I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 485 Plague and Bow King Apollo

Otherworldly research has shown that the Hittites are genetically different from the traditional Aryans, the Aryans who worshiped the god of thunder.

This may be the main reason why the Hittites worshiped the sun goddess.

Although the Hittites also came from the Eastern European Plains and the Caucasus region, they belonged to a different ethnic group from the Aryans who worshiped the god of thunder, so the Hittites retained the goddess worship inherited from the matrilineal clan era.

When the Aryan people who worshiped the sun god dominated the Eastern European plains, the Hittites also formed sun worship under their influence.

The Hittites were not the only Aryan group in Asia Minor.

In addition to the Amorite group in the east of the Asia Minor peninsula, there are also the Palek people, a branch of the Aryans in the west of the Asia Minor peninsula.

Unlike the Hittites who absorbed the Hittites and the civilizations of the Mesopotamia, the Palek people were in a backward tribal civilization.

Because the Paleks posed no threat to the Hittites, the Hittites did not conquer the distant relatives of the Paleks as they enslaved the Hattites.

The Paleks lived a backward nomadic life, adored the bow king Gali [Smintheus Apollo] who was in charge of hunting, and regarded Gali [Smintheus Apollo] as the god of the plague.

Roy has no interest in conquering the Paleks for the time being.

For Roy, conquering the farming nation is the most cost-effective.

Farming peoples rooted in the land will not rebel as long as they can live a life without worrying about food and clothing.

The nomadic people migrated for a long time, and the food they produced often couldn't even support themselves, so they had to rob the farming people.

Conquering nomads not only has huge management costs, but also cannot obtain tax income in a short period of time, and has to invest in them all the time.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the Hittites were unwilling to conquer the Paleks.

Nerik City.

This is the most populous Hattite city among the three city-states where the Hattites launched an uprising, with [-] Hittites and [-] Hittites.

In order to fight against Roy's [-] army, Nerik City not only formed a [-] army, but also borrowed [-] soldiers from Chalpuwa City.

In addition to the [-] soldiers in Nerik City, [-] Palek soldiers also appeared outside the city of Nerik.

The commander-in-chief of the Paleks is none other than Tiliepin, who is now the King of Paleks.

After Roy's army was stationed outside the city of Nerik, the Paleks harassed Roy's soldiers.

When night falls.

Roy and Selene toured the barracks, visiting wounded soldiers by the way.

Injury camp.

Several soldiers were being treated for injuries from Palek arrows.

Roy led Selene into the tent, and immediately asked with concern.

"Soldiers, have your wounds become infected and worsened? During the process of treating your injuries, you must speak up in time if there is any situation."

In this age of medical backwardness, injury itself is not a fatal condition.

But complications from injuries can be fatal.

In the face of Lowy's concerned inquiries, the soldiers said that their injuries were not serious.

An Athenian soldier complained while holding a wooden arrow.

"Your Majesty! These savage Paleks are disgusting. Their wooden arrows just left me with a raw wound, but this arrow was stained with blood in advance."

Roy took the wooden arrow and observed it carefully in the firelight, and found that there were indeed two kinds of blood stains on the wooden arrow.

The fresh bloodstains belonged to wounded Athenian soldiers, and the old bloodstains could not tell whether it was human blood or animal blood.

Looking at the wooden arrow in his hand, Luo Yi had an ominous premonition in his heart.

After hesitating for a while, Roy ordered to the soldiers.

"Injured soldiers and medical soldiers are temporarily kept in the camp and are not allowed to go out, and soldiers outside are not allowed to enter. Although it is only my guess-the Paleks may want to spread diseases and plagues in our military camp, so you are wronged first one time."

After leaving the wounded camp, Roy took Selene to the barracks kitchen.

Seeing two fresh wild deer carcasses in the barracks kitchen, Roy asked with a frown.

"Where did this wild deer come from?"

"This is what we found when we fetched water."

A catering soldier explained.

"This should be a corpse that hasn't been dead for more than a day, so I think—"

"Burn the carcasses of these two wild deer, and burn all the water you brought for an hour."

Roy said angrily.

"We are at war, so food from unknown sources must not be taken, and clean water from the wild must be thoroughly boiled."

The food soldiers immediately carried out the order and directly threw the bodies of the two wild deer into the burning fire.

After Roy took Selene out of the barracks kitchen, Selene joked with a smile.

"Are you thinking too much? Even if you eat a wild deer carcass that has been dead for less than a day, there will be no problem."

"I also hope that I am overthinking."

Roy said with a serious face.

"But I must prevent the enemy from spreading disease and plague to us."

In the mythology of another world, when the Greek allied forces expedition to the city of Troy, the first surprise the Trojans gave them was the plague.

At that time, Apollo [Smintheus Galli], the god of the plague and the king of the bow, was one of the patron saints of the city of Troy.

When the Greek coalition forces landed on the coast of Troy, the priests of Apollo prayed for Apollo to punish the Greek coalition forces.

Apollo shot the plague arrows at the humans and livestock in the Greek coalition army in the sky. The plague spread in the Greek coalition army for nine days and nine nights, and the Greek coalition army also burned the corpses for nine days and nine nights.

Because there are no gods in another world, Apollo in mythology sent plagues to the Greek coalition forces. Perhaps the priests of the plague god Apollo deliberately spread diseases or plagues on the Greek coalition forces, or maybe the Greek coalition forces landed in the Troy area and attacked Asia Minor. The native diseases of the peninsula have no resistance.

Roy knew that the patron saint of the Paleks was Apollo, the god of plague and king of the bow. Of course, he had to guard against Apollo's priests spreading diseases and plagues to the food and water of the Athenian army.

Roy's army was stationed south of Nerik.

The Palek army is stationed in the north of Nerik City.

In the Palek barracks, two soldiers were reporting news to Tilipin.

Tielepin sat on a throne covered with leopard skin, and in his arms sat a beautiful and enchanting girl, Anna, the princess of the Paleks and the priestess of Apollo.

After hearing the news brought by the soldiers, Tilipin asked Anna.

"My dear wife, does your method really work?"

"Dear husband, please don't doubt the power and majesty of God Apollo."

Anna said with a confident smile.

"Even if the enemy has a large number of soldiers, they can't fight against the plague controlled by God Apollo. We Paleks have defeated many enemies in this way, and you know it well. If we Paleks do a good job of attacking you Beware, your soldiers will all fall ill before you subdue us Paleks."

When Tiliepin conquered the Paleks, the Paleks also used the means of spreading the plague to deal with Tiliepin.

It's a pity that Tilipin launched a blitzkrieg against the Paleks. Before Tilipin's soldiers fell ill, Anna's tribe had been conquered by Tilipin, and Anna, a princess, was also occupied by Tilipin.

Tielepin said with a smug smile.

"It seems that I haven't lost the favor of the goddess! As long as I can defeat or even kill the hateful Loi, I can take back the Hittite kingdom. At that time, I will let Hartpurna be my queen, and you will be wronged." My second queen."

Of course Tiliping and Anna could not have imagined that all of Anna's means of spreading the plague were cracked by Roy.

(End of this chapter)