Chapter 398: Pursuit

The Soldier no longer hesitated, raised the Changdao again, and then cleanly hacked down. His body was sprayed full of fresh blood. For the Huaxia Soldiers, it felt very uncomfortable, but in Lanzai's view, this was a great insult to them.

Lanzai very angrily snatched a spear from the hand of a Soldier at his side, and then threw it with all his might. The spear flew across the riverside and stuck in front of the Huaxia Soldier.

This kind of high-powered Weapon also gave the Huaxia Soldiers a shock; after all, even if they were wearing Iron Armor, it would not be comfortable to take such a hit, and if they were not wearing armor, they would definitely be pierced through.

Moreover, they saw that the people of the Suiren Clan actually had Spear Throwers. The Spear Thrower was not exclusive to Huaxia in this era; it was just that the Bear Tribe was too barbaric and backward before, so they did not know about this thing. In fact, the Spear Thrower was very common among large tribes.

Seeing that the situation was not very safe now, everyone planned to retreat first, but before leaving, they still had to add some fuel to the fire. They swung the heads they were holding in their hands with force, but they all fell into the river.

One reason was that they could not exert their strength, and the second was that they had never intended to really throw them to the opposite bank. Letting the heads fall into the river was much better than throwing them to Lanzai to vent his anger. The last torso was also kicked hard by several people, and then it rolled into the river.

Lanzai had reached the verge of an outburst, so he picked up a spear again to throw it and ordered all the Soldiers beside him to attack. One spear after another flew over in succession. The Huaxia Soldiers immediately retreated toward the forest and hid behind the trees, so the spears could not cause them any harm.

Hearing Lanzai's incompetent roar, but still not sending Soldiers over to hunt them down, the Soldiers appeared again and drew their bows to shoot at Lanzai's position. It didn't matter if they didn't hit; if they did, it was an unexpected joy. After all, the distance was still relatively far, and they were not expert archers; they didn't have that kind of accuracy.

Dozens of Arrows flew out together, instantly hitting more than a dozen Suiren Clan Soldiers. Lanzai was not hit, but he was also badly frightened.

Seeing that he was commanding an army of ten thousand people, yet he was actually toyed with by such a small number of Huaxia people, he was extremely angry and immediately wanted the Soldiers to cross the river to pursue them.

But just as he gave the order, he was stopped by the Leader of another team who had arrived. Although the two of them were equal in status, in such a major matter, no one could give an order on their own, let alone the fact that their Tribal Chief had not yet arrived.

Lanzai looked at the expressionless Gongxia and asked angrily, "Are we just going to watch them run away like this? If we catch up to them now, we can still force them to reveal the location of the Huaxia Tribe. They only have this many people; it is impossible for them to escape."

Gongxia was also quite angry, but the insult just now was not directed at him, so he could still think calmly. He pacified Lanzai, saying, "Across from us is the territory of Huaxia. Now we are very clear that Huaxia definitely knows our plan to attack, so the previous methods of surprise attacks can no longer be used. Whether we attack after the Tribal Chief arrives or attack now, the difference is not too great."

"However, the Tribal Chief did not give us this authority. Furthermore, how do you know that in that forest, there are only those people who were revealed? Perhaps all the Huaxia Soldiers are waiting in the forest for you to rush over in a hurry."

Lanzai's clenched fist loosened, and he sighed, "But we cannot just let them, Huaxia, humiliate us once and then escape. This is also a good opportunity to scout Huaxia."

Gongxia's eyes were fixed on the more than one thousand villagers, men, women, old, and young, who were trapped on the riverbank. He did not speak, but after Lanzai followed his gaze and took a look, he immediately understood what Gongxia meant.

Lanzai did not hesitate any longer and immediately issued an order: "Prepare wood! Let those people cross the river for me, attack Huaxia, and act as the vanguard!"

All the villagers were extremely shocked. The older ones felt that it didn't matter for them, and some men were originally going to be conscripted as Soldiers to go to the battlefield. But now, not only were they the first wave of the charge, but there were also many children and women among them, and they had no Weapons in their hands. Wasn't this just sending them to their deaths? They were also tribesmen of the Suiren Clan; why be so vicious?

But before they could express any dissatisfaction, the Soldiers holding Weapons around them had already begun to execute the order. Thick logs were dragged to the riverbank, just waiting for them to hold these logs and go into the river.

Looking back at the expressions of those fellow tribesmen Soldiers, some were gloating, some were glad it wasn't them, some were pitying, but more were expressionless and indifferent. Because for them, they were very likely to be the next wave; their own life and death were unknown, so how could they consider others?

The villagers had no choice but to hold the logs one after another. Among them were some children and infants, who could only be held in one arm by the men. As long as they could successfully cross the river, they would have hope of survival.

Because these people, every single one of them, were traitors who had communicated with Huaxia. Although their Village chiefs had all been killed by Huaxia, they felt that as long as they went to defect, there should be no danger. After all, they had no intention of attacking Huaxia.

The river water was not rapid, but it was icy cold. After entering the water, everyone frantically paddled their arms, swimming toward the opposite bank. However, along the way, several people had their hands slip, or two teams collided, and their hands let go of the logs.

They could only use their not-so-good swimming skills to frantically paddle their arms and struggle to survive. As for the few who could not swim, after bobbing up and down in the water a few times, they were nowhere to be seen.

The remaining people climbed to the bank and gasped for air. From the opposite bank came shouts again: "Don't wait! Hurry up and pursue! You thousand-plus people, you could crush such a small number of enemies just by pressing down on them! Hurry up and pursue!"

The villagers knew that they had roughly escaped control and wanted to resist and stop caring about the Suiren Clan, but once Lanzai's shouting came, they actually felt some fear from the bottom of their hearts and involuntarily stood up again and began to walk forward.

Lanzai looked at these people and felt they were unreliable, so he turned his head and asked Gongxia in a low voice, "These people, I'm afraid they won't do, right? They weren't even given weapons; no matter how many people there are, it's useless. You also saw that Huaxia's weapons kill people even more easily than cutting grass."

Gongxia gave a sinister smile and said, "Of course I didn't plan on relying on those people to act as the vanguard; they are just there to scout the path. You now send out another team of soldiers to follow them from a distance behind. As long as Huaxia has an ambush, those people will definitely be killed completely, and won't we be safe then?"

"And another thing, as long as we block them from behind, those people won't dare to turn back and run away. As soon as they run, let the Soldiers take action."