I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 159 New Information

On April 41, 4 years when Pella was founded, the city of Liscomb.

At this time, the former Bundestag building in the city of Liscomb was demolished by Antigonus, and a small palace was built on the ruins. Although the temples dedicated to the gods of Gilis were not poisoned, they were not far from the temples. Antigonus set up several temples dedicated to the Olympic gods full of malice, such as the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, and the Temple of Apollo.For these foreign gods, the Gilis did not have much resistance because of the inclusive and open attitude of the Gillis gods they believed in, but they did not expect that the Olympic gods would soon change some Gilis under the large-scale promotion of the Macedonian authorities. faith.

The conservative Gilis priests watched helplessly as more and more people devoted themselves to the Olympic faith. Although they were anxious to change all this, due to the overwhelming power of the Macedonians here, they had no choice but to do so. Accept this reality.What Antigonus wants is this effect. He wants more and more Gillis people to accept the Olympian faith and thereby identify with Greek culture and his rule. And as mentioned before, after they believe in the Olympian gods, they will Receive system restrictions and increase loyalty to Antigonus.

I forgot to mention that Antigonus occupied three counties in the former territory of the Gillis Federation. One is the Rees County within the Rees Peninsula, and the other is the Liscombe County including the capital Liscomb. There is Miniti County sandwiched between the first two counties - this county has most of the rich eastern areas, most of the residents live in business, and the will to resist is also the weakest. At the same time, the defensive will of Minniti County was very weak, and it was easy to surrender to the Macedonians, just to save their own property and life.

In these three counties, Antigonus ordered that every city and even every town be built to believe in the Olympic Gods Temple, and sent a large number of priests and scholars from Ogrell to this "barren and barbaric" place to spread Greek culture. In addition, Antigonus is also very aware of the role of the local nobles. Although they seem to be easily defeated, their influence in the local area is deep-rooted. As long as they want to resist the government, then unless they use force , none of Antigonus' policies could be implemented here.

Therefore, Antigonus selected suitable spokespersons from local nobles in various places and appointed them as local consuls or municipal magistrates to help Macedonia consolidate its local rule. In order to make the nobles more loyal, Antigonus used The eldest sons of those nobles were sent to the city of Pella by semi-forced means to study at the University of Pella as foreign students. Don’t underestimate the power of education. Education can easily brainwash a person and make these future students The nobles identify with Macedonia, and when they return from their studies, they will work unswervingly for Macedonia.

In history, this is how the Romans dealt with the conquered barbarians such as Gaul, Germany, and Britain. They sent the sons of the chiefs to Rome to receive education, and transformed those hostages into "little Romans". The Romans" returned to their tribe with a sense of identification with Rome that would keep them loyal to the Roman Empire.

Arminius, the Germanic who led the ambush in the Teutoburg Forest, was such a hostage. He grew up in Rome and served as an officer in the auxiliary army of the Legion as an adult, but he chose to "betray" for the benefit of his tribe. The great Rome finally buried the three legions led by Valens in the endless black forest, and with its own power, Rome was no longer able to expand and invade the Germania region.

Cough, far away.

Antigonus didn't know whether there would be a young man like Arminius among the hostages of the Gilis nobles, but the only thing he could guarantee was that during his reign, with the help of the system, No one can betray him.

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In the territory of the Gilis Federation outside the Macedonian occupation area, the Kingdom of Matthaeus and the other three Gillis forces who claim to be the heirs of the Federal Parliament are still in frequent wars. Thanks to the guidance of the Macedonian instructor sent by Antigonus, Macedonia The Taius army has been systematically trained. They have abandoned the long-standing light infantry crowd tactics, and have also replaced the five or six-meter-long Sarisa super long guns (although the quality of the super long guns they are equipped with is not high). Under the guidance of the instructor, they could barely form a neat phalanx. Of course, the phalanx was not strong. It was fine for them to stick to their original position. Once they started to move, the formation would inevitably be torn apart.

It is precisely because of this that Mateus' army, which has been equipped with super long guns on a large scale, has changed its previous tactics of relying on numerical superiority to actively attack, and has become a team that is as stable as a rock and sticks to its position. They only need to stand there with super long guns and wait. Then Gillis' army hit the gun head one after another.

Of course, while replacing the super-long guns, they also paid attention to guarding the two wings of the super-long spear phalanx. At the suggestion of the Macedonian instructors, Ilitkara selected tall and strong soldiers from the entire army, and changed their equipment to find them. All the heavy armor, as the elite heavy infantry guarding the left and right flanks - these heavy infantry that cost Ilitkra a lot of money did not let him down, and successfully held the line in the subsequent series of wars, in exchange for the victory over the Gilis army. One victory after another.

The changes that the Macedonian instructors brought to Matthaeus' army are nothing more than that. The shock cavalry, which is a vital part of the Macedonian phalanx, was not mentioned by the instructors. This is what Antigonus specifically explained before they set off. However, Antigonus did not believe in the relationship with the Kingdom of Matthaeus. He firmly believed that there would be a war between the two countries in the future, so how could it be possible to hand over the decisive cavalry tactics to the other party?

The Kingdom of Matthaeus did not know this little thought of Antigonus. They only knew that their Macedonian allies were very generous and sent people to help them train their troops unconditionally. They also taught them tactics they had never heard of before. Many victories have been won. In the eyes of Ilitocera, the Kingdom of Macedonia is simply a first-class good person - but Antigonus is not without reason. He mainly does not want the Kingdom of Matthaeus to be in the three auspicious times. They died so early under the joint attack of the Sri Lankan forces, and after the fall of the Mateus Kingdom, their goal is themselves.

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In the royal palace of Liscomb, Antigonus had just finished handling government affairs for a day. He only felt a sore back, and before he had time to stretch and relax, he saw his guard, Agnes, leaving with an envelope. came in.

"Angnis, what's the matter with you?" Antico asked, rubbing his temples tiredly.

"Your Majesty, a letter from Pella." Angnes replied truthfully. He looked at Antigonus's poor condition, hesitated for a moment, and continued: "The philosopher Nicolides is seriously ill. , I have been lying in bed for several months, and it seems that I am about to die..."

"What?" Antigonus was startled, stood up from his seat suddenly, hurriedly snatched the letter from Agnes' hand, pulled out the letter inside, and read it at a glance.

The letter was written by Senonides. Nicoclides suffered a serious illness in the winter and has not recovered until now. According to the palace doctor who went to treat him, Nicoclides said: Koclides may not be able to survive this one...

Antigonus knew what this meant. Nicoleides was already an advanced age. In this backward era, it was already a long life to live past 50 years old. Nicoleides was in his 60s this year. It is very easy to die if you suddenly get a serious illness at your age. It would be okay if you were in modern times with advanced medical conditions, but this is the late Bronze Age, which is backward and ignorant.

Taking a deep breath, Antico folded the letter a few times, stuffed it back into the envelope, threw it on the table, looked at Angnis, and said: "Let people prepare, I need to go back to Pella City."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Agnes was silent for a while before answering.

After Agnes turned and walked out of the room, Antigonus asked Dmitri to call his father. During Antigonus' return to Pella, he was going to hand over all the affairs here to "One-Eyed "Antigon will handle it. This veteran with the same name is not only an excellent general, but also a suitable manager. This can be seen from the fact that he created the Antigonian dynasty.

"One-Eyed" Antico arrived soon after knowing that Antico was about to leave. He vaguely guessed what task he would be entrusted with next.

After seeing the young king, Old Antigonus first bowed and then asked: "Your Majesty, what do you want from me?"

"I need to return to the city of Pella for a while, Anticolos. During this period of time, you will be responsible for the government affairs of the Gilis region." Antico said a little tiredly, "The military mobilizations of the Gilis people in the north have become more frequent recently. I originally planned to lead the army to the Northern Expedition next month, but now it seems that you can only lead the army to fight."

"Is it going to war again?" Old Antigonus asked, he looked at Dmitri who was eager to try with his remaining eyes, and said: "Then, Your Majesty, please allow me to let my son Dmitri Participate in the attack as well."

"Yes, I will appoint him as the cavalry commander of the First Legion." Antigonus said. At this point, he glanced at Demetrius and could clearly see a touch of excitement on the young man's face. He added : "I want to remind you that although we have consolidated our rule over this land during this period, there are still many Gilis people who do not recognize our dominance. When leading the army in the northern expedition, you'd better stay behind. Be careful and don’t let the Gilis people find opportunities to make small moves.”

"I understand, Your Majesty," Old Antigonus responded.

"Well, you leave first." Antigonus said, waving them to leave. "One-Eyed" Antigonus and his son obeyed and exited the door one after another, leaving Antigonus alone.

At this time, Antigonus had the opportunity to lie down on the table and rest for a while, but before he could climb up, the door was knocked again, and then a person walked in. Antigonus followed the sound and saw that it was his intelligence. Minister Evanus.

"Evenus, what's the matter?" he asked.

Evenus replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, we have found Eupheemias and several of her maids."

Euphemia!

Only then did Antigonus remember the first enemy he encountered when he traveled through time. This Macedonian woman fled to Liscam by boat on the day of the coup. After the Macedonian army broke through the capital of the Giles, they searched all over the country. The city could not find any trace of Ophemia. In order to ensure that she was still alive, Antigonus asked the spies of the Intelligence Department to search for her traces. They found her and now there is news.

"Where is she?" Antigonus asked.

Evanus didn't answer right away, he took out a report from his arms, put it on the table in front of Antigonus, and then said slowly: "Our people are in a tavern in a town outside Liscomb We found two of Euphemia's maids, who were reduced to the status of prostitutes, and through the interrogation of the two maids, we caught Euphemia in the back kitchen of that tavern."

"So, she became a cook?" Antico asked with narrowed eyes.

"It's almost like this." Evanus replied without any emotion in his eyes, "They have all been arrested, Your Majesty, do you want to meet them?"

"There is no need anymore." Antigonus waved his hand, "Euphemia poses no threat to me. Let's put them on the ship back to Pella. Let the citizens of Macedonia decide their fate."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Evanus responded, but did not turn around and leave immediately. Seeing him like this, Antigonus asked, "Evenus, do you have anything else to report?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is about the Sigilis Federation."

The Sigilis Federation is one of the forces in the west that claims to be the successor of the Federal Parliament. The three forces are called the Eastern Federation, the Western Federation and the Central Federation by the Macedonians according to their directions.

"what happened?"

"The Principality of Harlan sent troops. They assembled an army of about [-] to raid the border of the Western Federation. They caught the Western Federation army off guard, and then marched straight in, heading all the way to Motenji, the capital of the Western Federation... By now, they should have Soldiers are approaching the city."

Hearing this, Antigonus smiled wryly, and said, "It seems that there is one more person sharing the cake of Gillis."

"The Duke of Harlan's appetite is definitely not limited to the Western Federation. Now the main forces of the Western Federation and the Central Federation are fighting with the Mateus army, and the rear is empty. The Duke of Harlan can easily eat these two forces. What must we do? .”

Listening to Antigonus's soliloquy, Evenus said nothing. This was not within the scope of his responsibilities, and he would not easily cross the line.

After thinking about it, Antigonus asked Ivanus to sort out the information and send it to "One-Eyed" Antigonus. During the time he left here and returned to Pella, all matters would be handed over to "One-Eyed" Antigonus. , so the latter should be allowed to make decisions.

(End of this chapter)