Summoning Total War

Chapter 78 A fight to the death! (Part 2) Second update!

Strong wind!

banner! War drums!

The desolate horn sound echoed across the earth.

In the low echo, everyone's nerves were tense instantly! The flag bearer began to pass the order, and the herald galloped in front of the battle formation on a fierce horse!

The wind howls!

The flags erected in the formation were blown loudly!

The dull sound of the horn carried the sad atmosphere of the high loess slopes, and the morale of the entire orc battle formation became high for a while.

They have survived for decades on the barren land on the high loess slopes, where only a small amount of food can be grown. As soon as the cold winter comes, some of the entire group will die from hunger and cold. They have to seize this opportunity, because these orcs are also working hard to survive!

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60000vs15000.

The two armies were three miles apart, facing each other from afar, and a strong and bleak murderous aura was brewing on the battlefield.

The situation is changing!

Sonorous!

Murphy rode his horse galloping in front of the battle formation. He raised the sword in his hand high and stared at the soldiers in front of the battle formation with firm eyes.

He stood in front of the formation and roared with all his strength: "Formation!"

"Array up!"

"Array!!"

"Array!!!"

The herald and standard-bearer roared in response to his order, the majestic voice echoed across the earth, and a low trumpet sounded in the Athenian army formation.

Twenty-four horns were blown!

The high-pitched and rhythmic war drums sounded, and under the command of military music, the Greek hoplites stepped forward, holding their spears upright and protecting their shields on their chests, forming the first line of defense in front of the battle formation.

The Athenian army totaled 15,000 men. Except for the 7,500 soldiers of the first legion, the others were militia and auxiliary legions recruited from the indigenous people. Excluding these militiamen who had only received basic military training, there were only 8,500 soldiers on the Athens side who could truly be regarded as the main fighting force. The orc army is conservatively estimated to be more than 60,000 people, and the number of main battle soldiers with basic equipment exceeds 30,000!

Whether it is the total force or the main battle force.

The numerical advantage of the orcs is very obvious, more than four times that of Athens!

The only advantage is the battlefield.

There is a dense forest on the right and a river on the left. The battlefield chosen by Murphy was a plain area, but the battlefield area was not large enough for the orcs to invest more than 10,000 troops!

Prevent the Orcs from taking advantage of their numbers.

Force them to fight a local war on the overall battlefield!

This is the first step in Murphy's plan.

It is also the most important step!

As long as the scope of the battle on the battlefield is reduced to less than 20,000 people, then Athens' advantage in elite troops can be brought into play.

The two-wing cover formed by the terrain allows Murphy to safely hand it over to the auxiliary legion for the raiding formation.

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The distance between the two armies was reduced to one kilometer.

From a distance of less than a thousand meters, Murphy could clearly see the black orc warriors.

They wore simple leather armor, protecting their vital parts such as the heart. They held uniform weapons in their hands. The center army was a sword and shield bearer, the left wing was an ax warrior, and the right wing was uniformly equipped with up to seventy-year-old weapons. Centimeter-thick heavy infantryman with two-handed swords.

They intend to suppress the right wing!

On the strategic map of the auxiliary system of "Total War", Murphy clearly saw that the right wing was better equipped in terms of numbers and equipment. At the same time, the troops ambushing behind the right wing began to move, ambush and advance in an arc. They move very fast, they should be cavalry units!

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth trembled slightly, and more than 60,000 orcs stepped forward!

The sound of unified war drums came from the Chinese army.

And these orc warriors stepped out to the sound of war drums, and their overwhelming power made everyone feel depressed even from a distance of one kilometer.

Like a black cloud, covering the sky and the sun!

Slowly and firmly coming!

Overwhelming power!

Murphy waited quietly, waiting for the distance to close again. He could see that the orc commander intended to defeat Athens in one fell swoop, so he showed such a strong momentum from the beginning! Trying to psychologically knock down the opponent before the fight even begins!

The Chinese army slowly separated.

Murphy looked at the approaching half-beast army and suddenly lowered his raised hand.

The priest of the God of War walked to the front of the formation with his upper body crotched, and his dark skin was like steel cast under the sunlight! He looked around at the soldiers in front of the formation. The twenty-four Spartan conquerors had cold faces, like killing machines coming out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood! They suddenly tore off their bright red shirts symbolizing the glory of Sparta, and let out an earth-shattering roar!

"Sparta!"

You don’t need too many words, the three words Sparta are enough.

That’s more than enough!

Sparta is the pride of the Greek city-state! He is their most powerful warrior! He is the guardian of Greek civilization!

Their existence symbolizes discipline, killing, strength and glory! ! !

Bang!

The Athenian warriors raised their spears and shields high, and then let out the same roar!

"Sparta!!!"

The Athenian warriors struck their shields with their spears. This unique 'war drum' of Greek civilization inspired their courage, and a high morale was conveyed from them.

All of a sudden, the power that the Half-Beast Army had worked so hard to create was gone!

On the contrary, the rhythm was disrupted by the sound of neat spears hitting shields, and the neat sound of war drums suddenly became a little messy.

How many war drums can there be?

There were twelve thousand Athenian infantrymen equipped with spears and shields!

The half-animal army who tried to use their power to suppress the morale of the Athenian warriors immediately suffered the consequences. In the end, the sound of the drums could hardly be heard.

Strike later!

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted!

The half-beast *** army that had lost its momentum was immediately affected, and even the advancing front appeared skewed.

The rhythm of the Athenian warriors hitting their shields with their spears was specially trained by Murphy. This rhythm is consistent with the human heartbeat and can easily distract others. As a modern person from the 21st century, Murphy deeply understands how important momentum is on the cold weapon battlefield! It even directly affected the morale of the soldiers and even the victory of a war!

Impressive!

This Athens-specific 'war drum' is an important weapon used by Murphy to suppress the morale of the orcs and offset the pressure caused by their numerical superiority!

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The distance was reduced to 800 meters.

The vanguard of the Orc front army began to accelerate, while the main formation of the Chinese army stayed in place.

On this battlefield chosen by Murphy, 10,000 soldiers fighting head-on was already the limit. No matter how many people there are, the army will not be able to deploy. At that time, they will be a living target for the archers! The fighting skills of Orc soldiers are different from those of Athenian soldiers. Their fighting methods are wild and violent, and they need enough space to display their power.

But Athens was different. The Greek spear phalanx in Athens focused on close formations and used strict discipline and tacit cooperation among the soldiers to kill the enemy.

As the most elite one-round infantry recruit in "Rome Total War", these Greek heavy infantry warriors have a crushing advantage in addition to being able to fight against one or two Roman legionnaires! Their discipline, their cooperation, and their morale are unmatched by other non-top infantrymen. Although they do not have the strength of the Spartan heavy infantry, they are the undoubted backbone of the Greek city-states!

This is Murphy's second trump card.

On the local battlefield, the advantage of using more to defeat less is formed!

The Greek infantry phalanx had a dense front line, and the warriors took advantage of the attack distance of their spears to suppress the enemy.

But those orc warriors cannot do this. Whether it is the weapons they use or their usual fighting methods, it means that they will face more than two spears at the same time in a contact battle! Although they have physical advantages, the productivity level of this era is not enough to equip them with sophisticated armor. This means that they are only wearing leather armor. When facing the sharp spears of Greek hoplites, their physiques will The previous advantage will be suppressed to the limit.

Neither side had any military training.

A taller man can easily defeat a much smaller man.

But if he faced two people smaller than him, he would definitely be the one to fail or even die!

This is Murphy's tactic!

An aboveboard but absolutely beneficial tactic.

However, this tactic has very strict requirements for Athens!

That is, the main line of defense composed of Greek heavy infantry must not be breached, and the defensive fronts of the first and second echelons must not be chaotic.

This is the most fatal weakness of the Greek phalanx!

Once the defensive line is breached by the enemy, the battlefield has been defeated.

As long as the line remains in chaos, the first and second echelons composed of Greek heavy infantry will be like a city wall made of steel, and the Athenian longbowmen standing behind them will turn into brutal meat grinding machines, crushing one after another. Orc kill!

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The Chinese army presses the formation and moves its wings forward. The distance between the two armies is 600 meters.

Murphy stood solemnly on the six-meter-high general-pointing platform, with flag bearers lining up on both sides behind him and heralds distributed to the left and right.

This was an era when communications were quite primitive, and this was a war involving more than 80,000 people! This means that Murphy can no longer personally command each army as he did in the past. He can only hand over the tasks of each line of defense to his generals, who will command the soldiers on local battlefields. What he has to do is to grasp the overall situation and grasp the changes on the entire battlefield!

"Longbowmen prepare!"

Murphy moved the flag to the right, the flag bearer began to pass the order, and the herald rushed left and right.

Following the orders passed by the Chinese army.

Three thousand Athenian longbowmen, under the command of general Marcus Kane, lined up forward, advanced fifty meters, and stood in front of the Greek heavy infantry.

Before the battle, the Greek heavy infantry formed an evacuation formation, with a distance of nearly fifty centimeters between them. This distance was just enough for an Athenian longbowman to pass.

After twelve breaths.

The distance between the two armies was reduced to 500 meters.

The giant trebuchets behind the line began to operate. Five trebuchets threw stone bombs weighing about 20 kilograms. The stone bombs did not have enough range and fell in front of the military formation.

There were no casualties.

Although the trebuchets of this era were amazingly powerful, their actual lethality was quite limited.

After missing a hit, the Orc peon began to push the trebuchet forward, while the Orc officer responsible for commanding the trebuchet began to recalculate the angle and distance.

The service life of the trebuchet is not very long.

From the Battle of Canyon Pass to the breach of the Athens Fortress, these trebuchets operated in the rain several times, and their accuracy and range have been greatly affected. The engineering equipment of this era cannot play an effective role in such a plain battle. The real main force in the battle is the soldiers, and the decisive effect depends on the well-equipped heavy infantry troops.

The distance between the two armies is 400 meters.

The half-orc sword and shield hand raised the shield flat to his chest and started to charge!

Orc warriors with other equipment followed closely behind. The charging distance of four hundred meters is already the limit, which is already close to the charging distance of the cavalry. That is to say, only a half-orc with a strong physique can withstand it. If it were a human warrior, I am afraid that after sprinting 400 meters, I would be a little tired. At that time, facing an enemy who was waiting for work, the outcome would probably be difficult to predict.

The distance was reduced to 300 meters.

"Ballista!"

"shooting!!!"

Under Murphy's order, twenty-four ballistae began to operate. The soldiers busily loaded the stone bullets and then aimed at the half-beast army that was approaching rapidly.

boom!

The orc warriors who rushed at the front fell like wheat.

The shield shatters!

The Orc warrior who was hit was almost blown into two halves!

The range of the ballista was about 350 meters, but Murphy waited until the distance was reduced to 300 meters before ordering the attack.

What you want is a sudden burst of effect!

Unlike the catapult, the attack method of the ballista can be parabolic or straight. The attack route of the trebuchet is a large parabolic arc, but the attack route of the ballista is a small arc. If it is controlled, it can even be fired in a straight line! The attack method of the Athenian ballista is a bit like the bed crossbow. After the catapult is thrown, it attacks a point, but after the ballista is fired, it attacks a line.

In this way, the intensive shooting of the twenty-four ballistae created a shocking effect like cutting wheat!

The warriors at the front were intimidated by the sound of the ballistae and hesitated briefly.

But at this time, the desolate horn sound sounded again from the Orc army, and the Orc warriors who had hesitated for a moment rushed forward with howls.

Murphy's expression was unmoved.

Only when his eyes fell on the flag hung by the orc army, did his eyes show strong murderous intent!

Two hundred and fifty meters.

The orc warriors who rushed ahead entered the shooting range of the Athenian longbowmen.

"Longbowmen prepare!"

"Right line at a 60-degree angle, intensive shooting!"

In the initial confrontation, the Orcs were suppressed by Athens, and the formation had already tilted. The angle of inclination is right front, left back, and the distance between the front and back is no more than fifty meters.

The orc commander could not notice this tilt of the front, because an army of tens of thousands of people and without a sky perspective positioning could not detect it at all.

But Murphy is different.

Murphy has the Total War War Assist system.

From the beginning of the battle to now, he would check the changes in light spots on the auxiliary system strategy map page every few minutes.

Therefore, he clearly grasped the tilt of the front angle.

What!

What! What!

Three thousand Athenian longbowmen began to pour fire towards the right corner of the Orcs' line at a rate of twelve arrows per minute.

Each of them had ten arrows stuck in front of them.

The distance of three hundred meters, even with the strong physique of an orc, would take half a minute according to the speed standards of the world sprint champion. But in fact, holding weapons and equipment and wearing leather armor, they simply can't run at such a speed! Moreover, most of the orc warriors who rushed at the front were killed on the spot by the dense rain of arrows!

Less than a minute.

Three thousand Athena's long archers poured 30,000 long arrows into the formation!

Almost instantly, the empty area in front of the two armies' formations was filled with dense arrows and corpses on the ground.

In less than a minute, the orc forwards suffered more than two thousand casualties.

The place shrouded by arrows and intensive shooting was almost cleared out into a dead area!

Dead silence!

There was an eerie silence on the entire battlefield.

The charge of the half-orc army slowed down, but then resumed under the command of the officer.

As forwards, they were all elite warriors. Although they were intimidated by the enemy's offensive, they quickly adjusted. Plain battles are not siege battles. The first battle plays a decisive role in the morale of the army! The orc commander would not be so stupid as to send cannon fodder out to consume the arrows of the Athenian army in the first battle.

Although the vanguard of the army has the highest mortality rate.

But it is also a place where elites gather. Although it is not as good as the ace in hand, it is still the best in the army!

Thirty thousand long arrows poured out, and under Murphy's order, the Athenian longbowmen no longer wanted to fight. After the distance between the two sides was reduced to one hundred meters, the Athenian longbowmen began to retreat. They retreated from the space between the Greek heavy infantry and retreated to the third step of the defense line. Putting the Athenian longbowmen into the danger of close combat in pursuit of short-term results was a mistake that Murphy would never make.

After the Athenian longbowmen retreated to the second step, Murphy stood up suddenly, raised his sword high, and roared: "Change the formation!"

"Change!!"

"Change!!!"

The herald's powerful voice spread throughout the war, and under Murphy's order, the Greek heavy equipment immediately moved into action.

Their formation became dense, and the wings began to be tightened, expanding the depth of the defensive front, and the vacant positions were filled by the Athenian militia under the order of General Jerry Rivard!

The shield is held high and the spear is flat-ended.

The Greek heavy infantry stood ready to face the surging half-beast army!

bump!

With a dull sound of shields clashing, a brutal melee fight began.

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