This is a busy and tense time.
The aristocratic Council of the human city-state in the southern plain agreed to Murphy''s conditions. Lord Rothschild, together with two other princes, is recruiting troops. By that time, more than 200000 human allied forces will carry out a comprehensive counterattack against the area occupied by the Jackal!
Since we have decided to send troops, the whole territory is preparing for war. The priests of Kratos, the God of war, all became camp instructors. They trained soldiers in the city barracks except for regular daily prayers. The priests leading the temple, led by the high priest, make more holy water every day, which will be the key to saving soldiers'' lives in the war.
The number of heavy infantry fanatics in Sparta has been increased to 45, while the number of followers of Kratos, the conqueror of Sparta, is still only 7 due to high demands.
Fifteen teams of 1200 Greek infantry are in intensive training. They are sweating in the hot summer, and they are training their fighting skills more strictly according to the standards of war Temple priests. Because he wanted to put all the Greek heavy infantry into battle, Murphy had to recruit four additional Greek infantry to keep the town safe.
The blacksmith shop is busy, they want to drive out a batch of weapons and armor before the army sets out.
Four teams of 216 Macedonian elite light cavalry have been established. Meanwhile, eight teams of Athens longbowmen who attacked 400 people have also been included in the total war auxiliary system. In addition, there are three teams of 240 crite bowmen. At present, Athens has a powerful bow and arrow formation of about 600 people.
Half of the training of Greek heavy infantry has been completed. They are receiving Spartan combat skills training under the arrangement of the war Temple priests.
At present, the auxiliary system of "total war" shows that when Greek heavy infantry complete the training of war Temple priests, they will become Greek heavy infantry, and they will have more powerful combat effectiveness after they are all equipped with excellent half body armor!
Arms recruitment interface:
Arms: Greek heavy infantry.
Recruitment rounds: (0)
Soldier size (80), experience (1).
Attack (10), charge bonus (2), weapon type (long weapon).
Total defense (16), armor (8), defense skill (3), shield (5).
Vitality (1).
Morale (10).
Recruitment costs (800), maintenance costs (400).
Ability: to form a square array; Very disciplined; Abundant physical strength; Can dig tunnel; Morale is good.
Explanation: after the training of the priests of Kratos, the God of war, these Greek heavy infantry gradually adapted to the cruel Spartan training. They had better fighting skills than other Greek soldiers! They are equipped with better armor, which allows them to resist a lot of damage. They are well disciplined and will not retreat from fear in the face of the enemy.
They are the backbone of the battlefield!
Arms: Athenian Bowman.
Recruitment rounds: (2)
Soldier size (80), experience (0).
Attack (9), charge bonus (1), weapon type (longbow, dagger).
Total defense (4), armor (2), defense skill (2), shield (0).
Vitality (1).
Morale (8).
Recruitment costs (600), maintenance costs (160).
Ability: fast moving; Can dig tunnel; Powerful shooting; Breaking armour; Morale is good.
Explanation: they are trained by strong Greeks. Many of them were originally hunters from Crete, so they have a very good bow and arrow foundation. After strict training, they gradually adapted to longbow, a powerful weapon. Although they haven''t reached the deep archery of Crete longbowmen, they are far more powerful than ordinary archers.
They are only equipped with leather armour and dagger, and are vulnerable in close combat. Please protect them.
Arms: Macedonian elite light cavalry.
Recruitment rounds: (0)
Soldier size (54), experience (0).
Attack (11), charge bonus (5), weapon type (long weapon).
Total defense (8), armor (5), defense skill (3), shield (0).
Vitality (1).
Morale (12).
Recruitment costs (540), maintenance costs (300).
Ability: powerful charge: conical array; Fast moving: strict discipline; Abundant physical strength; Morale is good.
Explanation: equipped with saddles and stirrups, the cavalry''s hands were immediately liberated from the battle. This allows them to launch a strong charge against the enemy! They are elite riders, not only bearing the role of light cavalry harassment. As long as the time is right, they can attack the enemy''s flanks and rear! They can cut the enemy formation with powerful charge!
Please don''t let them attack the enemy head on. Although they are elite, they are not heavy cavalry.
This is the main force of Athens at present.
The frontal phalanx is mainly composed of Greek heavy infantry, and their powerful frontal hard regret ability is not far behind that of Spartan heavy infantry.
The cavalry is made up of Macedonian elite cavalry, and the general guards of the generals including Murphy are also reforming in this direction. The archers were mainly the Crete longbowmen and assisted by the Athenian longbowmen. They can use the long bow''s super long range and penetration to effectively annihilate the enemy.
After some mobilization, there are about 1900 troops in Athens, including 1200 Greek heavy infantry, 108 Macedonian elite light cavalry, 240 Crete bowmen and 400 Athens bowmen. The rest of the soldiers were arranged to stay in Athens, responsible for the city''s defense and security operations.
After counting the materials transported by the human city-state, Murphy decided to go to the barracks while it was still early.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the supply of the barracks was two meat meals a day during this period. Most of the fish provided by the port is consumed by the soldiers. With the support of the aristocratic Council, the soldiers have been able to maintain their physical nutrition consumption. After several months of training, all the soldiers in Athens have a very strong physique, and their muscles are like sculptures!
It''s a symbol of power!
Among the 4000 farmers that Marquis Elizabeth gave to Murphy, he selected 1500 decent adult men to be trained by war Temple priests. According to the standard, it is the requirement of the Greek militia, which has been initially formed. Murphy does not intend to use them as the main combat power, as long as they can reach the label of the auxiliary Legion. At least they can bandage the wounds of the main soldiers after the battle, harvest the undead enemies on the ground, coordinate the defense line, and so on.
Other farmers were scattered by Murphy and incorporated into the urban population as labor force.
After some statistics.
The Greek city sent 2000 troops, the Marquis Elizabeth sent 2500 troops, and the human city-state will send 5000 troops. The size of the army is about 9500.
Among them, there are less than 8000 people with real combat effectiveness.
"What''s the progress of the training?" Entering the city barracks, murphyton felt a dignified atmosphere.
Since the priests of Kratos, the God of war, took over the training of the city''s barracks, there was a dignified atmosphere in the whole barracks. The priests of Kratos, the God of war, have no mercy at all, let alone any mercy. The priests hold a whip. If they see a lazy soldier who doesn''t train seriously, they will go down with a whip on the spot!
The priests of the God of war are also powerful soldiers. When they go down with a whip, the lazy soldiers will split up immediately! It can be said that most of the soldiers in the barracks were flogged by them during the cruel training.
Among the farmers whom Marquis Elizabeth handed over to Murphy, there was a small riot because of the cruel training.
The riot was put down immediately.
The chief priest of the temple of war, the tall black man like an iron tower, pulled out the double knives behind his back on the spot and killed the 21 soldiers who caused the riot in less than a minute with the speed that ordinary people can''t catch!
The way of killing is bloody.
All the soldiers who revolted against the cruel training were beheaded!
The domain of Kratos is conquest, and so is his priest.
They don''t reason with the soldiers, they want to fight?
Either you kill him or he kills you!
"They may not be afraid of the enemy, but they are not qualified fighters." The priestess of the temple of war was a man who was silent and had more hands than words. He pointed to the farmers who were being trained by the Temple priests and said in a deep voice, "these people are farmers. It''s very difficult for them to be familiar with the way of fighting in a short time."
"It doesn''t matter. As long as you have the fighting capacity initially." Murphy didn''t expect too much from these farmers, as long as he didn''t break up in the face of jackals.
"How is the training progress of Greek heavy infantry?" Murphy looked at the farmers who were training. They were learning the fighting style of the Greek spear square under the whip of the priest.
"They are excellent fighters, at most half a month, they can complete the final training." Speaking of the Greek heavy infantry, the dark face of the chief priest of the war Temple just showed a trace of satisfaction. "It''s not up to the standard of Spartan heavy infantry, but it''s much better than other soldiers," he said in a deep voice
Murphy nodded.
The backbone of the battlefield has to rely on these Greek heavy infantry to support, they are the fundamental to win.
At this moment, the general''s bodyguard came in quickly and said to Murphy, "governor, someone who calls himself Merlin wants to see you."