v9 Chapter 120： Demonstration and confrontation

Both Sekerian and the Admiral of Athens are relieved, but at the same time, they are also vigilant to the opposing fleet. After all, so many warships can quickly stop advancing in a short time after receiving orders, and this Not easy, which means that the navy of this country has a well-organized command system and is well-trained.

After a while, a fast boat drove out of the Athens boat array and approached the Dionysian fleet. As they approached the Dionysian warship, someone shouted on the boat: "The angel of Athens will see Dionysian Fleet Commander!"

Twenty minutes later, the angel of Athens boarded the flagship of Dionysian First Fleet.

"I'm Secrian the Chief of the First Fleet of Dionysia." Secrian said aloud while looking at the comer: square face with high nose, thick eyebrows and big eyes, beard, wide forehead, medium build, not fat or thin Although the hair is grayish, it seems to be around 50 years old, but it looks very energetic.

"Chief General of Athens, Kalistratus!" The messenger gazed sharply at Secrian, his voice thick and magnetic, but his words were very sharp: "300,000 people in Athens entrusted me to ask the general, Dai Is Onia going to declare war on Athens?"

Secrian did not expect the other party to ask so directly, and he explained carefully: "You misunderstood, Dionia has no malicious intentions towards Athens! We are just chasing a fleet that delivers food to Sparta. In order to avoid misunderstandings in this bay, our warships also specifically avoided the waters of Athens."

"No malice?" Callistratus sneered: "If our fleet of Athens is sailing in the Gulf of Taranto, would you Dionysians think this fleet came with good intentions, and still Want to warmly open the port of Turiri and invite them to enter?"

Secrian said for a while, before he could think about how to respond, he listened to the other party and continued: "I think you should be a Greek, then you should know that the survival of our Greeks mainly depends on trade. In the past few decades, Greece The war continues, and the naval battle does not know how much happened, but the city-state maritime trade caught in the war continues, and few warships actively attack merchant ships, because the crew of each city-state knows that attacking merchant ships is digging the roots of the Greeks. Collins is just doing what every maritime city-state should do, and the ships brewing for Sparta are just complying with the trade contract. The crew earn some money for the life of a small family, but now you are ..."

Kalistratus's remarks gave the eloquent accusations that made Seclion feel somewhat reasonable. He quickly coughed and interrupted the other person impatiently: "Please don't talk about these irrelevant things directly. Say what you mean!"

There was a trace of contempt in Kalistratus' eyes, and he said calmly, but with a strong tone: "After the war between Dionia and Sparta, Sparta once asked Athens for help. The relationship between Li and Yi did not agree to the request of the Spartans. I also hope that Dionysia will take into account the friendly exchanges with Athens before, not let the war spread to Athens, and promise to fight before the end of this war. The ship will no longer appear in the Aegean Sea!"

What Calilistratus said was full of threats, but was Seclion a threatened person? He raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Our warship will leave soon, but if there are still The fleet will send troops and food to Sparta, and we will come again!"

The two sides broke up.

After Kalistratus left by boat, a powerful trumpet sounded from the Dionysian array. The warships in the forefront of the Dionysian fleet turned around southward, and the warships in the rear turned back northwards one after another. , And then began to move forward... It didn’t take long for the original stack of ships to form a long two-column column again. A large circle was drawn in front of the Athens fleet that the array was waiting for, and then followed the original entry Return of the route.

The Athenian sailors listened to the heated oars from the front and watched the flexible rotation of a Dionysian warship, so that the hull was facing the bow of the Athenian warship, and then swaggered They drove in front of them... they were surprised by the boldness of the Dionysians, and at the same time a little angry.

"The Dionysians are demonstrating to us!" The temporarily appointed Commander of the Athens Fleet, Cabrías, looked at the sea ahead and said solemnly: "But the Dionysian Fleet has so many battles. In the case of ships, the formation can be changed so quickly. If we have a war with Dionia in the future, their navy will pose a great threat to Athens!"

Speaking of which, he turned to look at Callistratus next to him, his expression dignified and his voice low and powerful asked: "Now is a good time to defeat this fleet, should we attack?"

Kallistratus shook his head: "Athens did not declare war on Dionia, nor did the citizens prepare, wait."

It wasn't until the entire fleet sailed out of Saron Bay that Seclion let go of his clenched fists. He took a deep breath and said aloud: "Order the fleet to sail east through Kythnos and arrive at Delos After nearby, go straight south until you see Crete and then return to the station."

"Yes!"

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While the Dionysian army was still building a camp in the territory of Megalopolis, Achidams, who was informed, immediately lifted the siege of Mandinia, led the army south, and bypassed the city of Taglia, In the southern part of the border with Sparta, they also began to build camps and began to confront the Dionysian army in the west.

Knowing that Mandonia's siege has been lifted, at the suggestion of Prentals, Crotocatax is not eager to lead the army eastward, but patiently continues to allow the soldiers to consolidate the camp.

Although the main forces of both sides are fixed, the two camps are not calm. The fighting between the two scouts occurs every day. There are cavalry and reconnaissance infantry. Of course, the more professional and well-trained Dioni The Asian side has the upper hand, especially a team of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade raided a spartan mercenary’s food search team of about 20 people, creating six people killed, four killed, two captives, and no one was killed or injured. Proud record... These all put a lot of pressure on the Spartan mercenaries.

A few days later, King Agassius of Sparta led 7,000 soldiers out of the north of Sparta, into the territory of Tegya, and joined the mercenaries of Sparta.

"Father, you are finally here!" Archdamus personally went out to greet him, and his face, which had been covered in gloom for a few days, finally finally stretched out with a smile.

Although Agsi Laws looked tired with his cane, he smiled more cheerfully: "Working hard, Azidamus! To meet your request, I brought all the brave warriors of Sparta, Before leaving, I specially went to the Temple of Athena to make sacrifices. The oracles I received were auspicious! (Usually, the two kings who had the right to sacrifice before the war would send people to Delphi to ask for oracles, but now The war happened on the northern border, and the danger to Delphi was great, and the time was too late, so it could only be sacrificed in the Acropolis of Sparta)"

"That's really great!" Archdamus said with relief.

Agassius looked around the mercenary general standing behind Archidams and said confidently: "In fact, even if there is no oracle, I firmly believe that Sparta will win this time! Because in the past we Spartan As long as Hundreds of soldiers are dispatched, and the coalition forces will be joined together, you will be able to be a hero in the Greek city! Now, our Spartans are not only the elite, but the army you led by Archidams is also the most elite soldier from each city-state The two are combined. This is the army with the largest number of people and the strongest fighting power I have led in these years. I firmly believe that no one can match it!"

"Yes, King Agsilaus was right!" mercenary generals shouted excitedly.

Then Achimdams introduced these mercenary generals to his father one by one, and Agassiraus talked with them cordially, and a few of them were people he knew, after all, he had fought in Asia Minor for many years 20 years ago. He is very familiar with the situation there, so he knows every mercenary general’s mother state well, and talks like a few treasures, which makes the generals feel cordial.

For such mercenary generals, Agsilaus is a living legend. He fought in the territory of Persia with his own power, even making the Persians have been in an awkward situation of passive beating He has taken the initiative to sum up several times, and his charm has made many Asia Minor Greek city-states willing to provide support all the time. Many of his stories are still circulating in Asia Minor.

Therefore, the mercenary generals scrambled to salute Agassius and were proud to be able to talk to them. The atmosphere was very warm for a time.

It took a long time for Agassius to say goodbye to "some fatigue and need to rest" and followed Archidam into the Chinese military account.

Entering the tent, Agsilaus threw away the wooden staff, and leaned on a wooden chair with the help of a slave, the smile on his face had disappeared, and his expression became serious: "What is the situation now?"

"Father." Aqidamus looked equally serious: "The day before yesterday, a small amount of food was also shipped from the port of Corinth, and yesterday no more food was transported from the north! The Persians told me that the fleet of Dionysia While cruising in the Aegean Sea, any food transportation fleet entering Saron Bay must be intercepted and investigated. They have been captured by several fleets and the Persians have to temporarily suspend food transportation."

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