Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1132

[Chapter 81]

Davos just nodded his head to show that he knew, then turned to look at Xenophon, and said with relief: “As a guest, you can become a messenger of Sparta, it seems that Xenophon is in Sparta. It’s

been a good time indeed!”

He patted Xenophon on the shoulder again, turned to his throne, and asked at the same time, “Why did you come to Dionia as a messenger this time? To renew the friendly agreement? I remember it’s still a few years before it expires.”

Gesulus opened his mouth to say, Xenophon quickly stopped him, and then said with a deliberate tone: “Since the outbreak of the war between Thebes and Sparta, it has lasted. For several years, both the Peloponnese and Central Greece have caused great damage. In order to restore peace to Greece, Sparta decided to make peace with Thebes and Athens.

However, the two sides have killed each other over the years, causing casualties. Many, the hatred is deep, and it is not easy to negotiate and succeed, so it is best to find a powerful country to persuade the two sides to sit down and negotiate—”

“So Sparta chose to come to us Dionia. Davos, who had already returned to the throne, leaned forward and interjected with interest: “It seems that our friendship of more than 10 years has not been in vain!”

Xenophon and Gesulus both looked embarrassed. .

Xenophon coughed dryly and said in a low voice, “Uh… that… Sparta did consider inviting Dionysus as a mediator, but Dionia, although powerful, has no influence in mainland Greece. It is difficult to deter the rebellious Thebes and Athens. And it happened that Sparta discovered that Athens and Thebes sent envoys to Persia one after another…

You also know that the last Corinthian war was finally able to truce and reach a contract, Persia played a big role in this. In order to prevent Persia from turning to support the enemy, Sparta had to send messengers to Persia too—”

“Dionia has no influence in mainland Greece, isn’t it because we strictly abide by the friendship agreement signed with Sparta! Although it is so close to mainland Greece, we have been in Dionia for more than 10 years. They did not interfere with the political situation in mainland Greece, but now Sparta is complaining that we, Dionia, have no influence in mainland Greece!” Antaoris, one of the deputy ministers, couldn’t help but interjected and complained: “Instead, Sparta is in During the agreement, something was secretly done in the Western Mediterranean, which added some trouble to Dionia!”

“I also have a question, I would like to ask the Spartan messenger. As we all know, Sparta has been supported by Persia over the years, That’s why there will be the signing of the ‘Great King’s Contract’ and will once again become the ally of the Greek city-states. This time Sparta wants to truce and negotiate, shouldn’t it first seek the support of Persia? Why is it because we must first consider us Dionia, and let the envoys of Athens and Thebes take the lead?” Another secondary minister, Cypros, followed with his own questions, trying to expose some lies in Xenophon’s words.

In the face of the questioning of Dionysian ministers,

Xenophon, although he had been prepared before, could not help but feel a little nervous at the moment: “This… Dionysian’s performance of keeping his promise is very respected by the Spartans! … And because You defeated Carthage, and your strength is even stronger… and… and you are very close to the Peloponnesus, so Sparta really thought of asking Dionysus for help at first, but the reality-”

” Well, no need for redundant explanations, since Sparta has decided to seek support from Persia, why did you send you to Dionia? Did Persia reject Sparta’s request?” Davos half-smiled asked.

When Xenophon came into contact with Davos’s deep eyes, there was a faint illusion. It seemed that the Dionysian king had already known the whole thing. Promise to support Sparta, but ask Sparta to sever friendly relations with Dionia, otherwise they will turn to support Athens and Thebes, and let Sparta taste an unprecedented defeat! So Sparta Sending me here as a messenger is to end a friendly agreement with Dionia that has lasted more than 10 years…”

Xenophon’s remarks immediately caused quite a commotion in the hall.

“In order to gain the support of Persia, Sparta did not hesitate to cut off friendly exchanges with our Dionia, isn’t it afraid of offending our Dionia and causing a new war?!” The Minister of Military Affairs Alexis asked sharply.

Gesulus, who had been silent before, couldn’t help but said loudly: “When he was leaving, King Agesilaus once told me that this time the end of the friendly agreement with Dionysus was indeed a last resort, until the armistice contract was signed. After that, we Sparta will resume exchanges with Dionia and sign a new friendship agreement, please rest assured!”

He didn’t say this. After he finished speaking, the whole hall was like a frying pan, Even Haka, who is usually mild-mannered, said coldly: “What does Sparta mean? Don’t we Dionia look so easy to bully! If you want to break the contract, you can break the contract, and if you want to renew the contract, you need to know this. It is the Western Mediterranean, and Dionia is the only king here. Any city-state and force is rushing to attach to Dionia, and they are proud to join the Dionia Alliance!

With Dionia’s current strength, it is already very strong. Don’t sign any reciprocal agreements with other city-states. Since you Spartans don’t feel the value of this friendly agreement, after this agreement is torn up, you Spartans will deeply feel that in the Corinthian War and The kind of terrifying pressure that was not felt in the Thebes war!”

After Gaysulus finished speaking, Xenophon knew that it was going to be bad. Seeing that Gaysulus wanted to refute, he hurriedly stopped him, and subconsciously said to him. Davos cast a pleading look.

“Okay.” Davos raised his hand and suppressed the anger of the important minister. He said sternly: “We Dionysians regard commitment as life, and once the agreement is signed, no matter what happens in the future, it will be fulfilled. Agreement. But perhaps for Sparta, the agreement was signed to tear it apart. The Peloponnesian War was truce, but the Corinthian War broke out a few years later. Not long after the Great King’s peace treaty was signed, it broke out again In the Thebes war, Sparta was not the first to break the agreement and provoke the war. Therefore, we have already been psychologically prepared for this friendly agreement to be cancelled by Sparta. Cancel it, but it is easy to cancel. It will be difficult to get it again, knowing that many Tarantom and Carthaginians still regret it.”

Xenophon was shocked when he heard Davos’ meaningful words.

Davos stepped up his tone and asked word by word: “I am now officially asking you Xenophon, is Sparta sure to cancel this friendly agreement?!”

Xenophon quickly replied: “Yes! In order to quickly To reach a truce and restore peace, Sparta is also compelled to do so. But I can guarantee that even if the agreement is cancelled, Sparta will still maintain peace with Dionia!”

“This is not up to Sparta.” Diver Si smiled slightly: “It seems that the king of Persia has a deep resentment towards our Dionia. But for your Xenophon’s sake, our Dionia will not go to Si because of this breach of contract. Bada’s trouble!”

Xenophon was overjoyed, and immediately said gratefully: “Thank you, Your Majesty! The Spartans will keep your kindness in their hearts, and are willing to keep peace with Dionia, and never be at the mercy of the Persians.

Davos blinked in disapproval, put his hands on the back of the chair, and said with a smile: “Now that the business has been done, let’s talk about private affairs. I will hold a banquet for you at the palace tonight, and I will meet with you

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Invite some of my mercenary friends who fought side by side in Persia to join us and share our goodbyes.”

Having successfully completed the task assigned by Sparta, Xenophon is now in a relaxed mood, and immediately said: “I am very happy to attend this dinner. , I had a drink with my former comrades-in-arms to make up for the regrets of the year.”

Davos smiled and looked at Alexis and the Minister of Commerce Marigi: “Tonight’s banquet will be without you two, so I’ll send you an invitation first.”

Alexis and Marigi quickly expressed their willingness to participate.

When Xenophon and Gaysurus left the palace, Antaoris, who could not hold back, immediately asked, “Your Majesty, should we just forget about Sparta’s wanton tearing up of the agreement?!”

“Then you What else do you want?” Davos looked at him and asked calmly, “Declaring war on Sparta?”

“At least we should find a way to punish them for such rude behavior, otherwise other city-states will think that we Dionys. Asia is weak and can be bullied!” Antaoris’ tone was still tough.

Davos looked at him, looked at other ministers with different expressions, and said in a deep voice, “It’s just punishment, it won’t cause much damage to Sparta, but it will arouse their vigilance. The Persians want to act as mediators and reunite the city-states of Greece that have been in constant war. I am afraid they want to cause trouble for us Dionia… The Spartans want to use the support of Persia to become the city-states of Greece again. The leader of the alliance… They all thought too well, but I think things may not be as smooth as they thought…”

“What does your majesty mean?” Cypros thought.

Davos did not respond directly, but smiled slightly: “What we need to do now is to pay close attention to the development of the war situation in mainland Greece and wait for a favorable opportunity to come

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Considering that some former mercenary veterans were still serving in other places, the dinner that night was not held, but was postponed to two days later.

In the past two days, Davos specially sent someone to accompany Xenophon and toured most of the Turii area, giving him a deeper understanding of the situation in the Kingdom of Dionia.

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