I was a priest in the city-state era

Nomadic peoples usually have all men as soldiers, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled men do not have to participate in the battle.

Under this model, every family in the tribe will be respected, so the nomadic people's internal exploitation and oppression is lower than that of the farming people - this is why the nomadic people are very united.

In the history of another world, whether it is the Roman Empire in the West or the Shenzhou in the East, the farming people with huge population advantages are always oppressed or even destroyed by the nomadic people, because after entering the Iron Age, the problem of internal oppression by the farming people has become more and more serious.

The Thracians of this era are standard nomadic people.

The Amazon tribe ruled by Hippolyta can summon up to 20,000 Thracian knights under the model of all men as soldiers.

The second day Roy came to the Amazon tribe.

The knights of the Amazon tribe were summoned to Byzantium by the order of Hippolyta.

It was close to noon.

The Thracian knights gathered in groups of three or five on the grasslands of Byzantium, waiting for Hippolyta to issue food and wages.

The reason why nomadic peoples are very united is that the ruling class of nomadic peoples does not exploit their people seriously.

The ruling class of nomadic peoples are unwilling to exploit their people because the civilian class of nomadic peoples is generally poor.

If the civilian class is exploited, it is easy to provoke their resistance.

If the nomadic people live a rich life, they will not risk their lives to attack the farming people.

Now there is a good thing that falls from the sky - Queen Hippolyta suddenly wants to give everyone food and wages, and the knights of the Amazon tribe certainly don't want to miss it.

It's noon in the hot summer.

Roy and Hippolyta came to the center of the grassland where the knights gathered.

Seeing Hippolyta coming, the knights lined up under the command of their respective leaders.

After the knights finished lining up, Hippolyta spoke loudly for everyone to hear.

"My fellow tribesmen! As you have heard, today I will give each of you 100 kilograms of grain and 1 kilogram of salt. But there is nothing free in this world. Everything I give you comes from the emperor of the Athenian Empire - my future husband Roy. For this reason, I decided to make the Amazon tribe part of the Athenian Empire. We will also be Athenians in the future. I will manage you with the policies of the Athenian Empire."

Hearing Hippolyta's words, the leaders of the vassal tribes said dissatisfiedly.

"Queen Hippolyta, why do we want to become Athenians?"

"We are Thracians. We have the beliefs and traditions passed down by our ancestors. Are you going to betray our ancestors?"

"I want to withdraw from the Amazon tribe. My tribe will no longer be your vassal in the future."

Not only the leaders, but also ordinary knights said.

"Athenians are an agricultural nation. Queen Hippolyta wants us to become farmers who cultivate the fields?"

"I just want to be a shepherd who herds horses and sheep. I don't want to work hard to cultivate the land."

"Queen Hippolyta not only betrayed us, but also betrayed our ancestors."

At this time, Hippolyta was accused by everyone - this was an expected result.

Just as the leaders of the tribes wanted to take the knights away, the thundering sound of horse hooves suddenly approached.

Then, under the horrified gaze of the Thracians, Erechtheus came with 20,000 Athenian cavalry and surrounded the 20,000 Thracian knights.

Seeing the Athenian cavalry fully armed, the blades of the black iron spears reflected the cold light in the sun, and the leaders asked one after another.

"Queen Hippolyta, are you trying to kill us?"

"You summoned us to use this conspiracy."

"You, the mistress of the Athenians, we are all your people."

Seeing that Hippolyta could no longer speak under the accusations of everyone, Roy spoke loudly on behalf of Hippolyta.

"All of you shut up! Hippolyta did this for your own good. Don't you really realize that as the population of the Thracians grows, the food you get from herding horses and sheep is no longer enough to feed you. If this situation continues, do you want to starve yourself and your family to death?"

A tribal leader said immediately.

"If we don't have food, we can rob the Athenians. You Athenians have a lot of food."

"If you don't have food, rob those who have food - this is the experience passed down to you by your ancestors."

Roy sneered.

"But can you defeat the Athenians?"

Hearing Roy's question, the Thracians all fell silent.

Hippolyta said at this time.

"We can't defeat the Athenians. This is a fact you all know. Although we Thracians have the strength and courage that will not lose to the Athenians, the Athenians have sharp iron weapons. Fellow tribesmen! Everything I do is to protect you so that you can live better. If you are still willing to believe in me, accept my orders and join the Athenian Empire with me. If you don't want to accept my orders, I can let you leave."

After Hippolyta finished speaking, Erechtheus led the Athenian soldiers to capture the leaders.

Faced with the ferocious Athenian soldiers, some leaders changed their words and expressed their willingness to obey Hippolyta's orders.

After all the leaders were captured, the Thracians, leaderless, were all confused.

Seeing the reaction of the Thracians, Roy immediately said.

"Since you can't make a choice, then you should learn about the situation of the Athenian Empire."

After Roy finished speaking, 20,000 Athenian soldiers walked into the 20,000 Thracians and began to tell them about the good life in the Athenian Empire and persuade them to join the Athenian Empire.

If there were leaders of all sizes taking the lead, the Thracians could still resist joining the Athenian Empire.

Now these Thracians are leaderless. Under the orders of Hippolyta and the endless persuasion of the Athenian soldiers, most Thracians agree to join the Athenian Empire.

Roy also distributed rewards on the spot. Those who are willing to join the Athenian Empire can receive 100 kilograms of food and 1 kilogram of salt.

Thracians who are unwilling to join the Athenian Empire will be expelled.

Seeing that the Thracians who joined the Athenian Empire really received food and salt, coupled with the threat of expulsion - in the end, all 20,000 Thracian knights joined the Athenian Empire.

Although the carrot and stick method was used to make all the Thracian knights of the Amazon tribe agree to join the Athenian Empire, it is obviously impossible for Roy to give them 100 kilograms of food and 1 kilogram of salt every month.

So next, Roy will arrange work for them.

Let them either become soldiers of the Athenian Empire, or migrate to the mountains to continue to be shepherds, or become farmers with the help of the Athenian Empire.

Three days later.

Ten thousand Thracian knights who met the conditions became cavalrymen of the Athenian Empire.

Together with the arrival of 30,000 Athenian infantry, Erechtheus had 30,000 Athenian cavalrymen and 30,000 Athenian infantrymen under his command.

While the Athenian Empire annexed the Amazon tribe, the various Thracian tribes in Thrace were also contacting each other to prepare to resist the invasion of the Athenian Empire.

Finally, under the call of Aeetes, the king of the Sun Tribe, 100,000 Thracian knights gathered in the lower Danube plain.

Perseus also joined the Thracian coalition with 10,000 cavalrymen and 50,000 infantrymen, preparing to use the Thracian coalition to defeat Roy.