Summoning Total War

(It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and people visit graves all over the road. It’s embarrassing.)

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Bugbear.

They are a variant of Goblin, evil, greedy, and stupid are their nature. The most powerful of the goblin-like creatures, bugbears are tall, strong, vicious, and more agile than the average human. They are the dominant and strongest of the goblin-like creatures, named for their bear-like faces, which are covered in thick, coarse hair and range in color from brown to brick red. Their noses are very similar to bears, and their senses are as sensitive as bears. Their tough fur and sharp claws also inherit the characteristics of bears, but their movements are much more agile than bears.

In this world, many low-level bugbears sharpen their claws with shards of stone or bone. Some high-level bugbears, including their leaders, like to use maces and thick wooden clubs as weapons. Sometimes these high-level bugbears also master some combat skills using nail hammers.

Bugbears speak Goblin, and some high-level bugbears speak Common.

They survive by hunting any creature that is weaker than themselves. When food is scarce, they will even feed on their own kind!

Bugbears are large and powerful, standing about 7 feet tall (about 2.2-2.3 meters). Their skin color ranges from light yellow to yellow-brown, covered with thick rough hair. Their eyes are like wild beasts. Pretty much the same, green and white eyes with a red pupil in the center, and a pair of big, shovel-shaped ears.

This kind of biological light can even compare with many advanced gnolls in terms of size.

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As the most powerful individual among goblin-like creatures, bugbears often serve as leaders. There are not too many bugbears active on the mainland, and they are mainly concentrated near the barren stone highlands, because this is a link between many races. Junction Point, as a born robber and thief, living in such a place is obviously more suitable for their activities.

Ever since this migrating bugbear entered the territory of Athens, they have been monitored by Murphy on three sides: land, sea and air.

Not only did the War Temple send elite warriors to detect their whereabouts and direction, but the gray robe wizard Gandalf also called the eagle under Murphy's order to closely monitor the migration routes of these bugbear groups from the sky.

It can be said unceremoniously that Murphy is absolutely determined to win these slaves who come to his door!

Athens, across the harbor.

"Mr. Governor!" A Spartan conqueror emerged from the dense reeds, quickly ran to Murphy's side, and said: "Those bugbears sent out scouts and seemed to be aware of our existence. They Turning eastward."

Although bugbears are stupid, as a born bandit, they have always had the tradition of sending out scouts first to conduct reconnaissance.

Murphy didn't expect to be discovered by them so easily.

However, after thinking about the rumor that bugbears have very sensitive noses, he understood why. Creatures like this can easily smell the scent of strangers. If they send out a lot of scouts, it is normal for them to find them. .

"Since we have been discovered by them, let's summon the army to catch up!" Murphy immediately stopped hesitating and ordered to the general Leo Dallie beside him.

Since the bugbears are migrating as a whole group, it is naturally impossible for them to just clap their hands and lead a group of people to other areas with their buttocks bare. Since it is a migration, it is necessary to bring most of the materials that can be brought. After all, these bugbears who get something for nothing and make a living by looting are not considered rich. Since they have brought their baggage, they will naturally not advance too fast. The Athenian army went into battle lightly this time. It can be said that they brought nothing except weapons and equipment and a day's rations.

And just to be sure, Murphy mobilized more than 600 cavalry troops.

It can be said that there is no difficulty at all in catching up with these migrating bugbear groups!

The army sets out!

The phalanx infantry of the First Legion of Athens, led by General Leodalius, caught up with the bugbear tribe from the rear, while Murphy led the cavalry and a troop of 1,200 archers to overtake them from the side. Be prepared to intercept these bugbears from the front.

The trade with the centaurs brought a large amount of horse resources to Athens. Although the size of the cavalry force was only about 800 people, the horses were equipped with one person and two horses. This was Murphy's additional reserve for the future formation of armored cavalry. Some horses, otherwise one person and three horses would be more than enough to ride! The Centaur tribe keeps tens of thousands of horses in captivity. Relying on trade relations with them, Athens now has more than 2,500 horses. After the construction of the large horse farm was completed, Murphy had plans to divide an area within the territory to open up a horse ranch.

After chasing after each other, it was not until noon that the Athenian army caught up with the migrating bugbears.

The weather at the end of August was still quite hot.

It has been four or five days since these bugbears migrated all the way, and this morning their faces were already dusty and tired. And after being chased hard by the Athenian army for a whole morning, he was even more exhausted.

Although they rarely interact with other intelligent races, and even if they do, they are robbing them, but these bugbears have also heard of Athens' "famous reputation". Tens of thousands of Orc warriors were defeated by these Athenian troops, not to mention just some of their loose bugbear tribes. The prosperity of Athens and the strength of the Spartan warriors have already spread to the ears of all races around the southern plains.

"Mr. Governor, General Leo Dallie has already caught up!" A horse galloped from a high slope. The knight on the horse jumped down after reaching Murphy's side and said hurriedly.

"Okay! Prepare to attack!" Murphy's expression perked up when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice.

Although the Athenian army became very tired after marching all morning, it was much better than the bugbears. Sufficient food and nutrition, high-intensity exercise, perhaps because of the reasons in this world, even ordinary humans are stronger than soldiers on Earth at their physical limits. This characteristic became more and more obvious after the elemental tide began.

To put it simply, because of some differences in this world, the upper limit of human potential seems to be much higher than on earth.

Although the average strength of human beings is relatively weak, the mid-to-high end is on par with other creatures.

It's not that humans have no potential, it's just that their physical abilities are not as high as those of other creatures. Those barbarian humans who have the physical strength to go head-to-head with gnolls and orcs are a good example.

Human beings’ physical potential is not necessarily a disadvantage!

"attack!"

Boom! ! !

With the sound of horse hooves that made the earth tremble, two thousand cavalry rushed out from the hillside on the side, and happened to be robbed at the intersection of the bugbears.

The sound of galloping horse hooves caused a commotion in the bugbear tribe. The sound of thousands of horses galloping at the same time was like a huge mountain weighing heavily on their hearts.

One person is inconspicuous, and a hundred people may not be too many, but a thousand people holding hands can form a two-kilometer formation!

As for tens of thousands of people, you can only understand a word if you see it with your own eyes.

That is - huge crowds of people!

The scene of two thousand horses galloping at the same time may be difficult for modern people to imagine, but this is inconspicuous in many novels, and it can even be said that it is a small number that is difficult to grasp. When it actually appears in front of people's eyes, it has An unimaginable shock! If thousands of horses are unimaginable, then simply understand it as two hundred heavy trucks pushing forward in a row!

A front one kilometer long!

Amidst the flying dust, the endless sound of galloping horse hooves, and the trembling of the earth, thousands of cavalry formed a fan-shaped encirclement in two columns and faced the bugbear tribe head-on! The raised dust obscured the enemy's sight, and the bugbears couldn't even determine how many enemies there were! There were traces of the enemy everywhere, including the deafening sound of horse hooves. The enemy's shouts and shouts gradually disrupted the formation, and the internal commotion became more and more serious!

This is the powerful deterrent power of the cavalry in the cold weapon era!

When the galloping horse forms a torrent, no one, unless they are extremely elite soldiers, dares to challenge its edge!

This is just the momentum generated by the light cavalry charge. If it were replaced by the same amount of armored heavy cavalry, the terrible psychological pressure and the fear of facing a torrent of steel could even easily make these bugbears give up everything. Resistance turned and fled. In history, there are many examples of the enemy using more than a thousand heavy armored cavalry to attack tens of thousands of enemy troops and defeating them. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Shimin's black armored cavalry fully demonstrated the lethality of heavy cavalry on the battlefield!

"dismount!"

The six flag bearers galloped on their horses, waving the flags and shouting Murphy's orders.

More than 1,200 longbowmen jumped off their horses, took off the longbows on their backs, loaded their bows with arrows, and pointed their cold arrows at the restless bugbears. The light cavalry galloped left and right behind the bow and arrow formation, divided into three square formations to form a cavalry cone formation, with long spears in hand!

After all, bugbears are creatures with quite a vicious reputation. After the initial commotion, some tall bugbears with strong physiques and weapons in their hands seemed to be leaders and warriors, pushing away the group and striding out. There are about four to five hundred of these bugbears, almost all of them leaders and elite warriors within the bugbear tribe. They shouted loudly at the group and waved weapons to boost morale. Under their influence, many bugbears picked up weapons and formed a dense formation in front. Although their morale was aroused, the other bugbears still walked timidly behind the team.

Five hundred steps!

Four hundred steps!

Three hundred steps!

"shoot!"

"shoot!"

"shoot!"

The heralds repeated Murphy's orders loudly, and the longbowmen on the line immediately loosened their taut bowstrings, and a hail of arrows struck the elite bugbear warriors at the front.

One wave, two waves, three waves...

The Athenian longbowmen formed two ranks and fired ten waves of arrows in just one minute!

The sky is filled with arrows.

Twelve thousand arrows enveloped the hundreds of bugbears walking at the front of the queue in just one minute...

Under the powerful penetrating power of the longbow, the place that was not a battlefield was covered with arrows and a mess!

Dead silence!

There was deathly silence on the entire battlefield. The bugbears seemed to be sluggish, maintaining the movements they had just a minute ago. Their eyes were full of fear as they looked at the people in front of the team who were once their leaders and the elite warriors of the tribe. corpse.

That pile was an unrecognizable hornet's nest.

The covering arrow rain shooting and the truly terrifying lethality on the battlefield instantly made those bugbears who usually just grab passing caravans and attack a few small villages understand what the gap is!

And this group of rabble-rousers who directed small-scale robberies finally understood in their hearts what the military was.

massacre!

As long as these enemies in front of them are willing, they can easily massacre everyone. They began to fear and wanted to run away, because they understood that the enemies in front of them were simply not something that a ragtag group of them could defeat.

Because these enemies in front of us are armies, real armies!

Tap tap tap!

Neat footsteps appeared at the rear of the bugbears. Under the leadership of General Leo Darius, 3,600 Greek heavy infantry appeared on the battlefield in neat steps. These were highly disciplined and accepted the war. The warriors strictly trained by the temple priests, under the orders of their respective commanders, used three elongated infantry phalanxes to cut off the retreat of these bugbears.

There are many spears, and the cold light is shining!

The rows of spear phalanxes were like an insurmountable torrent of steel, which filled the hearts of these bugbears with despair.

They looked at the wooden sticks in their hands, the maces inlaid with iron nails, the simple or no leather armor on their bodies, and then looked at the long spears of the Athenian soldiers that shone coldly in the sun. I no longer miss the standard armor in my heart.

At this time, a goblin wearing a set of loose human clothes, who looked a bit dog-like but extremely funny, walked out of the phalanx of the Athenian soldiers and appeared in front of the bugbears.

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It was over before it really began.

In fact, this result was expected by Murphy, because he mobilized a huge army in Athens that could even support a battle. If it could not deal with these ragtag bugbears, it would be a joke.

There were 3,600 Greek heavy infantry, 1,200 long archers, including a full complement of Cretan long archers, plus 800 cavalry troops.

This kind of lineup is more than enough to take down a city, let alone deal with these Bugbears!

If it weren't for the purpose of capturing as many bugbears as possible and avoiding unnecessary battles that would reduce the population he gained, Murphy would never have assembled such a large lineup to deal with these small characters.

However, he soon became excited.

Because of these strong slaves, Athens' construction will no longer have to worry about.