Chapter 73: Completely annihilated (Part 2) 5,000 words!

After the sun sets, only half of the bright moon and the vague stars in the distance are left in the sky.

Gosas-Frost Wolf stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth, waved to the back of the team, and then several agile Frost Wolf clan assassins followed. Just now, they encountered a little trouble, and two companions were sneak attacked by creatures of unknown origin and killed on the spot!

This is a jungle, and it is a jungle within the Karazan Mountains.

From the news sent by the Slaves, it was learned that Hurricane Karazan Wingshocks were active at a straight line distance of no more than fifty kilometers away.

In the past, even the elves dared to travel at will. They wanted to cross from here to the hinterland of Athens, of course they had to pay a little price for it. Although they didn't know what was sneaking into themselves, according to the experience accumulated by the Gossas-Frost Wolf, it felt like it was a Shadow Leopard, a creature that was black all over, very agile, and good at hiding and sneaking attacks.

"Don't fall behind, don't worry about it!" Gosas-Frostwolf shouted to the entire team: "As long as they walk out of this jungle, they won't keep up."

Shadow Leopards are all male and female, which means that the normal Shadow Leopard tribes are all male and two females. In such a dense forest area, although there is an advantage in numbers, it is still an unusual headache to face such an extremely agile creature, Gossas Frostwolf. Fortunately, these creatures are generally active in the jungle, and as long as they go out to the plain, they will not be a problem.

The unlucky guys who were attacked just now were all left alone and were killed by Shadow Leopard with one blow!

It was completely dark.

There is no problem with the slaves flying in the dark, but it is impossible to continue to detect and provide information.

Gosas-Frost Wolf could only rely on the simple map left by the Slave Scout before to continue moving forward. The so-called simple map is actually a few symbols, with rough distances and directions of progress marked on it.

In addition to a large amount of equipment, the orc empire's aid also provided three domesticated slaves.

But now there is only one left.

One lost news while heading to the Athenian territory to investigate, and the other was unlucky when advancing. The Hurricane Winged Dragons of Karazan were hunting. These damn Hurricane Winged Dragons actually had such a strong sense of territory. All the large creatures entering their airspace would attack as soon as they were seen by them, and they would attack almost endlessly!

The orcs suffered little loss to capture the Canyon Pass, but the real war had not yet begun when fighting Athens, and there were two less aces in their hands.

The two slaves died in one breath, and the half-orcs' plan to airlift the army had to be reimbursed.

There was no way, and the orc chief could only order Gosas-Frostwolf to lead a force across the jungle and detour the rear of Athens.

The only remaining slave slaughter serves as their sky guide, guiding them.

"Hurry up! Idiot!" Gosas-Frost Wolf kicked a fallen orc warrior on the butt and roared: "If you fall behind, I will leave you and feed the beast!"

There is no road in the jungle.

The surroundings are low bushes and vegetation, and their speed of progress has been greatly affected.

Fortunately, it is almost here. According to the signs on the map, you can walk out of this damn dense forest by walking about five kilometers away.

The night wind whistles.

Gosas-Frost Wolf, who was walking in front of the team, seemed to see a blurry black shadow jumping over the left.

As a warrior who has been through the battlefield, Gosas Frost Wolf pulled out the flying axe from his waist and threw it out almost without hesitation!

howl!

A wild beast cries from the forest.

Gosas-Frost Wolf looked excited and took a few personal guards and walked over quickly.

The flying axe chopped on a big tree.

However, a pool of blood was left on the tree, and half of the tail cut by a flying axe on the ground was gray-black, which was difficult to distinguish in the dark night.

"Bah! This will make it run away!" Gosas-Frost Wolf spit out, pulled out the flying axe from the big tree, and then rushed towards the direction of the team.

It doesn't have time to stay here for too long.

At the latest tomorrow morning, the orc army will launch a general attack on the fortress, and it must go out to arrange the next task as soon as possible.

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"ambush!"

The speed of the cavalry is much faster than that of the infantry.

What's more, the orc army had to pass through the dense jungle, so although Murphy set out later than them, he arrived at his destination first.

With the "Total War" auxiliary system, Murphy can completely judge the direction and destination of the orc army based on the icon changes on the strategic map. After judging the surrounding terrain, Murphy immediately decided that the entire army would be ambushed behind a high slope.

There is a small river in front of this high slope. If this orc army wants to get out, it must cross the river.

Murphy didn't need any clever ambushing techniques at all. He just needed to wait for the orcs to cross the river before launching an attack.

In that case, they can't escape even if they want to!

"Governor General, there is something going on over there!" A soldier sent out for reconnaissance rushed back quickly and whispered.

Murphy nodded, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and ordered: "Longbowman ready!"

This time, Murphy only brought out more than a thousand people. Except for the cavalry unit with a size of 560 people, there were only Crete Long Bowmen organized by 480 people.

After the last time he assisted the Centaur Tribe, Miluen sent Murphy a batch of horses the next month, not many, only five hundred horses. However, he helped Murphy completely arm the cavalry troops in Athens.

Now the elite Macedonian cavalry under Athens are all one man and two horses, and Murphy himself commanded it.

Although the Crete archer cannot ride and shoot, there is no problem with riding a horse. Judging from the light spots on the strategic map, Murphy estimated that the number of the orc warriors bypassed by this group of bypassed orc warriors should not exceed one thousand. The Crete archer and the organization of the Macedonian elite cavalry are enough to deal with them. Most of the bows and arrows used for riding and shooting are short bows. Weapons like long bows have very high requirements for pulling out the power. Unless they are special creatures like centaurs, other creatures cannot attack when riding on horseback!

About half an hour later.

There was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the river, followed by the sound of the river water.

It seems that the half-beast soldiers have already started to cross the river.

"On the right, one hundred meters." Murphy made a gesture to General Marcus Kane beside him and whispered.

General Marcus Kane nodded, and then touched the Crete archer halfway through. The slope was only about twenty meters high, but the slope was not small, and it looked like a bulging hill. General Marcus Kane, under the command of Murphy, quietly ambushed to the side with the Crete archer halfway through. His mission was to block and snipe the half-beast soldiers who wanted to escape later.

The number of these orc warriors bypassed is about 700, but they are all well equipped.

Due to the need to cross the dense forest, although they are equipped with leather armor, flying axes, long swords, shields, etc., they are not equipped with armor.

This is because they wear heavy armor, and they may have to be exhausted when they walk halfway.

Although the purpose is to go around the rear of the surprise attack fortress or go straight to the towns in Athens, these orc warriors are equipped with complete equipment. In addition to sword and shield soldiers, there are also flying axemen who are specialized in long-range attacks. Orcs are not good at bows and arrows. They have larger innate fingers and are clumsy in pulling bows and arrows. This is their inherent talent disadvantage, and it is difficult to improve even if it is hard to practice.

However, the orcs have good talents in weapon throwing.

They are very powerful and can easily throw the short axe in their hands dozens of meters away. Some elite orc flying axe players have thick arms due to long-term practice. They can even hit targets with flying axes apart from 120 meters away!

Compared with arrows, the lethality of flying axes will be much more!

The main infantry of the orcs will carry one or three flying axes on their bodies, not at the waist or behind them. Before joining the battle, when the two sides are about fifty meters apart, they will first throw a flying axe!

The lethality is amazing!

This fighting style is a bit like the javelin throwing of the Roman legion.

The sound of water was heard.

About five minutes later, most of the orc warriors crossed the river, gathering by the river, waiting for the rest of their companions.

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After walking out of the jungle, Gosas Frost Wolf felt much more relieved.

It looked back at the dense forest and found no blurry shadows. However, it knew in its heart that the shadow leopards had given up tracking and felt much more relaxed.

"Resting in place!" Gosas-Frost Wolf shouted at the orc warriors who crossed the river: "Eat some dry food first! There will be a battle waiting for us later!"

It took a whole day to get out of the dense forest. Even though the soldiers in the team were composed of elites from the Frost Wolf clan, they could not bear it physically. Climbing over the jungle is a very troublesome thing. Along the way, they had to use their weapons in their hands to cut off some shrubs and clear out a road. This greatly delayed the speed of progress and increased the physical consumption of the soldiers.

Their remaining function is just to attract the enemy's attention.

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters.

Before the elite Frost Wolf clans pulled the distance closer, the Crete archer seized the time to launch a three-round volley attack.

Due to the blurry vision of the night, they only conducted a coverage shooting at a point under the command of the commander, which caused relatively limited lethality.

When the distance is closer to one hundred meters.

The elite Frost Wolf clan who rushed in the front untied the flying axe at the waist and prepared to throw at the archers standing on the hillside.

But the enemy immediately made an action that stunned them!

The Cretan archers actually put away their weapons and ran away from the hillside.

The enemy just ran away like that?

What should I do now?

Chase?

Or not chase?

Anyone who has played "Total War" knows that as a long-range soldier with strong lethality, Cretan archers have very limited melee capabilities. Of course, this is just a more euphemism. In fact, Cretan archers have very weak melee capabilities. They have no resistance when facing infantry or cavalry.

However, as a top military force, Cretan archers have two other very awesome abilities!

That is - [Fast Move] and [Good Endurance]!

Yes, move quickly.
To be continued...