Summoning Total War

Chapter 111 The last mountain giant! (superior)

With the inability to suppress the bandits of other races behind the southern plains, batches of hobgoblins and kobolds poured into the interior of the plains. At the same time, the remaining forces that had retreated into the mountains and forests during the Jackal War also became active. Although the number of these jackals who hid in the deep mountains and old forests after their defeat was not large, they no longer posed much of a substantial threat to humans.

But as these remnants of gnolls joined the hobgoblin bandit groups entrenched in various places, the progress of the noble council's elimination became even slower.

even!

After August 10, Murphy also received news one after another through the mercenary union that there were kobold bandits escaping within the Principality of Athens Alliance! And outside the northern towns of the Principality of Athens Alliance, more than a dozen bandit groups with more than a thousand people were entrenched. These bandit groups are composed of other races such as kobolds, hobgoblins, jackals, wild boars, etc. They frequently attack nearby villages to plunder supplies, and even take the initiative to attack some small towns.

That's not the worst!

To make matters worse, Murphy received a message from some secret channels within the Noble Council.

——Something terrible appeared in the southern wilderness!

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August 15, Year 376 of the Second Age.

If it were placed in Middle-earth in the previous life, then today would be the night of the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But in this world, this is just a normal day. It is said that the high elves will sacrifice to the moon god Elune on this day, but humans do not yet have such a tradition. There are only two days for ancestor worship in human traditional culture. One is April 5th, which is not far different from the Qingming Festival in previous lives. The other one is July 15th, which is the same day as the Ghost Festival in the previous life.

The moon on this day is very round.

Since the battle with the orcs in June this year, Athens' strength has been greatly damaged, and thousands of casualties have dealt a heavy blow to the citizens of Athens. Fortunately, after the victory of the war, the fame of both Athens and Murphy spread throughout the human world. Therefore, Athens' strength recovered quickly after the war, and after the Principality Alliance was signed and merged with Lady Elizabeth's territory, Athens' strength recovered even more rapidly. After more than two months of self-cultivation and recuperation, Athens is not only seeing a flourishing business life. Similarly, in terms of the number of citizens, the number of formal citizens recognized by the auxiliary system of "Total War" in Athens has once again exceeded the limit of 10,000 people. If this progress continues, it is expected that the city of Athens will be upgraded again around October this year!

Upgrade from an ordinary city to a big city!

At that time, not only could the city of Athens be upgraded from an urban military camp to a legionary military camp, but it could also be upgraded to a racecourse to recruit the powerful arm of the Seleucid faction - the armored cavalry!

This is not an army like the Macedonian cavalry, which is called a heavy cavalry but actually has just a few more pieces of iron than the light cavalry.

This is a heavy cavalry unit in the true sense!

Not only is the whole body covered in armor, even the horse sitting down is covered with small pieces of iron armor connected in series! You can say it without any politeness! The armored cavalry was the only heavy cavalry unit in "Total War" before the Middle Ages that could attack infantry legions head-on! Once the armored cavalry troops can form a formation of more than a thousand people, then there will be a steel-like torrent on the battlefield, with amazing power and unstoppable force. The sound of horse hooves will make the earth tremble!

Not to mention the army of gnolls and half-orcs, even the regular troops of the orc empire would be difficult to resist.

In the age of cold weapons, the power of a large-scale heavy cavalry unit was absolutely amazing! Just the momentum that made the earth tremble made many people lose the courage to resist! On the frontal battlefield, heavy cavalry will always be a banner of the cold weapon era!

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New crops have been planted, and crops like corn and vegetables will be ready in three months' time, in November.

After they are harvested, agricultural experts from the University of Athens will arrange for the residents to plant new winter wheat. This is a crop reform after Athens was upgraded to a city. Other crops are cultivated alternately, which also saves the fertility of the land and prevents the land from becoming barren quickly. The small island in the Nidoria River has been officially mined, and a lot of natural phosphate fertilizer can now be supplied. Athens can definitely foresee a bumper harvest in the next few years.

There is food in hand and no panic in mind.

Even if part of the food provided by this year's bumper harvest is deducted from the support provided to the Centaur tribe, the remaining food is enough to feed the entire territory for more than two years. Now in the city of Athens, not only the citizens have a lot of surplus, but even the indigenous people who are Murphy's serfs can eat a piece of white bread a day. This was simply something they had never dared to imagine.

And, if they worked hard, they could even get a little bit of dried fish every Sunday.

That’s meat!

Under the former lord, they might only be able to eat a little bit during the holidays!

But that's just a possibility.

But what about now?

As long as they work hard, they can eat a little meat every week. Although it is not a lot, it is enough to maintain the nutrients needed for children's growth and development. These lowly serfs did not have much ambition. They just wanted to fill their stomachs and let their children eat better and wear more clothes. They would rather eat less than see their children's hungry faces...

Not hungry or cold, this is their happiness.

Very simple and very satisfying.

As a modern person, Murphy cannot be said to be kind, but he has his own principles for being a man. For him, it should be the obligation of every lord to ensure that everyone who works hard can have enough to eat. He was unable to do what other aboriginal nobles did, who kept the serfs in a state of not having enough to eat but not starving to death in order to facilitate their rule. Even Lady Elizabeth once looked at him in surprise. She said it was hard to imagine that you, who was so strong and strong in war, would be so kind to your own people.

This is not mercy!

Murphy has always considered himself not a kind person.

It's just that he can't be so cruel. He feels that he has an obligation to feed his subjects.

This is the duty of a lord! It is also the obligation that a king should fulfill in the future!

Maybe all of this is just what Murphy subconsciously takes for granted. But the serfs who were sent to Murphy didn't think so. They are undoubtedly grateful for everything that is good now. They call their lord the noble, kind, generous, great and wise Governor Murphy! Although their poor knowledge does not know what the Governor-General represents, they are very stubborn in believing that this is a nobler title than the Grand Duke, and only truly great people can obtain it!

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The chaos in the southern plains did not cause much real trouble for Murphy.

While everywhere is in dire straits, everything in Athens is developing steadily and rapidly. With the mercenary union's intelligence network, Murphy's information database was quickly filled up. The newly established [Jiang Ye] organization would collect useful information for him in all aspects, while paying attention to talents wandering around. A part of the indigenous mercenary groups with strict discipline and bravery were absorbed by Athens. They will be included in the peripheral establishment of the army, led by the indigenous warriors who survived the previous Orc war. These mercenaries will be formally absorbed after receiving brutal training from the priests of the Temple of War. By then, they will all be a group of powerful warriors!

At the same time, with the help of the increasingly stable mercenary union, people from all over the country who had skills but no room to display them were attracted to Athens.

Because everyone foresees that this city will be a bright pearl among mankind in the future!

Now, this pearl has just begun to shine. Its construction requires a lot of talents, which also means that it is full of opportunities. Many frustrated people among the indigenous people rushed to Athens, hoping to get a chance to display their skills there. And, with all the goblin and kobold bandits roaming the land, Athens is certainly a very safe place now.

All goblin, kobold, gnoll, and bandits that entered its range were wiped out by the powerful Spartan warriors within a few days.

After arriving, the goblins and kobolds also learned their lesson, and they no longer had to live or die within the scope of setting foot in Athens. They avoided the area belonging to Athens and moved around the surrounding areas, plundering some passing caravans and occasionally attacking the wealthier villages under the rule of the surrounding nobles. In fact, omnivorous creatures like goblins and kobolds will not starve to death even if they have no food and just eat grass from trees. The vitality of these creatures is very tenacious, especially creatures like kobolds. They can be seen in almost every corner of the continent.

September 1st.

The team of high-level adventurers sent by the Noble Council to investigate the southern wilderness brought back very bad news.

In the wilderness connected to the plains, large holes appeared one after another at some point. These hollows are bottomless, as if they lead to the depths of the earth. And some other types of intelligent creatures that have not been seen in the past thousand years and are suspected to be extinct are now coming out of the holes connected to the ground one after another. The goblins and kobolds who originally lived in the wilderness were driven to the southern plains by them.

These remnants of the previous era returned to the surface after the second elemental tide began!

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(I will resume updating tomorrow. Go to bed early today to replenish your energy. Well, 200,000 words, so I have to work hard.)