I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 318 Fifteen Hundred Iron Spearmen

Thebes area.

This area centered on Thebes city is only one of the five areas in Central Greece.

In addition to the Thebes region, Central Greece also includes Eubia, Phocis, Ephria, and Otis, with a total area of ​​[-] square kilometers.

The Thebes region, Eubia Island, and Phocis region in Central Greece are all ruled by Queen Harmonia of Thebes.

When the Ephria region and the Otis region are included in the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, perhaps Harmonia will become the queen of the five regions, with a territory similar to that of Pandora, which rules the five city-states.

Roy left Andromeda in Athens in order to fight the Dorians and Thracians, and then came to Thebes alone.

Thebes city.

When Roy came to the city on horseback, he saw another huge change in Thebes.

The most obvious change is that the population of Thebes has exceeded 3.

The royal palace of Harmonia.

Because the guards at the gate of the palace recognized Roy, Roy entered the palace unimpeded.

When Roy came to the luxurious cement hall, she saw Harmonia sitting on her throne, and in the center of the hall was a group of people kneeling on the ground, crying to Harmonia.

Seeing Roy's figure, Harmonia, who had a sad face, immediately brightened up, stood up excitedly and said.

"Honey—is it really you? I'm not dreaming!"

Harmonia ran over and threw herself into Roy's arms. After confirming that Roy was not a phantom, she immediately hugged Roy's neck with both hands, and hung on Roy's body like a sloth.

Roy hugged Harmonia tightly with both hands in response, then looked at the person kneeling in the center of the hall with some worry and said.

"Harmonia, you should deal with business first!"

"Then you handle it with me."

Feeling that Harmonia's hands hugged his neck more tightly, Roy carried Harmonia back to the steps where the throne was, and then Roy sat on the throne by himself, letting Harmony Ya sat on himself.

After rubbing Roy's cheek vigorously with his own, Harmonia looked at the people kneeling in the center of the hall and said.

"Beloved, they are the chiefs of the tribe of the Pilaski who live in the region of Ephria and the region of Otis. Now they come to my palace together because the tribe of the Atamas of the Dorians and the Russian tribes are invading the Evria region and the Otis region, killing and driving them out."

Roy frowned.

"Now is the time for the barley harvest, and the Atamas and Aeolus tribes invaded at this time, obviously to seize their food."

"Not only for food! The savage Dorians also robbed their women and children, and turned women and children into slaves."

Harmonia said with a look of embarrassment.

"Although we live in different regions, we are all Piraskis. Now they come to me for help. Of course I can't ignore them, but I can't think of a good way to deal with the Dorians."

"Then I have good news for you."

Seeing Harmonia's curious wide eyes, Roy said with a smile.

"I have come to you now to wage war on the Dorians and the Thracians."

"what--"

Harmonia yelled in surprise, and then said to everyone kneeling in the center of the hall.

"You are so lucky, now my husband, the great King Loi of Athens, is going to wage war against the barbaric Dorians, and he will help you avenge the Dorians. In return, should you serve the King of Athens , let the Ephria region and the Otis region become part of the Kingdom of Athens?"

A tribal leader kneeling in the center of the hall said immediately.

"Queen of Harmonia! As long as we can protect us from being invaded by the barbaric Dorians, we are willing to accept whether we are loyal to you or your husband. Please save us for the sake of the same race, if Our land is occupied by the Dorians, and the Dorians will definitely invade your land next."

"Now that you are being invaded by the Dorians, you are naturally willing to agree to our request. But I must tell you that the Ephria region and the Otis region have become part of the Kingdom of Athens. I will implement the policy of the Kingdom of Athens and let you Lose the power of the tribal leader. When the Dorians are wiped out by me, you will have no chance to regret it."

"Even if we lose the power of the tribal leader, it's better than we become slaves of the Dorians [Helotus] together with the tribe."

In the history of another world, historical facts have proved that the Dorians will use the black labor system to enslave other peoples as slaves.

The Dorians conquered the Spartans and Pyrrhians in the Peloponnese, not only turning them into slaves of the Helos, but always fearing their rebellion.

The Dorians conquered the Peloponnese Peninsula with an area of ​​[-] square kilometers, but they could not defeat Athens, which had an area of ​​only [-] square kilometers. One of the reasons was that the Dorians wanted to use a large part of their power to suppress the slave Helaus.

Seeing that this group of tribal leaders would not regret losing their leader's identity and power in order to avoid becoming slaves of the Dorians [Heiros], Roy smiled with satisfaction.

"Harmonia, they are so active in joining the Kingdom of Athens, of course I can't let my people down. Now you gather a thousand soldiers for me and let them march with me!"

"A thousand soldiers?"

Harmonia said with a worried expression.

"Honey, isn't one thousand soldiers too little? As long as you give me some time, it will be fine to gather five thousand soldiers."

Roy shook his head and said.

"Soldiers are more expensive than expensive! It's not difficult to gather [-] soldiers. Can you make all [-] soldiers use bronze weapons?"

"cannot……"

"A soldier without a weapon is a burden!"

Seeing the disappointed expression on Harmonia's small face, Roy continued.

"After I set off with a thousand soldiers, you can gather five thousand or more soldiers to follow behind and actually occupy the land I conquered. I only have a thousand soldiers, not to mention occupying the conquered land. Even captives cannot be managed."

"Honey, we just met, are we going to separate tomorrow?"

Seeing Roy's enthusiasm for the upcoming war, Harmonia complained.

"When will you be by my side forever?"

Facing Harmonia's questioning, Roy could only change the subject.

"I asked those Phoenicians to forge iron on the island of Eubia. Now how many iron weapons have they sent to Thebes?"

Harmonia turned her back to Roy and said.

"There are now fifteen hundred soldiers equipped with iron guns in Thebes, take them all away tomorrow!"

The production process of long spears is simple, and the forging is relatively fast. The most common apprentice blacksmith can forge a spear head in a day.

Because Roy also arranged for Jinniu and others to make farm tools such as iron plows, it took them more than a month to build [-] gun heads, which was considered normal.

(End of this chapter)