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Chapter 1196 Reunion with Sparta

After hearing this, the expressions of the three Taigea members changed drastically and they immediately ran towards the north.

The protagonists who came to ask for an explanation suddenly left, and the other Arcadian Alliance councilors looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

Printors immediately said in a deep voice: "The Spartan coalition has been defeated. Taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, our army will soon invade Sparta and completely solve this problem that has caused continuous wars in Greece for decades. To bring peace to the Greek people! So we can’t waste any more time here. After the war is over, we’ll celebrate the victory with you!” After that, he performed a military salute and then turned his horse’s head.

After listening to Printors' words, all the congressmen present felt as if they were in a dream: Sparta, their ally for decades and the country that had dominated Greece for hundreds of years, was about to be destroyed? !

At this time, Plintors turned around again, his eyes fell on Lycomedes, and he said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you that the Tegeyas tore up the covenant and attacked our army, it is no longer Dionysus." The alliance of the sub-holy kingdom, but our enemy, the captured Tegea city is naturally the spoils of the Dionian army!

In order to show that our Dionia sent troops to the Peloponnese this time, it was to fulfill the covenant and assist Thebes in defeating Sparta, not to covet the land of Greece, but also to thank the Mandinians This booty was presented to the Mandinians by our commander, who had rendered much assistance to our troops in this campaign, and they gladly accepted it. "

After Prentols finished speaking, he flew away in the dust, leaving the Arcadian councilors alone with their thoughts in confusion: "What do you mean by this?"

"Don't you understand this! The Mandinians want to occupy the land of Tegea!"

"what?!!"

A group of people quickly surrounded Lycomedes, who was also unclear about the situation, and kept questioning...

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After Clotocathax and Tagetinos joined together, he led nearly 18 soldiers into Spartan territory.After going through a section of undulating mountain roads, they came to the Eurotas River Valley, walked along the winding and narrow river valley, and finally arrived at the defensive camp built by Sparta at dusk.

The small camp could not accommodate so many soldiers. Each legion and each brigade had to find separate places to camp. Fortunately, no accidents happened that night.

The soldiers who had not slept well the next day set out very early and continued to move forward. Finally, at daylight, they walked out of the valley and entered the open hilly area.

After this arduous journey, Clotokatax realized more deeply how helpful the 1st Fleet was to the army by conquering Sparta in advance.

Towards noon, the army finally approached the first small town in Sparta, Celasia.

Knowing that Sekerian was leading the senior officers of the First Fleet to welcome them in front of the village, Crotokatax also led Printors and other senior officers to ride over on horseback.

Before Clotokatax could dismount, this well-known hero of the kingdom, who was dressed in velvet, had dark skin, and was calm and confident, took the initiative to greet him and solemnly performed a military salute: "Your Majesty Commander, Commander of the First Fleet. Sekelian is reporting to you!"

Clotokatax immediately stood up and dismounted, returned the same military salute solemnly, and then praised loudly: "General Sekerian, congratulations on occupying the Spartan territory and creating great glory! Just relying on the fleet The infantry successfully landed on the heavily defended Spartan coast and defeated the defenders. This is very remarkable! It also provided great help to the entire expeditionary army and was conducive to the execution of our next plan!"

Clotokatax's unstinting praise made Sekerian and the generals behind him feel happy. Sekerian laughed and said seriously: "Commander, let me tell you the truth. , when you came to Messenia to take office, the reason why I did not go to see you was actually because the last time the 1st Fleet failed to land on the coast of Sparta, and nearly a thousand soldiers were killed or injured. It was my command error, so it was really I have no shame to see you. This time I finally got what I wanted, whether it is honorable or not is another matter, but the big stone that has been weighing on my heart has finally fallen, and now I dare to come and apologize to you."

Why did Sekerian, who always thought so highly of himself, lower his dignity and take the initiative to show his favor to the young commander this time?Mainly because he has been in a high position over the years and has gained some political wisdom. He gradually realized the reason why the battle-hardened King Davos made the young Clotokatax the commander-in-chief in such an important war. In order to Considering the rest of his life and the future of his children, he had to remain humble to make up for his previous mistakes.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a heavy hum from behind Clotokatax: "Since the 1st Fleet is so powerful and can do it both at sea and on land, if there is a war in the future, we might as well just send the 1st Fleet alone. It’s solved!”

Sekerian took a closer look and saw that the speaker was Olivers. He was a senior military veteran. Although Sekerian was not afraid, there was no need to offend him. At the same time, he also gave Croto Katak Si made a bad impression, so he said with a smile: "Our 1st Fleet was able to capture Sparta because, Commander, you led the army to attract Sparta's main force in Arcadia. And, I also heard that you fought a fierce battle with the Spartan army in Tegea and completely defeated the Spartans. This was also a brilliant victory! Without this victory, there would be no our army. , then even if the 1st Fleet captures Sparta, it will eventually be recaptured by Sparta’s main force!”

What Sekerian said was reasonable and made the legion commanders feel comfortable, and the displeasure on their faces quickly disappeared.

This also greatly changed Crotokatax's impression of Sekrian. He took the conversation and said seriously: "It is because of the cooperation and joint efforts of the army and navy that we won the victory over Sri Lanka. The victory of Bada! Next, we need the close cooperation of the navy and the army to successfully defeat the Greek city-state army that is hostile to Dionia! But now we must first deal with the matters after the defeat of Sparta as soon as possible, so that we can free up our hands To deal with the challenges of other Greek city-states. Lord Sekerian, what is the situation in Sparta now?"

Sekerian glanced behind Crotokatax and felt a little strange: he was somewhat familiar with the newly appointed commander of the First Army, Ctissus. This was a very active guy, but why is he now? He seemed a little quiet and seemed a little uneasy.

However, he didn't have time to think about it now, so he answered the young commander's question first: "We have imprisoned all the people in Sparta City, and now the entire Sparta City, including the surrounding villages and towns, have been captured by my subordinate fleet. Occupied by infantry and soldiers of the [-]th Legion.

You may not have imagined that when our landing troops approached the city of Sparta, the main defense force of the Spartans had been completely lost. They actually organized the elderly, women, and children in the city to fight against us—"

"You didn't kill too many people, did you?" Clotokatax blurted out.

Sekelian glanced at him and said, "No, because we know that the people of Sparta alive are more useful than dead people. At that time, I launched an attack with the soldiers of the Seventh Legion as the vanguard, and quickly defeated the people of Sparta. , but in the process of arresting them, some people strongly resisted and injured many of our soldiers.

Now, many Helots have fled to the mountains, and the Piliasians have hid in their own villages and towns, all watching.I don't have many troops, and it's not easy to control the villages and towns of Sparta, so now I'm eagerly looking forward to your arrival! "

Sekerian's frankness made it difficult for Clotokatax to say anything in this regard. He just asked: "Have you found any broken troops from the north in the past few days?"

"There is no news about this at the moment."

Sekerian's answer made Crotokatax frown slightly.

"Commander, don't worry, we have the Spartan people as hostages. Those Spartan soldiers who escaped have only one way to surrender. I used this method before to force the surrender of dozens of Spartan troops stationed in the defensive camp in the north. Soldier," Sekerian reassured him.

Clotocathacus pondered and said: "General Sekerian, before coming to the Peloponnese, my father once told me that he did not intend to annex the land of Sparta, but to Change Sparta's political system and make it an ally friendly to the kingdom..."

Sekerian was stunned after hearing this. After all, he was not very good at government affairs. He couldn't help but remind him: "Although those Spartan elders and inspectors have become our prisoners, they have very tough tempers and are not easy to give in." , what can we do to get them to obey?”

Davos had mentioned it before. During his stay in Peloponnese, Clotokatax had also repeatedly thought and brewed based on the actual situation. He already had some plans in mind. He confidently Said: "We can first..."

The group of people walked in the direction of Sparta while talking. More than an hour later, they saw two tall bronze warrior statues standing on both sides of the road ahead. They only wore Corinthian helmets, revealing their strong bodies and holding shield guns. and Saber, while posing in a charging posture and roaring, as if to intimidate any stranger who wanted to enter the center of Sparta.

"Ahead is the city of Sparta." Sekerian said.

The crowd cheered.

After bypassing the bronze statue, there were sparse thatched mud houses in front of them, which were no different from most of the houses seen in Messenia. Crotokatax knew that these should be the residences of the helots. House of.

(End of this chapter)