I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 338 An Inevitable War
Rhodope Mountains in Thrace.

In an even older era, this was the birthplace of the belief in Dionysus, the god of wine, and the territory of the Pelos tribe who worshiped Dionysus, the god of wine.

Later, as the Amazon tribe migrated over, the Pelos tribe was forced to migrate westward with Dionysus, the god of wine. In the end, because they were unable to conquer the Dorians in Thessaly, they could only be crowded by the Amazon tribe on the Great Plains of Macedonia. Compress living space.

Now the eastern part of the Rhodope Mountains has become the dividing line between the Amazon tribe and the Sun tribe.

The eastern and northern sides of the Eastern Rhodope Mountains are the territory of the Sun Tribe.

In order to prevent the tribal king of the Sun tribe, Aeetes, from entering the territory of the Amazon tribe with tens of thousands of Thracian knights, Queen Hippolyte of the Amazon tribe summoned [-] knights to the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. Hippolyta accompanied Hippolyta with [-] iron lancers.

West of the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.

While Roy and Hippolyta came here with their army, Aeetes also brought tens of thousands of Thracian knights to the eastern side of Mount Rhodope.

After the confrontation between the two armies, the Sun Tribe did not launch an attack directly.

Seeing Aeetes, wearing a golden crown, riding alone towards the army of the Amazon tribe, Hippolyta, who was fully armed and concealed his face with a mask and helmet, also rode to meet Aeetes alone.

After the two came to the middle of the two armies at the same time, Aeetes took the initiative to ask Hippolyta.

"You are Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons who is rumored to own gold mines? Even if you are a woman, you don't have to hide your face from me!"

If Hippolyta has the heroic qualities to shock others while being a woman, Hippolyta does not want to wear a mask and helmet to hide her face.

It's a pity that Hippolyta's face is too delicate, and her temperament can neither frighten the enemy nor her own soldiers, so she must use full armor to disguise herself as a man.

"King Aeetes of the Sun Tribe! When we started fighting, you understood that being fully armed would keep me safe from injury."

"Why are we fighting?"

Aietes said with a smile.

"We are both Thracian tribes, and I'm still your titular king. I don't want to fight with you. Hippolyta, my goal is to crusade against the Kingdom of Athens and drive the greedy black-haired southerners out of our kingdom." The territory of the Rathians."

"and then?"

Hippolyta laughed.

"After driving away the Kingdom of Athens, you will let our Amazon tribe take over the western part of Macedonia and Thessaly?"

Aietes shook his head without hesitation.

"I summoned tens of thousands of Thracian knights and sacrificed huge manpower and material resources to drive away the Kingdom of Athens, not to help your Amazon tribe expand your territory. After driving away the Kingdom of Athens, I will divide the western part of Macedonia and Thessaly into Tribes with meritorious service."

"King Aeetes! Now the east and north of our Amazon tribe is already the territory of the Sun tribe, and I will not allow the west of the Amazon tribe to also become the territory of your Sun tribe. If the Amazon tribe is surrounded by the Sun tribe on three sides, in the future The Amazon tribe is against the Sun tribe, and our only option for escape is to jump into the Aegean Sea to the south."

"Why is the Amazon tribe against the Sun tribe? As long as your Amazon tribe obeys the orders of the Sun tribe like other tribes, I guarantee that the Sun tribe will never be against the Amazon tribe."

"But I don't want to be a vassal of your Sun Tribe."

Hippolyta said firmly.

"King Aeetes! If you want to avoid war between us, take your army and leave. If you don't leave, we Amazon tribe and the Kingdom of Athens will become your enemies."

Facing Hippolyta's threat, Aeetes said with a smile.

"Hippolyta, you want to challenge the Son of the Sun God? Then I will fulfill your wish and defeat you and the Kingdom of Athens. After you lose this war, you will be one of my wives as a spoil of war. Amazon The tribe will become a vassal of the Sun tribe, and our children will inherit the throne of the Amazon tribe in the future."

"Aeetes, you really have the ambition to control our Amazon tribe."

Hippolyta stared at Aeetes with angry eyes and said.

"It's a pity that your ambition will not succeed. You will be the loser in this war."

After speaking, Hippolyta turned the horse's head and left.

Seeing Hippolyta's leaving back, Aeetes said calmly.

"Just like Father God Helios is the king of the gods in the Thrace region, I am also the king of the kings of all the tribes in the Thrace region. Your Amazon tribe not only refuses to be a vassal of the Sun tribe, but also has gold mines that can Quickly increase your strength, what is wrong with me controlling you? Am I going to wait for the Amazon tribe to surpass the Sun tribe in strength, the Amazon queen becomes the king of kings in the Thracian region, and the moon goddess Bendis replaces the sun god Helios as King of the gods in Thrace?"

After speaking, Aeetes also turned his horse's head and left.

Hippolyta returned to the front of the Amazonian army and immediately shouted to her five thousand knights.

"My brave warriors! Aeetes of the Sun Tribe has no longer concealed his ambition to control us. For the great goddess Bendis, for our freedom, I will lead you to defeat the Sun Tribe. The fate of the Amazon tribe It's up to us, no one can be our master."

"Defeat the Sun Tribe—"

"Defeat the Sun Tribe—"

"Defeat the Sun Tribe—"

Inspired by Hippolyta, the five thousand knights of the Amazon tribe let out a thunderous cry.

Looking at this scene, Roy was not at all surprised that the negotiation between Hippolyta and Aeetes failed.

If Roy stood in the position of Aeetes, he would not allow the Amazon tribe with gold mines to be out of the control of the Sun tribe and become the biggest threat to the Sun tribe.

Now that the war was inevitable, Roy also shouted to his soldiers.

"Soldiers of the Kingdom of Athens! This is not only a war for the Amazon tribes, but also our war. In order to keep the territory of the Kingdom of Athens from being threatened, we must join forces with the Amazon tribes to defeat the Sun tribes. Now—everyone dismount with me."

After speaking, Roy took the lead and jumped off the horse.

Before the appearance of saddles, stirrups and other harnesses, it was very dangerous to fight on horseback. Roy would never let his Iron Spearmen fight on horseback with the nomads who grew up on horseback.

And now Aeetes also shouted to his ten thousand knights.

"Sun Knights! Every piece of land that the sun shines on is the territory of the great sun god Helios. When we fight in the sun, we will be protected by the great sun god Helios and will not lose to any enemy. Now, for the sake of Helios, the sun god, and for the Sun Tribe to become stronger, I will lead you to defeat the enemy, and use our horseshoes to trample the enemy's corpse under our feet."

After speaking, Helios directly raised his bronze spear and took the lead in charging towards the coalition forces of the Amazon tribe and the Kingdom of Athens. Tens of thousands of knights from the Sun tribe immediately followed behind Aeetes.

(End of this chapter)