Summoning Total War

Chapter 16 Followers (Part 2) ()

Three days passed quickly.

With hundreds of experienced crew members, the planning and construction of the port was rapid. This morning, dozens of simple fishing boats were already fishing in the river. Starting today, the port will be able to ration a portion of the fish to the town every day.

The expansion of the temple is still in progress, and the second batch of Greek infantry in the town military camp is also training. In these few days, not only did Murphy get a 'genius navigator' as his entourage, but the newly promoted general Hamilton also got an outstanding 'instructor' as his entourage. Murphy now has a little understanding of the followers in the auxiliary system of "Total War". For now, anyone who can be identified by the auxiliary system as having follower potential is a very professional talent in their respective industry. They are all excellent, and their abilities are excellent enough for them to be evaluated by the auxiliary system to become the general's followers.

Murphy's attitude toward the aborigines has always been lukewarm.

Neither deliberately getting close to them, nor neglecting their accommodation and food. Although the Marquise Elizabeth has a charming face that makes people's hearts beat, her sensitive intuition tells Murphy that such a woman is not easy to mess with. Even if she deliberately showed intimacy, Murphy was careful to maintain an appropriate distance. These aborigines will definitely be useful in the future, so they must learn to maintain a certain degree of control in their relationships.

The more beautiful a woman is, the more dangerous she is.

"Instructor (excellent instructors know how to train troops faster and better, and save the cost of training troops). The movement ability of the troops is +5, and the training cost is -20%."

This entourage was apparently developed and discovered by Hammerton in the process of training his army.

The second batch of training troops consisted of about 240 people, all of whom were strong men selected from the crew. Most of them had certain combat skills, so training would get twice the result with half the effort.

On the strategic map, the activities of jackals are becoming more and more frequent. It seems that the groups living nearby also know that there is a big enemy like Murphy around them. In the past few days, three or five gnoll clans have gathered together one after another.

Fortunately, Murphy had already eliminated the largest of them, a clan with more than 300 adult gnolls, ahead of time.

The blacksmith shop has been established, but because there is no iron ore, the worn-out weapons can only be resmelted. In order to truly establish a town blacksmith shop system, Murphy must first find a sufficient and stable source of iron ore. There is currently only one open-pit coal mine on the town's property, and Murphy is not currently working on it. If we can obtain the source of iron ore and add this open-pit coal mine, we can undoubtedly get twice the result with half the effort!

"Your Majesty the Governor, General Hamilton asked me to invite you over." Just as Murphy was about to count the remaining resources in the town, General Hamilton's herald came to the Governor's Mansion and reported respectfully.

"Huh? I'll be right away." Hammerton has a very good management talent. During this period, Murphy has left the basic operation of the territory and the training of the army to him, and he has handled it in an orderly manner.

But I don’t know what it means to invite myself over at this time?

Is there any problem that he can't handle?

Handing the matter at hand to the financial officer beside him, Murphy straightened his clothes and rushed towards the military camp.

The financial officer he recently promoted has average abilities, and his statistics and calculation ability can only be said to be a little better than that of ordinary urban residents. He has not yet reached the level of being evaluated as a 'follower' by the auxiliary system. So Murphy has to do a lot of things himself.

When Murphy arrived at the military camp, three Greek infantry units were training fiercely in the square. The three infantry teams trained previously already possess basic combat effectiveness. As long as they are tempered in actual combat, they will become qualified soldiers. There are now a total of 8 armies in the town, six teams of Greek infantry, two teams of generals' guards, and one team of Spartan heavy infantry, totaling 609 regular troops.

Once the newly trained 240 men reach the standard, the towns of Athens will have an army of approximately 850 men.

An army of nearly one-third of the population!

Surrounded by jackals, Murphy had to train as many soldiers as possible. Because a large number of jackals gathered outside have told Murphy that a fierce battle is about to begin!

After inspecting the military camp, Murphy found that the person in charge of the military training was not the new general Hamilton, but a tall and straight middle-aged man about forty years old, with a firm and solemn expression and strong muscles.

This man has a strong military aura about him, and he is an iron-blooded soldier who has experienced the killing field!

"Your Majesty the Governor." Just as Murphy was inspecting the military camp, the newly promoted general Hamilton had already jogged to his side. This soldier with a face as resolute as stone bowed and saluted Murphy, and said respectfully: "I want to promote someone to be the chief instructor. He has more experience in training the army than me!"

"Chief instructor?" Murphy had some questions when he heard this, and he said, "You can sign such an appointment yourself. There is no need to ask me about it."

Chief instructor? Is it the middle-aged man who is training the army?

"He...he is my father..." A rare hint of embarrassment appeared on Hammerton's face. He looked at Murphy and said slowly.

"Your father?" Murphy suddenly understood. He laughed loudly, patted Hammerton, who was half a head taller than him, and said, "I heard there is a saying in the East that 'a tiger father has no dog son'. Since he is your father, I feel more at ease." ”

There was a trace of gratitude on Hammerton's face. He straightened his chest and said solemnly: "My father is a real soldier. He knows how to train the army better than me and tells the new recruits how to fight!"

At this moment, the auxiliary system prompt sounded in Murphy's ears again!

"Ding! Follower Gris is promoted to chief instructor and automatically belongs to the lord."

"Chief Instructor - Gris (This man is a real soldier. The dense wounds on his body are like medals! He has rich war experience and knows how to guide and educate new recruits and tell them how to survive on the battlefield.) The army's mobility is +15, and it can forcefully march when assisting the general in command. The training cost is -30%, the training speed is increased by 20%, and the army training experience is +1."

"Ding! The relationship with General Hammerton has increased, and he has gained Hamilton's gratitude."

Trying his best to suppress the ecstasy on his face, Murphy patted Hammerton heavily on the shoulder and said: "Train them as soon as possible. Soon, we will face a big war!"

"Yes! Lord Governor!" Hamilton stood solemnly and said in a deep voice.

How far can status determine ability be exerted?

Even if you have a high ability, don't you have the opportunity to use it without the corresponding status?

Murphy thought carefully in his mind. It seems that there are still many things in the "Total War" auxiliary system that he needs to explore by himself!