Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"In addition, you have to send someone to inform Ticias, and let him lead those from Tindaris to persuade and mobilize as many black laborers as possible to help us unload the cargo ship..."

Mukru led away.

Leotichides said to Adoris again: "You go to inform the soldiers of the 1st Legion, stop chasing the enemy, and do not march north, gather at the Spartan Barracks immediately and seize the time to expand the camp. . And... Where did the Spartans escape into the mountains? Send two soldiers to show me."

Leotichides can roughly guess where the Spartan fighter might have escaped from, but he still needs to confirm it with his own eyes in order to make a defensive arrangement.

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Seeing the power of the Dionysian crossbow artillery with his own eyes, Dolios realized on his way back that he could not defend for a long time even if he withdrew to the barracks. Insufficient, relatively simple), so he decisively issued two more orders: first, he handed over the army command to the adjutant, let him lead the soldiers back to the Lagonda Pass in the Tegtos Mountains, try to make the Bada, an army of more than 400 people composed mostly of real Spartan warriors, was preserved; second, he sent a messenger to the city of Pilos on the west coast, and told the soldiers in the city that the Dionysian army had landed After reaching Mesenia, he was ordered to abandon the town and retreat north as soon as possible.

But he himself decided to stay, even if he died in the barracks at the gate of the barracks, he would never want to escape, because he knew that despite the strength of the enemy army, for the sake of preserving strength, the retreat was completely justified. , But the loss of Mesenia is definitely a big deal for the Spartans. The resentment and rumors of the people will always surround him. As a member of the King’s Guard and a veteran of more than 20 years, he would never want to be himself Was honored.

Unfortunately, he only killed one Dionysian soldier and was stabbed in the thigh by the javelin thrown by the enemy, becoming a captive, a mean Dionysian!

At this moment, he was carried by two soldiers and brought into the large tent. Under the candlelight in the tent, he saw a Dionysian wearing a black armor sitting directly in front: he stayed for a short time The hair, the lower jaw also has no beard, I heard that the Dionysians have a weird habit of not storing hair, but the appearance of this person will not be less than 50 years old...what!

"Spartans, tell me, how many soldiers did you deploy in Mesenia? How many are Spartan soldiers?" Leotichides asked coldly.

Dolios didn't answer. He just stared at Leotichides' face, and even couldn't help walking a few steps forward.

The guards on both sides immediately dragged him and shouted loudly: "Master Commander is asking you something, and answer quickly!"

Dolios tried hard to get rid of the soldiers' control and shouted excitedly: "Leotichides? You are Leotichides!"

Leotichides was amazed. He thought he had changed a lot since he left Sparta for so many years. Most of the Spartans who knew him were probably the old ones, or they had retired and could not be recognized on the battlefield. When he came, he didn't expect his identity to be revealed as soon as he set foot on Peloponnese's land.

Mukruk immediately shouted loudly: "This is Lord Prosius, the commander of the Dionysian army. He once led the army to defeat the Carthage army, captured Syracuse, conquered Gaul... it was Dai. The Kingdom of Niya is a well-known and often victorious general! Spartans, don’t be irritated, answer the general’s questions truthfully. If you perform well, we will consider returning you to Sparta!"

"He really is Leotichides, the son of our former King Sparta Saki!" Dolios still stubbornly pointed at General Dionysia directly in front of him and said aloud, "I will never You will admit it! The scar on his chin was left by the head wolf when we were sent by the instructor to hunt the wild wolf. If it were not for me, he would have been bitten by the wolf!"

Dolios said that he had a nose and eyes, and the others in the tent subconsciously looked at Leotichides: indeed, Prosius did have a more obvious slender scar on his chin.

If Leotichides had a beard and long hair, or many Leos could not be too sure, but now Leotichides has more wrinkles on his face than when he was young. Not much has changed.

With the continuous reform of the Spartan regime over the past few decades, the king’s power has almost been exhausted, but in addition to the power of military integration, there is another right that has not been denied, that is, the princes did not have to participate in brutal military training since childhood. Otherwise, babies like Agassius who were born with foot problems have long been thrown into the valley slits, but Leotichides is one of the few royal members who actively applied for training in Agge, naturally In the military camp, he was very concerned by other Spartan teenagers, but he rarely paid attention to other people with his character. It was just that the kiss of a dead wolf almost left a deep impression in his memory, so even the immediate The Spartan was disheveled and bloodied, and he could roughly guess who the other person was.

This world is so small!...Leotisides sighed in his heart, and then said in a deep voice: "Leave this captive, you all retreat."

Mukruk stared at Leotichides and saw that he looked calm and determined, opened his mouth, and finally did not say anything, and turned out of the big account.

The two guards were somewhat hesitant: "Master Commander, it is too dangerous to leave this Spartan alone in the account!"

"Are I afraid of a wounded Spartan, go out!" Leotichides said undeniably.

The guard withdrew obediently, leaving only Ortichides and Dolios in the account.

The two stared at each other. After a while, Leotichides broke the silence and pointed to the wooden bench next to him: "Sit.

Dolios was also polite, dragging his injured left leg and sitting on the stool.

"I didn't expect to meet you here, Dolios." Leotichides said slowly.

"I didn't expect that the prince of Sparta would become the general of Dionysia!" Dolios sneered implicitly in his sigh.

"There is nothing unexpected. Agsilaus became king. If I don't flee Sparta, would I be willing to stay in Sparta and be accused of being a hybrid, and then be like my mother... like my mother, Was it wronged to commit suicide?!" Leotichides's voice was shaking, and his rare emotion was a little excited: "At that time, except for Dionia who dared to fight against Sparta just after its establishment, The city-state is not an ally of Sparta or an affiliate of Sparta. I don’t have many choices...but now it seems that my choices are correct, so I’m here today."

"Your choice is right?" Dolios heard this, and immediately became angry: "Dionia raided the precious property left by our ancestors, Mesenia, without declaring war. It is completely untrustworthy! Do you know how much difficulty will be caused to Sparta if you lose Mesenia?! How many people will lose the nobleness of their citizens due to the loss of Mesenia? Become an inferior person because of your identity?...just because you have a hatred with King Agsilaus, you will not hesitate to hurt all Spartans, don’t forget that you are also a Spartan!"

Leotichides knocked on the table with his hand and said indifferently: "I am now a citizen of Dionysia, and it is not up to me to attack Mesonia. It was an order issued by His Majesty Davis. It’s Sparta who didn’t keep its credibility. It was because you ended the peace agreement ahead of time that Thebes had the opportunity to form an alliance with our Dionysian, and you violated the Calias contract and led your troops to attack Thebes again. Of course, Onia must fulfill the covenant..."

"But Thebes has signed a truce with us Sparta!" Dolios roared.

"Dionysia has indeed heard rumors in this regard, but Thebes did not send an envoy to inform us, and Dionysia is so far away from the mainland of Greece, it is impossible to determine whether this rumor is true or false, so offensive The plan has not changed.

In addition, there are some citizens of Dionysia who were born in Mesenia. His Majesty Daveus promised them that "to restore Mesenia's independence", and today also fulfilled his promise..." Leotichide Si spoke lightly.

"So Dionysia has decided to become the enemy of Sparta?!" Dolios said sternly: "Don't think that Dionysia is the king in the Western Mediterranean, he thinks there is no enemy, just because of your Fighting without declaration, we lack preparedness, so that you are lucky enough to succeed! But soon our Spartans will gather a large army and recapture Mesenia. I am afraid that it will be the turn of the Dionysian soldiers. Spartan's captive!"

"If Sparta really sent a large army to fight for Mesenia, it would be best." Leotichides increased his tone, his eyes flashing a strange light, looking at Dolios, quite meaningful Said: "In fact, even if you don't say it, we are well aware of the current situation of Sparta. The Spartan fighters stationed in Mesenia will not exceed 500, and all Spartan fighters will not add up. To 2000 people, the council of these elders passed a resolution granting some Piriats and a very few black rascals as Spartan citizens, but they were not allocated to their land. In fact, their status was still low, fighting The desire is not strong, and even contradicts the Spartan warrior...

In addition, many years of uninterrupted combat have prevented many Spartan warriors from supervising the work of the Black Slayers to which they belong, thus failing to pay enough taxes, and thus being deprived of the qualification for public meals, they have in fact become inferiors. There must be a lot of resentment in their hearts. I think the situation in Sparta is probably worse than when they killed Kinatun..."