Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 270 - 208 Two Solutions_2

Chapter 270: Chapter 208 Two Solutions_2

Li Hongyun combined the historical records, recounting the entire process of how he had cleared the game.

Players couldn’t help but marvel at his skill.

"Wow, what a show-off by the king of Europe!"

"I was wondering why, when I lead a thousand people in a charge, I die every time. It turns out fifty cavalry is the necessary number for a clever victory?"

"So, Yu Jiaxuan isn’t just a tough guy who can fight thousands single-handedly, but a wise commander who uses his brain?"

"With fifty against fifty thousand, it’s virtually impossible without cunning, unless you’ve had some kind of genetic mutation. To deduce this from historical records is extremely impressive!"

"I’ve learned something—tonight I’m going to try and replicate it!"

However, just when the players were all eager to copy the solution, Fan Cun’s strategy also came to light.

"I happened to discover a solution, but it can’t be reliably replicated. It might occur once in every three or five attempts. It happens when, during a direct charge, Ma Anbang’s camp might suddenly fall into chaos, even attacking each other. So if you plan it well, you can also take advantage of the chaos to capture Ma Anbang..."

Fan Cun similarly narrated his own experience.

Although he also cleared the game at the last checkpoint, his method evidently had a lower success rate and was slower compared to Li Hongyun’s.

According to Fan Cun, the situation of "Ma Anbang’s camp’s soldiers going mad and hacking at each other" wasn’t guaranteed to occur every time, and even when it did occur, the scale could vary greatly, with a high degree of randomness.

Sometimes, the phenomenon could stop quickly, but other times it would continue for a long duration, even if Ma Anbang’s Deputy General and mid-level officers tried to intervene frantically.

Although Fan Cun was a celebrity player and had great prestige among the players, especially favored by the "brave" type of players, some still questioned his claims and were hesitant to believe them.

"Ah? Ma Anbang’s soldiers go mad and hack each other to pieces?"

"That seems unlikely. Even if they were suddenly startled awake at night and got scared, at most they would just run around in a panic—why would they start attacking each other?"

"Did they all lose their minds collectively? At least they should recognize that those sleeping next to them are their fellow soldiers who train with them daily..."

"No, this kind of situation is indeed possible. Haven’t you heard of the concept called ’camp panic’ or ’barrack scream’?"

With the collective efforts of the players, the details of the two solutions proposed by Li Hongyun and Fan Cun eventually surfaced.

Regarding how exactly Yu Jiaxuan had used fifty cavalry to capture Ma Anbang in the midst of fifty thousand soldiers in the camp, this issue has remained unresolved.

The historical records are not detailed, so the players could only speculate and try to solve it themselves.

Li Hongyun’s solution appears to be the best, which required using both wisdom and physical strategies properly to achieve the outcome.

By analyzing Ma Anbang’s psychology, and the relationships among other Rebel Army generals, the use of fifty cavalry successfully created a psychological expectation in Ma Anbang that "the others are coming to surrender." This ensured that they could enter the camp leading horses and carrying weapons, thereby avoiding the dire consequences of storming the camp initially and maximizing the success rate of the plan.

Of course, a certain level of Combat Power and leadership was still needed when breaking out.

And the solution Fan Cun recklessly came up with is also a possibility.

This is similar to some historic "night raids on camps."

Screams and chaos in camps, in ancient times, were actually quite common. So whether in camps or in prisons, there were various rules to prevent such situations.

For instance, there are rules against being loud or wandering around aimlessly, all aimed at avoiding barrack screams or jail riots.

The principle behind this phenomenon is actually quite simple.

Camps and prisons are places of strict discipline, with numerous rules and severe consequences for transgressions. Most soldiers live in fear, cautious not to accidentally break any military decree that could lead to execution.

Moreover, life in the camp is harsh, with poor food and sleeping conditions, leading to both physical and mental exhaustion over time.

Under these conditions, their mental stress tends to remain extremely taut for a long duration.

If they are under famous commanders, of course, there would be ways to prevent screaming incidents; they either live and eat with the soldiers to keep their morale high, or implement strict orders to ensure the soldiers have strong discipline and a sense of mission.

These are all ways to ensure the combat effectiveness of an army.

But Ma Anbang is clearly not among such famed generals.

Not only does he lack such methods, but he also worsens the mental state of his soldiers.

Ma Anbang himself emerged from the underclass, even being called a bandit wouldn’t be too far-fetched. His soldiers include refugees and bandits, varying greatly in quality; moreover, his collusion with external forces against Commander Geng naturally imbued his force with a trait of "injustice," while absorbing Rebel Army troops also inevitably intensified internal conflicts.

For a long time, someone like Ma Anbang, in order to maintain military discipline, certainly has resorted to high-pressure and even cruel policies, leaving the mental state of his soldiers severely unhealthy, and possibly even making them view each other with animosity.

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