Thinking about these issues that had to be considered, she settled down and said in a firm tone: "To save the king is to save yourselves, otherwise Xerxes's army will attack here, and everyone will be reduced to slavery." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The enslavement of the citizens of the defeated countries is the truest portrayal of this era, and the slave society is like this.

"We're not going to be slaves."

"Xerxes has long promised that if we submit to him, he will not destroy and demand anything from us." A young voice with no face in sight said with some excitement.

He paused, as if to consider how to phrase it more convincingly, and after a moment of reflection, continued: "It was King Leonidas who decided to resist the Persians, not us. ”

The queen did not expect the young people in the Senate to have such thoughts, and for a moment it was a little vain.

Young people are the hope of a nation, and if they were gone, the country might really be finished, and the queen was disappointed.

One of the senators added: "Your husband, who is our king. He went out with 300 of our top warriors, and he didn't have the permission of the council! He has broken the law! ”

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was getting more and more serious, the queen exhaled deeply.

She looked at the crowd and said, "Dear councillors, I stand here as the queen of Sparta... As a mother, wife, and daughter of Sparta, she stands here with the most humble heart. ”

She paused for a moment, adjusting to her ambivalence of being disappointed and having to keep hope, and continued:

"I am not representing King Leonidas, who went to the front to die in order to defend his country! His actions are more powerful than my words. ”

"I represent the unknown mothers, wives, children ... 300 families ... They are defending to the death our right to exist, and our Greek civilization and glory ... ”

Saying that, she sighed and continued helplessly: "Everyone! We are at war! And you are here to weigh the gains and losses with me。。。。。。 ”

Hearing this, many people in the Senate lowered their heads, after all, the Spartans were all simple people, and the concept of right and wrong was still direct after all.

"I don't know what promises you have received from Xerxes, but we must send a great army to King Leonidas, not only to save him, but to save yourselves, and your descendants hereafter!" ”

"The king and his 300 warriors, what he did made us stronger. No matter how terrible the army of the Persians was, our king did not flinch. Your choice today will echo their bravery. ”

"We are mighty Spartans."

"We are proud Spartans."

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When the queen had finished, the hall was silent.

After a while, everyone was talking, and it seemed that most of them had begun to waver, and some people said very directly, "We should send troops!" ”

The queen looked at the commotion, and her face gradually became a little happy.

However, a cold and merciless voice said abruptly: "The queen is really witty, but your words cannot change the truth, it is your husband who brings us the scourge of war." ”

"Our king has killed the Persian envoy in a frenzy, so that we have cut off the possibility of peace talks with the Persians!"

Standing up with the voice was a richly dressed middle-aged man, and everyone's eyes invariably looked at him, revealing a look of awe.

It was clear that he was very powerful in Parliament, because he was the Speaker of Parliament, and many people looked at him and felt that what he said seemed to be right.

The people who were already shaken in the Senate hesitated a little when they heard his words.

Logically, the king of Sparta did refuse to submit to the Persians, and eventually killed the messenger.

When the queen heard this, she could no longer hold back the anger in her heart, and retorted indignantly: "You are wrong! Speaker! This is Xerxes's pick! ”

"Before that, there was the battle of the marathon provoked by his father Darius."

"Their desire to conquer never ceases, have you forgotten what happened to Babylon, which once submitted to Persia? If we are not trampled into ruins, the Persians will never be reconciled! ”

The councillor sneered and said in a cold tone: "The council doesn't need you to give us a history lesson, Queen!" ”

The queen replied unceremoniously: "So what class do you want to take?" Would you like me to list them? Reputation? Glory? Or is it the duty of being a subject? ”

Not to be outdone, the councillor retorted: "Reputation, glory, responsibility? Queen! Did you ever think when you said this that our king, despite the opposition of the priests, ignored the laws of the Senate, and abandoned us to go to the front to be heroes? ”

"What's this?"

Hearing him speak so sharply and confronting the queen-for-tat, everyone present felt an inexplicable chill.

However, what he said did seem to be flawless, and for a moment everyone in the hall began to echo.

"Yes! What is this? ”

"That's right! The king left us alone. Queen, you have to give us an explanation! ”

Listening to everyone's questions, the queen's eyes became cold.

She looked around and said slowly, "We all know that the priests can not care about the survival of Sparta, or even the survival of Greece. ”

"For even if Greece perished, they could still be worshipped by the Persians, and they could be priests of the Persians."

"As for the Senate ... Speaker, can you explain to us what this pile of stuff is? ”

As she spoke, she clapped her hands and summoned a group of guards from outside the hall.

Several guards carried a large wooden box from outside the hall in the hall, and several trembling people were escorted to the crowd at the same time.

The queen pointed to the chest in front of her and the people who were escorted, and said to everyone, "This is an interesting box that the guards have found from the house of the Speaker, and there are several other interesting people, so you may wish to take a look." ”

With that, she kicked the box that was open in the hall.

Suddenly, a large piece of Huang Cancan's gold coins were scattered in the small half of the hall.

"This is the gold coin of Persia!" One of the councillors picked up a gold coin and looked at the Speaker of the Senate with indignation.

The gold coin is inscribed with the texture of the head of King Xerxes of Persia, apparently a bribe from the Persian Empire.

"These men are Persians! How could it be hidden in the Speaker's house?! Another councillor looked at the captives, who were clearly enemies, and glared at the Speaker of the Senate with an angry face.

The face of the President of the Senate was already extremely ugly at this time, and he wanted to quibble about something, but it was too late, and the queen did not show this hole card until now, in order to play a decisive role.

I don't know which one roared hoarsely: "Traitor! ”

Everyone in the hall of the Senate immediately gathered around, and the guards also drew their swords and pointed at the Speaker of the Senate.

The Parliament immediately decided to support King Leonidas, but the Queen herself was not glad that she had persuaded the Parliament, and she was still very worried about her husband's safety.

Since the army is only now being recruited, it will take at least four days to rush from here to Hot Springs.

It may be in time for rescue, or it may be too late.

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The scene cuts back to the front line of Hot Springs, where the people on the front line do not know that the queen has won the support of the parliament in the capital.

They looked at the wrecked ships that were still floating in the sea in front of them, and each thought about their own thoughts.

Ling Zifeng thought about his mission [Kill the Persian King Xerxes in six days], and his hope of being able to complete it was very slim.

Although the sudden storm had relieved them of some of their pressure, his heart was still uneasy when he looked at the Persian army that still covered the sky on the plains in the distance.

Mo Sandi thought that her brother might be in the army in the distance, and at the same time she was anxious, but also very uneasy, because the number of Persian troops on the opposite side was too large.

Leonidas's heart was calm, and he saw the uneasiness and hesitation in the eyes of the two of them, and knew that the root cause was the problem of numbers.

He was not a madman, and he certainly did not become arrogant, he knew that his men could hold this place for at least four days, and as long as the queen could convince the Senate that it would only take four days, reinforcements would naturally arrive.

However, what he didn't expect was also the key character in the plot, the deformed Spartan descendant.

The man would then take the Persians and follow their back. Only Ling Zifeng knew all this, of course, this is a later story.

At the moment, the Greek allies from Athens sent sentinels to quietly ascend to the heights to spy on the enemy's troops.

After a while, the Sentinel returned.

With a shocked look on their faces, they reported the situation to the king: "Persians! They had an innumerable fleet and men and horses as far as the eye could see. ”

The other sentry also said incredulously, "But I have seen their countless ships swallowed up by the sea!" Oh, my God! How many of them are here this time? ”

Leonidas smiled and said, "What we see is only a small part of Xerxes' army!" ”

When Ling Zifeng heard this, his heart was even more shocked, as if his mouth was wide open, and even his chin was about to fall to the ground.

The Athenian officer trembled and said, "We... We can't beat it! ”

Leonidas grinned and said, "Athenians! We Spartans are battle-hardened soldiers! At this narrow pass, the numerical advantage will be reduced to a very low level. ”

"I only hope that the Persian army over there will have a worthy opponent, otherwise it will be too boring."

Ling Zifeng knew that the king said this, it was his words to calm the morale of the army, and of course, this also unreservedly expressed his strength, self-confidence, and the madness peculiar to the Spartans.

The king laughed, ignoring the way the Athenians around him looked at him like madmen.

He didn't care, and he didn't need to care, because he liked the word crazy, maybe he was that crazy.

Madness does not mean idiocy, and Leonidas, knowing that the enemy would not give him time, ordered that a temporary wall of stone be built at the already narrow pass, and then be taken from the already narrow pass.

Ling Zifeng and Mo Santi also went over to help, and he used his magic to make the stones float off the ground.

"Magic! Enchanter! It's amazing! The people around were amazed to see the stones floating, and they happily carried the stones while expressing their admiration for Ling Zifeng.

Mo Sandi also exclaimed on the side, "The magic is amazing, it saves a lot of effort!" ”

Indeed, this makes it much easier to move the stones floating in the air, which saves everyone a lot of effort.

While he was busy, the sentry warned that there was an enemy attack.

However, the number does not seem to be too much, about twenty people.

Leonidas smiled and said confidently: "It should be the vanguard of pathfinding, and the sentries I arranged there are enough to deal with." ”

The Athenian officer on the side was a little incredulous, he glared and asked, "Are you sure?" There were only five of them over there! ”

Before he finished his words, he heard a killing sound from the front of him, "Ah~Mom~Help~", and after a while, it was quiet.

Ling Zifeng and Mo Sandi ran over to see what was going on with some doubts.

I saw that the twenty-man Persian advance team that attacked from there was lying on the ground, and was so easily killed on the spot by five Spartans.