Chapter 94 The Uneasy Xenophon

It was not entirely accidental that the expeditionary army of the Holy Kingdom of Dionysus had docked and camped in the territory of Elis. As an outlier in the Peloponnesian Alliance, Elis was already under consideration by Davos, not to mention that the Elis and Arcadia regions were close to Messenia, and those who fled to these two regions. There are quite a few Mesenians, and the seven or eight Alice citizens who sang just now were born in Mesenia. Before, because of military secrecy, the Dionias did not publicize it. Now they need to let the people of the entire Greek world know that Dionia sent troops to Peloponnese, not only to fulfill the covenant, but also to help Messenia. People return to their country, and Ellis of the way can help them do just that.

After a song was sung, the relationship between Tisias and the Elises was quickly drawn closer, and the Elises also began to discuss some cooperation matters with him. After all, they were all ready to join forces with the Arcadians to fight against St. Bada is here, and now the army of Dionia attacking Sparta is just around the corner, wouldn't this be a better opportunity for cooperation!

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On this evening, due to the large movement of the Dionian army landing on the coast, it was not only the people of Alice who got the news, but also quickly spread to the neighboring city-states, such as Olympia and Pisa, or not far east of Olympia. , Triphlia, a small town that originally belonged to Alice and was forcibly taken by Sparta.

In a village called scillus subordinate to Triphilia, there was a large mansion in which lived the respected hero of the Persian expedition and the famous scholar of Athens, Xenophon.

Xenophon, who returned from an expedition in Persia more than 20 years ago, was expelled after returning to Athens. He had to lead a mercenary army again, and followed the Spartan king Agesilaus to conquer Asia Minor and perform military exploits, so he was accepted by Agesilaus. He took it seriously and became a guest of Sparta and assigned him land here. Xenophon has lived here for nearly 20 years and has made it his second home.

In addition to going out to fight with the Spartan army, he usually spends more time in quiet and peaceful villages, concentrating on thinking and writing articles, and sometimes takes his children and servants to the nearby forest to hunt and relax. With a comfortable idyllic life, he also raised money by himself to build the Temple of Artenis near the village of Skilos, and worship it every year, hoping that this god can bless this area and keep it peaceful and peaceful.

Tonight, as usual, he was sitting in the study and lighting the oil lamp, and began to conceive his new book "History of Greece", which was a new idea that he had sprouted after the completion of "The Expedition" a few years ago. A series of events in mainland Greece after Cydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War", many of which he experienced personally, he was very familiar with.

Just as he was contemplating and writing with a pen, the sudden shouting broke the tranquility of the village, and it did not disappear soon, but made the whole village boil.

Xenophon had to drop his pen,

He walked out of the study and just walked into the yard when he bumped into his eldest son, he said in a slightly panicked tone: "Father, I heard from the villagers that Dionysian's army landed on the coast of Alice and was preparing to turn inward. Lu attack!"

Dionia declares war on Ellis? ! how can that be? ! Dionia and Ellis had never communicated with each other, and there was no warning in advance. How could a war break out suddenly? ! ... Xenophon was puzzled, and then asked: "Is the news you heard true?!"

"I heard from the villagers that a few priests of Olympia happened to go to the villages in Elis to bury people. I saw with my own eyes that Dionia's boat was docked on the beach, and I couldn't see the end..."

Xenophon's expression became serious, he thought for a while, and said to his son: "Go out and tell the villagers, just say I said it, let them not panic, even if the Dionian army really wants to attack the interior , we are still far from here, we have enough time to prepare, let them go home and rest, don't gather together in the dark night to make noise, it will easily cause panic and accidents!"

Not long after his son went out, the noise gradually subsided, and Xenophon's prestige in the village was evident.

Xenophon still had the desire to write at this time. He paced back and forth in the yard irritably, recalling the previous "Sparta wants to end the peace agreement with Dionia early": he felt very much about it at the time. I was uneasy, but unfortunately people were soft-spoken, and even Agesilaus strongly objected, but couldn't stop it. Well now, not long after the agreement was suspended, Dionia's army set foot on the land of Elis. How much impact will this have on the Peloponnese and the entire Greek mainland? !

Xenophon had just been to Turii. He had a relatively deep understanding of the strength of the kingdom of Dionia. He couldn't help trembling when he thought that this terrifying beast finally came out of the cage and rushed towards the mainland of Greece. , There is only one thought in mind: rush to Sparta immediately, tell them about this, and let them quickly discuss a good way to put this giant beast back in the cage!

But...is there really a good way? ...Xenophon looked up at the dark night sky, remembering the invisible eyes on his smiling face when he met Davos before...

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Early the next morning, the Dionysian crew pushed the boat off the beach, the soldiers quickly got on board, and the entire convoy continued south.

Seeing that the Dionias really left, the Elises were relieved, and then they will wait impatiently for the drastic changes in the south.

There is one more person in this Dionysian fleet, that is Ionicus, a member of the Elise who was a descendant of Messenia and who had talked with Ticias before. He volunteered to join the army as a lover Liss's liaison with the Dionian army, who also acted as a guide, was therefore approved by Commander Leoticides to appear on the flagship of the First Fleet.

At this time, he pointed to the coast in front of the left, and said in a trembling voice: "After passing this headland, you enter the waters of Messenia!"

"Don't be nervous, we have so many warships, the Spartan fleet doesn't dare to attack." Ticias on the side comforted him.

"I'm not nervous, but a little excited." Ionicus let out a long sigh.

Ticias looked at him, nodded sympathetically, and said softly, "Me too."

At this time, the lookout on top of the flagship main mast shouted: "The clipper ahead raises a yellow flag!"

Standing on the bow and looking forward, Sekelian immediately said to the flagship captain: "Tell the First Squadron, keep the formation, move on, and ignore it unless the other side launches an attack."

"Yes!"

The reason why Sekerian dared to issue such an order was because he had already understood that Sparta had no more than 40 existing warships, and more than half of them were from allies, which was not enough to pose a threat to the First Fleet. In the entire Greek mainland, perhaps only the Athenian Fleet could give Cykrian a little bit of spirit.

In fact, two Spartan patrol ships appeared in front of the 1st Fleet. They originally wanted to warn the Dionysian Fleet to keep it away from the offshore route, but the 1st Fleet ignored it and went straight forward. As the warship approached by wind and waves, the Spartan crew members were already terrified, and they quickly turned around and retreated south.

Compared with the army, the Spartan navy is one on the ground and one in the sky. Except for the victory over the Yangma River under the leadership of Lysander, the rest have no brilliant achievements. In recent years, they have been beaten by the Athenian navy one after another. The morale is extremely low, and at this moment, I dare not challenge the huge Dionysian fleet.

Soon no Spartan warships appeared nearby, and the entire Dionysian fleet sailed south along the coast smoothly. By the way, observe the situation on land.

But what the crew saw was more of a continuous mountain range, and only near the coast, a stone tower could be seen every one or two miles.

Ionicus said in a heavy tone: "This is a tower that the Spartans forced the Messenians to build, but its purpose is to monitor the Messenians and prevent them from escaping. In the Messenian territory. There are also many such facilities in the north of the city. The Spartans made the entire Messenia into a cage to imprison the Messenians... I think my father and their nearly 200 people could not bear the cruel oppression and cruelty of the Spartans. Killing, desperately fleeing Messenia, less than 15 people were able to escape to Alice alive in the end..."

After Ticias heard it, he was silent for a while, clenched his fists secretly, and said bitterly: "Today we, Dionia, are here to break this cage, and such tragic events will not happen again in the future!"

The two vented their resentment against Sparta to each other, and a voice interjected: "Why didn't you see anyone in these towers?"

Ionicus turned around and saw Leoticides, the commander of Dionia's army, and quickly explained: "In the past, there were people, and each tower was stationed by at least 10 soldiers, but now... … The Spartans fought every year, and every year citizens were killed and wounded, so that even the defense of Laconia was understaffed, and there are still surplus soldiers stationed in these towers!”

Ionicus had an air of schadenfreude, while Leoticus had an odd look.

Then Ionicus said: "But there must be Spartans stationed in the city of Pylos in front, because it is an important town for the Spartans on the west coast of Messenia."

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