Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 99: Spartan in distress

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These village chiefs of the Black Laoshi have been grateful to Dionia for being free, and now they can still become the top of this new city-state, and they are overjoyed. Where there are more considerations, not only The Dionia compatriots all agreed to their suggestions, and they also took the initiative to propose that the candidates for the General Committee are all compatriots from Dionia, because they are knowledgeable and have more experience in governing the country.

People from Dionia will certainly not postpone. Five generals were quickly selected, and Tisias, the veteran of the Kingdom of Dionia, became the chief.

Ionikus watched all this. Although he saw a few clues, he did not dare to make trouble. He witnessed Dionia's extremely powerful military power, whether it is the navy or the army, and even its The complete military logistics made him realize the horror of this kingdom from the Western Mediterranean.

Who knows, Tisias quickly found him and made it clear to him: As long as he is willing to join Messenia, the council will reserve a seat for him.

Ionikus considered it for a while, and finally agreed that although he grew up in Ellis, he did not have much influence in the council, and he never held important positions. The reason is well known, but Unspoken: because he is a Messenian immigrant.

However, he also put forward a condition: he hopes to bring a few well-connected Messenian immigrants from Ellis to join this new city-state and become a member of the council.

Tisias agreed.

Ionikus immediately applied for a Clippers from the 1st Fleet and hurriedly returned to Ellis.

The laws continuously promulgated by the new Messenian government headed by Tisias are being implemented in full swing: all the Black Rolls in Messonia will not only be free, they will also become the new Messania Citizens, and will get a share. With the assistance of the village chiefs, the parliamentarians from Dionia will confirm and register the population and land of each village for subsequent distribution;

In order to protect this hard-to-reach freedom and independence, citizens of New Messiania must receive rigorous training by Dionian soldiers in order to defend their city-state when the Spartan army strikes; New Messiania To be established, it must have its own city. The council quickly made a decision to rebuild Mesenyi City, which will serve as the center of the new city-state. In addition, no other towns will be built, so that citizens can be more united. In this way, it is the turn of the soldiers of the Dionian 1st Army to be busy. They will lead the new citizens of Messenia to expand the original Spartan barracks into a town;

A Greek city-state also needs a protector. The original Messenian protector was Zeus, but Tisias and others easily persuaded the village chiefs to no longer believe in it, because the Messenians were in The failures in the past three wars show that Zeus did not bless them at all. Out of gratitude and trust in Dionia, the citizens of New Messonia finally unanimously decided to ask Hades for blessing. At the same time, the parliament also decided that the heroes Aristo Demus and Aristomenis, who once led the people to resist Sparta, will also erect statues for sacrifice;

The parliament also made a decision to send envoys to the city-states of the Peloponnese to inform them of the independence of Messenia in order to gain their support. Of course, Sparta is not among them...

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The Messenian Plain is full of joyful atmosphere, and the Spartan territory across Mount Tagetos is bleak. The impact of the failure of the Battle of Leuktra on the Spartans has not yet passed, and now a bigger disaster has suddenly come-Messenia has been taken away.

Messenia is extremely important to Sparta. Sixty percent of the agricultural output of the entire city-state comes from there. Half of Spartan citizens’ land is also there. In addition, most of Spartan’s labor comes from the United States. Senja... Lost Messenia, Spartan's strength was at least cut in half.

But knowing that it was captured, the Spartans, who had always been obsessed with it, did not immediately organize the army to kill Messenia as usual, because now Sparta is in a precarious state. Before Sparta was determined to send troops to attack the Arcadian Alliance led by Mandinia, but only a handful of Peloponnese allies responded to the call, so until now all coalition forces attacking the Arcadian Alliance have still The formation was not completed, and there was still a big shortage of armaments. In such a bad situation, how could Sparta have the strength to fight against the more powerful Dionian army.

In the council of elders, the inspector and elders scolded Dionia for his treachery, but they were helpless in dealing with the plight of Sparta.

Agsilius, who attended the meeting with illness, also made a fire and berated them for being short-sighted. Knowing that Dionia had long been hostile to Sparta, he still refused to listen to his repeated persuasion and ended early and signed it. As a result, Thebes took the opportunity to form an alliance with Dionia, which led to the fact that Daves threatened Sparta more than a decade ago (Messenia was captured).

Some elders also retorted and pointed out: Agcilius was also an active promoter of Sparta seeking support from Persia to end the war with Thebes as soon as possible. Then it should be understood that if Sparta does not Severing diplomatic ties with Dionia would definitely not be able to gain the trust of the Persian king, and the elders' council finally made this decision.

Except for the Ombudsman, the elders are all elderly people. They will not spend a long time on meaningless abuse and arguing. It didn't take long for everyone to calm down and discuss how to solve Sparta. The huge threat facing.

As the city-state in Greece that has the most dealings with Dionia, they understand the power of the kingdom on the Italian peninsula, and don't think Sparta can fight against it. They naturally turned their eyes to Persia for help.

So the Persian messenger Datis who was still stranded in the city was invited to the venue.

Datis felt nervous after hearing the news that "Dionia sent troops to capture Messenia. Then, instead of being arrogant, he acted very positively. After all, he came to Sparta on a mission. Now it has not been able to realize the plan of Sparta to unify the entire Greek city-state. Instead, it has caused the Dionians to invade the Peloponnese prematurely. This is likely to destroy the Persian king’s strategic vision. Therefore, he must Work hard to save.

Datis first advised the Spartans not to be too nervous. The large amount of food gifted by Persia and the 50 Tarient gold coins were on the way. Then he promised that he would apply to the King of Persia. Pray that it can sponsor more gold and silver to Sparta, and allow Sparta to recruit soldiers in Asia Minor so that it can form a large army as soon as possible to repel the attacking Dionian army (Leuktra The battle shook Spartan’s hegemony. Coupled with the establishment of the Arcadian Alliance, most of the Spartan allies no longer responded actively to Spartan’s call as before. Therefore, the Spartans had to go to Macedonia and Serbia. Reis, Ionian, and Asiatic areas to recruit soldiers, and this obviously costs money).

The Ombudsman and the elders settled a little bit, but soon they discovered the biggest problem: recruiting soldiers and forming an army takes time, and now the Dionian army is on the west side of Mount Tigotos. It is possible to invade Spartan territory at any time.

Agsilius made a serious analysis of this: There are three options for the Dionian army to attack Sparta. One is to take the middle road and cross Mount Tigthos, but the mountains of Tigthos are steep and the pass is controlled by one's own side. It is difficult for the Dionian army to pass from there; the other is to take the north road and pass Arcadia. The region, invaded Sparta, but the city-states in Arcadia have never had contact with Dionia, and now they have formed an alliance. I am afraid they will not easily allow a large number of foreign troops to pass through their territory; One is to take the South Road and let the army enter the Gulf of Laconia by boat and land on the coast of Sparta. According to the information obtained from the soldiers who had returned from the defeat of Messenia, the Dionian transport ships are numerous and the army can land quickly. Swiftly, this route is the greatest threat to Sparta.

Everyone believed that Agsilius was right. After some discussions, the Council of Elders finally made a decision: temporarily cancel the military action against the Arcadian Alliance, and send envoys to express goodwill to him; At the same time, urgently carry out military mobilization of the territory, strengthen the defense of the coast, and pay close attention to the construction of facilities to prevent landing; conscript the young Piriasis and Black Laoss in the territory into the army...

As for the Black Rolls, the Council of Elders also passed a resolution: Only Black Rolls can be free if they perform well in the war.

Agsilius also asked the Persian envoy Datis: I hope Persia can send a fleet to help Sparta defend the Gulf of Laconia.

Datis fully agreed, promising to convey Sparta's request to the king of Persia.

In addition, the Council of Elders also decided to send an envoy to Messenia. In addition to taking the opportunity to ascertain the next move of the Dionian army, it is more important to delay Dionian as much as possible under the name of negotiation. The human offensive bought time for Sparta to form an army.

This important meeting concerning the life and death of Sparta lasted until the afternoon. Agcilius dragged his tired body back home and immediately summoned Xenophon, who had been waiting at the mansion. The content of the meeting was briefly told to him.

That night, when Xenophon heard the news of the "Dionian army landing on the coast of Alice" at home, he was very disturbed. At dawn, he rode to Sparta on horseback, but it was a pity where he lived. It was far away from Sparta. When he arrived at Agsilius’ mansion, the Spartans had already received the news that "the huge fleet of Dionia had invaded the Gulf of Messenia", but Sparta was too late. Sending reinforcements, the Dionian army has landed on the coast of Messenia.