"Everyone, prepare for battle!"

With Chu Ge's command, the players quickly entered battle readiness.

In the sky, the strength of the four great demons seemed not to decrease but increase, and four huge shadows appeared in the sky from four different directions, beginning to constantly sprinkle Demonic Qi onto the ground below!

Feilian was in the far south, as the great demon defending the Great Sheng Dynasty, a vast amount of Demonic Qi transformed into the Northern Barbarians and Eastern Barbarian bandits;

Xingtian was in the east, as the great demon guarding the Qi Dynasty, a vast amount of Demonic Qi transformed into Jin soldiers clad in heavy armor;

Gonggong was in the west, as the great demon guarding the Liang Dynasty, a vast amount of Demonic Qi transformed into Turkic Cavalry covering the hills and plains;

Kua Fu was in the north, as the great demon guarding the Chu Dynasty, directly controlling the Beidi people possessed by Demonic Qi, launching an attack from the north!

In an instant, the mountains and plains filled with demons and evil spirits resembled a flood, surrounding the players' chariot formation as if it were an isolated island in a storm.

And the largest player army in history, faced with the absolute numerical superiority of the demons, seemed incredibly isolated and weak.

Clearly, the Demon Lord Chi You, in order to win this battle, had staked most of his chips, even using a great amount of Demonic Qi to restore these four great demons to their peak condition.

This time, the players had to face four great demons and Chi You, who was lying in wait, all by themselves, causing the pressure to spike suddenly.

Almost as soon as the battle began, the demon soldiers, with their overwhelming numbers, had already broken through the players' first line of defense.

A great number of demon soldiers fearlessly charged forward, and although the outer chariot formation could block them for a while, cannons, muskets, and strong bows and heavy crossbows also inflicted heavy casualties; but this was ultimately only a chariot formation and not an impregnable wall.

However, the players had anticipated this point; the chariot formation was not just a single outer ring but had several layers from the inside out, allowing the players to still resist desperately relying on the internal chariot formations.

"What do we do! There are too many demons! I highly suspect the numbers were configured wrong and they added an extra zero!"

Some players were already wailing, the tidal wave of demons and evil spirits overwhelmed their capacity almost immediately.

Especially since many of these players had only recently acquired beta-testing privileges as new players.

They hadn't gone through the baptism of simulated trials, having only passed the basic identity trials before being thrown directly into the most brutal Return Order Expedition battlefield in history.

It was indeed a bit overwhelming.

As for the veteran players, they were much calmer.

This game was never one to follow the usual patterns, where had it even reached yet?

Chu Ge immediately ordered, "Squad leaders, pay attention and summon the legendary spirits at the appropriate times! Keep the battle line outside the safety line!"

Although the players had constructed a chariot formation, with several lines of defense, if the third line of defense were breached, the demons could potentially penetrate deeply and "blossom" from the inside, so even with several lines of defense, the third line was the core position that the players and demons tussled over repeatedly, absolutely not to be lost.

And those spaces specifically for summoning legendary spirits were also right near the third line of defense.

As a large number of demon soldiers flooded in, players' exterior lines of defense began showing signs of collapse, and those spaces were occupied by hordes of demon soldiers.

And the leaders of the squads, who held the authority to summon legendary spirits, also chose the most opportune moments to do so.

The problem, however, was that the legendary spirits they summoned did not perfectly correspond to the attacking demons and evil spirits.

Because when setting up formations, they did so according to the characteristics of the legendary spirits.

For example, General Deng Yuanjing excelled in the coordination of various arms like firearms and chariots to strike the enemy, while General Han Fuyue was better at direct confrontations with heavy cavalry and heavy infantry. Therefore, every legendary spirit had a different specialty in warfare, and the chariot formation would naturally differ as well.

And now, the direction from which the demons arrived deviated somewhat from the players' original estimates.

Chu Ge loudly said, "Don't worry about it, summon according to the original plan!"

It was definitely unrealistic to change formations on the spot, and altering the formation to adjust the summoning areas would not be worthwhile.

Continuing to summon the legendary spirits according to the original plan was the best solution.

But this would lead to a problem: the legendary spirits might encounter enemies from different historical segments.

For instance, General Han Fuyue, who had spent his whole life fighting the Jin soldiers and was accustomed to combat methods against heavy armored cavalry, could he adapt to fighting the Turkic people or the Beidi on short notice?

Yet at such a critical juncture, they could only hope that the legendary spirits could adapt as necessary.

Chu Ge and the players in charge of command felt this shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, the legendary spirits were the best warriors of their eras, and with a different enemy, they would surely come up with new tactics.

The players were actually looking forward to seeing what kind of sparks would fly when the legendary spirits encountered enemies from different eras.

...

The first to summon legendary spirits were the players responsible for defending the northern region.

This was Kua Fu's main direction of attack, with large numbers of Beidi Cavalry flooding in like a tide; the players, although desperately holding on, were soon overwhelmed.

After all, this was a historical segment belonging to the Chu Dynasty, where Kua Fu and the barbarian soldiers of the Beidi held absolute advantage.

However, just as they were advancing triumphantly, thinking that they would break through the line of defense at any moment, a golden light descended from the sky!

A cavalry general clad in heavy armor, wielding a long spear, faced off with a few Beidi cavalry and knocked them from their horses in an instant!

Immediately after, a large number of soldiers began to appear around this cavalry general.

Among these soldiers were heavily armored cavalry, as well as heavily armored infantry.

This was a force with an extremely high rate of armor wear, and moreover, their formation was very strict, as if with every step they took, they moved forward and back in unison.

The direction of the cavalry general's long spear led the soldiers to press forward undeterred, as seamlessly coordinated as if the arm were directing the hand!

With just one encounter, the Beidi Cavalry, with their negligible armor and lack of stirrups, was scattered in disarray and routed.

General Han Fuyue scanned the battlefield with a slightly surprised expression: "Not Jin soldiers?"

The low rate of armor among the opposing cavalry caught him off guard.

Used to clashing against the iron pagodas of the Jin soldiers, he now faced the Beidi Cavalry with no stirrups or heavy armor, feeling an odd sense of bullying...

...

The battlefield to the east, where Xingtian ceaselessly scattered Demonic Qi across the land, materializing endless demonic soldiers into Iron Pagodas and Kidnapper Cavalry, trampling recklessly over the players' defense lines.

Xingtian had been holding its breath, as the first major demon to be thoroughly trounced, it couldn't hold its head high in front of the other three major demons. But this time, it gave it all, hoping to be the first to breach the defenses and drag out that damn Return Order member!

Yet, just as the Iron Pagodas and Kidnapper Cavalry seemed to advance without resistance, suddenly a streak of golden light fell from the sky.

A Cavalry General wielding a longbow shot a rapid series of arrows "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", each striking precisely through the eyes of an Iron Pagoda, causing the heavily armored demonic soldiers to topple from their mounts!

"Han Fuyue?!

"No, it's not Han Fuyue..."

Xingtian's first reaction was that General Han Fuyue had come.

For in the historical fragment of the Qi Dynasty, General Han Fuyue, as the strongest heroic spirit in the entire history of the Qi, was always the main force against Jin soldiers and the stabilizing pin of the Qi's historical fragment.

Seeing the Cavalry General, Xingtian's subconscious mind thought of General Han Fuyue.

However, on closer inspection, it turned out not to be General Han Fuyue!

He looked slimmer and his armor and attire were different from those of General Han Fuyue.

Immediately afterward, his personal guards began to appear beside him.

These heroic spirits always bring some bodyguards, all battle-hardened veterans, part of the direct lineage unit. The players spared no expense in righteous energy, so these personal guards were also in their prime.

Seeing that these soldiers were still wearing cotton armor, Xingtian couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

"Such rudimentary armor, how can it withstand the iron cavalry of the Jin people!"

But the next second, he watched as these soldiers skillfully rearranged the chariot formation and then each shouldered a musket.

The dark muzzles pointed towards the charging Iron Pagodas!

General Deng Yuanjing remained calm, only feeling a bit embarrassed.

Using the weaponry and equipment of the Great Sheng Dynasty to fight the Qi Dynasty's barbarians, seemed a bit like bullying.

After all, the Jin appeared so strong not because they were genuinely powerful, but simply because the Qi was too weak...

Hadn't the Northern Barbarians who had destroyed the Jin and then the Qi been ground into the dust by Emperor Taizu of Sheng and General Deng Yuanjing?

In front of muskets, Iron Pagodas were indeed not much to speak of.

...

In the west, Gonggong's demonic soldiers manifested as Turkic people.

The Turkic resemble an intermediate form between the Beidi and the Jin soldiers.

They wore less armor than the Jin but more than the Beidi, and they had stirrups.

Gonggong had thought it would face Emperor Taizong of Liang, a shining beacon of the era, head-on, but its expectations were dashed.

Because what appeared on the battleground was a cavalry unit from the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Emperor Taizu of Sheng looked at Gonggong in the distance, then at the Turkic cavalry before him.

"Turkic people?

"This is somewhat unexpected..."

Emperor Taizu of Sheng had always admired Emperor Taizong of Liang, seeing it as a kind of mutual appreciation between heroes.

In the Liang Dynasty, the Turkic people were indeed a thorn in the side of Emperor Taizong, but strictly speaking, it was only a thorn for a few years.

After Emperor Taizong seized the throne, he quickly and decisively wiped out the Turkic.

Even after the Turkic were conquered, the various Turkic leaders recognized Emperor Taizong as their ruler, supporting the campaigns of Liang's armies every time, with Turkic commanders like Ashina Simo fighting even more bravely than Liang's generals during the campaign against Korea.

And now, Emperor Taizu of Sheng was about to pit his direct lineage troops, having expelled the barbarian invaders, against the Turkic.

Emperor Taizu of Sheng turned to his generals: "Polish your three-eyed guns."

...

To the far south, Feilian gazed confidently at the Northern Barbarian army and the Eastern Barbarian bandits under his command.

Compared to previous battles, the substantial increase in Demonic Qi had significantly bolstered the number of his demonic soldiers, and both the Northern Barbarian Cavalry and the Eastern Barbarian bandits seemed poised to overwhelm the Return Order's forces, given their vastly increased numbers.

However, at that moment, a golden light descended from the sky!

The neatly arrayed Black Armor Army appeared on the battlefield.

Emperor Taizong of Liang furrowed his brow as he looked at the demonic soldiers in front of him.

"Which army is this?"

As someone from the Liang Dynasty, he had never seen the Northern Barbarians, let alone the Eastern Barbarian bandits.

A player immediately went up to report: "Your Majesty, those barbarian soldiers are the Beidi, considered the nomadic tribes that unified the northern steppes after the Turkic. But compared to the Turkic people, they are stronger.

"As for those wearing bizarre armor and wielding barbarians' swords and bows, those are the Eastern Barbarian People."

Emperor Taizong was taken aback: "Is it that Eastern Barbarian who sent envoys to us a few times?"

The player nodded: "Exactly."

Emperor Taizong couldn't help but laugh: "What's the situation in later times? Have even the lowly Eastern Barbarians become bold enough to invade?"

He held his great bow, looking at the surging demonic soldiers.

"Then let them learn why I am called Heaven's Khan!"

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