Originally, it would have been better to leave the fighting to Achilles.
However, the situation this time is special.
To capture the cities of the Thracian tribes, one must rely mainly on conquering their hearts rather than attacking their cities.
Similarly, his legions were mainly composed of a mess of small city-states, and the ability to hold them together depended mainly on mobilization and coordination.
No matter which one it is, Odysseus is more suitable.
A few days later.
Odysseus led the coalition forces away.
Achilles, on the other hand, began to install the Greek fire in a methodical manner.
Everything went smoothly.
Only when all the Greek fire was installed according to the king's wishes did Achilles breathe a sigh of relief and order his troops to make repairs as soon as possible.
During this period, Odysseus received frequent news of victory.
First, gold mining in Akandos was successfully restored. The gold production there was enough to support the military expenses of more than 500,000 mercenaries!
Then, under Odysseus's signature political offensive, Comnes, the last major city of the Byzantine people, surrendered!
The largest gold mine in Thrace was also peacefully transferred.
The gold production here is five times that of Arcandos!
Overjoyed, Odysseus immediately left behind a trusted army guard and continued to lead the coalition forces "home" in the northwest direction.
At this moment, the troops were less than two hundred kilometers away from the last golden city, Agrian.
That day, just after breakfast, his personal soldiers rushed to the Governor's Palace to report important information to Achilles.
A large number of warships were approaching from afar on the sea, seemingly with ill intentions.
"No way! The Greek Fire has just been built, and the enemy appears? The king is too calculating!"
Achilles was not nervous, but extremely surprised.
He hurried to the observation deck and looked toward the sea to the south.
I saw a large number of warships slowly rising from the sea level.
The shape and flag of the battleship are exactly the same as those seen in the Battle of Botaitia.
There was no doubt that the Ubians were coming again.
"I haven't heard of the Eubian army attacking Botaitia in the past few days. Could it be that since they couldn't take Botaitia, they switched to attacking Thasos as a roundabout way?"
Achilles, with his strong military acumen, immediately thought of this possibility.
Although I don't understand why Yubia didn't attack earlier or later, but at this time.
But he knew in his heart that his chance to show his talents had come again!
"Send the message. Cover all the Greek fire around the harbor with cloth or other coverings. Don't let the enemy see what it is! Quick!" Achilles made a quick decision.
The messenger received the order and ran away.
Soon, all the Greek fires were deliberately covered up. From a distance, those large cloth bags were just piles of goods.
"Twenty thousand archers, line up on the beach! The rest of the legions, take cover! And take away Stoby's flag."
Achilles gave a second order.
Soon, 20,000 archers composed of surrendered soldiers from local Thracian tribes were waiting in a loose line on the beach.
The golden flag representing Stoby was no longer on the bare flagpole.
On the flagship of the Eubia fleet on the sea.
After seeing the defensive arrangements of the port of Thasos, the observer began to report to Hipparchus.
"Report to the commander. The flags flying in the port of Thasos have been taken down. We were too far away just now, and I only saw that the color seemed to be gold, not the original green of the Thasos tribe. In addition, about 20,000 Thracian archers have been lined up in the harbor." said the observer.
"knew!"
Hipparchus answered casually.
So what if the flag changed? At most, it just means that the port of Thasos has been occupied by another Thracian tribe!
These uncivilized barbarians, no matter which tribe they come from, will have no way out in front of my two million troops!
Although he couldn't see as far as the observer on the mast, Hipparchus could still see the entire harbor from his position.
The 20,000 Thracian archers had a loose formation and very poor discipline.
When our army really launches an overwhelming attack, I am afraid that there will be only a few people left who dare to shoot arrows, and they will all be scared away.
"Pass on my order! Deploy the entire army and present the largest possible front! Scare those barbarians to death! Then, send out a thousand warships and launch a group charge!" Hipparchus ordered.
One thousand ships!
That’s 700,000 to 800,000 people!
Commander, what a generous move! This is to forcefully announce the arrival of the Eubia army and crush the barbarians' weak hearts in one fell swoop!
Many of his men also became excited and began to pass on orders.
"Commander, it's not appropriate to send out so many troops at once. Shouldn't we send out a few tens of thousands of people to test the waters first?" suggested a cautious general.
"Probing? What's there to test? Any way we fight these barbarians is justified!" Hippax rejected it proudly.
Come to think of it.
There is really nothing to consider when it comes to defeating the uncivilized barbarians.
When they thought of this, they stopped talking.
Soon, a large number of Euboean ships, as requested by the commander, were deployed towards the port of Thassos.
Seeing so many troops coming from the sea, the Thracian natives and merchant caravans from various countries in the port were frightened.
They began to choose to escape deep inland through the northern seawall.
Seeing this situation, Achilles did not send anyone to maintain order, allowing this chaotic scene to unfold in front of the Eubia army!
As a result, the Eubia attacking army became more and more arrogant, hoping to be the first to land on Thasos so as to grab some good things in advance.
"Achilles, you're really ruthless with this move!"
Someone came to the command platform and spoke to Achilles in a teasing tone.
Achilles turned around and saw that the person coming was Hector, the eldest prince of Troy.
Although he was just a passenger in the merchant fleet, Hector was a veteran of many battles and would definitely see the trick.
Strobi's terrifying Greek fire, which was only a temporary arrangement at the beginning, destroyed hundreds of King Thassos's warships in one fell swoop.
Although those warships were smaller than those of Eubia, they were made of the same flammable wood.
There are now more than twice as many huge Greek artillery batteries around the port as there were before.
With Achilles's determination, there is no reason for him to give up without fighting!
He must be deliberately showing weakness.
same.
Stobi's military force in Thasos was at least four or five hundred thousand men.
Achilles hid them all, leaving only 20,000 flabby native archers.
This must have been planned.
"Ha. Nothing can be hidden from you. To be honest, last time in Botaitia, I burned more than one million enemy troops, but failed to burn Eubia's ships. With ships, they always have the initiative! So this time, I want to do it thoroughly and solve the problem once and for all!" Achilles laughed.
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