V1.Chapter 89

The next day, early in the morning.

The vanguard set out at three o'clock in the morning, carrying nothing but weapons and a water bag. Under general riodari, they will march for three hours until about six o'clock in the morning, reaching the chasm connecting the zangara and karazan mountains. As early as a few days ago, Murphy had sent light cavalry to survey the route and clear the road, so there was no need to worry about the trouble of the night army.

On the strategic map with the auxiliary system of total war, Murphy has inherent advantages in the overall situation.

Murphy gave general riodari an hour to deal with the battle and get rid of the jackals who were entrenched near the canyon.

The vanguard included 15 Greek heavy infantry units of 1200, 3 Crete bowmen units of 240, 1 Macedonian elite light cavalry unit of 54, 12 war Temple priests and 45 Spartan heavy infantry.

This army of about 1500 people can be said to be the backbone of the city of Athens, in order to win the canyon at the fastest speed!

The Chinese army, led by Murphy, set out at four o'clock in the morning, including 2000 silver shield eagle flag infantry, 2400 archers, and about 1000 miscellaneous infantry provided by Mrs. Elizabeth, 800 puccia mercenaries and some aboriginal noble knights and their retinues. All the Chinese troops went into battle with light weight. Except for the materials necessary for the construction of fortifications, all the others were handed over to the Auxiliary Corps.

Murphy's plan is to set up defense facilities as soon as the vanguard takes the canyon.

The Auxiliary Corps, led by general Marcus Kane, set out at six in the morning. They were mainly composed of militia members who had just been trained. The number of them was about 4000. The main supplies, including food, arrows, tents and so on, are carried by them. Their mission is to reach the canyon when the Jackal army finds out and comes.

Murphy didn't give much hope to these auxiliary legions who have only been training for a month or two.

After all, they were just farmers working in the fields, without any military training, and they didn't know any fighting skills.

It's near the end of August, the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.

Although the moon was high in the sky, it was still dark around four o'clock in the morning.

The lights are blazing in Athens, and women are seeing their soldiers off.

In this war, Murphy transferred nearly half of the adult citizens in the territory, who can be said to be the foundation of urban development!

So this war, Murphy can't afford to lose!

Losing means that most of the working population in the territory has been emptied.

Central Plaza.

The general guard stood around Murphy with torches. In the early days of the war, the residents of Athens consciously gathered near the square in the early hours of the morning.

"Citizens of Athens! Soldiers from the human city

Murphy stood solemnly on the platform of the central square. He looked around and said in a deep voice, "this time! We're going to take the Jackal! Get rid of the cannibals! We're going to drive them out of our homes! Our land

"We should tell them with blood that human beings are not weak to be deceived!"

"We will tell them with death that civilization will overcome barbarism!"

"We are sure to win!"

to be sonorous!

Murphy pulled out his sword, looked at the people in the square, and said the most important word!

——"Everyone will get the land after victory!"

Land!

No one does not want land!

Land is the root of all wealth!

The atmosphere on the square was excited, and the desire for land filled the soldiers with fighting spirit!

Murphy waved his sword and said in a deep voice, "let's go!"

The army moved slowly.

Led by the silver shield eagle flag infantry sent by the human city-state, they are all well-equipped and well disciplined, even compared with the heavy infantry of Greece. These silver shield eagle flag infantry are the most elite soldiers in the human city-state, equipped with 90 cm long square shield, all equipped with half body armour, holding long spears and short swords. In this half month's training, the priests of the temple of war have taught them how to fight with spears.

The combat skill of the long gun is not high, it's just a thorn. The real key is the cooperation between the teams.

These silver shield eagle flag infantry in the traditional way of fighting, under the training of the war Temple priests, joined the Roman elite infantry fighting way before the reform. Although they are only preliminary familiar with it at present, they are all elite veterans, and their weapon adaptability is unmatched by other infantry.

In a simpler way.

In order to take advantage of the advantage of long guns against jackals, the priests of the war temple, under the signal of Murphy, asked these silver shield eagle flag infantry to learn from the fighting methods of the elite Roman infantry before the reform of Mario of the Roman Empire.

An excellent nation should keep forging ahead.

The Roman Empire was very good at this point. They learned javelin throwing from Spanish mercenaries and square array skills from Greek people, and gradually evolved into the fighting style after the reform of Mario.

The fighting style of human city states is very close to that of Roman Empire, but the reason is to say.

At first, the half elves living in the forest outside the karazan mountains were connected with human territory. Of course, the half elves are another way of saying. In fact, they are half blood elves, the descendants of ancient elves.

As we all know, the elves are rich in archers.

The original jackals lived in the inner jungles of the karazan mountains, that is to say, they were separated from the human city-state by an elf tribe.

The elves, which are rich in archers, basically have no jackals with skin armor.

You can imagine how the jackals were suppressed by the elves. It can be said that they did not dare to cross the boundary!

This situation has been maintained for nearly a thousand years.

That is to say, for more than a thousand years, all the neighboring races of human beings, except the Goutou people, are intelligent species that are good at archers, such as elves and centaurs.

So that leads to a little bit.

The military system of human city states began to fight with large shields, which was similar to that of the Roman Empire. The main thing is to form a dense shield array against such arms as archers.

This is also the reason why the silver shield eagle flag infantry is the main combat arms of the human city-state.

More than a thousand years of tradition.

After the powerful return of the dwarves and the announcement of revenge to the elves, the peace was broken.

The elves began to shrink their defense lines and recalled the mixed race elves who originally lived scattered in the mainland, as well as a tribe of elves who lived near the karazan mountains. In this way, a barrier between humans and jackals disappeared.

After the large-scale migration of the elves, the jackals walked out of the karazan mountains carefully and tentatively.

They were surprised to find that humans, who were not easy to deal with in the past, seem to be much weaker. Their shields and daggers have little advantage in dealing with tall creatures like jackals. As a result, the heart of the Jackal clan suddenly became hot.

They want to take back the southern plains and defeat humanity!

So the war broke out.

This is the change in history before Murphy came.

The dwarves return and declare war on the elves.

In the face of the strong return of the dwarves, the hybrid elves who have greatly reduced their elemental abilities have to recall the diaspora.

The diaspora was recalled, and a barrier between humans and jackals disappeared.

For more than a thousand years, humans who are used to guarding against species fighting with bows and arrows have been beaten by jackals! Under the strong attack of jackals, human beings can only defend passively while looking for the direction of military reform.

At this time, Murphy came to the world.

Without the arrival of Murphy, mankind may also slowly find the direction of military reform. But it may cost a lot. It's life, a lot of soldiers

After losing a large number of people, human power will be greatly reduced. However, the current situation is that although mankind has suffered heavy losses, it has not shaken its foundation, which has preserved the strength of the whole race! In history, a little bit of a tiny place often leads to unpredictable changes!

Because of the arrival of Murphy, the human city-state started the military reform ahead of time.

It is found that after facing the advantage of jackals, the city-state of human beings began to change a lot, from the original fighting mode of shield step and archer to the fighting mode of long spear square with a large number of auxiliary arms.

Because of this, the human city-state gradually stabilized its defense line and began to counter attack.

The human city-state in the southern plain itself has long spearmen. The problem is only the number. The biggest change is that the main combat arms have changed from heavy infantry with shield armor to square infantry with long spears. But just this change, the human city-state came back from the form of being crushed, and formed the current confrontation with the karzat jackal tribe.

In fact, when Murphy saw these silver shield Falcon infantry, he remembered the Roman military system before the reform. The equipment and fighting methods of these silver shield Falcon infantry were a bit similar to Roman heavy infantry. The only difference was that the species they faced all had bow and arrow expertise, so these silver shield Falcon infantry were not equipped with javelin. Of course, in terms of strength, the silver shield Eagle infantry is still a little better than the Roman heavy infantry. After all, they are the top infantry of the entire human city-state in the southern plains.

The Roman Legionnaire style of fighting did not prevail in the face of the jackal, a large, fast-moving species.

To deal with this kind of creature, the best way is to defend in formation and use static braking!

In fact, when Murphy saw these silver shield eagle flag infantry, he immediately jumped out of his mind and trained them to be similar to the elite Roman infantry, which was born by imitating the Greek infantry square before the Roman Empire reform!

As a result, under the training of the war Temple priests, these silver shield eagle flag infantry began to try new ways of fighting.