The dawn light illuminated the temporary camp by the river. The deep forest wore a light snow garment, and gray tents circled a warm hearth. Wisps of smoke rose up, and the people, horses, and dogs in the camp all anticipated a breakfast. They gazed eagerly at the hearth until the most impatient dog suddenly began to bark an alarm.

"Awoo! Awoo! Awooo!..."

"Ah?! The dog barked? Is it... a wild animal or an enemy?"

"Damn it! Grab your weapons, prepare for battle!... It's the enemy! It's the rival tribes! They've emerged from the southern forest!!..."

"Mountain God! How did they get so close? Quick! Quick, grab the bow and arrow, shoot them quickly!..."

"This is an ambush, a premeditated ambush! They're coming from downwind!... The enemy has one, two, five, ten... Heavenly Divine! They have twenty warriors!"

"Archers take up bows! Cavalry mount up! The elderly, women shoot arrows from behind the tents! Warriors follow me to face the enemy!"

"Whoosh!... Whoosh!..."

Fifty Maha Warriors, lifted their bows, and swiftly charged out from the forest. And fifty heavy armored Kingdom's Warriors silently followed behind. The Maha Warriors charged fiercely, ignoring scattered incoming arrows, until they reached a position four or five tens of steps from the camp, then squeaked as they drew their great bows for a round of close-range heavy arrows!

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!..."

"Ah!..."

"The Chieftain was pierced by the enemy! The Chieftain was killed by the enemy!!..."

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!..."

"Warrior Ah Da is dead too! Shot repeatedly with three arrows!..."

"Charge up! Warriors, fight out, cavalry rush forward!"

"Damn it! The enemy dropped their bows, wielding weapons they rushed forward first!..."

After shooting two rounds of heavy arrows, the Maha Warriors grouped their fire to kill the Chieftain of this tribe, and the heavy armored warriors of the Kingdom followed them. Then, a total of a hundred warriors merged into one place, directly invaded the camp of less than a hundred people!

The purpose of this battle was to capture participants, warriors did not use piercing bronze spears or iron spears, but instead wielded blunt weapons. The Maha Warriors did the same, after shooting two rounds of arrows, they dropped their heavy bows, and engaged in close combat directly!

"Roar! Chief Divine protect! Capture alive, take them alive!..."

"Roar!! Hammer them down! One, two!!..."

Warrior Chief Tamikusa roared, swinging the "long-handled stone hammer" in his hand, fiercely knocking down an enemy wrapped in deer skin. And Xiong Da, who wore triple-layer armor, used a chieftain-sized twenty-pound great hammer, already knocked down two warriors in roe skin. At this moment, his prominent figure and amazing power momentarily became the most noticeable presence on the battlefield!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!..."

Two heavy arrows whistled in, sharp arrowheads even pierced through two layers of Xiong Da's outer armor, making his steps falter as if being hammered twice with a bone hammer. Warrior Chief Tamikusa saw this, immediately took the shield from his back, and shouted orders to Xiong Da and the surrounding Kingdom's Warriors.

"Xiong Da! Don't push too far ahead!... Everyone raise your shields, form a shield formation to fight!..."

"Swish..."

A row of Solid Wood Heavy Shields quickly rose up, the Kingdom's Warriors already wearing heavy armor, now completely turned into an "impenetrable thick skin".

The number of Kingdom's warriors in their own army was limited, Warrior Chief Tamikusa could not afford to have any casualties in such advantageous combat, during this kind of capture skirmish. Therefore, the Kingdom's Warriors held shields to stall the enemy, dispersing their numbers, consuming their energy. And the face-to-face assaults were left to the more impulsive, more fearless Maha Warriors.

"Mountain God! So many enemies! Thick-skinned enemies!... Cavalry! Where is the cavalry?..."

"The enemy has invaded the camp, the cavalry can't charge! They've circled from the north, need to encircle behind the enemy to act!..."

"Awoo! Fight to the death with them! Wait for the cavalry to charge!..."

Even in such a disadvantageous situation, with the Chieftain killed in the first minute, this tribe with less than a hundred people, only thirty to forty warriors of the Fish-Skin Tribe, still did not surrender. They held firm and resisted in the camp, men and women alike, wielding stone hammers and stone spears, struggling to fend off the large group of enemy attackers. Continuously, tribal warriors were knocked down by the enemy, while they only felled a few of the enemy.

At this moment, their only hope was the six or seven mounted cavalry, capable of wielding heavy blunt instruments, delivering a fierce rear charge against the uncavalry thick-skinned enemies! But could such a large group of raiding tribes truly not have horses?...

"Da-da! Da-da!..."

Hooves clicked on the thin snow, producing not loud running noise. But the vibration brought by the galloping horses lifted the spirits among both battling Fish-Skin tribes. The attacked tribe called out, clinging to the last hope in despair. While the raiding tribe also shouted, calling just one name, a Chieftain's name symbolizing courage and ferocity!

"Aguda! Maha Agudah!..."

"Roar!!..."

Maha Agudah roared, riding the stoutest stallion, pushing his horse to the maximum speed! He led over a dozen cavalry from the Maha tribe, like wielding a giant hammer, crashing headfirst into the six or seven riders just exiting the camp. The speed disparity between both sides was immense, and the numbers differed by nearly half. And Maha Agudah easily swung his great hammer, directly knocking two enemies off their horses without injuring the precious steeds at all!

"Roar!! Knock them off the horses! These are our horses!..."

"Knock them off the horses!!..."

"Bang bang bang!..."

Continuous collisions ensued, almost instantly, six or seven enemy riders were thrown off their horses. Two to three enemy riders spat blood from their mouths, their chests had an obvious dent, clearly not survivable. And one Jurchen stallion was hit in the head by a heavy hammer, didn't even manage a scream, and just collapsed down.

"Damn it! Wushu! You 'woodhead'! You've killed the horse!..."

"Ah! Aguda! The horse head itself crashed onto my hammer! I already tried to hold back, but it just can't be held back!..."

"Bah! You're just a fool! No wonder you're called 'Wushu', the 'woodhead'! Look at me! A twenty-pound hammer, I can hit whenever I want, stop whenever I want!..."

"This… Aguda! Who can match your strength? Unless it's that Hu Nu..."

"Ah ah! Don't mention Hu Nu to me! Continue the charge into the camp!... Just one rear charge, and the resistance of this tribe ends!"

A hundred paces away, Zuwaro widened his eyes, using the Divine Eye Glasses to watch this decisive collision, his face full of shock. This was the first time he saw the power of charge cavalry! These Fish-Skin cavalry riding Jurchen stallions, wielding heavy blunt instruments were vastly different in power from the small Japanese cavalry circling and shooting arrows, the difference was like between a brown bear and a gray monkey!...

"Chief Divine! The power of this cavalry charge is actually so great, it can even hammer a four-legged beast to death?! If these fast-moving charge cavalry strike behind engaging infantry?... Chief Divine! I simply can't imagine, they could instantly decide the outcome of a battle!"

Zuwaro's amazement quickly became reality. When over a dozen Maha cavalry charged into the slaughtering camp, delivering a fierce blow from behind! The stubborn resistance of this Fish-Skin Tribe truly ended right there.

They lost his chieftain, numbers overwhelmingly against them. They lost their cavalry, yet faced enemy cavalry's charge… Very soon, the last forty resisting Fish-Skin tribesmen gradually dropped their weapons, knelt down, pressing their heads into the ground. And in accordance with Northern traditions, next comes the choice between life and death, and the distribution of the captives...

"Aguda! Uncle! My good brother!..."

"Hiss! Zu! Boat-Using! Fox hiding behind warriors!... What are you looking for me again this time?..."

"I want to negotiate with you..."

"Speak!"

"When distributing captives, give me all those wounded tribal cavalry!..."

"Get lost! You wish! Do you know how long it takes to train a cavalryman?..."

"My good brother, I'll trade good stuff with you! No lies, it's really good stuff!..."

"...!"