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Trojan horse overview Trojan horse story is in ancient Greek legend, the Greek allied forces besieged Trojan horse for a long time, so they pretended to retreat, leaving a huge hollow Trojan horse. The Trojan defenders didn't know what to do, so they brought the Trojan horse into the city as a trophy. In the dead of night, the Greek soldiers hiding in the belly of the Trojan horse opened the gate, and Troy fell. Later generations often use the allusion of "Trojan Horse" to describe the activity of laying an ambush in the enemy camp. Trojan horse is also the name of a famous computer Trojan horse program. Legend of Trojan Horse According to ancient Greek legend, Prince Paris of Troy visited Greece and lured Queen Helen away, so the Greeks went on an expedition to Troy. Nine years after the siege, in 10, the Greek general Odysseus put forward a plan to ambush a group of warriors in the belly of a huge wooden horse, put them outside the city and pretend to retreat. The Trojans thought that the enemy soldiers had retreated, so they moved the Trojan horse into the city as a trophy. At night, the warriors who were ambushed in the wooden horse jumped out to open the gate, and Greek soldiers swarmed in and captured the city.