Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Friendly talk? How do you talk?" Lucipus frowned and asked.

Suddenly, the door to the venue was pushed open, and Ombudsman Endius stepped in.

Rotating Chairman Lucipus shouted with dissatisfaction: "This is the most sacred place in Sparta. As an Ombudsman, don't you understand the procedures necessary for outsiders to enter this place!"

"I'm sorry, honorable Elder Lucipus!" Endius bowed to guilt, and his face was still hard to hide his excitement: "Because the Elder Council has always emphasized that we must keep abreast of the progress of the Collins war, so I--"

"There seems to be some good news." Lucipus looked at him and said slowly: "Speak it out, young man, let us also be happy and happy. There is too much bad news during this time."

"Corinth's report, King Agsilaus captured Port Lykion!" Endius said aloud.

"Port Lykion!" The elders suddenly showed a happy look.

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Corinth, as the isthmus city-state that leads from Peloponnese to Central Greece, was the main battlefield of the Spartan and anti-Spartan alliances in this war.

Half a month ago, more than half a year of fierce fighting caused heavy casualties and huge losses to the Corinthians. It also caused the people in their city to be confused about the prospects of the war. Some pro-Spartan citizens began to act and they were ready to launch riots. , To overthrow the oligarchs in power and make Collins surrender to Sparta.But their plan was revealed, and the authorities immediately took action and brutally killed the pro-Spartans.

The massacre weakened Corinth's power and caused the people to shake, so the families of the victims quietly opened the city gate, allowing Praxitas to lead a thousand people with heavy infantry into the outer city of Corinth.

The Corinthians hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to contain them. Their allies Argos and Thebes also sent reinforcements to fight. After many fierce battles, the two sides failed to completely repel the Spartans, but they did not allow the Spartans to obtain more. In the record, the Spartans occupied part of the outer city of Corinth and could not hold on with the Allies.

But the Spartan Elders Council was tired of Praxitas's poor record of failing to make progress in Corinth for a long time, so he decided to replace him.

The news reached Praxidas ears, he was very angry, and he had a headache for the endless attacks of the enemies in the city. He simply led the army to retreat from the outer city of Corinth. No further offensive actions were taken, giving the Corinthians a breath, and The Athenians also led many carpenters and masons to arrive urgently, and took the opportunity to repair the repaired or destroyed city walls, and the morale of the Corinthian soldiers was restored.

Today, the west of the south end of the isthmus is Corinthian city, and the east is the affiliated city-state Argolis, which is mainly guarded by the Argos. There is a long wall between the two cities, which completely blocked the land passage through the isthmus. On the north side of the city, the reinforcements of Thebes and Athens came to help through the isthmus passage on the east and west sides.

When Agassius arrived in Corinth to take over the army, he faced enemies with increasing morale and reinforced city defenses. After learning the details of the battlefield, he did not continue to use the former commander Praxilaus to attack the front. Strategy.

He pretended to attack Corinthian city, but let his younger brother Telius Tias quietly lead the fleet to cooperate closely, lead the elite soldiers to ride the warship, bypass Corinth, and suddenly landed on the north of Corinth, close to the Corinth Canal.

The Lykéon defenders were unprepared, and soon the Spartans occupied the territory.

When the Spartan Council of Elders received this good news, Agsi Laos had repeatedly repelled the troops sent by Corinth to recapture the port, and then he commanded the army to capture the same not far from Corinth. Port of Sigion City belonging to the Anti-Spartan League.

A few days later, Agsilaus continued his efforts and led the army and warships to capture the port of Pileon, which is further north of Corinth. This port is the only way for Corinth to connect to the Piosia area.After the Spartans occupied it, Corinth was surrounded by Spartans in all directions except for the east side, which could communicate with Argolis.More importantly, Agsilaws used this port as a base and dispatched troops to the north of the west side of the isthmus and quickly entered the Pioxia area. They successively captured the city-states of Sidon and Kronmion, causing the city-states of Piosia. The other city-states sent emissaries to Agsilaus camp for peace, and even Thebes finally sent emissaries at the appeal of the people.

In this trend, even the Corinthians began to shake.

During this time, Agsilaus was shrouded in aura of victory and seemed to become the arbiter of all Greece, washing away the shame of his "mutilation" in the previous decades.

At this time, General Iphikratus of Athens led the 3000 mercenaries he personally trained through the road on the east side of the isthmus to enter Argolis first and then to Corinth.

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Udie, the capital of the former Mesapi Kingdom, is located in the center of the southern region of Apulia, surrounded by flat fields and dense forests. Agriculture and animal husbandry are more developed. It is still the central town of the Mesapi people.

At this moment, in the noble parliament of Udie, the consuls of the Mesapi city-states from Igratia, Ugentum, Manduria, Mesagne, Odrum... At the forefront and in the center of the audience was Udie’s Architect Pacy Myrus, a noble Mesapi who was tall and majestic, a distant relative of Mesapi’s former King Atas, but his political skills were far better than His relatives, after years of hard work, he has basically controlled the Udière noble council, and he can be easily elected as the consul every year. There are often rumors about him in the city: We sent an old king, Welcoming a new king.

"Paxi Myrus, let's not wait, it seems that our allies will not come." Ugentun Chief Constable Karl Mulhouse couldn't help saying.

"Be patient, I think the Puchti people will come, but they are the furthest away from here, and of course they will come later." Timogras, the governor of Igratia, persuaded.

"Timoglas, I heard that you Igratia have been in close contact with the Puceti people in recent years. No wonder you will speak for them. Igratia will soon become Pucciti's territory!" Brindi The commander of the West, Tyrster mocked.After Brindisi was recaptured, in view of the fact that the original Mesapi residents of the city had been wiped out or sold as slaves by the Tarantum, the city-states were voted by the tribe of the former nobleman of Udie Entered Brindisi.According to the previous agreement between the two parties, his tribe and Puchti each accounted for half of the urban area of ​​Brindisi. The two sides will inevitably have conflicts of interest, especially in the management of the port, which makes Tyster Di people are more resentful.

"Who said that we Puchti will not come!" A loud voice sounded outside the venue. King Puceti's close friend Pullo pushed away from the room and strode into the venue: "If not, you will attack Tarantum The time is dragging on and off, let us think you want to cancel this offensive plan, we have already arrived!"

Paxi Myrus smiled slightly: "Wait is for a better time, now the opportunity has come! Tarantum was hit hard by Dionia, most of the civilian soldiers were lost, and Dionia was in Croto Nene defeated Tarantum's ally Syracuse, and now the two sides are facing each other in the Siliting. This is the best time we can safely attack Tarantum!"

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In the backyard of the palace of the chieftain in the city of Potentia, Puamot is negotiating with Vall.

The tribal leader said impatiently: "Big chief, Dionysia has occupied Copsa, my tribal territory is no longer in danger, and can completely lead the tribe back to the territory... but you also know that the evil Samo The Nai people burned my territory, and the warriors of my tribe were mostly killed and injured. Now I don’t have enough labor to rebuild my village, so you have to give me some Samonei captives and enough food!"

Puamot was embarrassed: "Although Daveus gave us a lot of food when he left, but during this time various tribes returned to the territory and left a lot, so the food supply in the city was still a bit tight. I can only give you a partial amount of food. If you want the tribe to survive this winter smoothly, you have to think about it yourself."

"Why only let me find a way, not other tribes?" Waller felt unfair.

"Because your tribe is close to Kopsa," Puamott said softly.

As a leader, Waller was not a fool. He quickly understood the intention of the leader: "What if Copsa does not have enough food?"

"If Koppsa is also short of food, Pollet asked me for help." Puamot said unhurriedly: "Waller, Samone's captives are not ordinary slaves, your tribal warriors are too Less, can you tame them?"

"Lord chief, you can rest assured. You forgot to say which tribe in Potentia has the most experience in dealing with the captives of Samone, will there be anyone other than our tribe!" Vall said proudly.

Puamot stopped talking.It is true that in the past, the settlement of the Valle tribe was adjacent to the Samonei. When there was a conflict between the two sides, the captured prisoners were often handed over to his tribe, and most of his tribes also spoke Samone.

"If it weren't for you to let us release those Greek slaves before, I wouldn't be so anxious to ask you to be captive." Waller complained again, seeing Puamot want to speak, he was busy and said: "I know !I know! Elia is now our ally, and we want to have a good relationship with it!......"