Chapter 49: The Macedonian Corps
Pericles sat alone in the Senate, wearing a leather jacket and trousers, with the golden scepter resting on one side, the door closed, and no one beside him, as if the whole world was cut off.
He has a loveless expression, and he is motionless, like a sculpture, a wax figure.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong.
What did those three guys do to Athens? Athens, which was originally prosperous, confident, and full of energy, has now become as noisy as a slave market, full of cultivators, Taoist friends, and core values...... The three were actually rewarded with honorary citizenship.
I feel aggrieved when I think about it.
Only Gentiles who have made great contributions to Athens can receive honorary citizenship!
"No, these three guys, when they get to the city-state of Olympia, I don't know what kind of mess they will make again."
Pericles recruited a cronie: "You take a Talente silver and contact the Macedonian mercenary group, so that they can rob and kill three Chinese people on the way!" ”
One Tapente silver is equal to 60 minna, and 1 minna is equal to 100 Delamarck silver coins, and 10 silver coins can be hired for a person. Theoretically, these silver coins can employ more than 500 people! Even well-equipped veteran soldiers who have experienced the war can hire hundreds of people!
At this time, Pericles paid a lot of price.
Yan Luo and his entourage didn't know that the consul of Athens was willing to spend so much silver to mercenaries, and the three of them got badges representing honorary citizens and identity certificates to participate in the Olympic Games, Wang Dongwei and Zhu Xiaoyong were full of excitement, and even felt moved to cry.
It's not easy!
I was finally able to participate in the Olympic Games.
Does this count as a curve to save the country?
"The patriarch of the city of Athens is really ignorant, the fat man I wore shirts and shorts for more than 10 yuan, and he was so happy that he seemed to have obtained some treasure." The poet veteran who made the suggestion was bought by Zhu Xiaoyong.
Wang Dongwei is cleaning up his clutter.
Greek-style, sheepskin-like skirt leather armor like in Trojan movies, spears commonly used by soldiers, and Greek iron swords and copper-clad round shields......
Although you can't take it out, you can use it in the inner world.
Yanluo changed into her original black jeans and black and white striped shirt.
There is a storage space for the program, and clutter and food on the road can be placed in it.
The three of them are not together with the athletes of the Athenian city-state, and the Olympic Games schedule will officially start in a week, and now they must be on the road - according to Wang Dongwei, Athens is estimated to be 200 kilometers away from the city-state of Olympia.
In ancient times, this was not a short journey.
Of course, in addition to hiking, you can also ride horses, but Wang Dongwei, Yan Luo, and Zhu Xiaoyong can't ride horses, and horses in this era have no saddles, which is not easy for ordinary people to learn. And because of this, the main fighting forces of this era were infantry and chariots, not cavalry.
Knowing that the three of them were ready to leave, Socrates, Herodotus, Thucydides and others all came to see them off.
When he left, the city of Athens was crowded with people, after all, Yanluo's performance at that ceremony was too amazing, whether it was that off, the toned body he displayed, or the talent of debating with the scholars.
There is nothing to say about this scene, Yan Luo has lost his feelings and will not be moved by these people. Besides, he is a modern person in the surface world, and these are the ancient people in the inner world - but Zhu Xiaoyong is quite reluctant, the leg of lamb has been gnawed very coolly these days, and as a fat house, he has felt respect for the first time.
Scholars felt sorry to learn that Yan Luo and his entourage would not return to Athens after participating in the Olympic Games.
Quite a few Greek scholars gave gifts.
Sophocles gave him a manuscript of his play, which in the real world is a very valuable historical artifact, but it has no value to bring with it.
Herodotus' gift was a gold chain.
The thick and large gold chain is a piece of jewelry that can be taken away! It is similar to the piece of jade that Wang Dongwei bought at 200 points...... If it is sold in the dream space, it should be worth hundreds of bio energy.
Hippocrates also gave ornaments, a gold headdress inlaid with rubies, and when he saw Yanluo wearing a jewel on his head, he thought that the Chinese custom was to wear a headdress. It's just this, although the value is higher, but it can't be taken away, and it's not as good as a dog-leashed big gold chain.
Euripides sent a Persian slave girl, only 12 years old, very similar to a modern Arab girl, with big eyes, as cute as a green apple.
Socrates' gift was a marble statue carved by his father, only the size of a palm, which could also be taken out.
It is said that his father was carving a statue of Yanluo of the same height, which was to be placed in the Parthenon as a symbol of Chinese wisdom to accompany the statue of Athena.
It would take years to complete.
Leaving Athens, Yanluo and his party set out on their way to Olympia.
About 200 kilometers away, Wang Dongwei's plan is to walk 40 kilometers a day on foot and reach it in five days.
There are many city-states along the way that will not get lost, and the three Yanluo have the badge of honorary citizens of Athens and the identity of the Olympic Games, and they will not be held by other city-states, after all, the now powerful Athens is the first in Greece.
Two days later, Zhu Xiaoyong was already very unbearable, and 80 miles a day was a huge challenge for a fat man of more than 300 pounds.
Slow down the trip to take care of this guy, but it's nothing, as long as you can catch up.
On the evening of the fourth day, not far from Olympia, the three of them stopped by a river in the wilderness and made a fire to barbecue food—and Yanluo hit a hare with a word bullet, when a distant "rumbling" sound was heard, like an army marching.
I saw the horizon where the setting sun was shining, and gradually a legion appeared.
The leader of the generals wore bronze chain mail and rode horses, which had not yet appeared in the saddle, and the horses were covered with the fur of unknown beasts. In addition, there were four horses carrying bundles of wooden spears, which were very long and more than 5 meters!
There were hundreds of soldiers in the legion, about 20 people wore leather armor and carried a round shield, about 30 people carried a 2-meter long spear, and a large shield with a diameter of half a meter, and 50 people did not wear armor or ordinary cloth clothes, carried bows and arrows, and hung hand axes around their waists.
"Cavalry, infantry, light infantry, and auxiliaries?"
Wang Dongwei commented thoughtfully: "This should be the legion of the Macedonian Kingdom, I didn't expect that in the Peloponnese, you can still see Macedonian soldiers...... Where is this going? ”
Just as he was curious, the legion marched towards this place, stopping at a distance of about two hundred meters.
At this time, the general, as if giving some order, the auxiliaries carrying bows and arrows lined up in three rows, and all of them, buckled the arrows on the strings and pulled them apart.
"Danger!"
Wang Dongwei's pupils suddenly constricted, he hurriedly took out a round shield of copper from the space of his mobile phone, and Zhu Xiaoyong also hurriedly took out the shield, half-kneeling to cover the top of his head.
In the next second, with the sharp roar of "whoosh", one arrow after another formed a parabolic trajectory, pierced through the sky, and fell towards the three people like rain!