"Don't worry, our army will follow in three days!" Ptolemy answered cautiously.
Agamemnon was anxious to advance eastwards and gain merit, and finally succeeded, giving Ptolemy an opportunity to separate the two armies that had been mixed together.
At this moment, Ptolemy was secretly delighted, but he did not dare to show any abnormality on his face.
Ptolemy breathed a sigh of relief only after Agamemnon and his personal guards had gone far away.
The next day, Agamemnon's two main heavy infantry units gathered and set out, quickly disappearing on the roads heading east.
Having regained his autonomy, Ptolemy hurriedly convened a meeting of the generals of the Egyptian legion to discuss subsequent combat strategies.
Many generals were deeply touched when they heard that the king had serious distrust of Agamemnon's army.
The performance of the Spartan and Achaean heavy infantry on the battlefield was truly amazing!
Compared with them, the Egyptian army is really far behind.
Even if Ptolemy didn't say anything, the soldiers under his command were filled with fear from the bottom of their hearts.
Everyone felt that even if they joined forces with Agamemnon and unified the continent of Crete, it was still unclear who would ultimately own this place.
Not to mention that our side could not defeat Agamemnon's army at all.
Even if we are lucky enough to win, they still have backup!
They have the support of the powerful Peloponnesian League.
And we are just lonely ghosts who have fled here!
The final victory could never belong to the Egyptian army.
Everyone was confused about their future. The high spirits they had felt when they first arrived on the Cretan continent had completely vanished.
If he hadn't known that he was no longer tolerated in Egypt and had killed too many people in Crete, there would have been no way to turn back.
Many people would have probably quit long ago and gone somewhere to live a peaceful life.
Therefore, not long after the meeting began, the generals unanimously agreed without dispute that they should no longer be coerced by Agamemnon.
But, after much discussion, they all agreed that there was little hope of success: should they defend themselves on the spot or escape by some other route?
In desperation, Ptolemy had to continue to maintain the appearance of an ally on the surface and did not choose to turn against him immediately.
He just kept delaying, staying where he was with the Egyptian army, and did not march eastward three days later.
Xia Zhe had no idea what was happening within the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
He only knew that the trilateral coalition forces that won in Keldonia did not pursue the victory.
Therefore, he was able to calmly gather the defeated soldiers on the Knossos line and quickly build a series of defensive fortifications.
When the construction was nearing completion, Antigonus and Minos, along with their elite troops, arrived before Agamemnon's army.
After months of hard fighting, this team suffered heavy losses.
There were less than 50,000 people left.
However, they are all veterans who have truly crawled out of the pile of dead bodies.
In terms of physical strength and speed, they may be inferior to the Spartan Guards or Stoby Warriors.
But in a real fight, he could use various practical skills to greatly improve his combat effectiveness and not lose the upper hand for dozens of moves.
Having already known about the existence of Antigonus and Minos, Xia Zhe hurriedly sent people to invite them to the city of Knossos and hosted a banquet for them.
On the contrary, Antigonus and Minos did not know that King Stobi was coming at first.
Antigonus was especially surprised to hear that the commander of this line of defense was King Stobi from the northern overseas!
After asking many people who accompanied him, Antigonus learned a lot of stories about what happened after he left the Great North.
Unexpectedly, King Stobi not only unified the Great North and incorporated Alexander, but also seized Thranda in the west and expanded Asia Minor in the east, making even Persia tremble in fear!
What’s even more exaggerated is that the two legendary super alliances in the south, the Tinian League and the Peloponnesian League, also acknowledged Stobi’s dominance.
In the past thousands of years, which Greek leader has ever achieved such a great feat?
What's more, the King Stoby in front of him is just a young man in his early twenties.
Filled with emotion, Antigonus hurriedly expressed his loyalty to King Stobaeus and offered to serve him to the utmost.
This is to offset the mistake of opposing Stoby.
Considering that he had received key intelligence from Antigonus not long ago, Xia Zhe was not a person who held grudges, and he nodded in agreement readily.
This made Antigonus overjoyed, knowing that his spring had finally come!
There is no doubt that the Egyptian reinforcements were by no means scattered deserters from the northern countries, but were definitely the main force of the Peloponnesian League.
Antigonus, who couldn't even defeat the Egyptians, had no hope of survival.
But when King Stoby comes, everything is completely different!
Others may not understand, but Antigonus knows it clearly!
Behind King Stobi is an empire more powerful than the Peloponnesian League!
He had already been forgiven by King Stobi.
As long as you continue to work hard, you will be appreciated by King Stoby.
Not to mention surviving, even rising to prominence and becoming the governor of a large area of land, and benefiting his descendants, is not impossible!
Minos was also shocked to see Antigonus, whom he had always admired, being so humble in front of King Stobi.
Although Minos was a native of Crete, he was a true hero who remained untainted by the ubiquitous atmosphere of pleasure.
Before he came into contact with Antigonus, Minos was fearless and had never submitted to anyone!
Even if the Egyptians swept across the continent of Crete, Minos felt that it was just a victory by numbers and an unfair victory!
However, after joining forces with Antigonus, Minos was influenced by him and had to admire this ruthless man from the North. He was much better than himself in both commanding the army and fighting!
From then on, Minos recognized Antigonus as his elder brother and learned from him the art of marching and fighting, as well as various strategies.
This rebel army survived well despite being surrounded and blocked by the Egyptians, who had ten times the number of troops.
In the successive battles, the number of enemy troops annihilated had already exceeded twice the number of their own.
These facts made Minos believe that Antigonus was the person closest to God in the world.
However, every time this topic came up in conversation, Antigonus would shake his head seriously, and then say with melancholy that there were too many heroes in the world, and he was just a loser.
For example, when fighting with Achilles, Antigonus believed that he had no chance of winning!
Surprised, Minos asked Achilles again if he was the strongest man in the world?
Antigonus's answer was still negative.
Antigonus said that Achilles was actually just a guard of King Stobi, and it was said that he had received five days of instruction from King Stobi.
The gap between Achilles and King Stobi is much greater than the gap between himself and Achilles!
Minos would never have believed this statement if it had not come from his idol Antigonus.
However, the fact that Antigonus fled to the Crete continent forced Minos to admit that logically such a person should indeed exist.
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