Stobi was already the de facto overlord of Greece.
Not only the vassal states in the Great North, but also the major Greek powers in other directions sent envoys to Stobi.
At the oath-taking ceremony, the envoys from various countries were informed that Persia had crossed the strait and occupied most of Troy.
All countries are well aware of the strength of the Persian Empire.
In the past, people just thought that the danger was far away, and there were Troy and the Eastern Alliance blocking the way, so no one took it seriously.
But now the situation is completely different!
Troy was about to be destroyed, and the great power of Eastern Thrace, Adelica, also clearly defected to Persia.
In this way, the land route to mainland Greece has been completely opened.
Unlike the time of Darius, the current Persian King Xerxes could completely ignore the naval disadvantage and directly attack the Greek mainland from land! The numerical advantage of the Persian army could be truly brought into play.
Every Greek city-state understood what terrible things would happen if they lost this war.
At the same time, everyone was feeling quite relieved. They were thankful that the internal strife in Greece had ended. A new overlord, Stobi, had risen strongly.
Now, the Greeks have their own leader and are no longer a group of scattered people!
Just respond to Stobi's call and dispatch all your military forces to the Great North. Leave it to Stobi to coordinate and command.
Perhaps, a powerful coalition army can really compete with the Persian army!
Moreover, all countries have more or less heard the legend about King Stobi.
I heard that this is a super genius that appears once in a thousand years!
Much more powerful than the three great Greek war gods: Achilles, Leonidas and Themistocles!
King Stoby often defeats the strong with the weak, achieving a terrifying battle loss ratio of over one to one hundred!
Especially in the Battle of Alexandria on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea, King Stobius, with less than 100,000 men, completely annihilated the Persian army of two million, with only 20,000 casualties on his side!
It is more than ten times stronger than the Athenian navy commanded by Themistocles.
If Themistocles can be called the god of war, then King Stobi is the god among gods!
With him organizing, everyone can see the dawn of victory!
Therefore, after the oath-taking ceremony, many city-state envoys obtained authorization from their kings and went to the Stobi Palace to submit their letters of participation in the war to Queen Ina.
In just three days, more than two hundred countries promised to send their main forces to gather and resist the Persian invasion!
The southern powers, including Athens, Corinth, Argos, etc., all expressed their determination.
Only Sparta and Achaea pledged only ordinary legions. Their core forces—the Spartan heavy infantry guards and the Achaean spearmen—were unwilling to send.
Even so, Ina and the high priest roughly estimated that when these troops arrived, the military force assembled in the Great North should be no less than 15 million!
In addition, Achilles is currently recruiting the five million main players of Stoby.
Two months later, the Greek coalition forces could have mobilized a full 20 million troops and waited for the Persian army to arrive.
According to intelligence sent back from Troy, the total strength of the Persian army would not exceed 30 million.
We are well-rested in our own home turf, 20 million against 30 million, this battle is worth fighting!
Moreover, in fact, the Greek coalition had another advantage, that is, the Eastern Alliance led by Alexander.
Ajax and his experienced archers have arrived in Alexandria and joined Spartacus and others.
Although the Eastern Alliance consists of small city-states, their combined military strength can amount to one or two million.
According to the established plan, Ajax and Spartacus did not concentrate this army to rescue Troy.
Instead, they broke up the army into more than 20 guerrilla groups, each with tens of thousands of soldiers, and simultaneously attacked multiple nodes of the Persian logistics supply line.
The Persian army was caught off guard, suffered heavy losses of military supplies, and major roads were severely damaged.
In desperation, Xerxes could only mobilize a large army to wipe out the guerrilla army.
Not only did the speed of westward advancement drop significantly, but even the progress of attacking the two isolated cities of Troy also slowed down significantly.
Ajax and his men had no intention of engaging in a decisive battle with the Persian army. When they saw the Persian army approaching, they immediately retreated without engaging the Persian army at all.
They retreated all the way back into the territory of the Eastern Alliance before stopping.
This made Xerxes extremely angry.
He knew that if he launched a full-scale attack on the Eastern Alliance, it would not be impossible for Persia to occupy this vast area full of fortifications.
However, this would inevitably consume a great deal of energy and time. It was feared that even after more than half a year, it would still be impossible to launch an attack on mainland Greece.
In that case, the strategic value of sending the Undead Army to go through numerous hardships and dangers to bypass the Black Sea and seize the strait would be greatly reduced.
What's even more infuriating is that since the Wrath of Poseidon, Persia has given up on naval construction.
Even if the Eastern Alliance troops and population could be driven to the coast, they would have time to evacuate by ship at their leisure.
Occupying a bunch of empty cities and wastelands is actually meaningless.
The enemy has a naval advantage, and each legion is small in number. They can land at any place at any time and launch new harassment.
Without capturing mainland Greece, the Eastern Alliance's harassing legions would have endless logistical supplies.
This battle will never be over.
Only by taking over mainland Greece and removing the root of the problem can we solve everything once and for all.
In view of this, Xerxes did not order his army to invade the territory of the Eastern Alliance. Instead, he immediately strengthened the defenses of various passes and sent legions to garrison, passively adopting a defensive stance against the Eastern Alliance.
This move was beyond the expectations of Ajax and Spartacus.
As a result, it became very difficult for the Eastern Alliance army to penetrate deep into the Persian supply lines and harass them.
Even if tens of thousands of people could be squeezed in by twists and turns, they would not be able to evacuate in time after causing damage.
After discussing it, the two of them decided to report the situation to Botaitia.
After receiving the information from Alexandros, Achilles and others were quite impressed with Xerxes.
This Persian king seems arrogant, but his mind works very quickly.
With minimal effort, the hidden dangers of the supply line were completely resolved.
In this way, the victory or defeat of the enemy and us still depends on the success or failure of a head-on battle.
Of course, the harassment launched by Ajax and others was not completely useless.
In order to guard against the Eastern Alliance, Persia left at least two to three million troops.
The construction of those pass fortifications also consumed more than a month of Persia's time.
By the time their main force actually arrived in the Great North, I'm afraid three months would have passed.
Whether it was Achilles training elite soldiers or Alexander integrating the allied forces, they now had more time.
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