When Dorius heard this, his face changed drastically, and it took him a long time to squeeze out: "...We have Persian support..."

Leoticides sneered: "It's really an irony. I remember when we first joined the barracks for training, we fought against Athens and Persia as our goal. Unexpectedly, the Spartan warriors are proud to be vassals of Persia."

Dorius blushed and couldn't speak.

"For the sake of your saving my life, I will let you go back to Sparta tomorrow. By the way, you will tell the Agesilaus and the Elders' Council truthfully what I said before, so that they can understand why Dionia sent troops to Mesenia, and you also want to tell Agesilaus--"

Leoticides stood up and said loudly: "I, Leoticides is waiting for him in Mesenia!"

"Come!"

The guards walked into the tent, and Dorius was still unwilling to shout: "Leoticides, no matter what, you are the prince of Sparta, your ancestors led the Spartans to create the glory of Sparta. Do you really have the heart to destroy this mother country that gave birth to you and raised you!"

Leoticides answered firmly without hesitation: "Now Sparta will be destroyed under the rule of Agsilous, the Elders' Council and the Ombudsman. Only under the rule of Dionia can the Spartans be reborn!"

After saying that, Leoticids waved his hand and said, "Take him down."

After Mukru returned to his tent, he did not rest. The news that "Leoticides is very likely to be a Spartan" made him uneasy. Although he worked with Leoticides for many years and had a deep friendship, after repeated ideological struggles, he decided to report to the military judge after considering the serious consequences of this incident.

Just as he was about to leave the tent, the guards came to inform: Commander Prosouus would see him immediately.

Mukru hurriedly walked into the tent, and as soon as he saw Leoticides, he couldn't wait to ask: "Master Commander, are you really Spartan? And you are the Spartan prince?!"

"Yes, I am the only son of the former king of Sparta, Akis, and my original name is Leotichides." The commander of the Dionian Expeditionary Army looked at Mukru with a calm expression and said seriously: "After my father died of illness, my uncle Agsilous used tricks to seize the throne, suppressed me, and forced my mother to death. I had to escape from Sparta and come to Dionia. Considering that my own identity is special, I hid my identity in order to avoid Sparta's pursuit..."

After accepting this military mission, Leoticids considered that one day he would reveal his true identity and was mentally prepared, so he spoke so calmly, which made Mukru feel a little relieved, but he still said with some concern: "Commander, Sparta is your mother state after all. When our army fights with the Spartan army or attacks the Spartan territory, can you really calmly issue orders without any interference?"

Leoticides replied a little impatiently: "I have already said that I am a citizen of Dionia, and Sparta is now our enemy, and I will never show mercy on the battlefield!"

Mukru nodded, but was still worried: "I'm worried that the soldiers will probably affect morale after learning this news..."

"This requires you, the staff officer, to help me with more efforts. But you don't have to worry too much. Once I lead the army to fight the Spartans again, all doubts will be eliminated." Leoticids said meaningfully.

In the past, there were adjutants in the brigade and above organization of the Dionian army, and the position of adjutant was to fully assist the military chief. In recent years, the Dionian army has undergone new reforms, abolishing the position of adjutant and adding staff officers. The increase and decrease have not changed much in terms of number, but the responsibilities have changed significantly. The staff officer is appointed by the Staff Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs. He not only needs to help the military chief handle various military affairs, but also has the right to advise military operations and supervise the military chief. He also has temporary command power when the military chief is injured or unable to command other reasons.

"Okay, leave this matter to me." Mukru responded seriously.

As soon as he finished speaking, the tent was pushed away, Tertotis broke in and said anxiously: "Father, I heard that you are a Spartan?! Is this true?!"

Mukru immediately gave Leoticids a wink, meaning "Look, the news has been spread."

"Where did you hear this news?" Leoticids asked immediately with a serious expression.

"The Spartan prisoner kept shouting, many soldiers heard it, is this true?!"

Leoticids realized that this was Dorius's face, after deliberately disturbing the morale of the army, his face was gloomy, and immediately called the guards to issue an order: beat Dorius first, and then block his mouth.

Seeing Leoticides explaining in detail to his son, Mukru quietly walked out of the tent...

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Several legion commanders, military judges, Tiscias and others who received the news came to visit one after another, and they all wanted to ask Leoticids whether the rumors were true to prove the situation. Leoticids said in the past year was not as much as they had been in the past two days, so they naturally were not in a good mood.

Although the news that "Commander Prosous may be the Spartan prince" caused a stir in the army, it did not affect the various departments of the expeditionary army's work as planned after the occupation of Mesenia.

Although the Spartans evacuated the Mesenian Plain, a small number of them hid in the mountains to the north (the garrisons of the city of Pilos decisively retreated to the northern border of Mesenian after receiving the news), and part of them hid in the pass-through fortress of Mount Tigertos, and were not willing to fail. They began to raid the army of Dionia last night. The three well-trained legions and the infantry of the 1st Fleet were on high alert and did not suffer much damage.

Another day later, Leotichides, who was temporarily freed from the rumors, issued a new order: to let the Sixth Legion go to the northern border, build a defensive camp, and protect the security within the territory; the Fourth Legion builds camp outside the pass of the Tigertos Mountain Pass to block the shortcut for the Spartans to Mesenia.

Tisias and other Messian-born Dionian citizens, led a small number of soldiers to work hard to travel all villages in the Messian territory, killing or capturing Spartan sheriffs and other Spartans, and constantly preaching to the Black Rouzs that "the Spartans have been driven out of Messian by the Dionian army, and they have gained freedom...". Then they enthusiastically told them about the friendship between compatriots, conveyed to them the good intentions of the Kingdom of Dionian, and encouraged them to bravely build their own city-state. At the same time, they also distributed the food and materials plundered from the Spartans' homes to these poor Black Rouzs.

The team also followed the medical staff of the Legion, who took the initiative to treat the Black Roxers who were sick.

The Black Roxers, who were treated as cattle and sheep by the Spartans since they were born, have never enjoyed such kindness. They were all moved to tears and cried everywhere. They remembered the term "Dionia" firmly in their hearts.

Most of the Black Rouss had no education and worked in the fields all their lives. They could not be able to participate in the governance of a city-state. However, because Sparta was originally a small population and wars occurred frequently in the past few decades, there were not enough people to manage Mesenia, so they appointed a few Mesenians as village heads in various villages. In addition to being able to pay less taxes and more freedom, they had no more rights. They were regularly hunted by young Spartan soldiers, and they died in vain.

Once the entire village has poor harvest and insufficient taxes, these village chiefs will be severely punished. The minor ones will be beaten (the Spartans' punishment is famous in the entire Greek, and they are very heavy. They are often beaten to death and traumatized, and the same is true for the people of allies. Therefore, many Greeks publicly say that the Spartans are cruel and barbaric), and the severe ones will be chopped down, so they will live a frightened life. But because of this, they have good management abilities.

Tisias gathered them together and invited them to participate in the construction and governance of a new Mesenia, and they were all ecstatic.

Of course, the future leadership of Mesenia will be mainly served by these citizens from Dionya. When Davers summoned them to negotiate, he issued an order: allowing them who stayed in Mesenia to retain their identity as citizens of Dionya.

According to the laws of Dionys, dual nationality was not allowed to appear. The reason for taking exceptions to this group of people was that Davers considered that after defeating Sparta and capturing Mesenia, the region could not be incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionys for the time being, otherwise it would arouse the common hatred of the Greek people. Therefore, let the Mesenians be autonomous, make them fully rely on Dionys and become an important support force for Dionys in Greece. Therefore, this group of people is the key. They will become the mainstay of the future Mesenian high-level leaders. Therefore, it is very important to retain the identity of Dionys citizens and keep them in the kingdom.

These people, led by Tisias, also knew that time was tight, and the news that "Mesenia regained independence" would soon spread throughout Greece. The exiles might return here one after another. They must form a government as soon as possible and create a stable political system so that later generations can only follow their horses.

In fact, the political system of the new Mesenia has long been formulated in the Dionys Palace: the Mesenian citizens and the village chiefs of Hayros formed the Mesenia Council (a total of 223 people, claiming to be 300 parliament, and the Dionys citizens accounted for 65% of them), responsible for the formulation of laws, diplomacy, war and other important matters. Then the Council elected 5 members from the members of the Council every year to form a general executive committee, responsible for the internal affairs of the city-state and leading troops...
Chapter completed!