Hearing the number that Printors spat out at this moment, and then looking at the continuous march of the Ionian army ahead, the Arcadian councillors felt that even if the number of the other side was watery, it should not be too different.

As a result, the importance of Dionya among the councillors has risen to a higher level, and even some have temporarily suppressed other thoughts in their hearts.

"General Klotocatax, let me introduce you to the councillors of our alliance." Lycomedes' voice broke the brief silence that had suddenly appeared.

"Great!" Klotockatus nodded with a smile.

"This one is Meretus of Mandinia......"

"Nice to meet you!"

……

Klotocatachus' sincere expression, earnest words, and elegant demeanor made a good impression on the deputies who introduced them, and the whole atmosphere became friendly.

At this moment, there was a sudden small commotion among the councillors, and then there was a complaint: "Hey, you two don't rush forward, I'll introduce you later." ”

Lycoedes was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked back, wondering who was so rude and embarrassed the alliance.

Suddenly, a shout sounded in my ears: "Your Highness, be careful!" ”

Then he saw the guards on the left and right of the Dionian commander in front of him suddenly rush forward, and at the same time the two councillors on his side were violently pushed down, and at the same time brought him down, and someone came out from behind, and stepped on his hand as it landed, and the pain was piercing to the bone.

But he endured the pain and shouted eagerly, "Be careful, there are assassins!" ”

The two men who rushed out of the crowd were armed with daggers and viciously rushed towards Crottoklottokataxques.

Two palace guards stood in his way, unsheathed their swords and stabbed at each other.

One of them was immediately stabbed, and the other burly assassin turned slightly sideways, avoiding the vital point, and took the sword by force, and then used the inertia of rushing forward to smash away the guards who stood in front of him.

At that moment, Printors flew up and kicked him on the ankle where he was standing, and he threw himself forward, and the short sword stuck in his sternum touched the ground and pierced his chest, causing the assassin to lose his breath and the dagger in his hand fell to Klotocatax's feet.

Crotokatus had already been assassinated several times like this, but these were more dangerous, and he looked calm, picked up the dagger, looked at it, and then pushed away the long shield that the guards had shielded him, and thanked the guards and Printors for intercepting the Assassins.

"When I was young, I was born in the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and I rarely had a chance to fight the enemy in these years." Printors deliberately joked, trying to make it easier for him.

Crotocatacuses hurriedly stepped forward to help Lycometes up, and in the process, the palace guards in the rear rushed up, armed with swords and shields, and surrounded dozens of Arcadian League councilors in a panic.

After getting up, Lycomedes did not have time to thank him, and despite the pain in his right hand, he ran towards the two Assassins who had fallen to the ground, but was stopped by the guards.

"Let me see them! Show me them! Lucomedes shouted eagerly.

Krotockataks nodded in agreement.

Lycomedes looked first at the sword-piercing Assassin, and then at the bleeding Assassin who had been slashed in the neck.

The Assassin was in a coma, and was muttering all the time.

Ignoring the blood-soaked Bolton, Lycomedes listened closely: "Lord of the gods...... Zeus is on ...... The Great and Loving ...... Zeus blesses ...... Lord of the Gods...... Zeus is on ......"

Since the assassin was dying, he did not dare to ask out loud, but frowned and pondered for a while, then turned back and said to Klotockatus with a serious face: "Please trust us! We, the Arcadian Alliance, will never send someone to assassinate our allies at this critical juncture! ”

Crotocatacuses looked at the panicked Acadian councillors, stepped forward without hesitation, and said loudly, "I believe in you, the allies of Dionia!" I'm afraid that some forces are afraid to see us form an alliance, so they will adopt this despicable way to make us who have just formed an alliance suspicious of each other! ”

With that, he waved his hand, and the palace guards immediately put away their swords and shields and began to retreat, but there were still guards on either side of Klotokatax.

Lycoedes breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, then looked at the councillors and said loudly: "Ajrus, come over here and see if you know these two assassins, I just listened to their accents, and it feels like you people from the west." ”

"It's impossible!" Agillus stepped out of the crowd and looked angrily at Lycomedes, but walked quickly to the two Assassins to carefully identify them, then fell on the ground and listened, and finally he stood up and said to Crotocatacus with great confidence: "These two Assassins are by no means the people of Okomanus!" But I can roughly guess where they came from! ”

"Where did you come from?" Lucomedes asked urgently.

Agillus said with a slightly complicated expression: "It should be near Olympia, where the people have a somewhat different title for the god Zeus......"

"Oh, I remember when you say that!" Lycomedes suddenly realized, he hesitated for a moment, and then said to Klotocatax: "It is likely that these two Assassins were sent by the Pisa, as they were loyal allies of the Spartans, but it is also possible that the Olympians have made their own decisions......"

Although Lycomedes did not finish his sentence, Crotocatacus understood the meaning of his words: because Dionya made Hades the patron god of the kingdom and worshipped him as the lord of the Greek gods, which was obviously very different from the Greek view of the gods, especially for the people of Olympia, who had the grandest temple of Zeus, the greatest games dedicated to Zeus in Greece, and the most devout followers of Zeus in Greece, they undoubtedly hated the belief of the Dionians!

Crotocatacuses subconsciously looked at the temple of Zeus that was still under construction in the new city of Megalopolis on the heights, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to promote the attitude of the Dionian Kingdom towards all faiths and religions equally, such a thing he had never done in Rome, but he thought about it, or dismissed his mind, and said instead: "Now that the matter is clear, Pisa and Olympia sent people to assassinate me, in a vain attempt to destroy the alliance between Dionya and Arcadia, and prevent our Dionian army from reinforcing Arcadia, We must not allow their plot to succeed! Fight off the invading Spartans as quickly as possible, and then go back to the Pissans to settle scores! ”

"That's right! Mandynia is now under siege by the Spartans, and they are in dire need of rescue! A Mandinian parliamentarian said eagerly.

The other councillors also chimed in, and everyone wanted to get out of this strange and awkward atmosphere.

"How is Mandynia doing now?" Crotocatacácázques looked at Lycometes, who had been negotiating an alliance agreement with the Mandinian leader for two days, and was so impressed by his steadiness and foresight that he preferred to believe what he had to say.

Lycomedes looked at his Mandinian colleague and said in a heavy tone: "We Mandinians have learned the lesson of the last destroyed city, and the new city designed and built should be said to be very strong, not afraid of a long-term siege by the enemy, but...... We did not expect that Sparta would employ such a large number of soldiers and be so well equipped, and if the Spartans continued to launch an onslaught, we were afraid that the city of Mandinia would not be able to defend itself for long, and that would probably happen, because the Spartans now hate us Mandinia! Once the city of Mandinia falls, I am afraid that this time the whole city will be slaughtered by the Spartans! ”

Klotocátáx nodded sympathetically, and was about to speak, when Printors, who was next to him, preemptively asked, "How many Spartan troops are there besieging Mandinia?" ”

"Combined with the reports of the messengers who fled from the city several times, the Spartan army numbered about 20,000 soldiers, and the heavy infantry was no less than 6,000, and they had more than 1,000 cavalry...... replied.

Printors compared what he had said with what the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade had detected, and then gestured to Klotokatax with his eyes.

Klotocatax had calmed down by this time, and he made a gesture of please, feeling a little guilty, as he had almost made some kind of promise on impulse.

Printors immediately asked, "What is your Arcadian Alliance's plan for dealing with the Spartan invasion?" ”

"Having received news of the invasion of the Spartans, our coalition has begun a military mobilization of the entire region." Lycometes said with a solemn expression: "But the Spartan mercenaries are coming from the northeast of Arcadia, and the southeast of Arcadia is adjacent to Sparta, so the citizens of the entire eastern city-state must first defend their cities, it is estimated that the alliance can only gather more than 3,000 troops, and it will take at least four or five days to converge, and then we will lead this army to relieve the siege of Mandinia, but compared to the Spartan army, our number is too small...... So in order to repel the Spartans, we urgently need your help! ”

"It's not just a question of rescuing Mandinia, but if Sparta's own army were to attack from the south, it might be a direct threat here! Immediately after that, the words of another parliamentarian struck a chord with everyone.

Printors looked at the worried members of the Arcadian Alliance and exclaimed, "Dionyan reinforcements are heading east, and it is estimated that we will reach the border of the Tegea region (which borders the Spartan territory) this afternoon, and we will build camp there, and try to build the camp to the east, blocking the access to Tegea."