To be king [Greek mythology]

, "Slave killed."

With the slave dead, the temple in the city-state would not know what was going on in the woods.

When the leader heard this, his heart sank.

The slave was sent by him to explore the way. If the king of Sparta did not kill the slave, he would send it as a gift.

It is precisely because the king of Sparta did not kill the slave before that the leader brought people in and said the words of surrender.

Now that the slave was killed again, the leader suddenly didn't understand what the king meant.

On the city wall of Megara, the high priest reported to King Megara that all fifty slaves were wiped out.

King Megara looked in the direction of the forest, his face flushed, and his eyes were full of fear and shrinking.

They looked at the woods as if they were facing a wild beast that would choose to eat.

Chapter 81

The highest state of war and tactics is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

Thurpus didn't rush for this at first—in fact, he didn't know much about King Megara, and it was just timidity and weakness that were rumored to have died.

It's not that he doesn't want to understand, but because Sparta has never had the consciousness of planting spies, and Collins even looked down on Megara. Even after Thurps took over Sparta, in the past few years, The spies trained and dispatched could not climb to high positions.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, this is the safest method in Thurps' view, but obviously in Sparta, this is difficult to do.

So Thurpus was very surprised when these warriors stood before him and swore their allegiance to him.

It seems that the heavens are also looking after him - since Argos, the battle has been unexpectedly smooth.

There was silence in the woods, and the bloody smell washed clean by the cool night spread in the air again.

The slave was killed without any resistance, and the quiet and solemn atmosphere made the Megara warriors who put on a submissive attitude feel chills down their spines.

No warrior fears death, but the waiting time for sentencing is still unsettling.

Thurps looked at the warrior leader, squinting so that no one would notice that his eyes had turned golden like eagles.

The pressure that does not belong to human beings makes these warriors who have hardly experienced real wars drenched in cold sweat.

After a while, Thurps said, "I didn't expect that."

No one spoke, and the Spartan warriors completely crushed the group of Megarians who knelt on one knee and surrendered.

What did the young king of Sparta mean when he didn’t think about it? The warrior leader of Megara was a little uncertain. In fact, if Sparta was still the same as before, he would never bring his group of young Warriors come to surrender.

Because after Sparta conquered a place in the past, it brought merciless raids and massacres. No city-state that was captured by Sparta would naively think that Sparta would let them go.

The Spartans seldom engage in business or other things. Their slaves and wealth are all captured from these wars.

But it is different now. After the new king of Sparta appeared, the city-state reorganized by Sparta was not destroyed, except for the customary killing of the king and heirs, and some people who were unwilling to surrender. , most of the aborigines of the city-state were left behind.

This is quite a benevolent thing even in the whole world.

People have become accustomed to their city-state being trampled by cavalry, and they will be treated as slaves or even killed. This is a rule recognized by the whole world.

However, Sparta broke this rule, which made those city-states that had only been afraid of Sparta much more active-such as the warrior leader of Megara.

Thurps knew that there would definitely be people with perverted minds, but time and habit would wear down a lot of a person's emotions.

Especially the harsh training of Sparta and the overall worship of strength and Ares are more brainwashing than the previous army.

Thurps believes that the good results of this approach will soon be recognized by some smart leaders, and they will quickly choose to learn and implement, while others—such as unsatisfactory people of insight, such as Homeless vagabonds, and some who have been stripped of their commoner status but are struggling, will find a place to live outside their own city-state.

All city-states belonging to Sparta welcome all capable people to enter. Even slaves have the opportunity to make you a commoner, and it is not impossible for your descendants to become nobles.

Thurps is quite confident in this tolerant system.

"I thought Megara would surrender." Thurpus sat cross-legged on the blanket, and the night dew was thick on the grass, feeling a little wet and not very comfortable, "But I never thought, Megara The warriors will be the first to come—the first time I have seen a warrior who has abandoned his city."

Thurps expected any commoner, slave or even aristocrat to come to surrender.

Only the Warriors can't have such a situation.

Just like the army in the past, when it failed, it was normal to surrender under the leadership of the king, but before the fight started, these warriors ran over directly. Such behavior is undoubtedly treason.

Traitors are not very welcome anywhere.

"Honorable King of Sparta." The warrior leader guessed what Thurps meant, and he also understood what his behavior meant, but since he had brought his warriors here, then He has to be responsible to them, "My warriors are still very young, I don't want my life and theirs to be ruined innocently by the incompetent King Megara."

Every man willing to be a warrior has a bloody and fearless heart.

As the leader, he clearly remembered the excitement and longing for the future when he was selected as the warrior to guard the city-state.

However, the reality poured out his enthusiasm.

He didn't want these young people to be used as cannon fodder for pathfinders before they could even touch their dreams, so he chose to lead them to surrender.

It is also much better to be incorporated into Sparta than to spend your life in Megara.

"The incompetent King Megara." Thurps paused slightly, his tone slightly sarcastic. He looked at the group of warriors, but he didn't see even the slightest bit of anger in their eyes—this was the same as when someone said something to him. The Spartans who stepped forward angrily when Thurpus was rude were very different, and none of the warriors felt wronged by this evaluation.

Thurpus couldn't help wondering how failed King Megara was to get into this.

He failed so much that even his own warriors had no loyalty to him.

Thurps had nothing to say now—he thought that at least one warrior would jump out to refute him, and then execute that warrior to give these Megara warriors a blow, which would be easier to incorporate.

Surps didn't say anything more, he turned his head and glanced at the Spartan leaders around him, and stood up.

Several leaders looked at each other in dismay, a little surprised, and their eyes were not so calm when they fell on the warriors of Megara.

In the past six years, they have won many city-states, but almost all the warriors of those city-states chose to die in the city instead of surrendering.

This group of warriors from Megara surrendered was the first in a long time.

A warrior who surrenders cannot be welcomed by others. This kind of thing is disgraceful no matter what. Besides, most people think that if one has two, this time he surrendered to Sparta. What other city-state will it become?

Sparta did not need such cowards and traitors.

But the king asked them to stay.

Several warrior leaders of Sparta accepted these warriors with a sullen face, dragged the leader out and asked him to explain some situations in the city of Megara clearly.

Whether it was a true surrender or a false surrender, you will find out when you go back and find a few slave scouts to visit.

Contrary to the somewhat delicate atmosphere in the Spartan army camp, King Megara hadn't been able to sleep well for several days.

The decision to send slaves and warriors to the forest that seemed to swallow life at the beginning caused him to lose the main warriors of the city-state, and the rest were either too young or too old to take on great responsibilities.

King Megara didn't feel that he had done something wrong, because no matter who he sent, the final result would probably be the same.

Rather than entangled in the fact that it is not his own fault, he is more used to blaming others.

For example, Athens and Salamis, who ignored his appeal for help at all-but Salamis and Athens are the same, and the same ruler is unwilling to lend a helping hand at all.

King Megara felt that the annual tributes since the establishment of Athens were in vain.

Of course, this is not the issue that should be the most entangled now. King Megara feels that his city-state is really in danger.

He knew this all too clearly.

The cold light of the blade hanging high on his neck in the sun pierced his eyes, as if it was about to cut off at any moment.

This feeling of cold hands and feet is really uncomfortable, especially when he felt the footsteps of death coming, King Megara was tossing and turning on the bed, his eyes were bloodshot.

Waiting for death is a torment. King Megara would rather face the frontal attack of Sparta than the powerful city-state whose painting style has become so weird.

At least there won't be such a tormenting feeling, he thought.

"Your Majesty!" A young and crisp voice sounded outside his bedroom door, "We have caught a spy sent by Sparta."

King Megara was taken aback.