"This... this..." Calisenos was shocked when he heard this, and was caught by the momentum of the young commander, he didn't dare to say a word of dissuasion.
"Then what if this fertile land is vacated?" Clotokataxes looked at Calicenos and said solemnly: "I think Mandinia is the place on the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Dionia's most loyal ally, therefore I have decided to give you the lands of Tygea to Mandinia."
Karisenos's heart skipped a beat, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but ask loudly, "You... You mean to give us the territory of Tygea?!"
No wonder he was ecstatic. The territory of Tygea and Mandinia was the only plain in the Arcadia region. It was narrow from east to west and long from north to south. The terrain was high in the south and low in the north. Most of the land is a small plain, and Mandinia is located in the north. The river floods every rainy season. The Mandinian people have had enough of the floods and want to expand the land southward. Conflicts continue.
Just because Taigea was fully supported by Sparta, the Mandinians had scruples and did not cause a major war. Unexpectedly, before the Corinthian War, the Spartans invaded Mandinia. With the help of the Taiga, they blocked the river in the north of the plain and destroyed the city of Mandinia by water attack, which became Mandinia. Eternal suffering for the Dynians. Now that Mandinia has the opportunity to own the entire plain, not only can it gain more fertile land to enhance its strength, but also the long-standing worries will be completely resolved.
"I hope that Mandinia will give me an answer tomorrow! After tomorrow, I can only see that you Mandinia have given up this land, and thus will use it as Dionia's military base in the Peloponnese. ."
"General Clotokatax, please rest assured, I'll rush back to Mandinglia, we will give you a positive answer tomorrow!" Carisenos said quickly.
"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Clotokatax nodded.
Calicenos turned on his horse, clenched the reins, clamped the belly of the horse, urged the horse, and hurried northward.
"His Royal Highness, hand over the territory of Tygea to Mandinia, I am afraid that other city-states in the Arcadia Alliance will be dissatisfied with Mandinia." Plintols reminded at this time.
Clotokatax said with a firm expression: "Although the Arcadia Alliance has become our alliance, the internal situation of the alliance is too complicated, Taigea has betrayed, and Okomenus is also being lobbied... and this How can we be at ease when we cooperate with one of our alliances!
It is better to strengthen the relationship with Mandinia, which is really willing to cooperate with us. It was originally one of the strong city-states in the Arcadia region. Become the absolute leader of the Arcadia Alliance.
Moreover, once Mandinia annexes the territory of Tygea, not only the city-states of the Arcadia alliance will be dissatisfied, but other city-states in mainland Greece may also want to interfere (this is the tradition of mainland Greece, a city-state is destroyed by an enemy, In a few years, it will be re-supported by the enemy's enemy), Mandinia can only rely more on us Dionia! "
"Lycomedes from Mandinia looks very shrewd, I'm afraid he may not agree."
Clotokatax smiled: "He is in Megalopolis now, and when the Mandinians make a decision, I'm afraid he doesn't know about it. And even if he does, facing the With such great interests, he alone cannot convince all the people of Mandinia."
Clotokatax was very thoughtful, and Printoles no longer had any doubts. In the moment just now, he felt in a trance that he was facing King Davos, and unconsciously even his tone changed. Respectfully: "I understand."
At this moment, Ctisus walked over with a solemn expression holding a crock pot, and said in a low tone: "This is the ashes of Adoris...
Clotokatax took it carefully, and when he held it in his arms, tears flowed out again...
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Karias kept looking around and suddenly felt very nervous, because this was not the executive committee of the Athenian generals, nor the 500-member assembly of the Ares, but the citizens' assembly on the Punix Hill, the highest in Athens. Authority, look at these cascading, surging heads, and listen to these tumultuous, heart-pounding murmurs, the Athenians proclaim that "they often have more than 5,000 people when they hold assemblies of citizens," which seems by no means hypocrisy.
At this moment, he saw Callistratus, the chief general of Athens, walk to the center of the venue, raised his right arm, and his voice was loud and penetrating: "Citizens of Athens, the Citizens Assembly has officially begun!"
Gradually, the surrounding Athenian citizens stopped talking, and the whole venue became quiet.
Callistratus continued: "In the last meeting we discussed the issue of the Dionysian army's unprovoked invasion of the Peloponnesus, and today Dionysian messengers also came to Athens, wanting to settle the issue. Talk to us about this, and we'll first hear what he has to say."
When Kalistratos pointed his finger at Kalias, the tension in his heart disappeared in an instant, he stood up and walked towards the center of the venue step by step...
In the past years, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Megara, Argos... Almost all the Greek city-states in this world once had messengers standing here, facing the discerning citizens of Athens, expounding The claims of their city-state, either for war, or alliance, or trade, or just for a city-state citizen to break the law in Athens...
There have also been countless famous Athenian scholars who gave exciting speeches here, Solon, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Themistocles, Camon, Pericles, Alcibiades, Su Crates…
Whether in Dionia Academy or in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karias has learned many articles about speeches in Athens from his teacher Ancitanos. Over the years, he has traveled back and forth to various allies and tribes in the Western Mediterranean. Although Tian got a fairly satisfactory answer in Thebes - Thebes will remain neutral, but Karias understands that it was the Thebes who wanted to do this in the first place, not his credit. Today is finally his time. It's time for real use.
Karias stood still in the center of the venue, his eyes swept across the indifferent faces around him, and a sense of pride rose in his heart.
He took a deep breath, feeling the abundant breath flowing between his chest, throat, mouth, and nose, and then said: "Citizens of Athens, I represent the two million citizens of the Kingdom of Dionysus (excluding women and Children), my sincere regards!"
His first sentence caused a commotion in the surrounding Athenians: "2 million citizens?! Really or not? Counting overseas territories, Athens will not exceed 15,000 citizens, and Dionia is actually More than ten times that of Athens?!"
"First of all, I want to correct a mistake made by Lord Callistratus. Dionia sent troops to the Peloponnese to fulfill the covenant and help Thebes fight against the Spartan army.
In this respect I admire you Athenians, you bravely reached out to help them when the city of Thebes was occupied by the Spartans and the democrats of Thebes were in danger;
The Thebes recaptured the city, but faced the attack of the Spartan army. In such a bad situation, you were not afraid of the threat of the Spartans, and formed an alliance with Thebes, not only providing them with Material assistance, and also sent the fleet directly into the war, threatening the rear of the Spartans. The Thebes' ability to persevere to the present and win the battle of Leuctra is absolutely inseparable from your selfless help.
Although Dionia formed an alliance with Thebes late, we, Dionia, detested Sparta, the culprit who kept provoking wars in mainland Greece and caused the entire Greek people to be unable to obtain a peaceful life! We Dionia are also aware of Sparta's continued bullying of Athens after the Peloponnesian War, and even the invasion of your territory, wanton killing and looting of villages near the port of Piraeus during the Great King's Contract. The people and the disgusting incident that has no intention of repentance after the fact feel the same!
So even if Athens is tied up by a new contract, you should be optimistic that Dionysus beat Sparta…”
Callistratus noticed that the faces of the citizens had softened, and he immediately interrupted Carias deliberately: "Thank you for your wonderful speech, but first of all I have to correct one of your mistakes, you You can call me by my first name, but you can't call me a 'sir', because all citizens of Athens are equal, big or small. If I dared to call myself an adult, I'm afraid my compatriots will use pottery to expel me from the country today. "
There was a burst of laughter in the venue.
Callistratus continued: "However, it is no wonder that you make such a mistake, because I have heard that in the kingdom of Dionia, the people of the country are subdivided into many levels, from kings, ministers, and down to The people at the bottom have strict classes, and it is impossible to call them by their names, otherwise they will be punished, and it is no wonder that you are more cautious when you come to Athens.”
Karias smiled slightly: "I call you 'sir', not only a kind of respect for you, but more respect for the power given to you by the citizens of Athens, which is the concentrated expression of the wishes of all the citizens of Athens. As for you Speaking of our Dionia, I would like to ask Lord Callistratus, have you been to any of our towns in Dionia?"