Chapter 338 An Inevitable War

The Rhodope Mountains in Thrace.

In the more ancient times, this was the birthplace of the belief in Dionysus, the god of wine, and the territory of the Pelos tribe that worshipped Dionysus.

Later, as the Amazon tribe migrated here, the Pelos tribe was forced to migrate westward with Dionysus, the god of wine. In the end, because they were unable to conquer the Dorians in the Thessaly region, they could only be squeezed by the Amazon tribe on the Macedonian Plain.

Now the eastern part of the Rhodope Mountains has become the territorial boundary between the Amazon tribe and the Sun tribe.

The eastern and northern parts of the Eastern Rhodope Mountains are the territories of the Sun tribe.

In order to prevent the tribal king of the Sun tribe, Aeetes, from entering the territory of the Amazon tribe with tens of thousands of Thracian knights, Queen Hippolyta of the Amazon tribe summoned 5,000 knights to the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, and Roy brought 1,500 iron lance cavalry with Hippolyta.

West of the Eastern Rhodope Mountains.

When Roy and Hippolyta came here with their army, Aeetes also came to the east of the Eastern Rhodope Mountain with tens of thousands of Thracian knights.

After the two armies confronted each other, the Sun Tribe did not directly launch an attack.

Seeing Aeetes wearing a golden crown riding alone towards the Amazon tribe's army, Hippolyta, who was fully armed and hiding her face with a mask helmet, also rode alone to meet Aeetes.

After the two came to the middle of the two armies at the same time, Aeetes took the initiative to ask Hippolyta.

"Are you Hippolyta, the Amazon queen who is rumored to own a gold mine? Even if you are a woman, you don't have to hide your face in front of me!"

If Hippolyta had the heroic temperament to shock others while being a woman, Hippolyta would not want to wear a mask helmet to hide her face.

Unfortunately, Hippolyta's face was too delicate, and her temperament could neither shock the enemy nor her own soldiers, so she had to disguise herself as a man with full armor.

"King Aeetes of the Sun Tribe! Once we start fighting, you will understand that being fully armed will keep me from getting hurt."

"Why do we have to fight?"

Aeetes said with a smile.

"We are both Thracian tribes, and I am your nominal king. I don't want to fight with you. Hippolyta, my goal is to attack the Kingdom of Athens and drive the greedy black-haired southerners out of our Thracian territory."

"Then what?"

Hippolyta teased.

"After driving away the Kingdom of Athens, will you let our Amazon tribe take over the western Macedonia and Thessaly regions?"

Aeetes shook his head without hesitation.

"I summoned tens of thousands of Thracian knights and sacrificed huge manpower and material resources to drive away the Kingdom of Athens, not to help your Amazon tribe expand its territory. After driving away the Kingdom of Athens, I will divide the western part of Macedonia and Thessaly to the tribes that have made meritorious contributions in the war."

"King Aeetes! Now the east and north of our Amazon tribe are already the territory of the Sun Tribe. I will not allow the west of the Amazon tribe to become the territory of your Sun Tribe. If the Amazon tribe is surrounded by the Sun Tribe on three sides, and the Amazon tribe is hostile to the Sun Tribe in the future, our only choice to escape is to jump into the Aegean Sea in the south."

"Why would the Amazon tribe be hostile to the Sun Tribe? As long as your Amazon tribe obeys the orders of the Sun Tribe like other tribes, I promise that the Sun Tribe will never be hostile to the Amazon tribe."

"But I don't want to be a vassal of your Sun Tribe."

Hippolyta said in a firm tone.

"King Aeetes! If you want to avoid a war between us, take your army and leave. If you don't leave, our Amazon tribe and the Kingdom of Athens will become your enemies."

Facing Hippolyta's threat, Aeetes said with a smile.

"Hippolyta, you want to challenge the son of the sun god? Then I will fulfill your wish and defeat you and the Kingdom of Athens. After you lose this war, you will be one of my wives as a trophy. The Amazon tribe will become a vassal of the Sun Tribe, and our children will inherit the throne of the Amazon tribe in the future."

"Aeetes, you really have the ambition to control our Amazon tribe."

Hippolyta glared at Aeetes with angry eyes and said.

"It's a pity that your ambition will not succeed, and the loser of this war will be you."

After that, Hippolyta turned her horse's head and left.

Looking at Hippolyta's departing back, Aeetes said calmly.

"Just like Father God Helios is the king of gods in Thrace, I am also the king of kings of all tribes in Thrace. Not only do you Amazon tribes refuse to become vassals of the Sun Tribe, but you also have gold mines that can quickly improve your strength. What's wrong with me controlling you? Am I going to wait for the Amazon tribe to surpass the Sun Tribe, the Amazon Queen to become the king of kings in Thrace, and the Moon Goddess Bendis to replace the Sun God Helios as the king of gods in Thrace?"

After saying that, Aeetes also turned his horse and left.

Hippolyta returned to the front of the Amazon tribe's army and immediately shouted to her five thousand knights.

"My brave warriors! Aeetes of the Sun Tribe no longer conceals his ambition to control us. For the great goddess Bendis and for our freedom, I will lead you to defeat the Sun Tribe. The fate of the Amazon tribe is determined by ourselves, and no one can be our master."

"Defeat the Sun Tribe——"

"Defeat the Sun Tribe——"

"Defeat the Sun Tribe——"

Inspired by Hippolyta, the five thousand knights of the Amazon tribe let out a thunderous cry.

Roy looked at this scene and was not surprised at all that the negotiation between Hippolyta and Aeetes failed.

If Roy had stood in Aeetes' position, he would not have allowed the Amazon tribe, which owns gold mines, to escape the control of the Sun Tribe and become the biggest threat to the Sun Tribe.

Now that this war is inevitable, Roy also shouted to his soldiers.

"Fighters of the Kingdom of Athens! This is not only the war of the Amazon tribe, but also our war. In order to prevent the territory of the Kingdom of Athens from being threatened, we must work with the Amazon tribe to defeat the Sun tribe. Now - everyone, dismount with me."

After saying that, Roy took the lead and jumped off the horse.

Before the advent of saddles, stirrups and other horse equipment, fighting on horseback was very dangerous. Roy would never let his iron spearmen fight on horseback with the nomads who grew up on horseback.

At this moment Aeetes also shouted to his ten thousand knights.

"Sun Knights! Every land where the sun shines is the territory of the great Sun God Helios. When we fight under the sun, we will be protected by the great Sun God Helios and will not lose to any enemy. Now for the sake of Helios, the sun god, and for the Sun tribe to become stronger, I will lead you to defeat the enemy and trample the enemy's corpse under my feet with our horse hooves."

After saying that, Helios directly raised his bronze war spear and took the lead in charging towards the coalition forces of the Amazon tribe and the Kingdom of Athens. Tens of thousands of knights from the Sun tribe immediately followed Aeetes.