Chapter 1617: The Rabble

When Shennong heard this news, his first reaction was complete disbelief; he was only able to believe that Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe possessed a weapon with the power of Heavenly Thunder striking the earth because of his trust in Xingtian, as he did not believe such a terrifying weapon could exist in this world.

Now his own Soldier said they had built a wooden frame that could fling giant boulders away, which was pure fabrication and impossible; how could humans possibly create such a thing? It was impossible, unless they were gods and the object was given to them by gods; otherwise, how could they have made such a thing?

Shennong scolded the Soldier who delivered the news severely, and the Soldier felt extremely resentful because he was telling the truth, yet his own Tribal Chief did not believe him. Fortunately, Xingtian was there to persuade him, and since there were few Soldiers left, otherwise Shennong might truly have killed the Soldier with a Sword.

Xingtian had witnessed the methods of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe, so he felt it was very likely that such a thing was real, because Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe were simply too outrageous, and it was possible for them to create anything, so he suggested going to take a look with Shennong first.

Shennong trusted Xingtian immensely now, so he agreed to go out with Xingtian to take a look. Shennong walked down the hillside angrily, and halfway up the slope, he was pointed out by the Soldier to look at the tall, strange wooden frames set up at the foot of the mountain, being told that those were the things that had thrown the stones over.

Seeing this, Xingtian was already half-doubting and half-believing, but he still felt that perhaps Huaxia had used that thing to throw the Bomb over, because a Bomb could also produce such an effect.

So he asked those Soldiers: "Did you hear a very loud sound?"

The Soldiers all nodded: "Yes, we heard it, several 'Boom' sounds! Then we saw dust flying up there, and stones rolling down."

Hearing this, Xingtian felt in his heart that his guess was correct, because the kind of Weapon that could explode that he had seen was just like this, only the Soldiers here had never seen it, so they had misunderstood.

"Tribal Chief, it wasn't that they threw the stones over, it was that Heavenly Thunder of theirs, but Tribal Chief, look at the position where they threw it, it is right there, and it is still very far from us, so we don't need to be afraid of that thing of theirs.

Because when we fought before, they had to throw it by hand, and they couldn't throw it very far; now looking at this situation, it shows that the thing they built can only throw it that far, so as long as we don't go down, they have no way, and they cannot throw the Heavenly Thunder to us here."

At this moment, Shennong only liked to hear such news that was favorable to him, so he accepted and believed Xingtian's words without any thought, and at the same time, his heart felt much more settled; that is, as long as he didn't go down, wouldn't that be fine?

The number of Soldiers here was not large now, but with so many Slaves here, and since they couldn't see clearly, how could they dare to attack? The number of his own Soldiers was much greater than theirs!

With a settled heart, Shennong returned directly to his residence. In these few days, he could be said to be indulging in pleasure; fear and pleasure were not in conflict, and he was also afraid that once he lost, such days would no longer exist, and his head might end up in the large Sacrificial Tripod where the Xuanyuan Tribe or Huaxia sacrificed to the gods.

As for Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe, everything was now basically ready, and they could begin the attack. Xuanyuan had also sent people to search for positions continuously over these few days, and with Huaxia Soldiers following, they had drawn a rough map of the surrounding terrain.

Xuanyuan found several suitable breakthrough points on both sides of Changyang Mountain, which were relatively flat, allowing Soldiers to drive straight in, and their current position was not considered the front, but a position slightly to the side, but it did not matter.

Everyone discussed it, pooled their wisdom, and finally decided to divide the troops into three routes; Huaxia's Heavy Cavalry and Heavy Armored Infantry would break through the middle position, while the people of the Xuanyuan Tribe would break through from both sides, attacking from three directions together, which could also split their Soldiers apart, and the Cavalry would have more room to maneuver on the battlefield.

Now Baifeng first sent a team of Cavalry over to go up the mountain at close range, take a Telescope, and observe their military deployment situation well, as well as how they had come to have so many Soldiers.

This time, Hun was still leading the vanguard; he wanted Military Merit, so he had to perform well. This time he led a Large Team, twelve riders, holding short Weapons and bows, a standard Horse Archer configuration; of course, a Telescope was also indispensable.

Everyone rushed out from the camp with a clatter; such a movement naturally could not be hidden from the people of the Shennong Clan on the high ground, and they discovered this small group of troops at the first moment.

The Soldiers of the Xingtian Tribe were quite familiar with such situations, and they recognized at a glance that it was Huaxia's Cavalry, each one facing a great enemy, and they told the surrounding Shennong Clan Soldiers to be prepared, but the other Soldiers did not care about this; it was not the main force of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe that came, and seeing only ten or so people, let alone attacking them, they probably wouldn't even dare to come nearby, so what was there to be afraid of?

Two Xingtian Tribe Soldiers immediately went to notify Xingtian; they had to notify him, as it looked like Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe were about to start a probing attack, and a full-scale attack might follow.

The most important point was that these Cavalry could come over and observe them at close range, so the fact that they were using Slaves to make up the numbers could not be hidden, so they had to notify the Tribal Chief immediately.

The mountain terrain was gentle, just relatively long, so the Cavalry had no pressure at all when running, and they quickly reached the mountainside, then everyone dispersed; if they could fight, they would kill a few, and if there was no opportunity, they would prioritize safety, and retreat when they should, as their mission was to scout the situation.

The sound of horse hooves went 'clatter, clatter, clatter'; the people of the Shennong Clan were confused, as they did not expect these people to actually dare to come, being so bold. Hun stopped first, then picked up the Telescope to look, and at this look, he couldn't help but laugh; it turned out that more than half of the people within sight looked like Slaves, thin and weak, and what they held in their hands were all polished wooden sticks and the like, which could be said to have no combat effectiveness at all.

Only about one-third of the people could be called Soldiers, and the Weapons in their hands were not bad either; it seemed they must be the elite of the Shennong Clan, and also their last remaining assets. Anyway, from their internal perspective, the gap was quite large, and it could be seen that this was a team pieced together with all their might, and they probably couldn't even exert half of their numbers in combat effectiveness.