Xia Zhe didn't know about the strategy for the Thracian region.
At this moment, he was about to land in Alexandros.
In recent years, the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea has been turbulent, and the intensity and cruelty of the struggle are no less than elsewhere.
The Persian Empire invaded the west with great force, and it seemed that it was going to swallow up all the Greek city-states on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea in one bite!
Now, Miletus, a famous Greek city located one thousand kilometers south of Alexandria, is suffering!
Three days ago, the Persian army finally captured this famous Greek city. The Kingdom of Miletus, which had existed for thousands of years, was declared dead!
Miletus is the hometown of Thales, the chief wise man on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea!
After entering the city, the Persian Emperor Xerxes immediately sought out Thales, hoping that he would submit to Persia, set an example, and become the chief minister of the Persian Empire!
With his infinite love for Greek civilization, Thales certainly did not want to be a Persian university scholar.
He fearlessly chose to refuse, preferring to be beheaded.
In order to make an example of him, Xerxes would certainly not show mercy.
He immediately ordered the construction of a torture platform on the seashore, intending to drown Thales in public and let the conquered Greeks feel fear!
"Water! You are the source of all things! Thales has finally returned to your embrace, and my heart is filled with infinite joy! Here, I make my final prophecy! The Persian army will eventually be completely defeated by the power of water! Greece will surely win!"
Thales, whose hands and feet were tied with chains, was not panicked in the face of the vast crowd. Instead, he was quite relieved and talked freely.
This made the Persian soldiers who carried out the execution and hundreds of thousands of onlookers admire him very much!
After saying this prophecy, without waiting for the Persian soldiers to take action, Thales jumped into the rolling sea and never emerged again.
Although, everyone knew that Thales was dead.
But the words he said before his free and easy jump were deeply imprinted in everyone's heart.
The Persian soldiers, who were originally full of confidence, began to doubt whether they could conquer Greece in the future.
On the contrary, "there will be allies from the sea" became the last hope in the hearts of the Greek people who were forced to surrender.
Everyone felt that Persia’s arrogance was only temporary!
When the reinforcements from the sea arrived, it would be the beginning of the Persian army's defeat!
This annoying curse soon reached Xerxes' ears.
As a powerful ruler who destroyed the Babylonian Empire and dominated the Mesopotamian region, Xerxes felt disgusted but not afraid.
After all, war is a battle of strength!
The strength of the Persian Empire is here!
It can never be eliminated by a bunch of curses!
Xerxes did not put any effort into dealing with these ordinary Greek city-states on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea.
At most, he only dispatched 300,000 to 400,000 troops!
The Greeks have never seen the true strength of the Persian Empire!
In fact, Xerxes had an army of 20 million!
Among them are super soldiers that make the Greeks shudder!
For example, the Persian guard archers with extremely long range! For example, the Parthian horse archers who can fly kites and make their opponents collapse! And for example, the war elephant army, which is more terrifying than chariots!
If the naval construction had not lagged behind, there would have been no chance of defeating the Trojan navy and capturing the cities of Troy and Byzantium.
Xerxes had already killed everyone!
However, with the sweep of the southern city-states on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea, Xerxes has recently forced the surrender of several naval powers.
By digesting their shipbuilding technology, the strength of the Persian navy increased greatly during this period.
Miletus had been destroyed.
Xerxes felt that as long as he captured the Trojan port of Alexandria, all the ports on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea would be under his control!
By then, with these ports as bases, Persia will be able to quickly build a super fleet with tens of thousands of ships!
By then, crossing the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus would be no problem at all.
Even if we head straight for Rhodes Island in the center of the Aegean Sea and use it as a springboard to advance into the core of Greek civilization - the Peloponnese region, it is not impossible!
Compared with the total strength of all Greek countries, the Persian Empire was at a disadvantage.
But now the Greek city-states are in disarray, while he has already completed the integration of the East.
Under such circumstances, the time is ripe to fight several major battles and defeat the five major powers of Greece one by one!
The first city to be destroyed is Troy!
"Small fights with less than 500,000 people are too boring! I order an army of 2 million to march north along the coastline to attack Alexandria!" Xerxes issued an order.
The big battle is finally about to begin!
Alexandros, that was the largest city in Troy in Asia Minor! It was also the largest port on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea!
In the past, the Persian Empire did not want to completely break up with Troy. When it encroached on the cities on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea, it deliberately avoided Alexandria!
Now, the king is marching on Alexandros!
Doesn't that mean that Persia is ready to go to war with Troy head-on?
Hearing such exciting news, the morale of the soldiers of the Persian Empire was greatly boosted!
On the contrary, the people of the occupied Greek city-states were trembling with fear!
The influence of Thales' curse also quickly decreased!
The next day.
Alexandros Port Terminal.
Xia Zhe was in a very happy mood as he finally set foot on the mysterious oriental land!
No matter how capable Yubia is, he can't catch up here!
I can finally sleep soundly for a few days!
The one who led the team to welcome Xia Zhe at the dock was the high priest!
That day, the high priest arrived in Troy on Hector's ship.
He first paid a visit to the King of Troy, and then left craftsmen to guide the installation of Greek fire.
Then, the high priest did not dare to delay and immediately led his 10,000 Stobi soldiers across the Dardanelles, walked more than a thousand kilometers, and rushed to Alexandria!
Now is the honeymoon period for Stoby and Troy.
The people of Alexandros all agreed with Hector's suggestion and did not object to Stobi's takeover.
After all, the thousand-year-old city of Miletus to the south was being besieged by the Persian army! Everyone knew that the Persian army would come here sooner or later!
It would definitely be beneficial to bring the emerging power, Stoby, into the battle at this time.
It's nice to sit under a big tree and enjoy the shade.
As for whether to launch a counterattack after resisting Persia, we will decide when the time comes.
Of course, Xia Zhe didn’t know that Stoby had already become an “emerging power” in everyone’s mind!
I have become the scapegoat.
In his opinion, this piece of land is a gift from the heart of the trading king.
I came here just to avoid disaster temporarily!
Until Achilles, Odysseus and others really built the sea fortress fleet.
If Botaitia has not been conquered by Macedonia or Eubia, I still have to go back!
After all, there was a large sandbox map that had just been laid out and hadn't even been played once, and there was also a beautiful queen.
How can one not miss it!
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