Summoning Total War

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Queen Evanna did not stay in the military camp for too long. After discussing the steps of the plan with Murphy, she immediately left quietly.

She had put a lot of thought into sneaking out this time so as not to be discovered by the group of elders, and she could not stay outside for too long. The harpy clan is still in charge of the elders, and the substitute she left behind can easily be exposed. If that happens, the next plan may be difficult.

"Wingman?"

"The Winged Human Race! Is it a new race?" Murphy put down a silver coin on his fingertips rather playfully and said to himself.

Now that Queen Evana can control nearly half of the voice in the Harpy people, the next thing will be much easier to handle. As a new creature freed from the curse of blood, Queen Evanna represents the future of the Winged Human Race. Although the Harpy Elders representing the old forces are still powerful, they are no longer able to form the kind of dictatorship they once were. As long as Athens can help Queen Evana get rid of those harpy elders, she can do the rest by herself.

Although a corrupted rule still retains its power, it has also accumulated too much resentment!

"Queen Evanna's strength is about between eight and nine stars. She is weaker than the Ares Priest, but she is stronger than the gray robe mage Gandalf and the others. If we divide it according to the professional levels used by the arcane faction, , should be a high-level professional around level 15." Murphy took out a quill pen and listed on a piece of white paper the planned division of the professional hierarchy.

Now that the mercenary guild has been established, it is only a matter of time before the professional hierarchy is promoted.

This kind of classification does not need to be too difficult, and it does not even need fancy names. It is enough to use the simplest and most direct methods of one, two, three, four, and five to determine the level. Because only the simplest things are the easiest to promote.

Murphy decided to use the professional level classification of the previous era when appropriate. Levels one to five are entry-level professionals. Greek heavy infantry is about the strength of level four warriors. They can be taken out individually and placed in other towns. Be a squad leader or so. Starting from the fifth level, one has already entered the range of mid-level professionals. A Spartan warrior without the blessing of the temple is about the strength of a sixth to eighth level warrior.

Professionals of this level are roughly equivalent to what are called "knights" among the aborigines.

These people all have a special heritage.

As for high-level professionals above level ten, so far, even Murphy has seen only a handful of them. The most elite Spartan conquerors, as well as existences such as the Chief Priest of the God of War, the two witch masters who inherited the inheritance of the arcane faction, the Queen of the Harpy, and so on.

For now, this kind of existence can be said to be one of a kind!

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"First give up other professional level classifications, start with warriors, and divide the levels according to the detection method of Spartan warriors. Currently, only ten levels are used, and then slowly expand and formulate other professional levels. ." Murphy took the quill and wrote down his plan steps on the white paper.

Dividing professional levels is helpful for managing those mercenary teams and being able to discover and recruit talents.

As the elemental tide begins, there will be more and more such professionals in the future, and the entire world will also transition from low magic (high element restrictions) to medium magic (low element restrictions) under the influence of the elemental tide. In the future world, there must be a relatively strict classification of professions in order to be able to manage and restrain those professionals who are born.

As for the world of high magic, Murphy is not considering it for the time being, because he does not think that this world can reach the level of the previous era in a short period of time.

In the era when arcane magic was at its peak, those arcane mages had transformed the entire plane!

Murphy put down his pen and sealed a series of plans on letter paper. Nowadays, the stalls in the territory are getting bigger and bigger, and many things cannot be solved by him alone. Fortunately, he has the help of Lady Elizabeth. Even Murphy himself admires this smart woman for her management talents! If it weren't for her help in handling a large number of affairs, the establishment of the mercenary union would not have been able to spread so quickly.

"The strength of the elder harpy is about eight stars. This level of power is not beyond the scope of ordinary objects. It is not too difficult to deal with them." Murphy rubbed his forehead and thought in his heart.

The power of high-level professionals is not that exaggerated. It is like a Spartan conqueror. In a single confrontation, few people can defeat him. But when facing an army of eighty men, even the powerful Spartan conquerors had no chance of winning. But without a head-on confrontation, even an army of a thousand men would not be able to capture a Spartan conqueror.

A Spartan rarely played a significant role in a war.

But a team of Spartan warriors can penetrate the enemy's body like a sharp knife in war and easily break through the enemy's defense line. This kind of combat power is difficult to achieve even with an elite force of a thousand people!

The conversion of strength is not simply one plus one equals two. Under different circumstances, it may even produce the terrifying effect of one plus one equals ten.

Especially on the battlefield, an elite force is likely to be more effective than thousands of troops!

"Arrange a hundred long archers here... Ambush another fifty here... to prevent them from flying away..." Murphy simply drew the general terrain with a pen, and then marked the ambush positions of the Cretan long archers in several hidden corners. .

"No! I'm afraid we can't hide a hundred people here. We can only ambush sixty people at most." After erasing the previous drawing, Murphy frowned and continued thinking.

It is not difficult to ambush in the dense forest.

But it's a little difficult to keep the distance too far. The most troublesome thing about these harpy elders is not their strength, but their ability to fly!

That's right!

What really gives Murphy a headache is their ability to fly away.

"There are only two chances to attack at most! If you want to keep them all, I'm afraid you have to make other arrangements." Murphy frowned and said to himself.

The number of Cretan longbowmen is limited. If the Athenian longbowmen are arranged to go there, they may not be able to have such top-notch archery skills. For this kind of thing, the more people ambush, the higher the possibility of being discovered. Arranging an ambush of 150 Cretan long archers was already the limit of the plan.

"It seems that we can only dispatch the Spartan conquerors." Murphy raised his hand to write an order letter, and then stamped his governor's seal on it.

He opened the door and handed the order letter to the general's guard waiting outside, and said in a deep voice: "Send this letter to the military aircraft immediately."

"Yes! Lord Governor!" The general's guards responded and immediately walked out of the military camp.

There was a neighing of a horse, followed by the sound of hoofbeats in the distance.

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"Half of the Cretan long archers in Athens, plus a full complement of Spartan conquerors, and then the war priest chief and the magician Merlin will take action together. This lineup is also worthy of those harpy elders," I thought. At this, Murphy couldn't help but smile.

Murphy is a careful thinking person. People like him are cautious in doing things and do not take action. Once they do, they must strive to be foolproof!

If one or two of those Harpy elders were allowed to escape, it would definitely be a big headache. So in order to keep them all here, Murphy even decided to let the magician Merlin come with him. With the two top experts in Athens taking action together, there will be no surprises in the plan!

Late at night, Murphy went to bed with his clothes on.

But not long after he fell asleep, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside.

The sound of horse's hoofbeats stopped until he reached the door of his room, followed by a rapid banging sound on the door.

"Come back so soon?" Murphy stood up when he heard the noise, frowned and put on his clothes, thinking to himself: "Did something happen in the city of Athens?"

Before he could get up, the anxious voice of the herald sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty the Governor! Urgent military information!"

"Urgent military information!"

Murphy was shocked when he heard this, walked quickly to the door, and said in a deep voice: "Where is it? Give it to me quickly!"

Now half of the Athenian army was sent out to eliminate the goblin and kobold bandits, and the other half was stationed here to watch out for the movements of the harpies and the creatures that spread from the underground world. Currently, there are only 1,200 permanent troops in Athens. If an accident occurs, it will definitely be something Murphy does not want to see! Athens is his son. He has worked hard to build Athens to where it is now. He will never tolerate any damage!

"My lord! My lord!" The herald gasped, sweating profusely, and his body was soaked with sweat. It seemed that he had not stopped for a moment since he was driven out of Athens. "Traces of lizardmen were found in the river, and they attacked one of our fleets!"

Murphy reached out and took the military information from the herald. His brows became more and more frowned as he read it, and his expression became serious.

"Lizard people? Don't they live in the mud swamp? How come they appear in the southern plains?" Murphy looked at the military intelligence report and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

The house leaks but it rains all night!

The matter of underground species has not been resolved yet, so why did the lizard people come out to join in the fun?

"Go and ask General Leo Dallie to come! Also ask the Chief Priest of the God of War to come with him." Murphy put down the military intelligence report with a heavy face and ordered to the general's guard attendants beside him.

"Yes." The attendant took the order and left.

After a while, General Leo Dallie and the Chief Priest of the God of War came over.

Murphy handed them the military intelligence report on the table. After they all read it, he no longer hesitated and said directly: "Leodali, you call the army immediately. In addition to leaving four teams of the Athens First Army, Except for the organized Greek heavy infantry and a group of Cretan long archers, everyone else followed me back to Athens overnight!"

"Your Excellency, Chief Priest, I leave this matter to you. The magician Merlin will come over tomorrow to help you deal with this matter." Murphy turned around and handed over the arrangements for dealing with the elders of the Harpy to the Chief Priest of the God of War, and ordered.

"yes!"

"Yes! Lord Governor!" the two of them responded.

General Riodalis turned around and went to assemble the troops. The dull drum sound of "dong dong dong" echoed throughout the camp. The Athenian soldiers who were resting in each tent immediately got up and put on their armor in an orderly manner. They followed the flagman's order and gathered in the camp. Together.

Murphy handed over some details that needed attention and some other arrangements to the Chief Priest of the God of War, and told him that there must be no mistakes in this matter.

After the army was assembled, except for the soldiers who had been ordered to stay behind by Murphy, the others immediately packed up all their belongings and rushed towards Athens overnight. The Chief Priest of the God of War stayed here with several groups of soldiers, waiting for the arrival of the magician Merlin and the Spartan conquerors tomorrow. The camp here cannot be abandoned for the time being, and Murphy left four groups of Greek heavy infantry with the intention of letting them continue to garrison.

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The lizard people's unusual movements made Murphy feel very uneasy. Due to the purge of foreign bandits spreading in various places, more than half of the Athenian army was sent out. The only one closest to Athens now is the Athens First Army, which is stationed on the border of the Karazhan Mountains. The lizard people's movements have brought endless variables to the entire southern plains. At this time, Murphy must go back and take charge of the center personally.

Athens' defense is now empty, and the inner city is the most important part of the territory, so no mistakes can be made.

He had to lead his army back to defense immediately!

After marching all night, finally in the early morning when the sky was just whitening, Murphy led the Athenian First Army back to the inner city.

"Mr. Governor! You are back."

As soon as the army returned to the barracks, General Jerry Rivard rushed to Murphy. Seeing Murphy leading the Athenian First Army back overnight, General Jerry Rivard and the other Athenian generals breathed a sigh of relief. The unusual movements of the lizard men also alarmed the people inside Athens. Although the citizens below were not aware of it at all, scouts were sent everywhere one after another.

This time the lizardmen were making a lot of noise, and there was even a tendency to come out in force!

"How's the situation?" The military intelligence report only gave a general outline, and there were many things that were unclear, so Murphy couldn't help but worry.

General Jerry Rivard pointed at the naval commander Barbossa behind him and said: "The lizardmen attacked the caravan we sent to the human city-state trade, but they were repelled by General Barbossa."

"He knows the specific situation better."

Murphy nodded and did not intend to take a rest. He directly brought the two generals and headed towards the meeting hall.

The southern plains are now turbulent, and now there are lizardmen coming to intervene. This really adds endless variables to Murphy's plan, and he cannot help but be cautious. It is becoming more and more urgent for Athens to upgrade to a big city. Any accident at this juncture will give Murphy a huge headache and greatly delay the progress of Athens' construction.

He must always be on guard until the lizard man's movements are unknown.

The group of people followed Murphy back to the meeting hall, and General Leodalius began to deploy the First Army of Athens to deploy sentries, arrange sentries along the Nidoria River and wherever the Lizardmen might sneak over, and send out a large number of scouts. Check the territory of the noble council ahead.

After asking General Barbossa what happened in the meeting hall, Murphy turned on the "Total War" auxiliary system, hoping to find something useful.

On the "Total War" auxiliary system, a large number of red signs of lizardmen appeared in the remote areas of the Athens territory.

However, these signs were active in the peripheral areas of Athens and did not appear within the territory of Athens. However, the red icons of these lizard men only roughly marked their location, but did not indicate their specific number, or even a vague description such as a group, a large team, etc. were not marked.

This made Murphy suddenly uneasy and unable to determine their number.

A large number of scouts were sent out, and a large amount of intelligence was sent back. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Murphy finally collected something useful.

"The Lizardmen plundered many human towns along the way, but they did not attack the cities. Do they lack food?" Murphy looked at the intelligence in his hand. There was a stack of documents in front of him, all collected in the past two days. The movements of the lizard people. The mercenary union's terrifying information collection capabilities and intelligence transmission network began to work. No major event that happened in the entire southern plain could escape his eyes.

"It shouldn't be. It's autumn and summer now. It's the time when the fish's swim bladders are plump. In a month's time, the squatting fish will be migrating. At that time, you can see shoals of fish in the entire Nidoria River. There is no possibility of lack of food. Yes!" Murphy tried his best to think, but he still couldn't figure out what the lizard man's movements were.

To expand territory?

Lizardmen have always lived in the Mud Swamp, and Murphy has not heard of them invading other places for so many years.

Moreover, the physiological structure of lizard people also determines that they can only live in areas close to water sources. Although they are not inseparable from water like marine creatures, their demand for water sources is still much greater than that of other creatures, because they belong to the That semi-aquatic creature. The skin of these lizardmen is very easy to dry out. They need to go back to the water to soak every once in a while. Otherwise, the cuticle of the skin will gradually become stiff, affecting their movements.

Moreover, the natural scales on their bodies are dark in color and absorb heat very easily. If they live in other places, these lizardmen will easily become dehydrated.

No matter what kind of creature it is, once it is dehydrated, it basically has no fighting power at all.

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The movements of the lizard men not only kept Athens on guard, but the noble council was also worried about it.

But on the third day, a not too bad news came back.

These lizardman armies plundered along the Nidoria River, and finally left the southern plains and turned to the half-elf tribes living in the forests surrounding the southern plains!

At this moment, all the half-elf tribes living in the surrounding areas of the southern plains became nervous.