Chapter 239 Agsilaus' Request

Although Leoticides disliked Agesilaus, this did not prevent him from agreeing to the suggestion of the veteran who had fought in Asia Minor for many years, and used it to formulate a new battle plan.

In the following days, the aggressive approach of the Persian army in Asia Minor also confirmed Agesilaus' judgment.

Leoticides did not rush to meet the enemy immediately and start a decisive battle with the Persian army. On the contrary, he led his army to retreat, but the direction of retreat was not towards Irion in the west, but towards Chios in the southwest. .

The Persian army was in hot pursuit, especially the cavalry as the vanguard rushed to the front, and fought many times with the cavalry troops left by the Greek coalition to intercept. The arrogance of the Persians was more eager to fight with the Greek coalition.

The Greek coalition forces withdrew smoothly from the Alisby Plain, but the closer they got to the coast, the more undulating the terrain became, and the marching speed naturally slowed down. Finally, on the afternoon of the 12th day, the Persian army in Asia Minor was only six or seven miles away from the Greek coalition.

This time, Leoticides ordered the army to stop advancing early and camped on the spot to rest.

Half an hour later, the Persian cavalry arrived and were shot back by the archers who had been arranged by the Greek coalition, but they did not move away, but stopped in the distance.

Leoticides did not send cavalry to drive him away, but stood on a high place with the other Allied generals and looked towards the direction where the Persian cavalry came.

As dusk approached, a huge cloud of dust slowly moved from the north, stagnant three miles away, but the noise could clearly reach the ears of the generals.

"It seems that the Persians think that we can't escape, and are going to camp there and rest, and come to fight with us tomorrow." Ipamironda pointed to the fog in front of him and suggested seriously: "Proso General Uth, you can see that the dust and fog are still rolling, and it can be seen that the Persian army was a little confused after stopping to rest. They pursued for a long time, and the soldiers must be very tired. Do we need to use this opportunity to lead the army to attack?"

Leoticides pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Our soldiers are also tired, let them rest for a good night, recharge their energy, and fight the Persians tomorrow. Besides, it is very possible to attack at this time. It will scare away the enemy who has finally been lured over."

Hearing this, the generals laughed heartily.

"Everyone, come with me to the military tent for another military meeting to renegotiate and clarify tomorrow's battle plan."

When Leoticides finished speaking, everyone agreed.

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End of the meeting,

The Allied generals said their goodbyes and left, leaving only Leoticides and the four commanders of the Dionysian army in the tent, as well as a special character, Agesilaus.

Leoticides was a little surprised to see that Agesilaus was still in the tent, and was about to ask.

The former Spartan king spoke first: "Generals, I would like to have a private chat with Commander Leoticides."

The four legion commanders looked at each other and saw that although Leoticides did not speak, he did not refuse, so he was ready to leave.

Leoticides said: "You wait outside the tent for a while, it won't take long."

After the four of them left the tent, Agesilaus came to Leoticides with a smile on his wrinkled face: "I think when I led the Spartan army to fight in Asia Minor, although I won There have been some victories, but it took so long, but I didn't get much results. On the contrary, after I returned to Greece with my troops, the places I conquered soon became the possessions of the Persians. This is my regret, and it is also Sparta. Man's pity!

But this time, the war against Persia launched by Dionia is obviously different from the previous wars against Persia by Greece. The slogan we have been shouting for decades, "Vengeance on Persia" may really come true! Not only I think so, Ipamironda, Ifikrates and others also think so, so they are rushing to have their city-state army take on the most important attack task just now.

Leoticides, you can be the head coach of the Greek coalition to defeat the Persian army, which will be for us Spartans--"

Leoticides frowned and interrupted him impatiently: "I've told you many times, my name is Prosous, and if you shout my name in the future, don't enter my tent again! Say something quickly, I'm busy, don't talk so much nonsense!"

A gloomy look flashed across Agesilaus' face, he sighed lightly, made up his mind, threw the crutches in his hand aside, squatted down tremblingly, put his hands on the ground, and slowly put his knees on the ground. Kneeling down, bending down, "Bang!" His forehead touched the ground, one, two, three...

Leoticidus was stunned for a while, before sinking his face and shouting in a low voice, "Agasilaus, what do you mean?"

Agesilaus straightened up, his forehead was black, and the continuous kowtow movement just now made his breathing quicker, he coughed for a while, and then said weakly: "...I was sorry for your mother and You, I don't want to be able to get your forgiveness!... But I hope you can promise me one thing for the sake of being a Spartan..."

Leoticides looked down at him indifferently: "Tell me."

Agesilaus sighed: "Sparta was conquered by Dionia, I have no complaints, because Dionia's strength is indeed far superior to Sparta, and it defeated us in an upright manner, and we fell to At this point today, perhaps this is Zeus' punishment for being too arrogant to us all over Greece for decades!

But... the noble descendants of Hercules, no matter how down they were, would not be able to humiliate those lowly Periasians and Helots! But they're not just humiliating, they want us Spartans to gradually die out! No, this is never allowed! "

Agathilaus clenched his fists tightly, his thin body trembling with anger: "So this time I strongly request King Davos that the Spartans join the battle alone in order to find one for us Spartans. We are forced to leave Ragnia, which has raised us Spartans for hundreds of years, and move to a new place!

So I hope... I hope that when this war is over, could you please ask King Davos for us Spartans to give to Sparta this part of the Alisby Plain near the Hellespont A small piece of land, so that we Spartans can continue to survive and reproduce..."

Facing the hopeful eyes of Agesilaus, Leoticides frowned slightly: He had been in Dionia for so many years, and although he was used by King Davos, he had never spoken to the Supreme Being. What has he asked for, because he is arrogant, it is difficult to open this mouth. What's more, since he landed in Asia Minor, he has been in this land for several months, and he is well aware of the fertileness of the Alisby Plain and the importance and prosperity of the Hellespont Strait. It is not easy for Sparta to cut off a small piece of meat in the hands of the kingdom in the key areas under its control.

He hesitated for a while, but still said indifferently: "Why don't you ask your majesty?"

Agesilaus stood up slowly, his numb legs almost made him fall, he hurriedly supported the wooden chair next to him, panting and said, "Of course I will ask King Davos... If he can agree, Even if you ask me to kneel down and kowtow, but I'm afraid that I won't have enough weight... It's not that I'm greedy, if the new colony is not fat enough, how can the people be willing to leave Laconia... And wait until Dionia wins Persia, the Hellespont and the Alisby Plain are bound to be under the control of the Dionysian kingdom. Sparta is now less and weaker, and it will be safer to live by the powerful Dionysian... …”

For the survival of Sparta, this old guy is really... Leoticides looked at the old man who was having difficulty standing in front of him. He was silent for a moment, stretched out his feet and raised the crutches on the ground, and then handed it to him with a stiff tone. He scolded: "As a commander of the army, you should be very aware of how important the next battle is to us. I must concentrate on fighting this battle well, and I don't have the mood to think about other things!"

Agesilaus took the cane, but smiled: "I understand...I understand...don't worry! In the battle tomorrow, my warriors will never lose face to Sparta!"

After he finished speaking, he walked slowly out of the tent with a cane. When he was about to leave the tent, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and said with a very solemn expression: "To tell you the truth, regarding your mother's death, I I really feel guilty!...But for forcing you to leave Sparta, now I think that's a good thing! Leoticides, in the future, Sparta, young and old, will rely on you!"

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Early in the morning of the second day, when Phanabaszos led the Persian governors to the vicinity of the Greek coalition camp to investigate, he hesitated whether to fight here.

Because the two armies are located in a hilly area, the camp of the Greek coalition forces is high, although the slope is gentle, but it is not too favorable for the attacking Persian side. And the location of the camp is actually quite flat, but there are continuous hills with higher terrain on both sides of it. Although the distance between the hills on both sides is nearly 10 miles, it is not a narrow, The terrain is conducive to defense, but according to the previous reconnaissance, the number of the Greek coalition forces obviously exceeds 50,000. Once the array is deployed during the battle, the two wings are not far from the surrounding hills, and the cavalry will not have enough room to maneuver. The most dominant force in the Persian army was the cavalry.

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