I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 70 Returning to Pella
In addition to building roads, Antigonus also learned from Poton about the situation of the second group of immigrants, because Hephaistion set off directly with the first group of immigrants and did not leave an order for the subsequent immigrants, so they They all stayed behind Hot Spring Pass, waiting for new orders to arrive.

There are more than 2000 stranded immigrants in total. Only a few of them were directly brought over by this year's refugee wave, and most of them were poorer Macedonian citizens or freedmen and a small number of nobles who were attracted by the allocated land in Pella. , these immigrants Antigonus plan to arrange them to settle in the place between Arcelos and Thermopylae, as a communication link between the two places, and it can also be used as a new transportation hub to communicate with the nearby Salois who surrendered tribe.

And the newly conquered Mariki Plain, just as Antigonus had thought before, he was going to hand over the fertile plain to the immigrants who appeared with Ipaminondas—that was a full 6000 immigrants!It is enough to build a large-scale city on the Mariki Plain!
According to the population size of the Greek city-states, 6000 people may be more than most city-states on the Peloponnese Peninsula.

Before deciding to return to Pella, Antigonus inspected the temporary residence of the immigrants behind Thermopylae. He found that the more than 2000 immigrants were naturally divided into several factions. The Greek nobles gathered together, and the Macedonian citizens The free folk gathered together, and the free folk held together, but they were divided into factions according to their respective tribes.Although there was no vicious rejection, Antigonus still frowned subconsciously when he saw this scene.

Although, Antigonus still didn't say anything. Since nothing happened, he was not prepared to interfere. It is human nature to join the group for warmth, and even if he interfered, it would have no effect.

Leaving Hephaestion to stay in charge of the customs clearance of the second group of immigrants, Antigonus led his cavalry back directly to Pella. On the way back to Pella, they encountered many civilians. Afterwards, Antico consciously withdrew to the side of the road, bowed down to salute Antico, or cheered directly.

Antigonus knew that this was just the beginning. When he returned to the city of Pella, his popularity would be even greater, and this was indeed the case.When Antigonus returned to the city of Pella, they were welcomed by the citizens of Pella who organized themselves. To celebrate their first consecutive victory in more than 30 years, the citizens and nobles raised funds and held a grand event. The triumphal ceremony, the petals scattered during this ceremony almost covered the streets of Pella City, and the cheers of the crowd almost overturned the entire city.

Looking at these enthusiastic citizens, Antigonus suddenly felt a little regretful. He regretted not bringing back the army that followed him to fight and enjoy the endless glory with him. In the classical era, soldiers valued glory more than life More importantly, it is a pity that they were not able to participate in this moment.

The celebration lasted until the evening of that day, and the citizens gathered together in the city square outside the Vigina Palace. They lit a very large bonfire and sang and danced around the bonfire. Take it out and place it under the night sky for people to enjoy, while playing instruments so that those people can dance to the music.

Antigonus was also affected by the emotions of the citizens. He paid for the theater actors and singers in the opera house, and he even brought the guards into the lively environment.In the arena, he was also surprised to find that those Greek nobles who were usually aloof had also put down their airs and interacted with the common people. When they saw that Antigonus was also coming, they gathered together with wine glasses. One cup, and poured down Antigonus several cups. Fortunately, when Greeks drink, they always add water to drink, otherwise Antigonus will definitely get drunk.

Having said that, after the round, he was still slightly drunk, blushing and talking to the people around him.But at this moment, he saw several nobles walking over with a middle-aged man with a lush beard, and stopped two steps away from Antigonus. One of the nobles saw that Antigonus had stopped After talking, he said aloud: "Your Majesty, we have brought you someone who you should be interested in."

"Who am I supposed to be interested in?" Antico blinked, looked at the nobleman who spoke, and then shifted his gaze to the middle-aged man he had never met before, swallowed and did not speak.

"Yes." The nobleman nodded. He pointed at the middle-aged man, just about to introduce him, but the latter interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said, "Please let me introduce myself to His Majesty the King."

After saying that, he looked at Antigonus, leaned forward slightly, stroked his chest with his right hand, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty the King, my name is Ipaminoda, and I am from the city of Thebes."

Ipaminondas? !

Hearing this, Antico's alcoholism was instantly frightened away. He stared at Ipaminoda suddenly and asked, "You are Ipaminoda? Ipaminoda from Thebes? "

"If there is no one with the same name and surname, it will be me, Your Majesty." Ipaminondas said with a smile.

Seeing that he admitted it, Antigonus was so excited that he couldn't speak, this is a generation of famous generals!The man who was able to lead the successively defeated Thebes army to defeat the famous Spartan army, and lead the city-state of Thebes to become the overlord of Greece, is such a feat that it is too numerous to write down!
He raised his hand and drank the rest of the wine in the glass. Antico took advantage of the situation to calm down his excitement, pretended to be calm, looked at Ipaminoda, and said, "General Ipaminoda, welcome Come to Pella, I hope life here will satisfy you."

"Many aspects here are different from Thebes. Although I only stayed for a day or two, I still feel quite satisfied." Ipaminoda said.

"That's good." Antigonus nodded, he suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "By the way, General Ipaminoda, how did you come here?"

Seeing Antigonus suddenly ask this question, Epaminondas was slightly startled. He shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know how I came here, but I still remember that before I came here, I My army and I were stationed in Mantinea, preparing to fight the Spartan army the next day. When I woke up, I, the Holy Army and six thousand Theban citizens appeared in this strange world. "

"Mantinia?" Antigonus grasped the point at once. If I remember correctly, Ipaminoda's life came to an end in the Battle of Mantinia. Destroyed the military power of the Spartans, but unfortunately he himself was mortally wounded and killed.

(End of this chapter)