The New Year has just passed.
In the meeting hall of Stobi City, a group of ministers showed surprised expressions after hearing Xia Zhe's order.
"What? The king wants to disband the vast majority of the militias who have just been baptized by the war?"
"Only 20,000 standing troops will remain. The rest will go back to their own homes and find their own mothers."
"Even the number of miners in the copper mines will be reduced by half?"
Everyone couldn't help but whisper to each other.
After a resounding victory, all the ministers could see the bright future of Stoby.
As long as Macedonia does not attack for the time being.
With the 400,000 militiamen at hand and taking advantage of their high morale, they marched westward with all their might.
Taking over four or five small city-states is no problem!
In that way, Stoby will be able to become a local bully.
This kind of opportunity has not existed in hundreds of years!
However, Wang insisted on disarmament without saying a word!
Let this once-in-a-millennium opportunity slip away like this?
Not to mention that the second and third generals couldn't understand it.
Even Odysseus and the Prime Minister, who claimed to be the smartest and most knowledgeable, were completely confused!
In troubled times, what is the most important thing?
Of course it’s hard power!
How can there be any future if you just keep farming?
Only rapid expansion, and expansion again!
Only by using the opponent's strength to fight against him, and using war to support war, can you become the new overlord!
Isn't that what Wang has been doing for the past six months?
At that time, no one understood and thought it was too much trouble!
But now it seems that every step of Wang's expansion is very timely!
If not, how could Stobi be what it is today?
How come now, when everyone has finally reached a consensus and formed a joint force, Wang has retreated again?
Look no further than the Wheat Tully in the North!
This perfectly illustrates the saying that the brave will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation!
In just three months, the Second Prince has already swept across the entire Metalli region. He has to fight against the former overlord, the Big Metalli, who can only defend himself and has no power to fight back!
We should learn from our allies' fighting spirit and accelerate our expansion!
Large-scale disarmament at this moment? What future does Stoby have?
Wouldn’t the good situation that we have just created be wasted?
Xia Zhe had no idea what the ministers were thinking.
He only knew that if he had not reacted quickly a few days ago, he would have almost been unable to shirk the blame for destroying the 20,000-strong Macedonian army!
It's too dangerous!
The small town of Stobi can be so terrifying once mobilized!
You must not mess around any more before the get out of class is over!
The more you struggle, the more hatred you will attract from Macedonia!
Let Stoby return to peace.
Then, it is safer to let the people complain in the hopeless days.
That is the truly safe way to leave get out of class.
"I have made up my mind, no need to persuade me anymore! From today on, we must recuperate, share our wealth with the people, and stop engaging in war!" Xia Zhe concluded.
Xia Zhe copied these idioms in a fairly orderly manner.
After hearing the king's final decision, the ministers were puzzled and confused, but they were speechless for a moment.
To be honest.
Since the new king ascended the throne, the giant ship of Stoby has indeed been running non-stop without stopping for a moment!
Perhaps, it is just as Wang said.
Cultivating oneself and resting, being able to be active and quiet, and having a proper balance between relaxation and tension are the correct ways to govern a country!
A few days later, the military demobilization work was carried out in an orderly manner.
Achilles and Odysseus went to the militia camp and the copper mine in person, shaking hands with everyone and saying goodbye.
"You guys are brave Stoby fighters! Don't give up training even after retirement!" said Achilles.
"Don't worry, General! Not only will we continue to train well, we will also go back and train other young people in the tribe." The soldiers answered firmly.
"And you too. Go back and work hard to develop production and accumulate various reserves for the country! Not working in the royal copper mine doesn't mean you can lose your fighting spirit!" said Odysseus.
"General, don't worry, we will always remember it! After we return home, we will make the area back home bustling with activity!" the miners swore.
"And you barbarians. I heard that you plan to go back to be mercenaries and develop your own forces. Very good, you can continue to learn war in war! But don't forget, your roots will always be here!" said Achilles.
"The general is right! Our roots will always remain in Stobi! No matter where we go in the future, as long as Stobi calls us, or the general calls us, we will return to the team at any time! And we will bring many new qualified warriors!" the barbarian replied.
"And you..., and you..."
The farewells lasted the entire day.
After getting the promises from every retired soldier one by one, Achilles and Odysseus announced their disbandment with a hint of melancholy.
Months of hard training, coupled with a major battle, forged a deep fighting friendship.
After the disbandment, the retired soldiers were still reluctant to leave for a long time.
They gathered together, encouraged each other, and had endless things to talk about.
The two sentences that are said the most are always these two.
"We'll meet again!"
"Don't embarrass yourself when we meet again!"
A few days later.
Stoby City Trading Post.
A group of caravans arrived, bringing various goods from the south, as well as new demand for weapons and copper.
National policy had changed. Ajax, the young trade officer in charge of foreign trade, had already been ordered to put the retired soldiers' complete sets of equipment on the shelves.
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