I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 149 Poseidon and Amphitrite

The distance between Athens and Corinth is not very far.

But from Athens to Corinth, it takes at least five days by land.

Because in this era, there was no real road between Athens and Corinth.

Even if there is a road between Athens and Corinth, it will take at least three days to travel by land.

But from the port of Piraeus to the southern port of Corinth, it only takes about six hours.

Roy's fleet departed from the port of Piraeus in the morning, circled around Salamis in the afternoon, and arrived at the port south of Corinth.

When Roy's fleet sailed into the port south of Corinth City, the Corinthians in the port fled in panic.

Because the Mycenaeans were attacking the city of Corinth, they took the Loy fleet as a Mycenaean warship for granted.

After ten large ships were moored at the pier of the port, Roy shouted to the Corinthians at the port while leading the soldiers ashore.

"Corinthians! We are not your enemies Mycenaeans, but the Athenians who aid you. Now I will take all the soldiers to the city of Corinth, please don't destroy our warships."

In fact, normally speaking, Roy should leave at least fifty soldiers in the port to ensure that the warship will not be destroyed or stolen.

But Roy is now going to intervene in a large-scale war with thousands of people.

Compared with the ten large ships left in the port, winning the war is of course more important, so Roy chose to take all the soldiers.

The city of Corinth is located at the junction of the west side of the Isthmus of Corinth and the Peloponnese Peninsula. Just as the city of Athens developed from the Acropolis of Athens, the city of Corinth also developed from the Acropolis of Corinth built on a hill.

Roy led the soldiers to Corinth City, recalling the history of Corinth City.

Although the city of Corinth, like Thebes, will have a glorious history in the future.

But after more than 1000 years, the people living in Corinth will no longer be the aborigines of Corinth, just like the people living in Thebes will no longer be the aborigines of Thebes.

Because more than 1000 years later, when Alexander conquered the city of Thebes, he would kill all the men in Thebes, and when the Roman Empire conquered the city of Corinth, it would also kill all the men in Corinth.

Athens, Thebes, Corinth—

Of these three city-states competing for the wealthiest city-states and establishing hegemony at different times, probably only the city of Athens did not suffer the disaster of all men being killed.

When Roy brought his soldiers to the vicinity of Corinth City, he saw two thousand Mycenaean troops attacking the defenders of Corinth City across the low stone walls.

The Corinthians did not choose to defend the condescending Acropolis of Corinth, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, because most of the residents of Corinth live under the Acropolis.

If the Corinthian soldiers retreated to defend the city, it would be tantamount to sending tens of thousands of Corinthian residents to the Mycenaeans and making them captives of the Mycenaeans.

Although the Corinthian soldiers relied on the low stone walls to resist the Mycenaeans and protected the tens of thousands of residents of Corinth City, this also prevented the Corinthian soldiers from taking advantage of the fact that the Acropolis Hill was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After observing for a while, Roy found that half of the [-] Mycenaean army used bronze weapons.

Although there are 2000 young and strong men guarding the city of Corinth, only 500 of them use bronze spears, and the rest can only use stone weapons such as wooden spears, stone spears, and stone axes.

Mycenaean soldiers not only have weapon advantages, but Mycenaean soldiers are also more elite than Corinthian soldiers.

The two sides kept fighting across the low stone walls, and the walls were constantly pushed down by Mycenaean soldiers, and then the soldiers of both sides entered into close combat.

While the Mycenaeans were fighting the Corinthians, the gods of the Mycenaeans and the Corinthians descended on the battlefield.

The Mycenaean deity is a black-haired male god who looks about 30 years old, and his weapon is a golden trident.

The god of the Corinthians is a sea goddess with blue hair and blue eyes. Her face and clothes are very similar to Metis, who is also the goddess of the sea. She looks like Metis' sister. Her weapon is a Silver Trident.

The two gods appeared in a [-]-meter-tall figure, and the black-haired male god said with a smile while attacking with a golden trident.

"My dear Amphitrite, you just submit to me and become my beloved wife!"

"Zeus - don't stain my ears with your nonsense."

"Hahahaha! Although Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades are all me, since I am a trinity god, I am three gods on the surface. The one who is fighting you now is Mycenae Poseidon, the king of the sea."

"Whether you are Zeus or Poseidon, I have no reason to surrender to you."

"The strength gap between the Mycenaeans and the Corinthians is so obvious. When the Mycenaeans conquer the Corinthians, even if you don't want to, you have to submit to me and become my beloved wife to bear children for me."

Poseidon obviously had a good chance of winning this war, and joked with a smile on his face.

"Although the ignorant Greek natives thought that I and the Mycenaeans came from Crete, the origin of the Mycenaeans was actually a nomadic people in the Phoenician region. In the Phoenician region of my hometown, I was not only the sea god, but also a When it comes to the godhead of the horse god. Even if the Mycenaeans are no longer nomads, I still want to keep the godhead of the horse god, so I want you to give birth to a Pegasus horse for me to inherit the godhead of the horse god. "

Hearing these words from Poseidon, the goddess of the ocean, Amphitrite, could only frown and resist Poseidon's attack even more tenaciously.

It's a pity that Amphitrite's resistance cannot reverse the strength gap between her and Poseidon, just like the resistance of the Corinthians can only delay their conquest by the Mycenaeans.

Seeing that the balance of victory was becoming more and more obvious to the Mycenaeans, Roy raised his spear and said loudly.

"Dear comrades! The Mycenaeans once attacked the city of Athens, and they have long been our enemies. Now we not only want to help the city of Corinth, but also to avenge ourselves. Everyone, come with me to kill the Mycenaeans. "

After speaking, Roy took the lead and rushed to Corinth City.

Roy approached the city of Corinth with 350 soldiers and immediately attracted the attention of both sides.

Because Roy's soldiers are all elite soldiers using bronze weapons, the intervention of this legion will make the outcome of the war unknown.

When Roy's army attacked the Mycenaeans against the wall of Corinth, King Sisyphus of Corinth, who was in the center of the battlefield, immediately shouted excitedly.

"Our reinforcements are coming, and victory in this war will be ours."

reinforcements—

Sisyphus, king of Corinth, identified Roy's legion as reinforcements, and the morale of all Corinthian soldiers was greatly boosted.

As the attacking side, the Mycenaean soldiers had low morale.

Because the Mycenaean soldiers were already exhausted from fighting from morning to afternoon.

Roy joined the battlefield with an elite army, and soon caused hundreds of casualties to the Mycenaean army.

(End of this chapter)