Chapter 245 The Confrontation with the Spartan Messenger (2)

Davos's words made Kerethorps deeply disturbed. He quickly said: "This is just a condition prepared by Sparta before the negotiation. You can also put forward your conditions first, and then we will negotiate together."

"Kelithorpes." Davos said coldly: "Now that the war in Great Greece has subsided, the situation in Sicily is relatively stable for Dionia, and I can draw more than 200 three-layer oars at any time here. Warship, and more than 50,000 soldiers! If I lead this huge fleet to the east all the way to the Peloponnese in less than three days, will Sparta be able to stop it?!"

Before waiting for Kerisopes to answer, he said firmly: "No! Your fleet has already lost to Konon's navy at Knidos, and now there are less than a hundred warships left, huddled in the Gulf of Corinth and dare not come out. , is not an opponent of the Dionysian fleet at all! If a fleet full of 50,000 soldiers then landed on the Messenian coast, would your army be able to stop it?!"

The corners of Daves' mouth twitched slightly: "No! Most of the Spartan warriors were sent to Corinth, a few were sent to Persia, and the rest had to suppress the domestic Helots. Even if Sparta could gather all the warriors, I, Dionia, are not afraid at all! I believe that Dionia's large and elite legionnaires can completely defeat your proud Spartans!"

Davos said, he punched the wooden table with an extremely confident punch, and with a "boom", Kerisopes, who had experienced countless life-and-death struggles, shuddered subconsciously, the fist seemed to hit his heart. superior.

"Of course, I don't need to work so hard at all." The expression on Davos' face suddenly turned relaxed again, and he said in a slow tone: "I just need to let the army disperse the remaining troops of Sparta in Messenia and block the Thai army. Gotos Pass, and then support the Helots - no, let the Messenians become independent, and arm them, and then withdraw the army, without consuming too much food and without too much fighting, But armed Messerians, can you Spartans handle it with ease? No, you can't! The Messenian riots made you suffer decades ago!"

More than suffering, Sparta had nothing to do with the rioting Messenians, and even begged Athens and other gangs to help them suppress these riots. As a result, the chief general of Athens at that time, Ke Meng brought thousands of Athenian soldiers to Sparta to help them. Unexpectedly, because of the difference in political system and customs, they received a lot of suspicion and grievances. The soldiers returned home in anger. After the publicity, it aroused public anger against Sparta, which led to the resignation of the pro-Spartan leader Kemon, and Pericles became the new leader of Athens for several decades, and created the golden age of Athens.

Even with the help of the Allied forces, Sparta failed to destroy the rioting Messenians. Instead, it led to difficulties in the lives of the people in the country. The Black Roses were inspired to continue to resist. In the end, Sparta had to cooperate with The rebels reach a compromise, allowing them to leave Spartan territory freely...

It was a painful memory of the Spartans, but Davos said so easily that he would repeat it again,

How could this not make Chrysosops startled, he forced his composure, and his face became a little more stern: "Dionia wants to declare war on Sparta?!"

"It's not that we Dionia want to do this, but Sparta is forcing Dionia to prepare for war!" Davos said in a deep voice.

"Persecuting Dionia?!" Clethorpes seemed to have heard a joke, and he reminded seriously: "Sparta came to negotiate a friendly agreement with Dionia in good faith!"

"Syracuse destroyed so many Greek city-states in Sicily, and forcibly ordered the Sicilian city-states to obey his orders, but Sparta did not come out to stop it! Dionysius led the army to invade Great Greece, burning, killing, and looting. See you Sparta came out to stop it! Now I, Dionia, defeated Syracuse to restore order in Great Greece and Sicily, and restore peace in this area. You Sparta poured out and stopped it! Could it be this? The sincerity of the Spartans!" Davos said coldly, his tone gradually increasing.

"Davers, listen to me—" Clethorpes wanted to explain.

"Why does Sparta want to point fingers at Dionia, Great Greece, and Sicily!" Davos asked angrily, interrupting Clethorpes like a thunderbolt, "Just because of your thousands of soldiers? The tens of thousands of Peloponnesian allied troops?! And those mercenaries that are patched together?! With a single order, I can gather more than 200 three-tier oared warships and 50,000 elite soldiers. Peloponnese, tearing the Spartan territories and allies to pieces, so that the arrogant Spartans understand how to respect a powerful country, so that the greedy and selfish Sparta understand that the Western Mediterranean is not the Spartan Pennissa, do not allow any outside forces to stir up the water!  …”

Listening to Davos' angry accusation, and watching the new king waving his arms powerfully, Kerisopes remembered that Phoebe Das had been sent to Dionysus a long time ago, and he demanded to punish Dave at the council of elders. What Onia said at the time, "Dionia is a city-state alliance that respects force and is aggressive. We must find a way to limit it, otherwise it will bring us trouble in the future!" Not only trouble, but the biggest threat! Davos in front of him seemed to be a grown lion. He no longer hid his minions, but roared at the former Greek overlord, waving its sharp claws and fangs.

At this time, Kerisopes calmed down, and he heard the clue from Daves' rebuke: "King Daves, since you are not satisfied with our peace negotiation conditions, what are your conditions?"

The anger shown by Davos was not directed at Cleethorpes, but at the Spartan Council of Elders behind him. Hearing this, he realized that he had achieved his goal, and snorted coldly, his anger did not restrain, But he stopped roaring, and said in a deep voice: "The Greeks in the Western Mediterranean can take care of our own affairs, and we don't need Sparta to intervene. If Sparta can realize this, I don't think Dionysian will be against it. Interest in Greek affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean, this is the basic condition for a peace agreement between Dionia and Sparta!"

Kerisopes was shocked and Davos was so ambitious that he wanted to split the Greek world of the Mediterranean with Sparta. Although Sparta did not pay much attention to the Western Mediterranean, they supported Syracuse to help them guard the backyard of Sparta, although as Syracuse became stronger, Dionysius began to be less concerned. Obedient, but in the eyes of ordinary Spartan warriors, the Syracuses have always been the weaker party in the covenant and were dominated by Sparta, but now Dionia has officially proposed to be on an equal footing with Sparta... ... Kerethorpes stared at Davos.

Davos looked at Kerethorpes resolutely.

After a while, Kerisopes said, "I understand what you mean. I will relay your words to the Council of Elders. I believe they will be able to answer quickly."

"Yeah, the war in the Western Mediterranean is developing very fast, and I'm afraid it will be a completely different situation in a few days, so it is very important to hurry up." Davos's seemingly inadvertent reminder made Kelishorpes' heart reconsider. is a tight.

After sending off Cleethorpes who left in a hurry, Henepolis asked with concern: "Your Majesty, will the Spartans agree to your terms? And negotiate according to them?"

Davos was not very sure about this, but he smiled slightly: "The current Dionia is not afraid of Sparta, and there is nothing to beg from Sparta. But the current Sparta is not afraid of Sparta. We are different, I believe the Spartans will not sleep for a long time after Clethorpes relays my threatening words to the Spartans."

"But even if the Spartans and us signed a friendly agreement like this, they would definitely hate Dionia in their hearts!" Henepolis said worriedly: "It's better to take advantage of the fact that Sparta is now at war. In the whirlpool, completely destroy it according to your plan just now!"

"Haha, Heney, I can't see that you hate Sparta more than I do!" Davos laughed.

"Your Majesty, I'm just... just worried about the future of Sparta..." Henepolis argued eagerly.

Davos patted him on the shoulder and said confidently: "Don't worry, a city-state like Sparta has no future without our Dionysus shot!"

Even if Davos does not remember this period of history clearly, but with his in-depth understanding of the Greek mainland in the past few years, he knows: Corinth, Argos, and Central Greece in Sparta and the Peloponnesian Peninsula. The contradictions between Athens and Thebes are irreconcilable, and their wars will continue. Dionia finally ended the war with Syracuse, and urgently needed time to digest and absorb new land. There was no need to stab the hornet's nest of Sparta. Even if it weakened it, it would not be of much benefit to Dionia. On the contrary, it will create better opportunities for other city-states in Greece, such as Athens and Thebes... Or let them contain and kill each other, so that Dionia will have more time to develop.

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As expected by Davos, the Spartan Council of Elders, after receiving the report from Cleethorpes, was angry on the outside, but felt fear in the heart: the Dionysian army of Great Greece was ready to go, Spartan Da was unable to open up a new battlefield.

The Spartans were ridiculed by the Greeks as "venomous snakes hiding behind Mount Parnon", which means that these 60-70-year-old Spartan elders seem arrogant and conservative, but in fact they know how to adapt to the times and are purely self-interested. Activists.