At the same time, in the Great Palace of Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
Alexander and his most capable general, Antigonus, were also discussing the issue of King Stobi's selection of a concubine.
"Your Majesty! Counting the days, the harsh words that Princess Ina brought should have been delivered to those small city-states! I remember that we will attack whoever you asked her to say has allied with Stobbi. What do you think, should we send troops to Treae? I heard that Treae is the most enthusiastic about this matter!" Antigonus asked.
Trey!
Alexander gritted his teeth at the mention of this country.
If Treie had not provided false information during the siege of Stobi City that day, my father would not have insisted on having his own way and eventually died of anger!
However, as a qualified politician, one must never be blinded by hatred!
Shaking his head slightly, Alexander said something.
"No! As the saying goes, all is fair in war. I had Ina make such harsh remarks just to make those city-states that favor Stobi wary. But Stobi actually repelled our main force head-on, and that's a fact. Eventually, there will definitely be a few city-states willing to ally with Stobi because of this."
"They've just signed an alliance and are on a roll! Sending troops to attack them now will only result in heavy losses. We should do the opposite and first devour a few of the isolated and helpless small city-states. This will truly strengthen our nation!"
With lightning speed, he basically settled the internal situation. Alexander was able to make limited external military operations.
Who should be attacked? This is the question.
Alexander's analysis was indeed quite reasonable. Antigonus could not help but nod silently.
But then he thought of something else and couldn't help but remind him.
"My king, please understand! If we make harsh words but don't do them in the end, won't it greatly damage the reputation of Macedonia?" Antigonus said.
"Reputation? Strength has always been what matters in this world. Reputation is not important! Besides, did I say these harsh words myself? These harsh words were only said by Ina. When the time comes, I can just blame it on Ina and say it was her personal idea, isn't that fine?" Alexander responded casually.
"I understand!" Antigonus nodded in response.
Throughout history, great rulers have never been burdened by false reputation, and Antigonus understood this very well.
But he didn't expect that although he seemed to get along very well with Ina on weekdays, in fact, Alexander still treated his sister as a chess piece.
Perhaps, when Philip adopted Ina as his adopted daughter because of her military achievements, it was just a plot. There was no silent tenderness involved.
The great rulers in ancient times were indeed people with hearts as hard as iron!
A few days later.
In addition to the five barbarian princesses, Xia Zhe also got seven princesses who were willing to marry him.
Without any hesitation, Stobi immediately confirmed the marriage arrangements with these city-states!
The speed is breathtaking!
The princesses of other city-states either hated this illegal affair or were too insensitive to matters between men and women. Xia Zhe's private contacts with them all ended in failure.
But even so, Xia Zhe did not close the door to alliances with those city-states.
He simply told the envoys from the city-states that he did not like the princess sent for marriage.
Alliance can still be discussed, but marriage is on the table.
Upon hearing that their daughters had been left behind, the kings of most city-states were furious!
As a result, the grand alliance of more than 30 countries that Xia Zhe hoped for was not formed.
Even if we count the five northern barbarian cities that have long followed his lead, the number of allied countries that finally signed the treaty with Gastobi is only twenty.
The Prime Minister and the High Priest were very satisfied with this outcome.
In the six hundred years of history of Stobi, has there ever been so many allies?
In fact, the combined combat power of the G20 has surpassed that of Macedonia.
As long as the alliance does not collapse, the Prime Minister and the High Priest believe that Macedonia will never dare to act rashly!
However, Xia Zhe was somewhat disappointed with himself!
My original intention was to take all the princesses in first, regardless of whether they were attracted to each other or not.
If you don't like her, just treat her like a statue and don't touch her!
Aren’t many of the legendary political marriages like this?
In that way, a powerful alliance of more than 30 countries might actually be formed.
However, it seems that I am really not cut out to be a powerful leader!
It's still too complicated and it's based on mutual consent.
After all, it is unacceptable to have a political marriage without any emotional basis!
In this way, the strength of this alliance will be greatly reduced.
It is hard to say how long Macedonia can be resisted with only these few allies in the future.
Of course, this is just Xia Zhe’s personal opinion.
Upon hearing that the king had chosen nineteen city-states for an alliance in a manner that violated etiquette and law, Odysseus, who was far away in Ithaca building a stronghold, was amazed!
The king is so strong!
With such a strange trick, it is easy to screen out the city-states that really want to form an alliance!
At first, the news that the king was going to choose a concubine spread everywhere, and more than 30 city-states sent princesses. Odysseus was happy but also a little worried.
He knew that many of these more than 30 city-states did not truly want to form an alliance.
There might even be spies like Stupala! They have other motives!
If a real war breaks out, they may know our deployment but are unreliable, hinder us or even betray us. It is better not to count on them from the beginning.
However, it is not easy to find out the intentions of those kings!
On the surface, they certainly all appear enthusiastic!
I never thought that Wang would use such a trick!
He risked being branded as dissolute by messing around when he met princesses from various countries alone.
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