I was a priest in the city-state era

The Nemean Forest, located in the southern part of Corinth, is like the natural dividing line between Argos and Corinth.

Loy, Harmonia, and Glaucus spent the night in the Nemean Forest with 1,800 soldiers. The next day, they passed through the Nemean Forest and arrived at Argos. Outside the city of Mycenae in the northern part of the region.

The city of Mycenae is located on the Acropolis Mountain between Mount Chara and Mount Elias. It not only has a commanding advantage, but is also surrounded by two mountains. Its plane shape is roughly triangular. It is obviously a very easy to defend but difficult to attack city.

In the history of another world, during the glorious period when Mycenae dominated the Peloponnese Peninsula, it used huge stones to build a city wall eight meters high and five meters thick.

The current city of Mycenae is just a new city built ten years ago, with only a wall two meters high and one meter thick.

There is a magnificent gate on the northwest side of the city of Mycenae. There is a triangular stone carving on the lintel with two leaping lions, so this gate is also called the Lion's Gate.

Roy led the army to the foot of the Acropolis and did not attack Mycenae directly.

Because Mycenae City on the Acropolis Mountain has the advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, attacking Mycenae City will only sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain.

In order for the Mycenaeans to respond proactively, Roy asked his soldiers to block the road under the Acropolis mountain so that people in the city could not leave Mycenae and people outside the city could not enter Mycenae.

Mycenae.

The palace of Acrisios.

At this time, all the important people in the city gathered in the palace hall.

Acrisios, king of Mycenae, sat on his throne and spoke to the people sitting in the hall.

"The city of Mycenae is blocked by the enemy. Now you all can express your opinions!"

Acrisios's brother, King Protus of Tires, said immediately.

"Dear brother! Our enemies are so arrogant that they dare to attack us Mycenaeans. I think we should teach our enemies a painful lesson."

Seeing that Acrisius did not agree with Proteus' proposal, Perseus also expressed his thoughts.

"Dear grandfather, we have lost five hundred soldiers in Corinth, and hundreds of wounded soldiers have not recovered, so I think we should avoid war with the enemy."

After Perseus finished speaking, others in the hall accused Perseus of being a coward.

"Perseus, you are indeed only half Mycenaean."

"A coward like you is not worthy of being our prince."

"As the grandson of Acrisios, you should be a brave hero."

Seeing that no one agreed with Perseus' proposal, Acrisios shouted in disappointment and anger.

"You stupid guys, arrogant people, are we our enemies or you? After we Mycenaeans migrated to the Peloponnese Peninsula, we quickly conquered the entire Argos region. Do you really think that we Mycenaeans The Sinians are more powerful than the natives? Do you stupid guys really not understand? In the past we were able to conquer the Argives easily because our soldiers mostly used bronze weapons and the Argives mostly used wood. Spear. If both sides use the same weapons, the Mycenaean soldiers will not be stronger than our enemies. Now you open your eyes and see clearly that the enemies outside the city have at least a thousand soldiers with bronze weapons, which we can easily do. Defeat the enemy? The enemy outside the city has failed our battle to conquer the city of Corinth, and you still dare to underestimate our enemy."

After Acrisios finished speaking, everyone in the hall fell silent.

After a while.

Proteus broke the silence and said solemnly.

"Dear brother! The enemy outside the city is indeed the most powerful enemy we have encountered since arriving in the Peloponnese Peninsula. If the enemy had not come to attack us, I would have opposed taking the initiative to launch a war against them. Now it is The enemy's blockade of our city of Mycenae does not mean that we are actively launching a war against the enemy. Do we want to send envoys to ask for peace?"

Acrisios said without hesitation.

"I do intend to make peace with my enemies."

Seeing everyone's expressions of disbelief, including Perseus, Acrisios continued.

"If we go to war with the enemies outside the city, the result will only be losses for both sides, and we will lose the opportunity to develop and grow in the Peloponnese. By enduring the temporary humiliation in exchange for peace, we can conquer the Arcadia region. Those mountain people who worship the goddess Artemis will be vulnerable to us."

The Acadians in the Acadia region are not only small in number, but also very backward in civilization. The weapons they use are basically wooden spears and wooden bows and arrows.

If the Mycenaeans chose to fight a war with Roy's army, they would not only suffer huge casualties, but also lose the opportunity to develop and grow.

If the Mycenaeans choose to endure the temporary humiliation, they can carry out a dimensionality reduction attack on the Acadians with backward civilization and easily conquer the Acadian region.

In the history of another world, the Rakshasa Kingdom faced the same choice.

In the end, the ruler of the Rakshasa Kingdom did not choose to fight to the death with the powerful enemy in the west, because in the end, the Rakshasa Kingdom would not only be unable to grow, but would also face the possibility of annihilation and annihilation.

Because when the Rakshasa Kingdom could not defeat the West, it chose to launch a conquest war against the backward civilization in the East, and eventually the Rakshasa Kingdom developed into the country with the largest territory in the world.

The deeds of the Rakshasa Kingdom have proved that when there are both strong and weak neighbors around, it is the wisest choice to conquer the weak neighbors first to strengthen itself.

As a wise ruler, Acrisius made the same choice as the ruler of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

After listening to Acrisius's explanation, the others no longer objected, after all, they were not fools.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, Acrisius said to Pelops.

"Pelops! I want you to negotiate with the enemy as an envoy. Are you willing to accept this task?"

Pelops immediately stood up and said.

"Dear grandfather! As a member of the Mycenaeans, I am willing to negotiate with the enemies outside the city as an envoy."

Half an hour later.

The Lion Gate of Mycenae City opened, and Pelops rode out of the city on a horse.

If the enemy outside the city had no intention of negotiation, Pelops could escape back to Mycenae on horseback to avoid being captured by the enemy.

Pelops rode to the foot of the Acropolis. When Roy learned that he was a negotiating envoy, he brought Harmonia and Glaucus to Pelops and said.

"Pelops! In order to fight against you Mycenaeans, we, Corinth, Athens, and Thebes, have formed a three-goddess alliance. This war was started by the Mycenaeans. Now the Mycenaeans want to end the war. Mycenae King Acrisius must swear a sacred oath in front of us, promising that the Mycenaeans will not wage war against the three-goddess alliance again."