When the people heard King Stobi say he was going west to start a war, they were happy but also quite surprised.
King Stobi's army was indeed powerful, but its numbers were too small.
Antigonus and Minos originally had an army of 200,000 men, but they were eventually overwhelmed by the Egyptian army.
Didn’t I hear from that woman that King Stobi governs a very large country?
In this case, it seemed a bit inappropriate for him to attack without waiting for backup.
Thinking of this, people began to speak out and remind them.
"My king, you are not aware of this. The Egyptian invading army is quite large, exceeding one million. You might as well wait for your army to arrive before attacking!"
"Yes! Although your warriors are very strong, two fists cannot defeat four hands. You must summon the army as soon as possible and then fight the Egyptians, so that you can be sure of victory!"
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Hearing this, Xia Zhe curled his lips.
Aren't you talking nonsense?
Of course I know I can't win.
However, this time when I went south, I only brought a small number of people with me. How could there be any large army following behind me?
As for sending a large army to fight the Egyptians, it is theoretically possible.
But the troops I can mobilize are all fighting hard against the Persians in the far north. It's unclear whether they've suffered a crushing defeat or not, so how can I possibly mobilize them?
I was just going to fight symbolically, just going through the motions. Do you guys take it seriously?
"A large army? Isn't there a large army right in front of us? Why wait for reinforcements to arrive?" Thinking of this, Xia Zhe sneered seriously.
The army he was talking about was of course not his own troops, but these millions of people.
Although Crete is not as large as the Greek mainland, its population has reached tens of millions.
Even the number of people gathered around the ruins of Knossos would not be less than three or four million.
The Egyptian invading army also suffered a lot of losses after entering Crete.
The current enemy, at most, will not exceed two million people.
If you, these tens of millions of people, had any fighting spirit and weren't as timid as rabbits, you would have driven the Egyptians out long ago!
From the beginning to the end, it's all your own fault. So lazy, so afraid of things, always pinning your hopes on an external savior!
If there had been one or two million people at the time, they could have responded to Minos' call and united to help Antigonus defend the city.
It won't end up like this in the end.
King Stobi said there was a large army right before his eyes?
Where is the army in front of us?
The people did not realize that Xia Zhe was being sarcastic and looked around very seriously.
Soon, they all understood a little.
yes!
We used to be lazy and never thought about taking up arms to fight off the invading army.
In fact, our strength is not necessarily less than that of the invading army.
When we were looking for stones just now, didn’t we also move some heavy things?
When Minos defended Knossos, his garrison numbered only 200,000, the vast majority of them locals. Didn't he also leave the million-strong Egyptian invading army helpless?
King Stoby was right.
The army is right in front of us, and it's us!
As long as everyone really dares to fight the invading army and unites to fight them.
There's nothing to be afraid of!
Thinking of this, smiles appeared on the faces of the people and they started talking to each other.
"That's right! Let's all unite, gather some more people, and fight the Egyptians! Three against one, or even five against one, who's afraid of who?"
"Yes, the power lies within ourselves!"
"But we don't have the right weapons, we lack military training, and we don't know how to deploy troops!"
"That's not difficult. The warriors under King Stobi are our ready-made instructors! King Stobi is especially good at deploying troops and forming battle formations. With him leading the way, what are we afraid of?"
"That's right! We have plenty of trees here, and we have as many as you need to make spear shafts! As for the spear points, don't we have them ready-made?"
When the discussion reached this point, everyone looked in the direction of the speaker's finger.
I saw the mountains of yellow stones sparkling in the sun.
"Flint! There's a lot of flint there! It's really a great material for spear points!"
"King Stobi had this idea from the beginning, asking everyone to find stones? Isn't this too unbelievable?"
The crowd started to make noise and turned their eyes to Xia Zhe.
"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I mean. Hurry up and make weapons!"
Xia Zhe was not stupid. Seeing the situation develop in this way, he instantly sensed the opportunity and quickly nodded.
Upon hearing this, the Cretan people were overjoyed and immediately started making a large number of primitive stone spears.
Although this stone spear was not as light as a metal weapon, the wood of the trees in Crete was tough, and the flints carefully selected could be extremely sharp after a little polishing.
Once the finished product is made, its lethality is no less than that of conventional copper weapons.
As for armor, in fact, the defeated Ptolemaic Legion itself was very short of it.
In this way, relying on the widespread production of wooden shields, the offensive and defensive equipment of the Cretan militia was not much different from that of the Egyptians.
More importantly, the Crete region has always been rich in archers.
Due to the lack of agricultural and animal husbandry production, the people here rely on hunting with homemade wooden bows whenever they want to improve their lives.
Over time, almost every Cretan man became a good archer.
When they heard that they had to arm themselves, more people went home to get bows and arrows than those who hurried to make stone spears.
In just two days, three million fully armed people came to report.
Seeing this situation, the Stobi warriors who followed Xia Zhe were even more impressed.
The king is too strong!
With verbal persuasion and work arrangements, it was easy to inspire the Cretans, who always valued pleasure above all else.
This level of practical operation is probably beyond the reach of all the heroes who have coveted Crete in history.
Otherwise, all those who want to rise from Crete will ultimately fail?
What's even more exaggerated is that the tasks Wang arranged for were not meaningless at all. They were actually useful!
This is tantamount to further proof that Wang had planned everything that happened from the very beginning!
This kind of miraculous foresight and self-confidence makes everyone admire it.
Of course, the person who was most overjoyed at this moment was Xia Zhe himself.
In fact, it was very risky for Xia Zhe to go to war.
After all, the Egyptian army had nearly two million men, while he only had ten thousand.
If you're not careful, a fake defeat could easily turn into a real one, or even cost you your life.
But now, with three million shields, going west to Keldonia, and escaping after being defeated, will definitely be much easier.
No matter how powerful the Egyptians were, it was impossible for them to bypass the large army and capture me.
As long as you are smart after the war starts and run away as soon as you see something wrong.
Finally, you will be able to return to Hellepna calmly and leave by boat.
Thinking of this, Xia Zhe didn't waste any words and immediately led three million militiamen to march towards the western end of the continent.
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