Chryses was taken aback when he heard Agamemnon's words, he did not expect such an outcome.

You must know that although the battle of Troy was fierce on the battlefield, once captured, as long as someone is willing to pay a ransom, the captives can generally be ransomed.

And this time, Chrysis came to the Greek camp to redeem his daughter, and he thought that he was sure of everything, but he didn't expect it to be complicated.

On top of that, Chryses was a priest with a special sense of acumen (or he couldn't be a priest), and he immediately sensed the murderous aura in Agamemnon's words, and sensed the bad omen of fate, knowing that if he said more, the commander of the Greek coalition would kill himself against morality.

Chryses was silent and cautiously withdrew from the Greek camp, and no one around him stopped him from leaving.

Chryses walked slowly to the shore, looked at the sea in the distance, raised his hands with tears on his face, and prayed: "O great Apollo, you are the god who rules over such a large area, please listen to my complaint! ”

He prayed aloud, and his voice was sad and mighty.

Mount Olympus

Apollo sat on the golden seat, drinking wine and thinking about his thoughts, when Chryseys's prayer crossed the barrier of space and reached Apollo's ear.

Apollo listened to his prayers, understood what was going on, and was angry in his heart.

The Greeks were so arrogant that they knew that Chrysses was the priest of their temple, and if they did not agree to the request to redeem their daughter, they would humiliate Chrysses, which was simply a provocation to themselves.

Apollo decided to teach the arrogant Greeks a good lesson, so that they could not be blasphemed by the gods, and that his priests were not to be humiliated at will.

Apollo stood up, left Olympus in a rage, and with a bow and a quiver full of arrows on his shoulders, he was in a moment over the camp of the Greeks.

Apollo hovered silently above the barracks, and no one could detect its existence, looking down at the dense crowd below, he took off the bow and aimed it at the Greek camp.

"Phew. ”

The bow and arrow instantly disappeared into the barracks, piercing the bodies of the animals and soldiers in the camp, but no one felt anything abnormal.

One by one, the arrows were fired by Apollo into all corners of the Greek camp, and the soldiers and cattle who were hit by the arrows did not feel anything.

But soon the soldiers and cattle in the Greek camp fell ill with the plague and died in a miserable wail.

The accompanying doctor was helpless when he saw these plague soldiers, and could only watch these soldiers die in agony.

For a time, the Greek camp was gloomy.

The Prince's Mansion of Troy

Spring is blooming, Pei Ziyun's mansion, according to the Greek tradition, is planted with fruit trees and grapes, Pei Ziyun has not gone out these days, staying in the mansion with Onone and Helen, pointing out how to dig pools and pile up rockeries.

Only then did they all smile, Gesne came over, and Pei Ziyun got up unhurriedly: "You guys are busy, I'll come back when I go." ”

As he spoke, he listened to Gesnie's report.

"This is Apollo's revenge. After listening, Pei Ziyun stopped, although the spring flowers were blooming, in fact, it was still cold, faintly with a layer of slightly brown fog, and said at this time.

It is difficult to say the priesthood of Apollo, some people say that it includes light, prophecy, music, healing, etc., and even a little confused with the sun god in the future, but the original name was "the god of long-range shooting"!

When Chryses returned disgraced, he knew that the Greeks were about to face doom and that the gods would not remain indifferent to the humiliation of their priests.

Sure enough, news was now received from Gesne that a plague was raging in the Greek camp.

This kind of plague descended by the gods, ordinary medicine may not work at all, and the only way to turn to the gods is to seek their forgiveness.

So when Chryses came back with a sad face, Pei Ziyun told him not to worry, after a while, the Greeks would naturally obediently agree to the request.

"Hmph, Apollo is said to be light and life-like, but its bow is an arrow of plague or a supernatural disease, which is considered a combination of life and death?"

Pei Ziyun quickly climbed the city wall, raised his eyes, looked at the billowing smoke coming from the Greek camp in the distance, and knew that the corpses infected with the plague were being burned, and his face couldn't help but sneer.

The Greeks were arrogant and paid the price, believing that the plague brought to them by Apollo was very effective, but this was only the beginning, and the good show would continue to be played out.

"Agamemnon dominates the whole army, and it is easy for people to get used to this order, so his prestige is getting higher and higher, and in the script, the gods use the hand of Achilles to hit Agamemnon hard, forcing Agamemnon to admit his mistake and ask Achilles out. ”

"I'm going to follow the script, but instead of making the Greeks painless, it's going to blow it up. Pei Ziyun asked Gesnie, who was standing: "What's next, can you ensure safety?"

"Prince, you can be sure of safety, all those who speak, are indirect, and some even turn a few times. ”

"Well, tell them, do a good job, I won't treat them badly, you did a good job this time, go down and get the reward. Pei Ziyun said lightly.

"Thank you, Prince. With that, Gesne withdrew.

This time, the chess pieces planted by Gesnie in the Greek coalition army played an important role, and they just took advantage of the situation to spread some rumors, so that the contradictions between the heroes and commanders of the Greek coalition army, who were already at odds with each other, became public.

At this time, they don't have to fight, they just engage in internal struggle.

In the camp of the Greeks, the plague caused the death of all kinds of cattle at the beginning, and slowly spread to people, and the soldiers died one by one, and the number was slowly increasing.

The plague seemed to grow in power as the number of infected people increased, first infecting livestock, then ordinary soldiers, and even further, heroes and princes.

The firewood used to cremate the bodies in the camp burned day and night, and the bodies were moved out of the tent one by one.

Achilles looked at the corpses, his face full of worry, if it went on like this, without the Trojans attacking, they themselves would be dragged down by this plague.

At this time, a troubadour saw Achilles' worried expression and wanted to say something, but stopped again.

"What do you want to say?" Achilles noticed, this was a troubadour from his hometown of Tessalia, who was said to be a little famous, but he grew up on the island of Schyros and was not familiar with it.

I only heard the troubadour tremble and say, "Prince Achilles, this situation in the army may have to be solved by consulting the gods through the priests." ”

"Your suggestion is good, I'll take it. Achilles said with a little and threw a piece of gold to the troubadour, and when he heard the troubadour's words, he was very inspired, and felt that this time the matter could only be solved by the gods, and decided to raise it at the prince's council.

The Princes' Meeting of the Hellenic Coalition is a meeting attended by all princes and heroes, and it is also the highest meeting at which the Hellenic Coalition makes decisions.

At this time, the plague event in the camp brought all the princes and heroes together again for a meeting.

"There are more and more people infected with the plague, and we should isolate and bury these people, because if they are all cremated, the firewood will no longer be able to keep up with the demand. ”

At this time, Achilles stood up and said, "Our army doctors do not have a very good solution to this plague, I would like to consult a priest, a soothsayer, or a dream interpreter, and ask them to seek divine will to see if they can calm Apollo's anger and eliminate the calamity in the army." ”

"Yes, we should offer sacrifices to the gods in order to find a solution to this plague. The crowd nodded in agreement with Achilles' proposal, believing that the plague could only be solved by asking the priests or soothsayers to consult the gods.

Agamemnon was furious as he watched the arrogant young man speak his opinion and gain the approval of many princes.

He thinks that Achilles is expressing his opinion in order to steal the limelight, buy people's hearts, and challenge his authority, otherwise, even if Achilles comes up with a way, why not tell himself in advance in private?

Agamemnon could not tolerate such a thing, and was about to fight back, when suddenly someone said, "Don't you need to go to a priest or a soothsayer, don't we have a prophet here who can communicate with the gods at any time?"

Hearing him say this, everyone remembered that Calcas was the great prophet of Greece, and could ask the gods for the solution to this plague, and everyone forgot to ask his opinion at first.

Calcas's face was full of bitterness, he actually knew the reason for a long time, but he didn't want to speak, and hoped that everyone would forget him at this time - because the essence of this matter is the contradiction between the commander and the brave general, which is not uncommon in any world, but in this world, force is more important, so the contradiction is more acute.

Whatever Calcas said, he would offend Agamemnon.

Agamemnon is the commander of the coalition forces, once he offends Agamemnon, he may have to worry about his life, because he knows too well what kind of person Agamemnon is - for the sake of the stability of his power, he can sacrifice his own daughter, and if he offends, the end can be imagined.

But the gods wanted him to speak, and he couldn't hide, and he had no choice but to stand up, and he knew that if he said this, he would definitely kill Agamemnon, and then his good days in the Greek coalition would be over, and he had to find someone to protect him.

Calcas's gaze looked at Achilles and said, "O 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 aloud: "O great prophet Calcas, even if you boldly state the reason, I will protect you from anyone. ”

When Carcas heard Achilles' assurances in front of so many people, he really put his mind at ease and was not afraid of Agamemnon's revenge on the surface.

"The gods are not angry with us for not keeping our oaths and not offering sacrifices. He was angry that Agamemnon had insulted his priests, and if we didn't give him back the priest's daughter, Apollo wouldn't have given it up. ”

"It will continue to bring us calamities and make the dead more and more, and we can only regain God's grace if His desires are fulfilled. ”

Carcas's words undoubtedly rippled in circles like pebbles thrown into calm water.

The reasonableness of Carcas's words was discussed, and if that was the case, Agamemnon could only persuade Chryseis, the daughter of the priesthood, to put back in order to appease Apollo's anger.

"I think it is possible, as Carcas says, that it was Agamemnon who insulted the priests of the gods and did not return his daughter to him. ”

"If we want the gods to appease their wrath, we must return Chryseis to the priest as soon as possible, or our soldiers will have to endure the plague. ”

Achilles is very young, now he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he didn't expect it to be caused by Agamemnon's failure to return the priest's daughter Chryseis last time, but now that he knows the situation, it will be easy to do, and let Agamemnon return Chryseis's daughter.

But when Agamemnon said this, he immediately became furious and thought, "Achilles, can't you wait to seize power now?"