Summoning Total War

The girl left the next day.

Without saying anything else, he just left a note for Murphy. Just three words on it, ‘I’m leaving. ’

However, the exquisitely crafted oak coat of arms was still left by Murphy. He didn't say it had any use, and just pressed it on the note. The coat of arms is made of oak, and the longbows made in the territory are all made of oak, so Murphy can recognize it. There is a star array on the front of the coat of arms. In the middle of the star array is the shape of a sword, and on the back of the coat of arms is a vine-like plant carved.

Murphy couldn't recognize what it was specifically.

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January 4, Year 376 of the Second Age.

It is expected that the upcoming New Year celebrations are almost over, and the competitive sports held in the city of Athens are almost ready to decide the champion. Tomorrow, January 5th, the finals of this competitive sport will be held, and the winner will also receive rewards. The remaining two days are free trade time. At that time, there will be many activities prepared by aboriginal merchants at the port.

9:10 am.

Murphy held an account book in his hand and looked at it. This was the last batch of grain shipped back by diplomat Tobayes. After this batch of food is put into storage, the food in the Athens territory is enough for the time being. When the remaining trade supplies arrive, Murphy will have nothing to worry about.

There were rapid footsteps behind him.

"Your Majesty the Governor." General Marcus Kane quickly came to Murphy's side and said.

Since the construction progress of the fortress cannot be delayed, Murphy yesterday arranged for him to prepare manpower to continue completing the fortress. The threat of orcs has always worried Murphy, and it is obviously not enough to rely solely on human city-states. Building a defensive fortification at the entrance to your territory will allow you to be better prepared in the event of an accident. Although the territory is surrounded by mountains on the outside, it is flat on the inside, so Murphy has to be cautious.

"What's the matter?" Murphy handed the account book to the police officer on the side and asked.

"Mrs. Elizabeth sent a secret letter." General Marcus Kane handed a wax-sealed letter to Murphy.

Secret message?

Lady Elizabeth?

Is there something going on over there?

Murphy reached out and took the letter, opened the sealing wax and looked at it carefully.

It is a letter written by Lady Elizabeth. Her handwriting is graceful and sharp, with majestic angles. It is difficult for ordinary people to imitate it.

There wasn't much written in the letter, just a few sentences, but Murphy's face darkened after reading it.

"The construction progress of the fortress must be accelerated!" Murphy put the letter away in his arms, then looked up at the general Marcus Kane in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "I will mobilize twice as many manpower for you now. You must complete the defensive fortress before March!"

"Yes!" General Marcus Kane responded with a glance.

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"To think something was done so quickly!" Murphy stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, north of the Karazhan Mountains, where the orcs were entrenched.

According to Murphy's estimation, these orcs will have to wait until the crops are harvested in June this year at the latest before they can send troops south.

Because they may not have enough food to serve as military rations when they are exiled.

But I don’t know why, but now that spring has just begun, they are already taking action.

And the action is huge!

Nearly 120,000 orcs were armed! This includes almost the vast majority of adult males in the orc tribe! Even some female half-orcs who are strong enough are used as soldiers!

I don’t know where they got the equipment and weapons, but they were able to arm nearly 120,000 troops in a short period of time!

The intelligence collected showed that these orcs did not just pick up a stick and count it as armed. But in the true sense, each person has an iron weapon, and even a large number of orc warriors are equipped with armor. Let's not talk about armor, just talk about 120,000 weapons. Such a huge demand, let alone the orcs with a population of more than 200,000, even the humans with a population of more than 3 million in the southern plains may not be able to survive for only half a year. Made within the time required.

Where did this equipment come from?

It won’t just fall from the sky! Then the only explanation is-the Orc Empire!

If that's really the case.

The seriousness of the matter is difficult to predict.

It may even threaten the safety of the entire human race in the southern plains.

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This matter has been widely circulated.

Because they are afraid that the newly settled refugees will trigger a new round of panic. Moreover, Canyon Pass has not yet been breached, and the noble councils of the human city-states in the southern plains are currently adding troops to Canyon Pass. The terrain there is difficult, and the numerical advantage may not be able to be used. It is difficult to say whether the orcs can break through. However, this news still spread among the high-level noble circles, and now nobles everywhere are secretly expanding their army establishment.

The only thing I don't know is that they are just ordinary poor people.

Because Lady Elizabeth was so close to Murphy, the news came to light and the House of Lords consciously avoided her.

But in the end, she obtained it through some special channels.

Then she ordered someone to send the message over quickly.

"If it is really the orc empire, then why don't they open up nearby territories and transport equipment all the way to support the orcs in attacking humans?" Murphy summoned the strategic map in the "Total War" auxiliary system.

There are many dark areas in this world, most of which are occupied by uncivilized savage creatures.

If Murphy remembers correctly, the Orc Empire and the southern plains are separated by two entire maps, one is hills and the other is plains. The area is larger than the two provinces in the previous life. The distance is more than 500 kilometers, and there is a branch in the middle. A larger gathering place for mixed-blood elves. With such a long distance apart, does the Orc Empire still plan to expand its territory across the map?

This is totally unreasonable!

This half-orc tribe was once expelled by the orc empire.

Attention is expulsion!

That is to say, they have made some unforgivable mistakes, so they were expelled from the Orc Empire.

A tribe of half-orcs that was expelled, and now the orc empire has given it a lot of material support to attack humans.

This is obviously unreasonable!

Murphy raised his hand and knocked on the letter in front of him, and said slowly: "There must be something fishy in this!"