Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

When the news spread, the Anti-Spartan League was excited, and Agsi Laos was shocked. He foresaw the situation, and immediately ordered: The troops gave up the previously occupied ports and cities in the Gulf of Corinth to avoid being broken by each. .

However, the order came too late.Under the leadership of Aifikrats, the morale-recovering Allied forces attacked separately, regaining Port Pileon and Seton... In this way, the Spartan Allies were stationed in many occupied ports in the Corinthian Gulf. The army in the small town, almost going deep into the Pioxia region, was cut off.

Agsilaus urgently ordered his younger brother, Teliutias, to lead the fleet to retrieve these scattered garrisons from the sea and place them in Lekion and Sigion, focusing on the defense of these two important towns in the Corinth region And port.As a result, the offensive momentum of the Spartan coalition was severely thwarted and had to be turned into a defense.

The anti-Spartan allies attacked Lekion several times and were repelled, and they had to stop the attack.

The two sides entered into a stalemate again.

However, if I dare to take risks, Iphicrates did not want to be in the status quo. He led his light infantry unit, carrying rations, not the rear, and boldly invaded the central part of the Peloponnesian peninsula, the most loyal subsidiary of Sparta- Arcadia began to raid villages, looted food, destroyed farmland, and repeatedly ambushed the Arcadia troops who came to attack them. Eventually, the Arcadians did not dare to fight them and could not ignore them. Its crazy sabotage can only ask Agassius for help.

After receiving a request from the Arcadians for help, Agassius felt embarrassed. At this time, the Spartan coalition faced the pressure of the enemy’s high morale and was feeling tight. It was the most headache for him, and he already regarded this person as a strong enemy in his mind: fewer soldiers were sent to rescue, I am afraid that he would only be defeated by this cunning general in Athens; more people were sent, and he was worried about the city of Corinth The enemy took the opportunity to counterattack.

But Arcadia must save again, because Sparta, who is the leader of Peloponnese, is very different from Athens, the former leader of the alliance of Delos.

Athens’ attitude towards its allies can be said to be overbearing: to pay tribute payments, send armed colonies, and support democrats close to Athens. Athenian merchants have special privileges in the allies and must settle in the Athens courts when disputes arise locally, and once they have joined Allies, if they want to withdraw, they will be attacked by the army of Athens...

The Spartans have a much better attitude towards the allies.As long as it does not betray it, Sparta often negotiates with the allies to decide matters, because it does not have the huge population of Athens, nor the financial strength of Athens, nor the strong navy of Athens, even among the soldiers of the Spartan League. The real Spartan fighters will always occupy a minority. Sparta relies on the famous name established by the Spartan fighters for centuries, but after leaving the confederation, Sparta can do nothing.So even after the defeat of Athens, the Spartans became arrogant and change their attitude towards the allies, but the essential thing has not changed-Spartans need allies.

As the king, Agsilaus knew this very well, so he finally decided to return to Sparta and explain to the Council of Elders why the battle situation was frustrated during this time, and requested the Council to send more reinforcements to Arcadia. .

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Early the next morning, after Daveus finished his breakfast, the captain of the escort, Maltius, entered the account: "Your Majesty, Midolades asks."

Daveus moved: "Let him come in."

Midolades walked into the big account with embarrassment and immediately knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, I'm here to ask you to sin! Yesterday after you gave the order, I sent additional warships to patrol outside the port of Siritan, As you might expect, there was indeed an enemy ship rushing out of the port late at night. Our warships tried their best to block it, but the enemy’s skill in maneuvering the ship escaped our siege and fled south. Our two ships The Clippers have been chasing, and so far no news has been sent back..."

"Why did the Syracuse take the great danger of sailing late at night and escape the blockade of the Dionysian Fleet?" The clerk Henripolis, who was on the side, remembered the conversation with Davis yesterday and couldn't help it. Shout: "Dionysius! It must be Dionysius!"

Midolades was shocked and looked at Daveus. He saw that the wise young king frowned slightly, and then he spread his arms and said with a smile: "Don't just judge Di on the basis of this message. Oniusius ran away. Midolades, the sea outside the Siliting port is so wide, even if we put all our warships on, it may not be able to fill up, and besides, only four or five ships can be dispatched at night. The boat patrols, the enemy wants to run away, the fleet cannot be blocked."

"Your Majesty!" Midolades was deeply grateful for Dave's understanding.

"But the enemy ships come in and out as if our fleet does not exist. This is a humiliation to the Dionyan fleet! It is a humiliation to every Dionysian sailor and captain!" Dave Sis’s look became serious: "Our fleet cannot be complacent because of multiple wins over Syracuse. We have forgotten that neither our individual ship’s maneuvering skills nor the entire fleet’s formation coordination is as good as Syracuse. The guarantee that our fleet can win multiple times is nothing but a "crow", relying on the strength of the legion!..."

In the words of Dapheus, Midolades was flushed. He said shamefully: "Your Majesty, please rest assured! After I go back, I will definitely step up to drill the fleet with Master Sectrian. After a year...No, Half a year later, you will see a significant increase in the level of the Dionysian fleet!"

Daveus nodded comfortably and said, "Very well, I look forward to seeing a more powerful Dionysian fleet in half a year!"

Then he said again: "Get up, Midolades. If only one or two enemy ships escaped, punish my heavy generals, I am afraid that it will not take long for Dionia to have no excellent naval commander."

The jokes of Davers made Midolades slightly relaxed, and he stood up and asked hesitantly, "But Dionysius--"

Daveus interrupted his words: "This is not your concern. What you need to do now is to strengthen the vigilance of the port and prevent the escape of the Syracuse fleet. At the same time, 30 three-tier paddle warships will be sent to Lebanon as soon as possible. Jim, Sectrian’s fleet needs to be strengthened to gain Sicilian maritime advantage. Can it be done in two days?"

"It doesn't take two days, Your Majesty. I will be able to send the required warship to Lijim today." Midolades promised immediately.

After sending away the navy general, Hippopolis quickly asked: "Your Majesty, what if Dionysius really escaped?!"

Davos has decided on this issue at this moment, he said without hesitation: "What a panic! Dionysius escaped, which means that the battle in Great Greece is over, which is good for us!"

"But the first corps in Sicily and your majesty the riot plan you laid out there might be affected!" When Davis sent the first corps to Sicily, Henipolis listened to Daveus After expressing his plans in Sicily, he expressed concern at this moment.

Daveus looked at him and said softly: "Herney, you are too overestimating Dionysius. Even if he is strong, don't forget that he will keep the whole army in Great Greece. A man fled back to Syracuse, but he was a deserter! What would the people of Syracuse lose their loved ones?! What would the people of the Sicilian confederations think?! Although I don’t know what happened to Sicily these two days , But Dionysius was definitely not an easy task to quell the anger of the people! He ruled Syracuse and Sicily by strong force, and now most of his troops are here— —”

Davis pointed to the city of Sirith in front and said with a sneer: "Without enough troops, can he suppress the people of Syracuse who want to overthrow him?!"

Hernipolis's eyes lit up: "It is a good thing to say that Dionysius escaped!"

Daphes was silent for a moment, in fact his words were comforting himself: Dionysius dared to escape alone, there must be a way to cope with the dilemma of Syracuse. After all, he had been operating in Sicily for many years. If he succeeded in escaping, Davers’ plan to disrupt Sicily might fail, and it might even allow the arrogant to lead the reinforcements to attack Greater Greece after annihilating the First Army...

So Davers has a sense of urgency in his heart, he said: "First of all we have to make sure that Dionysius has escaped!"

To this end, he called Izam of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and asked him to send soldiers from all directions in the Siliting City to closely monitor the movements in the city and return at any time.

Throughout the morning, the Siliting City remained calm, and no messengers were sent to the Dionysian Camp to seek peace. Not even the Syracuse Scout Riding in front of the city every day, but only the city. The number of soldiers has not changed, but Dionysius, who usually appears at the head of the city every morning to observe the enemy, did not appear today...

After understanding these circumstances, Davers had a heart.

In the afternoon, he once again dispatched the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade to take turns in front of the Siliting City and shouted: "Siracusa, you are here to keep the city seriously, but your tyrant Dionysius has escaped!"

"Syracuse people surrender! Dionysius has abandoned you, why are you still fighting here!"

"Why did Dionysius run away?! Because our first army of Dionysian had captured Sicully and Katana, and now is attacking Syracuse! Dionysius will not run away, just go back No more home!"

"We didn't deceive you. When you attacked our camp yesterday, did you ever see our First Army?! No, right! They had already landed on Naxos Bay! Dionysius blocked the news. , Just to facilitate his escape!"

"Don't Dionysius appear in the city today! Is he already running! You don't believe it, you can go to his account and see if he is still there!"

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Dionysian soldiers' shouting under the city was like throwing huge rocks into a calm pond, splashing countless waves.