Although the Greeks did not know the destination of this large fleet, they were familiar with the "black hair wrapped around the double-stranded forks on the sails. However, they were seen on the merchant ships of Dionia, who came to trade, but now they appeared on the warships. Does this mean that the barbaric kingdom on the other side of the Adriatic Sea is finally going to attack the Greek mainland?

No matter how fearful and suspicious the Greek people were, the Dionian fleet headed straight south with constant speed, and soon passed the entrance of the Bay of Corinth and entered the west coast of the Peloponnese Peninsula. When it was almost dusk, the fleet had to land early and prepare for camping. This was because when it was impossible to reach the southern coast of Mesenia today, there were steep and narrow coasts further south, with boats difficult to dock and crew members not able to rest.

The place where the entire fleet landed ashore is the northwest corner of the Peloponnese Peninsula. The terrain here is relatively flat and has been called the Elis region since ancient times. It is very famous in the Greek world because the Olympian Games are held here, and there is also the famous Temple of Zeus. Of course, there are two more famous city-states Elis and Pisa. They have always been mortal enemies for the right to host the Olympian Games.

The landing of the Dionians happened to be within the territory of Elis. When they saw dense ships rushing to the coast, thousands of soldiers rushed to the beach, the neighboring Greek people were frightened and ran inland with their families.

The people of Ellis quickly received the news and were also very panicked: although they had little dealing with the Dionians, they had never provoked this behemoth in the west. Without any warning, why did the Dionians send troops to invade their territory?!

While conducting emergency military mobilizations to the citizens of the territory, the Council also negotiated urgently. They even finally came to a conclusion: It is said that the Dionians believed in Hades and did not recognize Zeus as the king of gods. Could it be that this time they came to destroy the temple of Zeus?

The members of Iris found sadly: If this was the case, in order to defend the protector Zeus, the Iris would have to fight to the death.

Just when the Elis felt the prospect was pessimistic, they received an emergency notice from the city guard: the messenger of the Dionia came to visit.

Tisias, a citizen of Dionia and a native of Tiondaris, served as General Tyondaris who had served several consecutive terms. He had a high prestige among the people of Tiondaris. Later, he responded to the people's requests and convened and presided over the citizen's meeting, which eventually allowed Tiondaris to be smoothly incorporated into the Kingdom of Diondaris, and he became the kingdom's elder.

When the news that "Davers approved the army of Dionys to attack the Peloponnese and rebuild Mesenia" reached the Senate, he took the initiative to ask King Davers to follow the army, because his ancestral home was Mesenia...

At this time, Tisias walked to the center of the venue of the Elis Council with his head held high, looking at the angry but frightened eyes. He felt a sense of pride as a citizen of a great country, but he suppressed this pride and tried his best to make his expression sincere: "Sons of Zeus, respected Elis citizens, on behalf of the Kingdom of Dionys, I would like to express my sincerest apology to you! Our fleet was sailing because it was too late, and in order to prevent accidents, we had to temporarily dock and rest, so we entered your territory, but please rest assured that we only rest for one night and leave tomorrow, and will not cause any harm to the land and the people on the land. And based on the inconvenience caused to you by our rash behavior, we, Dionys, will also pay a certain amount of gold and silver as the overnight expenses of the army this night to compensate Elis..."

Tisias's words made the members of the Elis skeptical, but a hanging heart finally fell.

There was a commotion in the venue, and the MPs whispered for a while before someone stood up and asked: "Dionians, your reckless actions have indeed caused great trouble to Elis, but if things are as you said, we are willing to forgive you for your reckless behavior..."

Elis is not a city-state that is easy to talk about. Not to mention that it has had decades of conflict with Pisa, and it has fought several wars with the Spartans in the past few decades. However, the reason why the Ironic Councillors became so reasonable at this moment was because the Dionians came so suddenly and the army was so large that they felt that it was difficult for them to compete with, so they wanted to send the plague god away as soon as possible.

Then, another congressman asked curiously: "I don't know where the Guiban army is going?"

Ticias was waiting for this question, and he immediately asked back: "Have you heard of the city of Tindaris in Sicily?"

"Tindaris... should have been a city-state established in the northeast corner of Sicily with the support of the original Syracuse tyrant Dionysius. It is said that most of its citizens are from Mesenia. Later, Tindaris surrendered to Dionyia..." said a member of parliament.

"It is not a refuge, but the citizens of Tyndaris collectively decided to join Dionia!" After Tisias corrected loudly, he continued: "When the Tyndaris joined the Holy Kingdom of Dionia, King Davers made a promise that 'One day it will help Mesenia gain independence and allow the Mesenia who became slaves to be free'... But shortly after that, due to the influence of the war, Dionia and Sparta signed a long-term peace agreement, and this promise was temporarily put on hold until this year the Spartans tore up the peace agreement with our Dionia--"

A gloating smile appeared on Tisias's face and said loudly: "King Davers finally had the opportunity to fulfill his promise, so the army of Dionys you see is to go to the Mesenia region, drive away the Spartans who have occupied there for hundreds of years, and make Mesenia a home for Mesenians again!"

At the end, Tisias's emotions became excited, as if a flame suddenly ignited in the venue, which shocked and excited the people present: This news is amazing! The overlord of the Western Mediterranean, Dionia, declared war on Sparta!!

Why are the Elis excited? Isn’t it also a member of the Peloponnese Alliance?!

Elis was indeed a member of the Peloponnese alliance, but since Spartan King Akis (the father of Leotichides) led his army to attack Elis, defeated him, forced him to accept his true conviction, and even took part of his territory for himself, the Elis drifted away from Sparta. In the subsequent military operations led by Sparta, the Elis did little effort. In order to punish his disobedience, the Spartans even handed over the hosting rights of the Olympian Games to Elis' mortal enemy, Pisa.

In the Peloponnese Alliance, Elis was gradually marginalized. What worries the people even more was that in the Spartan armistice that attended not long ago, except Thebes, Elis was the second city-state to not sign the contract, because according to the contract, each city-state must be independent, and the people of Elis could never allow several towns under their control to be independent. Therefore, Elis refused to participate in the oath action held in Athens, so Alice seemed too isolated in the western part of the Peloponnese Peninsula.

Therefore, after the Arcadias had a quarrel with Sparta for establishing an alliance, the Elis were ecstatic and sent an envoy to Megalopolis a few days ago to express support to the Arcadias. Now the declaration of war on Sparta by the Kingdom of Dionia is undoubtedly another shot of a heart-warming force.

Amid the boiling noise, someone suddenly shouted: "Dear Diony Messenger, you just said that the Kingdom of Diony is going to allow the Mesenians to rebuild their homes. What are the Mesenians you mean by?

Tisias looked closely and said that the person who spoke was the one who answered the origin of Tyndaris before. He probably had a clue in his heart. He said loudly: "All Mesenian slaves enslaved by the Spartans and lived in Mesenian and Laconia, all Mesenians who were forced to live in other city-states and their descendants will be regarded by our Holy Kingdom of Dionya as citizens of the Mesenian city-state to be established. Dionya welcomes them back to the homeland where their ancestors live and rebuild their own homeland!

In fact, I am a Mesenian. This time I will witness the Dionian army fighting away the Spartan robbers who have occupied our homeland for a hundred years, and will liberate those compatriots who have become Black Rous, so that they can regain dignity and freedom, and revitalize the land of Mesenians in the hands of real Mesenians!"

After hearing Tisias' words, the MP's eyes suddenly turned red. He couldn't help but sing: "Under the towering and steep Tigertos Mountain, the clear and gentle Pamisus River flows, the towering Itom rocks protect the beautiful city of Messeni, countless cattle and sheep are running on the plains of plump water and grass, and countless farmers are working in the fields..."

Tisias was stunned and then sang, "...The Spartans, like a wolf, occupied our land and treated us as slaves like cattle and sheep. We still couldn't bear the burden. Their cruel whips kept whipping, and most of the fruits of labor harvested on the land were attributed to these vicious robbers..."

At this moment, several more Elis members joined in and sang emotionally: "...O Gods of Olympus, if you are willing to bless Mesenia, I am willing to sacrifice my daughter like the hero Aristodmus, and fight to death;

Olympus gods, please bring your blessings. I will fight like Aristomenis forever. As long as the people can be saved, I am willing to go through hardships, be covered in wounds, and have nothing…”

When the song ended, the singing of seven or eight people actually overwhelmed the noise of the venue, and tears flowed on everyone's face at this moment.
Chapter completed!