Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"Father, my son believes that although our army has an absolute advantage in this battle, we should not take it lightly and advance too hastily."

Wu Zhang seemed to have remembered something, and said: "There is a saying in the art of war, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top."

"I, Da Wu, used to use a lot of alienation tactics in the Great Unification War before. This time, why not use alienation tactics against the Greeks?"

"Details."

Qingji couldn't help feeling excited.

The tactic of alienation is really tried and tested.

Even if they are two allies who live in harmony, there is still a day of tearing their faces and dying, not to mention that there is a lot of dirt among the Greek city-states, and they are not monolithic?
"Father, since the Battle of Boeotia that year, the Greeks have joined the Delian League in order to prevent my Wu army from going west again."

"This is an alliance of Greek city-states with more than 150 members, led by the Athenians."

"Because the alliance site and treasury were once located on the island of Delos, it is called the 'Delian Alliance'."

"My son heard that this so-called Delian alliance, the states that join the alliance can maintain the original political system, and the affairs of the alliance are decided by the alliance meeting held on the island of Delos. A certain number of ships, Soldiers and alliance donations..."

Delian League?
As a traveler, Qingji knows that in the original history, the Delian League was established by the Greeks to resist the invasion of the Persian army.

Now, it was established to resist the invasion of Wu's army.

The Delian League, the League around the Aegean Sea.

In contrast, a defensive alliance formed by the Spartans in neighboring countries on the Peloponnese Peninsula was called the "Peloponnesian League".

In history, there was a Peloponnesian War between the Delian League headed by Athens and the Peloponnesian League headed by Sparta, which had a far-reaching impact.

This is enough to show that there is a lot of filth among the Greeks.

"Father, if you want to divide the Greek alliance, my son believes that you can start with the Spartans."

Wu Zhang said slowly: "Before the Hippo-Persian War, the relationship between Athens and Sparta was not very good."

"One of them is an oligarchy and the other is a ministries. They have different systems, so they look down on each other."

"During the Hippo War and the Battle of Boeotia, although Athens and Sparta were able to speak out in unison, shortly after the Battle of Boeotia, I heard that several conflicts broke out between them."

Hearing this, Qingji shook his head and said, "Brothers stand against the wall to defend against their insults."

"Athens and Sparta are both Greeks. At critical moments, they are naturally able to unite with the outside world."

"I'm afraid it's not easy to provoke the relationship between them when the enemy is present."

It is understandable that the Athenians and Spartans dislike each other because of their different systems.

Because of its advantage of being surrounded by the sea on three sides, Athens has developed a strong navigation capability.

With the blessing of sailing ability, Athens flourished in commerce and accumulated a lot of wealth.

Driven by this massive wealth, Athens began to actively establish education, guide the occurrence of ideological trends, and finally created the famous democratic system.

However, because Sparta was surrounded by mountains on three sides and was used to looting, it began to frantically pursue the strength of its army.

In order to ensure their strong combat effectiveness, they not only trained Spartan citizens with strict standards, but also constantly instilled in them the idea of ​​obedience, and finally developed a highly centralized oligarchy system.

As soon as these two very different city-states came into contact with each other, they felt sincere disgust for each other's political systems. Sparta was afraid that its citizens would be "led down" by Athens, and Athens thought Sparta was a rude barbarian.

Therefore, although there is no deep hatred between the two parties, the relationship is not good at all.

"Father, it is not easy to provoke the relationship between the Spartans and the Athenians. However, it is not difficult to disintegrate the Spartan city-state."

Wu Zhang said meaningfully: "The regime of the Kingdom of Sparta itself is very strange."

"The state apparatus of Sparta consisted of the king, the assembly of citizens, the council of elders, and the censors."

"There are two kings, who are hereditary from two families. Usually, they preside over state sacrifices and handle cases involving family law."

"When it comes to war, one king goes out to lead the army to fight, one king stays in the city-state, and the two kings check and balance each other."

"The Citizens' Assembly is composed of Spartan men who have reached the age of 30. The Citizens' Assembly has no right to propose."

"The council of elders puts forward a proposal, and the citizens' assembly only has the right to discuss and vote. When voting, the decision is made by the volume of shouts, and the volume of voices means that it is passed."

"The members of the council of elders and the censors are elected by the citizens' assembly, and the election method is also to express opinions on the candidates by the level of shouting."

"And among them, the powers of the censors continued to expand. Their initial duties were to supervise the king, to try the king's wrongdoing, and to monitor the lives of citizens."

"Up to now, the Ombudsman has taken the place of the king to preside over the Council of Elders and the Citizens' Assembly, and the power that originally belonged to the Council of Elders to hear civil cases has also fallen into their hands."

"They became de facto 'kings,' and the rivalry between kings and censors in Sparta has existed since ancient times."

"The king of Sparta can gain great prestige by going out to fight, and thus grasp the power of the country."

"At that time, the kings of Sparta, Pausanias and Leuduccides, made great military exploits in Plataea and Mikale respectively, which greatly improved their prestige and thus controlled the country. power."

"In the past, the legendary king of Sparta, Leuduccides, made great achievements in battle in his life, defeating such powerful enemies as Chios, Samos, and Thessaly."

"But because his personal rudeness angered the inspectors, he was imprisoned for corruption by the inspectors, and was killed in prison afterward... How absurd is this?"

"Father, to tell you the truth, my son has already bought three of the five inspectors of the Spartans. It is not difficult to instigate them to cooperate with our army to create civil strife."

"good."

Hearing Wu Zhang's arrangement, Qingji was very satisfied.

"Besides, my son believes that we can also provoke the slaves in Sparta, that is, the black labors to rebel, forcing the Spartans to return to help and unable to participate in the war."

"it is good."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, expressing his agreement.

There are probably three types of people in the city-state of Sparta, one is the Spartans (citizens).

One is the Piriaces.

Most of the Pirians lived around the city-state or along the coast, engaged in handicrafts and commerce.

They have personal freedom and no political rights. They must pay taxes and serve to Spartan slave owners, and cannot enjoy the rights of other full-time Spartans. They can only serve as soldiers when they serve in the military.

And the last one is Helots (slaves).

The fate of Heluoshi is the worst.

In the eighth century BC, the Spartans launched a ten-year war against their neighbor, Messenia, and finally conquered Messenia, turning most of the Messenians into slaves and calling them "heroes".

Heilos were fixed on the land, engaged in hard physical labor, handed over half of the harvest to the slave owners every year, and lived half-starved and half-fed, not as good as cows and horses.

The Spartans often waged wars abroad, so the military service burden of Helos was very heavy.

During the Hippo-Persian War alone, the Spartans conscripted 3.5 Helots to accompany the army.

They are forced to take the lead, using their lives to find out the enemy's reality and reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.

Helaus couldn't bear the cruel exploitation and brutality of the Spartans, and often staged riots and armed uprisings.

In addition, the number of Heilos is much larger than that of the Spartans, so the Spartans used a method called "Kripti" to persecute and eliminate Heilos.

Kripti means stealth.

The Spartans didn't treat Helos as a human being at all.

From time to time the nobles of Sparta sent to the country large numbers of the most cautious young warriors, armed only with short swords and a few necessities.

During the day they scatter and hide in isolated places, killing every helot they can catch.

Sometimes they also came to the fields where the Helos were working, and killed the strongest and best of them...