Chapter 83: The Magician (Part 1)

This period of time was a busy and tense period of the territory.

The noble council of the human city-state in the southern plains agreed to Murphy's conditions. Grand Duke Rottenchild joined forces with two other grand dukes to recruit troops. By then, the total number of human coalition forces exceeding 200,000 will launch a comprehensive counterattack on the areas occupied by the gnolls!

Since they decided to send troops, the entire territory was preparing for war. The priests of the god of war Kratos all became military camp instructors. Except for the regular prayers every day, they trained soldiers in the city camps at other times. The priests leading the temple created more holy waters every day under the leadership of the high priest, which would be the key to saving soldiers' lives in the war.

The Spartan heavy-armed fanatical infantry were replenished to 45 people, while the Spartan Conqueror, the follower of the God of War Kratos, had only 7 people at present because of the high requirements.

Fifteen teams of Greek infantry, totaling 1,200 men, were training intensely. They braved the hot summer and were sweating profusely, and were training their combat skills more strictly according to the standards of the priests of the Temple of War. Because they wanted to put all the Greek heavy infantry into battle, Murphy had to recruit four additional teams of Greek infantry to maintain the security of the town.

The blacksmith shop is busy working, and they are going to drive out a batch of weapons and armor before the army sets off.

The four teams have a total of 216 Macedonian elite light cavalry, and at the same time, the eight teams of Athenian longbowers attacking 400 people have also been included in the statistics by the "Total War" auxiliary system. In addition, the three teams of Crete longbowers organized by 240 people, currently there are powerful bow and arrow formations organized by about 600 people in the city of Athens.

The training of Greek heavy infantry has been completed halfway, and they are undergoing Spartan combat skills training under the arrangement of the priests of the Temple of War.

Currently, the auxiliary system of "Total War" shows that when the Greek heavy infantry completes the training of the priests of the Temple of War, they will become Greek heavy infantry. After all, they will have stronger combat power after being well-equipped half-armored!

Army recruitment interface:

Army: Greek heavy infantry.

Number of recruitment rounds: (0)

Soldier size (80), experience (1).

Attack (10), Charge bonus (2), Weapon type (Long Weapon).

Total defense (16), armor (8), defense skills (3), shield (5).

Vitality (1).

Morale (10).

Recruitment costs (800), maintenance costs (400).

Ability: able to form a square array; very disciplined; abundant physical strength; able to dig tunnels; good morale.

Explanation: These Greek heavy infantry soldiers have been trained by the priests of the God of War Kratos and gradually adapted to the cruel Spartan training. They have better combat skills than other Greek soldiers! They are equipped with better armor, which allows them to resist many injuries. They are disciplined and will not retreat because of fear when facing the enemy.

They are the backbone of the battlefield!

Army: Athenian Longbowman.

Number of recruitment rounds: (2)

Soldier size (80), experience (0).

Attack (9), Charge bonus (1), Weapon type (longbow, dagger).

Total defense (4), armor (2), defense skills (2), shield (0).

Vitality (1).

Morale (8).

Recruitment costs (600), maintenance costs (160).

Ability: fast movement; able to dig tunnels; powerful shooting; armor-breaking; good morale.

Explanation: They were trained by strong Greeks. Many of them were originally hunters from Crete, so they had a very good foundation for bows and arrows. After rigorous training, they gradually adapted to the powerful weapon of longbows. Although they had not yet achieved the profound archery skills of Crete longbows, they were far more powerful than ordinary archers.

They are only equipped with leather armor and daggers, and melee combat is very fragile. Please protect them.

Army: Macedonian elite light cavalry.

Number of recruitment rounds: (0)

Soldier size (54), experience (0).

Attack (11), Charge bonus (5), Weapon type (Long Weapon).

Total defense (8), armor (5), defense skills (3), shield (0).

Vitality (1).

Morale (12).

Recruitment costs (540), maintenance costs (300).

Ability: Strong charge: cone array; fast movement: strict discipline; abundant physical strength; good morale.

Note: After being equipped with saddles and stirrups, the hands of these cavalry were immediately liberated from the battle. This allowed them to launch a powerful charge against the enemy! They were all elite riders, not just burdened with the harassment of light cavalry. As long as the time was right, they could attack the enemy's flanks and rear! They could use powerful charges to cut the enemy's formation!

Please do not let them attack the enemy head-on. Although they are elite, they are not heavy cavalry.

This is the current main force in Athens city.

The frontal formation is dominated by Greek heavy infantry, and their powerful frontal abilities are not far from that of Spartan heavy infantry.

The cavalry is made up of the elite Macedonian cavalry, and the general guards of generals including Murphy are also reforming in this regard. The archers are mainly using the Crete long archers and the Athenian long archers as the auxiliary. They can use the long archers' ultra-long range and penetration to effectively annihilate the enemy.

After some mobilization, the Athenian city can mobilize a total of about 1,900 troops, including 1,200 heavy Greek infantry, 108 elite Macedonian light cavalry, 240 Cretan long bowmen and 400 Athenian long bowmen. The remaining soldiers were arranged to stay in Athenian cities, responsible for maintaining urban defense and public security operations.

After counting the materials sent by the human city-state, Murphy decided to go to the military camp to take a look at it while it was still early.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the barracks provided two meals of meat every day during this period. Most of the fish provided in the port was consumed on the soldiers. In addition, the substances supported by the noble parliament could maintain the nutritional consumption of the soldiers. After several months of training, all the soldiers in the Athenian city had extremely strong bodies, and the bulging muscles were like sculptures!

This symbolizes power!

Among the four thousand peasants whom Marquis Elizabeth handed over to Murphy, he selected 1,500 adult men with good physiques and handed them to the priests of the Temple of War for training. According to the standards, the requirements of the Greek militia were now initially formed, and Murphy did not intend to use them as the main combat power. As long as the auxiliary legion was marked, it would be enough. At least they could bandage wounds for the main soldiers after the battle, harvest the undead enemies on the ground, coordinated defense lines, etc.

The other farmers were broken up by Murphy and were incorporated into the urban population as laborers.

After some statistics.

The Greek city sent 2,000 troops, the Marquis Elizabeth sent 2,500 troops, plus the 5,000 troops to be sent by the human city-state. The size of the army was about 9,500.

Among them, there are less than 8,000 people who are truly combat-capable.

"How is the training progress?" Walking into the city barracks, Murphy suddenly felt a solemn atmosphere.

Since the priest of the God of War Kratos took over the training of the city military camp, a solemn atmosphere has appeared in the entire military camp. The priest of the God of War Kratos has no mercy at all, and there will be no mercy at all. The priests hold whips in their hands, and as long as they see a soldier who is not serious in training, they will whip them down on the spot!

The priests of these gods of war are also powerful soldiers. The lazy soldiers immediately became furious after whipping down! It can be said that most of the soldiers in the military camp were beaten by them during this period of cruel training.

Among the farmers whom the Marquis of Elizabeth handed over to Murphy, a small riot occurred due to cruel training.

The riot was immediately suppressed.

The chief priest of the Temple of War, the tall, dark man like an iron tower, pulled out the swords behind him on the spot, and killed the twenty-one soldiers who caused the riot in less than a minute at a speed that ordinary people could not capture!

The way of killing is quite bloody.

All the soldiers who were dissatisfied with the cruel training and resisted were cut off their heads!

The realm of the god of war Kratos is conquest, and his priests are conquering.

They won’t reason with the soldiers and want to resist?

Either you kill him or he kills you!

"They may not be afraid of the enemy, but they are not qualified warriors." The chief priest of the Temple of War was laughing without hesitation. He was a man who was more taciturn than speaking. He pointed to the peasant who was being trained by the temple priest and said in a deep voice: "These people are all farmers, and it is difficult to make them familiar with the way of combat in a short period of time."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you have initial combat power." Murphy himself did not have too many expectations for these farmers, as long as he did not disintegrate when facing the werewolves.

"How is the training progress of the Greek heavy infantry?" Murphy looked at the peasants who were training, and they were learning the fighting style of the Greek spear phalanx under the whip of the priest.

"They are all excellent soldiers. At most half a month, they can complete the final training." Speaking of the Greek heavy infantry, the chief priest of the Temple of War only showed a look of satisfaction on his dark face. He said in a deep voice: "Although it does not meet the standards of Spartan heavy infantry, it is much stronger than other soldiers."

Murphy nodded.

The backbone of the battlefield still needs to be supported by these Greek heavy infantry soldiers, and they are the basis for winning.
Chapter completed!