Haru, seeing that he couldn't break through the ranks of these dozens of people, came up with a new trick. Not only did he deflect all their arrows, but the enemy was also able to rest peacefully inside.

This infuriated Haru. He had spent a great deal of effort to reduce some of the Mira tribe's forces, and now they were simply wasting their time with pointless shooting.

All the arrows struck the already lifeless corpses, which could be impaled by hundreds more arrows without any problem.

Because they are as dead as can be, it's like the old saying, "A dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water." I'm already dead, what can you do to me?

Haru tried to charge back and destroy the fortifications, but they quickly backed down.

They also understood why they had to stay so far away from the Mira tribes—it was because the Mira tribes still possessed that incredibly powerful weapon.

If we rushed in now, wouldn't a whole bunch of them die if they threw out one of those things?

Haru is now in a dilemma; they don't want to retreat. They've already invested so much, and to withdraw now would mean losing everything.

But if they went to attack, they would only lose even more money. Now, Chief Haru finally understood what the hundreds of Haru elites who went to hunt down Tang Yi and his two companions felt back then.

Even with over a hundred elite troops, the three men couldn't take them down; now there are dozens of people here. They're probably led by those three Mira tribesmen who were hunted down before. Wiping them out won't be an easy task.

If I had known this would happen, I should have spent more time and effort killing those three most troublesome individuals. Now I regret it so much that I can't even find a place to buy medicine.

Haru is currently unable to harm us, but that doesn't mean we can't harm Haru.

The situation is currently in our favor, so we certainly can't let this opportunity slip by. I still have some aconitine left, and now is the time to use it all.

I told everyone to take out all the magazines they had and put the crossbow bolts away neatly, waiting to be poisoned.

Since I only have a small jar of aconitine left, it's definitely not enough to poison that many crossbow bolts.

So what I need to do now is to dilute the aconitine in my hand with some water first, and then apply the poison to the arrowhead.

Don't worry about the aconitine I have; its toxicity will be reduced after dilution. Even when diluted with twice the amount of water, this concentrated aconitine is still a deadly poison.

However, the pain of death will be prolonged, and those Haru who want to die immediately will find it a luxury.

This diluted aconitine will prolong the time to death by one to two times, but the level of suffering during this period will not be reduced even though aconitine is diluted.

To increase the adhesion of the diluted aconitine to the arrowheads, I dug up some clay from the ground and mixed it into the venom to create a muddy consistency.

The aconitine poisoning process was quick after dilution; in no time, more than 180 fully loaded crossbow bolts were poisoned in the aconitine-in-liquid mixture that had been distributed.

The Mila people didn't waste the remaining aconitine; they applied it directly to the blades of their weapons.

If it comes to close combat again, this weapon coated with aconitine is far more dangerous than those tetanus swords; a mere graze can be fatal.

Although the poison on the blade will be consumed after only a few uses, that's something to consider only after the opponent has paid with at least a dozen lives.

After all these preparations were completed, I had my people carefully move the human wall to create a gap, so that we could use crossbows to shoot at the Haru through this not-so-large gap.

These gaps are small, and we can easily use a crossbow to shoot outwards through them. However, it is basically wishful thinking for Haru to try to shoot his tribesmen into the fortifications through these small gaps.

At a distance of over thirty meters, let alone shooting into this small gap, it's questionable whether Haru can even see the gap at this distance.

The counterattack against Haru began. Before firing, I gave instructions to all the tribesmen. They must not fire continuously at the same target; it was best to fire the crossbow bolts intermittently after a few seconds.

Our crossbow bolts are currently limited. Intermittent firing will give those Haru who have already been hit by arrows time to fall to the ground, making it easier for subsequent Haru to be hit instead of being blocked by the Haru in front.

These poisoned arrows are enough to take down a Haru with a single arrow, so there's no need to waste resources on them. Our goal is to maximize their damage.

For a time, our makeshift circular human wall fortification became similar to the bunker fortifications used in the Normandy landings.

The circular fortifications, with firing ports on all four sides, could deliver a comprehensive attack on any Haru who dared to show his face.

What was originally a situation of being besieged by Ha was changed by Tang Yi's coordination, with everyone working together to build a ring of flesh.

They managed to snatch a sure-fire death from the clutches of death once again. What was initially a favorable situation for Haru has suddenly become extremely difficult.

Haru's siege of the Mira tribe, after this incident, turned into the most arduous Normandy landings offensive and defensive battle.

What's even more critical is that the defending side has almost every advantage. Whether it's the long-range crossbows for offensive attacks or the wide-area-effect grenades for medium- and close-range defense, they're all in the hands of the defenders.

Aside from their poisoned arrows and some melee weapons, the attacking Haru forces were mostly composed of a large number of soldiers.

This seemingly fragile wall of flesh has now become an impenetrable tortoise shell. What does it matter how many arrows Haru shoots? What good will it do?

At this moment, one of the Haru next to the Haru chief slapped his thigh and sighed in their own language,

"Sigh, if I had known it would turn out like this, I should have listened to me and kept fighting with them."

Upon hearing this, Chief Haru immediately slapped Haru across the face without saying a word, sending the "advisor" tumbling around in a spectacular 360-degree turn.

It was Haru who had previously suggested that the main force separate from the enemy as soon as possible. This would allow their side to use long-range weapons to attack and wear down the enemy, reducing their own casualties.

Chief Haru adopted the suggestion immediately because he thought it made sense. Now, not only did he fail to realize his mistake immediately, but he also shamelessly shifted all the blame onto others.

Chief Haru, already furious and with nowhere to vent his anger, now had to face the hindsight criticism and sarcastic remarks from those he already knew.

If the battle at the front hadn't been so intense, Chief Haru probably wouldn't have used a slap, but rather a bone knife to chop down this belated attack.