After returning to Stoby at the beginning of the month, he once again went to the palace to report to the king, and happened to meet the king conducting a sand table simulation in the garden.
Wang always downplayed that kind of simulation by calling it "playing games" to deceive people.
Odysseus remembered clearly that in those games, the kings had to assume that Rome had an army of 20 million crossing the sea, and how to use the limited manpower at hand to kill the enemy to the maximum extent!
One of the battles took place in a densely forested area, although it wasn't the simulated Seranda area.
That time, the king said that the Roman legions were not fools and did not arrange for them to send out heavy infantry. Instead, he arranged a large number of archers in the center and light infantry to break through the two wings.
Archers are very effective in jungle warfare, and light infantry is far more effective than light cavalry.
Odysseus also knew this.
Wang made this arrangement, saying that it was to increase the difficulty of the game so that players would not lose interest.
At that time, Odysseus felt that the Romans' arrangements were impeccable.
However, after Wang Lue thought about it, he arranged an even more bizarre formation.
The king placed a large number of shield-armored light infantry in the center, and set them to charge as soon as the battle started.
On the two wings, the king deployed a large number of barbarian mercenaries, who were good at archery and hand-to-hand combat, but had poor discipline.
From beginning to end, Wang didn't use a single heavy infantryman.
Odysseus was surprised by the outcome of the battle.
Although many of those shield-armored light infantrymen died during the charge, they quickly rushed to the front of the archers and engaged in hand-to-hand combat that was advantageous to their side.
At the same time, the barbarian mercenaries on both wings, using all kinds of tactics, defeated the enemy and made them flee in disarray.
Finally, the enemy archers were surrounded on both wings and were forced to surrender.
The mock battle ended with a complete victory for the Greek army.
"I think I understand what the king means. The king wants me to not use heavy infantry, but rely on barbarian mercenaries to win the battle!"
After recalling it carefully three times, Odysseus finally stood up.
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