Summoning Total War

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Chapter 89 Fight! (middle)

The next day, early morning.

The vanguard set off at three o'clock in the morning. They didn't bring anything except weapons and a water bag. Under the leadership of General Leo Dalie, they will continue the rapid march for three hours until about six o'clock in the morning, reaching the canyon where the Zangala Mountains connect to the Karazhan Mountains. As early as a few days ago, Murphy had sent light cavalry to survey the route and clear the road, so there was no need to worry about the trouble of marching at night.

On the strategic map with the auxiliary system of "Total War", Murphy has an inherent advantage in the overall situation.

Murphy gave General Leo Dalie an hour to resolve the battle and deal with the gnolls entrenched near the canyon.

The vanguard army includes 1,200 members of the 15th regiment of Greek heavy infantry, 240 members of the third regiment of Cretan longbowmen, 54 members of the first regiment of Macedonian elite light cavalry, 12 members of the priests of the Temple of War, and the Spartan heavy armor fanatic who has been supplemented to 45 people. infantry.

This army of about 1,500 people can be said to be the backbone of the city of Athens, in order to take down the canyon as quickly as possible!

The Chinese army, led by Murphy, set off at four o'clock in the morning, including 2,000 Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantry, 2,400 archers, and about 1,000 miscellaneous infantry provided by Mrs. Elizabeth, 800 Psyah mercenaries and some aborigines Noble knights and their retinues. All the Chinese army went into battle lightly, and except for the materials necessary for the construction of fortifications, all the others were handed over to the auxiliary army.

Murphy's plan was to start laying down defenses immediately after the vanguard captured the canyon.

The Auxiliary Corps, led by General Marcus Kane, set off at six o'clock in the morning. They were mainly composed of militiamen who had just been trained for a short time, and the number was about 4,000. The main supplies including food, arrows, tents, etc. are carried by them. Their task is only to reach the canyon when the gnoll army notices and arrives.

Murphy didn't have much hope for these auxiliary legions who had only been training for a month or two.

After all, they were just farmers working in the fields before, without any military training, let alone any combat skills.

The time is close to the end of August, which is when the end of autumn and winter come.

Although the moon was high in the sky, it was still pitch black at four o'clock in the morning.

The city of Athens is brightly lit, and women are seeing off soldiers.

In this battle, Murphy mobilized nearly half of the adult citizens in the territory. They can be said to be the foundation of the city's development!

So Murphy couldn't afford to lose this battle!

Losing means that most of the working population in the prime of life in the territory has been emptied at once.

Central Square.

The general's guards stood around Murphy holding torches, and in the early days of the war, the residents of Athens also consciously gathered near the square in the early hours of the morning.

"Citizens of Athens! Soldiers from the human city-state!"

Murphy stood on the high platform in the central square with a serious expression. He looked around and said in a deep voice, "This time! We're going to drive the gnolls! Those man-eating beasts out! We're going to drive them out of our home! Our land!"

"We want to tell them with blood that human beings are not weak and bully!"

"We will use death to tell them that civilization will surely defeat barbarism!"

"We will win!"

clang!

Murphy drew out the sharp sword at his waist and raised it high. He watched the people in the square and said the most crucial sentence!

——"All will get the land after victory!"

land!

There is no one who does not desire land!

Land is the root of all wealth!

The atmosphere in the square was immediately excited, and the desire for land made the soldiers full of fighting spirit!

Murphy swung his long sword and said in a deep voice, "Let's go!"

The army moved slowly.

The leader is the Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantry sent by the human city-state, all of them are well-equipped and well-disciplined, even if they are no worse than the Greek heavy infantry. These Silver Shield and Eagle Banner infantry are the most elite veterans in the human city-state, equipped with square shields up to 90 cm long, all equipped with half armor, and armed with long spears and short swords. During this half month of training, the priests of the Temple of War have taught them how to use spears to fight.

The fighting skill of the spear is not high, it is just a stab, the real key lies in the cooperation between the teams.

In the traditional fighting style, these silver shield and eagle banner infantry joined the fighting style of the Roman elite infantry before the horse reform under the training of the priests of the Temple of War. Although they are only familiar with them at the beginning, they were originally elite veterans, and their ability to adapt to weapons is invincible to other infantry.

To put it in a simpler sentence.

In order to take advantage of the advantage of spears against jackals, the priests of the Temple of War, under Murphy's instructions, let these silver shield and eagle banner infantry learn the fighting style of the old Roman Empire's elite Roman infantry before Marius' reform.

An excellent nation should keep making progress.

The Roman Empire was still very good at this point. They learned javelin throwing from the Spanish mercenaries, and learned the phalanx skills from the Greek nation, and gradually evolved into Mario's reformed fighting style.

The fighting methods of the human city-states are very close to those of the Roman Empire, and the reason for this is something I want to talk about.

The first people to join the human territory were the half-elf race living in the forests outside the Karazhan Mountains. Of course, half-elves are another way of saying it. In fact, they are half-blood elves, descendants of ancient elves.

As we all know, the elves are rich in archers.

The original Gnolls lived in the jungle area inside the Karazan Mountains, that is to say, there was an elf clan separated from the human city-state.

The elves, which were rich in archers, basically had no leather armored gnolls.

Everyone can imagine how the Gnolls were suppressed by the elves back then. It can be said that they didn't dare to cross the line at all!

This situation has been maintained for nearly a thousand years.

In other words, for more than a thousand years, apart from the kobolds, all the adjacent races of human beings are intelligent species such as elves and centaurs who are good at archers.

So that leads to a little bit.

The military system of human city-states began to adopt a large shield-based fighting method similar to that of the Roman Empire. The main purpose is to form a dense shield formation to fight against arms such as archers.

This is why the Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantry is the main combat arm of the human city-state.

A thousand years of tradition.

After the powerful return of the dwarves issued a declaration of revenge to the elves, the calm was broken.

The elves began to shrink their lines of defense, recalling the half-breed elves who were originally scattered on the mainland, and an elves living near the Karazhan Mountains were also recalled. In this way, the barrier between humans and Gnolls disappeared.

After the large-scale migration of the elves, the gnolls cautiously and tentatively walked out of the Karazhan Mountains.

They were surprised to find that humans, who were not easy to deal with in the past, seemed to have become much weaker. Their shields and short swords had no advantage at all against tall creatures like the Wolf Man. As a result, the hearts of the Jackal clan suddenly became hot.

They want to take back the southern plains and completely defeat humans!

Thus, the war broke out.

This is the change that existed in history before Murphy came.

The dwarves return and declare war on the elves.

Facing the strong return of the dwarves, the half-blood elves whose elemental abilities were greatly reduced had to recall the scattered ethnic groups.

The scattered packs were recalled, and the barrier between humans and gnolls disappeared.

For more than a thousand years, human beings who are used to defending against species with bows and arrows were suddenly beaten by jackals! Under the strong attack of the wolf man, humans can only passively defend while looking for the direction of military reform.

At this time, Murphy came to this world.

Without the arrival of Murphy, mankind might slowly find the direction of military reform. But that may have to pay a considerable price, and that is life, the lives of a large number of soldiers...

After losing a large number of people, the strength of human beings will be greatly reduced. However, the current situation is that although human beings have suffered heavy losses, their foundation has not been shaken, which has preserved the strength of the entire race! In history, a small point often leads to unpredictable changes!

Because of Murphy's arrival, the human city-state started military reforms ahead of schedule.

After discovering the superiority of the Greek spear phalanx in the face of the jackals, the human city-states began to change their equipment in large numbers, gradually changing from the original shield infantry plus archers to the spear phalanx with a large number of auxiliary arms.

It is precisely because of this that the human city-state gradually stabilized its defenses and began to counterattack.

The human city-states in the southern plains already have pikemen, the question is just how many there are. The biggest change is that the main combat arm has changed from the original armored heavy infantry to the current pike phalanx infantry. But it was just this one change, and the human city-state was buffered from being pressed and beaten on one side, and formed a current confrontation with the Kazat wolf man tribe.

In fact, when Murphy saw these silver shield and eagle banner infantry, he remembered the Roman military system before the horse reform. The equipment and fighting methods of these silver shield and eagle banner infantry were somewhat similar to Roman heavy infantry, the only difference was that The species they faced all had bow and arrow specialization attributes, so these Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantry were not equipped with javelins. Of course, in terms of strength, the Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantry is still a little stronger than the Roman heavy infantry. After all, they are the top infantry of the human city-states in the entire southern plain.

The fighting style of the Roman Legion does not have an advantage in the face of a species with a tall body and fast action like the Wolf man.

The best way to deal with this kind of creature is to line up defense and stop with silence!

In fact, after seeing these Silver Shield Eagle Banner infantrymen, Murphy immediately popped up in his mind to train them into a unit similar to the Roman Empire's imitation of the Greek infantry phalanx before the horse reform - Roman elite infantry!

Thus, under the training of the priests of the Temple of War, these Silver Shield and Eagle Banner infantrymen began to try new ways of fighting.