Chapter 123
When was the last time most Greek city-states formed a coalition? The Hippo War a hundred years ago! This is to treat Dionia as an enemy like Persia! This is very uncomfortable for Clotokatax and Printoles, who have Greek blood and Greek complex.
Therefore, when the messenger left, the expressions of both of them were very solemn.
Printols first broke the silence and comforted Clotokatax: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry too much! The Thebes have already said that it is not a short time to form such an alliance that includes most of the Greek city-states. Time can do it, we still have enough time to conquer Sparta first.
Once Sparta was conquered and Messenia was ours again, the Arcadia Confederacy was still our ally, and Elis also expressed goodwill to us, so that we had stabilized most of the Peloponnese, and then In addition, Thebes also supports us. Even if other city-states form a coalition against us, their strength has been greatly weakened. We can completely defeat them with our existing strength, and then dominate the situation in mainland Greece! "
Clotokatax pondered for a while, and said cautiously: "Our arrival is like poking a hornet's nest, I didn't expect Delphi, Olympia, and Corinth to hate us so much, which may make Greece's The situation has become complicated, and many things may become uncertain... Indeed, the most important thing for us now is to seize the time to defeat the Spartan army and eliminate this strong enemy. And defeating Sparta will help increase our Its prestige is also a deterrent to other Greek city-states."
"His Royal Highness is right!" Printols nodded in agreement: "I think we can—"
"Report!" The voice of the captain of the palace guard suddenly sounded outside the tent.
"What's up?"
"Urgent letter from Messenia!"
Clotokatax opened the letter, gradually frowning slightly, and fell into thought.
Although Printols was curious, it was not easy to take the initiative to ask.
After a while, Clotokatax put down the letter and said: "The elder Ticias wrote to say that Nafpaktos has sent messengers, hoping to bring some of their people back to their native country, Meseni. sub life".
"Nafpaktos?" Plintors thought for a while, before saying with some doubts: "I remember that this city-state seems to be located on the north shore of the Corinthian Gulf, near the outlet of its gulf. During the Peloponnesian War , it is not only an ally of Athens, but also the naval base of Athens in the Gulf of Corinth, where Admiral Formio of the Athenian Admiral once won a naval battle with less victory, and Demosthenes, the General of the Athenian Army, used it as a military base , almost conquered the regions of Acarnania, Ambnakia, Atolia, and Locris... But why does this city-state make such a request?"
"Lord Printols is worthy of being the Chief of Staff,
Very familiar with the military battles that have taken place. Clotokatax praised, and then explained in detail: "Before the Peloponnesian War, there was a large-scale Mesenian riot in Sparta. Sparta was unable to put it out with the help of Athenian reinforcements, and finally reached a compromise with these Heros, allowing them to leave the Spartan territory.
Athens helped some of the Messenians who escaped to establish Nafpaktos, which is said to have come from the advice of Pericles, the famous chief general of Athens did have a long-term vision, so in the Peloponnesian War Nafpaktos has always been a staunch ally of Athens and played an important role.
After the war, Nafpaktos was forced to cancel the covenant in Athens, but in recent years Sparta was tired of the war and its strength was greatly weakened, and Nafpaktos once again had close contacts with Athens..."
Printols was born from a commoner in Turui, with a bright talent, but because his family was poor, he had no education when he was young. Later, when Dionysus was established, he was the first to attend the adult class of Turui School in response to Davos' call. study. After breaking away from illiteracy, he has not stopped studying to this day, but after all, he is old, and he mainly focuses his energy on military research. The new generation of Dionysian citizens has received a more comprehensive education since childhood, with a wealth of knowledge and a wider range of knowledge. As a prince, Crotokataxes not only has to receive school education, but also complete the education given to him by Davos. The assigned learning tasks have a relatively broad amount of knowledge, which is not comparable to that of ordinary peers.
"The Nafpaktos asked to join Messenia on the grounds that they were descendants of Messenia..." Plintors savoured what Clotokatax said just now, very He reacted quickly, and said in a deep voice: "But they have close contacts with Athens, I am afraid there is a secret instigation from Athens... Now the patrol of the First Fleet in the Aegean Sea has made Athens dissatisfied, and now there are Delphi and Olympian priests secretly instigating Activity……
Once Messenia becomes unstable due to their participation, not only will the kingdom's efforts to invest in Messenia be destroyed, but it will also cause problems for the army's back road. We have to guard against it! "
"Master Ticias is also aware of this problem, so he wrote a letter to ask for instructions." Clotokatax raised the papyrus scroll in his hand, but his face was hesitant: "But we have already issued a call to the whole of Greece before. , 'Welcome Mesenian immigrants back to their motherland', I just said it not long ago, how can I go back on it now?"
"His Royal Highness, we don't need to go back," suggested Printols: "We just need to push the matter back and say, 'Messenia agrees in principle with their return to their home state, but because of They are returning too many people, and Messenia does not have enough houses and land for resettlement at the moment. When Messenia is fully prepared, they will take the initiative to inform them to return.'”
Clotokatax pondered: "You mean...after we have defeated Sparta and stabilized the situation in Peloponnesus, will we agree to the demands of the Nafpaktos?"
"Even after we have dominated the situation in Greece, it is okay to inform Nafpaktos. After all, Messenia is in our control, and the time is of course up to us to decide, anyway, we have not broken our promises."
Clotokatax nodded, picked up a pen and paper, considered it for a while, and prepared to write a reply.
At this time, the guard outside the tent came to report again: "His Royal Highness, the team officer in charge of patrolling the Xiying Gate brought a person, said to be from Alice, and has very important news to tell you."
Ellis? ... Curious and puzzled, Clotokatax put down his pen and said, "Let him in."
Under the watch of two palace guards, a Greek dressed as a shepherd walked into the tent nervously, saw Clotokataxes sitting on the top, and immediately shouted: "My lord! Your lord! I am The owner is Lala of Alice, he wrote a letter and told me to hand it over to the commander of the Dionysian army. I took the letter and ran for two days because I was afraid of being discovered. I didn’t eat much on the mountain road, I was so tired—”
"Don't talk nonsense, quickly take out the letter!" Printols said in a deep voice.
The man was stared at by Printols' sharp eyes, and he shivered with fright, and quickly took out the letter from his arms.
The guard immediately presented the letter.
Clotokatax opened the letter, and the content of the letter made his heart sink suddenly. He stared at the letter for a while, and after calming down, he raised his head and said to the guard: "Take him down first. After a good meal, tell the financial officer and give him 5 silver coins as a reward!"
"Yes!"
"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!..." The man was so happy that he bent over and saluted again and again, and then he remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Please also write a reply letter, so that my master can rest assured!"
Clotokatax nodded, and after the guards and the messenger left, Printoles immediately asked, "Your Highness, is something important?" Although Clotokatax covered it up. Yes, but Printols still saw some clues.
Kloto Katak silently handed him the letter.
Plintors quickly read the letter, and his expression became solemn: "His Royal Highness, the letter said, 'The priests of Olympia and the Pisa people persuaded the parliament of Alice to join the Greek League and oppose us on the grounds of surrendering to Alice. ' The letter also states, 'At the council of Elis, the priests of Olympia declared that their men would soon persuade the Okomenus to rebel against the Arcadian Confederacy . . . 'If this is true Yes, the situation will be very unfavorable for us!"
Clotokatax clenched his hands, and although he seemed a little nervous, he still analyzed it seriously: "I heard Lord Ticias say when I was in Messinia, this Ai Li named Ionicus Senator's father was a Messenian, he had witnessed our army retake Messenia from the Spartans, and he stayed in Messenia for a while, with Ticias and them The liberation of Heroth has a certain favorable impression of the Kingdom of Dionia, so he immediately wrote to us after learning the news.
He's probably also worried that if we fail, Messenia, which has just become independent, will be occupied by the Spartans again... so he shouldn't lie to us. "
"If Elis takes us as an enemy, and Ocomenas or more of the city-states of Arcadia rebel, then our back path is threatened, and Messenia is likely to be attacked. This battle of Sparta will not be easy to fight!" Printols said in a deep voice.
Klotokatax rubbed his hands and asked hesitantly, "Should we... first lead the army back to Messenia to see how the situation has changed, and then re-determine the next military action?"
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