Bab 60: Chapter 48 Crossing the River Part 3

Bertade aimed at the command ship of the Tarasco for a moment, then helplessly shifted away.

He casually shot dead a samurai who was loudly roaring and brandishing his spear, leaving himself wide open. The great boat was a full one hundred and twenty paces from him, and the enemy commander carefully hid among his escorts. The boat was still constantly moving and drifting, without the slightest certainty of hitting the target.

The Jaguar Warriors' second volley of javelins only hit a tail, and the third round was even more lackluster. The archers shot at the boats for another five minutes until they were exhausted. The Tarasco's fleet had already embarked on their return journey south, leaving behind fewer than a thousand warriors' corpses on the shore, a timely cut of their losses.