"This ...... This ......" Karicenos was shocked to hear this, and was so impressed by the young commander's momentum that he did not dare to say a word of dissuasion.

"So what to do when this fertile land is vacant?" Clotokataks looked at Karichenos and said solemnly, "I consider Mandinia to be the most loyal ally of Dionya in the Peloponnese, so I have decided to give you the land of Tegya Mandinia. ”

Karicenos's heart jumped wildly, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but ask loudly again: "Are you...... You mean to give us the territory of Tegya?! ”

It is no wonder that he was ecstatic, the territory of Tegya and Mandia is the only plain in the Arcadia region, it is narrow from east to west, long from north to south, and the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, Tegea is located in the south and occupies most of the land of this small plain, while Mandia is located in the north, and the river floods every rainy season, and the Mandinians have suffered enough from the floods and are bent on expanding the land to the south, so they are constantly in conflict with the Tegyans.

It was only because Tegura was fully supported by Sparta that the Mandinians had scruples and did not provoke a major war. Before the Corinthian War, the Spartans invaded Mandinia, and with the help of the Tegyas, they blocked the river north of the plain and destroyed the city of Mandinian with water attack, which became the eternal pain of the Mandinians. And now that Mandynia has the opportunity to own the entire plain, not only will he be able to gain more fertile land to increase his strength, but his long-standing worries will also be completely solved, how can he not make Karicenos overjoyed.

"I hope Mandynia will give me an answer tomorrow! Tomorrow, I can only see that you, Mandinia, have given up this land and will use it as a military base for Dionysa in the Peloponnese. ”

"General Klotocatax, please rest assured, I will rush back to Mandinglia, and tomorrow we in Mandinia will definitely give you a positive answer!" Karicenos hurriedly said.

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Klotockataks nodded.

Karicenos turned on his horse, tightened his grip on the reins, clamped his horse's belly hard, urged his horse, and hurried north.

"Your Highness, give the territory of Tegea to Mandnia, I'm afraid that the other city-states of the Arcadia Alliance will be dissatisfied with Mandnia." Printors reminded at this point.

Crotocatacucks said with a firm expression: "Although the Arcadian Alliance has become our alliance, the situation within the alliance is too complicated, Tegua has rebelled, and Okomenus is also being lobbied...... How can we be reassured to cooperate with such an alliance!

It is better to strengthen the relationship with Mandinia, which is really willing to cooperate with us, it was originally one of the more powerful city-states in the Arcadia region, and now if it merges the territory of Tigea, its strength will skyrocket, and it will definitely become the absolute leader of the Arcadian Alliance.

Moreover, once Mandinia annexes the territory of Teguea, not only the city-states of the Arcadian Alliance will be dissatisfied, but other city-states in Greece may also want to interfere (this is the tradition of Greece itself, a city-state is destroyed by the enemy, and in a few years it will be re-supported by the enemy's enemy), and Mandinia can only rely more on our Dionia! ”

"That Lykometes from Mandynia seems shrewd, and I'm afraid he won't necessarily agree."

Klotocatax smiled: "He's in Megalopolis now, and I'm afraid he won't know about it until the Mandynians have made their decision." And even if he knew, in the face of such a big benefit, he alone would not be able to convince all the people of Mandinia. ”

Klotocatax was very thoughtful, Printors had no doubts, and for a moment just now, he felt that he was facing King Davos, and unconsciously even his tone became more respectful: "I understand. ”

At this moment, Ketisus walked over with a solemn expression holding a crockpot, and said in a low tone: "This is the ashes of Adores......

Crotokataks took it carefully, and as he held it in his arms, tears flowed again......

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Karias kept looking around, and suddenly felt very nervous, because this was not the executive committee of the Athenian generals, nor the 500-member council of the god of war, but the citizens' assembly on the hill of Pnyx, the highest authority in Athens, and it seemed that the Athenians were not talking about these cascading and surging heads, and listening to these noisy and heart-pounding noises, the Athenians declared that "when they held the citizens' assemblies, the number often exceeded 5,000 people", which seemed to be nothing but a lie.

At this moment, he saw Calistratus, the chief general of Athens, walk to the center of the venue, raise his right arm high, and his voice was loud and penetrating: "Citizens of Athens, the citizens' assembly has officially begun!" ”

Gradually, the surrounding Athenian citizens stopped talking, and the whole venue fell silent.

Calistratus continued: "In the last meeting we discussed the invasion of the Peloponnese by the Ionian army for no reason, and today the messenger of Dionya has come to Athens to speak with us on this subject, and we will first hear what he has to say. ”

The tension in Kalistratos disappeared in that moment when his hand pointed at Karias, and he stood up and walked to the center of the venue step by step......

In the old years, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Megara, Argos, ...... Almost all of the Greek city-states in the world once had emissaries standing here in front of the discerning citizens of Athens, explaining their city-state's claims, whether for war, or for alliance, or for trade, or simply for the citizens of a certain city-state to break the law in Athens......

There have also been countless Athenian scholars who gave exciting lectures here, such as Solon, Demosthenes, Aristodes, Themistocles, Kemon, Pericles, Alcibiades, Socrates, ......

Whether it was in the Dionian Academy or in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carias had studied a lot of articles about the Athenian lectures with his teacher Ansitanos, and had traveled back and forth to various allies and tribes in the Western Mediterranean over the years, although he received a satisfactory answer in Thebes a few days ago - Thebes would remain neutral, but Carias understood that it was the Thebans who wanted to do it in the first place, not his credit, and today it was finally time for him to really use force.

Karias stood still in the center of the venue, his eyes sweeping over the indifferent faces around him, and a sense of pride rose in his heart.

He took a deep breath, felt the abundant breath flow between his chest, throat, mouth, and nose, and then spoke: "Citizens of Athens, on behalf of the two million citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia, excluding women and children, I extend my sincere greetings to you! ”

His first sentence caused a commotion among the surrounding Athenians: "Two million citizens?!" Really? Counting the overseas territories, Athens would not have more than 15,000 citizens, and Dionyas turned out to be more than ten times that of Athens?! ”

"I would like first to correct a mistake made by Lord Calistratus, that Dionyas sent an army to the Peloponnese in order to fulfill the covenant and help Thebes against the Spartan army.

I admire you Athenians in this regard, and it was you who bravely reached out to the help of the Theban democrats when the city of Thebes was occupied by the Spartans and the Theban democrats were in danger;

The Thebans recaptured the city, but faced the attack of the Spartan army, and in such a bad situation, you were not afraid of the threat of the Spartans, and formed an alliance with Thebes, not only providing them with material aid, but also sending a fleet to directly participate in the battle, threatening the rear of the Spartans. The fact that the Thebans have been able to hold out until now and win the battle of Leuktra is absolutely inseparable from your selfless help.

Although Dionya was late in alliance with Thebes, we in Dionya hated Sparta, the main culprit who constantly provoked wars in Greece and caused the entire Greek people to be unable to live in peace! We in Dionya also relate to the disgusting incidents in which Sparta continued to bully Athens after the Peloponnesian War, and even invaded your territory during the Great King's Treaty, killing and looting the people of the villages near the port of Piraeus, without repentance afterwards!

Therefore, even if Athens is tied hand in hand because of the new contract, you should be optimistic about the success of Dionia's attack on Sparta......"

Callistratus noticed that the faces of the citizens had softened, and he immediately and deliberately interrupted Carias: "Thank you very much for your wonderful speech, but I would like to correct one of your mistakes first, you can call me by my name, but you cannot call me 'sir', because all Athenian citizens are equal, no matter how big or small, and if I dare to call myself a sir, I am afraid that today my countrymen will expel me from the country with pottery shards." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the venue.

Calistratus continued: "However, it is no wonder that you make such a mistake, for I have heard that in the kingdom of Dionya the people of the country are divided into many ranks, from the king and the ministers to the lower ranks, and the ranks are so strict that it is impossible to call them by their first names or else they will be punished, and it is no wonder that you will be more restrained when you come to Athens. ”

Karias smiled slightly: "I call you 'Sir', not only as a kind of respect for you, but also for this power given to you by the citizens of Athens, which is the concentrated embodiment of the will of all Athenian citizens." As for what you say about our Dionia, I would like to ask you first of all, Lord Callistratus, have you been to any of our towns in Dionia? ”