After hearing this, the three Tegua councillors' faces changed drastically, and they immediately rushed towards the north.

The protagonists who came to discuss the law left suddenly, and the other members of the Arcadia League looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a while.

Printors immediately said in a deep voice: "The Spartan coalition has been defeated, and now our army is about to invade the territory of Sparta, completely solve this scourge that has led to decades of war in Greece, and restore peace to the Greek people!" So we can't afford to delay any more here, and when the war is over, we will come and celebrate the victory with you! With that, he gave a military salute and turned his horse's head.

After listening to Printors's words, the parliamentarians present were in a dream: Sparta, which they had been an ally for decades and dominated Greece for a hundred years, was about to come to an end?!

At this time, Printors turned around again, his eyes fell on Lycometes, and said: "By the way, I forgot to tell you that the Tegurians tore up the covenant and attacked our army, which is no longer an alliance of the Holy Kingdom of Dionya, but our enemy, and the captured city of Tegea is naturally the spoils of the Dionian army!"

In order to show that we in Dionyas had sent our army to the Peloponnese this time to fulfill the covenant and to assist Thebes in defeating Sparta, and not to covet the Greek lands, and to thank the Mandinians for the great help they had given to our army in this battle, our commander gave the spoils to the Mandinians, and they gladly accepted them. ”

After Printors finished speaking, he swept away, leaving the distracted Acadia councillors: "What do you mean by that?" ”

"I don't understand that! The Mandinians are going to occupy the land of Tegea! ”

"What ?!!"

A group of people quickly surrounded Lycometres, who was also unaware of the situation, and kept questioning......

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After meeting up with Tegetinos, Klotocatax led nearly 18,000 soldiers into Spartan territory. After a long undulating mountain road, we came to the valley of the Eurotas River, followed by a narrow and winding valley, and at dusk we finally arrived at the fortified camp that Sparta had built.

The small camp simply could not accommodate so many soldiers, and the regiments and brigades had to find separate places to camp, but fortunately there were no accidents this night.

The next day, the soldiers, who had not slept well, set out early to continue their journey, and finally at dawn they walked out of the valley and into the open hills.

After this arduous journey, Klotocatax became more aware of how much the 1st Fleet's early conquest of Sparta would help the army.

Towards noon, the army finally approached the first town in Sparta, Selasia.

Knowing that Sekrian was leading the senior officers of the First Fleet to meet him in front of the village, Klotocatax also led Printors and other senior officers to ride over.

Before Klotocatax dismounted, the famous hero of the kingdom, dressed in a velvet suit, with dark skin and no anger, took the initiative to meet him and solemnly gave a military salute: "Lord Commander, the commander of the First Fleet, Sekrion, reports to you!" ”

Klotokatax immediately turned over and dismounted, returned a military salute with the same solemnity, and then praised loudly: "General Seclian, congratulations on your occupation of Spartan territory and your great glory!" Relying only on the infantry of the fleet, the successful landing on the heavily defended coast of Sparta and crushing the defenders is remarkable! It has also provided great help to the entire expeditionary force and is conducive to the implementation of our next plan! ”

Crotocartáctus did not hesitate to praise it, so that Sekrian and the generals behind him were in a happy mood, Sekrian laughed, and said seriously: "Lord Commander, let me be honest with you, when you took up your post in Messenia, the reason why I didn't go to see you was actually because the last time the 1st Fleet failed to land on the coast of Sparta, and nearly a thousand soldiers were killed and wounded, it was my command error, so I really don't have the face to see you." This time I finally got what I wanted, honor is not honor, but the big stone that has been pressing on my heart has finally fallen, so I dare to come to you to ask for guilt. ”

Why did Sekerion, who had always thought highly of himself, put down his posture and took the initiative to show favor to the young commander this time? Mainly because he had been in a high position all these years and had some political wisdom, he gradually realized the reason why the battle-hardened King Davos had made the young Klotocátáques commander in such an important war, and he had to remain humble to make up for his previous mistakes for the sake of the future of his life and the future of his children.

As soon as his words fell, a heavy snort came from behind Klotokatax: "Since the 1st Fleet is so powerful, it can do it at sea and on land, and if there is a war in the future, it is better to send the 1st Fleet to solve it alone!" ”

Sekrian looked at it steadily, the speaker was Olivers, this is a veteran of the army, although Sekrian is not scared, but there is no need to offend him, and at the same time left a bad impression on Klotocatax, so he smiled and said: "Our 1st Fleet was able to capture Sparta, in fact, because you led the army to attract the main force of Sparta in Arcadia, Lord Commander. Also, I heard that you fought a fierce battle with the Spartan army in Tegua, and completely defeated the Spartans, which was also a brilliant victory! If there is no victory, without our army, then even if the 1st Fleet captures Sparta, it will eventually be recaptured by the main Spartan forces! ”

Sekrion's words were reasonable, making the legion commanders feel comfortable to listen to, and the displeasure on their faces quickly disappeared.

This also greatly changed Crotocartasses' impression of Secrean, and he took over the conversation and said seriously: "It is by relying on the mutual cooperation and joint efforts of the army and navy that we have won the victory over Sparta!" Next, the close cooperation of the navy and army will be needed to successfully defeat the Greek city-state armies that are hostile to Dionia! But now we need to deal with the aftermath of Sparta's defeat as soon as possible, so that we can free up our hands to deal with the challenges of the other Greek city-states. Lord Sekerian, what is the situation in Sparta now? ”

Sekrian glanced behind Klotocatax and felt a little strange: he was somewhat familiar with the newly appointed First Legion Commander Quetsus, a very active fellow, but he seemed a little quiet now, and seemed to be a little uneasy.

However, he did not have time to think about it now, and first answered the young commander's question: "We have imprisoned all the people in Sparta, and now the entire city of Sparta, including the surrounding villages and towns, has been occupied by my fleet infantry and soldiers of the Seventh Legion.

You may not have imagined that when our landing army approached Sparta, the main Spartan defense was exhausted, and they organized the old men, women, and children in the city to fight against us—"

"You didn't kill too many people, did you?" Klotocatax blurted out.

Secrean looked at him and said, "No, because we know very well that the people of Sparta who are alive are more useful than dead." At that time, I attacked with the soldiers of the Seventh Army as the spearhead, and quickly routed the Spartan people, but in the process of capturing them, I was met with strong resistance from some people, and many of our soldiers were wounded.

Now many of the Helots fled into the mountains, and the Bereasians hid in their own towns and villages, watching. I don't have a lot of troops, and it's not easy to control the towns and villages of Sparta, so I'm eagerly waiting for you to come! ”

Sekrian's honesty made it difficult for Klotocatax to say anything more in this regard, and he only asked, "Have you found a rout from the north these days?" ”

"There is no news on this for the time being."

Sekrion's answer made Klotockataks frown slightly.

"Don't worry, Commander, we have the Spartan people as hostages, and the only way for those Spartan routs who fled back was to surrender, and I used this method to force down the dozens of Spartan soldiers stationed in the defensive camp in the north." Sekrian said with relief.

"General Szeclian, before coming to the Peloponnese, my father told me that he did not intend to annex the land of Sparta, but to change the Spartan system of government and make it an ally friendly to the kingdom......"

Sekrion was stunned for a moment, after all, he was not very good at government affairs, and couldn't help but remind: "Although those Spartan elders and procurators have become our captives, they are very tough-tempered and not easily submitted, what can we do to make them obey?" ”

There had been a point from Davers before, and during this time in the Balloponnese, Klotocataques had also thought and brewed repeatedly according to the actual situation, and he already had some plans in mind, and he confidently said: "We can ...... first"

The group said as they walked in the direction of Sparta, and after more than an hour, they saw two tall bronze statues of warriors standing on either side of the road ahead, wearing only Corinthian helmets, revealing their muscular bodies, holding shields and sabers, and making roaring motions while assuming a charging pose, as if to intimidate any stranger who wanted to enter the center of Sparta.

"There's Sparta ahead." Sekrian said.

The spirits of the crowd were lifted.

Bypassing the bronze statues, there began to be sparse thatched huts in front of them, not unlike most of the houses seen in Messenia, and Klotocatax knew that this was the house where the Black Labors lived.