The generals were filled with emotion and became more and more confident in following the king to conquer the world.
Especially for Themistocles and Antigonus, once their doubts were eliminated, their strategic and tactical inspirations immediately burst out like a spring.
The Greek fire had just been cleared up, and Xia Zhe was about to order a landing when Themistocles and Antigonus came to Xia Zhe hand in hand to give him advice.
"Your Majesty! Both I and Themistocles feel that landing at the gates of Byzantium is not the best option," said Antigonus.
"Isn't it the best choice?" Xia Zhe was stunned and asked back.
Seeing that the king did not seem to notice what they were thinking, Antigonus and Themistocles were both excited.
Every inch has its own strength!
The two of them finally had some insights that were more in-depth than the king's, so of course they had to show off their skills in front of the king!
Thinking of this, Antigonus hurried to explain.
It turns out that since he took control of the Bosphorus Strait, the Persian King Xerxes has come up with a way to send troops and supplies to the West as quickly as possible.
Finally, he completed a big project!
Thousands of large ships were connected to form a long dragon, known as the world's first bridge. It directly connected the two sides of the Bosphorus Strait at a narrow point more than ten kilometers north of Byzantium.
Because the Greek fire on the Byzantine walls blocked the southern waterway, none of the Greek coalition leaders initially thought they would have a chance to attack the pontoon bridge.
However, with the removal of all the Greek fire from the Byzantine walls, the waterway to the north was completely opened.
As long as the fleet passes under the Byzantine city, it will soon be able to attack the vital bridge of the Persian army!
"That's a good idea. But even without Greek fire, the defenders can still dominate the city. Can our fleet survive?"
After listening to Antigonus' explanation, Xia Zhe nodded in agreement and raised his doubts.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this at all! Look at the Byzantine defenders fleeing in all directions. Even if our army carries out the planned landing now, I'm afraid they won't be able to muster much resistance! I can guarantee that they won't dare to say a word when our fleet passes under the city!" Themistocles laughed, pointing to the Byzantine city wall.
Looking in the direction he pointed, Xia Zhe saw clearly that the defenders were actually in chaos.
They were stunned by Archimedes' super weapon, and their morale had almost dropped to freezing point. If the Greek coalition forces had not officially landed, many people would have turned around and fled!
With a thought in his mind, Xia Zhe also gained confidence!
He immediately ordered a million men to land outside the city of Byzantium to exert greater psychological pressure on the enemy.
The remaining ships continued to head north towards the legendary super floating bridge.
The facts were pretty much as Themistocles had expected.
The Greek coalition's landing at the gates of Byzantium did not meet with effective resistance.
Most of the enemy troops simply withdrew, not even having the courage to fight.
There were only less than 200,000 enemies who retreated into the city of Byzantium, intending to use the city walls to resist.
It is almost impossible to take down such a high wall on this side of the port without losing several times the number of lives!
According to the original plan, Xia Zhe judged.
To capture Byzantium from this side, one must either be prepared to lose a million men! Or one can only waste time, slowly destroying it with trebuchets and Greek fire from ironclad ships.
Of course, the Greek coalition now has a better choice.
Instead of sending the one million troops on the beach to attack the city, Xia Zhe sent the naval genius Themistocles as the vanguard, commanding a fast fleet to attack the Persians' super-long pontoon bridge.
The Persian army, which was transporting supplies on the pontoon bridge, was completely unprepared and responded hastily.
In just a few minutes, many sections of the pontoon bridge were destroyed by the Greek coalition forces.
The Persians on the bridge who had no time to escape could only sink to the bottom of the sea in despair and die!
As a result, the lifeline of the Persian expeditionary force's material transportation was completely cut off!
Taking advantage of the enemy's fright, the Greek coalition fleet continued to turn and soon began a large-scale landing at the Black Sea port 100 kilometers north of Byzantium!
Then, gather together and fight from north to south!
This attack route is exactly the same as the original route that the Persian army took to attack Troy.
They had never imagined that their successful strategy would be perfectly replicated by the new enemy. The morale of the Persian defenders plummeted!
Knowing that Byzantium and its surrounding lands were no longer defensible, the Persian army had no choice but to retreat westward.
The city of Byzantium fell without a fight!
Five million Greek coalition infantrymen completed a victorious meeting!
The opportunity cannot be missed. After obtaining full authorization from Xia Zhe, Antigonus continued to march south to rescue the besieged city of Troy.
The defeat was like a landslide.
Morale had reached its lowest point, and the Persian army on this line had completely collapsed.
They didn't even put up a decent resistance, but just fled westward in a mess.
Five or six million people quickly fled into the Thracian jungles.
At this point, the crisis in Troy was resolved.
Including the entire Dardanelles, it also returned to the embrace of the Greek world!
The more than 30 million Persian troops concentrated in Thrace, along with the Persian King Xerxes, became an isolated army with their retreat cut off!
Amidst flowers and applause, Xia Zhe entered the city of Troy in great glory!
The soldiers and civilians in the entire city were filled with tears and chanted the slogan "Long live King Stobi" in unison.
The King of Troy, along with his men Hector, Paris and others, also knelt down to greet him.
Everyone knew that in this unprecedented decisive battle, the Greeks had already grasped the Persians' Achilles' heel.
From then on, it depends on how to close the net!
The news that King Stobius had led the Greek fleet to unexpectedly recapture the strait and successfully rescued Troy spread, and there was rejoicing on all fronts.
Achilles and others who were fighting against the main force of Persia in the north finally understood the king's painstaking efforts!
No wonder Wang said the key to victory lies in the south!
It turned out that he wanted to organize the forces in the south that were unwilling to take the initiative to join the war, and then cut off the retreat of the Persian army in one fell swoop!
Only the king could conceive of such an unprecedented grand plan!
Only the king in the world can summon millions of troops on a single ship!
Compared with the king, those who claim to be good at fighting are far, far behind!
On the Eastern Continent, Ajax, Spartacus and others were also convinced.
When Ajax asked the Athenian fleet for support, he did not have much hope at first.
After all, Athens has never been known for its strong army, and the relationship between Athens and Stoica is not very good.
The war has been maintained in the North, which, in a sense, is most in the interests of the powerful countries in the South, such as Athens and Sparta.
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