ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 537 Changes in the Battle Situation
"Friendly discussion? How?" Lysippus frowned and asked.

Suddenly, the door of the venue was pushed open, and the censor Endius walked in.

Lysippus, the rotating chairman, shouted with great dissatisfaction: "This is the most sacred place in Sparta. As an inspector, don't you understand the procedures that outsiders must go through to enter here!"

"I'm sorry, distinguished Elder Lysipus!" Endius bowed to apologize, his face still unable to conceal his excitement: "Because the Council of Elders has always emphasized the need to keep abreast of the progress of the war in Corinth, so I -"

"It seems there is some good news." Lysippus looked at him and said slowly: "Speak out, young man, and let us be happy too. There is too much bad news during this time."

"Battle report from Corinth, King Agesilaus captured the port of Lycaion!" Endius said loudly.

"Port Lecaion!" The elders suddenly showed joy.

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Corinth, as the isthmus city-state from the Peloponnese Peninsula to Central Greece, was the main battlefield in this war where the Spartan Alliance and the anti-Spartan Alliance forces fought fiercely.

Half a month ago, the fierce fighting that lasted for more than half a year caused the Corinthians heavy casualties and huge losses. It also made the people in the city begin to feel confused about the prospects of the war. Some pro-Spartan citizens began to take action, and they were preparing to launch a riot. , overthrowing the ruling oligarchies and allowing Corinth to surrender to Sparta.But their plan was exposed, and the establishment took immediate action to brutally hunt down the pro-Spartans.

The massacre weakened the power of Corinth and swayed the people, so the families of the victims quietly opened the city gates and allowed Praxitas to lead 1000 heavy infantry into the outer city of Corinth.

The Corinthians hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to encircle them, and their allies Argos and Thebes also sent reinforcements to fight. After many fierce battles, the two sides failed to completely repel the Spartans, but they did not allow the Spartans to gain more victories. As a result, the Spartans occupied part of the outer city of Corinth and were at a stalemate with the Allies.

But the Spartan Council of Elders grew tired of Praxitas's long failure to make headway in Corinth and decided to replace him.

When the news reached the ears of Praxidas, he was very angry and troubled by the endless attacks of the enemies in the city. He simply led his army to retreat from the outer city of Corinth without taking any further offensive actions, giving the Corinthians a chance to breathe. The Athenians also led many carpenters and masons to rush there and took the opportunity to repair the repaired or damaged city walls, and the morale of the Corinthian soldiers was restored.

Today, on the south side of the southern end of the isthmus is the city of Corinth to the west, and to the east is the affiliated city-state of Argolis, which is mainly guarded by the Argives. There is a long wall connecting the two cities, which completely blocks the land passage through the isthmus. To the north of the city, reinforcements from Thebes and Athens rushed to help through the isthmus passages on the east and west sides at any time.

When Agesilaus rushed outside Corinth to take over the army, he faced an enemy with rising morale and reinforced city defenses. After understanding the battlefield situation in detail, he did not continue to use the frontal attack method of his former commander Praxilaus. Strategy.

He pretended to attack the city of Corinth, but he asked his brother Tyrutias to secretly lead the fleet to cooperate closely. He led his elite troops on warships, bypassed Corinth, and suddenly landed at the port of Lycaion, located north of Corinth and close to the Corinth Canal.

The Lycaion garrison was unprepared, and the Spartans soon occupied the entire harbor.

Just when the Spartan Council of Elders received this good news, Agesilaus had repeatedly repelled the army sent by Corinth to recapture the port. Then he commanded the army to capture the same port not far from Corinth. The port of the city of Sigiion, which was part of the anti-Spartan alliance.

A few days later, Agesilaus continued his efforts and led his army and warships to capture a port further north in Corinth, the Port of Pileon. This port was the only way from Corinth to the Boeotian region.After the Spartans occupied it, Corinth was surrounded by the Spartans in all directions except the east side, which was connected to Argolis.More importantly, Agesilaus used the port as a stronghold and sent his troops north along the west side of the isthmus. They soon entered the Boeotian region and successively captured the city-states of Sidon, Cromion, etc., causing the Boeotian city-states to Shocked, other city-states sent envoys to Agesilaus' camp to sue for peace. Even Thebes finally sent envoys under the appeal of the people.

Under this trend, even the Corinthians began to waver.

During this period, Agesilaus was shrouded in the halo of victory and seemed to become the arbiter of all Greece, washing away his shame of being "disabled" in the past few decades.

At this time, the Athenian general Iphicrates led 3000 mercenaries whom he personally trained through the road on the east side of the isthmus, first entering the city of Argolis, and finally stationed in the city of Corinth.

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Oudière, the original capital of the Messapian Kingdom, is located in the center of southern Apulia, surrounded by flat fields and dense forests. Agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively developed, and it is still the central town of the Messapian people.

At this moment, in the Noble Council of Udiae, there were gathered the consuls from the Mesapian city-states such as Igratia, Ugentum, Manduria, Mesani, Odrum... etc., sitting down. At the forefront and in the center of the audience is the consul of Udia, Paximerus. This Mesapian nobleman is tall and majestic. He is a distant relative of Attas, the former king of Mesapi, but his political skills are far superior to that of Attas. His relative, after years of hard work, has basically controlled the Noble Council of Oudière, so that he can be easily elected as consul every year. There are often rumors about him in the city: We sent away an old king, There is a new king.

"Pasimelus, let's not wait, it seems that our allies will not come." Karmilus, the consul of Ugentum, couldn't help but said.

"Be patient, I think the Puchetti people will come, but they are the farthest from here, so of course they will come later." Timogras, the consul of Iglatia, advised.

"Timogras, I heard that Igratia has had close contact with the Puchetti people in recent years. No wonder you would speak for them. Igratia has almost become the territory of the Puchetti!" Brindi Tyust, West's commander, taunted.After Brindisi was recaptured, in view of the fact that the original Messapian residents of the city had been wiped out by the Tarantums or sold as slaves, each city-state voted to elect a leader from the tribe of Thaestre, the former great nobleman of Udia. Entering Brindisi.According to the previous agreement between the two parties, his tribe and the Puchetti each occupied half of the city of Brindisi. It is inevitable that the two parties would have conflicts of interest, especially in the management of the port. This made Thaeste's opposition to Puchetti Di people are more resentful.

"Who said we Puchetti people wouldn't come!" A loud voice sounded outside the venue. King Puchetti's crony Pullo pushed open the room and strode into the venue: "If it weren't for you, we would attack Tarantum. The time has been delayed again and again, making us think that you were going to cancel this attack plan, but we were already here!"

Paximerus smiled slightly: "Waiting is for a better time, and now the opportunity has come! Tarantum suffered a heavy blow from Dionia, and most of the citizen soldiers were lost, while Dionia was in Croto We have defeated Tarantum’s ally Syracuse, and now the two sides are confronting each other in Xiliting. This is the best time for us to attack Tarantum boldly and confidently!”

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In the backyard of the big chief's mansion in Potentia City, Puamote was discussing with Valer.

The tribal leader said impatiently: "Big leader, Dionia has occupied Copsa. My tribal territory is no longer in danger. I can lead the tribe back to the territory... But you also know that the evil Samo The Ne people burned down my territory, and most of my tribe’s warriors were killed and injured. Now I don’t have enough labor to rebuild my village, so you must give me some Samoni prisoners and enough food!”

Puamot looked embarrassed: "Although Davos gave us a lot of food when he left, various tribes returned to their territories and took away a lot during this period, so the food supply in the city is still a little tight. I can only give you part of the amount of food. If you want the tribe to survive this winter successfully, you have to think of a way on your own."

"Why only let me think of a way and not let other tribes think of a way?!" Valer felt it was unfair.

"Because your tribe is close to Copsa." Puamote said softly.

As the leader, Valer was not a fool. He quickly understood the big leader’s intention: “What if Copsa doesn’t have enough food?”

"If Copsa was also short of food, Pollet would have asked me for help." Puamote said calmly, "Wal, Samonei captives are not ordinary slaves. Shao, can you tame them?"

"Big Chief, don't worry. You have forgotten, which tribe in Potentia has the most experience in dealing with Samnite prisoners, is there anyone else besides our tribe?" Valer said proudly.

Puamote stopped talking.Indeed, in the past, the Valle tribe's settlement was adjacent to the Samnite people. When conflicts broke out between the two sides, the captured prisoners were often handed over to his tribe, and most of his tribesmen spoke Samnite.

"If you hadn't asked us to free the former Greek slaves, I wouldn't be so anxious to ask you for prisoners." Valer complained again. Seeing that Puamote was about to speak, he hurriedly said: "I know ! I know! Elia is our ally now, and we must have a good relationship with it!..."

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