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The second era, May 5.
the enemy approached the walls.
"Alert! Alert! Large scale unknown creatures enter the territory of Athens! "
"Alert! Alert! The number of unknown creatures exceeds 50000, which is a serious threat! "
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The next day, Murphy was woken up by the alarm tone of the auxiliary system of total war. He really didn''t expect that after upgrading to the [Kingdom era], the auxiliary system would have such a function to alert the territory. Calling out the strategy map page of the auxiliary system of total war, Murphy saw a black light spot with a very obvious blood red skull sign on it.
That means the orc army has entered the territory of Athens.
Whoa.
Murphy murmured, "here we are at last!"
The auxiliary system of total war can''t clearly indicate the number of enemies, but it can calculate the size of enemies with rough figures.
According to Murphy''s vague judgment, the orc army entering the territory of Athens is probably close to 80000!
Three times the population of Athens!
Outside the door came the heavy footsteps of the general''s bodyguard. Standing at the door, he said to the room, "Your Excellency, the flames of the front line have been lit."
"I see." Murphy nodded silently, picked up the silver lock that Mrs. Elizabeth had given him and put it on her.
He walked slowly out of the door, looked at the general guard around him, and said in a deep voice, "military order!"
"The port of Athens is completely closed and no one is allowed to leave!"
"The inner city guards are mobilized, and no citizen is allowed to enter or leave at will!"
The guard of the general''s guard looked solemn and said in a loud voice, "yes
After a few orders, Murphy took the general guard and the 480 strong Macedonian cavalry to the direction of the fortress.
Since yesterday, Athens has carried out a comprehensive military campaign.
All the materials and manpower were mobilized. All the equipment that the blacksmith shop had built in the past year was taken out. All the men aged between 15 and 50 in the territory, including the citizens of Athens, distributed weapons. In the past six months, almost all adult men in the territory of Athens have received basic military training in the temple of war.
Although they were not equipped with leather armour, they were all equipped with long guns and wooden shields.
The territory of Athens is full of woods, and it is the easiest and easiest way to make a large-scale armed force to make long spears and wooden shields. For these militia as reserves, Murphy doesn''t need how good the quality of weapons is, as long as he can kill people. As for the wooden shield, it doesn''t need to be beautiful, and it doesn''t need to be strong. A few pieces of wood are enough to defend against arrows and simple chopping.
After all, we can''t count on them in the real main battlefield.
As for the aboriginal refugees who were captured, the total population of Athens is about 24000. The total number of the territory army is 14000, that is to say, the old, the weak, the women and the children. Almost all the adult men were mobilized and armed by Murphy.
Of the 14000 troops, the number of Athenian citizens was 8400, while the rest were militia reserves and recruited Aboriginal mercenaries.
Inside Athens, outside.
Twelve Greek squares were lined up, and Murphy stood in front of the line on a tall black horse.
Yesterday, general riodari went to the fortress with more than 80% of the first regiment. Murphy''s army is mainly composed of the reserved cavalry and auxiliary regiment.
The wind was cold.
The resolute and steely face of the chief priest of the God of war was silent. He quietly guarded Murphy''s side, like a standing javelin, full of murderous spirit!
Twenty four Spartan conquerors stood at his side, replacing the Spartan fanatics as Murphy''s new guard. It is also an important force to tear open the enemy''s defense line when necessary!
The ancient Greek military music sounded at the gate of the city. The high priest led the priesthood to come slowly to the front of the army.
Murphy got off the horse and came to her with firm steps.
"The goddess is with you." The high priest leaned down slightly and put his hand on Murphy''s forehead.
Looking at the soft and beautiful person in front of her, Murphy showed a smile at the corner of her mouth, but then disappeared. After receiving the blessing of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, he turned his head and looked at Helen standing beside the high priest. Mermaids do not have the care of high priests. Almost all the citizens of Athens know that the priests of Aphrodite, the God of love and beauty, serve the governor.
She hugged Murphy with open arms, then leaned over his forehead, gave him a kiss, and said slowly, "this is the blessing of the goddess."
to be sonorous!
Turning around, Murphy looked around, soldiers, citizens, businessmen, farmers. He held his sword high and said in a high voice, "we will win!"
"Victory
"Victory!"
"Victory!"
The cheers from the sky rang out all around. The soldiers beat their shields with long guns. The rhythmic pounding sound coincided with the heartbeat, and a high fighting spirit suddenly appeared on all of them.
"Let''s go!" Murphy got on his horse, pointed his sword to the fortress, and roared, "let''s tell those green skinned bastards!"
"Athens is invincible!"
The orderly footstep sounded, the army slowly pulled out, the soldiers'' faces were solemn, and their eyes were firm in looking ahead.
Macedonian elite cavalry gallop, after reaching the front of the line, split into two, and then around the line forward. Twenty four catapults were located at the end of the line. They were put on flat cars and pushed forward by 240 soldiers. When the army stepped out of the area covered by the paved road, the road began to raise dust. The rising dust was like a yellow dragon, spreading for miles!
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After arriving at the fort, Murphy handed over the army to general Marcus Kane.
And he himself, with the chief priests of the God of war and a full army of Spartan conquerors, caught up with the wall of the fortress.
It took more than half a year for Murphy to build a fortress with a length of 400 meters, a width of 5 meters and a height of about 10 meters. There are concave and convex openings in the city wall, which are used to facilitate archers to shoot and avoid enemy arrows. The whole fortress wall is made of brick and earth. In this era, it can be regarded as a first-class fortress!
For more than half a year, Murphy almost stopped building Athens. All the bricks fired in the area were basically consumed here. It took more than half a year for thousands of people to build this section of the city wall, which is only 400 meters long.
Although there is no reinforced concrete, but from the strength alone, at the level of this era, it is almost difficult to collapse it with gunpowder or catapult.
Walking up the wall, Murphy immediately smelled a smell of blood that had not yet gone.
On the wall of the city, the Greek heavy infantry formed two lines, each responsible for a notch to cooperate with each other. Behind them were teams of Athenian longbowmen, and a large number of arrows were placed in the innermost corner. In front of the Athenian bowmen was a mound of earth three or four centimeters wide and more than ten centimeters long, on which the arrows they used were inserted.
This is mainly to increase the speed of archery.
After all, the real battlefield is not a game. The archer needs to put the arrow in a place where he can get it.
Before the battle, the Archer will first insert 10 to 15 arrows on the mound in front of him, so that he can quickly pick up the arrows when the battle happens.
This is a very important trick!
It can increase the archer''s shooting speed by more than 30%!
"Your Excellency!"
As soon as he saw Murphy go up the wall, general riodari came with a group of Pro Guard soldiers.
"How''s it going?"
Murphy took a look at the bloodstains on general riodari and said in a deep voice, "what''s the momentum of their attack?"
General riodari has a bad habit, that is, he likes to take the lead in battle. If he is just an ordinary general, he can be used as a strong general. But the problem is that he is the most talented general under Murphy''s command, and also the most prestigious general besides him! When the two are added up, his habit of taking the lead in front of the battlefield is not a good habit.
For this reason, Murphy had to mobilize a team of Spartan heavy infantry as his general guard.
"The enemy is very strong, but the offensive is not very obvious, just a tentative attack." General riodari noticed Murphy''s frown. He knew that Murphy didn''t agree to fight in the front line, and even his voice was weak.
General riodari is a rigid person, in many generals in the highest prestige, but for Murphy is still some awe.
Other than Murphy, it''s hard to control his will.
He has a very strong dictatorship in military leadership, so it is difficult for others to pull him down from the front line except Murphy.
With a sigh, Murphy actually understood that this guy had the bloodthirsty attribute identified by the auxiliary system of total war. He was easily out of control in a battle, and his desire for blood killing could easily influence his will.
This is one of the important reasons why Murphy personally supervised the battle.
A little tour of the battlefield, Murphy to the side of the general riodari, said in a deep voice: "the enemy''s bodies to move a few."
"Yes The soldiers on one side took orders and left.
Soon, several Orc bodies were moved to Murphy''s face.
The height of these corpses is about 1.8 to 1.9 meters. Their physique is stronger than that of human beings. They are wearing leather armour. The weapon in their hands is a kind of rectangular blade about 30 cm. This kind of weapon has a sharp point, an oblique angle and a thick back, which is good for chopping.
"They are not exploratory attacks." Murphy lowered his weapon and said slowly, "this is their main force."
This kind of equipment is basically the standard configuration of regular troops, except that it is not equipped with metal armor. Most of the soldiers in the regular human army may not have such good equipment. If Murphy had not made a lot of profits in the process of trading with centaurs, and Lady Elizabeth had bought a lot of iron ore, the regular army in Athens might not have such equipment.
At present, in addition to the most elite soldiers who received assistance at the beginning, the soldiers in Athens are equipped with half body armor.
Other soldiers recruited later were only equipped with inlaid leather armour. In short, it is to sew a piece of iron sheet on the leather armor or cloth armor to protect some key parts of the body.
"How about your own casualties?"
Murphy looked at the half beast army encamped two kilometers away and asked, "have you seen any siege equipment?"
"There were no casualties."
General riodari took a look at Murphy and said, "I saw some catapults, but they didn''t use them."
No casualties?
In the face of such an enemy, how can they not have casualties?
As if seeing Murphy''s doubts, general riodari also said vaguely: "they planned to attack by force, and most of them died after they got close to the wall."
storm!
What''s going on?
Aren''t these orcs smart?
How can we face such a huge city wall and attack it by force?
"No?" Murphy shook his head and looked vaguely at the orc camp.
There must be something weird.
Look at the way these orcs won the canyon pass. It''s not the standard of ordinary people.
"Guard carefully. Let me know if there is any change. " Murphy will look back, fell on the side of the general Marcus - Kane, said.
"Yes
"Yes! Your excellency
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evening.
The last bit of afterglow made the sky beautiful. In the distance, the sound of some kind of creature came with the wind.
A cloud of smoke rose from the fortress, where the soldiers were cooking in batches, as was the case in the orc camp. After a strong attack in the morning, there was little movement in the orc camp, and there was no second attack in the evening.
This is a very strange thing.
It''s really weird compared with them fighting against the clock to attack the canyon pass for two consecutive days!
Compared with the canyon pass, the pass set by Murphy is not so dangerous, because it can be passed from both sides. On the one hand, you can go deep from ten kilometers away, but you have to get into the dense forest, and there is no road, which is not suitable for large-scale advance. The other side is deep into the karazan mountains. If you take this route, you just need to cross one place.
But there lived a group of Hurricane karazan pterosaurs, about six to seven in number.
At night.
There was a strong wind, and at about seven o''clock in the evening, a cloud of rain came from the West.
Then, from about 8:30, there was a thunderstorm on the battlefield. The heavy rain washed the blood on the city wall, and then gradually overflowed.
Boom!
A flash of lightning cuts across the sky. Murphy stands on the wall and looks out at the orc camp.
The whole camp was dark under the heavy rain, but there was no confusion. Through the sound of wind, rain and thunder, Murphy vaguely heard a kind of ancient music. The rhythm is not high, but it has a power to penetrate the soul.
"It''s the song of the orc shaman."
Don''t know when, the God of war priestess came to Murphy''s side, he looked at the orc camp, said in a deep voice: "Shaman priest again use strength to pacify the hearts of those soldiers."
"Do they have gods?" Murphy asked suddenly.
The chief priest shook his head and said, "they believe in Orc gods."
Boom!
Another flash of lightning crossed the sky.
"What are the reasons for their delay in attacking?" Asked the priestess of war, looking at Murphy.
Murphy shook her head slightly, then fell into deep thought.
His slightly emaciated body stood in the rain. The rain fell down his armor, but his body was straight, like a gun pointing at the sky, full of invisible power!
Unconsciously, after one and a half years in this world.
Murphy has also gradually grown up, and the blood and killing have sharpened his will and strength.
Now he looks more and more like a soldier, a Spartan soldier.
Boom!
A flash of lightning struck a tree not far away, and the tree snapped off, blackening where it was struck.
Murphy opened his eyes. He looked up at the sky, vomited a long breath, and said slowly, "tomorrow will know the answer."
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The rain brought a chill, but this chill could not bring any trouble to Murphy.
The difficult living environment has given the world''s intelligent species a stronger body, and even human beings are stronger and more powerful than those on earth.
to be sonorous!
Murphy pulled out his sword, put it across his chest, moved his left foot back, and bent his right foot slightly, which was the starting style of Knight Liu''s Zhuo Jianshu.
He looked back at the chief priests behind him and said in a soft voice, "do we have a war song?"
"Yes!" The war chief priest had a firm face. He nodded and said in a deep voice.
Oh!
When the sword was cut horizontally, the cold light on the sword was like a flash. This blow cut the falling rain in front of me in half.
Another big chop, Murphy said in a high voice, "sing to me!"
"Wake up!
Greek man!
The glorious moment has come!
To imitate our ancestors,
It''s not in vain to be a hero''s descendant!
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Wake up!
The soul of Sparta!
How can you sleep?
With your old friend Athens,
Unite into an invincible army!
Call Leonidas back——
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He led three hundred warriors!
In battle, always stand up!
Like a mighty lion,
Drowning in a sea of blood.
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Wake up!
Greek man!
Fight the enemy!
Let their blood stink!
It''s like a river running under your feet!
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