I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 186 I want to use prisoners of war to dig canals
After the deserters who had left the battlefield were all captured by the Athenian soldiers taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, Roy led two thousand soldiers to chase after Deucalion and his soldiers.

When Roy came to the coast twenty miles away with two thousand soldiers, Deucalion and his soldiers had already boarded two hundred warships, and drove the large fleet to the southern sea at the fastest speed.

Looking at the distant fleet, Roy didn't feel the joy of victory in the war.

Because in Roy's view, the war has just begun.

If the Athens navy could not defeat the Knossos navy that dominated the Aegean Sea, Deucalion would have nothing to do, as long as the sea trade of the city of Athens was blocked, the city of Athens would collapse due to lack of food.

"Your Majesty Roy, we have won."

Aries' excited voice rang in his ears, Roy nodded and said.

"We won."

Hearing Roy's words, the two thousand soldiers behind Roy immediately cheered in victory.

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

Roy returned to the battlefield outside Athens with [-] soldiers, and saw the soldiers who stayed behind to take care of the captives, looking for their own soldiers among the corpses on the battlefield.

If it is found that one's own soldiers are still alive, they will send companions holding medicinal herbs to treat their comrades.

If the enemy soldier is found alive, it will turn the enemy soldier into a real corpse.

Because the enemy soldiers who died frequently were not even worth selling to slave traders as captives.

After careful observation, Roy confirmed that only 200 soldiers were killed and about 300 were seriously injured.

Roy's soldiers wore paper armor to protect their bodies, so many people were killed and injured. Of course, Deucalion's soldiers suffered more serious casualties.

After this battle, Deucalion's [-] soldiers left [-] corpses, [-] seriously wounded soldiers, and [-] lightly wounded soldiers.

Two thousand soldiers were lost in World War I, and the psychological shadow left by this war on Deucalion was enough to make him dare not come to land to fight Roy again.

Looking at more than 900 corpses on the battlefield, Roy ordered to Aries with a heavy heart.

"Aries! Find out the identities of all the soldiers who died in battle on our side. I will write their names myself, and then let the craftsmen build a hero monument to record this war and their names, so that the soldiers who died in battle will be immortalized as heroes ...their names will never be forgotten as long as the city of Athens exists."

"Your Majesty Roy—"

After listening to Roy's words, Aries widened his eyes with a shocked expression.

In this day and age, even noble-born heroes find it difficult to immortalize their names.

But Roy actually wanted to engrave the names of ordinary soldiers on the stone tablet, so that the names of ordinary soldiers could be immortalized forever.

As long as they are soldiers with flesh and blood, they will definitely be moved by Roy's actions, and they are willing to die for Roy without regret.

Seeing Aries' reaction, Roy patted him on the shoulder with his left hand and exhorted him.

"After writing down the identities of the soldiers who died in battle, you will arrange for people to cremate all the corpses of our soldiers and enemy soldiers, because a large number of corpses is likely to cause plague. As for the prisoners-everyone is human, give them Treat the wounds and let them eat better!"

"Does Your Majesty want to turn those captives into our soldiers?"

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"Why do you have such an idea? I will let the Phoenicians become my followers, because those Phoenicians have lost their foothold in their hometown, and they have no nostalgia for their hometown. But these captives, they There must be parents, brothers, sisters, and even wives and children waiting for them to go back to their hometown. I don’t want soldiers whose loyalty cannot be guaranteed. I want to use these captives to do hard work and let them dig the Corinth Canal for me.”

"The Corinth Canal?"

With the wisdom of Aries, he certainly would not understand the significance of digging the Corinth Canal.

Roy was also not interested in explaining to Aries, and returned directly to the city of Athens.

The west gate of the city of Athens.

When Roy came outside the city gate, he saw Procne, Philomela, Chione, and Pandora coming out to greet him, holding wreaths woven with olive branches in their hands.

"Brother Roy—"

Philomela ran up to Roy excitedly, and held up a wreath of olive branches, signaling Roy to lower his head.

Roy lowered his head, and Philomela immediately put the olive branch wreath in her hand on Roy's head.

Then, Procne, Kione, and Pandora put three large olive branch wreaths around Roy's neck.

After getting the olive branch wreaths from the four girls, Roy raised his head and said to Procne.

"Procne! Now that the soldiers have won the battle with me, you arrange to send them [-] cows and [-] sheep, so that the soldiers can eat meat tonight."

Then, Roy said to Kaone again.

"Kione, you arrange people to build huts for the captives, so that the captives have a place to sleep. In the future, I want these captives to dig the Corinth Canal, and I can't let them get sick because they can't sleep well."

Philomela said suspiciously.

"Brother Loy, the Isthmus of Corinth belongs to King Sisyphus of Corinth, why should we dig a canal for him?"

Roy said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't do stupid things in vain. What I want to dig is my own Corinth Canal."

Hearing Roy's words, Procne, Philomela, and Keone widened their eyes in surprise, and Pandora joked directly.

"Sisyphus, the king of Corinth, is an ally of the city of Athens. This time, he sent [-] soldiers as reinforcements for the city of Athens. You are too greedy."

"Sisyphus only sent two hundred soldiers with bronze spears. It was his actions that chilled me so much that I decided to defend Corinth personally."

Roy said with a serious face.

"Pandora! It is not Sisyphus who is allied with Athens, but the city of Corinth. Therefore, my betrayal of Sisyphus does not mean that I betray the city of Corinth, my ally."

What Roy said made Pandora unable to refute for a while.

Because on the surface, Roy's logic doesn't seem to have any problems.

The Alliance of the Three Goddesses formed by Roy was originally an alliance between Athens, Corinth, and Thebes, not Roy, Sisyphus, and Harmonia.

"You are really too cunning! Didn't you have the idea of ​​annexing the city of Corinth from the very beginning?"

"Pandora, your conspiracy theory is wrong."

Roy stretched out his right index finger and pressed lightly on Pandora's little nose.

"If Sisyphus gave me five hundred men with bronze spears, I would surely treat him as an ally."

After speaking, Roy hurried back to the Acropolis.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

The indoor swimming pool designed by Lowy himself.

Roy, who jumped into the swimming pool, was still thinking about the three goddesses bathing together in Mount Helicon.

If possible, Roy really wanted to grow a pair of wings and fly to Mount Helicon to bathe with the three goddesses.

I don't know how much time has passed--

"Brother Roy!"

"Brother Roy, did you fall asleep in the water?"

The voices of the girls brought Roy back to his senses. When Roy opened his eyes, he saw Procne, Philomela, Kione, and Pandora standing at the edge of the pool and looking at him worriedly.

"Although there are no real goddesses, they are also future goddesses!"

Roy swam to the edge of the pool and said while reaching out to pull the four girls into the pool.

"My lovely and beautiful goddess, you will become my mermaid soon."

"ah--"

"what--"

With the screams of the girls, Roy was surrounded by four mermaids in an instant.

(End of this chapter)