Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Peropidas looked at Lutikli again, and then said unhurriedly: "It's you Sparta, never heard that you have the whole of Greece, but in these years, whether it is Central Greece or Northern Greece, It can be seen that you sent troops to provoke war, our Thebes was once occupied by you, and the port of Piraeus in Athens was also innocently injured by you, so it seems that Sparta is the biggest obstacle to the restoration of peace in Greece. !Tamagoras, do you think I’m right?"

Tamagoras was silent and did not respond.

Lutikli was excited to refute, and Trebasus said aloud: "In these years of the Greek War, Sparta should indeed bear a great responsibility! The king gave Sparta great support, but Sparta It is indeed a pity that Da has failed the trust of the King!"

Having said that, Trebasus saw Lutikli's complexion and sneered secretly: vulgar, rude, stupid and incompetent Spartan barbarian!If it is not necessary for you, don’t let the king’s efforts in these years be wasted, and let the other Greek city-states unite to destroy you!Wait, one day I will settle the ledger with you Sparta!

"But the King believes that Sparta will definitely learn from the past and regain the responsibility of maintaining peace in Greece. Of course, this also requires the full assistance of Athens, Thebes and other city-states! As for how you negotiate to sign a new peace treaty, we Persia will not intervene, but the king hopes that it is best to build on the previous contract. For any city-state that does not negotiate seriously, even intentionally obstructs, and wants to continue the war, they will bear the anger of the king, and Persia will do its utmost. The adversaries who supported it completely wiped it out!"

In the last few words, Trebasus said loudly, and they all shocked Peropidas, feeling that the Persian king was indeed very concerned about the restoration of peace in Greece.

Trebasus suddenly sighed and said: "The reason why the king cares so much about Greece is because you Greeks are less thalassic, but they have always been able to compete with our powerful Persia, which makes him very admired! In his heart, he always had the idea that the Greeks were the masters west of the Mediterranean.

But now the situation has changed. In these years when you have frequent wars, in your colony-Great Greece, a country called Dionia has appeared. It is like a monster. In just 20 Over the years, not only have they conquered many aliens, but they have also annexed many Greek states, and even Carthage has become its subject.

Today, it has become the overlord of the sea west of Greece. Next, it will probably face its greedy mouth against Greece, which is close to it. If Greece does not end the dispute as soon as possible, unite and resist this strong The enemy, the only thing waiting for you is destruction, just like the city-states of Crotone, Lockley, Katane, and Syracuse that have been annexed!So the king hopes that after you reach peace, you will be able to re-organize a new alliance and protect the security of Greece!"

It can be said that the Western Mediterranean War, which happened a few thousand years ago, had nothing to do with Persia, but the demise of the Eastern Phoenician Fleet and the subsequent Persian envoys to Dionysia demanded that their armistice be severely rejected. The incident greatly hurt the self-esteem of the Persian king Artaxerxes: Even the most recalcitrant Spartans and Athens were finally creeping under my feet. A small barbaric kingdom dare to be so arrogant!'Say what the Western Mediterranean is the territory of Dionysia. If Persia wants to intervene, if he has the courage to send an army!'...This is how Artaxerxes felt angry after hearing the messenger's return to add fuel.

Although Dionysia was far beyond a thousand miles, Artaxerxes had always hated him, and now he finally found an opportunity to fight back against the Kingdom of Dionysia who dared to offend his dignity.

After listening to the words of Trebasus, the expressions of the three messengers were slightly complicated, and their hearts floated together.

I heard that in the Western Mediterranean War, the Persians once sent a fleet to participate in the war and suffered a fiasco... It seems that this is true. No wonder the Persian king received us so kindly this time, so eagerly hope that we will achieve peace!But...to jointly resist a Dionysia that is aggressive in both military and trade is in line with the interests of Athens and the demands of the people, but is it necessary to establish another alliance?But if this alliance is to be led by Sparta again, will it harm the interests of Athens?…I'm afraid I can't make a decision until I go back to negotiation...This is the idea of ​​Tamagoras.

Form an alliance against Dionia?!...Lutekli's mood is a bit complicated.

Since the Spartans had participated in the Persian Expeditionary Force, they early noticed that Dionysia, established by mercenary leaders, knew more than other Greek city-states. Dionysia gradually changed from a weak city-state when it was established. The whole process of the powerful kingdom, in this process, Sparta did not use tactics, stumbling blocks, and want to hinder its development, because they remembered the threatening words that King Dionia had told them, so even The peace agreement has always been in effect, and they are always worried that they will be retaliated by Deolia, especially now that Sparta is deeply trapped in the war quagmire of Thebes, so the Persian proposal made Lu Tickley was tempted, because if it could be achieved, it would undoubtedly give Sparta a guarantee of security, but at the same time, he was also worried that the establishment of this alliance would really anger Dionysia?Can you really resist the offense that Dionia may launch?After all, the Spartans knew a little about the strength of some Dionysians.

And Peropidas looked at Trebasus in astonishment. He seemed to hear another meaning from the mouth of this favorite Persian king: strangely, the Persians seem to be afraid of Dionyssia?!Is the Kingdom of Dionia really so powerful?!...

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Master Trebasus, the advice of the King of Persia is very good, but I have a small problem."

"What's the problem?" Trebasus looked at him.

"As far as I know, Sparta has been in close contact with the Kingdom of Dionysia you just mentioned and signed a long-term alliance agreement to allow such a city-state to lead the Greeks against Dionysia. This may be ?!--"

"Shut your mouth! Don't talk nonsense if you don't know!" Lutikli interrupted him and emphasized loudly: "Sparta and Dionysia signed a non-aggression treaty. In fact, we Bada’s relationship with Australia is not good!..."

"The king knows all these things, so the king still proposes that Sparta will lead the Greeks to defend against the possible invasion of Dioria, but in order to dispel the doubts of other city-states, it is best for Sparta to draw a line with Dionysia as soon as possible. , Cut off contact!"

Terabasus looked at Lutikli with a cold eye, and then looked at the other two envoys. Shen Sheng said: "The king is very concerned about the security of Greece and will support you to restore peace! We will also fully support you to form an alliance and defend against Dai. Onia! But if any city-state is still provoking war or refusing to join the alliance, defending the Dionysians, or even secretly colluding with it, then Persia will call on other Greek city-states to unite and destroy them! Dionysia really invaded Greece one day, the king promised that he would assist the huge wealth and material of this alliance in Greece, and also have a strong navy to help the Greeks fight back this evil wolf in the west!... "

The decisive words of Terribassos contained strong threats and at the same time showed the generosity and generosity of Persia. The three Peropidas were just messengers of the city-state and could not make a direct commitment to this. In order to return to the city-state and persuade the people to make a choice, the three of them all kept silent.

But for Terebassos, he had completely conveyed the intention of the Persian king to the three messengers. The purpose had been achieved, and he did not want to spend more time with the Greeks, so the banquet ended hurriedly.

However, after the three men returned to their rooms, the most silent Athenian messenger, Tamagoras, quietly knocked on the door of the Spartan messenger. After seeing Lutikli, he said righteously : "Athens and Sparta need a good talk..."

Before the three messengers left Persia, Artaxerxes met them again, reaffirming his hope that Greece would restore peace and form an alliance to defend Dionysia, he showed his generosity and gave each The three emissaries were very rewarding. Among them, he also gave a crown of flowers soaked with balm to the Spartan messenger Lutikli. He also heard that the Athens messenger Tamagoras loved to drink milk. Specially presented to him a dozen good cows, only to Pelopidas showed nothing special, which is somewhat contrary to the performance of the three messengers he met before.

In addition to this, he summoned Lutikli separately, specifically referring to the "Spartan-Dionysia friendly agreement", and he reminded him seriously: Sparta must communicate with Dionysia Cut off the relationship, otherwise Persia will turn to support its enemy-Thebes.

Due to the pressure exerted by the Persian king, Lutikli was very worried on his way back.

Peropidas was equally uneasy. Don’t look at the Babylonian King of Persia’s attitude towards him is good, but he can feel that the Persians believe and support Sparta more, and they specifically mentioned the sentence in the previous talks. , "Peace talks are best based on the King's contract", which makes him worried.