Summoning Total War

Chapter 22 Killing (Part 2)

The evacuation of the infantry legion was very skillful. When the gnolls pounced, they were blocked by the Greek infantry with round shields.

Then, a javelin was thrown over.

There was no need to aim at such a dense crowd of people. After a hundred javelins came down, most of the jackals who charged forward fell to the ground. Most of them were pierced by javelins, but they were not dead for a while.

On a real battlefield, death also takes time.

At this time, it was the Greek infantry's turn to take action. Their weapons are long guns, about 2.5 meters long, with a maximum attack distance of about three meters. This distance was enough to kill a jackal in the front row who had only been shot by a javelin for a moment and was not killed.

The timing of the five javelin throws was precisely calculated by Murphy.

A grown man's physical strength can support throwing a javelin five times in a row without any problem. So there is no need to take a breather in between. According to a twenty-second throw, five times would only last one hundred seconds, or about one and a half minutes.

Within a minute and a half, most of the jackals who rushed up fell to the ground, and the rest were mostly injured.

Facing the dense Greek infantry phalanx, without powerful trapping weapons and insufficient long-range support, just getting close to each other and fighting hand-to-hand is basically tantamount to seeking death.

It couldn't break through the defense line, and it was within the attack range of the javelin.

Therefore, the wisdom of the gnolls came into play, and they wisely chose to retreat temporarily. Because the attack distance of the javelin is limited, it is impossible for humans to throw the javelin too far.

As soon as the jackals retreated, a vacuum zone of about fifty meters became vacated in the middle of the battlefield.

Facing the Greek spear phalanx, the only way to make a frontal breakthrough is to use armored heavy infantry to push forward forcefully. As long as the distance is closed, the advantage of the spear cannot be exerted. Take away the terrifying lethality of the gun array, and the Greek infantry's combat is not far different from that of ordinary soldiers. When the heavy infantry advances to break the formation, it must either focus on defense and add a shield, or focus on attack, just like the Modao Formation in the East and the Crusaders in the West.

However, the jackal's crude weapons obviously cannot do this.

After opening the distance and vacating the vacuum zone. A dull horn sound came from the rear of the Greek infantry.

The Javelinmen then began to trot away, while the Greek infantry retreated slowly.

Seeing that the enemy wanted to retreat, the Jackal commander let out a wolf howl, and the adult male Jackal who had just retreated excitedly rushed forward.

But before they could get close, the javelin soldiers who had just been about to retreat pressed forward again.

There was a sound of breaking through the air, and another javelin was thrown over!

this……

Seeing the enemy retreating and trying to press forward, the Jackal was immediately dumbfounded.

Leaving behind a dozen corpses, they retreated.

Adult male gnolls used to charge into battle are the most elite soldiers, but again, their numbers are not large. The real large army is at the rear, composed of female gnolls and semi-adult gnolls. Jackals are a race of warriors. They have been learning how to hunt and fight since they were born!

Even an underage Jackal is definitely more dangerous than an ordinary adult male.

After repelling the second attack of the gnolls, the Greek infantry retreated slowly under the captain's order. This time, the jackal really didn't know whether to change the pursuit or not.

Let's chase, lest the enemy comes with another javelin.

If you don't chase, you'll just watch the enemy retreat, and you won't be able to survive it psychologically.

Murphy planned the town of Athens when the town was being built. And the planning is very interesting, specially prepared to facilitate the battle.

The entire town of Athens is a hexagon, and behind the fence is a road about three meters wide, which circles the entire town. Inside is a cross, dividing the entire town into four areas. In the middle is the central square, an open area with a diameter of more than three hundred meters, with a temple on the side and the Governor's Palace behind it. In other words, except for one cross street that runs through the entire town, the other areas are all very narrow alleys.

As a result, if the gnolls wanted to break through the defense line, they would have to fight the Greek infantry on the streets within a limited range.

There are houses on both sides of the street, unless the jackals are so awesome that they can climb over the walls.

Otherwise, it would obviously be very difficult to attack the weak wings of the Greek infantry phalanx.

Beasts also have certain intelligence.

Seeing that they could not shake the infantry phalanx at all, some clever gnolls also began to climb the houses, trying to bypass the side and rear of the phalanx from the roof to attack.

However, all this was in vain when the infantry phalanx continued to retreat slowly.

Although jackals are more agile than humans, they can't leap several meters out of thin air from a house on one side to a house on the other side, right?

Unless they drag the infantry phalanx in place, and then go around from both sides to sneak attack the rear.

The problem is, facing the Greek infantry arrayed in a narrow range, the dense phalanx of spears really makes the jackals feel numb just looking at it. Let alone rushing forward like this.

After several rounds of strong throws from the harpooneers, they already felt a little timid in their hearts.

As a living thing, you will be afraid of death, and the enemy will look like a hedgehog that cannot bite you.

Death is something no one wants to do.

Such a drag and drop.

The jackal's rear troops pressed forward.

Three to four thousand Jackals blocked the street. The Jackals in the front were afraid to move forward, and the Jackals in the back couldn't squeeze in due to space problems.

After such a delay, the infantry phalanx retreated to the edge of the central square.

This chaotic situation lasted until a loud wolf howl spread throughout the town!

Under the command of this majestic wolf howl, the chaotic gnolls began to form a crooked formation. The strong males stood in front, while the weak females spread out, ready to cut into the battlefield from the side at any time.

Nearly four thousand jackals surrounded the entire square, making it airtight!

Murphy looked at the densely packed jackals in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "If we fail, we will be completely wiped out!"

Don't know why!

Murphy's heart suddenly surged with enthusiasm!

Maybe men are born with a desire for the battlefield!

conquer!

Conquer in blood and carnage! ! !

Sonorous!

Murphy pulled out the sharp sword from his waist, and for the first time a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face, with a hint of ferocity!

But this gave the soldiers around him unparalleled courage!

"set fire!"

Following the order, fire suddenly broke out around the central square.

Within a few minutes, a plume of thick smoke spread from the direction of the fire.

The central square was an open area, and the fire could not reach the square, but the thick smoke spread to the entire town.

For a moment, all creatures felt their noses sting and their eyes sore.

A little bit of knowledge about physiological structure must be mentioned here.

As we all know, a jackal's sense of smell is very sensitive, countless times that of a human being, and is not far behind even that of a hunting dog. Their sensitivity to the smell of blood is second only to that of wild beasts. A sensitive sense of smell means that when you smell strange smells, you will be more ecstatic than others! In this way, the pungent smell becomes even more lethal to them!

Eyes that are exposed to smoke will shed tears. If you shed tears, you will not be able to see clearly.

The biggest advantage of the gnolls is that they have a certain degree of night vision, and this is also the biggest flaw on the human side.

Since we can't make up for our advantages, let's drag everyone into the quagmire!

After being irritated by thick smoke, the eyes of almost all living creatures are affected. At least everyone was on the same page until the weather changed and the wind blew away the smoke.

"Get ready!" The herald beside Murphy issued a powerful command.

Immediately, everyone picked up the wet cloth that had been prepared by their side and tied it on their mouth and nose.

The sky is filled with fire!

The whole town is boiling in flames!

Under the blazing flames, both gnolls and humans had to face the enemy in the same state.

As long as people are alive, towns will be burned down and rebuilt again.

As we all know, the fur of a jackal can easily catch fire...