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Chapter 577 Confrontation with the Spartan Envoy

Thinking of the last time he was sent to Turii as an envoy, Dionia was still in danger under the threat of Dionysius's army. Unexpectedly, a few months later, the Syracuse soldiers actually needed the Dionysians to nod and agree. Being able to go home alive... Everything happened so fast, as if in a dream.

Chrysops braced himself and walked into the city.

In this war, the Xiliting people were either killed or sold, and there were not many left. But now there are quite a lot of residents in the city, not only the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh The soldiers of the legions, as well as the troops led by Hieros and Hieronymus who had conquered Locle and his allies, also returned to Silitium.

It stands to reason that the captives of Syracuse are being sent back in batches, and Dionia's legion troops should also be disbanded in batches to go home to relieve the pressure on logistical supplies and at the same time ease the shortage of labor in the alliance.However, Davos considered that the Great Greek War had just ended, and the people of the surrendered city-states were not attached, and he was afraid of repetitions, so he gathered a large number of troops in Xiliting, thinking of the role of deterring Xiaoxiao, in order to smoothly implement a series of governance that Dionia followed. The Magna Graecia scheme.

In addition, there is a special group in the city, that is, the nearly 1000 engineers and craftsmen in the Syracuse Army. Davos has been waiting for them for a long time, so he has just waited for the Syracuse Army to surrender. , he immediately ordered these people to be protected, and he did not hesitate to break his promise. In the negotiations with Philosanus, he did not include these people in the release list, and at the same time forced Philosanus to agree. Their request: Their families be sent by Dionia's fleet.

Davos also made various promises to these people, including citizenship, land, a good research environment, etc., and finally managed to "retain" these people.

The Dionian soldiers were wandering and chatting on the streets in twos and threes, with quite relaxed expressions on their faces. Even when they saw Cleethorpes, they only glanced at them curiously, and neither stepped forward to ask the patrol leader who was leading the way. When asked, he did not show any awe, just like seeing an ordinary person.Although Chrysosops's dress is so distinctive: scarlet cloak, long hair, and thick beard, Sparta is the only one in Greece.

Compared with when Cleithops went to Thurii a few months ago, the Dionian soldiers behaved more calmly.

Chrysops couldn't help but think: Perhaps because they defeated the powerful Syracuse, Dionia had become the Greek overlord of the Western Mediterranean, so there was no longer any Greek city-state that scared them...

Thinking of this, Chrysops felt that this was the significance of the Spartan Council of Elders urgently sending him to Dionia again. He felt that he had a heavy responsibility.

More Dionian soldiers gathered in the arena to participate in or watch the rugby matches of various legions organized by senior team officers. The noise in the stadium spread several blocks away. Although Kerisopus was curious, But there was no time to watch.

He was quickly taken to the city hall, but was informed that King Davos was receiving visitors in the living room and asked him to wait in the side room.

This wait lasted for more than ten minutes. If it were other Spartan envoys, they would have been angry and would have considered this an insult to Sparta.Chrysops was still able to restrain himself because he did see those visitors, which showed that the Dionysians did not lie and were not deliberately making things difficult, but unlike other Greek city-states, they regarded the Spartan envoys as the most important. That’s all.Chrysosops could only endure this. After all, this was not the Greek mainland, not Ionia, not Asia Minor, but Greater Greece, where Sparta's influence was already weak, and it had never been afraid of Sparta before. The Dionia!

"Clithops, nice to see you again!" Davos showed enthusiasm after seeing him, and specifically said: "I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting for so long! Several Cullen came here before Nia’s general took me a lot of time.”

Corunnia? !Kerisopus's heart moved: It was a city-state in the South Italian League. It first betrayed Dionia and surrendered to Syracuse. Later, after the defeat of Syracuse, it returned to Dionia...

After almost all of Greater Greece was conquered by Dionia, Chrysops could think of the reason why this discredited city-state sent envoys here. He calmed down and said: "Davos, congratulations on defeating Dionysius, won this war!"

"Sparta sent you here just to congratulate me?" Davos had a smile on his face, but his words went straight to the point.

"You have defeated Sparta's ally Syracuse, and you have also sent troops to land in Sicily and occupied some Greek city-states in Sicily... The Spartan Council of Elders felt the aggression displayed by Dionia Pay attention and send me to Davos...King, do you know whether Dionia is hostile to Sparta?!" Chrysops looked at Davos and said the last words in a deep voice.

Chrysops's words made Davos' expression become serious, and he said seriously: "I have already told Phoebidas, who assisted Dionysius to invade my country, that as long as Sparta Da has no ill will towards Dionia, Dionia has no ill will towards Sparta, and I have no interest in the land across the Adriatic Sea."

"Of course Sparta has no hostility towards Dionysus!" Chrysops immediately made a solemn statement: "Sparta helps Syracuse because we have an alliance with Dionysius. This alliance When it was established, there was no Dionysian Alliance in Magna Graecia, and we had to act in accordance with the oath of Hercules, but from now on this situation will never happen again!"

Davos immediately tasted what Chrysops said and raised his eyebrows: "Sparta gave up Dionysius?"

Chrysops did not answer directly, but suggested: "Davos, since neither of us is hostile, do you think we should make an agreement to avoid the two sides of Sparta and Dionia?" Powerful city-states and city-state alliances were drawn into meaningless wars because of unnecessary friction and conflict."

It was rare for Henipolis, who did not interrupt when Davos was receiving guests, to look at Cleithops and then at Davos with an excited expression: Sparta recognized Dionia and it. With equal status, take the initiative to seek a peace agreement from Dionia? ! !
Davos still looked calm. He did not consider this so-called glory at all, but continued to ask: "What kind of agreement?"

It has always been other Greek city-states that begged for agreements and covenants from Sparta. The elders of Sparta put forward various harsh conditions according to the situation to obtain benefits for Sparta. If they actively seek agreements like today, they have to be forced to first Cheershorpes is not used to showing his cards, but the bad situation Sparta is facing now forces him to bow his head. Even if he feels aggrieved in his heart, he has to show a friendly face: "Sparta hopes Sign a long-term peace agreement with Dionia, and the two sides will maintain peace, will not invade each other, and will not participate in the hostile actions of other city-states against each other!" Speaking of this, Chrysopus paused.

Davos understands that the reason why Sparta has this proposal is probably because it is worried that Dionia will join the anti-Spartan alliance. It seems that the situation in Sparta is not very good.

Seeing that Davos' expression remained unchanged, Chrysops could not guess what he was thinking. He took a deep breath and continued to speak out the conditions offered by the Council of Elders: "At the same time, Sparta will force Syracuse to accept Truce the war and pay war compensation to Dionia. I also hope that Dionia will not force Syracuse and its allies too much and stop further encroaching on Syracuse's interests. After all, Sparta is still Syracuse. Allies, we have been having friendly exchanges for decades..." Cleithops said this and looked at Davos again.

There was still no emotion or anger on Davos's face, but Henepolis, the clerk next to him, couldn't help but said: "Syracuse has signed a peace treaty with us, Sparta... what rights does Sparta have?" Come and interfere with our Dionia’s handling of the aftermath of this war!”

Chrysops ignored Henipolis and saw that Davos was still silent. He continued: "In addition, Tarantum was instigated by Syracuse this time to launch a war against Dionia. , they have been punished by the gods, and now the aliens are besieging this great city-state, and the land of the Greeks is being occupied by the aliens! Tarantum has realized the mistakes he made previously and is willing to surrender to Dio Diaonia pays a large amount of war reparations in order to obtain your forgiveness. As the mother state of Tarantum, Sparta must protect this city Sparta, which is connected by our blood, and hope that Dionia can release Tarantum. The capture of Mu allows Tarantum to resist the attack of the aliens and once again become the barrier to the east of Magna Graecia!"

"At this time, the Spartans are actually concerned about the safety of Magna Graecia!" Henepolis mocked angrily: "When Dionysius led his army to invade Magna Graecia, they burned, killed, looted, and even massacred the people of Silitium. , Why don’t you Spartans come out to dissuade you! Tarantum tore up the alliance and suddenly attacked the land of Dionia, where are you!..."

Chrysops ignored these words and only said to Davos: "This is the peace negotiation condition drawn up by the Spartan Council of Elders after many discussions. The specific details need to be discussed with you, King Davos." for further negotiations.”

"This is the sincerity of Sparta's negotiations. There is no need to talk anymore." Davos's calm tone was like the sea before a storm. He stared at Cleethorpes, his eyes shining like sharp blades. : "Chrysops, you and I were comrades-in-arms in Persia, and we lived and died together. If you come to visit me in a private capacity today, I will entertain you warmly! But as a Spartan envoy, I can only say sorry!"

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