Davers's words deeply disturbed Chrysops, and he hurriedly said: "This is only a condition that Sparta has prepared before the negotiation, you can also put forward your conditions first, and then we will negotiate together." ”

"Chrysops." Davers said coldly: "Now that the war in Greater Greece has subsided, the situation in Sicily is quite stable for Dionia, and I can dispatch more than 200 three-layer oars and more than 50,000 soldiers here at any time!" If I sail all the way east with this huge fleet and reach the Peloponnese in less than three days, will Sparta be able to stop it?! ”

Without waiting for Christopes to answer, he said in a firm tone, "No! Your fleet has already been defeated by Conon's navy in Knidos, and now there are less than a hundred warships left, and they are not at all the opponents of the Dionian fleet in the Gulf of Corinth! If a convoy loaded with 50,000 soldiers then lands on the coast of Messenia, will your army be able to stop it?! ”

The corners of Daves' mouth curled slightly: "Can't!" Most of the Spartan warriors were sent to Corinth, a few to Persia, and the rest to suppress the Helots at home. Even if Sparta were able to gather all the warriors, I, Dionia, would not be afraid! I trust that the sheer and elite legionnaires of Dionya will be able to completely defeat your proud Spartan warriors! ”

Davers said, and slammed his fist on the wooden table with great confidence, and the sound of "bang" made Christops, who had experienced countless life and death battles, subconsciously shake, and the fist seemed to hit his heart.

"Of course, I don't have to work so hard at all." The expression on Davers's face suddenly changed to relaxation, and he slowed down and said, "I just need to have the army disperse the remaining Spartan forces in Messenia, block the Tygetos Pass, and then support the Helots - no, let the Messenians become independent, and arm them, and then withdraw the army, without consuming too much food, and without much fighting, but armed Mecelians, can you Spartans easily deal with it?" No, you can't! Decades ago, the Messenian riots made you suffer! ”

Not only did they suffer all the hardships, at that time Sparta had no way to take the rebellious Messenians, and even begged Athens and other allied gang troops to help them suppress these rioting helots, as a result, the chief general of Athens at that time, Kemon, came to Sparta with thousands of Athenian citizen soldiers to help, but did not expect that because of the difference in political system and customs, they received a lot of suspicion and grievances, and the soldiers returned home angrily, and when they publicized their experience in Sparta to the people, it aroused the people's anger against Sparta, Led to the ouster of the pro-Spartan leader Kemon, Pericles became the new leader of Athens for decades and created the Golden Age of Athens.

Even with the help of the allies, Sparta failed to exterminate the rebellious Messenians, but instead led to the hardship of the people in the country, and the blacks were inspired to constantly rise up to resist, and finally Sparta had to reach a compromise with the rebels and allow them to leave Spartan territory freely......

It was a painful memory of the Spartans, but Davers said so easily that he wanted to repeat the incident again, how could this not make Chrysops frightened, he forced his composure, and his face was a little more fierce: "Dionya wants to declare war on Sparta?!" ”

"It's not that we Dionyas want to do this, it's that Sparta is forcing Dionyas to have to prepare for war!" Davers said in a deep voice.

"Persecuting Dionia?!" As if hearing a joke, Christopus reminded him earnestly: "Sparta has come in good faith to negotiate an agreement of friendship with Dionia!" ”

"Syracuse destroyed so many Greek city-states in Sicily, and forcibly ordered the Sicilian city-states to obey his orders, but Sparta did not come out to stop it! Dionysius led an army to invade Great Greece, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, and I didn't see you Sparta come out to stop it! Now that I'm Dionya defeated Syracuse to restore order in Greater Greece and Sicily, and restore peace to the region, you Sparta poured out and stopped! Could this be the sincerity of the Spartans! Davers said coldly, his tone getting heavier.

"Davers, listen to me—" Chrysops tried to explain.

"Why did Sparta want to dictate to Dionia, to Great Greece, to Sicily!" Davos asked angrily, interrupting Christopus like thunder, "Just your thousands of warriors?!" Those tens of thousands of Peloponnesian allies?! And those patchwork mercenaries?! With a single order, I can gather more than 200 three-layer oared warships and 50,000 elite soldiers to slaughter the Peloponnese, tearing the Spartan territory and allies to pieces, so that the arrogant Spartans can understand how to maintain respect for a strong country, so that the greedy and selfish Sparta can understand that the Western Mediterranean is not the Peloponnese, and no foreign forces will be allowed to muddy the waters! ……”

Listening to Davers's angry accusations and watching the new king wave his arms vigorously, Chrythopus remembered what Phoebidas had said a long time ago when he had sent an envoy to Dionya and demanded the punishment of Dionya at the Council of Elders, "Dionya is a force-oriented, aggressive city-state, and we must find a way to restrain it, or it will cause us trouble in the future!" "It's not just trouble, it's the biggest threat! Davers in front of him looked like a grown lion, no longer hiding his minions, but roaring at the former Greek overlord, waving his claws and fangs.

At this time, Christopus calmed down, and he heard the clue from Daves's rebuke: "King Davers, since you are not satisfied with the terms of our peace talks, may I ask what your conditions are?" ”

The anger shown by Davers was not directed at Chrysopus, but at the Council of Elders of Sparta behind him, hearing this, he felt that he had achieved his goal, snorted coldly, his anger did not subside, but he no longer roared, and said in a deep voice: "The Greeks in the Western Mediterranean can take care of our own affairs, and we don't need Sparta to intervene, if Sparta can realize this, I don't think Dionya will be interested in Greek affairs in the Eastern Mediterranean, this is the basic condition for Dionya and Sparta to reach a peace agreement!" ”

Chrysopes was shocked and Davers was so ambitious that he wanted to share the Greek world in the Mediterranean with Sparta. Although Sparta did not pay much attention to the Western Mediterranean, they supported Syracuse to help them guard Sparta's backyard, although as Syracuse continued to grow stronger, Dionysius began to be less obedient, but in the minds of ordinary Spartan warriors, the Syracuse had always been the weaker side of the covenant and was dominated by Sparta, and now Dionya officially proposed to be on an equal footing with Sparta...... Christopus stared at Davers.

Davers looked at Chrysops with a determined look in his eyes.

After a moment, Chrysopus spoke, "I understand what you mean, and I will relay your words to the Council of Elders, and I trust that they will be able to reply quickly in their wiseness." ”

"Yes, the war in the Western Mediterranean is developing rapidly, and in a few days I am afraid it will be a completely different situation, so it is important to hurry." Davers's seemingly casual reminder made Chrythops' heart tense again.

After seeing off the hurried departure of Krysopus, Henipolis hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, will the Spartans agree to your terms?" And negotiate according to it? ”

Davers was not very sure of this, but he smiled slightly: "Now Dionia is not afraid of Sparta, and there is nothing to beg for Sparta. But now Sparta is different from us, and I believe that after Chrysopus relayed my threatening words to the Spartans, the Spartans would not be able to sleep for a long time. ”

"But even if the Spartans had signed a friendly agreement with us, they would have held a grudge against Dionys!" Henipolis said worriedly: "It is better to take advantage of the fact that Sparta is now in the whirlpool of war, and completely defeat it according to the plan you just made Your Majesty!" ”

"Haha, Heni, I can't see that you hate Sparta more than I do!" Davers laughed.

"Your Majesty, I'm just ...... Just worried about the future ...... Sparta," Henipolis argued in a hurry.

Davers patted him on the shoulder and said confidently: "Don't worry, a city-state like Sparta has no future without our Dionia!" ”

Even though Davers does not remember this period of history clearly, with his in-depth knowledge of Greece in recent years, he knows that the contradictions between Sparta and Corinth and Argos in the Peloponnese, Athens and Thebes in Central Greece are irreconcilable, and the war will continue. Dionya finally ended the war with Syracuse, and urgently needed time to digest and absorb the new land, there was no need to poke the hornet's nest of Sparta, even if it was weakened, it would not do Dionia much benefit, but would create better opportunities for expansion for other city-states in Greece proper, such as Athens and Thebes...... Or let them contain each other and kill each other, so that Dionia will have more time to develop.

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As Davers had expected, the Council of Elders of Sparta, after receiving a report from Chrysops, felt fear inwardly, despite its outward anger: the Dionian army of Great Greece was poised to attack, and Sparta was powerless to open a new battlefield.

The Spartans were ridiculed by the Greeks as "poisonous snakes hiding behind Parnon Mountain", which shows that these Spartan elders in their sixties and seventies seem to be arrogant and conservative, but in fact they know how to adapt to the times and are pure egoists.