Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 121: Spartan’s mediation

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Agsilous only invited a few friends as his distinguished guests to return to his motherland after a long absence, including Xenophon.

While he is treating his body, Agsilius has been paying attention to the war in Corinth and the news from Great Greece.

On this day, Xenophon paid a visit to Agsilaus's house.

Agsilius introduced it into the living room enthusiastically.

As soon as he sat down, Xenophon expressed his heartfelt gratitude to him: "King Agsilius, today the Council of Elders has informed me that it will accept me as a guest of Sparta and give me Sisi A piece of land in Scillus. Thank you very much for your selfless help, so that my exiled person finally has a home!"

"Sisrus, that's a good place! The land is fertile, and it is close to the forest. You can often see herds of wild deer, and it is near Olympia in Ellis. It will be more convenient for you to watch the sports meeting in the future. "Agasilus" smiled and congratulated, and then said seriously: "Xenophon, this is Sparta's compensation to you. If you didn't help us Sparta with all your strength, how could Athens You get rid of it. Sparta will not let down any friend who has really helped it!"

Although Agcilius said sincerely, Xenophon no longer wanted to mention the charges of "treason" by Athens. He turned the subject off and said, "I don't know that we are in Corinth now. How is the war going?"

"According to the latest information, the Corinthians have become tired of the war due to too many casualties and the land is barren. Some people even quietly contacted Praxitas in an attempt to discuss the truce..." Agsilius said.

"This is a good thing! As long as we continue to strengthen the offensive, I believe that the leaders and factions in Corinth City will inevitably grow, and Corinth will eventually fall to Sparta." Xenophon said happily.

"But there is also a bad news." Agsilius said with a grim expression: "The Corinthians and the Argos have quietly established an alliance!"

"Alliance? What kind of alliance?!" Xenophon asked with some curiosity. Corinth and Argos were already members of the Anti-Spartan Alliance. They formed a separate alliance, which seemed unnecessary. .

"Just like your good friend did in Great Greece, Corinth and Argos removed the boundary marker between the two cities, so that the citizens of the two city-states have the same citizenship rights. They merged..." Gesilous said in a heavy tone.

Be aware that Sparta and Argos are deadly enemies for hundreds of years, unlike Athens. Even if the Peloponnesian War failed, Sparta only destroyed the hegemony of Athens and still gave it. Way out. If Argos is defeated, he will have to peel off if he is not dead, because Argos has always been against Sparta. Even during the Hippo War, all the city-states in the Peloponnesian Peninsula joined the anti-Persian coalition and took Sparta as their leader to fight against Persia. But Argos did not have it. It would rather become a Persian internal response in secret. The reason is Spartan. Therefore, Sparta did not want to see a slight increase in the strength of Argos.

Xenophon is very aware of the complicated relationship, he thought about it, and smiled: "Actually, you don't need to worry. The alliance between these two city states may be a good thing for Sparta."

"Oh, let's talk about it." Agassilaus leaned forward, listening carefully.

"Now the anti-Spartan alliance is working together to fight against our Sparta. Thebes, Corinth, Athens, Megara, and Argos have all sent troops to join the war. Corinth and Argos are merged, but Argos will help. Corinth’s enthusiasm was higher, but Argos was already a mortal enemy with Sparta, so its pressure on Sparta did not increase much. On the contrary--" Xenophon organized the language and said: "Corinth and Sparta As two city-states with a long history of state-building, Argos has deep-rooted political traditions, customs, and interests, and they are very different. For example, Corinth is a nobleman in power, and Argos is more like Sparta—"

Agsilius nodded. He knew that Nofin was talking about "oligarchy."

"Corinth believed in Poseidon, and Argos admired Zeus and Agamemnon. Noble people); Corinth focuses on commerce, and Argos lives on farming and animal husbandry; the Corinthians are smart and sleek, and the Argos are conservative and straightforward... These are two completely different city-states, and now they are merged in a hurry. The decisions made by the leaders of the two city-states under the pressure of our Spartan army’s offensive may cause more conflicts and contradictions between the people of the two city-states, and make the resentful Corinthians lean more toward them. Sparta..."

Agsilius' eyes lit up: "Xenophon, what you said is very reasonable! At the Council of the Elders tomorrow, I will tell your opinions to the other elders."

He stood up excitedly, paced back and forth, and said: "In addition, I will write a letter to Prolasitac, telling him not to attack Corinth too hastily, but to send more people to divorce and contact Corinth. Opponents..."

Xenophon nodded secretly, which is why he is willing to follow Agsilius. There is no shortage of power struggles between the two kings of Sparta. The most famous one is the struggle between Kleromones and Demaratos before the Hippo War. In addition to worrying about his threat to the kingship, the reason why Pausanias had black hands on Lysander was that Lysander fully supported another Spartan king Agsilius. And this time, the Council of the Elders used "recovery" as an excuse to transfer Agsilius, who was leading the army on the front line, and replace it with the confidant of the new king Agcypolis. The reason is probably worthy of further investigation. However, Agcilius still gave Prolactac's advice regardless of the previous suspicion, which shows his mind.

Therefore, Xenophon said sincerely: "King Agsilius, your suggestion will be of great help to Sparta to conquer Corinth!"

Agsilius smiled: "Xenophon, you are right, how can the integration of city-states and city-states be so easy. It took decades for Sparta and Messenia to become one, but- "He was puzzled: "Dionia can not only merge the different Greek city-states such as Turri, Amendorara, and Crimea, but also bring Lucanians and Brutis together. People have also joined in, and have basically remained stable in the past few years. How did your old friend do it?"

After the rise of Dionia, Xenophon also briefly considered the reasons for the rapid growth of this city-state alliance through the information he learned due to Daves’ reasons, but based on the fact that Black Rolls is the leader of Sparta’s state. Ben, there are some things he cannot say, so he did not answer directly, but sighed: "The time for the establishment of the Dionian City-State Alliance is still too short, and the war with Syracuse will make it Trouble keeps coming!"

"I'm afraid it's not just trouble, it's already a disaster for Dionia!" Agcilius said sternly, and then briefly told about the series of battles that occurred after Syracuse invaded Great Greece. Xenophon.

After Xenophon returned to the mainland of Greece, he was first busy leading the mercenaries to fight against the anti-Spartan coalition forces, and then followed Agsilaos to Sparta, busy settling down, without energy or There is no channel to understand the war in Great Greece. He did not expect that the situation in Great Greece would have undergone earth-shaking changes in just one month. Dionia was already at risk from all sides.

Agcilius continued: "In fact, we did not expect that the war in Great Greece would progress so quickly. We originally thought that when the two sides fell into a confrontation, we would mediate the war so that Syracuse could We can send reinforcements as soon as possible to invest in our war against Corinth, especially its fleet can alleviate our blockade by Athens at sea. But judging from the current situation, Dionysius, who has an absolute advantage, will never There will be a truce, so I wonder if Dionia can take the initiative to surrender..."

Xenophon really thought that Agsilius wanted Greece to end the war as soon as possible so that Syracuse could assist Sparta. He certainly didn’t know that there was another important reason in Agsilius’s heart: a stronger Syracuse was not what Sparta wanted to see, because it was very likely that it would not be willing to cooperate with Sparta again. Cooperation. Therefore, retaining a Dionia that can pose a threat to Syracuse is conducive to the balance of power in the Western Mediterranean and can also prevent the situation in the Western Mediterranean from getting out of the control of Sparta.

Xenophon remembered the days when he and the young mercenary leader fought and fled in Persia a few years ago. The more difficult the time, the more vigorous his fighting spirit was, and he often thought of a good way to help the mercenary. Get out of trouble. Therefore, he reminded Agsilius: "Based on what I know about Daves, he will not accept the suggestion of'Dionia surrendering to Syracuse'. He will definitely fight to the end!"

Agsilius sighed: "Anyway, you have to try it. What do you think of sending Ke Lithorpes to Turrie?"

Kerry Thorpes! Xenophon had no clear picture of the Spartan inspector who had fought together in Persia. Since Kelithorpes returned to Sparta with Tiburon, Xenophon has gone for three or four years. Having never seen him again, he said with emotion: "In Persia, Kerry Thorpes had a very good relationship with Daves."

"Yes, he also proposed to the Council of Elders that Daves should be included as a distinguished guest of Sparta!" Agassilaus also said with emotion: "So to the young commander of Dionia Said that Kerry Thorpes would be a good messenger."