Even if Troy still sent the same 700 ships, they might not win if a real fight broke out.
And now on the northern waters, there are two to three thousand Trojan ships, which are more in number than their own.
If the enemy attacks us from both inside and outside, we will surely be defeated!
It would be wise to run away quickly and get closer to our main fleet coming from the east!
"Order! All troops, set sail and retreat to the east at full speed!"
With this in mind, the commander issued an instruction.
Not daring to engage in battle, the Athenian navy's more than a thousand ships fled to the east in disgrace, leaving the Scythian army and the newly arrived Trojan army stunned.
"This? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that the Athenian navy could be so cowardly!"
On the flagship of the Trojan fleet, Paris spoke in surprise.
Although not as knowledgeable as Hector, Paris was also a powerful general of Troy.
When Paris and Stobbi joined forces to defeat Adlicia, he single-handedly held back the main force of Tarquès, the king of Adlicia, and bought time for Achilles and his men to advance a thousand miles.
Paris knew that the Athenian navy was notoriously proud and arrogant!
Not to mention that their military strength was slightly inferior, even if the difference was three or four times, the Athenian navy would still dare to fight.
After all, when it comes to naval battles, they are very confident and have never been afraid of anyone!
Of course, the Athenian Navy's ship performance and tactical qualities are indeed first-class.
For hundreds of years, the Athenian navy had indeed won more battles than lost in such situations where the navy was outnumbered.
Therefore, if an unfortunate encounter occurs at sea, it is usually the fleets of other countries that choose to escape.
When did the Athenian fleet ever run away on its own initiative?
Originally, Paris led the main force of the Trojan Navy, 1,800 warships, just to assist in the defense of Botaïtia.
There are large Greek artillery batteries there, so Troy is not afraid even if the Athenian navy approaches.
But halfway through the journey, Paris unexpectedly received a letter from his brother via carrier pigeon, asking the fleet to turn southwest and reunite with his squadron.
Paris was quite puzzled by this, but he still carried out the order faithfully.
However, when the two armies met, Paris was stunned to hear that Hector was planning to go directly south to support the Stobi fleet that had attacked Tinos Island earlier.
Are you kidding?
Who has the ability to attack Tino Island?
That is the natural sphere of influence of the Athenian Navy!
Even if the navies of the four major countries of the Southern Peloponnesian League joined forces, they would not dare to rashly attack the island of Tinos.
Wouldn't it be like a moth flying into a flame to attack Tino Island with just Stoby's small fleet?
Could it be that his brother Hector was brainwashed by the Stoic people and wanted to send the main force of the Trojan fleet to die!
Don’t be fooled by the fact that our fleet is strong after the merger, with a total of 2,500 warships.
But Athens is the strongest maritime power in Greece!
It is much stronger than Corinth, the second most powerful maritime country!
In order to defend the island of Tinos, it would not be difficult for Athens to mobilize tens of thousands of warships!
Compared to the Athenian fleet, Troy, though also known as one of the five great Greek powers, was no match for Athens in a naval battle.
What's more, the Trojan fleet was also responsible for defending the strait and preventing the Persian army from invading westward.
Although Persia seems to have disappeared recently and has not launched any offensive.
But building a fleet is not easy, and it is not worth it to suffer heavy losses because of intervening in the dispute between the Stobi and Tino Alliance for no reason.
So, at first Paris firmly disagreed.
But Hector had already promised Achilles, so he would not go back on his word.
Seeing that he could not convince his brother, he could only use his authority as the commander-in-chief of the Trojan army to demand that the fleet must obey his orders!
In desperation, Paris and the commanders of the various squadrons had no choice but to agree.
Correspondingly, the combat effectiveness of such a reluctant army is really worrying.
Hector was a little nervous. He didn't know how well his soldiers could perform when they really encountered the Athenian navy.
However, it was totally unexpected.
The Athenian navy was even more guilty than the Trojan fleet!
He didn't even fight, he just ran away.
Hector was extremely puzzled by this. He wondered how much loss they had suffered at the hands of the Stoby fleet.
"I'm right. King Stobi is very good at fighting. The Athenians must have been scared by him, so they retreated as soon as they saw the reinforcements. Let's dock first!" said Hector.
Instead of pursuing the Athenian fleet, Hector commanded the Trojan navy to dock at the port of Tinos.
After getting off the boat, Hector saw Xia Zhe, the Prime Minister, the high priest and others standing at the dock to greet them. He pulled Paris and went to greet them.
"Prince, we meet again! Arriving early is worse than arriving at the right time. Use your ship to transport the gold coins from this island's treasury! When we return, you and I will divide it in half!"
Seeing Hector, Xia Zhe didn't waste any time and went straight to the point.
Although Xia Zhe also didn't understand why the Trojan Navy sent so many ships.
But the opportunity was not to be missed, and he immediately thought of the most important thing - transporting money!
There are too many gold coins in the Tino Island vault.
According to the high priest's estimation, it would take at least two hundred ships to load all the cargo!
Our fleet is made up of ironclad ships, which are heavy to begin with. If they are loaded with too many gold coins, they can’t even be launched!
If we only rely on the dozen or so captured Athenian ships to transport the money, most of the money will be wasted!
This made Xia Zhe feel very sorry!
He didn't let the fleet run away with the gold coins because he was in a hurry to escape.
Now that the Athenian navy has been forced to retreat, Xia Zhe feels really uncomfortable if he doesn't move all the money away!
That's why he ordered the fleet to dock first.
There is no need to rush to run away, just wait patiently for Hector to come!
The Trojan fleet just happened to have so many ships that they could borrow Hector's ship to transport all the gold coins away.
In order to get Troy to leave the ship and protect them all the way, it is not a loss to promise to give them half.
Otherwise, if they find the vault themselves and move it themselves, Stoby will get nothing!
Who said we have too few boats?
Xia Zhe secretly swore to this in his heart.
No matter how good its combat effectiveness is, I will definitely build a large-scale navy when I return!
Otherwise, if there is such a good thing next time and there is no ship to transport it, wouldn’t it be given away for free to others?
Divide gold coins?
Hector was stunned when he heard King Stobi's words, and nodded unconsciously.
Could it be that Stoby's raid on Tino Island was so successful that the Tino Alliance didn't have time to transport all the gold coins?
If this is true, with the financial resources of the Antinous Alliance, Troy may be able to get thousands of gold coins out of thin air, or even more!
If you’re lucky, you might get a whole box!
King Stoby is so generous!
Forming an alliance with him is definitely a very correct strategic decision!
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