Chapter 58: Cretans (Part 2)

If there is any military service in Greece that impressed Murphy the most in the beginning of "Total War"!

Then there is no doubt that it is - Crete Archer!

Greek heavy infantry is known as the most cost-effective in the entire station, but their requirements for construction are not low. They must first upgrade from a large town to a city, and then build a city barracks to train and recruit Greek heavy infantry! A kind of army with strong combat power and fast training at the same time.

However, before this, Greece had to rely on Greek infantry and militia to support the overall situation.

Javeliners have weak attacks, short range and slow attack speed. The Greek Javelin Cavalry is known as the No. 1 cavalry in the entire station, which is a kind of product that can attack a team of archers. The First Greek Cavalry and the Light Infantry in the Romans are known as the most powerful troops in the entire station, and are usually used as cannon fodder to attract firepower. This is why Murphy has never been rushing to build stables. At least he did not plan to train cavalry before the saddle stirrup was made by the blacksmith shop.

In contrast, the cavalry of the General Guards is more reliable, at least they have the courage to fight!

The auxiliary troops in the early stage were so powerless that the entire Greek civilization was summoning a group of powerful archers to appear!

They showed up.

They are active in every corner of Greek civilization!

They participate in the battle by mercenaries! They have the farthest range and the strongest attack power! Their skills can even be compared with the most elite barbarians who specialize in archery and hunting for a living!

They are - Crete Archers!!!

It can summarize everything in just one sentence.

——"Crete archers' skills are famous all over the world!!!"

After listening to the report of the newly promoted finance officer, Murphy opened the "Total War" auxiliary system almost without hesitation.

As expected, there was an additional mercenary option in the data of military recruitment!

They are Cretan archers!

Army: Cretan Archer

Number of recruitment rounds: (0)

Soldier size (80), experience (1).

Hand-to-hand attack (7), long-range attack (12), charge bonus (3), weapon type (bow, dagger).

Total defense (4), armor (0), defense skills (4), shield (0).

Vitality (1).

Morale (8).

Recruitment costs (750), maintenance costs (200).

Ability: able to hide in the forest; be able to use fire arrows; be able to have abundant physical strength; move quickly; be able to dig tunnels.

Explanation: Cretan archers are famous all over the world!

They can use heavy rainstorm arrows to hit the enemy with great force, not just harass them! These people can greatly destroy the enemy's front before the main battle begins, or place them behind the defensive forces front. Without protection, they are vulnerable to attacks by cavalry and light javelins, and they have no chance in hand-to-hand combat.

Historically, Crete represented a way of fighting, not a region, so many of these mercenaries came from different regions of the Greek world. Crete-born people were highly valued in major cities and towns and were invited to serve as archery instructors.

Greek infantry without Cretan archers are lonely.

They could only resist in the enemy's long-range strikes. The powerlessness of the Javeliners and the Javelin Cavalry made them lonely as snow. At this time, the agile figure of the Cretan archers gave them hope! With these best archers, they even had the possibility of counterattacking to the city of Rome!

In Total War, if you start with Greece, then the first thing you have to do.

It is to recruit all the Cretan archers that can be seen in your vision. They will use their amazing lethality to tell you how wise the decision you made is!

Obviously, there were many mercenaries among the Cretans who were brought with the shipwreck.

They are proficient in bow and arrow skills and can attack enemies with dense rain of arrows! They have excellent endurance and their long-term mercenary career has given them a strong body! They can pull out strong bows and shoot farther distances than other archers!

In the "Total War" auxiliary system, all Cretan archers that can be hired are experienced +1, which means that they are all veterans who have experienced cruel wars and are already very skilled in combat skills.

"With the Cretans, there are the best archery instructors!" Murphy's joy was hard to say at this moment. It can be said that the appearance of these Cretans has suddenly improved the combat effectiveness of the territory by a big quarter! At first, Murphy was worried about how to train qualified archers after imitating the centaur longbow, but now he doesn't have to worry. With these Cretan archers, everything is no longer a problem!

"Take me to see them." Murphy sorted out his clothes and signaled the finance officer to take him to see them.

In the report of the finance official just now, he said that because the number of refugees this time was a bit too high, the housing in the town was insufficient, so he temporarily placed the Cretans in the port.

It has increased by half at once, and it is not surprising that it can no longer be resettled.

Fortunately, when Murphy was planning the town, he planned to free up the space for expansion. Now all he had to do was to build housing for those vacant lands.

After leaving the inner city, Murphy found that the port was much more crowded than before.

In the camp where the Cretans were placed, Murphy unexpectedly saw the high priest. She was pacifying the Cretans who had survived the disaster, in the name of the goddess.

Murphy walked over gently and looked at the high priest with holy glory from afar.

She was saying something to the shipwrecked Cretan refugees, and her words seemed to carry some magic that made people unconsciously convinced.

At this time, the high priest also noticed Murphy's arrival.

She brought Murphy's side with the new priests behind her, slowly lowered her head and said softly: "Governor."

It can be seen that the high priest had already gained a very high reputation among these Cretans in a short period of time. This is the power brought by the divine power, and it is also related to the special aura that can influence others. Her current action suddenly focused the eyes of all Cretan refugees on Murphy. These Cretans suddenly understood that this man who looked very young was the governor here.

Supreme ruler of the territory!

Murphy suddenly understood the meaning of the high priest. She was using God's authority to help her gather these Cretans. As the high priest of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, her behavior that just bowed to her was undoubtedly to raise her status to her high priesthood.

This greatly facilitated his recruitment of these Cretans.

In the eyes of these Cretans, even the high priest with divine glory bowed his head to the Governor, and then his honor is beyond doubt!

This is also to confirm that the temple claims that the Lord Lord is the goddess's attachment.

With the actions of the high priest before, it would be much easier for Murphy to recruit these Cretans.

He drew up some of the original Athenian townsmen to build houses with these Cretans, and then planned a area on a vacant land in the inner city as the Cretans' residence.

At the beginning, Murphy was not convenient to disperse them.

It will take them until they settle down and no longer have any warning about everything, Murphy will start to mess up and disperse them and live with other town residents to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The auxiliary system shows that Cretan archers can be recruited.

But Murphy didn't have this idea yet. He was waiting for General Leodale to come back. If the slave merchant Prife could bring back a group of centaur longbows, Murphy planned to let these Cretan archers use centaur longbows. They were all the best shooters, and compared to other soldiers, they were more suitable to use centaur longbows to fight!

Just as Murphy was planning all this in his mind.
Chapter completed!