After the death of Cyrus the Younger, due to the turmoil in the kingdom, Artaxerxes did not severely punish the officials and nobles of Asia Minor who had supported Cyrus the Younger, but he was always wary of Asia Minor. He originally hoped that his trusted Tisaphonis would be able to regain Asia Minor under his complete control, but he did not expect that the Spartan king Agosilaus invaded Asia Minor, Tisaponis was defeated in successive battles, and the Persian queen mother, who hated him for killing Cyrus the Younger, took the opportunity to execute him, Artaxerxes was deliberately angry and did not help Asia Minor, in fact, he secretly hoped that after Asia Minor was completely destroyed by the Spartans, he would clean up the mess again. When the Corinthian War broke out, Agosilaus had to return to Greece ahead of schedule, while the nobles and people of Asia Minor, whose homeland had been devastated, complained about the inaction of the Persian court.

In particular, in order to take revenge on Sparta, another governor of Asia Minor, Fanabazos, asked the Athenian general Conon, who had lived under his fence, to lead his fleet and directly assist Athens in the battle against Sparta, and even when Conon took the entire fleet into Athens' possession, he pretended to turn a blind eye.

Artaxerxes accepted the advice of his advisors and turned to Sparta, and demanded that Phanabazos take back the ship he had given to Athens.

This provoked strong resentment from Fanabazos, who not only did not obey orders, but also refused to recognize Sparta as an ally of Persia. Since Fanabazos was a great nobleman in Asia Minor and had a lot of influence in western Persia, Artaxerxes eventually had to marry his daughter to the son of Fanabazos to appease the governor, but since then the rift between Asia Minor and the Persian court has deepened.

The Persian officials transferred to Asia Minor by the Persian royal court were never supported by the local nobility and populaces, and Artaxerxes had been deliberately weakening the local power in Asia Minor, such as the conquest of the Dukya Mountains and the invasion of Egypt...... Artaxerxes asked Asia Minor to provide more troops and supplies, and the key was that every major war suffered defeat in the end, so that Asia Minor suffered great losses, and the resentment in the hearts of the nobles and the people can be imagined. Moreover, the defeat of these wars also reduced the prestige of the Persian royal court and fostered ambition among the governors and nobles of Asia Minor.

And this time in the invasion of Egypt, Artaxerxes did not ask Asia Minor to provide more soldiers, but asked them to fully support Sparta and Athens, which was also a huge material consumption, and finally led to a rebellion, not only Frisia rebelled, but also Lydia, Mycia, Silesia, Bithynia, Lycia, Pisidia...... Most of the eastern and western parts of Asia Minor were reversed, and even Syria was affected.

To tell the truth, Artaxerxes was now very annoyed, and he had planned to attack Egypt again in two or three years, because by that time the turmoil caused by the Dukyans had passed, the situation in the country was more stable, and the military preparations for Egypt were more adequate, and the satraps of Asia Minor, in the face of the great military superiority of the Persian court, might not have dared to make such a blatant rebellion, but when he heard the news that "the Dionian army had invaded the Peloponnese and had absolute superiority in the battle against Sparta". , he couldn't sit still, once Dionya controlled Greece proper, it would be more difficult for Persia to successfully conquer Egypt, he had to take advantage of the time when Dionia's army was pinned down in Greece proper, and launched an attack on Egypt in advance, but unexpectedly provoked a rebellion in Asia Minor.

"Trebasus, now that there is a rebellion in Asia Minor, you have ...... Well, what advice? Artaxerxes looked at the brocade box on the table that contained Timothy's head, and his seemingly angry expression still couldn't hide his nervousness.

"Your Majesty, the kingdom's army is fighting in Egypt, the Mesopotamian plain is underarmed, and once the rebels in Asia Minor march eastward, they may threaten the royal capital......" Terebasus is worthy of being the favorite of the king of Persia, and he understands what the king of Persia is worried about at the moment, and he continued: "Great king, I think that the generals who are fighting on the front line know the news of the rebellion in Asia Minor, and they will definitely write to you to ask for help to put down the rebellion and restore peace to the kingdom as soon as possible!" ”

Artaxerxes nodded with satisfaction and said, "You go and arrange it." ”

As the most honorable king of Persia, the previous personal expedition to Dukeya was defeated, has lost his prestige, this personal expedition to Egypt, if he returns in vain, will be ridiculed by the countrymen, of course, if the generals first collectively wrote to ask for the suspension of the war against Egypt, he reluctantly agreed, how much can save a little face.

After Tribassus came out, Artaxerxes remembered that at this moment Dionyas had conquered Greece and established a new Greek alliance, and that his military plan to conquer Egypt, which he had prepared for several years, had to be terminated due to rebellion...... The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but slam his fist on the wooden table in anger, and the brocade box overturned, and Timosius's bloody head rolled out, and the pair of eyes that had lost their luster were just open, as if they were glaring indifferently at the Persian king.

Artaxerxes was startled and shouted in panic: "Take it away!" Take! ”

The eunuch in the tent hurriedly put the head into a brocade box and handed it to the guards outside the tent. Another eunuch asked with concern, "Your Majesty, you are tired and need a good rest, do you want to ask Princess Atosha to take care of you?" ”

Artaxerxes was old after all, and needed someone to take care of him when he went out to fight, so he took his favorite and youngest princess, Atosha (who was also his daughter).

At this moment, after venting his extreme emotions, Artaxerxes felt his head sink and his limbs weak, so he nodded.

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On January 1, 369 BC (the 25th year of the Kingdom of Theoria), the port of Thessaly Philae was flooded with merchant ships, and although the number of merchant ships from Thessaly increased every month due to the conquest of Thessaly, the sight of clogging the entire port as today has never been seen before.

Cabrias finally got off the ship, and began to complain: "Since the Dioonians have informed us to come to Thessaly, they must have made all preparations in advance, how can they let the order of the port be so chaotic and delay us for most of the day, and it would be too ungraceful to say that they are playing tricks on us with the attitude of victors!" ”

"I am afraid that the Dioonians did not expect that the city-states, including ours, would send messengers to Philae as soon as they received the notice...... "Calistratus said in amazement, looking at the various docks in the harbor.

After hearing this, Cabrias immediately understood: "It seems that they are also like us, and they want to rush over as soon as possible, and fight for more benefits for their city-state before the alliance meeting has begun and the alliance has not yet been concluded." ”

"From this incident you can see how powerful the Kingdom of Dioonia is now in Greece......" Callistratus sighed softly.

Capli Aston was silent: yes, first defeated Sparta, then conquered Thessaly, then routed the Greek coalition and forced Athens to surrender...... Moreover, now that the local Greek people already know that Dioonia sent more than 100,000 troops and thousands of warships in order to subjugate Greece, how could such a powerful military not make the Greek people tremble!

"Huh? Kabulias, you have good eyesight, let's see if that person is Agosilaus?! Callistratus suddenly pointed to the side ahead.

Kabrias looked at it fixedly, and also shouted excitedly: "That's right, it's Agosilaus!" ”

"Let's go, hurry up and catch him!" Callistratos immediately beckoned his entourage to pick up his luggage and hurried forward.

Although the two were not too far from each other, the flow of people in the port was too dense to catch up with each other until they entered the city.

"Athena bless, it's a pleasure to see you again, King Agosilaus!" Callistratus sincerely said that during the signing of the "Peace of Calias", the two had a tacit cooperation, and when Sparta was conquered by Dionia, there were rumors that Agosilaus was killed in battle, and he was also saddened by it.

"I'm not happy to see you." Agosilaus said unceremoniously: "You must know that when the news of Athens' surrender to Dionya reached Sparta, I was so painful that I almost wanted to kill myself, but I finally survived. ”

"The power of the Dionians is too strong! The people of Athens have been besieged for less than a month, and they have strongly demanded surrender, and if we do not agree, I am afraid that the anger of the people will be vented on us......" Callistratus recalled the scene at that time, and with some palpitations, he could not help but say: "It is your Spartan's responsibility that a Dionya that was only a few decades old can become so powerful!" As the most powerful city-state in Greece, you should have strangled it in its cradle a long time ago, rather than allowed it to grow, otherwise there would be no disaster today! ”

"Can you blame us for this!" Agosilaus retorted dissatisfiedly: "If it weren't for you Athenians playing a conspiracy behind your back, instigating Corinth and Thebes to oppose us again and again, so that we would not be able to deal with Dionya at all, how could it be today!" In the end, it's all your Athenian fault! ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Cabrias hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Please calm your anger, two of you!" Now what's the point of arguing about this, neither Athens nor Sparta is just a fish on the board of Dionia.

Upon hearing this, the two men were immediately deflated: Athens and Sparta had been fighting for decades, with countless casualties, but the hegemony of Greece was finally usurped by an alien nouveau riche, and all their ambitions and dreams were in vain.