Chapter 81

Davos just nodded his head to show that he knew, then turned to look at Xenophon, and said with relief: "As a guest, you can become a messenger of Sparta, it seems that Xenophon is in Sparta. It really was a good time!"

He patted Xenophon on the shoulder again, turned to his throne, and asked, "What did you come to Dionia this time as a messenger? To renew the friendship agreement? I remember it was still several years away. It's just due."

Gesulus opened his mouth to speak, but Xenophon hurriedly stopped him, and then said with a deliberate tone: "It has been several years since the war broke out between Thebes and Sparta, whether it was against the Peloponnesus, or the Central Greece has caused great damage. In order to restore peace to Greece, Sparta decided to make peace with Thebes and Athens.

But the two sides have been fighting each other over the years, with a lot of casualties and deep hatred. It is not easy to negotiate and succeed, so it is best to find a powerful country to persuade the two sides to sit down and negotiate—"

"So Sparta chose to come to see us Dionia." Davos, who had already returned to the throne, leaned forward and interjected with interest: "It seems that the friendship between the two of us for more than 10 years has not been in vain! "

Both Xenophon and Gesulus looked embarrassed.

Xenophon coughed dryly and said in a low voice, "Uh... that... Sparta did consider inviting Dionysus as a mediator, but Dionia, although powerful, has no influence in mainland Greece. It is difficult to deter the rebellious Thebes and Athens. And it happened that Sparta discovered that Athens and Thebes sent messengers to Persia one after another...

You also know that the last Corinthian war was finally able to reach a truce, and Persia played a big role in it. In order to prevent Persia from turning to support the enemy, Sparta had to send envoys to Persia too—"

"Dionia has no influence in mainland Greece, isn't it because we strictly abide by the friendship agreement signed with Sparta! Although it is so close to mainland Greece, we have been in Dionia for more than 10 years. They did not interfere with the political situation in mainland Greece, but now Sparta is complaining that we, Dionia, have no influence in mainland Greece!" Antaoris, one of the deputy ministers, couldn't help but interjected and complained: "Instead, Sparta is in During the agreement, something was secretly done in the Western Mediterranean, adding some trouble to our Dionysus!"

"I also have a question, I would like to ask the Spartan messenger. As we all know, Sparta has been supported by Persia over the years, which is why the 'Great King's Contract' was signed, and it became the ally of the Greek city-states again. This time If Sparta wants to truce and negotiate, shouldn't it first seek the support of Persia? Why did Athens and Thebes messengers take the lead because they had to consider us Dionia first?" Another assistant said. Chancellor Cypros also followed with his own questions, trying to expose some lies in Xenophon's words.

In the face of questions from the Dionysian ministers,

Although Xenophon had been prepared before, he could not help but feel a little nervous at the moment: "This... Dionia's performance of keeping her promise is very respected by the Spartans!... And because you defeated Carthage, your strength is even stronger... ...and it's very close to the Peloponnesus, so Sparta really thought of asking Dionysus for help at first, but the reality-"

"Okay, no need for redundant explanations. Since Sparta has decided to seek support from Persia, why did you send you to Dionia? Did Persia reject Sparta's request?" Davos half-smiled asked.

When Xenophon came into contact with Davos's deep eyes, there was a faint illusion. It seemed that the Dionysian king had already known the whole thing. Promise to support Sparta, but ask Sparta to sever friendly relations with Dionia, otherwise they will turn to support Athens and Thebes, and let Sparta taste an unprecedented defeat! So Sparta I was sent here as a messenger to end a friendly agreement with Dionia that has lasted for more than 10 years..."

Xenophon's remarks immediately caused quite a commotion in the hall.

"In order to gain the support of Persia, Sparta did not hesitate to cut off friendly exchanges with our Dionia, isn't it afraid of offending our Dionia and causing a new war?!" The Minister of Military Affairs Alexis asked sharply.

Gesulus, who had been silent before, couldn't help but said loudly: "When he was leaving, King Agesilaus once told me that this time the end of the friendly agreement with Dionysus was indeed a last resort, until the armistice contract was signed. After that, we Sparta will resume exchanges with Dionia and sign a new friendship agreement, please rest assured!"

It's good that he didn't say this. After he finished speaking, the whole hall was like a frying pan, and even Haka, who was usually mild-mannered, said coldly: "What does Sparta mean? Should we look at Dionia? Is it so easy to bully! If you want to break the contract, you will break the contract, and if you want to renew the contract, you will renew it! You have to know that this is the Western Mediterranean, and Dionia is the only king here. And be proud to join the Dionian League!

With Dionia's current strength, it has rarely signed an equal agreement with other city-states. Since you Spartans do not feel the value of this friendly agreement, when this agreement is torn up, you Spartans will feel deeply what you did not feel in the Corinthian and Thebes wars Terrible stress! "

After Gaysurus finished speaking, Xenophon knew it was going to be bad. Seeing that Gaysurus wanted to refute, he quickly stopped him, and subconsciously cast a pleading look at Davos.

"Okay." Davos raised his hand and suppressed the anger of the important minister. He said sternly: "We Dionysians regard commitment as life, and once the agreement is signed, no matter what happens in the future, it will be fulfilled. Agreement. But perhaps for Sparta, the agreement was signed to tear it apart. The Peloponnesian War was truce, but the Corinthian War broke out a few years later. Not long after the Great King's peace treaty was signed, it broke out again In the Thebes war, Sparta was not the first to break the agreement and provoke the war. Therefore, we have already been psychologically prepared for this friendly agreement to be cancelled by Sparta. Cancel it, but it is easy to cancel. It will be difficult to get it again, knowing that many Tarantom and Carthaginians still regret it."

Xenophon was shocked when he heard Davos' meaningful words.

Davos increased his tone and asked word by word: "I will now officially ask you Xenophon, is Sparta sure to cancel this friendly agreement?!"

Xenophon quickly replied: "Yes! In order to reach a truce as soon as possible and restore peace, Sparta has no choice but to. But I can guarantee that even if the agreement is cancelled, Sparta will still maintain peace with Dionia!"

"It's not up to Sparta." Davos smiled slightly: "Now it seems that the King of Persia has a deep resentment towards our Dionysus. But for your Xenophon's sake, our Dionysus Ya won't go to Sparta because of this breach of contract!"

Xenophon was overjoyed and immediately said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty the King! The Spartans will keep your kindness in their hearts and are willing to maintain peace with Dionia, and will never be at the mercy of the Persians!"

Davos blinked in disapproval, put his hands on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: "Now that the business is over, let's talk about private matters. I'm going to hold a banquet for you at the palace tonight, and I will invite some The mercenary friends who fought side by side in Persia participated in the event to share their parting feelings."

Having successfully completed the task assigned by Sparta, Xenophon is now in a relaxed mood, and immediately said: "I am very happy to participate in this dinner and have a drink with my former comrades in arms to make up for the regrets of the year."

Davos smiled and looked at Alexis and Minister of Commerce Marigi: "Tonight's banquet will not be without the two of you, so I will invite you first."

Alexis and Marigi quickly expressed their willingness to participate.

When Xenophon and Gesurus left the palace, Antaoris, who couldn't hold back, immediately asked, "Your Majesty, should we just forget about Sparta's wanton tearing up of the agreement?!"

"Then what do you want?" Davos looked at him and asked calmly, "Declaring war on Sparta?"

"At least we should find a way to punish them for such rude behavior, otherwise other city-states will think that we, Dionia, are weak and can be bullied!" Antaoris' tone was still strong.

Davos looked at him and the other ministers with different expressions, and said in a deep voice, "It's just punishment, it won't cause much damage to Sparta, but it will arouse their vigilance. The Persians want to be the mediators. , to reunite the Greek mainland city-states that have been in constant war, I am afraid they want to cause trouble for us Dionia... The Spartans want to use the support of Persia to become the ally of the Greek native city-states again... They all want to It's great, but I don't think things went as smoothly as they thought..."

"What does your majesty mean?" Cypros thought.

Davos did not respond directly, but smiled slightly: "What we need to do now is to pay close attention to the development of the war situation in mainland Greece and wait for a favorable opportunity to come."

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Considering that some former mercenary veterans were still serving in other places, the dinner that night was not held, but was postponed to two days later. In the past two days, Davos specially sent someone to accompany Xenophon and toured most of the Turii area, giving him a deeper understanding of the situation in the Kingdom of Dionia.

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