"I think Prince Paris's suggestion can be adopted, but our military strength is limited. We need to carefully study which kingdoms and cities would be most effective." This was the opinion of an experienced person.
"But Prince Paris said that we can investigate the movements of the Greeks and send out a corresponding army. This way, we can gather more cities and armies." Another person said.
"What's the point of considering so much? We should immediately send out troops to help these kingdoms and cities. Don't let the despicable Greeks get their hands on food and gold. If we do that, the Greeks will starve to death and die of poverty!" Prince Troilos shouted.
Everyone discussed the timing of sending troops and how to investigate the Greeks. However, no one mentioned whether to send troops or not. Everyone agreed to send troops.
This gave Pei Zi Yun some confidence. He saw that the voices in the hall were getting softer and softer. He knew that everyone was almost done with their discussion. He had almost finished what he wanted to say.
He then concluded, "Everyone must know that protecting our allies is as important as protecting ourselves. Abandoning our allies is equivalent to abandoning our own lives."
There was something that Pei Zi Yun did not say. That was, if Troy did this, regardless of whether Troy won or lost, the nearby cities and kingdoms would praise Troy for their assistance.
Even if Troy were to become ruins in the end, it would be easier to rebuild it for the third time with the help of the nearby cities and kingdoms.
This way, Troy would be invincible. Even if they failed and Troy was destroyed, it would be easy to rebuild it again.
Thinking of this, Pei Zi Yun could not help but laugh bitterly. Unknowingly, he was in high spirits like he was in the Great Xu Dynasty. He was in charge of everything, as if everything was under his control. If he was in the Great Xu Dynasty, people would not think that it was inappropriate. They would think that the True Monarch had great foresight.
But now, these schemes were not as effective. In the face of absolute power, these schemes would be easily crushed.
Compared to the gods in the Greek world, his power was still too weak, and he could not fight openly. These strategies of his were actually in line with Zeus' plan — to let the Greeks and the Trojans fight each other, and the more intense, the better, and the wider the coverage, the better.
This way, it would not be easy to cause a backlash and cause the entire strategy to fail.
On the contrary, because this strategy was in line with Zeus' intentions, it was easily accepted and implemented.
Everyone in the hall praised Prince Paris for his foresight. After all, the Greek world's strategic level was controlled by the gods, and mortals were rarely involved in it.
King Priam listened to Pei Zi Yun's in-depth analysis, and his heart burned with passion. He too had the ambition to take revenge. If he followed Hector's plan and relied on the defense of the city, he knew that it would be very difficult to take revenge on the Greeks.
This was the exact opposite of what he had initially thought. It was only because of his strength that he had to do so. Now that he had heard Pei Zi Yun's analysis, he felt that this suggestion was very much in line with his intentions.
At this moment, the system appeared.
A Plum Blossom appeared in front of Pei Zi Yun's eyes as it grew bigger and bigger. It turned into a translucent information interface with words written on it.
"Support allies, change the strength ratio to 0/3."
'So, as long as I can support three allies, I will complete the mission?' Pei Zi Yun thought to himself.
Mount Olympus
Zeus sat on a throne made of ivory and gold, holding a wine cup in his hand, watching everything that was happening in the palace of Troy through the clouds.
When Pei Zi Yun finished his last sentence, the clouds began to congeal around him.
The gods were surprised and looked at each other. Hera's expression was gloomy and unhappy. This plan was very powerful and very feasible. It could indeed turn the situation around.
Apollo was deep in thought, and did not speak.
Athena walked towards Zeus and said, "Great father, the powerful and wise Zeus, what do you think of this?"
Zeus was deep in thought, and did not answer Athena's question immediately.
Everything that Paris had done was in line with his wishes. There were even many things that he had not thought of, and Paris had helped him.
This made him very suspicious. He did not know if Paris did it unintentionally, or if there was a god behind it, and he did it on purpose.
"Have there been any strange movements in Gaia recently?" Zeus suddenly asked Hermes.
"No," Hermes answered.
"Where's Hades?"
"None."
This was strange. If there were no strange movements, then who would be helping or influencing Paris?
"Last time, you said that there were strange movements in Mount Alterna. Did you find out the reason?"
"Great father, I have checked the situation in Mount Alterna repeatedly, and found nothing," Hermes answered.
"Good. Continue to watch Mount Alterna, and keep a close eye on Gaia and Hades as well," Zeus said.
"Yes, father," Hermes replied, and slowly left.
"Father, do you have any doubts?" Athena continued to ask. Although she had heard the conversation between Zeus and Hermes, she still had some doubts in her heart.
"The main thing is that Paris is too cooperative. I am worried that …" Zeus paused and did not continue.
But Athena immediately understood that her father was a little suspicious, and worried that there was a god influencing Paris.
"Father, you're right to be suspicious. Paris has been too cooperative with us, and he has unknowingly changed fate. Although the change is still within our control, it doesn't bode well for us," Athena said.
Zeus thought for a moment and changed the topic. "Hercules was very angry just now, and wanted to kill Paris himself?"
"Yes, father, but Apollo stopped him."
"This child is a bit impulsive and violent. I know that mortals say that he has gone crazy many times because of Hera's persecution, but in fact, he can't help but be impulsive and jealous."
"So I did not say anything about Hera's decision to drive him out of Mount Olympus. I only hope that he can grow like Hephaestus."
Hephaestus was Hera's son, but he was born with a lame leg and an ugly face. Hera hated him, so she drove him out of Mount Olympus. Later, he created a throne and trapped Hera, so he showed his value and was summoned back to Mount Olympus. He married Aphrodite, and the relationship between mother and son was successfully repaired.
"But part of Hercules' wish can be fulfilled. Let's use him to temporarily transfer Paris out of Troy, to correct some of the deviations in fate."
"Go find Hera. She will have orders for you."
"Yes, father," Athena replied. She immediately understood Zeus's meaning, so she turned to find Hera.
Hera handed Athena a bag. "This is a wind bag. It can blow out strong winds. Mortals will not be able to fight back against it. Give this to Hercules."
Hera and Hercules did not have a good relationship, so she asked Athena to give the wind bag to Hercules.
It could be said that Hera single-handedly caused Hercules to lose his body.
Hercules was a wise man, but in the end, he was persecuted by Hera. He could not bear the pain and burned himself to death. Although this was the decision of the gods, Hera was the one who carried it out.
Even though Hercules had become a god, his relationship with Hera had never been harmonious. Now, he was driven out of Mount Olympus by Hera.
Athena nodded, picked up the wind bag, and went out.
Just as Hercules stood silently at the foot of Mount Olympus, Athena came over. She looked at Hercules and could not help but sigh.
Although Hera followed the arrangement of fate and married Hebe to Hera, she immediately drove Hercules out. The two gods could only meet each other for a long time.
However, this was not only because of Hera, but also because Hercules had offended too many gods in the Twelve Paths of Trials.
A god once said, "If it were not for the favor of fate, even if Hercules was the son of Zeus, how could he climb Mount Olympus and wear the robes of the gods?"
Hephaestus could return because he had the power of the craftsmen. But Hercules, what about you?
Despite thinking this way, Athena still smiled and said, "Hercules, Apollo was right. You should not have descended and killed Prince Paris. You should know that although we can manipulate the fate of mortals at will, those who are favored by fate should not interfere before the favor is gone."
"Especially since you have just become a god."
The greater the divine power, the greater the backlash of fate. Zeus, the king of the gods, might not even be deposed if fate really caused him to fall, let alone a secondary fate.
But Hephaestus was a new god, and he had just obtained immortality. For him, cultivation was the most important thing now.
"However, your concerns are still right. Your godly bow cannot fall into the hands of mortals, especially the hands of Paris."
Athena continued, "Paris has already caused some changes in fate, and these changes need to be corrected."
"Hera just gave me a wind bag. Take it. When Paris rescues the Kingdom of Corona and returns to protect the son of Kronos, throw this down. At that time, a mortal will open the bag, and the wind will blow the entire fleet away. As for where Paris will go, let fate arrange it."
"And you can also take the opportunity to retrieve your bow until fate decides to use it again."
Hercules nodded and agreed with Athena's words. He took the windbag and climbed Mount Olympus. Everything changed.
In the past, he could run amok in the mortal world, kill whoever he wanted, rob whoever he wanted, and even openly fight against the gods. Now, he had to maintain a certain amount of respect for any god. No matter what, Athena was relatively friendly to him among the gods. Back then, it was Athena who introduced him to Mount Olympus.
He had to respect Athena's opinion.
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