"What is Achilles doing? Where are his hundreds of thousands of troops? Did they all die?"
Seeing this situation, the high priest spoke anxiously.
The high priest was the oldest and had the greatest fear of Macedonia.
In his mind, his own ragtag army certainly had little combat effectiveness.
To have reached this point, it must be the last gasp of its strength.
"It doesn't matter if we all fight to the death! I'm here and I can defend Thessaloniki!" Archimedes next to him said confidently.
Archimedes also did not know how to command a war.
He simply thought that since Thessaloniki in the east was still in his own hands, the enemy forces must be on the west bank of the river!
As long as we defend the river and prevent the Macedonian army from successfully crossing the river, we will naturally defend Thessaloniki!
He is confident that he can do this!
"Raise the royal flag of Stobi! Tell our soldiers on the east coast that the king's reinforcements have arrived!" the Prime Minister ordered.
The Prime Minister had no idea what new developments had taken place in the war situation in the past two days.
He only knew that the city of Thessaloniki was still in his own hands.
In this case, it is necessary to let the defenders know that Stoby has sent reinforcements.
It will definitely boost morale!
If we also raise the royal flag and pretend that King Stoby is on board, our soldiers will definitely feel more at ease!
"Stoby is sending reinforcements!"
"Reinforcements! Where are the reinforcements?"
"In the river! Look at those three boats! One of them has the royal flag flying on it!"
…
When Stobi's royal flag was raised, many soldiers from the small city-states on the east coast noticed it.
Across the river, the Macedonian army was pouring in. The pressure on the 30,000 defenders was enormous.
At this moment, the appearance of Stoby's reinforcements is of course a much-needed joy!
However, if you look closely at the river, you can see that the Allied soldiers are not happy at all.
Why are there three boats?
The boat wasn't very big! At most, it couldn't even hold 20,000 people!
I estimate that there are only about ten thousand people!
The Macedonian attacking army on the opposite side has at least 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers!
Just sending 10,000 reinforcements is useless!
Of course, everyone knows that King Stobius had long since handed over the main force to Achilles and Odysseus.
It is not easy to send reinforcements symbolically!
If I didn’t think this way, I’m afraid many soldiers would start cursing!
However, the Macedonian army on the other side of the river almost laughed out loud!
What a big move by King Stoby!
He led an army of 10,000 and came to die in person!
Don't run!
I'm going to hit you!
I would not be a warrior of Macedonia if I don't drown you, the culprit, in the river!
The commotion among his men soon attracted the attention of Alexander and Seleucus.
Both of them unconsciously locked their eyes on Wang Qi and began to communicate.
"Is that really the royal standard of Stoby?" asked Alexander.
"It's true! Our country has been neighbors with Stobi for many years, and I am very familiar with their flags!" Seleucus replied.
"That means King Stobi is very likely on that ship?" Alexander asked again.
"Very likely!" Seleucus replied.
"Very good! Pass the order, the first batch of 40,000 troops, all board the ship! Don't cross the river, sink the enemy ship with the flag raised first!" Alexander issued an order.
"yes!"
The messenger beside him answered loudly.
Although he didn't understand why the king was so eager to attack when his troops were not yet fully in place, the messenger still began to carry out his orders faithfully.
Soon, two thousand fully armed Macedonian soldiers boarded the twenty large wooden ships that had been prepared in Hexi.
Twenty large ships immediately weighed anchor and rushed towards the ship carrying the Prime Minister and his two companions.
Each of these Macedonian ships appeared larger than the three Stobi ships.
Like a pack of wolves pouncing on their prey, they quickly approached Stoby's three ships.
"Come here! Come here!"
"Land first! Don't hesitate!"
"Be careful! Run away!"
…
The allied soldiers on the east bank of the river all shouted, signaling the three ships to quickly move towards the east bank!
Although there are not many reinforcements, they are still our own people!
The Allied soldiers certainly don't want their reinforcements to be wiped out as soon as they arrive!
"Raise the armor! Archers, prepare!"
Seeing a bunch of enemy ships attacking, the Prime Minister gave orders excitedly!
This was the ironclad ship's maiden battle, and the Prime Minister was quite excited!
Another epoch-making weapon is about to demonstrate its unparalleled power!
This time, the poor Macedonians were sacrificed again!
Crunch…
Amid the loud noise of iron gear transmission, the three ships pulled up pieces of iron plates at the same time.
The iron plates are neatly arranged, wrapping the three decks tightly!
Only three rows of hundreds of shooting holes were left for shooting bows and arrows.
"What kind of ship is this?"
Alexander, who was watching the battle from a distance, asked in surprise.
"I don't know! This is the first time I've seen such a ship design!"
Seleucus on the side shook his head in response.
As they were speaking, seven or eight Macedonian troop transports had already entered the range of the Stobi archers.
But the Prime Minister was in no hurry to attack and simply ordered them to wait patiently.
Of course, the enemy won't wait.
The Macedonian archers began their attack, and a hail of arrows was shot out from the Macedonian ships.
Ding ding dang dang!
As expected, the arrows shot at the Stoby ironclad ship were all bounced off and fell into the river.
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