Odysseus was smarter than himself and must have figured out the key to this long ago.
The king is definitely giving a great gift to the two of them!
It is to allow the two of them to sit in the high positions of the Big Three and establish their prestige!
If we cannot completely annihilate the enemy in this battle, I, Achilles, will have to give up my life and go home to farm as soon as possible!
"Achilles. We must win this battle!" Odysseus had already come to Achilles.
"Of course! In terms of comprehensive strength, I may not be as good as you. But if we only talk about military affairs, in the entire Stobi, I have never been submissive to anyone except the king!" Achilles nodded.
"If you have confidence, then I am relieved. But you must pay attention to suddenness and confidentiality! There must be many Macedonian spies in Stobi! Otherwise, the king would not have kept the truth secret!" Odysseus reminded.
Achilles suddenly woke up after hearing this.
Wang has been using the excuse of a large-scale military exercise to quietly mobilize all the forces in the city. There must be a reason.
I'm afraid that there are Macedonian spies not only in the city, but also among my own 400,000 troops!
Odysseus was right to remind you!
The battle must be fought suddenly and unpredictably!
Not only must you confuse the enemy, but you must also try your best to prevent your own spies from discovering your true intentions!
With this in mind, Achilles sent a herald back to the city on Pegasus to inform Xia Zhe.
Then he and Odysseus discussed it and began to give orders.
"I command! Civilian workers, follow the sixth formation drill from last week and form thirty legions of 10,000 men. Facing the river, spread out to the left and right in a formation of geese! Infantry legions in front, spearmen and archers in the rear! Each legion must be one hundred meters apart! You must form up within thirty minutes! Those who violate this will be executed!"
"I command! All 6,000 horses will be assigned to the 1st to 6th standing legions to form a new cavalry assault legion. Assemble behind me and await orders! The other four standing legions and the 90,000 miners from the copper mines will form the central group and deploy in front of me, facing the river! Again, the heavy infantry will be in front, with the javelin throwers and archers in the rear!"
Following Achilles' orderly dispatch, the 400,000 people participating in the exercise immediately took action.
In just over ten minutes, Achilles formed an attack formation that was several kilometers long.
"Now, show the flag signals to the flag bearers of each legion! The 300,000-man legions that I have selected will begin to advance towards the river at a medium speed! No loud noises are allowed during the advance, otherwise violators will be executed! Other legions, stay where they are!" Achilles ordered again.
At this moment, he had already climbed to the top of the highest hillside nearby. In the distance, the boundary river was faintly visible.
Flag signals were used frequently.
The 300,000-man legion, indicated by the flag signals, began to advance steadily following their respective flag bearers.
Everyone was well trained. After receiving Achilles' instructions, no one made a loud noise.
It was not until they saw the Macedonian Legion, who were taking part in the large-scale maneuvers, packing their bags in a mess by the river, that they came to their senses.
"What's going on? Isn't this still within our city? Why are there other troops here?"
"Oh my God, it's the Macedonian army! The Macedonian army is attacking us again!"
"A sneak attack? We've already formed our formation, and they're the ones in disarray. Who's attacking whom?"
"Yeah, yeah! Look at how few of them there are. How can they fight us? If each of us throws a spear, we can probably drown them all!"
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Of course, when the Stobi soldiers saw the Macedonian legion, the Macedonian soldiers also saw the Stobi army.
However, the feelings of the Macedonian soldiers are completely different from those of the Stoic soldiers!
Aren't we here to launch a surprise attack?
Didn’t we say that we should rest here for one night and then launch the attack early tomorrow morning?
How come so many troops came pouring in just as we landed and haven’t even set up our tents yet?
Where are our troop transports?
It seems like he went back more than ten minutes ago!
Oh my god!
What should I do?
Can we still fight?
In shock and horror, the morale of the Macedonian army plummeted.
If they weren't well-trained, they would have lost the courage to even line up to meet the enemy!
But even so, Stobi's 300,000-man legion, which had just been barely formed under the strict supervision of the commander, had received new orders from Achilles and rushed forward at an accelerated speed.
Massacre!
It was a complete massacre!
Achilles used the offensive formation he learned from Xia Zhe's sand table!
First came the rain of arrows from the archers, and then came the tens of thousands of spears from the javelin throwers.
After two rounds of attacks, more than half of the Macedonian army had been killed or wounded.
Then, the concentrated 6,000 cavalry began the assault, assisted by hundreds of thousands of light and heavy infantry.
The Macedonian regular army, which should have been more powerful, was completely overwhelmed without even launching a decent counterattack!
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Macedonian commander, under the desperate protection of his personal guards, fought his way out of the city and escaped alone!
But other Macedonian warriors were not so lucky.
The soldiers in the front row fell down like wheat being cut.
The soldiers in the last row had no choice but to either surrender or risk their lives by jumping into the piercing torrent!
A great battle was over in just over ten minutes!
Wait until the Macedonian troop transport ships arrive back.
Apart from retrieving seven or eight soldiers who jumped into the river and were lucky enough not to drown or freeze to death, there was no other gain!
Even more, a rain of arrows was fired again, killing and injuring many crew members on the Macedonian troop transport ship.
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