Chapter 40: This is a war (Part 2)

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, the rain was getting heavier.

It was just a drizzle before, but now it is already a drizzle. The rain wet everyone and it feels very uncomfortable to have a sticky body.

But now, no one dares to complain about all this.

Murphy's previous actions have learned the mercenaries to awe, and in awe, they understand what it means to obey!

The road was a little muddy, and occasionally a few people slipped and fell to the ground, and quickly got up, and followed the team silently. However, in just a few hours, the momentum and cohesion of the entire team changed drastically!

These mercenaries with disorganized disciplines unconsciously looked at the disciplined Greek infantry as the army advanced, and then they began to learn from the Greek infantry naturally. This change was felt by everyone, and in their eyes, these mercenaries unconsciously slowly raised their chests, as if they were already a qualified soldier.

Murphy was happy to see this change.

These mercenaries have received simple military training. As long as they have strong constraints, they can quickly form a scale.

The more than three hours of march made everyone feel a little tired. About three kilometers away from the gathering place of the zombies, Murphy ordered the entire army to rest and prepare lunch.

It is obviously impossible to create a fire on rainy days, and everyone can only eat dry food.

The Greek infantry's dry food was uniformly white bread, jerky meat, and pickled fish. In comparison, the mercenaries' food was much worse. Most of their food was prepared by themselves, and there was little meat.

During the march, the bread was placed in the backpack, but the jerky was placed close to the arms.

In this way, because of the temperature on the human body, when taken out, the jerky meat will not become too hard because it becomes cold, and it will still be warm and flexible when taken out, making it easier to swallow.

Everyone is already wet, and there is nothing to pay attention to at this time.

The soldiers sat on the ground, regardless of the mud and water on the ground, but they still had to hold the food in their hands carefully. After all, no one wanted to eat mud. There was no need to find water. There was no industrial pollution in this era, and the rain was very clean. It would be better to find a stream than the so-called pure water.

Murphy led the horse under a tree, then took out the jerky meat from his arms and ate it bite by bit in a kettle.

During the march, he always ate and drank the same food as the soldiers, and did not prepare even a trace of special treatment for himself!

What is morale of the army?

The morale of the army is accumulated through such daily things.

It was a bit fast, and Murphy couldn't help but choke.

He picked up the kettle and drank several big saliva before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Half a pound of meat and two pieces of white bread.

Murphy has a big appetite, and his growing body needs more energy to replenish, and as a result, his appetite is getting bigger and bigger.

After looking at the dry food brought by the mercenaries, Murphy couldn't help but frown.

If you rely solely on dry food without adding some meat, the energy you will be supplemented will be limited, and you will be hungry very quickly! This is the same as in the 1970s, when eating, there was no oil or water, and any adult laborer could even eat a few large bowls of rice.

Murphy reached out to call the commemorative officer and asked in a low voice: "How much more jerky do we have?"

"The meat is gone. Two sheep were slaughtered yesterday. However, there are still a lot of pickled fish, and now we don't finish the fish supplied by the port at all." During the march, Murphy could not have been involved in all these details, so in general, these matters are the responsibility of the commissar.

"Well, give it to them. There will be another battle later. How can you do not eat enough?" Murphy nodded and ordered the messenger to distribute the excess pickled fish he brought to the mercenaries for food.

"Yes!" the commemorative officer replied.

The pickled fish was soon distributed, and the mercenaries immediately felt much better when they got the meat.

For small people like them, they don’t have much to desire, and some of the benefits they can see can gain their recognition!

After lunch, the whole army rested for half an hour.

Food needs to be digested, and the physical energy consumed by marching must be replenished.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the rain was getting smaller and smaller, and the sky in the distance had begun to clear up.

"It's going to be clear!" The soldiers couldn't help but cheer. The rain affected their eyesight very much. Now that the rain is getting smaller and smaller, the battle will not have that much impact if the weather is clear.

"The whole army accelerates its advance!"

Murphy rolled over his horse and ordered the general guard to investigate the place where the gnolls gathered.

Because of the sunny sky, the mercenaries were in a much better state. They picked up their weapons and advanced quickly towards their destination. The cavalry, with about twenty people in the hands of slave merchants, also began to disperse to see if there were any special movements around them.

Twenty minutes later, the army arrived at the zombies' camp and scattered into a siege under Murphy's command!

800vs500!

This was the first time Murphy had fought with the gnolls with numbers.

The Greek infantry phalanx formed a large horizontal line under Murphy's order, and surrounded the zombies in a fan-shaped formation of twenty people in a row of four rows!

The two Greek infantry phalanxes opened a depth of more than fifty meters in diameter, blocking an angle of about 240 degrees directly in front of the Gnoll camp with an inverted "eight" line.

The general guards were divided into two rows and marched in arcs.

When the army was about three hundred meters away from the Gnoll camp, the army was discovered by those alert beasts.

It is normal to be discovered. Murphy does not expect that these mercenaries can form a perfect encirclement without knowing it.

More than 600 mercenaries, nearly 700, were divided into two teams, following the general guards and running forward. They wanted to grab the zombies and block the loopholes in the encirclement between the zombies and escape, so as to wipe out the zombies' gathering point.

When encountering an enemy, the first thing that comes to mind for creatures is fighting!

Only when they can't win will they think of running away.

In this way, these gnolls need a reaction time, and what Murphy has to do is to form a surround net before they react and leave all of these gnolls!

The dull horn sounded!

The speed of the infantry formation began to accelerate, and the cavalry shouted and galloped and blocked the rear of the gathering place of the zombies.

Before the adult were organized to resist, the General Guard blocked the final gap and formed the entire encirclement net!

“Promote!”

Murphy stood outside the battlefield, and the messenger played a rapid sound of horns, and the Greek infantry roared and shouted and stepped forward!

The mercenaries began to make shouts to drive away the beasts, and the sounds from all directions caused a riot in the werewolf camp. It was obvious that these simple and intelligent creatures had already understood that they were surrounded.

The encirclement gradually tightened, and some mercenaries equipped with javelins and bows began to attack automatically.

The Greek infantry at the front of the front had already fought with the adult male gnolls defending at the main entrance of the gnoll camp. These strong adult gnolls tried to rush into the phalanx to defeat the enemy in front of them.

However, before they could get closer, the spear had pierced their bodies!

The first wave of the werewolves' counterattack was stopped, and the adult were organized to defend the outside world.

A team of mercenaries of about 150 people took over the gap behind the General Guard, and the General Guard moved towards the main entrance under Murphy's order. When they reached the front of the encirclement, the General Guard's knights dispersed their formation and took out the javelin behind them to throw!

The encirclement is further compressed!

The gnolls with a number of about five hundred were squeezed into an elliptical encirclement with a diameter of about three hundred meters.

At this time, Murphy glanced at the slave merchants around him and nodded.

The slave merchants' personal guards and cavalrymen ran out, scattered about fifty meters outside the front.

The role of these people is not to participate in the battle, but to supervise the mercenaries who join the battle.

If someone fled during the battle, these knights will kill them!

Sharp!

Murphy pulled out the sharp sword at his waist, and the Spartan heavy-armed fanatical warrior behind him stepped forward silently.

Then, the sound of a powerful horn sounded!

"kill!"

The Greek infantry phalanx shouted and started charging! The mercenaries also roared and rushed up!

The square formation and the crowd slapped hard on the line of defense composed of the werewolf! The moment the impact was hit, it fell down like cutting wheat! The squeezed line of the werewolf defense was a target of flesh and blood. The space deliberately compressed under Murphy's calculations gave these werewolfs no room for dodge. The Javeliners didn't even need standards, they just needed to throw hard into the encirclement!
Chapter completed!