Chapter 409: The Navy's First Battle

After hearing Baifeng's order, Lu did not ask any more questions, but instead stared at the river surface with full concentration. Baifeng could also feel the tension of the soldiers around him, because there were only over a thousand people on the city wall they were currently on, while the others were all below the wall, ready to rush up to replace them at any time. At the city gate, a team of thousands was also assembled, just waiting to leave the city for close-quarters combat, along with other teams operating the catapults. However, what they were facing was an enemy force of thirty thousand.

The first batch of Suiren clan Soldiers successfully landed, though there were only over two hundred of them. After going ashore, they stopped in place and did not act rashly, but were instead waiting for the troops behind them.

Those poling the Bamboo Rafts, after delivering the troops, returned again to pick up more people.

Not until over two thousand people had gathered on the bank, and dozens of Bamboo Rafts were about to set off from the opposite bank simultaneously, did Baifeng feel the time had come. He then requested that Lu send the carrier pigeons now, ordering the Navy to move out and carry out a destructive strike on these thousand-plus people who were about to reach the shore.

With the order given, several pigeons fluttered away. In less than a minute, the carrier pigeons reached the Navy commanded by Zisheng. After quickly opening the letter tube and confirming it was an order to attack, he immediately had the first Large Ship weigh anchor. Because they were moving with the wind and the current, the ship traveled very fast, but they were also afraid that they would be too late and cause the attack to fail.

Fortunately, it was very strenuous for the Bamboo Rafts to cross the river. With such a wide river surface, their poling techniques were also extremely unskilled, so it took the Suiren clan nearly ten minutes to cross.

Just as those dozens of Suiren clan Bamboo Rafts were almost covering the river surface and were about to reach the bank, they discovered in terror that a Giant Ship had actually appeared upstream, and the ship was packed with people.

If they had ships of similar size, they would have nothing to fear at all, but the Bamboo Rafts they were sitting on could only float on the water; they were wobbly, and their bottoms were all wet. As for their swimming ability, it was not very good either. Now, seeing such a behemoth rushing toward them, many people panicked, fled the Bamboo Rafts, and jumped into the water.

Baoxi, who was commanding on the shore, saw this scene and cursed in anger, but the people on the rafts turned a deaf ear, panicked and at a loss for what to do.

When they were not too far from the Suiren clan's raft group, the people on the ship began to throw a strange object. The object was not large, but when it reached the heads of the Suiren clan, it would explode like thunder, and then the fragments inside would leave a group of people mangled. Even those further away would feel their ears buzzing.

After more than a dozen explosions in a row, that area by the river was shrouded in smoke, and nothing could be seen clearly. Baoxi was so shocked he couldn't speak; he really couldn't understand the reason for this, and he didn't believe Baifeng could control Heavenly Thunder.

The smoke quickly dissipated, and there were almost no people left on the rafts; most had hidden in the water or were already dead.

But once the Navy saw this, they knew the power of these Bombs was still not quite enough, the lethality was somewhat low, and a considerable portion of the enemies were still alive.

However, they were not panicked at all. As the ship moved into the raft group, the bow of the ship collided with the rafts, but it did not capsize them; instead, their ship's movement slowed down somewhat.

Consequently, they took advantage of this moment to start taking out bows and Crossbows one by one, conducting precision strikes against anyone who popped their head up.

They were not an elite unit for shooting; to avoid waste, they used Stone Arrowheads. It was just that they used agate and similar materials, which were harder and, after a little polishing, became exceptionally sharp arrowheads. When facing these enemies without Armor, the power was still immense. Only those elite archers would use Iron arrowheads.

Bundles of Arrows were piled on the deck; they didn't have to worry about running out at all. They just picked them up and shot, shooting until their arms were sore and they couldn't pull the bows.

There were also Giant Crossbows on the ship. Several people operated them together, loaded them with Giant Arrows that looked like Spears, and fired them at the dense positions of the enemy, which could result in a string of "candied haws."

Before long, that stretch of water was dyed red. The Navy, because their arms were exhausted, no longer had the ability to attack. They only had a few Bombs left for emergencies, which were not for the current situation, so they stopped attacking and let the ship slowly push aside the Bamboo Rafts and head downstream.

The Suiren clan Soldiers on both banks were badly frightened. They had never imagined that a war could take place on the water, and that it would be this kind of one-sided, slaughter-like affair.

Those who had already gone ashore were glad they had left early, and those who hadn't set off yet were glad too, but there was more fear, because they had no way of knowing if they would be slaughtered like this again the next time they got on a raft.

Baoxi gritted his teeth in anger, but could do nothing. After a moment of silence, he said sternly: "Let those who have already gone ashore attack for me! I don't believe they can beat me on land! The rest of you, continue to cross the river for me. They, the Huaxia, only have that one ship. Now that they are going downstream, it won't be that easy for them to row back up."

Hearing the Tribal Chief give the order, after the commander issued the movement instructions, the Soldiers on the opposite bank hesitated slightly, then began to trot forward to attack. However, they also didn't know how to attack the Huaxia; climb the wall? That was impossible.

The Soldiers on this side, after the order came out, also had to set off, but there were only a few rafts on the bank. They only had those few lonely people who got on the rafts, and a large part of them were going to pole back the rafts that were floating in the river.

Those thousand-plus people walked along the hardened Cement Road, but this hard ground made them feel very uneasy in their hearts, always feeling that something was wrong.

Fortunately, at the end of the road, they saw a wooden gate, which made them heave a sigh of relief. If there was a gate, it was easy to talk; there was no need to climb the wall. They just needed to attack and break the gate. It was just a wooden gate, a matter of a fire. Even without fire, with so many of them, they could push it open by force.

But before they could be happy, a "Fire!" suddenly came from the city wall in front of them.

They all looked up, but immediately heard a creaking sound, followed by the sound of something breaking through the air, and then, giant stones appeared above their heads.