"Originally, fate wanted to use your armor to eliminate a hero."
"But now, there is no need for this. I will take your body back to my hometown." The body of Achilles was taken away by Thetis, and the bodies of the hero and soldiers were buried grandly by everyone.
The flames and thick smoke of burning corpses continued for three days, which shows how many heroes and soldiers died in this battle.
After everything was done, the Greeks called together many princes and heroes for a meeting to find a better way out for the next arrangements.
This war has been going on for almost seven years, but the Greeks have not yet conquered the city of Troy, but too many heroes and soldiers have died.
The Greeks had not made any achievements and could not explain to the city-state assembly when they returned. Everyone must discuss a good solution.
At the princes' meeting, Menelaus stood up, looked around at the crowd, and said, "Noble princes, please listen to me express my opinion."
When everyone heard what Menelaus said, they all stopped talking in private and focused on him to see what Menelaus proposed.
"I see our soldiers dying in large numbers, and my heart bleeds. They went to war for me, and now it seems that no one can survive or see their families."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod. They had indeed made plans to die here.
"In fact, let's leave this ominous place. Let all the living people go back in the ship. Now that Achilles and Ajax are dead, we can no longer hope to win the war."
But what everyone didn't expect was that Menelaus suddenly changed his subject midway through his words, saying that he wanted to give up the war and leave here, which made many Greek heroes angry.
"As for me, I no longer care about my unworthy wife Helen. I care about you more than her. Let her stay with Paris!"
Menelaus was instructed by Agamemnon and said this to test the Greeks. In fact, in his heart he wanted to destroy the Trojans more than anyone else.
Diomedes did not see through Menelaus's plan. He sat quietly. When he heard Menelaus' words, he stood up angrily and smiled sarcastically: "King of Sparta, you are a What a shameful coward! The brave descendants of the Greeks are unwilling to go back with you, and they will not give up until they storm the city of Troy!"
Diomedes' words were recognized by many Greek heroes and princes present. Now that the war has been going on for so many years, both sides have forged unwashable hatred and it is impossible to just retreat.
I retreated without any gains, and even when I returned to my hometown, I couldn't explain anything to the families of the dead heroes and the people.
"Menelaus, you are such a coward. If you want to go home, go back by yourself first." A Greek hero said sarcastically.
"I think he is afraid of Paris. After all, he is Paris's defeated enemy."
"Go back by yourself. There is no need to hold us back. We are going to the top of Troy."
"King of Sparta, I didn't expect you to be such a coward and fear of death. If you retreat, you will bring shame to the whole of Greece."
Menelaus's brother Agamemnon also pretended to frown and looked at Menelaus, expressing his disapproval. But Menelaus listened to these insults and taunts, not only was he not angry, but he was very happy.
If everyone has such enthusiasm, he can rest assured and does not have to worry about everyone's low morale and retreat.
Menelaus stood up again and said: "All the great Greek heroes, I am very happy that you have such determination and will. Before this, in the face of repeated setbacks, I was very worried that you would give up. This war.”
"Now, your determination has filled me with fighting spirit. Let us work together and never give up until Troy is captured."
Menelaus' words made everyone react after being stunned for a moment, and everyone forgave Menelaus for his attempt to retreat just now.
Diomedes stood up and said again: "King of Sparta, your worries are unnecessary. All of us here have enmity with the Trojans. We cannot just retreat. We must attack Troy." The city head."
"Now I take back what I just said to you. I hope we can work together to defeat Troy."
Diomedes just finished speaking and sat down. After a while, the prophet Calchas stood up and looked around at the Greek princes and heroes around him. Seeing that they had no intention of speaking, he made a suggestion.
"The walls of Troy were built by the great Poseidon and Apollo. If we attack them forcefully, the losses will be very heavy. This is unbearable for us. Listen, everyone, I saw a sign yesterday. "
"An eagle chased a dove. The dove flew into a rock crevice and hid. The eagle waited by the rock for a long time, but the dove wouldn't come out. The eagle hid in the nearby bushes. This stupid dove It flew out. The eagle immediately pounced on it and caught it with its talons. We should follow this eagle's example. We should not attack Troy by force, but outwit it."
After he finished speaking, the heroes racked their brains to come up with a plan to end this terrible war as soon as possible, but they couldn't think of it for the moment.
This kind of strategy cannot be figured out just by thinking. Someone said: "Karkas, you said outwit, can you give me a strategy?"
"I can't think of a good plan at the moment. We need everyone to work together to come up with this." Kalkas shook his head and said.
Everyone present used their brains and came up with strategies to outwit Troy, but they were all rejected due to various loopholes.
Seeing that everyone was in a helpless situation again, Agamemnon frowned slightly, but he had no better idea.
olympus
Hera looked at the meeting of princes in the Greek camp and said to Athena: "The Greeks can't think of a good way at the moment. You can tell the Greeks about the Trojan horse plan and help them." Conquer Troy.”
Athena nodded, and in a flash, she flew out of Mount Olympus.
In less than a moment, Athena arrived at the Greek camp. She stood above the princes' meeting barracks and drove an idea deep into Odysseus's mind.
Odysseus' body trembled, and as if he had some realization, he slowly stood up and spoke out what was on his mind.
"Friends, do you know what to do?"
Everyone watched Odysseus stand up and speak, and they all looked at him with hope. Odysseus has always been resourceful, which is well known among the Greeks.
"Odysseus, speak your mind."
Odysseus smiled and looked at everyone's eager look, looking forward to looking at him. He really enjoyed this feeling of being in the spotlight.
"Actually, the method is very simple, but it will be difficult to implement. It will take many brave Greeks to implement it."
"Odysseus, we Greeks have no shortage of brave warriors."
Odysseus nodded, agreed with this statement, and continued.
"Let us build a huge wooden horse and hide as much of the Greek heroes as possible inside the horse's belly. The rest of us will leave the coast of Troy in ships and retreat to the island of Tenedos."
"The military camp must be burned down before departure, so that the Trojans can see the fireworks on the city wall and leave the city without warning."
"At the same time, we asked a man who was not very familiar to the Trojans to pretend to be a sacrifice and told them that the Greeks were preparing to kill him to sacrifice the god for safety, but he managed to escape."
"He also said that the Greeks built a huge wooden horse as a tribute to Athena, and he hid under the horse's belly and climbed out secretly after the enemy retreated. This man must be able to repeat this story to the Trojans and say Let it be true, so that the Trojans may not doubt it.”
"The Trojans will take pity on the poor stranger and drag him and the horse into the city. While our enemy is sleeping, he will give us the predetermined signal."
"At this time, the people hiding in the wooden horse climbed out and lit torches to summon the warriors hiding near the island of Tenedos. In this way, we can destroy the city of Troy with sword and fire."
Odysseus revealed his plan, and everyone marveled at his ingenuity.
"I think this strategy is very good and can be implemented completely. By then we should be able to defeat the city of Troy in one fell swoop."
"This strategy is good, but it also has some shortcomings. It is not easy to hide the heroes and Trojans with such a big Trojan horse."
"This strategy is very clever, Odysseus, you are really a genius strategist."
Odysseus looked at everyone's reaction after hearing his plan, and he was happy in his heart. What could be more pleasant than attracting everyone's attention
"If this strategy is implemented, all links must be foolproof. Once any link is not done well, the success may fall short." Diomedes expressed his opinion.
Agamemnon nodded, he looked at Odysseus and said: "There is no better plan now, but Odysseus' plan needs to be carefully considered. If it is implemented, we will overwhelm the entire army." The future of the Greeks must be cautious.”
Agamemnon decided to carefully consider Odysseus' plan and, if feasible, implement it, while Calchas watched all this.
"If you look at it purely as a strategy, this is crude and inferior."
"It's a huge Trojan horse. If it's normal, why don't you check it?"
"Besides, the Trojan horse hiding the person must be different in weight from the normal Trojan horse. The Trojans will notice the process of dragging it, right?"
"No matter how ridiculous the plan is, as long as there is the power of God, it will be carried out and victory will be achieved."
To put it bluntly, the prophet is the mouthpiece of God. Calchas has seen countless such things, so he thought: "If it is God's will, then all the princes and heroes must unanimously agree, and no one will raise objections."
"Look, let's see if anyone can bring up this obvious flaw in the meeting. No, it must be God who made them unanimously agree."
(End of chapter)