Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 249 - 201: The Missing Hero (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch Lu Zhi for the generous reward)

Chapter 249: Chapter 201: The Missing Hero (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch Lu Zhi for the generous reward)

At the same time, the Northern Barbarian Cavalry had already arrived at the foot of Linyuan City.

Linyuan City’s gates were wide open and not closed.

After all, players mainly used the West City Gate when leaving the city, and closing it would inconvenience them. It was only closed during the Return Order Expedition or when it was certain a force far surpassing the capabilities of the players, such as a large number of monsters, would assail the city.

"Charge in!"

The leading monster gave the order, and the Northern Barbarian Cavalry immediately sped up, charging toward the open West City Gate!

In their eyes, although the city seemed impregnable, as long as they took advantage of the fact that the gates hadn’t managed to close and entered inside, even the most formidable city would fall without a fight.

As for those Eastern Barbarian thieves, they were obviously left far behind.

"As long as we enter the city first and slaughter all the original inhabitants, this section will be ours!"

These Northern Barbarian Cavalry were full of confidence, believing that the speed of their horses would allow them to be the first to enter.

What they didn’t know was that by this time, that group of Eastern Barbarian thieves had already been completely wiped out by a detachment of over a hundred player Cavalry.

Schhht!

Horses with eyes emitting a black aura suddenly increased their pace, running up the long slope outside the West City Gate, heading straight for the gate.

Just then, these monsters discovered that several hundred players had appeared in front of them.

These players stood in four rows, with the front row half-squatting, their spears planted into the ground at an inclined angle forward;

the players in the three rows behind each held their matchlock guns up high, with the front row crouching and the back rows standing, matches already lit, the dark muzzles of the guns pointed forward, aiming at the Northern Barbarian Cavalry charging towards them.

"Aim—"

"Fire!"

At the command of the leading player, the matchlock guns of the players in the front row roared in unison!

A cloud of gunsmoke billowed, countless bullets flew from the muzzles and shot toward the oncoming Northern Barbarian Cavalry, felling many of the front-line horses instantly.

Then, the players in the front crouched, and the gunners in the two rows behind fired in succession.

Caught completely off guard by the dense hail of bullets, many of the Cavalry were thrown from their horses.

By the time the Cavalry reached the players, three rounds of matchlock gun fire had already finished.

"Attack!"

The players quickly stowed their guns away, each drawing their own weapon.

The horses of the Northern Barbarian Cavalry hit the spears of the front-row players, some were instantly pierced and fell, but even more horses pressed on, thundering forward.

The players began to show their skills; some pulled out the same type of Zhanmadao as Zhao Haiping to clash with the Cavalry, others used long spears to jab fiercely, creating chaotic scenes.

However, since there were more players and the three rounds of synchronized matchlock fire had already weakened the Northern Barbarian Cavalry at the outset, the subsequent fight naturally saw the players gaining the upper hand.

"Make way, make way!"

While both sides were fiercely battling, another clamor arose within the city, accompanied by the sound of hooves.

A detachment of player Cavalry charged out from inside the city, bearing down on the Northern Barbarian Cavalry from a high position!

A wave of the charge, and countless Northern Barbarian Cavalry were struck off their horses by spears.

In the eyes of these monsters, filled with a black mist, there was obviously confusion.

Wasn’t this supposed to be just an ordinary medium-sized historical section?

Theoretically if it was a general medium-sized historical section, then the original inhabitants inside were nothing more than a bunch of disorganized infantry.

The number of the Northern Barbarian Cavalry wasn’t very large, but against such demoralized infantry, a single charge would be enough to completely rout them.

The remainder would be one-sided slaughter.

But what was happening now?

These infantry not only each had a matchlock gun, but they also managed to form arrays, and fire in organized volleys like this?

Moreover, even after their formations were struck, they didn’t break and scatter, instead, they all drew close-combat weapons to start brawling?

The most absurd thing was, this wave of Cavalry that had emerged from the city seemed to outnumber them...

...

It didn’t take long for this group of Northern Barbarian Cavalry to be eliminated as well.

While cleaning up the battlefield, the players chatted idly.

"Who would’ve thought enemies would come straight to us, isn’t this just too sweet? Can we get more good things like this?"

"Hey, you Cavalry players shouldn’t be too excessive! Every time we’ve fought halfway, you come over and steal the kills. You think it’s great just because you have fast horses?"

"Having fast horses is indeed great, why don’t you go and pass ’The Second Driving Test’ too?"

"Damn it, just wait until the new support class is out; then we’ll see if you can still be so arrogant!"

"Ah, it’s useless, playing with matchlock guns and waiting your turn to execute is just not feasible, and it’s completely lacking the ability to fight Cavalry alone."

"The nature of matchlock guns is that they can’t be used in tight formations because the matches could fly around wildly during firing and could potentially ignite the gunpowder pouches of those nearby... but no problem, I’m already trying to improve the flintlock guns, maybe soon we’ll have flintlock guns to use!"

Li Hongyun watched the entire battle, and finally admitted that what Cui Huowang had said was right; playing with matchlock guns in execution queues was not viable.

Slow loading and sparse positioning meant that such tactics could not pose too great a threat to Cavalry.

Matchlock guns needed a match to ignite the firing powder, and as lit matches could easily go out, many gunners would light both ends of the match, ensuring that if one end went out, the other could continue to ignite the powder.

But the problem was, when firing, the gun would vibrate intensely causing the long match to fly around wildly. If one was not careful, it could strike a teammate and ignite their gunpowder pouch, and that would be it.