Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 20: Strange Covenant

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Sia Protis stood blankly with his mouth wide open.

Daves rubbed his chin with only a slight beard, and fell into thought: Becoming an alliance, this is indeed a wonderful game! In order for the people of Crotone to agree to cede the land on the north bank of the Asprostum and the Neto River, the biggest obstacle is Crotone’s security, and becoming an alliance will make this obstacle no longer exist. Because now the Greeks know that the Archon of Dionia has always been known for keeping his promises, but Crotone, who was weak after the war, could take shelter under Dionia's protection. So, does Dionia need this alliance? Of course it needs! With so much new land, just immigration, administration, and formation of new defense forces...it will take a relatively long time. The biggest worry is that immigrants will clash with Crotone people near the border and even provoke wars again. With this alliance, the Dionians can slowly annex, assimilate and stabilize this piece of land with confidence, so the alliance is the best choice for both parties!

Daves looked at Lycias carefully with a complex expression, thinking: his city-state was being bullied, and facing an enemy he hated, he could actually come up with a clever proposal to form an alliance with the enemy. There is no strong decision. It is difficult to stay calm and rational!

Seeing that Davers was silent, Lucias kept looking at himself, feeling a little flustered, so he urged, "Does Master Daves agree with this proposal?"

Davers recovered and kept his face calm: "What kind of alliance is it?"

"The Alliance of Dionia and Crotone formed a separate offensive and defensive alliance!" Lycias said in a deep voice.

Daves groaned for a moment and understood Lycias’s cleverness. He didn’t want Dionian’s forces to enter the Crotone League to influence Siritin, Trina, Corronia, etc. Allies of Crotone. Daves didn't care about this, he firmly believed that as long as the strength was strong enough, there would naturally be city-states running to hug the thighs.

"The Alliance of Dionia can only become a defensive alliance with Crotone!" Davos responded calmly, letting the Alliance of Dionia protect Crotone no problem, but helped Crotone expand. For example: In the future, Crotone will attack Lokri, and Dionia will have to lead his army to participate in accordance with the covenant... Of course Daves will not do such a stupid thing, and the weaker Lycias can only agree...

The negotiations continued into the afternoon, and a preliminary draft was reached: 1. The Alliance of Dionia and Crotone formed a defensive alliance. ; Second, Dionia will unconditionally release all the soldiers of the Crotone Alliance captured today and let them return to Crotone; third, Crotone will send Asprostum City and Neto Hebei Half of the land in the plains (mainly the land close to the Crimea side) will be donated to the Alliance of Dionians; fourth, Crotone will pay 500 tarients in one lump sum to help the Dionians go smoothly Immigration to Asprostum...

The validity of the alliance treaty was finally set at five years. Daves' initial request for the covenant period was two years, but Lycias strongly demanded that it be increased to five years. Compared with the situation when the agreement was negotiated half a year ago, the situation is completely opposite, which shows that the strengths and weaknesses of the two sides have changed positions.

There is no mention of Crimea in the treaty. Davos believes that Crimea is a neutral city-state and does not belong to the Crotone Alliance, and Crotone has no right to discuss it. However, Lycias considered that he should minimize the stimulus of the treaty to Crotone's people. He even turned the compensation into aid. Of course, if you don't mention Crimea, it's better not to mention it. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that half of the land in Asprostum and the northern plain of the Neto River is owned by Dionia. Crimea is already surrounded by Dionia. It can still Is there any other good choice!

Lysias and Sisprotis return to Crimea. Milon immediately asked Lucias about the negotiation situation. Lucias was afraid of accidents. He reasoned that the negotiation was just beginning. Some conditions put forward by the Dionians needed to be discussed in the council before they could be decided, and then hurriedly. I boarded the boat and left Crimea.

Milon felt uneasy in his heart: the fall of Asprostum, the declaration of war by Lockley, Crotone now has few choices, depending on how harsh Dionia's conditions are.

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The Crimesa people are even more disturbed. Although they are trapped in the city, what happened outside is passed in through the port and cannot escape their eyes and ears. Lycias has appeared in the city many times, why is he here? They also know in their hearts that small city-states are struggling to survive between large states, and they are very sensitive to the situation.

The chief general of Crimea, Anta Oris, once took the initiative to find Lycias once. As far as Lycias is concerned, he does not talk about the fate of Crimea in depth, and Milon has also been avoiding him, consciously or unconsciously recently... All of these make Anta Auris have a foreboding that the peace talks this time are right. Crimea is very unfavorable, Crimea fully supports Crotone, but in the end, it may be abandoned by Crotone! Anta Auris felt heartache when he thought of this.

So, after secretly discussing with Euriceps, Pleards and others, he decided not to sit still, but took the initiative to contact Dionia to find a way out for Crimea.

Although the defense of the whole city was entrusted to the Crotone people, the Crimean people are the local snakes here after all. The people they sent secretly left the city late at night, crossed the blockade, and came to Dioria. At the camp, after he indicated his intention, the guards led him to Daves.

"Crimissa wants to surrender?" Daves said with a teasing smile: "Your entire city is controlled by Crotone. What benefit will your surrender bring to me?"

The visitor was speechless for a while, and seeing Daves’s indifferent expression, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: “We Crimisans still have more than 300 citizens who can fight. When you attack the city, We are willing to attack the Crotone from the rear and assist you in capturing the city of Crimea, and then—"

"Then, when the war is over, the Crimea will continue to remain neutral!" Davers looked at him and said playfully.

"No! No!..." The visitor hurriedly shook his head. By then, Crimea had already offended Crotone, how could he remain neutral again: "Crimissa is willing to... willing to join the League of Dioria!"

"It's too late!" Daves said solemnly: "We don't need you to do any risky actions, nor does Crimea join the Dionian League. For Crimea, only One way to go!"

Daves emphasized his tone and said categorically: "Become a part of the Dionian League! The Crimean becomes a citizen of the Dionian League! Then the land and property of the Crimean will be protected. , Crimean generals and parliamentarians will also be elected by the Diorian Senate, and some will become members of the Senate!..."

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When Lycias and Sisprotis read the draft covenant at the Crotone Council, they thought it would arouse indignation and controversy, but in fact there was not much opposition. Because just before Lysias came back, Dioria’s army once again appeared in the core area of ​​Crotone, blatantly, and destroyed a village outside the city. The members of the council witnessed this in the city. Everything, in response to the request of the people, hastily pieced together thousands of people to get out of the city to obstruct them, but was easily defeated and fled back to the city in embarrassment. Fortunately, the Dionian soldiers did not take advantage of the victory to attack the city, but took the initiative to retreat.

The frustration in the hearts of Crotone’s people can be imagined. In addition, literally, this is not a truce agreement for the defeated, but an alliance agreement for mutual help, although " Part of the land was transferred, but the captive citizens of Crotone were successfully welcomed back, and they were able to form an alliance with Dionia, but most Crotone people were thankful. Divers, who defeated Crotone twice with less than more, defeated Crotone twice, has made them feel terrified, and some people even really believe that "Daves is a descendant of God and is favored by Hades." The rumors of being able to no longer be an enemy of Dionia who owns Davos, but an ally, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Some people even asked: Now that the alliance agreement has been signed, can Dionian be invited to send troops to go south with Crotone’s army to repel Lockley...

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At the end of January 398 BC, the Dionian consul Daves and Crotone’s general Lucias sacrificed lambs to the **** Apollo outside of Crimea, and formally signed the alliance agreement. The second Crotone War came to an end.

After the news of the end of the war spread, many Crotone soldiers in the city of Crimea cheered. During this period of time they fought against Dionia, but they always had Invincible, this kind of contrasting blow caused their morale to drop drastically, and the depression of mood can be imagined, and now they can finally remove the big rock in their hearts.

"Look, this is the voice of the citizens! They are tired of fighting with Dionia!" This situation made Lucias exclaimed, also in response to Miron’s previous talks with him Compromise too many complaints.

Milon passed through the window and looked at the soldiers on the street in a sense of relief, throwing away their shields and spears, and rushing to the restaurant to have a drink of wine, as if they had won a battle, and they were speechless for a long time.

At this time, the guard came in: "General, Antaolis urged us to leave?"

"Damn Antaonis, don't think Crotone is defeated, they can disrespect Crotone from the Crimea!" Miron suddenly yelled, venting all the anger in his heart:" Go and tell them, don't annoy me, otherwise I will give the order to make this city of Crimea into ruins!"