Summoning Total War

Chapter 60: Remnant Soldiers (Part 2)

"Pull your wings together!" Murphy rode his horse and stood on the high slope to give orders, while the herald ran in front of the military formation to act as a microphone.

Commanding in the cold weapon era was quite inconvenient. The horn and command flag alone were not enough. Under normal circumstances, the general would be equipped with one or even several heralds.

When the armies of both sides were only 300 meters away, Murphy ordered the wings to retract to make room for the other side to advance.

The Greek infantry moved closer in order, changing their formation to a dense one.

The heavy cavalrymen running at the front were stunned when they looked at the phalanx lined with spears in front of them. Only when their wings were folded in to free up space did they react and gallop towards both sides.

As the distance got closer, Murphy could clearly see the opponent's form.

Strictly speaking, this was not a rout but a retreat.

Although he looks a bit embarrassed.

Running at the front of the queue were heavy cavalry. There were about eighty of these heavy cavalry, wearing armor and holding long spears. Behind the heavy cavalry were infantry. The infantry looked a bit embarrassed, with incomplete armor and weapons. Then came the refugees, a huge number, conservatively estimated to be close to 5,000 people! Many of these refugees are adult men, and some are equipped with simple weapons. The last column of the team is the heavy infantry who are obviously much better equipped. They wear half-body armor and helmets, hold a large square shield about sixty centimeters in length, and their weapons are short swords.

It looks a bit like the heavy infantry of the Roman military system.

Behind these heavy infantrymen holding large shields was a formation of Greek infantry and light cavalry numbering about three hundred.

There were too many people and smoke and dust rose from the ground. Murphy was unable to find Lady Elizabeth from inside.

From Murphy's perspective, of the five to six thousand people, only less than a thousand can really be considered soldiers, that is, the heavy cavalry in the front and the heavy infantry and light cavalry in charge of the rear. Those in the middle of the formation are not so much soldiers as farmers taking up arms.

At the rear of the team, the figure of the Jackal gradually emerged.

Although creatures like jackals have strong short-distance charging capabilities, their endurance is not very good. They followed the team about five hundred meters behind, chasing after them. Occasionally, a small wave of fast jackals caught up, but they were all killed one by one by the light cavalry in charge of the rear. This chase seemed to last for a long time, and Murphy could see that the jackals were very tired.

The retreating soldiers passed through the vacated passage, while the shield heavy infantry responsible for the rear and the Greek infantry filled the vacated positions.

At this time, Murphy discovered the figure of Mrs. Elizabeth. She wore a half-armour, and hussars guarded her.

Riding down with the general's guards, Murphy approached Lady Elizabeth.

When passing the heavy cavalry, Murphy discovered that their bodies were covered in blood and most of them were injured. They seemed to have charged once in the previous battle.

After reaching the rear of the line, the heavy cavalry divided into three and began to organize the soldiers around the queue, ordering them to form a second line behind the Greek infantry. Most of these heavy cavalry are canonized knights of nobles. They have good martial arts and have undergone systematic military training. In the army, they are also the middle and lower-level commanders, responsible for assisting the lords in commanding the army.

After a brief period of confusion, the retreating soldiers began to line up, while the farmers with weapons were placed at the rear.

At present, they have not received much military training and can only do bad things, turning the impeccable defense array into a mess!

Murphy just made a rough estimate of the number of jackals.

Although the momentum was huge, there were actually only about two thousand people, far from the three thousand mentioned by the middle-aged knight.

The only difference is that among this batch of jackals, the number of males is very large, close to one-third!

The distance is getting closer again.

About three hundred meters away from the phalanx of Greek infantry, the Jackals stopped their pursuit and began to reorganize their formation.

During the pursuit, not only were the human soldiers drawn into a long snake formation, but so were the jackals. The strong and endurance male gnolls followed closely, while the females with relatively weak physical strength fell behind the team.

Archers, numbering about one hundred and fifty, were integrated into the rear of the phalanx.

Murphy immediately took over command of the army from Lady Elizabeth.

Heavy cavalry and light cavalry gathered on the high slopes under orders, waiting for the opportunity to rush into the enemy's position at the most fatal moment.

Both sides confront each other.

The gnolls rested in place after reorganizing, while the Greek infantry stood ready.

Those soldiers who retreated also needed to regain their strength.

"Are you okay?" Murphy rode to Lady Elizabeth's side and asked.

Lady Elizabeth shook her head and inserted the bloody sword into its scabbard. She was wearing a half-armor and her body was stained with blood. She had obviously participated in the battle herself at the beginning.

Murphy had never seen her use a sword, so he didn't know she could still fight.

"Less than a third of the 300-man knights survived. The 2,000-man shield infantry was all that was left. The Eagle Banner and Silver Shield infantry were completely destroyed!..." Lady Elizabeth's voice With a hint of sadness in his voice, he spoke slowly in a deep voice.

In this world, most of the so-called knights are composed of canonized knights who are skilled in martial arts.

They are all low-ranking nobles who own one or two village fiefs. According to Murphy's estimation, Lady Elizabeth's territory may be as large as a prefecture-level city in her previous life.

The Eagles and Silver Shields were the most elite soldiers in her domain, just as the Spartan hoplites were to the Greek city-states.

In this world, most of the most elite troops in human city-states use images of beasts as flags. The most elite soldiers among them were given the titles of Eagle Banner and Wolf Banner.

"Tens of thousands of people in the territory did not escape. They became slaves of the jackals!" Mrs. Elizabeth's eyes turned determined. She looked at Murphy and said solemnly: "I must save them!"

"I need your help. Fei." Until this moment, Mrs. Elizabeth's eyes showed a hint of weakness.

Murphy didn't say much. He just raised his hand to wipe the blood on Mrs. Elizabeth's face and said slowly: "Get ready to fight!"

After a short break.

The Jackal army began to advance forward, and the male Jackal equipped with leather armor and holding a round shield was placed at the front.

This group of jackals is more elite than what Murphy has encountered before!

And their weapons are much more sophisticated than in the past. A small number of elite Jackals are even equipped with heavy armor!

The only good thing is that Murphy did not find any figures of advanced gnolls who were much taller than ordinary gnolls. It seems that there are not many elite gnolls with a height of more than 2.5 meters, even among the entire gnoll race.

Three hundred meters.

This is beyond the range of the archers.

Two hundred meters.

The male gnoll standing in the first row held his buckler high in front of his chest and advanced slowly.

One hundred meters.

The male Jackal at the front began to advance quickly. The archers started shooting.

Fifty meters.

The male jackal at the front charges! The archers poured out as much firepower as possible!

Thirty meters.

There were about fifty gnolls who fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, losing their fighting ability.

bump!

After the distance was shortened to five meters, the two sides entered into hand-to-hand combat, and the powerful frontal lethality of the Greek spear phalanx began to take effect. At this time, a group of approximately three hundred adult male Jackals circled the hillside from the other side...