ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 578 Confrontation with the Spartan Envoy

Davos's words made Chrysops deeply uneasy. He hurriedly said: "These are just the conditions prepared by Sparta before the negotiation. You can also put forward your conditions first, and we will negotiate together."

"Chrysops." Davos said coldly: "Now that the war in Magna Graecia has subsided, the situation in Sicily is relatively stable for Dionia. I can deploy more than 200 triremes at any time. Warships and more than 5 soldiers! If I lead this huge fleet to sail eastward, I will reach the Peloponnese Peninsula in less than three days. Can Sparta stop me?!"

Before Chrysops could answer, he said firmly: "No! Your fleet has been defeated by Konon's navy at Cnidos. Now there are less than a hundred warships left, hiding in the Gulf of Corinth and not daring to come out. , is not a match for the Dionian fleet at all! If a fleet full of 5 soldiers subsequently lands on the coast of Messenia, can your army stop it?!"

Daves' lips curled up slightly: "No! Most of the Spartan warriors were sent to Corinth, a few were sent to Persia, and the rest had to suppress the helots in the country. Even if Sparta could gather all the warriors, I, Dionia, am not afraid at all! I believe that Dionia’s large and elite legionnaires can completely defeat your proud Spartan warriors!”

As Davos spoke, he punched the wooden table with an extremely confident fist. The "boom" sound made Cleethorpes, who had experienced countless life-and-death battles, tremble subconsciously. The fist seemed to hit his heart. superior.

"Of course, I don't need to work so hard at all." The expression on Davos's face suddenly turned relaxed again, and he slowed down and said: "I only need to let the army disperse Sparta's remaining troops in Messenia and blockade Thailand. Pass of Getos, and then support the Helots - no, let the Messenians be independent, and arm them, and then withdraw the army without much consumption of food or much fighting, But can you Spartans easily cope with the armed Messarians? No, you can't! You suffered a lot from the Messenian riots decades ago!"

Not only had they suffered a lot, Sparta had been unable to do anything to deal with the rioting Messenians, and even begged Athens and other allied gangs to help them suppress the rioting Helots. As a result, Athens' chief general at the time, Ke Meng brought thousands of Athenian citizen soldiers to Sparta to help. Unexpectedly, due to the difference in political system and customs, they suffered a lot of suspicion and grievance. The soldiers returned home angrily. When they reported their experiences in Sparta to After the public propaganda, it triggered public anger against Sparta, leading to the resignation of the pro-Spartan leader Clemens. Pericles became the new leader of Athens, serving for decades, and created the golden age of Athens.

Even with the help of the Allied forces, Sparta failed to exterminate the rioting Messenians. Instead, it made the domestic people's lives difficult. The Helots were inspired and continued to resist. In the end, Sparta had to fight with The rebels reached a compromise, allowing them to leave Spartan territory freely...

It was a painful memory for the Spartans, but Davos said so easily that he would repeat it again. How could this not make Cleethops suddenly frightened? A bit stern: "Dionia wants to declare war on Sparta?!"

"It's not that we, Dionia, want to do this, but Sparta is forcing Dionia to prepare for war!" Daves said solemnly.

"Forcing Dionia?!" Cleithops seemed to have heard a joke, and he seriously reminded: "Sparta came to negotiate a friendly agreement with Dionia in good faith!"

"Syracuse destroyed so many Greek city-states in Sicily, and forcibly ordered the Sicilian city-states to obey his orders. Sparta did not come out to stop it! Dionysius led the army to invade Great Greece, burning, killing, and looting. See you, Sparta, come out and stop it! Now that I, Dionia, defeated Syracuse, I want to restore the order of Great Greece and Sicily, and restore peace in this area, and you, Sparta, came out and stopped it! Is this Spartan sincerity!" Davos said coldly, his tone gradually getting heavier.

"Davos, listen to me -" Cleethorpes still wanted to explain.

"Why does Sparta want to dictate to Dionia, Magna Graecia, and Sicily!" Davos asked angrily, interrupting Chrysops like thunder: "Just with your thousands of soldiers? ! Those tens of thousands of Peloponnesian allies?! And those patchwork mercenaries?! With just one order, I can gather more than 200 triremes and 5 elite soldiers to attack. Peloponnese, tear the Spartan territories and allies into pieces, so that the arrogant Spartans can understand how to respect a powerful country, so that the greedy and selfish Spartans can understand that the Western Mediterranean is not the Peloponnese. Bennesa, do not allow any external forces to muddle the waters!..."

Listening to Davos's angry accusations and watching the new king waving his arms vigorously, Chrysops remembered that a long time ago, after Phoebus sent an envoy to Dionia, he asked for the punishment of Dionia at the Council of Elders. What Dionia said when talking about Dionia, "Dionia is an alliance of city-states that advocates force and is highly aggressive. We must find ways to limit it, otherwise it will bring us trouble in the future!" Not only is it a trouble, it is simply the biggest Threat!The Davos in front of him seemed to be a grown-up lion. He no longer hid his minions, but roared at the former Greek overlord, waving his claws and fangs.

At this time, Chrysops calmed down. He heard the clues from Daves' rebuke: "King Daves, since you are not satisfied with the terms of our peace talks, what are your conditions?"

The anger Davos showed was not directed at Chrysops, but at the Spartan Council of Elders behind him. When he heard this, he felt that he had achieved his goal, and snorted coldly, his anger uncontrollable. But he stopped roaring and said in a deep voice: "The Greeks in the Western Mediterranean can take care of our own affairs and do not need Sparta to intervene. If Sparta can realize this, I think Dionia will not be interested in it either." Interested in Greek affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean, this is the basic condition for Dionia to reach a peace agreement with Sparta!”

Chrysops was shocked by the ambition of Davos, who actually wanted to divide the Greek world in the Mediterranean equally with Sparta.Although Sparta did not pay much attention to the Western Mediterranean, they supported Syracuse to help them guard Sparta's backyard. Although as Syracuse continued to grow stronger, Dionysius began to be less cautious. Obedient, but in the minds of ordinary Spartan warriors, the Syracusans have always been the weaker party in the covenant and were dominated by Sparta, but now Dionia has officially proposed to be on an equal footing with Sparta... ...Crisopus looked at Davos blankly.

Davos looked at Cleethorpes with firm eyes.

After a while, Chrysops said: "I understand what you mean. I will convey your words to the Council of Elders. I believe that they are wise and can give a reply soon."

"Yes, the war in the Western Mediterranean is developing very quickly, and I'm afraid it will be a completely different situation in a few days, so it is important to seize the time." Davers' seemingly casual reminder made Cleethorpes's heart change again. It's a tight fit.

After seeing off Chrysops who left in a hurry, Henepolis asked with concern: "Your Majesty, will the Spartans agree to your conditions? And negotiate in accordance with them?"

Davos was not very sure about this, but he smiled slightly: "Dionia is not afraid of Sparta now, and there is nothing to beg from Sparta. But the current Sparta is different from Sparta. We are different. I believe that after Chrysops relays my threatening words to the Spartans, the Spartans will not be able to sleep for a long time."

"But even if the Spartans sign a friendly agreement with us, they will definitely hate Dionia in their hearts!" Henipolis said worriedly: "It is better to take advantage of Sparta's fall into war now. In the whirlpool, follow your majesty’s plan and completely defeat it!”

"Haha, Heni, I can't tell you hate Sparta more than I do!" Davos laughed.

"Your Majesty, I'm just... just worried about Sparta's future..." Henipolis argued anxiously.

Davos patted him on the shoulder and said confidently: "Don't worry, a city-state like Sparta has no future without our Dionia taking action!"

Even though Davos doesn’t remember this period of history clearly, based on his in-depth understanding of Greece in recent years, he knows: Sparta and Corinth and Argos on the Peloponnese Peninsula, Central Greece The contradiction between Athens and Thebes is irreconcilable, and their war will continue.Dionia finally ended the war with Syracuse and urgently needs time to digest and absorb the new land. There is no need to poke the hornet's nest of Sparta. Even if it is weakened, it will not be of much benefit to Dionia. On the contrary, it will create better opportunities for expansion for other city-states in mainland Greece, such as Athens and Thebes... Or let them contain each other and kill each other, so that Dionia will have more time to develop.

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As Davos expected, the Spartan Council of Elders, despite being angry on the surface, felt fear in their hearts after receiving the report from Chrysops: The Dionysian army of Magna Graecia was ready to go, and Sparta Da was unable to open up a new battlefield.

The Spartans were ridiculed by the Greeks as "the poisonous snakes hiding behind Mount Parnon", which shows that these 70-[-]-year-old Spartan elders seem arrogant and conservative, but in fact they know how to adapt to the times and are pure egoism By.

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