Chapter 182

After the death of Cyrus the Younger, due to the turbulent situation in the kingdom, Artaxerxes did not severely punish the officials and nobles of Asia Minor who had supported the Younger Cyrus, but he was always on guard against Asia Minor. He originally hoped that Thessaphnes, whom he trusted, would bring Asia Minor back into his full control, but he did not expect the Spartan King Agesilaus to invade Asia Minor. The queen mother of Persia, who died of Cyrus, took the opportunity to execute him. Artaxerxes was deliberately angry and did not help Asia Minor. In fact, he secretly hoped that after Asia Minor was completely smashed by the Spartans, he would pick up the mess again. Unexpectedly, when the Corinthian War broke out, Agesilaus had to return to Greece ahead of schedule, while the nobles and people of Asia Minor, whose homeland was destroyed, had great complaints because of the inaction of the Persian royal court.

In particular, in order to retaliate against Sparta, another governor of Asia Minor, Phanabaszos, let the Athenian general Konon, who once lived under his fence, lead his fleet to directly assist Athens in the battle against Sparta, and even Konon sent the entire The fleet was owned by Athens, and he pretended to ignore it.

Unexpectedly, Artaxerxes accepted the advice of his advisors and turned to support Sparta, and also asked Phanabaszos to take back the warship he had given to Athens.

This provoked strong dissatisfaction with Phanabazus, who not only disobeyed orders, but also refused to recognize Sparta as an ally of Persia. Since Phanabazus was a great noble in Asia Minor and had a lot of influence in the western part of Persia, Artaxerxes finally had to marry his daughter to the son of Phanabazus to appease the man. Governor, but since then the rift between Asia Minor and the Persian court has deepened.

The Persian officials who were transferred to Asia Minor by the Persian royal court have never been able to get the cooperation of the local nobles and people, and Artaxerxes has been deliberately weakening the local power in Asia Minor, such as conquering the Duqya Mountains and invading Egypt... Arta Xerxes all asked Asia Minor to provide more troops and materials. The key point is that every major war was ultimately defeated, causing Asia Minor to suffer great losses. The resentment in the hearts of the nobles and the public can be imagined. Moreover, the defeat of these wars also reduced the prestige of the Persian royal court, and gave the governors and nobles of Asia Minor the ambition to breed.

In this invasion of Egypt, although Artaxerxes did not ask Asia Minor to provide more troops, he asked them to fully support Sparta and Athens, which was also a huge consumption of materials, and finally led to a rebellion. , Not only Frisia was reversed, but Lydia, Misia, Silesia, Bithynia, Lysia, Pisidia... Most of the eastern and western regions of Asia Minor were reversed, and even affected Syria.

To be honest, Artaxerxes is very annoyed now. He originally planned to launch an attack on Egypt in two or three years, because by then the turmoil caused by the Duqya people has passed, and the domestic situation will be more stable. The military preparations for Egypt were also more complete. Under such circumstances, the governors of Asia Minor, facing the huge military advantage of the Persian royal court, might not dare to rebel so blatantly, but he learned that "the Dionysian army invaded the Pelopon." He couldn't sit still after the news that Nissa had an absolute advantage in the battle with Sparta. Once Dionysus took control of the Greek mainland, it would be more difficult for Persia to conquer Egypt smoothly.

He had to take advantage of the period when the Dionysian army was pinned down in mainland Greece to launch an early attack on Egypt, but unexpectedly aroused a rebellion in Asia Minor.

"Treybassus, now that there is a rebellion in Asia Minor, do you have... um, what advice?" Artaxerxes looked at the brocade box on the table that contained Timothy's decorated head with a seemingly angry expression. Still a little nervous.

"Your Majesty, the kingdom's army is fighting in Egypt, and the Mesopotamian plains are under-strength. Once the rebels from Asia Minor march eastward, they may threaten the capital..." Trebassus is worthy of being the favored vassal of the Persian king. He understood what the King of Persia was worried about at the moment, and he continued: "Your Majesty, I think the generals who are fighting on the front line know the news of the rebellion in Asia Minor, and they will definitely write to you and ask you to put down the rebellion and restore the peace of the kingdom as soon as possible! "

Artaxerxes nodded with satisfaction and said, "You can arrange it."

As the most honorable king of Persia, he was defeated in the previous expedition to Duqya, and he has already lost his prestige. If he returned to Egypt without success this time, he would be ridiculed by the people of the country. Of course, if the leaders collectively requested To suspend the war against Egypt, if he reluctantly agrees, can save some face.

After Trebasus came out, Artaxerxes remembered that Dionia had conquered the Greek mainland and established a new Greek alliance, and he had prepared a military plan to conquer Egypt for several years, but because of the rebellion And had to stop... The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He couldn't help but slammed an angry fist on the wooden table. The brocade box overturned, and Timothy's bloody head rolled out. His eyes were just open, as if he was staring at the Persian king indifferently.

Artaxerxes was startled and shouted in panic: "Take it away! Take it away!"

The eunuch inside the tent hurriedly put the head in a brocade box and handed it over to the guards outside the tent. Another eunuch asked with concern: "Your Majesty, you are tired and need a good rest. Would you ask Princess Atossa to take care of you?"

After all, Artaxerxes was old, and he went out to fight and needed someone to take care of him, so he brought his favorite and youngest princess Atossa (also his daughter).

At this moment, after venting his extreme emotions, Artaxerxes felt his head sinking and his limbs weak, so he nodded.

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On January 1, 369 BC (the 25th year of the kingdom of Dioria), the port of Thessaly Philae was flooded with many merchant ships, although due to Dionia's conquest of the whole of Thessaly, from Dionysian Merchant ships from Yalai increased every month, but the sight of blocking the entire port like today has never occurred.

Cabrias finally got off the boat and began to complain: "Since the Dionysians notified us to come to Thessaly, we should make all preparations in advance, how can the order in the port be so chaotic, delaying our great For half a day, it would be too impersonal to say that they were playing tricks on us in a victorious attitude!"

"I'm afraid the Dionysians didn't expect that the city-states, including us, would send messengers to Philae as soon as they received the notice..." Callistratus looked at the various piers in the port, while Said sadly.

After listening to it, Cabrias immediately understood: "It seems that they, like us, want to rush over as soon as possible, before the alliance meeting has begun and the covenant has not been signed, to win more interests for their city-state. "

"From this incident, we can see how powerful the Kingdom of Dionia is in Greece now..." Callistratus sighed.

Kabli Aston was silent: Yes, first defeated Sparta, then conquered Thessaly, then defeated the Greek coalition and forced the surrender of Athens... Moreover, the native Greek people now know that Dionia is in order to make Greece They surrendered and dispatched more than 100,000 troops and thousands of warships. How could such a powerful military not make the Greek people tremble!

"Huh? Kabrias, you have good eyesight, let's see if that person is Agesilaus?!" Callistratus suddenly pointed to the side.

Kabrias stared at it, and shouted excitedly, "Yes, it's Agesilaus!"

"Go, quickly catch up with him!" Callistratos immediately greeted his entourage, picked up his luggage, and hurried forward.

Although the two were not too far together, the crowd at the port was so dense that they did not catch up with each other until they entered the city.

"Blessed by Athena, it's a pleasure to see you again, King Agesilaus!" Callistratus said sincerely, during the signing of the "Peace of Callias", the two had tacit cooperation , When Sparta was conquered by Dionia, there were rumors that Agesilaus was killed in battle, and he was saddened by it.

"I'm not happy to see you." Agesilaus said unceremoniously: "You must know that when the news of Athens' surrender to Dionia reached Sparta, I was so painful that I almost wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, it finally got through."

"The Dionysians are too powerful! The people of Athens have been besieged for less than a month, and they strongly demanded surrender. If we do not agree, I am afraid that the anger of the people will be vented to us..." Kalistra Recalling the scene at that time, Tus still had some heart palpitations, and he couldn't help but say: "Dionia, which has only been built for a few decades, can become so powerful, and it is your responsibility, Sparta! As the strongest in Greece The big city-state, you should have killed it in the cradle long ago, instead of letting it grow, otherwise there will be no disaster today!"

"Can this be blamed on us!" Agesilaus retorted dissatisfiedly: "If it wasn't for you Athenians playing tricks behind your back, instigating Corinth and Thebes to oppose us again and again, we wouldn't be able to do anything at all. Dealing with Dionia, how can it be today! In the end, it's all your Athens' fault!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Cabrias quickly stepped forward to persuade: "You two, please calm down! What's the point of arguing about this now, whether it's Athens or Sparta, it's just Dionysian chopping board. fish.

Hearing this, the two were immediately discouraged: Athens and Sparta fought for decades, with countless casualties, but the hegemony of Greece was finally usurped by an outside upstart, and all their ambitions and dreams came to nothing. .

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