Summoning Total War

early morning.

There is a hint of chill in the air.

The drizzle was mixed with small ice particles, and it lasted for nearly half an hour before it ended. It was obvious that winter was coming, and the first heavy snow would probably fall on the entire southern plain in a few days at most! The first heavy snowfall last year was around mid-November, a full month earlier than this year. However, no matter how warm the weather is this year, delaying it for one month is already the limit. []

Half-elf Queen, tent.

"The Lizardmen army is advancing much slower. The roads have become muddy due to the rain, and their baggage team cannot keep up." Murphy pointed to a map and said to everyone present. The roads in this era were very primitive and were quite simple dirt roads. Once it rained, they basically turned into mud roads. Such mud roads were quite troublesome for troops carrying heavy baggage. Not many people in this era have the long-term awareness of Murphy and will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build roads.

In addition to being inconvenient for one's own movement, the crude dirt roads can also slow down the enemy's progress when invaded from outside.

This can be considered a benefit.

After all, they did not have an army as powerful as Athens to ensure the security of their territory.

"According to this weather, unless the Lizardmen army abandons their baggage, their time to get here will be delayed for another day." Murphy drew a circle with a quill pen on a corner of the map, looked around, and said in a deep voice : "This is a tributary of the Nidoria River. You call it the Agate River. The Agate River runs through the entire forest and extends to the west of the southern wilderness. If the lizard people want to come over as soon as possible, they must cross the river from here!"

"With our current strength, we have little chance of winning in a head-on battle against the lizardman army. So our top priority now is to delay as much time as possible until the reinforcements from the high elves arrive, or until the first heavy snowfall of the year. Coming." Murphy said slowly.

"The first heavy snow?" the half-elf queen asked doubtfully.

"That's right! The first heavy snow!" Murphy looked at several druids, then turned his attention to the half-elf queen, and said: "The lizard man is a creature similar to a cold-blooded animal. Of course, what is blood? I can't explain animals too clearly, because this is the name used internally by our arcane mages."

In order to avoid explaining too much, Murphy directly included cold-blooded animals in the knowledge of the arcane school.

"Creatures like these with cold-blooded animal characteristics will enter a state of hibernation when the temperature is too low. For example, snakes, frogs, lizards, etc. Although it is impossible for lizard people to enter hibernation, as people who have been living in Creatures in the tropical rainforest will definitely be uncomfortable when encountering such cold weather, and they will become depressed in the cold climate."

"Moreover, these lizardmen are wearing leather armor, which is not cold-resistant. In cold climates, their combat effectiveness can be greatly reduced."

Lizardmen are also humanoid creatures, and Murphy doesn't believe that they won't catch a cold.

"So, our top priority now is to delay as much time as possible until reinforcements from the high elves arrive." Murphy looked at the half-elf queen and said slowly.

If the high elves cannot come, a heavy snowfall alone will not add much points to the upcoming war.

The right time and the right location.

When the strength of the two sides is too far apart, the role it can play is quite limited.

"What to do?" asked a feral druid.

"Destroy the roads as much as possible and destroy all the bridges along the way. Especially here!" Murphy pointed at the point drawn on the map and said solemnly: "If I remember correctly, you built it here. A bridge, right?”

Murphy didn't know the name of the bridge, but it was located where it connected to the southern plains. Half-elves had always had trade relations with humans, and this bridge was built for this reason. At the beginning of the war, the half-elves were defeated too quickly and were directly beaten to the Land of Thorns. It was not until they took advantage of the terrain of the Land of Thorns and recruited a large number of troops that they slowed down their position.

If the lizardman army wants to come over, they must cross the Agate River. To cross the Agate River, it is obviously difficult for the troops carrying baggage to wade, so this bridge is their best choice. Even if it takes some detours, they should be able to cross the river here. After the "Total War" auxiliary system strategic map page was opened, Murphy has been paying attention to the lizard people's movements.

With the help of the "Total War" auxiliary system, Murphy has a clearer understanding of the movements of the lizardman army than those of the hippogryph knights.

"These lizardmen are here now. Due to the distance, they are one day later than us. And because of the rain in the past two days, this time has been delayed a lot, so they are at least half a day away from the bridge. The distance of this bridge is very special. It is impossible for those lizardmen to not protect it at all. And to destroy this bridge, it is obviously impossible to walk across it."

Murphy looked at the half-elf queen and said, "We can only fly over."

"There are only about thirty hippogryphs, and even if they are all used to carry people, I'm afraid it won't be enough. When this bridge was built, in order to make it more durable, the druid even used some reinforcement magic on it. Just rely on this With a few people, it would be difficult to destroy them." The half-elf queen looked at the circles on the map and said helplessly.

Obviously, if she knew all this today, she would definitely not let the druids reinforce it.

"It must be destroyed!" Murphy said with firm eyes, "Destroying this bridge will at least buy us one day!"

"It can even force the lizardmen to divide their forces again!"

"If they really want to capture this place so quickly..."

Murphy turned his attention to Artoria aside. He looked into the girl's green eyes and asked, "If I use the ability, can I destroy it?"

"Okay!" The girl nodded firmly.

"But..." Arturia glanced at the half-elf queen, and then said slowly: "There are great restrictions on its use. If it is used to destroy the bridge, I am afraid it will not be used in the next battle."

"It doesn't matter." Murphy replied calmly.

"The number of people the hippogryph can carry is limited, and the lizardmen will definitely send troops to station there, so we can only use some elites to ride the hippogryph." Murphy turned his attention to the Moon God Priests on the other side and said slowly : "In addition to all the druids going, I think you also need to send a few high-level priests to go with them."

"I'm worried there might be demonic lizardmen stationed there."

(To be continued)