Chapter 109 I Also Want to Go on an Expedition to Troy

Tiryns in the Argos region is a small city-state not far from Mycenae.

Tiryns was originally ruled by the descendants of Perseus. Because the previous generation of Tiryns king had no offspring, the Mycenean king Eurystheus gave the throne of Tiryns to his two uncles Atreus and Thyestes, wanting them to rule Tiryns together.

Atreus had great ambitions and was naturally unwilling to be a vassal king of Mycenae.

So Atreus gave the throne of Tiryns to his younger brother Thyestes, and he himself remained in Mycenae, waiting to inherit the throne of Mycenae left by Eurystheus after his death.

Thyestes had ambitions that were not inferior to his brother Atreus. Although he became the king of Tiryns, he still wanted to compete with his brother Atreus for the throne of Mycenae.

After Thyestes had an affair with Atreus' wife and was expelled by Atreus, Tantalus, the heir to the throne of Tiryns, also fled to Sparta to be protected by his fiancée Clytemnestra and future father-in-law Tyndareus.

Because there is no royal rule, Tiryns is now ruled by a parliament composed of elders and nobles. When encountering major problems, they consult the great king who ruled the Argos region, the Mycenae King Eurystheus.

Tiryns.

After leaving Tenaron, Luo Yin did not return to Sparta, but came to the city that he should rule.

When Luo Yin entered the palace hall, he saw that it was not as deserted as expected, but there were more than a dozen nobles enjoying a banquet in the hall.

When Luo Yin observed the nobles of Tiryns, these nobles also saw Luo Yin and mistook Luo Yin for the son of Thyestes, Tantalus III.

"This young man looks like our king Thyestes when he was young."

"Could he be Prince Tantalus?"

"Prince Tantalus is even more timid than his father. He certainly wouldn't dare to return to Tiryns, which is not far from Mycenae."

Luo Yin ignored the nobles' words and walked directly to the depths of the hall, sitting on his own throne and said.

"You probably think that Thyestes and Tantalus will never return to Tiryns, so you held a banquet in the palace without authorization and enjoyed the cattle, sheep and fine wine belonging to Thyestes and Tantalus. But now that I'm here, you should pay the price for offending the royal family."

Hearing Luo Yin's words, the nobles who were originally a little drunk immediately regained their sobriety and said.

"You...are you really Prince Tantalus?"

"Prince Tantalus is a descendant of gods, and no one would be crazy enough to blaspheme gods and impersonate his identity."

"No wonder he is so similar to King Thyestes."

After confirming that Luo Yin is Tantalus, the only heir to the throne of Tiryns, the nobles looked at each other, and the young noble in the lead said with a relaxed smile.

"Prince Tantalus! We are holding a banquet in the palace to discuss the big and small things in Tiryns. If the prince thinks that we have enjoyed the property belonging to the royal family, we are willing to compensate the royal family for their losses."

"I don't accept your compensation!"

Seeing the nobles' eyes widened in surprise, Luo Yin said with a playful sneer.

"As a punishment for you, I ask you to organize a fleet of 300 people to go on an expedition with me to Troyen in the Asia Minor Peninsula. I heard that Hercules took a fleet of 300 soldiers to attack Troyen, and I want to rob their spoils."

Hearing Luo Yin's request, the nobles immediately couldn't help shouting.

"You actually want to rob Hercules of his spoils, are you crazy, prince?"

"The fleet that went to Troy not only had the god-like hero Hercules, but also Peleus, the king of Iolcas in Thessaly, Orleus, the king of Locris, and Telamon, the king of Salamis. They are all heroes as powerful as demigods. How crazy are you to want to challenge these great heroes?"

"Young prince, forget your crazy idea quickly."

Peleus originally married the daughter of Eurytion, the king of Phthia, and then killed his father-in-law Eurytion when the heroes were hunting the Calydonian boar, and inherited the throne as the king of Phthia.

Later, Peleus was not satisfied with the land of Phthia, so he killed Acastus, the king of Iolcas, the cousin of Inason, and seized the throne of Iolcas.

Oleus, the king of Locris, was the father of Ajax the Younger, the hero of the Trojan War.

Telamon was the brother of Peleus. He married the princess of Salamis and inherited the throne as the king of Salamis.

Seeing the terrified reaction of the nobles of Tiryns, Luo Yin raised the divine spear with his right hand and said.

"Hercules, Peleus, Telamon, Orleans - just thinking of the names of these great heroes makes you so scared that you dare not be enemies with them. It seems that you all cherish your lives. If you refuse to obey my orders, I will kill you now and make you the dead ruled by Persephone, the queen of the underworld."

Being threatened with death by Luo Yin, the leader of the nobles gritted his teeth and said.

"We can provide you with warships and soldiers, but you can't let us participate in your expedition."

"No problem! I didn't intend to let you share the loot with me."

Hearing Luo Yin's answer, the leader of the nobles smiled bitterly.

"Prince! Do you really think that you can defeat the great heroes Hercules, Peleus, Telamon, and Orleans with three hundred soldiers?"

"I don't need to answer your question. Go and prepare warships and soldiers for me."

After driving away all the nobles, Luo Yin fell asleep directly on the throne with his eyes closed.

The next day.

Luo Yin set out from the port to Troyon with six warships and three hundred soldiers provided by the nobles.

When Hercules completed the task assigned to him by Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae, to snatch the golden belt of Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazon women's country, he passed by the wealthy Troyon on his way back and tried to conquer Troyon.

At that time, due to insufficient preparation, Hercules's action to conquer Troyon ultimately failed.

Now that Hercules has completed the last task and returned from the underworld, he immediately took Peleus, Telamon, and Oreus to the expedition to Troyon, wanting to wash away the shame of not being able to conquer Troyon in the past.

When Loyin arrived at the coast of Troy with his fleet, the Trojan king Laomedon had been killed by Hercules along with his sons because he went out of the city to fight. Only his youngest son, the future Trojan king Priam, became a prisoner of Peleus.

Although the king and most of the soldiers were defeated and killed outside the city, the Trojans did not give up the fight.

Just when Hercules and others were about to break through the gate of Troy, Loyin led his soldiers to attack Hercules and others from behind.

After a hard fight, Hercules' soldiers were already exhausted.

Loyin led his soldiers to charge and killed all 300 of Hercules' soldiers.

The king of Locris, Orleus, had died in the battle with the king of Troy, Laomedon.

After all the soldiers of Hercules died, only Hercules, Peleus and Telamon were left on the battlefield.