Chapter 417: There Is No Way Back

At the order, eight Strong Crossbows fired simultaneously into the crowd. The enemy heard the sound of the air being torn, but it was too late to escape. One Arrow pierced through two people, leaving a massive wound; furthermore, as long as one of them struggled, the other would only die faster.

However, because these Spears were not Arrows specifically crafted for them, they were lacking in every aspect. Eight Arrows were fired, but only one hit a person, and the power was not particularly ideal. But at this distance, being able to shoot and kill someone was already enough; their bows and hand crossbows could never have such a long range.

That group of people was also terrified, but their numbers were too great, and they could not scatter immediately. However, they no longer had the courage to cluster together.

Huangpin on the opposite side heard the chaotic sounds and hurriedly focused his eyes, only to see that the formation of the Soldiers on the opposite bank was already in disarray. After shouting to inquire, he received news from the opposite bank that they had been attacked and that Soldiers had already died.

Huangpin was suddenly flustered. He had not expected that Huaxia would have such long-range Weapons; he had thought that the flying stones were the limit.

So he had no choice but to shout and scold them, telling them to just lift the wooden boards and hold them in front of themselves; that way, they would not be afraid of being shot to death.

Only then did everyone realize what those things they had brought were for, so they began to scramble for them in a panic, all wanting to get the largest and thickest one.

After grabbing one, they immediately stood it on the ground and crouched down themselves. Seeing this, Baifeng thought to himself that they had indeed thought of a countermeasure. He wondered if it was Xuanyuan who had told them; he did not particularly believe that anyone in the Suiren Clan could have come up with this method. If their brains were that useful, they would have long since been like Xuanyuan, constantly learning to do things based on the Huaxia things they saw.

Although to the Huaxia Soldiers on the heights, the Suiren Clan Soldiers' approach of only blocking the front and not the top could not completely block their attacks, they still stopped operating the Strong Crossbows to conserve stamina, waiting to use them when the enemy was close enough to maximize efficiency.

A wave of Suiren Clan Soldiers had arrived. Seeing the several thousand enemies at close range, the Huaxia Soldiers began to feel a bit panicked. Moreover, people were still being transported across the river continuously; it looked like the Suiren Clan intended to send everyone over for an all-out attack.

The two units of the Navy that received the order began to move: the one upstream started to go with the current, and the one downstream raised its sails and also began to move forward. They were a bit annoyed that they had only attacked once; there were so many enemies, and they could clearly have attacked continuously, but the Tribal Chief had made them wait.

Now it was fine; the Tribal Chief had directly ordered them to block the river traffic, which was great news for them. They could finally show off their skills. Since coming to Huaxia, their Zisheng Tribe had always enjoyed high treatment, but other than fishing and taking people to trade a few times a year, they could do nothing. This made them feel that their abilities were being buried, and as the King said, they were just eating for free. Now it was fine; they had a chance to prove themselves.

Huangpin had always been glad that Huaxia had not sent the Large Ships to attack them, and even harbored the thought that Huaxia only had that one Large Ship, which would be hard to return once it went downstream. So this time, he boarded a raft in the middle of the formation along with those Soldiers, intending to go to the opposite bank to command on-site.

But when another Large Ship appeared in his field of vision from upstream, he could do nothing but shout for the upstream Soldiers to move forward quickly, even telling those Soldiers that at worst, they could just jump off the rafts and swim to the opposite bank.

Subsequently, he watched helplessly as the uppermost unit was slaughtered completely by the same Soldiers as yesterday. Then that Large Ship did not stop and continued downstream. Fortunately, by this time, their two downstream units had already successfully landed on the shore.

Huangpin struggled to calm his heartbeat, then looked with lingering fear at that Large Ship, which used a strange object thrown from it into the river to stop steadily in the middle of the river.

Huangpin felt bitter in his heart; now, not only could the Soldiers on the opposite bank not return, but even they themselves would likely not be able to go back.

Just when Huangpin thought this was Huaxia's limit, a Large Ship with long wings came from downstream, actually moving upstream against the current at a speed that was not slow. Then, when it was a distance away from the other ship, it also threw down a strange object and stopped in the middle of the river, after which that large wing also slowly lowered.

Huangpin could no longer understand what he was seeing. He suspected whether they were really attacking a tribe with gods; otherwise, why would the ship grow wings?

Baoxi had also come out of the main tent and saw the two Large Ships on the river, his face ashen. This meant that they had completely lost the ability to support the opposite side; whether they could take down Huaxia would depend only on that force of less than ten thousand people on the other side.

Seeing that things had come to this, Huangpin could only let go and fight. He shouted loudly, telling everyone to scatter and make room for him to command the battlefield.

Everyone obediently scattered around Huangpin, but this also left Huangpin directly exposed to Huaxia's view. Huangpin felt his rear tighten and hurriedly and frantically had people hold up wooden boards in front of him to block him; only then did he feel a little more secure.

Baifeng, who had seen the whole process, smiled faintly and said, "It seems he is the commander of the Suiren Clan this time. I just don't know how his level is, and whether these ideas were thought up by him. If he thought of them, then he really is a talent."

Subsequently, Huangpin explained the tactics to everyone. After a brief explanation, he had everyone check with each other again to avoid those on the periphery not hearing clearly.

After confirming that everyone was clear, Huangpin took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Attack!"

Afterwards, squads of people, each holding a wooden board in one hand and supporting a giant log with the other, in groups of dozens, began to advance rapidly. The remaining Soldiers began to scatter in all directions, moving forward at a slower speed. Huangpin remained in place, with Soldiers in front of him also holding wooden boards to protect him.

Seeing that the enemy had begun to attack, Baifeng also gave the order for all units to pay attention and attack at will.

Once the order was given, the stone-throwing machines with the longest range began to fire continuously. Giant stones flew over the city wall one after another, then smashed into the Suiren Clan. Because the density of the Suiren Clan Soldiers was high, the effect of the attack was also very obvious.

If the Soldiers carrying the logs died, the people behind would immediately fill in. At this time, they could not afford to be afraid; only by attacking did they have a possibility of surviving.