Summoning Total War

Chapter 74 Total War Mobilization! (superior)

"Array! Cone array!"

"charge!"

Under the cover of night, the elite Macedonian cavalry accelerated slowly. When the distance shortened to 300 meters, the cavalry half-clutched the flat ends of their spears in their arms. Start increasing the galloping speed of your horse to the limit!

A black wave came over like a raging ocean wave, and the galloping sound of nearly a thousand horses made the earth tremble slightly!

This black torrent swept past with an indomitable momentum!

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Dust falls to the ground.

The soldiers began to clean the battlefield. They need to collect all valuable things from these orcs, such as weapons and armor. In this era, a piece of leather armor was of considerable value, and trophies were an important way for the territory to replenish its losses.

General Marcus Kane treats the wounded and counts casualties.

Murphy, on the other hand, led a team of soldiers to apply last-ditch blows to those Orc warriors who were about to die but had not yet died completely.

No matter what, at least give them a good time.

"Your Majesty the Governor." Soon his casualties were tallied up. General Marcus Kane walked quickly to Murphy's side and said excitedly: "Annihilated 742 enemies!"

"We lost 14 people and injured about 30 others."

This can be said to be a brilliant victory!

Almost a complete victory.

Murphy nodded slightly, his expression showing no surprise. With such a powerful weapon as the "Total War" auxiliary system, coupled with the Servant Prophet on the strategic map page, if he didn't even have this little result on the local battlefield, he would never even think about defeating the orc army. In fact, if the powerful Orc general was not killed in the end and lost some men, Murphy could even reduce his own casualties to single digits.

"After annihilating this elite group of orcs, the trouble can be said to be much less."

Murphy opened the "Total War" auxiliary system with his eyes closed, and after roughly looking at some of the changes on the property page, he slowly opened his eyes.

"You lead the elite Macedonian cavalry to bring these trophies back." Murphy took something out of his arms and handed it to the general Marcus Kane beside him, and told him: "Be sure to hand this over before dawn. High Priest!"

"Yes!" General Marcus Kane responded.

Murphy nodded, then got on his horse and shouted: "Others, follow me!"

Soon, the Cretan long archers, who had received almost no damage, got on their horses, caught up with Murphy and headed towards the fortress.

General Marcus Kane assigned Macedonian elite cavalry to transport the loot back.

For now, there is no need for cavalry to appear in the next battle.

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"Break off one of their claws first!"

"Then force them to fight!"

Because of the scope of the grace of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Murphy had to give up the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack fortress, and chose to fight a head-on war with the half-orc army within 50 kilometers of the inner city of Athens. !

Only in this way can the half-orc army give up attacking Athens.

When a bone is so difficult to chew that it will break one's own muscles and bones, then the orc commander will also hesitate to fight to the death with Athens!

In fact, in Murphy's plan, he never thought of truly defeating the orcs.

All he has to do is win a glorious victory and then express to the orcs his will to fight to the end.

There are indeed one hundred thousand people in the half-beast army.

But these 100,000 people are half the population of the entire orc tribe, and almost all of them are men.

Unless their commander is a madman.

Otherwise, there is no way they would be willing to lose all these people on the land of Athens. Even more than 30% of casualties are not something they can bear. Because these orcs still need to face the coalition forces of human city-states, and they also need to retain males and combat effectiveness for the entire clan.

This means that as long as Murphy succeeds in making them understand that Athens is a very difficult nut to crack.

Then the initiative in this war fell into his hands.

Is it to capture Athens regardless of casualties?

Or should we abandon Athens and seek other breakthroughs from human city-states?

Murphy's ultimate goal is to tell the orc commanders! Although Athens only had a little over 10,000 warriors, to capture them, the orc army would have to pay at least 50,000 casualties!

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes!

Orcs are like this, isn't Murphy like this?

He really didn't believe that those orc commanders would leave half of the entire clan's males on this land in order to capture a small Athens!

Trade the life and death of a race for a small territory among humans.

Is this deal a good deal?

Presumably the chief of the orcs will understand very well.

But the premise of everything is that Murphy must win a brilliant victory first!

First, give the Half-Orc Army a hard slap in the face!

The stronger and more unyielding Athens becomes, the higher the possibility of forcing the orcs to give up! As long as there is a hint of weakness and surrender in Athens, I am afraid that the orcs will pounce like wolves smelling blood!

Everything is actually just two words!

——Fight to the death! ! !

Athens fights to the death! Murphy dares to fight to the death!

Now I just ask if the race of half-orcs dares to fight to the death at all costs? !

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The rays of morning light fell on the city walls.

The blood stains left yesterday have dried up, but the dark red patches on the city wall are still so shocking!

Smoke rose from the camps of both warring parties. They were preparing food and preparing to face the next battlefield.

Under Murphy's intentional arrangement.

During these three days of offensive and defensive battles, all the newly trained Greek heavy infantry after the Battle of Athens Canyon Pass were sent to the city wall to be baptized by the orc army. They are all excellent warriors, and all they need to learn is a little blood! Let their blades and spears be stained with the blood of orcs, and they can quickly transform into excellent warriors!

This is why even though Murphy decided to fight in the rear, he still had to kill the half-orc army in the fortress for a few days.

He wants to use these orcs to train his troops!

Let these newly recruited soldiers from Athens be stained with blood and let them go into battle to kill the enemy for once!

For these soldiers who have withstood the brutal training of the Temple of the God of War, being on the battlefield once is enough for them to become familiar with and apply everything they have learned.

Although the casualties in these three days were a little greater than expected.

But it's all worth it.

After the Battle of the Canyon, the two thousand newly trained Greek heavy infantry matured rapidly on the bloody and cruel battlefield.

They no longer simply pierce the scarecrow with their spears, they have figured out how to use the weapons in their hands to pierce the heart of their enemies!

When the sun's rays fell on this bloody battlefield.

The passionate war drums of the orcs sounded again!

The ancient vicissitudes of sacrifice song sounded, and in this song with a hint of desolation on the loess slopes, the Half-Beast Army put the shaman into battle for the first time!

The siege equipment that had been produced over the past few days was rolled out one after another, and some elite orc warriors wearing armor and holding giant axes were also gathered in front of the battle! The shamans wore strange animal bone necklaces, held their staffs high, twisted and danced in primitive sacrificial dances!

Along with the desolate sacrificial song, pieces of gray-white powder were sprinkled on the bodies of the orc warriors who were fully armored.

General Leo Dallie looked solemn as he mobilized the heavily armored Spartan fanatic warriors to the top of the city.

The Chief Priest of the God of War closed his eyes. His mighty and majestic body like an iron tower stood solemnly at the top of the city. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice to the general Leo Dallie beside him: "Those The shaman is conducting the sacrificial ceremony!”

"They are using drugs to weaken the soldiers' pain perception!"

As if to verify the words of the Chief Priest of the God of War, a group of orc soldiers pressed more than a dozen human prisoners onto the altar.

They were human soldiers captured by orcs in Canyon Pass.

They had their upper bodies naked, and the half-orc priests used white paint to paint a strange and terrifying pattern on their chests. The faces of these human soldiers were dull, as if they had lost consciousness, and they were pushed one by one by the orcs to kneel on the altar.

A team of swordsmen stepped onto the altar!

Click!

Heads rolled down one by one, and the blood spurted out stained the altar red.

"Roar!"

All the orc warriors surrounding the altar let out fanatical roars. They roared and waved their weapons. Their crazy fighting spirit seemed to have infected the other soldiers, and even the sound of the war drums suddenly became excited. Human blood flows along the grooves on the altar, and these grooves create strange runes. When all the grooves are filled with blood.

An invisible red light, invisible to the naked eye, fell on those orc warriors!

immediately!

The heavy siege equipment was pushed forward, and the orc warriors who had been blessed by the shaman stepped forward!

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General Leo Dallie and the chief priest of the God of War next to him looked at each other, and then they both nodded to each other and said solemnly: "It seems that we can't hold it anymore."

The orcs' actions today clearly show that they are fighting desperately, and they will not give up until they take the fortress today!

Athens was equipped with a full three thousand longbowmen!

In the too small terrain of the fortress, although the orcs could not take advantage of their numbers. But similarly, Athens cannot form a dense network of arrow rain!

Excluding the first and second echelons of Greek heavy infantry, the city wall could only stand at most four teams of Athenian longbowmen.

This is also an important reason why Murphy decided to abandon the fortress and switch to a decisive battlefield!

"Everything goes according to plan!"

The chief priest of the God of War glanced at the general Leo Dallie beside him, then turned over and jumped off the city wall.

Half a team of 12 Spartan conquerors followed behind him. The group got on their horses and then rode towards Athens!

Amidst the loud sound of war drums, the enemy is getting closer and closer.

General Leo Dallie picked up the jug on the side and took a sip. He then grasped the twenty-seven forged steel two-handed sword that was recently made in the territory in his hand, and laughed: "Come on! Green-skinned bastards!"

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Second Age era, May 8, at noon.

The battle that lasted for a day finally broke away from the stalemate. Under the crazy offensive of the orcs, Athens' defense power became increasingly weak.

The battle on the city wall is almost over.

Some brave orc warriors have even invaded the fortress!

In one morning, the orcs' crazy attack at all costs cost nearly three thousand casualties, and six full Greek heavy infantrymen of the Athenian defenders died here.

Fortress, General's Mansion.

General Leo Dallie stared closely at the middle-aged soldier with a resolute face in front of him, and then he handed a fire certificate to his hand with great solemnity.

There were waves of shouts of killing coming from outside.

But it didn't seem to affect the two people in the general's mansion at all.

The middle-aged soldier with the Spartan surname silently accepted the fire certificate from General Leo Dallie, then nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Everything is for Athens!"

“All for Athens!”

General Leo Dallie reached out and patted his shoulder and said solemnly.

The general's guard on the side opened a secret passage under the general's mansion from a dark corner, and then the Spartan soldier holding the fire folder walked into it without hesitation.

General Leo Dallie stared at the back figure for a long time, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Get ready to retreat!"

"yes!"

"Yes! General!"

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Under the attack of the orcs, the fortress finally fell.

But these Greek lords and generals still made the orcs feel very troublesome.

Because even if they were defeated, they didn't panic at all, everything was carried out in an orderly manner. A group of half-orc warriors who rushed forward in a hurry were even counterattacked by them and were wiped out in just a few minutes!

Realizing that it would be difficult to expand the results of the pursuit, the orc commander immediately ordered the entire army to reorganize.

This crazy offensive caused a lot of casualties to the orcs, and they also had a large number of injured in need of treatment.

Around 1:30 in the afternoon.

After confirming that all remaining enemies had been eliminated, the half-beast army entered the fortress.

The shamans who accompanied the army were also busy. They had to deal with the wounds of the soldiers and comfort the orc warriors who had not yet subsided from their violent state.

The buildings in the fortress are very simple, basically wooden structures.

When leaving, the Greeks set a fire. Although the fire was put out in time, part of the house was still burned. The only thing that was not affected was the General's Mansion, because it was the most magnificent building in the fortress, and it was also the first place captured by the orcs who invaded the city.

The orc army rested.

After the army captured the fortress, several orc generals escorted an old-looking orc shaman into the general's residence.

Next!

A loud bang!

The entire general's palace was reduced to ruins under the dull eyes of countless orc soldiers!

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When a loud noise came from the distance.

General Leo Dallie stopped silently. He stood silently in the direction of the fortress for a moment, then took out the wine bottle from his waist and sprinkled it on the ground in front of him.

"Set off!"

General Leo Dallie was like an angry lion at this moment, his eyes turned red due to blood congestion, and he roared angrily!

Ordering the soldiers to move quickly in the direction of Athens.

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Athens has its own quarry, and Athens also has a batch of gunpowder purchased from the rear of human city-states for quarrying.

These gunpowders are not very powerful, but the quantity is adequate.

There are fifteen barrels.

Murphy purchased it through Lady Elizabeth when he first established the quarry, and it has been in use until now. There are about eight and a half barrels left.

These eight and a half barrels of gunpowder were buried under the general's mansion in the fortress. There is a hidden compartment underneath the General's Mansion, which Murphy ordered people to dig secretly during this period. This was the gift he intended to leave to the orcs.

General Leo Dallie selects a dead soldier and ignites it when necessary.

As long as there is a little bit of luck on his side, it means that this arrangement can make him a big fish!

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Athens.

With the advent of the war, the entire city entered a kind of stormy silence.

Whether they were indigenous people or Athenian citizens, all those who chose to stay were silently wiping their weapons.

People can't always escape, right?

When facing enemies and wars, people should learn to face them with courage!

The great Lord has never failed so far!

——He is invincible! ! !

The citizens of Athens believed the same was true this time, and this strong confidence and trust also infected those indigenous people who chose to stay. They were looking forward to it silently, looking forward to Murphy giving them a brilliant victory!

inner city.

Just as Murphy was preparing against the clock for the upcoming big war.

The high priest and Helen, the priest of love and beauty, also came to the Temple of War. At this time, the War Temple was almost empty, because all the God of War priests had been recruited by Murphy as warriors. They followed the chief priest of the God of War and fought with the soldiers of Athens!

They came from Sparta.

Their innate mission is to fight!

Temple of Ares.

"Have you really made your decision?" The high priest's expression was calm and peaceful. She silently looked at Helen, the priest of love and beauty, beside her, and said, "Actually, you don't have to..."

"Don't think of me as Athena!" Helen's eyes flashed with a divine light, and with a sarcastic smile on her lips, she said: "Only that self-righteous idiot can..."

Speaking of this, Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, who came to Helen in her incarnation, seemed to remember that the high priest beside her could now be said to be another Athena. She immediately stopped talking and glanced at the high priest apologetically. Although it is true that she is hostile to Athena, she has no hostility towards the high priest who is the second personality of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

On the contrary, she always felt that he was very close to her.

for these.

The expression of the high priest did not change at all, as if he didn't care at all what Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, said. She just smiled lightly and said slowly: "If you are ready, let's go in."

"In this battle, Murphy must rely on the power of the God of War!"

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Just after the high priest and Helen, the priest of love and beauty, entered the war temple.

About half an hour.

An invisible wave of power was transmitted from the Temple of War. At the same time, about fifty kilometers away from Athens, the Ares Chief Priest, who had successfully evacuated to the location of Murphy's plan, suddenly looked at the inner city of Athens as if he was sensing something.

ten minutes later.

The electronic beep of the "Total War" auxiliary system suddenly sounded in Murphy's ears.

"Ding! The power of faith is imported! The power of Kratos, the god of war, is increased! The war temple is upgraded! New divine power is opened!"

"Ding! The War Temple is upgraded to the Grand Temple! Awakening the Killing Domain!"

"Ding! A medium-power god appears in the Olympus pantheon! Bloodline power is activated! The professional advancement system is activated, and the activation progress is 10%..."

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When he heard these system prompts, Murphy was stunned for a long time.

But when he came back to his senses, he immediately opened the temple page in the "Total War" auxiliary system and checked the changes in the war temple.

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Temple: Temple of War

Level: Level 3 Temple, Grand Temple. (Note: Magnificent temples can always gain the respect of mortals, increasing the chance of gaining followers.)

God: Kratos

Priesthood: War (Enable), Killing (Awakening)

Divine Power: Medium Divine Power (Balance), Conquered Domain (Conqueror)

Divine spells: Granted by third-level divine spells.

Number of clergy: 36 (can train up to 108 clergy)

Number of believers: 2,576.

Next level: Add level 4 divine magic gift and expand the scale of [Spartan Conquerors] to 24 people! (Kui Ye’s double sword model, the training condition must be Spartan. They are followers of the God of War, and the number of recruits increases with the temple.)

(Upgrade conditions: 12,000 believers.)

Note: This temple is dedicated to Kratos, the God of War and Conquest! Kratos, God of War, is a true Spartan who is able to train other soldiers of the Greek civilization into Spartan warriors! Kratos is a Spartan who replaces Ares as the new Olympian God of War in the distant future!

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Divine Favor: War Priesthood.

[Ghost of Spartan]: God of War Kratos is a true Spartan! His priests are all brave warriors, and they can train the best soldiers!

[Spartan War Spirit lv3]: The second-level temple can speed up the training of soldiers by 30%. Every month, the priests can use the power of the God of War through divine grace rituals to train 60 Greek soldiers who have experienced the war into Spartan warriors! These soldiers will be given the spirit and power of Sparta by the God of War Kratos! (Divine grace is not consumed.)

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[Divine Power Grant]: This is the power from Kratos, the God of War!

[Level 1 Divine Power Grant - Fury]: A Spartan warrior who enters a violent state will not be afraid of pain and death! They will be able to explode to the limit of human power! As a tradeoff, they become extremely weak after their rage, and any enemy can easily kill them. (Divine grace has no consumption. Requirements: Spartan Fanatic Warrior lv2.)

Divine Power: Killing Sphere.

[Deterrence lv2]: Powerful warriors are always feared, and God of War Kratos knows how to make enemies fear him! Fear will make them timid, and fear will weaken their fighting ability! Under the power of fear, the enemy will not even have the will to resist!

Tremble with Spartan power!

Lamb!

(Divine grace has no consumption, requirement: Spartan Berserker lv2.)

[Divine Bloodline lv1]: The heroes of the Greeks are all descendants of the Olympus gods, and the power of the ancient heroes is hidden deep in their bloodlines. When your own strength increases to a certain level, this power from your bloodline will awaken! (Conditions: Spartan, first-level divine power grant - violent, intimidation level 2, no consumption of divine grace.)

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[Spartan God of War Guards]: These are the most elite warriors of Sparta!

(Requirement, Divine Bloodline lv3.)

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Description: God of War Kratos loves the strong!

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