However, Lillian's words still reminded Xia Zhe.
yes!
On the sand table, the blue, green and orange lights are emitted from Botaitia, which means that I have three hearts of kings in my hand.
Then could the other apertures be it?
After carefully counting the number of other apertures, Xia Zhe confirmed that there were exactly six.
At the same time, the colors of those lights are completely different from those here in Botaitia.
"I remember that the old envoy Methonian said that Sparta, Athens and Crete should all have a king's heart. If this is to sense the location of the king's heart, just look at where the six locations are, and it will be clear at a glance!" Xia Zhe thought.
Thinking of this, he quickly walked towards several other light circles to confirm their exact locations.
Lillian had no idea what Wang was doing, so she could only follow closely.
As for the guards and palace servants, Lillian deliberately arranged them to the periphery. From the king's serious expression, she knew that he must be thinking about something important! Lillian felt that the fewer idle people there were, the better!
After walking around the four glowing spots in the southern part of the map, Xia Zhe had a rough idea in his mind.
I was right.
Those apertures should be the locations of all the kings' hearts.
Four bright spots in the south.
One is in Athens, one is in Sparta, one is in Crete, and the other is on the island of Tinos in the middle of the Aegean Sea!
What made Xia Zhe most angry was.
There are two more glowing spots, even further away! They are approaching the edge of the map!
One is located east of the Mesopotamian Valley, near the Persian capital of Persepolis.
The other place is even farther west from the Mediterranean Sea outlet, in the Atlantic Ocean.
These two places were not shown at all on Stoby’s old sand table!
Xia Zhe felt that perhaps this was the reason why he had often stayed up late to play games when he was in Stoby, but had never encountered such a strange phenomenon.
"Go back to the palace and bring me some delicious food! I'm in a good mood today and can eat a lot!"
After silently memorizing the locations of the six glowing spots, Xia Zhe loudly instructed Lillian, and then put the Heart of the King in his arms.
I'm not afraid of things being scattered, I'm just afraid of them not finding their way!
I am now the monarch of a great country. It may not be impossible for me to send troops to seize the king's heart!
At least, even if top powers like Athens and Sparta couldn't defeat them, a small place like Tinos Island should always be conquered, right?
Thinking of this, Xia Zhe felt in a good mood and his appetite increased.
After returning to his bedroom and hiding his heart as a king, he asked the palace servants to serve a large table of food, and he enjoyed the meal very much.
Only when his stomach was full did he lie down and fall into a comfortable sleep.
Wake up the next day.
Before they finished breakfast, the Prime Minister, the high priest and Archimedes came in excitedly to report the victory.
"Report to my king! A message has arrived from Achilles. They have defeated the main force of the defeated Boeotian army and successfully recruited 100,000 Theban heavy cavalry! We have received confirmed news that King Paganadas of Boeotia was killed in Botaitia yesterday!"
"Report to my king! One hundred thousand light cavalrymen from the Queen's Northern Legion arrived in Botaitia last night! Early this morning, they went to wipe out the scattered remnants of the enemy army. Botaitia is now safe!"
"Report to my king! The clippers captured from Athens do have quite a few design highlights! With the help of the hundreds of surrendered enemy ship repair craftsmen, I'm confident we can improve this sea fortress within three months! Make it not only stronger but also faster!"
Hearing this, Xia Zhe was even happier.
He immediately gave orders to hold an important meeting after all the troops returned to determine the future direction of development!
After traveling for more than two years, this is a rare time for Xia Zhe to have such great ambitions!
He decided to dispatch the navy as soon as possible to expedition to Tino Island. First, retrieve the purple King's Heart!
If we can find the King's Heart after taking over Tino Island, it means that the hint we got last night was indeed correct!
If you can't find it, you can try and error with minimal loss.
Otherwise, if you just take on tough challenges like Athens and Sparta, and end up with nothing after all the trouble, wouldn’t that be a huge loss!
Hearing Wang, who is always calm and always has an expression of "worrying about the world first" when encountering major events, clearly put forward the four words "development direction", the three people who came to report were extremely excited!
Changed!
The king finally stopped hiding his feelings and dared to talk openly about dominance!
The meeting that will be held in a few days will definitely become a milestone in the development history of Stobi!
Three days later.
Achilles, Odysseus, Alexander, Ina, Ajax and others arrived one after another.
In the meeting hall of the Botaitia Palace, a meeting of many talented people was held!
Except for Spartacus who was far away in Alexandria, all the wise ministers and generals of Stoica participated.
Everyone received the Prime Minister's reminder early on and prepared their own development plans, intending to throw out some ideas to stimulate discussion during the court meeting!
Everyone feels that Stoby's future is extremely bright!
Although for thousands of years, there has never been a hegemon of all Greece in the Great North!
I haven’t even been to the five major countries!
But now, Stoby definitely has a chance to do it!
Even if it still couldn't beat Athens or Sparta in the end, at least striving to become the third largest country in Greece was not an unattainable dream.
For this reason, not long after the meeting started, everyone offered their suggestions and talked about the development direction of Stobi that they had in mind!
In fact, I just want everyone to carry forward the spirit of continuous fighting, don't rest, and immediately go south to attack Tino Island and seize the heart of the king.
Seeing everyone so excited, Xia Zhe didn't want to spoil the fun, so he kept silent and let his men speak first.
The high priest spoke first.
The high priest comes from the diplomatic front, and what he values most is how to unite all forces that can be united.
The high priest suggested that Stobi should focus his main efforts on strengthening the Northern Alliance and merging it with the Eastern Alliance.
Then clearly bring Troy in to form a super alliance with two large groups and a group of small ones.
Similar to the Tinian League of Athens and Boeotia.
In this way, we can firmly control a large area like the Tyrian League and the Peloponnesian League!
Even if it is still inferior to the two major alliances in the south in terms of strength, it should not be difficult to at least maintain its own sphere of influence!
Thus he secured the third position.
Wait until there is a change in the south, then seize the opportunity to act, and you can achieve hegemony!
However, this plan was immediately opposed by Odysseus!
Odysseus comes from a domestic background and knows the importance of self-reliance!
He pointed out that in the defense of Botaitia, the ally Troy actually just helped out and did not play a key role!
The key to victory is that Stoby is stronger than himself.
Therefore, Odysseus suggested that the focus should be placed on domestic development and the country's strength should be accumulated steadily.
For allies that are too peripheral, such as the Eastern Alliance and Troy, it is only necessary to maintain a friendly relationship with them and not spend too many resources to win them over.
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