Summoning Total War

Chapter 53 Oak (Part 2)

It was already slightly dark the day after we reunited with the soldiers who stayed behind.

The season is already feeling a bit like summer. The days are longer and the nights are shortening.

When the team returned, it was about six o'clock in the afternoon. The sky was covered with red clouds, but the surroundings were still very bright. One of the soldiers of the general's guard who stayed behind suffered a minor injury because he forgot to leave insect repellent powder for them. One soldier seemed to have been bitten by some poisonous insect during the night watch, and his leg was swollen near the ankle. Got a big bag.

There are many such poisonous insects in the dense forest. Although they are not fatal, they can easily lead to wound infection and subsequent fever after being bitten.

Therefore, almost all wilderness adventurers carry some detoxifying drugs with them.

The wounded soldier made a cross on the wound with a dagger, released the poisonous blood, and sprinkled a little holy water on it. By the time Murphy and others returned, he had regained his mobility.

The holy water in the territory is a strategic reserve resource, and Murphy does not intend to sell it to outsiders.

Now that it has entered a period of peaceful development, the demand in the territory is not very large, and there is a surplus every day. But if a large-scale war breaks out, then the holy water will basically not be enough.

There was no need to conserve the horse's leg power when returning. The group let go of their hands and feet and traveled through the night.

Here we must briefly talk about the terrain within a hundred kilometers of the territory. Because it is located in the southern plains, the terrain in the territory is gentle. Except for some occasional hills, it is all grassy plains. But also because it is connected to the Karazhan Mountains, there is a dense forest to the southeast a hundred kilometers away from the territory. Past the dense forest is a towering mountain range.

The Karazhan Mountains are in front, and the Nidoria River is behind.

To put it simply, the territory is like an inverted bowl, with the difficult mountain road formed by the Karazhan Mountains above and the wide channel of the Nidoria River behind.

There is only one exit between the two faults of the mountain range. At best, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At worst, it is difficult to get in and out. This is also the reason why this place was first abandoned by human city-states. Due to the terrain, if a war breaks out here, it will be impossible to mobilize troops from the rear to support them in a short period of time, unless a fleet is organized to transport troops from the Nidoria River.

But in this way, the battle line will be stretched, and the human city-state will send its soldiers into an upside-down bowl to fight to the death with the jackals!

This is definitely something the noble council is not willing to face.

So when the Jackals invaded a year ago, the noble council of the human city-state decisively abandoned this place.

To the west of the territory is the Nidolia River. On the other side of the Nidolia River is a gentle terrain, but beyond that is the barren rocky highland. There is the scattered settlement of the goblin tribe, connected to the Salma Basin where the centaurs live. These cunning creatures bully the weak and fear the strong. They are very annoying things, far more difficult to deal with than the kobolds. As a result, humans had to stop their expansion to the west, not because of the goblins, but because of fear of those centaur tribes.

Humans are still in awe of this species that is born as a cavalry and whose archery talent is only inferior to that of elves.

Natural cavalry plus archery specialization.

Judging from the current level of human civilization, it can almost be said to be a living target.

"Mr. Governor, there are people fighting in front!" The cavalryman galloping at the front suddenly turned his horse and came to Murphy's side, saying in a deep voice.

"stop!"

There was a neighing of horses, and the galloping team suddenly stopped.

Murphy took two guards up a high slope and looked towards a forest not far away.

Sure enough, someone is fighting!

At this time, the sky was already dark, but the moon had already risen, and there were not many clouds in the sky, which did not affect the vision too much.

The people being besieged are humans, and the attacker is Murphy's old rival-the Jackal!

"Let's go over and take a look." Murphy raised his hand, and the knights of the general's guard immediately rode up to follow.

The terrain here is gentle, and with the speed advantage of horses, Murphy is not afraid of being surrounded by these jackals. Currently, the only people who will fight within the territory are the mercenaries and the Jackal clan. Now that I have encountered it, I have to go and have a look.

About three hundred meters away from the battlefield, Murphy and the knights of the general's guard stopped.

"It's them?!" Murphy was a little stunned, but he didn't expect these people to be besieged by the jackals.

It's a Pusayan!

The number of the besieged Pusaians was about eighty, and most of them were wounded. There were about one hundred and fifty Jackals besieging them, and most of them were female Jackals. Murphy only saw a few tall male figures.

The battle was entering a stalemate, and the Pusaians shrank into a circular formation for defense, protecting their seriously injured companions in the circular formation, while the gnolls surrounded them. The tribe of the Pusaians is somewhat similar to the barbarian tribe. It is composed of clan surnames one by one. The warriors are all members of the same clan with a trace of blood relationship. This kind of warriors composed of blood relatives are very reliable, and they will not give up their comrades easily!

Just like humans will not give up on their loved ones.

Because of the darkness, neither party noticed Murphy's approach.

"All troops rest!" Murphy briefly judged the current situation and decided to save these Pusaiyans.

There are two reasons. The first is that they still have most of their combat effectiveness. The second is that the number of jackals is not too many, and there are not many males with strong combat power. The most important thing is that he has the cover of night!

The galloping just now has consumed a lot of physical energy from the horses, and the soldiers also need to take a break to restore their combat effectiveness.

Murphy took out the water bottle and poured a few sips into his mouth.

This time, there were no Greek infantry beside him, only thirty-two javelin knights of the general's guard. Their melee combat effectiveness was not very impressive. Without the powerful frontal confrontation ability of the Greek Founder, the only way to defeat the Jackals was to rely on the mobility of the cavalry.

When they came out, each javelin rider of the general's guard carried four short javelins.

In other words, after four rounds of javelin throwing, the cavalry had to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

To be honest, Murphy is not very sure that he can defeat these jackals, because if he wants to win a beautiful battle, he still needs to see the war sense of the Psaiyan leaders!

The number of people is still too small.

Murphy could only use the darkness of night to cause the Jackals to cause chaos for a while.

But in order to defeat these gnolls head-on, the leader of the Pusaiyans must be able to seize the opportunity and decisively launch a counterattack when the gnolls riot!

Then, Murphy's cavalry can charge!

If the other party does not have this kind of war consciousness and cannot seize the opportunity to counterattack, then Murphy can only say sorry.

He would not joke with the lives of soldiers, let alone his own life.

If the other party didn't launch a counterattack until the Jackals recovered from the commotion. Murphy will immediately escape with the cavalry of the general's guard!

He has done his best.

That's all.