Victory at sea?
After hearing Achilles' judgment, several people fell into deep thought.
Although I really don’t understand how much pressure Wang’s dozens of ships can put on the giant Athenian navy?
But the immense recognition of Wang's abilities touched the hearts of everyone present.
"Okay! Without further ado, I will lead these 700 ships to reinforce the island of Tinos. At the same time, notify my brother Paris to lead the main force of the Trojan fleet that is heading towards Botaïtia to the island of Tinos. As long as our two Trojan fleets are combined, we can provide King Stobi with reinforcements of 2,500 ships!" Hector was the first to express his opinion without thinking for long.
"I am also impressed by the king's brilliant strategy! Achilles, you are right! Let us have a big fight here! We must hold the army of the Teno alliance in Thessalion and distract their attention!" Odysseus said, patting his chest.
"I have no objection. I will follow Achilles' instructions." Alexander also replied.
Although Alexander had just joined Stoby, he didn't quite understand King Stoby's command level.
But this battle was about to end in a crushing defeat.
Now that Achilles was willing to take over command, Alexander was of course happy.
In this way, even if you fail in the end, your responsibility will be much smaller.
"Okay! Since everyone agrees, let's start making arrangements immediately! Get ready for a big fight with those mercenaries!" Achilles said excitedly.
Another two days passed.
Hector's Trojan fleet had already sailed east for a long time.
The Port of Meganit and the nearby City of Meganit were repaired and made extremely solid thanks to the efforts of more than 1.2 million Stobi soldiers.
On the other hand, Odysseus made good use of his political mobilization ability.
Not only did it make the surrounding people voluntarily clear their homes and move to the city of Maganit.
Among these people, 300,000 militiamen were temporarily recruited.
As a result, the Stobi army's military strength reached 1.5 million.
Although there are less than one million heavy infantrymen who can really fight tough battles.
However, due to the presence of two distinctive Macedonian arms, the Myrmidon warriors and the surrendered Theban heavy cavalry, their overall combat power is still superior to that of the enemy's mercenaries!
Finally, the army of the Tino Alliance arrived.
Seeing that the enemy troops were indeed only land forces, with no navy, and numbering no more than three million, Achilles felt disappointed but also somewhat relieved.
He was disappointed that the commander of the Tino Alliance was too cautious.
They did not blindly split their forces and advance together, nor did they give the Stoby Expeditionary Force a chance to gain time advantage.
In this way, the battle becomes a head-on confrontation, a test of strength. Our side can only take a defensive stance for the time being.
Fortunately, his calculation was correct. There were only three million people from the Tino Alliance.
And there is no navy!
This means that even with twice the military strength, the Tino Alliance cannot swallow up the Stobi Expeditionary Force in one bite!
This battle has become a protracted war!
Unless a large number of troops are sent out, the Tino Alliance will not be able to turn its advantage into victory!
Achilles felt that there was no doubt that the navy led by the king had achieved some results.
Therefore, Athens, which is known for its navy, never had any warships from beginning to end!
This battle must be fought!
The commander of these three million mercenaries was, of course, Pericles himself.
Cleisthenes and Seleucus followed him.
When Pericles first heard that the plan of closing the door and beating the dog had succeeded and that his side had firmly controlled the southern entrance of Mount Olympus, he was very happy.
He felt that the Stobi expeditionary force would inevitably repeat the same mistakes as the Boeotian army, and would be forced to fight to the death because of the lack of supplies.
It is even possible that the Stobi expeditionary force did not dare to fight and collapsed on the spot.
To this end, Pericles was extremely cautious, resolutely concentrated his forces, and patiently approached the Stobi expeditionary force.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, they heard that the Stoby Expeditionary Force had gone to Port Maganit and received supplies from the fleet back home!
In a fit of rage, Pericles wanted to order more than a thousand warships stationed in the Euboean Islands of Athens to launch an attack from the sea.
Let the Stobi people see the true strength of the Athenian navy!
Unexpectedly, before the order was given, the bad news had already arrived.
Tino Island, where the Tino Alliance's treasury is located, has been occupied by the Stoby Fleet!
All the gold coins that were intended to be shipped to Thessalian to pay the mercenaries were intercepted!
This was a serious matter, and it frightened Pericles, Cleisthenes, and Seleucus, all of whom became nervous.
Stoby is so cunning!
They actually hit the weak spot of the Tino Alliance accurately!
Without the gold reserves on Tinos, not only would these mercenaries soon rebel, but even the tug-of-war on the southern front with the Peloponnesian League would be severely affected.
Things have their priorities!
In desperation, Pericles could only order the Euboean fleet to rush southeast to rescue Tinos.
At the same time, he also issued a strong order, requiring the main Athenian naval fleet far away in Rhodes to immediately mobilize no less than 10,000 ships to the west as a backup.
If the squadron of the Euboean Islands is temporarily frustrated in its attack, it can also use the force of thunder to forcibly destroy all enemies who have captured Tino Island!
Off the coast of Tino Island.
The sun is shining and the sky is cloudless.
Without even having time to load the gold coins, Xia Zhe urged the fleet to set off back north.
However, it was still too late.
Before we had gone far out of the port, a fleet came from the northwest.
The fish-shaped emblem of Athens is particularly eye-catching on the sails of those ships.
Equally striking are the scorching marks on the masts and hull.
This made Xia Zhe, the Prime Minister and the High Priest understand in an instant.
This Athenian fleet is the one that retreated from the port of Botaitia!
"Their ships are faster than ours! What should we do?" the high priest said worriedly.
The two armies had fought each other before, so they knew each other well.
The high priest knew in his heart that it would be impossible for him to escape from the Athenian fleet.
"What else can we do? Retreat to the port and fight!" said the Prime Minister helplessly.
The enemy had thousands of ships, but we only had dozens.
In the open sea, once a fight breaks out, it is easy to be attacked from all sides.
Although the sea fortress has Greek fire, it also has a reloading time and cannot fire continuously.
To deal with hundreds of warships, there is still time to rely on mutual coordination to make up for the time difference in reloading.
But if more than a thousand warships attack at the same time, it would be very difficult to destroy them all.
If the enemy ships get close.
Perhaps he is not afraid of attacks from bows, arrows and spears.
However, it is difficult to withstand the impact of the battering ram on the bow of the enemy ship without any injury.
In that case, it is still unclear who will win.
To be on the safe side, it is better to retreat to the vicinity of the port, with your back to the land to reduce the contact area between the two sides, so as to have a chance of winning.
"The Prime Minister is right, let's go back to the port!"
Xia Zhe nodded in agreement immediately.
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