Themistocles had heard that half a year ago, the Persian navy had suffered a major defeat on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea.
It was Stobi who defeated Persia.
Stroibinez clearly had only a few dozen ships, so how could he defeat the Persian navy, which had thousands of ships?
The strangest part of the legend is right here.
Legend has it that King Stobi had some kind of contract with the sea god.
At the critical moment, Poseidon, the god of the sea, became angry and directly wiped out the Persian fleet.
It is also for this reason that Persia has restrained itself a lot recently.
Themistocles never believed in this nonsense about gods and monsters.
At one point he thought that this was just the support of the Trojan fleet.
King Stoby is just a puppet in the front.
The losses of the Persian Navy were definitely not as great as the legend said!
But after experiencing the bizarre failure last night, he saw with his own eyes that the sea was littered with the wreckage of his own ships.
At this moment, Themistocles was really a little uncertain.
Could it be that King Stobi really has a contract with the sea god, so his fleet can easily avoid reefs and storms?
If this is the case, we must be extremely careful when fighting against the Stoby fleet!
"Report to the General. The joint fleet of the six nations has set sail. But strangely, they did not take the north route, but came towards the northeast, and will soon pass by the south of our fleet!" His subordinates passed on the latest intelligence.
"You're passing right by our army from the south! How dare you!"
"General, give the order! We will head south immediately to engage in a boarding battle!"
"That's right! We must make these guys pay a heavy price!"
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Hearing that the combined fleet of the six nations was so brazen as to actually pass through the Athenian navy's front, exposing its flanks, many of Themistocles' men were indignant!
Everyone was determined to fight and make the joint fleet of the six countries suffer.
Only Themistocles, upon hearing such information, became more cautious.
The enemy commander is definitely not a mediocre person!
On the contrary, he was a first-class naval battle artist with a more flexible mind and more deadly strategies than himself.
They dare to expose their side like this, there must be a killer move hidden in it!
For safety reasons, it is better not to act rashly, but just follow and bite from a distance.
The flaws that the enemy deliberately exposes are definitely not real flaws!
It is only worth fighting if you rely on your own strategy and force the enemy to reveal their flaws!
Themistocles felt that as long as he held on to the joint fleet of the six nations.
The enemy's real flaws will be revealed sooner or later.
In fact, there was no trap in passing the Athenian fleet from the south, exposing its flank to the attack of the enemy ships.
This is entirely the result of Xia Zhe's persistence.
Last night's surprise attack was a great success.
Back at the Six Nations Combined Fleet camp, Eulibiades, the high priest, Paris and others were already waiting there.
After listening to Hector's reconnaissance report, they learned that the Athenian navy had lost thousands of ships in this battle, while none of their own ships were damaged. Everyone was convinced of Xia Zhe!
The opposing commander was Themistocles, known as the Greek naval god!
Being able to gain the upper hand at the hands of the God of War for the second time, the results were even more fruitful than the first time.
Who would believe it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes?
Afterwards, the Prime Minister and others took the opportunity to introduce Xia Zhe’s new invention - the compass!
Seeing this magical little thing, the entire six-nation joint fleet was excited!
So strong!
King Stoby is so powerful!
He is not only a master of strategy and tactics, but also a top inventor!
The compass he invented completely solved the problem of determining direction at sea!
With this thing, plus King Stoby's command ability.
Everyone thought that the joint fleet of the six nations would create a miracle and defeat the main fleet of Athens unprecedentedly!
The only one who truly has no confidence is Xia Zhe himself.
He knew clearly that his safe escape last night was entirely due to the Prime Minister's careful study of the nautical charts.
At the same time, the Athenian fleet was unaware that they had a compass, and problems arose during the two pursuits.
This allowed them to escape safely.
By daybreak, all these advantages will no longer exist, and if they confront the Athenian navy head-on, they will definitely suffer a great loss.
In the second half of the night, Xia Zhe thought about it and finally came up with a decent idea.
Before dawn, he hurriedly told the Prime Minister and the high priest about this idea.
Finally, he put his mind at ease and returned to the cabin where he fell into a deep sleep.
"What? King Stoby ordered the fleet to sail northeast? Are you sure you heard correctly?"
"What kind of divine command is this? If we march in that direction, won't we pass directly through the Athenian fleet?"
"That's right! That way we will completely expose our most dangerous waist to the Athenian fleet! That's simply courting death!"
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At the summit meeting early in the morning, after listening to King Stobi's opinions conveyed by the Prime Minister and the High Priest, all the generals with a little naval knowledge were surprised and opposed!
Having no experience in naval combat, the Prime Minister and the High Priest were speechless and unable to refute everyone's opposition.
The two were just convinced in their hearts that they had not conveyed the king's intention incorrectly.
Before going to bed, the king made it clear that the fleet should head in the direction of the clouds.
Looking up at the sky, there are few clouds in the north, but in the northeast, there are thick clouds.
According to the king's request, the fleet must of course head northeast!
As to whether this request is reasonable or not, in fact the Prime Minister and the High Priest don’t care!
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