This is the hinterland of the southern plains, Southeast of the karazan mountains, and to the west of the nidoria River, which leads to the distant sea. To the East is a dense forest, which used to be the territory of wood elves. However, since the dwarves announced their vows of revenge, the elves have shrunk their defense and abandoned most of the surrounding forests, which has become the territory of jackals.
The jackals have been living in the form of small clans. Even if they attack human beings, they are not the opponents of human beings who have established the urban system. But I don''t know why, since last year, the Jackal clan began to integrate under some powerful forces, and finally formed a tribal system - the kazat jackal tribe!
Since last year, the activities of jackals attacking human cities and towns have become more and more frequent. It was only when the Jackal tribe captured simoton, one of the big cities of the human city-state, with 18000 adult jackals that the human city-state realized that there was an unprecedented enemy around it!
After the formation of the United Front, the human city-state lost the battle with the jackals. Its opponent was no longer the ignorant beasts, and had a large number of primitive weapons, which made the human defense line shrink step by step. Finally, it was only by relying on the three big cities built by human beings when they rose in the southern plain that they stabilized the formation and reluctantly fought against it.
In the war with jackals, humans found that jackals were not swarming in disorder. These primitive sub human creatures had a certain degree of discipline in just three years. They even domesticated a number of wolves and trained jackal cavalry for the first time in history!
The sudden rise of the Jackal makes the human city-state turn its suspicious eyes to the Orc tribes who are expelled to the Loess Plateau.
Aware of the unprecedented threat to human beings, the human city-state resolutely seeks reliable allies to maintain the situation, and finally focuses on the dwarves who rise strongly after returning to the surface world.
Dwarves need food, humans need weapons.
The two hit it off!
Just when humans and dwarves formed an alliance, the Jackal tribe resolutely pushed forward and opened up the passage to the southern wilderness with no small casualties. Although this passage was finally cut off by human''s strong counterattack, some jackals have entered the southern wilderness, and a strong crisis is coming.
The southern wilderness is a barren land, where there live a large number of Goutou clan, and there is another subspecies of jackal clan - gray sideburns jackal!
The intention of the Jackal tribe is obvious. They intend to conquer and gather the Goutou clan and form a north-south front with another jackal clan to attack the human city-state!
The weapons supported by the dwarves are still on the way, but a large number of dog heads have appeared in the rear of the human city-state. They attack villages and destroy farmland, trying to make a mess of the rear of the human city-state!
And just as this plane was surging, a small village suddenly fell from the sky in the hinterland of the southern plain.
The second era was 343.
The orcs and the descendants of the giant broke out a large-scale battle with a population of more than 800000 in the Martha plain. The orcs who used to be the slaves of the giant broke through the defense line of the descendants of the giant from the front with the help of the behemoth. For the first time, they fought back in the front battlefield with the descendants of the giant!
After the battle of Martha, the orcs were renamed bimon.
The second era is 365 years.
The dwarves, who had been driven out of the mountains by the ancient elves for thousands of years, came back to the surface world strongly. With nearly a thousand years of efforts, the dwarves refined better metal. Relying on this rare metal, which was named "pure gold", the dwarves launched an attack on the elves led by the ancient elves, Eight thousand dwarf heavy infantry in heavy armour and with axes crushed the defense line of the elves. It forced the grassland elves and wood elves to give up their territory and retreat to the Emerald Forest, the birthplace of the elves.
After a strong counterattack, the two sides fell into a stalemate. The dwarves began to migrate to the surface world to form cities.
The second era, 372.
Jackal clans living in the periphery of human city-state were strongly integrated by some unknown forces, and more than 100000 adult jackals were gathered to attack human towns and villages. The human defense line collapsed several times, but under the mobilization of the city-state system, it finally stabilized the defense line and formed an alliance with the dwarves. A large number of soldiers were sent to the front line. The attack of the jackals was contained, and the war between the two sides came to a stalemate.
The second era, 373.
The jackals forced to break through the southern defense line of human beings at the expense of huge casualties. A group of jackal troops entered the southern wilderness, and then the grey sideburns jackals who lived in the southern wilderness were integrated. More than 500000 koeheads became the vassals of jackals and disturbed the rear of human city-state.
Black clouds block out the sky and rain is coming!
There are several villages near the river and a large town with a port.
But now, it''s a wasteland, because it''s on the front line of the Jackal attack, and the land here has been abandoned by the human city-state to guard the territory in the hinterland of the southern plain.
In the early days, when the jackals attacked, human beings suffered a lot of losses. Many unresponsive towns were captured, and a large number of people were plundered, or became slaves or food for the jackals. It wasn''t until Simon was captured by the jackals that humans responded. We started to move people urgently and reorganize the defense line. So here, as early as a year ago, has become a piece of barren land.
Jackals don''t farm. They live by nomadic and hunting.
So when there are no people here, the signs of jackals'' activities are much less. On the contrary, they are safe for the time being.
The human city-state in the southern plain has 36 large cities, each of which has a population of more than 100000! The mobilization power of the city-state era showed no doubt at the time of war. A large number of troops were sent to the front line from the rear, relying on the solid wall defense. For a time, the attack of the jackals was contained and could not enter.
In the south of the nidoria River, there used to be a town called Hilton, but under the attack of jackals, it has become a ruin.
But at the moment, this piece of ruins is a thriving scene.
Two teams of soldiers armed with round shields and long guns patrol around the ruins of the town, and a large number of civilians in the center of the town are repairing damaged houses. More than 500 young workers are cutting down trees and building a palisade around the town with sharpened stakes.
In the most central square of the town, a group of resolute and solemn soldiers dressed in bright red robes surrounded a young man with black clothes and hair, looking around with vigilant eyes. And the boy with black hair and black eyes is standing in the center of the square, directing the people to clean up the debris on the street.
Everyone was nervous and busy.
Until nightfall, after the gate of the wooden gate was built, there was a cheer from the civilians in the town. And the black haired boy, who had always looked serious, returned to the most spacious and luxurious house in the center of the town.
"Hoo, it''s been a week. Finally, the palisade has been built. " Murphy fell on his back on the bed and let out a long breath.
It''s been a week since Murphy crossed the world. Recalling the situation at that time, Murphy''s heart is full of sin.
When she first came to this world, Murphy met a group of ferocious humanoid creatures. These humanoids are about the same height as humans when they stand upright, and their fluffy gray green fur covers their bodies. From the head, they look like a hyena, with yellow teeth and blood red eyes, bloodthirsty and ferocious! At the sight of Murphy, these hyena like humanoid creatures howl and pounce.
At that time, Murphy almost thought that he would die!
Just when he thought he was going to die, a group of soldiers in bright red robes with golden shield and five meter long gun suddenly appeared beside him. These soldiers in bright red robes, with strong muscles and green tendons, stood in front of Murphy in a solemn and resolute manner, and shot decisively when the hyenas like humanoid creatures came up!
"Poof“ Poof
A burst of weapons through the flesh and blood sounds, more than a dozen ferocious hyena like humanoid creatures fell in front of Murphy.
"Sparta
The soldiers in red robes and armed with round shield spears roared, put down their spears, pulled out their swords and rushed up.
When Murphy came back, all the ferocious creatures had fallen in front of him.
The head of a bloody red robed soldiers came to him, respectfully said: "general!"
Now think about it, Murphy also felt a bit funny.
After returning to his mind, he immediately remembered the picture as if he had been dreaming before.
I vaguely remember the picture of the game "total war", and then a person similar to the electronic voice said to him, please choose the initial civilized town.
That day, Murphy just played "Rome: Total War" and unified the world with Greece. Thinking that he was dreaming, he replied without hesitation, "Greece!"
Murphy clearly remembers that he played until 3 a.m. to unify the world, then turned off the computer and went to bed.
But I don''t know what''s going on. After I finished that strange dream, I woke up and went to this world where I don''t know.
After some recollection, Murphy was sure that he had really crossed.
It also brought the auxiliary system of total war.
After a simple meal, Murphy went back to the room and immediately said in his heart, "show the town attribute."
Then, a data picture came to his mind.
City management interface:
City: Athens (large town)
Popular sentiment: loyalty (loyalty, suspicion, riots)
Tax: medium tax
Income: 1800 (silver, half a year) 2000 (grain, half a year)
Treasury: 4600 (silver) 6000 (grain)
Population: 2000
Social security: 165% (garrison + 115%, agriculture + 30%, civilization + 10%, health + 5%, medium tax + 5%)
Population growth + 6.5% (agriculture + 5%, middle tax + 1%, health + 0.5%)
Population required for upgrading: 6000
With the Army: two Greek infantry (160), Spartan heavy infantry 1 (80), general guard 1 (24).
Have affairs officer: diplomat (1)
When cities are under siege, they can persist in 12 rounds (one round is equal to one month''s actual time, one unit''s grain is about 100 Jin per stone, soldiers'' grain consumption is about two Jin per day, and ordinary people''s grain consumption is about one Jin per day, two meals per day). The annual food consumption of 2000 people is about 6000 stone.)
List of existing buildings:
Governor''s residence: the governor''s residence is the place where officials administer, and it can let the local people see the magnificence of Greek civilization. It is the basic administrative center. The governor''s residence also expressed its sovereignty and stability over this area. The governor''s residence allows the city to develop rapidly and upgrade existing buildings（ Recruitment: farmers. Increase recruitment: diplomats.)
Town barracks: Town Barracks have good facilities to train and accommodate troops. The barracks are clean and tidy, but not comfortable. They come here to protect their homes, not to enjoy themselves! Urban barracks can be upgraded to more advanced barracks with the development of the city（ Recruit: Greek militia, Greek infantry.)
Wooden fence: high fence walls are built around the city with sharp wood, giving people a certain sense of security. But it can''t withstand the enemy''s siege weapons for long. It is conceivable that such a cheap and simple fortification as long as workers can easily handle it. But it makes people have a sense of home, let people feel that here is a place to live, work and develop!
Arable land: it''s better to cut down trees, set fire to a piece of open space, and clear a piece of space. Arable land can produce a lot of food for soldiers, citizens and slaves in the city, and promote population growth. But this kind of self-sufficient agriculture can only support themselves and their families, can only barely survive, if agriculture can develop, the city can quickly upgrade.
Roads: military engineers build simple bridges in swamps, rivers and hills, and build roads based on stones, maintain and repair these simple paths, and remove the disordered vegetation around the roads. They are not ideal paths, but of course they are better than nothing.
Arms recruitment interface:
Arms: Farmers
Recruitment rounds: (1)
Soldier size (120), experience (0).
Attack (1), charge bonus (1), weapon type (light).
Total defense (1), armor (0), defense skill (1), shield (0).
Vitality (1).
Morale (0).
Recruitment costs (100), maintenance costs (100).
Ability: Dig tunnel.
Explanation: farmers are not soldiers for fighting, they are a large number of cheap consumable arms on the battlefield. They have little military quality and are not even willing to fight. They are just a group of poor people to protect their homes.
Arms: Greek militia
Recruitment rounds: (1)
Soldier size (80), experience (0).
Attack (5), charge bonus (1), weapon type (long weapon).
Total defense (8), armor (0), defense skill (3), shield (5).
Vitality (1).
Morale (2).
Recruitment costs (230), maintenance costs (100).
Ability: can form square array, can dig tunnel
Explanation: Greek militiamen are soldiers recruited from the cities and put into the battlefield after a little training. They are gunners, equipped with long guns, and have a big round shield, so they get their name. As a kind of infantry, the Greek militia has existed for centuries, and its tactics or equipment have not changed much. These people don''t wear armor, because they are recruited from the bottom of the poor, and they have to provide their own combat equipment. Greek city states are always cities protected by the people. Their phalanx is the most effective. Greek militiamen are soldiers recruited from the cities, who are put into the battlefield after a little training.
Arms: Greek infantry
Recruitment rounds: (1)
Soldier size (80), experience (0).
Attack (7), charge bonus (2), weapon type (long weapon).
Total defense (16), armor (5), defense (6), shield (5).
Vitality (1).
Morale (4).
Recruitment costs (440), maintenance costs (150).
Ability: can form square array, can dig tunnel.
Special arms:
diplomat
Recruitment round: 1
Explanation: the diplomat has received strict professional training in compliments, temptations, rhetoric and threats. He is responsible for negotiating with other factions. His work includes bargaining, negotiating peace, signing agreements, and even inviting surrender.
Murphy looked at the data picture in his mind and thought silently.
Although it has the auxiliary system of total war, the world is not a game after all. There are many things that can''t be solved with game data, which can only be regarded as auxiliary at most.
Just like in the original game, there was only tax and agricultural income, but after that, the system obviously separated tax and agricultural income. And after Murphy''s research in this period of time, it is found that the data provided by the auxiliary system will have a great fluctuation with the reality.
When building the palisade, the system indicated that it would take one month. After Murphy issued the order through the herald, the town automatically assigned about 300 people to cut down trees to build the palisade. Muzha is a town level building, which can be built with a population of more than 1000. It takes one round, that is, one month. According to this schedule, the construction of wooden fence is too slow. So Murphy personally assigned to increase the number of people who cut down trees to build wooden Palisades to 1200!
In this way, the work efficiency has been greatly accelerated. In just one week, the wooden gate was built.
Obviously, "total war" system is only a direction of data, but the specific details are still based on reality.
It''s like farmland. Murphy visited the farmland outside the Greek town.
After a week''s repair, it was barely linked with the lowest cultivated land marked by the system because of a year''s desolation and jackal destruction. However, although the land is deserted, the original fertile land can be quickly restored to use as long as it is repaired and ditches are dug. At present, Murphy has made a visual inspection of the field, which is about 1000 mu.
According to the four stones of grain in one mu of land, one thousand mu is four thousand stones in a quarter, which is exactly equal to the half year grain income in the data. However, it is obviously very reluctant to produce four thousand shekels of grain a year to support two thousand people and the army. It is necessary to further open pits for arable land.
Two Greek infantry, a month''s wages and maintenance costs add up to 300 silver coins, six months is 1800 silver coins. Although the Spartan heavy infantry is attached by the system and cannot be recruited, the maintenance cost is still needed. It''s 400 silver coins in one month and 2400 silver coins in six months. To sum up, the maintenance cost of the army in half a year is 4200 silver coins.
With the tax revenue of 1800 silver coins given in the system data for half a year, the total tax revenue is 6000 silver coins, just 1000 in a month. In the absence of commercial trade, according to the medium tax, it is just 0.5 per month''s head tax that is apportioned to 2000 townspeople.
The tax revenue of 6000 silver coins in half a year is really a little less. After deducting military expenditure, there is basically nothing left.
But it''s just a medium tax. If Murphy changed the tax to a high tax, the basic head tax would be one silver coin a month for one person. Then the tax revenue in half a year is 12000 silver coins, and the surplus in half a year is 7800 silver coins.
That''s quite considerable!
But now that towns have just been built, people''s minds are floating, so it''s not suitable to raise taxes.
After rubbing his head, Murphy opens the build interface to see what to build next.
People also need to sleep at night. Generally, construction orders are issued during the day. In the evening, if you ask the temporary official to issue an order not to let people sleep, the next day will surely be filled with resentment.
At present, buildings can be built:
Wooden wall (rounds built: 2): a simple wooden wall has better defense than a wooden fence, but it''s still not much for organized attacks. However, it provides a hardwood gate and strengthens the protection of the city wall, which can slow down the enemy''s attack into the city, so it is a good thing to resist the surprise attack. Silver: 800 for construction.
Horse shed (rounds: 3): This is the basic building for training cavalry troops. Horses are precious war reserve resources, and the horse shed is the place where horses are cultivated for war. The stable can be upgraded as the city grows, so as to recruit more powerful and diversified troops (recruitment: Javelin cavalry, domesticated horses). Silver: 1200 is required for the construction.
Range (build rounds: 3): range is the building needed to train light troops. This is especially true for javelin throwing practice（ Recruit: Javelin) requires 1200 silver to build.
Shop (number of building rounds: 2): merchants can make a small fortune by selling some local specialties to other cities. There are risks in doing business, but it''s a good way to increase wealth. Trade between cities can benefit each other and prosper together, while self-sufficiency can hardly promote development（ Provide: increase trade goods, population growth rate plus 0.05%), construction needs silver: 600.
Public farms (rounds of Construction: 3): when the productivity of the land is exhausted by "fire tillage", public farms appear, and people cooperate in farming. Public farms produce through small-scale economy, centralize the means of production, and work together to achieve a good harvest. In this way, individual losses can be minimized, and production can be increased to increase population growth. Silver required for construction: 1200.
Paving stone roads (construction rounds: 3): these repaired stone roads can make the army quickly assemble and March, so the military value of paving stone roads should be given priority, but merchants or farmers can also benefit. The construction of paving stone road needs careful measurement and survey, as well as a large number of road inspection and various auxiliary roads. No matter how complicated the project is, at least it will not become a muddy road in rainy season and a dusty road in sunny day. Silver required for construction: 1200.
Port (construction rounds: 2): the port can increase the sea trade and create wealth for the city, and can also build small warships. For all long-distance trade, shipping is one of the most important ways. At that time, the route was the fast channel for freight transportation, and shipping was the most cost-effective way to transport goods. From a military point of view, the port is also very important, because the construction of the naval fleet requires port technology and personnel, equipment（ Provide: set up trade fleet, build fishing boat) (recruit troops: Double battleship) construction needs silver: 1200.
Temple of Leadership: this temple is dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, war and craft. She is also the patron saint of Athens, the birthplace of democracy. Athens not only endowed mankind with many advanced technologies, but also bred many omnipotent warriors. Through the worship of religious gods, people can feel happy and satisfied with spiritual support. When the city grows, the temple can be expanded（ 5% for happiness and 5% for law. Silver for construction: 280.
Greek cavalry is basically soy sauce, long-range arms are also very general. Therefore, the stable and shooting range need not be considered for the time being. Because the shops have not found any other human towns, for the time being, trade will not work.
Then the remaining roads can be built later and excluded first. Because the public farm missed the winter wheat, it was in no hurry for the time being.
In this way, what we really need to build now are wooden walls, harbors and temples.
There are a lot of jackal like creatures around, so defense is the key. However, because the wooden fence has been built, the demand for wooden walls is not so strong for the time being. If only to stop the jackals, the wooden fence more than three meters high is barely enough.
After the wooden wall is temporarily put, the temple and harbor of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, are the most needed.
Since the town was named Athens, Murphy did not plan to build the temple of other gods, such as love, wealth and victory. It only takes one round to build the lowest level temple. If we send more workers, it may be completed in a few days.
Since he came to this world, Murphy has a little more awe for the gods. So he preferred to build the temple first.
However, the current food self-sufficiency is still a bit reluctantly, spring wheat still has a long time to harvest. Grain reserves in the national treasury alone will not last long. To the west of the town is a wide and gentle river with beautiful water and grass. There is absolutely no problem in developing fishery. Moreover, in the auxiliary system, the port obviously has a little more options.
That''s building fishing boats.
In this way, thousands of people could be raised by the Nile alone before the crops were harvested.
Murphy once took cavalry to investigate the river named nidoria. The river is wide, the water potential is stable, the water and grass on both sides are dense, and the fish are fat. In some areas where the water potential is flat, there are many fat fish hidden in the dense reed marshes. As long as the scale of fishing boats can be expanded, the source of food will not be so tight for the time being.
And Murphy estimates that the river goes West to the sea, and there should be many human cities and villages along the way. If we can find other human beings, we will be able to trade, and there will undoubtedly be another income. There are a lot of traces of human towns here. Murphy estimated that it was because of the Jackal like creatures that the people who originally lived here left.
The port can''t be completed in a moment.
So after thinking about it, Murphy decided to start building the temple of Athena tomorrow.
In this unknown world, even as a traverser, he also needs a spiritual sustenance.
"Athena, goddess of wisdom, if you really exist. Bless me to be able to resist the attack of those jackals. " Murphy was meditating and slowly fell asleep.
He dreamt that all this was a dream. As soon as he opened his eyes, he returned to the earth and continued to live a life of work, playing games, eating and dying.