Chapter 412: Opening the City Gate

Huangpin and the others did not act rashly either, because the opposite bank had not sent them any orders to continue the attack. Now that they only had this few people left, rushing over again would absolutely be a death sentence, so they were waiting for more Soldiers to cross the river to see if there was any hope.

Baifeng did not let the Navy attack the enemies crossing the river either. Baoxi was already extremely cautious now. With only a hundred or so Soldiers crossing the river at once, Baifeng was unwilling to deploy the Navy for such a small number of enemies; it was not worth it.

Not until their Soldiers gradually gathered to nearly two thousand people did they have the intention to continue the attack, but the Soldiers crossing the river still did not stop.

The current Huangpin, mixed among so many Soldiers, had no say at all because they were all ordinary Soldiers and no Leader had come over. All orders were being relayed from the opposite bank, but Huangpin still tried to voice his thoughts, telling everyone to spread out as much as possible. If they could rush to the city gate this time, it would be a success; at the very least, they had to figure out whether the city gate was truly, as he had thought, impossible to break through with manpower.

Fortunately, these newly arrived Soldiers had all seen the battle just now, so even if they didn't pay attention to Huangpin out loud, they had already made up their minds in their hearts that they would definitely spread out.

They looked toward the opposite bank, waiting for the Tribal Chief to give the order. After a short while, once another batch of Soldiers had landed, Baoxi issued the order to attack. Everyone stopped waiting, began to spread out, and then charged forward with all their might.

However, except for the Cement Road in the center, there were high tree stumps everywhere else, forcing everyone to detour, but focusing on their feet made it easy to ignore what was overhead.

Baifeng used the same trick again, starting with two rounds of stone throwing. Because the density of the enemy this time was higher than the last, the attack had some results, but more enemies were still constantly closing in.

Now the Huaxia Soldiers were not panicking much; instead, they were somewhat excited. They had all prepared their stances, waiting for the one-sided slaughter.

Arrows flew downward incessantly, and people kept falling beside him. Huangpin knew there was no avoiding it, so he charged headlong toward the city gate. There were many people like him beside him, using all their might to sprint. In their view, as long as they ran fast enough, the arrows could not hit them.

Precisely because of this, the number of Huaxia Soldiers was still insufficient. The continuous shooting still allowed several hundred people to hide at the city gate. Because it was a city tunnel and their arrows could not turn corners to shoot inside, they had to stop shooting and look at Baifeng, waiting for the next order.

Baifeng smiled and said, "The Soldiers at the city gate must be waiting anxiously. Now prepare to open the city gate and let them rush in for once to have their fill of fun."

Lu hurriedly relayed the order to the Soldiers lined up below the city. At the very front of the formation, Chi, who was riding a sturdy Armored Ox, laughed a few times after hearing the order, then turned to all the Soldiers and said, "Did you hear that, warriors? It's our turn to strike!"

The troop shouted in unison, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sound was deafening. The people panicking and gasping for air inside the city tunnel felt a chill rush straight to their heads upon hearing this shout from within. Huangpin felt something was wrong, but he dared not go out because poking his head out meant a rain of arrows.

Just as they were thinking about what to do, the gate in front of them suddenly emitted a creaking, dull sound. After two loud bangs, the city gate suddenly opened slowly inward, accompanied by the sound of wood rubbing.

Everyone thought their chance had arrived, so they hurriedly gripped their Weapons tightly, preparing to charge into the city.

When the gate opened to a width wide enough for people to enter, the Soldiers in front suddenly shouted and charged inside. Huangpin felt things were not that simple, so he held his Weapon and stood motionless on the spot, observing the movement inside.

In an instant, over a dozen people rushed in, but their shouts of battle immediately turned into screams of terror. Then they scrambled to run back out, not stopping even when they reached their original positions, continuing to rush outward, no longer afraid of the arrows.

But as soon as they rushed out, they were pinned to the ground by a dense rain of arrows.

Huangpin did not know where to look now, but as the city gate opened wider and wider, his gaze turned to the city gate, wanting to see what exactly was inside that could make those people run out regardless of anything else.

He now judged that they could not possibly push this city gate open, because so much time had already passed since it first made a sound.

As the gate opened completely, the scene inside was clear at a glance. There were no panicked people or crooked shacks as Huangpin had imagined, but a glittering army.

He did not know why people would glow, but he saw the light clusters moving, and then, moving faster and faster. At this moment, he realized that those people were actually wearing Iron on their bodies, and the ones leading were actually a Platoon of Soldiers riding oxen; even the oxen were wearing Iron. The glowing was just the sunlight reflected by the Iron. Once they entered the tunnel, there was no sunlight reflecting, so everything could be seen clearly.

Huangpin knew why those people had fled. Now his own legs were a bit weak, but he knew deeply that if he didn't run, he would die; if he ran, with good luck, there was still a possibility of survival.

So he started running without caring about anything else. A person beside him had only run two steps when his legs trembled and he fell down. He wanted to crawl but couldn't get up, crying as he grabbed Huangpin's leg, but Huangpin could not care about such things now, so he used his Spear to stab the man's arm, forcing him to let go, and then, not even wanting the Spear anymore, he just ran for his life.

However, unexpectedly, no arrows were shot down. He didn't even have time to think about why, only knowing to flee for his life. Later, when he survived, he realized in retrospect that it must have been because Huaxia was afraid of accidentally hurting their own people.

Huangpin was positioned toward the front and ran fast, but he could also hear the footsteps of the pursuit behind him, the wails of his own tribesmen, and even the sounds of the oxen.

He ran on the wide road, but could not help looking back, discovering that there were not many, only the Soldiers riding oxen in the front, while the rest were running on foot.

He saw the wooden stakes on both sides and instantly thought of a way, so he ran toward one side, leaving the Cement Road. The oxen could not run fast in places filled with wooden stakes, and for safety, the riders would not drive the oxen there either.

But those Soldiers not riding oxen, although they could ignore the terrain, could not ignore their heavy Iron Armor. After a burst of sprinting, they gradually could not keep up with the enemies, though they still did not stop chasing.

Huangpin and those running in front gradually opened up a distance from the Huaxia Soldiers, and only then did he have a feeling of having escaped death. He did not stop until he reached the riverbank.

Some Soldiers jumped into the river in a panic and started swimming, but Huangpin just stood where he was, because he knew that these Huaxia Soldiers would absolutely not enter the water. A Spear fitted with stones would sink in the water, let alone these people wearing Iron; going into the water was just asking for death.

It was indeed as Huangpin had expected. Even at a place far from the riverbank, one very strong person among those riding oxen ordered everyone to stop the pursuit, because they could no longer catch up. Wearing Iron Armor, although the deterrent force was great, the burden was also heavy, and they could not run fast. Just this one charge had made them feel very exhausted.