Soon, the king's order to not attack Macedonia and instead march the army eastward was conveyed to Botaitia.
Seeing the king's order, Achilles and Odysseus were full of admiration.
Two days ago, the two men did intend to attack Macedonia.
They hoped to rely on their numerical advantage to seize the Macedonian coastal territories and reach the suburbs of Pella.
However, after sending out small groups to try several places, both men discovered the problem at the same time.
At some point, Macedonia had significantly strengthened its eastern defenses! Walls and bunkers were built, and a massive clearing of the surrounding areas was underway!
Attacking Macedonia at this time will definitely hit a wall, which is completely different from the sneak attack on Edomani!
Although there are 1.1 million people at hand, their combat effectiveness is uneven! It will be very difficult to attack Macedonia's carefully defended city head-on, and the losses will be heavy!
Both of them felt quite regretful that they should not have written to the king on impulse.
Once the king's approval order comes down, we have no choice but to fight this stupid battle!
But, I never expected it.
Wang had already seen through everything and didn't approve it at all!
On the contrary, the king ordered the two men to lead the army eastward, advance to Thasos, and demand territory from Thrace!
"Great! Really great! The Thracian barbarians are indeed fierce, but their manpower is limited. It is impossible to defend every pass! If we attack Thrace, we will definitely not encounter any situation where we cannot take over. We will definitely be able to expand a large territory!" Achilles sighed.
"That's right! And Methonian in the east has been acting rather strangely recently. It's a very good strategy to test it out in the name of letting the army pass through!" Odysseus also sighed.
Odysseus had a more sensitive political sense than Achilles, and he had long noticed that something was wrong with Methonian.
In such a large battle as that of Botaitia, the ten surrounding small city-states all sent their troops to support.
But Metonian, who was so close, didn't make any movement!
This is really abnormal.
For this reason, Odysseus sent spies to investigate, and they made an even more shocking discovery!
Metonian actually began to significantly strengthen the western defense line half a month ago!
They retreated in the same way as Macedonia and built a large number of fortresses and city walls. It was as if they had already predicted that a major battle would take place in Botaitia!
What’s even stranger is that Methonian never told any of his allies about this judgment!
If the king had not wanted to visit Botaitia.
I am afraid that when the Eubian naval army arrives, Botaitia will not even have 30,000 troops!
If Botaitia is captured by the Eubia army.
With such strong defenses on both the east and west sides, the terrifying army of millions of people from Eubia will most likely choose to go north!
Odysseus shuddered at the mere thought of what would happen!
Now the king ordered an attack on Thrace. The army's advance eastward would inevitably require it to pass through Methonian territory.
It would only take a few minutes to test whether King Methonian had ulterior motives.
Perhaps, this was one of the king’s original intentions!
A few days later, King Methonian received the letter.
Odysseus formally requested that Methionium open its western border to allow the coalition army of 1.2 million men to pass through.
Moreover, as an ally, we need to provide food and fodder for the army.
This request made King Methonian nervous.
That's not right!
From ancient times to the present, has there ever been a powerful ruler in the civilized world who would covet primitive barbarian lands like Thrace?
Which heroic leader doesn't want to compete for hegemony in the civilized world?
King Stobi, are you really going to attack Thrace?
Or did King Stobi already know about his secret alliance with Macedonia and deliberately find an excuse to destroy Methionion?
If the western border is not open, at least we can still hold on for a while!
If Odysseus and his men were allowed in, and they suddenly attacked, wouldn't he be completely finished?
"No! We can't borrow the passage! Send reinforcements to the western border immediately, and send all the reserve legions in the capital! We must stop the Stobi coalition and hold on until Macedonia comes to rescue us!"
Without much hesitation, King Methonian made his decision.
With the delivery of the rejection letter and the appearance of reinforcements for the city defense, Odysseus realized that King Metone had really rebelled!
Without hesitation, he immediately sent an attack message to Achilles, who had already led more than 200,000 cavalry and quietly circled back to the north of Methionium.
Achilles commands his troops as fast as lightning!
After receiving the intelligence, before Methionium could react, his cavalry broke into the weakly defended north of Methionium and defeated the Methionium border guards.
Then, without stopping, Achilles led his army straight into the city of Methoneum.
It took only one day to capture the capital without its reserve legions and capture King Methionion alive.
The capital, which even the main Macedonian army failed to capture, was conquered by Achilles in a flash.
Moreover, the king has become a prisoner!
The morale of the main legion on the western defense line of Metonian plummeted.
Under Odysseus' political offensive, they all chose to surrender!
The Great Northern Region, a powerful country second only to Stobia and Macedonia, was declared destroyed!
This was only three days before the war started.
Macedonia had no time to react!
In fact, Alexander was unable to spare any troops to rescue Methionion!
Because his main force also encountered big trouble after breaking through the southern entrance of Mount Olympus during the chaos.
Eubia has recovered from its brief period of confusion.
The former sage Hippias, with the full support of his younger brother Hipparchus, soon ascended the throne as king!
As the new king, he is more intelligent and cautious than Ramza.
Alexander's various ingenious strategies were completely unable to mobilize Hippias.
Hippias was determined on one thing!
I have much more people than you, much more money than you, and much more food than you!
So, I won't play tactics with you! I'll just fight you to the limit! Let's see who can outlast the other?
In the end, it was Macedonia, which had to endure the long expedition, that could not afford the consequences.
Faced with the same dilemma his father had faced, Alexander had to temporarily put aside his great ambitions and return to the army in despair!
After this incident, Macedonia's strength plummeted.
Not to mention Alexander, even Seleucus and the Sirens could no longer be optimistic about Macedonia.
at the same time.
After Achilles and Odysseus pacified Methoneum, they finally began their attack on Thrace.
The gold-rich city of Akandos was captured first.
Then, Achilles' vanguard advanced along the coastline towards the famous city of Amphipolis.
That was the capital of the Thracian power of Byssothon, renowned for its abundant supply of swift horses. Achilles chose to attack this city first, hoping to quickly secure a large number of them, thereby further increasing the speed of his legions' advance.
after all.
In the sparsely populated Thrace region, an army of millions of people would waste a lot of food if it moved too slowly.
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