It turned out that when Ajax, a fellow young warrior, heard that Achilles and Odysseus had defeated the main Macedonian army in Thessalonica, he felt a pang of fear.
Ajax also wants to achieve great things!
However, during this decisive battle, he stayed in Stoby the entire time and didn't even see the shadow of the enemy!
Where is the chance to gain military merit?
After much thought, Ajax set his sights on the four cities of Stupra across the river.
A few days ago, there was a fire in Stupora!
In all likelihood, they have already evacuated!
Just send out some troops and we should be able to capture those four cities!
The main Macedonian force had just been defeated.
At this time, even if there are still some remnants of soldiers stationed in Stupora, I am afraid they are unwilling to fight!
In this way, I can gain some military merits and not end up with nothing!
The final fact was exactly as Ajax had guessed.
The four cities that originally belonged to Stupla, including the largest city, Stupla, have become deserted.
Ajax only sent out 20,000 men and he was able to capture the four cities.
It was not until he received the victory report from his subordinates that Ajax dared to come to Xia Zhe and report to the king!
"Just take it. Macedonia doesn't dare to fight back now anyway."
I wanted to scold Ajax for using the defense force of Stobi without authorization and disregarding the safety of me, the king!
But Xia Zhe was no fool. He also knew that Macedonia, which had just been badly defeated, would not be able to organize forces to move north.
In this case, pushing the defense line southward to prevent another surprise attack from Macedonia across the border river would be more beneficial than harmful.
Seeing that the king did not blame him, Ajax felt relieved.
Just as he was about to leave, Xia Zhe on the opposite side started giving orders again.
"Go and call the prime minister and several key officials. I want to discuss the issue of moving the capital with everyone." Xia Zhe said.
Move the capital?
Yes.
If the richest eastern alluvial plain of Macedonia was taken, it would obviously be inappropriate for the king to live in this mountain city.
Moving the capital to the famous city of Thessaloniki, where there would be ironclad ships guarding the river, would naturally be better than Stobi.
Thinking of this, Ajax hurriedly agreed to withdraw and hurried to inform the prime minister and the high priest.
The Prime Minister and the High Priest, along with the ironclad ship they commanded, just returned to Stoby yesterday.
The Prime Minister gave full authority to Archimedes to take charge of the remaining two ships, temporarily taking charge of the defense of Thessaloniki.
At the same time, in the Holy Palace of Pella, the capital of Macedonia.
Alexander, Aristotle and Seleucus, the Siren brother and sister, are listening to the intelligence of the spies.
Although Alexander lost badly in the battle on the banks of the Thessalonica River, he was quite satisfied with Seleucus, his future brother-in-law.
Antigonus had disappeared, and Alexander, who was in need of new personnel, promoted Seleucus as an exception.
Now, Seleucus is his top general and is qualified to know many secrets.
"Your Majesty, upon receiving your order to conduct an in-depth investigation into King Stobi, we have mobilized hundreds of elite personnel to thoroughly investigate everything about him!"
The spy in charge of reporting was talking freely at the foot of the stairs.
The spies were indeed very attentive.
From the birth of King Stobi, everything about him was investigated in detail!
When I was a kid, I was always too playful to study, which led to my mediocre academic performance. It was discovered!
He was in his teens and still wet the bed frequently, simply because he was too lazy to get up and it was too troublesome.
As he grew older, his male hormones flourished, and he let himself go, often doing ridiculous things.
Of course, his diligence and foresight after becoming king were also included in the survey results!
After hearing this, Alexander was quite sad!
What's going on?
The powerful opponent who was able to defeat a genius like me was just a small fry before he became king!
If such a person had not been born into a royal family, it would have been difficult for him to find a decent job to make a living!
Looking back at myself, I have been strict with myself and hardworking and motivated since I was young!
It goes without saying that he is well-read, and his thinking ability and concentration are also much stronger than ordinary people!
Why?
Why was it that I was the one who was suppressed in the end?
"God is so unfair! I am so outstanding, but I always fail! He is so mediocre, but he always gets good cards! Is this the legendary fate?" Alexander lamented.
"My king, you are the best! Good luck cannot always be with King Stoby! One day, you will defeat him and rise to become the true king!" The Siren beside him comforted.
"Yes, yes! My fate is in my own hands! Knowing that this man is not supernatural, I can always think of a way to defeat him!" Seleucus also spoke at the right time.
Defeat King Stoby?
Can you really succeed?
After listening to the spy's long report, only Aristotle was deeply touched!
The Battle of Thessaloniki destroyed Aristotle's 200,000 supporters and also destroyed Aristotle's inner demons.
He suddenly had an epiphany!
"What is the difference between humans and animals? I think it's human nature! What is human nature? Ancient philosophers have talked about it in a vague way. But I suddenly feel that, in the final analysis, it can be summed up in one sentence - the ability to control one's animal nature!" Aristotle suddenly spoke.
Human nature is the ability to control one's animal nature?
When Aristotle suddenly said this, everyone present was puzzled.
But Aristotle did speak from his heart.
Aristotle felt that he was not mistaken!
The original King Stoby was indeed just a mediocre man with many flaws in his nature!
However, he is more humane than Philip, Alexander, and himself in the past!
Because he can control the flaws in his nature!
King Stoby is very playful by nature!
However, after becoming king, he worked diligently and devoted himself to national development, completely giving up play!
King Stoby is very lustful by nature!
However, he clearly had the opportunity to take in countless beauties, but he could resist rejecting Siren and let Ina go!
King Stoby is lazy by nature!
However, as long as he senses the enemy's movement, he will cheer up and make a big move, and must arrange everything before the enemy!
Doesn’t this fit in with my theory of human nature?
Compared with him, let alone Sirens, Seleucus, Antigonus and others, they are far inferior!
Alexander and Philip are far apart!
Even I am far inferior to him!
If I hadn't been so persistent and hadn't had such a strong desire to achieve great things!
How could there be the defeat of Thessaloniki?
Compared with the true master Socrates, and even his own teacher Plato, he still has a lot to cultivate!
"May I ask, Holy Master, what do you mean by this? Why is it that human nature is to be able to control one's animal nature?" Alexander asked in confusion.
"It's nothing, just something I felt like saying! I want to go back to the south to take a look around. I'm afraid I won't be able to use this holy palace anymore." Aristotle said with a smile.
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