Aphrodite blinked and said, "Punching the nose with a punch, then hitting the stomach with another punch, and then reaching out to pull the hair, what kind of tricks are these? After all, Amon is a god and a person who understands etiquette." , if the opponent is a woman, he can't do the same, can he?"
Ya Luna asked back: "Even if he changes his tactics, can you stop him?"
Themis, the goddess of fairness and justice in the distance, suddenly interjected: "If you want to know the answer, you can try to challenge him yourself. But Aphrodite, I want to remind you—that is not love, but It's a hand-to-hand fight, don't get the situation wrong."
Aphrodite sighed again: "It's really boring to fight and kill. I still like to talk about love. I'm not Apollo. I have my own means."
Jalenna reminded: "Apollo was spotted by Amon, otherwise he wouldn't have lost so badly. In our camp, Apollo, who has the strongest fighting power, can no longer participate in this matter. Afro Dite, don't overestimate your own charm, you can't seduce a god like Amon. Even if you can seduce him, what happened, do you think Artemis can let you go?"
The gods of the Olympus pantheon keep their oath together and cannot directly fight each other, but it does not mean that there will be no conflicts. If Aphrodite annoyed Artemis, the goddess of hunting handed over her divine bow to a powerful envoy, and set a trap against Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty might not be able to bear it.
Aphrodite said with a regretful look: "A god like Amon and a man like this are both a temptation and a challenge to me. If I talk to him, it should be an achievement and enjoyment." But I thank you for your reminder, the words of the Goddess of Wisdom are never wrong, I will not face Amon directly, so what should I do?"
Yalena thought for a while: "If you want to defeat a person, you don't necessarily need to use your fists. Everyone has different weaknesses. If you want to defeat a person, you don't necessarily need to fight him directly. Aphrodite, if you really If you want to expel Amon, I have a suggestion that can make full use of your strengths... "
The next words were inaudible to others, and no one knew what idea the goddess of wisdom had given Aphrodite.
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Mei Danzuo followed Amon down the mountain, and there were people and horses passing by on the official road in the outskirts of Macedonia. Amon stopped singing and walked forward with Shi Shi behind his back. Mei Danzuo couldn't help asking in a low voice: "My God, you are so amazing! How could you just mine a tear of the gods? Among the craftsmen still alive in this world, you are probably the only one who has mined this kind of tear. The people who worked on the sacred stone actually mined two of them in a row!"
Amon smiled slightly: "I'm not so lucky. Today I only opened a few hundred mine cores. If I can mine a tear of the gods in this way, it would be too exaggerated! Don't forget the mine in my hand. There is a tear of the gods, which was left to me by Mary. I gave all the artifacts to my disciples, but I only left it to follow me into and out of heaven."
Mei Danzuo suddenly reacted, and whispered in his soul: "So that's the case, no wonder!"
The mine core that Amon opened at the end was "fake", but it was made by this outstanding master craftsman to look like the real one. He put his tear of the gods in it. When Apollo was distracted and talking, Amon took out the ore core and created an accident himself, so Apollo was unlucky.
Even though Amon doesn't like to play tricks at all, it doesn't mean he can't. If anyone wants to bully an "honest person" like him, then he is really mistaken! As far as the ambush of this mine core is concerned, the method is quite beautiful.
When the two walked into the Macedonian city gate, Medanzo asked again: "My God, will you really be able to mine another tear of the gods? Alexander should have given you a lot of ore cores. "
Amon replied calmly: "It's not impossible, but it's not my tears of the gods, it's Alexander's. All the sacred stones mined, no matter what kind, I will hand over to the Kingdom of Macedonia. Get paid a gold coin."
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The Kingdom of Macedonia successfully occupied Delphi, the Holy Land of Heaton. Philip II left a thousand-man team of the Delphi Legion to station in the Holy Land, and led the army back to the division in victory. On the way back to the teacher, he made another "by the way" detour and conquered many city-states near Delphi. Macedonia's conquest is not the same as the alliance of various city-states in history. It is not the identity of the leader, but directly incorporates these city-states into the territory of Macedonia.
The citizen assemblies of these city-states are still retained, and usually decide the internal affairs of the city-states, but the city-states are subject to the unified governance of Macedonia, and the writing, laws, taxes, and weights and measures are all consistent. At this time, the Heaton Peninsula has formed a three-power confrontation. The Macedonian Kingdom in the north and the Kibata League and the Yalun League in the south are fighting each other, and the Yalun League has become the weakest party.
Yalun and Kibata finally felt panic, so they stopped attacking each other and sent envoys to negotiate and establish a new alliance in an attempt to jointly fight against Macedonia, but it was too late.
The Kingdom of Macedonia has a larger territory and more population, and its national strength is stronger. It can recruit more trained warriors and more warriors from strong ordinary people. After Philip II returned to the army, he divided the elite of the original Delphi Legion into three, and formed two new legions on the basis of these backbones.
Each new legion is formed by Alexander, who is responsible for specific training exercises. When a new legion is basically formed, another legion will be formed, and Alexander will be transferred as the first legion commander. If another person takes on this role, it may be to make a wedding dress for others, build a legion, train soldiers, and hand it over after forming combat effectiveness.
But for Alexander, this problem does not exist. Philip II's intention is obvious. In the future, the huge Macedonian army will obey the command and control of Alexander, because they were formed by the prince and grew up in battle. The generals in the army are also direct descendants trained by Alexander at the beginning.
Many people are predicting, after Macedonia occupies Delphi and the surrounding city-states, will it take revenge on Yalun? However, Philip II's actions were beyond everyone's expectations. Half a year later, he set off again and sent his army south to attack the Kibata Alliance.
Kibata was the main force on the Heaton Peninsula that was still capable of confronting Macedonia. Philip II saw it very accurately. Yaron's main force was the navy, while Kibata's main force was the army. If you attack Yalun along the coastline, Kibata's army can rescue it, but Yalun's navy can't help you if you attack the Kibata alliance from land.
The battle was fierce at the beginning. The Kibata warriors were brave and good at fighting. Facing the attack of the Macedonian phalanx and the two-winged cavalry, they fought several tough battles. However, the number of Kibata fighters was originally small, and they gradually became unable to resist under continuous consumption. Once the battle situation turned, the Macedonian army's attack would become overwhelming.
Philip II attacked Kibata first, and he had very realistic considerations, because the Kibata alliance was not a community of interests. As long as the powerful Kibata army was defeated, the other city-states in the alliance would not be able to fight.
The Kibata alliance was maintained by the powerful force of the Kibata warriors. It was actually an alliance for the Macedonians to conquer and enslave other city-states. The brutal rule and oppression of the Kibata people had long aroused the resistance of other city-states within the alliance. When the Kibata army was defeated, almost all the city-states took the initiative to welcome the arrival of the Macedonian army.
The Macedonian army fought all the way to the city of Kibata, and the Kibata people who had no way out vowed to defend their city-state to the death and insisted on a bloody battle to the end. If the city of Kibata is stormed, there will be heavy casualties, and it may even be attacked by the Yalun people. Philip II made a decision - the attack on Kibata ends here, leave the city-state of Kibata, let them fend for themselves!
The citizens of the Kibata city-state do not engage in production, but train entirely for the purpose of military conquest, and survive by conquering and enslaving other city-states. Now most of the Kibata warriors have lost, and all the territories they conquered have been lost, leaving only their own city-state. If pushed too fast, the Kibatas would fight to the end under the threat of destruction, which would not do Macedonia any good.
The Kingdom of Macedonia has achieved its strategic goal and disintegrated the Kibata Alliance, and the Kibata city-state will close its doors and die on its own. Macedonia has already occupied two-thirds of the territory of the Heaton Peninsula, and the small isolated city of Kibata can no longer pose a threat to it. The remaining Kibata warriors may have the courage to defend the city in a bloody battle, but they are no longer able to launch counterattacked.
The Kibata alliance was disintegrated, leaving only an isolated city of Kibata, and Philip II took advantage of the situation to transfer his army to attack Yalun. This battle is different from the attack on Kibata. The Yaron Alliance is a community of interests combined by business and trade. Philip II appeared as an avenger rather than a liberator, so the opposing city-states joined forces to fight . The Macedonian army needs to nibble away step by step, and it cannot be decided in one battle.
Philip II first captured a port city-state along the coastline, cutting off an important maritime supply line of the Yalun League, then avoided the Yalun Navy and detoured from the inland, occupying one city-state after another. Macedonia became stronger as the war progressed, and the Yalun League became weaker as the war progressed. In the end, there were only a few important city-states left, relying on their transportation links and naval support.
Philip II was not in a hurry for success. The newly occupied territory needed to be consolidated and digested. The situation of Macedonian unification of the entire Heaton Peninsula was irreversible. He had to prepare for the next strategic goal and form a stronger Macedonian army.
Philip II led the army to fight, and news of victory kept coming. Alexander, who stayed in the capital and supervised the country, handled the daily military and political affairs very well with the assistance of his ministers. He recruited troops in the new territory and formed two corps. This time, he did not serve as the commander of the corps continuously, but handed over the task of forming and maneuvering the new army to his cronies.
The young Alexander successively served as the commander of three legions, and the cronies he promoted formed the other two legions. The prince soon ushered in the most important event since he was in charge of the country, and that was the annual Delphi Oracle Ceremony. Now that Philip II is leading the army to fight abroad, Alexander will host the ceremony on behalf of the Macedonian Kingdom.
This year's Delphi oracle will still be issued by the Temple of Apollo, and the location of the officiant will be at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
The change of history has a process. Although Macedonia has already occupied the holy land of Delphi, but it is not long after all, and many things still need the support of the local priest group. Therefore, there is no immediate order to change the form of the Delphi oracle. It is still up to Apo Released by Luo Temple.
In the future, when the Macedonian Kingdom completely controls the situation and the traditional priest group of Delphi no longer has the power to oppose it, it is estimated that this period of history will undergo real changes. Alexander, who was not yet twenty years old, was very excited to preside over such an important ceremony, and it was the most solemn ceremony in the entire Heaton Peninsula.
Alexander's court tutor, Aristotle, accompanied him, of course, to teach the young prince all the etiquette necessary for the ceremony. And Medanzo also went, and it was Alexander who begged him to go with him. During this period, Alexander had a closer relationship with Medanzo. Medanzo often accompanied him to inspect the army, practice battle formations, and lecture on various knowledge during outings and hunting.
For such an important ceremony, important figures in the kingdom were also invited to participate. Regardless of whether some people went or not, Alexander had to invite them to show a sense of etiquette. Amon also received an invitation from Alexander in his personal capacity, asking him to attend the Delphi ceremony, but Amon politely declined.
The reason why Amon rejected Alexander was very simple. If he really went, then the first Delphic oracle ceremony hosted by the Kingdom of Macedon would have been ruined. Amon defeated Apollo in the duel. If he arrived at Delphi, then all the incarnation senses that Apollo entrusted to the statue would retreat, and it would be impossible to send down the oracle. Unless the priest lied and forged the oracle, the ceremony would become a joke, and whether the oracle really appeared, the great magician present could sense it.
Amon agreed with Medanzo to accompany Alexander. Macedonia had just raised troops to conquer many city-states, and the situation was not yet fully stable. In such a complicated scene, with Medanzuo around, Amon could rest assured of Alexander's safety.
On behalf of his father, the young Alexander led a guard composed of elite soldiers from the Delphi Legion, accompanied by Medanzo, Aristotle and other officials, to the holy land of Delphi, and received representatives from various city-states to attend the ceremony in turn. Then presided over the grand ceremony.
On behalf of the gods of Olympus, Apollo sent an oracle to bless the young prince and all the Hidonians at the same time, and they will become a powerful country under the leadership of Macedonia. The glory of Macedonia has reached its peak, and Alexander, who represents this glory, is even more magnificent. He seems to have become a figure who can be compared with various heroes in historical legends.
The mentality of young people is always playful. After the ceremony, Alexander, who finally came out, didn't want to go back so soon. Philip II is not around, and none of the current Macedonian officials can control him. He ordered Aristotle to lead the Macedonian mission and guards back first, while he disguised himself as a commoner and went to various city-states with Medanzo to broaden his horizons.
Aristotle tried to persuade him, but he couldn’t persuade him, because he once said to Alexander that as a monarch, you can’t just deal with government affairs in the palace. decision making. Now that Alexander really wanted to do this, he felt a headache again, and was most worried about the safety of the little prince. Fortunately, there was Medanzuo, so he could only instruct Medanzuo carefully.
Bringing a small-scale guard is not very meaningful, and it is easy to expose Alexander's identity. Since he is traveling privately, it is impossible to lead a large army to follow. It is best to be protected by a powerful envoy like Medan Zuo. Medanzuo took Alexander to travel in the folk city-states, and they were dressed like wandering sages commonly seen on the Heaton Peninsula.
Alexander was very curious about everything, he didn't even know how to live in a hotel, he had to be taught by Medan Zuo in everything, in fact any "teacher" in the world could teach this little prince these things, but at this moment Alexander felt that Medan Zuo Zuo Zhen is well-informed and very envious of his colorful experiences.
Alexander has been wandering outside for more than two months, and if Medanzuo hadn't persuaded him to go back early, he would have had a lot more time to play. Although the prince was playful, he had not forgotten his accusations. Hearing that Philip II was about to return to court, he immediately decided to return to the Macedonian city-state.
At that time, Alexander and Mei Danzuo were in Miduli, and they heard about Amon's experience of helping the Macedonian mission, so they begged Mei Danzuo to take him to walk that road again. Mei Danzuo brought Alexander to the mountain where the mission was attacked, and explained what happened happily. Alexander was amazed and wished that he was also the hero who captured the assassin.
While the two were chatting and laughing, a person appeared at the pass in the distance, and walked gracefully along the mountain road. She was carrying a huge burden, which was very disproportionate to her delicate figure, and she looked pitiful.
Mei Danzuo and Alexander noticed that someone was coming, and it was a girl walking alone. At the same time, they stopped talking and laughed and turned their heads to look at the past. They were all in a daze for a moment, as if they had a feeling of suffocation—this girl is so beautiful!
She looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a light green gauze dress, probably because of the rush, there were fine beads of sweat on the tip of her nose and forehead. Her forearm was exposed outside the skirt, and her fair and tender skin was like a perfect masterpiece of a god. Her eyes are clear and soft, with a deep and charming luster, and her waterfall-like long hair is orange-red, slightly curled and scattered on her round and graceful shoulders and white chest.
Through the robe, it can be seen that her breasts are full, her waist is flexible, and her legs are slender, all of which reflect the beauty of women. How could there be such a beautiful girl in the world? Alexander could barely speak, just stared at the girl stupidly. It's not that Mei Danzuo has never seen beauties, he has even seen many goddesses, but at this moment, he also has an unprecedented sense of amazement.