"Father, although Cycnos is dead, as long as I am here and... Paris is here, Troy will be able to withstand the attack of the Greeks."
Hector has always been straightforward. His idea is simple. When the Greeks attack, the defense is to wait for an opportunity to attack them if the Greeks are tired.
There is nothing wrong with this idea. It was this idea that allowed the Trojan War to last for ten years in history.
But in the end Troy could not escape the end of destruction.
Priam nodded. Hector's answer was quite satisfactory. He turned his head again and looked at Pei Ziyun: "Paris, what do you think?"
When Hector answered, Pei Ziyun knew that Priam would definitely ask him, but what he wanted was not just passive defense. In this way, Troy would easily fall into passivity and be completely led by the Greeks. He wanted more Ability to take initiative.
Hector has always been so mature and steady, and doesn't like to take risks, but Troy is taking risks. If he is not careful, he may repeat the same mistakes of the past.
In this case, Hector's idea is a bit inadequate.
Priam asked himself, and just as Pei Ziyun was about to answer, he saw many princes and elders looking over, knowing that these people were also looking forward to his performance.
"Although I don't want to take away Hector's glory, victory is more important. I have a plan and I will take this opportunity to implement it." Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun slowly opened his mouth, glanced around, and said: "Do you have any thoughts? However, in the battles for more than a year, except when King Cynos came, we took the initiative to attack. At other times, did we take the initiative to attack and cause trouble to the Greeks?"
"No." Someone answered immediately.
"Yes, we in Troy have never taken the initiative to attack once. In fact, it has a lot to do with our subconscious belief that we are no match for the Greeks, so we all want to use the strong city for defense."
"There is nothing wrong with defending a fortified city, but no matter how good the defense is, it will be broken one day."
Everyone agreed that if Troy was breached, it would be unimaginable. They would all face the tragic situation of being separated from their wives and children, and their families would be destroyed.
But it did appear in the original history. The Greek coalition attacked Troy, but except for a few people who did not move, everyone else suffered a tragic fate. Even in history, Troy never appeared again.
Pei Ziyun looked at the reactions of everyone present and knew that they had also thought of the key. He smiled slightly and said, "Simply defending is not enough. We have to take the initiative."
"Father, have you ever put yourself in your shoes and thought about what we would be most worried about if Troy went on an expedition to Greece?"
Priam was actually asked about it by Pei Ziyun. Although he had always said that he wanted to take revenge on the Greeks, he seemed to have never dared to think about the idea of expeditioning to Greece.
In such a laborious expedition, not only whether the heroes and soldiers can survive it, but also whether the supplies can sustain such a long consumption are all issues.
"Wait, supplies?" Priam suddenly reacted.
At this time, Pei Ziyun looked at the king without saying a word, thinking that Priam would not be able to think of it for a while, so he continued: "Everyone, our expedition to Greece is actually the same as the Greeks coming from afar to conquer us. The idea of a quick victory, but our walls of Troy are strong, and our citizens and heroes are also recuperating. The Greeks have been fighting for more than a year, but the results are not great."
Everyone praised it, it was indeed the case.
When the Greeks first came, they attacked quickly and fiercely, and they tried to attack the city from time to time, but in the face of Troy's solid walls, they were in vain. Now they are no longer attacking as fast as they were in the past, and they are gradually showing signs of fatigue.
Everyone no longer had the panic that the Greeks had just attacked, and compared to the Greeks, they showed a bit of fatigue. Troy was fighting on the local territory, and everyone was at home, recharging their energy well.
As long as you wait for the opportunity, you can hit the Greeks head-on.
"There is indeed a military strength gap between us and the Greeks, but even the gods of Mount Olympus need to drink delicious wine to replenish their strength. Mortals need to eat more, otherwise they will not have the strength to work. Horses also need to be fed intensively, otherwise they will not be able to travel long distances. Benz."
"Everyone, what is the key to everything? It is supplies!"
Pei Ziyun dropped a bombshell, and everyone was talking about it. Although the food and grass matter was obvious, many people couldn't see it. Now that Prince Paris pointed it out, they all suddenly realized that if there is no supply, what will happen to Greece? Human armies could not fight without supplies, and Greek horses could not be ridden.
"The Greeks went on an expedition, and so many Greeks came to Troy. If there were no supplies, we would not need to attack, and we would fall into civil strife."
"In the past year, the food shipped from mainland Greece has basically been consumed, and looting has been carried out to nearby areas to maintain consumption."
"But there are so many Greeks. Even if they plunder nearby lands, how much supplies can they get?"
Speaking of this, everyone was shocked. They didn't think about this problem at first, but now they woke up and realized that they had missed something important.
In fact, before the Greeks attacked Troy, they had already implemented a fortified wall and cleared the country. From the land around Troy, the Greeks would definitely not be able to harvest much supplies.
Hearing this, everyone started talking again about supplies.
Some people say it was brought from mainland Greece, others say it was plundered from further afield, and still others say it was a gift from the gods.
Pei Ziyun looked at everyone's reaction and knew that it was almost done. After thinking about it, he remembered that in history, the Greeks could organize troops to attack the kingdoms near Troy many times in order to obtain supplies.
Achilles led his fleet and claimed to have conquered twelve cities at sea and eleven cities on land.
But there is no evidence to prove that this was done. The actual investigation is that Achilles destroyed three kingdoms-the Kingdom of Missia, the Kingdom of Lyrnassos, and the Kingdom of Thebes.
In the Mysian kingdom, Achilles acquired Chryseis, the beautiful daughter of the priest Chryses.
When Llyrnassus was conquered, King Brises was forced to despair, committed suicide, and robbed the princess Brodamia.
The island of Lesbos and Thebes, which is located at the foot of Mount Plakos in Sia, were conquered. King Eetion and his seven sons were all killed in battle, and the queen was turned into a slave.
And Telamon's son Ajax, also famous for plundering cities, led the warships all the way to the Thrace Peninsula. The King of Thrace betrayed the prince sent there in Troy to seek peace, and then Ajax captured Phrygia killed King Terthras and abducted the princess Tecmesa.
Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun smiled coldly and said: "Everyone, the Greeks cannot transport supplies from mainland Greece for a long time. Such a long journey is not only inconvenient, but also consumes a huge amount. Their city-state will definitely not Agreed, the only way is to attack nearby kingdoms and city-states."
As soon as this was said, everyone was enlightened and agreed with Paris's statement. Pei Ziyun shouted loudly: "Everyone, this is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"Prince Paris, what kind of opportunity is this?" Someone immediately couldn't help but ask.
Pei Ziyun smiled slightly: "We cannot rely solely on Troy's defense. We must take the initiative and send elite troops to support the kingdoms and city-states attacked by the Greeks."
"But Paris, if this happens, our troops will be scattered, and we may be even more powerless in the face of the Greek attack." Some elders questioned.
"Elder Crotto, your question is correct. We need to grasp the movements of the Greeks and see where they have gone before sending corresponding troops to rescue the kingdom or city-state. Otherwise, unnecessary division of troops will definitely weaken our strength. "Pei Ziyun replied.
"Think about it, everyone. In fact, many kingdoms and city-states hold a wait-and-see and neutral attitude, but the Greeks attacked and captured kingdoms and city-states for their own selfish interests and regardless of morality. What would they think?"
"These city-states will think that the Greeks are a group of arrogant and unreasonable bandits, and want to rob their women, gold, and food." someone answered.
"Yes, if the kingdom and city-states are captured by the Greeks, then their people will become prisoners and slaves, and their women, food, and gold will become the spoils of the Greeks."
“So what would have happened if the Greeks attacked but failed to conquer these kingdoms and city-states?”
"In this case, these city-states will share the same hatred, join the war against the Greeks, and fight with us against the Greeks." An elder responded in time.
"Yes, Elder Croato is right. They will become our allies, join our Trojan camp, and work with us to deal with the Greeks."
"It is for this reason that I promised Cynos to lead an army to the Kingdom of Coronai to take care of his son and help prevent the revenge of the Greeks."
"The shortcomings of our military strength can actually be solved - because of Cynos, the Greeks will definitely take revenge on the Kingdom of Koronai, and I rushed to the rescue, restrained part of the Greek forces, and could unite the Kingdom of Koronai Counterattack against the Greeks.”
"In this way, we can not only gain the moral right to rescue our allies, but also use our allies' forces to launch a counterattack against the Greeks, making up for the shortcomings of our dispersed forces."
"And we can also gather more allies and troops through rescue - I believe that the Greeks will suffer heavy losses by then."
People in the hall suddenly became enlightened after hearing Pei Ziyun's in-depth analysis.
Originally, it seemed that Troy's only advantages against the Greeks were its local operations and strong city walls. However, after hearing Pei Ziyun's analysis, I found that there were many methods that could be used to deal with the Greeks.
This method had not been thought of before, but now that it was proposed, it felt refreshing. The prince and the elders started a heated discussion.
Even the king's son-in-law, Creusa's husband, the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises' son Aeneas also cast admiring glances, secretly thinking: "Prince Paris's military might may not be As good as Hector, but ten times more intelligent than Hector, no wonder my mother Aphrodite liked Prince Paris."
"It seems that Prince Paris is more suitable to be king than Hector!"
(End of chapter)