I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 11 The Anger of Antigonus
The compromise of Euphemia was expected by Antigonus. In this country that was more primitive than the feudal era, if the ruler wanted to stabilize his rule, he still needed the support of the nobles. If the nobles opposed it, then Dominance may be at stake.

As a woman, Euphemia was still in the Greek world where women had a low status, so it was naturally impossible for her to gain the support of those nobles.

Originally, the regent who became Antigonus was obtained from the oracle by the priest of the holy ceremonies, which did not convince the nobles. Now that this kind of thing has been exposed again, I am afraid that the position of the regent will soon be changed.

However, this did not make Antigonus let go of his vigilance. The military consul Nicanor was still stabbed in his heart like a thorn. Such a person with two thousand troops in his hand who had no loyalty to him existed. It was like the sword of Damocles hanging above the head, which could fall down at any moment.

However, at this moment, Antigon saw a knight in the cavalry, one of his guard companions, walking towards him in a hurry. Antigon was confused, but his heart was slightly disturbed by his expression There is uneasiness.

"What's the matter?" Before the knight could speak, Antico asked first. The knight was obviously taken aback, but he quickly realized that he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the situation is not good."

"What do you mean?" Antigonus asked, frowning slightly.

"Just this morning, a priest from the Great Temple of Zeus came to tell me that the holy ceremonial priest Cleantes is going to conduct a public divination and use an oracle to depose your title of king." The knight said anxiously. The words made Antico's eyelids twitch several times.

His first thought was that the knight was deceiving him, but he knew very well that the knights in the companion cavalry were extremely loyal to him, and there was no reason and it was impossible to deceive him.Thinking of this, his face pulled down, and he said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, it should be Euphemia's fault." The knight looked around, lowered his voice, leaned forward slightly, and got a little closer to Antigonus, "The priest said, a few days ago , Euphemia personally went to the Great Temple of Zeus and had a private conversation with Priest Cleantes. Although he did not know the content of their conversation, after Euphemia left, Cleantes ordered the priests with an ugly face Prepare the tools needed for divination."

"Moreover, when she was preparing, she also heard Cleantes and his cronies explain the purpose of this divination, which is to use the so-called Zeus oracle to shake your legitimacy, so that Euphemia can depose you title."

"How dare she?!"

When Antigon heard this, his brows became furious, and he almost dropped the things in his hands to the ground. Seeing that, the knight hurriedly stepped forward to support Antigon, and patted his back with one hand to comfort him.Antigonus gritted his teeth while panting heavily, as if Euphemia would definitely be crushed by him if he appeared in front of him.

After a while, Antigonus's anger gradually subsided. He glanced at the knight beside him, and realized that he still didn't know his name, so he asked, "You did a good job this time, by the way, what your name?"

"My name is Agnes, Your Majesty," the knight said softly.

"Very good, very good." Antigonus repeated these two words in a low voice, but he was thinking about how to fight back.In the Kingdom of Macedonia, which is still considered a primitive country, the power of the oracle is higher than the authority of the king. If the oracle says that this person is not suitable to be a king, then he must not be suitable to continue to be a king, and will soon Being driven out by nobles and civilians, the people of Macedonia would not be afraid if they were restricted by his system, but the system can only radiate soldiers and tribes who support him.

Antigonus knew that he must not wait for the divination to start, but had to fight back before that, and it was inevitable that he would completely tear himself apart with Euphemia.

Thinking of this, he looked sullenly, looked at the knight named Agnes, and said, "Go and hand over the captain of the guard, Cronus."

"Of order." Agnes agreed, then turned and walked out of the room.

Looking at his back, Antigonus pressed his tongue against the back molars, and suddenly understood the importance of spies. If there was no little priest who informed him, he might have been confused by Euphemia's concession, and waited until Ke The divination of Leantes began, and then he was ousted from the stage.

What a fuck.He couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

It's a pity that he didn't know what the conditions for recruiting spies were. Antigonus vowed that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would recruit many spies and form a special intelligence organization to keep all the intelligence in his hands.

After a while, Cronus and Agnes came in together, and the two saluted Antigonus together, but the latter was obviously not in the mood to greet them, Antigonus looked at Cronus and said : "Ophemia is too deceitful. I am going to go out of the city to summon the army to confront her openly. What plan do you have to let me go out of the city without being detected by Euphemia's eyes and ears?"

"What?" Both Kronos and Agnes were taken aback by Antigonus's decision, especially Kronos, who looked at Antigonus cautiously, and said weakly: "Your Majesty, it's up to us The 150-man guard plus the light infantry provided by the tribes outside the city may not be the opponent of Euphemia, but she has the assistance of Nicanor."

"Who said we only have these people?" Antigonus licked his molars with his tongue angrily, and confessed the army that had not been summoned: "Father left some troops for me before he left. With their help, we have a high winning percentage."

After finishing speaking, he still said sorry to the senior traverser who had been sacrificed by blood in his heart. To make the appearance of the system army more reasonable, he had to be dragged out and blamed.

Hearing that Antigonus still had a backup, Kronos's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Your Majesty, how many troops did the late king leave for you?"

"..." Antigonus was silent for a while, as if he was counting the number of troops. After more than ten seconds, he said, "There are only more than 700 people."

"..."

Now it was Kronos' turn to be silent. He and Agnes looked at each other. The latter seemed to have received instructions and asked, "Your Majesty, how many heavy infantry are there?"

The heavy infantry here includes not only the phalanx spearmen, but also the Macedonian heavy infantry (that is, a replica of the Greek heavy infantry).

Antico thought for a while before saying, "More than 500 people."

Only more than 500 people?
Agnes and Cronus suddenly fell silent.

(End of this chapter)