"Run, run, run!" Alistair listened to the crackling rain of arrows overhead. He wasn't an idiot; after two volleys, staying by the riverbank would make him a complete fucking fool!
"Those Eastern Yi savages have caught up!" a Goblin Knight scout reported.
"I see them. Halt the whole army! Form ranks!" Alistair revealed a savage smile. The frantically rowing Eastern Yi had already crossed more than half the river, and most of their rafts were nearly at the shore. Having let down their guard, the Eastern Yi Chariot People were now doing nothing but firing arrows at the Goblin Knights.
"Javelins!" Alistair pulled out a javelin and hurled it with all his strength.
"Whoosh—" A shriek that set teeth on edge tore through the air. The Eastern Yi Chariot People, who had been desperately making Lobbing Shots, could not help looking up. The moment they realized what those rapidly descending black dots were, terror seized their souls!
"Pfft!"
"Thud!"
Whether Professional Soldiers or ordinary troops, the Eastern Yi archers who had been leaning back to shoot were as fragile as paper before the heavy javelins empowered by Battle Qi!
"Heh..." The wounded Eastern Yi Chariot People sprawled across the rafts struggled weakly on the verge of death, blood bubbles spilling from their mouths with gurgling sounds. Their blood seeped through the gaps in the rafts and into the river, dyeing it a brilliant pink once more.
"Splash!" The surviving Eastern Yi Chariot People gritted their teeth. Ignoring their comrades whose bodies had already gone cold, they shoved the corpses into the river to lighten the load. As the bodies fell into the water, the river's color became even more vivid.
"Bang!" The first raft successfully reached the shore, crashing against the riverbank and rebounding backward several feet.
"Shield Wall! Shield