Chapter 79: Fight to the death! (Part 2)

The wind whistles!

Blood and killing! A strong smell of blood filled the entire battlefield with the strong wind. After entering the fierce hand-to-hand combat, casualties on both sides began to increase rapidly. Whether it was the orc warriors or the soldiers of Athens, they fought to the death on this battlefield that determined each other's destiny.

In just over a dozen minutes, thousands of casualties occurred in the melee area where the two armies handed over, that is, a one-kilometer-long front! Especially in the central army area where the most fierce fighting was, the corpses piled up on the ground were half a meter high! Dark red blood flowed along the earth and almost gathered into a stream!

However, after the initial stalemate, the balance of war still turned to Athens. With the advantage of Murphy's careful calculation and arrangement, the Greek heavy infantry went from the initial stalemate to the formation of suppression in the face of the orc warriors. The orcs' fighting style was wild and sharp, and their explosive power was amazing, but at the cost, their lasting combat power was far inferior to that of the Greek heavy infantry. As long as they survived the few minutes of their outbreak during the war, their subsequent battles would be a little weak after one go.

In contrast to the orcs' fighting style, the combat skills of Greek heavy infantry are very simple, blocking shields, cooperating with each other, and then piercing the spear. In that case, the consumption of power is not very large, which greatly continues the time of long-term battle. This can be seen from the battle between the three hundred Spartans in the Hot Spring Pass and facing the Persian army. It is true that the combat style does not consume much physical energy, so they are able to face the wheel battle tactics of the Persian army without any fear!

Although the casualties on our side also increased significantly, the orc army was consumed at a faster speed.

After entering hand-to-hand combat, the Greek heavy infantry in the first and second tiers stabilized their direction, while the Athenian longbowers in the third and fourth tiers began to show their power.

Murphy raised their position in advance during the battle, which means a very simple step filling. The effect of filling is that the Athenian longbower stands one meter higher than the horizon and attacks!

One meter is enough.

It is enough to provide Athenian longbowmen with a smooth view of condescending.

They did not need to attack the orc warriors who were trapped in the mix. Naturally, those people had Greek heavy infantry to deal with it. What these Athenian longbowers had to do was to accurately shoot the enemies behind the front line. Taking advantage of the range advantage brought by the centaur longbow, they began to stabilize and suppress the enemies behind the front line.

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When the balance of war began to tilt towards Athens, the commander of the orcs suddenly felt something was wrong.

Obviously, it also realized that the enemy was much more difficult than it thought.

Moreover, in terms of simple combat power, it is not comparable to those soldiers of human city-states. In the past, the orcs' tactics against humans were a wave of fierce and abnormal attacks. They used their wild fighting style to tear open the enemy's defense line and force them to shrink the defense line into a melee that has more advantageous advantages against tall orcs. However, when facing the Athenian army, they seemed a little powerless. Because the orc warriors could not break the solid defense line composed of Greek heavy infantry, once they could not break the defense line, once the initial fierce aura was consumed, these orc warriors became the living targets of Athenian longbowmen.

Orcs's original formation.

"Chief! Let me join the war!" A half-orc general who was full of leather armor and holding a huge two-handed axe, with a height of more than two meters and two meters tall, looked extremely powerful, said in a muffled voice.

Grom-Frost Wolf frowned and without hesitation rejected the orc general's proposal.

Before the enemy has begun to show their trump card, how can you put the elite into the battle first?

But he also realized it.

If you really don’t do anything, you may be able to hold on for a quarter of an hour at most, and the front-line vanguard army will probably collapse. In just over a dozen minutes, the casualties on your side have exceeded 3,000. Following this progress, the morale of the half-orc vanguard army will inevitably collapse!

The enemy's head-on ability is very powerful!

And the range and lethality of those longbowmen are amazing!

They are a pretty big trouble!

He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and when the orc chief Grom Frostwolf opened his eyes, his eyes had changed to perseverance.

It looked around and calmly gave the next order.

"Salas-Raging Bear! You lead the swordsman to attack the enemy's right wing!"

"yes!"

"Modor-Ice Fox! You lead the armored heavy infantry to attack the enemy's central army!"

"yes!"

"Aster-Frost Wolf! You lead the wolf cavalry to stand by! Wait for my order to charge!"

"yes!"

With a series of orders issued, the orcs' formation also began to move.

A team of well-equipped orc heavy infantrymen with scales began to fight. On the right wing, the orc warriors with strange hands in uniform were also attacked on the right wing of Athens. After the distance was closer to 100 meters, the orc warriors with strange hands took out a flying axe the size of a palm-sized (half orc's slap) from their backs, and then threw it towards the longbowman behind Athens!

Murphy, who was watching the game, suddenly his pupils shrank, and thousands of flying axes roared at the Athenian Longbowmen in the third and fourth echelons. Suddenly, a large number of casualties began to occur in the archer troops behind him.

These Athenian longbowmen are not equipped with armor and have little ability to defend against such attacks.

Fortunately, these orc warriors are not equipped with many flying axes. After three rounds of throwing, they have to enter close combat.

The casualties on our side have exceeded one thousand.

Although the half-beast army suffered greater casualties, their number advantage was there, and if it continued to consume, Athens could not bear it anymore.

Murphy's eyes crossed the battlefield of bloody fighting and turned his attention to the orc chief standing in the central army's main formation. A large flag was erected there, and Murphy could clearly find its location.

"Have you not discovered such an obvious loophole yet? Am I really overestimating you?" Murphy slowly lowered his head and murmured softly.

At this moment, a commissar rushed to Murphy's side and said hurriedly: "Governor General, the right wing is a little unable to hold on!"

"General Jerry Rivad asked me to come over and ask for support!"

When Murphy heard this, his brow frowned and suddenly felt irritated. He roared at the commemorative in front of him: "If you can't hold on, let him hold on!"

Angry roar!

Murphy's terrifying appearance scared the messenger. He didn't dare to stimulate Murphy in anger anymore, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Yes!"

Yes. That's right.

The biggest weakness of the Athens defensive front is on the right wing!

Because the number of Greek heavy infantry was limited, Murphy had to collect the ropes and widen the depth, so a large area would be empty on the defensive front.

What to do with this vacant area?

Murphy put the militia recruited from the Aboriginal people into the area.

So, the place that seems to be the most crowded is actually the weakest place in the Athens defensive front!

Murphy's purpose is not Murphy's goal.

If the enemy does not discover this weakness, the plan formulated may have to be changed.

Murphy frowned and looked at the original formation of the Beast Army without saying a word. The suppression of the frontal battlefield did not make him feel at all happy, because his current advantage was taken for granted. In his plan, the key to the real decision on the outcome of this war was precisely the weakest part of the Athenian defensive front!

At this moment, he suddenly hoped that the enemy would become smarter.

Fortunately, time didn't make him wait too long.

When the bloody and cruel hand-to-hand combat ended in the 20th minute, the commander of the Orcs threw the warriors of the second echelon into the battle and finally discovered Athens' weakness.

The right-wing defense line, which seems to be the largest number of people, is actually strong on the outside and the middle!

After two consecutive attacks by the Orc army, not only has it begun to shake its own formation, but even the second echelon has become in chaos.

Greek heavy infantry completely suppressed the half-beast soldiers on the front battlefield, but those militia who had only received basic military training could not do this. Although Murphy raised the number of defense personnel in that area to 4,000, under the second wave of elite orcs who were involved in the battle, a collapse soon occurred! These militias were far less capable of fighting skills and tacit cooperation like Greek heavy infantry, so in the battle with the half-beasts, their casualties were even greater, and even reached a one-to-one level with the half-beasts!

The Orc Commander who had Murphy had been waiting for for a long time finally discovered this weakness.

So, the soldiers on the right wing of the third echelon began to approach, and on the auxiliary map of "Total War", the elite troops lying on the right wing also began to move.

They want to completely break through the right wing defense line, divide Athens' defensive front, expand the results of the battle and eventually defeat the enemy!

"Finally took the bait!"

As soon as the enemy moved, a smile appeared on the corner of Murphy's mouth.

The right wing, which seems to be strong outside and at the same time, is actually Murphy's real killer move. Now the commanders of the orcs have finally discovered this and launched a more fierce attack. Murphy's layout has also begun to come in handy. His real purpose is to use the right wing that is strong outside and at the same time to attract the enemy's troops, and then defeat it in one fell swoop! If the purpose of attracting firepower cannot be achieved, then the prepared killer move will not only be useless, but will become his fatal weakness!

Front right wing.

A single elite orc heavy infantry with a size of two thousand and all equipped with half-body armor finally entered the battle.

The orc army of the second and third steps also began to move towards the right wing of the Athenian front.

Suddenly!

The militia on the right wing of the Athenian front faced as many as 6,000 enemies!

In less than three minutes, the right wing defense line of Athens began to collapse. Faced with the more elite orc warriors, the militia could not resist at all! The torn opening began to expand, and the defensive front composed of Athenian militia gradually became corrosive, and a large number of elite orcs broke into the formation!

The orc generals sensitively seized the opportunity to win!

Amid the dull sound of the horns, the elite orc troops on the right wing began to gather and then charged towards the rear of the front! They wanted to completely defeat the right wing of Athens!

Grom-Frost Wolf had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and it had even felt victory recruiting it.

But there is still a trace of regret in the deepest part of my heart.

Because the seemingly powerful enemy is so fragile, it has no time to use the ace it has prepared.

But before it could finish laughing, the horn to turn the situation around the war sounded!

The horn sounds vigorous and low, three long and two short.

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Time solidifies at this moment.

The right wing of Athens collapsed, and a large number of elite orcs broke into the formation.

Just when the orcs seemed to be in sight of victory, the militia on the right wing suddenly retreated like a tide.

Immediately afterwards, a scene that made their heartbeat pause appeared in front of them.
To be continued...