In fact, from the middle of the cold weapon era, it was not limited to thorns.
Many weapons, which can be used for stabbing and chopping, are on the stage of history one by one. In small-scale battlefield, halberd completely replaced spear. In the early days of the era, many arms in the East and the West were elitist, just like Spartan soldiers. In the early and middle Han Dynasty, it was the elite army line. Although it was not so cruel training, it also used most of its financial resources to support a group of elite individual soldiers.
It''s like the ring head knife, the horse chopping sword and so on. They have high requirements for users.
However, these elite weapons gradually disappear in the future.
Take Modao as an example. The ability of the whole Tang Dynasty only supported a small number of Modao soldiers, but in the Song Dynasty, there were a lot of axe and Tomahawk soldiers.
This is the transformation of popularization and collectivization.
The fighting mode of single arms becomes simple, and the cooperation between arms increases gradually.
Elite weapons, only in the hands of the military leaders, can play a huge power!
——The biggest weakness of Sparta is their numbers.
In the past half a month, the whole city of Athens has been busy preparing for the war.
There was a little tension in the air, but everyone was excited, because the LORD had promised that as long as he won, everyone would get the land.
Land, a lot of land.
As long as this battle can defeat the jackals, Murphy''s territory will expand by half, reaching the level of a prefecture level city in previous generations.
According to the standard of the world, he can already press the title of count and Marquis of Murphy Sparta on his title.
The army sent by the human city-state is being trained by the war Temple priests, and the jackals around the territory are being destroyed one by one by Mrs. Elizabeth''s soldiers. After cleaning up these small jackal clans, Lady Elizabeth''s soldiers finally recovered their morale in the battles. At least they understand that these creatures are not invincible.
It is a slow process to poison 60000 arrows, and only about 80% of them have been finished so far.
It''s estimated that it will take a few days to poison these arrows. Because of the huge trees, the territory had to open up an extra area for arrow poison. The poisoned arrows were slightly bluish with a strange luster. It''s not clear how lethal it is to humans, but after shooting an elk, the target died about 15 minutes later.
Even if the Jackal''s life power is amazing, I''m afraid it will lose its fighting power.
The human army on the front line with the jackals has begun to mobilize. They will buy time for Murphy to attract the attention of the early jackals.
On August 20, Murphy led the army out of the karazan mountains and went straight to the junction of the zangara mountains and the karazan mountains. As long as the canyon is cut off, the supply line of the Jackal will be cut off, and the Jackal reinforcements behind will not be able to contact the troops on the front line. Unless they can fly over the peak of several hundred meters, the end result will be encirclement and suppression under the human army several times of their forces.
The newly forged cast iron carburized steel weapons have fully armed the Spartan conquerors. Equipped with these steel weapons, the Spartan conquest recognized by the total war auxiliary system has a total attack power of 36 points, twice that of the Spartan heavy infantry!
According to the standard of total war, it is these humanoid killing machines that can solve a war elephant within a few knives after turning on the Fury (battle roar)
The only pity is that there are only seven of them, which has not been supplemented.
The militia training provided by Mrs. Elizabeth is approaching the final stage. After the training, they will be replaced with equipment eliminated by Greek infantry, including iron spears and some leather armor.
What surprised Murphy was that in addition to the army provided by the human city-state, there was another army to help him.
These people are all nobles who lost their land under the attack of jackals.
I don''t know whether it is because of the influence of Lady Elizabeth or because I believe in Murphy''s strength in several battles publicized by mercenaries. They all decided to put the chips on Murphy.
The number of them is about 300.
However, they are all elite and can be called professional soldiers.
Nearly a quarter of the 300 were heavy cavalry, while all the others were cavalry retinues and guards. They are small nobles and knights who have lost their territory. They are heavy cavalry equipment, and the retinue is trained as a reserve knight.
As a result, Murphy''s army had nearly 150 heavy cavalry troops.
Although he didn''t know whether the heavy cavalry played a role in such a defensive battle, he decided to take these men with him.
Because in this era, the heavy cavalry of the human city-state are all canonized knights, that is to say, they are all versatile talents who have the foundation of swordsmanship and are also involved in other weapons. These knights are literate and know a certain military theory. They can break up at the lowest level and serve as middle and low-level commanders in the aboriginal army. It''s convenient for Murphy to command the army.
The other is the barbarian mercenaries.
Uthors, the barbarian warrior saved by Murphy, actually brought eight hundred prosaic mercenaries to support Murphy.
"The jackal is the enemy of mankind." When the tall and solid man saw Murphy, he said only one word“ You are a friend of the puccians. "
To be honest, Murphy was surprised that the barbarian mercenaries would come to help him.
Perhaps it is because of this spirit of common hatred that human beings have been able to continue in the southern plains until now.
As a result, Murphy''s total strength is close to 10000, and the main station strength is close to 4000.
Four thousand main combat forces and six thousand auxiliary arms have been able to fight the jackals on the frontal battlefield!
Governor''s house.
"Tomorrow morning! Riodari led the Greek heavy infantry first, must win the canyon in the first time. I''ll give all the heavy infantry of Sparta to your commander, and the God of war priest will go with you Murphy looked at the resolute and taciturn general in front of him and said in a deep voice, "remember, you only have half a day."
"An hour is enough." General riodari, who had been obeying Murphy''s orders in silence, suddenly put in a word. He looked at Murphy, held his hand on the hilt of his sword and said, "one hour is enough!"
Strong confidence!
"Good! That''s an hour! " Murphy gave a long smile and said, "this is the Spartan warrior!"
With that, Murphy turned to look at general Marcus Kane and said, "the Auxiliary Corps is under your command. Before dark, you must transport all the baggage into the canyon. Although the front line has attracted our attention, the jackals must not be so stupid. I''m afraid that night, we will have to face their first counterattack! And the opponent is likely to be a powerful wolf cavalry
If the Jackal finds out after capturing the canyon.
So the first group of enemies who came were undoubtedly wolf cavalry.
As the only cavalry of jackals, they are not easy to deal with.
"Yes, sir." General Marcus Kane answered.
First, the Greek heavy infantry quickly captured the canyon, and after the auxiliary arms arrived, they built a defensive formation.
At night.
After giving the details to the two generals, Murphy walked out of the governor''s house.
We''re going to send troops tomorrow.
He had to stay in the canyon for three days until the human army came down and trapped 30000 jackals in the plains surrounding the zangara mountains. As long as the main force of these jackals is annihilated, it is a foregone conclusion to drive them back to their hometown.
Success or failure depends on this!
The night wind is blowing.
Murphy walks around the city to relieve the pressure.
For some reason, Murphy suddenly wanted to see the high priest.
When he came to the temple of leadership, the night was deep.
I don''t know why, at the moment, the door of the leading temple has not been closed.
Maybe she wants to see herself, too.
Walking slowly into the temple, there are some dim oil lamps. Under the statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the high priest prays silently alone.
As if hearing the footsteps behind her, she got up slowly, looked back at Murphy''s cheek and said, "you should have let me go with you."
"War is a man''s business." Murphy smiles and strides to the high priest. The faint fragrance wafts into his nose, which makes him feel at ease. Perhaps what he is most attached to is the tranquil and peaceful atmosphere of this woman. He took the high priest''s hand lightly and said slowly, "and I''ll give you the rear. I''m at ease."
The high priest sighed.
She tried to pull out the hand that Murphy held, but failed.
Well.
Or deliberately avoid yourself?
Murphy gently released his hand. He looked at the soft face of the high priest and said in a deep voice, "if I fail this time. You immediately take the people of the city to the other side of the river
The high priest suddenly stopped speaking.
She opened her hands and slowly hugged Murphy''s thin figure. Her soft lips were gently printed on his forehead. She said: "I was born for you, and naturally I will go with you."
"The goddess is with you!"
"I am with you..."