Chapter 88: Battle! (Part 1)

In fact, the Cold Weapon Age has not been limited to thorns since the middle period.

Many weapons that can be used for stabbing and with the effect of chopping and slashing and slashing came onto the historical stage one by one. On a small-scale battlefield, the long halberd completely replaced the long spear. In the early days of the times, many troops from the East and the West took the elite route, just like Spartan warriors. The early and mid-term Han Dynasty took the elite route. Although there was no such cruel training, it also used most of its financial resources to support a group of elite individual diversified troops.

Just like the ring-headed sword, horse-slashing sword, etc., the requirements for users are relatively high.

However, these elite weapons gradually disappeared behind.

Take Modao for example. With the ability of the entire Tang Dynasty, it only provided a small group of Modao soldiers. However, in the Song Dynasty, there were piles of axe soldiers.

This is the transformation of popularization and groupization.

The combat method of a single army has become simpler, while the mutual cooperation between the army has gradually increased.

Elite weapons can only exert great power in the hands of the top in the army!

——Sparta’s biggest weakness is their number.

In the past half month, the entire Athens city has been busy preparing for the war.

There was a trace of tension in the air, but everyone was excited because the Lord had promised that as long as you win, everyone would be able to obtain land.

Land, a lot of land.

As long as this battle can defeat the werewolves, Murphy's territory will be expanded by half, reaching the level of a prefecture-level city in his previous life.

If he follows the standards of this world, he can already place the titles of Murphy-Earl of Sparta and even Marquis on his title.

The troops sent by the human city-state are undergoing final training by the priests of the Temple of War, and the gathering places of the gnolls around the territory are also wiped out one by one under the soldiers of Lady Elizabeth. After sweeping away these small gnoll clans, Lady Elizabeth's soldiers finally recovered their morale in repeated battles. At least they understood that these creatures were not invincible.

The poisoning of 60,000 arrows is a slow process, and only about 80% have been completed so far.

It is estimated that it will take several days to complete the poisoning of these arrows. Because of the huge trees, the territory has to open an additional area specifically for poisoning of arrows. The clusters of arrows after the poisoning are slightly blue and have a strange luster. The lethality to people is not yet known, but after shooting a elk, the target will die in about fifteen minutes.

Even if the werewolf has amazing vitality, they may lose their combat power.

The human army on the front line of the Gnolls has begun to mobilize, and they will buy time for Murphy to attract the attention of the Gnolls in the early stage.

On August 20th, Murphy led his army out of the Karazan Mountains and headed straight to the connection point between the Zangala Mountains and the Karazan Mountains. As long as the canyon is cut off, the supply line of the werewolves will be cut off, and the gnoll reinforcements behind will not be able to contact the front line. Unless they can fly over a peak of hundreds of meters, the ending will be that they will be surrounded and suppressed under the forces of the human army several times their strength.

The newly forged cast iron carburized steel weapons have fully armed the Spartan Conqueror. After equipping these steel weapons, the Spartan Conquest identified by the "Total War" auxiliary system has already had a full 36 points of attack power, twice that of the Spartan heavy infantry!

If we follow the standards of "Total War", these human-shaped killing machines can solve a war elephant within a few blows after turning on the rage (war cry)...

The only shame is that their number is only seven and has not been supplemented.

The militia training provided by Mrs. Elizabeth is approaching its final stage. After the training is completed, they will replace the equipment eliminated by Greek infantry, including iron spears and some leather armor.

What surprised Murphy was that in addition to the army provided by the human city-state, there were another group of troops coming to help him.

These people were all nobles who lost their land under the attack of the gnolls.

I don’t know if it was because of Mrs. Elizabeth or because I believed in Murphy’s strength in several battles that were promoted by the mercenaries. I actually decided to put the chips on Murphy.

Their number is about 300.

But they are all elites and can be called professional soldiers.

Nearly one-quarter of the three hundred people were heavy cavalry, while the others were all entourages and guards of the knights. They were all small nobles and knights who had lost their territory, and they were heavy cavalry equipment, while the entourages were trained as reserve knights.

In this way, Murphy's army had a heavy cavalry team of nearly one hundred and fifty people.

Although he didn't know whether the heavy cavalry had a role in such a defensive battle, he decided to bring these people with him.

Because the heavy cavalry of human city-states in this era were all enthroned knights, which means they were all multifaceted talents who had a swordsmanship and had other weapons. These knights were all people who knew literacy and understood certain military theories, and their lowest level could also be dispersed into the indigenous army to act as middle and lower-level commanders. This facilitated Murphy's command of the army to issue orders.

The other one is the barbarian mercenaries.

Utols, the barbarian warrior whom Murphy rescued, actually brought a total of 800 Psiah mercenaries to support Murphy.

"The gnolls are the enemy of mankind." When the tall and solid man saw Murphy, he only said one sentence. "You are a friend of the Psyche."

To be honest, Murphy was so surprised that the barbarian mercenaries would come to help him.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this spirit of unity against the enemy that mankind has continued to this day in the southern plains.

In this way, Murphy's total force was close to 10,000, and the main station force reached nearly 4,000.

With the 4,000 main combat forces and 6,000 auxiliary troops, we can already fight the gnolls on the front battlefield!

Governor's Office.

"Tomorrow morning! Leodale leads Greek heavy infantry to go first, be sure to take down the canyon as soon as possible. I will hand over all the Spartan heavy fanatic infantry to your commander, and the God of War Priest will also walk with you!" Murphy looked at General Leodale, who was firm and taciturn in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Remember, you only have half a day."

"One hour is enough." General Leodale, who had been silently obeying Murphy's instructions, suddenly interrupted. He stared at Murphy, held his hand on the hilt of the sword, and said word by word: "One hour is enough!"

Strong confidence!

"Okay! That's an hour!" Murphy laughed and said, "This is the Spartan warrior!"

After saying that, Murphy turned around and stared at General Marcus Kane, saying, "You are in charge of the auxiliary army. Before dark, you must transport all the baggage into the canyon. Although the front line has attracted our attention, the werewolves must not be so stupid. I'm afraid that we will have to face their first counterattack that night! And the opponent is likely to be a powerful wolf cavalry!"

If you are caught by a zombie after you capture the canyon, you will be discovered by a zombie.

Then the first enemy to arrive was undoubtedly the wolf cavalry.

As the only cavalry among the gnoll species, these wolf cavalry may not be easy to deal with.

"Affect the order." General Marcus Kane replied.

First, the Greek heavy infantry marched and captured the canyon, and after waiting for the auxiliary troops to transport the baggage, a defensive formation was built.

At night.

After exposing the details of the line to the two generals, Murphy slowly walked out of the Governor's Mansion.

We will send troops tomorrow.

He had to hold on in the canyon for three days until the human army was overwhelmed and trapped 30,000 werewolves in the plains surrounded by the Zangala Mountains. As long as these werewolves were annihilated, it would be a foregone conclusion to drive the werewolves back to their hometown.

Success or failure is here!

The night breeze is blowing.

Murphy wandered around the city to relieve the pressure in his heart.

For some reason, Murphy suddenly wanted to meet the high priest at this time.

When he came to the Leader's Temple, it was already late.

For some reason, the gate of the Leader's Temple has not been closed yet.

Maybe, she wants to see herself, too.

He walked slowly into the temple, and there were a few dim oil lamps lit inside. Under the statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the high priest prayed silently alone.

As if she heard the footsteps behind her, she slowly stood up, turned around and looked at Murphy's cheek, and said quietly: "You should let me go with you."

"War is a man's business." Murphy smiled and strode to the high priest. A faint fragrance drifted into his nose, making him feel at ease. Perhaps what he was most attached to was the kind of calm and peaceful atmosphere in this woman. He gently held the high priest's hand and said slowly: "And I'll feel at ease when I hand it to you."

The high priest sighed.

She tried to pull out the hand that Murphy held, but failed.

well.

Or deliberately avoid yourself?

Murphy opened his hand easily, staring at the high priest's soft face and said in a deep voice: "If I fail this time, you will immediately move to the other side of the Nidoria River with the residents of the city."

The high priest suddenly stopped talking.

She opened her hands and slowly hugged Murphy's thin figure, her soft lips gently printed on his forehead, and said quietly: "I was born because of you, so I will naturally go with you."

"The goddess is with you!"
Chapter completed!