Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 182: Abandon all previous efforts

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After the death of Cyrus, due to the turbulent situation in the kingdom, Artaxerxes did not severely punish the officials and nobles of Asia Minor who had supported Cyrus at the time, but he had always been wary of Asia Minor in his heart. He originally hoped that Tisafunis, whom he trusted, could bring Asia Minor back into his complete control, but he did not expect that Spartan King Agsilius would invade Asia Minor. Tisafunis lost streak and hated the damage. The Persian queen mother of Cyrus took the opportunity to execute him. Artaxerxes was deliberately annoyed and did not help Asia Minor. In fact, he secretly hoped that Asia Minor would be completely destroyed by the Spartans, and he would clean up the mess again. Unexpectedly, when the Corinthian War broke out, Agsilius had to return to Greece ahead of schedule, while the nobles and people of Asia Minor whose homes had been destroyed had great complaints because of the inaction of the Persian royal court.

Especially, in order to retaliate against Sparta, Fanabazos, another governor of Asia Minor, asked the Athenian general Konun, who had once lived under his fence, to lead his fleet to directly assist Athens in the fight against Sparta. Nong took the entire fleet to Athens, and he also pretended to ignore it.

Who knows, Artaxerxes accepted the advice of his adviser and turned to support Sparta, and also asked Fanabazos to take back the warship he gave to Athens.

This aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Fanabazos. Not only did he disobey the order, but he also refused to admit that Sparta was an ally of Persia. Because Fanabazos was a great nobleman in Asia Minor and had considerable influence in the western part of Persia, Artaxerxes finally had to marry his daughter to the son of Fanabazos to appease this Governor, but since then the rift between Asia Minor and the Persian royal court has grown deeper and deeper.

The Persian officials transferred from the Persian royal court to Asia Minor have never been able to get the cooperation of the local nobles and people, and Artaxerxes has also been deliberately weakening the local forces in Asia Minor, such as conquering the Duqueya Mountains and invading Egypt... …Altaxerxes asked Asia Minor to provide more troops and supplies. The key point is that every major war ended up being defeated and Asia Minor suffered a lot of losses. The resentment in the hearts of nobles and people can be imagined. Moreover, the failure of these wars also reduced the prestige of the Persian royal court, allowing the governors and nobles of Asia Minor to breed ambitions.

Although Artaxerxes did not ask Asia Minor to provide more soldiers this time, he asked them to fully support Sparta and Athens. That was also a huge consumption of materials, and the result was finally triggered. A rebellion, not just Frisia, but also Lydia, Mesia, Silesia, Bitinia, Lysia, Pisidia...Most of the eastern and western parts of Asia Minor have rebelled, and even spread to it. Syria.

To be honest, Artaxerxes is very upset now. He originally planned to launch an offensive against Egypt in two or three years, because by then the turmoil caused by the Dukya has passed, and the domestic situation More stable and more prepared for Egypt’s military. Under such circumstances, the Governors of Asia Minor may not dare to carry out such a blatant rebellion in the face of the huge military advantage of the Persian royal court, but he learned that the “Dionian army invaded” After the news that the Peloponnese had an absolute advantage in the battle against Sparta, he couldn’t sit still. Once Dionia took control of the mainland of Greece, Persia would become even more successful in conquering Egypt. Difficult, he had to use this period of time when the Dionian army was contained in the Greek mainland to launch an attack on Egypt in advance, but he did not expect to instigate a rebellion in Asia Minor.

"Terrebasus, now there is a rebellion in Asia Minor, do you have... um, what advice?" There was still a bit of tension in the angry expression.

"Your Majesty, the kingdom's army is fighting in Egypt, and the Mesopotamian plains are insufficient. Once the rebels of Asia Minor march eastward, they may threaten the capital..." Trebasus is worthy of being the king of Persia The favored courtier, he understood what the King of Persia was worried about at this moment. He went on to say: "My lord, I think the generals who are fighting on the front line know the news of the rebellion in Asia Minor. They will definitely write to you to quell the rebellion and restore the kingdom as soon as possible. Peace!"

Altaxerxes nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You go to make arrangements."

As the most noble king of Persia, he lost his prestige during the previous personal campaign to Dukya. If he returns without success, he will be ridiculed by the people of the country. Of course, if the generals are the first If the collective petition called for a suspension of the war against Egypt, and he had no choice but to agree, he could somewhat save a bit of face.

After Trebasus was released, Artaxerxes remembered that Dionia had already conquered the mainland of Greece and established a new Greek alliance, and he had prepared a military plan to conquer Egypt for several years. But because of the rebellion, he had to stop... He wanted more and more angry, and couldn't help but slam his fist on the wooden table. The brocade box was overturned, and Timothy’s **** first level rolled out. The pair was already The tarnished eyes were just open, as if staring at the Persian king indifferently.

Alta Xerxes was taken aback and shouted in panic: "Hurry up and take it away! Take it away!"

The **** in the tent hurriedly packed the first stage into the brocade box and handed it to the guard outside the tent. Another **** asked with concern: "Your Majesty, you are tired and need a good rest. Would you like Princess Atosha to take care of you?"

Altaxerxes is old after all, and he needs someone to take care of him, so he takes his most beloved and youngest princess Atosha (also his daughter).

At this moment, after an extreme emotional vent, Altaxerxes felt his head sink and his limbs were weak, so he nodded.

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On January 1, 369 BC (the 25th year of the Kingdom of Dioria), many merchant ships flooded into the port of Thessaly Philae. Although Dioria conquered the whole territory of Thessaly, The number of merchant ships coming from Dionia is increasing every month, but the sight of blocking the entire port like today has never appeared.

Cabrias finally got off the ship and began to complain: "Since the Dionians have notified us to come to Thessaly, they should make all preparations in advance. How can the order of the port be so chaotic and delayed? After most of our time, if they were to tease us in the stance of a winner, it would be too ignoble!"

"I am afraid that the Dionians did not expect that the city-states, including us, would immediately send envoys to Philae as soon as they received the notice..." Karistratus looked at the various harbors. The dock said in a daze.

After listening to Cabrias, he immediately understood: "It seems that they are just like us. They want to come here as soon as possible, and before the alliance meeting has begun and the covenant has not yet been concluded, they can fight for more for their city-state. Interests."

"From this, we can see how powerful the Kingdom of Dionian is in Greece..." Callistratus sighed lightly.

Aston Kabri was silent: Yes, first defeated Sparta, then conquered Thessaly, then defeated the Greek Allied Forces, and forced the surrender to Athens...Moreover, the local people in Greece already know Dionia. In order to make Greece surrender, more than 100,000 troops and thousands of warships were dispatched. How can such a powerful military force not make the Greek people tremble!

"Huh? Kabrias, you have good eyesight. See if that person is Agsilius?!" Callistratus suddenly pointed to the side.

Cabrias looked intently and shouted excitedly: "Yes, it's Agsilius!"

"Go, catch up with him!" Callistratos immediately greeted his entourage to pick up his luggage and hurried forward.

Although the two are not too far together, the flow of people in the port is too dense, and it is not until they enter the city to catch up with each other.

"Athena bless, I am very glad to see you again, King Agsilius!" Callistratus said sincerely. During the signing of the "Kalias Peace Treaty", the two had Tacit cooperation, when Sparta was conquered by Dionia, there were rumors that Agsilius died in battle, and he was saddened by it.

"I'm not happy to see you." Agcilius said unceremoniously: "Know that when the news of Athens's surrender to Dionia reached Sparta, I was almost in pain. I wanted to commit suicide, but fortunately, I survived in the end."

"The power of the Dionians is too strong! The people of Athens have been under siege for less than a month, and they strongly demanded surrender. If we disagree, I'm afraid the people's anger will vent to us..." Kali Stratus recalled the scene at the time, still a little palpitating, he couldn't help but said: "A Dionia, which has only been built for a few decades, can become so powerful, and this is the responsibility of your Spartans! Greece’s most powerful city-state, you should have killed it in the cradle a long time ago instead of letting it grow, otherwise there will be no disaster today!"

"Can we be blamed for this!" Agcilius retorted dissatisfiedly: "If it weren't for you Athenians to play conspiracies behind your back, you would encourage Corinth and Thebes to fight against us again and again, so that we would be totally upset. If you don’t take action against Dionia, how can it have today! In the final analysis, all of this is your Athens’ fault!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Kabrias hurried forward to persuade: "Two please calm down! What is the point of arguing about these now? Whether it is Athens or Sparta, it is just Dionysian. Fish on the chopping board.

When they heard this, the two were immediately discouraged: Athens and Sparta fought for decades, with countless deaths and injuries, but the hegemony of Greece was finally usurped by a foreign upstart. All their ambitions and dreams were It was a bubble.