The main reason why Themis came this time was to discuss the alliance between the Athenian city-state and the Spartan city-state, which was a top priority for Athens, so Demis, the newly appointed commander of Athens, temporarily gave up all kinds of military aircraft and came to negotiate with his retinue in person.

Although Themis came with great sincerity, the alliance negotiations did not go well, and Sparta was on the same goal as Athens in the fight against Persia, but was not enthusiastic about the alliance.

Both Sparta and Athens considered themselves the leaders of Greece and usually did not obey each other, so the two sides were at a stalemate over who would be the leader after the alliance.

The negotiations lasted all day, and in the end, under the mediation of Qin Rongshuai, the two sides barely reached an agreement after each side made a concession, and the commander of the navy and army was a Spartan.

Sparta's army was recognized as the strongest in Greece, Athens had the advantage of the navy, and there were not many infantry in total, so it didn't hurt to put it under Spartan command.

In terms of navy, the Spartans had a weak navy with only a few warships, while Athens had more than 300 warships, and if you wanted to command the navy, you had to rely on the Athenians, so the command of the navy was still in the hands of Athens.

By selling an allied commander, Themis obtained an alliance, so that Sparta could keep the city of Athens by sending troops, and what is a mere allied commander, this deal is quite cost-effective.

However, after that, on the specific strategy, the huge differences between the two sides could not be discussed at all.

Due to the characteristics of the ancient Greek city-states, the Greeks had to stay away from the city-states when choosing the battlefield, because almost all Greek city-states were composed according to the four-level circle structure of acropolis-city-wall-farmland.

Once the war reaches the mainland, it means that the farmland and cash crops outside the city will be affected, and the citizens of the city-state will suffer huge losses due to the damage to crops and cash crops.

The concentration of large numbers of people and animals in urban areas is also prone to food and water pollution, which in turn induces plague diseases. Therefore, the Greek city-states often agreed to fight on the border, and they did not want the war to reach the mainland.

But the two sides were quite divided on the choice of this frontier, and Sparta and the nearby city-states preferred to be on the Isthmus of Corinth, which was not far from them.

It is only 6.5 kilometers wide and is the only link between the Peloponnese and the Greek peninsula, where Sparta is located.

On top of that, it's close to Sparta, which is convenient for logistical supplies, and the city-state can quickly return to defense if something happens.

Themis was stupid when he heard this plan, it is convenient for you, but the city of Athens is outside the Isthmus of Corinth, you are guarding there, what should we do in the city of Athens?

So Themis immediately proposed that no matter where the Allied defense line was set, Athens must be included, otherwise we don't need to talk about it. I will go back and mobilize all the men, women, and children of the city to go to sea in a boat, abandon the city of Athens, and go to build a city elsewhere to continue to live, far away from Persia, and fight with the Persians yourselves.

In the end, after some verbal and sword fighting, Leonidas proposed that the two sides agree to set up a defensive line at Thermopylae. But Athens had to make sure of two things.

First, the logistical supply of the Spartan coalition army was all handed over to Athens to solve, without delay and reduction, otherwise the army would immediately retreat.

Second, the Athenian navy had to secure the flanks of the coalition forces and prevent the Persians from cutting off the retreat of the large army from the sea.

As for why you chose to stay at Thermopylae, because the terrain here is dangerous enough, not far from Athens. There is a more important reason, behind the Thermopylae Pass is the city-state of Thebes, which has a feud with Athens and is very pro-Persian.

If the hot springs are lost, don't expect them to stop the Persians for Athens, they will immediately surrender and lead the Persian army straight to Athens.

Therefore, the difficulty of this battle can be called epic, although Qin Rongshuai has made a lot of preparations, but the outcome is still unpredictable.

But fortunately, the alliance between Athens and Sparta was finally reached, and the system still gave Qin Rongshuai a big reward.

[Congratulations to the Commander for reaching the Epic Event - Fragile Alliance, Glory +300, Merit +25000]

This rich reward made Qin Rongshuai ecstatic in his heart, and spent 15,000 merit points to directly upgrade two levels in a row, reaching lv.9, and directly put the two attribute points obtained on the sensitivity attribute.

The remaining 10,000 merit points didn't dare to continue to upgrade, and he was still thinking about the Hermes scepter in Pythagoras's hand, in case he had the opportunity to touch it, it would be really stupid if he didn't have enough consumption to copy it at that time.

Therefore, it is necessary to keep yourself in hand at all times to have enough reserves to deal with all kinds of accidents, which is a necessary quality for a qualified commander.

Qin Rongshuai's joy had not yet subsided, and then the second wave of rewards arrived.

[Congratulations to the Commander for achieving the achievement - Deputy Commander of the Alliance, although this position is of little use.] 】

[Reward: Permanent +5 for maximum recruitment]

[Obtain domain skills: Allied Commander Lv.1, all soldiers under the commander can enjoy this field bonus, after the commander opens the field, the soldier gains a calming effect, his mind always remains calm, and all attributes +1. 】

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What does it mean that this position is useless?

I'm the deputy commander of the Allied forces in Greece, one person is above 10,000 people, okay, the system I allow you to reorganize the language.

[If the commander is not satisfied with the reward, the system can withdraw the reward.]

Satisfied!

Of course I'm very satisfied, the system is really my sweet little padded jacket, and these rewards are very appetizing to my liking.

Qin Rongshuai looked at the newly increased recruitment ceiling, and suddenly felt overjoyed, now he is very short of manpower, whether it is training slave recruits or arranging escort forces, the manpower he can use is far from enough, this reward is too timely.

So Qin Rongshuai began to squander his glory value again, and he didn't know if he didn't wash his hands today, or if he had a non-chieftain seizure, he didn't even brush ten times to get the special recruitment class, so angry that Qin Rongshuai wanted to scold the street.

Seeing that 50 glory points were lost, he calmed down and felt that it should not be appropriate to recruit newcomers today, so it was better to wait and talk, otherwise the remaining 850 glory points would be wiped out in a hot head.

Qin Rongshuai was sulking because he had wasted his glory in vain, when someone suddenly came to report that his clerk Krossos had arrived and was waiting outside the door for his summons.

Hey?

What is this thing doing here instead of Athens training slaves and receiving supplies?

Krossos burst in from the outside in a rage and shouted, "Oh no, no, my lord, our goods have been robbed." ”

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There are still people who dare to rob my goods, who is impatient?

Qin Rongshuai was furious at that time, jumped up directly, pulled out his machete, and shouted: "Where is my Great Qin Ruishi?!" ”