Summoning Total War

I touched the edge of **** with one hand. There was a faint and silent field. "The black Styx has no waves, the dark red land is like hot lava, and there is a ray of brilliance in the wind, but it is like a swaying candle flame...

The cool breeze slowly.

In the scorching August, a very rare cloudy day appeared today.

In the morning, Athens also had a drizzle, which washed away the dryness and heat that permeated the air a lot. After more than a year of construction, the official roads established in Athens are no longer the original dusty roads. Nowadays, the roads connecting all the cities and towns in Athens are paved roads extending in all directions. The bricks and slabs are neatly laid on the road and mixed with sand. Stone and slime can make the road bear heavy carts.

Whenever there is a war, the army in the city of Athens can reach any place where the territory belongs within six hours if necessary.

As for the cavalry unit, it only takes an hour or two to create a **** to be able to go into battle!

Small territories also have advantages, as long as the land is fertile enough to produce and feed people. Of the food, then it is entirely possible to focus on construction and turn this into a highly dense and fertile land. In this era, the utilization rate of land is quite low, and there are large tracts of wasteland between the towns of various lords. It may be because the land is not suitable for farming, or there may be some dangerous creatures living nearby, which constitute the wilderness area of ​​the southern plains.

These wilderness areas occupies more than half of the total area of ​​the southern plains. Otherwise, with the vastness of the southern plains, there is absolutely no problem in feeding a population of tens of thousands. In this era, there is no fertilizer, and the technology of diversion canal irrigation is still immature, and there are not many dams for storing water, so it is very difficult to open up wasteland! Moreover, the cultivation methods of humans in the southern plains and even the entire world of intelligent creatures are very primitive. They can only use some simple earthwork to maintain the fertility of the land, but at this level, they can barely maintain the grain output at a level. The level of self-sufficiency. Like many places, the intelligent races have to live a life of half-fishing and hunting and half-farming because the food produced in the ground is not enough to feed themselves.

This kind of situation is very common, at present... all of the above intelligent races that have not entered the era of civilized enlightenment.

In contrast, Athens is not one or two points ahead.

After the winter wheat harvest in June, Murphy ordered a large number of spies and intelligence personnel to be sent to various parts of the southern plains. The intelligence they collect is not only limited to military intelligence, but also includes a large amount of information about life. It is like a batch of crops recently introduced in Athens. It is a batch of crops that have relatively high yields and are rich in nutrients needed by human beings collected and sorted out by these intelligence personnel.

These crops are being cultivated in batches under the leadership of agricultural experts, and the excellent varieties will be selected for large-scale cultivation next year.

A city light clock is obviously not enough for food. What is worth mentioning at present is that agricultural experts have introduced a plant similar to rapeseed in the past life from a place close to the half-elves. These plants grow very fast, and the winter wheat is harvested in June and can bloom in August after planting. The flower seeds it produces not only have high oil content, but also can be used as rations for livestock, and this plant can also supplement the fertility of the ground. This kind of **** fills the vacancies in the fields after the winter wheat harvest. After all, it is impossible for Athens to plant hundreds of thousands of acres of potatoes and corn after the winter wheat harvest.

It feels too scary to think about it.

In addition to the necessary wheat, Athens also needs a lot of vegetables and other crops.

This is also a very important part of a newly established city. After all, there are already many people in Athens who are tired of fish. If it hadn’t been for the pig beasts raised last year that they were fat and strong, I’m afraid the soldiers would not have much enthusiasm to face those dried salted fish. This is the root of human inferiority and the driving force for human progress. When there is no food to eat, being full is happiness. But when you are full, you think that having meat to eat is happiness.

For these, Murphy does not care.

Because the improvement of the living conditions of the people has given them a higher pursuit, which is also a sign of the territory's progress.

This is just the beginning.

Due to the frequent wars and war reserves, there are still many omissions in the construction of other aspects of Athens. In the rare peaceful time now, it can be used to complete these missing places. After all, a city, a kingdom contains too many things. These all need time to create gods to accumulate and improve little by little.

When the citizens of Athens gradually meet their material needs, they will begin to transform into spiritual pursuits.

At that time, presumably art and culture and other extension points of civilization will be born one by one. A territory, a country, and a civilization require not only the indomitability, bravery, perseverance and sacrifice in the face of war, but also many spiritual civilizations in life, such as art, such as culture, education, and other extension points. .

This is something Murphy is happy to see!

He wanted to build Athens into a military empire that was dominated by war and had unprecedented combat effectiveness. But I don't want to turn Athens into a stalwart war machine with little reason! Because in his knowledge and understanding, only the relative balance can continue, otherwise Athens will eventually collapse at a critical point like the city-state of Sidari on earth.

He doesn't know if this world is eternal, but the relative balance can undoubtedly be maintained longer!

In the afternoon, a quarter past three.

There are a lot of trivial things that Athens has to deal with now. If it weren’t for the education of the University of Athens, a group of middle- and lower-class management talents have been cultivated in the territory. I’m afraid Murphy is really busy now and even has no time to eat. God. As a batch of talents who had received the University of Athens education were cultivated, the governing organs of various departments in the territory began to be divided gradually. The General Office of the Interior, headed by General Jerry-Rivard and Mrs. Elizabeth, gathered a group of talented people in internal affairs management, who were responsible for trade, taxation, farming, etc. in the Athenian territory. The Military Aircraft Department, headed by General Rio Darié, carried out higher-level advanced studies of mid-ranking non-commissioned officers of the various legions of Athens, and laid the foundation for the formation of military headquarters in the future.

Although a country needs a lot of governing departments, there are only two things in general.

One is internal affairs and the other is military.

Everything is for these two points. Murphy did not appreciate the enfeoffment system of the noble lords in this world, because the drawbacks of this enfeoffment system are too many. And he will never allow the power of the territory to be divided into pieces. If there is really no better way to do it instead of continuing the system of this world, it would be better to divide the entire Athenian ruling system according to the division of the previous life in China, and change the name to six parts. The method is divided into the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry.

The system of the Taiqian is difficult to be accepted by this primitive era, but the six-part system of China in the past can be fully accommodated by the current Athens.

When the Principality of Athens was established, this six-part system could be used as the ruling core of the entire Athens.

After some decision-making matters in the general's territory were processed, Murphy immediately took the general guard to patrol the port.

Today, the total population of Athens is about to exceed 40,000, and the number of citizens has reached more than 10,000. It is estimated that it will not take long for Athens to be upgraded from a city to a big city. At that time, the entire Athens building will undergo a new plan. But fortunately, Murphy had already made pre-planning before the establishment of the city. The current city of Athens can be expanded and rebuilt as an inner city.

Otherwise, I am afraid there will be a lot of trouble.

"Your Excellency Governor!"

"Master Governor!"

Murphy led the generals and guards on the wide street. The road was paved with neat slabs. The width of the street was large enough for five carriages to run parallel. This is a very broad road in this day and age. And a lord who can plan the city in an orderly manner is already qualified to be named by people with all kinds of sage names. There are a lot of pedestrians on both sides of the road, there are merchants from the past and citizens of Athens, and there are also many adventurers and mercenary teams. Although after the Jackal War ended, the slave trade here stopped. However, Athens now sells some cast iron and carburized steel weapons. Most of these weapons were eliminated by the Athenian soldiers, or they were re-forged using weapons collected in several wars.

Although most of the Athenian soldiers are equipped with 16 or 24 forged steel weapons, soldiers in other places may not have such good equipment. The weapons sold by Athens now, even if they are obtained elsewhere, can be comparable to the standard equipment used by some elite troops. There are a lot of adventurers and mercenary teams who come to Athens specifically to buy some high-quality weapons.

There is a misunderstanding here, that is, the equipment sold by the town blacksmiths is definitely not as good as military-standard equipment. In such an era, one can say unceremoniously that the standard equipment produced by the military has been able to be marked with an I sophisticated label.

As for the so-called blacksmith's shop, the equipment sold in it may not even meet the steel standard, and can only be regarded as pig iron.

After all, most of the truly outstanding blacksmiths have been hired by the army, and the rest can only be used to fight kitchen knives and ordinary swords, and their level is definitely not that high. It is worth mentioning that outstanding blacksmiths have a relatively high status in this era and can be said to be one of the most advanced among many professionals. An excellent blacksmith would only need to bend over a little when he saw a nobleman, instead of bowing to salute. However, most of these more important professionals are subject to stricter restrictions and control.

In the era of cold weapons, the value of an excellent blacksmith is absolutely inestimable!

Especially in times of war!

The port to which Athens belongs has now more than doubled. If it is placed elsewhere in the southern plain, it can be regarded as an independent medium-sized city. The entire port is home to nearly 10,000 citizens. In addition to the previously reserved port trade points, additional areas such as residential areas, abandoned business areas, and Victory Square have been established.

Murphy walked on the road with the generals and guards, and from time to time there were people bowing and saluting along the way, or called ‘My Lord Governor’ or ‘Your Excellency Governor’.

The former are mostly ordinary citizens, they call Murphy "My lord," while the latter are soldiers and lower-level officials. They mostly call Murphy, Your Excellency.

A group of people came to the door of the forge, where many prisoners were choosing weapons that they could use.

As riots in various places continue, the mercenary industry has gradually grown. A large part of the wealth in the hands of the same nobles and merchants also went to these mercenaries. Now there are goblin kobold robbers everywhere, ranging from tens to hundreds, attacking past caravans or villages. In the past, the caravan can bring a few guards, but if you don’t hire a whole group of mercenaries, there will be a lot of trouble on the road.

The mercenary has money in his hands.

In addition to improving your own life, the rest is of course used to buy life-saving weapons and equipment.

As a result, the spoils of the Orcs War in Athens, the weapons and leather armor seized from the Orcs, have ample sales. There were not many soldiers in Athens, but there were many spoils collected in that battle. Equipped with leather armor and weapons of tens of thousands of people, that is the decades-old inventory of the entire half-orc tribe plus a large amount of supplies aided by the orc empire.

Except for Athens' own consumption, Murphy has at least 20,000 pieces of leather armor and tens of thousands of swords in his hands!

This is a considerable wealth!

After the war consumed a large amount of money from the treasury, Murphy waited for this batch of materials to be returned to money for the construction of Athens after it was upgraded to a big city.

The weapons used by the orcs are relatively heavy, and the natural weight is sufficient. A tomahawk is enough to recast and strike two swords. After having ample iron tools, Murphy also asked his officials to start improving farm tools. Now that the forging process has been improved, naturally it cannot be limited to war only. The current level of civilization in Athens has completely got rid of the late Bronze Age and has begun to enter the standards of the Iron Age.

So naturally, all the bronze agricultural tools used before will naturally be abolished. Although steel in the territory is still used for weapon forging, it is time for iron to spread to all aspects.

Ironware is different!

This undoubtedly means that Athens has truly stood up, which means that Athens has the ability to equip soldiers with a large number of iron armors. Those armors with more primitive craftsmanship can also gradually begin to transition to chain armor and steel knight plate armor. ! In such a magnificent era, Athens, which has officially entered the Iron Age, undoubtedly has its own right to speak!

He glanced at the busy blacksmith shop, and then Murphy led the general guard towards the back courtyard.

As soon as Murphy came in, a busy official trot to fetch a bill, carefully handed it to Murphy, and said: "Your Excellency, this was sold in the gods in the past month or so. Weapons bill."

Murphy doesn't like flattery. Long-term military training has also sharpened his character, making his style resolute, calm, and decisive. This indirectly affected other people in Athens to a large extent. In addition to the general Rio Darié, a general who has a very obvious and simple style of Sida, and the importance of Sida warriors during the war, Athens did not have a previous life. Kind of formalism.

In contrast, Athens’s way of doing things is very simple and clear, with a strong Stardust style.

What is the Stark style?

It is said that once a king threatened King Sjedal, asking Sjedal to obey his orders or razing him to the ground. The answer of King Sjedal was only one word: "Please!" Very concise and clear, sometimes their answers are even similar to military orders. However, what Murphy did not expect was that this Starch language, which was originally mostly used in the military class, quickly affected all classes of Athens. Invisibly, the efficiency of all aspects has been improved.

Murphy took a look at the bill, then nodded in satisfaction.

In a month’s time to create a god, Athens successively sold 3,000 pieces of leather armor and a large number of weapons. These weapons were sent to the mercenary class in various places to arm the local forces and make them capable of resisting the goblins circulating everywhere. Kobold robber. In the same way, Athens also received nearly 100,000 silver coins, and the treasury that had been squandered by the Orcs War began to be abundant again.

This is only a small part of the sale, if you add the horses sold to the barbarian humans and trade with the centaurs.

The weapons and equipment seized by the Orcs were worth more than one million silver coins!

About a week later, the centaur tribe will send a thousand horses for trade to Athens. These horses will be used as a reserve resource after Athens is upgraded to a big city. Because after Athens is upgraded to a big city, Murphy will begin to prepare for the recruitment and training of the heavy cavalry army of the Seleucid faction-the armored cavalry!

After reading the bill, Murphy patted the shoulder to encourage the flattered official.

Immediately, he took the general guard and walked in the direction of the ruling government. Because there are a large number of alien bandits on the ground, water trade has become more and more prosperous. As the only city in the southern plain with a large port and a large business district, the port of Athens has undoubtedly become an important transit point for waterway trade after the 6th road was blocked.

During this period of time, there were so many merchants who made fascination with Athens, so that Murphy had to send ten more fully equipped troops to the port guard and patrol.

The floating population has skyrocketed, and security problems have also emerged.

Those mercenaries and adventurers are guys who use muscles more than brains. Although there are no major problems, the fights in the tavern have never been less for a day. Almost every day there are unlucky guys who are caught by the patrol and thrown into the small black room because of a fight.

Walking down the wide street, Murphy suddenly felt cold all over.

Even as if he was being stared at by something terrible, it made him feel a sudden heartbeat!

He stopped and turned his head violently, but unfortunately he saw nothing. There are merchants and mercenaries who come to Athens everywhere. These people are dressed in unusual costumes. There are a few lone adventurers who even wear unusually large cloaks. Only half of their faces and a pair of unruly can be seen. s eyes. These guys who dare to walk alone in the wilderness are not good at dealing with them. Some are even gladiators!

These people have no relatives or friends, and not many mercenary groups dare to accept dangerous people like them.

Many of them became wanderers in the wilderness after being free, and sometimes even cameo assassins. They are very dangerous people. The career of gladiators taught them to ignore life. These people are like poisonous snakes in the dark! Cruel and deadly!

and many more!

assassin? !

Murphy suddenly remembered the feeling of being stared at just now, like a ferocious wolf, the feeling of being on his back is like being enveloped by murderous in some artistic novels.

unfortunately.

Not waiting for Murphy to find out the guy who was murdering him among the people behind him.

The earth trembled suddenly and violently!

Murphy suddenly felt his feet sway, as if the sky was spinning, almost falling to the ground. The surrounding houses also shook violently. Some simple buildings even collapsed directly. The people inside were buried alive in the ruins before even a scream!

"earthquake!?"

Murphy grabbed a flagpole in front of him to stabilize his figure, shocked!

Could there be an earthquake?

And it was so sudden? Didn't even warn me in advance?

wrong!

Murphy suddenly remembered that the city of Athens has now been included in the scope of the blessing of the gods of Olympus. Even if there is an earthquake, the priests of the Olympus gods will predict in advance! In such an era, one of the jobs of the priests is to use the power of the gods to predict all kinds of natural disasters! Since the gods of Olympus exist, there is no reason why the temple does not even have any prior warning? Moreover, the southern plain is not part of the crustal movement zone. The earthquakes that have occurred here for thousands of years can be said to be very few!

The earthquake lasted about three minutes.

The violent shaking of the earth caused many buildings to collapse directly. Some people were injured by the collapsed buildings, and there was a horrible cry all around.

At the same time!

The other side of the Karazhan Mountains is about 80 kilometers away from Athens, within the scope of the White Dragon Territory.

A bare mountain nearly a hundred meters high with only some weeds, the mountain "suddenly shook violently and then a large number of rocks flew down. The birds and beasts around were frightened and fled, forming a wave of beasts in just a few minutes. Fleeing in the direction of Athens.

The earth's trembling became stronger and stronger, and the trembling mountain, unexpectedly stood up strangely!

The sky reverberated with the roar of the giant dragon. The white dragon was more than thirty meters long, and its huge body with wings spread out nearly fifty meters appeared above the sky. The frightened group of beasts was deterred by the dragon, and the group crawled on the ground, not daring to make the slightest movement, just lying on the ground and shaking constantly.

The furious white dragon flapped its wings and flew towards the standing mountain. Its huge body covered the sky and the sun, as if a shadow shrouded the earth.

Although he doesn't have much wisdom and his natural personality is irritable and irritable, as a dragon with a true pure blood, the white dragon also stands at the top of the pyramid! Moreover, it is still an adult white dragon that breaks through the shackles of descent, and its strength is even capable of fighting the last adult green dragon!

The roar of the dragon resounded through the earth!

The white dragon flapped its huge wings to fly in the sky, surrounding the strangely standing mountain peak.

Its limited wisdom does not understand why this mountain summit stands up so strangely, but as a pure-blood dragon clan, it does not accept the provocative behavior of any creature in its own territory!

This is absolutely unforgivable!

Only by turning the enemy into ashes under its dragon's breath can the anger between its belly and chest be calmed!

Ouch!

The dragon roar resounded across the earth.

A flame with the breath of lava and sulfur spewed out from the mouth of the white dragon. The breath of the dragon over two meters in diameter covered the strangely standing mountain, and suddenly nearly half of the mountain was enveloped. The rocks could not bear it. The high-temperature flames collapsed at an even more amazing degree!

Crushed rocks fly down!

With a loud bang, a pair of huge arms suddenly stretched out from this standing mountain, nearly five meters in diameter, all made of gray-white granite, like the fists of a heavy truck, suddenly One punch hit the front of the entire mountain.

Shocked!

A crack appeared on the entire mountain peak, followed by a series of cobweb-like cracks centered on the position hit by the fist made of gray-white granite.

In the loud rumbling sound.

The body of the mountain began to collapse, and countless boulders fell on the ground, suddenly flying up in dust!

The dust fell.

After the mountain collapsed, a giant with a height of nearly 100 meters and a body made of gray-white granite stood among the rubble. It raised its head and looked at the roaring white dragon in the sky. It seemed that it had been confirmed that the white dragon in front of it was the creature that attacked it before~www.readwn.com~ Then, it leaned over and picked up a piece of about the diameter from the ground. The five-meter boulder weighing more than ten tons is like an ordinary person throwing a small stone towards the roaring dragon in the sky.

The boulder was whizzed out, but the white dragon flying in the sky easily escaped.

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of its mouth, flapping its huge wings and flying in the sky in an unusually flexible posture. A dragon's breath spit down, and a scorching flame with a sulphur breath enveloped the giant made of gray-white granite!

Bai Long's mocking smile didn't last long, because he couldn't laugh anymore soon.

With a miss, an embarrassing expression appeared on the face of the rock giant made of gray-white granite. That expression is like a bowling player from a previous life who suddenly missed a bowling ball and missed none of them. It stood in the dragon's breath spit out from the dragon, and indifferently moved its muscles and bones against the hot flame, and then shook its wrists.

Immediately!

The huge boulders with a diameter of more than three meters and a weight in tons were thrown into the sky like a violent storm!