When Dorios heard this, his face changed greatly, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "...... We have the support of Persia......"

Leoticides sneered: "What an irony. I remember when we first joined the military camp for training, we fought each other to defeat Athens and Persia, but I didn't expect that today's Spartan soldiers are proud to be vassals of Persia. ”

Dorios blushed and couldn't speak.

"For the sake of saving my life, I will let you go back to Sparta tomorrow, and you will tell the Agecilaus and the Council of Elders what I said before, so that they can understand why Dionysa sent troops to Messenia, and you must also tell Agosilaus—"

Leoticides stood up and said loudly: "I, Leoticides, am waiting for him in Messenia!" ”

"Someone!"

The guards entered the tent, and Dorios still shouted with unwillingness: "Leoticides, you are the prince of Sparta anyway, and your ancestors led the Spartans to create the glory of Sparta, can you really bear to destroy this mother state that gave birth to you and raised you?" ”

Leoticides replied without hesitation: "Sparta will now be destroyed under the rule of Agesillaus, the Council of Elders, and the Inquisitors, and only under the rule of Dionya will Sparta be reborn!" ”

After speaking, Leoticides waved his hand: "Take him down." ”

When Muqru returned to his tent, he did not rest, and the news that "Leoticides was most likely a Spartan" disturbed him, and although he had worked with Leoticides for many years and had a deep friendship, after repeated mental struggles, he decided to report to the military judge, considering the serious consequences of the incident.

Just as he was about to leave the tent, the guards arrived and informed him that Commander Prosous was going to see him at once.

Muqru hurried into the tent, and as soon as he saw Leoticides, he couldn't wait to ask, "Lord Commander, are you really a Spartan?" And the prince of Sparta ?! ”

"That's right, I'm the only son of the former king of Sparta, Akis, and my original name was Leoticides." The commander of the Dionian expeditionary army looked at Mukru calmly, and said with a serious face: "After my father died of illness, my uncle Agesilaus seized the throne by trickery, suppressed me, and forced my mother to death, I had to escape from Sparta and came to Dionia, considering my own special identity, but also to avoid the pursuit of Sparta, so I hid my identity......"

After accepting this military mission, Leoticides considered that his true identity would be revealed one day, and he had been mentally prepared for a long time, so he said so calmly, which made Mukru feel a little relieved, but he still said with some concern: "Lord Commander, Sparta is your mother state after all, when our army fights with the Spartan army or attacks the Spartan territory, can you really calmly give orders without any interference?" ”

Leoticides replied a little impatiently: "I have already said that I am a citizen of Dionia, Sparta is now our enemy, and I will not show mercy on the battlefield!" ”

Mukru nodded, but was still a little worried: "I'm worried that the soldiers will learn the news, I'm afraid it will affect their morale......"

"That's where you, the staff officer, need to help me more. But you don't have to worry too much, as soon as I lead my army to fight the Spartans again, all doubts will be dispelled. Leoticides said meaningfully.

Previously, in the Dionian army, there were adjutants above the brigade level, whose duties were to assist the military commander in full. In recent years, there have been new reforms in the Dionian army, abolishing the post of adjutant and adding staff officers, this increase and decrease, there is no change in numbers, but there is a marked change in duties, the staff officer is appointed by the General Staff Department of the Ministry of War, he not only has to help the military commander in handling all kinds of army affairs, but also has the right to make suggestions on military operations, has the right to supervise the military commander, and he also has temporary command when the military commander is wounded or otherwise unable to command.

"Okay, I'll take care of that." Muqru responded earnestly.

As soon as the words ended, the tent was pushed open, and Tertotis broke in and said eagerly: "Father, I heard that you are a Spartan?!" Is this true?! ”

Muqru immediately gave Leoticides a wink, meaning "Look, the news has gotten out".

"Where did you hear that?" Leoticides immediately asked with a serious expression.

"That Spartan captive has been shouting loudly, and many soldiers have heard it, is this true?!"

Leoticides, realizing that this was Dorios deliberately disturbing the morale of the army, turned gloomy and immediately called the guards and gave the order: beat Dorios first, and then shut his mouth.

Seeing that Leoticides was explaining to his son in detail, Muqru quietly walked out of the tent......

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Several legion commanders, military judges, Tisias and others who got the news came to visit one after another, and they all wanted to ask Leoticides whether the rumors were true and proved the situation, Leoticides had not said as much in the past year as in the past two days, and his mood was naturally not very good.

Although the news that "the commander Prosous could be the prince of Sparta" caused a commotion in the army, this did not affect the fact that after the capture of Messenia, the divisions of the expeditionary army proceeded as planned.

Although the Spartans evacuated the Messenian plain, a small part of them hid in the mountains to the north (the garrison of the city of Pylos, who, after receiving the news, decisively retreated to the northern border of Messenia), and some of them hid in the pass fortress of Mount Tegetos, and they were not willing to be defeated, and began a surprise attack on Dionia's army last night, and the three well-trained legions and the infantry of the 1st Fleet were heavily guarded and did not suffer much damage.

Another day passed, and Leoticides, who had temporarily cleared himself from the rumors, issued a new order: let the Sixth Army go to the northern border, build defensive camps, and protect the territory from the territory; The Fourth Army set up camp outside the Tagtos Pass, blocking the Spartans' shortcut to Messenia.

Thesias and other Dionian citizens of Messenia led a small number of soldiers to travel tirelessly through the villages of Messenia, killing or capturing Spartan magistrates and other Spartans, and constantly preaching to the Helots that "the Spartans have been driven out of Messenia by the Dionian army, and they have gained their free ......". Then he warmly talked to them about the friendship of his compatriots, conveyed to them the good intentions of the Kingdom of Dionia, and encouraged them to bravely rise up and build their own city-state. At the same time, they also distributed the food and supplies looted from the Spartans' homes to the poor black laborers.

The team was accompanied by the Legion's medical staff, who volunteered to treat the sick Heraus.

The Black Laborers, who had been treated like cattle and sheep by the Spartans since birth, had enjoyed such kindness, and they were all moved to tears, and there were weepings everywhere, and they kept the term "Dionia" firmly in their hearts.

The vast majority of the black laborers had no education, worked in the fields all their lives, and could not have the ability to participate in the governance of a city-state, but because Sparta had a small population, and there were frequent wars in recent decades, there were not enough people to govern Messenia, so they appointed a small number of Messenians as the heads of various villages, except for paying a little less tax and a little more freedom, they had no more rights, and they were regularly hunted and killed by young Spartan warriors, and they died in vain.

And once the whole village has a bad harvest and insufficient taxes, these village chiefs will be severely punished, the light ones will be beaten with sticks (the Spartans are famous in the whole of Greece, the punishment is extremely heavy, and some are often killed and maimed, and the same is true for the allied people, so many Greeks openly say that the Spartans are cruel and barbaric), and the heavy ones are cut off their hands and feet, so they also live in fear. But because of this, they have good management skills.

Tisias gathered them together and invited them to participate in the construction and governance of a new Messenia, and they were all overjoyed.

Of course, the future leadership of Messenia will be dominated by this group of citizens from Dionia. When Davers summoned them for negotiations, he issued a special order: they were allowed to remain in Messenia to retain their status as Ionian citizens.

According to the laws of Dionia, dual nationality was not allowed to exist, and the reason for the exception of this group of people was because Davers considered that after defeating Sparta and conquering Messenia, this region could not be incorporated into the Dionian Kingdom for the time being, otherwise it would arouse the hatred of the entire Greek native people, so let the Messenians self-govern, make them fully dependent on Dionia, and become an important support force for Dionya in Greece itself, so this group of people is the key, They will be the mainstay of the future Messenian leadership, so it is important to retain the identity of Dionian citizens and keep them always looking to the kingdom.

These men, led by Tisias, also knew that time was pressing, that news of the "regaining independence of Messenia" would soon spread throughout Greece, and that the exiles might return one after another, and that they would have to form a government as soon as possible and create a stable political system that would allow those who came after them to follow their tails.

In fact, the new Messenian government had already been formulated in the Dionian palace: the Messenian Ionian citizens and the village chiefs of the Helots formed the Messenian Council (a total of 223 people, known as the 300-member council, of which Dionian citizens accounted for 6 and a half), responsible for the formulation of laws, diplomacy, wars and other important matters, and then the council elected 5 members of the council every year to form a general executive committee, which was responsible for the internal affairs of the city-state and the leading of the army......