Chapter 70 Ogre (Part 1)

The breeze blew on the face, and a faint glow fell on the marble sculpture. In the center of the square, a statue of a god as high as six meters was towering. The goddess of wisdom Athena held a scepter in one hand and thunder in the other, with a solemn expression and looking into the distance.

In the square, six teams of Greek infantry organized a total of 480 people were arranged in a neat square array, and behind the square were Crete archers with a total of 160 people. The knights of the general guard lined up on the left side of the statue, while the Spartan heavy-armed fanatical infantry stood behind Murphy. Currently, there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the territory, accounting for 20% of the territory's population. Excluding women, children and children, about one-third of the adult men were recruited as soldiers.

Including the 2,000 serfs handed over to Murphy by Mrs. Elizabeth, the total population of Athenian towns has reached 7,000. The territory can be upgraded to a city, and a more magnificent Governor's Mansion and many buildings have been built.

But the problems that followed were also born.

That is, the territory's labor force is not enough, because the cultivated farmland has been expanded several times, and after deducting fishermen and farmers, the labor force that can be recruited in the territory is seriously insufficient. It is not an easy task to upgrade from a large town to a city. It takes nearly half a year to build many buildings, expand streets, plan new residential areas, etc. In addition, it is more important that in Murphy's plan, after the territory is upgraded to a town, a moat will be dug outside the town.

This moat will become a barrier for the town. After the territory is upgraded from a city to a big city, Murphy plans to expand another outer city outside the moat, and the original town exists as an inner city.

A moat was dug in the inner city, and a wider moat was dug in the outer city.

This is Murphy's current urban planning.

As we all know, digging rivers is a very labor-intensive task. Especially in an era with relatively low technological level, it requires recruiting most of the labor force in the territory and taking a considerable period of time.

The labor force in the territory is already seriously insufficient.

After the two new teams of Greek infantry were trained, Murphy immediately stopped hesitating and decided to lead the team to the deserted stone highland to capture goblin slaves. The priests of the goddess of wisdom Athena have mastered how to enslave goblins and make these cunning creatures honest. This saves the process of domestication of slave merchants. As long as the goblin slaves are captured, they can be used as coolies to dig moats in a few days.

A large number of goblins are scattered on the deserted stone highlands west of the Nidolia River. Most of these goblins have a population of 400-2,000. They have no connection with each other, which is very convenient for Murphy to solve one by one. According to the slave merchant Prife, it is conservatively estimated that nearly 500,000 goblin slaves live on the deserted stone highlands!

"This is a considerable slave resource!" After Murphy got this information, this idea was the first thought that popped up in his mind.

As for the food of these goblin slaves, Murphy didn't have to worry about it.

There are still hundreds of zombies in the territory now, and these zombies have always been used as rations for kobold slaves. In the future, the zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zombie's zomb

As a qualified lord, Murphy has always deliberately avoided bringing personal feelings when dealing with things.

Since the fur of the zombies can be exchanged for income, why can't their bodies be used as rations for slaves? There is no need for any kindness to these cannibal species. At least for now, Murphy does not consider consuming precious food on those slaves. With these zombies eating meat, and adding some bran can feed them.

"Soldiers, today we are going to capture a creature called goblin. Although they are short and cunning, they are good slaves! Slaves can work for us and bring us income! As the city develops, we need a large number of slaves to work for us." This time, there is no need to publish any pre-war mobilization. Murphy just briefly explained the purpose of this trip.

There are now twelve teams of Greek infantry in the territory, three teams of Crete long archers, two teams of Macedonian elite light cavalry, and the 400 Athenian long archers who have not yet completed their organization. Murphy decided to take about half of the troops on this trip, and General Leodale was responsible for taking charge in the territory, while Murphy took the newly promoted general Marcus Kane to go with him.

Just in case, Murphy still brought Spartan heavy-armed fanatical infantry.

With these majestic figures wearing bright red cloaks beside them, Murphy believes that even if any accident occurs, he can handle it.

Six teams were organized to step forward, while the knights of the General Guard followed closely behind. The newly recruited Crete long bowman Murphy also brought two teams, mainly to test their combat effectiveness, reduce casualties, and achieve zero casualties as much as possible. After all, use regular troops to deal with these short goblins, and only equipped with simple weapons. If you are careful, you will basically not suffer any casualties.

The group marched north of the port, where the newly established fleet would transport the soldiers across the river.

In addition, Murphy also brought the talents recommended by slave merchant Prife, who was an indigenous person who knew some goblins. What Murphy wanted was to capture goblins as slaves, rather than killing them all. So a person who knew goblins still needed them.

Because the goblins are not very threatening, Murphy only brought a small amount of holy water during this trip.

It is worth mentioning that after upgrading the temple to a second-level temple, the effective time of the Holy Water has been extended from the original twenty-four hours to forty-eight hours. In other words, the Holy Water can still last for two days after leaving the temple. Murphy estimated that when the territory built the leadership pantheon, the effective time after the Holy Water was taken out of the temple can even reach seven days or even half a month!

This means that holy water will not only be useful in defense, but also be brought as a drug reserve when attacking.

Although the holy water has powerful healing effects, it has lost its effect after 24 hours, which made Murphy feel very sorry, because if it is an active attack, the time it takes is not just one day. Now with the upgrade of the temple, the time for the holy water to be effective has also been extended. Before the scale of the military sacrifice formed with the army, it can be said that the effect is quite amazing!

After more than a month of accumulation, the holy water reserves in the temple are now quite considerable, which can fully support a large-scale battle.

To the west of the Nidoria River, the deserted rocky highlands.

This is a scattered place of goblins, located in the northwest of the continent. Then there was the Salma Basin where the centaur tribes lived in groups. Now they are fighting a powerful species called mammoths on the north side of the continent.

It was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the army passed through a vast meadow and circled into the Yellowstone Heights from the north.

The other side of the Nidoria River is also a fertile land, but it is the outer territory of the Centaur tribe. In autumn and winter, some of the Centaur tribes will migrate here from the Salma Basin to find new grazing pastures. Hunting alone is impossible to obtain food for the strengthening of the ethnic group. These Centaurs are a bit similar to the herders in Tibetan areas. In addition to grazing, they will also plant some simple crops. However, the nature of the race has prevented them from fixedly living a farming life in this place like humans.

Goblins can also be planted, but they do not have human wisdom.

They throw seeds onto relatively fertile land and leave them alone. Perhaps they also know that they should add some fertilizer to the fields, but they stop there.

These short and cunning creatures are even more keen on robbing passing creatures in groups.

Or gather enough people to rob other ethnic groups.

After the army entered the Yellowstone Heights, Murphy ordered the cavalry of the General Guard to radiate outward at an angle of 180 degrees to detect the surrounding terrain.

Because he found that the Total War auxiliary system included the places he passed into the statistics of the strategic map, and some areas with other biological activities were marked one by one. It was like a place about fifty kilometers west of the Nidoria River, where the marking of the Total War auxiliary system showed a pack of wolves moving nearby!

"It seems that the strategic map system is not only useful in the territory, but also in the statistics outside the territory." Murphy was happy and immediately discovered the huge value hidden in the strategic map!

The light cavalry radially probed outwards, while the Greek infantry continued to advance in a straight line after a brief rest.

As the cavalry of the General Guard opened the map bit by bit, some goblin groups gathered in small areas were marked one by one on the strategic map.

Most of these goblin groups live in peripheral areas, with a small territory and a small population.

They are mostly losers, lazy people, timids and fearful people who are expelled by large groups. Of course, goblins are such creatures. These goblins living in the peripheral areas are more despised by goblins in other groups because they are too lazy, timid and afraid of death, and are eventually expelled. They are at the lowest level among goblins and are often the objects of goblins being plundered by other large groups.

There are many small groups of people with a population of between 300 and 500 scattered on the outskirts of Yellowstone.

They will attack the weak races of the past, and if they encounter lonely centaurs and other races, they will also have a bad idea.

Murphy, the small clans displayed on the auxiliary system map of the Total War, looked down on them. Besides, the terrain here is relatively wide and there are so many soldiers on his side. I am afraid that after I reacted, these goblins thought of running away. It would be too troublesome to catch such small clans one by one.

Murphy's plan is to find several goblin groups with a population of more than one thousand to conduct surgery.

This saves time.

Until evening, after about thirty kilometers deep into the deserted rocky highlands, the first goblin group marked as a large number by the "Total War" auxiliary system appeared in Murphy's eyes.

These goblins live near a bush with a small river next to it, about five kilometers away from Murphy.

"The whole army rested." Murphy looked at the sky and decided to launch an attack after it was dark.

Because this is easier to surround.
Chapter completed!