Summoning Total War

Chapter 70 Blood and Glory! (Down)

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Second Age Era, May 7th.

early morning.

After spending two days, the orcs seemed to have determined that the human city-state coalition was unwilling to come out for a decisive battle. As a result, the offensive against Athens suddenly became countless times more fierce than before. Not only were giant trebuchets put into battle, but many other siege equipment were also pulled out, such as pit rails, ladders, rams, etc. The half-orcs who have been assimilated by the orc civilization are not far behind humans in terms of general technological level.

The fierce fighting continued until noon.

In just three hours, the half-orc army launched six strong attacks! Even with the help of siege equipment, their elite troops climbed to the top of the fortress several times. If Murphy hadn't made the decisive decision to throw the Spartan Berserkers into the battle, our own losses would have been very heavy. In less than a morning, the orcs left nearly two thousand corpses, and Athens also suffered one to two hundred casualties. Had it not been for the support of the holy water provided by the Leadership Temple, the number of casualties would have been even greater.

"Mr. Governor, would you like to eat something first?" An attendant from the general's guard came to Murphy's side with a piece of dried meat and a bowl of wheat porridge mixed with vegetables and leaves. He held it carefully, only daring to pinch it with his thumb. He stayed on the edge of the bowl because he was afraid that the almost dry blood on his hands would get on the porridge.

Athens' supplies could not be said to be tight, but they were not abundant either.

Before the winter wheat harvest, the food in Athens could only last for a month at most. The food of the army is uniformly cooked with vegetable leaves mixed with dried fish, and the generals including Murphy also eat this way. It doesn't taste very much, it can only be regarded as filling the stomach. Because of the aid to the Centaur tribe, Athens' material reserves could no longer be wasted.

"Yeah." Murphy nodded, reached out and took the large bowl of wheat porridge and drank most of it quickly.

He picked up the dried meat, tore off a piece and chewed it in his mouth. After swallowing it, he gulped down the wheat porridge mixed with vegetable leaves. Murphy ate very carefully, but very quickly. In less than three minutes, he finished a large bowl of wheat porridge and a piece of dried meat.

He handed the bowl to the general's guard and asked, "How long until the winter wheat can be harvested?"

"My Lord Governor, I'm afraid we have to wait half a month." The guard on the side replied carefully.

Still have to wait half a month?

Murphy nodded and waved for him to go down first.

The true maturity of winter wheat needs to wait until around June this year, and the specific time should be June 15th.

At that time, winter wheat can be considered truly mature. However, due to the war, Murphy had to consider harvesting winter wheat in advance. But despite this, Murphy still has to wait a while longer, because the current winter wheat is not even green or yellow. If you want to meet the minimum harvest standards, you have to wait until after May 15th.

Harvesting one month in advance is already the limit of winter wheat.

The half-beast army is not what Murphy is really afraid of, because in addition to this fortress, the city of Athens itself is also a strong city in this era. Coupled with the completed moat, as long as there is enough food, even if it is one hundred thousand Orc siege may not be able to be broken. The Greek infantry phalanx has an inherent advantage in defense. If the current casualty ratio is used, the orcs may have to pay more than 80% of the casualties to capture Athens.

This loss is unacceptable to them.

What Murphy is really worried about is food, winter wheat, and half a year of hard work!

There was not much food in Athens either.

If these winter wheats cannot be harvested successfully, I am afraid that life in Athens will not be easy this winter.

Fifty thousand acres of winter wheat are about to be harvested! ! !

These grains can be said to be an unparalleled wealth in this era!

How could Murphy give up so easily?

If the orcs get this food, the threat to the entire human race will be too great.

Unless it is a last resort, Murphy will not consider the last resort.

That is.

Set fire to these crops that are about to be harvested!

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In the afternoon.

It started to rain lightly in the sky.

The strong smell of blood in the air faded a little under the wash of rain, and because of the rain, the Half-Beast Army had to give up the next attack.

Athens has as many as three thousand longbowmen. These longbowmen give the commander of the half-orc army an extremely headache!

Super long range, super penetrating power in this era.

Even a warrior equipped with armor will be severely injured if shot within a hundred meters. Coupled with the superior protection of the city wall, if it weren't for the help of well railings and ladders, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get up to the fortress wall no matter how many people died.

Murphy stood silently in the drizzle, with traces of rain falling on his body and then sliding down the tips of his hair.

Under his feet was a pool of bright red blood, which was washed away by the drizzle from his armor. The battle in the morning was extremely fierce. The orcs' offensive was completely life-threatening. Murphy had to dispatch elite troops to the city wall, and even participated in several battles himself.

The orc army is very difficult to deal with!

Their main force is divided into two types. One is the type that uses thick machetes. They are the backbone of the battle. These warriors were equipped with leather armor, with only a piece of iron inlaid at the heart. Their combat effectiveness is good, and they are stronger than the Greek heavy infantry in individual combat, but they are no match for the Greek heavy infantry in terms of teamwork.

Another type is the half-orc fanatic who can enter a berserk state using a two-handed battle ax.

These are the troops that really give Murphy a headache.

These half-orc fanatics are all tall. They are equipped with half-body armor and hold two-handed axes weighing dozens of pounds. Once they enter a violent state, they immediately become extremely powerful! Once these warriors are sent to the city wall, that is when Athens appears. Time for casualties. They were not afraid of death when they attacked, and did not consider the defensive issues at all. Due to the limited position of the city wall, there was almost no room to dodge.

Once these half-orc fanatics broke out, even the Spartan conquerors would have difficulty fighting them.

Strictly speaking, there is no real division of orcs into arms. Because apart from the standardized equipment of their main force, the equipment obtained by other infantry units is mostly strange.

The orc army numbers as many as one hundred thousand. Even with the aid of the Orc Empire, they cannot easily come up with the equipment to arm one hundred thousand people.

After all, there are limits to the level of technological productivity in this era.

In the orc army, except for the tens of thousands of people in the central army who are the main equipment, the other soldiers are only equipped with ordinary equipment. It is roughly equivalent to the level of the Athenian militia, perhaps slightly better in terms of weapons.

This is undoubtedly very good news for Murphy.

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Currently, there are only two types of orc warriors that Murphy has come into contact with.

One is a warrior equipped with a thick machete and leather armor, their standard configuration of orc infantry. The combat is roughly equivalent to that of the Greek heavy infantry. Compared with the Greek heavy infantry, it is inferior in equipment and coordination.

Another type is the orc fanatic.

There are two types of Orc zealots, one is the zealot equipped with heavy armor, the other is the zealot without armor. The latter are more dangerous than the former, because they look more like dead warriors among orcs. Fighting is a completely crazy fighting style that involves life and death. There is almost no skill at all. It's just a matter of picking up a giant ax and smashing it forward!

But in war, this kind of fighting method is the most troublesome, because the density of war soldiers is very high.

Their crazy fighting style can almost attack the enemy with their eyes closed, and the warriors hit by the giant axes in their hands have almost lost their combat effectiveness even if they do not die on the spot.

But fortunately there is one thing.

That is, these warriors who can enter a violent state have one characteristic.

Just like the emblem of the barbarian warriors, these half-orc warriors who can enter a violent state will also leave a mark on their bodies that represents strength.

Different from barbarian humans, the way of half-orcs is for shamans to use charcoal fire to burn a vague wolf head mark on their forehead or cheek. After burning with charcoal, the shamans would apply a potion of special folk materials to the wound. In this way, after the wounds heal, a special dark blue mark will be left on the bodies of the orcs.

This mark means that they are warriors recognized by the shaman.

This is good news for Murphy. Whenever he saw these Orc warriors with marks on their faces during the battle, without saying a word, he would directly pull several teams of full Athenian longbowmen over and shoot them to death! Don't let them climb the city wall no matter what!

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Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

The drizzle gradually stopped after falling for more than an hour.

The orc camp also began to move. The soldiers who were hiding in tents to take shelter from the rain gathered, and several large trebuchets were assembled again. Later, an assault vehicle was pushed out. It seemed that these orcs still had not given up the idea of ​​breaking through the fortress gate.

But their idea is destined to fail.

Because Murphy had sealed the city gate a few days ago. Even though the city gate is empty behind it, Murphy actually asked craftsmen to build another concave wall where the city gate is connected. In other words, after the orcs break through the fortress gate, they will find that the hateful enemy has built another wall behind the gate! At that time, they will face a hail of arrows!

Rhythmic war drums sounded, and the orc army began to attack.

The Greek hoplites lined up in front, holding their spears and holding their shields flat in front of their chests in preparation.

The war drums are getting louder!

The orc warriors arrayed forward let out a thundering roar.

As if not to be outdone, at the signal of General Leo Darre, the Greek heavy infantry struck their shields with their spears and roared.

"kill!"

"kill!!"

"kill!!!"

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Five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters.

After entering the range of the longbow, the orc warriors raised their shields high. The Athenian long archers also began to show off their power, and bursts of arrows fell on the orc warriors, and they fell like wheat. The shields in the hands of the orcs are all ordinary wooden shields. Although they can defend against ordinary arrows, their defensive effect is still limited when faced with longbow shots.

Unless they use Roman-style long shields that are more than ninety centimeters long, it will be difficult to substantially resist the longbowmen's shots.

The rush vehicles covered with decks on three sides began to move forward, and about four hundred meters away from the fortress wall, giant trebuchets also began to operate.

Although it is called a giant trebuchet, its stone-throwing ability is still quite limited according to the technological level of this world.

In terms of lethality alone, the role of the trebuchet is actually quite limited.

Their real function is mainly a deterrent. After all, if anyone is unlucky and gets hit, it can almost be said to be a certain death.

In this era, a very important use of trebuchets was to throw fire pots, which was also used to set fire. Throwing kerosene into the city or setting fire to the city walls can be very effective. If it can be paired with black oil, that is, open-air oil and the like will play a very terrible role in this era! This was one of Murphy's ideas at the time, but he couldn't find oil anywhere.

Even Athens didn't have the luxury to use fire oil, and neither did the orcs.

The ammunition they use is stones weighing between 15 and 25 kilograms, which is about the size of a basketball.

The giant trebuchet used by the orcs also belongs to the technology of the early BC of the Earth Age, and it does not have much advantage in terms of lethality alone. It just looks amazing!

A stone bullet can create a hole nearly one meter deep after it hits the ground!

If it falls on the city wall, even the hard city wall will be smashed into a dent.

"Ballista ready!"

As the enemy's trebuchets were put into use, General Leo Dallie also issued a high-pitched order.

Twenty-four ballistae were pushed out, and the Greek soldiers aimed them at the approaching enemy and placed stone bullets piled on the side.

The crossbow designed by the Greeks has a strong bracket. The main beam is placed on the bracket. Two torsion spring groups are installed on both sides of the front end. Each spring group drives a crossbow arm. The end of the crossbow arm is connected to the bowstring, and the bowstring is in the middle. It is a woven mesh bag that holds projectiles. The ballistae has great power, and a good ballistae can even throw a stone projectile weighing 1 talent (an ancient Greek weight unit, approximately 26 kilograms) 250 meters away.

Although the range of the ballistas made by Athens was not as good as the catapults, they simply had an advantage in quantity. Once the ballistae was brought into battle, the intimidating effect of the enemy's trebuchets disappeared. On the contrary, the rows of ballistae on the city wall made those orc warriors feel a little frightened!

The battle continues.

Soon, bursts of killing cries and wailing sounds could be heard on the battlefield.

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In this battle, Murphy did not stand at the top of the city and personally command.

"Your Majesty the Governor, General Rosa-Yate still hasn't returned." A cavalryman galloped to Murphy's side. He jumped off his horse, knelt down on one knee and said, "There is no movement from Mrs. Elizabeth's side."

Murphy had no expression on his face and just nodded slightly to signal the cavalry to retreat.

As if a little disappointed, he shook his head and sighed softly, sighing: "Sure enough! You can only rely on yourself for everything."

Two days passed.

The indigenous general Rosa-Yat, who went to the Noble Council for help, has not returned yet.

And until now, May 7, it has been nearly four days since the orcs broke through the Canyon Pass. There was also little news from Lady Elizabeth. This had to make Murphy feel a little disappointed. The lack of any news from the Noble Council was not beyond his expectation. What he didn't expect was that Lady Elizabeth, the ally who had been close to him over the past year, had not made any move yet.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't disappointed.

If it weren't for the "Total War" auxiliary system, I'm afraid there would be almost no chance of winning against the half-orc army this time, right?

"I understand." Murphy glanced at the cavalry in front of him and said, "Go down and rest first."

"yes!"

Murphy closed his eyes and meditated silently. The shouts of death coming from the city wall did not affect his thinking.

It's about ten minutes later.

Murphy slowly opened his eyes, his gaze became firm, he raised his hand to call the captain of the general's guard at the side, and said in a deep voice: "Pass the order!"

"Let the Cavalry Guards prepare and set off as soon as the sun sets!"

The captain of the general's guard straightened his face and responded: "Yes! Lord Governor!"

After ordering the captain of the general's guard, Murphy summoned General Marcus Kane and ordered him: "Gather the Cretan longbowmen! Prepare a dry food supply, ten arrows, and a horse for each of them." . After the sun sets, you will lead them and set off with me!"

"yes!"

General Marcus Kane nodded, turned and left.

"Gather the Spartan conquerors! Let them wait for me at the mouth of the canyon before the sun sets!"

"yes!"

A general's guard followed the order and left.

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A series of orders were issued, and the entire military camp became busy.

Except for the remaining Greek hoplites, other soldiers began to retreat. About twenty kilometers away from the fortress, there is a high slope, which is also the only way to Athens. There, it is exactly fifty kilometers away from the inner city of Athens.

And there is the real main battlefield of this war!

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