"This...this..." Karisenos was frightened when he heard this. He was captured by the momentum of the young commander and did not dare to say a word of dissuasion.

"So what if this fertile land is empty?" Crotokataks stared at Carisenos and said solemnly: "I think Mantinia is the most loyal ally of Dionia on the Peloponnese, so I decided to give the land of Tega to you Mantinia."

Karisenos' heart was beating wildly, thinking that he had heard it wrong, he couldn't help but ask loudly again: "You... are you saying that you hand over the territory of Tegaya to us?!"

No wonder he was ecstatic. The territory of Tegea and Mantinian is the only plain in the Arcadia region. It is narrow from east to west, long from north to south, and has a high terrain in the south. Tegea is located in the south, occupying most of the land of this small plain. Mantinians are located in the north. Every rainy season, rivers flood. The Mantinians suffered enough of floods and were determined to expand their land to the south, so they kept conflicts with the Tegea.

It was just because Tegaya was fully supported by Sparta, and the Mantinians had some concerns and did not trigger a big war. Unexpectedly, before the Corinthian War, the Spartans invaded Mantinia. With the help of the Tegaya, they blocked the river in the north of the plain and used water attack to destroy the city of Mantinians. This became the eternal pain of the Mantinians. Now Mantinians has the opportunity to own the entire plain, not only can they obtain more fertile land to enhance their strength, but their long-term hidden worries will also be completely solved. How can this not make Karisenos overjoyed?

"I hope Mantinia will give me a reply tomorrow! After tomorrow, I can only regard you, Mantinia, who gave up this land, and will use it as a military base for Dionia in the Peloponnese."

"Please rest assured General Crotokataks. I will rush back to Mandinglia now. Tomorrow we, Mandingia, will definitely give you a positive answer!" Karisenos said quickly.

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply." Crotokatax nodded.

Carisenos rolled over the horse, held the reins tightly, clamped the horse's belly with force, urged the horse to hurry toward the north.

"Your Highness, if you hand over Tega's territory to Mantinia, I'm afraid other city-states in the Arcadia alliance will be dissatisfied with Mantinia." Printols reminded at this time.

Crotokatax said firmly: "Although the Arcadia Alliance has become our alliance, the situation within the alliance is too complicated. Tegaya rebelled and Ocomanus is also being lobbyed... How can we rest assured when cooperating with such an alliance!

It is better to strengthen our relationship with Mantinia, which is truly willing to cooperate with us. It was originally one of the most powerful city-states in the Arcadia region. Now if the Tega territory is merged and its strength has skyrocketed, it will definitely become the absolute leader of the Arcadia Alliance.

Moreover, once Mantinia annexes the Tegean territory, not only the city-states of the Arcadia Alliance will be dissatisfied, but other city-states in Greece may also want to interfere (this is a tradition in Greece. A city-state is destroyed by enemies and will be resupported by enemies in a few years). Mantinia can only rely more on us Dionia!”

"The Lycomedes from Mantinia looks very smart, and I'm afraid he may not agree."

Crotokatax smiled: "He is now in Megalopolis. After the Mantinians make their decision, I'm afraid he won't know about it yet. And even if he knows, he can't convince all the Mantinians alone in the face of such great interests."

Crotokataks thoughtfully, and Printols had no doubts. At the moment just now, he felt that he was facing King Davers, and he unconsciously even his tone of speaking became more respectful: "I understand."

At this moment, Kticus walked over with a solemn expression and said in a low tone: "This is Adoris's ashes...

Crotokataks took it carefully and tears flowed out again when he held it in his arms...

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Karias kept looking around, and suddenly felt very nervous, because this was not the Executive Committee of the General of Athens, nor the 500-person parliament on the Mount of War, but the Citizens' Assembly on the Mount of Punix, which was the supreme authority of Athens. Looking at these layers of people and surging heads, listening to these hustle and bustle and heart-wrenching noises, the Athenians declared, "When they held the Citizens' Assembly, the number of people often exceeded 5,000", which seemed to be no false words.

At this moment, he saw Athenian chief general Kalistratus walk to the center of the venue and raise his right arm high. His voice is loud and penetrating: "Citizens of Athens, the Citizens' Conference has officially begun!"

Gradually, the Athenian citizens around them stopped talking, and the entire venue became quiet.

Kalistratus continued: "In the last meeting, we discussed the issue of the army of Dionys invasion of Peloponnese without reason. Today, Dionys' messengers also came to Athens and wanted to communicate with us on this issue. Let's first hear what he said."

When Calistratos pointed his finger at Karias, the tension in his heart disappeared in that moment. He stood up and walked towards the center of the venue step by step...

In the past years, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Meccara, Agos... Almost all Greek city-states in this world had envoys standing here, facing the picky Athenian citizens, expounding their city-state's claims, either for war, for alliance, for trade, or for just for citizens of a city-state who violated the law in Athens...

There have also been countless Athenian celebrities and scholars who have delivered exciting speeches here, Solon, Demostini, Aristodd, Dimistocle, Kemon, Pericle, Yassibide, Socrates...

Whether at the Academy of Dionys or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karius studied many articles about Athens speeches with his teacher Ansitanos, and has been traveling back and forth between the various allies and tribes in the Western Mediterranean over the years. Although he received a satisfactory reply in Thebes a few days ago - Thebes will remain neutral, Karius understood that it was the Thebes who wanted to do this, not his credit. Today it was finally time for him to really use his martial arts.

Karias stood 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 and felt the abundant breath flowing between his chest, throat, mouth and nose, and then spoke: "Citizens of Athens, on behalf of the 2 million citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia (excluding women and children), I would like to express my sincere greetings to you!"

His first sentence caused a stir among Athenians around him: "2 million citizens?! True or false? In terms of the territory outside Shanghai, Athens will not exceed 15,000 citizens. Dionia is actually more than ten times that of Athens?!"

"I must first correct a mistake in Lord Calestatus. Dionia sent troops to Peloponnese to fulfill the covenant and help Thebes fight against the Spartan army.

In this regard, I admire you Athenians. When the city of Thebes was occupied by the Spartans and the Democrats of Thebes were in danger, you bravely extended your hands to help them;

The Thebes regained the city, but faced the attack of the Spartan army. In such a harsh situation, you were not afraid of the threat of the Spartans and formed an alliance with Thebes. They not only provided them with material assistance, but also sent fleets to join the war directly, threatening the rear of the Spartans. The Thebes could persevere until now and win the Battle of Liquetra, which was absolutely inseparable from your selfless help.

Although Dionia formed a late alliance with Thebes, we, Dionia, hated Sparta, the culprit who constantly provoked wars on Greece and caused the entire Greek people to not be able to obtain a peaceful life! Dionia, we also empathized with the disgusting incident in which Sparta continued to bully Athens after the Peloponnese War, and even invaded your territory during the contract of the King, wantonly killing and looting the people of the villages near Piraeus Port, but no repentance afterwards!

Therefore, even if Athens is tied up because of a new contract, you should be optimistic about the fact that Dionia beat Sparta…”

Kalistratus noticed that the citizens' faces had become more relaxed, and he immediately interrupted Karias intentionally: "Thank you very much for your wonderful speech, but I must first correct one of your mistakes. You can call me by my name, but you cannot call me 'adult', because all citizens of Athens are equal, no matter how big or small, if I dare to call myself an adult, I am afraid that my compatriots will expel me from abroad today with pottery."

A burst of laughter rang out in the venue.

Kalistratus continued, "But it's no wonder you made such a mistake, because I heard that in the Kingdom of Dionia, the people in the country were divided into many levels, from kings, ministers, and from the bottom, the people, with strict classes and it is impossible to call them by names casually, otherwise they will be punished. No wonder you will appear more restrained when you come to Athens."
Chapter completed!