Summoning Total War

Full text, no ads, Chapter 99, marching south (on)

378 years of the Second Age, February.

The Principality of Athens raised 100,000 troops to formally declare war on the Noble Council. After the declaration of war, the Athenian troops divided into two routes across the Karazhan Mountains and entered the plain area. They marched eastward and captured twelve cities in the northeast of the Southern Plain, and went all the way to the Noble Council. Base camp. Under the strong military strength of Athens, the territories of the great nobles have no resistance at all. The first iron-clad cavalry army in human history is now in Athens. The noble council has almost no chance of winning on the plains battlefield, and it is generally ruined. Athens has taken over ten cities one after another.

"The era of a kingdom is coming!"

After the rise of troops in Athens, the entire human city-state echoed with one voice.

Murphy's prestige and Athens' prosperity, the decay and increasing greed of the aristocratic council, made the lower classes easily accept the rule of Athens and Murphy's rule. Moreover, according to the decree of the Principality of Athens, after the establishment of a new kingdom, anyone can be allocated a piece of land, which makes the lower classes who are desperate for land firmly stand on Murphy's side.

The role of prestige is fully displayed at this moment!

The huge fame gives Murphy an unparalleled right to speak and appeal. People believe in his promise, believe in his promise to build a strong human kingdom, and believe that the decrees issued by Murphy will be implemented, and believe in the future human kingdom. There will no longer be "The Right of First Night", there will be no "Marriage Tax", and there will be no more heinous aristocratic privileges!

Everyone can own land, and only pay for it, and you can fill your stomach without going hungry or cold.

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The southern plains, the city of Forun.

Thirty thousand Athenian troops stayed outside the city, and there were many military camps, and the momentum was soaring. Lines of Athenian soldiers lined up. Only a command from Murphy could take the city in front of him. Since the establishment of the Second Army of Athens, the number of troops under Murphy's army has expanded to 50,000. If you add in reserve militias in various places, this number can be expanded to 100,000.

In fact.

Now the army of Athens is much more than that.

Murphy underestimated the wealth in the hands of the nobles and underestimated their greed. After successively conquering several noble territories above the earls, Murphy discovered how much wealth these aboriginal nobles had accumulated. Hundreds of years of accumulation and long-term rule have left them with a lot of wealth. These wealth is held firmly in their hands by these aboriginal nobles like miser. If they can take out part of it, recruit soldiers to clean up. Monster, the Southern Plains will definitely not be the mess they are now!

Since last year, there has been a slight famine in the southern plains, and many poor people in the lower classes have had to feed their hunger with weeds and vegetables when food production is reduced, but after Murphy captured several earls’ castles. There is no advertisement in the whole text, but it is found that all the contents are full of food, not just food. In order to deal with the next crisis, these aboriginal nobles also hoarded a lot of bacon in the castle.

In the face of the hungry people with yellow and thin faces, Murphy hesitated for a while and then ordered the opening of the warehouse!

The supplies in Athens were not very abundant, especially after the army was raised, the supplies were a little more tense, but after all, he was still a 21st century from the earth, so he watched a group of people starving and freezing and eating grass roots. I can't bear it. The aboriginal nobles of these viscount earls have accumulated so much wealth in their hands, so other great nobles must be richer, right?

Murphy hopes that the spoils that follow will satisfy him. After all, it will take a lot of wealth to reorganize armaments after the kingdom is established.

"Your Excellency! They refuse to surrender!" The herald came to Murphy quickly and said loudly.

Murphy's eyes were slightly cold, staring coldly at a middle-aged general on the wall, no longer hesitating, and solemnly ordered: "Ready to attack!"

There are a total of twelve large cities in the human city-states in the southern plains, and the city of Forun is one of them. Compared with other human cities, large cities like Foren have strong walls and sufficient food and armaments. They can even last for a long time under siege. Perhaps this is also the reason why the nobles in the city refused to surrender. They may also expect the grand princes of the noble council to send reinforcements.

Boom boom boom! ...

In a dull sound, a giant trebuchet was pushed out. These giant trebuchets were all enhanced versions improved by craftsmen, almost equivalent to the highest version of the original trebuchet. Murphy has been dragging it until now to launch an offensive. In addition to accumulating strength, he has to spare enough time to build these giant trebuchets, because only after Athens is upgraded to a big city can the corresponding technology be used to build these huge siege cities. instrument.

This is not over yet.

After more than 30 giant trebuchets were pushed out, other siege equipment is still being shipped out continuously behind the barracks.

Scorpion crossbows imitating the Roman Empire were sent to the battlefield one by one. These scorpion crossbows represent the highest achievement of current craftsmanship in Athens. They not only have a range far beyond other siege equipment, but also have the characteristics of two bursts. ! The lethality of these continuous scorpion crossbows is far above that of the ballista. Once they are shot on a large scale, the lethality to the enemy is devastating!

"Catapult!... A lot of catapults!..."

There was a riot on the city wall. The aboriginal soldiers who were panicked when facing the famous Spartan warriors, after seeing so many trebuchets being pushed into the battlefield, the morale immediately occurred. A little shaken.

And then hundreds of scorpion crossbows appeared, which even knocked their morale down.

If the emergence of the giant catapult could give them a little resistance to fighting, then so many scorpion crossbows were sent to the battlefield, and their resistance to resistance was completely shattered.

There is no need to fight!

In the face of so many large-scale siege machines, coupled with the suppression of the longbowmen in Athens, even if it is the advantage of the city, there is no chance of winning.

What's more, what Athens marched southward was to build a unified human kingdom. After taking the city, the Athens army did not kill the innocents indiscriminately, nor raped the innocents, but also opened the warehouse several times to help the people and settle the hungry. Refugees. The goal of Athens is the aristocratic council, the aristocratic class that holds power, and has nothing to do with their lower-level soldiers.

"Really desperate for those greedy nobles and those powerful Spartans?"

For a time, all the aboriginal soldiers were thinking about this issue.

Once this idea appeared, their will to fight completely disappeared. Who can rule the human city-state, why must he stand on the side of the noble council? If the mighty Athens is in charge of power, will the future of mankind be better?

Before the battle started, deserters appeared on the walls.

Before the generals from the aristocratic councils were able to kill and regain their military discipline, the Athenian army had begun to attack.

Rumble!

More than 30 giant trebuchets aimed at the city gate, and under the control of the craftsmen, it was a salvo. These giant trebuchets are all enhanced versions, with a range of 350 yards, which is even longer than many bows and arrows. With just a volley, the tower next to the city gate was destroyed and the city wall was destroyed. A corner. The heavy stones fell one by one, smashing against the solid wall with huge kinetic energy. Every boulder fell with a muffled sound, and even the wall was shaken unbearably. Those who came close to the game ended up even more miserable!

Once the offensive was launched, the Athenian army was merciless!

After a few rounds of volleys by the giant trebuchets, more than one hundred scorpion crossbows also began to show off their power. These scorpion crossbows would kill people if they were hit, and if they were hit directly, the whole person would fall apart. Before this era, although there were already many awakeners, those who could compete with large-scale siege equipment did not yet exist.

"attack!"

The desolate horn sounded, and as the dull drums of war echoed on the battlefield, the Athens army began to advance slowly.

When the army drew closer to 250 yards, the longbowmen in Athens began to project towards the wall, suppressing the long-range firepower of the defenders. At the same time, a group of elite soldiers in armor also quietly walked around under the city wall, threw out the hooks in their hands, and climbed the nearly ten-meter-high city wall. Although this elite unit is heavily armored, it is extremely quick to move. The height of the two-story building does not seem to be the slightest difficulty for them. Just a few breaths, it turned over and jumped onto the city wall, and engaged in close hand-to-hand combat. Fight.

——"Boom boom boom!"

The thunderous battle drums rang, and before the aboriginal defenders on the wall could take a breath from the series of attacks, a heavy footstep came from the other side of the battlefield. The aboriginal generals were nervously dispatching the army, but as soon as they saw the behemoths appearing, they lost all their fighting spirit in their hearts!

More than a dozen mammoths full of armor have entered the battlefield~www.readwn.com~ They are covered with a layer of metal armor, and they carry a wooden tower on their backs! These huge war behemoths are undoubtedly not a few meters in height. If you add the towers on their backs, they are almost as high as their city walls! The war mammoth is equipped with archers and spearmen, fully capable of carrying out a suppressive attack on the enemies of the city wall!

It's not over yet!

Behind these huge war mammoths, a team of giant mountain kings holding huge logs with thick buckets followed them. These giant mountain kings are not many in number, but they are undoubtedly not armored all over, they are so powerful!

As soon as the defenders on the city wall saw this, they suddenly collapsed.

The aboriginal general commanding the battle shuddered, and he almost couldn't hold his weapon firmly. He turned to the guards beside him and said loudly: "Open the gate! Open the gate!"

"We surrendered!"

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