Chryses was surprised when he heard Agamemnon's words. He had not expected such a result.
You must know that although everyone fought fiercely on the battlefield in the Trojan War, once captured, as long as someone is willing to pay a ransom, the captive can generally be ransomed.
This time Chryses came to the Greek camp to redeem his daughter. He thought it was a sure thing, but unexpectedly there were complications.
The most important thing is that Chryses is a priest with a particularly keen perception (otherwise he would not be a priest). He immediately felt the murderous intention in Agamemnon's words and felt the bad omen of fate. He knew that if he If he talks any more, the Greek coalition commander will violate morality and kill himself.
Chryses was silent and carefully exited the Greek camp. No one among the surrounding soldiers or princes stopped him from leaving.
Chryses slowly walked to the coast, looked at the sea in the distance, raised his hands with tears on his face, and prayed: "Great Apollo, you are the god who rules such a large place, please listen to me. Please appeal! For many years, I have cleaned the temple for you, selected sacrifices for you, and sacrificed to you. I pray that you will avenge me on the people of Argos and let them know the power of your golden arrows."
He prayed loudly, his voice was sad and heroic.
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Apollo sat on the golden seat, drinking wine and thinking about his thoughts. At this time, Chryses's prayer passed through the barriers of space and reached Apollo's ears.
Apollo listened to his prayer, understood the whole story, and felt angry.
The Greeks were too arrogant. They knew that Chryses was the priest of their temple, so they just refused to agree to the request to redeem their daughter. They also humiliated Chryses. This was simply a provocation to themselves.
Apollo decided to teach the arrogant Greeks a lesson, let them understand that gods cannot be blasphemed, and his priests cannot be humiliated at will.
Apollo stood up and left Mount Olympus angrily, carrying a divine bow and a quiver full of arrows on his shoulders, and in a moment he was over the Greek camp.
Apollo floated quietly above the military camp, and no one could notice his existence. Looking down at the dense crowd below, he took down his divine bow, aimed at the Greek camp, and shot it.
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The bow and arrow instantly disappeared into the military camp, penetrating the bodies of the animals and soldiers in the camp, but no one felt anything unusual.
Arrows were shot by Apollo to every corner of the Greek camp. The soldiers and animals who were hit by the arrows did not feel anything.
But soon, soldiers and animals in the Greek camp fell ill with the plague and died in miserable wailing.
The accompanying doctors were helpless after seeing these plague-stricken soldiers and could only watch these soldiers die in pain.
For a time, the Greek camp was filled with gloom and gloom.
Troy City·Prince's Mansion
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming. According to Greek tradition, fruit trees and grapes are planted in Pei Ziyun's mansion. Pei Ziyun has not gone out these days. He stays in the mansion with Onone and Helen, giving instructions on how to dig a pool and build a rockery.
After everyone smiled, Gesnie came over. Pei Ziyun stood up slowly: "You guys are busy for a while, I'll be back soon."
As he spoke, he listened to Gesni's report.
"This is Apollo's revenge." After hearing this, Pei Ziyun stopped in his tracks. Although the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, it was actually still cold, with a faint layer of brown fog, and he said this.
It’s hard to say what the priesthood of Apollo was. Some people say that it included light, prophecy, music, healing, etc., and was even a little confused with the sun god in the future, but the original title was the “god of long-range shooting”!
When Chryses returned disgraced, he knew that the Greeks were about to face doom, and the gods would not remain indifferent while watching their priests being insulted.
Sure enough, now I have received news from Gesne that there is a plague in the Greek camp.
For this kind of plague sent by the gods, ordinary medicine may not work at all. The only way is to turn to the gods and hope to get its forgiveness.
So when Chryses came back with a sad face, Pei Ziyun told him, don't worry, after a while, the Greeks will naturally agree to the request.
"Hmph, Apollo is said to be light, with the nature of life, but his bow is actually an arrow of plague, or is it a supernatural disease? Is this considered one of life and death?"
Pei Ziyun quickly climbed onto the city wall, looked up, and saw the thick smoke coming from the Greek camp in the distance. He knew that corpses infected with the plague were being burned, and he couldn't help but sneer on his face.
The Greeks were arrogant and finally paid the price. They believed that the plague that Apollo brought to them this time was very effective, but this was just the beginning, and the fun would continue to unfold.
"Agamemnon dominates the entire army. It is easy for people to get used to this order, so his prestige is getting higher and higher. In the script, the gods use the hand of Achilles to give Agamemnon a severe blow. Gamemnon, forcing Agamemnon to admit his mistake and ask Achilles to come out.”
"I will follow this script, but the result will not be to make the Greeks feel painless, but a big explosion." Pei Ziyun asked Gesni who was standing: "What's the next step? Can safety be ensured?"
"Prince, you can ensure safety. All those who spoke spoke indirectly, and some even made several turns."
"Well, tell them, do their job well and I won't treat them badly. You did a good job this time. Go down and receive the reward." Pei Ziyun said calmly.
"Thank you for the reward, Prince." After saying this, Gesnie left.
This time, the chess pieces that Gesni placed in the Greek coalition played an important role. They just spread some rumors and made the conflict between the heroes and commanders of the Greek coalition, who were already at odds with each other, open to the public.
At this time, they don't need to fight, they just engage in internal struggle.
In the Greek camp, the plague initially caused the death of various livestock, and slowly spread to people. Soldiers died one by one, and the number was slowly increasing.
This plague seems to be becoming more and more powerful as the number of people infected with the plague increases. It first affects livestock, then ordinary soldiers, and if it goes further, it may be heroes and princes.
Firewood for cremating corpses was burning day and night in the camp, and the corpses were taken out of the tents one after another.
Achilles looked at the corpses with worry on his face. If this continued, the Trojans themselves would be overwhelmed by the plague without the Trojans attacking.
At this time, a troubadour saw Achilles' worried look and wanted to say something, but stopped.
"What do you want to say?" Achilles noticed. This was a troubadour who had recently come to his hometown Thessaly. It was said that he was somewhat famous, but he grew up on Skuros Island and was not familiar with it.
Just listen to the troubadour tremblingly saying: "Prince Achilles, this situation in the army may be solved by consulting the gods through the priests."
"Your suggestion is good, I will adopt it." Achilles nodded and threw a piece of gold to the troubadour. After listening to the troubadour's words, he was very inspired and felt that this time it was just a matter of time. It can be solved by the gods, and the decision is raised at the princes' meeting.
The meeting of princes of the Greek coalition is a meeting attended by all princes and heroes. It is also the highest meeting of the Greek coalition to make decisions. All major matters will be discussed and approved at this meeting before they are implemented.
At this time, the plague incident in the camp brought all the princes and heroes together again for a meeting.
"There are more and more people infected with the plague. We should isolate and bury these people. If they all wait to be cremated, firewood will no longer be able to keep up with the demand."
At this time, Achilles stood up and said: "Our army doctors don't have a good way to solve this plague. I hope to ask a priest, a diviner or a dream interpreter to ask for help." Take the will of the gods and see if they can find a way to appease Apollo's anger and eliminate the disaster in the army."
"Yes, we should offer sacrifices to the gods in order to find a way to solve this plague." Everyone nodded in agreement with Achilles' proposal, feeling that this plague could only be solved by asking priests or soothsayers to consult the gods.
Agamemnon was very angry as he watched this arrogant young man express his opinion and get the approval of many princes.
He believed that Achilles expressed his opinions just to steal the limelight, win people's hearts, and challenge his authority. Otherwise, even if Achilles came up with a solution, why not tell him privately in advance
Agamemnon absolutely could not tolerate such a thing happening, and was about to fight back when someone suddenly said: "There is no need to go to a priest or a soothsayer. Don't we have a seer here who can communicate with the gods at any time?" ?"
After hearing what he said, everyone remembered that Calchas was the great prophet in Greece and could ask the gods about the solution to the plague. Everyone had forgotten to ask his opinion at first.
Calkas's face was full of bitterness. He had actually known the reason for a long time, but he didn't want to speak. He hoped that everyone would forget about him at this time - because the essence of this matter is the conflict between the commander and the general, which is common in any world, but in this world, Force is more important, so the contradiction is more acute.
No matter what Calchas said, Agamemnon would be offended.
Agamemnon is the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Once he offends Agamemnon, his life may be in danger, because he knows very well what kind of person Agamemnon is - for the sake of the stability of his power, he can sacrifice his own daughter. , if you offend yourself, you can imagine the consequences.
But the gods asked him to speak, and he couldn't hide. He had no choice but to stand up. He knew that if he said these words, he would definitely offend Agamemnon, and his good days in the Greek coalition would be over. In the end, he had to find someone to protect him.
Calchas looked at Achilles and said: "Achilles, if you can protect me from harm, I can explain in detail why the gods are angry."
Although Achilles was a little surprised, he still said loudly: "Great prophet Calchas, you can boldly tell the reason, and I will protect you from anyone."
When Calchas heard Achilles's assurance in front of so many people, he truly felt relieved and was no longer afraid of Agamemnon's apparent revenge.
"The gods are not angry because we do not keep our oaths and sacrifices. He is angry because Agamemnon insults his priests. If we do not return the priest's daughter to him, then Apollo will not let it go."
"It will continue to bring disasters to us and cause more and more deaths. Only by fulfilling his wishes can we regain God's grace."
Kalkas' words undoubtedly caused ripples like a pebble thrown into calm water.
Everyone discussed the rationality of Calchas's words. If this was the case, they could only advise Agamemnon to put back Chryseis, the priest's daughter, to appease Apollo's anger.
"I think it may be the same as what Calchas said. It was Commander Agamemnon who insulted the priests of the gods and refused to return his daughter to him."
"If we want the gods to appease their anger, we must return Chryseis to the priest Chryses as soon as possible, otherwise our soldiers will have to endure the plague."
Achilles is very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old now. I didn't expect it to be caused by Agamemnon not returning the priest's daughter Chryseis last time, but now that I know the situation, it will be easier to handle. Let Agamemnon return the daughter of Chryses.
But after saying this, Agamemnon became furious and thought: "Achilles, are you eager to seize power now?"
(End of chapter)