Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 100: Agsilius knows the truth

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When Sparta was in danger, Xenophon chose to stay. At this moment, he heard what Agsilius said and felt a little surprised: "Let me serve as a messenger to Messenia?"

"This is my proposal, and the other elders have also agreed." Agassilaus said solemnly: "It can be seen that everyone agrees that in this difficult situation, only you can fulfill it. The duty of a good messenger!"

Xenophon did not feel complacent about it, but looked ashamed: "But the last time I went to Turei... the effect was not good. The Dionians still declared war on Sparta..."

"It's not your fault!" Agassilaus comforted him, and then said in a deep voice, "Since we announced the end of the friendly agreement with Dionia, Dionia The country seemed calm and there was nothing unusual. It was only when Thebes took the initiative to form an alliance with Dionia, which might make Dionia have the mind to send troops to the Peloponnese. Of course..."

Agsilius sighed and said with a deep heart: "If we can defeat the Thebes in Leuctra, maybe Dionian will not send an army to invade Messenia... The lion fell ill, even wild dogs would come to bully, not to mention that Dionia is a terrible beast... Hey! I should have been more active in asking for command of the army!"

Xenophon knew that the fiasco of Leuktra had a huge impact on Sparta. Many people resented Cleombrotus’ incompetence. The Council of Elders has not held a funeral for him. A new king has not been elected from the royal family of Ulipontides. Of course, this is also related to the urgency of the situation and the lack of extra time.

"Since things have happened, any regrets will not help. We must face reality and do our best to solve the current crisis. You can rest assured, I will do my best to complete this mission. Mission!” In order to comfort the depressed Agcilius, Xenophon immediately made a promise, but at the same time he also said solemnly: “You and I know that the Kingdom of Dionia is powerful. Lei gave me a great shock, even if this time we could finally repel the Dionian army and retake Messenia... But Sparta is not far from the Kingdom of Dionian, Dioni Asia is fully capable of sending troops to invade the Peloponnese. Does Sparta want to keep fighting Dionia? Even with the support of Persia, this is probably something that Sparta can't bear?"

Agsilaos stroking his forehead laboriously, before whispering for a while, "...for Sparta now, the most important thing is how to get through the immediate difficulties... There is no time to think about the future. Thing..."

Xenophon was taken aback. He looked at Agsilius who was half-lying on a wooden chair, and found that the wrinkled face of the king who had been fighting for half his life looked extremely old at this moment, and his eyes also revealed A little helpless...

Xenophon suddenly realized that Agsilius, who he had always believed to be wise and wise, was also powerless for this invasion of the Dionian army.

He hesitated for a while, and finally plucked up the courage to suggest that Agsilius, after repelling the Dionian army in Messenia, could carefully consider making peace with it.

At this moment, Archidamus walked into the living room: "Father, the Council of Elders invites you to a meeting."

"I just came back from the meeting place, why is there a meeting again?" Agsilaus was stunned.

"Dolios is back, saying that he has brought important information."

"Dolios didn't die in battle?!" Agcilius was surprised: According to the soldiers who had returned from the retreat, Dolios had already had the will to die in battle, so he stayed alone in Mae Sai. Nia... why is she still alive?

"I heard that he was released by the Dionians." Archidamus looked contemptuous. Like most Spartans, he did not lead the soldiers to fight the enemy to death. Instead, they ordered the army to voluntarily abandon Messenia’s approach, and felt very angry. However, Dolios later bravely chose to stay, which made them less angry, but now they know that Dolios did not die in the battle and became successful. A captive of the Dionian, even more disdain for this person.

Agsilius once agreed with Dolios’s approach. When the enemy was too strong and lacking preparation, it would take a great deal of daring to abandon Messenia in order to preserve its strength instead of recklessly. Courage and wisdom, so he once regretted that Dolios finally chose to die in battle.

"Go and get my stick!" Agcilius said immediately, and stood up laboriously at the same time.

"Father, you don't have to be too anxious, they will wait patiently for you to go to the meeting place." Archidamus hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Agsilius wanted to rush to the meeting place as soon as possible in order to protect Dolios and try to avoid being accused and punished by the inspectors. After all, these young inspectors from ordinary citizens are not as mature and serious as the elders. Too radical.

According to the current physical condition of Agsilius, it may be better to travel as a sedan chair, but in Sparta, where the whole people are martial arts, there is no habit of sitting in a sedan chair at all. Not far away, with the help of his son, he hobbled to the meeting place.

A lot of Spartan people met along the way. They greeted the respected king one after another. Most people anxiously asked Agassilaus: when to call the citizens and kill Messenes Ya, drive away the enemies there? !

Although they already know that there are a large number of Dionian troops in Messenia, most of them, including the elderly and women, are not afraid, but are full of fighting spirit.

However, despite the enthusiasm of the people, after listening to Agsilius’s perfunctory words, although they were a little dissatisfied, they did not entangle themselves, let alone, like other city-states, when major events occurred, citizens would gather to discuss matters. Will petition to protest.

Agsilous did not step into the council before he heard the inspector's angry rebuke: You are sophistry! Too many Dionia soldiers landing is not the reason for you to retreat without a fight! Why don't you study Bernahida! When the Athenians landed in Messenia, even though the number of soldiers he led was far less than the opponent, he still did not hesitate to choose to fight, and finally won a big victory! Compared with him, you are not only timid, but also incompetent! I don’t know how you were selected into the King’s Guard..."

Agsilius hurriedly walked in. The moment he stepped into the meeting place, he immediately felt that the whole atmosphere was a little strange: the meeting place suddenly became quiet, and both the elders and the inspectors focused their eyes on him, and The eyes are very strange.

"What are you talking about?! The commander of the Dionian army in Messenia is Leotichides?!!!" After listening to Dolios's account, Agsilius shouted in disbelief Screamed.

Looking at King Agsilius, who was very hard to lose his mind, Dolios said in a deep and complicated voice: "Although the Dionian soldiers call him Prosous, he is indeed Leo. Titchides! I have been training with him since I was a child, and I will never admit my mistakes, and he admits it himself!"

"Prossius..." Agsilius was in a daze. He now knew why the people in the hall looked weird.

"According to what we have learned before, Proseus was once the commander of the Eighth Legion of the Kingdom of Dionian. He made great contributions to Dionian’s victory over Carthage, so he became the commander of the first legion of the Dionian who claimed to be the “strongest army” after the war...

He also led an army to conquer the fierce native Gauls in northern Italy, so he was called by the Dionians as "the most victorious general who will fight after King Daves and Alexis". Unexpectedly, he was actually a Spartan and the son of Akis! "It was Praxitas, the Spartan elder, who was nearly 70 years old, was once the regent of the Ulippontides royal family. He had always opposed Agsilius before, but stayed at the battle of Ketra. Many people complained about the Uli Pontides royal family because of the failure of. Praxitas was also much quieter in the council. It was rare to encounter such a rare incident that caused Agsilaus to collapse, and he was impatient. Stand up and speak patiently, with a gloating look: Our Ulipontides family is in a bad condition now, and your Ajidai family don’t even think about going there!

"Since Dolios said that Leotichides grew up in Sparta since he was a child, and left at the age of 23, he should still have some feelings for us Sparta, I wonder if it can Send an emissary to try to persuade him to take some action in our favor?" An inspector glanced at Agsilaus, and then proposed.

"You are still young and don't understand the situation at the time." A senator said, leaning on the old and selling the old: "Spartan citizens will not leave their hometown unless they are expelled because of mistakes. Leotichides must be Fleeing from Sparta with extreme resentment, I even think...the reason why Dionia declared war on our Sparta, he probably played a big role in it." After that, he also looked at Agge. Silous.

"I think...Leotichides will not actively encourage Dionia to attack Sparta..." Dolios also looked at Agassilaus and said hesitantly: "But he does He told me personally that he is here to take revenge..."

Almost everyone in the venue would subconsciously take Agsilius into consideration when discussing this topic. They clearly knew that Leotichides became what it is today and was closely related to Agsilius, but no one dared to point it out directly, including Praxitas. This has something to do with the great prestige that Agsilaos has built in Sparta over the past few decades. It also has to do with the death of Cleombrotus and the fact that another new king has not yet ascended the throne. The people rely more on the capable Agsilao Si related.