Chapter 416: The Rapid Progress of the Suiren Clan

Even after a night of rest, Huangpin still appeared somewhat haggard, perhaps due to him being busy for most of the night, or perhaps because he had been thinking about things in his head, leading to excessive pressure.

Fortunately, in the morning, good news finally arrived for him; everything was fully prepared, at least enough for their thousands of people to use, and more were being continuously crafted behind the scenes.

Afterwards, Huangpin hurriedly went to request an audience with Baoxi. After obtaining Baoxi's permission, he began to stand on the riverbank issuing orders, letting the Soldiers in the front Platoon begin crossing the river.

He also roughly guessed the thoughts of Huaxia, so he did not dare to send too many Soldiers over at once, only being able to send them slowly, but at this rate, he did not know until what time they would be crossing the river.

After a brief period of thought, he came up with a method, though he did not know if it would be feasible. Unable to make up his mind, Huangpin had no choice but to head to the main tent again to seek Baoxi's opinion.

Upon hearing Huangpin say that they could keep a sufficient distance between each other, with one part upstream and one part downstream crossing at the same time, Baoxi realized that even if Huaxia really came to attack, given their attack intensity, it would be enough for the Soldiers at the other two locations to successfully cross the river.

Baoxi raised an eyebrow, feeling that this method seemed to have feasibility, but he pretended to be indifferent and said, "Since I have put you in charge of the siege, you should think of the methods and make the decisions yourself; there is no need to ask me."

Upon hearing this, Huangpin was overjoyed in his heart. This was the Tribal Chief delegating power to him, letting him make his own decisions, meaning he could do whatever he thought of without considering too much. Thus, he joyfully bowed again and left the main tent, then arrived at the riverbank and began to make arrangements according to his plan.

For the sake of efficiency, he even arranged three ferry points simultaneously. The distance between them was enough for a person to finish eating three fruits even if they ran. Thinking of the strength of Huaxia's Large Ships, Huangpin felt that even in the worst-case scenario, he could still protect two of the teams.

Early in the morning, for Huaxia, it was very boring. They could only watch the Suiren Clan crossing the river bit by bit, swaying and wobbling, which made them anxious. The Suiren Clan did not even know how to learn from Xuanyuan and build a Boat.

A long time passed, and fewer than two thousand people had reached the bank. According to their speculation, it was impossible for the Suiren Clan to only let these people come to attack the city; today, at least five thousand people should come to attack once, so they were not in a hurry, just waiting quietly.

However, they soon realized something was wrong, because directly in front of their line of sight was one team, and upstream and downstream, teams had actually set out at the same time, and the numbers were also very large. Now they were almost at the bank, and in one fell swoop, the number of people on the bank had increased to nearly four thousand.

At this moment, Huaxia suddenly felt some pressure, especially Baifeng. He did not expect that the Suiren Clan could think of a countermeasure so quickly. If things continued to develop at this speed, wouldn't they be able to think of a way to attack the city very soon?

But Baifeng was still waiting; he wanted to see just how fast the Suiren Clan's learning speed was. If they still charged over directly this time, then it actually would not be too dangerous. After this wave of attacks, the Suiren Clan's army would lose one-third of its strength.

Having lost one-third, yet still not having caused any substantial damage to Huaxia, if the Suiren Clan still did not retreat, Baifeng would have to doubt Baoxi's brain.

But when those rafts were about to reach the bank, Baifeng suddenly discovered that something seemed wrong, because between their rafts, it seemed that large logs were tied, and their length and diameter were not small.

Baifeng thought that couldn't be, right? Could it be that these logs were what they used to attack the city? Were they for ramming the city gate, or for climbing the city wall?

Baifeng had no choice but to patiently continue watching. He saw that after they reached the bank, they began to work together to dismantle the wood on the rafts, and then dragged the long logs one by one onto the bank. Looking at the quantity, Baifeng felt something was wrong, so he quickly turned around to look for Yishang.

After hearing the summons, Yishang trotted over. He did not know why the Tribal Chief was so panicked. Baifeng quickly thought about a countermeasure and said to Yishang, "Now, hurry and go gather people to boil water. Do not stop the pots. When I give the order, you must ensure that the boiling water is brought up to the city wall while it is still scalding. Um, remember to tell everyone to be careful themselves and not to scald our own people."

Yishang glanced around and felt that he did not quite understand the Tribal Chief's order, but in order to carry it out successfully and avoid mistakes, he could only ask for the reason.

Baifeng pointed at the enemies who were dragging the giant logs and said, "Look at them now. I suspect they will use those logs to lean against the city wall to attack the city."

It was also at this time that Baifeng saw that after they pulled the giant logs onto the bank, they took down circular or square objects that had been laid flat on the rafts. With one glance, Baifeng knew these were simple Shields.

Yishang also saw clearly, and his expression was not good either. He instantly understood that today would not be as easy as yesterday, so he said to Baifeng with a serious face, "King, I will go make arrangements now to ensure there is enough boiling water to be brought up continuously."

Baifeng nodded and let him go, but suddenly he thought of something else and called Yishang back: "Later, install a few more Strong Crossbows on the city wall and equip some more Bombs. We cannot skimp on this battle today."

Yishang nodded and hurriedly ran down the city wall to distribute the work.

Just as Baifeng finished arranging things with Yishang and was about to have Lu send a message to the Navy, there were already three teams in the middle of the river. Today's progress was completely different from yesterday; yesterday, one trip came and one trip returned, but now, one trip had not returned and another had already set out—they were seizing every moment.

Baifeng felt the situation was somewhat urgent, so he temporarily changed his mind and let two Navy Boats set out at the same time, fully loaded with Weapons. There was no need to resupply after one trip; the ship's hold was so large that things did not have to be kept on the deck.

After setting out, they were to drop anchor right at the location where the enemy appeared to blockade the enemy's attack route. As long as anyone dared to enter the river, they were to be beaten to death. Only when the Suiren Clan was too afraid to cross the river and they had no more Weapons would they go to resupply.

After listening, Lu wrote quickly, making four copies, briefly explaining the order, two copies for each location, and then released the carrier pigeons.

Yishang returned quickly; this time he brought several Heavy Crossbows and boxes of throwing Bombs.

Baifeng looked at the enemies already gathered on the bank and had the Soldiers set up the Giant Crossbows, then load the long Spears captured yesterday to use as Arrows to attack that group of enemies and see what the effect would be.