Chapter 244: The Confrontation with the Spartan Emissary (Part I)
Remembering that the last time he sent an envoy to Turiyi, Dionysia was still in danger under the threat of Dionysius's army, but he did not expect that after a few months, the soldiers of Syracuse would need the Dionian nod their heads to return home alive...... Everything happened so fast that it was like in a dream.
Chrysops picked up his spirits and walked into the city.
In this war, the Cilitins were either killed or sold, and there were not many people left, but now there were quite a lot of inhabitants in the city, not only the soldiers of the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th legions, but also the troops led by Shiros and Hieronymus, who had conquered Lokri and his allies.
It stands to reason that the captives of Syracuse are being repatriated in batches, and the Legion units of Dionya should also be disbanded and returned home in batches to relieve the pressure on logistical supplies and at the same time ease the shortage of labor within the alliance. However, considering that the Great Greek War had just ended, and that the submissive city-states were not attached to the people, and feared repetition, he gathered a heavy army in the Ciliting, remembering the role of deterring the small, so as to smoothly implement a series of plans for the governance of Greater Greece that Dionya had followed.
In addition, there was a special group in the city, that is, the group of nearly 1,000 engineers and craftsmen in the Syracuse army, to whom Davers had long been in favor of them, so as soon as the Syracuse army surrendered, he immediately ordered the protection of these people, and did not hesitate to break his promise, and did not count these people in the negotiations with Philosanus for release, and at the same time forced Ferosanus to agree to his request: Dionia's fleet would send their families.
Davers also made various promises to these people, such as citizenship, land, and a good research environment, and finally barely "retained" these people.
The Ionian soldiers wandered and chatted in the streets, their faces relaxed, and even when they saw Cresopus, they only looked at them with curiosity, and did not come forward to ask the patrol leader who led the way, nor did they show the slightest awe, as if they were seeing an ordinary person. Despite the stark attire of Chrysops: scarlet coating, long hair, and thick beard, Sparta was the only one in Greece.
Compared to when Crethos had traveled to Turriy a few months earlier, the Dionian soldiers were more calm.
Chrysopes couldn't help but wonder that perhaps because of their victory over the mighty Syracuse, Dionysia had become the Greek overlord of the Western Mediterranean, so there was no Greek city-state to fear them anymore......
Thinking of this, Chrysopes felt that this was the meaning of the Spartan Council of Elders who had once again eagerly sent him to Dionia, and he felt that he had a great responsibility.
The Dionian soldiers were more likely to gather in the arena to participate in or watch the Legion football matches, which were organized by the senior officers, and the noise in the arena was heard several blocks away, and Chrythops, despite his curiosity, did not have time to watch.
He was soon taken to the town hall, only to be informed that King Davers was receiving a visitor in the drawing-room, and asked him to wait in the side room.
This is more than ten minutes, and if it were other Spartan envoys, I am afraid that they would have been angry and would have thought that this was an insult to Sparta. Chrysopus was able to refrain from this, for he did see the visitors, which showed that the Dioonians were not lying, not deliberately making things difficult, but just unlike the other Greek city-states who regarded the Spartan emissaries as the most important. In this regard, Chrysopus could only endure it, after all, this is not Greece itself, not Ionia, not Asia Minor, but Sparta's already weak influence of Great Greece, and even more so Dionia, which was not afraid of Sparta before!
"Nice to see you again!" Davers showed enthusiasm after seeing him, and specially said: "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for a long time!" A few generals from Coronia came before, and it took me a lot of time. ”
Coronia?! Chrysops' heart moved: it was the city-state of the Southern Italian League, which had betrayed Dionica and defected to Syracuse, and then to Dionya after the defeat of Syracuse......
After almost all of Great Greece had been conquered by Dionys, Chletopus could think of what this discredited city-state had sent its envoy for, and he fixed his mind and said, "Davers, congratulations on defeating Dionysius and winning this war!" ”
"Sparta sent you just to congratulate me?" Davers had a smile on his face, but his words went straight to the point.
"You have defeated Sparta's ally Syracuse, and you have also sent an army to land in Sicily and capture some of the Greek city-states of Sicily...... The Council of Spartan Elders, concerned about the aggressiveness displayed by Dionia, sent me to Davers...... Do you understand, King, was Dioonia hostile to Sparta?! Chrysops looked at Davers and said the last words in a deep voice.
Chrysops's words made Davers's expression become serious, and he said seriously: "I have already told you Phoebidas who assisted Dionysius in his invasion of my great Greece, as long as Sparta has no ill will towards Dionia, Dionysia has no ill will towards Sparta, and I have no interest in the land on the other side of the Adriatic. ”
"Sparta, of course, had no hostility towards Dionia!" Chrysopus immediately made a solemn statement: "Sparta helped Syracuse because we had an alliance with Dionysius, and when this alliance was established, Great Greece did not yet have a Theonian alliance, and we had to act under the oath of Hercules, but from now on there will be no such situation!" ”
Davers immediately tasted something from the words of Christopus, and raised his eyebrows: "Sparta gave up Dionysius?" ”
Instead of answering directly, Chrysopus suggested, "Davers, since there is no enmity between us, do you think we should conclude an agreement to prevent the two powerful city-states of Sparta and Dioonia and their alliance of city-states from being drawn into a senseless war due to some unnecessary friction and conflict." ”
Henipolis, who did not interject when Davers received a guest, looked at Corithorpes and Davers at this moment, and looked excited: Sparta recognized that Dionya had an equal status with it, and took the initiative to seek a peace agreement from Dionia?!!
Davers still looked calm, he didn't think about this so-called glory at all, but continued to ask, "What kind of agreement?" ”
It had always been other Greek city-states that begged Sparta for agreements and covenants, and the elders of Sparta put forward all kinds of harsh conditions according to the situation to obtain benefits for Sparta, and they took the initiative to seek agreements like today, and they had to be forced to show their cards first, which was very unaccustomed to Chrysops, but the bad situation that Sparta was facing now forced him to bow his head, even if he felt aggrieved in his heart, and his face had to show friendship: "Sparta wants to sign a long-term peace agreement with Dionia, and the two sides will remain peaceful and non-aggression against each other." , and do not participate in the hostilities of other city-states against each other! At this, Chrysops paused.
Davers understood that the reason why Sparta had this proposal was probably because he was worried that Dionya would join the anti-Spartan alliance, and it seemed that Sparta's situation was not very good.
Seeing that Davers's expression remained unchanged, Chrythops couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he took a deep breath and continued to say the conditions set by the Council of Elders: "At the same time, Sparta will force Syracuse to accept an armistice and make war reparations to Dionia, and I also hope that Dionya will not be too persecutive to Syracuse and its allies, and stop further encroaching on Syracuse's interests, after all, Sparta is still an ally of Syracuse and has been friendly for decades......" Chrythopus said this, and looked at Davers again.
There was still no joy or anger on Davers's face, but the clerk next to him, Henipolis, couldn't help but say, "Syracuse has signed a peace treaty with us, Sparta...... What right does Sparta have to interfere with our Dionysian disposition of the aftermath of this war! ”
Chrysopus ignored Henipolis, and seeing that Davers was still silent, he continued: "In addition, Tarantum was instigated by Syracuse to wage war against Dionya this time, they have already been punished by the gods, and now the aliens are besieging this great city-state, and the land of the Greeks is being occupied by the aliens!" Tarantum has recognized his previous mistakes and is willing to pay a large war reparations to Dionia in order to be forgiven by you. As the mother state of Tarantum, Sparta must protect Sparta, a city connected to our blood, in the hope that Dionya will free Tarantum's captives, so that Tarantum can resist the attacks of the aliens and become a barrier to the east of Greater Greece again! ”
"At this time, the Spartans were concerned about the safety of Greater Greece!" Hennepolis taunted angrily: "When Dionysius led his army to invade Great Greece, burning, looting, and even slaughtering the people of Ciliting, why didn't you Spartans come out to dissuade you!" Tarantum tore up the covenant and suddenly attacked the land of Dionia, where are you! ……”
Chrythopes was unaware of these words, and only said to Davers: "This is the terms of peace negotiations drawn up by the Council of Spartan Elders after many discussions, and the specific rules need to be further negotiated with you, King Davers. ”
"This is the sincerity of Sparta's negotiations, and there is no need to talk about it anymore." Davers's calm tone was like the sea before a storm, he looked at Chrysops, his eyes flashed like sharp blades: "Chrysops, you and I are comrades-in-arms in Persia, we have been born and died together, if you come to visit me today in a private capacity, I will treat you warmly!" But as a Spartan emissary, I can only say sorry! ”