I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 62 Immigrant Arrival
After signing the agreement, the slave merchants selected the number of prisoners they could accept from the prisoner-of-war camps, and escorted them to the city of Pella under the escort of the convoy and the Macedonian army.

Because Antigonus had instructed them in advance, they did not specifically pick out the young and middle-aged, and left thousands of laborers for Antigonus. These people who remained did not know what would happen to them. The merchants brought to the hellish city of Pella - they all knew that once they arrived in Pella city, they would never be free.

They naively thought they had escaped, but they did not expect that what they were about to face would be a more painful hell.

A few days later, Hephaestion, the clerk in charge of immigration, received an order from Antigonus. The young official wanted to build a settlement on a plain not far from Thermopylae, but after seeing the order , He did not immediately order the construction of settlements, but checked the list of the immigration team.

There were 89 Greek nobles, 390 Macedonian citizens, 320 Corinthians, 280 Agrians and more than 1000 slaves in the first group of immigrants who followed him. Nearly half of the 1095 immigrants were The so-called refugees who landed in Pella Port not long ago, they arrived here following a certain voice in the dark, but they were forcibly taken away as soon as their feet landed. Those rough Macedonian soldiers didn't care where they wanted to live.

These more than 1000 people are just the advance team. For the sake of caution, Hephaestion did not take all the immigrants away at once, but now Antigonus just asked him to bring a small number of immigrants to join him, so he can directly take them away. The first batch is brought over.

Thinking in this way, they abandoned the settlement they had settled on before and turned to the west.The nobles among the immigrants were suspicious of Hephaestion's decision, and asked him why he continued to move westward. The latter only said that it was the order of His Majesty the King, and then blocked their mouths.

Therefore, the immigrants had no choice but to follow Hephaistion, along the route that the Macedonian army had marched. Some young and middle-aged men in their team spontaneously armed themselves as escorts, so when passing through the surrendered barbarian tribes They were not attacked by them—of course, there were also reasons why those barbarian tribes did not dare to take the initiative to cause trouble. The news of the Macedonian army's success on the front line had just come back, and they did not dare to annoy each other at this juncture.

A few more days passed, and the immigration team and the slave transport army passed by and finally arrived at the territory of Tantonong.After seeing the scene here, each of them was very surprised. The scene here was very different from what they had imagined. They thought it would be a barren land with only a lonely military camp and a large area. Flags fluttering in the wind, and soldiers in full armor.

Unexpectedly, everything here is not as bad as they imagined. Surrounding the large Macedonian military camp is a large area of ​​reclaimed farmland (that is, the barbarian prisoners of war were forced to pick up by Macedonian soldiers these days. The agricultural land expanded by tools), the upper part of the land has been planted with seeds, and as far as the eye can see, there are many ragged slaves planting under the supervision of heavily armed soldiers.

Put your eyes on the huge Macedonian military camp. A few meters away from the towering wall stands a Macedonian military flag hanging from the Virgina sun. Inside the barracks, they also saw rows of houses arranged in an orderly manner. Needless to say, they must be barracks where soldiers lived.

While the immigrants were observing the military camp from a distance, a group of soldiers, led by the military consul Cronus, approached them. Seeing that Hephaestion was personally leading the group, Cronus was obviously stunned for a moment. He looked at the immigrants and the escort team behind the Chief Clerk, then quickly looked away and said, "Are these all immigrants?"

"Yes, a total of 95 immigrants and 320 slaves." Hephaestion reported the numbers he knew by heart.

"More than 1000 people..." Kronos was slightly stunned, his thin lips pursed, and he didn't say anything. After a while, he raised his head again, looked at the immigrants, and said: "The residence for you is ready Yes, you can move in directly, but we will not provide you with the necessities of life, I hope you will bring them yourself."

Hearing this, the immigrants started whispering, discussing what the officer said.Kronos ignored their opinions and said, "Come with us."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and led the soldiers to the gate of the barracks. Seeing this, the immigrants didn't care about continuing the discussion, and hurriedly followed. Hephaestion saw all this in his eyes, he didn't say anything, just He followed unhurriedly, walking with the military consul.

"Congratulations to you first." He spoke first, and said, "Consecutive victories have already made you heroes. I think that when the war is over and you return victorious, you will definitely be warmly welcomed by the whole city of Pella."

"It's all due to His Majesty's command." Kronos was very humble. Although Antigonus didn't play much role in the war, he still subconsciously attributed the credit to the king. normal behavior.

Hearing this, Hephaestion smiled and said clearly: "Indeed, our new king is different from his father. During King Philip's reign, the Kingdom's army rarely had large-scale troops. Military operations, especially after taking full control of the Macedonian plains and establishing Thermopylae, unless it is the annual bloodthirsty moon, the kingdom's army will not experience war, and it is for this reason that we can start with 2000 people It has grown to more than 3 people now."

"And after our King Antigonus came to the throne, he changed his weakness in the past 37 years (yes, in the eyes of some martial Macedonians, King Philip was weak and fearful of war), and first raised troops to overthrow the people who ruled over him. After the Asia-Pacific queen of Ophelia regained power, she personally commanded the fight against the invasion of the barbarian coalition forces, led the inferior troops to defeat the enemy, and then marched westward, beating our mortal enemy to the last breath, and was forced to flee south."

"The contrast between father and son is so great, I can't help but wonder if Zeus didn't want to see Macedonia continue to be weak like this, and went down to earth to have sex with the first generation queen of the previous king, and gave birth to such a son of God with abundant martial arts!"

(End of this chapter)