Chapter 388: Conquest
Attracted by the bloody pleas of the Upper Macedonian tribes and the promise to cede large territories, the Thracians launched a surprise attack on the Illyrian coalition and succeeded in strangling a force. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Thracian warriors boasted of their prowes and the nobles marveled at the peeling weapons and equipment of their enemies, and before they could wake up from the joy of their festivities, the enraged Illyrian coalition, abandoning the remnants of the Macedonian army, rushed into Thracian territory like a torrent, killing people on sight, and not wanting to surrender and be taken prisoner.
Overnight, the long border with Macedonia was filled with smoke from war-torn villages, and countless lives withered and withered like fallen leaves.
Because the coalition forces have been blessed by Lu Bin, the mortals killed by them have all sunk their souls in the dark and dull underworld, and will not go to the kingdom of Dionysus, the god of wine, to enjoy happiness.
The Thracians suffered an unprecedented blow, charging the fastest vanguard corps, and at one point the advance reached the royal city of "Sytopolis", where they were repulsed by the elite guards of the royal city due to their small number of troops, but only repulsed.
The Illyrian coalition did not come with the will to conquer, and burned and looted along the way, more ruthless than the Thracian mercenaries. Crops in farmland are set on fire if they can't be taken away; clean water sources are either buried with sediment or polluted with rotting corpses; villages that resist stubbornly are slaughtered en masse, villages that dare not resist are slaughtered en masse, and villages that voluntarily surrender are also slaughtered.
Only then did the Thracians realize that the price paid by the short-sighted foolishness of the brutal Beastmaster was too heavy. In less than a month, half of the country was lost, and most of the people died, and they wanted to send troops to strangle them, but they helplessly found that they could not find the main force of the Illyrian city-state army for a decisive battle.
As for the main Thracian forces that had previously responded to the Covenant and entered Upper Macedonia, they were harassed day and night by the never-before-seen Legion of Wolf Knights, and they were deeply trapped in the mountains of Upper Macedonia and could not move.
If you don't have the ability to stop war, don't start it lightly. These are the exact words brought by the king of Illyria through the Macedonian merchants, and the Thracians know that the danger of the destruction of the nation is imminent, and they take out the last hole cards.
The half-goat people who inhabit the old forests of the mountains are said to be descendants of the god Sartylus from Dionysus, the half-man, half-beast god of the forest, with goat horns, hooves and feet, and a tail. Half-sheep inherited the wild power of nature from their ancestors, and when they see blood, they go berserk and become berserkers of immense strength.
The Illyrian coalition warriors who penetrated deep into the Thracian region did suffer heavy losses under the counterattack of the Half-Sheep at first, but they quickly found a way to restrain them, and the heroic warriors who were full of the death of the underworld and matched the strength of the heroes were gathered to fight the Half-sheep.
On one side is a terrifying heroic warrior who has no emotion, like a cold machine, harvesting life without hurry. On one side is the arrogant battlefield, with fiery killing intent, wielding a mace and a giant scythe, the descendants of the half-human, half-beast Satyros.
In one-on-one situations, the Valhallic warriors are slightly inferior to the half-sheep, and after forming a battle formation in groups, the former will always have the last laugh when facing the descendants of Satyros, who are fighting separately and even killing each other.
In the wilderness of the royal city of Thrace, the last legion of the Half-Sheep was annihilated by the Heroic Warriors, and the slaughter caused the royal family and nobles standing at the head of the city to tremble.
And that's not all! The wolf knight, with a keen sense of smell, sniffed the smell and found the lair of the half-sheep hidden in the deep mountain forest, killed all the females and cubs left behind, and then turned all the descendants of Satyrus, the relics related to the forest demigod, into a pile of ashes.
"Another alien race has been slaughtered, and the land is white, so clean!"
Lu Bin has no opinion on the demise of the half-sheep people, and the elimination of these tribes that have long been marginalized is the mission given by the world. Not surprisingly, the Acadia region of the Peloponnese, with its rough temperament, was also on the list of purges.
The Thracian high-level witnessed the slaughter of more than 5,000 half-sheep people whose strength rivaled the heroes, slaughtered by the Illyrian coalition army, but their own losses were negligible, and suddenly felt a piercing coldness, just like the autumn of Xiao Slaughter came in advance - due to the high latitude, the Thracians have a clear "cycle of the four seasons", dedicated to the three goddesses of time, the bud maiden Onomia, the goddess of flower crowns, and the harvest lady Erene.
In the face of the harsh reality, the Thracians knelt, but the coalition forces did not stop, and it was not until the hanged messengers in front of the Illyrian king's tent piled up into a hill that Lu Bin's anger eased slightly.
"Fifty percent of the field tax was paid every year, and troops were sent to attack Upper Macedonia. The Thracian royal family was hanged, all the nobles were executed, the priests who sacrificed to Dionysus. ”
The Thracians could not accept such harsh conditions of the Illyrian king, and then a large number of villages were slaughtered, especially fortress-like towns, which were completely destroyed and set on fire, but for the first time those who surrendered were forgivingly spared.
Every day people died, black smoke of war burned everywhere in the Thracian region, and thousands of clansmen died under the short-sightedness of the Thracian kings and nobles. Unfortunately, the situation collapsed, and the superiors still refused to sacrifice themselves, but only ordered the people to resist spontaneously, but turned a blind eye to the snowflakes of letters for help.
The strategy of dividing the nobles and commoners began to work, and more and more people were willing to surrender or even lead the way, and the nobles and citizens hiding in the secret realm of the forest were attacked and slaughtered by the heroic warriors with divine powers.
The secret realm of the forest was harvested by Lu Bin himself, and then completely destroyed, and the act of cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots angered the patron god of the Thracians, Dionysus.
It's a pity that this highness has suffered in the hands of Lu Bin, and he didn't dare to tease the tiger whiskers of the beast king, but he forced himself to vent his anger on the coalition army, trying to pull out these more threatening minions.
How could Lu Bin let him get his wish, every time Dionysus came in a doppelganger, ready to wantonly slaughter a small group of Illyrian coalition soldiers, Lu Bin would tear open the gap in space and appear directly beside this highness.
Whether it is the sword of Tritong or the Rakshasa knife obtained from the world of Brahman, it can hurt and even kill the gods, and His Royal Highness Dionysus, who is not good at fighting, can only escape in embarrassment.
He had to start thinking about whether betraying his descendants and sacrificing all the priests could really quench the wrath of the Illyrian king.
The gods attacked the mortal army without hesitation, and the losses of the Illyrian coalition were not insignificant. Lu Bin tore open the gap in the space, and the source of consumption was also expensive, and when the overall situation was decided, he decided to take a step back.
"The hanging of the Thracian royal family, the execution of all the nobles, and the sacrifice of all the priests, one of them can be chosen, and the tax of fifty fields and the sending of troops to Macedonia will leave no room for bargaining. ”
The merchant offered the new conditions, and saw a large number of nobles and priests on the spot, staring maliciously at the lonely Thracian king, and before the king could react, a court change occurred.
The Thracians wanted to surrender for a long time, but the upper echelons could not accept such harsh conditions, and when the royal family was sacrificed, the doom of the country and the extinction of the nation could be saved, and the nobles and priests did not hesitate to strangle the descendants of the gods.
Fifty percent of the annual land tax was nothing to the poor Thracians. In the past, food had to be purchased from allies Trojans, at the cost of skilled Thracian mercenaries who helped the Trojans in their wars.
As for sending troops to Macedonia, the Thracians agreed through gritted teeth, and now that they came to their senses, they hated their former neighbors for dragging them into the water.
The Thracians, who chose to surrender and lead the way, learned from the close warriors that the Illyrian coalition had not advanced eastward at all, and that the plan to conquer the Thracian region was entirely a retaliation made by anger, which can be inferred from the early refusal to surrender and be captured.
When the Thracian higher-ups learned of this, they immediately forgot about the promises of 800 tarrants of gold and large territories from the Upper Macedonians, and instead deeply hated these despicable and shameless people who had drawn them into the vortex of war to death.
During the three-month Conquest of Treis, the tribes of Upper Macedonia seized the opportunity to recuperate and take advantage of the fact that most of the Illyrian coalition army had been transferred to the eastern front and the rear was empty, recapturing many important passes and restoring the front to its original period.
However, they did not wait long, and the Illyrian coalition returned, and with a large number of Thracian mercenaries, concentrated a little and attacked day and night with superior forces, and after a successful breakthrough, they continued to advance, and finally tore through the layers of defense lines, and found the old and weak women and children who were closely protected.
This time, instead of raising their butcher's knives, the Illyrian mercenaries were angry with these tribes, and they couldn't help but kill them, wantonly venting their fear of surviving in the shadow of war.
The two countries that had formed a blood feud on this sea, Lu Bin knew that Macedonia and Thrace could no longer join forces, and both sides were greatly damaged, so he let them go with satisfaction and turned his eyes to Troy on the other side of the sea.
Prince Paris takes the stunning beauty Helen and the looted from the Spartan royal palace to return to the home where he was born. Before meeting King Priam, the clever Prince Paris, he used the looted wealth to buy his brother and the nobles of Troy.
The return of ships and elite warriors further strengthened the garrison of the Trojan King. In response to the allied forces of the Greek city-states, Prince Paris actively enlisted Trojan allies.
Prince Paris contacted King Aeneas of Daldania, who was both a distant cousin and the son-in-law of Priam. Pandarus, the prince of Lycchia, was once gifted with a magic arrow by the dazzling Apollo, and was known for his good shooting. Larissa princes Hippertous and Pyleus, who are descendants of the god of war and so on.
The lord of Troy was Hector the Helmet, the most illustrious prince of King Priam's fifty sons and the first hero.
Under the direction of his compatriot King Thelephos of Missia, the Greek coalition landed on the coast between the peninsulas of Siguion and Lytheon, and set up a series of barracks that looked like a brand new city.
The fighters pulled the chariots ashore and lined up in columns in order. The bottom of the ship was covered with stones, so that it would not rot due to moisture.
Both sides are ready, and a big war is imminent.