Summoning Total War

Chapter 59: Remnant Soldiers (Part 1)

"Call the soldiers!" Murphy was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said in a deep voice to the general's guards and attendants behind him.

The low sound of the horn sounded and quickly spread throughout the town.

The Greek infantrymen who were on patrol in the military camp and near the port quickly gathered together after hearing the sound of the horn. Under the orders of the captain and the flag bearer, they formed a formation and gathered near the town gate.

In order to deal with emergencies, the territory has an exclusive method of passing orders.

The lower-level commanders of the Greek infantry are served by the captain and the flag bearer. Generally, the captain dies in battle and the flag bearer takes over. The flag bearer dies in battle and the captain holds the flag.

The soldiers gathered in a neat phalanx at the gate of the town, excluding the two full groups of Greek infantry that General Leo Dallie escorted Plifa to the Centaur clan trade, and a group of Greek infantry that Lady Elizabeth took with her that day. There are currently five fully-equipped Greek infantry phalanx groups in the territory, as well as Murphy's general guards and 11 Spartan heavily armed fanatic warriors, totaling about 450 people.

The construction of the wooden wall is almost complete.

Including the Cretan archers who could be recruited immediately, Murphy was not worried about being unable to hold the territory.

After the army was assembled, Murphy ordered the knights of the general's guard to go out to inspect the enemy's situation.

But at this time, a fast horse came from a distance.

"Your Majesty the Governor, Lady Elizabeth is back." Riding the horse was the attendant of the Marquise Elizabeth, a middle-aged knight. He had bloodstains on his body and seemed to be injured.

Riding his horse and arriving in front of Murphy, the middle-aged knight turned over and jumped down, saying hastily: "Madam has gathered the scattered soldiers and is now on her way back. There are jackals chasing behind her, and the number is about three thousand."

Broken soldiers?

Murphy was stunned when he heard this! Then he reacted immediately.

Have you contacted the soldiers who were defeated? Because they were being reorganized, the Marquise Elizabeth hurried to meet them?

Murphy immediately understood the whole story.

When the Marquise Elizabeth's territory was captured by the Jackals, she retreated too quickly, so a large number of soldiers should have escaped at that time. These scattered soldiers were later integrated and finally contacted Lady Elizabeth, who was rescued by Murphy. The territory was captured, not only did Lady Elizabeth lose everything, but the soldiers and knights also lost their land, and they would have nothing!

These scattered soldiers should have been gathered together by the knights who reacted and gathered together.

The army was defeated like a mountain!

After the initial rout, the knights who reacted began to use their learned military talents, began to reorganize the remaining troops, and looked for the nominal commander--March Countess Elizabeth!

No one was willing to lose everything. The knights reorganized their troops in the rear, preparing to find opportunities to regain the territory.

"The fifth formation stays. The others follow me!" Murphy heard this and did not hesitate. He left the Greek infantry of the fifth formation in the town and immediately decided to lead other soldiers to rescue the Marquise Elizabeth.

Murphy whipped up his riding crop and was ready to go.

But at this time, a group of people rushed to his side.

"Your Excellency, please let us go together." Uthols, the leader of the Pusaians, came to Murphy's side. Under the powerful healing effect of the holy water, this strong warrior was able to survive in just one day. Restored combat effectiveness. He savagely tore off the bandage on his back and came to Murphy with the remaining forty or so combat-capable soldiers.

The language of the Pusaians is not the same as the lingua franca of human city-states. Their language has slightly different pronunciation of syllables, similar to a local dialect with a bit of past life.

Take them with you?

Murphy looked at the Pusaiya mercenaries gathered in front of him and volunteered, hesitating a little.

"Are you injured?" Murphy asked.

Uthols looked around, then came to a stone as big as a millstone, hugged his hands, and roared: "Get up!"

Then, he picked up the stone, which weighed two to three hundred kilograms.

Putting the stone down, Uthols looked at Murphy, lowered his head slightly and said, "You are a friend of the Psiahs."

Although the Pusaians are powerful in combat, their status in human city-states is not high. In the southern plains, the total population of barbarians is only a few hundred thousand, accounting for only one-twentieth of the total population. They live in the jungle area on the edge of the southern plains and are called 'barbarians' by other humans in the city-state. This is a very common phenomenon, just like people in cities generally looked down on rural people in previous lives.

In the Parliament of Nobles, there is still no barbarian seat.

More often than not, they serve human city-states as mercenaries or cannon fodder.

Uthols symbolizes ferocity and cruelty in the barbarian language, but this does not mean that he is a reckless warrior. This can be seen from his ability to find the right time to counterattack and give Murphy the opportunity to charge from behind. come out.

In fact, what he is doing now is more about making friends with Murphy than repaying his kindness.

Because of the efficacy of the holy water, he suspected that there was a god standing behind Murphy! And a human god! Because in human city-states, the alien gods generally believed in do not care about human believers. What humans can get from the alien gods is really pitiful! Uthols believed that these Greeks from the other side of the sea should have their own gods!

A true god!

If it is true, then this lord is worthy of his deliberate friendship.

"Set off!"

Murphy nodded and said no more. The general's guards rode out first, and the Greek infantry quickly followed.

The "Total War" auxiliary system was evoked in his mind. Sure enough, on the map that had been explored about thirty miles away from the town, there was an unknown number of army icons advancing, and about five miles behind them. , tightly hanging a group of jackal troops, the number is unknown.

The Greek infantry advanced quickly in long lines, while the cavalry spread out and advanced.

Although Murphy has a strategic map of the "Total War" auxiliary system, this is not known to the soldiers.

After the army set off, the cavalry took on the role of reconnaissance.

A knight on a swift horse was sent by Murphy to inform Lady Elizabeth of his arrival.

The group of people marched for about ten miles and stopped on a high slope east of the territory. The terrain here is good, with a mound on one side and a small river about five meters wide on the other side.

"All troops in formation!" Murphy stood in front of the formation and gave orders in a deep voice.

The Greek infantry dispersed their formation, stretched their line under the command of the herald, raised their spears high, and laid out a defense line of about 150 meters in length.

Rapid marching consumes a lot of physical strength of soldiers.

As a commander who has experienced several wars, Murphy would not make such a stupid mistake.

When he was about five miles away from Lady Elizabeth, Murphy ordered the soldiers to stop and set up a defensive line. From the time Lady Elizabeth arrived until the Jackal pursuers followed, there was more than ten minutes, which was enough for the soldiers to take a rest and recover their strength.

If they keep marching in a hurry to rescue Lady Elizabeth, I am afraid that the final result will be that they will be defeated like them.

Because the fifteen-mile trot had consumed a lot of physical energy from the soldiers.

In the era of cold weapons, this is already a fatal mistake!

About ten minutes later, the military figures emerged from the distance. The ones running at the front were the cavalry, a large number of them, kicking up dust all over the sky.

Murphy stood on a high slope and looked from a distance, and found that the soldiers who had broken down were not in such a mess, and their formation was not completely chaotic. This made Murphy take a long breath and feel a little relieved. What he was most afraid of was that the remaining soldiers brought back by Lady Elizabeth were so frightened that they could only flee. If that happened, Murphy would have to disperse their formation to let them pass first.

This is definitely not a good thing!

But it seems that these people still have some fighting ability.

It should still play some role in the next battle.