king of war

Chapter 33 Preparations before the war

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[Congratulations, Commander, you have just destroyed the Peloponnesian Alliance of the Cult of Kosmos, with a glory value of +100 points and a merit value of +3000 points]

After Qin Rongshuai rushed into the temple, he searched around and found neither the secret room nor the Pieces of Eden. There were only a few boxes of Persian gold coins piled aside, which made him feel very disappointed.

Why not?

After careful planning, it is a very happy thing to work hard to defeat a powerful enemy. After the victory, cleaning the battlefield and collecting loot is another happy thing. The two things added together are obviously double the happiness.

But why is it like this? !
The area where the Peloponnesian League is located is an agricultural area. The main city-state is Sparta, where commerce and trade are underdeveloped and iron coins are used as currency. It is not as rich as the Athens city-state, and there are not so many gold and silver treasures for the temple to collect money. .

Even the gold coins that were discovered were brought over by Senator Theron leading the Persians.

But something is better than nothing, Qin Rongshuai, who was in a waning mood, asked his men to pack the gold coins and carry them back to his residence.

At this time Leonidas came over, ignored Qin Ruishi who was carrying the gold coins, and asked seriously: "Qin, have you solved it here?"

Seeing Leonidas, the saint of Order God who collapsed on the ground regained his spirits and shouted: "Leonidas, this despicable and shameless bastard, you dare to be an enemy of the Temple of Delphi, what are you doing?" Blaspheme, blaspheme the temple, blaspheme the gods, you will pay for it!"

Leonidas looked puzzled, "What does this have to do with me, and I didn't lead anyone to besiege the temple."

This statement made so much sense that the people of the Cult of Kosmos were speechless for a moment.

After being stunned for a long time, a wise man cursed impotently and furiously: "Leonidas, you are killing yourself, Xerxes will destroy Sparta, everything about you, your family, your city-state All subjects will be destroyed."

Leonidas looked at them coldly, "Then I will wait for Xerxes to come."

"You lunatic!"

"Madman?!" Leonidas smiled contemptuously, "This is Sparta!"

"Aww!", the Spartan guard raised his arms and let out a murderous howl.

Qin Rongshuai stepped forward, kicked the wise man who was speaking to the ground, stretched out his hand to uncover the mask of the other party, and sneered twice, "Desecrate the temple? First of all, you must be the priests of the temple, let me see you Who are they?"

"Come here, let them see the light of righteousness!"

The Qin Ruishi next to them heard the order, and immediately swarmed up, took off the masks of the Cult of Order one by one, and pulled their faces to the torch for Leonidas to identify.

"Member Dios?"

"Secretary Deimos?"

"Member of Archydides?"

These Kosmos people were quickly recognized. Among them, only three were priests of the Temple of Delphi, and the others were all prominent figures in the city-state.

The members of the Cult of Kosmos are priests of the Temple of Delphi, but most of them are not. They have other identities, some are businessmen and some are officials. They usually use their glamorous identities as disguises, and they have extremely high social status and power.

Normally, they exchange news and sometimes help each other. Members who join them can get a lot of benefits, which is why the Cult of Kosmos is so powerful.

Now that these people are recognized, things are awkward.Not only were they not clergy of the Temple of Delphi, then the argument of desecrating the temple was out of the question.

But as an official of the Spartan city-state, he joined a secret organization, conspired to overthrow the city-state, communicated with foreign countries, and colluded with the Persians. Every crime could crucify them.

This time, the Spartan guards would not be polite, they rushed up to serve them with fists and kicks, beat them half to death, and then dragged them away.

As for the remaining three priests of Delphi?

The Spartans would not offend the people in the temple, they politely ignored the three people, and allowed Qin Rongshuai's men to drag them aside for interrogation.

Among Qin Rongshuai's subordinates, only the female Amazon warriors understood Greek, but they couldn't write it. Qin Ruishi couldn't understand it at all, so Qin Rongshuai had to record it himself.

At this time, he missed his scribe very much, and he didn't know how Croesus was doing in Athens.

When he first came to Sparta, considering that many things in Athens had not yet been settled, he left Croesus in Athens. This clerk not only had to deal with the affairs of the Cult of Kosmos, but also was responsible for taking over the counting of the [-] people. Slaves, and subsequent delivery of weapons.

The clerk is estimated to be exhausted. After all, he is in charge of the affairs of 1 people, which is enough for him to vomit blood.

After interrogating for a while, the information he got was of great value. It should be said that Qin Rongshuai was not interested. There was neither hidden treasure nor the whereabouts of the Garden of Eden fragments. Lock him up and wait until his clerk arrives.

The next day, the whole city of Sparta became a sensation. The news that King Leonidas had cracked a secret rebel organization at night spread like wildfire, and spread throughout the streets and alleys of the city-state. Go to the government hall to watch and listen to the news.

All those captured, except for the three Delphi temple priests, were tied to pillars for public display. Their charges were read loudly on the spot and the evidence of the crime was displayed.

The people of the entire city-state were instantly ignited, loudly calling for these traitors to be burned to death, and threw a lot of rotten leaves to express their indignation and contempt for the traitors.

The incident was so big that it alarmed another Spartan king, Leotizides, who had been patrolling outside before, and hurried back to the city-state after hearing about it.

After Riotizides returned to the city, he and Leonidas discussed behind closed doors for half an hour. The two reached an agreement and announced to the public that the traitor would be sentenced to death. .

The two kings had already reached a consensus on the matter of fighting Persia, and now they just wanted to find an opportunity to announce it to the citizens of the city-state. However, both kings were at a loss to choose the time for the battle.

Xerxes was very cunning. He deliberately stopped after occupying Northern Greece, and refused to continue marching. A discerning person could tell what he was planning.

Xerxes had to wait until July and August before starting the attack, because that was when the Greeks celebrated the Festival of Cania, and according to Spartan law, no military operations were allowed during the festival. This legal restriction, Leaving both Spartan kings powerless.

At this moment, soldiers came to report that Mistocles, the consul of Athens, had come to discuss important matters with the two kings.

(End of this chapter)