.

"Light the bombs! Throw!"

After the Explosive Packs were lit one by one, they were thrown with force. They landed on the bank and rolled a few times. The people of the Xingtian tribe, who already knew that Huaxia would throw bombs, were all scared into screaming and running away in an instant. There was not a single person left watching on the bank.

However, the bombs exploded one after another, and the entire Xingtian tribe's camp began to shatter. In the firelight, one could see some severed limbs and arms blown into the air, and earth and stones flew into the water, splashing ripples in circles.

Yinglong watched this situation and felt inexplicably afraid and distressed, because there were almost no Soldiers on this bank; most of them were their tribespeople. Because he heard screams—screams made by women—this form of complete slaughter made Yinglong feel uneasy in his heart.

Shaoyin was actually also somewhat uneasy in his heart. If what he saw were Xingtian tribe Soldiers holding Weapons and preparing to enter the water to attack them, he would not have any fluctuations in his heart. But here, what he saw were almost all women, and the few men were also thin, old, and weak, with no combat capability.

After one round of bombs, the Xingtian tribe was already as chaotic as it could be, and the Soldiers' second round of bombs had already been taken out, waiting for Shaoyin's order.

After thinking for a moment, Shaoyin said: "Do not throw too far this time; just throw them onto the bank."

"Huh?"

Although some confusion was expressed, they could only follow the order. The bombs were thrown onto the bank and exploded one after another, but they did not hurt anyone; instead, earth and stones flew back to their rafts.

Shaoyin's original intention was just to create a commotion here to force Xingtian to return, but there was really no need to slaughter women and children. If they conquered the Xingtian tribe today, these women would also be their property, not to mention that these people posed no threat to them at all.

"Stop! Do not throw any more bombs, use Fire Arrows!"

After another volley of Fire Arrows, the Xingtian tribe's camp gradually began to produce more thick smoke and firelight. Although it could not burn many people, it could force their people away and destroy their camp.

"Prepare to cross the river and seize their food!"

Everyone felt that this order from Shaoyin was wise and normal. If they were not going to kill the women, then they would seize their food. Their original intention was to come here to kill the remaining Soldiers of the Xingtian tribe, but since they did not see any Soldiers, they would just seize their food, so that when Xingtian returned, he would be cut off from supplies. They would have no choice but to either surrender or retreat.

Thus, the stones were pulled up again, and the rafts were brought to the bank. After docking, some Soldiers remained on the rafts, while Shaoyin and Yinglong led men ashore. They ignored those who had no Weapons in their hands, but anyone seen trying to resist or fight back was shown no mercy.

Shaoyin grabbed a man who looked relatively sturdy and held a Knife to his neck to interrogate him: "Where do you keep your food?"

The man had already been scared into peeing himself; his hands were trembling as he pointed in a direction, and he could not even speak.

Shaoyin did not kill him; he threw him to the ground and then ran quickly in the direction he pointed.