In the final actual combat, these five lines of defense also withstood the test.
Agamemnon's strongest Spartan heavy infantry and Achaean spearmen were all beaten to a pulp!
What's going on now?
When there are more people around, you start to slack off?
That won’t do!
"Your Majesty! According to our calculations, we do need to do more work to stop the counterattack of the Persian army. You can't just look at the time, you also have to look at our workload..." Antigonus hurriedly began to explain.
He wanted Wang to understand.
Xerxes had an army of 30 million!
The army also has terrifying offensive weapons like war elephants!
How can we possibly stop it if we don’t build walls high enough and dig trenches deep enough?
What's more, Xerxes' army is still far away at the border between Thrace and the Great North.
To cross the entire wild Thrace, even if we travel day and night, it will probably take more than half a month to reach the destination.
It makes sense for our army to plan to use fifteen days to make the defensive fortifications more solid.
However, Antigonus did not have time to say what he was thinking.
He had just started talking when he was interrupted by Xia Zhe.
"Stop, stop! Three days, I will give you three days. Build fortifications quickly according to the defense standards of the Battle of Knossos. Don't waste people's money and resources! Troy has just experienced a series of wars and needs to recuperate! The people have suffered a lot!" Xia Zhe interrupted Antigonus.
this?
The king said that the people were suffering, and both Hector and Antigonus felt the same way.
But the more difficult the times, shouldn’t we grit our teeth and persevere?
Otherwise, once the Byzantine city falls again, the strategic advantage that has been hard-earned will vanish into thin air!
"My king is wise! Although the people are suffering, this is war! We cannot relax just because it is hard, otherwise it may cause a chain reaction and destroy this hard-won situation..." Antigonus advised.
However, this time, he didn't finish his words.
It was Hector who interrupted him.
Hector, who was standing nearby, suddenly elbowed Antigonus. Then, under Antigonus's stunned gaze, he bowed and spoke to Xia Zhe.
"Your Majesty, you are absolutely right! We will do as you ask immediately! Right away!" said Hector.
After saying this, he pulled Antigonus and left Xia Zhe's room without looking back. Xia Zhe was completely baffled.
It was not until they were quite far away that Hector smiled and spoke to the confused Antigonus.
"General Antigonus, you are a newcomer who just joined Stobi!" said Hector.
"What do you mean?" Antigonus replied.
"King Stobi's foresight and vision are beyond the reach of you and me! Since he insisted that we finish the work in three days, he must have a profound reason! Let's do it first, and slowly experience it in the process. This is the correct attitude! Don't get stuck in your own little logic and miss King Stobi's big plan!" Hector said seriously.
Hector's interactions with Stobi were far more extensive than Antigonus's! He had long been convinced by Xia Zhe and regarded the King of Stobi as a god!
Especially this time!
When everyone in Troy had given up hope, King Strobius miraculously appeared with his fleet, defeated the Persians, and recovered all of Troy's territory west of the strait!
Hector now has great admiration for King Stobi!
He absolutely believed it.
King Stoby's idea must be right!
There must be something that Antigonus and I haven't thought through!
"Well, if we lose the war, it will be your people in Troy who will suffer. If you're happy about it, why should I worry about it?"
Upon hearing this, Antigonus spread his hands and agreed with Hector's opinion.
Soon, Antigonus, in accordance with the "king's request" and the arrangement made during the Battle of Knossos, used the terrain to create five lines of defense.
However, given that Troy was a relatively prosperous agricultural country, it was not as primitive as the continent of Crete.
Antigonus's defense line mainly utilized open rivers and mountains, and there were not many dense forests that could be used.
In order to make up for the shortcomings in defense, Antigonus asked Themistocles to find a way to withdraw a group of landing ships from the Greek joint fleet and cruise in the three rivers in the west to assist in defense.
In this way.
Three days later, this line of defense had taken shape.
Before dark, Antigonus looked to the west from the wall of Troy and felt a little regretful.
I really don’t know what the king is thinking!
If I could be given ten more days, I could create a truly invincible defense line!
Now this quick version can barely deal with 10 million people!
When the Persian army arrives in a dozen days, if we can’t hold on, we can just go back to the warship!
The one who is really unlucky is that silly Hector!
The next day, before daybreak, Antigonus was sleeping soundly in his room.
Suddenly, a personal guard came knocking on the door, reporting the latest situation in a hurried voice.
"Report to the commander! Something terrible has happened! A large number of Persian troops are appearing from the direction of the Thracian forest! Hector, the eldest prince of Troy, has gone to the west city wall to observe the enemy situation!" said the personal soldier.
A large number of Persian troops are coming?
How is this possible?
Hearing this, Antigonus' heart skipped a beat. He jumped out of bed, went out and rushed to the city wall!
When Antigonus came to Hector and looked around, he saw that there were indeed millions of Persian troops pouring out of the dense forests of Thrace in an orderly manner.
This group of people were none other than the Persian siege troops that had retreated from Thrace a few days ago.
At the beginning, everyone thought that it would take at least ten days or half a month for these defeated troops to regain their combat effectiveness.
But now, they seemed to be well-disciplined, not a mob without fighting spirit. If the Greek coalition army was unprepared and rushed into battle, they would probably suffer a great loss!
"See? There are experts among the Persians! They reunited those defeated soldiers so quickly! You and I never expected that!"
Noticing the appearance of Antigonus, Hector spoke meaningfully.
Upon hearing this, Antigonus nodded silently without saying anything.
But what he meant was clear as a mirror in the minds of both of them.
What about not wasting time and money? That was just an excuse given by King Stobi to let the two of them hurry up and set up defenses!
In fact, I'm afraid the king had already anticipated that the Persians would launch a counterattack immediately! There was no need to wait for Xerxes' army to arrive!
If they still followed the plan that the two of them thought was the most perfect, I'm afraid the foundation of the fortifications would not have been dug yet!
If we are suddenly attacked by the enemy like this, even if we are not defeated immediately, there will be no time to deploy defenses and we can only fight head-on!
Although their own army numbered six million, more than half of them were Cretan skirmishers who could only attack from a distance and were afraid of close combat.
The sudden and fierce fighting between them was extremely disadvantageous to our side!
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