Summoning Total War

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The weather before it was only a clear sky suddenly began to rain, but the rain was not very heavy, and it stopped after about half an hour. But it made the road a little more wet. The half-elves didn’t build roads. All of their villages traveled between the primitive dirt roads. As long as it rained, it would become quite muddy. .

The terrain of the battlefield is very open, except for the dense woods everywhere, there is no danger to guard at all.

This worries Murphy, who has observed the nearby terrain, because if there is no terrain advantage, it would be difficult for these half-elven army groups to carry the first wave of attacks from the lizardmen. The open terrain means that the lizardmen can put more troops on the battlefield, which is undoubtedly even worse for the half-elves who are not good at facing large-scale wars.

Is it going to retreat to the dense forest and have a thorough melee with the lizardmen?

In such dense woods, it can be said that whatever command is floating clouds, whether it is a lizardman or a half-elf, they can only enter the most primitive melee. And in this kind of melee, the half-elves' agility advantages were instead brought into play. Relying on long swords, bows and terrain, they were able to enter a stalemate with the lizardmen instead. But also in the melee, the lizardmen can also use their natural physical advantages to intersperse the half-elves that almost do not exist. As long as the lizardmen’s commander has a certain military ability and strategic vision, they can easily divide the half-elves that enter the melee. Surrounded, eliminated one by one!

Moreover, this kind of jungle warfare can only consume the strength of the enemy, delay time, and cannot win the victory.

Moreover, this fighting method has a huge weakness!

That is, if the lizardmen put such a big fire in this dense forest, the continuous fire will burn everything to ashes.

Regardless of whether it can stop the lizardmen’s attack, or whether to retreat into the dense forest, Murphy believes that there is one thing that must be done, that is, we must snipe the lizardmen’s leading troops once here, and we must also win!

This is not only a question of winning the battle, but more importantly, it is to boost the morale of the whole army.

Athens naturally does not need to boost morale, but these half-elf army teams that are temporarily conscripted, if they don't win a victory and give them confidence, they are afraid that the next war will be more difficult to fight.

"Take me to see Her Royal Highness the Half-elf Queen." Looking at the moist soil on the ground, Murphy suddenly said thoughtfully to Altria.

On the strategic map page of the "Total War" auxiliary system, the lizardman army's leading force of about 20,000 people has been less than half a day away. The horned eagle riders have been monitoring their movements in the sky, and relaying the news to everyone's hands through scouts. The army’s main formation cannot move very fast, because they have to bring a lot of baggage, and it is impossible for the lizardmen to throw away the food and baggage and rush here.

In half a day, Murphy has been able to make many arrangements.

Because the lizardman army was urgently mobilized this time, there were not many army reels that half-elves turned to the north-south line this time. Her Royal Highness brought two thousand palace elite guards, as well as the town guards gathered together, as well as half-elf militias who received preliminary military training. The total number is about 50,000. If you add the original garrison on the southern front and the soldiers brought by Murphy, there will be a total of about 63,000.

The half-elf queen cannot completely abandon the defense of the capital city of Anya just because the lizardmen army goes south, so she can only bring a part of the elite troops to stop them first, and the rest will be in the moon **** Elune. Led by the high-ranking priests came to meet. For Murphy, more people does not mean a good thing, because the more people there are, the collapse of the front line is a big collapse, so he agrees with the idea of ​​the half-elf queen.

Arrived at the half-elf queen's camp, after a brief discussion.

Immediately, a team of druids came to the front line. They took out some dark yellow powder from the large cloak, and sprinkled it on the ground in front of them, and then began to chant the ancient spell composed of high elves. The power of the elements began to fluctuate, and a cool wind was blowing on everyone. Whether it was the army of Athens or the half-elven army, they curiously looked at the actions of these druids. Before the elemental tide began, the use of spells by these druids was severely restricted, because at that time the cost of casting spells was too great, and the power was much smaller. But after the elemental tide began, the abilities of all spellcasters were improving, and the druids were naturally no exception. ...

"What are they doing?" Altria came to Guo Fei curiously. Asked.

"Use magic." Murphy turned around and took a look and replied.

Magic?

The girl was full of doubts and asked again: "What kind of magic?" O-level magic active soil, the lowest level of blessing magic. The function is to make the land softer and more fertile for planting. "Murphy explained patiently.

Druids believe in the goddess of life, and naturally their magical realm is covered in life and nature.

Basically, most of the druids are good at agriculture, which is why the elves have never seen a famine in history, and even food is in short supply. Because these druids have a lot of low-level magic, which can make crops grow faster and better. The beginning of druid inheritance almost always starts from feeling nature, planting plants, and observing the growth process of plants.

Arcane wizards once joked those low-level druids as agricultural druids.

Because the scope of the magic arts needs to be wide, even if nearly a hundred druids cast spells at the same time, it takes a lot of time. But fortunately, there was a light rain before, and the effect of the magic arts was very good. A piece of land of 30 square meters only needed to use the magic arts of level o twice. After the magical technique was finished, a group of half-elves began to fill water from the riverside, and then poured water on the ground.

Immediately after.

More than a hundred druids began to chant together, a violent elemental fluctuation spread, and the elemental energy in the air began to oscillate.

"This is?" Altria didn't understand what Murphy was going to do without asking.

"Fifth-tier divine mire technique can form a five-foot-deep mire on the ground, but the effect will be enhanced and weakened depending on the environment. It is a very rarely used spell, you should have never seen it.

"Murphy smiled and replied.

"Are you going to turn this place into a swamp?" Altria asked in surprise, and the dull hair on her head trembled.

Murphy was surprised, and then smiled: "How is it possible!"

"Even if it is impossible for a hundred druids to cast spells at the same time, perhaps those high elf archdruids can do it. However, under the power of nature, these temporarily formed terrains will also be repaired. The southern plains The environment determines that no swamp will form."

"Then you are planning?" The girl looked at the druids busy, and then asked.

Murphy shook his head and said, "I just turned that area into a mud road. There is no favorable terrain nearby, so we can only create it ourselves."

Mud road?

The girl immediately understood Murphy's thoughts.

When the druids finished casting the spell, Murphy walked to the area and observed it carefully. The color of the land became darker, but because of the spell cover, there was no obvious trace of stagnant water, but it looked a little soft. And muddy. But when he stepped on it, the mud immediately sank, sinking his entire calf in the mud.

"Very good!" Murphy nodded, finally showing a satisfied smile.

This is not so much a trap as it is a man-made mud road, just like those mud roads where potholes in the remote countryside will sink half a foot after rain. This in itself is almost non-destructive, and the biggest effect is only to slightly hinder the progress of the lizardman. But for Murphy, this effect is sufficient.

The druids finished casting the spell and began to meditate and rest.

Under the command of the general Rio Dalé and the generals in Athens~www.readwn.com~ the half-elf army began to select the taller fighters from among them to give them Roman long shields, and part of the elite bows and arrows The hand troops were screened out and carried out the simplest and easiest military training. Although there is a trap that is not a trap to slow down the enemy's movement speed, but if there is no corresponding battle formation, its lethality will be greatly reduced!

Murphy intends to teach them the simplest battle formation, but they only have half a day to learn.

Half of the guards of the half-elf queen, half of the Imperial Palace Guards were also called by Murphy. These well-equipped soldiers were obviously mixed with ordinary soldiers for training. With these elite veterans, these ordinary soldiers temporarily recruited should be able to master this formation faster, at least not to cause chaos during the battle.

To win the victory!

This first battle must be beautiful, and it must be a big victory, a big victory that half-elves have not won!

Only such a high morale can support the arduous war that follows.

(To be continued