Chapter 66: War breaks out! (Part 1)

"What!?"

Click!

When Murphy heard the news, he was shocked and failed to control the force in his hand for a moment and accidentally crushed the cup in his hand.

The broken rubble cut through his palms, and a trace of blood penetrated out. But Murphy didn't care. The high priest's transformation of his body was becoming more and more complete. Strictly speaking, he is no longer a mortal body.

At least it is no longer the body of an ordinary person.

"How could it be that I haven't even been able to hold on for three days!" Murphy reached out and grabbed the soldier in front of him. The huge force from his arm made the soldier look a little painful, but he did not break free, but told Murphy very quickly what he knew.

Although Murphy had long expected the fall of Canyon Pass, the expectations were different from the actual occurrence.

Murphy really didn't expect Canyon Pass to fall so quickly!

In less than two days, it was actually taken down by the army of half-orcs.

According to this momentum, as long as the half-beast army took Athens, they could go straight in. At that time, God of mankind knew how much casualties would have to pay to achieve the final victory.

There may not even be a chance of victory.

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"gunpowder!"

After listening to the soldiers in front of him telling the story, Murphy stared at the map in front of him and slowly said, "The problem is definitely not gunpowder!"

Gunpowder technology of this era.

As an outsider coming from Earth, Murphy certainly knew, and was very clear.

Because he had the idea of ​​becoming a gunpowder civilization, but he finally gave up this idea.

On Earth, gunpowder was born during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it was not until the Song Dynasty that it truly developed.

The Sui Dynasty was built around 600 years, while the Song Dynasty was built around 1,000 years.

This has been separated by nearly four hundred years!

Moreover, even during the Song Dynasty, the technical level of gunpowder was still at the level of arson. Not to mention that it was too far away, the golden ratio of gunpowder alone took hundreds of years to test and invent. The early gunpowder explosion performance was not good, and most of them were at the effect of arson, that is, to use the flammability of gunpowder.

This situation continued until the Northern Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty developed gunpowder weapons in order to resist the Liao and Jin dynasties. It was precisely because of this that the gunpowder technology at that time developed rapidly.

After the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty, Mongolia rose westward to Europe. It was not until the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Mongolian rule and restored the authority of the Han people that firearm technology truly developed and expanded on a large scale.

If it is this time, the difference between the two will be 1,000 years!

The gunpowder technology in this world is far from reaching that standard, and even dwarves may not have a perfect proportion of black gunpowder formula.

The early gunpowder was not very explosive, so what could I do to increase the explosion energy?

The only way is to add a lot.

That's why there is the saying of gunpowder barrels, because the gunpowder used for blasting at that time was calculated using barrels.

This situation even continued until the late Middle Ages.

The dwarves have an excellent proportional formula for gunpowder, but this is their ***. Not to mention those orcs, even humans who have always been friends with them cannot get it.

When it comes to gunpowder, humans have it in their hands, and even Murphy has it in their hands.

Because it is impossible to build a quarry in this era without relying on gunpowder. However, the level of gunpowder in this era is very clear. Not only is it insufficient in power, but it is also not large in quantity. Sulfur may be able to be obtained, but saltpeter is not so easy to make. The dwarves' technology in this regard is very strict, and the best proportion of gunpowder has never been obtained by other races.

Even if the orcs have gunpowder in their hands, they will definitely not be too many.

Otherwise, they would not need any other catapults, and just use a powder barrel to open the way.

But this is indeed a trouble.

It is simply a fool to create gunpowder with the level of orcs’ civilization! The only explanation is that someone has helped some of their gunpowder!

This is not good news for Murphy.

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Gunpowder was not what Murphy was worried about. In fact, as long as the level of gunpowder did not develop to the extent that guns and cannons appeared, the danger was not great. Even when the border troops fought against Mongolia in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the border troops refused to use a mesh gun because that thing was the level of a shot, and they had to rub the hole after the shot, etc. The speed was simply outrageous.

If it is raining, those things are just fire sticks at all.

With the background of this era, even if a grenade gun appears, it may not be useful.

The lead bullet can't penetrate half-body armor at all, and the cavalry's sprint speed can only allow the opponent to shoot at most. The horses in this world are far taller than the earth, and their explosive power is even stronger! Unless there are guns and cannons in the late industrial revolution, the power of early firearms is really disappointing. This is also an important reason why Murphy gave up on the gunpowder path.

Big investment and little gain.

It is simply impossible to transform into combat power in a short period of time.

This had a very little effect on Athens back then. In Murphy's view, the things that can be used now are the best things. Otherwise, if you can't even keep your territory, that's useless!

There were hundreds of years or even nearly thousands of years between the emergence of gunpowder to the application of firearms and the emergence of muskets and cannons.

The historical time difference is too big.

There is no problem with Xiaoxiao using knowledge to open one or two golden fingers, but this kind of leap forward in physics and chemistry.

That's the need for golden thighs.

Murphy is not a science student, and even a considerable number of science students may not be able to solve the progress of the development of gunpowder civilization along the way. Because there is no Baidu in this world, and human memories will disappear with time. How many people can remember the physical and chemistry knowledge they had learned after working for a few years? Besides, Murphy just has advantages in history and humanities.

Silence for a long time.

Murphy stared at the blood-stained soldiers in front of him and asked in a deep voice: "Are you saying that when you came out, you encountered a stronger army of orcs?"

"Yes." The soldier nodded and responded: "They are very strong! They are all wearing armor and their weapons are very sharp. There is a gap when they cut our weapons a few times."

"I understand. You go down and rest first."

Murphy waved his hand, frowned and fell into deep thought.

Obviously.

The orcs received a fairly favorable material assistance.

This batch of aid even has gunpowder and a lot of elite equipment, and it is likely that even several flying mounts!

Otherwise, they would not have launched a raid behind the canyon pass without knowing it!

Such a huge material assistance.

There is no doubt that it was the orc empire's work. Only they could have taken out so many things to help the orcs at once.

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There are flying mounts!

This is really a trouble.

Murphy, who came from the earth's civilization, naturally could not be afraid of mere gunpowder. He has always been closely concerned about the progress of civilization in this era. Anything beyond historical progress will be interfered by gods. Since the gunpowder used by the orcs appeared, it means that this is not a technology beyond the level of the times. It is within the scope allowed by the level of civilization in this world.

In this way, the power of gunpowder and so on should not be separated from the level of the development progress of the earth's gunpowder.

If it were just early black gunpowder, even if the orcs still had any remaining after capturing the Canyon Pass, it would not be a problem for the Athenian territory.

But those flying mounts.

But it really gave Murphy a headache.

The function of flying mounts is too great. It not only means that it can airlift soldiers to ambush behind the enemy, but also means that it can conduct the best reconnaissance of this era!

Didn't do it.

What made Murphy the most headache was the reconnaissance, which means that everything he had was easily exposed to the eyes of the enemy.

This is the problem that really makes Murphy feel tricky.

"Send someone to invite the high priest over." Murphy rubbed his forehead and spoke to the attendant waiting outside the door.

According to Murphy's estimate, Canyon Pass could basically not be kept under such circumstances. However, it should be no problem to delay time. The indigenous generals guarding Canyon Pass were a talent. Murphy had heard of his name from Lady Elizabeth. With his ability, even if he could not keep Canyon Pass, he should be able to delay until this morning.

In other words, Athens still has about one and a half days to prepare.

"Forget it!" Murphy suddenly called the attendant who was about to leave. He slowly stood up and frowned and said, "I'd better go see the high priest myself."

The number of the Half Beast Army is probably more than 100,000.

Such a huge number may be difficult even if Athens has a fortress as a portal.

Murphy must know what kind of assistance the Olympus gods can give him in order to decide how to plan the next step.

Just as Murphy was about to walk out of the Governor's Mansion.

A thunderbolt suddenly sounded outside!

immediately.

A burst of noise and exclamation rang out outside, followed by the footsteps of the emergency mobilization of the army.

Murphy was shocked immediately.

He took several general guards and walked out of the Governor's Mansion and rushed to the place where the noise was made.

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(This is the first update. I will be ready to stay up late tonight, and it is conservatively estimated that it will be the third update.
Chapter completed!