Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Sephiroth moved his right hand slightly, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the bones. The blood has been stopped. It's all right now, but I haven't Dharma salutes you."

"Wait for the medical camp to arrive, and then let them give you serious treatment. You are now the hero who defeated the Spartans. Don't be careless, cause wound infections, cause serious illness, and end up not enjoying any honor..."

"I said, Sir, are you caring about me or cursing me?!" Sephiroth said dissatisfied.

Sekerian was more casual when he got along with the senior officers of the First Fleet. He laughed and said, "We don't need to pay respect to the military salute for the time being. I will fill it up later. What is the situation now?"

"The Spartans sent a messenger to ask for peace talks with us. I can't call the shots, so I just..."

"We have completely defeated the Spartan army. They no longer have any power. Our soldiers can easily walk and occupy Sparta City. At this time, they want peace talks? This is a dream, right? Drive this messenger away and we will lead the army into the city."

"The messenger said that he was Xenophon, a friend who followed His Majesty Daves on an expedition to Persia."

"Your majesty's friend?" Sekelian finally showed a look of importance, but he pondered for a while, or said: "I don't think your majesty will give up the most beneficial move for the kingdom because of his personal friendship... …So, you go and tell that…... Xenophon, Dionia will not accept the peace talks unless Sparta surrenders immediately.”

Sephiroth took the order and returned quickly: "My lord, he agreed with Sparta's surrender, but—"

"But the Dionian army can't enter Sparta, and can't harass the people of Sparta!" Xenophon, who was behind Sephiroth, said loudly.

Sekelian held his head up, squinted at him, and sneered: "We are not allowed to enter Spartan City, and we can't capture the Spartans. What kind of surrender is this!"

"Sparta surrendered to Dionia and gave up control of all the city-states. Only the original territory of Sparta was retained. It could even accept some reforms of the Spartan regime by Dionia, and the Spartans would later Keep the same offense and defense with Dionia. No matter who Dionia will fight in the future, Sparta must fight with him... General, in the Peloponnesian War, Athens ultimately failed and surrendered to Sparta. The conditions accepted are almost the same. The surrender conditions proposed by Sparta are even more stringent now, enough to show our sincerity. Isn't that enough?" Xenophon said neither humble nor arrogant.

Sekerian still had doubts on his face: "These conditions you mentioned...Did the Spartans agree to it?"

"They have granted me full authority and will never object!" Xenophon said firmly.

Sekerian sneered again, staring at him, and said straightforwardly: "To be honest, I don't believe your surrender, because the main force of Sparta is still in Arcadia. You just need to delay. Within a day or two, they can return quickly... Hehe, so whether it is the Spartan commander who was on the beach before, or you now, you have proposed not to let us enter Sparta City, so that they can come back. save!"

"General, since the Spartans have agreed to surrender, they will keep their promises and will never go back!" Xenophon exclaimed excitedly, as if insulted, "They are the descendants of Hercules. They swear in the name of Hercules that they will never violate the agreement!"

"You said as if the Spartans can keep their promises like our Dionians, but I don't believe you!" Sekerian shook his head and said mockingly: "I want you to have so many city-states in Greece together. Signing that king contract, you swore to the gods, right, but you Spartans broke the contract and suddenly attacked Thebes..."

"Then what should we do to make you believe?" Xenophon was speechless, and soon he asked eagerly.

Sekerian ignored him and turned to Sephiroth and said, "The soldiers have enough rest. Gather them immediately and enter the city of Sparta, and arrest all the Spartans. stand up!"

"Yes!"

Xenophon was anxious when he heard it, and went forward to grab Sekerian's sleeve, and said earnestly: "Wait a minute! General, you can't do this!..."

Sekelian shook his hand vigorously: "And him, grab him for me too!"

The commanded fleet infantry and 7th Army soldiers quickly lined up in a long and loose horizontal formation, stepping on wheat fields, vegetable fields, vineyards, and passing through sparse thatched huts...

As they approached the dense clusters of houses, they were surprised to see many elderly people, women, and even children appearing between the houses, all holding spears, daggers, and even wooden sticks, glaring at them.

The entire Dionian army stopped advancing.

After learning the news, Sekerian was silent for a while, and then ordered in a deep voice: "As expected, the Sparta, who has built the country by force, is the enemy if he takes up a weapon! Tell the soldiers not to be careless, let alone be kind. , Attack them immediately! But if they put down their weapons and stop the attack, they can no longer kill, they can only arrest, understand?!"

"understand!"

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In the King’s Office of the Turíy Palace, Daves is listening to a report from the head of intelligence, Aristotles: "Your Majesty, we have received a secret report from Greece in the past two days. The Athens Citizens Assembly has approved the joining of the Greek Union. Decided to declare war on us. At present, we are conducting military mobilization throughout the Attica area and preparing a large amount of military supplies. At the same time, we also cooperated with the priests of Delphi to send envoys to the surrounding city-states in an attempt to unite these city-states to us. Declare war..."

After hearing this, Daves frowned slightly, and soon stretched out again, and murmured calmly: "Don't look at the Athenians often talking about'freedom and equality, resistance to tyranny', but in fact they are the same. Compared with the Spartans, who were dragged down by the Black Rolex and focused more on securing their own territory, the Athenians were much more ambitious.

They want to control the Aegean Sea, because this is the source of their wealth; they also want to control the Yoke Xinghai, because this is the source of their food; they also thought about controlling Great Greece, so that they can threaten Sparta and Pero The League of Pennesias; they were also the allies of Egypt, helping them resist Persian aggression... Athens wants to establish a kingdom that controls the entire Mediterranean!

This idea has basically not changed much since Pericles.It will inevitably conflict with the interests of our kingdom and eventually lead to war... This is what we expected."

"However, our army is still fighting against Sparta in the Peloponnese. Athens chooses to attack at this time, which will add a lot of trouble to us." Aristotle couldn't help but say.

Daves did not respond directly, but asked: "Apart from Athens, which Greek city-states have joined this alliance now?"

"Ellis received the promise from the priests of Olympia and Pisa, and has decided to join this alliance; Corinth and Megara seem to have felt the threat of our fleet and clearly joined the alliance; Argos is still hesitant, mainly by them. The populace did not want to help the Spartans; the Phokes were influenced by the priests of Delphi and joined the alliance; after Phokes and Athens joined, the Rocris also joined;

The Thebes declared that we were their ally and helped them when they were most difficult. They could not violate the vows they made to God and declare war on us, but they would not point their spears at what they once helped. They passed their neighbors, so they remained neutral; under the influence of Thebes, most of the city-states of the Piosha Alliance also chose neutral;

The priests of Delphi and the messengers of Athens both went to lobby the Thessari people. The current intelligence shows that Jason is still hesitating and did not express his position. In addition, Athens also sent messengers to western Central Greece in an attempt to win over Akarnania and The indigenous people in the Etonia area, what is the specific situation, have not yet received information... The general situation is probably like this."

After listening to the more detailed introduction of Aristotles, Daves tapped the tabletop with his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Pelopidas of Thebes once quietly sent a letter, stating to me that Thebes had to The reason for making such a choice, considering the environment in which Thebes is now, they have already taken a lot of risks in making a neutral choice, which I understand.

Athens formally joined this alliance against us, which means that most of the Ionian city-states headed by Athens will declare war on us. Although Jason is still on the sidelines, I think since he has the ambition to become the overlord of Greece, he should Knowing that this is the only great opportunity he can repel our Dionia and achieve his goal, he will eventually join..."

At this point, his tone became extremely powerful: "These Greek city-states that oppose us are all gathered together. It is a good thing to confront us. We can save time, eradicate them all at once, and completely control the Greek mainland!"

Then, there was a gentle look on his face: "The situation in Greece is becoming more complicated. For Croto Kataks, this will be a good exercise. I believe in Plintor With the assistance of several high-ranking generals, such as Szechlien, he will not be in great danger to lead the army in the Peloponnese."