Chapter 80: War Behemoth! The last trump card! Please give me a monthly vote!

In "Total War of Rome", the scythe chariot has a title - [Infantry Reaper]!

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The sickle chariot, known as the infantry killer, is a double-edged sword, and it has two very scams!

First!

It has a very terrible harvesting ability. When facing a collective charge of sickle chariot, as long as it is a non-heavy infantry hit it, it will fall into pieces immediately. Even if it is a well-equipped heavy infantry, it will either die or be injured when hit by a sickle chariot! This terrible harvesting ability not only acts on the enemy, but may even act on its own people! When facing a sickle chariot entering the charge, the best way is to hide far away, the farther away, the better!

Because it has a second feature!

——Crazy!

The Scythe Chariot is known as the first crazy army in "Roman Total War", and its crazy ability is not comparable to that of a war elephant!

If the war elephant goes crazy is just a tragedy, then the sickle chariot goes crazy is a tragedy!

You will see the crazy sickle chariot rushing around the military formation, and then the infantry in the array fell down like a wheat harvest! If the sickle chariot goes crazy after entering the enemy formation, then congratulations, you have won half of the war. Because the crazy sickle chariot will help you harvest a large number of enemies! But if the sickle chariot goes crazy in your own military formation, then congratulations on you, you have won the prize!

Scythe chariot is not the most terrifying thing.

The crazy sickle chariot that is out of control is the real killing machine!

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Without riders, the galloping horses began to lose control. They pulled chariots covered with scythe blades and rushed into the orc army formation! These war horses that had been fed medicine by Murphy in advance entered a more frenzied state. Unless they were killed, they would not be able to stop! The war horses entering the frenzied state would pull the chariots covered with scythe blades to collide, tear and crush all creatures around them!

Lesson 3 of "Geogenic Alchemy", Chapter 8 of "Alchemy Pharmacy", Frenzy Pharmacy.

These horses were filled with diluted frenzy potion a few minutes before the battle began. During the charge, the flow of blood would allow the potion to spread throughout their bodies in just a few minutes. At that time, they would turn into crazy beasts, pulling chariots and rushing around the enemy formation until they die.

Almost from the moment the potion came into effect, the formation of the left-wing half-orcs was shattered in an instant!

Immediately afterwards, countless orc warriors who were behind were hit by a chariot, torn apart by a blade, and crushed by a wheel! What would happen if they faced a chariot running at high speed with flesh and blood? The chariot was known as the best in breaking the formation, and its lethality was even above the battle elephant! Faced with the rushing chariot, even the soldiers had the courage to face it and stick to the defense line.

But what will the result be?

Two war horses were dragging the chariot, clamping with great kinetic energy and inertia, and nearly half a ton of war horses hit the front soldiers, killing the soldiers in the first and second rows on the spot. Then the chariot itself with great inertia, even if a sickle chariot was simply a suicide charge, it could easily tear off the defense lines of the enemy's first three rows!

And few soldiers who were hit by the scythe chariot on the front and were hit by the scythe blade were probably survived.

The chariot was destroyed and the defense line was cleared out.

But if the soldiers do not have the courage to face the scythe chariot head-on, the scythe chariot will rush into the enemy formation and use the densely shining cold light on the chariot to easily strangle nearby soldiers!

That was a disaster!

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After the sound of the horn sounded, Murphy's eyes never turned to the right-wing battlefield again.

Because he dared not.

Those soldiers driving scythe chariots are warriors, and they are the pride of Athens! It is precisely because of the existence of these warriors! Murphy has the courage and confidence to defeat the half-beast army head-on! These warriors have already held the belief of dying before the battle! Because when they waved the whip without hesitation, they were destined to have no chance of survival...

Letting the scythe chariot frenzy can cause very terrible lethality!

It can even defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and completely destroy the orc's offensive! But there is another fatal flaw in this, that is, if the orc really fights to the death, then the crazy sickle-rolled chariot will likely affect the Greek heavy infantry formation of Athens.

At that time, Murphy will suffer a lot!

There is no absolute certainty on the battlefield, and sometimes we have to compete with God for luck!

Luck finally stood on Murphy's side.

Although those elite orcs were extremely brave, they still did not have the courage to confront the rushing chariot army in the end.

As soon as they retreated, their backs were exposed to the eyes of the chariot army.

Then came a bloody killing and a suicide charge!

The half-beast army that broke through the right wing of Athenian retreated quickly, so they broke out within the combat range of the Athenian infantry phalanx.

This is exactly what Murphy needs.

It is also the most important part of his bet on luck.

Because only after the chariot army drove the enemy out of the Athenian combat range, the army of scalloped chariots that were trapped in a frenzy would not affect the Athenian phalanx. Otherwise, even if it was just a scalloped chariot that was trapped in a frenzy rushed into the Greek heavy infantry phalanx, it would be a very important loss for Murphy! Because the dense formation would cause huge casualties when blocking the chariots!

"The goddess of luck still favors me."

Murphy looked at the main formation of the half-beast army from afar, and he watched the mighty figure wearing black iron armor from afar.

That was the chief of the orc.

As soon as the orcs' right wing front collapsed, the entire lengthened front began to be dismembered. At the beginning, the momentum was very fierce and the offensive gradually collapsed and disintegrated. In addition to the orc heavy infantry in the middle that could still support it with excellent equipment, the orc soldiers on both wings had already dispersed due to their low morale and were harvested one by one by the Athenian soldiers who had caught up! After more than ten minutes of rest, the Athenian longbowmen showed their power again. They covered the dense rain of arrows on the escaped enemies, and the half-beast army that had been crowded and dispersed suffered considerable casualties!

Defeated like a mountain!

The power of the scythe chariot not only directly defeated the orc's right wing, but also made other half-beast soldiers frightened.

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The main formation of the half-beast *** army.

Grom-Frost Wolf's face turned pale and said nothing.

He never expected that things would suddenly change to this level! A mere Athens, which is less than 3,000 square kilometers, could actually arm more than 300 sickle-rolled chariots to form a battlefield legion with terrifying deterrence! This kind of strength may not be possessed by a noble prince in the human city-state!

Although the chariot has poor mobility, its lethality is amazing!

Moreover, the cost of recruiting chariots is very expensive, and the financial and material resources required for a chariot are even equivalent to three to four heavy cavalry! The reason why it is so precious is that the horses required to pull the chariot are very high. Using an ordinary slow horse to pull the chariot is simply a joke. The minimum requirement for a horse to pull the chariot is also a good war horse, and it must be two or more!

The war horses that need to be equipped with a sickle chariot are more demanding, because only the powerful impact can exert the terrible lethality of the sickle chariot.

Three hundred and sixty chariots are equivalent to seven hundred and twenty first-class war horses!

These war horses are enough to arm a medium-sized heavy cavalry legion. Even with the financial resources of the entire human city-state, they may not be able to gather so many high-level war horses!

Although chariots will gradually fade in the course of history, they will be replaced by more flexible cavalry units.

However, in this primitive era, in this era where many races use infantry as the intermediate force, the lethality of the chariot is still very amazing!

If it weren't for the relationship between the centaur clan, Murphy would probably have been sold.

I can't get so many high-level war horses back!

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Big deal!

What a big deal!

Grom Frost Wolf could not help but exclaim in his heart. An excellent war horse like this is definitely worth more than 1,200 silver coins, and it is the kind that has no market value. Seven hundred and twenty high-level war horses are equivalent to nearly 90,000 silver coins. The value of these war horses alone is enough to arm an infantry army!

This chariot army with a total value of more than 100,000 silver coins was consumed in one go.

Grom Frostwolf had to admit that he not only underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Athenian army, but also underestimated their material and financial resources.

It really couldn't understand how a small territory on the front line of human beings had such amazing strength?

Mrs. Elizabeth and the land of nearly 5,000 square kilometers to which she belonged, only maintained a cavalry team of less than 5,000. This was because the wealth accumulated by the family for generations. In a battle with the gnolls, nearly 200,000 troops were summoned. Among them, even if there were horses, even the cavalry, the total number was less than 4,000.

But now, a small Athens can actually arm the chariot army of this size.

This really makes Grom Frost Wolf unimaginable!

The orcs' front line has begun to collapse. After the casualties exceed the scope of their tolerance, the morale of the orcs' warriors is very low and may collapse at any time.

It has been nearly an hour since time passed.

Both the Athenian soldiers and the Orc warriors were already very tired.

But the high-morning Greek heavy infantry clearly had an advantage because they already felt victory was in sight!

The enemy has begun to collapse.

Since the battle has been underway, the number of orcs killed more than 10,000 people, and countless injured people. Under the impact of the scythe chariot, the thousands of orcs on the right wing have almost disappeared. The losses in Athens have also increased to more than 4,000 people!

Although the casualties of Greek heavy infantry were not large, the militia troops on the left and right wings were directly damaged by more than half.

If it weren't for the blessing of faith, more than 50% of the casualties would have collapsed in the era of cold weapons.

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Such a large casualties have exceeded Grom's Frost Wolf's tolerance.

If we continue to fight like this, even if Athens is taken down, our own losses will be enough to shake the foundation of the clan. Because the orcs not only have to face the coalition forces of the human city-state, but also have to complete the task of blocking the mammoths from advancing west by the Orc Empire! Moreover, it has always noticed that there are six infantry phalanxes behind the enemy's commander and have not been put into battle yet!

The other party has a backup plan!

But Grom Frostwolf immediately realized that he would soon as he ascend to the throne of chief, and would suffer such a great defeat if he entered the first stop of mankind.

I'm afraid I...

No!
To be continued...