The two former leaders of the Greek powerhouse looked at each other for a moment, and at the same time sighed lonely.

At this moment, they heard the voices of the people around them: "Eh, let me tell you, I know that lame old man, that is the king of Sparta, Agosilaus, whom I saw with my own eyes when I went to Corinth for business more than ten years ago!" ”

"I know the man he spoke to, Calistratus, the chief general of Athens!"

"What's this! I saw Ipamironda, the military governor of the Piosia League, before! Why do you say that the heads of these Greek city-states suddenly came to our Philae?! ”

"You don't know yet?! We, Dionia, informed the heads of the Greek city-states to come to Larissa for the official establishment of the new Greek Union, and they came. ”

"We're Dionia? Hmph, Euchris, you traitor, Dionya is an invader, and you are willing to be their lackey! ”

"Wouldn't it be good for Thessaly to be ruled by Dionia? Taxes have been significantly reduced, but port trade has increased significantly, and our revenues have increased by ...... Minion! Hmph, don't you also enjoy such benefits? I'm embarrassed to say that! You have the ability to leave Thessaly, which is ruled by Dionia! ”

"I'm from Philae, why should I leave!"

"I said Euchris, there is a little advantage to having Thessaly ruled by Dionia, you didn't mention it, the people in the south used to regard us as barbarians, and now Dionia has a word, their noble generals have to come here obediently, I see who dares to look down on us Thessalians!"

"Yes, even the King of Dionya is a Thessalian! Now the Peleus are trembling, and it is said that they are going to raise money to build a luxurious cemetery for the dead parents of King Dionia. ”

"No, even the Larissa people have become arrogant when they talk to us, who called the Governor of Thessaly appointed by Dionya turned out to be a Larissa, and he actually changed the center of Thessaly to Larissa with selfish intentions!"

"That's not the Governor of Thessaly, it's called the Governor of Thessaly."

"I don't think it's any different, not even much different from our Tagus, except that there's an extra king on it. Alas, why is it that among the important ministers of the Kingdom of Dionia, there are no people from us Philae, otherwise they can take more care of us Philae. ”

……

The previous quarrel between Callistratus and Agosilaus had attracted curiosity and heated discussions among the people of Philae, completely ignoring their identities.

The two did not dare to linger long, and Agosilaus, supported by his attendants, quickened their pace, and breathed a sigh of relief when they entered the hotel.

The entourage went out to check in, and Callistratus, who was resting on the side, couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect Davers to be a Thessalian!" ”

"I have known this for a long time, the Spartan generals who led them back from Persia also proposed to the Council of Elders to invite Davers to serve for Sparta, but was rejected by the Council of Elders, and now I regret it!" Agosilaus looked annoyed.

"Even if your Council of Elders agrees, I'm afraid Davers will refuse." Cabrias chimed in.

"Who knows, he was still young ......," Agosilaus still remembers it.

"No wonder the Dioonians were able to conquer Thessaly so quickly!" Calistratus said with a complicated expression: "It seems that this alliance ceremony was held in Larissa, and there was also the purpose of Dionya to show its great strength to the Thessalians. ”

"There's no doubt about it." Agesilaus sighed, although it was no longer possible for him to lead his army into battle, but the strategic vision that had been tempered by decades of battlefield battles still existed: "Thessaly has fertile plains, a large population, strong cavalry and light infantry, and the previous Iason has already scared us, and now it is controlled by Dionia, which is like a boulder pressing on our heads, and if there is any change in the city-states, Dionya does not even need to send troops from Italy, and Thessaly's army can quickly move south, through Thermopa, Enter the hinterland of Greece...... Alas, Dionys's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the Greek city-states have no possibility of rebelling against Dionys! ”

The three of them fell silent, and finally Cabrias couldn't help but whisper: "And the Persian ......"

It was a sensitive topic, and Callistratus immediately changed the subject: "King Agesilaus—"

Agosilaus interrupted him: "I forgot to remind you just now that there is no king in Sparta, and you will call me by my name in the future." ”

Callistratus was startled, glanced at Calilias, and immediately asked with concern, "Agesilus, can you tell me what the current situation of Sparta is?" ”

Agosilaus was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I think it won't be long before you will know that the Spartans are the same as you Athenians...... are trying to stay alive......"

Can he tell the Athenians that after the conquest of Sparta, Dionya liberated the Helots, and made the Helots and the Periasians citizens of Neo-Sparta, taking away the land that should have belonged to the Spartans?

He was able to tell the Athenians that when the Greek coalition entered the Peloponnese and the main body of the Dionian army was defending northern Messenia, and the Spartan warriors tried to rebel, if he had not tried to dissuade them, they would have fought a battle with the assembled Helots and Periassi soldiers, and the result would have been terrible!

He was able to tell these Athenians how desperate the Spartans were when the news of the defeat of the Greek coalition and the surrender of Athens reached Sparta, and even a few of them chose to commit suicide, while he and Xenophon were so drunk that they cried with their heads!

Can he tell these Athenians that this time he had received a notice from the Dioonians that the government of New Sparta had sent not only one of his envoys, but also three envoys of Helot and Periasius, and that he was ashamed to join them and set out for Philae at a later date! ……

No! …… Agosilaus had only one belief in his heart: as long as he lived, he would always silently shoulder the burden of the survival of the Spartans!

Calistratus and Cabrias watched the senile Agecilaus being carried upstairs by his attendants, and their hearts were filled with an indescribable heaviness......

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The next day, after breakfast in the Athenian envoys, they went out of town with Agesilaus and went to Larissa. Along the way, they met many emissaries from the Greek city-states, including the Thebans, whom they hated.

Now these envoys no longer have to look at the former great states of Athens and Sparta, they walk together according to the interests of their respective city-states.

For example, the envoys of the city-state of Phokis and the messenger of Lochris, the envoy of Thebes and the envoys of the other city-states of Piosia, the envoy of Ellis and the envoy of the city-state of Achaia, the envoy of Mandinian and the other two envoys of Neo-Sparta, and the envoy of Messenia (although Messenia is now controlled by Dionia, Dionia, out of consideration for the future, still asked the Council of Messenia to send envoys to participate in the ceremony as an independent force), Corinth, The envoys of Argus and Megala were together, the envoys of Ehuboea were with some of the envoys of the Ionian city-states, some of the Ionian envoys took the initiative to lean towards Callistratus, and the envoys of the city-states of Crete also took the initiative to approach Agesilaus......

They may be happy, excited, silent, or worried, but the most apprehensive are probably the emissaries of the Arcadian League, who first allied themselves with Dionys, and then chose to rebel, and it is rumored that "Dionyas hates the betrayers the most and will punish them severely", so no other city-state emissaries want to approach these unfortunate people.

Although the envoys of the various city-states gathered together in one place and one in the west, a long procession was formed on the road leading to Larissa, which was undoubtedly quite striking, and caused many Thessalian witnesses to spread the news that "Dionya had ordered the Greek city-states to come to Larissa for deliberations".

The envoys also passed by the new military camp being built by Dionia, and saw the training of more than 20,000 Dionian troops, and their hearts were secretly vigilant.

After the surrender of Athens, Dionys's more than 100,000 troops and thousands of warships returned to the western Mediterranean, leaving only three legions stationed in Thessaly, one to continue to stabilize the order of Thessaly, to strengthen Dionysian's rule here, and to guard against the invasion of the surrounding indigenous forces. Of course, in the planning of the Ministry of War, in a few months these regular legions will be replaced by the reorganized Frontier Corps, and with the development of military training in the Thessaly area and the establishment of its own legions, Thessaly will have sufficient defense capabilities.

The military camp seen by the Greek envoys was only one of the military camps built by the Dionian soldiers in Thessaly, after all, the area of Thessaly was vast, whether it was for military training or security and defense needs, one military camp could not meet the requirements, so in the southern plain of Thessaly, near the edge of the mountains, another military camp was also being built, so as to ensure that the southern towns of Pharsalus, Achaia and the citizens of Lamia on the southern side of the mountains could participate in military training in time. The military camp that Iason had established outside the city of Philae was in the northeastern corner of Thessaly's territory, and was too remote to be abandoned.

The envoys entered Larissa City one after another, each carrying out diplomatic mediation. In charge of the alliance were Prince Clotokatáx of Dionya and Shilos, the governor of Thessaly, both of whom took a positive attitude and received them and listened carefully to their opinions.

Note: Historically, the rebellion in Asia Minor was a major event in the later period of Artaxerxes' reign, which lasted for several years and greatly weakened the Persian state. The rebellion took place when the Persian army was attacking Egypt, which also caused Artaxerxes' plan to regain Egypt to fail. At that time, the Egyptian pharaoh hired a lot of Greek soldiers in order to resist the attack of the Persian army, and Agosilaus, who had experienced the defeat of the Battle of Leuctra, in order to prepare funds and form an army to fight against Thebes, which had become powerful, accepted the invitation of Egypt in the ancient years and became the main leader of the Greek mercenaries, but because he was not reused, he turned to support the rebels in Egypt and drove out the original pharaoh. Due to the internal struggle in Egypt, Egypt's plan to prepare a counterattack against Persia and support the rebellion in Asia Minor was canceled, and Artaxerxes was given a buffer, and the rebellion in Asia Minor was finally put down.