"Perhaps the invasion of the barbarian tribe that will come soon will be a good opportunity." Sophia suddenly said after a moment of silence.
Hearing her words, Achilles paused for a moment and said: "You mean, after defeating the Macedonians, he took advantage of the situation to launch a war against the barbarian tribes in the north and seize sheep, horses and other livestock and people?"
To the north of the Pinho River, it is a flat area. There are not only more than a dozen small city-states here, but also many large and small tribes living on the fertile grassland.
These tribes all make a living by nomadic life. The largest tribe is Macedonia, with a population of about ten thousand, while other tribes have five or six thousand people in large tribes and only one or two thousand in small ones.
Although the populations of these tribes are not large, they all raise a large number of sheep, horses and other livestock. You must know that in this era, even a sheep or a horse is an extremely precious wealth.
If Thessaly can take advantage of the situation to wipe out some tribes, it will not only get a large number of sheep and horses, but also the captured barbarian tribes¡¯ population can be used as slaves.
Sophia said with some worry: "It's just that these barbarians are extremely tough and each of them is very powerful. Your army has just been formed. Even if it defeats this invading barbarian army, there will probably be casualties." heavy."
After pondering for a moment, Achilles thought of something, and with a confident smile on his face, he said: "It doesn't matter. There are fifty or sixty ballistae on the armored battleship anyway. At worst, they will be dismantled when the time comes."
After he said this, Sophia's eyes lit up and she echoed: "Yes, that kind of ballistae is very powerful. If sixty of those ballistae fire in a salvo, those barbarians will collapse on the spot."
"At that time, you can also try to use the God of War halo given to you by the Goddess of Wisdom. It can not only greatly improve the combat effectiveness and endurance of soldiers, but also make them as fast as the wind."
Achilles grinned and said lazily: "Actually, after thinking about it, there is no need to go to so much trouble. I might as well just carry the spearmen and stand inside the Macedonian team. A dozen thunderbolts will fall down, guaranteed. Let them die."
Sophia shook her head hurriedly and said: "No, demigods with divinity are not allowed to have the power of law on the mortal battlefield, otherwise they will be punished by the will of heaven and earth."
Achilles didn't know about this. Now that he heard Sophia mention it, he didn't show any surprise. As a strong man standing at the pinnacle of demigods, he naturally knows how the power of law can kill mortals. force.
If a super demigod of his level used the power of law on a mortal battlefield, he would be able to instantly reverse the situation and cause the death of hundreds of mortal soldiers.
You must know that even the gods will not easily interfere in mortal wars. Even in the Trojan War, those gods deliberately wanted to intervene in the war, but in the end they only sent down diseases to temporarily lose the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and Their lives will not be taken away.
But even if he doesn't use the power of law, his invulnerability is not something ordinary demigods can fight against. On the mortal battlefield, he is invincible.
"It seems that it is necessary for Zomochus to speed up the recruitment of soldiers and increase the number of soldiers to three thousand before the Macedonians invade."
According to Achilles¡¯s estimate, the number of Macedonian troops who invaded Thessaly this time would never exceed 3,000. You must know that Macedonia is not the only tribe on the grassland.
The battles between these tribes were more bloody and fierce than the battles between city-states. When the Macedonians invaded Thessaly, they had to leave some warriors behind to take care of the safety of the tribes.
Although Thessaly is an agricultural kingdom that mainly focuses on farming, the people here have inherited the toughness and fighting skills of their ancestors. Every man begins to learn fighting skills when he is very young. By the time he reaches adulthood, They all have good force.
As long as they are given sophisticated weapons and blessed by the aura of the God of War, each of these young warriors who are good at fighting will become a killer on the battlefield.
About two thousand fully armed Thessalian soldiers, equipped with dozens of ballistae, could defeat about three thousand barbarian Macedonians.
And with the amount of food purchased from the kingdom now, it is already the limit to maintain two thousand soldiers for several months. If the number of soldiers is increased at all costs, the entire army will appear due to lack of food. turmoil.
The reason why Achilles boldly increased the number of soldiers to 3,000 actually had some ideas. After all, this war was related to the safety of the entire Thessaly, and the nobles naturally could not.?Being outside of yourself.
As the saying goes, if you have money, you have the strength to contribute. These noble nobles will naturally not risk their lives to fight on the battlefield, so they have to pay for food.
Achilles¡¯ purpose is to use the money and food of these nobles to support his soldiers. After defeating the Macedonians, the lambs plundered from the grasslands, combined with the grain he saved on hand, could last until the crops on his land were harvested.
Anyway, there are more than a dozen city-states and numerous barbarian tribes to the north of Thessaly. His brave army can just clean them one by one and accumulate wealth, food, and slaves for the reform of the kingdom.
It was getting dark. After dinner, Achilles accompanied Sophia and chatted with Inas for a while. Because Inas asked Sophia to accompany her, Achilles returned alone. residence.
The moonlight is like a flower, but it will never shine in this dim house again. It seems that I have been heartbroken and am afraid of seeing something again.
Standing in front of the window, looking at the waning moon in the sky, Achilles wanted to feel the intimacy of the moonlight again, but no matter how hard he tried, not a single bit of moonlight fell on him.
"Why can't I feel the brilliance of the moon? Could it be that the moon told you something that made you sad and you don't want to see me again?" He whispered in his heart, and the image that made him wave flashed in his mind. A figure that will never go away.
"Young Achilles, the heart of the moon goddess Artemis has been broken by you. Don't you want to go and see her?" Behind him, a woman's voice suddenly sounded. His whole body froze.
He was certain that he had closed the door after returning to his residence. In other words, the woman who suddenly appeared behind him definitely did not come in through the door.
With his brain spinning rapidly, he finally gave up the urge to use force. Since the opponent could appear quietly behind him, he was obviously much stronger than himself.
He slowly turned around, and when his eyes finally fell on the woman behind him, he was shocked. Because he discovered that standing behind him was actually Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.
When his eyes fell on Aphrodite, he could no longer move away. On her slender, plump and graceful body, she was only wearing a hollow gauze dress, and she could vaguely see the large smooth body. Soft skin.
Achilles can swear that from the moment he was born, he has never seen such a beautiful body that makes people lose their mind.
The hollow gauze is half-covered, but cannot cover the white porcelain-like skin, which is decorated with a fern-shaped flower crown. The eyebrows are reddish, the hair is hanging down from the shoulders, and the pair of green eyes reveal tempting water waves. .
In this world, the most tempting thing is not the naked woman, but the charming woman wearing a translucent gauze dress with water in her eyes.
Achilles' eyes moved uncontrollably on this looming delicate body, moving downward from the perfect face, past the snow-white jade neck, and climbed to the pair of proud breasts. , can no longer move an inch.
His eyes lingered on the strong jade peak, and his whole body was on fire. The raging fire rose in his belly, and a certain part of his body stood up restlessly.
Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, walked slowly towards Achilles with her bare feet, and pink and white roses that came from nowhere fell around her.
Achilles just stood there blankly, his eyes that were originally full of wisdom were lost, and he stared blankly at Aphrodite walking towards him.
"Prince of Thessaly, you are so brave and handsome. After I saw you for the first time, I couldn't sleep every night. I like you so much. Do you like me?" The voice that could make anyone emotional sounded in Achilles' ears. At this time, he had lost his mind and just let Aphrodite touch his cheek with her beautiful jade hands.
This beautiful goddess put her body close to Achilles's strong body, carefully feeling the heat coming from this body.
She stood up on her tiptoes slightly, and her seductive red lips gently touched Achilles' face, leaving a crimson lip mark there.
At this moment, Achilles seemed to have been planted with a poisonous drug, his whole aura became thicker, and his eyes were filled with lust.
He stretched out his strong arms, desperately hugged the perfect body in front of him, lowered his head suddenly, and pressed his lips towards Aphrodite's red lips.
"Achilleus?, wake up" At this moment, a clear and holy voice echoed throughout the space, penetrated Achilles' body, rushed into his mind, and obliterated all desire.
Achilles woke up with a start, and hurriedly let go of the delicate body held in his arms, looking towards the sky to one side.
"In the mid-air, a familiar figure was floating quietly, wearing a robe woven with moonlight, and the shy person that made him think about it day and night. It was none other than the moon god Artemis.
"Aphrodite, you are so shameless, you actually used the incarnation of sex to seduce a mortal." Artemis stood in the void, her beautiful eyes full of anger, looking at Aphrodite. Phrodite snapped.
At this time, Aphrodite, with a hint of anger on her beautiful shy face, looked at Artemis and said coldly: "At night, shamelessly running to a man's house Coming into the room to stop him from having fun with other women, this seems not something that Artemis, who is regarded as the incarnation of holiness, can do."
Artemis was originally a goddess with a quiet personality, but now she was ridiculed by Aphrodite with a gun and a stick, and her face immediately turned red.
Although she knew that her actions were a bit reckless, she didn't care so much. She glared at Aphrodite with a cold face and said: "Aphrodite, I don't care about you tempting other people, but But he can't."
Aphrodite sneered, with a joking smile on her face, and sneered: "Why can others do it, but he can't? Is there something different about him that makes the noble and holy Moon God also do it?" Are you enamored of it?"
Artemis bit her lip tightly, with a hint of panic hidden in her beautiful eyes, as if she was uneasy because the other party revealed her thoughts.
"You asked knowingly, please leave here immediately and don't pester him again in the future, otherwise I will use my Bow of Themis to wake you up."
Looking at Artemis' resolute expression, Aphrodite hesitated. She had never thought that this usually peaceful moon goddess would be so tough.
Although both of them are one of the twelve main gods of Mount Olympus, as the goddess of the moon and the goddess of hunting, Artemis's strength is not comparable to that of the goddess of love and beauty.
Even in the entire Mount Olympus, except for the three supreme gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, there is probably only Athena who can easily defeat Artemis.
The key is that her current body is the incarnation of lust. If the incarnation of love and beauty is also here, she may be able to fight Artemis, but now she only relies on this body. Incarnation will only bring disgrace to oneself.
She reluctantly glanced at Achilles, whose facial features were blocked, and then glared at Artemis fiercely, then disappeared into the room into a radiance that filled the sky.
"Artemis, unless you stay by his side forever, I will get his whole body sooner or later." Aphrodite's voice broke through the void and echoed in the room.
When Aphrodite left, Achilles, whose facial features had been sealed, was finally freed. His eyes scanned the room, but he did not find Aphrodite.
Although he didn¡¯t know why Aphrodite left suddenly, he finally let out a sigh of relief. Otherwise, he might be really embarrassed.
He raised his head, looked at the beautiful figure standing in the void, and said softly: "Artemis, do we have to suffer the torment of missing each other? Can't you stay by my side? "
Artemis looked at him quietly, her eyes full of tenderness, shook her head with difficulty, and said, "I can't do this, I'm afraid that I can't control my heart."
Hearing her answer, Achilles couldn't help laughing and said: "From that day on, you have thrown your heart into me, and you can never take it back. Since we love each other, why do we have to deliberately control our feelings?"
¡°Don¡¯t be so far away from me, come to me and let me smell your scent again.
Artemis let out a deep sigh, unable to hold back after all, she fell from the air and stood quietly in front of Achilles, letting him touch her cheek.
The bright moonlight finally returned to the house. In the moonlight, the two people hugged each other until the dim light went out.