There was a glimmer of hope in everyone's dim eyes.

However, Agosilaus sighed in his heart: even if they eventually recaptured Sparta, would the Periasis and Helaus, who had already tasted the sweetness, be willing to accept their rule again?

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In the evening, Davers dragged his tired body back to his mansion.

Dinner was supposed to be the busiest time for Davers's family, but today Davers didn't talk much, and even though Eunice took the initiative to provoke the topic to her father several times, his answers seemed perfunctory.

After the meal, Davers summoned Christoya and Agnes to the master bedroom on the second floor.

"Your Majesty, is there something happening to Klotto?!" It was rare for Christoya to see Davers look so ugly, and she had been worried about Klotocatax on an expedition these days, so she felt a great sense of uneasiness in her heart.

Davers let out a long sigh, "It's not Klotto, it's Adores...... He has gone to the Elysées ......"

The previous sentence made Christoya breathe a sigh of relief, and the latter sentence made her worry again: "Adores?!" How come?! He has always been so reassuring, and his body is so strong, and he has become a captain...... How-"

Davers sighed lightly again, and said in a heavy tone: "Klotto led the army to fight a decisive battle with the main army of Sparta, the Spartans attacked fiercely, and the brigade led by Adoris was the focus of the attack, and he ended up with many wounds......"

Christoya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly scolded, "What is Klotto doing!" As the commander of the army, why didn't he take more care of his brother! Had he forgotten how Adoris had cared for him all these years! ——”

"Sister!" After all, Agnes entered the door late, coupled with her indifferent personality, her feelings for Adores were not very deep, so she could still stay calm when she heard the news, she sat down beside Christoya, held her slightly trembling hand, and comforted softly: "Klotto and Adores have a deep friendship, it is impossible not to take care of his brother, this is probably a ...... Accidental, right? ”

Davos nodded and said in a low voice: "King Agosilaus of Sparta was a cunning opponent, he devised an insidious battle plan, which once caused chaos in the First Legion, and almost led to the rout of our army in the entire battle, but fortunately Klotto coped with it properly and won the battle...... The entire brigade led by Adoris was almost completely wiped out, which was the biggest loss in this battle! ”

"But...... How am I going to face Cynthia, face Adoui and the child! Crying and sobbing, Christoya said, "I haven't cared much about Adory since he became independent, I'm not a good mother......"

Davers gently pressed his wife's shoulder and said with some emotion: "No, you have always been a good mother to Adores, and you raised him carefully...... On the contrary, I have never really accepted him as my child, and I was too strict with him, but now I think about it...... What a regret! ”

Christoya looked at her husband with tears in her eyes, wiped her tears, and comforted: "Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself, teaching children is our woman's business, and you are so busy......"

Christoya's words did not alleviate the guilt in Davers's heart, he shook his head, stood up, and said, "Egnes, you stay here with Christia, and I'll go out for a walk." ”

"Where are you going so late?" Agnes asked with concern.

"Stand on the cliff and look at the Klatty River."

Davers literally stood on a hill overlooking the Klatty River in the evening. He still remembers that when he first moved to this hill more than ten years ago, it was dark all around at night, and the constant whirlpools of the river reflected the moonlight, which seemed particularly deep, and the rumbling sound of the swimming always gave people a feeling of heart palpitations.

Now, however, not only are the lights on both sides of the Klatty twinkling like stars in the sky, but the lights in the river are also connected to reflect the river's surface, the boats that enter the river harbour under the guidance of the lighthouse, and the river restaurants made by some Dionian merchants in custom-made pleasure boats...... The bustle and bustle have replaced the desolation and loneliness of the past, and this is what Davers has created with his decades of hard work, and it is also his change in the world.

Thinking of this, a sense of pride rose from the bottom of his heart, dispelling Davers's original guilt.

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The news of the "conquest of Sparta by the Dionian army" soon spread throughout Greece, causing many city-states to be shocked and trembling, and at the same time, it also prompted some city-states to speed up the pace of joint resistance.

Enraged by the Corinthians because they were active participants in the Dionian war with Sparta, and were even attacked by the Dionian fleet on merchant ships in the harbor, Corinthians were one of the first city-states to join the anti-Dionian alliance, and now it is very likely to be the next target of the Dionian army.

The apprehensive Corinthians were making an urgent military mobilization while appealing to their allies for help.

In addition to not wanting to help his sworn enemy Sparta, another important reason was that the Dionian emissary Karias had proposed to the Council of Argos, "As long as they support Dionia, after the war, Dionyas will return to Argos the Tytia (not Tygea in the Arcadia region, but a small city in the northeast corner of Sparta's territory adjacent to Argos's territory) that they had lost to Sparta a hundred years ago." ”

The Argos were tempted, but soon wavered again by the persuasion of the eloquent Athenian envoys. Later, as a close neighbor of Sparta, the Argos discovered that after the Dioonians occupied Sparta, they completely abolished the original Spartan form of government, and turned both the Piaas and the Helots into new citizens of Sparta...... Everything in Sparta has changed except for the land.

This frightened Argos, who was also an oligarchy, and they eventually decided to join the anti-Ionian coalition to strengthen the border defenses while reinforcing the friendly ally Corinth.

The Athenians had already carried out military mobilization, and after learning that the Dionian army had completely occupied Sparta, the Athenian council felt even more urgent, and repeatedly urged its allies and sub-states overseas to send reinforcements and supplies to Athens as soon as possible, because Callistratus and other generals knew that if Athens did not stand up and raise their arms in the case of the fall of Sparta and the strong performance of Dionia, many city-states with weak wills were likely to fall to Dioria.

Therefore, Athens quickly raised an army of 10,000 men, led by Iphitrax, and marched to support Corinth with great fanfare.

Thebes and its allies were even more determined to remain neutral when they learned that Dionya had conquered Sparta. To the west, the city-states of Phorgis and Lokris, influenced by the priests of Delphi, responded positively to the call of Athens and sent a total of 6,000 soldiers to join the Athenian army.

Sparta was completely defeated, Pisa had no strong support, and even without its previous promise, it was inevitable that it would eventually attach itself to Alys in the same area, and Ellis, who had previously shown hostility towards Dionia, began to hesitate, because with the occupation of Messenia and Sparta by Dionia, and the Arcadian League became Dionia's alliance, Ellis, located in the northwest corner of the Peloponnese, was completely surrounded by Dionya and its allies. So while the other city-states that had joined the anti-Dionian coalition were taking action, it was somewhat silent.

After the Dionian army gave Tiger to Mandnia, the other city-states of the Arcadian Alliance wanted Mandia to return the Tygea territory, and worked with them to persuade the Dionian army to spare the captured Tegea people and allow them to return home.

How could the Mandinians spit out the fat that had been swallowed in their mouths, and Lycomedes, who initially expressed his opposition, finally changed his course in the face of surging public opinion and defended the interests of Mandinia.

The two sides quarreled endlessly, and some city-states even threatened to "secede from the alliance", and at this moment, the news of "the occupation of the whole territory of Sparta by the Diorian army" came, and the quarrel of the Arcadian alliance quickly stopped, and it was quickly agreed that an envoy should be sent to Sparta to congratulate the allied Dionysa and learn about its disposition of Sparta.

In Thessaly, northern Greece, Iason declared in Pharsalus: As a member of the Greek city-state, the Thessalian would never sit idly by and watch foreigners invade the land of Greece and bully their fellow Greeks! He, Tagus of Thessaly, will lead all the warriors of Thessaly to drive out the invaders and help his countrymen to the south take their homeland! ”

After his military mobilization, the city-states of Thessaly and the tribes of the surrounding mountains sent their armies to Fassaroth......

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Phrygia was one of the many regions that divided the whole of western Asia Minor (present-day Anatolia in Turkey) within the Persian realm, which had risen to the status of a kingdom hundreds of years earlier, and had a strong influence and territory in Asia Minor that rivaled the Heti Empire. Even though it is now part of the Persian land, it still retains its unique culture and some special rights.

Phrygia is now located entirely in the center of western Asia Minor, completely unseasided, but during his tenure as governor of Pharydia Fanabazos, by virtue of his prestige, he leased the southern region of Pissidia to the seaside town of Aspendos, which served as a port for Virginia, and where Timosius now served as commander-in-chief.