Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors-Chapter 553 - 280: The Brutal Siege War_2

Among them were Jin cavalry, iron pagodas, and Kidnapper Cavalry; there were Northern Barbarians’ heavy armor cavalry and light cavalry; there were various conscripted armies and infantry levied by the Jin, as well as the Northern Barbarians’ formidable siege units!

Even among the Northern Barbarian troops, there were a large number of craftsmen.

They were building massive Huihui Cannons on the battlefield outside.

In actual history, it was the Northern Barbarians who conquered Xiangyang with the Huihui Cannon, and in one fell swoop destroyed the Qi Dynasty.

Previously, the players had replicated the Huihui Cannon in the ultimate challenge, relying on the unique talent of the Divine Machine players. And demons could directly obtain this deadly weapon from historical slices and use Demonic Qi to enhance its power.

And now, players had also arrived in droves.

Having merely glanced at the demon’s forces from a distance, players couldn’t help but look solemn.

The strength displayed by the demons this time was clearly on a whole other level than ever before!

And the players must also rely on strong cities to fight a defensive counterattack.

Players like Chu Ge, Zhao Haiping, and others stood high up, looking down at the Jin and barbarian soldiers gathering like ants in the distance, feeling as though they were facing a formidable enemy.

However, for Chu Ge, there was one piece of good news worth celebrating at this moment.

That was that the construction of the Return Order Fortress had never lagged behind!

Up until now, the Return Order Fortress had undergone earth-shattering changes.

At the beginning, the Return Order Fortress had just one strong city, surrounded on three sides by water and one side facing a mountain, and due to the terrain being very similar to that of Linyuan City in history, which had once blocked the advance of the "God-breaking" Northern Barbarians, it was also named accordingly.

Later on, the players not only continuously improved the defenses of Linyuan City but also, as the occupied area of the Return Order Fortress expanded, they reformed the terrain and successively developed two other high grounds.

Now, the Return Order Fortress had actually built a three-dimensional defensive system around Linyuan City, where three cities formed a mutually supportive arrangement.

Limited by the resources controlled by the players, the other two Guard Cities obviously couldn’t be as impregnable as Linyuan City, but whether it was the city walls or the defenses within, players had also raised them to an extremely high level through the arduous task of bricklaying.

Moreover, the three cities could provide mutual support through various channels such as naval forces, secret passages, and plank roads, which further enhanced the defensive capability of the entire Return Order Fortress.

If the players had previously focused only on conquering instances without continuing to bricklay in the Return Order Fortress, it would be uncertain whether the lone Linyuan City could still withstand the demon’s massive army.

At this moment, at least, it gave the players a bit more confidence.

Under the leadership of the regent Wang Wenchuan, the spirit, the Return Order Fortress had been thriving and developing quite well.

But Regent Wang Wenchuan could only appear in times of peace, so he couldn’t join the players in the Return Order Expedition to confront the demons head-on.

It was a pity, although the historical Wang Wenchuan had no experience commanding defensive battles, considering he was after all a regent with governance abilities, given the right opportunities, he might have demonstrated military prowess like Li Boxi.

In any case, both sides had put all their strength into this historical slice.

Chu Ge issued an order, "Attention, all players! Immediately follow the previous arrangements and defend the three cities! Take your positions! Attention to team leaders of all groups to count the numbers and closely monitor the battlefield situation, report at any time!"

From a bird’s-eye view, both Returners and demons had already begun feverish preparations.

A great battle was about to erupt!

On the Return Order side, the number of players had reached one hundred and fifty thousand.

Because the scale of the battlefield was vast and the historical slice had not imposed overly strict limitations on the number of entrants, these one hundred and fifty thousand players were just able to barely enter this place, all experiencing the gameplay of the Return Order Expedition.

This was also the largest mass-scale national war encountered by the players since "Dark Sand," the game, had launched.

If in ancient times, a full one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, that would have been enough to decide the fate of a nation in a super battle.

After all, based on ancient scenarios, one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers often required two to three times the number of logistical personnel, and claiming an army of five hundred thousand was entirely reasonable.

And the special nature of the players meant that their one hundred and fifty thousand people were one hundred and fifty thousand combat-capable troops, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the battle’s value.

According to the prior arrangements, out of the one hundred and fifty thousand people, fifty thousand were directly responsible for defending Linyuan City, and the other two Guard Cities had twenty thousand defenders each.

The remaining sixty thousand were variously divided as elite cavalry units, naval forces, firearms units, mobile squads, and reserve troops of special purpose.

Each player still had one chance to resurrect, meaning a total of three hundred thousand lives for the one hundred and fifty thousand players.

In past Return Order Expeditions, this was an extremely terrifying number.

But in this Return Order Expedition, facing an enemy wave like a tidal surge, they were still at a disadvantage.

This time, the demons commanded not only a large number of Jin soldiers but also a vast number of Northern Barbarian warriors. A brief scan revealed an endless, dense mass, likely numbering four to five hundred thousand.

Nearly six hundred thousand people had gathered in this small patch of land for a battle of such scale, which was also rare in Huaxia’s history.