Summoning Total War

Chapter 73: Total Annihilation (Part 2) 5,000 words!

After the sun sets, only half of the bright moon and faint stars in the distance remain in the sky.

Gothas-Frostwolf stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth, waving to the back of the team, and then several agile Frostwolf clan assassins followed. Just now, they encountered a little trouble. Two of their companions were attacked by an unknown creature and were killed on the spot!

This is a dense forest, and it is a dense forest within the Karazhan Mountains.

From the news delivered by the Wind Slave, we learned that the Karazhan Hurricane Pterosaur was active within a straight line distance of no more than fifty kilometers from them.

In the past, even the elves did not dare to cross this dense forest at will. If they wanted to cross from here to the hinterland of Athens, of course they would have to pay a price for it. Although he didn't know what had sneaked up on him, but based on the experience accumulated by Gothas-Frostwolf, it felt like it was a shadow leopard, a black, very agile creature that was good at hiding sneak attacks.

"Don't fall behind, leave it alone!" Gorthas-Frostwolf shouted to the entire team: "As long as we get out of this dense forest, they won't be able to follow."

Shadow leopards always move around with one male and two females, which means that in a normal group of shadow leopards, one male leads two females. In such a dense forest area, although there is a numerical advantage, facing such an extremely agile creature Gothas-Frost Wolf is still an unusual headache! But fortunately, these creatures usually live in the jungle. As long as they go out to the plains, they are not a problem.

The few unlucky guys who were attacked just now were all left behind and were killed by the Shadow Leopard with one strike!

It was completely dark.

There is not much problem for the Wind Slavers to fly in the dark, but it is not possible to continue to detect them and provide intelligence.

Gorthas-Frostwolf can only continue to move forward relying on the simple map left by the previous Windslave scouts. The so-called simple map is actually a few symbols, marking the approximate distance and direction of travel.

This time the assistance from the Orc Empire, in addition to a large amount of equipment, also provided the clan with three tamed Wind Slavers.

But now there is only one left.

One was lost while scouting the territory of Athens, and the other was unlucky enough to encounter a hunting Karazhan Hurricane Pterosaur while advancing. These damn hurricane pterosaurs, they actually have such a strong sense of territory. All large creatures that enter their airspace will attack as long as they see them, and they will attack almost relentlessly!

The Orcs suffered little loss when they captured Canyon Pass, but when they attacked Athens, the real war had not yet begun, and they lost two trump cards.

Two Wind Slavers were killed in one breath, and the Orcs' plan to transport troops by air had to be scrapped.

With no other choice, the Orc chief could only order Gorthas-Frostwolf to lead a force through the dense forest and bypass the rear of Athens.

The only remaining Wind Slave serves as their sky guide, guiding them in the direction.

"Go faster! Idiot!" Gorthas-Frostwolf kicked a straggler on the ass of an orc warrior and roared: "If you lag behind, I'll leave you to feed the beasts!"

There are no roads in the dense forest.

Surrounded by low shrubs and vegetation, their forward speed was greatly affected.

Fortunately, we were almost there. According to the signs on the map, we only had to cross the small river in front and walk about five kilometers to get out of this damn dense forest.

The night wind howled.

Gothas-Frostwolf, who was walking in front of the team, suddenly seemed to see a blurry black shadow leaping over to the left.

As a battle-hardened warrior, Gorthas-Frostwolf almost without hesitation pulled out the throwing ax from his waist and threw it violently!

howl!

A wild beast's cry came from the forest.

Gorthas-Frostwolf looked excited and walked over quickly with a few personal guards.

The flying ax struck a big tree.

However, there was a pool of blood on the tree, and half of the tail that had been chopped off by a flying ax was on the ground. It was gray-black in color and difficult to distinguish in the dark.

"Bah! This will make it run away!" Gothas-Frostwolf spat, pulled out the flying ax from the big tree, and then rushed in the direction of the team.

It doesn't have time to linger here too long.

Tomorrow morning at the latest, the orc army will launch a general attack on that fortress, and it must go out as soon as possible to arrange the next task.

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"ambush!"

The speed of cavalry is much faster than that of infantry.

What's more, the orc army had to pass through the dense jungle, so although Murphy set off later than them, he reached his destination first.

With the "Total War" auxiliary system as a big killer, Murphy can completely judge the direction and destination of the orc army based on the icon changes on the strategic map. After judging the surrounding terrain, Murphy immediately decided to ambush the entire army behind a high slope.

In front of this high slope is a small river. This orc army must cross the river if it wants to come out.

Murphy didn't need any clever ambush techniques at all. He just had to wait for the orcs to cross the river before launching an attack.

That way, they won't be able to run away even if they want to!

"Your Majesty the Governor, there is something going on over there!" A soldier who was sent out to investigate quickly came back and whispered.

Murphy nodded, raised his hand, snapped his fingers, and ordered: "Longbowmen prepare!"

This time Murphy only brought out more than a thousand people. In addition to the 560-man cavalry force, there were only 480 Cretan long archers.

After the last time she aided the Centaur tribe with food, Milune sent a batch of horses to Murphy in the second month. The number was not very large, only 500 horses. However, he helped Murphy completely arm the Athenian cavalry.

Now the elite Macedonian cavalry under Athens are composed of one man and two horses, and are personally commanded by Murphy himself.

Although the Cretan long archers could not shoot from horseback, they had no problem riding horses. Judging from the light spots on the strategic map, Murphy estimated that the number of these bypassed orc warriors should not exceed a thousand. The combination of Cretan long archers and Macedonian elite cavalry was enough to deal with them. Most of the bows and arrows used in mounted archery are short bows. Weapons like long bows require a lot of strength to draw. Unless it is a creature with a special size like a centaur, other creatures on horseback will not be able to attack at all. !

About half an hour later.

There was a sound of footsteps from the other side of the river, followed by the sound of rushing water.

It seemed that the orc soldiers had already begun to cross the river.

"One hundred meters to the right." Murphy gestured to the general beside him, Marcus Kane, and whispered.

General Marcus Kane nodded, and then moved over with half of the Cretan long archers. This high slope is only about 20 meters high, but the slope is not small. It looks like a bulging hill. General Marcus Kane, under Murphy's instructions, brought half of the Kerry army with him. The special archer quietly ambush to the side. His mission is to intercept and snipe the orc soldiers who want to escape later.

The number of these orc warriors who came around was about seven hundred, but they were all well-equipped.

Due to the need to traverse the dense forest, although they are equipped with leather armor, throwing axes, long knives, shields and other equipment, they are not equipped with armor.

This is because wearing heavy armor, they might fall down from fatigue halfway through the walk.

Although the purpose is to bypass the rear of the surprise attack fortress or go straight to the towns belonging to Athens, these orc warriors are fully equipped. In addition to sword and shield soldiers, there are also axe-throwers who are responsible for long-range attacks. Orcs are not good at bows and arrows. They are born with large fingers and are clumsy in drawing bows and setting arrows. This is their innate talent disadvantage, and it is difficult to improve even with diligent practice.

However, half-orcs have a good talent for throwing weapons.

They are very powerful and can easily throw the short ax in their hands tens of meters away. Some elite half-orc ax throwers have thick arms due to long-term practice. They can even use throwing axes 120 meters away. Hit the target!

Compared with arrows, the lethality of flying axes is much higher!

The main infantry of the orcs will carry one to three throwing axes on their bodies, fastened to their waists or behind their backs. Before the battle, when the two sides are about fifty meters apart, they will first throw a round of throwing axes at them!

The lethality is amazing!

This fighting method is a bit like the javelin throwing of the Roman legions.

The sound of rushing water came.

About five minutes later, most of the orc warriors crossed the river. They gathered by the river, waiting for the remaining companions.

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After walking out of the dense forest, Gothas-Frostwolf felt a lot more relieved.

It looked back at the dense forest and found no more blurry black figures. However, it knew in its heart that the shadow leopards had given up tracking, and it suddenly felt much more relaxed.

"Rest where you are!" Gothas-Frostwolf said loudly to the orc warriors crossing the river: "Eat some dry food first! There will be a battle waiting for us later!"

It took a whole day to get out of the dense forest. Even though the soldiers in the team were composed of elite members of the Frostwolf clan, they were still physically exhausted. Climbing through the jungle is a very troublesome thing. Along the way, they have to use their weapons to cut down some bushes to clear a road. This greatly slowed down the advance and increased the physical exertion of the soldiers.

The orc warriors crossing the river raised several fires, and gathered around the fires to heat up the prepared dry food. When it was almost done, they picked it up and gobbled it up.

Gothas-Frostwolf did not completely relax. The habit he had developed over the years made him prepare to send out a few agile warriors to check the surrounding environment.

However, the soldier he sent had just walked out a few dozen meters when he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Enemy attack!"

Gorthas-Frostwolf pulled out the weapon on his waist with a clang and roared: "Get ready to fight!"

This army is indeed composed of the elite of the Frostwolf clan. When they heard the noise, they immediately threw away the food in their hands, picked up their weapons, and lined up beside the orc commander.

But at this time, another wave of arrows from 'Shuo Shuo Shuo' struck!

The elite orcs arrayed in front of the fire suddenly fell down like wheat!

Gorthas-Frostwolf's eyes immediately turned red!

The huge anger makes it want to tear these enemies that suddenly appear in half! But its will could not control the changes on the battlefield. In just a few breaths, another wave of arrows struck, and those elite warriors from the Frostwolf clan died again without even seeing clearly where the enemy was. one slice!

"Extinguishing!"

"Put out the fire!"

As expected of a battle-hardened orc general, Gorthas-Frostwolf immediately realized that the rising fire provided the enemy with a field of vision.

Under his order, the elite orcs put out the fire, and then the sword and shield soldiers picked up square shields and formed a defensive formation on the outside.

As soon as the fire was extinguished, the enemy's position was revealed.

With a hint of moonlight, the enemy was no longer in the dark and we were in the clear. Gothas-Frostwolf finally discovered the enemy's location.

It's on the hillside not far away.

Shuo Shuo Shuo!

Another wave of arrows came, but this time the prepared orc elites did not suffer much loss.

"Archer!"

Gorthas-Frostwolf had good eyesight, and he saw a row of archers at a glance.

Are all the enemies archers?

wrong!

Is there an ambush?

Gorthas-Frostwolf looked around alertly.

How do those humans know we're here? Do they also have flying mounts that can know our intentions?

He looked around.

Gorthas-Frostwolf did not see any other ambushes nearby. The field of vision provided by the night was really limited, and it could not see farther away at all. There was a river behind it, and there was no place to retreat. After realizing this, it roared and roared: "Charge with me! The only enemies are archers!"

"Kill them all!"

"Kill all these humans!"

The orc officer took the lead and charged forward, followed by other elite members of the Frostwolf clan.

Regardless of whether there is an ambush or not, they must kill these archers first!

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"The response was pretty quick."

Murphy looked at the battlefield not far away and sighed softly.

The orc officer had good combat awareness and actually knew how to put out the fire immediately. Without the vision provided by the fire, the lethality of the Cretan long archers was immediately reduced a lot. After all, if marksmen like them cannot shoot accurately, the damage caused by concentrated shooting alone is still quite limited.

But it doesn't matter, Murphy's predetermined results have been achieved in the first wave of shooting.

Their remaining role is just to attract the enemy's attention.

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters.

Before the elites of the Frostwolf clan could close the distance, the Cretan long archers seized the time to launch three rounds of volley attacks.

Due to the blurred vision in the dark night, they only fired coveringly at a point under the command of the commander, and the damage caused was relatively limited.

When the distance is reduced to one hundred meters.

The elite members of the Frostwolf clan who were at the forefront took off the throwing axes from their waists and prepared to throw them at the archers standing on the hillside.

But the enemy immediately made a move that stunned them!

Those Cretan archers actually put away their weapons and ran away down the hillside.

The enemy just ran away?

What should I do now?

Chase?

Still not chasing?

Anyone who has played "Total War" knows that Cretan archers are a long-range unit with powerful lethality, but their melee capabilities are still quite limited. Of course, this is just a euphemism. In fact, the melee capabilities of Cretan archers are very weak. Whether facing infantry or cavalry, there is no resistance.

However, as a top unit, Cretan Archers also have two other very awesome abilities!

That is - [Fast Movement] and [Good Stamina]!

Yes, move quickly.

The running ability of the Cretan archers is known as the best infantry in "Roman Total War"!

He is famous for being a fast runner.

It can be said that in the entire "Rome Total War", except for the four-legged ones, almost no one walking on the ground on two legs can catch up with them.

As soon as they ran away, the elite orcs who had worked so hard to rush up the hillside were dumbfounded.

The enemies all went into battle lightly, wearing only one piece of clothing and almost no equipment that affected their movement. When they finally rushed up the hillside, the archers had already run far away, extending the distance by nearly two hundred meters.

Before those elite half-orcs could take a breath.

At this time, another wave of arrows shot from the side of the hillside.

Those Frostwolf clan elites who finally ran up the hillside suddenly became a bunch of living targets, and fell down again!

And there are enemies!

Then with the visual advantage of being on a high hillside, Gothas-Frostwolf suddenly discovered that there was actually a group of enemies ambushing on the side of the hillside.

What should we do now?

Which way to pursue?

This kind of problem caused very serious damage to Gothas-Frostwolf's brain!

Before it could figure out how to respond, the Cretan long archers who had just run away stopped again under an order. They nocked arrows on their bows, aimed at the elite Frostwolf clan on the hillside, and fired another wave of arrows.

What!

A dozen orc warriors howled and fell to the ground.

at this time!

Gorthas-Frostwolf finally realized that he had almost no way to deal with these enemies that he could not catch up with or run away from.

Before even touching the enemy, he lost nearly half of his men!

Gritting his teeth, the anger in his heart almost drove Gorthas-Frostwolf crazy, but he still issued an order with great difficulty.

"retreat!"

Gorthas-Frostwolf knows how to stay away now, or he will be consumed by these cunning enemies later.

But at this time.

Under the cover of night, the earth trembled slightly, followed by the sound of galloping horse hooves!

immediately!

A wave of cavalry surged in like a black torrent!