"Southeast? Oh no! Antigonus is trying to escape!"
Achilles suddenly became alert.
But.
It's too late!
Nearly 100,000 silver shield spearmen and heavy cavalry guards are definitely a force that cannot be underestimated.
They want to open a gap and escape, but the poorly trained armies of the small city-states in the east are unable to stop them!
Moreover, Achilles had already transferred all his reserve troops to the west, thinking that Antigonus would fight with honor.
If we redeploy the army now and rush in pursuit, I'm afraid Antigonus would have already gone far away!
"Let's give it a try! Let my 50,000 barbarian light cavalry give chase!"
Seeing Achilles's dilemma, Odysseus hurriedly made a suggestion.
"Okay. But be careful! Don't go too deep alone!" Achilles agreed reluctantly.
The final outcome was pretty much what Achilles had expected.
Two hundred thousand Southern Holy Army and Macedonian Legion were completely wiped out by the Stobi coalition forces!
There were only more than 10,000 enemies, and they chose to be taken prisoners!
The rest died fiercely in battle!
In this battle, the Stobi coalition also suffered heavy losses.
More than 10,000 soldiers were killed in the battle!
Achilles was filled with emotion as he fought so hard even though he knew he was going to lose!
If it weren’t for the king who was far away in Stobi and making plans ahead of time.
Once Alexander's eastern expedition army arrived, they would attack from both inside and outside.
I am afraid that in the end, the army will be defeated and blood will flow like a river!
As for the southeast.
In order to break through the three-layer encirclement, both sides suffered heavy losses!
More than 70,000 coalition forces from various small city-states were killed!
The two main forces that Macedonia was proud of also left behind 40,000 corpses!
Although Odysseus' light cavalry caught up with Antigonus's legion, they did not gain any advantage.
If Antigonus had not been eager to rush to the port of Botaïtia, which was still in his hands, and sail out to sea.
The barbarian light cavalry that Odysseus painstakingly trained would probably suffer a great loss!
"I will lead 150,000 elite troops to pursue Antigonus. The rest of the legions will be under your command. Quickly capture some city in the east!"
Without waiting, Achilles immediately proposed to Odysseus to divide the troops.
The great battle is over.
Except for the 50,000 remnants in Antigonus's hands, the organized Macedonian legion had disappeared.
Odysseus certainly agrees with this division of labor.
The two of them then began to work on their own and became busy!
Off the coast of Botaitia Port, on a large ship.
Looking back at the coastline of the Great North, Antigonus was filled with emotion!
"General! Where are we going? Are we going to find a port to land and then go back to Macedonia?" asked a personal soldier.
"Back to Macedonia? No, we're not going back!"
Glancing at the guards around him, Antigonus answered carefully.
At the critical moment, his army became Alexander's abandoned pawn.
Antigonus felt quite unhappy.
There is no future in following Alexander and Stoby to fight.
The boundless sea holds infinite hope!
I still have 50,000 men at my disposal! 50,000 of the most elite warriors!
Why go back to Macedonia and die? There's no place else I can go to fight for my own country.
"I suggest that we go all the way south! Crete, tens of thousands of miles away, is a very large place, it can be called half a continent! I heard that the people there love pleasure and have very poor fighting ability! If we go there, we will definitely be able to carve out a place for ourselves!" suggested an old soldier from the south.
"Okay! Let's go to Crete!"
Antigonus made up his mind without hesitation!
The battle for supremacy in the Great North had left Antigonus exhausted. He decided to head south to Crete, the legendary land of gold, and carve out a kingdom for himself!
When Achilles reached the port of Botaïtia, Antigonus's 50,000 men had been at sea for two full days.
Before leaving, Antigonus destroyed all of Botaïtia's ocean-going ships.
Achilles could only accept this fact with a sigh of helplessness!
Antigonus and the 50,000 elite Macedonians he led successfully escaped!
Unlike Achilles who failed at the last moment, Odysseus can be said to have achieved perfection!
After dividing his troops, Odysseus immediately broke up the army into smaller units and sent them to various locations in eastern Macedonia.
Since Macedonia had lost almost all its manpower, all the cities that originally belonged to Macedonia had to open their gates and surrender.
In just three days, Odysseus took over all the Macedonian cities from Thessaloniki to the east!
Immediately afterwards, in the former territory of Methonian, Odysseus forced the surrender of the rear guard legion left by Antigonus.
As a result, most of the original Metonian territory, including the port city of Botaitia occupied by Achilles, was also occupied by the Stoic coalition.
Such a result made King Methonian extremely dissatisfied!
He immediately went to Odysseus and asked the Stoic coalition to withdraw from Methonian territory!
This request was immediately rejected by Odysseus.
"What were you Metonians doing when the coalition forces were fighting the main Macedonian army?"
Odysseus only asked this one question, but King Methonian was speechless.
Then Odysseus took out the letter from the Metonian envoy that day.
It clearly says on it -
If King Stobius came forward and organized an allied army to capture Thessalonica, Methonian was willing to cede Botaïtia and the territories to the west to Stobius.
This condition was indeed proposed by King Metronius himself.
At the time, he thought that Stobi's abilities were limited, and that he would be very lucky if he could launch a feint attack on Thessaloniki and relieve him of some of the pressure.
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