Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

When was the last time most Greek city-states formed a coalition?The Hippo War a hundred years ago!This is to treat Dionia as an enemy like Persia!This is very uncomfortable for Croto Kataks and Plintors, who have Greek blood and have a Greek complex.

So when the messenger left, both of them looked very solemn.

Plintors broke the silence first and comforted Cloto Kataks: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much! The Thebes have already said that it is not a short time to form such an alliance that encompasses most of the Greek city-states. Time can do it, we still have enough time to conquer Sparta first.

Once Sparta was conquered, Messenia was owned by us again, the Arcadian Alliance was still our alliance, and Ellis also expressed kindness to us, so that we would stabilize most of the Peloponnese. In addition, Thebes also supports us. Even if other city-states form coalition forces to oppose us, their strength has been greatly weakened. We can completely defeat them and dominate the situation in Greece with our existing strength!"

Cloto Kataks thought for a while, and said cautiously: "Our arrival is like stabbing a hornet's nest. I didn't expect Delphi, Olympia, and Corinth to hate us so much. The situation has become complicated, and many things may become uncertain... Indeed, the most important thing for us now is to seize the time to defeat the Spartan army and eliminate this powerful enemy first. And defeating Sparta will help increase us The prestige is also a deterrent to other Greek city-states."

"His Royal Highness is right!" Plintors nodded in agreement: "I think we can—"

"Report!" The captain of the palace guard's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"what's up?"

"Messenia sent an urgent letter!"

Cloto Kataks unfolded the letter, and gradually frowned his eyebrows, lost in thought.

Although Plintors was curious, he was not good at asking.

After a while, Cloto Kataks put down the letter and said: "Veteran Ticias wrote and said that Nafpaktos sent an emissary, hoping that some of their people could return to their motherland, Messene. Sub-life".

"Nafpaktos?" Plintors thought for a while, and then said with some confusion: "I remember this city-state seems to be located on the northern shore of the Corinthian Gulf, near the exit of the Gulf. During the Peloponnesian War It is not only the ally of Athens, but also the naval base of Athens in the Gulf of Corinth. The Athenian Admiral Formio once won many naval victories there, and the Athenian General Dimosini once used it as a military base. , Almost conquered the Akanania, Ambunakia, Aetolia, Locris areas... But why does this city-state make such a request?"

"Master Printoles deserves to be the chief of staff, and he is very familiar with the military battles that have taken place." Cloto Kataks praised, and then explained in detail: "Before the Peloponnesian War , Sparta once had a large-scale riot dominated by the Messenians. With the help of the Athens reinforcements, Sparta was unable to put it out. In the end, it reached a compromise with these black soldiers and allowed them to leave Sparta. Bada Territory.

Athens helped some of the Messenians who had escaped to establish Nafpaktos. It is said to have come from the advice of Pericles. The famous chief general of Athens did have a long-term vision, so in the Peloponnesian War Nafpaktos has always been a firm ally of Athens and played an important role.

After the war, Nafpaktos was forced to terminate the covenant in Athens, but Sparta has been exhausted by the war in recent years, and its strength has greatly weakened. Nafpaktos once again has close contacts with Athens..."

Printors was born as a commoner in Turie, talented and smart, but because of his poor family, he had no education when he was young. Later, Dionia was founded. He was the first to respond to Davers's call to participate in the adult class of Turye School. Learn.After getting rid of illiteracy, he has not stopped studying until now, but after all, he is old, and he mainly focuses on studying military affairs.And the new generation of Dionian citizens have received a more comprehensive education from an early age, rich in knowledge, and more extensively involved. As a prince, Croto Kataks must not only receive school education, but also complete Davers’s education for him. The assigned learning tasks, the amount of knowledge possessed is relatively broad, not comparable to ordinary peers.

"The Nafpaktos asked to join Messania on the grounds that he was a descendant of Messene..." Plintors carefully savored what Klotokataks had just said. He quickly reacted and said in a deep voice, "But they are in close contact with Athens. I am afraid that there was a secret instigation from Athens... Now that the First Fleet patrols the Aegean Sea has dissatisfied Athens, now there are Delphi and Olympian priests secretly. activity……

Once Messenia becomes unstable because of their participation, not only will the kingdom's efforts to invest in Messenia be undermined, but it will also cause problems for the army's back road. We have to guard against it!"

"Master Tisias is also aware of this problem, so he wrote to ask for instructions." Croto Kataks raised the papyrus scroll in his hand, but hesitated on his face: "But we have already issued a call to the whole of Greece before. "Welcome the immigrants of Messenia back to their motherland." It was just not long after the words were spoken. How can I go back now?"

"His Royal Highness, we don't need to go back." Plintors suggested: "We just need to push this matter back and say,'Messenia agreed in principle to return to their motherland, but because They have returned too many people, and Messenia does not have enough houses and land for resettlement. After Messenia is fully prepared, they will be proactively informed to return.'"

Croto Kataks thoughtfully: "What do you mean...after we have defeated Sparta and stabilized the situation in the Peloponnese, will we agree to the demands of the Nafpaktos?"

"Even after we dominate the situation in Greece, we can notify Nafpaktos. After all, Messenia is in our control, and the time is of course up to us. Anyway, we have not broken our words."

Cloto Kataks nodded, picked up the pen and paper, pondered for a while, and prepared to write a reply.

At this time, the guards from outside the account announced again: "His Royal Highness, the team officer in charge of patrolling the Xiying Gate brought a person, saying that it is from Ellis, and I have very important news to tell you."

Ellis?...Clotokatax was curious and confused, put down his pen, and said, "Let him come in."

Under the watchfulness of the two court guards, a Greek man dressed as a shepherd walked into the tent nervously and saw Cloto Kataks sitting at the top, and immediately shouted: "My lord! My lord! Me! The owner of Alice is Lala Lala. He wrote a letter asking me to hand it over to the commander of the Dionian army. I took the letter, afraid of being discovered, so I dared not take the road and ran for two days. I didn’t eat much on the mountain road, so I was tired--"

"Don't talk nonsense, get the letter out!" Plintors said in a deep voice.

The man was stunned by Priintoles' sharp eyes, and quickly took out the letter from his arms.

The guard immediately submitted the letter.

Cloto Kataks unfolded the letter. The content of the letter made his heart sink. He stared at the letter for a long time. After his mind calmed down, he raised his head and said to the guard: "Take him down first. After a good meal, tell the financial officer and give him 5 silver coins as a reward!"

"Yes!"

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!..." The man bends over and salutes with joy, then he thinks of something, and hurriedly said: "I would like to ask the lord to write a reply to let my master rest assured!"

Croto Kataks nodded, and after the guard and the messenger withdrew, Plintors immediately asked: "His Royal Highness, is there something serious?" Although Croto Kataks concealed it. Not bad, but Plintors still saw some clues.

Cloto Katak silently handed him the letter.

Plintors quickly read the letter, and his expression became solemn: "His Royal Highness, the letter said,'The priests of Olympia and the Pisas persuaded the Alice Council to join the Greek Alliance against us on the grounds of surrendering to Alice. 'The letter also said,'At the council of Ellis, the Olympian priests declared that their people would soon persuade the Okomenus to rebel against the Arcadian Alliance...' If the situation is really like what the letter says Yes, the situation will be very unfavorable for us!"

Cloto Kataks clasped his hands tightly. Although he seemed a little nervous, he still analyzed seriously: "When I was in Messiania, I heard Master Ticias say that this Arie named Ionicus Senator S.’s father is a Messenian. He once witnessed the recapture of Messenia by our army from the Spartans. He also stayed in Messenia for a while, together with Tisias. Liberation of Black Rolls had a certain affinity for the Kingdom of Dionia, so after learning the news, he wrote to us immediately.

He is also afraid that if we suffer defeat, the newly independent Messenia will be occupied by the Spartans again... so he should not lie to us."

"If Alice makes us an enemy, and Okomenus or more Arcadian city-states also rebel, then our back road will be threatened, and Messenia may also be attacked. Sparta's battle is not easy to fight!" Plintors said in a deep voice.

Croto Kataks rubbed his hands and asked hesitantly: "Should we... first retreat to Messenia, see the changes in the situation, and redefine the next military action?"