Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1150

[Chapter 99 Facing the Distressed Sparta]

These Heluos village chiefs are already grateful to Dionysus for their freedom, and they are even more overjoyed to be able to become the high-level officials of this new city-state. All the suggestions of the Asian compatriots agreed, and they also proposed: the candidates for the general committee were all compatriots from Dionia, because they were well-informed and more experienced in governing the country.

The people from Dionia certainly did not delay, 5 generals were quickly selected, and Ticias, the elder of the Kingdom of Dionia, became the chief.

Ionicus watched all of this, and even though he saw a few clues, he didn’t dare to make trouble. He witnessed Dionia’s extremely powerful military force, whether it was a navy or an army, and even its complete military force. The logistics made him realize the terribleness of this kingdom from the Western Mediterranean.

Unexpectedly, Ticias quickly found him and made it clear to him that as long as he was willing to join Messenia, the council would reserve a seat for him.

Ionicus thought about it for a while, and finally agreed that although he grew up in Alice since he was a child, he did not have much influence in the council and never held an important position. The reasons are well known, but he did not declare Mouth: Because he is a Mesenian immigrant.

However, he also put forward a condition: he hoped to bring a few well-connected Mesenian immigrants from Alice to join the new city-state and become a member of the council.

Ticias agreed.

Ionicus immediately applied for a clipper from the 1st Fleet and hurriedly returned to Alice.

The laws promulgated by the new Messenian government headed by Ticias are being carried out in full force: all the Herros in Messenia will not only be free, they will also become citizens of the new Messenia, and Allotments will be obtained, and the councilors from Dionia will confirm and register the population and land of each village with the assistance of the village chiefs for subsequent allocation;

In order to protect this hard-won freedom and independence, the citizens of New Messenia had to undergo rigorous training by Dionian soldiers to defend their city-state in the event of a Spartan attack; It had to have its own city, and the council quickly made a decision to rebuild the city of Meseni, which would serve as the center of the new city-state, without any other towns to be built, so that citizens could be more united.

In this way, it is the turn of the soldiers of the Dionian 1st Legion to be busy. They will lead the new citizens of Messenia to expand the former Spartan barracks into a town;

a Greek city-state also needs a protector, The original protector of the Messenians was Zeus, but Ticias and others easily persuaded the village chiefs to stop believing in it, because the Messenians had failed in three previous wars, indicating that Zeus was fundamentally did not bless them.

Out of gratitude and trust in Dionia, the citizens of New Messenia finally unanimously decided to ask Hades for protection.

At the same time, the parliament also decided that the heroes

Aristodemus

and Aristomenes, who once led the people to resist Sparta, would also be erected to worship.

Messengers, to inform them of Messenia’s independence in order to gain their support, of course Sparta is not among them…

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The Messenian plains are overflowing everywhere There was a joyful atmosphere, while the Spartan territory on the side of Mount Tigertos was gloomy and gloomy.

The impact of the defeat of Leuctra on the Spartans has not yet passed, and now a greater disaster has suddenly come-Messenia has been taken away.

Messenia is extremely important to Sparta. Sixty percent of the agricultural output of the entire city-state comes from there, and half of the Spartan citizens’ land is also there. In addition, most of Sparta’s labor also comes from Messenia. …with the loss of Messenia, Sparta’s strength was at least cut in half.

But when they learned the news that it had been captured, the Spartans, who had always been eager to report, did not immediately organize an army to kill Messenia as usual, because Sparta was already in a precarious state.

Before Sparta was determined to send troops to attack the Arcadia alliance dominated by Mandinia, but only a very small number of Peloponnesian allies responded to the call, so until now the coalition troops attacking the Arcadia alliance have still It was not completed, and there was still a big shortage of rations and supplies. In such a bad situation, how could Sparta have the strength to fight against the more powerful Dionysian army.

At the council of elders, the Ombudsman and the elders scolded Dionysus for her perfidy, but they were helpless about the predicament Sparta faced.

Agesilaus, who was sick to attend the meeting, also made a fuss, berating them for being short-sighted, knowing that Dionysus had long been hostile to Sparta, but he did not listen to his repeated dissuasion, and ended the friendly agreement signed with him ahead of schedule. , As a result, Thebes took the opportunity to form an alliance with Dionia, which led to the fact that Davos threatened Sparta more than ten years ago (Messenia was captured).

Some elders also refuted, pointing out: Sparta sought support from Persia and ended the war with Thebes as soon as possible. When Nia broke off diplomatic relations, it was definitely impossible to gain the trust of the Persian king, and the Council of Elders finally made this decision as a last resort.

Except for the Ombudsman, the elders are all old people. They will not spend their energy on meaningless abuse and arguing for a long time. It didn’t take long for everyone to regain their composure and discuss how to solve the huge problem faced by Sparta. threaten.

As the city-state that has dealt with Dionia the most in mainland Greece, they somewhat understand the strength of the kingdom on the Italian peninsula, and they do not think that Sparta today can fight against it, so they naturally turn their attention to Persia for help.

As a result, the Persian messenger Datis, who was still in the city, was invited to the venue.

Datis felt nervous after hearing the news that “Dionia sent troops to capture Mesenia. He was not arrogant, but he was very active. After all, he came to Sparta with a mission, but now he is not Achieving the plan to unify the entire Greek city-states by Sparta will lead to the premature invasion of the Peloponnese by the Dionysians, which is likely to ruin the Persian king’s strategic vision, so he must work hard. Rescue.

Datis first persuaded the Spartans not to be too nervous, a large amount of grain and baggage from Persia and 50 Darek gold coins of Tarrant were on their way, and then he also promised: he would apply to the king of Persia, begging It can sponsor Sparta more gold and silver, and at the same time allow Sparta to recruit soldiers in Asia Minor, so that it can form a large army as soon as possible to repel the incoming Dionysian army (Battle of Leuctra). Shaking Sparta’s hegemony, coupled with the establishment of the Arcadia Alliance, most of the Spartan allies no longer responded to Sparta’s call as actively as before, so the Spartans had to go to Macedonia and Thrace. (Ionia, Asia Minor, and other regions to recruit soldiers, which obviously cost money). The

Ombudsman and the elders were a little bit calmer, but soon they discovered the biggest problem: recruiting soldiers, It takes time to build an army, and now the Dionysian army is just west of Mount Tigertos and could invade Spartan territory at any time.

Agesilaus carefully analyzes this: Dionia If the army wants to attack Sparta, there are three paths to choose from. One is to take the middle road and climb over the Tigertos Mountain, but the Tigertos Mountain is steep and the pass is controlled by its own side. The Dionysian army is very It is difficult to pass from then on; one is to take the north road, pass through the Arcadia region, and invade Sparta, but the city-states in the Arcadia region have never had contact with Dionia, and now they have formed an alliance, I am afraid they will not It is easy to allow a large foreign army to pass through its own territory; there is also a way to go south, let the army enter the Gulf of Laconia by boat, and land on the coast of Sparta, according to the words of the soldiers who had returned from the defeat of Messenia. The intelligence of Dionia, the large number of transport ships, and the rapid and rapid landing of its troops, this route is the greatest threat to Sparta.

Everyone thought that Agesilaus was justified. After some deliberation, the council of elders finally made a resolution: temporarily withdraw the military action against the Arcadia Alliance, and send an envoy to show goodwill to it; Military mobilization in the territory, strengthening the defense of the coast, and building facilities to prevent landings; recruiting young Berias and Helots in the territory to join the army…

and for Helots, the Council of Elders also passed a special item. Resolution: Only Heroth who excels in war will be free.

Agesilaus also asked the Persian messenger Datis: I hope Persia can send a fleet, UU read www.

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Datis agreed, promising to convey Sparta’s request to the Persian king.

In addition, the Council of Elders also decided to send envoys to Messenia. In addition to taking the opportunity to find out the next move of the Dionian army, the main thing was to delay the Dionian attack as much as possible in the name of negotiation. , buy time for Sparta to build an army.

This important meeting concerning the life and death of Sparta did not end until the afternoon. Agsilaus dragged his exhausted body back home, and immediately summoned Xenophon, who had been waiting at the mansion, to report the content of the previous meeting. told him briefly.

That night, when Xenophon heard the news of “the landing of Dionia’s army on the coast of Alice” at home, he felt very disturbed, and he rode to Sparta at dawn, but unfortunately he lived far from Sparta. He was far away, and by the time he arrived at Agesilaus’ mansion, the Spartans had already received the news that “Dionia’s huge fleet had invaded the Gulf of Messenia”, but Sparta had not had time to send reinforcements. The Dionian army had already landed on the Messenian coast.

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