The existence of magicians is not known to ordinary people, they are rare and mostly live alone, rarely appear in the sight of ordinary people.
So in the mouth of ordinary people, magicians are called witches.
However, in some major events related to the direction of human history, we can still see the figure of magicians. After all, they still belong to human beings, and they can''t ignore everything with much more power than ordinary people.
Although it is not clear about the ability of these magicians, their arrival undoubtedly increased Murphy''s chips.
And from the mouth of these magicians, Murphy also found that the strength of the Jackal seems to be stronger than he expected. He has always believed that the high jackals of the first World War on the site of the ancient city of Athens are the top fighting force of the entire karzat jackal tribe. Now it seems that they are not. It seems that some of them have special powers, such as high priests.
If so, then Murphy''s previous plan will have to change.
Governor''s house, at night.
Murphy was holding a quill pen and nodding in circles on a map. Two pure and moving ladies stood behind him and fanned him. The bell, who was only 14 years old, seemed to be a little sleepy and yawned from time to time.
"Lingdang, if you are sleepy, go to sleep first. Just have Angela here. " 14 years old is the time of physical growth and development, the demand for sleep is also increasing. Murphy looked sleepy, but the strong spirit of the bell, whispered.
It''s over nine o''clock in the evening.
The whole governor''s house was quiet, only Murphy''s room was still lit.
"No, the bell is not sleepy." The little girl heard the spirit of a shock, she shook her head, hand holding the fan also forced the fan up.
Since she wanted to stay, Murphy didn''t have to.
He continued to draw data symbols on the map with a quill pen, which others could not understand.
This map was copied by the auxiliary system of total war in his mind. The terrain on it is much more detailed than that provided by Mrs. Elizabeth. The canyon connecting the zangara and karazan mountains is about 500 meters long, which is close to half a kilometer of defense line. He is now planning how to set up the defense line and narrow the left and right holes. It can be said that the 500 meter defense line is quite large, and there is no problem at all for thousands of people to fight. He had to find a way to create a narrow space to take advantage of the Greek phalanx.
Murphy doesn''t know much about military strategy.
He just dabbled in the classic strategies of his previous life, and basically didn''t know anything about them. Relying on the advantages of the information explosion era, he can only come up with some relatively simple methods.
Take advantage of one''s own strengths and attack another''s weaknesses!
That''s what Murphy is thinking about right now.
In war, everyone may be able to say something by mouth, but to do so, we must consider the background of the times, the level of civilization, the geographical environment, the weather, the quality of the army, the ability of generals and so on.
How many plans can be decided?
Although the Greek heavy infantry and Spartan soldiers, the main fighting force of our side, are powerful, they are too few to be used in decisive local wars. The discipline and quality of the other militiamen are not good. As an auxiliary corps, they can accept the impact of the jackals and basically break up a few times. Murphy''s first step is to list her strengths in writing.
Greek infantry square''s powerful frontal hard regret ability, as well as 2600 archers'' intensive shooting ability.
In a large area of the battlefield, the flexibility of the infantry square is too low to give full play to its advantages. But in areas such as the canyon, it is the most powerful place for the infantry square, so Murphy will take risks and gamble on it all!
The 500 meter defense line is still too long.
Murphy had to reduce the line of defense to about 300 meters, that is, to allow 1200 Greek heavy infantry to have a rest under the impact of the enemy''s wheel of war.
On the map, Murphy marked the length of the horse with small forks.
At present, among Murphy''s knowledge, the first one to be screened out is to resist horses. Rows of horses can block the charge of jackals, and the advantage of the attack distance of the Greek spear can also attack enemies other than horses. The most important thing is that it''s easy to build a horse repellent, and it can be made by cutting down trees and sharpening them. However, the ability of this line of defense to withstand the impact is general, and it will lose its effect after two or three attacks at most.
Although there are many ideas for the construction of defense facilities in mind, there are few that can be used.
There''s an unknown number of jackals in the canyon.
From grabbing the canyon to being discovered by the jackals and sending troops, there was only one night at most to build fortifications for Murphy. In the evening, most of the soldiers are free to rest and maintain their fighting capacity. After one night''s hard work, I''m afraid that no matter how tough the system is, it will not have enough energy the next day. So what can really be used is only half a night.
This time, it was destined to be an urgent March. Besides the necessary supplies, there would not be too many things to take.
Then the construction of the defense line must be based on local materials.
After some hard thinking, Murphy thought of a more stupid way.
It''s sacks!
As long as there are enough sacks to fill with soil, a wall can be stacked in one night.
There should be no problem for 8000 people to pile a small earth wall 200 meters long, 5 meters high and 4 meters wide with sacks in one night. Although the wall of this thickness is powerful, it is not so easy to push down without siege facilities. And behind the wall, you can also make a slope for the archer to stand on the wall and shoot. At the back of this line of defense, the corpses of jackals can be used to reinforce and heighten the line. The preparatory militia will be placed behind the wall to deal with the jackals who cross the line of defense or support the front battlefield at any time.
Five meters, about a floor and a half high, which means that jackals who don''t have many long-range weapons have to climb up the wall before they want to attack.
Hold the flank, then the key to victory is the frontal battlefield.
After pondering for a long time, Murphy found that many ideas could not be realized because of the level of civilization.
For example, fire attack, jackal hair luxuriant, with fire damage is quite terrible.
However, the oils used in this era of civilization are all animal oils, which are very expensive. Other vegetable oils are very rare, and the open-air oil Murphy can''t be found at all.
You can''t expect oil to come out of the ground all of a sudden, can you?
Murphy made a batch of rockets, but he couldn''t make up the oil needed for large-scale fire attack in a short time.
In such an era, before the development of weapons, what war is fighting for is the will and combat effectiveness of soldiers, as well as the combat methods they use.
Stratagem is basically useless for creatures like jackals that cannot communicate.
The only thing that can be used is the tactical arrangement.
That night.
Murphy has been looking for something useful to him from the fragments of his previous life.
Then record them, find the essence of them into details, and list them one by one.
He had been busy until one or two o''clock in the morning before he put all his plans into preliminary plan. I plan to come out tomorrow and discuss with the public to see if there is a better way and if there are any loopholes.
When he put away the map, the bell had fallen asleep on the table.
Raise a hand to signal the angel of one side don''t wake her up, Murphy gently holds up the girl''s delicate and light body and puts it on his own bed.
Then he took the hand of the maiden sacrifice and lay on the bed with his clothes.
The bed is so big that it won''t be crowded for three people.
Soon.
Murphy fell asleep.
I got up early the next morning.
The girl sleeping by her side is no longer there.
However, there were tools on the table. Murphy rubbed his head, which was a bit drowsy because he slept too late, and took a towel to wipe his face.
"Your Highness, the army sent by the noble Council is fifty miles away." The herald''s voice rang out of the door.
It''s already here?
Murphy immediately woke up a lot. He straightened his clothes and said in a deep voice, "let them camp ten miles away from the city."
"Yes." The herald left.
Because Murphy asked for more archers, the army sent by the human city-state was slower than the baggage.
Because skilled archers have to be recruited from hunters, it takes a while.
"Wait a minute, and give this to the high priest by the way." Murphy took a copy and handed it to the herald outside.
By this time, the two maids had returned.
They walked into the room carefully with a big breakfast. I don''t know why, the girls'' cheeks were slightly red.
After a simple breakfast, Murphy took general riodari to the barracks.
All the troops sent by the aristocratic parliament need to be retrained, at least to make them understand how to cooperate with the Greek phalanx. Murphy''s plan was to give them to the priesthood of Kratos for training, and then Murphy himself led several military training sessions. The initial running in will inevitably lead to some problems, which are solved by Murphy and can easily arouse contradictions. This requires the priests of the temple of war to act as the executioners to get rid of the recalcitrant soldiers.
Although he had the power to execute disobedient soldiers.
But it''s not the same in the sense of being executed in person or by one''s men.
Murphy didn''t have a long time to tame these soldiers, so he had to catch several targets with iron and blood.
At least let these aborigines understand that the military discipline of the Greeks is much stricter than that of them!