Now Stupala seemed to be standing firm on the western side of Macedonia, just to paralyze Philip's main rivals - Ain, which occupied the upper reaches of the Vardar River, and Anissa across the Great Salt Lake.
At the critical moment, Philip could quietly send troops from this direction and catch the alliance of Ain and Anissa off guard.
However, as the war in the south became clearer, the alliance between Ain and Anisa had been dragged down, and this hidden chess piece was no longer useful.
Before officially announcing the acquisition of Stupora, Alexander had already planned to bring in Stupora, which had a good development momentum.
As long as he got the treaty documents, Alexander believed that he would be able to convince his father to send troops early!
Deep down, he had a hunch.
If Stobi continues to develop, he will one day become a strong rival of Macedonia!
However, the conspiracy failed!
Alexander was quite unwilling.
Fortunately, this incident once again confirmed that the king and prime minister of Stobi had serious disagreements.
The Prime Minister had already made a solemn promise and even hosted several banquets for the Stupora envoys. Ultimately, the King still rejected it!
This kind of behavior would be a great shame and humiliation for any aspiring prime minister!
Alexander believed that it was highly likely that Prime Minister Stobi would lead his troops in rebellion at any time.
In that case, let them live a few more days!
Of course, the Prime Minister had no intention of rebelling.
On the contrary, Odysseus rushed to the prime minister's residence overnight and had a long talk with him all night, which made the prime minister alert.
Yes, this alliance’s request came at the perfect time!
From any perspective, Stubra shouldn't have come to Lasdoby at this time!
Ain and Anissa, who were stronger in the south, had resisted the heavy pressure of Macedonia for so many years, but they had never heard that Stupla had provided them with any support.
Why did Stupala suddenly come out to form an alliance when the situation was becoming increasingly clear and Macedonia's growth was unstoppable?
Or should we form an alliance with Stoby, whose military strength is obviously weaker?
You have to know that on the surface, Stobi only had a mere 10,000 miscellaneous troops, and being able to defeat Macedonia's 3,000 heavy infantry was already the limit of its combat power.
Stubra could easily achieve this kind of record.
He allied himself with Stobi and angered Philip, but gained nothing.
Stupla, who always prefers to mind his own business, has no reason to do this!
Unless they are secretly planning something!
Less than a month later, news came that Macedonia had taken over Stupala without bloodshed.
What is even more strange is that King Stupala was not killed, and the envoy who had been sent to Stupa was even promoted by Philip.
By this time, even a fool would understand that the envoy from Stupala had come with ulterior motives.
Wang acted decisively and forcefully ended Macedonia's excuse for fighting, buying precious time for Stobi's development.
How wise!
The Prime Minister and his ministers could only admire!
While feeling sorry for his own short-sightedness, he also became more diligent in carrying out the city expansion project requested by the king!
The day the first snow fell, the expansion of Stoby was successfully completed.
No one could have imagined that this huge project, which would have taken at least half a year to complete, was completed in less than three months!
As soon as the city wall closing ceremony was over, the prime minister and the high priest rushed into the palace excitedly to report the good news to the king.
However, as soon as they entered the garden, the Prime Minister and the high priest saw a dream city being simulated on the sand table.
Odysseus, who was still lingering, was looking at the king with admiration, listening to the king's experience in simulating internal affairs.
"After playing several rounds, I finally figured out the right way to run a business! Look at how well I've built this dream city, Chang'an!"
Xia Zhe boasted with saliva flying everywhere.
Following Xia Zhe's finger, the Prime Minister and the High Priest saw that the small village that was originally designed to be extremely difficult had developed into a super city on the sand table!
A super city that is ten times larger than the expanded Stoby!
The walls of that city were built entirely with granite, without even a single ordinary brick!
Dozens of city gates were extremely large, large enough for seven or eight carriages to run side by side!
Both sides of the city wall are covered with layers of towering arrow towers, and the defense is ridiculously high!
There are many military camps outside the city, and there are at least hundreds of thousands of top heavy infantrymen stationed and training!
On the mountainside on one side of the city, dozens of mines were operating in full swing! Many of these mines employed bizarre mining methods, and the Prime Minister and the High Priest had no idea what resources were hidden within them.
On the other side of the city, there are endless farmlands.
The farmland is neatly planned and the irrigation layout is extremely reasonable.
There are more than ten kinds of food crops, and farming is being simulated.
In addition, there are dozens of dazzling economic crops.
Even though the Prime Minister is knowledgeable and experienced, he can only tell what a very few of them are simulating.
For example, there is an economic tree labeled "mulberry tree." In the hut representing the mulberry farmer, there are piles of white things.
The Prime Minister had no idea what it meant.
For example, there is a herb field labeled "corn," and in the hut next to it, there are flocks of cattle and sheep.
The Prime Minister was completely confused. How could these cattle and sheep grow big and fat if they were kept indoors instead of being allowed to graze like the barbarians?
Of course, what surprised the Prime Minister and the High Priest the most was the plan inside the city wall.
The residential houses in the city are large in scale, and each one is a stately mansion of the highest quality!
In the street markets, in addition to a wide variety of food, there are also copperware, porcelain, and even lacquerware, woodenware, etc. for sale.
At the other end of the market, rows of bands, acrobatic troupes and opera troupes are performing!
Looking at the workshop area again, the Prime Minister and the high priest were shocked again.
There are so many workshops, covering dozens of streets!
In addition to the weapons workshop, there are more than a dozen other unheard-of workshops that produce a large number of industrial products.
The warehouses next to the workshop extend all the way to the trading post by the river.
There, there are caravans from at least a dozen directions, conducting huge trades.
There are also royal palaces, aristocratic areas and various temples, which also dazzled the prime minister and the high priest.
The two were secretly shocked.
Because they both clearly remembered that the initial conditions for Wang's simulated "Zion" were extremely harsh.
It's much more difficult than the real Stoby!
"What do you think? Isn't my Chang'an City beautiful? I didn't cheat at all, and I didn't even launch a single war to plunder! I built it bit by bit with the money I earned from internal affairs! Of course, the surrounding cities don't dare to attack me!"
Seeing the Prime Minister and the High Priest appear, Xia Zhe concluded excitedly.
In this game, he failed in simulated business several times.
Now it has finally succeeded, and happened to be seen by the Prime Minister and the high priest.
Xia Zhe's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
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