Troy Square is a space that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, with a circular fountain in the center of the square, and a statue of Zeus stands in the center of the fountain.

At intervals in the square, there are statues of deities, among them are Apollo, Hera, Hermes, Athena and other gods.

At this moment, the square near the palace was full of citizens who had come to attend the citizens' assembly, and everyone exchanged their heads and talked about each other.

After a while, the king came out of the palace, walked step by step up to the high platform in the square, and looked around, the crowd became silent, and everyone looked at King Priam with hope, waiting to speak.

The king spoke slowly, his voice sonorous.

"Citizens, I am King Priam, and the main purpose of this meeting is to let everyone decide who will send an envoy to Greece. ”

"As you know, I once sent Antenavus as a peace envoy to Greece with an olive branch of peace, demanding that the Greeks make amends for the robbery of his sister Hesione and return her to her homeland, but the Greeks laughed at it, and Antenavos suffered humiliation in Greece and was driven back by the Greeks. ”

When the king said this, his face was already sad and angry, and the citizens showed expressions of common hatred, and the envoy of a country was driven out, which was a provocation to Troy!

How can a new generation of citizens be tolerated by the power of their city-state?

The king glanced at the citizens, and was very satisfied, in fact, when Troy was destroyed, and the young Priam single-handedly restored Troy to its present size, his prestige was very high, and he continued: "Since the Greeks cannot be atoneted by peaceful means, and the elder sister Hesione cannot be returned to his country as soon as possible, then I want people to lead a strong army and use force to achieve what cannot be achieved by courtesy." ”

Antenavus stood up excitedly at this moment, and was the first to explicitly support the king's suggestion, only to hear him recall: "Citizens, I, the insult suffered by Antenavus as an envoy in Greece at that time, I suffer day and night, and whenever I recall this past, I am in great pain, and blame myself for not being able to restore the lost dignity of the kingdom of Troy. ”

Antenavus became emotional and waved his hand: "The Greeks are all madmen of peace, cowards of war, the last time I went away with peace, but I was neglected and insulted by these madmen, this time, we should use strong force to make those cowards understand that the dignity of the Trojan Kingdom cannot be violated and trampled on." ”

Antenavus's speech provoked a great indignation among the citizens against the Greeks, who were furious, roared, and unanimously demanded that war be used to teach the arrogant Greeks a lesson.

At this moment, an elderly Trojan Pantos stood up from the crowd, and saw that his hands were slightly raised and pressed down, and the anger of the citizens was slightly calmed.

"Citizens, in my childhood I heard my father Otirus say that the gods had sent an oracle that if one of the princes of the House of Raomedon brought back a wife from Greece in the future, all the Trojans would be doomed. ”

"Therefore, we cannot be fooled by the honor of battle. Friends, let us live in peace and tranquility, and do not gamble our lives in war, in which case we may lose even the most basic freedoms. ”

There was a grunt and sigh from the crowd.

"Pantos is an alarmist, oracle, how come I haven't heard of it?" said an old man about his age.

"Pantos deserves our respect, but we can understand that he is old and pursues a stable and comfortable life, but the humiliation we have suffered will not be washed away for a day, and the dignity will not be regained for a day if we lose it. ”

"Without dignity, we can't have a stable and comfortable environment. These are the words of a middle-aged citizen, and they have been praised by many.

"Yes, it is only by force that we can make the cowardly Greeks understand that Troy is no longer the Troy of the past. ”

Every day, dozens of merchant ships from various Greek city-states passed through the Dardanelles, and they had to pay taxes, which was one of the reasons why Troy was rich for many years, but the Greeks often had friction with it, and this was because Troy was defeated and destroyed by the Greeks.

Therefore, the words of this young citizen have won the strong approval of the citizens around him, and without majesty, how can he collect taxes from the caravans of the states?

It's about the welfare of all.

They all expressed their strong dissatisfaction with Pantos's suggestion, and asked King Priam to ignore the intimidation of an elderly man and boldly act on what he had decided.

And everyone agreed that the most suitable envoy to Greece this time was Prince Paris.

"Princes Essacus and Helenos are prophets, and usually suitable envoys, but now, what we need is a prince of force. ”

"Hector can't go, Prince Paris, who can kill the Kraken, is our favorite candidate!"

Facing the enthusiasm of the citizens, Pei Ziyun had to come to the stage, and he walked to the high platform: "Citizens, someone blamed me just now - Paris, you are the most suitable person, why don't you go?"

"But honorable citizens, I have just returned from Mount Ita, and I am not familiar with etiquette and diplomacy, so how can I go to Greece? ”

The citizens in the audience burst into laughter, and their favor was greatly increased by Paris's straightforward words.

Someone immediately said: "Antenavus is a master of ceremonial diplomacy, but he has been humiliated and driven back, and now it is necessary for a powerful prince to go to Greece." ”

Another nobleman of the city said, "As for the bosom of Onone, it is very good, but we will compensate for it, and we can give Paris ten virgin slaves as maids." ”

Speaking of this, there was another burst of laughter.

Pei Ziyun responded: "But my brother Helenos and the venerable Pantos both said that there was an oracle, saying that it was not good for me to go to Greece and that it would bring disaster to Troy." ”

The group of citizens in the audience responded: "If the gods make you make a mistake, then we will bear it together." ”

Pei Ziyun looked at King Priam, and saw that he nodded slightly, and knew that the time was coming, so he said: "Even if this is the case, I will not refuse." ”

As soon as the words fell, a plum appeared in front of him, and quickly enlarged, turning into a translucent data frame, floating in the field of vision with a faint sense of light, and data appeared in front of him.

"Mission: The will of the people - the will of the gods cannot be disobeyed, but you (Paris) cannot bear the responsibility for starting the war (completed)"

Pei Ziyun was only a little bit, and his eyes suddenly turned black, and he was out of phase.

I saw that above me, it was shrouded in a thick black gas, forming black clouds, and what was even more terrifying was that the clouds stretched out many snake heads, as if they wanted to devour everything around them.

At this time, the snake kept swimming in the clouds towards the citizens, and as it swam by, the sun extinguished its light, and the ghosts of the underworld roared in the square, and the citizens smirked, but their eyes were full of tears.

However, this anomaly was only for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, another fate point was added, and a new mission was released.

"Mission: Find a New Ally (Amazon Kingdom)"

"My black qi has decreased by seventy, but it has not disappeared out of thin air, it has only been transferred to the citizens, but in history, the citizens have shed blood for Troy, and after the city of Troy was broken, almost all the people were slaughtered, and the result was actually the same.

"It's just Paris, a little bit of life. ”

"Looking for new allies?"

"That's right, historically, the Amazon didn't actually send troops, it was just the Queen's personal actions. Pei Ziyun thought contemplatively.

"I hope that Prince Paris will return from this mission to Greece in triumph. "And the citizens don't know the change, one of the elders still says.

"Victory!"

"Snow Humiliation!"

"Triumph!"

The crowd in the square shouted in unison, and the voices soared into the sky, showing the shame of the Trojans for the crushing defeat decades ago, and their desire for victory.

"Now that the Citizens' Assembly has voted to appoint Paris as the envoy to Greece, Paris must not live up to everyone's expectations, and must show your bravest side, so that the arrogant Greeks will know that we are powerful in Troy. King Priam said.

"At the same time, in order to increase the prestige of Paris's envoys and increase the strength of the envoys, I decided to build a workshop on Mt. Date and rebuild large warships. "The king again gave an order to build a workshop on Mount Ida.

"Gather the citizens of the city, train them, and sell them at a low price from the treasury if they are short of weapons. ”

The Citizens' Assembly settles all the major events of the city-state, every citizen has the right to vote in the Citizens' Assembly, every citizen has the possibility of being elected to the council, and every citizen takes turns to participate in the jury, but also has an obligation, and this obligation is above all - to fight.

Citizens must bring their own armor and weapons to join the army, and each soldier's armor, weapons, and horses are purchased at their own expense, not by the state, which only bears all kinds of logistical expenses during the battle.

But there are always relatively poor citizens, and at this time the treasury sells weapons at a fair price in order to truly arm every citizen.

"There is still some time before the Greek envoy, Hector, I am sending you as an envoy to Vlikia, and you are to seek the support of the kingdom of Vlikia and form an alliance with them. ”

"Yes, Father, I will live up to my expectations. Hertor said solemnly.

Paris and Ifubos first traveled together to neighboring Percinia to enlist the kingdom's support and alliance. "King Priam was well arranged.

"Father, we have to win more allies, neighboring Percinia, I think Ifubos can go, I have a better place to go, that is, the farther Amazon kingdom, I am willing to win the support and alliance of the Amazons for my father. Pei Ziyun stood up and expressed his dissenting opinions, and said the country he planned to go to.

"I've also heard that there are monsters in the Amazon, and I want to help the Queen of the Amazon deal with the monsters, so that I can better fight for friendship, support and alliances. ”

Historically, the queen of the Amazons, Penthesilea, still led an army to aid Troy, mainly because she saw a sika deer while hunting, raised her spear and threw it, but accidentally hit her beloved sister Hippolyta, causing the goddess of revenge to chase and kill, and no sacrifice could calm the goddess's anger.

Hoping to get out of her predicament with the help of an expedition, Penthesirea chose twelve female warriors to come to Troy - all heroines, but not formed armies.

Moreover, Penthesilea came too late, and died in battle with little effect, and if he had come earlier, he might have given the Greeks more casualties.

King Priam readily agreed to Pei Ziyun's suggestion, after all, it would be beneficial for Troy to win one more ally.

The king looked around the audience: "Citizens, we are about to face war this time, but our army is far from outnumbered, and I hope that the young men present will show your courage and contribute your best strength to the victory of the Trojan kingdom over the Greeks." ”

"The meeting was adjourned. ”

At the end of the meeting, the young Trojans showed enough enthusiasm to sign up for the army and make their contribution to the coming war.

The Trojans were now in high spirits, they were more hungry for war than ever, and their courage and determination gave them confidence in the war that was coming.

Pei Ziyun also withdrew, looking at these: "Now, everything is the will of the collective, and these people have indeed shed blood for Troy in history." ”

"Now, Elder Antenor is afraid that he already has a different heart, right?" Pei Ziyun's eyes flashed, and he looked at an old man with a gloomy face.

However, to be fair, it is not dissenting, it can only be regarded as a way out - Antenor helped the king to rebuild the Troy establishment and made a meritorious service, but in the Battle of Troy, this man opposed the war from the beginning and encouraged the king to return Helen in exchange for the retreat of the Greeks.

And when the Greek envoys came, they entertained and protected the Greek envoys, so they became a few survivors after the city was broken, and the bodies of the Trojans were buried in this family.

However, this is also human nature, and not everyone wants to establish hegemony and gain the glory of a great power.

There are some people who only want to enjoy the present wealth, although it is ridiculous, even if Troy wants peace, Greece will start a war and will not allow Troy to rise peacefully.

Pei Ziyun shook his head slowly, when he saw this story in his previous life, he always felt that it could be changed, and even regretted the destruction of Troy.

Now I understand that not only Greece wants war, but Troy also wants war, not only the king, but also the citizens, not only man wants war, but God also wants war.

Whoever stands in the way will be immediately shattered, no, even Elder Antenor can only oppose it in a roundabout way, but cannot resist the will of the people.

Even the gods on high had no peaceful way to resolve the contradictions between Greece and Asia Minor, the contradictions between the gods and the order of divine power.

And he can only strive to grow stronger in the war and strive for that glimmer of life.

"Is this the so-called small trend that can be changed, and the big trend is difficult to change?" Pei Ziyun thought, but sped up his pace to the carriage, ready to return to his mansion immediately, and soon he was about to go to Amazon, even if he was newly married, he always parted more and got together less, he couldn't help but sigh.