Summoning Total War

.Chapter 42: Fighting! War drums!

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The training that Murphy prepared for these semi-elves is actually very simple. Of course, it sounds simple, but it is still difficult to actually do it. Especially for these motley crews who have not received much formal training. There was no regular training, and to be honest, Murphy expressed doubts about how much they could accomplish in half a day.

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Archers were arrayed at the front of the battle line.

After the lizardman army enters the shooting range, it starts to shoot rapidly. There is no need to aim. You only need to shoot out all ten arrows stuck in front of you.

Free fire from the front. The melee troops holding shields in the rear were on standby in a loose formation.

Enemy troops are approaching.

When the distance is reduced to fifty meters.

The archer troops began to retreat, passing through the gaps in the defensive line and ranking among the third echelon.

The shield-wielding melee troops changed from a loose formation to a dense formation.

The second echelon steps forward to fill the gaps.

Pull out the defensive front.

The battle entered close combat, and the archers of the third and fourth echelons used projectiles to suppress the enemies behind the killing line with firepower.

This battle formation may sound a bit long, but to put it simply, the archers stand in front of the formation, wait for the enemy to appear and enter shooting range, and then start shooting. When the shooting is almost done, they start to retreat and retreat to close combat. At the back of the team, close combat troops then moved forward to block the gap and block the enemy from outside the front line. Then the archers who withdrew and the archers in the rear used throwing fire to suppress the enemy.

A very simple way of fighting.

When the Roman legions fought, this is how the javelin soldiers first threw a round of javelins and then retreated behind the heavy infantry.

The most critical thing about this tactic is not to produce hunluàn when retreating.

When the melee combat troops rush to meet the enemy, they must seize the right opportunity and not let the lizardmen rush past the defense line.

This is a fairly simple change.

It can be said that they are at the top level. As long as they can do it, Murphy's plan can increase their chances of winning by three points.

Originally, according to Murphy's standards, the time for the archers in front of the line to retreat should be when the enemy distance is close to thirty meters, not fifty meters, but after taking into account the discipline and cooperation of the semi-elves, , he had no choice but to widen the distance to the maximum, because no matter how big it was, he wouldn't be able to shoot a few arrows. If the Athenian troops were to use this tactic, Murphy would even shorten the retreat distance to fifteen meters. The extra thirty-five meters would allow the archers to fire two more rounds of arrows, maximizing their effectiveness. Possible to weaken the enemy before engaging in combat.

The Athenian troops have strictly trained their military footwork and can quickly transform a loose formation into a dense formation by turning in formation and stepping forward. However, these semi-elf troops cannot do this. They can block the lizards without any trouble. Murphy is satisfied with the gaps in man's attack. In order to prevent some accidents from happening, he even left a distance of more than thirty meters to allow them to change formations in advance.

Don't underestimate the extra two rounds of arrows. The explosive power of these two arrows at close range will kill or injure the enemy when they rush in front of him.

This is not an exaggeration

Because within a distance of fifty meters, the longbow can penetrate even many metal armors.

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The semi-elf army was urgently familiar with this simple formation change. Although they lacked sufficient military training, their fighting spirit was still very high under the fighting spirit of protecting their homeland. After several formation changes, their movements were a beat or slower. The half-elves who ran in the wrong direction looked ashamed, and they already lowered their heads in shame without the officer scolding them.

After three hours of training, I quickly achieved some results. Although it was still a little sluggish, I at least maintained a good performance.

As long as they don't make mistakes due to nerves when fighting, Murphy is guaranteed to win a glorious victory

The semi-elves are familiar with the new battle formation, and the Athenian army is also training and undergoing simple running-in. Because these half-elves were not familiar with this fighting method, in order to ensure victory, Murphy had to lengthen the Athenian line, and the Athenian soldiers were responsible for nearly half of the frontal defense line. This necessitated the transformation of the Athenian army from the traditional five-column front to the weaker three-column front.

There is no way to lengthen and thin the defense line. Otherwise, more than half of the defense line will be handed over to these semi-elves who have just become familiar with the battle formation. Murphy is actually very worried. Because once the Lizardmen's offensive breaks through the defense lines on both wings, the Athenian army holding on in the middle will become the target of being attacked from three sides. This is something Murphy absolutely does not want to see.

So he was willing to let the Athenian army bear most of the defense line.

However, considering that this time he has a large number of excellent archers, Murphy is not so worried. As long as the first shot can be effective, the lizard man's combat effectiveness will be weakened by at least 70%, and then there will not be much of a threat. Murphy has carefully studied the corpses of lizard men. Their finger bones are long and narrow, and they do not have five fingers like humans, so they are not suitable for fighting with shields. Without shield protection, these lizardmen would suffer even greater casualties when faced with archer attacks.

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The cry of the hippogryph came from the sky, which was a sign from the scouts that the lizardmen's vanguard had arrived.

Murphy turned on the "Total War" auxiliary system, and sure enough, on the map on the strategy page, a red sign was very close, about five kilometers away. They were marching very fast, and they were obviously traveling lightly.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the Lizardmen's vanguard army appeared on the battlefield.

The days get shorter in winter, and the sun has turned to the west around five o'clock. Although it is still quite bright now, there will be only a fiery red sunset left in the sky in an hour at most. Because the lizardmen have some night vision, they don't care that it's almost dark. After discovering that the semi-elf army was waiting in front, these lizardman vanguard troops immediately began to form formation under the orders of the officers.

The distance between the two sides is about one kilometer, which is one thousand meters.

As a humanoid race that has not yet entered the civilized era, the discipline of the lizardman army is obviously not very good. Their fighting style is like the barbarians in BC. The front is a loose front composed of heavy infantry, and the middle is Light infantry with poor equipment, and auxiliary units such as archers at the rear. The lines listed by the lizardmen were not good, and even a little crooked. It was obvious that they had not been formally trained.

The way of fighting is still to rush forward in a swarm, relying entirely on their own strength advantage and natural bravery.

This is a simple and primitive but effective way of fighting.

That is to say, a fighting method in which the enemy will be beaten to pieces if he succeeds, and he will be beaten to a pulp by the enemy if he fails.

If we want to draw an analogy, it would be Cheng Yaojin’s three-axe

The scientific name is - Sweep the Thousands of Armies.

The distance of one thousand meters was actually not that far. Using a telescope, Murphy could even clearly see the paint on the face of the lizard man officer walking in the forefront. These lizardmen have ancient and primitive beliefs. In addition to offering sacrifices, they also have witch doctors. The lizardmen's arrows will be mixed with poison, but there are not many poisons that are fatal instantly, and it is difficult to deploy them on a large scale. Druids and The Moon God Priests can all remove it.

This time, maybe he was really anxious.

The half-elf queen actually agreed with Murphy's suggestion of poisoning the arrows. Even the druids didn't say anything, and instead took the initiative to prepare the poison.

No one knows the poison of plants better than these druids.

The arrows used by the half-elves are smeared with a special poison. Strictly speaking, it is not fatal, but it has a special effect, which is a slight anesthesia. The wound healed in a few minutes. You will start to feel numb and gradually become weak. This is the result of several semi-elf warriors' personal experiments. However, the number of these arrows is not large, and only more than 10,000 of them can be made temporarily.

Poison cannot be everywhere, otherwise there would be many living creatures left in the wild.

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The general of the lizardmen was obviously also wondering why the half-elf, which had always been playing jungle warfare with them, actually chose to confront them head-on this time. However, it also knew that the opportunity was rare, because although the half-elf's bow and arrow were very fierce, they were pulled. In close combat, they are a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. After several major losses, these lizardmen learned the lesson, and the soldiers in the first line awkwardly held up a shield.

These shields are mainly used to defend against the attacks of semi-elves, and are then thrown away when the distance is shortened. As long as they enter close combat, victory is already in sight.

Before the Lizardmen arrived.

Murphy consciously asked the soldiers in the back row to kneel on one knee and half on the ground.

In this way, from the perspective of the lizard men, they can only see the rows of archers in the front. No matter whether it can be effective or not, at least they can dodge the enemy a little.

However, the enemy's fanaticism obviously exceeded Murphy's expectations.

Because after the formation was completed, the lizardman general waved his hand, the loud drums sounded, and a group of lizardman warriors howled excitedly and rushed over.