Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors-Chapter 555 - 280: The Brutal Siege War_4

After seeing the Jin soldiers and barbarian troops beginning to scale the walls, the players defending the city immediately opened the sealed barrels beside them, holding their breath as they poured the already boiling water into them.

In an instant, an indescribable foul stench spread.

"Pour it down now!"

These large pots had been specially made and were fixed to the city walls with brackets to make tipping easier. After pouring, the pots, connected by the brackets, wouldn’t fall off the wall but could be righted and refilled with water to be boiled again.

The contents of the sealed barrels were feces that had been prepared in advance.

This was the famous ancient "Jin Juice."

The so-called "Jin Juice" was essentially fecal water, also enhanced with various poisons like arsenic to further increase its toxicity.

These ingredients weren’t added to the pots immediately, but only after the water was boiled, then it was swiftly poured out. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Otherwise, the defending troops atop the wall might also not bear the horrific smell of cooking feces.

After blending the scalding boiling water with feces, it acquired a kind of golden color. The Jin soldiers, who were still climbing up ladders to scale the city walls, were caught off guard and doused head to toe in "Jin Juice"!

Even though these Jin soldiers had been fortified by demonic powers and usually remained unscathed by several sword strikes, now they were screaming horribly, tumbling down, rolling on the ground, unable to scale the walls again.

Keep in mind, these were Jin soldiers amplified by demonic strength, who ordinarily could continue fighting unhurt by multiple sword slashes.

But now, they had instantly lost their fighting capacity, which showed the terrifying lethal power of "Jin Juice"!

This concoction was not only scalding hot but also brought on magic damage and was poisonous, causing toxic harm.

Even if the soldiers wore armor, it was meaningless because the intense heat of the "Jin Juice" would instantly penetrate the armor, severely scalding the soldier. Immediately after, the bacteria and poison in the "Jin Juice" would invade the body through the burn wounds, causing severe infections with no chance of healing.

Furthermore, it possessed a horrendously bad smell and visual effect.

Under this quadruple strike of force, magic, toxins, and psychological impact, just one pot could wipe out all the Jin soldiers and barbarian troops trying to climb a single ladder!

Simultaneously, various defensive weapons arranged on the city wall were also activated.

Trebuchets, ballistae, Divine Arm Bows, and all kinds of cannons with shorter ranges... anything that could strike at the demonic entities below was fired.

Meanwhile, the situation in the other two Guard Cities was somewhat less optimistic.

Since these two Guard Cities were constructed later, they weren’t as impregnable as Linyuan City.

The terrain was slightly disadvantageous, and both the height and thickness of the walls were inferior, with fewer defensive installations.

There were already Jin soldiers and barbarian troops crawling over the walls like ants.

However, the players responsible for defending the city were not careless at all—they directly fought these barbarian troops on the walls, managing to push back all the Jin soldiers and barbarian troops attempting to climb up.

"Hang in there, reinforcements are coming!"

At this moment, the enemy forces had an absolute advantage, and under an onslaught like a tidal wave, the passageways between the three cities had already been cut off.

But players could still continuously send support from Linyuan City.

Because there were aerial passageways available to the players!

Since all three cities were situated on high ground, with Linyuan City being the highest, players had directly connected Linyuan City and the two Guard Cities with cableways.

This method was somewhat similar to that used in Luding Bridge; in fact, long ago, ancient laborers were already capable of building bridges across rapid rivers using iron chains.

The construction method seemed simple, but was actually quite ingenious.

First, thick bamboo ropes were tied to both banks, then many short bamboo tubes were threaded onto them, followed by iron chains and ropes tied to the bamboo tubes. By transporting the rope to the far bank, and having dozens of people pull on the rope with winches on the opposite side, they could drag the bamboo tubes and iron chains across.

Because Linyuan City was higher than the other two Guard Cities, pulling the iron chains from Linyuan City to the Guard Cities could utilize the chains’ own weight, making it somewhat easier.

After pulling several chains across, they used winches to straighten and secure the chains, then laid wooden planks on top to form traversable bridges.

Players could naturally use these two bridges for transporting troops, moving supplies, or even to strike down at the enemy from an elevated position.

One of the Guard Cities was in a bit of a crisis, but quickly, like divine soldiers descending from heaven, the players relieved the situation.

The Divine Machine player directly took the Tiger Squat Cannon out of the Divine Machine case, set it up on the city wall, and then fired at the Jin soldiers who were fiercely scaling the walls!

A massive amount of lead shot sprayed out like a torrential downpour, instantly taking down a large swath of Jin soldiers.

As for those Jin soldiers or barbarians who were lucky enough to cross the city wall and enter Guard City, many assassin players were hidden in the alleys waiting for them.

...

Meng Yuan and Shen Shang, with a bird’s eye view from high above, overlooked this brutal battle.

Up to now, the players had fought valiantly, but there was still a huge disparity in numbers, so the situation still looked very grim.

"Just passively defending like this, the chances of victory won’t be very high," Shen Shang expressed his concern.

Although the defense system of Linyuan City was very solid, the number of demons this time was too great, and the appearance of the Huihui Cannon as a siege weapon also added to their challenge.

Draining resources in this manner, although it couldn’t be said for certain that the players would lose, purely relying on attrition was clearly not a wise move.

Meng Yuan was confident, "Don’t worry, the players will adapt their tactics according to the situation.

"Look, isn’t that a surprise force?"

Shen Shang followed the direction Meng Yuan was pointing and saw a team of thousands of players, who were leaving through various secret passages of Linyuan City and assembling in the forests to the east of the city.

Due to the complex terrain of the mountains on the east side of Linyuan City, the demons had not chosen this side as the main direction of attack.

The players were taking advantage of this, beginning to maneuver from the east side.

Among these thousands of players, there were both cavalry players and Divine Machine players.

The cavalry players immediately summoned their horses after emerging from the mountains, while the Divine Machine players carried their Divine Machine cases and mounted up.

Two players shared one horse, advancing toward the flank of the demons!

Because the pressure on the front defense was also great, the players couldn’t afford to divert too many troops for this surprise attack.

These few thousand were already the limit they could pull.

But it was also because of these reasons, the demons had clearly not anticipated that the players would dare to launch a proactive attack.

If this were in real history, the practice of two people sharing one horse would not be very feasible.

Because horse power is limited, doubling the load would quickly deplete the horse’s strength.

Hence, ancient elite cavalry always had one person with two or three horses and never practiced two people sharing one horse.

But the situation was different for the players.

The cavalry’s horses were all strong and vigorous, sharing a state with the cavalry, thus their burst strength, endurance, and persistence all exceeded that of real historical warhorses.

In this way, the strategy of cavalry players transporting Divine Machine players for tactical maneuvers became possible.

"Okay, this is it!"

Cui Huowang shouted, and the cavalry immediately stopped in unison, the Divine Machine players quickly dismounted and started busying themselves.

They each opened their Divine Machine cases, set up the cannons and various fieldworks, and took out muskets to load for self-defense.

Meanwhile, the cavalry players charged directly towards the rear flank of the demons, disrupting their formation!

The demons clearly hadn’t anticipated that a surprise force would suddenly maneuver to their rear flank, and were caught off guard, resulting in a massive breach by the cavalry force.

But soon, the Jin soldiers and barbarians under the demons’ control came to their senses.

"Kill them!"

A group of demon-controlled cavalry immediately counterattacked.

However, the players had no intention of engaging in a long fight; instead, they quickly retreated, leading the demon’s cavalry toward the Divine Machine players’ position.