"Bang bang bang!"

The pungent smell of gunpowder smoke permeated the entire battlefield, and with the green smoke, the fire gun spat out tongues of fire, and the projectiles fired could also kill the enemies on the opposite side one by one.

If one projectile can't kill someone, then two, three!

After the first platoon of musketeers retreated, they quickly reloaded the projectiles, but it would take a minute or two, and the second platoon of musketeers quickly filled up and continued to fire at the Greeks, killing and wounding many more enemies.

That's where the firebolt comes in.

If it is placed in the eastern battlefield, the Wu army will only have one or two chances to open fire when facing the enemy's cavalry.

Fortunately, the Greeks did not have any cavalry, and even if they did, they were shot at first.

After being attacked by the Wu army's crossbow arrows and firearms, the Greeks, who were still full of fighting spirit, finally couldn't hold back and began to flee.

They regard these Wu people as "devils"!

That's it?

Qingji looked at the Greeks who had fled, turned around and ran, and was still a little "disappointed".

Weak, too weak.

He didn't even use the last "killing move", that is, the general's cannon!

Now, it seems, there is no need to!

"Cavalry! Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Boom!"

With Qingji's order, the iron cavalry of the Wu army, which had already riveted its strength, suddenly rushed out of control towards the Greek coalition army that was scattering birds and beasts on the opposite side like a flood that had opened the floodgates.

There were 30,000 cavalry in the Great Wu, while the Greeks fled on only two legs, and the final result was self-evident.

The iron cavalry of the Wu army waved their butcher's knives at the Greeks mercilessly.

Use their heads to add another credit to your own book!

"Poof!"

"Whew!"

The Greeks, who fled for their lives in disarray, could no longer pose a threat to the Wu army.

Many of them fled without looking back, and then were coldly cut off by the Wu army's iron cavalry, or a spear pierced through the body, and fell straight in a pool of blood.

In this battle, the main force of the Greek coalition army was annihilated, and the Wu army took advantage of the great victory and bombarded the Acropolis.

After more than a dozen rounds of indiscriminate bombardment by the general's artillery, the Acropolis was also broken by the Wu army, and even Perikles was captured by the Wu army.

Ephialtes, the consul of Athens and commander of the allied Greek army, died in the chaos.

……

The day after the siege of Athens, Qingji came to visit the Temple of the Goddess of Victory.

The Temple of Victory, also known as the Wingless Temple of Victory, is located on a steep, west-protruding platform on the Acropolis Hill.

Naki is the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, who is in charge of victory, good luck, success, etc., and in a sense, she is also a goddess of fate.

It is worth mentioning that in ancient Greek mythology, Naiki's cousin and partner were Athena......

Qingji originally wanted to visit the Parthenon, but it seems that this temple has not yet been built, but there is no doubt that Athena is the patron goddess of Athens, Argos, Megara, Sparta and other cities.

Athena, the goddess of wisdom, held a high status in the hearts of the Greeks.

At this time, here in the Temple of the Goddess of Victory, Qingji met a famous figure in ancient Greece-

Pericles!

The Pericles Reform is one of the most famous in world history.

Historically, he rebuilt Athens from the ruins of the Greco-Persian Wars and fostered culture and art......

And now, Perikles is not yet thirty years old and is just beginning to make a name for himself.

"Perikles, are you willing to surrender to Great Wu and do things for me?"

Qingji threw an olive branch to Burlicles.

Hearing this, Perikles hesitated.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder how you will treat us Athenians?"

How the victors treated the vanquished, it seems, goes without saying.

Better yet, the Athenians can continue to stay in their homeland, continue to live, and may one day "turn around" and rebuild the era that belongs to Athens.

Worse still, the Athenians would be reduced to slavery and then forced to migrate to other places, to be enslaved by others for the rest of their lives, and indeed to be enslaved by others for their children and grandchildren.

And it is obviously impossible for Qingji to tolerate the possibility of an Athenian comeback.

"Pericles, your Athenian civilization is the leader of Greece."

Qing Ji said meaningfully, "I can't allow such a civilization to exist under the rule of my Great Wu."

"What I want is not submission, but assimilation, is it necessary for a nation that may rebel against my Great Wu at any time?"

Qingji told Perikles very calmly.

The demise of Athens was doomed, not only by the city-state, but also by the cultural system.

"Your Majesty, do you want to reduce all Athenians to slavery?"

Perikles couldn't help but turn pale.

Qingji said slowly, "Not all Athenians, a talent like Mr. Pericles, I can still open the net."

"Your Majesty, if I can't be of your use, will you kill me, Your Majesty?"

"Yes."

「……」

Pericles was silent.

He didn't expect Qingji to answer so decisively.

If you can't be used by Qingji, you will die!

Perikles eventually surrendered.

After all, the glorious Athens of the past has been destroyed, or was easily destroyed by Great Wu, and Perikles knew that with his own ability, it was impossible to recover the Athenian city-state, so why did he bother to die for Athens?

After Perikles swore allegiance to Qingji, the emperor's grandson, Wu Ji, stepped forward and said, "The emperor's grandfather and grandson have already coordinated it."

"The soldiers, plus the inhabitants of Athens, are about 220,000 men."

"I wonder what Grandfather is going to do with them?"

Hearing this, Qingji thought for a while, and said, "All of them were reduced to slaves and sold to the twenty western feudal kingdoms in the form of official slaves, and the proceeds were included in the treasury of Great Wu."

"No!"

Wu Ji immediately agreed.

Reducing all 220,000 people to slavery, why did Qingji do this?

The answer is obvious.

Athens was different from the rest of the states and city-states.

For example, when Qingji destroyed the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia before, he did not reduce the Assyrians, Syrians, Lydians and other foreign races under his rule to slaves, why did the Athenians suffer such "unfair" treatment?

If you want to blame, it is to blame that the civilization of the Athenian city-state is too "brilliant" and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Qingji is not sure whether the Athenians will rise up and rebuild the Athenian city-state if they still live in the same place and enjoy citizenship rights in the future.

And this thing is highly likely.

"In addition, take away the Athenian treasury, and the money and food of every household, and all the valuable things, and take them away, and the city will ...... raze me to the ground."

"No!"

Wu Ji didn't think about it, and directly agreed.

Since he wants to assimilate the alien race, Qingji cannot allow the existence of "aliens".

Many of the iconic buildings of Athens, such as the Temple of the Goddess of Victory, where Qingji now stands, are full of Athenian characteristics and belong to historical sites, and Qingji must not be kept.