Vol 9 Chapter 78: Spartan's decision

The most relaxed mood is Tamagoras, who not only used the opportunity of an emissary to reach agreement with the Spartan emissary in certain aspects, and completed the entrustment of Calisstratus to him before leaving. Obtained a lot of wealth, this time the initial harvest is quite rich, will increase his influence among the people of Athens.
Whoever governed against it, shortly after returning to Athens, Tamagoras was reported by the public, saying, "He took bribes in Persia, betrayed the secrets of Athens, and betrayed the city-state ...". In addition, there are many rumors in the city of Athens, mainly saying that "his behavior in Babylon is lascivious, not as good as Peropidas of Thebes. He is scorned by the Persians and it is almost ashamed of the Athenians" ...
It didn't take long for the Athens government to try Tamagoras. Although he tried to defend himself and hired a good lawyer, most of the citizens of the jury considered him guilty, and he was eventually sentenced to death.
After Lutikli returned to Sparta, the tough demands made by the Persians also caused great waves in Sparta.
Against Agionus, who has always been concerned about Dionysian, he strongly reminded: "After Dionysian defeated Carthage, the national strength has become stronger, which has already constituted a great deal for us. The threat of luck, fortunately there is a friendly agreement, plus the kingdom has always advertised to keep its promises, so even if we have done something bad about it during the agreement, it still has a peaceful state of Sparta .
But now we have to take the initiative to cancel the agreement, just to give the other party a word of mouth. Once Dionysian troops are involved in this war, it will inevitably bring disaster to the Spartan army that is fighting against Thebes! "
Another Spartan king, Cliombrotus, stood up and strongly supported meeting the requirements of the Persians. His reasons are equally good: "This war continues until now, and our Sparta has been a bit unsustainable. If we do not sever ties with Dionysia, we will not get the support of Persia, and if the King of Persia really like what he said, turn to support our enemy Thebes, then Sparta is in great danger of being defeated. And if we cancel the friendly agreement with Dionysia, we will get the full support of Persia, then we will be like the Corinth War, not only will soon end this war, but also regain the dominance of Greece.
At that time, even if Dionysia declares war on us, we can call on the whole of Greece to fight against it. What's more, from the fact that this time Persia threatened us to sever ties with Dionysia so eagerly, the King of Persia was hostile to Dionysia, and he will definitely support us to fight against Dionysia. We can take advantage of this favorable situation to defeat the Dionysians and completely solve this hidden danger that has always worried us. "
"It is said that Dionysia sent 100,000 troops in the war with Carthage. Peloponnese was across a narrow Adriatic Sea from Dionysia. Once the friendship agreement was lifted, Dionys Ya really declared war on us Sparta, these 100,000 troops are likely to land on Peloponnese, how should we respond? "Teacher Agassi asked seriously.
Today Cliombrotus has no more fear and immaturity when he was hurried to the throne. He calmly replied: "Do n’t forget that Dionysius also led 100,000 troops and attacked. The Carthaginians in western Sicily. But we all know that he really has the tens of thousands of mercenaries. Do you dare to say that the 100,000 troops of Dionysia are elite ?! I do n’t think it is necessary.
On the contrary, after we re-contracted with the Greek city-states, if Dionia really dared to send troops to land on Peloponnese, we could just call on Greek city-states to resist the invasion of Dionysia, an outsider, in Persia With the help of human beings, a large army was formed and defeated, which not only completely solved Sparta's long-standing worries, but also re-increased Sparta's influence in Greece. "
Agsilaus frowned, reminding: "Since the establishment of Dionysia, the war they have experienced has not suffered defeat, and their troops are absolutely not weak, even if they are not elite. And they are From the army of the same country, and even if we can call on each city-state to form a large army, this time the army will certainly not be as united as they are, which is not conducive to command— "
"Respectable Agassius!" Cliobrotus suddenly sneered: "Which of our Sparta is not directing the coalition forces of other city-states to fight against the enemy in these years? It is the talent that our Spartan general must possess! You even commanded the Asia Minor to fight Persia more than 10 years ago. How can we say that we are not doing this right now!
Before Agassius responded, Cliobrots looked around and suddenly increased the volume, saying aloud: "The so-called Dionysian army is victorious because it did not meet our Spartans! Remember the words that the King of Dionysia threatened us before signing a friendly agreement with Dionysia for the first time! He has been peeping like a viper in the Adriatic West Bank these years We, let us always worry, not dare to slacken off, maybe now is the time to solve this problem! Dear elders and ombudsmen, whether Sparta can overcome this difficulty depends on your decision! "
Agassius looked at Cliombrotus, who gave a generous speech in the center of the venue, and somehow it appeared in his mind that he also defeated his nephew Leotizides by eloquently and won the throne more than 20 years ago. That scene.
Now that I am old, weak, sick, and disabled, do I really lose courage? ... Agassius hesitated: breaking diplomatic relations with Dionysia and offending Dionysia may lead to war; but continuous diplomacy will offend Persia, it will turn to support Thebes, the current one Not only will the war not stop, but it will become more difficult ... This is a dilemma.
Agsi Raus opened his mouth, and finally did not refute.
Then the 30 Spartan elders (including the two kings) voted on "whether to cancel the friendly agreement with Dionia". The Spartan nobles over 60 years may have rich life experience, but most of them are conservative, and everything is only for stability. Although Dionia is closer to Peloponnese, it has never been involved in the Greek mainland. Persia, which is thousands of miles away, has always exerted an influence on Greece. Whether it is the Peloponnesian War or the Corinth War, Persia ’s help to Sparta is huge, and these elders are undoubtedly these wars. Those who experienced it felt deeply.
But the final voting result was 20:20. In fact, the influence of Agsilaus played a big role in it. Compared with Cliombrotus, who has not yet performed well in the military, many elders are more Willing to believe in Agassius, who has wisdom and prestige.
Now, the final decision rests with five inspectors.
The Spartan Ombudsman has a lot of power. He can review and supervise the kings and elders internally, and he is responsible for diplomacy and monitoring of the military expeditions, but they are selected from ordinary civilians. Difficult military training, continuous combat in adulthood, until the age of 30 before leaving the collective life, in addition to their mastery of military skills, most people do not know much about politics, diplomacy and other aspects, like Kerry Thorps There are not many citizens with broad knowledge and political wisdom, so Sparta has been relatively tough on the outside world in recent years, and only chooses to withdraw if it suffers from heavy setbacks.
But the five inspectors selected this year all chose without exception-the break of diplomatic relations with Dionia, the reason is simple: the successive wars with Thebes have not made any obvious progress, but the country is increasingly troubled. The soldiers were constantly injured and killed, the people were miserable, and the war exhaustion was very serious. The choices of the inspectors reflected the public opinion at this time. The Spartan people urgently wanted to stop the war and restore peace. As for what might result in a stronger enemy Dionia, they will not think so far.
This result did not disappoint Agsi Laos, but let him relax: since the deity has already made a choice for Sparta, he does not need to tangle any more.
Cleome Brotus saw Agsilaus stand up again and couldn't help but say: "Now the resolution to break diplomatic relations with Dionia has been passed, even if you want to refute it is useless."
Agsilaus ignored him ~ EbookFREE.me ~ looked around and said: "Even if we decide to break relations with Dionia, we should also send a messenger who can speak and euphemistically explain to King Dionia. The reason why we are not allowed to continue to pay, if we have enough sincerity, I believe that it will not anger the Dionysians and declare war on us at the crucial time of our peace talks with Thebes. "
"As I said, Sparta is not afraid of Dionysian combat, and I can take advantage of this good opportunity to solve this big trouble!" Cliobrotus dissatisfied reminded.
"King Agsilaus makes sense. If we can reach a peace agreement with Thebes and Athens, and we can temporarily avoid the onset of war by Dionia, of course, it is the best." Not only most elders In agreement, even the inspectors had no objections, but they felt a headache for the candidates.
Because in the past few cases of dealing with Dionia, the King of Dionysia was not a good talker, so he sent a familiar messenger who was good at diplomacy to Turui. The effect will definitely be much better, but whether it is Kirithorpes or Fibidas has been killed in succession, and the rest of the Spartans are completely new to Dionysian.
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