"Father, the emperor, the sons believe that although our army has an absolute advantage in this battle, we should not take it lightly and rush into the army."

Wu Zhang seemed to remember something, and said: "The art of war is cloudy, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top." ”

"My Great Wu has used the division meter in the Great Unification War before, this time, why not use the division plan on the Greeks?"

"Elaborate."

Qingji couldn't help but be interested.

This kind of strategy is really tried and tested.

Even if two allies live in harmony, there is still a day when they tear their faces and never die, not to mention that there are many filthy disputes between the Greek city-states, and they are not monolithic?

"Father, since the Battle of Boeotia, the Greeks have made the Delian Alliance, in order to prevent our Wu army from marching west again."

"It was a confederation of Greek city-states, with more than one hundred and fifty members, led by the Athenians."

"Because the site and treasury of the alliance were once located on the island of Delos, it is called the 'Delos League'."

"Erchen heard that this so-called Delian League, the participating states can maintain their original form of government, and the affairs of the alliance are decided by the alliance meeting held on the island of Delos, and a certain number of ships, soldiers, and alliance donations will be given according to the strength of the participating city-states......

Delian League?

As a time-traveler, Qingji knows that in the original history, the Delian League was established by the Greeks to defend against the invasion of the Persian army.

Now, it was established to resist the invasion of the Wu army.

The Delian League, the Aegean Rim League.

In contrast, the Spartans formed a defensive alliance with their neighbors on the Peloponnese, called the Peloponnesian League.

Historically, the Peloponnesian War was fought between the Delian League led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta, which had far-reaching effects.

This is enough to show that there was a lot of sputty among the Greeks.

"Father, if you want to divide the alliance of the Greeks, the sons think that you can start with the Spartans."

Wu Zhang said slowly: "Before the Greco-Persian War, the relationship between Athens and Sparta was not very good. ”

"One of them is an oligarchy and the other is a min-master, and the systems are different, so they look down on each other."

"In the Greco-Persian Wars and the Battle of Boeotia, Athens and Sparta were able to unite with each other, but soon after the Battle of Boeotia, the retainers heard that several clashes broke out between them."

When Qing Ji heard this, he shook his head and said, "Brother is on the wall, and he is insulted outside." ”

"Athens and Sparta were both Greeks, and at critical moments, they were naturally able to unite with each other."

"If you want to stir up a relationship between them at a time when the enemy is present, I'm afraid it's not easy."

The Athenians and the Spartans understandably disliked each other because of their very different systems.

Athens developed great seafaring capabilities due to its advantage of being surrounded by the sea on three sides.

Thanks to its seafaring prowess, Athens flourished in commerce and amassed a great deal of wealth.

Driven by this massive wealth, Athens began to actively establish education, guide the occurrence of ideological trends, and finally create the famous min-master system.

However, Sparta, because it was surrounded by mountains on three sides and was accustomed to plundering, began to frantically pursue the strength of the army.

In order to ensure the strength of their own combat effectiveness, they not only trained Spartan citizens to strict standards, but also constantly instilled in them the idea of obedience, and eventually developed a highly centralized oligarchy.

As soon as the two very different city-states came into contact, they felt a sincere dislike for each other's political systems, and Sparta feared that its own citizens would be "spoiled" by Athens, who felt that Sparta was a rude barbarian.

Therefore, although there is no deep hatred between the two sides, the relationship is not good at all.

"Father, it is not easy to sow discord between the Spartans and the Athenians. However, it is not difficult to dismantle the city-state of Sparta. ”

Wu Zhang said meaningfully: "The political system of the Spartan Kingdom is very strange in itself. ”

"The state institutions of Sparta consisted of the king, the citizens' assembly, the council of elders, and the procurator."

"The king has two people, each hereditary from two families, and in peacetime, presides over state ceremonies and deals with cases involving family law."

"In time of war, one king goes out to lead his troops into battle, one king holds on within the city-state, and the two kings check and balance each other."

"The citizens' assembly consisted of Spartan men who had reached the age of thirty. The Citizens' Assembly does not have the right to make proposals. ”

"The Council of Elders makes proposals, and the Citizens' Assembly has only the right to discuss and vote, and the vote is decided by the level of the shout, and the high voice means the approval."

"The members of the Council of Elders and the Ombudsman are elected by the Citizens' Assembly, and the election is conducted in a manner that expresses the opinion of the candidates on the basis of the number of shouts."

"And in the midst of this, the powers of the Ombudsman were constantly expanding, and their initial role was only to supervise the king, to judge the king's wrongdoings, and to supervise the lives of citizens."

"Now, in place of the king, the procurator has taken over the power to preside over the Council of Elders and the Council of Citizens, and the power of the Council of Elders to hear civil law cases has also fallen into their hands."

"They became the de facto 'kings,' and the confrontation between the king and the procurator in Sparta has been going on since ancient times."

"The kings of Sparta could gain great prestige by going out into battle and thus gaining power in the country."

"The kings of Sparta, Pausanias and Leuduccides, made great victories in Plataea and Micarlet, respectively, and greatly increased their prestige, thus seizing the power of the state."

"The legendary king of Sparta, Leudochdes, was a great victor in his life, defeating powerful enemies such as Chios, Samos, and Thesarea."

However, because of his personal rudeness and rudeness, he angered the inspectors, and was imprisoned by the inspectors for corruption, and was later killed in prison...... How ridiculous is that? ”

"Father, I won't tell you anything, the five Spartan inspectors, the sons have already bribed three of them, and it is not difficult to rebel against them and cooperate with our army to create civil strife."

"Good."

Hearing that Wu Zhang had this arrangement, Qingji was very satisfied.

"In addition, Erchen thinks that we can also provoke slaves in Sparta, so that the Helot rebellion will force the Spartans to return and not participate in the war."

"Okay."

Qingji bowed his head slightly and agreed.

In the city-state of Sparta, there were probably three kinds of people, one was the Spartans (citizens).

One is the Piriasians.

The Piriasi lived mostly around the city-state or along the coast, and engaged in handicrafts and commerce.

They had personal freedom, no political rights, had to pay taxes and serve the Spartan slave owners, could not enjoy the rights of other full-time Spartans, and could only serve as soldiers in the military.

And the last one is the helot (slave).

The fate of the Helots was the worst.

In the eighth century B.C., the Spartans waged a decade-long war against their neighbor Messenia, and finally conquered Messenia, turning most of the Messenians into slaves and becoming "helots".

The helots were fixed to the land, engaged in hard manual labor, paid more than half of the harvest to the slave owners each year, and lived a life of half-starvation and half-hunger, cattle and horses.

The Spartans often waged wars against foreign countries, so the burden of military service on the Helots was very heavy.

During the Greco-Persian Wars alone, the Spartans conscripted 35,000 helots to accompany the army.

They are forced to take the lead, using their lives to find out the reality of the enemy and reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.

The Helots could not stand the brutal exploitation and brutality of the Spartans, and often staged riots and armed uprisings.

Coupled with the fact that the Helots were much more numerically outnumbered than the Spartans, the Spartans used a method called "Kripti" to persecute and exterminate the Helots.

Kripti means covert operation.

The Spartans did not treat the Black Laus as a human being at all.

The nobles of Sparta often sent large numbers of the most cautious young warriors into the countryside, armed only with short swords and a few necessities.

During the day, they scattered and hid in the middle of nowhere, killing every black Lau they could catch.

Sometimes they also came to the fields where the Helots were working, and slew the strongest and the best among them......

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