Chapter 1604: Abandoning Grain to Save Lives

Shaoyin led the Soldiers in frantically stabbing at the water's surface, determined to poke down those Xingtian Tribe Soldiers trying to climb up, because they knew that what was loaded on the raft was the food they had seized, so these Xingtian Tribe Soldiers were truly fearless of death, after all, they knew that without this food, they would also die.

Because there were too many people and the raft's speed was too slow, before long, one side of their raft was about to be surrounded, the frantic stabbing could barely hold out anymore, and someone had already climbed onto their raft; although they were immediately stabbed to death and pushed off, as long as there was one, there would be more.

Furthermore, the Xingtian Tribe Soldiers who rushed up did not have the first reaction of grabbing food, but rather pulling the Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe Soldiers down into the water; Shaoyin almost fell for it.

Seeing that the situation was about to become irreversible, if they were left behind here, their life and death would surely be uncertain, so Shaoyin made a prompt decision and shouted loudly: "Throw the food! Throw their food away!"

Shaoyin's words stirred up a thousand layers of waves, especially for the Xingtian Tribe people; once they heard this, their offensive of crowding upward was not as fierce, after all, they were holding Weapons and treading water, which was truly quite difficult; trapping Shaoyin and the others was entirely due to their fearlessness of death combined with human-wave tactics, but if Shaoyin had been able to board a Huaxia Boat and had some Weapon equipment, there would be no need to worry about this situation at all.

After Shaoyin gave the order, everyone began to throw the food on the raft forcefully into the distance; those Xingtian Tribe people were no longer in a hurry to get on the raft, but instead rushed to pick up the food, for if it sank into the water, it would be a complete disaster.

Shaoyin stabbed a Xingtian Tribe Soldier who wanted to pull him with a spear, retreated a little, walked backward on the violently shaking raft, and shouted loudly: "Tear the bags open and throw them, tear them open before throwing!"

The Soldiers immediately understood what Shaoyin meant, used a Knife to poke several large holes in the food bags, and then threw them out; the grain scattered onto the water surface with a splash, and the Xingtian Tribe Soldiers anxiously used their hands to collect and scoop it up; those who scooped it up had nowhere to put it, so they stuffed it into their mouths.

After throwing nearly half of it, the Xingtian Tribe people were further and further away from the raft, all busy picking up the discarded food.

Shaoyin hurriedly said: "Stop throwing, stop throwing! Hurry, go, hurry, go!"

The raft was paddled again, this time everyone paddled with all their might, and the raft's forward speed began to increase; by the time the chaotic Xingtian Tribe Soldiers reacted, it was already too late, because the raft had already gone far away, and they were truly too exhausted to swim, so they had to take the food they had picked up—which was already soaked in water and not large in quantity—back to the shore; some people even spat some out from their own mouths, these were all things they did only because they had no other choice.

Seeing that there were no more pursuers, Shaoyin and the others finally felt relieved and let out a long sigh; Yinglong had taken away many Soldiers, causing their numbers here to be too few, making it truly difficult to deal with the siege.

If it weren't for Shaoyin's quick reaction, they might have really had to abandon the Boat and flee, returning the food to the Xingtian Tribe, and there were even many Bombs on it; in that situation, using Bombs would have easily capsized themselves, so it could be said they were completely out of options.

Just now they had also lost quite a few Soldiers, and many people were pulled into the water, but given the situation at the time, the Xingtian Tribe people could no longer distinguish who was who, and might have even drowned their own people.

Those Soldiers who were pulled into the water, if they were lucky, might be able to dive and swim further away to avoid the Xingtian Tribe people and survive, but this probability was too small.

Those of them who were alive were quite lucky, had performed a great service, and successfully escaped and survived; Shaoyin guessed that this time, the Xingtian Tribe should have been beaten enough, and they would likely find it difficult to continue guarding here; if they did not return to the Shennong Clan, their food supply would be completely cut off, and even if they came to snatch food from the Huaxia and Xuanyuan Tribe, they would not be able to out-snatch them; the current gap in strength was quite obvious.

Shaoyin was exhausted, lying on the raft, looking at the moon in the distance; this time, he had truly proven himself; he had relied on his own ability to obtain the Military Merit he wanted, and Wang Ye would surely give him the corresponding reward and status; from now on, no one would ever say that he relied on his father's power to achieve his current accomplishments; everything he had was fought for by himself.

From now on, he was a tiger cub of a military family, and he had not let down the name Baifeng had given him; Shaoyin, a little tiger, had now become a big tiger with sharp teeth and claws.

On the raft, there was still a small amount of food left, not all thrown away at once, and they could still bring some back to Huaxia.

Just as they were drifting slowly, waiting to return to Huaxia, there was a figure in the water behind them splashing about, and still shouting something.

After hearing it, Shaoyin looked intently, but could not see clearly, so he told everyone not to paddle for a moment; after a while, the distance between the two sides closed, and Shaoyin also heard what he was shouting.

"Wait! Wait! Help!"

Shaoyin hurriedly shouted: "Rope! Throw the rope out!"

Several people hurriedly cut the Grass rope used to tie stones on the raft, tied several strands together to make it long enough, and then tied a slipknot at one end; a Xuanyuan Tribe Soldier swung it around a few times and threw it out, the distance being about right for that person.

The person in the water swam hard a few times, grabbed the rope, and then the people on the raft began to pull back; as soon as the slipknot tightened under tension, the rope was tied to that person's arm.

The speed of pulling back was very fast, and when they got close, they discovered that he was still pulling something behind him, as if a person was lying on something.

Shaoyin hurriedly directed them to fish the two up; the one who had been swimming was a Xuanyuan Tribe Soldier, who was completely exhausted and lay down as soon as he got on the raft, gasping for air, while the one he was pulling behind him was actually a Huaxia Soldier, but he looked like he was no longer alive, being pulled by him while lying on a large piece of wood, limbs facing down, so he did not fall off; the wood was also a lucky find, its shape was special, so even though a person was lying on it, it did not flip over due to the weight, but remained steady instead.

That large piece of wood looked like it had been chopped down by the Xingtian Tribe to be used as firewood, but it was quite thick and quite long; one piece thrown into a fire could burn for half the night.

After fishing the two up, Shaoyin immediately began first aid; the Xuanyuan Tribe person seemed to have choked on quite a bit of water, so he had him lie down, and another person hugged and squeezed his stomach to force the water out.

Shaoyin also recognized the Huaxia Soldier; he was his subordinate, and although he looked like he had no breath, he still had to be saved; the Xuanyuan Tribe Soldier even said: "Hurry and save him, he was still alive just now; he still had breath when I was pulling him."