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In the early morning of the next day, the Greeks left their warships and came to the city of Troy, preparing to attack the city. They divided their troops into several groups, and each group attacked a city gate.But the Trojans held on to every city wall and tower, and stubbornly resisted the enemy.Stheneros, the son of Capanes, and Diomedes, the son of Capanes, were the first to attack the central gate.But Deiphobus and the brave Polytes and other heroes stood on the high gate, and with arrows and stones they resisted the swarming siege troops.Neoptolemus led his troops against the gate of Ida.The Trojan heroes Helenus and Agenor inspire the soldiers to resist bravely on the battlements.The gates facing the great plain and the Greek galley camp were besieged by Eurypyrus and Odysseus.The brave Aeneas stood on the high wall and ordered the soldiers to throw stones so that they could not approach.Meanwhile Teucer fought valiantly on the banks of the Simmoes.

Odysseus suddenly had an idea during the battle.He ordered the warriors to snap their shields together and hold them over their heads to form a canopy.Under the canopy, soldiers could gather in groups and advance in dense numbers.In this way, the men of Danai approached the gate boldly, and under their shields they heard the sound of countless stones, flying arrows, and spears crashing from the wall, but no one was injured.So they pushed toward the city gate like a cloud.The earth groaned beneath their feet, and the dust flew above their heads.The sons of Atreus were filled with joy when they saw the solid formation.They encouraged the soldiers to push forward with determination and prepared to tear down the gates, or split them open with a double-axed axe.Seeing that Odysseus' tactics were about to give them victory.

But the gods who protected the Trojans on the holy mountain of Olympus gave power to Aeneas' arms, and he picked up a huge stone and smashed it against the top of the shield, causing a large number of besieging The enemy fell under the shield one after another.Aeneas stands on the wall, his armor gleaming with gold.Beside him stood the mighty Ares, the god of war, hidden in the clouds so that no one could see him.Whenever Aeneas threw a stone, he made it hit the enemy exactly.The Greeks suffered heavy casualties and panicked.Aeneas kept roaring loudly from the top of the city to inspire morale.Under the city, Neoptolemus was also motivating the soldiers to keep attacking.The bloody battle went on for a whole day without stopping for a moment.

The Greeks who attacked the city on the other way were relatively successful.Ajax, the brave general of Locris, shot down the defenders with spears and arrows.His comrade-in-arms and fellow countryman Alcmedon saw that there was a place on the city wall where the defenders had been cleared away, so he hurriedly set up a ladder to climb up.Alcmedon put his shield on his head and sacrificed himself to open a way for his comrades to enter the city. Aeneas saw him from a distance.When he climbed the last step and just exposed the city wall, he was hit in the head by a stone thrown by Aeneas. He fell on his back, broke the ladder, and died before he touched the ground.

When Philoctetes saw the son of Anchises running along the walls like a beast to fight back, he shot an arrow at him, which hit the target, but only missed the shield of the opponent and hit another. Mermon the Trojan.Mo Meng rolled over and fell from the top of the city.Aeneas then threw a boulder at Philoctetes' friend Toxexemes, crushing his head. Philoctetes looked up at the enemy on the tower angrily, and shouted: "Aeneas, you think you are the bravest man in the world when you throw stones from the tower. But you Do that like a weak woman. If you are a hero, come out of the city gates and compare bow and spear with me. I tell you, I am the son of Paas!"

But the Trojan had no time to answer him, for another part of the city wall was in urgent need of his defense.He strode over.