Summoning Total War

Chapter 12 The last mermaid! (superior)

(The third one may have to be written until after midnight, so I’ll tell you a little bit first. Let’s give it some *** encouragement.)

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Including the naval establishment, Murphy mobilized about 450 troops to accompany him.

Due to the insufficient number of second-row battleships, Murphy temporarily recruited several merchant ships to accompany him. This trip to the tributaries to investigate is not a battle with the army. It doesn't matter if it is a warship, as long as it can transport people across.

"Your Majesty the Governor, there is a fork not far ahead." Admiral Barbossa stood on the bow of the ship and pointed to the land in the distance, explaining: "There is a delta there, connected to a lake downstream, the area should not be Over 800 square kilometers, the land is very fertile!”

Murphy nodded, picked up the telescope and looked forward.

That’s right!

One of the important purposes of his trip was for this delta.

In fact, it has always been Murphy's plan to explore the water monsters living here and see if they can be eliminated.

If it weren't for the jackals, he wouldn't have started taking action now.

Ever since the navy was formed and handed over to the leadership of General Barbossa, Murphy's fleet has been exploring the upper and lower reaches of the Nidoria River, checking the surrounding terrain, making statistics, and analyzing the landforms, plants, soil, etc. on the shore and around it. Calculate the situation.

This delta covers an area of ​​about 500 square kilometers.

The left and right sides are cut by the main stream and tributaries of the Nidolia River, and behind it is a natural lake. Of course, it is not the largest delta. It connects to the Centaur territory in the southwest, but the connecting point is like a small corner of a small triangle, and the location is not large. During this period of time, General Barbossa's important task was to survey Murphy's general terrain.

500 square kilometers of fertile land, this alone is enough to make Murphy excited.

But that's not all!

On the upper right side of this delta, there is a small island of about 20 square kilometers occupied by water monsters. It is likely to have the most precious natural fertilizer in the world!

That's right.

It's phosphate fertilizer, which is bird droppings that have been deposited over countless years.

The southern plains are located south of the middle of the continent, which means that they are on the only way for migratory birds to migrate south. If this were the case, it is certainly unlikely that a large amount of guano would accumulate and eventually mineralize to form phosphate fertilizer, or struvite.

This delta is almost separated by rivers on three sides and is in a relatively closed, secure and safe area.

As a result, a large number of migratory birds will rest here during their migration south, and even settle down.

But this alone is not enough.

This requires another force to influence all this.

That’s right!

It's a water monster!

The location along the river at the front of the delta is the territory of the water monster. Generally, there will be no other medium to large beasts within the territory of this large creature. In this way, it provides a fairly safe place for migratory birds to live and breed. In fact, when General Barbossa reported the terrain of this delta to Murphy and said that there were a large number of birds living on the island.

Murphy was certain that the island occupied by the water monster must have a lot of natural phosphate fertilizer. The reason is simple. Such a natural island-like environment attracts a large number of migratory birds migrating south. And because of the water monster, this area has also become a restricted area for other beasts. As a result, the delta has become an excellent location for birds to survive and breed. Kelpies will attack wild animals that enter their territory, but will not attack birds that do not pose a threat. These water monsters have been entrenched in this area since the Second Age, which is more than two thousand years ago.

Even if the past is not counted, the accumulation of migratory birds migrating south over the past two thousand years is enough to accumulate a lot of things.

What is most lacking in farming in this era?

fertilizer!

In an era without chemical fertilizers, the small amount of artificial fertilizer alone could not meet the needs of crop growth. Therefore, in ancient times, rotational cultivation and even fallow were needed to restore the fertility of the land. Murphy didn't know chemistry and didn't know how to make fertilizer. But as a person who has received higher education in the era of information explosion, he knows a little bit about the natural fertilizers that exist in this world.

And guano is one of them.

After sorting out the terrain of the river area on the other side of the Nidoria River.

He has always suspected that there may be natural phosphate fertilizer there. The only troublesome thing is what are those water monsters and whether he can use the power of the army to deal with them!

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The appearance of the dark-scaled murloc this time is just an opportunity, an opportunity for Murphy to go to the other side of the river to take a look in advance.

If the Dark Scale Murloc hadn't appeared, he would probably have to wait until winter to consider this matter.

But this time, because the fisherman was killed and the Dark Scale Murloc might appear in his territory, he had to come here in advance. If you can really get some natural phosphate fertilizer by the way, even if it doesn't reach the level accumulated by birds in island areas for tens of thousands of years, that doesn't matter. Being in a position where migratory birds are migrating south, there is still some stock after thousands of years, right?

The current cultivated area in Murphy's territory is not large, only 50,000 acres of land.

As long as there is struvite, the territory can be supplied with fertilizer for a long time. With fertilizer, coupled with the fertility field of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Murphy can definitely foresee a bumper harvest in the future of the territory!

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"Your Majesty the Governor, further ahead is the area where the water monsters are active." General Barbossa quickly came to Murphy's side and said in a deep voice.

Murphy raised his hand and said, "Stop first."

Then, he picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the delta.

This is the widest area near the Nidolia River. The width of the river reaches nearly 20 kilometers. It can be said that except for the location where the Nidolia River enters the sea, this triangular area of ​​​​distribution is the widest. To the southwest of here is an island, a long and narrow inverted triangle, just in front of the delta, where the water monster lives. The nearby river channel extending for a hundred kilometers to the southwest belongs to their territory.

But for some unknown reason, they rarely come to the upper reaches of the Nidolia River.

So it has always been peaceful with humans.

In the telescope, Murphy only saw a small white island with not many trees.

Due to the poor quality of the telescope, other things cannot be seen clearly at all.

There was no other way. Murphy could only recall the strategic map of the "Total War" auxiliary system in his mind. As the auxiliary system was turned on, the retinas in Murphy's eyes began to change, and a rough topographic map also appeared in his mind. The island where the water monster is entrenched is a long and narrow triangle with its head facing down, while the delta is a large triangle with its head facing upward. The delta area is not small, and the location connected to the southwest is the territory of the Centaur. But it was not the Centaur tribe that had contact with Murphy, but the territory of other Centaur tribes.

As far as Murphy knows so far, there are about six centaur tribes living near the Salma Basin, with a total population of about 200,000. They are fighting some powerful creatures in the northwest, and they seem to be at a disadvantage.

On the small island on the strategic map, the "Total War" auxiliary system marked a skull symbol.

This means that there are unknown powerful creatures living nearby.

To the south of the Karazhan Mountains, on top of the peak cliff, there is also such a skull logo marked by the "Total War" auxiliary system, but the color is darker, already leaning towards red.

That's the territory of the Karazhan Cyclone Pterodactyls, those huge subspecies of wyvern creatures.

The island's skull logo is white, which is different from the red skull that represents Karazhan's Hurricane Pteranodon. Murphy estimated that this should be due to the data analysis of the "Total War" auxiliary system. The threat of the water monster is far from reaching the height of the Karazhan Hurricane Pterosaur!

Looking at the white island in the distance.

Murphy couldn't help but fell into deep thought. He tapped his forehead lightly with his index finger and remained silent.

The soldiers around him did not dare to disturb him and waited quietly for his orders with bated breath.

"If it is a creature like a plesiosaur, then soldiers can deal with it. The longbow has strong penetrating power and has no problem breaking through armor, let alone shooting through the cuticle of the skin. There are Spartan conquerors With the Chief Priest of the God of War in check, it shouldn’t be too difficult to kill them. But if it’s not a plesiosaur but a monster, it will be difficult to deal with.”

Warcraft often possesses certain elemental powers. Murphy, who has seen magicians exert their power, has a deep understanding of the horror of this supernatural power!

He knew that if he miscalculated, he would have to rely on the Ares-Priests and Spartan Conquerors to deal with them. Because ordinary soldiers may not be able to play much role when facing World of Warcraft.

The Karazhan Hurricane Pterosaur made a deep impression on Murphy at first.

However, after collecting information from other worlds for such a long time, Murphy also discovered that the creatures in this world, even the powerful existences called Warcraft, are not the kind of perverted existences that can spit out a fireball casually! The power of Warcraft is mainly reflected in its size that far exceeds that of its kind and some special elemental powers. This kind of power cannot be released at will, and there are no restrictions. Although the monsters are powerful, they are not without their weaknesses. Otherwise, as early as the beginning of the Era, humans would have been eaten up by them, instead of them being swept away by the ancient heroes!

Even Warcraft mostly relies on minions when hunting food!

Now that I'm here, I have to go see everything.

"Go around this way." Murphy pointed to the road and signaled the soldiers to go around the back of the island.

The distance is getting closer.

Murphy soon realized something was wrong.

Because he saw a large number of frightened birds, as well as the fishy smell carried by the wind and the faint smell of blood mixed with it.

After experiencing the war.

Murphy is becoming more and more sensitive to the smell of blood!