Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 76: Persian mediation

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Peropidas’s proposal was supported by Ipamenonda. Since Ipamenonda’s former teacher was Lysis of the Tarantum Pythagoras school, he gave Dio The Kingdom of Nya knows a little bit more.

But other than that, other Thebes executives expressed strong opposition to this. The reason is simple: The Thebes government has never had any contact with the Kingdom of Dionia before. On the contrary, their enemy, Sparta. Dako has maintained a peace agreement with the kingdom to the west for 20 years. Without knowing the details of the other party, he rashly invited the other party to get involved in disputes on the mainland of Greece. Once Dionia changed his mind, he turned to support Sparta. , Thebes may not even have time to cry. What's more, the strength of Persia is well known. Dionians may not dare to take the risk in order to support Thebes and offend Persia, which supports Sparta. Stalemate with Persia in the Mediterranean War).

Most Thebes councillors chose to seek support from Persia. Although Persia was nominally a supporter of Sparta over the years, the Greek city-states dealt with Persia a lot. Knowing that the Persians are capricious, they turned their hands on. Clouds and hands are covered with rain. Supporting Sparta now is just out of profit. You must know that before that, Sparta beat the Persian army terribly in Little West Asia. Therefore, as long as the messenger of Thebes performs better, it is not a good idea. Can't win Persia.

After some debate, the Thebes government decided to also send an envoy to Persia, and it was the charismatic leader of Thebes, Peropidas.

By the time Peropidas arrived in Persia and came to Babylon, the capital city where the Persian king Artaxerxes now lives, it was already the 22nd year of the Holy Kingdom of Dionian (372 BC), he Enter the main city gate, step on the famous Parade Street, and see that the ground is covered with colorful glazed bricks, and the streets are full of magnificent scenery.

Peropidas was really shocked for a while. He raised his eyes and looked forward. The first thing that caught his eye was the most amazing building in the city of Babylon-a magnificent pagoda with a height of 100 meters. It stands tall in the center of the city, overlooking this huge city. When facing it, any Babylonian people will look up and admire it. This is the Etmei Suanji (also known as the Tower of Babel), which is called "the Tower of Babel" by the Babylonians. A palace located between the two realms of Xianfan."

At the end of Parade Street is the magnificent palace of the Persian king. This palace is also made of colorful bricks and is also inlaid with precious materials such as gold, silver, lapis lazuli, ivory, and cedar wood. It is extremely glorious. Gorgeous, highlighting the wealth and luxury of the Persian royal family, the Babylonians all bowed their heads when they passed by it to show their obedience to the royal power.

Peropidas heard that the messengers of Sparta and Athens had been received by the king of Persia, and worried that the king of the East with great power would refuse to meet him because of the bad words of the first two messengers. But what he didn't expect was that Artaxerxes not only met him, but also listened carefully to his talk about Thebes being persecuted by the Spartans in the past few years, and had to resist the Spartans in order not to be destroyed. , The history of the war with it.

Pelopidas speaks sincerely and sincerely, and is very realistic, not as ostentatious as the messenger of Athens, and not as arrogant and arrogant as the messenger of Sparta, which aroused great affection of Artaxerxes. He praised him for acting like a noble nobleman, and he was even very interested in discussing briefly with him about what Thebes would think about the terms of the armistice if Thebes and Sparta achieve a truce... .

After the interview, Artaxerxes also ordered his men to receive Peropidas well.

Peropidas was inspired by the kind attitude shown by the king of Persia.

Temagoras, the messenger from Athens, and Lutikli, the messenger from Sparta, both felt nervous when they heard the news and hurriedly moved around.

Actually, Artaxerxes is so friendly to the messenger of Thebes, partly because of the charm of Peropidas, and the more important reason is that he hopes to achieve peace in Greece, and this goal has no principal. The Compromise of Thebes is impossible to achieve.

It has been almost 30 years since Altaxerxes ascended the Persian throne. Except for the initial attempt by Cyrus to usurp the throne, the domestic political situation has been fairly stable since then, but he was in the war. His performance was criticized by the Persian people.

When Artaxerxes first came to the throne, a small Greek mercenary rushed in and out of the hinterland of Persia. The mighty Persia had nothing to do with them, which excited the Greeks and frustrated the Persians; then The Egyptians declared their independence again, driven away the troops stationed in Egypt, and confiscated the fertile land allocated to many Persian nobles; Spartan King Agsilius led an army to invade Asia Minor, defeating the army of several Persian governors. ; He finally organized the army to try to enslave Egypt again, but he encountered the rare peak of the Nile River, and the generals were discordant, and finally returned without success...

Because of the dissatisfaction of the people, when a riot broke out among the Dukya people in the Armenian mountains north of Persia two years ago, he finally decided to conquer these barbarians and show his martial arts. Although he only led 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, the Armenian region was full of high mountains and extremely difficult to pass, and it was often foggy, which lasted forever. In addition, the land in that area was barren and the food was insufficient, not only was it impossible to get there. Obtain food to fill the belly of the soldiers, and it is impossible to import the required quantity from other areas in a short time. The only way is to slaughter the pack animals that carry the goods... In the end, Alta Xerxes even had his own meal. The supply was insufficient, and he was almost surrounded by the Dukeya, and was finally able to get out of trouble with the help of Minister Trebasus.

Alta Xerxes is already 60 years old. This battlefield scare made him seriously ill, and temporarily put out the illusion of gaining world-class martial arts with his own hands like the ancestor Darius and shining through the annals. After he recovered from his illness, he immediately accepted a concubine, and used a happy event to ease his depression, and this young concubine was his biological daughter Amestris.

Of course, the Persian people didn’t think there was anything wrong, because this is the tradition of the Persian royal family. Married and gave birth to Xerxes, the noble fourth king of Persia.

Now, the messengers of Sparta, Athens, and Thebes have come one after another, allowing Artaxerxes to see a door-to-door opportunity, a good opportunity for Persia to better control the mainland of Greece, and this does not need War can be achieved. So he gave a grand reception to the three envoys, regardless of each other.

A few days later, he gathered all three emissaries together and let his most trusted minister, Trebasus, be the moderator of the meeting.

Said it was a meeting. It was more like a small banquet. There was a table in front of everyone. The table was filled with delicious food, and there were beautiful Persian maids to accompany, but the three messengers did not see any ease. Because they understand: After a few days of contact, the Persians finally have to show their attitude and give more support to whom.

Trebasus saw the tension on their faces. In comparison, Peropidas, the Thebes messenger, was more calm and calm: No wonder the king admired the Thebes more. , Although he did not show enough humility in front of the king like the other two messengers...

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, Trebasus gave a light cough, and after attracting the attention of the three, he said in a loud voice: "Three messengers, before our meeting, the king specially asked me to tell you Thank you, thank you for your trust in the king, and traveled thousands of miles to ask for help. The king has shown great kindness to the Greek city-states since he took the throne, even though there were Greeks helping the evil traitor during this period. (Little Cyrus) disturbed Persia, and later Spartans invaded Persia’s Asia Minor region—"

Even though Trebasus didn't pay special attention to the Spartan messenger when he said these words, Lutikli still felt embarrassed, because these two things were directly or indirectly related to the Spartans.

"But the king did not hold a grudge for this, and his goodwill towards the Greeks did not change as a result. So when the Chris War broke out, the various Greek city-states fought against each other because of hatred, completely ignoring the displacement and wives of the people due to the war. Ion San... The king made great efforts to get the states in the war to sit on the negotiating table. Only then can the'king contract' be signed. The city states that signed the contract include Sparta, Athens, and Thebes.

But it hasn't been a few years since your Greece was at peace, and the war broke out again, and it has not subsided until today. This makes the king feel very sad! Fortunately, you are aware of the dangers of the war and are actively seeking solutions. The king’s opinion is—"

The three of Peropidas' faces suddenly changed, and they pricked their ears to listen.

Terrebasus was satisfied with their response and said in a more serious tone: "The king hopes that the parties involved in the war will negotiate as soon as possible to restore peace! And in the peace agreement, try to ensure the independence and freedom of all parties involved. Try to protect the interests of all states—"

Lutikli couldn’t sit still before Teribasus had finished speaking. He immediately interjected, “Try to protect the interests of all parties? What does this mean! The Thebes shamelessly declared, 'The entire Piotia region should belong to Thebes' and attacked multiple city-states in the Piotia region on this ground. Should we also support such arrogant demands?!"

"Master Trebasus must have known that when the army of the noble Persian king Xerxes entered Central Greece with the help of our Thebes in the war decades ago, Ethebes The Piotia area at the center is a whole. It was only after the frequent wars over the years that it was torn apart. Now we Thebes just want to restore to the past."