Summoning Total War

Chapter 71 Ogre (Part 2)

After ordering the entire army to rest, the soldiers consciously took out dry food from their pockets and drank it with water.

Because they were relatively close to the goblin group, Murphy ordered the soldiers not to light fires to avoid alerting the enemy. Although most residents of Athens towns had two meals a day, the soldiers still maintained the habit of eating three meals a day. Because they need to consume a lot of physical energy, their physical fitness will not be able to keep up within a few days after just eating two meals.

The meat provided in the town is mainly fish. Cattle are not slaughtered. A lot of lambs were killed in the last battle with the jackals.

Now the territory, including Murphy, mainly eats fish.

After dinner, the soldiers sat on the floor to recover their strength. At this time, the quality of the professional army was reflected. The entire team was very quiet. The soldiers took the time to rest and rarely talked to others, let alone made any noise.

Murphy and the new general Marcus Kane are discussing how to set up an encirclement later and keep all the goblins behind. After some discussion, the two decided to leave the cavalry five hundred meters away and only lead the infantry. The movement of the cavalry was so great that it was difficult not to alert the goblins. Six Greek infantry teams, one in two teams, moved over from the side, while the other two teams spread out their formation to open up the encirclement from the front.

Creatures like goblins have very low combat effectiveness, so Murphy is not worried about being broken through by them after forming a formation.

The Greek spear array can even stop the gnolls. If it can't stop these goblins, it will really be a joke. How should this make those gnolls with an average height of more than two meters feel embarrassed when facing goblins with an average height of about 1.34 meters?

I rested in place for about two hours.

When the moon rose, around eight o'clock in the evening, Murphy ordered the entire army to advance.

Facing creatures like goblins, there is no need for special sneak attacks, so there is no need to wait until early in the morning when they are all asleep. Murphy just wanted to use the night to close the distance so that he could catch them all at once.

The soldiers put down some of their belongings and went into battle lightly, and the tents and other things they carried were guarded by half a team of general's guard cavalry.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Murphy led the army into a small hillside about two hundred meters away from the goblin camp. By the moonlight, he looked at the goblin camp from a distance. There were three bonfires lit in the goblin camp, and he could still vaguely see some things.

Although the goblin tribe is still quite primitive, it is still a bit more advanced than the gnolls.

At the very least, they knew how to build low earthbag-like houses out of dirt, and then use wood to surround the camp with a simple wooden fence. In comparison, the goblin camp looked more like a village.

Very original though.

Murphy made a gesture, and General Marcus Kane nodded. With a wave of his hand, the two groups of Greek infantrymen headed to the left. The Greek infantry organized by these two groups was also mixed with a small group of Cretan long archers to solve some unnecessary troubles. Murphy himself led two other groups of Greek infantry to move over from the right and expand the encirclement.

The distance gradually closes.

There are about thirty small earthen bags piled with mud and stones in the goblin camp. The people sleeping inside should be the leaders and warriors of the goblins. Around the camp, a large number of ordinary goblins were sleeping on the ground near the campfire. They had little status in the group and received the least food. Of course, they are also preferred candidates for cannon fodder in battle.

When it was about one hundred and fifty meters away.

A goblin who was responsible for keeping watch seemed to have noticed some movement. It climbed up the fence and looked into the night, but before it could find anything, an arrow struck from the night and penetrated directly through its throat.

"kill!"

A torch lit up, and then the surrounding torches were lit one by one.

The Greek infantry spread out and stepped forward, the defense line shrank forward, and the sound of galloping horse hooves not far away also sounded!

This sudden cry of killing made the goblin blind!

The goblins who had just fallen asleep got up with a grunt and looked around in panic.

There were torches all around, and the Greek infantry under the cover of night gradually appeared in front of the goblins. Facing these tall, numerous, and well-equipped soldiers, the goblins were already crumbling before they could fight. They wanted to escape, but found that there were enemies everywhere. They were completely surrounded!

"Jili-guala-gulu..."

A rather tall goblin walked out of the largest earthbag house. He was a hobgoblin with a height of nearly 1.6 meters. It was equipped with leather armor and a metal helmet on its head. It held a small mace in its hand and was summoning soldiers in goblin language that Murphy couldn't understand. Soon, some obviously taller goblins gathered around it. These goblins were equipped with simple leather armor and held metal weapons in their hands. They must be the warriors of the goblin tribe.

"Shoot!" Murphy pointed at the tallest goblin and said slowly: "Kill all the goblins equipped with leather armor!"

What Murphy wants are goblin slaves. These larger goblins are obviously the leadership and have a certain prestige among the goblin tribe. Murphy doesn't have much energy to manage these goblins now, so killing all these goblin soldiers is the easiest way. As long as all the leaders are dead, the other goblins will be a mess. Even if it is convenient for management, you can also directly pull them out to do hard work.

Bonfires within the goblin camp provide vision for the Cretan longbowmen.

A group of Cretan long archers nocked their arrows and aimed at the taller goblins in the crowd and shot them one by one.

"Advance. Kill all those who dare to resist!" What Murphy needs are hard-working slaves. For those goblins who dare to take up arms to resist, it is easier to turn into corpses, which can save a lot of trouble.

The Greek infantry strode forward, and those goblins who tried to resist and rushed out were pierced with their spears.

The soldiers used the tips of their spears to pick up the corpses of those who dared to resist the goblins, intimidating other goblins.

The battle lasted less than three minutes and ended.

This goblin group has a population of about 1,500. After a short battle, about 150 taller goblin warriors who wanted to resist were killed one by one by the soldiers. After all the leaders were killed, the surviving goblins honestly put down their weapons and trembled in fear. They huddled together and looked at the human soldiers in front of them with fearful eyes.

"It seems there's no need for an interpreter." Murphy smiled.

He waved his hand and said to the general Marcus Kane behind him: "Tie these goblins up with ropes. After dawn, kill all the old, weak, sick and disabled, and you will take the rest back to your territory."

Murphy is not a philanthropist. The purpose of his trip is to capture goblin slaves who have labor power.

So he doesn't need those old, weak, sick and disabled people.

Not killing now is just to avoid irritating those goblins. Murphy believes that general Marcus Kane will know what to do early tomorrow morning.

General Marcus Kane nodded, turned around and arranged for the soldiers to collect the goblins' weapons and leather armor, and ordered them to tie the goblins up with ropes. Of course you don't need ordinary goblin sticks, but you still need to collect some iron weapons. The iron can be recast, and the leather armor can be reused. Even if it is not needed, it can still be sold to those low-level mercenaries. As for the rope, Murphy had already arranged for people to prepare it before arriving.

There is no need to tie up all the more than a thousand goblins.

Just connect the parts one by one and tie your hands.

This battle was completely crushing, without any suspense at all. Murphy's soldiers didn't even get a scratch. After gathering the goblin slaves to guard, Murphy ordered the soldiers to divide into two teams and take turns to keep watch.

Later, the knights of the general's guard set up a tent for him.

A night of silence.

The next day, Murphy woke up early.

Because there were cries of goblins outside the tent, the howls of these short creatures were quite loud. It would not be an exaggeration to call them howls of ghosts or wolves.

When he walked out of the tent, General Marcus Kane had returned.

He nodded to Murphy, indicating that the old, weak, sick and disabled among the goblins had been dealt with.

Then the army split into two.

General Marcus Kane led three groups of Greek infantry to escort the more than a thousand goblin slaves back to the Athenian town, while Murphy led the remaining army to continue advancing. After escorting the goblin slaves back to the territory, he will rush back with his army to meet Murphy.

There is now a great demand for slaves in the territory.

Although these goblins are small in stature, they are better in numbers. Murphy planned to capture another one or two thousand goblin slaves before going back.

The army bypassed the bushes and advanced to the south of the barren rocky plateau, while the cavalry of the general's guard continued to spread out to survey the terrain.

Until about nine o'clock in the morning, the army arrived near a concave valley.

The environment in the rocky highlands is relatively barren, and the land is far less fertile than the southern plains. Many areas are still gravel land, and not many species survive. Murphy saw many small animals such as lizards, but rarely saw large groups of animals such as antelopes.

Choosing a place with a wide view, Murphy ordered the entire army to take a rest.

At this moment, a light cavalryman came back on horseback.

"Mr. Governor, there are some huge creatures fighting about three kilometers south!" The knight dismounted and quickly came to Murphy's side, panting.

"A huge creature? How big is it?" Murphy picked up the water bag and handed it to the soldier, asking in a deep voice.

Taking the water bag gratefully, the knight took several sips before speaking: "He has a ferocious face, a body nearly three meters tall, very strong, with a single horn on his forehead, wearing animal fur, no armor, and his weapons are animal bones. And sticks.”

After hearing that the opponent was not equipped with armor or high-quality weapons, Murphy's expression softened slightly.

But then, he became thoughtful.

If he remembered correctly, the huge footprints he saw when he went deep into the Karazhan Mountains were also heading towards the barren rocky highlands, right?