ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1131 A friendly breakup
Davos just nodded to express his understanding, then turned to look at Xenophon, and said with relief: "As a guest, you can become the envoy of Sparta. It seems that Xenophon, you are in Sparta." It’s really going well!”

He patted Xenophon on the shoulder again, turned and walked towards his throne, and asked at the same time: "Why did you come to Dionia as an envoy this time? To renew the friendly agreement? I remember that it still has several years left. It’s just due.”

Gesyrus opened his mouth to speak, but Xenophon quickly stopped him, and then said carefully: "Since the war broke out between Thebes and Sparta, it has lasted for several years, whether it was against the Peloponnese or the A lot of damage was caused to both China and Greece. In order to restore peace to Greece, Sparta decided to negotiate peace with Thebes and Athens.

However, the two sides have been fighting each other for many years, with many casualties and deep hatred. It is not easy to successfully negotiate a peace, so it is best to find a powerful country to persuade both sides to sit down and negotiate-"

"So Sparta chose to come to us, Dionia." Davos, who had returned to his throne, leaned forward and interjected with interest: "It seems that the friendship between the two of us for more than 10 years has not been in vain! "

Both Xenophon and Gesius looked embarrassed.

Xenophon coughed twice and whispered: "Uh... that... Sparta did consider inviting Dionia as a mediator, but although Dionia is powerful, it has no influence in mainland Greece. It is difficult to deter the rebellious Thebes and Athens. And Sparta happened to find out that Athens and Thebes sent envoys to Persia one after another...

You also know that the last Corinthian War was able to reach an armistice and reach an agreement, and Persia played a big role in it.In order to prevent Persia from turning to support its enemies, Sparta had to send envoys to Persia as well——"

"Dionia has little influence in mainland Greece. Isn't this because we strictly abide by the friendly agreement signed with Sparta! Although it is so close to mainland Greece, our Dionia has been There was no interference in the political situation in Greece, but now Sparta is complaining that Dionia has no influence in Greece!" Antaolis, one of the auxiliary ministers, couldn't help but interjected and complained: "On the contrary, Sparta is During the agreement, some things were secretly done in the Western Mediterranean, which caused some trouble for us in Dionia!"

"I also have a question for the Spartan envoy. As we all know, Sparta has been supported by Persia in these years, which is why the 'King's Contract' was signed and it became the leader of the city-states in Greece again. This time If Sparta wants an armistice and peace talks, shouldn't it first seek the support of Persia? Why did the envoys of Athens and Thebes get ahead of us because they have to consider our Dionia first?" Another assistant The political minister Sipulus also raised his own questions, trying to expose some lies in Xenophon's words.

Facing the questions from Dionysian ministers, Xenophon, although he had been prepared before, could not help but feel a little nervous at the moment: "This... Dionia's performance of keeping his promise is very respected by the Spartans!... And because You defeated Carthage and became stronger... and... you are very close to the Peloponnese, so Sparta did first think of asking Dionia for help, but the reality is-"

"Okay, needless to say any unnecessary explanations. Since Sparta has decided to seek support from Persia, why did it send you to Dionia? Did Persia reject Sparta's request?" Daves smiled half-heartedly. asked.

When Xenophon came into contact with Davos's profound eyes, he had a vague illusion. It seemed that the Dionian king had known the whole matter. Suddenly, he was so blessed that he no longer defended himself and said directly: "Persia Promise to support Sparta, but ask Sparta to sever friendly ties with Dionia, otherwise they will turn to support Athens and Thebes, giving Sparta an unprecedented failure! So Sparta I was sent here as an envoy just to end the friendly agreement with Dionia that has lasted for more than 10 years..."

Xenophon's words immediately caused quite a commotion in the hall.

"In order to gain the support of Persia, Sparta did not hesitate to sever friendly ties with our Dionia. Isn't it afraid of offending our Dionia and triggering a new war?!" Alexis, the Minister of Military Affairs, asked sharply.

Gesurus, who had been silent before, couldn't help but said loudly: "Before leaving, King Agesilaus once told me that it is really imperative to end the friendly agreement with Dionysia this time, and wait until the armistice agreement is signed After that, we Sparta will resume contacts with Dionia and sign a new friendship agreement, please don’t worry!”

It's okay if he didn't say this. After he said it, the whole hall was like a frying pan. Even Haka, who was usually mild-mannered, said coldly: "What does Sparta mean? Don't we see Dionia?" Are you so easy to bully! If you want to break the contract, break it, if you want to renew it, renew it! You have to know that this is the Western Mediterranean, and Dionia is the only king here. Any city-state and force is rushing to attach itself to Dionia, And be proud to join the Dionysian Alliance!

With Dionia's current strength, it rarely signs reciprocal agreements with other city-states.Since you Spartans do not feel that this friendly agreement is precious, then after this agreement is torn up, you Spartans will deeply feel the kind of friendship that you did not feel in the Corinthian War and the Theban War. Terrible pressure! "

After Gaisylus finished speaking, Xenophon knew something was wrong. Seeing that Gaisylus wanted to refute, he quickly stopped him and subconsciously cast a pleading look at Davos.

"Okay." Davos raised his hand and suppressed the anger of the important minister. He said sternly: "We Dionians regard promises as life. Once the agreement is signed, no matter what happens in the future, it will be fulfilled. Agreement. But perhaps for Sparta, the agreement was signed with the intention of tearing it up. The Peloponnesian War achieved an armistice, but the Corinthian War broke out within a few years. Not long after the King's Peace was signed, another war broke out. In the Theban War, Sparta was not the first to break the agreement and provoke the war. Therefore, we have already been mentally prepared for this friendly agreement to be canceled by Sparta. If it is canceled, just cancel it, but it is easy to cancel. It would be difficult to regain it, as many Tarentums and Carthaginians still regret it."

Xenophon was shocked after hearing Davos's meaningful words.

Davos emphasized his tone and asked word for word: "I am now formally asking you Xenophon, are Sparta sure to cancel this friendly agreement?!"

Xenophon quickly replied: "Yes! In order to reach an armistice and restore peace as soon as possible, Sparta is also forced to do so. But I can guarantee that although the agreement is cancelled, Sparta will still maintain peace with Dionia!"

"It's not up to Sparta." Davos smiled slightly: "Now it seems that the King of Persia is very resentful of our Dionysian. But for your Xenophon's sake, our Dionysian Asia will not cause trouble to Sparta because of this breach of contract!"

Xenophon was overjoyed and immediately said gratefully: "Thank you, His Majesty the King! The Spartans will keep your goodwill in mind and are willing to maintain peace with Dionia and will never be manipulated by the Persians!"

Davos blinked disapprovingly, put his hands on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: "Now that the business is done, let's talk about private matters. I will hold a banquet for you in the palace tonight, and I will invite some My mercenary friends who fought side by side in Persia participated in the event to express their feelings of farewell."

Having successfully completed the mission assigned by Sparta, Xenophon was now in a relaxed mood and immediately said: "I am very happy to attend this dinner and have a drink with my former comrades to make up for the regrets of the year."

Davos smiled and looked at Alexis and Business Secretary Marij: "You two are indispensable for tonight's banquet, so I will extend an invitation to you first."

Alexis and Marij quickly expressed their willingness to participate.

When Xenophon and Geselus exited the palace, Antaoris, who could no longer hold himself back, immediately asked: "Your Majesty, are we just going to forget about Sparta's wanton breach of the agreement?!"

"Then what else do you want?" Davos looked at him and asked calmly, "Declare war on Sparta?"

"At least we should find a way to punish them for this rude behavior, otherwise other city-states will think that we, Dionia, are weak and can be bullied!" Antaoris' tone is still tough.

Davos looked at him, then at other ministers with different expressions, and said thoughtfully: "Just punishment will not cause much damage to Sparta, but will arouse their vigilance. The Persians want to serve as mediators , to reunify the Greek city-states that have been in constant war, I am afraid they want to cause trouble for us Dionia... The Spartans want to use the support of Persia to become the leader of the Greek city-states again... They all want to It's great, but I think things may not be as smooth as they imagined..."

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Sipulos was moved in his heart.

Davos did not respond directly, but smiled slightly: "What we need to do now is to pay close attention to the development of the war situation in Greece and wait for a favorable opportunity to arrive."

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Considering that some former mercenary veterans were still serving in other places, the dinner that night was not held but was postponed to two days later.During these two days, Davos specially sent someone to accompany Xenophon and visited most places in the Turiyi region, allowing him to have a deeper understanding of the situation in the Kingdom of Dionia.

(End of this chapter)