Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 123: The situation is pressing

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When was the last time most of the Greek city-states formed a coalition? The Hippo War a hundred years ago! This is to treat Dionia as an enemy like Persia! This is very uncomfortable for Croto Kataks and Plintors, who have Greek blood and have a Greek complex.

So when the messenger left, both of them looked very solemn.

Plintors broke the silence first and relieved Klotokatax: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much! The Thebes have already said that they want to form such a city that encompasses most of the Greek city-states. The alliance cannot be done in a short time, we still have enough time to conquer Sparta first.

Once Sparta was conquered, Messenia was owned by us again, the Arcadian Alliance was still our alliance, and Ellis also expressed kindness to us, so that we would stabilize most of the Peloponnese. Sa, plus Thebes also supports us. Even if other city-states form coalition forces to oppose us, their strength has been greatly weakened. We can completely defeat them and dominate the situation in Greece with our existing strength. ! "

Clotokatax pondered for a while, and cautiously said: "Our arrival is like stabbing a hornet's nest. I didn't expect Delphi, Olympia, and Corinth to hate us so much. I'm afraid it will To complicate the situation in Greece, many things may become uncertain... Indeed, the most important thing for us now is to seize the time to defeat the Spartan army and eliminate this powerful enemy first. And defeating Sparta will help. In order to increase our prestige, it is also a deterrent to other Greek city-states."

"Your Highness is right!" Plintors nodded in agreement: "I think we can—"

"Report!" The captain of the palace guard's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"What's the matter?"

"Mesenia sent an urgent letter!"

Clotokatax opened the letter, and gradually frowned his eyebrows, sinking into thought.

Plintors was curious, but it was not easy to ask.

After a while, Cloto Kataks put down the letter and said: "Elder Tisias wrote a letter saying that Nafpaktos sent an emissary, hoping to get some of their people back to their motherland. Life in Messenia".

"Nafpaktos?" Plintors thought for a while, and then said with some confusion: "I remember this city-state seems to be located on the northern shore of the Corinthian Gulf, near the exit of its bay. Peloponnese During the Spanish War, it was not only an ally of Athens, but also the naval base of Athens in the Gulf of Corinth. The Athenian Admiral Fomeo had won many naval battles there. As a military base, it almost conquered the areas of Akanania, Ambunakia, Aetolia, and Locris... But why does this city-state make such a request?"

"Master Plintors deserves to be the chief of staff, and he is very familiar with the military battles that have taken place." Croto Kataks praised, and then explained in detail: "In Peloponnese Before the Spartan war, Sparta had a large-scale riot dominated by Messenians. With the help of the Athenian reinforcements, Sparta could not put it out. In the end, it reached a compromise with these black soldiers and allowed it. They left Spartan territory.

Athens helped some of the Messenians who fled to establish Nafpaktos. It is said to be from Pericles’ advice. The famous chief general of Athens did have a long-term vision, so he was in Peloponnese. Nafpaktos had always been a firm ally of Athens during the Nissas’ War and played an important role.

After the war, Nafpaktos was forced to terminate the covenant in Athens, but in recent years Sparta was tired of the war and its strength was greatly weakened. Nafpaktos once again had close contacts with Athens..."

Plintors was a commoner from Turriy, he was talented and smart, but because of his poor family, he had no education when he was young. Later, Dionia was founded. He was the first to attend the Turriy school in response to Davers’s call. Adult class study. After getting rid of illiteracy, he has not stopped studying until today, but after all he is old, and he mainly focuses on studying military affairs. And the new generation of Dionian citizens have received a more comprehensive education since childhood, rich in knowledge, and more extensively involved. As a prince, Croto Kataks must not only receive school education, but also complete Davers’s education for him. The assigned learning tasks have a relatively broad amount of knowledge, which is not comparable to that of ordinary peers.

"The Nafpaktos people asked to join Messania on the grounds that they were descendants of Messene..." Printoles savored what Klotokataks had just said. He quickly reacted and said in a deep voice, "But they have close contacts with Athens. I am afraid that there was a secret instigation from Athens... Now that the First Fleet patrols the Aegean Sea has dissatisfied Athens, and now there are Delphi, The priests of Olympia secretly act...

Once Messenia becomes unstable because of their participation, not only will the Kingdom’s efforts to invest in Messenia be undermined, but it will also cause problems for the army’s rear path, and we have to guard against it! "

"Master Tisias is also aware of this problem, so he wrote to ask for instructions." Croto Kataks raised the scroll of papyrus in his hand, but hesitated on his face: "But we have asked the whole Greece issued a call,'Welcome Messenian immigrants back to their motherland'. It was just not long after the words were spoken. How can I go back now?"

"Your Highness, we don't need to go back." Plintors suggested: "We just need to push this matter back and say,'Messenia agreed in principle to return to their motherland. , But because they have returned too many people, Messenia does not have enough houses and land for resettlement for the time being. After Messenia is fully prepared, they will be informed to return.'"

Klotokatax thoughtfully: "What you mean... After we have defeated Sparta and stabilized the situation in the Peloponnese, we will agree with the Nafpaktos Request?"

"Even after we dominate the situation in Greece, we can notify Nafpaktos. After all, Messenia is in our control. Of course, the time is up to us. Anyway, there is no backing."

Clotokatax nodded, picked up the pen and paper, pondered for a while, and prepared to write a reply.

At this time, the off-the-book guard came to announce again: "His Royal Highness, the team officer in charge of patrolling the Xiying Gate brought a person, saying that he is from Ellis, and I have very important news to tell you."

Ellis? ...Clotokatax was curious and confused, put down his pen and said: "Let him come in."

Under the watchfulness of two court guards, a Greek man dressed as a shepherd walked into the tent nervously and saw Cloto Kataks sitting at the top, and immediately shouted: "My lord! My lord! My master is Ionikus of Ellis. He wrote a letter asking me to hand it over to the commander of the Dionian army. I took the letter, afraid of being discovered, so I didn’t dare to take the road. , After running the mountain road for two days, I didn’t eat much, and I was so tired--"

"Stop talking nonsense, get the letter out!" Plintors said in a deep voice.

The man was stunned by Plintors' sharp eyes, and quickly took out the letter from his arms.

The guard immediately submitted the letter.

Clotokatax unfolded the letter. The content of the letter made his heart sink. He stared at the letter for a long time. After his mind calmed down, he raised his head and said to the guard: "First Take him down for a good meal, then tell the financial officer and give him 5 silver coins as a reward!"

"Yes!"

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!..." The man bends over and salutes with joy, then he thinks of something, and hurriedly said: "Please also my lord to write a reply to let my master rest assured!"

Clotokatax nodded, and after the guard and messenger exited, Plintors immediately asked, "His Royal Highness, is there something serious?" The cover-up was pretty good, but Plintors still saw some clues.

Klotokattak silently handed him the letter.

Plintors quickly read the letter, and his expression became solemn: "His Royal Highness, the letter said,'The priests of Olympia and the Pisa persuaded the Council of Ellis to join the League of Greece on the grounds of surrendering to Ellis. Against us.' The letter also said,'At the council of Ellis, the priests of Olympia declared that their people would soon persuade the Okomenus to rebel against the Arcadian Alliance...'If the situation is true. As mentioned in the article, the situation will be very unfavorable for us!"

Clotokatax clasped his hands tightly. Although he looked a little nervous, he still analyzed seriously: "I heard Master Ticias say when I was in Messiah, this is called Ionicus. The Alice Senator’s father is a Messenian. He once witnessed the recapture of Messenia by our army from the Spartans, and he stayed in Messenia for a while, and Ticia Together they liberated Black Rolls and had a certain affinity for the Kingdom of Dionia, so they wrote to us immediately after learning the news.

He is also afraid that once we suffer defeat, the newly independent Messenia will be occupied by the Spartans again...so he should not lie to us. "

"If Alice takes us as an enemy, and Okomenus or more Arcadian city-states also rebel, then our back road will be threatened, and Messenia may also be Offensive, this battle with Sparta is not easy to fight!" Plintors said in a deep voice.

Clotokatax rubbed his hands and asked hesitantly: "Should we...return to Messenia first, see the changes in the situation, and then redefine the next military action?"