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Chapter 1192 Conquering Sparta

Sephidorus moved his right hand slightly, pretending to be relaxed and said: "I was accidentally shot. Fortunately, no muscles or bones were injured. The bleeding has been stopped. I'm fine now, but I can't do it for the time being." Dharma salutes you.”

"Wait for the medical camp to arrive later, and then let them give you serious treatment. You are now the hero who defeated the Spartans. Don't be careless and lead to wound infection and serious illness. As a result, you will not be able to enjoy any honors..."

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

Sekerian was relatively casual when getting along with the senior officers of the First Fleet. He laughed and said, "There is no need to salute the military salute for the time being. It will be made up for later. What is the situation now?"

"The Spartans sent a messenger and asked for peace talks with us. I couldn't make the decision, so..."

"We have completely defeated the Spartan army. They have no power anymore. Our soldiers can easily occupy the city of Sparta. At this time, they want peace talks? Is this a sweet dream? ! Drive this messenger away, and we will lead the army into the city."

"The envoy said that he was Xenophon, a good friend who had gone on an expedition to Persia with His Majesty Davos."

"Your Majesty's friend?" Sekerian finally showed a somewhat serious look, but he pondered for a while and then said: "I think your Majesty will never give up the most beneficial move for the kingdom just because of personal friendship... ...In this way, you go tell that... color... Xenophon, Dionia will not accept the peace agreement unless Sparta surrenders immediately."

Sephidorus took the order and left, and soon returned: "My lord, he agreed to Sparta's surrender, but -"

"But the Dionian army cannot enter the city of Sparta and cannot harass the people of Sparta!" Xenophon, who was following Sephidorus, shouted loudly.

Sekerian raised his head, looked at him sideways, and sneered: "We are not allowed to enter the city of Sparta and cannot arrest the Spartans. What kind of surrender is this!"

"Sparta surrendered to Dionia, gave up all the city-states it controlled, and retained only Sparta's original territory. It could even accept some of Dionia's reforms to Sparta's political system, and the Spartans would Maintaining an offensive and defensive consistency with Dionia, no matter who Dionia goes to war with in the future, Sparta must fight with it... General, in the Peloponnesian War that year, Athens ultimately failed and surrendered to Sparta, The conditions accepted are almost the same. Now the surrender conditions proposed by Sparta are even more stringent, which is enough to show our sincerity. Isn't this enough?" Xenophon said neither humble nor arrogant.

Sekerian still looked doubtful: "These conditions you mentioned...have all the Spartans agreed?"

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

Sekerian showed a few sneers again, looked at him, and said bluntly: "To be honest, I don't believe your surrender, because the main force of Sparta is still in Arcadia, and you only need to delay They can return quickly in a day or two... Haha, so both the Spartan commander who was on the beach before and you now have proposed not to let us enter Sparta City to facilitate their return. save!"

"General, since the Spartans promised to surrender, they will keep their promise and will never go back on it!" Xenophon said excitedly as if he had been insulted: "They are the descendants of Hercules. They swore in the name of Hercules that they would never break the agreement!”

"You say that the Spartans can keep their promises just like us Dionia, but I don't believe you!" Sekerian shook his head and said sarcastically: "I thought you had so many city-states in Greece together. When you signed that king's contract, you swore an oath to the gods, but you Spartans violated the contract not long after and suddenly attacked the city of Thebes..."

"Then what can we do to make you believe it?" Xenophon was speechless, and soon he asked anxiously.

Sekelian ignored him, turned to Sephiodorus and said, "Soldiers have had enough rest, gather them immediately, enter the city of Sparta, and arrest all the Spartans for me." stand up!"

"Yes!"

When Xenophon heard this, he became anxious, stepped forward and grabbed Sekerian's sleeve, and said earnestly: "Wait a minute! General, you can't do this!..."

Sekerian shook his hand vigorously: "There is also him, catch him too!"

After receiving the order, the fleet infantry and soldiers of the Seventh Legion quickly formed a long and loose horizontal formation, stepping on wheat fields, vegetable fields, vineyards, and passing through sparse and deserted thatched houses...

As they approached the dense group of houses, they were surprised to see many old 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 Sekerian learned the news, he was silent for a moment, and then ordered in a deep voice: "As expected of Sparta, a country founded by force. Since it takes up arms, it is an enemy! Tell the soldiers not to be careless, let alone be kind. , Attack them immediately! But if they put down their weapons and stop attacking, they can no longer kill, they can only arrest, understand?!"

"understand!"

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In the King's Office of Thurii Palace, Davos was listening to the report of the intelligence chief Aristiras: "Your Majesty, we have received secret reports from Greece in the past two days. The Citizens' Assembly of Athens has approved the decision to join the Greek Union. Decided to declare war on us, is currently conducting military mobilization throughout the Attica region, and has begun to prepare a large amount of military supplies. At the same time, it is also cooperating with the Delphi priests to send envoys to surrounding city-states in an attempt to unite these city-states and attack us. Declaration of war..."

After hearing this, Davos frowned slightly, then relaxed again, and murmured calmly: "Although the Athenians often talk about 'freedom, equality, and resistance to tyranny,' in fact, they both suffer the same consequences." Compared with the Spartans, who were dragged down by the helots and focused more on stabilizing their own territory, the Athenians were much more ambitious.

They wanted to control the Aegean Sea, because it was the source of their wealth; they also wanted to control the Euphoric Sea, because it was the source of their food; they also thought of controlling Magna Graecia, so that they could threaten Sparta and Boro. Pennesian League; they were once allies of Egypt, helping it resist the invasion of the Persians...Athens wanted to establish a kingdom that controlled the entire Mediterranean!

This idea started from Pericles, and it has basically not changed much to the rulers of Athens today.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 Sparta in the Peloponnese. If Athens chooses to attack at this time, it will cause us a lot of trouble." Aristelas couldn't help but say.

Davos did not respond directly, but asked: "In addition to Athens, which Greek city-states have joined this alliance now?"

"Eris has received promises from Olympian priests and Pisa and has decided to join this alliance; Corinth and Megara seem to feel the threat of our fleet and have clearly joined this alliance; Argos is still hesitant, mainly because of them The people of Phoenicia did not want to help the Spartans; the Phocians also joined the alliance under the influence of the Delphic priests; after Phocians and Athens joined, the Locrians also joined soon after;
The Thebans declared to the outside world that we were their allies and helped them in their most difficult time. They could not break the oath they made to the gods and declare war on us, but they would not aim their spears at those who had helped them. to pass their neighbors, so they remained neutral; under the influence of Thebes, most of the city-states of the Boeotian League also chose neutrality;
Both the Delphi priests and the Athenian envoys went to lobby the Thessalians. Current intelligence shows that Jason is still hesitant and has not expressed his position. In addition, Athens also sent envoys to western Central Greece in an attempt to win over Acarnania and There is no news yet about the specific situation of the indigenous people in the Etonia area... The general situation is roughly like this. "

After listening to Aristelas's more detailed introduction, Davos tapped his hand on the table and said thoughtfully: "Pelopidas of Thebes once quietly sent a letter stating to me that Thebes had to The reason for making such a choice is that considering the current environment Thebes is in, they have already taken a lot of risks by making a neutral choice, which I can understand.

Athens has officially 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 waiting and watching, I think since he has the ambition to become the overlord of Greece, he should Knowing that this is his only chance to 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 have gathered together. It is also a good thing to confront us. We can save time, eradicate them all at once, and completely control the mainland of Greece!"

Then, there was a kind look on his face: "The situation in Greece is becoming complicated now, and this will be a good exercise for Clotokatax. I believe that in Printol With the assistance of several high-ranking generals such as Si and Sekerian, the army he led in the Peloponnese will not be in too much danger."

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