Chapter 370 Conquering the Peloponnese
When night falls.
Roy returned to Olympia with two thousand iron spearmen.
royal palace.
Hippodamia personally welcomed Loy, took Loy to the palace hall, and asked Loy while sitting on the throne that originally belonged to her father Oenomanus.
"Isn't your Majesty going to conquer the city of Elis and drive away the Mycenaeans completely?"
"I have made a new agreement with Perseus."
Roy explained his agreement with Perseus, and then said with some pride.
"I did not destroy the Mycenaeans, but asked Perseus to take the Mycenaeans to conquer the Illyrians in the northwest Balkan Peninsula. I wanted to use Perseus to transform the Illyrians there. The Mycenaeans have more advanced weapons, and Perseus can conquer the Illyrians like a dimension reduction strike, but if he wants to establish a strong rule, he cannot let the Illyrians continue to live a nomadic life. A life of migration.”
Hippodamia suddenly said.
"Your Majesty did not destroy the Mycenaeans because you did not want to personally do the evil thing of forcing the Illyrians to become a farming people."
"That's what it's all about!"
Roy said with a smile.
"Hippodamia! You will take over the city of Elis in ten days, so during these ten days, you must recruit enough soldiers. The one thousand soldiers I assigned to you are mainly used to protect your safety . You need to recruit at least three thousand soldiers to establish your rule in the Ilis and Ahai regions.”
Hippodamia nodded and said.
"Now that the northern and central parts of the Peloponnese Peninsula have been included in the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, will Your Majesty still want to conquer the Sparta and Pylos regions in the southern part of the Peloponnese Peninsula?"
"Sparta and Pylos are fertile food-producing areas, and there are iron ores in Sparta, so I want to conquer the entire Peloponnese Peninsula in one go."
the next day.
In the palace of the princess of Hippodamia.
Roy was still sleeping in his arms with Hippodamia, when the door of the palace was suddenly opened.
Roy woke up with a start and opened his eyes, and saw a middle-aged man with disheveled hair walking into the room.
"Father--"
Hippodamia, who was also woken up, saw the middle-aged man, showed a surprised smile and shouted.
It is indeed Oenomanus!
The palace was heavily guarded. If this middle-aged man was not Hippodamia's father and Roy's cheap father-in-law, it would have been impossible for him to break into the place where Roy and Hippodamia slept.
Seeing his daughter Hippodamia being held in Roy's arms like a human pillow, Oenomanos said expressionlessly.
"Hippodamia, is he King Loy of Athens? Since he drove away the Mycenaeans, I can accept him as my son-in-law. Now you two get ready and join me in worshiping Ares, the father. "
Roy immediately felt a headache after hearing Oenomanos' request.
Yesterday Roy didn't want Perseus to return Oenomanos, of course not because Roy was a filial son-in-law, but because Roy knew that Oenomanos was a big trouble.
In the myth of another world, Oenomanos is the son of Ares.
In this world, although Oenomanos is not the son of Ares, he is also the high priest of Ares.
As the high priest who served Ares, Ares' status in Oenomanos' heart was like a real father.
If there was anyone in Elis who would not turn his back on Ares, it would undoubtedly be Oenomanus.
Oenomanus was an ordinary man, but he was the father of Hippodamia.
After Loy handed over the regions of Elis and Ahai to the rule of Hippodamia, Oenomanus could use his father's identity to exert influence on Hippodamia and let Hippodamia control Ares. Worshiped as a patron saint.
Even Oenomanus could use his authority to rule the Elis region for twenty years to take away the right to rule the Elis region from Hippodamia.
In order to solve the problem of Oenomanos, Roy once considered killing Oenomanos.
But if Loy kills Oenomanos, Hippodamia's loyalty to Loy cannot be guaranteed.
Ordinary Illyrians may also hate the Kingdom of Athens.
"Father, Ares, the God of War, is no longer the patron saint of the Ilis region."
Hippodamia said with a troubled expression after hearing her father's request.
"The city of Olympia was conquered by the Mycenaeans, which has proved that Ares, the god of war, is unable to protect the Elis region, so we must enshrine Metis, the goddess of the Kingdom of Athens, as the patron saint of Elis."
"Are you crazy?"
Oenomanos said with his eyes widened angrily.
"I am the high priest who serves Ares, so you have been a priestess serving Ares since you were born. Now you actually turn your back on Ares and want to drive Ares off the throne? I just pretended that I didn't hear what you just said. , Now you go to the Ares Temple with me, we are going to move the statue of Ares back to the throne."
Faced with her father's strong demands, Hippodamia could only look at Roy for help.
Roy held Hippodamia in his arms and said seductively.
"Hippodamia, you cannot be foolishly loyal to your father. Now you have me as your husband, and in the future you will give birth to our children and become mothers. You already have the new identity of wife and mother, you don't Just her father’s daughter.”
In this era, after a girl gets married, she no longer belongs to her father, but to her husband.
Hippodamia hesitated for a moment, and finally made up her mind.
"Father! I already know that your idea is wrong, so I will no longer blindly obey your orders."
"You unfilial daughter--"
Seeing that Oenomanos was completely enraged, Roy ordered the soldiers outside.
"What are you waiting for? Take my cheap-father-in-law away quickly and let him calm down."
The soldiers outside the palace rushed in and took Oenomanos away. Roy said with a serious face.
"Hippodamia! If your father stays here, he will definitely continue to interfere with you. In order to prevent him from affecting you and let him truly understand the Kingdom of Athens, I want to arrange for him to live in Athens for retirement."
Hippodamia nodded and said.
"As long as my father sees the prosperity and strength of Athens, his ideas will change."
After arranging the soldiers to send Oenomanos to Athens, Roy led the iron spearmen south and prepared to enter the Pylos area from the west side of Mount Minxi.
When Roy conquered Arcadia, Orobas, the king of Tenaron in Pylos, and Perieres, the king of Sparta in Sparta, had been paying attention to Roy.
Knowing that Roy was heading south with 2,000 troops, Pylos and Sparta immediately formed a coalition of 5,000 people, hoping to defeat Roy together.
Because Orobas and Perieres had already seen that Roy clearly had the ambition to conquer the entire Peloponnese.
When Roy learned that Orobas and Perieres had formed a coalition, he chose to face the coalition head-on, conquering Pylos and Sparta at the same time in one war, and completing the feat of conquering the entire Peloponnese.