yes!
It wasn't my idea to come to this godforsaken place to dig.
It was clearly Wang's forced request to dig a tunnel here, which led to his major discovery.
Could it be that Wang actually knew about this from the beginning?
He just didn't want to show off and attract the attention of external forces, so he used the method of digging a tunnel to deliberately wake himself up?
All right!
Since this is the king's intention, I should cooperate.
I will open the iron mine secretly and don't make it public.
Odysseus nodded silently.
North, barbarian area.
In the wilderness, the Second Prince was giving a speech to the people.
The brutal war between the Big Little Tully is still going on.
Time waits for no one. The Second Prince knows in his heart that Macedonia will not give him much time.
Once Stobi was captured, the Little Metali would face the Macedonian army.
Before that, the Big Mac Thali must be completely eliminated!
In order to gather as much strength as possible, this is his third national mobilization in three months.
"Brothers and sisters! With the victories in the two major battles last month and early this month, we have completely surpassed the Great Metal Tribe in strength! As long as we persevere a little longer, the final victory will definitely be ours..."
The crowd was excited by the Second Prince’s charismatic speech!
People donated money or signed up to join the army.
Only one Macedonian spy, with a gloomy look in his eyes, quietly withdrew from the crowd.
A few days later.
In the palace of the Great King of Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
Holding two completely different pieces of information, Philip was lost in thought.
"Father, I still think that Little McTally is not the most dangerous enemy. The seemingly harmless Stoby is the more problematic one!" said Alexander on the side.
"What's the reason? Give me your reason!" Philip asked back.
"I have no reason, it's just an intuition!" Alexander replied helplessly.
With his strategist's intuition, Alexander always believed that Stobi was Macedonia's strongest rival.
But he couldn't produce any evidence.
Alexander also read both pieces of intelligence.
One report said that Stoby was not playing any tricks and had really sold all the weapons that could mobilize an army of 300,000.
Moreover, after much investigation, it was found that Stobi really only had 20,000 standing troops, and there was no hidden army as Alexander had thought.
Another document said that the Little Tully was warmongering and had just launched its third general mobilization.
If we don't interfere, they will probably unify the entire Metali region!
It goes without saying who is more dangerous!
"My son, you are a little too concerned about Stoby. You should know that if we don't suppress Little Tally, it makes no difference to us whether we capture Stoby or not. Because even if we capture it, it can turn to Little Tally again at any time!" Philip said earnestly.
Hearing this, Alexander nodded helplessly, admitting that what Philip said was indeed the truth.
The wild lands in the north have never been Macedonia's strategic direction, and Macedonia has no intention of occupying it.
Achieving a balance among the barbarian forces, so that no one group becomes too powerful, is a success!
In this case, we want to achieve effective occupation of Stobi.
The best way is to suppress his backer - Little McTally.
"I understand!" Alexander had no choice but to nod.
"Well then! Tell me about your plan! I remember that day you said you had a way to make Little Tally suffer a great loss without sending troops!" Philip said with a smile.
The topic was brought to Alexander's best area, and his face instantly became full of confidence again.
Without hesitation, Alexander began to talk non-stop.
"The Second Prince of Little McTally is quite ambitious. Unfortunately, he's too impatient and has too many flaws. Dealing with him is easy!"
"According to reliable intelligence, this year's severe snowstorm in the north has frozen countless cattle and sheep to death! The Little Tully have mobilized their entire population three times. I suspect their logistical supplies must be extremely fragile! We just need to mobilize all our forces to blockade their food trade. And then..."
Listening quietly to Alexander's response, Philip nodded silently with satisfaction.
His son was even better than his father. His conspiracy was clearly laid out, yet it left his opponent helpless!
A hundred years later, Macedonia fell into his hands.
Looking around the world, who can be his opponent?
Half a month later.
Spring plowing has begun.
Due to the large number of strong laborers returning home from the army, the sown area of farmland in the entire Stobi has increased by 30 to 40 percent compared with previous years!
I used to work for the country, but now I work for a happy life for my family.
The people burst into fiery enthusiasm, and many lands that had been abandoned for many years were effectively utilized!
A few days ago, the ministers were still worried about the decline of national strength.
Seeing the joy among the people, they all began to be convinced.
Wang was not wrong.
The way to govern a country should be to strike a balance between relaxation and tightening.
It is never a good thing to keep fighting and struggling, with the bowstring taut.
Allowing the people to recuperate and rest is also a different kind of accumulation for the country.
At the same time, the 30,000 miners under Odysseus were not idle either.
They have successfully smelted steel and combined the iron tips with existing weapons and armor.
In this way, the performance of the new weapons has been qualitatively improved.
Not only is it stronger than before, it is also much lighter than before.
However, since it was not yet widely popular, Odysseus did not publicize it.
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