"Father, although Crokenos is dead, as long as Troy has me, and Paris, we will definitely be able to defend against the Greeks."
Hector had always been straightforward. His thinking was simple. When the Greeks attacked, they would defend. When the Greeks were tired, he would wait for an opportunity to attack them.
There was nothing wrong with this thinking. It was this thinking that caused the Trojan War to last for ten years.
But in the end, Troy could not escape the fate of destruction.
Priamos nodded his head. Hector's answer was reasonable and he was satisfied with it. He turned his head again and looked at Pei Zi Yun. "Paris, what do you think?"
When Hector replied, Pei Zi Yun knew that Priamos would definitely ask him. But he did not want to just defend passively. This way, Troy would easily fall into a passive state and be led around by the nose by the Greeks. He wanted to take the initiative to attack.
Hector had always been this mature and steady. He did not like to do risky things, but Troy was taking risks. If they were not careful, they could repeat the mistakes of the past.
If that was the case, Hector's thinking was a little lacking.
Priamos had asked him. Pei Zi Yun was about to answer when he saw many princes and elders looking at him. He knew 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 that I need to take this opportunity to execute." Thinking of this, Pei Zi Yun spoke slowly. He looked around and said, "Has anyone thought about this? In the past year of battles, other than when King Crokenos 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 immediately answered.
"Yes, we, Troy, have never taken the initiative to attack. Actually, it has a lot to do with our subconscious thinking that we are no match for the Greeks. That's why we always thought of using a strong defense."
"A strong defense is not wrong. But no matter how good the defense is, it will be breached one day."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. If Troy was breached, it would be unimaginable. They would all face the tragic fate of losing their families and families.
But in the original history, this had happened. When the Greek allied army conquered Troy, other than a few people who did not move, the others all met a tragic end. In fact, in history, Troy had never appeared again.
Pei Zi Yun looked at everyone's reaction and knew that they had all thought of the same thing. He then smiled and said, "Just defending won't do. We have to take the initiative and attack."
"Father, have you ever put yourself in their shoes and thought about what we would be most worried about if we, the Trojans, went on an expedition to Greece?"
Although he had always said that he wanted to take revenge on the Greeks, he had never dared to think about the idea of going on an expedition to Greece.
Ignoring the question of whether the heroes and soldiers could endure such a tiring expedition, it was a problem whether the supplies could last for such a long time.
"Wait a minute, supplies?" Priam suddenly realized what was going on.
At this point, Pei Zi Yun looked at the King and didn't say a word. He thought that Priam wouldn't be able to come up with an answer in a short amount of time. He then continued speaking, "Everyone, our expedition to Greece was actually the same as the Greeks coming from afar to attack us. Our intention was to end the war as quickly as possible. However, the walls of Troy were strong and sturdy. Our citizens and heroes were also well rested. The Greeks fought for more than a year, but the results were not great."
Everyone started to praise him. That was indeed the case.
When the Greeks first came, they attacked ferociously. From time to time, they would attack the city. However, against the sturdy walls of Troy, their attacks were futile. Now, they were no longer as ferocious as before. Gradually, they started to show signs of fatigue.
Everyone was no longer as flustered as they were when the Greeks attacked. Compared to the Greeks, they were showing signs of fatigue. The Trojans were fighting on their own land. Hence, everyone stayed at home and rested well.
Once they had the chance, they would be able to attack the Greeks head-on.
"There is indeed a difference in military strength between us and the Greeks. However, even the gods of Mount Olympus need to drink delicious wine to replenish their strength. Mortals need to eat more, or they won't have the strength to work. Horses also need to be fed well, or they won't be able to gallop for long distances."
"Everyone, what is the key to all of this? It's supplies!"
Pei Zi Yun had dropped a bomb on the crowd, causing them to start discussing amongst themselves. Although the issue of rations was very obvious, many of them had not noticed it. Now that Prince Paris had pointed it out, they finally understood. Without supplies, the Greeks would not be able to fight. Without supplies, the horses of the Greeks would not be able to ride on them.
"The Greeks have been on a long expedition. With so many Greeks coming to Troy, without supplies, we won't even need to attack them. They will just fall into internal strife."
"In the past year, the rations that the Greeks brought over from the mainland have basically been depleted. They have already started to plunder the surrounding areas to maintain their consumption."
"But with so many Greeks, even if they plunder the surrounding areas, how much supplies can they obtain?"
At this point, everyone was shocked. They hadn't thought about this problem at first. Now that it was pointed out, they realized that they had missed out on something important.
Actually, before the Greeks attacked, Troy had already carried out a clean-up. The Greeks would definitely not be able to obtain much supplies from the surrounding areas of Troy.
Hearing this, everyone started to discuss about supplies.
Some said that the supplies were brought over from the mainland of Greece, while others said that they had been plundered from further away. There were even some who said that it was a gift from the gods.
Pei Zi Yun looked at everyone's reactions and knew that it was about time. He thought for a while and remembered that in history, the Greeks had organized many armies to attack the nearby kingdoms of Troy in order to obtain supplies.
Achilles had led his fleet to attack twelve cities at sea and eleven cities on land.
However, there was no evidence to prove that he had done so. The truth was that Achilles had attacked and destroyed three kingdoms – the Kingdom of Misea, the Kingdom of Lünarassos, and the Kingdom of Thebes.
In the Kingdom of Missia, Achilles obtained Chrysais, the beautiful daughter of the priest Chrysais.
When he attacked Lünarassos, he had forced King Priseus into a corner. He had committed suicide and kidnapped the princess Boulodamia.
He had attacked the island of Lesbos and Thebes, which was located at the foot of the Prakos Mountains. King Aetheon and his seven sons had all died in battle, and the queen had been enslaved.
As for Teramon's son, Ajax, he was also famous for plundering cities. He had led his warships all the way to the island of Thrace. The King of Thrace had betrayed the prince of Troy and sued for peace. Ajax had then attacked Pheligia, killed King Tertras, and kidnapped the princess Tecmos.
Thinking of this, Pei Zi Yun laughed coldly and said, "Everyone, in order to resupply, the Greeks cannot transport supplies from the mainland of Greece for a long period of time. Not to mention the inconvenience of such a long journey, just the consumption alone is huge. Their cities will definitely not agree to it. The only way is to attack the nearby kingdoms and cities."
As soon as he said this, everyone was enlightened and agreed with Paris's words. They then heard Pei Zi Yun say loudly, "Everyone, this is an opportunity, an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon."
"Prince Paris, what kind of opportunity?" Someone could not help but ask.
Pei Zi Yun smiled, "We cannot rely solely on Troy's defense. We have to take the initiative and send our elite troops to support the kingdoms and cities that are being attacked by the Greeks."
"But Paris, if we do this, our military strength will be scattered. When faced with the attacks of the Greeks, we might not be able to do what we want." An Elder raised his doubts.
"Elder Kroto, your doubts are right. We have to know the movements of the Greeks and see where they are going. Only then will we be able to send the appropriate troops to support the kingdoms and cities. If not, there will be no point in splitting our forces. It will only weaken our overall strength." Pei Zi Yun replied.
"Everyone, think about it. In fact, many kingdoms and city-states have adopted a wait-and-see attitude and are neutral. But the Greeks, for their own selfishness, disregard morality, and attack and occupy kingdoms and city-states. What would they think?
"These cities would think that the Greeks are a bunch of unreasonable bandits. They would want to rob them of their women, gold and food." Someone replied.
"That's right. If the kingdoms and cities are conquered by the Greeks, then their people will become captives and slaves. Their women, food and gold will all become the spoils of war for the Greeks."
"Then if the Greeks attack, but fail to conquer these kingdoms and cities, what will happen?"
"In that case, these cities will unite against the common enemy and join the war against the Greeks. They will fight against the Greeks together with us." An Elder responded timely.
"Yes, Elder Kroto is right. They will become our allies and join the camp of Troy to fight against the Greeks together with us."
"I promised Kronos to lead the army to the Kingdom of Corona to take care of his son and help stop the revenge of the Greeks because of this reason."
"The weakness of our military strength can actually be solved. Because of Kronos, the Greeks will definitely take revenge on the Kingdom of Corona. If I rush over to help, I will be able to restrict part of the Greeks' military strength. We can also join forces with the Kingdom of Corona to fight back against the Greeks."
"In that case, not only can we obtain the moral obligation to rescue our allies, we can also use our allies' military strength to launch a counterattack against the Greeks. This will make up for the weakness of our scattered military strength."
"And we can also gather more allies and military strength through the rescue. I believe that when the time comes, the Greeks will definitely suffer heavy losses."
When the people in the hall heard Pei Zi Yun's in-depth analysis, they were suddenly enlightened.
Originally, it seemed that the only advantage that Troy had against the Greeks was their own land and the sturdiness of their walls. But after hearing Pei Zi Yun's analysis, they realized that there were many ways to deal with the Greeks.
They had never thought of this method before. Now that it was brought up, it was refreshing. The prince and the Elders started a heated discussion.
Even the son-in-law of the king, the husband of Kreusa, the son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises, Aeneas, looked at Pei Zi Yun with admiration. He thought to himself, Although Prince Paris's military strength may not be comparable to Hector's, his wisdom is ten times better than Hector's. No wonder my mother, Aphrodite, likes Prince Paris.
"It seems that Prince Paris is more suitable to be a king than Hector!"
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