"Originally, fate wanted to borrow your armor to get rid of a hero. ”

"But now, there is no need for this, and I will return to my hometown with your corpse. "The body of Achilles was taken away by Thetis, and the bodies of the hero and soldier were ceremoniously buried by everyone.

The flames and smoke from the burning of the corpses continued for three days, showing how many heroes and soldiers died in this battle.

When the matter was done, the Greeks gathered a meeting of many princes and heroes to figure out a better way forward for the next arrangement.

It's been almost seven years since the war began, but the Greeks have yet to break through the city of Troy, and they have lost too many heroes and soldiers.

The Greeks have not achieved an inch, and they will not be able to explain to the assembly of the city-states when they go back, so everyone must discuss a good solution.

At the princes' meeting, Menelaus stood up, looked around the crowd, and said, "Noble princes, please listen to me and give my opinion. ”

When everyone heard Menelaus' words, they all stopped talking in private and looked at him to see what Menelaus had to offer.

"I saw our warriors dying en masse, and my heart bleeds. They went to war because of me, and now it seems that everyone can't survive or see their families. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't stop nodding, they were indeed ready to die here.

"Actually, no, let's get out of this ominous place. Let all who are alive go back by boat. Now that Achilles and Ajax are dead, we can no longer hope for victory in the war. ”

But to everyone's surprise, Menelaus said that he was going to give up the war and leave here, which made many Greek heroes angry.

"As for me, I no longer care about my unvirtuous wife, Helen, I care more about you than her, so let her stay by Paris's side!"

Menelaus was instructed by Agamemnon to test the Greeks by saying this, but in his heart he wanted to destroy the Trojans more than anyone else.

Diomedes did not see through Menelaus's plan, he sat quietly, and when he heard Menelaus's words, he stood up angrily and laughed sarcastically: "What a shameful coward you are, O king of Sparta! The brave sons of the Greeks will not go back with you, and they will not give up until they rush to the city of Troy!"

Diomedes' words were recognized by many Greek heroes and princes present, and now that the war has been fought for so many years, both sides have formed an irrevocable grudge, and it is impossible to retreat from it.

The real grain retreated, and it was not good to return to his hometown to give an account to the family of the dead hero, as well as to the people.

"Menelaus, you are such a coward, if you want to go home, go back yourself. A Greek hero said sarcastically.

"I think he's scared of Paris, after all, he's a loser under Paris. ”

"Go back yourself, don't pull us up, we're going to the top of Troy. ”

"King of Sparta, I did not expect you to be such a cowardly man who fears death, and if you retreat, you will bring shame on the whole of Greece. ”

Menelaus's elder brother Agamemnon also pretended to frown and looked at Menelaus in disapproval, and Menelaus listened to these insults and ridiculed himself, not only did not get angry, but was very happy.

With such enthusiasm, he can rest assured, and he doesn't have to worry about everyone's poor morale.

Menelaus stood up again and said, "Great Greek heroes, I am very glad that you have such determination and will, and before this, in the face of repeated defeats, I am very worried that you will give up this war. ”

"Now, your determination fills me with fighting spirit, let us work together and vow not to give up until we take the city of Troy. ”

Menelaus's words made everyone react for a moment, and everyone forgave Menelaus's intention to retreat just now.

Diomedes stood up and said again: "Your fears, O king of Sparta, are unfounded, all of us present have a grudge against the Trojans, and it is impossible to retreat like this, we must take the head of the Trojans." ”

"Now I retract what I just said to you, and hope that we will work together to defeat Troy. ”

Diomedes had just finished sitting down, and after a short while, the prophet Karcas stood up, looked around at the Greek princes and heroes, and seeing that they had no intention of speaking, he made a suggestion.

"The walls of Troy, built by the great Poseidon and Apollo, would have been very damaging if they were to be attacked, and we could not afford it, listen, I saw a sign yesterday. ”

"An eagle chases a pigeon. The pigeon flew into the crevice of the rock and hid. The eagle waited for a long time by the rock, but the pigeon did not come out. The eagle took refuge in the nearby bushes. The stupid pigeon flew out. The eagle immediately pounced and grabbed it with its talons. We should follow this eagle's example. The city of Troy should not be stormed, but outwitted. ”

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 a while.

This kind of strategy does not mean that you can come up with it if you think about it, and some people say: "Calcas, you said to outwit, so can you give a plan?"

"I can't come up with a good plan for the time being, so we have to work together to come up with this. Karcas shook his head.

Everyone present used their brains and came up with a plan to outwit Troy, but they were all vetoed by everyone due to various loopholes.

Seeing that everyone was once again at a loss, Agamemnon frowned slightly, but he didn't have any better ideas.

Mount 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 for a while, you can tell the Greeks about the Trojan horse plan and help them conquer the city of Troy." ”

Athena nodded, and in a flash, her figure flew out of Mount Olympus.

In less than a moment, Athena came to the camp of the Greeks, and she stood above the barracks of the prince's council, and took an idea deep into Odysseus's brain.

Odysseus's body shook, and he slowly stood up and said what was in his head.

"Friends, do you know what to do?"

Everyone looked at Odysseus with hope as they stood up and spoke, and Odysseus had always been resourceful, which was well known among the Greeks.

"Odysseus, speak your mind. ”

Odysseus smiled, looking at everyone eagerly, looking forward to looking at himself, he enjoyed the feeling of being in the spotlight very much.

In fact, the method is very simple, but it will be difficult to implement, and it will take many brave Greeks to carry it out. ”

"Odysseus, there is no shortage of brave warriors among us Greeks. ”

Odysseus nodded, agreed, and continued.

"Let's build a giant wooden horse and hide as many Greek heroes as possible in the horse's belly. The rest left the shores of Troy by boat and retreated to the island of Tenedos. ”

"Before setting out, the barracks must be burned down, so that the Trojans can see the fireworks on the city walls, and they will be unguarded and bold to go out of the city. ”

"At the same time, we had a man not very familiar with the Trojans, posing as a sacrifice, and told them that the Greeks were going to kill him as a sacrifice to the god in order to retreat safely, but he managed to escape. ”

He also said that the Greeks had made a huge wooden horse for Athena, and that he himself hid under the horse's belly and waited until the enemy had retreated before crawling out. The man had to be able to retell the story to the Trojans, and to tell it in such a way that the Trojans would not doubt it. ”

"The Trojans must have taken pity on the poor stranger and dragged him and the Trojan into the city. When our enemies are asleep, he will give us a predetermined code. ”

At this moment, the men hiding in the Trojan Horse crawled out and lit torches to summon the warriors who were hiding near the island of Tenedos. In this way, we will be able to destroy the city of Troy with sword and fire. ”

Odysseus told his plan, and everyone was amazed at his plan.

"I think it's a good plan, it can be carried out, and I should be able to break through Troy in one fell swoop. ”

"This ploy is good, but it also has some shortcomings, and it is not easy to hide the heroes and the Trojans from such a big Trojan horse. ”

"This is a very clever scheme, Odysseus, you are a genius strategist. ”

Odysseus watched the reaction of the crowd to the scheme he said, and his heart was happy, what could be more pleasant than to attract everyone's attention?

"If this plan is implemented, all links must be foolproof, and once any link is not done well, it may fall short. Diomedes spoke his mind.

Agamemnon nodded, he looked at Odysseus and said, "There is no better plan now, but Odysseus's plan needs to be carefully considered, if it is implemented, we will press the future of the entire Greeks, we must be cautious." ”

Agamemnon decided to carefully scrutinize Odysseus' plan and implement it if it worked, and at this time, Carcas watched all this.

"If you look at the stratagem alone, it's crude and shoddy. ”

"A huge Trojan horse, if it's normal, why don't you check it?"

"Besides, the Trojan horse with hidden people must have the same weight as a normal Trojan horse, and the process of dragging it will be discovered by the Trojans, right?"

"But no matter how ridiculous the scheme, as long as there is the power of God, it will be carried out and won. ”

The prophet is the mouthpiece of God, and Calcas has seen countless such things, so he thought: "If it is the will of God, it must be the unanimous approval of all princes and heroes, and no one raises objections." ”

"See, see if anyone in the meeting can bring up this glaring flaw, no, it must be God who has made them agree. ”