Gale!
Flag! war drum!
The bleak trumpet echoes in the earth.
In the low echo, all people''s nerves are tense for a moment! The flag bearer began to pass the order, and the order officer rode a fierce horse in front of the battle!
The wind is blowing!
The flag standing in the array is blowing!
The dull bugle sound with the sad air of the loess high slope, for a time, the morale of the whole Orc battle became high.
They have lived in the barren land of the loess high slope for decades, where they can only grow a little poor food. As soon as the whole ethnic group comes to the cold winter, some people die because of hunger and cold. They have to seize this opportunity, because these orcs are also working hard to survive!
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60000vs15000。
The two armies were separated by three miles, and a strong and bleak murderous atmosphere was brewing on the battlefield.
Wind and cloud change color!
to be sonorous!
Murphy galloped in front of the battle. He held up his sword and looked at the soldiers with firm eyes.
Standing in front of the battle, he roared with all his strength: "array!"
"Array!"
"Array!"
"Array!"
The herald and the flagman roared with his orders. The powerful voice echoed in the earth, and the low trumpet sounded in the Athenian army.
Twenty four horns are blown!
Under the command of the military music, the Greek heavy infantry stepped forward and stood their spears and shields in front of their chest, forming the first line of defense before the battle.
There were 15000 troops in Athens. Except for the 7500 soldiers of the first regiment, all the others were auxiliary regiments of militia recruited from the aborigines. Apart from these militia who have only received basic military training, only 8500 Athenian soldiers are really the main fighting force. The army of orcs is conservatively estimated to be more than 60000, and there are more than 30000 main battle soldiers with equipment base!
Both the total force and the main combat force.
The number of orcs is more than four times that of Athens!
The only advantage is the battlefield.
On the right is the dense forest and on the left is the river. With Murphy''s chosen battlefield is a plain area, but the battlefield area is not enough for orcs to invest more than 10000 troops!
Restrain orcs from taking advantage of their numbers.
Force them to fight a local war on the overall battlefield!
This is the first step in Murphy''s plan.
And the most important step!
As long as the scope of battle on the battlefield is reduced to less than 20000 people, Athens will be able to bring its elite advantage into full play.
The terrain formed by the two wings cover, is able to let Murphy rest assured that it will be handed over to the auxiliary Legion raiding.
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The two armies are one kilometer closer.
Less than a kilometer away, Murphy could clearly see the dark ORC.
They wear simple leather armour to protect the heart and other vital parts. In their hands, they are armed with unified weapons. The Chinese army is the shield hand, the left wing is the axe warrior, and the right wing is the heavy infantry equipped with 70 cm thick two handed blades.
They''re going to suppress it!
On the map of the auxiliary system of total war, Murphy clearly saw that the right wing should be more sophisticated in both number and equipment. At the same time, the troops in ambush behind the right began to move around in an arc. They''re moving fast. They should be cavalry!
Dong!
Dong! Dong!
Dong! Dong! Dong!
The earth trembled slightly, and more than 60000 orcs stepped forward!
The war drums of unity came from the Chinese army.
And these Orc warriors are stepping out with the sound of war drums, and the threatening power even one kilometer apart makes everyone feel depressed.
It''s like a black cloud blocking the sky and the sun!
Come slowly and firmly!
It''s powerful!
Murphy waited quietly, waiting for the distance to get closer again. He could see that the commander of the orcs had the intention to defeat Athens at one stroke. That''s why he showed such a strong momentum at the beginning! Try to knock down the opponent psychologically before the battle begins!
The Chinese Army separated slowly.
Murphy looked into the distance at the approaching half beast army and sank his raised hand.
The chief priest of the God of war walked to the front of the battle with his upper body. Under the sunlight, his dark skin was cast like steel! He looked around at the soldiers before the battle. Twenty four Spartan conquerors had cold faces, like killing machines coming out of a sea of corpses! They yanked off their scarlet robes, which symbolized the glory of Sparta, and let out an earth shaking roar!
"Sparta
It doesn''t need too many languages. Spartan is enough.
It''s more than enough!
Sparta is the pride of Greek city states! They are the most powerful soldiers! The guardian of Greek civilization!
Their existence symbolizes discipline, killing, strength and glory!!!
Bang!
The Athenian soldiers raised their spears and shields and roared the same way!
"Sparta!"
Athenian soldiers beat their shields with long guns. This unique "war drum" of Greek civilization inspired their courage, and a high morale was passed on from them.
In a short time, the prestige created by the military expenditure of half beast has disappeared!
On the contrary, the rhythm was disturbed by the sound of the long gun beating on the shield, and the sound of the war drum was a little disordered.
How many drums can there be?
Athens had 12000 infantry armed with spears and shields!
In order to suppress the morale of Athenian soldiers, the half beast army suffered from it immediately. Later, the drums were almost inaudible.
gain mastery by striking only after the enemy has struck!
Keep up one''s strength, and then decline, three and exhaust!
The half beast army, whose momentum was seized, was immediately affected, and even the front line of advance was skewed.
The rhythm of Athenian soldiers hitting shield with long guns is specially trained by Murphy. This kind of rhythm coincides with human heartbeat and easily disturbs other people''s attention. As a modern man from the 21st century, Murphy deeply understands how important momentum is on the battlefield of cold weapons! Even directly affected the morale of the soldiers, and even the victory of a war!
Impressive!
This unique Athenian "war drum" is an important weapon used by Murphy to suppress the morale of orcs and offset the pressure generated by their superiority in number!
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The distance has been shortened to 800 meters.
The vanguard of the former Orc army began to accelerate, while the Chinese army stayed in place.
In this battlefield chosen by Murphy, 10000 frontline soldiers are already the limit. No matter how many people there are, the army will not be able to use them. At that time, they were the live targets of archers! The fighting skills of ORC soldiers are different from those of Athenian soldiers. Their fighting style is wild and violent. They need enough space to exert their power.
But Athens is different. The Greek spear square in Athens stresses the dense formation, which uses strict discipline and the tacit understanding between the soldiers to kill the enemy.
As one of the most elite infantry recruits in the Roman total war, these Greek heavy infantry soldiers have the advantage of crushing, except that the Roman Legion soldiers can fight one or two! Their discipline, their cooperation and their morale are all beyond the competition of other non top infantry. Although there is no Spartan heavy infantry strength, but they are the undisputed backbone of the Greek city-state!
This is Murphy''s second card.
In the local battlefield, we should have the advantage of fighting more and fighting less!
Greek infantry square front dense, soldiers use the advantage of long gun attack distance to suppress the enemy.
But those Orc warriors can''t do this, whether it''s the weapons they use or the way they fight, it means that they will face more than two long guns at the same time in the contact war! Although they have the advantage of physique, the level of productivity in this era is not enough for them to be equipped with excellent armour, which means that when they are only wearing leather armour, the advantage brought by physique will be suppressed to the limit when facing the sharp long guns of Greek heavy infantry.
Without military training on either side.
A man of great build can easily beat a man of much smaller build.
But if he is facing two people who are shorter than him, then he is the one who fails and even dies!
This is Murphy''s tactics!
An aboveboard but absolutely advantageous tactic.
However, this tactic has a very strict requirement for Athens!
That is, the main line of defense composed of Greek heavy infantry must not be broken, and the defensive front of the first and second echelons must not be confused.
This is the most fatal weakness of the Greek phalanx!
Once the defensive front is broken by the enemy, the battlefield will have failed.
As long as the front is not disordered, the first and second echelons composed of Greek heavy infantry are a wall made of steel, and the Athenian Bowman standing behind them will turn into a cruel meat grinder, killing one Orc after another!
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The Chinese army held down the battle line and moved forward on both wings. The two armies are 600 meters apart.
Murphy stood on the six meter high spot general stage, with flag bearers lining up on both sides behind him and heralds on the left and right.
This is a primitive era of communication. It''s a war with more than 80000 people! This means that Murphy can no longer personally command the troops as he used to. He can only hand over the tasks of each defense line to his generals, who will command the soldiers on the local battlefield. What he has to do is to grasp the overall situation and the changes in the whole battlefield!
"Bowman ready!"
Murphy moved the flag to the right, the flag bearer began to pass the order, and the messenger ran around.
With orders from the Chinese army.
Three thousand Athenian bowmen, under the command of general Marcus Kane, advanced fifty meters in front of the Greek heavy infantry.
Before the battle, the Greek heavy infantry formation was evacuation formation, with a distance of nearly 50 cm between them, which was just enough to allow an Athenian Bowman to pass.
After twelve breath.
The distance between the two armies was shortened to 500 meters.
Giant catapults at the rear of the front began to operate. Five catapults threw stone bullets weighing about 20 kg. The stone bullets did not have enough range to fall in front of the army.
There were no casualties.
Although the power of the catapult in this era is amazing, its real lethality is quite limited.
After a miss, the orc drudgery began to push the catapult forward, while the orc officer in charge of the catapult began to recalculate the angle and distance.
The service life of the catapult is not high.
From the first World War of the gorge pass to the breakthrough of Athens fortress, these catapults have been operating in the rain for several times, and their accuracy and range have been greatly affected. The engineering equipment of this era can not play an effective role in such a plain campaign. The main force in real combat is soldiers, and the decisive effect depends on those well-equipped heavy infantry troops.
The two armies are 400 meters apart.
Orc sword shield hands will be flat shield to the chest, start charging!
The orc warriors in other gear followed. The charging distance of 400 meters is the limit, which is close to the charging distance of cavalry. That is to say, only the strong physique of orcs can bear it. If they were human soldiers, I''m afraid they would be tired after the 400 meter sprint. At that time, in the face of the enemy who waited for work with ease, I''m afraid the result would be difficult to predict.
The distance was shortened to 300 meters.
"Catapult!"
"Shoot!"
At Murphy''s command, twenty-four catapults began to operate. The soldiers busily loaded the stone bullets, and then aimed at the fast approaching half beast army.
Boom!
The orc warrior at the front fell like a piece of wheat.
The shield is broken!
The hit ORC was almost blown in two!
The range of the catapult was about 350 meters, but Murphy waited until the distance was reduced to 300 meters before ordering the attack.
What we want is a sudden burst effect!
Different from the catapult, the attack mode of the catapult can be parabolic firing or straight firing. The attack route of the catapult is a big parabolic arc, but the catapult is different. The attack route of the catapult is a small arc. If you control it, you can even launch in a straight line! The attack mode of Athens catapult is a bit like a bed crossbow. The catapult attacks a point, but the catapult attacks a line.
In this way, the intensive firing of the 24 crossbows formed an earthquake shaking effect like cutting wheat!
At the front of the soldiers were deterred by the momentum of the crossbow, there was a brief hesitation.
But at this time, the orc army sounded the bleak horn, and suddenly those slightly hesitant Orc soldiers howled and rushed up.
Murphy''s face was unmoved.
Only when his eyes fell on the flag of the orc army, his eyes showed a strong sense of killing!
Two hundred and fifty meters.
The orcs in front of them entered the firing range of the Athenian Bowman.
"Bowman ready!"
"Right line, 60 degrees, close fire!"
In the initial confrontation, the orcs were suppressed by Athens, and the formation was tilted. The angle of inclination is right front, left back, and the distance between front and back is not more than 50 meters.
This kind of tilt of the front was not noticed by the commander of the orcs, because the army of tens of thousands of people had no sky perspective and could not be found at all.
But Murphy is different.
Murphy has the total war war war support system.
From the beginning of the battle to now, every few minutes, he will check the light spot changes on the map page of the auxiliary system.
So the tilt of the front angle was clearly grasped by him.
What a fuss!
What a fuss! What a fuss!
Three thousand Athenian bowmen began to pour fire at the speed of twelve arrows per minute towards the right corner of the orc line.
There were ten arrows in front of each of them.
The distance of 300 meters, even with the strong constitution of the orc, according to the speed standard of the world sprint champion, also takes half a minute. But in fact, with weapons and equipment, wearing leather armour, they simply can''t run out at such a speed! And the orc soldiers who rushed to the front almost killed most of them on the spot in the dense rain of arrows!
Less than a minute.
Three thousand Athenian bowmen poured out thirty thousand arrows!
In the blank area before the battle between the two armies, there were lots of arrows and corpses on the ground.
Within a minute, the orc forward had more than 2000 casualties.
Shrouded by the rain of arrows, the place where the concentrated shooting was almost cleared out of a dead area!
Dead silence!
There was a strange silence in the whole battlefield.
The momentum of the half beast army''s charge slowed down, but then resumed under the command of the officers.
As vanguards, they are all elite fighters. Although they are deterred by the enemy''s offensive, they are quickly adjusted. The plain war is not a siege war. The first battle plays a decisive role in the army''s morale! The orc commander is not stupid enough to send cannon fodder to consume the arrows of the Athenian army in the first battle.
The forward of the army has the highest mortality rate.
But it''s also the place where the elite gather. Although it can''t match the trump card in hand, it''s the best in the army!
Thirty thousand long arrows poured out, and under Murphy''s command, the Athenian Bowman was no longer in love with war. After the distance between the two sides was reduced to 100 meters, the Athenian bowmen began to retreat. They retreated from the space between the Greek heavy infantry to the third step of the defense line. In order to pursue the short-term results and let the Athenian Bowman into the close combat crisis is a mistake Murphy will never make.
After Athenian Bowman retreated to the second step, Murphy stood up abruptly, raised his sword high, and roared, "change the battle!"
"Transformation!"
"The change of the array!"
The powerful voice of the herald spread all over the war. Under Murphy''s command, the Greek repackage immediately started.
Their formation became denser, their wings began to retract, and the defensive front was expanded in depth, while the vacant position was filled by the Athenian militia under the command of general Jerry rivade!
Shield high, spear flat.
The Greek heavy infantry are ready for the coming half beast army!
Touch!
With a dull crash of shield, the fierce melee began.
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