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Chapter 91 Wolf Cavalry (Part 1)

The battle lasted less than fifteen minutes. The Gnoll group, surrounded by the Greek hoplites, tried to break through, but they were ruthlessly strangled one by one. These wolf men are stronger than those scattered clan wolf men in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness. However, what they are now facing is the Greek heavy infantry, which is fully updated and equipped with the most cost-effective unit in "Total War"!

Or they should be called Greek hoplites now.

Because after replacing all the half body armor, their defense has far exceeded the past. At least the ordinary slashing damage has been difficult to cause great danger to them.

No life left!

Under the order of General Leo Dalie, the Greek hoplites will be surrounded and massacred by the gnolls who gave up resistance.

Then the soldiers of the reserve team will make up for the wailing wolf men on the ground one by one. After confirming that there were no more Gnolls alive in the camp, the two Greek hoplites began to collect the spoils, while the other troops lined up and waited for the arrival of the Chinese army led by Murphy.

It was about half past six in the morning.

A red glow rose from the sky, and the surrounding light had increased a lot, at least not so dim that it would affect people's vision.

When Murphy arrived with the Chinese army, a crude line of defense had already been set up in the canyon.

General Leo Dalie is ordering soldiers to cut down trees to build horses, while the cavalry of the general's guard are scattered to scout for possible approaching enemy troops.

The Jackal equipment was gathered in a corner of the canyon, while their corpses were piled up in the original camp.

"Your Excellency the Governor." General Leo Dalie hurried to Murphy's side, leaned slightly and said, "All the gnolls entrenched have been dealt with, and there are no survivors!"

"Good job." Murphy nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Immediately start building the fortifications according to the plan."

"Yes!" General Leo Dalie responded, and then began to assign soldiers to use sacks filled with soil to build an earth wall on both sides of the canyon.

The construction plan of the fortifications had been finalized long before departure, but after discussions among all the people, several small details were added. One was the poisoned arrows proposed by Lady Elizabeth, and the other was a more insidious plan according to the slave trader Pulifey.

The army began to assign tasks in an orderly manner according to the plan, and Murphy took the general guard to prepare to see how the jackals who were the main combat force were different from the scattered jackals.

As soon as he stepped into the Gnoll camp, Murphy saw something beyond his tolerance.

Bonfires, cauldrons, and human skulls...

He frowned slightly, turned around and covered the eyes of Mrs. Elizabeth behind him with his hands, and then signaled to the soldiers of the general's guard, and immediately someone trotted over to collect the skulls and prepare to bury them.

"Mr. Murphy, I am not a cowardly woman!" Mrs. Elizabeth was wearing a gorgeous armor, a dark blue cape behind her, and special iron boots on her feet. She was born in an aristocratic family. In addition to being proficient in business, she also knows some basic knight swordsmanship. That's why she strongly requested to go with Murphy this time. Mrs. Elizabeth was tall, half a head taller than the current Murphy. She took off Murphy's hand covering her eyes forcefully, and looked at what Murphy didn't want her to see.

Although she still shouted that she was not a cowardly woman, after looking at the remaining human bones, she still bit her lip and turned pale, and unconsciously stood behind Murphy.

A strong woman.

Murphy sighed inwardly, then waved his hand to signal the soldiers of the general guard to bury the human remains that had been eaten by the gnolls as food.

Although the high-level gnolls in the gnoll group possess considerable intelligence, they know how to enslave humans and let humans serve them. However, other ordinary gnolls with bestiality did not have such wisdom. They are greedy and violent, and when they are hungry, their own kind may even be their food, let alone humans. In fact, in the Kazat gnoll clan, in order to prevent the lower gnolls from feeding on humans. Those high-level gnolls who developed wisdom even executed many beast-like guys.

Gnolls have many flaws. They can't smelt metal or build equipment.

So they need human slaves!

Murphy saw the corpses of gnolls piled up into a hill.

These jackals who were the main combat force were much taller than the scattered clan jackals. They were nearly 1.9 meters tall and had a stronger physique.

Most importantly, these Gnolls have been equipped with a large number of weapons seized from humans.

Some Gnoll leaders have even been equipped with half body armor!

If it weren't for the arrows shot by Cretan longbowmen that could penetrate such a relatively primitive half-body armor, it would take a lot of effort to deal with them.

Look at the piles of Gnoll corpses.

The human remains that were eaten as food by the campfire could not help but come to mind again.

It was only this time that Murphy realized it deeply.

——This is an endless war!

Since the gnolls in the city territory of Athens have always been suppressed and beaten by him, the gnolls of the scattered clans were frightened by him. Although he knew that jackals were cannibals, he had never seen a scene of humans being used as food by jackals so far.

Seeing it with his own eyes this time, Murphy couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable killing intent in his heart!

He turned around, stared at the herald behind him, and said coldly, "Chop off all the heads of these gnolls!"

That's right!

Murphy has to do——Jingguan!

The soldiers of the general's guard responded, drew out their sharp swords and began to chop off the heads of the six hundred wolf man corpses.

Mrs. Elizabeth's face was extremely pale, but she didn't know what kind of belief supported her. She still gritted her teeth and stood in front of Murphy and witnessed the scene where the soldiers of the general's guard chopped off the heads of these gnoll corpses and piled them on the side of the canyon. .

Facing a dog that barks at you can be scary.

But if you picked up a stick at that time and knocked it to death with a stick, it would be stewed into a pot of dog meat and eaten.

Next time you come across a dog that is barking at you, you'll know what to do.

This is adaptation to war.

After experiencing it once, Murphy began to gradually adapt to this era.

The heads of more than 600 gnolls were piled up together. The 600 mouths full of fangs and more than 1,000 eyeballs were daunting! The heads of these jackals were piled up in a small slope, and the dark red blood flowed out and seeped into the ground.

For some unknown reason, Mrs. Elizabeth seemed to have suddenly gained courage at this time. Although she still had lingering sins in her heart, she was no longer as fearful as before.

Murphy glanced over Mrs. Elizabeth, and then fell on the soldiers who were watching him all around. The soldiers probably didn't know why Murphy piled up the heads of these gnolls.

clang!

Murphy pulled out the sharp sword at his waist, raised it high, and pointed at the pile of jackal heads, saying in a deep voice, "When we win, the heads of these beasts will be piled up like a mountain!"

There was an eerie silence all around.

Then the atmosphere suddenly became heated.

Only a strong and confident commander can bring hope to the soldiers!

In fact, the Gnoll came faster than Murphy expected!

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, when the fortifications were only half completed, the sound of galloping horseshoes sounded in the distance.

All the cavalry who were in charge of scouting came back.

The head of the general's guard galloped up to Murphy, staggered off his horse, and panted, "Your Excellency, Governor!"

"Wolf...wolf cavalry!"

Wolf cavalry? !

Murphy was stunned when he heard the words, and then drew out his sharp sword with a clang, jumped onto the baggage cart, and roared with all his might, "Array!!!"

Hear Murphy's orders!

The captains and standard-bearers of each formation immediately shouted angrily: "Array! The enemy is coming!"

"Fool! Put down! Take up arms! Array!"

"Fool! Over here! Hold your shield! You pig!"

Compared with other armies, the quality of Greek heavy infantry is much higher.

Almost when the militiamen gathered around the captain and the standard bearer in a mess, the Greek hoplites had already formed fifteen phalanxes and stood guard in front of the canyon, waiting for the enemy's arrival. The Cretan longbowmen also quickly gathered in front of the Greek phalanx, ready to fight.

This is the difference between a professional soldier and a militia.

When the wolf cavalry, consisting of all adult gnolls, arrived at the mouth of the canyon, the militiamen found their captain and formed a crooked formation.

Maybe they can still maintain military discipline and calm during training.

But when the enemy was about to approach, they couldn't help becoming nervous again, and only reluctantly gathered together under the orders of the captain and the standard bearer.

Only after these militiamen have experienced the baptism of war can they gradually transform into soldiers.

Fifteen infantry phalanxes with a total of 1,200 Greek heavy infantry are the first echelon. Because the fortifications have not been completed, the Greek heavy infantry can only form in a relatively open area outside the canyon. The second echelon is about 2,000 archers. They are equipped with human-style bows and arrows, and their range is far less than that of longbowmen, so they are not listed before the Greek infantry phalanx. The third echelon is the Silver Shield and Eagle Banner infantry with a total of 2,000 people who are adapting to the fighting style of the Roman elite infantry. They are the second reserve team and serve as the main force to replace the Greek heavy infantry on the battlefield.

As for the militiamen in the fourth echelon, let's not talk about it.

Murphy didn't have much hope for them at the moment. If these militiamen were lined up in front of the formation, the first thing that would be confused would be their own formation.

Taking out a simple telescope from his arms, Murphy stood on the baggage cart and looked forward.

Here I have to mention the magicians who came to help Murphy. At first, Murphy just curiously asked if the alchemy they studied could produce colored glaze with relatively high transparency. But what he didn't expect was that those magicians could actually do it when he asked casually. However, it seems that they did not have a very high level of craftsmanship, because it took them one night to make two pieces of glass with decent transparency for Murphy.

So, Murphy sent craftsmen to polish it, and made this very simple telescope.

The distance between the two sides is about half a kilometer.

Through the telescope, the lineup of those Jackal cavalry also appeared in front of Murphy's eyes.

They have a strong physique, probably nearly two meters in height, and they are all composed of males. They wear modified half-body armor and hold heavy weapons such as giant axes and maces. The giant wolf sitting under it was about 1.56 meters tall, already close to the height of a pony. If it is placed in the previous life, it is almost equal to the fighting power of a tiger or leopard. The only good thing is that none of these wolves are wearing armor. If they were all wearing armor, it would be really difficult to deal with.

The number of wolf cavalry is not easy to calculate.

However, Murphy estimated that there should be more than 1,500 people. Judging from their formation, there should be no more than 2,000 people.

According to the legend, these creatures called wargs are not ordinary beasts, they are the descendants of some kind of monsters and giant wolves in the first era. They are much larger than ordinary wolves, but they are rare, and most of them are in groups of three or five. Wild wargs live in the plains, and the only race that breeds such creatures on a large scale is the orcs. They have domesticated these beasts for thousands of years, making them as loyal as dogs, but without losing the wildness of wolves!

Before the outbreak of this race war, the Jackals had no cavalry.

But this time, I don't know what they passed, and they actually formed an elite wolf cavalry unit.

In fact, all the humans in the southern plains have locked their suspicious eyes on the half-orcs who have recently migrated to the high slopes of the loess.

Because these mixed-race orcs are also one of the intelligent creatures that raise wargs in large-scale captivity!

After discovering that humans were ready for battle, the wolf cavalry began to line up. The stamina of the wolf was far inferior to that of the horse, but its explosive power was stronger.

They rolled over and jumped off the wargs, allowing the mounts to recover.

Looking forward to the next battle!