To be king [Greek mythology]

The last is to drive the slaves to clean the battlefield.

From leaving Sparta to arriving at Argos, after resting in the mountains for three days, launching a surprise attack on the acropolis of Argos, directly breaking through the acropolis and killing at the gate of the city-state of Argos in one go, to cleaning the battlefield, the total sum is not great. to five months.

For Thurpus, who had already prepared to take down Argos after at least half a year of confrontation, at least a year or so, Argos' combat effectiveness was beyond theirs. Unexpected.

How did it persist for so many years without being destroyed?

Thurps never figured it out.

The Spartan warriors were also stunned by this easy victory, and they were especially careful when cleaning the battlefield, for fear of any ambush.

They worked for a full month and a half on something that could be done in just half a month, but the final facts proved that they were overwhelmed.

Thurps looked at the letter and took a sip of wine.

He doesn't like drinking, but men in this era are like a stranger if they don't drink. Thurps slammed his mouth and swallowed it.

Minos has been in the underworld for so many years, and it seems that he gets along very well with those gods of the underworld.

Because his tone of voice between the lines is more and more in line with the painting style of the underworld, and he has a strong sense of belonging to the underworld.

For six years, Minos has been studying with the Goddess of Justice. No matter how much Thurpus asks, Minos will not reveal what he is learning.

But it was finally said in this letter, the reason is that the goddess of justice finally let him speak, to the effect that he was almost ready to become a teacher.

What Minos studied was sanctions. This thing sounds particularly tall, and Minos described it even more tall.

Minos said that he seems to have felt what the rules of justice controlled by Themis refer to, and sanctions are all unjust things in the world that violate the order.Dead things, living beings and even gods, all existences that violate the rules will be invisible under sanctions.

Thurps translated it with his superb IQ, and felt that what Minos wanted to say should be this: after I finish my studies, I will be the best in the world, and I will fight against it.

Thurps grunted a few times, and it sounded great.

Chapter 68

As a large city-state adjacent to the Spartan ruled area, the natives of Argos clearly know how cruel their neighbors are.

The history of Argos is much longer than that of Sparta. It watched Sparta rise rapidly from a small city-state, conquered the surrounding city-states with absolute power, and established their ruling area until it touched Some of the surrounding borders with clear divisions of power in the big city-states stopped.

During those days, everyone in the city-states in the surrounding ruling area was in danger, and the city-state that occupied the dominant position in the ruling area tightened its nerves at any time to prevent Sparta, which was biting people everywhere like a mad dog, from biting itself.

If they bite, they may not be able to resist for a long time. After all, it is no secret that Sparta is a city-state directly managed by gods in this area.

Moreover, it is a city-state under the jurisdiction of the God of War, which is particularly terrifying when you think about it.

But they waited for a long time, but Sparta did not extend its hand to them. Instead, after a long period of domestic consolidation and recuperation, they directly crossed their ruled area and pointed the finger at Tica determined the dominance of Athens.

The city-states were stunned.

Then it was no surprise to see the Spartan warriors passing aggressively, and then came back with a low and angry body.

The boat and the car are exhausted, Ares is gone after returning to Olympus, and there is a god sitting in Athens, it will be a ghost if you don’t lose.

The surrounding city-states were a little gloating.

The surrounding big city-states were relieved of Sparta's defeat.

Ares was furious and executed the king who made this decision, and looked forward to the arrival of the human being whom Nix had told him.

The Spartans have always had a high enthusiasm for war and bloodshed. After losing to Athens, the morale of the entire Sparta was severely hit. The failure of Sparta even spread rumors that Sparta has now lost the favor of Ares, and because of this, the small city-states that had previously expressed their surrender to Sparta also began to jump up and down.

For the time being, there is no Ares in charge, nor are the Spartans who are giving orders, so they can only endure the rumors that the outside world is unfavorable to them and quietly cultivate and train in the city-state.

The Spartans were not afraid of any challenge or gossip, the only thing they could not bear was defeat in war.

This is a disgrace to every Spartan.

The arrival of the new king made them see hope, and all the warriors worked hard to hope that they could avenge their shame.

They spent three years waiting for the new king, and the new king took six years to smooth out all the disobedient city-states in the territory.

Let those city-states that were once reduced to slaves by the Spartans or even massacred once again feel the power of Sparta-of course, not only in terms of force.

Sparta's new attitude and rules towards those city-state people are obviously much more useful than blind power and bloody suppression.

Even many civilians and slaves who were dissatisfied with their city-state rulers would escape from the city-state and go to Sparta.

This has never happened before.

The Spartans tasted the sweetness, and such a good thing as being able to win the battle and win the hearts of the people made them completely worship under the rule of the new king and his teacher.

It was not only the city-states in the Sparta-ruled area who were shocked by Sparta's style, but also other large city-states adjacent to their territories.

——This kind of system and rules is completely different from the ferocious style of the Spartans on the battlefield.

Sparta's fighting power is still as strong as ever. From before the battle to cleaning the battlefield, the Spartans will not let go of any clues that will affect the outcome of this war.

For example, the king of the city-state of Argos and his heirs.

Surpus watched the warriors execute the heirs, and when he was about to attack the king, he realized something was wrong.

The way the king looked at the young people whose heads had been cut off was really not like how a father looks at his children—even if the family relationship is not particularly close in this era, it will never be so indifferent.

Those eyes are very familiar, just like when his father dressed them up as civilians and watched the children who replaced their four brothers die.

Thurps prevented the warriors from attacking the king, and finally found the young men among the trembling crowd full of fear.

Thanks to the Eye of the Giant Eagle, Thurpus killed these real heirs, looked at King Argos who was full of resentment towards him in an instant, and pursed his lips without saying a word.

It's normal to cut grass and roots.

In this world, the so-called hatred always bows in front of the reality, and there are very few people who are as lucky as Thurps.

But just in case, it is best to kill all possibilities at the beginning.

The reason why the city-state was shattered was because of its own lack of strength. Back then, Syreis hadn't been able to carry Argos for so long. Syreis was captured in just a few days. Thurps probably guessed that it was the internal The reason, but now it is difficult to find out what happened back then.

Now that he has changed from being invaded to an invading role, it feels pretty good to win a city-state. He thinks so, and he can deeply feel the reason why the land and resources in the hands of those kings are always not satisfied. .

It's really wonderful to lay down a world with one's own hands and hold the key to the death of countless people in your hands.

This is a temptation that no man can refuse, far more alluring than wine and sex.

"Surpus? Are you listening to me?" Hercules looked at Thurpus who was still in a daze, frowned, and glanced at the letter in Surpus' hand.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now." Thurps apologized, and put the letter away, "Besides, you won't be able to read it again. Minos and I used fonts that you don't know."

Hercules snorted twice, "I just asked you, what are you going to do next?"

"What to do?" Thurps paused, "I have already dispatched the messengers back to Sparta, and Ares will bring [-] warriors and some slave scouts here. After a period of rest, we will go to Corinth and Aphrodite joins."

Three thousand warriors were used to control the security of this large city-state and to get them used to Spartan life and training.

Iron-blooded and harsh military training is always the best way to hone a person's spirit and cultivate loyalty. What's more, Argos is a city-state that believes in the sun god who is notoriously indifferent. People's devotion to faith is not as expected height of.

"Is it really good to involve the Goddess of Beauty?" Hercules asked, "I always feel that the Goddess of Beauty is not suitable for this kind of thing."

"Aphrodite has a lot of personal grievances with Athena, there's nothing wrong with that."

What's more, human beings have no right to intervene in the decision of the gods, and since they can provide him with convenience, why should he refuse.

Thurps felt himself getting worse and worse.

"By the way, when Hermes sent a letter, I heard that the old king of Crete is dead." Hercules said the news he got, "It's not easy, he lived for more than 50 years. "

"Death at the age of 50 is not something worthy of admiration." Thurps said for a long time in silence, forget it, the last time Hermes sent